The May Fair Bar at London’s The Mayfair hotel has added a new twist to the trend of cocktail flights by pairing martini, whiskey and champagne flights with complementary culinary creations.
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Niki Leondakis, COO of San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, ttakes ime out to tell HOTELS about Kimpton’s newly-announced wellness partnership with Cooking Light magazine.
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Every year, the corporate rate loading period is a nightmare for the majority of hoteliers and corporate travel managers. Hundreds of thousands of negotiated rates have to be manually loaded, which is a very time consuming process.
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Ypartnership, America’s leading marketing services agency specializing in serving clients in the travel and leisure industries, and Acuity Mobile, a leading provider of mobile marketing solutions, announced today a strategic alliance to collaboratively develop mobile marketing programs for clients in the travel, leisure and entertainment industries.
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EcoGreenHotel.com has been built to assist hotel owners and operators in making their properties more environmentally friendly.
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Beginning this summer, Marriott, JW Marriott and Renaissance will introduce meeting products that are eco-friendly and will help guests and meeting planners reduce their environmental impact.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. announces the debut of the newly renovated St. Regis Beijing, following the completion of a comprehensive, $27 million renovation and restoration of its 258 guestrooms, 102 suites, signature restaurants and public spaces.
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Scout Real Estate Capital CEO Alan Worden says that work on its new 5-star resort hotel on the site of the old Wyndham Beach Resort in Southampton Parish is progressing on schedule.
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Doubletree by Hilton has introduced a unique prototype of hotel rooms in the fast growing business centre of Huaqiao, China.
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Valencia Group will introduce its new luxury hotel brand, Hotel Sorella, in Houston.
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“Meet me under the clock!” The best place to meet in San Francisco is back as the Great Magneta Grandfather Clock has returned to its original place of glory – in The Westin St. Francis’ historic Main Lobby.
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Ritz-Carlton has agreed with Castillo Grand to assume management of the 192-room St. Regis Fort Lauderdale, which also includes private residences, effective August 11.
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Driven by changes in investors’ perceptions of value across the Americas, the “hold” sentiment is the dominant strategy for the first time in five years – at 38.1%, says Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels.
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The UEFA EURO football championships caused a massive surge in profit in June for Vienna’s chain hotels, according to TRI Hospitality Consulting. Paris was the most profitable city in the survey.
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Smith Travel Research reports in the first half of 2008, industry occupancy slipped 2.6% to 61.4% versus same period prior year. Average room rate was up 4.2% $107.64; RevPAR gained 1.5%.
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California-based Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants has plans to double in size over the next three years, and with a fresh focus on full-service hotels, the company sees restaurants as a major part of its growth.
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Marriott International has joined other leaders in the travel and tourism industry to call on the U.S. Congress and the Administration to forge a bipartisan response to the new energy crisis.
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Per Aquum brings breath of fresh air to Dubai with the opening of new retreat Desert Palm
Set in the graceful, manicured surrounds of a private polo estate, Desert Palm is surpassing expectations and challenging the stereotype of the towering city by introducing signature Per Aquum chic to Dubai. Elegant, understated, verdant, boutique, low-rise – Desert Palm basks easily in the desert landscape to provide a refreshing, avant-garde contrast to the conventional flamboyance of the city’s latest skyscraping hotels.
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As of 2010, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts will be represented in Libya as well. A management contract has just been signed with the owning company, the Bank of Commerce & Development, Libya’s oldest and largest privately held bank, for an urban resort hotel with over 500 units in Tripoli.
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Made with the environment in mind, all the Surface IQ designs are PVC, chlorine and heavy metal free, and are made with no ozone-reducing chemicals. Surface IQ technology utilises an engineered polyethylene film, laminated to a Type II Non Woven backing it has many desirable attributes and is extremely safe to manufacture and use. As the only printed commercial grade wallcovering with Silver Tier Cradle to Cradle Certification both the product and all components have passed rigid material requirements for environmental and human health.
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