May 16
New Officers and Board Elected, Susan Springer Re-Elected President
author Gareth Powell, source feeds.hotelnewsresource.com
May 16
Accor chairman Serge Weinberg told shareholders the group has no plans to break up its activities and ‘has the means’ to develop both its hotel and services businesses in the medium term.
author Gareth Powell, source feeds.hotelnewsresource.com
May 16
Miraval maintains both its commitment to growth and sustainability with the addition of 16 sustainable guestrooms.
author Gareth Powell, source www.hotelsmag.com
May 16
ICE PORTAL, the industry leader in the production, management, and distribution of rich visual content, announced today that it will be demonstrating the power of rich media content and sharing its findings on the impact of rich media on hospitality bookings at next week’s EyeforTravel Travel Distribution Summit (Stand #42).
author Gareth Powell, source feeds.hotelnewsresource.com
May 15
I have been back in the office from the Dubai hotel investment conference for more than a week and this is the first breath I have had to write this blog on the conference. Let’s see what I can remember.
This was the fourth annual event (I have been to all four) and attendance has grown from …
author Gareth Powell, source www.hotelsmag.com
May 15
TrendWatching.com is one of my favorite resources to generate new marketing ideas. Based in Amsterdam, the group’s sole purpose is to research and document consumer trends. I was reading a recent TrendWatching feature on “Status Stories” trendwatching.com/trends/statusstories.htm a…
author Gareth Powell, source www.hotelsmag.com
May 15
The AH&LA Green Assessment Survey results reveal the top 10 green initiatives hotels are enacting and can improve upon. No surprise: 88% have a linen reuse program.
author Gareth Powell, source www.hotelsmag.com
May 15
Golf is partly about trying to get a better score than the other players, partly about sociability and partly about getting out into the countryside and enjoying the air and the view.
Difficult to think of a more spectacularly scenic place than The Interlaken Hotel, OTC, Shenzhen which looks like part of Switzerland integrated with the Chinese landscape.
Now the hotel has a Golf Package Promotion although one would have thought a promotion unnecessary. The course speaks for itself.
If you stay in a Deluxe Room you get a round of golf as long as you do not want to play during the weekend — and in golf Friday is part of the weekend — and you are willing to get out on the green with your clubs before 8am each day which is no hardship.
The packages extend for each day you stay and, for example, a second round of golf, if you stay long enough, need only cost RMB500.
Source: Interlaken OCT Hotel
author Gareth Powell, source www.chinaeconomicreview.com
May 15
Hotel Indigo continued its growth momentum with a strong first quarter 2008 as the brand opened three new hotels totaling nearly 400 rooms - increasing its room count by 26 percent.
author Gareth Powell, source www.hotelsmag.com
May 15
Amadeus launches pricing and revenue management system designed for the international ferry industry - Major UK ferry company is first customer
author Gareth Powell, source feeds.hotelnewsresource.com
May 15
Passkey, the BROADMOOR and ‘BROADMOOR Connection’ Partner Properties Allow Meeting Planners to Consistently Execute Successful Group Events of all Sizes
author Gareth Powell, source feeds.hotelnewsresource.com
May 15
With America’s ever-slowing economy, a big boost would really help to improve the financial status of the country. If an Asian fund were to invest in different U.S. companies and its real estate, the big financial slow-down would pick up speed.
author Gareth Powell, source feeds.hotelnewsresource.com
