Beginning December 1, Joie de Vivre Hotels , California’s largest boutique hotelier, will commence a two-month, grass-roots distribution of 4,000 ‘Share the Joy’ tokens to good citizens in the community as well as individuals who truly practice random acts of kindness.
The total revenues of Dubai hotels and hotel apartments during the first nine months of 2007 touched AED8.7 billion on the back of a seven per cent increase in guests and 17.6 per cent rise in guestnights compared with the corresponding period last year, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) announced on the concluding …
Visitors in several downtown Tampa hotels can get a free ride to and from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
The stagehand’s strike that’s crippled Broadway doesn’t seem to be affecting hotels just yet. (The same can’t be said for restaurants in the Theater District.) We called around to get the scoop, and so far, concierges say upset guests are the worst of the fallout.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—-Hilton Hotels Corporation has announced that it has signed a multi-year management agreement with Desatur Cariari, S.A. for a full-service Doubletree by Hilton? hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica - the Hilton Family of Hotels’ fourth hotel development in Costa Rica this year.
One of the hottest trends in today’s hotel industry is the soaring popularity of hotel bars. Don’t groan in derision. Today’s hotel bars are not your daddy’s or granddaddy’s hotel bars. Nowhere is this trend more apparent than in the bars of Peabody Hotels in Orlando, Memphis and Little Rock.
Carlson Hotels Worldwide today announced during the American Hotel & Lodging Association show that the company has added 16 new locations to its portfolio of brands from August through October.
NEW YORK—-Citystay Hotels, a new generation hotel brand by 25 year old entrepreneur Gregory Tubeck announces today they have released their new build hotel prototype for global developers and real estate investors.
Increasing numbers of hotels call themselves “boutique” but many of these may have over 100 rooms and lack the intimacy of a truly boutique property.
A new style of “no-frills-chic” hotels will gradually arrive in cities across Canada, the first expected to open this year. These days, the word chic isn’t mentioned without implying eco-friendly.
Three Hawai’i hotels and one restaurant have repeated as the state’s AAA Five Diamond Award winners for 2008.
A GROUP of Edinburgh-based luxury hotels has been given an award in a scheme designed to honour the best-performing Scottish companies.
NEW YORK, November 9 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Robert W Baird maintain their “outperform” rating on Red Lion Hotels Corporation (ticker: RLH), while reducing their estimates for the company. The target price is set to $14.
Increasing numbers of hotels call themselves “boutique” but many of these may have over 100 rooms and lack the intimacy of a truly boutique property.
The hotel would like to be viewed as a haven for hipsters and other creative types, perhaps a European version of the W Hotels.
Transcard announced today a strategic alliance with Choice Hotels International, one of the world’s leading lodging franchisors with ten hotel brands operating in the United States and 37 countries and territories. The Chattanooga-based Transcard will offer prepaid stored-value card solutions to hotel franchisees and their employee base, allowing Choice Hotels franchise owners to pay their …
NEW YORK—-OPEN Hospitality , a leading Web reservation and management solutions company for the hotel industry, has launched OPEN Interactive, a new division allowing hotels, groups and brands currently engaged in long term agreements with other reservation systems to leverage the company’s expertise in areas such as Website design and targeted online marketing programs.
When on vacation, it can be easy to find the tourist heavy destinations, like in Florida; but, getting a break from all the commercialism associated with the tourist centers, and experience some of the truly local fare can be a good change of pace. The first and easiest place to find out about some ‘off the road’ type eateries or attractions is to ask the people at your hotel’s guest services. Let them know a little about what you are looking for and they will be more than happy to show you on Florida maps how to get there. Getting a recommendation from a local can sometimes work out better than what you read in travel magazine or guide.
LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE — Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P., headquartered in Los Angeles, announces it has entered into an agreement with Hilton Hotels Corp. under which Hilton will pay an undisclosed sum for a nonexclusive license under a portfolio of patents that Katz owns relating to interactive voice applications.
MINNEAPOLIS & SYDNEY, Australia—-IDeaS, the leading provider of hotel revenue management and optimization solutions and one of America’s fastest growing technology companies, celebrates their ten year partnership with Mirvac Hotels & Resorts.
O.J. Simpson may have a hard time finding a place to stay in Las Vegas this week. It appears Simpson has worn out his welcome at several hotels.
Many mid to high class hotels will often have available tickets to surrounding entertainment events or will go the extra effort to find them for you. During your vacation or business trip you many come across an event that sparks your interest, but you forgot to include it in your planning.
Finding those last minute tickets can be hard, but if you ask the concierge of your hotel in the right way (more readily at luxury ones), you may be able to score those sports tickets or opera tickets that had previously been sold out. The concierge is just another well kept secret in the event ticketing business.
KOLKATA: Oberoi Hotels & Resorts has been ranked as Asia?s leading luxury hotel brand at the World Travel Awards. The Oberoi Group led the Asia and India list at the World Travel Asia, Australasia and Indian Ocean Awards in receiving …
Fourteen hotels have recently joined Preferred Hotel Resorts. Among the new members are Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas, Lough Erne Golf Resort in Northern Ireland, and El Monte Sagrado in Taos, New Mexico.
With Louisville’s major hotels already booked, organizers are considering direct helicopter service from Cincinnati to the Valhalla Golf Club.
LIVERPOOL?S most exclusive hotels are on stand-by to welcome the biggest names in the music world when the MTV Europe Music Awards come to the city next year.
Here is a quick look at four surviving Harvey hotels in Arizona:
Hilton Hotels is planning to move into the budget hotel sector in Dubai in the next few years with two of its economy brands, Doubletree and the Hilton Garden Inn, set to be introduced, reported Emirates Today.
Nowadays Santa takes his sleigh South of the Border, but long before the flying reindeer landed, Mexico had its own very special brand of holiday celebrations. This season, Mexico Boutique Hotels invites guests to discover these charming traditions throughout the month of December with the Feliz Navidad!
TWO new hotels are to be built in the Capital in developments costing more than £10 million.