Rezidor's President & CEO Kurt Ritter is a new member of the British Travel Industry Hall of Fame. The prestigious award was presented at the Hall of Fame's Annual Dinner at the Savoy Hotel in London yesterday, and honours Ritter "for having created a major and highly successful leading organisation in the global travel and hospitality industry".
European organisations in contention include Lufthansa, Air Berlin, Kuoni, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Bulgari Hotels & Resorts and Europcar. All will now go head to head at WTA's Europe Ceremony, which is set to take place at the new Conrad Algarve, Portugal on 6 October 2012.
At last week's 15th International Hotel Investment Forum, a team of students from the École Hôtelière de Lausanne competed and won the 5th Annual IHIF Student Strategy Challenge. The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne as well received a cheque for $30, 000 from Questex Media. The contribution signifies Questex Media Group's ongoing support of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne and their recognition of the contribution the school makes to the hotel industry.
"One of the pillars of success of our global management model is the Company's long and strong relationships with top international hotel brands," said Jim Abrahamson, Interstate's chief executive officer. "The Holiday Inn Express at Sloterdijk Station is now one of the newest hotels in the market and, with its convenient location at this major transportation hub and high value offering, will quickly become a magnet for business and leisure travelers."
It's the Oscar of hotel industry in Germany: The prestigious award 'Hotelier of the year 2012' is given to Dietmar Muller Elmau, owner of wellness resort Schloss Elmau (www.schloss-elmau.de) near Munich and founder of Fidelio. HOTELIER TV International highlights the gala evening at InterContinental Berlin. Special award goes to Robinson Club (www.robinson.com) of TUI Group.
The three winning Bournemouth University students, who are in their final year of the BA(Hons) Hospitality Management Degree, attended the Master Innholders Conference held at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, London following the announcement that their entry on 'Maintaining Sustainable Competitive Advantage for the Hospitality Industry' had been given top spot in the competition.
Meliá Hotels International has announced at FITUR the addition to its portfolio of the Villaitana resort, consisting of two 4 and 5 star hotels on the Costa Blanca (Alicante, Spain). Both hotels will be operated under a lease agreement and will open shortly under the company's Meliá Hotels & Resorts brand.
Turkish hotel veteran Murat Dedeman, Chairman of Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International and President of Dedeman Holding has been named the most influential hotelier by his industry peers, according to Jonathan Worsley, Chairman, Bench Events and co-organiser of the Central Asia & Turkey Hotel Investment Conference (CATHIC) in Istanbul next month (February 6-8 2012).
Simon Vincent, area president Europe, Hilton Worldwide, said, "The dynamic European growth of DoubleTree by Hilton, with more than 25 hotels opened since 2008 and 25 additional hotels under development across the region, indicates remarkable promise for the brand as we enter 2012. With more than 220 hotels open and 110 hotel development projects currently underway in Europe, the potential for travelling consumers and hotel developers alike to enjoy and explore the Hilton Worldwide portfolio has never been greater. We are delighted to welcome the first of these eight exciting hotels to our portfolio."
Located in the heart of Rome, on the exclusive via Veneto, the hotel has 122 rooms and suites, a spacious lobby, two fine dining restaurants, an award-winning bar, a rooftop solarium and the state-of-the-art Aqva City spa. Complementing the sleek wood furniture, hand-made by Italian master craftsmen, are large, custom-made Murano glass chandeliers, black granite floors and travertine stairways. The Hotel has an impressive art collection of oil paintings and lithographs by such celebrated artists as Picasso, Miró, Nespolo, Dalí, Carrara, Burri, Guttuso and de Chirico, with an original "Plan of Rome" created by Giovanni Battista Nolli in 1748.
Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC) ("Morgans" or the "Company"), the operator and 50% owner of the London joint venture that owns Sanderson and St Martins Lane, today announced that the joint venture partners have closed on the sale of the Sanderson and St Martins Lane hotels to Capital Hill Hotels Limited, a Middle Eastern investor with other global hotel holdings. The sale price for the two hotels is 192 million pounds Sterling, or approximately $300 million, and represents a value of approximately 542,000 pounds, or $847,000, per room.
Hotels could potentially face fines of up to £20,000 if they are found guilty of selling tickets to events at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Police officers from Operation Podium - a dedicated unit set up by the Metropolitan Police to tackle ticket touts and Olympic related fraud - has been liaising closely with hotels throughout London to ensure they are fully aware of the guidelines relating to the sale of tickets.
Due to increased hotel development in Russia and the CIS, it is important for owners to better understand different types of relations with the hotel operators. In this article we address some of the main terms of a typical management contract.
By strange coincidence, it seems that 2011 is the year of the Big Birthday for London’s hotels. Join in the party at these favourites… | Happy 20th to The Halkin... This month marks the 20th birthday of The Halkin and it’s celebrating with a series of events showcasing the ‘Home From Home’ ethic that it has always been proud of. Until 30th November, you can enjoy the pop-up ‘Culture Lounge’ in The Halkin’s bar showcasing the most iconic coffee table books from art publisher ASSOULINE. It’s open both to guests and non-residents. Literary events with the authors are also planned.
HSMAI Europe has the great pleasure to announce that our own Hans Stenseng, leader of the HSMAI Student division, has won a prize awarded by STR Global for his essay on:
The Master graduation ceremony was held on 25 August 2011, on the campus of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL). The 26 " Master in Hospitality Administration " graduates received their diplomas and various prestigious academic prizes during the evening event.
Dorchester Collection announces that Le Richemond will join its growing portfolio of luxury hotels from 1 August 2011. Set on the banks of Lake Geneva, the prestigious 109-room hotel will be Dorchester Collection's first third-party management agreement. The group was selected against strong competition, following a change in ownership of the hotel.
Kempinski Hotels plans to take over the Royal Spa Kitzbühel in Jochberg at the beginning of the winter season, making it the group's second hotel in Austria. An appropriate letter of intent has been signed between Kempinski Hotels and PORR Solutions Immobilien- und Infrastrukturprojekte GmbH and Ambo GmbH, the owners of the luxury property in Jochberg in the Kitzbühel Alps. It is planned to finalize the management agreement before the end of June. The hotel, which opened in December 2009 and is today known as the Royal Spa Kitzbühel, a Leading Hotel of the World, is only a few kilometres outside of Kitzbühel, and boasts 144 elegant rooms and suites with panoramic views of the breathtaking mountain landscape surrounding the hotel. "We are delighted to have Kempinski as a partner again for this project.
The beautiful Hotel Diplomat building on the famous esplanade Strandvagen in Stockholm is 100 years old. Visitors and guests will notice the anniversary being marked throughout the year – in everything from the restaurant menu to the champagne in the bar and the art on the hotel's walls.
Mr Stephen Rushmore, President of the hospitality consulting group, HVS International, is regularly invited to give conferences at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) where he frequently teaches classes on Real Estate Financial Management and holds seminars on hotel valuation and hotel real estate assets. During his presence on the EHL campus on 29 March, Mr Stephen Rushmore was both surprised and delighted to be awarded the title of Honorary Professor at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.