Lithuania-based upscale property Art City Inn has been leveraging RateTiger Channel Manager and Booking Engine for optimizing and expanding online distribution. The property has experienced excellent growth in bookings by adding new source markets through RateTiger’s wide network of demand channels as well as driving direct bookings from their brand website.
In honour of World Tourism Day on 27 September and with a mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world - including the parts that aren’t so far from home, we are recommending a handful of adventures right here in the UK. After all, why should overseas visitors be the only ones checking out what the UK has to offer?
One of the Canary Islands, Tenerife is one of Europe’s most popular destinations, welcoming 2.7 million tourists in 2021 alone. The destination has significant touristic potential, and it is aiming to develop its sector in line with the values and priorities of UNWTO.
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has joined the European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA) and the Spanish region of Galicia in the north of the country (Axencia Turismo Galicia) to announce plans for this year’s "International Congress on Thermal Tourism”, which kicks off on World Tourism Day (27-29 September in Ourense, Galicia).
Housed in one of the magnificent palaces built by the knights of the Order of St John, Osborne Hotel, a 3-star luxury property in Valletta, has strongly recommended RateTiger as its technology partner of choice for hotel rate shopping, channel management and online distribution.
In this series, we go behind the front desk to learn everything from the strangest room service requests to quirky fun facts, to the most heartwarming reunions. We pick a new destination and hotel each month to give you the inside scoop.
Winners of the HSMAI Europe Awards 2021 were unveiled at a Gala Ceremony, which took place at the Kimpton Fitzroy Hotel in London last week.
A French family of five were welcomed by the villagers of Sambuca in Sicily on 2 July, after being selected to become temporary residents of the village to help revitalize the community. As part of the 1 Euro House campaign, the family with three children will live in a restored designer historic home and Host guests on Airbnb for one year.
EHL Advisory Services, the training and consultancy branch of EHL Group (the global reference in hospitality education, business solutions and innovation) has partnered Emirates, one of the world’s largest airline, to take its new hospitality strategy to the next level.
FirstName is a state of mind. The expression of FEEL GOOD embodies generous and benevolent places which cultivate common sense, joie de vivre, freedom, humor and sharing. An experience of beauty and overall well-being. And a new way of experiencing the hotel today and tomorrow.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) launches ‘Waitographer’, to help team members capture great photography of guests at its restaurants and bars. Almost 200 team members from hotels across the country, and 500 across the globe, have now been trained by renowned photographer, Roger Moukarzel.
Messe Berlin is planning a number of important changes next year to mark the first in-person edition of ITB Berlin since the pandemic began. Instead of running from a Wednesday to a Sunday, ITB Berlin 2023 will take place on three successive days, from Tuesday 7 to Thursday, 9 March. The demands placed on global trade fairs have changed considerably in recent years, which is why in future and in terms of customers, the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show is concentrating its efforts to focus on exhibiting companies as well as exclusively on trade visitors, buyers and the media. As in previous years, the internationally renowned ITB Berlin Convention will take place live parallel with the exhibition on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds, with selected sessions live-streamed on itb.com. Virtual services surrounding the live show will round off events.
Move over gold, platinum has a new ring to it! Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, and the world for that matter, is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee in June – marking 70 years of service in a reign that will forever be etched into the hearts of many.
The Sicilian Railway Experience is the latest revelation from Rocco Forte Hotels, founded in collaboration with the Italian Railway Foundation (Fondazione Ferrovie dello Stato). The voyage from Central Palermo to Agrigento - Valle dei Templi on board a train from the 1920s provides an utterly unique way to connect the two iconic Sicilian outposts of the hotel group: Villa Igiea and Verdura Resort.
To celebrate World Bee Day, Italian beekeeper Rocco Filomeno has listed the world’s first bee farm on Airbnb, where guests can sleep with a colony of over 1 million bees. The un-bee-lievable home has been constructed on Rocco’s olive farm just outside the idyllic village of Grottole in southern Italy. It is now available to book on Airbnb with all proceeds going to NGO Wonder Grottole’s bee conservation projects.
Today, leading digital travel platform Booking.com announces it will be opening the doors to an exclusive Music Retreat to celebrate this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in the host city of Turin, Italy. As the Official Travel Partner, Booking.com is offering a few lucky fans the opportunity to experience a unique one-night stay to celebrate the annual Eurovision extravaganza of epic songs, sequins and wind machines first-hand, through a one-of-a-kind, immersive experience.
The Moulin Rouge is unveiling a secluded room inside the iconic red windmill that has been sumptuously designed to transport guests back in time to the late 19th century. Few are aware of the space inside the windmill, which has never been open for public access and is now bookable for an overnight stay on Airbnb.
The company, which already has several certifications and awards in the Spanish market, is now working to strengthen its employer brand in Germany by holding three open house events.
From November 27 to 29, a joint event of PKF hospitality group with Vienna Tourist Board and Museum Booster will take place in Vienna for the first time, positioning it as the leading European conference for hospitality, tourism and culture.
The Jurys name – synonymous with the Irish hotel sector for more than 150 years – will disappear as part of a major rebrand by the Fattal Hotel Group, owner of Ireland’s best known hotel chain.