TIG Global, the leading online marketing company for hospitality and travel, recently received ten WebAwards from the international Web Marketing Association. In this year’s competition, TIG Global walked away with an unprecedented collection of honors for outstanding website design in all of the travel-related categories, including Hotel and Lodging, Travel and Restaurant.
Vantage Insurance Services, Inc. (“VISI”), a full-service insurance agency specializing in creative solutions for the hospitality industry, has joined forces with Best Choice Insurance Agency (“Best Choice”), a full-service agency with relationships with over 20 A-rated carriers. This alliance, which includes the merger of Best Choice’s hospitality business into VISI and Best Choice’s President, Mike Boone, becoming a partner in VISI and a member of its senior management team, follows a year of tremendous growth at VISI. The relationship affords the agencies’ clients the benefits of scale and expertise in the hospitality business, while enjoying the resources of a full-service agency that can suit their personal, business, and commercial insurance needs nationwide.
Japan Airlines (JAL) has been honored with the World Savers Award by Condé Nast Traveler for being the most socially responsible airline amongst its peers in the category. The Award seeks to recognize companies in the travel industry that have generously contributed back to society through its various business activities, particularly in the five key aspects of education programs, wildlife conservation, poverty alleviation, environmental or cultural preservation and health initiatives.
The Shaw Festival is thrilled to announce the establishment of The Slaight Family Academy at the Shaw Festival. A transformational gift of $5 million from the Slaight Family will endow The Academy and sustain it long into the future.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 1 2009 -- Colleen Blake, Executive Director of the Shaw Festival Theatre, has announced that the theatre festival is receiving $2,131,860 million in funding through the Marquee Tourism Events Program (MTEP).
Edmonton, Alberta -- An Edmonton Valentine’s is hard to match. The city is a breathtaking winter paradise surrounded by gorgeous countryside and there is no shortage of romantic things to do in Edmonton, so why not devote an entire month to celebrating that special someone.
Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel’s Lobby Lounge was conferred the distinction of ‘BAR WITH THE WORLD’S MOST VARIETIES OF RUM COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE’ by Guinness World Records. Lobby Lounge’s selection of 102 rum varieties from different parts of the globe were individually checked and verified in an adjudication event led by Ms. Angela Wu, official adjudicator for Guinness World Records. Witnessed by members of the press, hotel guests, and loyal patrons of Lobby Lounge, the adjudication process culminated in the presentation of the Guinness World Record certificate to Mr. John Girard, General Manager and Area Director, Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel.
Vantage Hospitality, the 12th largest hotel company in the world, added another page to the history books when it was made public last month that it is the only hotel company to be included on Inc. Magazine’s prestigious Inc. 500/5000 List of Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies three years in a row. In operation for only nine years, Vantage first made the Inc. 500 list in 2006 when it posted a 307 percent revenue growth over three years.
Santa Clara, CA | Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc., (Santa Clara, CA) announced today that it has won the IMA’s Outstanding Achievement Awards for its design and optimization of the Ginn Reunion Resort’s Blog. Out of hundreds of sites submitted for the IMA Awards this year, http://blog.reunionresort.com was judged as one of the best in the Blog and Hotel/Resorts categories by expert hospitality, travel, tourism, and media professionals. The judgment was based on the internet marketing strategies used to promote the blog as well as merit and success in achieving its objectives. The Interactive Media Awards™ recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor organizations for their outstanding achievement
The National Travel Forum Award was instituted to recognize outstanding contributions to advancing the professional development of federal employees engaged in government travel management. It was presented to Rhodes by NBTA Executive Director & COO, Bill Connors.
TravelCLICK, the leading provider of ecommerce solutions and online reservations for the global hotel industry, announced its President and CEO, Robert Post, was honored as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the Midwest region.
Hospitality eBusiness Strategies, (HeBS), NYC today announced receipt of top Summit International Awards in the Travel/Tourism Website category. The Summit Creative Awards recognizes and celebrates the creative accomplishments of small and medium sized advertising agencies and other creative groups. Over fifteen years, the competition has established itself as the premier arbiter of creative excellence for firms of this size. Entries in 21 creative categories are judged against a stringent set of standards. During the blind judging events, judges search for innovative and creative concepts, strong executions and the ability to communicate and persuade.
Niantic, CT | INNCOM international, inc., has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Connecticut -- a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the state. Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations, ranked INNCOM at No. 33 with 106 percent revenue growth 2002–2006.
CHICAGO | In its first year of competing, TravelCLICK has won nine awards for website design excellence in the Web Marketing Association's 2007 International WebAward competition. The premier award event for website developers worldwide, the WebAward competition sets the standard of excellence for website design and marketing on the Internet.
Bangkok, Thailand (Asia-Pacific) | Weeks of speculation over who would take home the tourism industry’s top honours came to a close on Wednesday when 20 gold statuettes, or ‘Hospys’, were awarded at the 2007 Amadeus Thai Hospitality Awards.
Amersfoort (NL) / Lausanne (CH) -- Golden Tulip Hospitality is proud to announce the 2007 Golden Tulip and Tulip Inn of the year for the following areas:
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Webby Awards, the premier international honor for websites, recently recognized TIG Global, the leader in interactive marketing for the hospitality industry, as an Official Honoree for its design of the LXR Luxury Resorts website,
SHEFFIELD, MA -- Cypress Hotel & Spa, one of the world's leading suppliers of luxury bathrobes, towels, sheets, and related amenities to the lodging and spa industries, has again been awarded top honors in the prestigious ADEX Awards competition, sponsored by Design Journal Magazine. 2006 marks the second straight year that Cypress products have received this honor. In the 2005 ADEX competition, Cypress earned a Platinum award for their unique MicroCrest™ bathrobe, as well as a Gold award for their King's Choice™ towel collection. In the recent 2006 competition, Cypress added four additional ADEX awards to the company's collection. These latest honors include a Silver award for the Cypress microchenille blanket throw; a Gold award for their children's bathrobe; and two Platinum awards for the luxurious new microchenille bathrobe and the new Riviera™ towel collection. All four awards were received in the Hospitality Linens category of the ADEX Awards judging.
Dallas, TX, Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC) recently held the annual General Managers Conference for their managed properties in Dallas, Texas. The 3-day event included a golf tournament, and two days of conference sessions.
NEW YORK CITY | Remembered only as part of a childhood nursery rhyme for the past few decades, hotels and motels across the country are facing a new reality – increased bed bug bites. Ecolab Pest Elimination has responded to this industry challenge by introducing a comprehensive bed bug elimination service in the industry – the Innspect Bed Bug Service™ – to provide five-month, ongoing treatment and removal of bed bugs in hotels and motels across the nation.