Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with Kastrati Hotels & Tower shpk for the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Albania. The 151-room Hyatt Regency Tirana is expected to open in late 2019 and will mark a milestone in Albania's thriving hospitality sector.
When it comes to travel, one can argue that there are few stones that have been left unturned in Europe, but one of those is certainly Albania. In many ways Albania is the missing part of the Mediterranean tourism puzzle. In this latest report, Siniša TopalovićandIva Rašica from Horwath HTL, Croatia examine the status quo in Albanias tourism sector, and the reasons why now is the time to invest.
TrustYou, working in conjunction with Donna Quadri-Felitti, Academic Chair and Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism, developed a study to understand the effect that reviews have on hotel conversion rates and pricing. This study is the first of its kind using simulated booking engines and heat mapping technology to determine consumers' hotel choices.
And from his most recent stint as pre-opening task force for GHM development projects, Giulio D’Alberto will take charge of the group’s most recently opened and most expansive property, The Chedi Sakala. D’Alberto joined GHM as director of finance at an Italian property once operated by GHM, The Chedi Milan. In 2012, he relocated to Asia for work on GHM developments and was subsequently involved as part of the pre-opening task force at The Chedi Andermatt.
Pamil Visions PR, an international boutique agency specialized in travel and hospitality public relations and communications, and New Media Communications (NMC), a leading provider of interactive media solutions and advertising consulting in Albania, today formed a joint venture based in Trier and Tirana, to deliver enhanced services to clients in the region and internationally.
Hotel guests in Abu Dhabi increased 16 per cent in the first 11 months of the year to 1,903,888 guests, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) said in a statement. Guest nights also rose 23 per cent, jumping to 5,694,140 from the 4,640,893 figure hit last year. Despite an eight per cent decrease in average length of stay - the mean figure dipped from 3.22 nights in November last year to 2.96 last month.