HBSi, an IBS Group company, has entered the bustling Asian travel market by adding Singapore-based Agoda, Asia's leading and fastest growing online hotel reservation service, to its growing network of travel distribution partners.
Succeeding Mr Lim as General Manager at Orchard Hotel Singapore from 1 December 2009 is our current Executive Assistant Manager (EAM), Mr Ruprecht Schmitz. He is no stranger to the Hotel or to Singapore as he has been EAM of the Hotel since 2006. Mr Schmitz will be taking on expanded responsibility for all aspects of Orchard Hotel’s operations. He will also spearhead the development of its business thus ensuring continued success for this 653-room five-star hotel, situated in the heart of the world famous Orchard Road and home to well-known and celebrated Chinese restaurant Hua Ting Restaurant and Orchard Café. With 15 years of international experience in the hospitality industry, Mr Schmitz has worked in management positions with various International hotel chains in Europe and joined Millennium Hotel Paris Opera in 2003. In 2006, he was posted to Orchard Hotel as the Executive Assistant Manager where he assisted the General Manager with the day-to-day operation of the hotel.
The Cornell Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management (CNI) is endorsing the Gaming Executive Summit, which takes place at the Grand Hyatt in Singapore this week.
With a track record of more than 15 years in the hotel industry, in her new role Patricia will be responsible for establishing and driving sales and marketing initiatives across various market segments. Patricia joined Crowne Plaza Changi Airport in January 2008 and was a key member of the pre-opening team, joining from InterContinental Singapore, a sister hotel to Crowne Plaza Changi Airport in the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). As Associate Director of Business Development at the InterContinental Singapore, Patricia won global high-profile accounts such as Symantec, Exxonmobil, Nike, Merrill Lynch, and Pfizer. Her other career highlights include stints at Raffles the Plaza and Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore.
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C) today launched a new international hotel brand, Studio M, aimed at the new generation of savvy business and leisure travellers. Studio M is the latest addition to M&C’s portfolio of brands and underscores the group’s commitment to expanding its footprint in Asia.
HBSi, an IBS Group company, has entered the bustling Asian travel market by adding Singapore-based Agoda, Asia's leading and fastest growing online hotel reservation service, to its growing network of travel distribution partners.
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands® has selected SDD’s JAZZ Fusion software for presentation, billing, and provisioning of voice and broadband internet services to guests. The premier integrated entertainment destination, which includes convention and exhibition facilities, a luxury hotel, the breathtaking rooftop Sands SkyPark®, a museum, Las Vegas-style gaming, entertainment and a wide range of shops and restaurants, will use JAZZ-driven portals and service packages to present personalized content and targeted pricing of voice and broadband internet to its guests and visiting groups.
HSMAI Asia Pacific’s conference series ASIA CONNECT will kick off this year with a two part programme alongside ITB Asia and following the Web In Travel (WIT) conference on the 22nd and 23rd of October at Suntec City in Singapore.
Web in Travel 2009 will witness the debut of the Hotel S.M.A.R.T. Alliance, a technology collaboration that brings together the best-of-breed revenue management solutions for hoteliers. The sales, marketing and revenue technology alliance consists of RateTiger, Infor & SoftBrands, Travelscream and Rainmaker who all will be exhibiting for the first time together in the Transit Café at WIT from 20th -- 23rd October at Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore.
Not only are airlines facing their toughest times in history with record drops in traffic demand and changing fundamentals that challenge the very foundation of their business models, they are also having to contend with changes that are coming at them from everywhere – from new consumer behaviour influenced by new technology and social concerns to intense competition from new players and models.
VingCard, a leading hospitality security provider and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, today announced the installation of its wireless RF-online system, VISIONLINE, at Singapore’s largest integrated resort and family destination, Resorts World Sentosa, located on Singapore’s resort island of Sentosa. The product will be installed in all six hotels on the 49-hectare family destination, which will also feature a casino; Southeast Asia’s first and only Universal Studios theme park; Marine Life Park, the world’s largest oceanarium; Maritime Xperiential Museum; and Equarius Water Park.
Sweat is building on the brows of general managers in Singapore because revenue per available room has declined 31.7 percent in the first half of 2009, according to STR Global. The Singapore market’s performance, however, reflects regional and global trends, and as such, there’s no need for panic at the year’s half-way mark. Let’s hope it’s just the chilli padi that’s loosening collars and causing uncomfortable shifting in chairs and not a harbinger of a return to a discount mentality.
West Paces Hotel Group Asia, developer of the ultra-luxury Capella Hotels and Resorts brand, and Bangkok-based Country Group Company, Ltd., today announced plans for a prestigious new property along the banks of the famous Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok. The new hotel, to be known as Capella Bangkok, is scheduled for completion in 4th quarter, 2013.
Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, announced today that Resorts World at Sentosa, located on the island of Sentosa in Singapore, has selected InfoGenesis™ POS and Eatec® Solutions by Agilysys to streamline operations and enhance guest service. The mega-resort, which is scheduled to open in early 2010, is home to two major attractions — Universal Studios Singapore®, the first Universal Studios theme park in Southeast Asia, and Marine Life Park, the world's largest oceanarium. The resort will also include six hotels, a casino, meeting facilities, a water theme park and a variety of entertainment, retail and food and beverage offerings.
From CEO’s of multi-national and regional businesses, to start ups, to those on the fringes of the industry and those who are hands on involved in the everyday business of marketing travel or hospitality services, you will meet them at WIT-Web In Travel 2009.
Despite today’s global financial woes, opportunities are rife for hoteliers to increase revenue through electronic distribution. The annual Asia Pacific (ASPAC) meeting of the Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA), to be held July 23, 2009, at the Grand Hyatt Singapore, will focus on how “e-nnovating”—leveraging innovations in electronic marketing—can spell success in any kind of economy. The meeting brings together leading experts in hotel distribution, along with representatives from the region’s top hotels, to share best practices and actionable strategies for driving electronic RevPAR.
Some of the most recognizable names within hospitality technology have agreed to share their unique insights in how to manage major technology changes while at Hotel Technology Next Generation's (HTNG) second annual Asia-Pacific Members' Conference in Singapore the 13-15 of July, 2009.
The quintessential hotelier, Wilson brings a dynamic mix of experience and industry knowledge to this role and has been instrumental in introducing the Fairmont brand in Asia. Prior to launching the brand’s first hotel in the market, Fairmont Singapore, in late 2007, Wilson served as general manager at the landmark Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, where he successfully positioned the hotel as one of Canada’s top revenue-generating hotels. In addition to providing leadership and guidance to his new team of general mangers, Wilson is also tasked with supporting the brand’s regional development activity, which includes announced Fairmont hotel projects in leading destinations such as Manila, Sanya and Macao.
Forty-one students from the Singapore campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) received their degrees June 6 during the first commencement ceremony held since the campus opened in August 2006. The event marks a major milestone for UNLV's first international campus and strengthens the university's effort to create a global network of campuses that can deliver UNLV's world-renowned brand of hospitality management education.
General Managers and Hotel Owners who met for a recent Operations Career Track Advisory Board Meeting hosted by the Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management (CNI) had sage advice for the Masters of Management in Hospitality (MMH) students - be passionate, with strong people skills in order to succeed in the hospitality industry.