Meliá Hotels International, Spain's largest hotel company, today announced further growth of its city hotel portfolio in Spain with the signing of a hotel in Valencia which will operate under the international TRYP by Wyndham brand.
The global hotel industry's leading cloud platform, SiteMinder, today announces it has accelerated its growth in Southern Europe with the signing of another hotel group in Spain, Sallés Hotels. The announcement comes just months after the signing of one of Spain's largest hotel chains, Sercotel, and Rusticae, the country's largest quality club for boutique hotels.
Actor Hugh Jackman and director Neill Blomkamp attended the press holographically in Madrid from the hotel nhow Berlin for the presentation of the film CHAPPIE. NH Hotels will implement shortly this system in other nine hotels of the Group
The 164-room property is considered to be one of the best five-star hotels on Mallorca and is located directly on the 18-hole Andratx Golf Course. It offers three restaurants, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a conference room and a health and beauty spa and gym facility that extends over an area of 1,400 m2. Although the hotel is already of a good standard, extensive modernisation works will be carried out in the winter months to bring it up to the Steigenberger level. Puneet Chhatwal, CEO of Steigenberger Hotels AG, proudly commented: "We are delighted to gain such a prominent presence on Mallorca as part of our internal expansion programme. Our partner RIMC provides the necessary expertise to help us with the successful property of our brand on the Balearic Islands."
More than 150 senior business leaders, policy makers, and travel industry experts, gathered in Madrid yesterday to discuss the future of the travel industry. The sessions of the conference, titled 'The Future of Travel', explored issues such as the future of seamless travel; investment in travel and hospitality; social media and the traveller of the future; and leveraging the advantages of technology.
More than 150 senior business leaders, policy makers, and travel industry experts, are gathering in Madrid on 24 March 2015 to discuss the future of the travel industry and the contribution technology, innovation and regulatory change can make to delivering a holistic travel experience.
Barcelona, the capital of the Spanish region of Catalonia, is home to 1 612 000 inhabitants. With its 4.6 km of beaches and its singular architecture vastly influenced by famous Catalan architect Gaudí, the city is a renowned international leisure destination. A historical rival of Madrid, Barcelona outnumbered Spain's capital regarding the number of tourists welcomed in 2013, ranking 5th in Europe after London, Paris, Berlin and Rome. Our Barcelona Hotel Market Snapshot will give you an insight of what the Catalan capital has to offer.
José Manuel Barroso will speak at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) 15th annual Global Summit in Madrid, 15-16 April 2015. At a press conference at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum today, Spanish government authorities and WTTC announced that the theme for the Summit will be 'Disruption & Reinvention'. They also announced that the former President of the European Commission will speak at the prestigious global event alongside international business leaders including Ana Botín, Executive Chairman of Santander Bank. Up to 1000 people from around the world, including 300 chief executives, government ministers, thought leaders and media will come to Madrid for the Summit.
Mr Liddell began his career with Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in 2009 as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai and was most recently at the helm of the award-winning The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, which he successfully positioned as one of the city’s leading properties. The hotel has been awarded the triple Forbes Five Star Rating for the Hotel, Restaurant and Spa, one of only twenty three hotels to receive this honour worldwide.
Even though it is the economic, cultural and administrative capital of Spain, Madrid has long remained in the shadow of Barcelona in terms of tourism. However, over the last decade, the city managed to renew itself and has made major investments to improve its image as well as its infrastructures. The Spanish capital has thus returned as a real challenger to the Catalan city.
Starwood Capital Group, a leading global private investment firm, and leading Spanish hotel operator Melia Hotels International announced today that they have established a joint venture that has agreed to acquire a collection of hotels across key resort locations in Spain.
Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios SAU said on Tuesday that its wholly owned unit, Hispania Real SOCIMI SAU (Hispania), had signed an agreement with Grupo Barcelo to establish a joined hotel company focused on holiday sector. Under the deal Hispania will initially buy 11 hotels and one shopping center and it will have the option to buy five additional hotels and one more shopping center
Set to open in early summer 2015, Six Senses Spa Marbella is located at the charming Puente Romano Beach Resort situated in the Costa del Sol on the southern coast of Spain. The spa has been beautifully created to complement the hotel's charming and peaceful Andalusia beachfront village character.
Madrid, 3rd of February 2015. NH Hotel Group has presented today the key milestones of 2014, weighing up the Company's performance in year one of its current five-year strategic plan and providing insight into guidance for 2015
Hotel WiFi Test releases a hotel selection service that takes into account Wi-Fi quality along with other important factors such as travel time from the venue, price, availability and guest rating.
This market snapshot provides an overview of the recent performance of the lodging industry in Spain in terms of demand and supply and analyzes past and future tourism trends. In writing these articles we utilise the expertise of HVS for each market combining our in‐house data and research together with published information and interviews with opinion leaders regarding each of the examined destinations.
Meliá Hotels International has announced the addition of a new five star hotel in Barcelona to be operated under the ME by Meliá flag, the company's most innovative brand. ME by Meliá is already a great success in cities such as London and Madrid and in the world's top resort destinations, and is growing very selectively in the capitals of fashion, finance and culture.
One day ahead of FITUR, the world's tourism trade fair for the Ibero American markets being held in Madrid, the global hotel industry's leading provider of online distribution and direct booking technology, SiteMinder, today announces it has signed on Rusticae – the largest quality club for boutique hotels in Spain.
Tourism must be sustainable if it is to avoid jeopardizing its future and the viability of tourism destinations, and contribute in that way to promoting a more responsible consumption. The role of travellers as agents of positive change will be addressed at FiturGreen 2015 through models, success stories and innovative tools that have improved the sustainability of the entire tourism value chain (28-30 January 2015, Fitur, Madrid).
An Infographic identifying 5 new trends emerging in reaction to the increasing use of data and mobile by the airline, hotel, OTA and travel industry was today release by Eyefortravel. It outlines the more subtle changes that are happening at an organisational, business model and financial level. The infographic is sponsored by the Eyefortravel@Mobile World Congress this March 2. The event sees 100 senior travel industry execs meeting to listen to debate and network with the 16 board level speakers from the world's biggets airlines, hotels, tour operators, airports, railways and OTAs