Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) continues to expand its AC Hotels by Marriott brand, with three new properties in Valencia, Spain; Istanbul, Turkey; and Tel Aviv, Israel, bringing the total to 80 opened or signed hotels in Europe. The new additions exemplify the brand's urban aesthetic with modern interiors and clean, crisp lines.
The travel industry understands how critical data analytics and mobile are to send contextual messages that sell more, reduce costs and serve their customers better. As an indication how critical this goal is 16 senior C level executives from the world's biggest airlines, airports, hotels, rail providers, tour operators and intermediaries are meeting the Monday before ITB at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to debate, collaborate and discover the new opportunities that data analysis and mobile can provide.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, a luxury brand in the FRHI Hotels & Resorts (FRHI) portfolio, today announced it will manage the 432-room Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I in Barcelona, Spain. Fairmont will assume management of the property and will officially rebrand the hotel Fairmont Rey Juan Carlos I, Barcelona this autumn. The partner for this agreement is Barcelona Projects and JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group was retained to run the operator selection process.
Jordi E. Tarrida, a German national, will take over from Fernando Gibaja who has moved from Spain to Dubai to embark on a new role as General Manager of Jumeirah Zabeel Saray.
The Group's new premium brand is the result of NH Hotel Group new brand architecture, created under the guidelines of the five-year strategic plan. Deemed to fall within the upper-upperscale segment, the NH Collection brand is defined by extraordinary comfort levels, a carefully developed offering and a personalized guest .
Both Barcelona and Milan recorded growth in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) of 8.5% and 4.1% respectively in June, confirming the first semester and the rolling 12 months to June profit surges, according to the latest data from HotStats.
The coast of Magaluf in the southwest of Mallorca is home to a revolution in holiday resorts ever since 2012, when the Meliá Hotels International group took the brave decision to reposition a destination considered "mature".
Be Smart Madrid Diana Aeropuerto has chosen Pegasus Connect+ Premium from Pegasus Solutions for global sales and marketing support. The hotel is one of Globalia's Be Smart portfolio of 4-star city hotels, and is now available online and through the global distribution systems (GDSs) under the Pegasus Connect+ "UI" chain code.
Today one of the leading Spanish hotel companies with 44 properties across seven countries, including Spain, Mexico, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, is migrating from a multi-technology platform to the Indra Travel Management Suite. Using Indra's TMS for Hotels solution, H10 Hotels will bring its front office systems, including PMS, CRS, distribution connectivity and loyalty, to a single platform built on SAP.
Ever wished you didn"t have to interrupt your sun bathing and risk losing your carefully selected spot in the sun to get a drink or a snack from the hotel bar? The five-star Kempinski Hotel Bahía has made that wish come true by introducing a mobile app that lets its guests order straight from the poolside. Developed and designed by iRiS Software Systems, Beach Butler is a multilingual digital menu available to download onto guests" own smartphones.
Today NH Hotel Group's strategy of getting to a single technology platform for all hotel management has started to become a reality, thanks to the brandwide rollout of the Indra Travel Management Suite. All back-office functions (including Finance, Sales, Management Control, Procurement, Fixed Assets and Invoicing modules) have been rolled out for NH Hotel Group's global headquarters and more than 50 percent of the brand portfolio. Additionally, Indra's TMS for Global Customer Profile has been implemented for the entire hotel chain (representing 380+ hotels across 25+ countries) with more than 15 million profiles loaded.
Inigo ARRUTI IMHI 2000 has been appointed General Manager Hilton Madrid. Prior to that, Inigo was Hotel Manager Conrad Istanbul for nearly 5 years, then General Manager HILTON Moscow Vnukovo Airport for 5 months during the Pre-opening.
Sunway Hotels in Barcelona turns to ZMail for hotel marketing automation to enhance its guest-communications process and initiate surveys on the fly to better identify preferences and more quickly deliver on expectations
The Ritz-Carlton flag has officially been raised today in Tenerife, Spain, marking the re-naming of one of the island's unforgettable luxury resorts. Abama Golf & Spa Resort has been managed by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company since 2007 and has been officially re-named The Ritz-Carlton, Abama. As The Ritz-Carlton continues to forge ahead with significant global growth and awareness of the iconic luxury brand, the renaming of the luxury resort is very timely.
PART I: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT - We should take certain facts into consideration in order to explain why the hotel business is more complex than not long ago. These facts are new business issues and complicate more things. Some of these business issues are uniquely happening in Spain, but others also happen everywhere in our hospitality industry. However, all of these facts might perfectly happen in other countries as well in a near future. For example, in EEUU, China and other markets in Asia.
The collaboration Hard Rock International and Palladium Hotel Group will lead to Europe's first Hard Rock Hotel complex, scheduled to open in May 2014, which converts a property from the Spanish hotel group's Fiesta Hotels & Resorts brand.
For 34 years, the Cafe del Mar has been creating a sensory world full of magic on the island of Ibiza. The brand has already made the sunset a ritual in the five continents, and will now open a new venue on Mallorca, in Magaluf, one of the most beautiful beaches on the southwest coast.
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announces that it will hold its 15th Global Summit in Madrid, Spain, in April 2015. The Global Summit, which is the biggest annual gathering of Travel & Tourism leaders, will be held on 15-16 April 2015 and is to be hosted by Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo del Gobierno de España; Comunidad de Madrid and Ayuntamiento de Madrid.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world's leading hotel companies, has opened Hotel Indigo® Madrid – Gran Via, a few steps from the most modern, vibrant and cosmopolitan strip in the Spanish capital.
Italian automaker Ferrari announced plans for a Ferrari Land theme park to be built in conjunction with PortAventure Entertainment, Barcelona, along with the brand’s first hotel. The theme park calls for an investment of $139.5 million and is slated to open in 2016. Since Ferrari is in the business of acquiring consumers but also breeding enthusiasts, the new park may help the brand captivate people at a young age.