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January 13, 2011

Availpro, a new actor in the online hotel distribution industry in Spain

France's leading provider of online selling solutions to the hotel industry is now expanding into Spain. Availpro's solutions are specifically designed for accommodation providers such as independent hotel owners, hotel chains or even residences. The company’s software solutions and pioneering approach are dedicated to allowing clients to manage and sell their accommodation offer online through a white label booking engine or the Smart Channel Manager®. The official launch will be made during the Fitur exhibition.

Availpro

Appointment

January 4, 2011

Luis Maroto has been named President & CEO at Amadeus

Amadeus announces that as of 1 January 2011, Luis Maroto, former Deputy CEO of Amadeus, has replaced David V. Jones as President & CEO of the company. Luis Maroto has worked for Amadeus for 11 years in a number of positions including CFO. For the last two years as Deputy CEO, he has been instrumental in Amadeus’ return to the stock market with the company’s successful IPO in April 2010 and the subsequent inclusion in Spanish blue-chip index IBEX-35, where the company is debuting today.

Amadeus

Press Release Finance

October 28, 2010

NH Hoteles EBITDA More Than Doubles In The First 9 Months Of 2010

The adverse situation of the industry in 2009 underwent a major turnaround during the first 9 months of 2010. The third quarter of the year, in particular, has recorded a significant improvement towards recovery in the Group's basic activity. NH Hoteles´ revenues totalled €980.5M, a 9.4% rise, and EBITDA, an indicator of trends in operations at NH Hoteles, reflected both the strong recovery in the market and the remarkable increase in productivity.

NH Hotel Group

Supplier News Sales & Marketing

October 21, 2010

Paradores de Turismo Selects RateTiger for Channel Management

Paradores de Turismo has selected RateTiger's RTSuite - ChannelManager PRO to help manage its online sales channels and distribution rate strategies, enhance OTA exposure and retrieve business intelligence data on-demand.

eRevMax Ltd.

Opinion Article Design & Architecture

September 23, 2010

Room Mate Hotels

As he was developing his business plan for what would eventually become the Spanish chain Room Mate Hotels, Enrique Sarasola was confronted by naysayers who told him there was nothing new in the hotel industry. Check-out was 11 a.m., period. Continental breakfast was served until 10 a.m. at the latest, period. High design meant high prices, period. To which Sarasola replied, why?

HotelNewsNow

Press Release Technology

September 14, 2010

NH Hotels Becomes First Spanish Hotel Chain to Develop Application for iPhone

NH Hotels, in line with its spirit of innovation, has become the first Spanish hotel chain to develop a new information and booking application for the iPhone. The new app is now being made available to download free of charge through the Apple Store. The simple and intuitive application which has been created by the multinational hotel firm has been developed to enable iPhone users to be able to search for hotels across the 25 countries where NH Hotels are located as well as providing information and the ability to book rooms via the app.

NH Hotel Group

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Hospitality Net

Ad Tambourine One

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Tambourine

Report

September 13, 2010

Market Intelligence Report Madrid | HVS

Madrid City Hotels – On the Rocky Road to Recovery? This article presents a picture of the Madrid hotel market up to the summer of 2010 and our view on current tourism and hospitality trends and tendencies. After a period of steady growth up to the end of 2007, overall airport arrivals have decreased in the two years to the end of 2009; By Giuliano Gasparini and Esther Gladen

HVS

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Tambourine

July 30, 2010

Innside By Meliá to Open its First Hotel in Spain - Innside Barcelona

Sol Meliá today announced the introduction of the Innside by Meliá hotel brand in Spain with the signature of an agreement for a new hotel in Barcelona which will become the first hotel for this youthful urban brand outside Germany. In Germany the brand currently operates nine hotels and was recently voted the best hotel brand in the country by the German people.

Melia

July 20, 2010

IHG expands Hotel Indigo into Continental Europe with a new hotel in Madrid

Hotel Indigo Madrid is set to open in spring 2012. The 89-bedroom hotel, owned by Orion, will be situated in the centre of Madrid, close to the Opera House, the Almudena Cathedral and the main museums in the area. It also has easy access to the main conference centres and train stations, making it ideal for both business and leisure guests.

IHG

June 15, 2010

Sandos Hotels & Resorts Acquires San Blas Resort, Tenerife; Expands Presence In Spain

Sandos Hotels & Resorts, with two resort complexes on the Riviera Maya and a luxury hotel in Cancun, Mexico, as well as upscale properties in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) and Benidorm (mainland Spain), is increasing its portfolio with the acquisition of the five-star San Blas Reserva Ambiental Hotel, located in the South of Tenerife, Spain.

Sandos Hotels & Resorts

Vingcard, an ASSA ABLOY brand

May 20, 2010

Classic by VingCard® and Infinity Digital by Elsafe® Lock Up Spanish Treasure in Costa Brava

VingCard Elsafe, the leading hospitality security provider and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, completed the installation of its state of the art electronic locking solution, Classic by VingCard, and Infinity II by Elsafe in-room safes, at The Alva Park Resort & Spa in Costa Brava, Spain. This Catalonia hotel located in legendary Costa Brava is a sanctuary of luxurious accommodation where relaxation and fine dining are the most important items on the agenda.

April 12, 2010

Novotel opens in downtown Barcelona

The Novotel Barcelona City was fashioned to relax guests from the drawing-board stage. Novotel used interior architect Patrick Genard’s talent to encapsulate its new Designed for Natural Living spirit in the Novotel Barcelona City. And that was exactly what he did, intertwining the environmental values that this hotel brand cherishes into the Catalan capital’s cultural hustle and bustle.

Accor

April 12, 2010

Rezidor announces the Radisson Blu Residence Gran Canaria

The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, announces the Radisson Blu Residence Gran Canaria in Spain. The property - the former Hotel Dunas - will be fully renovated and offer 144 apartments. It is scheduled to open in Q4 2012. "We are delighted on further grow in Spain where we recently opened the first Radisson Blu in Madrid", says Kurt Ritter, President & CEO of Rezidor. "This signing also underlines our commitment to an ambitious growth of our young and stylish resort portfolio", continues Ritter. "We are glad to extend our close cooperation with Rezidor and confident to add new value to Gran Canaria's hospitality sector", comments Lars Wenaas of Wenaasgruppen, owner of the new hotel.

Radisson Hotel Group

Gran Canaria, Spain

March 9, 2010

W Hotels Worldwide’s European Flagship W Barcelona Hotel Celebrates Official Launch with Unique “W Premiere” Event

W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry innovator, today celebrates the official unveiling of W Barcelona which opened its doors on October 1, 2009. Over the course of the next three days, W Barcelona will highlight the W brand’s passion points of fashion, design, architecture, music and “B&F” (beverage & food) through a new event series called “W Premiere.”

Starwood

Appointment

March 2, 2010

Gérard Sintès has been appointed as General Manager at Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona

Gérard Sintès will succeed Luis Marcó as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona with effect from 1 April 2010. Mr Marcó is retiring after a 45-year career in the hospitality industry. Mr Sintès, who has almost 30 years of experience in the global luxury hospitality industry, joins Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona from One & Only Cape Town where he held the position of General Manager and was responsible for the hotel opening in 2009. He has held senior management positions in many award-winning properties around the globe, including the role of General Manager at One &Only Le Saint Géran Hotel, Spa & Golf Club in Mauritius from 1999 to 2005. Mr Sintès has also gained significant experience with management postings in Asia, including the position of General Manager of Shangri La, Bangkok from 2005 to 2008. A French national, he is a graduate of Lausanne Hotel School and as well as his native language is fluent in Spanish and English.

Mandarin Oriental

February 18, 2010

iMap Multimedia launches first Spanish Version of RoomVista for Palexco, A Coruna’s elegant Convention Center located on the Atlantic west coast of Spain

RoomVista, iMap's meeting space search and presentation tool for hotels and convention centers, was recently launched in Spanish to cater to the needs of Spanish online visitors wanting to find suitable meeting space at the beautiful Palexco Convention Center of A Coruna, Spain.

iMap Multimedia Inc.

External Article Markets & Performance

Appointment

February 5, 2010

Rene Zimmer has been appointed as General Manager at Finca Cortesin Hotel

Rene Zimmer’s 20 years of luxury hotel management experience has brought him to Finca Cortesin Hotel, Golf, and Spa. From November 2006 until March 2009, Rene was the Executive Assistant Manager at the 301-room Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, Russia. Prior to this, Rene was Director of Food and Beverage at Hotel La Residencia in Mallorca, Spain. He received his Hospitality Degree while being an apprentice for a prominent Relais & Chateaux property in Bavaria, Germany; he later achieved a Short MBA from Marcus Evans, Cheney Court, England. Born in Bautzen, Germany, Rene is fluent in his native tongue, English, and Spanish, with a good knowledge of French and Italian.Opened in October 2008, Finca Cortesin Hotel, Golf & Spa is a luxury resort located in southern Spain near the village of Casares, one of the most picturesque villages of Andalucia, and situated between Marbella and Sotogrande.

Finca Cortesin Hotel

Casares (Andalucia), Spain

January 20, 2010

Spanish hoteliers have better outlook for 2010 | hotelnewsnow.com

Despite a drop of almost 9 percent in foreign visitors, Spanish hoteliers are slightly optimistic this year could be better than 2009. Still, hoteliers are appealing to the government for help on several fronts to manage the tourism decline. “There is a certain hope that this year won’t be worse than 2009,” Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodations president Joan Molas told attendees at Hotel 2010: Where are we and where are we going?. “We could see some recovery, so one might say that the glass is half full,” he added

HotelNewsNow

January 12, 2010

EZYield.com World Tour Rolls Into Madrid for FITUR 2010

EZYield.com, the originator of automated online distribution management solutions for the worldwide hospitality industry, today announced that the first stop on their 2010 world tour, bringing advanced hotel distribution technology to the worldwide hospitality industry, will be in Madrid, Spain, for the 30th edition of The International Tourism Trade Fair (FITUR).

EZYield