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).
Dubai-based hotel giant Jumeirah is planning to open its debut European resort property in just over a year as part of the company’s expansion. “We have identified Europe as one of the key geographical growth areas for Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts, and we are always looking at locations that are in key resort and gateway city locations,” said Derek Picot, Jumeirah regional manager in comments published by industry website Hotel News Now.
VingCard Elsafe, a leading hospitality security provider and part of the ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Group, has completed the installation of its Signature mag-stripe lock at the W Barcelona. Completed in July, the most recent development from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is located in Barcelona, Spain. The 473-room property, designed by world-famous Ricardo Bofill, is a popular tourist attraction centrally located near six museums, FC Barcelona stadium, Ciutat Vella and La Barceloneta. Drawing worldwide attention, a premier hotel property like W Barcelona requires a secure and reliable electronic locking solution like Signature by VingCard.
Spanish hotel chain Sol Melia (SOL.MC) forecast an improvement in fourth-quarter hotel bookings in Spanish cities, but said prices would still suffer as business and leisure travellers remain strapped for cash. "Throughout the fourth quarter, a better performance of occupancy rates is expected for Spanish cities according to current bookings, although no recovery in prices is foreseen in the coming months," Sol Melia said with nine-month results.
NH Hoteles and Hesperia have closed the agreement for the integration of their respective hotel management businesses. Through this deal, NH Hoteles will manage 51 hotels that are currently owned or operated by Hesperia and the multinational hotel chain will increase its total number of operating hotels to 400 and its number of rooms to over 60,000.
W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry innovator, today unveils a global brand flagship hotel, W Barcelona. An icon of stunning architecture rising high above the Mediterranean in Spain’s most dynamic and stylish city, W Barcelona is designed by world-renowned Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill. Situated at Nova Bocana, where the glamorous Barceloneta beach boardwalk commences, the hotel has a commanding presence against Barcelona’s magnificent waterfront and skyline, and has already made its mark as a landmark in an ambitious urban renewal plan for Barcelona’s coastline.
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NH Hoteles and Hesperia have signed an agreement aiming to integrate their respective hotel management businesses. This deal, supported by both of the Boards, implies the creation of the largest Spanish hotel group within the urban segment.
Libra OnDemand has entered into an agreement with Sulcus Solutions SL in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, whereby the company’s popular U.S.-based Libra OnDemand customer relationship management (CRM) solution will be marketed, installed and supported across the Spanish Hospitality market as “Sulcus OnDemand.”
With visitor numbers expected to drop 10 percent in 2009, the Spanish hotel market is suffering greater year-on-year declines in performance than some of its European neighbors. Visitors from major source markets such as Germany, the U.K. and France are in decline, with U.K. travelers further deterred by the 20-percent weakening of the sterling against the euro during the past 12 months and the increased competition from Turkey and Egypt.
NH Hoteles has reacted to this adverse situation with a significant efficiency and cost reduction plan, thereby achieving a decrease in expenses of €74M | NH Hoteles strengthens its liquidity and ends with a successful capital increase of €221M | Additionally, the Group props up its financial situation due to the fact that the bank syndicate postpones the measuring of financial debt ratios, agreed with NH Hoteles in the syndicate credit that it signed in 2007, to 31 December 2010
Overnight stays in Spain's hotels dropped 5.5 percent in July from the same month in 2008, compared with a 6.4 percent fall in June, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Monday.
Spanish hotel chain Hesperia said on Tuesday it has subscribed to a capital hike of up to 225 million euros ($314.7 million) by rival NH Hoteles (NHH.MC) so as not to dilute its 25.09 percent stake.
Spain’s tourist outlook for the summer is dismal with sales dropping between 5 and 10 percent as vacationers cut back on spending and the length of hotel stays, predicted Simón Pedro Barceló, president of Barcelo Corporacion Empresarial hotel and travel group. “This year is going to be very difficult as we’ve already seen from the 20-percent fall in industry sales during the first four months of the year, which was the low season,” Barceló said at an economic conference in the Spanish capital.
This article sets out to give the reader a picture of the Madrid hotel market up to the end of 2008 and our view on current tourism and hospitality trends and tendencies. The overall health of Spain's economy is under considerable pressure from the current economic climate. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Spain will face difficulties until at least the end of 2009 in recapturing the same degree of public support that existed before the general election.
W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry innovator, will mark its debut in Western Europe later this year with the opening of the new W Barcelona. An avant-garde icon of stunning architecture rising high above the Mediterranean in Spain’s most dynamic and stylish city, W Barcelona is designed by Barcelona-born and world-renowned architect Ricardo Bofill. Known for his architectural creations including the Shiseido headquarters in Tokyo and the headquarters for Cartier and Christian Dior in Paris, Bofill’s projects around the world demonstrate his capacity to act in harmony with different local cultures, combined with his great global competence.
EZYield.com, the originator of automated online channel management solutions for the worldwide hospitality industry, is proud to support the growth of High Tech Hoteles, a Madrid, Spain-based hospitality management company, and their two boutique brands: Petit Palace and High Tech. With 45 hotels in Spain, 14 of which recently opened or will open soon and nine more scheduled to open in 2010, High Tech Hoteles is executing a successful growth plan focused on strategically placing hotels in business and tourist capitals in urban settings near cultural, shopping and business areas.
Meliá Palácio de Lousã Boutique Hotel, el primero de su clase en Portugal de la cadena Sol Meliá, utiliza el innovador servicio de la empresa GuestCentric Systems para optimizar su presencia online e incrementar las reservas online directas. Los servicios integrados de GuestCentric proporcionan a hoteles con herramientas online de marketing y distribución a precios accesibles.
Spain's tourism sector will face further consolidation as structural problems and sharp falls in numbers of new visitors hit earnings, the co-chairman of the country's third largest hotel group said. "The sun and beach model isn't exhausted, but with low profitability, companies are increasingly less able to act and, in the long term, we will pay," Grupo Barcelo's Simon Pedro Barcelo said in an interview in Expansion on Tuesday.
Mr Marco brings over 40 years of hospitality experience to his new position, having held a number of senior management positions in famous landmark hotels such as The Hamilton Princess in Bermuda, the Sir Francis Drake in San Francisco, and the Pierre Marques in Acapulco where he acquired numerous awards such as the first ever AAA Triple Five Diamond Resort rating. More recently, he was the opening General Manager of the renowned Hotel Arts in Barcelona taking over the Ritz Carlton in Cancun as General Manager where he was the recipient of the National Quality Award on three occasions.