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New Park Inn by Radisson property opens in Glasgow

March 4, 2016 • admin
The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has opened the fashionable Park Inn by Radisson Glasgow City Centre. Located within the historic grade 2 listed Pearl Assurance building at the corner of West George Street and Renfield Street, the contemporary new Park Inn by Radisson Glasgow City Centre boasts a robust design element with features including a convenient self-check-in area, restaurant, bar, meeting rooms, on-site gym and a web kiosk. The 91 guest bedrooms on the new Park Inn By Radisson Glasgow City Centre are spacious and well-proportioned with high ceilings, neutral décor, large en-suites, free high speed Wi-Fi and flat screen TVs. All rooms within the hotel have also been fitted with sound proofed windows allowing guests to benefit from the buzz of being within the heart of town centre and...
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News: Corinthia Hotels challenges global managers to fulfill health and safety standards

March 2, 2016 • admin
Corinthia Hotels is pioneering a brand new technique to monitoring and maintaining health and safety standards around the board. The hotel group is operating with health and safety experts Check Safety First to implement a risk management system at 10 of its luxury hotels worldwide, recognising its teams globally for meeting the necessary standards of hygiene as portion of its business strategy. General Managers around the company may be regularly assessed on their ability to keep up these standards to deliver the most convenient service to guests. Corinthia Hotels everywhere had been using Check Safety First’s complete E-Cristal auditing system to take care of the very best levels of hygiene. Following the success of the system on the group’s London hotel, its complete module package have been rolled out in...
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News: Travelocity Business taps into mobile technology

February 29, 2016 • admin
Travelocity Business has revealed that TBiz Chat has gone mobile, allowing business travellers to talk one on one with TBiz agents previous to and through their business journey throughout the TripCase mobile app. Launched on both Concur and GetThere online booking tools in May 2012, TBiz Chat has proven to be a valuable tool for business travellers with greater than 97 percent of respondents saying they’ll use the product sooner or later, based on a contemporary customer satisfaction survey. “Knowing what our customers need and like is important to our business,” said Yannis Karmis , president of Travelocity Business. “It ensures we’re providing the very best service day by day to each customer. TBiz Chat offers an innovative solution to easily and effectively communicate travel needs and requests so our...
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New chief executive for the Ascott

February 29, 2016 • admin
CapitaLand has announced its wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott, has appointed Lee Chee Koon as its chief executive with effect from June 1st 2013. He will succeed Chong Kee Hiong who has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Chong will step down as Ascott’s chief executive and as a non-independent non-executive director from the board of Ascott Residence Trust Management, the chief of Ascott Residence Trust, with effect from June 1st 2013. Lee will take over Chong at the board of ARTML, subject to approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Lim Ming Yan, president and group chief executive of CapitaLand said: “We thank Kee Hiong for his contributions to CapitaLand. “The decision to depart isn’t a very simple one for him and for us but we fully respect...
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News: Icelandair and WestJet sign interline deal

February 27, 2016 • admin
WestJet and Icelandair have launched a brand new interline agreement opening up the skies for passengers connecting between the Americas and greater than 20 Icelandair destinations throughout Europe. Passengers can now book a single combined e-ticket for WestJet and Icelandair flights consisting of the conveniences of single check-in for all flights and baggage sent through to the general destination. When connecting within the Americas, Icelandair customers will enjoy WestJet’s fleet of Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft serving greater than 80 cities in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. “Icelandair and WestJet share a number of the same philosophies including offering our passengers a refreshing travel experience” said Helgi Mar Bjorgvinsson, Icelandair’s Senior Vp of promoting and Sales. “Our complementary customer support and connections through Toronto and Halifax make this a...
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