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Accorhotels.com accelerates its development

February 13, 2016 • admin
Accorhotels.com, the web multi-brand and multi-destination reservation website for Accor hotels, continues its development as a key actor of e-tourism. The web site traffic increased by 25% from 2010 to 2012. Greater than 100 million persons visited the web site last year. 10 online booking are registered every minute. Its success is predicated on its adaptations to the local specificities and to customers’ expectations. The web site is supplied in 14 languages and thru 31 geo-localized versions. The gang will launch 2 new languages in 2013: a Turkish and an Arabic version. Remy Merckx, Accor Online Sales Director explains the website’s benefits from a customer perspective: “It is the neatest place to book one of the vital Group’s brands. We guarantee the simplest price and the last room availability. Clients...
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News: Fred Smits appointed general manager of Westin Dublin

February 11, 2016 • admin
Westin Hotels & Resorts announces the appointment of Fred Smits as General Manager of The Westin Dublin.  Fred joins The Westin Dublin from the Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel & Conference Center where he was Executive Assistant Manager. Born within the Netherlands, Fred began his career with Starwood Hotels & Resorts on the Westin Rotterdam in 2001 as Executive Chef, working his way as much as become Director of Food & Beverage in 2005, a task he held until February 2007. In 2007, Smits was promoted to Executive Assistant Manager of the 406-room Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel where he oversaw all daily operations and held responsibility for the 30-room Conference Center and 4 food and beverage outlets.  During his time on the Sheraton Amsterdam, Fred also played a key role inside...
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DoubleTree by Hilton launches in Australia

February 9, 2016 • admin
Hilton Worldwide has announced that it’ll introduce its fastest growing full-service brand, DoubleTree by Hilton, to Australia when it rebrands four Northern Territory hotels on 1 May 2013. The country’s first three DoubleTree by Hilton hotels: DoubleTree by Hilton Darwin, DoubleTree by Hilton Esplanade Darwin, DoubleTree by Hilton Alice Springs will open alongside Hilton Darwin inside the Territory. “We are delighted if you want to introduce the DoubleTree by Hilton brand to the Australian market and to feature another Hilton Hotel & Resort inside the region’s most important areas of growth,” said Ashley Spencer, vice chairman, operations, Australasia, Hilton Worldwide. “We was trying to enter into the Northern Territory for a while and are committed to creating these properties the leading full-service hotels out there.” The Northern Territory hotels are...
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News: FCCA plans for the 20 th annual FCCA Conference & Trade event

February 9, 2016 • admin
The historic city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia will set the stage for the twentieth annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association Cruise Conference & Trade event, occurring September 30 – October 4, 2013. Cruise industry partners and stakeholders will join cruise executives from the FCCA Member Lines to share ideas and discuss industry trends throughout a sequence of tailored events, functions, meetings and more. Workshops should be available, where executives from the FCCA Member Lines will take part in a chain of roundtable discussions within the areas of promoting, shore excursions and operations to coach participants in regards to the latest trends/developments and help them the way to maximize cruise tourism’s benefit. To guarantee attendees’ opportunity for individual attention from the executives, the FCCA will pre-set one-on-one meetings with select cruise executives...
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News: Royal Caribbean reveals groundbreaking Quantum class ships

February 7, 2016 • admin
Building on a legacy of greater than 40 years of innovation and inventive design, Royal Caribbean International today unveiled first details of a better generation of cruise holidays – Quantum cruising. The Quantum class of ships will take a dramatic leap forwards, introducing more game-changing “firsts at sea” akin to a skydiving experience, an exhilarating adventure that transports guests greater than 300 feet inside the air on a wide ranging journey; cutting-edge transformative venues including the most important indoor sports and entertainment complex at sea with bumper cars, roller skating and more; and the cruise line’s largest and most advanced accommodation ever. These new, larger staterooms enable innovation in design, storage and luxury including the industry’s first virtual balconies – every stateroom on Quantum of the Seas can have a...
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