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The Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Downtown completes $5.8m revitalisation

August 29, 2015 • admin
The Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Downtown hotel, located within the heart of the Gaslamp Quarter, recently completed a $5.8 million renovation of all public spaces, meeting rooms and guest rooms.  As component to this comprehensive revitalization, the hotel is unveiling THE LOBBY, a colourful and refreshing new space for dining, working and relaxing.  The hotel is owned by affiliates of Wheelock Street Capital, LLC, and managed by Sage Hospitality. Located in downtown San Diego, the hotel is within walking distance of the central business district and plenty of of the city’s premier leisure attractions.  Housed within the historic San Diego Trust and Savings Bank building, this boutique hotel is an iconic San Diego landmark.  The changes to the lobby and public spaces incorporate unique, locally relevant design components which...
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News: WTTC 2013: Etihad at vanguard of fixing world

August 27, 2015 • admin
The global air travel map is being redrawn as new markets evolve, traditional markets decline and the airline industry reshapes itself to house changing conditions, in line with Etihad Airways’ president James Hogan. Speaking in Abu Dhabi today on the World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit, Hogan told greater than 800 senior travel executives that legacy airlines were unlikely to progress unless they radically changed the best way they did business. In addition to the continuing challenges of commercial instability and uncertainty surrounding fuel prices and provide, Hogan said the rapid growth of air travel in markets along with India, Africa and the center East meant airlines would have to reshape their networks to house changing traffic flows. He explained among the many fastest-growing regions was the center East,...
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News: WTTC 2013: Scowsill requires private and non-private partnership

August 25, 2015 • admin
“The private and public sector must come together and concentrate on long run strategies, infrastructure and initiatives, not only short term goals, with the intention that our industry is previous to the expansion curve,” World Travel & Tourism president David Scowsill has argued. In his closing speech on the 13th WTTC Global Summit in Abu Dhabi, Scowsill explained that, by 2050, there’ll be three billion people enjoying middle class wealth – meaning more middle class consumers, enjoying more travel, creating more jobs and generating more GDP. He said the expansion opportunities ahead must be a wake-up call to the non-public and public sector to hitch together and plan sustainable, longer term strategies: “The industry must interact to drive investment in infrastructure, that is conducive to sustainable growth, not only now,...
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DoubleTree by Hilton arrives in Catalonian National Park

August 25, 2015 • admin
Hilton Worldwide continues its expansion in Spain with the advent of DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Center La Mola, a hotel taking its name from one of the crucial highest peaks within the nearby Catalan Pre Coastal mountain range. Having recently opened Spain’s first DoubleTree by Hilton in Emporda and primary Hilton Garden Inn in Sevilla, Hilton Worldwide now has eight properties trading across Spain.  With a contemporary design inspired by the natural great thing about its setting, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Center La Mola (formerly La Mola Hotel & Conference Centre) features 186 guestrooms and suites, an 800 square metre spa, plus 4,500 sqm of meetings and events space which recently underwent an important renovation. With its close proximity to the distinguished Real Club de Golf...
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News: WTTC 2013: Global Summit heads for Hainan

August 23, 2015 • admin
Officials from Hainan have taken at the mantel of the realm Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit because the 2013 event involves a detailed in Abu Dhabi. Following two days of intense discussions at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers within the emirate, responsibility for the 2014 summit was symbolically passed to Yibo Chen, special representative, Hainan Tourism Commission, in the course of the closing ceremony of the once a year event. According to the WTTC, Hainan is heading in the right direction to become one of the vital world’s leading tourist resort destinations by 2021. According to a report from the organisation – ‘Hainan: Travel & Tourism Development Potential 2011 – 2021’ – tourism expenditure in Hainan would be roughly resembling that of Singapore today by 2021, and the industry will...
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