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  • Rotana opens its first hotel in Bahrain, Majestic Arjaan by Rotana

    Rotana, the leading hotel management company within the Middle East and Africa, has now opened its first property in Bahrain, Majestic Arjaan by Rotana.

    The new property is conveniently located inside the Busaiteen district at the island of Muharraq, just a couple of minutes from town of Manama. With the hole of this hotel, Rotana now operates 11 properties under the ‘Arjaan Hotel Apartments by Rotana’ brand.

    Majestic Arjaan by Rotana is a primary-class property, which was developed with both short and long run guests in mind. The hotel offers 128 suites, that are designed in a trendy style,  including spacious studios, one, two and 3 bedrooms apartments.

    The hotel features the most recent high-tech facilities including fully-equipped meeting rooms with essentially the most up-to-date audio-visual equipment. It also gives guests of venture to wind down and relax at any of the various leisure facilities including an out of doors temperature controlled swimming pool and an absolutely-fledged fitness centre, with steam and sauna rooms.

    Majestic Arjaan by Rotana also boasts three specialised food and beverage venues to fit every guest’s palate and dining needs, such as: Ginger All Day Dining – offering international buffets for breakfast, lunch and dinner in addition to á la carte; Ginger Lounge – a lobby café offering a tempting array of mouth-watering delicacies, light snacks and fresh fruit cocktails as well as a pretty good number of freshly-baked pastry takeaways; and Aquarius – an off-the-cuff dining experience by the pool complemented by hearty refreshments which includes light snacks and fresh salads.

    Commenting in this announcement, Omer Kaddouri, Executive Vp & Chief Operating Officer of Rotana, said “This opening of Majestic Arjaan by Rotana represents a vital achievement for Rotana, and a huge milestone in our method to expand further within the Middle East and African region. Here is our first property in Bahrain, a desirable city with a beautiful liberal lifestyle, a rich history and culture, with a powerful demand for luxury hotels that provide world-class hospitality”.

    A key appointment to the valuables includes Raiz Saban, a well-respected veteran of the hospitality industry with greater than 22 years of expertise within the business, as General Manager. He’ll lead a team of seasoned hotel professionals who’re expected to play strategic roles in leading Majestic Arjaan by Rotana’s bid to capture a huge share of economic within the Kingdom of Bahrain.

    “The suites are designed to produce the last word experience in modern serviced living,” says Raiz Saban. “The diverse features on this property offer numerous benefits and advantages for brief or future stays, whether for business, leisure or home relocation. i’m privileged to join the hole team for this magnificent property and my team and that i may be working hand in hand to make certain all areas of the hole are perfected.”

  • Tourist’s trust relies on social media and the net

    Does social media and internet based information sources together with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs and lots of more influence our decision on where we travel to and the way we share our experiences with others

    The evolution of the web and the net are major factors of the changes within the tourism and travel industries and within the ways that tourists purchase and experience travel.

    In an effort to realize tourist social media adoption in technology, a contemporary article published in Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism: ‘Trust and Involvement in Tourism Social Media and Web-Based Travel Information Sources’, that is free to view online until 31st September 2013, investigates how Scandinavian holiday makers staying in Mallorca, Spain use social media and the net to make decisions on what to tour and the way they share their experiences. This text used 100 participants to hold out the surveys, analysed the findings and recorded conclusions on how this system of communication affects our future trust with the increasing acclaim for Smart Phones.

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  • Focus: FORMIA & Air Astana take Medium Haul Luxury to New Heights

    FORMIA today announces an extension to its existing commercial relationship with Air Astana. Since 2011, FORMIA have been supplying the airline with quite a number its quality in-flight amenity kits for the relaxation and convenience of passengers on long haul flights. Now, as portion of the airline’s commitment to take the extent of on-board passenger comfort to new heights, FORMIA should be supplying new amenity kits to Air Astana medium haul business class passengers besides.

    FORMIA will supply the airline with its specially developed unisex kit containing products from the well-known global luxury brand, Chopard.
    Commenting, Roland Grohmann, Managing Director of FORMIA, said: “We are delighted to have won this crucial contract and to be extending our relationship with Air Astana on this way. Air Astana enjoys a longtime reputation for the standard of its customer care. This move significantly improves the criteria of in-flight service which medium haul passengers will come to expect around the industry and FORMIA is proud to be playing a component during this process.”

    Sandra Cullen is Director In-Flight Service Delivery of Air Astana JSC. She said “At Air Astana we pay loads of attention to our on board service delivery. We recognise that service improvement is a non-stop continuous process. Therefore, following on from the successful introduction of our business travel amenity kits for long haul flights in 2011 that won Gold and Silver Awards last year, we decided to expand our fruitful cooperation with FORMIA. We can be launching a brand new amenity kit for our business class customers on medium haul flights, affirming our commitment of being an exceedingly customer oriented international airline. i’m hoping our passengers will enjoy this new Chopard amenity kit.”

  • Accor plans three new hotels in Myanmar

    Accor is developing three newly built hotels in Myanmar – an MGallery hotel in Naypyidaw, Novotel Yangon Max, and Novotel Mandalay Mingalar – representing the group’s 18th market within the region.

    “We are excited to announce the signing of 3 new hotels in Myanmar – the 1st of with a view to open this year – marking Accor’s return to Myanmar,” says Michael Issenberg, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer for Accor Asia-Pacific.

    “Southeast Asia has long been a spotlight marketplace for Accor, and because the country’s tourism industry develops, we see significant growth potential for international hotel operators with long-term experience within the region. These three developments represent one more step towards our goal of operating 700 hotels in Asia-Pacific by 2015.”

    “With Myanmar expecting a powerful increase in international arrivals this year, we glance forward to being part of the improvement of the country’s tourism infrastructure,” says Robert Murray, Chief Operating Officer, Accor South East and North East Asia. “We expect business and leisure travellers alike will feel welcome at our iconic MGallery and Novotel branded hotels. True to our motto ‘Open New Frontiers in Hospitality’, our intention is to steer the manner and accelerate the company’s expansion into this dynamic market.”

    The upscale MGallery hotel within the heart of Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital city, often is the city’s first international brand hotel.  The valuables will welcome guests with 168 rooms, 1 meeting hall, 4 meeting rooms, a cigar bar and two dining outlets, including an Italian restaurant. The newly-built property, expected to open this year, may be located an insignificant 15 minutes’ drive from the town Hall, Water Park and Gem Museum, and 20 minutes from Naypyidaw International Airport.

    In Yangon, the country’s former capital and crucial economic centre for trade and tourism, Novotel Yangon Max would be completed by the top of 2013. This newly built 366-room hotel will provide international-standard quality and services that promise true relaxation and luxury, with 3 restaurants – including a rooftop French restaurant – a bar, a 1,000 square meter banquet room, 8 meeting rooms, a swimming pool and wellness centre. The hotel is within walking distance of Shwedagon Pagoda, Bogyoke Aung San Market, Inya Lake, Junction Square Shopping Centre, and a 20-minute drive from Yangon International Airport.

    Novotel Mandalay Mingalar, a newly-built hotel scheduled to open in in 2015, could have 280 rooms, 2 restaurants, 2 bars, a ballroom, 4 meeting rooms, a swimming pool, and wellness centre. Situated in a major location, the hotel is near the Maha Muni Pagoda, Mandalay Palace, Shwenandaw Monastery, Mandalay Hill, and a 40-minute drive from Mandalay International Airport. Mandalay is found 716 km north of Yangon at the east bank of the Irrawaddy River and is the second one-largest city in Myanmar.

  • News: Dreamliner back within the air within ‘weeks’

    Boeing has a comprehensive set of improvements in order to add several layers of extra security measures to the lithium-ion batteries on 787 commercial jetliners are in production and will be ready for initial installation in the following couple of weeks.

    New enclosures for 787 batteries are also being built and could be installed in airplanes within the weeks ahead.

    These improvements, which continue to undergo extensive certification testing, will allow operators to renew commercial flights with their 787s once testing is complete and america Federal Aviation Administration and other international regulators grant their final approval.

    The improvements include enhanced production and operating processes, improved battery design features and a brand new battery enclosure. 

    “As soon as our testing is complete and we obtain regulatory approvals, we can be positioned to assist our customers implement these changes and start the method of having their 787s back within the air,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes president Ray Conner.

    “Passengers could be assured that we’ve got completed a radical review of the battery system and made numerous improvements that we believe will make it a safer, more reliable battery system.”

    Battery system changes include changes to the battery itself, the battery charging unit and the battery installation.

    Earlier this week the FAA approved Boeing’s certification plan, which lays out the discrete testing to be done to illustrate that the battery improvements address the conditions specified in the Airworthiness Directive that has suspended 787 commercial operations.

    “We are following all the necessary protocols to get our new design fully approved and correctly installed in order that we are able to help our customers start flying once possible.

    “We are simultaneously moving out on an effort to renew deliveries but completing our certification work and
    getting the delivered fleet flying again is our first priority,” said Conner.

    “Our customers and their passengers was incredibly patient as we’ve got worked through this process and we thank them very sincerely for his or her continued support and confidence within the 787.

    “The more-electric architecture of the 787 brings real value not only to the airlines but to our industry.

    “By reducing fuel use, we’re reducing our environmental footprint.

    “This battery technology is a vital section of the more-electric architecture, that is helping us to chop fuel use by greater than ten billion gallons of fuel over the lifetime of this program.”