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  • Paramount launches $1bn project in Dubai

    Film company Paramount has revealed that it’s teaming up with Damac Properties to launch a hotel and serviced apartment project in downtown Dubai.

    The $1bn four-tower project, The Damac Towers by Paramount, will comprise a 540-room Paramount Hotel & Residences and greater than 1,400 units of Damac Maison – Paramount co-branded serviced hotel residences.

    The 250-metre high towers, that may be connected by a multi-level plaza, represent Paramount’s first venture into the hotel and real estate industry. Features will include themed F&B concepts, meeting facilities, a screening room, fitness centres, pools, kids club, retail, and merchandise all featuring the Paramount brand or select partner brands.

    One tower will comprise of the Paramount Hotel & Residences with the rest three towers, housing the Damac Maison – Paramount co-branded serviced hotel residences.

    “The history, glamour and tradition of the films indirectly transcend every portion of the design and ethos of this aspirational project,” said Damac Properties Managing Director Ziad El Chaar.

    “We will employ an identical, tried and tested production process, pioneered by Paramount Pictures on the studio, to direct, design and detail a global-class experience. The Paramount brand stands for greater than exceptional film and entertainment: it’s an inviting lifestyle.” Adds El Chaar.

    The towers, that are currently under construction and are expected to be completed by the tip of 2015, in line with reports.

    Paramount Hotels and Resorts was established by a gaggle of investors in Dubai last year and has a license from Paramount to construct a sequence of Paramount-branded hotels and houses.

    The company plans to divulge heart’s contents to 50 Hollywood- and California-themed luxury hotels worldwide.

  • IHIF: Worldhotels expands portfolio of branded hotels

    Worldhotels, a number one global group for independent upscale hotels, is growing its branded soft franchise solution because the ideal alternative to standard franchising.

    The offer is quite competitive, as costs to owners are based purely on brand performance in total net room revenue delivery.

    Since introducing the brand new business model in 2011, Worldhotels has already branded 15 hotels and plans so as to add another 20 by 2014.

    Ingo Guerges, vp global hotel development at Worldhotels explained why the recent model was created:

    He said: “Hotels kept asking us for a better level of partnership – without the high operational interference of traditional upscale franchises.

    “So we prepare an answer that follows our motto of ‘If you own a hotel, it’s going to feel such as you own a hotel.’”

    Worldhotels’ soft franchise solution focuses purely at the commercial side of the business, to generate and capture opportunities for room revenue growth from all segments and all distribution channels.

    The model doesn’t require any hardware standards, as Robert van der Graaf, Worldhotels’ newly appointed regional vp full licence Europe, Middle East and Africa, illustrates.

    “We’ve always said that standards don’t ought to mean standardisation,” he stated.

    “Our role is simply to be certain the emblem and supporting systems deliver the absolute best results for our hotels, without interfering within the actual delivery of an authentic upscale hotel experience.”

    The model is built on over 40 years of successes of Worldhotels’ affiliation model and specializes in three areas – to begin with full commercial support to maximize the hotel’s exposure under a world brand, secondly increase hotel market share through total brand performance, system delivery and eventually distribution cost control to ultimately achieve a really healthy return on investment for hotel owners.

  • News: IHIF: Steigenberger Grandhotel Brussels opens to public

    The Steigenberger Hotel Group now has a presence on the very heart of Europe within the type of the Steigenberger Grandhotel Brussels.

    Located within the city centre and offering 269 rooms and suites, the hotel opened on January 1st 2013 and is busy welcoming guests from around the world.

    The New Year got off to a terrific start with the official opening of the Steigenberger Grandhotel in Brussels on January 1st 2013.

    The luxury hotel is housed behind an historic facade and forms portion of the Wiltcher’s Complex within the elegant surroundings of Avenue Louise.

    It has 269 rooms including 40 suites and a Royal Suite in addition to accommodating the “Café Wiltcher’s” Restaurant and the “Loui Lounge and Bar”.

    Conferencing facilities may be able to cater for as much as 600 persons across 13 conference rooms.

    The Ballroom on the Steigenberger Grandhotel, which extends over a place of 550 m² and is the most important column-free facility of its kind within the city, is adjoined by a three,200 m² gym and beauty and health spa area operated by Aspria.

    The Steigenberger Grandhotel Brussels is found throughout the direct vicinity of the Royal Palace, the Grand Place, the eu Parliament and the Congress Centre and within easy reach of the most important sights.

    The hotel’s Director is the internationally experienced hotel manager Blanche van Berckel. Steigenberger Hotel Group chief executive Puneet Chhatwal welcomed the move into the Belgian capital.

    “The Steigenberger Grandhotel in Brussels is a superb addition to our portfolio”, he commented.

    “We are delighted to be represented in a city on the heart of Europe within the type of this outstanding hotel.”

    An investment programme for the following few years was agreed with the hotel’s owner AG Real Estate with a purpose to have the ability to provide guests with the very highest levels of quality and repair in step with Steigenberger’s international standards.

  • Paramount launches $1bn project in Dubai

    Film company Paramount has revealed that it’s teaming up with Damac Properties to launch a hotel and serviced apartment project in downtown Dubai.

    The $1bn four-tower project, The Damac Towers by Paramount, will comprise a 540-room Paramount Hotel & Residences and greater than 1,400 units of Damac Maison – Paramount co-branded serviced hotel residences.

    The 250-metre high towers, on the way to be connected by a multi-level plaza, represent Paramount’s first venture into the hotel and real estate industry. Features will include themed F&B concepts, meeting facilities, a screening room, fitness centres, pools, kids club, retail, and merchandise all featuring the Paramount brand or select partner brands.

    One tower will comprise of the Paramount Hotel & Residences with the remainder three towers, housing the Damac Maison – Paramount co-branded serviced hotel residences.

    “The history, glamour and tradition of the flicks indirectly transcend every part of the design and ethos of this aspirational project,” said Damac Properties Managing Director Ziad El Chaar.

    “We will employ a similar, tried and tested production process, pioneered by Paramount Pictures on the studio, to direct, design and detail an international-class experience. The Paramount brand stands for greater than exceptional film and entertainment: it’s an inviting lifestyle.” Adds El Chaar.

    The towers, that are currently under construction and are expected to be completed by the top of 2015, in line with reports.

    Paramount Hotels and Resorts was established by a bunch of investors in Dubai last year and has a license from Paramount to construct a series of Paramount-branded hotels and houses.

    The company plans to divulge heart’s contents to 50 Hollywood- and California-themed luxury hotels worldwide.

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  • News: Norwegians go wild for the upgrade wave

    Norwegian Cruise Line’s “Upgrade WAVE” sales event continues with incredible savings on Norwegian Sun’s scenic cruises in Alaska. Guests who book a seven-day cruise vacation in Alaska on board Norwegian Sun will receive $100 to spend on board or $150 to spend on board for 14-day sailing, despite stateroom category.

    Explorers can also be eligible to use the line’s Wave Season offers including free balcony upgrades, as much as $500 in air credits, and e-coupons worth greater than $300 in on board savings. For a limited time, families may also enjoy additional savings, because the line is offering 50% off cruise fares for children ages 17 and under, who’re sailing with two adults in a stateroom and guests who book a Cruisetour will receive one more $100 on board credit.

    This spring, Norwegian Sun will set sail to Alaska from May 13, 2013 through September 9, 2013, offering a chain of 7-day cruises from Vancouver, British Colombia or Whittier, Alaska. Norwegian Sun’s northbound itinerary departs Vancouver beginning on May 20, 2013 and may cruise the within Passage, Glacier Bay and Hubbard Glacier and make stops within the Alaskan favorites of Ketchikan, Skagway and Juneau with fares ranging from $499*. Beginning May 27, 2013, on her southbound itineraries from Whittier, the ship will cruise the interior Passage, Sawyer Glacier and Hubbard Glacier, in addition to make stops in Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau and Icy Strait Point, with fares starting at $429*. Those seeking to explore the magnificent great thing about Alaska on an extended vacation have the opportunity to cruise on a back-to-back sailing from Vancouver or Whittier, with fares from $879*. This selection will allow guests to experience the marvels of both itineraries and cruise the within Passage with calls in Ketchikan; Juneau; Skagway; Glacier Bay; Hubbard Glacier; Whittier; Icy Strait Point and Sawyer Glacier.

    Adventures and amazing views of wildlife abound in Alaska. New for the 2013 summer are four incredible Cruisetour options, providing guests the chance to mix a pre- or post-cruise land package with Norwegian Sun’s cruises from Whittier. Ranging in length from four to 6 days, Cruisetours feature two nights in Denali National Park and are fully escorted by a native Alaskan tour guide for the main authentic experience possible. Highlights of the Cruisetours also include a stop at an Iditarod sled dog musher’s house (on four and five-night tours), together with a ride at the Alaskan railroad. For a limited time, guests who book a Cruisetour will receive a further $100 on board credit.