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 within the Territory. “We are delighted a good way to introduce the DoubleTree by Hilton brand to the Australian market and so as to add another Hilton Hotel & Resort within the region’s most important areas of growth,” said Ashley Spencer, vp, operations, Australasia, Hilton Worldwide. “We has been seeking to enter into the Northern Territory for a while and are committed to creating these properties the leading full-service hotels available in the market.” The...
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Ascend Hotel Collection adds 100th property – Hotel Elan, Calgary
Ascend Hotel Collection® from Choice Hotels International, Inc, some of the world’s largest hotel companies, today announced the hole of its 100th hotel, a milestone for the portfolio of independent hotels launched in late 2008. The announcement was made on the company’s annual convention in La at the heels of a string of additives that marked the Collection’s expansion into such top destinations as Las Vegas, Napa Valley, Sedona and Baltimore. Because the beginning of the year, Ascend Hotel Collection has opened 30 hotels, catapulting the portfolio to its landmark 100th hotel in lower than five years. Since its debut in 2008, Ascend Hotel Collection has quintupled in size, adding hotels on three continents and five countries and establishing its position as a pacesetter within the growing trend toward affiliation...
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Horry takes Abu Dhabi tour to celebrate SportFest
Legendary National Basketball Association player Robert Horry – a seven-time NBA Champion – has experienced a ‘magnificent seven’ of a further variety during a up to date trip to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The star draw of basketball week at SportFest, a sequence of weekly indoor sports clinics held at Yas Island’s du Forum during SummerFest Abu Dhabi, the emirate’s season destination extravaganza, Horry mixed business with pleasure and stopped in at several of Abu Dhabi’s major cultural and leisure tourism attractions. Horry’s whistle-stop trip included guided tours of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, probably the most important architectural treasures of modern UAE society, and the opulent Emirates Palace; a culture-rich voyage into the ancient pearl diving industry at the Abu Dhabi Pearl Journey; and a...
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News: The Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel opens
The Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel had opened its doors just outside Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Owned by an affiliate of Platinum Equity, the hotel completed a comprehensive multi-million dollar renovation before re-opening a good way to meet Sheraton brand standards. The outlet is a part of the Sheraton brand’s strategic $8 billion expansion effort. “Sheraton is delighted to be adding depth to our Pittsburgh portfolio with the addition of this ideally located property as we continue to expand the logo in dynamic markets, worldwide,” said Hoyt Harper, Global Brand Leader, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts. “Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel provides travelers with a trendy, comfortable and social atmosphere where they could enjoy the complete brand’s recently enhanced signature services and amenities.” As portion of its renovations, Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel implemented...
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News: Accorhotels.com accelerates its development
Accorhotels.com, the net 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 relies on its adaptations to the local specificities and to customers’ expectations. The web site comes in 14 languages and thru 31 geo-localized versions. The crowd 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 right place to book probably the most Group’s brands. We guarantee the most effective price and the last room availability. Clients may book...
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