Worldhotels is welcoming six new hotels to its global portfolio. From a city hotel in Madrid, to a spa hotel in Beijing, these new Worldhotels provide authentic guest experiences for both leisure and business travelers. Hotel Villa Real, Madrid, Spain The elegant and sophisticated Hotel Villa Real is housed in a classic 19th-century property, opposite […]
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HIP Hotels relaunches as portfolio of the world’s most desirable hotels
Three visionaries and a dream: to convert a travel experience into a profound travel and experiential platform. This the premise for the relaunch of HIP Hotels, one of the most recognised travel brands boasting a portfolio of the world’s most desirable hotels, known as Highly Individual Places; hotels we all want to find. A remote […]
Positive Partnerships uses Twitter to share London’s best and worst hotels
Global digital marketing agency Positive Partnerships is helping hotels around the world leverage the power of social media with a free report to help hotel owners and executives measure ROI on this critical investment. The tool has been released in conjunction with an in-house blog post that examines the best and worst of Twitter techniques […]
Hotelier’s Cranleigh Marketing Company Launch Announced
Cumbrian entrepreneur, Stephen Hargreaves, has announced the launch of a new marketing company, aimed specifically at providing award-winning marketing to independent hoteliers who want to reduce OTA (online travel agency) commission. Hargreaves, who has become renowned nationally for his exceptional skills in marketing his hotels and has won numerous awards to this end, is emphatic […]
Personal service more important than cost to modern travellers
Today’s travellers tend to care more about personalised service than they do about cost, according to a consensus from the Bright On Travel forum at Brighton last month. The event brought together a number of major players in the digital travel industry to look at how travel companies are serving customers who come to them […]
Travelodge back current trend for staycations
A budget hotel chain is suggesting that the ‘staycation’ is once again coming back in style but the survey suggests that about 66% of Brits are already planning on taking a domestic holiday at some point this summer. The trend first started in 2009 when the weaker pound and the global financial crisis led many […]
Vancouver hotels are also art galleries
Hotels and art are very common, but there are two very different styles when depicting art in a hotel. The classic, old school one was quite popular several years ago. A good example for it is the Banff Springs Hotels where the artwork reflects the taste of the clients. These hotels are usually visited by […]
Dublin hotel for sale at 75% less than it was bought for 5 years ago
The Dublin Burlington hotel is up for sale at only about a quarter of the 2007 price that it was originally purchased for. The hotel was first bought during the property boom for a whopping €228m but is now for sale at the much lower €75m asking price. The hotel is expected to be officially […]
Europe’s leading green hotel chain for 2nd year running is Aldemar Hotels
One of the leading hotel chains in Greece is Aldemar Hotels & Spa and they have further cemented their position as being a very environmentally friendly hotel group by picking up an award at the World Travel Awards, for the second time, which recognises green performance. The group first won the award in 2008, and […]
Hotel chains working to correct their VAT errors
It recently came to light that several major chains for hotels in the UK were breaching VAT compliance regulations. Since this came to light, many of the chains have been working to rectify the problem, which was seen as unfair pricing for consumers. Unfortunately, for hotels, they must list prices with VAT, meaning that the […]