Hotels
Refreshingly new website for Mövenpick
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has just launched their new and elegant website. The new site is precisely tailored to user needs and perfectly reflects the upscale image of the international hotel group with Swiss roots. User friendliness, regular updates, information content, clarity of presentation and design were the most important criteria in the re-launch of Moevenpick-hotels.com.
Get your dad into the swing of things this Father’s Day
Is your Dad golf mad? Or, maybe he needs a helping hand perfecting his swing? Whatever his ability, why not treat him to something extra special this Father’s Day (15th June) - a golfing break at the world renowned La Manga Club.
Hotels for horse racing fans
Sports travel website MATCHhotels.com extends its service to sports fans by adding European horse racecourses to its hotel price comparison and reservation service. Horse racing fans can compare and book over 40,000 hotels, apartments and bed & breakfast accommodation near 168 racecourses.
Imaginative cultural tours for Autumn
Independent luxury tour operator, Prestige Holidays, is offering special interest holidays to Rome, France, Spain, Italy and Turkey this autumn through tours specialist, The Travellers’ Club.
‘Never Forget’ with Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
“Back for Good” is the famous song from 90’s boy band Take That. The Musical 'Never Forget' opened to the public on 7th May at the Savoy Theatre and takes you on a journey through the life of a struggling song writer trying to make it big in the music industry. Let the Musical “Relight your Fire” with all your favourite songs from the band along with a heart warming story.
RIU to launch new Cyprus resort this summer
This summer, RIU will be inaugurating its new Riu Cypria Resort, fruit of major reform works this winter that combined two hotels - the Riu Cypria Maris and Riu Cypria Bay - into one unique offer. The resort has become the only one in the zone to offer RIU’s acclaimed all-inclusive formula and boasts a new nightclub that stays open until 1:30 a.m.
The faithful alarm clock is put to bed
‘The alarm clock is dead: long live the mobile’, say millions of Brits today in a wake- up call to our nation. Budget hotel chain Travelodge quizzed 3,000 respondents on waking up habits and 71% of UK adults claimed that alarm clocks are now obsolete. The faithful bedside companion has been cast off in favour of the modern must-have, a mobile phone.
Dubai summer spa surprises
Amara, Park Hyatt Dubai, has been invited for the third consecutive year to be an official spa partner of the Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) Spa Packages Promotion. DSS will be offering special spa packages in leading spas throughout the Emirates, including Amara, for both residents and visitors this summer. This unique initiative includes the spa industry, promoting a lifestyle of health, wellness and rejuvenation during this ten-week summer event.
Get ‘Carrie-d’ away in the city
‘Sex and the City’ hits cinemas this summer and to celebrate the return of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda, London’s five-star Plaza on the River – Club and Residence is offering a fabulous new package, crafted for the über-fashion conscious and ultra stylish visitor.
The spirit of the Seychelles
Capture the spirit of Seychelles in true Banyan Tree style. The 47-foot twin-hulled catamaran Banyan Lagoon I is the newest addition to Banyan Tree Seychelles, giving guests the freedom and comfort of exploring the inner islands of Seychelles with ease. With this, the Banyan Tree Group adds a valuable vessel to its growing collection, which includes the Turkish gullet Banyan Velaa in the Maldives, classic yacht Pi Marn in Phuket, and rice barge Apsara in Bangkok.
IHG to develop first property in Syria
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed an exclusive agreement with MAK Hotel Holdings, a member of the M.A. Kharafi Group of Kuwait, to develop an InterContinental Hotel in the Syrian capital. Located in the city centre, the 370-room InterContinental Damascus, due for completion in 2010, will form part of the capital’s only integrated development which will include a shopping mall, cinema complex and office space.
Best Western Leyland Hotel scores ‘Premiership’
Leading Lancashire hotel, the Best Western Leyland Hotel, has just been awarded ‘Premier’ status following a number of successful design, quality and service assessments.
Brown’s Hotel launches culinary days
Rocco Forte’s Brown’s Hotel, situated in the heart of Mayfair, is launching a new series of culinary days, the first of which will take place on 14th June. June marks the beginning of the British summer and our most delicious seasonal produce, such as asparagus, peas and strawberries. Brown’s Hotel’s Executive Chef, Lee Streeton, will lead the culinary day and will demonstrate new and unique ways to prepare these stalwarts of summer.
Discover the secrets of Creole cooking
Dinarobin Hotel Golf & Spa in Mauritius is the place to stay if you want to learn the secrets of Creole cooking. Guests can join the chef in the hotel kitchens for a half-day Creole cookery course.
Homewood Suites launches new faces contest
After the success of the Homewood Suites by Hilton Simple Moments contest last year, totalling 1,225 entries featuring photos of valued guests and their families, the international brand of upscale, extended stay hotels will invite participants to upload favourite videos too.