Hotels
Iberostar Using AI To Reduce Food Waste At Resorts
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts and Winnow are celebrating a successful partnership in the first half of 2023 by reducing food waste and achieving significant progress in their journey towards a waste-free future by 2025. With Winnow AI technology now installed in 48 of the 100+ Iberostar hotels globally, this progress includes: Cutting food waste by 28% in hotels with AI technology installed and onboarded Globally hotels using AI technology are saving 1.5 million meals per year which is well on our way to reaching our target of 5.3 million meals. * Globally and from January...
Blue Diamond Upgrades Diamond Club, Star Class Categories
Blue Diamond Resorts is making significant upgrades to its Diamond Club and Star Class room categories. The upgrades are currently offered across the Royalton Luxury Resorts and Planet Hollywood Beach Resorts portfolios and will be available to guests with bookings on or after Oct. 1, 2023. The introduction of these upgrades further emphasizes the company's unwavering commitment to delivering the utmost level of service and satisfaction to its valued guests. Blue Diamond Resorts has prioritized the elevation of the guest experience across all regions and departments in response to...
Club Med Set To Open New Japan Ski Village In 2023
Club Med is set to debut its newest ski resort in Japan -- Club Med Kiroro Grand – as it further establishes itself as the leading all-inclusive pioneer with 20 mountain resorts throughout the Alps, Canada and Asia. Located in Hokkaido, Japan's internationally renowned ski destination, this untouched mountain features white powder snow and unique ski trails that guests travel from all over the world to experience. The resort will attract families, active couples and avid skiers to discover an elevated mountain vacation featuring spring skiing until May (with 160 days of winter),...
Playa Hotels & Resorts Celebrates 10th With Giveaways For Agents
Playa Hotels & Resorts is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a giveaway for travel agents and travellers alike. The Travel Agent: 10 Days Celebrating 10 Years of Playa Hotels & Resorts is for all travel agents in the USA and Canada, with the company hosting a 10-day giveaway extravaganza through AgentCashPlus. Here's what agents need to know: Entry Period: July 21 through Aug. 25, 2023 Giveaways: Aug. 28 through Sept. 2, 2023 Requirement: Agent must be registered on AgentCashPlus to participate Prizes: Day 1 Sweeps: 100 bonus agentcash points for the month...
Hilton Expands Mexico All-Inclusive Portfolio
Hilton has signed a management agreement for the 540-room Hilton Cancun Mar Caribe All-Inclusive Resort; reservations are now being accepted and it expects the property to open in November of this year. The newly-renovated property bolsters Hilton’s all-inclusive presence in the Caribbean and Latin America, where Hilton currently has nine all-inclusive resorts. Centrally located in Cancun’s popular Hotel Zone, the resort is just 10 miles from Cancun International Airport, is nestled along 600 feet of beachfront between the Caribbean Sea and the Nichupte Lagoon, and features...
Win With Sunwing and Meliá Hotels and Resorts
Until July 31, 2023, agents still have time to help their clients take advantage of exclusive rate reductions, amenity discounts and the chance to win a getaway for two with Sunwing and Meliá Hotels and Resorts in the Dominican Republic. For agents’ clients, they can book a summer getaway or get a head start on booking holiday travel or next year’s March Break vacation. And for agents themselves, there’s a chance to win a free seven-night stay at Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa Resort or Falcon’s Resort by Meliá when booking their clients a Meliá Hotels and...
US Short Term Rentals Struggle To Keep Up
According to half-year analysis by short term rental (STR) data specialist Key Data, the US short term rental market has struggled to keep up with the rest of the world in 2023. It notes that although Revenue per Available Rental (RevPAR) increased in Europe, in the UK, and globally during the first six months of the year, it fell sharply in the US, where occupancy hasn’t been making up for softer Average Daily Rates (ADRs). Key Data reports that Global RevPAR rose 5.7% to $49 for stays taken between January and June, largely due to an increase in occupancy which offset a...
Something Developing At Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto
The new Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto (“Great Canadian Toronto”) has unveiled the latest developments at the $1 billion property, introducing the Poker Room at Great Canadian Toronto later this summer, and the opening of the brand-new 400-room The Hotel at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto on Aug. 1. Reservations for The Hotel are now open and can be made by visiting Great Canadian Toronto’s website. The first phase of Great Canadian Toronto opened on June 20, unveiling a new gaming floor featuring 4,800 slot machines, 145 table games, a variety of dining options...