Hotels & Resorts
100 Hotels. 100 Days of Music
In celebration of its milestone 100th hotel opening early next year, Starwood's Aloft Hotels has launched 100 Days of Music: a global music initiative that will feature 100 artist performances at 100 Aloft hotels over the next 100 days. This worldwide tour will offer intimate, exclusive performances by some of the world’s hottest emerging artists as part of the brand’s popular live music series, Live at Aloft Hotels. 100 Days of Music debuted globally this week with special performance events by Better Than Ezra at Aloft Brooklyn and The Feeling at Aloft London Excel. “Our...
Transat Honoured By Palace
Transat Holidays has earned Palace Resort's Top Producer in Canada and Third Producer Worldwide awards, which were presented during a ceremony held at the Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Riviera Maya recently. Annick Guérard, general manager, Transat Tours Canada, said: “Transat Holidays has been working with Palace Resorts for many years, so we are particularly pleased to have been awarded this recognition, which truly represents the quality of our partnership. When our clients stay at a Palace resort, they always enjoy superior facilities and exceptional service. They are an...
Starwood Makes Latin America A Specialty
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is continuing its aggressive growth strategy in Latin America with significant gains across its Specialty Select Brands’ (SSB), Four Points by Sheraton and Aloft. Currently, Starwood operates 80 hotels in the region, with 17 additional properties under development and the company has just announced the appointment of Victor Vazquez to the role of vice-president, development and acquisitions for Latin America. Jorge Giannattasio, chief of operations and global initiatives for Latin America for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, said:...
Grand Pineapple Expands In Jamaica
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) will expand its Grand Pineapple Beach Resorts portfolio with the rebranding of Sandals Carlyle Inn to Grand Pineapple Montego Bay on Jan. 15, 2015. The 52-room Sandals Carlyle Inn was one of the company’s first acquisitions in 1981, going on to forge a reputation for offering warm and personal service from its quaint surroundings on Montego Bay’s famed ‘Hip Strip’ moments away from the city’s shopping, dining and nightlife. Gordon “Butch” Stewart, chairman of Sandals Resorts International commented: “We’ve been planning this...
USVI Agent Special
Hotel Caravelle, a waterfront hotel in the US Virgin Islands, is offering special fam trip incentives to travel agents. Through Dec. 15, agents with a valid IATAN card enjoy a special $89 per room rate, a car rental with a rent-one-day, get-the-second-day-free offer, and buy-one, get-one free offers on tours and attractions. For information or to make a reservation, agents can call the hotel at 340-773-0687. Hotel Caravelle’s offer, in partnership with the St. Croix Hotel & Tourism Association, provides discounts and savings to qualified agents. Travel must be completed by...
AMResorts Launches Agent Loyalty Program
AMResorts, a subsidiary of Apple Leisure Group, has unveiled AMRewards, an all-new travel agent loyalty program. The benefits platform will provide easier redemption of booking bonuses with turn-key delivery; streamlined client request communications; and sales and marketing support tools. Agents can access AMRewards directly at http://www.AMRewards.com . “AMResorts’ commitment to the travel agent community inspired the creation of the AMRewards program. The goal was simple: help agents deliver a premium experience to every client,” said Colette Baruth, vice-president of sales...
A Touch of Caribbean Coming to Universal
Universal Orlando is getting a new Caribbean-themed Lowes hotel and when it opens in the summer of 2016 guests visiting the Loews Sapphire Falls Resort will walk into a colourful and casual hideaway built around a lush, tropical river and towering waterfall. The new hotel will be located across Adventure Way from the new Cabana Bay Beach Resort. It will become the destination’s fifth resort hotel and its 1,000 rooms, including 77 suites, will bring the number of on-site hotel rooms at Universal Orlando Resort to 5,200. Reservations will be accepted beginning in spring...
Starwood Launches SPG Pro
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) has expanded its customer loyalty program with the debut of SPG Pro, an “all-new, comprehensive loyalty program for meeting and travel professionals.” Set to debut in October, the new program will offer meeting and travel professionals SPG elite status, upgrades and Starpoints for B2B business booked at any of Starwood’s nearly 1,200 properties around the world. Plus going forward, any SPG member who books a group stay, event or corporate business meeting, regardless of if they are a travel professional or not, will earn Starpoints and status for...