Hotels & Resorts
AN INSIDER’S VIEW
The W Montreal is giving its guests an "insider's" look at Montreal this summer. The hotel is offering personalized, custom experiences with recommendations on the latest gallery exhibits, up and coming bar openings, unique fashion boutiques and all that the city has to offer with tips from the W Insider. The Insider package offers three options to choose from during your stay. Guests can choose to enjoy a Foodie, Shopping or Design experience while in Montreal: The Foodie experience gives access to the best and trendiest restaurants and bars in the city with a Cidre de glace with homemade...
JUST LIKE A VANCOUVERITE
The Executive Hotel Le Soleil is encouraging its guests to "Act like a Vancouverite" with its new Energation package -- which focuses on the outdoor and indoor healthy living lifestyle that has helped define the Vancouverite. The new package includes a one night stay in an executive queen one bedroom suite; complimentary Wi-Fi; valet parking; a Healthy Start Breakfast; and two gym passes to the nearby YWCA or Steve Nash Sports Club. To help assist with the numerous fitness activities available to guests, the hotel's guest services team and concierge have maps of downtown running routes,...
BEST WESTERN OPENS NEW HOTEL IN RUSSIA
Best Western International continues its global expansion with the addition of the company's fifth hotel in Russia, the Best Western Art Hotel Nikolaevsky Posad, in the Golden Ring of Russia, Suzdal. The hotel complex is comprised of eight two-storey buildings covering two blocks. The 133-room property has 46 superior rooms in the main building and between eight and 11 suites in the other buildings. Each hotel room has a unique design with carefully selected furniture and antiques. The hotel is air conditioned with free Wi-Fi, a mini-bar, bathrobe and slippers in all rooms. Hotel guests can...
SHANGRI-LA EXPANDS IN MALAYSIA
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has a third Traders hotel in Malaysia with the opening of the 283-room Traders Hotel, Puteri Harbour, Johor, on June 1. The hotel's towers and landscaped walkways front Puteri Harbour and complete the Little Red Cube that houses the Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park, outdoor restaurants on the promenade of a marina, and retail outlets. The development, set in the state of Johor, on the southern tip of the Malaysia peninsula, is a 20-minute drive from downtown Singapore via "The Causeway"and within hours on the North-South highway from Kuala Lumpur. It is also...
BEACH BODY BOOT CAMP
Antigua's Jolly Beach Resort & Spa's Beach Body Boot Camp - which runs Aug. 2-6 - will be a party at the island's Carnival. Guests will do some Sweet Misbehavin', participating in J'ouvert on Carnival Monday, dancing in a troupe from daybreak to the Caribbean rhythms that are the heartbeat of Antigua. The registration fee for Beach Body Boot Camp is US$250, and participants booking their accommodation by June 30 qualify for the LifeSaver all-inclusive rate starting at US$221 per couple, per night, based on double occupancy. The Beach Body Boot Camp registration fee and the LifeSaver rates are...
JUNE DATES FOR SANDALS’ WEDDINGMOONS PARTIES
Sandals Resorts has announced the return of its popular Virtual WeddingMoons Parties - webinars designed exclusively for clients of travel agents - with two new dates available this month. Hosted by Michelle Lee, Sandals Resorts' new Romance Specialist, participants will learn important information and helpful tips when booking a Sandals Resorts or Beaches Resorts WeddingMoon. These exclusive webinars ensure that travel agents' clients are not only aware of, but make the most of, the resorts' various wedding offerings. Virtual WeddingMoons Parties will take place June 15 at 2 p.m. EST, and...
EATON CHELSEA MAKES IT NEW
Renovation work is underway at the soon to be rebranded Eaton Chelsea Toronto. Renovations will include the lobby, Market Garden restaurant, and several new Eaton brand signature features. Brett Butcher, CEO of Langham Hospitality Group, said: "We are incredibly excited to take the hotel to the next level with an entirely new and upgraded guest experience. Guests will benefit from the new Eaton brand standards which are trendy, accessible and comfortable while exceeding customers' expectations from what they were previously used to." Butcher continued: "Our refurbishment plans are extensive...
LEISURE IS BOOMING
Pegasus Solutions reports that North America's corporate bookings struggled to maintain the record global pace of 8.8%, instead posting a more modest 5.0% increase over April 2012. On the other hand, the North American leisure market surged ahead by an impressive 7.0%, surpassing the global rate of 6.2%. Even with a boost from the Easter holiday last April, similar to the lift in March of this year, April 2013 set a solid year-to-date global growth pace of 4.0% for the corporate and 5.4% for the leisure market. In North America, the year-to-date growth rate also remained positive through...