Hotels & Resorts
Atlific expands in Alberta
Atlific Hotels is adding the Clearwater Residence Hotel Timberlea in Fort McMurray to its growing portfolio of hotel properties. It is the the seventh hotel in the region managed by Atlific and owned by Temple Real Estate Investment Trust (TREIT), bringing the total numbers of rooms in Fort McMurray to 833. Philippe Gadbois, senior vice-president sales and marketing, Atlific Hotels, said: "We are thrilled to be growing our partnership with TREIT with another fantastic Fort McMurray property. Clearwater Resdience Hotel Timberlea will provide superior extended stay accommodations to the...
Wyndham hits 500 in Asia Pacific
The Wyndham Hotel Group now has 500 properties in the Asia Pacific region with the opening of the Super 8 Nanjing Shan Xi Lu in ChinaÆs Jiangsu Province. The company's Asia Pacific portfolio now includes over 70,000 rooms operating under the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Ramada, Howard Johnson, Days Inn, Super 8, Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham and Dream hotel brands. Go to http://www.whgdevelopment.com for...
Customized Hawaii from Fairmont
The all-suite Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui is offering travellers summer and fall packages with customized amenities and discounts up to 40%. Located in south Maui in Wailea, the resort has created a package for everyone, including families, couples, golfers and active travellers. For families, there's the Suite Ride Car package, while for couples, there's the Kea Lani Romance package. The Wailea Golf and Spa package will appeal to both couples and golfers, while active travellers will enjoy the Suite-to-Reef package. Go to http://www.Fairmont.com/kealani for complete...
Hotel group goes upscale in China
The Beijing Tourism Group (BTG) and international hotel management group GHM have formalized a joint venture partnership and announced plans to launch an upscale resort concept branded Ahn Luh. The partners, together with a third investor, the Great Ocean Group (GOG), said the group's first properties will debut in the next two-to-three years. The group's first project will be the Ahn Luh Dujiangyan in Chengdu. Created by BTG Chairman Duan Qiang, GOG founder Whitney Duan and resort visionary Adrian Zecha, who founded Amanresorts and co-founded GHM with Hans R. Jenni, the Ahn Luh brand will...
Green Key launches calculator
Green Key Global has launched a carbon calculator that has been developed specifically for the lodging industry. The new calculator will help hotels in determine their annual carbon footprint based on a set of key sources and activities. The calculator was developed jointly by the Hotel Association of Canada and the Greater Toronto Hotel Association in order to meet the growing demand for an industry-specific carbon management tool. The Green Key Carbon Calculator measures all carbon emissions attributable to a set of carbon-emitting activities or sources applicable to a lodging facility from...
Sandals has a little incentive for agents
Continuing its long standing tradition of support and recognition of its travel agent partners, Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts is offering a great way for loyal travel agents to offer exclusive deals to their clients who attend their Caribbean Night consumer events throughout the month of June. Travel agencies who host Caribbean Nights now until June 30, 2012 will be able to offer exclusive consumer booking incentives for their clients who attend an event and make a booking within 14 days. For all Caribbean Nights held June 1 to June 30, 2012, travel agencies will have the distinction of...
Rates rise as hotels avoid past mistakes
Average daily rates (ADR) continued to show gains in April 2012, as hotels turned in record or near-record growth margins over rates paid in 2011 according to newly released data from Pegasus Solutions. The data shows that North American corporate hotel rates set a new year-over-year growth record, increasing 9.3% over 2011, and beating a previous record of 7.1% set in February by over two percentage points. Pegasus found that global rates for hotels booked through the global distribution systems (GDS), representing mostly business travel transactions, grew 5.5%, the largest growth margin...
Marriott acquires Gaylord
Marriott International, Inc reports that it has entered into an agreement with Gaylord Entertainment Company to acquire the Gaylord brand and hotel management company for $210 million. The transaction is conditioned on Gaylord Entertainment's shareholders approving the company's conversion into a real estate investment trust. If approved, Gaylord will continue to own the existing Gaylord hotels and Marriott will assume management of these properties under long-term agreements. The transaction will add 4 hotels and approximately 7,800 rooms to Marriott's portfolio. Gaylord Hotels include: the...