Resorts
Sandals Unveils ‘All-New’ Sandals Montego Bay
Sandals Resorts International has introduced the “re-imagined and renovated” flagship resort, Sandals Montego Bay. First opened nearly four decades ago by founder and chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart, Sandals Montego Bay has remained the heart of Sandals Resorts as the company has grown, expanding across multiple brands and islands. With a concrete vision of revolutionizing Caribbean hospitality, in 1981 Stewart purchased the Bay Roc in Montego Bay, Jamaica, a rundown hotel next to the airport that would become Sandals Montego Bay. Despite any misgivings from Jamaica’s...
Club Med Unveils New Agent Sales Tools
Club Med is helping travel agents meet their goals with advanced agent tools that aim to meet client needs in a personalized and experiential way. To accompany agents in the recruitment and support of their customers, Club Med has launched a sales kit focused on the main experiences to discover in Club Med resorts around the world. A set of marketing tools allowing agents to adopt a more experiential speech and sell Club Med offers to more digitalized customers, the kit is aimed to familiarize agents with Club Med’s unique services and help reach sales goals. Essential in...
Renovation Complete
Hyatt Regency Calgary has completed an extensive renovation of its 355 guestrooms and executive level Regency Club lounge. The hotel’s guestrooms have been transformed into more sophisticated and contemporary spaces, and The Regency Club has expanded in size to include a Quiet Zone which allows guests to have a more private dining and lounge experience. General manager, Amy Johnson said: “We are excited to welcome guests to a newly refreshed Hyatt Regency Calgary. Since opening in 2000, we have been committed to continuously enhancing the property and services. This...
Sandals Continues Agent Workshop Tour
Sandals Resorts continues its tour across Canada conducting its annual series of educational workshops, with the remainder of the sessions taking place July through September. Space is limited and agents are encouraged to register as soon as possible. By attending the workshops, Sandals invites agents to elevate their success in selling its luxury-included resorts and to take their sales to the next level. The workshops are especially helpful and motivational in advance of the important fall-winter season. During the fast-paced sessions, agents will learn how Sandals’ next...
Good Deal, Good Deeds
The PGA TOUR and Omni Hotels & Resorts unveiled a sponsorship agreement through 2022 designating Omni as the official hotel partner of the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions. The deal represents Omni's first major league-wide sponsorship. In celebration of the two-year anniversary of Omni's Say Goodnight to Hunger program, the company will help provide four meals for a family in need for every birdie-or-better made during each PGA TOUR event. The meals will be donated through the local Feeding America food bank in each tournaments home city in the United States. For...
Choice Hotels Celebrates 25 Years In Canada
Choice Hotels Canada is celebrating its 25th year of business in Canada. The company was officially formed on June 21, 1993, through a 50/50 joint venture between Choice Hotels International and Journey's End, with the company starting with 173 hotels across the country, including the Comfort, Quality and Econo Lodge brands. Today, Choice has over 340 franchised hotels currently open or under development and 10 different brands covering categories from extended stay to upscale. Even prior to the formal arrangement in 1993, Choice had a longstanding history in Canada. In 1955, the...
Iberostar looks to the future
Fresh off a €500 million facelift across its European properties with renovations and new openings, and amidst a further €700 million in upgrades and future investment in the Americas, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts’ ambitious global expansion plan is well underway. As their product continues to evolve to mainly four and five-star properties, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, which has a presence in 70 destinations in 17 countries across 37,100 rooms, is educating the trade on the changes and what the new value proposition is for clients. “Specifically Canada is for us a very...
Sabre Checks In With Booking.com
Sabre Corporation has signed a new agreement with Booking.com that will provide Sabre agency customers with to all Booking.com listings – including its alternative lodging listings – through the Sabre Content Services for Lodging. Sabre Content Services for Lodging is a solution that integrates multi-source, multi-representation of GDS, aggregator, and agency-sourced hotel content into the Sabre GDS. TMCs and corporations will be able to more efficiently shop, sell and service millions of hotel options as active GDS bookings. Traci Mercer, senior vice-president of lodging,...