Resorts
CLIA, Marriott Launch New Partnership
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and Marriott International have launched a new partnership to provide qualifying CLIA members a variety of benefits, including commissions on qualified hotel bookings across Marriott’s 19 brands. The new partnership also provides CLIA Agency and Individual Agent Members access to Marriott’s Fam-Tastic familiarization rates. Agents who are associated with a qualifying CLIA Travel Agency and hold a CLIA EMBARC ID are eligible to access the rates once they successfully complete Marriott’s Hotel Excellence! training program and become a...
Conrad Hotels Debuts In Manila
Conrad Hotels & Resorts has made its debut in the Philippines with the opening of the Conrad Manila. Managed by Hilton Worldwide, the 347-room hotel is located at the forefront of the Mall of Asia complex, in the heart of the 42-hectare Bay City development, a destination earmarked as a shopping, leisure and business hub. Amenities include an infinity pool, 24-hour fitness centre and spa, and six restaurants and lounges, including a coffee bar, pool bar and in-room...
Moon Palace Introduces KidZania Go!
Mexico's Palace Resorts has announced the addition of KidZania Go! to the summer programming of its signature Cancun property, Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort. From July 6 through Aug. 17, the AAA Four Diamond resort will transform the property’s Moon Palace Arena into a play-paradise. KidZania, an interactive and educational recreation experience, provides children four to 12 years of age with an introduction to skills and lessons that will serve them for life. KidZania gives children and their parents a safe, unique and realistic educational environment that allows them to...
Quality Inn & Suites Lévis Choice ‘Hotel of the Year’
Quality Inn & Suites Lévis added another award to its trophy case after it was named the 2016 Canadian Hotel of the Year at the 62nd Annual Choice Hotels International Convention in Las Vegas. The hotel was singled out for exceptional service and comfortable, friendly environment from among more than 325 hotels operating within the Choice Hotels family in Canada. Located in the Lévis City area, the 96-room and suite hotel is also a recipient of the Choice Hotels 2016 Platinum Hospitality Award which honours the top-rated hotels in the system. It has previously won three Gold...
explora Debuts In Peru
Latin American lodge company explora is upbeat about a new Peruvian retreat found between two Andean locales crucial to Peru's tourist trade. Dallyce Macas, Canadian representative for explora, told a Toronto audience yesterday (June 14) at an event promoting different parts of Latin America that the upscale lodge in Peru's Sacred Valley – found between the storied Inca retreat of Machu Picchu and the city of Cusco, capital of the Inca empire – offers excursions to the likes of Inca sites and “then at night you're sleeping in Frette linens and drinking exquisite wine.” The...
Nickelodeon Punta Cana Now Welcoming Guests
The new five-star Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana – offering Karisma Hotels and Resorts' renowned Gourmet Inclusive Experience – is now open and welcoming guests in the Dominican Republic. Nickelodeon’s first-ever international property, built by Karisma, the property has re-imagined the art of hospitality to deliver unique twists including surprise slimings and unexpected visits from Nickelodeon characters. “With the opening of Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana, it’s now a reality for Nickelodeon fans and luxe resort lovers alike to enjoy a dream...
Sandals Barbados Breaks Ground for Phase II
Sandals Resorts International has officially broken ground on a multi-million dollar expansion of its Dover Beach property in Barbados, marking the commencement of the construction of an additional 222 rooms and suites. This expansion, when complete in November 2017, will add to the existing 280-room count and firmly place the property as the largest Sandals resort in the Eastern Caribbean. The official groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 8 and was led by SRI’s chairman Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart and chief executive officer Adam Stewart, along with Barbados Minister of...
Hard Rock Hotel Coming to New York
Hard Rock International has announced that the Hard Rock Hotel New York is slated to open late spring 2019, with the new-build, 445-room hotel in an area previously known as Music Row, and which was once a musical mecca for rock legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones. The Hard Rock Hotel will pay tribute to the city’s musical and cultural heritage with live music events and artist-inspired design elements. With Hard Rock International’s standing as curators of the world’s largest music memorabilia collection, the hotel’s design will feature...