Hotels
Travel With Pride
All nine affiliated properties of Accent Inns Inc. are now officially Rainbow Registered with Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce. First launched in June 2021, the Rainbow Registered Accreditation Program was created to better identify 2SLGBTQI+ friendly businesses across Canada and move the needle on 2SLGBTQI+ rights. Rainbow Registration is a national Canadian accreditation for 2SLGBTQI+ friendly businesses and organizations. Seeing a Rainbow Registered symbol indicates to consumers that the business meets a stringent set of standards to ensure 2SLGBTQI+ visitors feel safe,...
IHG, Iberostar Sign Strategic Alliance Deal
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC and Iberostar Hotels & Resorts have entered into a long‑term commercial agreement for resort and all-inclusive hotels. The new alliance will see up to 70 Iberostar hotels (24,300 rooms) added to IHG’s system under the Iberostar Beachfront Resorts brand, which will become the 18th brand for IHG. This will boost IHG’s global system size by up to 3%. The first properties are set to join the IHG system this December and will give IHG guests increased choice in sought-after locations including Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Brazil...
Hyatt Adds To Its Collection In Portugal
Hyatt Hotels Corporation is expanding its Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection to Portugal with the Dreams Madeira Resort Spa & Marina. Expected to open once renovations are complete in early 2024, Dreams Madeira Resort Spa & Marina will offer guests of all ages the ability to enjoy access to more than 10 a la carte restaurants, seven bars, unlimited international and domestic top-shelf spirits, 24-hour room service, daily activities, nightly entertainment and more. Programing for all-ages also includes an onsite water park, an Explorer's Club for kids, a Core Zone for...
NYC Hotel Week Is Back
NYC Hotel Week 2023 was launched by New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC & Company, New York City’s official destination marketing organization and convention and visitors bureau this week. Reservations are now available at www.nycgo.com/hotelweek. Returning for its second year, NYC Hotel Week will run from Jan. 3 through Feb. 12, 2023, offering 23% savings off standard room rates at more than 140 hotels across all five boroughs, with additional properties expected to join. Presented by preferred payment partner Mastercard, NYC Hotel Week 2023 participating hotels...
Taking Sustainable Travel To New Levels
Booking.com has unveiled an array of new product features in celebration of the one year anniversary of its Travel Sustainable program, introduced in 2021 to provide travellers with transparent and credible information to make more mindful choices for their trips. With the ongoing aim to recognize the efforts of properties to operate more sustainably and to provide travellers with consistent and easy-to-understand information, the company is introducing three distinct badge levels to the Travel Sustainable program. Aligned to the principle that reputable, third-party certification...
Relax And Unwind In Costa Mujeres
I feel a little unworthy setting foot on a tennis court named after one of the most decorated athletes of my generation with skills that can barely keep a friendly game of ping pong going past the opening serve. But as the training session with instructor Alex Praderas at the Rafa Nadal Tennis Centre kicks off, I quickly learn that it’s not just elite athletes who hone their skills here. Guests from all over the world staying at the adjacent Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres Resort & Spa and the adults-only TRS Coral Hotel opt to take daily classes and programming suited to every...
Checking In On Alliances
Palladium Hotel Group and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts have checked in a new strategic alliance. As part of the venture, 14 all-inclusive TRS Hotels and Grand Palladium Hotels & Resorts in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Brazil are now part of Wyndham’s Registry Collection Hotels — a collection of high-end luxury resorts. Speaking with Travel Courier during a recent launch event at Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres Resort & Spa, Jesús Sobrino, CEO of Palladium Hotel Group, which is one of the largest Spanish hotel companies, and Lisa Borromeo Checchio, Chief Marketing...
A Fitting Honour
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Executive Chairman Adam Stewart was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree at the 2022 graduation ceremony of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona Campus on Nov. 5 in Jamaica in recognition of his work as an entrepreneur and philanthropist. An ardent champion of possibility in Jamaica and throughout the Caribbean, Stewart leads a hospitality organization that is the region’s largest private employer with more than 15,000 team members spread across 24 resorts and eight islands. Beyond Sandals Resorts, Stewart directs his...