Hotels
Blue Diamond Going Above And Beyond
Blue Diamond Resorts has unveiled details of its use of the latest technology to continue to improve guests’ experience throughout the entire customer journey. The pre-arrival guest experience will now be enhanced with a series of detailed videos that showcase the resorts through top-notch first-person view camera technology allowing the traveller to explore and assist them in making booking decisions. A series of over 40 videos will be published on Blue Diamond Resorts’ official channels under the name Above & Beyond. Alejandro Rodriguez del Peon, Director of Marketing and...
Preferred, Fullerton Expand Partnership
Preferred Hotels & Resorts has announced the expansion of its master partnership with The Fullerton Hotels and Resorts through the addition of The Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel Hong Kong to its global portfolio. The Fullerton Hotels and Resorts’ decision to partner for all its properties demonstrates the brand’s ability to create mutually beneficial relationships and its strength in executing regional and global strategies that cater to the individual needs of its member hotels. As The Fullerton Hotels and Resorts’ first resort experience The Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel Hong...
Sandals Making Future Dreams Come True In Curaçao
The Limpi Recycling warehouse in Curaçao is full of containers filled with shredded plastic assorted by colour — red, white, yellow, blue, green and orange. This is the site where industrial product designers Debrah Nijdam and Mitchell Lammering give discarded bottles of laundry detergent, water bottles and other collected plastic waste materials “new” life. “When we visited the north side of Curaçao we saw how much plastic is being washed ashore on the island and we thought why don’t we bring awareness to this problem by making new products from this plastic waste,”...
Enjoying What You Do
In conversation with Canadian Travel Press, the Langham Hospitality Group’s Regional Director of Operations for North America, Europe and the Middle East as well as being the Managing Director of the Langham, London, Bob van den Oord observed that: “There will always be bumps in the road but I am bullish on the future of travel, and luxury travel in particular. I also have a very positive outlook on the return of business travel which may not look the way it once did but which I believe will come back.” “We have seen improved performance in the U.S. Prior to the Omicron surge...
Sadler Marks 30 Years With Unique Vacations
For 30 years, Gary C. Sadler has been a champion of travel advisors everywhere and today it’s time for those advisors to celebrate with him as he marks three decades with Unique Vacations Inc. Sadler, OD, Executive Vice President Global Sales & Industry Relations for Unique Vacations Inc., affiliate of the worldwide representative of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts, has been a driving force at Unique Vacations, Inc. (UVI) since 1992. He’s credited with championing many award-winning innovations, including the Certified Sandals Specialist program, one of the first...
Shangri-La Launches Summer Experiences
Shangri-La is launching summer experiences to support its new partnership with Make-A-Wish International at select hotels in the Middle East, Europe, India, the Indian Ocean, and Canada. Specially created restaurant experiences and ‘Make-A-Wish Come True’ stays will run from late June until mid-October. With each booking, Shangri-La will donate a percentage of the proceeds to help Make-A-Wish International grant wishes around the world for every eligible child with critical illnesses. Shangri-La’s ‘Make-A-Wish Come True’ stay offers a minimum one night stay for two guests,...
A New Concept At Sandals Dunn’s River
Eager to extend a warm welcome home to the wholly reconceptualized and fully renovated Sandals Dunn’s River, Sandals Resorts International (SRI) announced today that reservations are now open for arrivals beginning May 24, 2023. The resort company unveils today what’s next for the treasured resort as it makes its long-wished-for return to the Sandals portfolio – from first-of-its-kind suite designs, to exclusive restaurant concepts and bars, to entirely new ways to experience Jamaica’s natural wonders. Beloved by couples since its initial addition to the all-inclusive...
A First Look At Sandals Royal Curacao
As the bus pulled out of the airport headed for Sandals Royal Curaçao, couples on board started exchanging how long they’ve been married. “Thirty-two years,” exclaimed one couple proudly. “Forty-four years,” boasted another, causing the bus to break out in applause. “One day!” shouted a pair of newlyweds, garnering cheers all around. It’s a fitting scene since Sandals Resorts International’s Executive Chairman Adam Stewart says the newly opened resort is designed for couples to soak up the sunset. “Sandals as a brand is about two people in love. Our tagline...