Resorts
SLH Expands Its Membership
Nature lovers have new choices with two new members of Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) in Malaysia and the United Kingdom joining the brand. City-break seekers also have two new members in London and Tuscany. Mangala Resort & Spa (pictured) is the result of a 15-year journey of rejuvenation, which transformed barren mining land into a tropical oasis of palm plantation, organic gardens, rehabilitated lakes and undisturbed wetlands. From the private villas built on stilts over the lake, to those beside lily-dotted wetlands, the eco award-winning luxury resort built with...
Universal Putting The ‘Scare’ Back In Halloween
Due to popular demand, Universal Orlando Resort has added another event date, Oct. 30, to this year’s Halloween Horror Nights – giving guests more opportunities to brave the world’s premier Halloween event. Halloween Horror Nights 2018 is the biggest, most intense event in history with more haunted houses than ever before. Horrors inspired by the past come to life as guests face 10 haunted houses and five scare zones based on everything from the biggest names in horror and pop culture to haunting original stories that only the twisted minds of Universal’s Entertainment team...
Sandals Makes A Splash With Agency Incentive
Sandals Resorts is kicking off the fall-winter season with its largest – and longest – incentive for Canadian travel agents to date. Sandals Cash Splash will award monthly cash prizes to agents who make a direct booking with Unique Vacations Inc. effective immediately through Sept. 30, 2019. Each new direct booking of three nights or longer to any Sandals or Beaches resort in any room category – travel window is from now through Dec. 18, 2019 – equals one entry for the monthly cash prizes in the year-long incentive: C$500 for each booking in any room category C$750...
Iberostar Holguin Set To Open In November
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts will open its first 5-star property, the Iberostar Holguín, in Cuba's third most popular destination, Holguín next month. The hotel's Nov. 15, 2018 opening date adds to Iberostar's portfolio in Cuba while the chain celebrates its 25th anniversary on the island. Aurelio Vázquez, Global COO for Iberostar Group, commented: “The opening of Iberostar Holguín is another step forward in our sustainable development strategy for Cuba, as well as further proof of our commitment to the local community. The Iberostar Holguín offers our guests a superb range...
Celebrate Christmas In Vermont
The Topnotch Resort in Stowe, Vermont, is inviting guests to take advantage of its O’ Christmas Tree Package for the 2018 holiday season. The offer includes a stay in one of a luxury guest rooms, and a trip to nearby Paines Tree Farm where guests take a wagon ride to find the perfect Christmas tree. Once selected and cut, the skilled team at Paines professionally wraps, packages and loads the tree onto the cars for a safe trip home. Rates for the O’ Christmas Tree Package start at $199 for a standard room, double occupancy. The package is available Nov. 9 through Dec....
Lots Happening As Meliá Road Show Hits Toronto
A delegation of executives representing Meliá Hotels International kicked off a Canada-wide road show yesterday in Toronto to update the trade on all that's new at its brands in the Caribbean and Mexico – Paradisus by Meliá, Me by Meliá, and Meliá Hotels & Resorts. In December, travellers will see the transformation of the Dominican Republic resort, Meliá Caribe Tropical, into two separate properties – Meliá Punta Cana Beach, an adults-only resort, and the family friendly Meliá Caribe Beach. The two new hotels will debut with a variety of new programs, services and...
Palladium TRS Hotel Brand Set For Cap Cana
Palladium Hotel Group is expanding its TRS Hotel brand with the opening of TRS Cap Cana Hotel, a new adults-only resort property in the Dominican Republic, that will open Nov. 1, 2018. TRS Cap Cana Hotel will be situated directly on the waterfront, giving guests access to some of the most pristine white sand beaches and turquoise waters of the Dominican Republic's eastern coast. The resort is currently undergoing renovations prior to opening in order to convey the elegance and cutting-edge design of the TRS Hotel brand. When it opens, it will have 115 suites, 39 swim-up junior...
Put Down Your Phone
Wyndham Grand is creating new VIP areas at its pools and restaurants with perks promoting quality time for guests at five of its hotels. The catch? You can't check your phone. An expansion of its Reconnected Family Experience, the unique hotel family program encouraging quality time over screen time, Wyndham Grand is now challenging guests to go phone-free at its pools and restaurants. Through Nov. 12, the brand will offer optional Phone-Free Zones for guests who wish to spend time unplugged. Guests who participate will have access to special perks, amenities and prizes, including...