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JUMEIRAH To Enter Morocco’s
Rose City
New Jumeirah Golf and Polo Resort signed in Marrakech
Dubai, 17 September 2009: Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based
luxury hospitality group and member of Dubai Holding, has
recently signed an agreement with SGTM Immobilier, a
subsidiary of Société Générale des Travaux du Maroc (SGTM), to
manage the Jumeirah Marrakech Golf & Polo Resort, a new luxury
golf and polo resort located seven kilometres to the south of
Marrakech, in the lee of the Atlas Mountains. The entire
negotiation and consultancy process has been conducted by
Business Experts.
Scheduled to open in three stages from January 2013, Jumeirah
Marrakech Golf & Polo Resort will include: a five star deluxe
golf hotel and 18 hole golf course, complete with clubhouse
and academy; a five star polo hotel with two polo fields and
one practice course; and a third five star hotel, spa, souk
and residential villas.
The golf hotel will be comprised of 230 rooms and suites as
well as 50 luxury villas. The boutique polo hotel will offer
100 rooms, while the largest of the hotels will offer
approximately 300 uniquely-designed rooms and suites. This
mixed-use development will cover 177 hectares of land and in
addition to the facilities listed above, will also offer a
variety of restaurants, bars and lounges (some located in a
purpose built souk), a 2,500 square metre Talise spa, and
ballroom conference facilities for up to 900 people.
“We are delighted to announce the signing of this unique
development; Jumeirah Marrakech Golf & Polo Resort is a
welcome addition to Jumeirah Group’s diverse portfolio as we
continue to expand around the world,” commented Gerald
Lawless, Executive Chairman, Jumeirah Group. “Marrakech is
truly the heartbeat of Morocco and possesses a rich and varied
cultural inheritance. Jumeirah Group is proud to have our
roots in the Arabian culture and we look forward to offering
our guests a unique and authentic, world class, luxury
experience within Morocco.”
Ahmed Kabbaj, CEO of SGTM Immobilier added: “Marrakech is the
jewel of our Kingdom and as such, we felt duty-bound to
associate a world leading operator to our project. We are
therefore honoured to be working in partnership with Jumeirah
on this one-of-a-kind resort. With their world class expertise
and knowledge of Middle Eastern culture, Jumeirah will ensure
that our guests get the best out of the Red City’s magic.”
WORLDHOTELS’
Beijing
Affiliate
Hotel
Kunlun
Targets The Growing Middle
Eastern Market The hotel’s
Muslim Fine Dining Restaurant
Crystal Is The First In
Beijing
To
Serve
Halal
Cuisine
WORLDHOTELS’ Deluxe Collection affiliate Hotel Kunlun,
recently voted Beijing’s ‘Best Business Hotel’ by National
Geographic Traveler, is responding to an increasing number of
high-level Middle East delegations to the Chinese capital and
hotel from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the U.A.E.
The initiative signals the opening of the first Muslim fine
dining restaurant at the Beijing 5-star hotel, 24-hour Muslim
room service and in-room provision of the Qur’an, a Mecca
compass and prayer mat for Muslim guests. Increasingly, the
hotel is hosting receptions and events catering for Middle
Eastern expatriates based in Beijing.
Hotel Kunlun already boasts the largest variety of restaurants
in any Beijing hotel — with a total of 13 dining outlets
serving a plethora of international cuisines including
Chinese, Western, Japanese, Korean and Thai.
Now it is the first and only five star hotel in Beijing
exclusively serving halal cuisine at its newly opened Middle
Eastern restaurant, Crystal. All food is prepared strictly
according to halal Muslim tradition and all of the kitchen and
20% of the serving staff Muslim.
‘Crystal-Muslim Fine Dining’ showcases the talents of Egyptian
Chef Asmaa Abdelghani Aboucaid Elhadary and features four
distinct cuisines including Middle Eastern Arab, Southeast
Asian, Chinese, and Western.
The restaurant features an elegant main dining room in
addition to three private rooms which comfortably seat 66. It
is also open for afternoon tea and late night supper, as well
as lunch and dinner.
“These are timely and admirable initiatives responding to the
fast-growing Middle Eastern market. Hotel Kunlun is setting a
benchmark with this niche catering for Muslims that many of
our affiliates might also care to seriously consider,” said
Roland Jegge, Vice President Asia Pacific for WORLDHOTELS.
Located beside the Liangma River in Beijing\’s Central
Business District, Hotel Kunlun boasts over 640 guestrooms and
suites catering for both business travelers and leisure
tourists. More than 15 small and medium-size banquet rooms,
and an 800sqm grand banquet hall, all contribute to its
exceptional capability for hosting international conferences
and large-scale banquets.
More
information
on
worldhotels.com/kunlun/
Hotel
Kunlun,
visit
First Swissôtel Hotels &
Resort in India – Swissôtel
Kolkata
ZURICH, 17th September 2009 – For the first time, the
international hotel chain Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts is to
open a Swissôtel in India. A management contract has just been
signed between Bengal Ambuja Housing Development Limited Pvt.
Ltd., one of the most reputed promoters in India, for a
Swissôtel in Kolkata, which is due to open end of fourth
quarter of 2009.
The new deluxe hotel will be part of City Centre – New Town
shopping mall with shops, restaurants and a multiplex cinema,
and has 147 rooms, each at least 32m² in size. Three
restaurants, including a speciality restaurant and an open-air
restaurant, a lobby bar and a poolside bar are available to
guests. Facilities also include conference rooms offering
1261m² of space, a fitness centre and a rooftop swimming pool.
The management contract was signed with Bengal Ambuja Housing
Development Limited Pvt. Ltd. (BAHDL), a company belonging to
the prominent Neotia family, which has built up India’s
largest cement business, before divesting the same few years
ago. Since then the Neotia family has been focusing entirely
on real estate business, the construction and operation of
shopping malls, housing, commercial space and the hotel
industry.
“India is the world’s second-largest nation; the numbers are
on a gigantic scale,” says Meinhard Huck, President Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts. “India is set to become the world’s third-
largest economy by 2020. Consumer demand is growing steadily,
particularly in the cities, and the middle class, which is
also growing rapidly, has ever increasing consumption needs.
Against this background, we see great potential for our hotel
chain and are delighted to have found in BAHDL a well-known
partner that appreciates our Swiss values».
The new Swissôtel is being built in the new and developing
city district of Rajarhat, which in the last few years has
become home to numerous large IT and commercial companies
(including IBM, Philips, Wipro and Tata), as well as
residences, schools, shopping malls, sports centres and
cultural centres. The hotel is located 3km from Kolkata’s
Netaji Subash Chandra (N.S.C.) Bose International airport.
Kolkata, capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, is a city
of 6 million inhabitants, with a further 14 million people
living in the metropolitan area, making it one of India’s five
largest metropolises alongside New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and
Bangalore. It is also the main financial centre in eastern
India. The largest growth sectors are those areas that are
prospering as a result of outsourcing, particularly by US
companies, namely hardware and software manufacturing, call
centres, publishing and healthcare. The country’s secondlargest stock exchange, the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE), is
also based in Kolkata.
A solid month of expansion
for Pullman with 10 hotels
signed in a month
Asia’s fastest growing 5 star hotel network announces an
additional 5 hotels, taking development commitments for the
month to 10 new hotels
Pullman hotels – designed for the modern business and leisure
traveler, announced today the addition of 5 more hotels (in
addition to the 5 announced in mid August) to its ever growing
network in Asia. The 5 hotels are located in the key growth
markets of India and China. These hotels take the development
commitments for the Pullman brand in Asia to 22 hotels, in
addition to the 12 operating Pullman hotels in the region.
Michael Issenberg – Chairman and Chief Operating Officer,
Accor Asia Pacific says “The Pullman brand is experiencing a
major spike in development within Asia. Whilst we expected the
brand to establish a foothold in the Asian region, we did not
anticipate the speed with which this would happen. The
tightening of credit markets and the slowing tourism arrivals
has hotel owners and developers looking for contemporary hotel
brands that appeal to the modern traveler, priced and
distributed efficiently and offer a high quality product
without the clutter of more traditional 5 star hotel brands.
The Pullman brand is fitting this demand nicely.”
3 new Pullman’s for India
Pullman Gurgaon Central Park – will be a new built 284 room
hotel located in Gurgaon – the corporate satellite city of New
Delhi. The hotel will feature extensive food and beverage
outlets including 2 specialty restaurants, bar and deli, along
with 2000 square metres of event space. The hotel will offer
the Pullman signature connectivity lounge combining state of
the art technology and personal IT services, keeping guests
connected and efficient. The hotel is scheduled to open in
late 2010 and is 30 minutes from Delhi International Airport.
Pullman Lavasa will open in mid 2011, featuring 258 guest
rooms and perched atop India’s first hill town. Lavasa is
located 1 hour from the new Pune International Airport. The
hotel will offer 2 restaurants, patisserie and a 500 square
metre ballroom and an integrated meeting centre for smaller
business events. The hotel will be connected to the Lavasa
Lakes Convention Centre.
Pullman Delhi International Airport – located within the
“Delhi Aerocity” precinct will be this 270 room hotel. The
hotel’s outlets will include and all day dining restaurant
along with a specialty restaurant, lounge bar and deli.
Signature Pullman spaces such as ‘Connectivity Lounge’ and
Chill Out space will form part of the meetings and event
facilities, which includes a 1000 sqm ballroom and extensive
outdoor entertainment area by the hotel’s swimming pool. The
hotel is scheduled to open in 2012.
An additional 2 Pullman Hotels for China
Pullman Wuxi T-Park is scheduled to open in 2012, with 350
guest rooms including 64 executive floor rooms. Situated in
the Wuxi New District in Jiangsu Province, the hotel is close
to Government Hall and 15 minutes from the airport and the
Shanghai – Beijing High Speed Train Station. The future metro
link station is located below the hotel. Facilities will
include 3 restaurants, lobby lounge, indoor swimming pool,
fitness and business centre. There is also a 1,200 square
metre pillar less ballroom and nine meeting rooms at the
hotel.
Pullman Tianjin Kunlun is a new 300 room (including 38
apartments) hotel located in the heart of Tianjin commercial
area, 30 minutes drive from the airport. The hotel will offer
3 restaurants and comprehensive business and leisure
facilities and is scheduled to open in mid 2013.
Recently announced Pullman Hotels
5 Pullman hotels were announced in mid August 2009. These
hotels were: Pullman Shanghai Pudong Zhangjiang and Pullman
Shanghai South in China, Pullman Pattaya Aisawan and Pullman
Phuket Arcadia Naithorn, both in Thailand and Pullman Hanoi
Horison in Vietnam.
Pullman stands apart with signature products and services
All Pullman hotels throughout the world have signature
products and services, designed for travelers to fully indulge
or partake in a more self service arrangement. These include
products specifically designed for today’s busy business
traveler – IT Solutions Manager and Pullman Welcomers, both
roles ensuring efficiency and high levels of service. Co
Meetings is designed to enhance the meeting experience at
Pullman hotels, and with a dedicated event manager assigned to
each event, events with Pullman are care free and efficient.
Other items in Pullman guest
connectivity and comfort.
rooms
provide
sanctuary,
The Pullman network today
Today there are 12 Pullman hotels and resorts throughout Asia
and 39 around the globe. The brand is on track to achieve its
development ambitions of 50 hotels globally by year end and
300 hotels by 2015.
Issenberg added “The prospects for the Pullman Brand remain
strong throughout Asia, where we anticipate having 100 Pullman
Hotels by 2015. Whilst ambitious, we are well on our way
towards achieving this objective.”
Southwest planning foray into
long-haul
international
service
Citing the success of Asian discounters like AirAsia X and
Jetstar, a Southwest Airlines executive says the “low-cost,
long-haul” model can work in the U.S. as well. Lee Lipton,
Southwest’s director of network strategic planning, told
ATWOnline that airline executives are “still evaluating our
options” for international service, though “Europe and South
America are our first choice.” Lipton said international
service “could even become a trend for LCCs in the coming
days,” but Andrew Herdman of the Association of Asia Pacific
Airlines isn’t so sure. “I wouldn’t say it can’t work, but
it’s quite challenging,” he said, noting that international
service would require wide-body aircraft, two-class service
and GDS ticket sales. “All these would make low-cost carriers
look like full-service airlines,” he said. Air Transport World
(9/16)
Only 12 days left for MITM
Euromed in Oviedo, Spain
The XIII edition of MITM Euromed, Meetings and Incentive
Travel Market, will be held on September 28th and 29th in the
city of Oviedo, Northern Spain, in the emblematic Príncipe
Felipe Congress Palace-Auditorium, sponsored by Oviedo City
Hall, through Oviedo Convention Bureau and Club de Empresas
Oviedo Congresos.
Oviedo will gather exhibitors from Croatia, Egypt, Finland,
Germany, Italy, Ireland, Malta, Morocco, Poland, Portugal,
Slovenia and Spain with buyers from Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Hungary, India, Ireland,
Italy, Jordan, Slovakia, Spain, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Sweden, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and USA who will
generate 2.240 individual appointments during the workshop and
networking sessions.
For
more
information,
please
contact:
Charo
Trabado,
Commercial Director, [email protected], T: +34 91 541 43 08, F:
+34 91 542 07 00.
Thomas Cook Airlines cible
les
etudiants:
billets
d’avion super avantageux sur
Facebook et Twitter
Les étudiants désireux de s’accorder encore un petit moment de
détente avant la rentrée académique trouveront leur bonheur
chez Thomas Cook Airlines: durant les deux semaines à venir,
la compagnie aérienne lancera des promotions exclusives pour
ses fans sur Facebook® et Twitter®. L’idéal pour partir au
soleil entre copains à des conditions super avantageuses.
Thomas Cook Airlines chouchoutera les étudiants pendant les
deux prochaines semaines. Juste avant le démarrage de la
nouvelle année académique, ceux-ci pourront encore se donner
du bon temps sur une île baignée de soleil, un cocktail à la
main. Et sans dépenser pour autant tout l’argent durement
gagné grâce à leur job de vacances! Thomas Cook Airlines lance
en effet des billets d’avion hyper intéressants, à réserver
exclusivement par ses fans sur les sites de réseaux sociaux
Facebook® et Twitter®. “Nous avons constaté que nos fans sur
Facebook® et Twitter® comptent de nombreux étudiants. Cette
période de l’année est idéale pour les chouchouter: la haute
saison est finie et ils peuvent mettre le cap sur le soleil à
des conditions particulièrement avantageuses. Nous proposons,
par exemple, des billets d’avion aller/retour pour le Maroc à
seulement 95 euros”, affirme Chris De Waele, manager ticket &
sales Thomas Cook Airlines.
Les fans de Thomas Cook Airlines sur Facebook® et/ou Twitter®
disposent d’une plate-forme de communication exclusive. A
partir du jeudi 17 septembre, Thomas Cook Airlines annoncera
pendant deux jours (le jeudi 17 septembre et le jeudi 24
septembre) trois promotions spectaculaires, exclusivement
destinées à ses fans sur Facebook® ou Twitter®. Les promotions
porteront sur un billet à prix réduit pour une destination
déterminée, avec une date de départ et une date de retour bien
précises, valable pour deux personnes.
Thomas Cook Airlines est présent sur Facebook® depuis
longtemps déjà. La page de Thomas Cook Airlines compte –
malgré sa création relativement récente – 9800 fans et ce
nombre ne cesse de s’accroître. Les pages sur Facebook® et
Twitter® constituent un canal de vente supplémentaire pour la
compagnie aérienne.
Une petite escapade vous tente avant la rentrée académique?
• Devenez fan de Thomas Cook Airlines sur Facebook® ou sur
Twitter®.
• Vous n’êtes pas encore un fan?
Voici le lien:
http://www.thomascookairlines.com/nuttige-info/sociale-netwerk
en.aspx
• Entre le jeudi 17/09/09 et le jeudi 24/09/09, allez jeter un
œil sur la page de Thomas Cook Airlines sur Facebook® ou
Twitter®, où vous trouverez trois promotions exclusives.
• Ces promotions sont valables pour 2 personnes (all in) pour
une destination déterminée, avec une date de départ et une
date de retour bien précises. (La destination ou la date de
départ ne pourront être modifiées sous aucune condition!)
Brussels Airlines expands its
partnership with bmi on the
Brussels – London route
Ideal schedules
connections
for
business
travel,
city
trips
and
Brussels, 16th September 2009 – In view of its upcoming
entrance into Star Alliance, Brussels Airlines extends its
codeshare agreement with bmi : as from 25 October onwards
London Heathrow will be offered in codeshare with the British
airline. The Brussels Airlines customers will then be able to
choose from seven daily flights to London Heathrow and two to
London Gatwick. The flight schedule is ideal for business
travellers, city trippers and passengers with connections
beyond Brussels.
As from the start of the winter season, the Brussels Airlines
customers will be able to travel on one of the nine daily
flights between Brussels and London. Thanks to an extended
codeshare agreement with bmi, Brussels Airlines will add seven
direct connections to London Heathrow, on top of the two daily
flights to Gatwick that are already being offered.
This agreement fits into the entrance of Brussels Airlines
into Star Alliance, that bmi is already a member.
Since the start of the summer season, Brussels Airlines and
bmi co-operate on the routes Leeds Bradford, Edinburgh, East
Midlands, Bristol, Birmingham, London Gatwick, Manchester and
Newcastle. This codeshare agreement enables Brussels Airlines
to add nine UK destinations to its portfolio, representing
about 30 daily return flights between Brussels Airport and the
UK.
The flight schedule perfectly meets the demand of business
travellers as well as of city trippers. The early morning and
evening flights fit all kinds of travel. The schedule also
allows for smooth connection possibilities onto the African
flights offered by Brussels Airlines.
More information and reservation on www.brusselsairlines.com
or via travel agencies.
Lufthansa
Technik
extends
component support for Wizz
Air
Contract renewal for 10 years and 132 aircraft
Additional wheels & brakes support
Wizz Air, the largest low fare – low cost airline in Central
and Eastern Europe, and Lufthansa Technik AG announced that
they will extend their cooperation by renewing the Total
Component Support TCS® including wheels and brakes support.
The contract was signed by József Váradi, Chief Executive
Officer of Wizz Air and August Wilhelm Henningsen, Chairman of
the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik. For ten more years
Lufthansa Technik will provide component support for Wizz
Air’s entire fleet that is set to continuously grow from 26
today to 132 Airbus A320s in 2017.
Within the scope of the Total Component Support TCS®-product,
Lufthansa Technik’s experts will take care of all aspects of
supplying Wizz Air’s fleet with components from writing the
specifications, initial provisioning studies, home base
allocation to repair and overhaul of components. The new
contract also provides for the continuation of the wheels and
brakes support of the Wizz Air fleet from Lufthansa Technik’s
Frankfurt base.
“Lufthansa Technik has been an integral part of our success
from the very beginning. Its high quality services are
indispensable to maintain our operational reliability and
safety standards at their maximum. We are delighted to renew
our cooperation.”- said József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer
of Wizz Air.
“We are honored that Wizz Air has again chosen our Total
Component Support TCS®”, stated August Wilhelm Henningsen,
Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik.
“Alongside with the wheels and brakes support, I am sure that
our component services will justify Wizz Air’s trust in
Lufthansa Technik with outstanding reliability. Furthermore,
our services will give Wizz Air the full flexibility it needs
for its ambitious fleet expansion plans.”
The recently signed agreement carries forward a long and
successful business relationship between Wizz Air and
Lufthansa Technik that dates back to the very beginning of the
carrier’s operations in 2004. Besides the support with
components, wheels and brakes, Lufthansa Technik is also
providing engineering services for the entire Wizz Air fleet
as well as line maintenance at its Hungarian subsidiary
Lufthansa Technik Budapest.
Optez pour plus de confort en
classe Economy de KLM
Amstelveen, le 16 septembre 2009. A parti du mois de décembre
prochain, les passagers voyageant en classe économique sur
l’ensemble des cols intercontinentaux de KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines pourront choisir des sièges offrant un meilleur
confort. La nouvelle zone Economy Comfort offre jusqu’à 10 cm
d’espace supplémentaire pour les jambes ainsi qu’un dossier
dont l’inclinaison est multipliée par deux. De plus, le
positionnement des cette zone à l’avant de la classe
économique permet un débarquement plus rapide à l’arrivée.
KLM propose la nouvelle zone Economy Comfort pour mieux
répondre aux attentes des clients souhaitant plus de confort
et de choix sur les vols long-courriers en classe Economique.
La zone Economy Comfort vient en complément des sièges
préférentiels déjà disponibles avec supplément. Cette
évolution est inscrite dans le cadre du programme à long terme
de KLM appelé « The Customer Journey » qui se concentre sur le
renouvellement du positionnement de la marque et répond en
priorité aux attentes de sa clientèle.
L’ensemble de la flotte long-courrier de KLM sera équipée de
cette nouvelle zone. Les premiers appareils ont d’ores et déjà
été adaptés. Le reste de la flotte le sera dans les mois à
venir, permettant à tous les passagers de choisir la zone
Economy Comfort sur les vols intercontinentaux dès le mois de
décembre.
Selon la distance parcourue, le tarif de cette nouvelle zone
s’élèvera de 80€ à 150€ par trajet. Les membre Flying Blue
Platinum et les passagers ayant acquitté un tarif sans
restriction en classe économique peuvent réserver un siège
Economy Comfort sans supplément. Une réduction de 50% est
accordée aux membres Flying Blue Gold et 25% aux Flying Blue
Silver. Le service à bord sera identique à celui de la classe
Economy.
Les sièges Economy Comfort pourront être réservés à partir de
la fin novembre sur le site www.klm.com ou à l’aéroport sur
les bornes libre
correspondance.
service
d’enregistrement
et
de