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Hotels & resorts
Rupert Murray
020 7921 8010
rmurray@ttglive.com
For the latest accommodation news, visit
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In brief
■ Accor opens hotels at Birmingham airport
Accor Hotels has opened two properties at
Birmingham International airport. The Ibis and
Etap hotels are opposite terminals one and two,
and are linked to the railway station and the NEC
by free air rail link which runs every 90 seconds.
accor.com
■ Prize for booking with Elite Island Resorts
Agents who make an Elite Island Resorts booking
before December 1 are to be entered into a prize
draw to win £500 of Christmas shopping vouchers.
Acropolis wow: Starwood plans to increase its collection of luxury properties from 65 to 100 over the next seven years Two runners-up will also win prizes, of £200 and
£100, in vouchers. Email booking details to
Starwood to boost
graham@resort-marketing.co.uk
■ Hyatt Regency Toronto to open in January
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts is to operate the Hyatt
Luxury Collection
Regency Toronto, which is to open in January
2009 after a multimillion-pound restoration. The
hotel will feature 42-inch flatscreen TVs in rooms,
plus 30,000 square feet of meeting space.
Tim McAtackney.
Hotels and resorts in Beverly Hills, Hawaii, Peru,
hyattregencytoronto.com
STARWOOD aims to expand its Luxury Collection Jordan, Portugal and Washington DC will also be
brand from 65 properties at present to more than added to the brand over the next few years.
ttglive.com
For the very latest hotels and resorts
100 by 2015. These properties will be the latest in a line of news, go to
ttglive.com/hotels
There are Luxury Collection hotels and resorts recent additions to the Luxury Collection.
in more than 25 countries already and Starwood is In the past two years Starwood has taken over
planning to expand into new markets. the US Grant in San Diego, the Singer Island resort
Roeland Vos, president of Starwood in Europe, in Florida and the Grand Mauritian Resort & Spa
IHG incentives
Africa and the Middle East, unveiled the plans at on the Indian Ocean from other chains and
the Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens last week. brought them under the Luxury Collection.
for Heathrow
One of the first new properties to open will Starwood also announced in Athens that it aims
be the Romanos Navarino Dunes Resort on the to enhance the Luxury Collection brand by intro- INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels Group has unveiled an
Peloponnese peninsula in Greece next year. ducing a series of services that will improve the agent incentive at its three Heathrow hotels.
Vos claimed the resort would be one of the quality of the customer’s stay at its properties. For £10,000 worth of business, agents will get
most scenic on the Mediterranean and would two nights’ B&B with complimentary dinner for
continue Starwood’s commitment to being a ■ Find out more about Starwood’s luxury plans the first night, 50% off all food and drink the
leader in the luxury market. in the November 7 edition of ttgluxury second night, plus one week’s free parking.
For £5,000 worth of business, agents receive
one night’s B&B, dinner and one week’s compli-
Nottinghamshire hotel touts spa deals
mentary parking, while £2,500 worth of sales will
qualify for 50% off a night’s stay.
WARNER Leisure Hotels is offering spa breaks at For £267.50 guests can enjoy a three-night The offer is applicable to new business at the
Thoresby Hall and Spa in Nottinghamshire at just weekend spa special, which includes accommo- Crowne Plaza London Heathrow, Holiday Inn
over half-price in November and December. dation in a “contemporary signature” room, two London Heathrow and London Heathrow Ariel.
A two-night midweek spa special includes spa experience sessions, one 45-minute Rhassoul Bookings must be made by December 1 for
accommodation in a “signature” room, one spa session and a manicure or pedicure. business placed from January to March 2009.
experience session, one 45-minute Rhassoul This offer is not available on December 15, 19 Agents must quote “Winter Incentive”.
session and a 55-minute ESPA facial or body and 21 or during the period between Christmas
treatment for £189 per person. Day and New Year. ■ For more information, go to
ihg.com
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