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Sandals starts
‘Winter rates are
eco foundation
SANDALS chief executive Adam Stewart is
slashed 30-50%’
to launch the Sandals Foundation at WTM next
week.
Rupert Murray.
salers provide a distribution option that ‘hides’
The company said that the foundation Hotel booking agency HotelConnect says concern rock-bottom prices within dynamic packaging
was being created in response to guests’ about forward bookings is leading to winter rate systems.”
desire to contribute more to local communities reductions of 30%-50%. As an example, HotelConnect has secured
and to the environmental protection of Commercial manager Ian Ackland said: “There discounts on winter rates in Dubai hotels of 30%.
destinations. has been talk of hotels closing floors rather than Ackland added: “Hotels across Europe are also
It will build on the company’s 25 year involve- cut rates, but we’ve seen no sign of that. improving free night deals from three-nights-for-
ment in this type of work. Sandals already “In fact our contractors are securing lower the-price-of-two to two-nights-for-the-price-of-
recycles almost everything including linen, food, rates and more free night deals than ever before.” one. Again, these are deals that are rarely
paper and unused drinking water. The company said that hotels are willing to offered direct to the public.”
Other green programmes include looking give wholesalers low rates in preference to Clare Murphy, commercial director at travel
at advancements in renewable energy, slashing public prices. management company Capita Business Travel,
composting, a reduction in the use of plastics “Hotels don’t want to trash their public rates made the prediction that hotels would close
and paper, a tree planting programme and and are reluctant to put transparently low prices floors to save money during the global financial
beach clean-ups. into the market. But they recognise that whole- crisis rather than slash rates (TTG October 17).
Dukes in London is
Leading Small Hotel
DUKES, St James’s in London has become a mem-
ber of The Leading Small Hotels of the World.
It passed a rigorous test of 1,500 specific
standards to win membership.
The 90-room hotel was recently taken over by
CampbellGray Hotels and given a makeover.
Puerto Rico opening
BRAZILIAN FORTE: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is now welcoming guests to the newly
MANDARIN Oriental is to open a five-star resort opened Iberostar Praia do Forte hotel in Brazil. The opening of the five-star hotel com-
in Palmas del Mar in Puerto Rico. pletes the second stage of the three-part development of the Praia do Forte complex
The resort is scheduled to open in 2011 after a
$300 million investment.
It is the eighth five-star hotel to begin develop-
ment on the island in the past four years.
Club Med offers £50 vouchers
The hotel will feature 186 rooms and generate
1,280 jobs during its construction. CLUB Med is offering agents £50 worth of high by far the biggest incentive we have ever offered
The executive director of the Puerto Rico street shopping vouchers for every long-haul agents.
Tourism Company, Terestella Gonzalez Denton booking made before November 30. “We have beautiful resorts with direct flights
said: “The development of this new property on There is no limit to the number of vouchers from the UK.
our island’s East-Central region is part of an ef- agents can earn and they are redeemable in “With the investment that Club Med has
fort to decentralise tourism from our major cities more than 75 retailers including House of Fraser, made during the past four years, building
and direct the attention of travellers and investors HMV and Boots. resorts and upgrading existing ones, our
to other destinations that offer natural beauty.” Head of sales Steve O’Loughlin said: “This is offering is superb.”
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