The Hotels.com Hotels Price Index (HPI) has revealed that the prices paid for hotel rooms in the UK have fallen for the first time in four years. Prices dropped 4% in the third quarter of 2008 to £97 per room per night, compared to £101 being paid during the same period a ...
Hotels.com has reported global hotel prices fell 3% in 2008, the first-year on-year fall in prices measured since the Hotel Price Index was started in January 2004
The average price paid by travellers for a room during the period July-September 2008 fell by 3% globally when compared to the same period ...
December 10th 2008
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Jumeirah, the Dubai-based luxury hotel group and a member of Dubai Holding, has revealed expansion plans for Wild Wadi Water Park with the arrival of the latest rides available on the market.
Wild Wadi Water Park has been one of Dubai's favourite family destinations for the last nine years and the new rides, which ...
December 10th 2008
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Hotels.com, the world's most visited online accommodation website, has surveyed over 1000 members of match.com, the UK's most popular online dating site, revealing that four out of five women (84%) expect their partner to pay the full cost of their first mini break away, even though 73% of women still expected ...
Jumeriah Group, the Dubai based luxury hotel management company and member of Dubai Holding, has signed a management agreement with Shun Tak Holdings Limited which will have Jumeirah operating a new luxury hotel in the Cotai area of Macau, a region of China.
The new agreement was announced by Ms. Pansy Ho, Managing Director of Shun Tak ...
November 21st 2008
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Superbreak, the leading short break holiday company, has announced plans to expand its overseas accommodation network, after managing to book 100,000 travellers onto its overseas accommodation programme in the last year. A new target of 115,000 has been set for the next 12 months, up to the end of September ...
November 19th 2008
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When Athanassios Arvanitis, a Greek citizen, killed and beheaded his girlfriend Adamantia Karkali and carried her head all around his village of Vourvoulos in Santorini, Europe was shocked to learn of the grisly crime that rocked what was known to be a peaceful island paradise in Greece.
It was a crime story ...
November 11th 2008
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To coincide with the release of the latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, Hotels.com have announced details of discounts for hotels in the cities visited by Bond.
The 22nd film in the Bond series sees the English spy travelling the world making stops in Haiti, Austria, Italy and much of ...
November 7th 2008
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In times like these, every little penny pinched is a gift, but when cash savings come packaged with convenience and luxury, it's a deal that cannot be missed. Embassy Suites Portland - Washington Square, has announced that it is offering a little extra incentive to guests to get out and ...
October 9th 2008
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Macdonald Hotels and Resorts has teamed up with many of the UK's top attractions, including National Trust for Scotland properties, English Heritage properties and city sightseeing bus tours to provide guests with a host of Great Days Out discounts on activities across the country.
The Great Days Out Autumn break deals are available at ...
Warner Leisure Hotels has scooped the award for Hotel Chain of the Year from top travel publication TTG (Travel Trade Gazette), beating off stiff competition from a number of well-known global brands including Conrad Hotels and Resorts and Swisshotel Hotels and Resorts.
Almost 40 judges, including some of the biggest names working ...
September 18th 2008
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Research by lastminute.com shows Russian holidaymakers' willingness to spend big means hoteliers are now aiming for the Russian holiday market by offering its tour operators better deals than they would to British and German Operators.
This has led to the traditional battle between the Brits and the Germans for the sun ...
Britannia Hotels, the leading privately owned hotel group in the UK, has refurbished its main Manchester property with traditional style décor and a number of additional amenities which, along with Britannia Hotels’ Sachas hotel in central Manchester, help make it an ideal city centre hotel for many, with easy access to attractions ...
Embassy Suites Hotels have recently conducted its nationwide search for the best Do Not Disturb door hangerdesigns to be used in all of its nearly 190 upscale, all-suite hotels. The contest was held During September and October 2007, where a panel of Embassy Suitesjudges has choosen the cleverest design/copy submitted ...
September 8th 2008
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Warner Leisure Hotels' Holme Lacy House Hotel near Hereford is the location of The Orchard, a brand new restaurant which looks set to be one of the region's leading places to dine.
Situated in one of the recently restored and refurbished grand reception rooms at Holme Lacy House, The Orchard offers guests and non-residents alike the ...
Sea Trail Joins Storied Courses Like Pinehurst No. 2 And Pine Needles On Prestigious List Of The State’s Best In Its Latest Ranking
Sea Trail Golf Resort & Convention Center's Rees Jones course has been named one of the best courses in North Carolina according to Golf Magazine’s “first-ever” ranking of the ...
The Harbour Hotel & Residence, Emirates’ city-based hotel located in the Dubai Marina, opens the doors of its new restaurant az-u-r, Dubai’s first ‘farm-to-fork’ restaurant, delivering the kind of food which has made Mediterranean cooking the world’s most popular dining choice.
az-u-r (read 'as you are') is ...
August 1st 2008
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Signature Golf Packages, Inc. is proud to announce their new golf destination in Las Vegas, Nevada. Signature Golf Las Vegas has a collection of over 20 courses from such great designers as Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.
We are excited to be affiliated with Sonoran Suites and their beautiful two and ...
July 31st 2008
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Superbreak, the market leader for short breaks throughout the UK, is this year celebrating 25 years of trading, with a look back in time at how the travel industry has changed.
The short breaks specialist, which was founded in 1983, initially began promoting just a handful of hotels. Over the next ...
Whitbread PLC, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, has announced the development of six new Premier Inn hotels, with 1200 rooms, to be opened in London over the next three years, with an overall investment equivalent to £100 million.
Whitbread has agreed to acquire the Quality Hotel (Westminster), Comfort Inn ...