Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa named a Green Key Resort

Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa, the newest beachfront property on Florida’s West Coast, has much to celebrate as it approaches its one-year anniversary this February. The 250-all-suite resort recently secured the distinction of holding AAA’s prestigious four diamond status and can now add one more accolade to its list: [...]

Robbie Savage behind hotel and restaurant in Carmarthenshire

Former Wales footballer and Strictly Come Dancing competitor Robbie Savage is aiming to move into the hotel trade. He and a business partner are behind plans for a development near Ffos Las Racecourse in Carmarthenshire. An outline planning application for a 35-bedroom hotel and restaurant has been submitted to the local council.
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Iran targets 20 million foreign visitors by 2025.

Iran aims to raise the number of foreign tourists to 20 million by 2025, as per the country’s 2025 vision. Seyyed Hassan Mousavi, the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, pointed out that based on factors defined by World Tourism Organization, Iran has attracted 3.2 million foreign tourists during the current Iranian [...]

Crystal Cruises extends voluntarism program to new destinations in 2012

Crystal Cruises announces a first-of-its kind check-in process that eases embarkation procedures for all guests.  Now in every Crystal embarkation port, “Crystal Fast-Track Check-In” eliminates 100% of ship check-in procedures in port terminal waiting areas, transitioning guests from dock security to the Six-Star comfort of Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity lounges.

By utilizing a new barcode [...]

New Zealand – the only place to ski in 2012

The Australian 2012 ski season campaign has been launched with the theme More in every day positioning New Zealand as the only place to ski this year to drive Australian visitors here over the winter period. General Manager Australia, Tim Burgess says that the 3.3 per cent growth in visitor arrivals for the year ending December [...]

Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur Debuts Integrated Facebook Hotel Booking System

Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur is the first hotel in Malaysia to introduce an integrated Facebook booking engine – http://facebook.com/grandmillenniumkl, which allows Facebook fans to book comfortably within the Facebook environment and the hotel is rewarding Facebook users with a special fans only rate. Following Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur milestone on Facebook earlier this year, with over [...]