Hotel Qaqortoq is located in the very centre of one of very few cities in the world with 3 "Q" in their name. It looks onto the bay and harbor of Qaqortoq and offers impressive views onto icebergs throughout the year.
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Friday, 20 January 2012
Friday, 13 January 2012
The Hotel and Travel Week
TripAdvisor drops list of 'Dirtiest Hotels'
10th January 2012
TripAdvisor decided to drop its annual 'Dirtiest Hotels' list, which instigated a lawsuit by a hotel against the company in 2011. TripAdvisor had previously justified the list as empowering travelers with an honest source of information. Now the company has changed its mind.
Hotel big players launch their own online portal
11th January 2012
Six of the world's largest hotel companies have joined forces to create an online portal that offers bookings on better terms than most online travel agencies (OTAs). A beta version of RoomKey.com was officially launched on Wednesday. Its operating company Room Key was founded by Choice Hotels International, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels Corp., IHG, Marriott International Inc. and Wyndham Worldwide Corp. and includes direct booking facility of 23,000 hotels affiliated with these companies worldwide. Each hotel company owns an equal slice of Room Key. The company earns a commission from the booking, claimed to be at a more supplier-friendly rate than what third party OTAs are offering. A major plus being that the site redirects users to the hotel company's websites for direct booking. Room Key is looking to add additional hotel companies and said a major announcement on this is planned for next week. However, Best Western International already announced on Thursday that it has signed up as the first partner to supply hotel inventory. Room Key is concentrating on U.S. consumers initially before expanding globally in summer.
www.roomkey.com
We would like to hear your opinion about this effort to compete with existing OTAs.
Please, take part in our poll on the right!
10th January 2012
TripAdvisor decided to drop its annual 'Dirtiest Hotels' list, which instigated a lawsuit by a hotel against the company in 2011. TripAdvisor had previously justified the list as empowering travelers with an honest source of information. Now the company has changed its mind.
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| Room Key Online Portal |
11th January 2012
Six of the world's largest hotel companies have joined forces to create an online portal that offers bookings on better terms than most online travel agencies (OTAs). A beta version of RoomKey.com was officially launched on Wednesday. Its operating company Room Key was founded by Choice Hotels International, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels Corp., IHG, Marriott International Inc. and Wyndham Worldwide Corp. and includes direct booking facility of 23,000 hotels affiliated with these companies worldwide. Each hotel company owns an equal slice of Room Key. The company earns a commission from the booking, claimed to be at a more supplier-friendly rate than what third party OTAs are offering. A major plus being that the site redirects users to the hotel company's websites for direct booking. Room Key is looking to add additional hotel companies and said a major announcement on this is planned for next week. However, Best Western International already announced on Thursday that it has signed up as the first partner to supply hotel inventory. Room Key is concentrating on U.S. consumers initially before expanding globally in summer.
www.roomkey.com
We would like to hear your opinion about this effort to compete with existing OTAs.
Please, take part in our poll on the right!
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Hotel Pic of the Week: The Plaza Hotel New York
The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 20-story luxury hotel on the corner of Central Park South and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. This New York City hotel provides many services including a butler on every floor, baby-sitting, concierges and a shopping mall. The Palm Court restaurant is impressive with its restored stained glass ceiling and The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English is an European-inspired specialty food hall offering the finest freshly prepared and gourmet foods in a stylish atmosphere. The Plaza Hotel New York is also a famous wedding venue.
This is a picture of Palm Court Restaurant.
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This is a picture of Palm Court Restaurant.
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Friday, 23 December 2011
The Hotel and Travel Week
This week's Hotel and Travel Week is exclusively about Christmas and how hotels get creative to bring their guests into the right mood.
The Langham bakes giant gingerbread house
The pastry chef at The Langham Hotel, London created a 1.3 meter high gingerbread house which by the way took 200 man hours to complete. The person coming closest to guessing the weight of it will win complimentary afternoon tea for two at the hotel's Palm Court. The giant gingerbread house that is the centerpiece of the holiday wonderland tea at The Langham where guests can enjoy the Festive Afternoon Tea that includes roast Norfolk turkey breast with violet mustard sandwiches, eggnog cream, individual mini gingerbread houses and homemade mince pies.
A Christmas tree made of feathers
A Christmas tree, made from 3,000 white feathers hung on individual wires from the ceiling in the hotel's lobby is being showcased at Hôtel de la Paix in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The creation of this eco-conscious tree took more than 10 days of preparation, several staff members and three engineers. During the tree's unveiling, the hotel and its guests made a donation to their community partner, the Green Gecko Project.
A Christmas tree made of tissue paper rolls
An even more unusual Christmas tree is displayed at Eaton Smart, Hong Kong. This tree is made of 4,936 tissue paper rolls and 6.6 meters high. It also features 80 aluminum cans and LED lighting for decoration. It took more than 50 staff members to piece the tree together over a period of 2 months. Apart from the eco-friendly Christmas tree, Eaton Smart has also teamed up with the Green Shop to sell homemade organic gingerbread in the hotel lobby between 21st and 27th December 2011 with all proceeds going towards charity.
... and finally a jolly Christmas video from Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong.
Enjoy!
We would like to wish everyone
a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS
and a relaxing and wonderful holiday.
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| Giant gingerbread house at The Langham, London |
The pastry chef at The Langham Hotel, London created a 1.3 meter high gingerbread house which by the way took 200 man hours to complete. The person coming closest to guessing the weight of it will win complimentary afternoon tea for two at the hotel's Palm Court. The giant gingerbread house that is the centerpiece of the holiday wonderland tea at The Langham where guests can enjoy the Festive Afternoon Tea that includes roast Norfolk turkey breast with violet mustard sandwiches, eggnog cream, individual mini gingerbread houses and homemade mince pies.
A Christmas tree made of feathers
A Christmas tree, made from 3,000 white feathers hung on individual wires from the ceiling in the hotel's lobby is being showcased at Hôtel de la Paix in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The creation of this eco-conscious tree took more than 10 days of preparation, several staff members and three engineers. During the tree's unveiling, the hotel and its guests made a donation to their community partner, the Green Gecko Project.
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| Christmas tree at Eaton Smart, Hong Kong |
An even more unusual Christmas tree is displayed at Eaton Smart, Hong Kong. This tree is made of 4,936 tissue paper rolls and 6.6 meters high. It also features 80 aluminum cans and LED lighting for decoration. It took more than 50 staff members to piece the tree together over a period of 2 months. Apart from the eco-friendly Christmas tree, Eaton Smart has also teamed up with the Green Shop to sell homemade organic gingerbread in the hotel lobby between 21st and 27th December 2011 with all proceeds going towards charity.
... and finally a jolly Christmas video from Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong.
Enjoy!
Hotel Pic of the Week: Christmas @ Rocco Forte Hotel de Rome Berlin
Christmas Decoration at the Lobby
Rocco Forte Hotel de Rome Berlin is located in the very centre of Berlin, just off Unter den Linden and is therefore the ideal starting point to visit the city's fantastic Christmas markets and get into a festive mood. The most beautiful Christmas market - Am Gendarmenmarkt - is only around the corner and so are 3 more large central Berlin Christmas markets.
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Rocco Forte Hotel de Rome Berlin is located in the very centre of Berlin, just off Unter den Linden and is therefore the ideal starting point to visit the city's fantastic Christmas markets and get into a festive mood. The most beautiful Christmas market - Am Gendarmenmarkt - is only around the corner and so are 3 more large central Berlin Christmas markets.
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Saturday, 17 December 2011
The Hotel and Travel Week
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| Orbitz Mobile Steals Promotion |
13th December 2011
Orbitz launched a new mobile website including the 'Mobile Steals' promotion with exclusive, mobile-only discounts of up to 50% on hotels worldwide. 'Mobile Steals' are available to guests using the Orbitz mobile website and Orbitz apps for iPad, iPhone and Android. 65% of Orbitz hotel reservations are made through mobile channels for same day stays.
Hotel group asks guests to steal art
13th December 2011
More stealing going on as Australian luxury boutique hotel company Art Series Hotels Group is running a unique contest for guests who are asked to try and steal a Banksy artwork in their hotel. The print 'No Ball Games', based on one of the famous graffiti artist's street artworks, will be hung in 1 of the 3 Art Series hotels in and around Melbourne starting on 15th December until 15th January. Guests can follow Art Series on Twitter and Facebook for hints on the paintings location in the hotel, and then attempt to steal it. If a guest is caught stealing, they will have to return the print. However, if they manage to avoid the hotel's detection system, they will get to keep the US$15,100 artwork, which is signed and authenticated by Banksy.
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| QR Code |
16th December 2011
Aloft Hotels are testing a holographic concierge with QR codes that give guests easy access to information and offers from local businesses. The holographic image is projected onto a life-sized cut-out of a person in the hotel lobby. The brand recognized that its guests are connected via their smartphones and depend on them while traveling even more so than at home. Consequently, Aloft wanted to make it easy to download information from the holographic concierge.
Business travelers value free Wi-Fi most
16th December 2011
Choice Hotels asked nearly 100 hotel owners, operators and general managers from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the Czech Republic what hotel amenities business travellers valued most. Free Wi-Fi was the clear winner at 90%. Other amenities included 24-hour security and reception desk support, a late check-in or early check-out facility and an on-site hotel restaurant. At the other end of the scale, less valued facilities included a business centre and Airport transfer service, with a fitness centre only mentioned by 12% of respondents.
Friday, 16 December 2011
Hotel Pic of the Week: Armani Hotel at Burj Khalifa
Burj Dubai / Burj Khalifa - the world's largest building - is situated in Downtown Dubai, surrounded by Dubai Mall as well as several hotels, office and apartment buildings and an artificial lake where Dubai Fountain goes on display every night.
The Armani hotel occupies the concourse level up to level 8 and levels 38 and 39 and is the world’s first hotel designed and developed by Giorgio Armani. Apart from a luxurious ballroom and several other meeting facilities, the Armani Hotel features eight restaurants offering a wide choice of world cuisines ranging from Japanese and Indian to Mediterranean and authentic fine-dining Italian.
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The Armani hotel occupies the concourse level up to level 8 and levels 38 and 39 and is the world’s first hotel designed and developed by Giorgio Armani. Apart from a luxurious ballroom and several other meeting facilities, the Armani Hotel features eight restaurants offering a wide choice of world cuisines ranging from Japanese and Indian to Mediterranean and authentic fine-dining Italian.
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