Apple Leisure Group ®, a leading US group in the travel segment, launches its European expansion beyond Spain by taking over the management of three hotels in Greece owned by Hotel Investment Partners (HIP), the first hotel owner in Southern Europe. With this agreement, Greece becomes the second European market for the company, which since […]
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World Travel Awards – the global initiative to recognize and reward excellence in travel and tourism – has announced its Europe 2020 winners to coincide with its inaugural Europe Winners Day. Winners include Portugal, which fended off stiff competition to emerge as ‘Europe’s Leading Destination’, whilst the imperial splendour of Moscow was acknowledged with awards […]
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Messe Berlin has announced that in the light of ongoing health and safety concerns, the ITB Berlin and ITB Berlin Convention will take place in digital form as a purely B2B trade fair & conference, for the second year in a row, after the 2020 event also took place in “virtual” form. In a statement, […]
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Reflecting a post-summer lag in demand, Europe’s hotel industry reported slight performance decreases from the prior month, according to September 2020 data from STR. Euro constant currency, September 2020 (percentage change from September 2019) Occupancy: 38.9% (-51.7%) Average daily rate (ADR): EUR90.78 (-27.2%) Revenue per available room (RevPAR): EUR35.31 (-64.8%) Each of the three key […]
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Accor Group revenue in the third quarter of 2020 came in at €329 million, down by 68.7% as reported and by 63.7% like-for-like due to the effects of the health crisis. RevPAR fell by 62.8% during the third quarter of 2020, a significant sequential improvement in the wake of a difficult second quarter (RevPAR down […]
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After 18 years of distinguished service, Tim Ananiadis, the General Manager and Managing Director of the Hotel Grande Bretagne and King George Hotel, decided to step down from his role and retire. Throughout his tenure, Tim has proved himself as the keystone of the historic hotels and a person of inspired leadership and unparalleled dedication […]
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Domes Resorts, Greece’s fastest growing brand in the luxury segment, continues its rapid expansion in collaboration with HIP. Domes Resorts will manage two resorts in Corfu and Zante Domes Resorts, Greece’s leading luxury brand, announces the management of two new beachfront resorts, the Grand Hotel on Corfu and Zante Beach, on Zante. The company has […]
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TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel platform, has announced the winners of the 2020 edition of the Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best (previously known as Travelers’ Choice) awards, in which travellers from around the world placed four hotels from the RIU chain located in Sri Lanka (1), Cape Verde (2) and Jamaica (1) among the […]
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The hospitality industry is facing turbulent times: On 11 August (2 – 4 p.m. CET) ITB Berlin will launch its next round of online sessions as part of the virtual ITB Berlin Convention. Under the heading ’ITB Virtual Convention Hospitality Update – Trends & Cases’, the three sessions and interviews on the global platform itb.com […]
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One of the best hotels in Greece, according to TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel platform, Nana Princess of the Karatzis Group of Companies has received a place among the 25 best Luxury Resorts in Greece for 2020. Taking part in the Best of the Best of the Travellers’ Choice Awards, the platform’s users voted for […]
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