Carnival Corp. Chairman Micky Arison publicly thanks travel agents in an open letter being published in trade publications. ?Thanks for all you?ve done to help turn dreams into reality for the 10 million guests who travel with the brands of Carnival each year,? Arison wrote. ?We could not have
AIDA Cruises, the German unit of Carnival Corp & plc, has decided to name first of the 125,000 gross ton newbuildings on order at Mitsubishi at Nagasaki AIDAprima. The ship will be delivered in 2015, with a sister due in the following year. The ship will feature: -AIDA Beach
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has launched daily flights to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Today?s inaugural flight ? EY441 ? has historic significance as the first ever commercial passenger service between Abu Dhabi and Vietnam?s commercial capital. Travellers between Abu Dhabi and
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GREENBELT, Md., Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –?Chesapeake Hospitality, one of the country’s fastest growing third-party hotel management companies, announced today that it has added Louis Schaab as Chief Financial Officer to its leadership team. Kim Sims, president of Chesapeake Hospitality, made the announcement. With more than 20 years
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San Francisco, October 8, 2013?– Duetto, the only cloud-based technology firm focused on revenue management for the hotel industry, further accelerated its rapid worldwide growth, by appointing Scott Edgington to the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer. Based out of the company’s San Francisco headquarters, Edgington leads,
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – October 8, 2013?- With over 20 years of Starwood experience, Marylouise Fitzgibbon has joined W Fort Lauderdale as General Manager. In this role, Fitzgibbon will be responsible for managing hotel staff while implementing new strategies to elevate awareness and attract new clientele for the beachfront hotel. “Marylouise’
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KANSAS CITY, MO. – October 8, 2013?- Teresa Reynolds has been named General Manager of the Holiday Inn Kansas City Northeast, a recently renovated 164-room full service hotel located next to I-435 in Kansas City, MO. Teresa, having worked in full-service and limited-service hotels in the United
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The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, October 8, 2013?- Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has named Timothy A. Ralphs executive chef for Cheyenne Mountain Resort. Todd Felsen, general manager for the property, a Benchmark Resort? located at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain, made the announcement. “It
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1Backpackers may finally be getting some respect ? at least from an economic standpoint. Young people are traveling more, staying away for longer periods of time and spending more money, a new?1indicates. In 2012, $217 billion of the $1.088 trillion tourism ?spend? worldwide came from young travelers, an increase
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Carlos Souza has been appointed as General Manager of Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East and Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East, Hong Kong?s first twin-brand hotel project. Having joined the InterContinental Hotels Group in 2001, he most recently was the General Manager of InterContinental One Thousand
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Pegasus Solutions has appointed Bill Rose as Chief Information Officer. ?The company?s former senior vice president of IT Global Services was appointed to the position by chief executive officer David Millili to help Pegasus? nearly 100,000 global hotel clients focus on the future. ?Bill has proven himself as
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An affiliate of Northwood Investors, New York City, has purchased from an affiliate of the Blackstone Group the 474-room Waldorf Astoria Naples and the 18-hole Naples Grande Golf Course in Naples, Florida, for an undisclosed sum. Northwood also extended its management agreement with Hilton Worldwide for the asset
