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As the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi celebrates the season, and its rising stature as one of the world?s most singular hospitality experiences, the hotel is also celebrating the return of Franck LaFourcade as its new general manager. General manager of the Metropole from 2000 to 2005, LaFourcade has come
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1According to online travel site Wego, the travel industry is growing due to the convenience of using meta search sites and the explosion of social media THIS year saw a lot of shifting travel trends and people travelled more frequently and sought new destinations from traditionally popular routes, said chief
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1With a number of large assets on the market, the trade of New York hotels is expected to pick up in 2014, according to market participants. ?Some of them won?t close by the end of the year but I haven?t seen this many large assets on the market
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1Accenture Hospitality recently surveyed 12,867 customers in 32 different countries about how they choose which hotel to stay at and found that price played a more prominent role in consumers’ purchasing decisions than in other industries. Accenture’s findings included: * 41% of customers find offers (deals) as a top
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1Dubai shattered the world record for the largest ever pyrotechnic display on New Year’s Eve with a show involving more than half a million fireworks, Guinness World Records said Wednesday. “Ten months in planning, over 500,000 fireworks were used during the display which lasted around six minutes, with
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1 Dr Nasser Abdelal, consultant to the Minister of Tourism on Asian affairs, received a delegation from CEOs of Chinese tourism companies that operate in an area of China which is considered to be one of the biggest sources of travellers. Abdelal confirmed the delegation visited Egypt to ensure that
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1Abu Dhabi has hit its?tourism?target for 2013 a month early, driven by growing awareness of the destination among global travellers. The capital?s 149 hotels and hotel apartments took in 2.53 million guests in the first 11 months, according to Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA
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Emirates? aircraft flew around the world more than 18,000 times in 2013, underlining its position as a global connector of people and places. Figures show the airline?s fleet travelled more than 751 million kilometres throughout the year. Taking the earth?s circumference at the equator as 40,075
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Royal Caribbean International’s upcoming ship, the Quantum of the Seas, is the most highly anticipated ship of 2014, according to Cruise Holidays’ travel agents. The travel agency franchise group Cruise Holidays said that in a survey asking 133 of its members which ship they were most anticipating in 2014,
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On expedition cruises you can escape from civilization and feel like an explorer as you visit remote places where Mother Nature is on full display. Small expedition ships ? such as those operated by?Lindblad Expeditions?(in partnership with National Geographic),?Quark Expeditions,?Hurtigruten,?Hapag-Loyd,?Celebrity,?Silversea?and charter operator?EYOS?
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1Hotel investment volumes in Asia this year reached USD3.9 billion at the end of Q3 2013, up 145 percent on the same period in 2012, according to the latest research from Jones Lang LaSalle?s Hotels & Hospitality Group (H&H). The quarter itself recorded a robust USD1.
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1The travel headlines of 2013 fairly screamed: Cruise ship adrift in the Caribbean! T.S.A. agent shot! Plane crash at SFO! Massive typhoons! But for this top 10 list, we look at some of the more complex stories that are likely to have lasting implications on Americans? travel experience.
