AVIATION

OLYMPIC AIRLINES Belux wishes to inform you that as of 1 June 2007, the IATA commission will be 0% on international and domestic sectors. A formal communication will be sent to Belgian and Luxembourg IATA travel agencies.

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Lufthansa améliore sa desserte en direction des Etats-Unis
Nouvelle liaison Munich-Denver et deuxième vol quotidien Francfort-Détroit

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JAL & Mexicana Airlines Further Expand Code Share Agreement Travel Options Between Tokyo - Mexico City Increase

Tokyo, November 30: Japan Airlines (JAL) and Mexicana Airlines (MX) have agreed to expand their current code share partnership from December 1st, 2006, increasing the travel options available to passengers traveling from Tokyo to Mexico City. Read more.

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Boeing Business Jets Delivers its 100th Green Airplane SEATTLE, Nov. 29, 2006 -- Boeing Business Jets today delivered its 100th "green" -- unfurnished -- airplane. Representatives of the government of India accepted the milestone airplane at the Boeing Delivery Center in Seattle.

Boeing delivers VIP airplanes in so-called "green" condition, meaning the airplane does not have interior furnishings or exterior paint. Customers then work with designers and interior completion centers to install an interior that exactly matches the owner's preferences and needs.

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British Airways fait route dès le 1er décembre vers Calgary

Dès le 1er décembre, la ville canadienne de Calgary viendra s’ajouter au large réseau de British Airways. La compagnie aérienne fera route 5 fois par semaine vers cette destination populaire.
En savoir plus.

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Ivan Vodicka, General Manager Aviareps, Czech Republic

Airline Management Group founds an own subsidiary in Prague November 29, 2006 -- AVIAREPS again has spread out its international network by founding a new office in the Czech Republic. The airline representative merged with BlueBird Sro, a GSA company which is successfully active since many years with representations of IBERIA, American Airlines, Qatar Airways, Eva Air and TAM – Brazilian Airlines. The step was a consequence to establish financially integrated company forms into the network. New General Manager of the office in Prague is Ivan Vodicka, who already worked as General Manager before at the BlueBird company.   AVIAREPS s.r.o., Zelezna 14, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic Tel.: +420 – 224 – 23 49 35 - Fax: +420 - 224 - 233 412 Email: ivodicka@aviareps.com

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China Southern Announces Major Change To Res Center;
Airline Announces New Nationwide Telephone Number

GUANGZHOU, China - November 27, 2006 - China Southern Airlines -
www.cs-air.com/en - announces a significant change to its national Customer Call Center.
Starting January 1, 2007, China Southern Airlines' National Customer Call Center reservation number will be changed from 950-333 to 95539.
For International customers, please dial : + (8620) 8668 - 2000.

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Air France And Transavia.com Confirm The Launch Of a New Carrier On The International Medium-Haul Leisure Market

The Air France and Transavia.com board of directors have approved the project to launch a new French carrier on the international medium-haul leisure market.
Read more.

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KLM Fully Revamps Catering Product

AMSTELVEEN, 28 November 2006 - On December 1, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will renew many aspects of its inflight catering product. The changes will affect KLM's World Business Class and intercontinental Economy Class, as well as KLM Europe Select aboard KLM and KLM cityhopper flights. Read more.

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Gulf Air Partners With Accor Hotels     23 Nov 06 Frequent Flyer Programme members can earn more miles now

Gulf Air has partnered with Accor Hotels Group offering its Frequent Flyer Programme (FFP) members an opportunity to earn more miles, when they stay at three of its well-known brands - Sofitel, Novotel and Mercure hotels. Read more.

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TAM Expands Fleet with V2500-Powered A320 Order Valued at $160 million
for Pratt & Whitney
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 28 -- Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Company, has won business worth $160 million as its share of an order from TAM Airlines for International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500 engines to power the airline's fleet of 15 new Airbus A320 family aircraft. The order, made up of 11 A319s and four A321s, is backed by a long-term V2500Select(SM) aftermarket agreement.

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TAM Is Authorized to Fly to Italy
Italian and Brazilian Governments Approve Increase in the Bilateral Agreement
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM S.A., received today the official authorization from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to initiate regular daily flights to Italy. TAM obtained this flight based on the increase in the bilateral agreement, authorized this month by the Italian and Brazilian governments.

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Air New Zealand has joined Qantas in operating 5th-freedom daily flights Hong Kong-London.

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Happy Birthday to ourselves!!!! On 1 December Estonian Air celebrates its 15th Anniversary. SAS EuroBonus members will have a good opportunity to take part in our birthday celebration: Read more.

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Emirates - still expanding, still fast
Dubai-based Emirates continues with its almost-unbelievable expansion. Since the start of this year, the airline has added Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Beijing, Kolkata, Nagoya, and Thiruvananthapuram. Read more.

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Phnom Penh Airport Completes First Phase Upgrading
French Company Societe Concessionnaire des Aeroports (SCA) has announced the first phase of an upgrading programme of Phnom Penh's Sihanoukville International Airport will be completed for opening by January 2007. The US$5 million investment includes the extension of a runway from 1,300 metres to 1,800 metres, and the expansion of the passenger terminal from 1,400 square metres to 2,000 square metres. In June 2006, the Cambodian government renewed a contract with SCA, allowing the French company to manage the country's three international airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville until 2040. Mr Khek said Bangkok Airways, Angkor Airways and Siem Reap Airways International had expressed their interests to operate flights into Sihanoukville airport.

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Virgin Atlantic Announces Increase Of 20% This Winter For The Caribbean Market Virgin Atlantic Airways today announced that it is now the largest non-stop scheduled carrier between the UK to the Caribbean, operating 18% more capacity than British Airways to the region.

For this winter season (October 2006-March 2007) the airline expects to carry over 350,000 passengers on its Caribbean routes, which represents a 20% increase for the same period last year.

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Ambitious air targets for Glasgow
Glasgow Airport targets handling 12-15mn passengers in 2015, and 24m in 2030; it counted 8mn in the year through March 2006. But it has not started well to reach those targets - there were just under 4mn passengers in the first half, but growth was under 1%. Read more.

DESTINATIONS

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Mer, soleil, plage, civilisations millénaires... au Parc tayrona, en Colombie La mer et les rochers du Parc Tayrona sont le prétexte idéal pour oublier le monde. La richesse végétale de cette zone rend plus agréable la randonnée. En savoir plus.

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La E-Letter VALLEE D’AOSTE vient d’arriver, avec des idees, des suggestions et des offres.
Pour la voir, il vous suffit de cliquer ICI

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A la découverte d'une destination de sports d'hiver peu connue! Bruxelles, novembre 2006 -- La République tchèque est entourée de montagnes et les amateurs de poudreuse peuvent profiter de ses bonnes conditions d'enneigement pendant plusieurs mois. Côté infrastructures des stations de ski, on retrouve tous les services de ski nécessaires ainsi que des chalets de montagne ou des restaurants accueillants. Même les débutants trouveront leur bonheur dans les montagnes tchèques. Ils pourront louer leur équipement de ski sur place et trouveront des moniteurs chevronnés qui leur apprendront à skier dans les écoles.

La plupart des stations de ski de la République tchèque se trouvent dans des parcs nationaux ou des zones naturelles protégées. Pour mieux vous orienter, faites un tour sur les pages web suivantes : www.czecot.com, www.holidayinfo.cz, www.ceskehory.cz et www.nasehory.cz.
Vous voulez savoir plus sur les sports d'hiver en République tchèque ? Consultez le site www.czechtourism.com et découvrez toute la richesse de ce pays au centre d'Europe.

CzechTourism a édité une brochure spéciale sports d'hîver : Top 40 Ski destinations in the Czech Republic. Vous pouvez l'obtenir en envoyant vos coordonnées à
info-be@czechtourism.com ou par fax au 02/6445121.

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Moscow's hotel count to surge?
There is a surge in hotel construction in Moscow, says Iosif Ordzhonikidze, the city's deputy mayor.
Hotel accommodation, particularly mid-level, has been in short supply in the Russian capital, but he says plans to build new 3-star hotels are being approved every two weeks on average. He believes there will be 248 new hotels in the city before 2010. Read more.

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International visitor nights spent in selected China's cities during the first seven months of this year show exceptionally strong growth to some.
While growth in Beijing was 6.4% to 8.7mn (arrivals in hotels), and Shanghai up 7.4% to 9.1mn, Sanya in Hainan, for instance, was up 105.1% to 537,000 nights.
Other cities with fast growth were Harbin (up 29% to 317,000), Ningbo (24% to 864,000), Qingdao (21% to 1.2mn), Shenyang (39% to 630,000), Suzhou (27% to 2mn), Tianjin (22% to 2mn), and Wuxi (21% to 1mn).

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Féerie de Noël dans les Cantons de l’Est   L’offre variée et opulente pour la période de Noël a été réunie, pour la première fois, par l’Office du Tourisme des Cantons de l’Est, dans une brochure pratique de 40 pages, agréablement illustrée et trilingue.

Sa diversité va des marchés de Noël, des concerts de Noël, du circuit des crèches, de la brocante de Noël, du cabaret littéraire, des nombreuses expositions, de la patinoire à Malmedy aux menus de réveillons de Noël et de Nouvel An dans les hôtels de charme
La brochure « Féerie de Noël et bons plans pour un séjour de rêve » peut être téléchargée d’un simple clic sur le titre susmentionné.
 

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La Maurienne, destination famille ! Une vingtaine de stations, fortes du nouveau label « Famille Plus », revendiquent avec légitimité leur souci d'accueillir, dans la sécurité et avec la garantie de la qualité, les familles accompagnées d'enfants. Outre les aménagements spécifiques liés à l'amélioration et au confort de l'hébergement, aux espaces skiables réservés, des manifestations sont susceptibles d'attirer particulièrement l'attention des plus jeunes : En savoir plus.

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Positive results for South Africa
Visitor arrivals to South Africa increased 16% in the first quarter of this year.
This betters results in 2005, when arrivals increased by 10.2%, according to World Tourism Organisation data.
There was growth across all sources, says South Africa Tourism. Africa/Middle East was up 21.9% - in part a result of increased air access from Ghana and Democratic Congo but also because of a growth in land arrivals - particularly from Mozambique (up 130%, albeit on a small base).
There was 7.1% growth from Asia/Australasia (Australia was up 10.2%) and from Europe (up 3.6%). One exception to this positive picture is the UK; although this source grew 3% in Q1 2006, it declined during the second half of 2005.

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Tignes Aiwaves saison 3 : du 8 au 12 janvier 2007 Jamais les sports d'hiver n'ont été aussi spectaculaires

En ce début d'année 2007, Tignes est plus que jamais la station des audacieux, totalement dédiée à la glisse. Pour la troisième saison, la station organise l'événement à ne pas manquer : les Tignes Airwaves. Entre compétition sportive et spectacle, cet événement des sports alternatifs vous en mettra plein la vue. Loin des contests formatés, les Tignes Airwaves fonctionnent sous forme d'invitational : les meilleurs riders au monde de chaque discipline sont invités à y participer et les vainqueurs de chaque discipline se partagent un prize money de 150.000€. En savoir plus.

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Christmas Market and Schlachte-Zauber in Bremen Christmas lights from 30.11. to 23.12.2006 in Bremen Around the town hall and Roland (UNESCO world heritage site) Bremen’s festive Christmas market with over 170 festively decorated stalls will invite guests on a Christmas shopping spree. This is one of the most beautiful markets in Germany. Read more.

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Leipzig’s Christmas market offers many attractions Over the past few years Leipzig has become one of Germany’s most popular travel destinations. Especially at Christmas guests from all over the world flock to the city. From 27.11.-23.12.2006 eleven Christmas areas will turn the city centre into one huge Christmas market. Be it Flammlachs (flamed salmon) and glögi in the Finnish village, a performance of Grimm’s fairy tales in the enchanted forest, Leipzig’s 44th Model Train Exhibition or the big Miners’ Parade from Brühl to Augustusplatz – there’ll be something to suit every taste. Leipzig’s Christmas market – dating back to 1767 – is one of Germany’s oldest Christmas markets.

With its approx. 250 stalls and a unique variety of themes it is also one of the biggest Christmas markets. All stalls are open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., and even until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. www.leipzig.de

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Vienna's Mozart Finale      28 Nov 06 -- At 0:55 on December 5, 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna of “severe miliary fever” aged 35. 250 years later the grand finale of Vienna's `Mozart Year 2006' is a series of performances of Mozart’s Requiem on and around the day of the composer's death. Read more.

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Vietnam rising tourism
Vietnam targets 5.5-6mn visitors in 2010 against 3.8-4mn estimated for this year, and a 3.5mn total in 2005. To reach 6mn requires average annual growth of 11%; however, growth through August this year was only 5%. Read more.

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Geneva counted 834,873 visitors, up 16.2%, over January-August this year. Overnights increased 12.8% to reach 1.79mn.

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Thailand reorients its tourism Sustainability and environment-friendly tourism are Thailand's new credos for the new government's new minister of tourism, Suvit Yodmani. He wants to reorient the kingdom's tourism strategy - less prestigious and costly projects, and more focus on a sustainable environment and training. Read more.

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Belfast aussi fait la fête Le samedi 9 décembre, le ‘Beat Winter Carnival’ parade dans les rues du centre de Belfast. Entouré d’une mer de lumières, les participants ainsi que les spectateurs dansent sur le rythme de la musique des musiciens locaux et internationaux. Le défilé se dirige  ensuite vers le Custom House Square pour le ‘Festival Finalé’.

‘Otherworld’s Circus’ est la combinaison d’une représentation passionnante et surtout originale de cirque avec la musique de 2 musiciens classiques. Un spectacle dont toute la famille va profiter et un must pour les amateurs de musique live, de théâtre, d’acrobatie, de costumes et de masques. À côté de ces festivités, jeunes et moins jeunes peuvent se rendre aux ‘Christmas Shows’ d’entre autres Pinocchio, Aladdin, Peter Pan et Christmas Panto. www.gotobelfast.com/Events

Pour plus d’informations sur l’Irlande vous pouvez contacter Tourism Ireland par téléphone au numéro suivant: 02/ 275 01 71 ou envoyer un mail à info.be@tourismireland.com ou surfer sur www.discoverireland.com.

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Hungary expects 400,000 visitors from the UK by the end of this year, making the UK the country's second largest visitor source after Germany.

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Edinburgh and surrounding areas need more hotel rooms, according to a new report.
Visit Scotland says 5,000 more rooms are needed in the region before 2015; current total is 25,000. Most, 4,000, would be needed in Edinburgh itself.
According to the report, 3,000 rooms should be in 3- or 4-star hotels, but there is also a need for a hotel with at least 200 rooms for the business and conference market.

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74ème Fête du Citron à Menton Pour sa 74ème édition, la Fête du Citron - qui se déroulera à Menton du 17 février au 7 mars 2007 - a choisi de célébrer les Carnavals du Monde. Son invitée d'honneur cette année sera l'Inde. La fête du citron, événement unique au monde, attire chaque année plus de 200 000 visiteurs. C'est la deuxième manifestation de la Côte d'Azur après le carnaval de Nice et avant le Grand Prix de Formule 1 de Monaco. Elle mobilise plus de 300 professionnels et nécessite 140 tonnes d'agrumes.Informations auprès de l'Office de Tourisme de Menton Tél : 33 (0) 4 92 41 76 76 -- http://www.menton.fr

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Liverpool 'Capital of Culture' build-up
Next year Liverpool celebrates the 800th anniversary of the city's founding with a series of events. They will also act as build-up to its year as European Capital of Culture in 2008 - a title actually to be shared with the Norwegian port city of Stavanger. Read more.

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HOTELS

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts reprend un Resort Hôtel en Crète

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts vient de signer un contrat avec Maris Hotels pour la gestion de leur complexe hôtelier Candia Maris sur l'île de Crète. Ce complexe 4 étoiles luxe sera exploité sous le nom de Mövenpick Resort and Thalasso Crète à partir d'avril 2008, à la suite de rénovations approfondies au cours des hivers 2006/07 et 2007/08. Ce sera le premier hôtel à être géré par la chaîne hôtelière internationale suisse en Grèce. En savoir plus.

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Adriaan Grandia ontvangt toerisme onderscheiding

Amsterdam, november 2006 - Adriaan Grandia, directeur van Hotel de l’Europe, heeft gisteren vanwege zijn inzet voor de Amsterdamse horeca de Piet Kranenberg Tourism Award gekregen. Dat gebeurde tijdens zijn afscheid als bestuurslid van de afdeling Amsterdam van Koninklijk Horeca Nederland en als voorzitter van de Amsterdamse vijfsterren hotels. Grandia wordt in die functies opgevolgd door Marcel van Aelst, directeur van het Okura hotel in Amsterdam.

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Relais & Châteaux 2006 : une activité en progression L'année 2006 s'est avérée tout à fait positive, tous les indicateurs étant en nette croissance. En effet, du 1er juillet 2005 au 30 juin 2006, la centrale de réservation de la chaîne a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de 34 millions € soit une augmentation de 28% par rapport à l'année précédente.

Parallèlement, avec 100.000 nuitées enregistrées par la centrale de réservation, la chaîne progresse de 24%. Le prix moyen de la chambre a lui aussi augmenté puisqu'il s'établit à 760€, soit une croissance de 4%.
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29 Nov 06 -- Hilton Hotels Corporation today announced they will create a joint venture company (JV) in India with DLF Limited (DLF). The joint venture company plans to develop and own 75 hotels and serviced apartments over the next 7 years. The formation of the joint venture is pending receipt of formal written approval from the Government.

The JV-owned hotels will represent several brands from Hilton Hotels Corporation's brand portfolio, including Hilton Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Hilton Residences. The JV Company will develop and build these properties, while Hilton will manage them.

DLF will hold 74% in the JV Company, and Hilton will hold the remaining minority stake as a symbol of its commitment to the venture. Over the next 5 to 7 years, Hilton will invest up to USD 143 million in the JV Company, before consideration of debt.

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Rocco Forte’s The St David’s Hotel & Spa Launches Great Value C&I Packages As part of its strong commitment to the C&I market, Rocco Forte’s The St David’s Hotel & Spa in Cardiff has launched new 24-hour and daily delegate packages, offering clients better value than ever. Read more.

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Maritim Hotel Mauritius wins coverted Virgin Holidays Award

From left to right: Richard Arnold (Presenter GMTV), Gert Puchtler (General Manager Maritim Hotel Mauritius), Francoise Vinay (Sales Manager Maritim Hotel Mauritius), Amanda Wills (Managing Director Virgin Holidays) and Mark Spivey (Director of International Sales Maritim Hotel Group). Read more.

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Hilton has signed its first contract in Asia Pacific for its Doubletree brand. A 360-room hotel is being built in Tianjin, China, due to open late 2007.
Business prospects look good. Tianjin is China's fourth-biggest city; is considered to have special links with Beijing, 125km away; Hilton's partner is a vehicle manufacturer; and Tianjin has also been chosen as the centre of an Airbus/China A320-aircraft assembly operation.

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Sir David Michels to Receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Germany

BERLIN, Germany: Hosts of the 10th International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) have announced that Sir David Michels will be honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the event, scheduled for 5-7 March 2007 at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin, Germany. IHIF is hosted by Questex Media and Burba Hotel Network (BHN).

Michels has spent 38 years in the leisure and hotel industry, most recently as the chief executive of Hilton Group plc. He serves as the president of the British Hospitality Association and as a non-executive director of Strategic Hotels & Resorts, easyJet plc, and The British Land Company PLC. Earlier this year, Michels was knighted in the United Kingdom as part of the Queen’s 2006 Birthday Honours for services to the hospitality industry.

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« Ouvrir une chambre d'hôtes à Bruxelles ??? …Suscitons de nouvelles vocations…. » Une campagne de sensibilisation, un nouveau guide, des séances d'informations sont proposés… En savoir plus.

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Hotel group SAS Rezidor - which owns the franchise in Europe and some other destinations in the Middle East and Africa to develop hotel brandnames that include Radisson and Regent - plans to change its name to the Rezidor Hotel Group.
This is in connection with the company's planned listing on the Swedish stock exchange before year-end, and the sale of SAS's 75% shareholding.
The other partner in the joint-venture, US-based Carlson Hotels (which owns the Radisson and Regent brands, which also include Country Inns and Park Plaza) plans to increase its share of Rezidor from 25% to 35%.

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Accor SA plans to build 10 new hotels in South Africa ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup in Johannesburg, the company's co-founder Gerard Pelisson said. 'We're going to construct about 10 medium-range hotels, or roughly 2,000 extra rooms,' Pelisson said on the sidelines of a press conference by visiting French Trade Minister. He added, South Africa is 'a priority' for Accor. The project includes five or six Ibis hotels and four other establishments. These hotel additions will bring the number of Accor hotels in South Africa to 37.

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The Park Plaza hotel group plans to enter Romania with a 62-room Art'otel in Bucharest, due end-2007. The hotel will be created by converting an existing office building in the old centre of the city near Cismigiu Park, Mikail Kogainiceanu Square, and the financial district.
The Art'otel brand features unusual, even eccentric, design, a small number of rooms, special architecture, and contemporary artworks, usually created by just one local artist. There are only four Art'otels - two in Berlin, Budapest, and Dresden.

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Hotel Sojka*** : Op vakantie bij een Slovaaks-Vlaams koppel. Lees meer.

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Worldhotels verwelkomt drie nieuwe hotels in Brussel
Het Worldhotels aanbod in Brussel wordt vanaf januari 2007 uitgebreid met drie nieuwe hotels. Het zijn het Stanhope Hotel, komende van Summit, het Thon Hotel nu nog opererend onder de naam Tulip Inn Brussels Boulevard en het Thon Hotel Brussels Airport voorheen Golden Tulip Brussels Airport Hiermee komt het totaal aantal Worldhotels in België op elf. Lees meer.

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InterContinental links with ANA
UK-based InterContinental Hotels and Japan's All Nippon Airways group signed a deal last week to form a joint-venture company to operate hotels. InterContinental will invest US$15mn (£8mn) for a majority stake in the venture - named IHG-ANA Hotels Group Japan. The deal is due to be finalised by end-year. Read more.

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Resort expansion in Turkey
Turkey's Lykia World group, owned by Silkar Turizm, the developer of holiday village Lykia World Oludeniz, plans to open a similar resort - Lykia World Antalya - in May 2007.
The US$57mn development will have 450 units consisting of rooms, suites, apartments, villas and about 1200 beds on a 200,000sqm site.
And in October 2007 Lykia World is due to open Turkey's first 'links' golf course on a 1.5km strip by the sea, next to the Antalya holiday resort. (In international golf terms, 'links golf' is the name given to a seaside golf facility; out of the 36,000 golf courses in the world about 300-400 are links courses.)

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London's 267-room Great Eastern Hotel (in the city near Liverpool Street station) is set to re-launch in January as a Hyatt.
US-based Hyatt has been pushing to expand its London room stock. It already has the 445-room Churchill hotel in Portman Square, but no longer runs the Carlton Tower in Knightsbridge - now owned and managed by Dubai's Jumeirah group.

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Hotel Development And renovations Continue In New York City's Red Hot Market

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TECHNOLOGY

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PIA using Sabre Airline Solutions technology to meet e-ticketing targets by IATA deadline

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is using Sabre Airline Solutions technology to let customers book e-tickets over the Internet and pay by credit card. The airline has introduced e-ticketing for all bookings made directly with the airline and through travel agencies, eliminating paper ticketing long before the IATA-mandated deadline of 31 December 2007.

The airline has rolled out its Internet-based SabreSonic Web application in major regional markets, enabling it to issue e-tickets for online bookings. SabreSonic Web is planned for introduction in all international markets in 2007. Additionally, PIA is implementing kiosk and Web check-in applications. These initiatives are a part of the airline’s Customer First service upgrade programme.

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EgyptAir transforms operations and migrates successfully to Amadeus Altéa Customer Management Solution EgyptAir adopts the new generation IT platform to remove constraints of legacy systems and become fully e-ticket compliant

Vilvoorde, November 29, 2006: Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, announces that it has successfully migrated the complete reservation, inventory and departure control systems for EgyptAir, a pioneer founder of the International Air Transport Association and a leading carrier in the Middle East, to the Amadeus Altéa Customer Management System (CMS). Read more.

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Sales from the Marriott Hotels website increased an impressive 42% to nearly US$3bn in gross room revenue in 2005. For the first time, more reservations were booked through marriott.com than through voice channels.

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Hidden Croatia recognised as best Specialist Independent Tour Operator
Leading UK niche operator Hidden Croatia has beaten off stiff competition to be named best Specialist Independent Tour Operator (Other European Destinations) at the British Travel Awards in London. The award validates Hidden CroatiaÂ’s hard work with both consumers and the trade in promoting Croatia as a stunning holiday destination offering something for everyone.

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Arcadia Reizen: De nieuwe brochure 2007 is alweer een maand uit ! Hierin staan onze reizen naar Vietnam, China, Birma en natuurlijk de avontuurlijke Saudaeilanden, de Molukken en Papua. Lees meer.

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Marmara : Thalasso offerte Tunisie, Djerba pour tout séjour aux Clubs Marmara.
En savoir plus

VARIOUS

Un nouveau thème de vacances chez Euro Relais: 'spa et bien-être' Reposez-vous complètement dans une maison de vacances à proximité d'une station thermale

Eindhoven, le 29 novembre 2006 -- Depuis quinze jours, Euro Relais propose des maisons de vacances présentées sous son nouveau thème: 'Vacances Bien-être'. Cette offre concerne des maisons qui se situent dans un rayon de 15 kilomètres d'une station thermale ou de bains thermaux reconnus officiellement, et dont quelques-unes possèdent même leur propre sauna, jacuzzi ou piscine. En savoir plus.

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"Asia" The travel industry buzzword
eTN/ This coming March the Travel Distribution Summit Asia 2007 is returning to Singapore. A selection of the most highly qualified speakers from the most trusted worldwide travel brands, will meet to discuss the opportunities and challenges of this evolving market. Companies represented include: Expedia, Cathay Pacific, Virgin Blue, Shangri La Hotels and Resorts, Hilton, Continental Airlines, MakeMyTrip.com, Abacus, Travelport, Europcar, Yahoo!, Zuji, SpiceJet and many more. Read more.

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Nouveautés du guide Michelin Belgique & Luxembourg 2007 Grande nouveauté pour l’édition 2007 du Guide Michelin sur le Benelux avec la parution de deux guides distincts, l’un sur la Belgique et le Luxembourg et le second sur les Pays-Bas. En savoir plus.

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Pacific Islands in the Spotlight at Profit '06
SYDNEY, November 27, 2006 -- More than 200 delegates have registered for PROFIT in the Pacific 2006, including prospective project partners from Europe, USA, Asia and the Pacific. Read more.

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Le MuseumCafé a ouvert ses portes ! Depuis ce jeudi 23 novembre, les Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles se sont dotés d’un nouveau pôle d’attraction gourmand avec l’ouverture du MuseumCafé. Placé sous la direction gastronomique du célèbre chef tri-étoilé Peter Goossens de restaurant Hof van Cleve, à Kruishoutem (photo), cet espace convivial a pour ambition de permettre au public de découvrir une restauration simple mais contemporaine dans un contexte à la fois pratique et accessible.

Le MuseumCafé, qui est accessible du mardi au dimanche de 10h00 à 18h00 est la première étape d’une nouvelle orientation des Musées qui se doteront également, dans un tout proche avenir, d’une MuseumBrasserie, au coeur de laquelle la cuisine belge traditionnelle sera proposée dans sa version revisitée par le génie de Peter Goossens.

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Rianne Schreuder in dienst van Baltus Communications Het toeristisch pr-bureau Baltus Communications heeft Rianne Schreuder aangenomen als junior consultant. Schreuder is afkomstig van HotelSpecials.nl in Haarlem, een online hotelreserveringsorganisatie

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