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  • External: Brazil: boom-time for hotels | ft.com

    Armed with expanding credit and rising incomes, Brazilians are spending more – and that includes on travel. Demand for domestic flights surged in the first half of 2010, while hotel rates are also up. “More and more Brazilians are travelling and spending money on hotels”, Ricardo Mader, executive vice president of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, an investment services group, told beyondbrics.

    • ft.com
    • Friday, August 13 - 2010
  • Big Five Announces 2010 Galapagos Cruises

    Like Charles Darwin 175 years ago, travelers have long been drawn to the unique Galapagos Islands. More than 500 miles off the west coast of Ecuador, these biologically distinctive islands are still geologically young and have become famous for their vast number of endemic species.

  • Horwath HTL Launches Mid Year Hotel Sentiment Survey

    orwath HTL, the worlds largest hospitality-consulting group, have launched their mid year Global Hotel Sentiment Survey. The survey covers 60 countries around the world and is run twice a year to keep the information relevant and up to date. The survey itself is designed to gauge the temperature of hoteliers around the world, getting their views on current and future trading conditions and whethe...

  • NBTA Will Become The Global Business Travel Association in 2011

    The world’s largest network of business travel professionals – now known as the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) – announced today that it will change its name next year to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). The announcement was made during the first general session of the 2010 NBTA International Convention & Exposition – The Business Travel Event of the YearSM – being held...

  • Ground And Chauffeured Transportation Company In Latin America Exhibits For The First Time In NBTA Convention

    Increasing its global operations and predicting a higher demand concerning ground and chauffeured transportation for passengers in its main region of action, ViaLandauto, market leader in Brazil and operating in all Latin America, confirms its participation in 2010 NBTA International Convention & Exposition, that will take place from August 8th to August 11th in Houston, TX. With a booth in the e...

  • Divine Dips | Design Hotels™ Presents Hotel Pools To Dive For

    Hot or cold? Green or red? Infinity or plunge? The swimming pool has come a long way since the ancient Greek and Roman baths. From an urban concrete jungle to a lush hillside in Asia, Design Hotels™ presents four hotel pools ideal for sunbathing, socializing and of course, swimming! For an eye-catching pool in a vibrant colour Alila Ubud offers an emerald-green infinity pool above a dramatic rive...

  • Check Safety First launches in South America

    Check Safety First has made its first foray into the South American market, deploying its health and safety risk management audit system to five Eurostars hotels in Argentina.

  • Latino Hotel Association Forms Strategic Relationship with Association Mexicana Hoteles y Moteles

    The Latino Hotel Association (LHA), a newly formed global organization dedicated to expanding Latino ownership, leadership and commerce in the hotel industry, today announced that it had formed a strategic alliance with the Association Mexicana Hoteles y Moteles, Mexico's primary hotel association.

  • External: Billionaire Sawiris Exports Model of Egyptian Resort Towns to Swiss Alps | bloomberg.com

    Egyptian billionaire Samih Sawiris is at ease developing a resort town in the Swiss Alps or a lakeside oasis below sea level in Egypt. In fact, he’s doing both. “Sand and snow are the same,” he says, explaining the expansion in Europe of his company, Orascom Development Holding AG. “These are the attractions that bring people to buy a house and bring people to stay at a hotel, and the hotel is ...

  • Brazilian Hotel Market Overview | HVS

    How have the main Brazilian hospitality markets evolved in the past years and what are the perspectives for the post-crisis? This report shows an overview and an outlook about the cities of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Salvador and Curitiba.

    • HVS
    • Monday, July 5 - 2010
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