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The 506-key Crowne Plaza Madinah opens in Saudi Arabia

January 8, 2016 • admin
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the most important international hotel group in Saudi Arabia both by variety of rooms and selection of hotels, has opened Crowne Plaza Madinah today. The outlet marks the primary Crowne Plaza hotel inside the Holy City. Crowne Plaza Madinah is found inside the centre of Madinah with 506 stylish rooms and suites on offer to guests, including 259 twin standard rooms and 49 king standard rooms. Just steps away is Masjid Nabawi, the second one holiest site in Islam and one of many largest mosques on the earth, making the hotel ideal for religious travellers. The hotel is decided to become a hub for events, meetings and conferences with state-of-the-art facilities on the disposal of corporate travellers. The hotel includes a multi-functional business centre, five fully-equipped...
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IHG opens fourth Crowne Plaza in Oman

December 23, 2015 • admin
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) is continuous to bolster its presence in Oman with the outlet of Crowne Plaza Duqm today. The brand new hotel will join IHG’s three existing Crowne Plaza hotels in Oman’s major cities – Muscat, Sohar and Salalah – in addition to InterContinental Muscat. The beachfront hotel is found near the rapidly expanding port and dry dock at Duqm.  With the launch of activity at Duqm Commercial Port earlier this month and the predicted opening of Duqm International Airport in 2014, the hotel is determined to capture the growing corporate travel market. Crowne Plaza Duqm’s 213 spacious rooms including 21 suites all offer direct sea views. Guests can benefit from the hotel’s outdoor pool area, fully equipped fitness centre and five restaurants and lounges. There’s plenty to...
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News: Lam takes sales role with Fairmont Hotels

November 25, 2015 • admin
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, which counts notable hotels like Shanghai’s legendary Fairmont Peace Hotel and the recently opened Fairmont Makati as a part of its storied hotel portfolio, has named Carmen Lam as vp, hotel sales and marketing, Asia Pacific. Lam, who would be based in Shanghai, joins Fairmont during this newly created role to offer sales and marketing direction to Fairmont’s hotels in Asia Pacific and support to the luxurious operator’s burgeoning pipeline of regional development. “We’re quickly growing our footprint in Asia and are very fortunate to be adding a frontrunner of Carmen’s calibre to our regional management team,” said, Jeff Doane, Fairmont’s vice chairman, hotel sales and marketing. “With her wealth of hotel related experience and firm understanding of the regional marketplace, she’s ideally positioned to lead...
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News: New appointment for Fairmont Hotels

November 15, 2015 • admin
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has named Carmen Lam as vp, hotel sales and marketing, Asia Pacific. Lam, who would be based in Shanghai, joins Fairmont on this newly created role to offer sales and marketing direction to Fairmont’s impressive hotels in Asia Pacific and support to the luxurious operator’s burgeoning pipeline of regional development. “We’re quickly growing our footprint in Asia and are very fortunate to be adding a pacesetter of Carmen’s caliber to our regional management team,” said, Jeff Doane, Fairmont’s vp, hotel sales and marketing. “With her wealth of hotel related experience and firm understanding of the regional marketplace, she’s ideally positioned to lead our sales, marketing and branding activity throughout Asia.” With six hotels open and operating in Asia, including three in China, Lam will focus on...
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News: InterContinental Hotels tap into China

July 2, 2015 • admin
InterContinental Hotels Group has begun adding its entire portfolio of four,600 properties world wide to China travel retailer Ctrip.com International via a reservations system connection designed and implemented by DerbySoft. “We are happy to have a successful reference to IHG through DerbySoft, and Chinese customers can easily reserve more global hotels through Ctrip,” said Maria Maohua Sun, Ctrip’s Senior Vice chairman and Head of Hotel Business Division. Online travel bookings in China overall are expected to arrive nearly $14.4 billion this year, in step with PhocusWright.  With 160 operating properties and 30% of its global pipeline in China, IHG recognized the necessity to directly connect its central reservations system (CRS) to China’s largest travel portal allowing online booking of its properties for both outbound and inbound Chinese travelers.  As a...
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