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New Crete Five-Star Resort Opens in April

Aleksandr Shatskih

A new five-star hotel and resort is set to open in April at Hersonissos on Crete. The all-new Abaton Island Resort & Spa will offer 152 rooms, 71 of which have private pools. 

7 years ago

Something’s in the Air: How Hotels Use Scent Marketing to Entice Guests

Mihaela Lica Butler

Holiday Inn and Sofitel, among other hotels worldwide, use scent marketing to impact the mood of their guests. Is there science behind the fragrance holiday trend in hotels?

7 years ago

Here’s Why You Should Prepare Your Hotel to Welcome Chinese Travelers in 2018

Argophilia Travel News

Several countries around the world have reported an increase in the number of Chinese travelers they welcomed in 2017. The prognosis for 2018 is positive too.

7 years ago

Porto Platanias Beach Resort & Spa 2017

Aleksandr Shatskih

Porto Platanias Beach Resort, one of the Crete’s most popular 5-star resorts, has added a German inspired spa facet to its deluxe offering. The integrated Sparkling Spa combines signature treatments (divine bath, deep relaxing massage, sparkling mom and other), with water treatments, facial treatments and energizing treatments, massage and etc.

8 years ago

LABRANDA Cactus Garden Opens Its Doors in Jandía

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After a complete refurbishment that saw new accompaniments to the hotel, LABRANDA Cactus Garden started welcoming its first guests Saturday, July 1st, 2017.

8 years ago

How Guests Perceive Room Quality

Aleksandr Shatskih

Yianna Lo Daskalopoulou talks about guests and their expectations and common perceptions on hotel room quality.

8 years ago

LABRANDA Cactus Garden to Open on Fuerteventura

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Munich, 24 April 2017 – LABRANDA Hotels & Resorts offers even more hotel choices in the popular all-year destination Fuerteventura of the Canary Islands with the new LABRANDA Cactus Garden. The hotel will open its doors on 1 July, 2017 after a comprehensive renovation. With this addition, LABRANDA portfolio now comprises of 18 hotels on […]

8 years ago

Four Seasons Hotel Tunis to Open in 2017

Aleksandr Shatskih

In a cooperation between the world’s largest luxury hospitality company, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and Tunisia’s Mabrouk Group, the opening of Four Seasons Hotel Tunis is to open in late 2017.

8 years ago

Malta Marriott Hotel & Spa to Open in 2018

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According to the news this month from the Malta Tourism Authority, the all new Malta Marriott Hotel & Spa is slated to open where once a Le Méridien property stood. The rebrand of the already popular Malta stay promises guest Marriott service at one of St. Julian’s Bay’s most picturesque properties.

8 years ago

Three New Hotels to Open in Crimea

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Three new hotels comprising nearly 500 places will open in Yalta in the South and in the village of Ordzhonikidze in the East of the Crimean Peninsula in 2017. According to the Minister of Resorts and Tourism of the Republic Sergey Strelbitsky, new properties in Ordzhonikidze along with a new Bristol Hotel, will further modernize the peninsula’s accommodation choices.

8 years ago

AccorHotels Acquires VeryChic

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The anticipated AccorHotels acquisition of VeryChic is now complete according to the hotel chain. Now Accor can complete digital private sales of luxury hotel rooms and apartments, cruises, breaks, packages and more.

8 years ago

LABRANDA Premium Aqua Fun Opens in Marrakesh

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MUNICH, Germany- The official opening ceremony at the LABRANDA Premium Aqua Fun, 252-room, all-inclusive resort and home to the largest water park in the region, entailed a cocktail reception, live entertainment and a lavish dinner attended by major stakeholders and industry professionals. “We are committed to Morocco and our current portfolio of five hotels is […]

8 years ago

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