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INOMO to Shine Spotlight on New Products for Hotels at Xenia 2019 Expo

2019-10-10 by Phil Butler

Silky White Sunbed WAVES

INOMO will present over 25 new products at this year’s Xenia exhibition in Athens November 23rd through 25th.

Tags: 5 star hotels, Athens exhibitions, furniture, hospitality, INOMO, Luxury Hotels, tourism, Vivian Paraschou, Xenia, Xenia Exhibition, Xenia Exhibition 2019

The Collection by Liz McGrath, Luxury of the Unexpected

2012-08-16 by Phil Butler

The Plettenberg Hotel

Anyone reading this article might be a bit surprised on learning about South African hospitality surpassing even European standards. Surprise being an ethereal part of wonder, imagine discovering old world charm and traditional luxury blended with 21st Century “wired”. The Liz McGrath’s Collection of three 5 star hotels is not your typical visitation on exclusive, not by a long shot.

Tags: 5 star hotels, African hotels, Cape Town, Cape Town hotels, Cellars-Hohenort Hotel, Knysna, Liz McGrath, Marine Hotel, Peter Tempelhoff, Plettenberg Bay, Plettenberg Hotel, Relais & Châteaux, South Africa, South Africa hotels, South Africa travel, The Crags, Tsitsikamma Forest, Walker Bay

Selected London Hotel Images from Google Plus

2012-02-16 by Phil Butler

Hazlitt’s 6 Frith Street, Soho Square London

Reading the Google News ticker this morning we ran into some extraordinary images via hotel pages on G +, so we thought we would share. For the travel enthusiast, there is perhaps no imagery more effective than the views of and from a hotel. For the hotelier, imagery is certainly the Holy Grail of media. Let’s look at some extraordinary examples from random hotels.

Tags: 5 star hotels, Augustus Collection, G+, g+ London, Google Hotels, Google Plus, Grange City, Grange City Hotel, Grange Hotels, Hazlitt’s, hospitality wonders, hotels, Langham Hotels Collection, London, London 5 Star, london hotels, Mandarin Oriental, marketing, Rochester Hotel London, SAVOY, technology, World hotels

Luxury Hotels in Eastern Europe

2012-01-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Aria Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic

Steeped in history and tradition and offering sights and sounds found no where else in the world, Eastern Europe is home to exotic cities and a beautiful landscape boasting famous rivers, towering mountains and incomparable beaches. Add to these draws a lower budget demand than travel to many other parts of the world and the lure of rugged Slovakia, quaint Romania and other Eastern European destinations can become almost overwhelming!

Tags: 5 star accommodation, 5 star hotels, 5-star, Bratislava, Bratislava hotels, Bucharest hotels, Bucharest travel, Budapest, Budapest hotels, Czech hotels, Europe hotels, European hotels, five star, Luxury Hotels, Prague travel, Slovakia, Slovakia travel, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg hotels

Rezidor to Open Radisson Blu Hotel Istanbul Sisli

2011-06-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The magic of Istanbul

In news from Brussels, Rezidor Group, one of the world’s fastest growing hotel chains, just announced development of a new Radisson Blu Hotel in Istanbul. The new Istanbul Sisli contingent will sport some 305 rooms when it welcomes its first guests in the third quarter of 2012.

Tags: 5 star hotels, Christiane Reiter, hotel openings, Istanbul hotels, Istanbul Sisli, Istanbul travel, Kurt Ritter, Radisson Blu, Radisson Blu Hotel, Rezidor Group, Turkey hotels

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