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ReviewPro Rates Zakopane Tops in Poland

2013-11-08 by Phil Butler

Courtesy the Tatra Chalet

Turning to Poland hotels, ReviewPro has rated Tatra Chalet in Zakopane as best of 293 suggested by guests. Based on research from the firm’s Global Review Index™, ReviewPro’s ratings are the industry-standard benchmark for online guest satisfaction.

Tags: destination ratings, Europe hotels, hotel ratings, Poland hotels, ReviewPro, Tatra Chalet

A Return to Elegance: Starwood’s Hotel Bristol, Warsaw

2013-02-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Hotel Bristol

If you’re headed to Warsaw, and need a luxury stay with the crispest of pillow cases, Hotel Bristol there has brand new ones. A multi-million dollar revamp recently is sure to have included new linens. Aside this, the Warsaw city center icon also joins The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts’ group of the world’s finest hotels.

Tags: Belle Époque era, Luxury Collection, Luxury Hotels, Poland hotels, Starwood, Starwood Hotels, W Hotels, warsaw, Warsaw Five Star

Euro 2012 Causes Sky High Hotel Rates in Poland

2012-06-04 by Guest Author

Euro 2012 hotel rooms

Football fans visiting Poland for the Euro 2012, be sure to stuff a bit of extra cash in your luggage; with thousands of football fans expected to visit the country in order to take in one or more of the 15 matches to be hosted there, hotels are responding by raising rates exorbitantly.

Tags: cheap hotels, Euro 2012, Europe Championships, hotel rates, Poland hotels, Poland tourism, Poland travel, soccer

Super 8 Hotels Coming Soon To Poland

2012-03-28 by Guest Author

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Super 8’s parent company (Wyndham Hotel Group) has embarked on creating an European footprint. One of the very first countries they are focusing on is Poland.

Tags: Poland hotels, super 8, Super 8 Hotels, Wyndham Hotel Group

Kiev Rooms for Euro 2012 – A Costly Proposition

2012-02-29 by Phil Butler

Euro 2012

In news from Ukraine and the upcoming 2012 European Championships, organizers are concerned with keeping down hospitality prices for the coming wave of travelers headed East. Along with integrating their efforts with those of sister venues in Poland, soccer fans being fleeced seems to be tops on the agenda of late. But is the concern already too late and too little?

Tags: Cold War, Euro 2012, Fairmont Grand Hotel, Google hotel finder, Hyatt Kiev, Intercontinental Hotel Kiev, Kiev ghetto, Kiev stadiums, Kiev tourism, Kiev travel, Poland games, Poland hotels, Radisson Blu Kiev, soccer, Ukraine hotels, Ukraine travel, world cup soccer

5 East Europe Luxury Stays To Experience

2012-02-26 by Phil Butler

View from Villa Dubrovnik suite

Though you may not realize it, Eastern Europe has some of the most exquisite hotel accomodations anywhere in the world. And, where relatively unsung excellence goes, the region has many small five star gems not many outside Europe have heard of. By way of revealing some of these, Argo Travel News presents; Marrol’s in Bratislava, Granary Suite Hotel in Wroclaw, Grand Hotel Toplice at Lake Bled, Villa Dubrovnik in Croatia, and Bulgarian ski resort Hotel Yastrebets.

Tags: Bratislava, Bulgaria hotels, Bulgaria skiing, Croatia hotels, Dubrovnik hotels, Dubrovnik travel, Granary Suite Hotel, Grand Hotel Toplice, Marrol's, Poland hotels, Poland travel, Rila Mountain, Slovakia hotels, Slovakia travel, Slovenia hotels, Slovenia travel, Villa Dubrovnik, Wroclaw, Yastrebets Wellness and Spa

Internos Real Investors Raising Europe Hotel Fund

2011-07-12 by Phil Butler

Bethmannstrasse, Frankfurt am Main

Internos Real Investors is reportedly raising between €200 million and €250 million for their first hotel fund for selected European countries. According to the news, the company is targeting mid-market hotel projects in Germany, France, and in the Netherlands.

Tags: Andrew Thornton, Berlin hotels, Europe hotels, hotel investments, Internos, Internos Real Investors, Jochen Schaefer-Suren, Netherlands hotels, Paris hotels, Poland hotels, tourism investment

Travelport and Poland’s Blue Sky Team Up

2011-05-18 by Phil Butler

Malbork Castle

In news from Poland’s Blue Sky Travel, the company and Travelport have just penned a deal for supporting Blue Sky’s offerings with Travelport’s global flight inventory.

Tags: Blue Sky Travel, booking, Eastern Europe travel, Euro 2012, Galileo, Jerzy Ruszkowski, online travel, Poland bookings, Poland hotels, Poland travel, Poland travel plans, travel news, travel plans, Travelport, Worldspan

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