Hotels & Resorts
Watermark Beach picks Jarrett
The Watermark Beach Resort in Osoyoos, B.C. Has promoted Ingrid Jarrett to the post of vice-president of business development, sales & marketing for the property. Jarrett has over 20 years of industry experience, working with such properties as the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, the Fairmont Palliser, the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald and the Fairmont Empress. As well, she was also regional general manager for a collection of independent luxury boutique hotels in British Columbia including the Cove Lakeside Resort, The Oswego Hotel, L'Hermitage Vancouver, Nita Lake Lodge, Black Rock Oceanfront Resort....
Watermark Beach Resort appointment
Daniel Mason has been appointed sales manager at the Watermark Beach Resort in Osoyoos, British Columbia. Mason will oversee group sales for the resort with an emphasis on building the corporate incentive, convention and weddings market. Mason's extensive industry career spans 27 years with key sales positions at Air Canada, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Thomas Cook Travel Canada and Navigant Luxury...
Hard Rock planned for Aruba
The Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA) reports that plans are underway for the development of a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The four-star hotel will be built on the ruins of the Bushiri Hotel and will include a training facility centre of over 1,000 square metres, with free access for the public. The Bushiri Hotel ruins will be demolished by the end of the year and the area will be completely cleaned up to prepare for the new construction. The new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Aruba is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2014. Aruba's minister of tourism, transportation and labour, Otmar...
Romantik finds cooperation key to positive results
It appears that cooperation is definitely the route to success. Romantik Hotels & Restaurants is a perfect example, celebrating more than 40 years of cooperation and during its recent board meeting, it became clear that financial success has been the result of the groups privately-owned hotels working together. Romantik's chairman, Roland Zadra observed: "Despite the economic difficulties, time and again our hotel cooperation demonstrates stability and great popularity with privately-owned hotels all over Europe." Zadra noted that in October 2011, Romantik added 18 new hotels as members of...
There’s spirit at the Novotel Mississauga
The Greater Toronto Hotel Association (GTHA) has recognized Novotel Mississauga reservations agent, Clint Aquino with its 2012 Spirit Award, naming him Reservation Ambassador of the Year during its recent awards presentation event. The GTHA's Spirit Awards recognize individuals who make an exceptional contribution to area's hotel industry. Janak Bhawnani, general manager of the Novotel Toronto Centre, commented: "We were pleased to be able to nominate 20 employees from our Novotel hotels in Toronto, North York and Mississauga for Spirit Awards in the different categories. And we are thrilled...
Keauhou Beach tees it up
The Keauhou Beach Resort is featuring a new Kona Golf Trail package that offers its guests an opportunity to play three rounds of golf at select courses. Available through Dec. 21, 2012, the package is priced from $517 for one golfer and $677 for two golfers. The resort's general manager, Jim Heather said that "one of our 'fore-most' priorities is providing visitors with options and access to the things they love most. With this new package we are shooting to combine our guests' love of Hawaii with their passion for the green." The Kona Golf Trail features three courses that include the Kona...
Hilton opens first hotel in Qatar
Hilton Hotels & Resorts has expanded its global portfolio to 80 countries with the opening of Hilton Doha, its first hotel in Qatar. The new 309-room hotel is ideally located on the headland of the capital city's prestigious Corniche and boasts such amenities as a 750-capacity ballroom, a dedicated conference wing and the first eforea: spa at Hilton in the Middle East. The hotel also features seven meeting rooms, six restaurants and bars, an outdoor swimming pool, a kids club, a private beach and a view of the Arabian Gulf from every room. Hilton Doha will also open Qatar's first Trader Vic's...
Fairmont Scottsdale breaks ground on new conference centre
Determined to give guests a distinctive Southwest meeting destination, the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess has broken ground on a new conference centre. It will add 4,800 square metres of indoor meeting space to the new Palomino Ballroom. Set to debut in November, the new US$20 million conference centre will give the resort a total of 14,000 square metres of event space. This makes it the largest meetings resort in the Fairmont Hotels & Resorts portfolio worldwide....