Langford Fivehead hotel, Lower Swell, Somerset: review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotel/92180/Langford-Fivehead-hotel-Lower-Swell-Somerset-review.html
Fiona Duncan, Telegraph Travel's hotel expert, reviews the best and worst of Britain's hotels and bed and breakfasts, from boutique to budget, countryside to city centre. You may have read about Langford Fivehead. Though only open as a hotel, or rather ...
Hotels promote Mayan prophecy and apocalyptic packages
http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/itineraries/hotels-promote-mayan-prophecy-apocalyptic-packages-1C7562531
In the hotel business, there's nothing like a big event to fire up the promotional marketing machine: Think Christmas, New Year's Eve or the Super Bowl. ... Rob Lovitt is a longtime travel writer who still believes the journey is as important as the ...
Hotels tagged with luxury retail brands make resurgence
http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Hotels-tagged-with-luxury-retail-brands-make-resurgence/
?It's crafting hotels as if they were jewels,? Silvio Ursini, executive vice president of Bulgari Hotels & Resorts, proclaimed during a presentation at the International Luxury Travel Market conference in Cannes, France, earlier this month. ?It's like ...
5 Ways Hotel Staffs Get Back at Customers
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/hotel-confessions-ways-hotel-staffs-back-customers/story?id=17818150
ABCNEWS.com. Whether visiting family or taking a vacation, the winter holiday season is one of the busiest and most stressful travel times of the year. But guests beware, don't take your frustrations out on the hotel staff. It may make your stay very ...
Hotel retail turns trendy with pop-up shops, 'libraries'
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/hotels/2012/12/03/designer-boutiques-popup-shops-charity-shops-top-ways-hotels-are-bring-life-to-retail/1738005/
"Hotel retail isn't just convenience oriented anymore," says Ann Natunewicz, who runs U.S. retail research for Colliers International and travels frequently for her work. "It's an amenity because hotels have to differentiate themselves from competitors ...
Carlson mantle going to 3rd generation
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2012/12/18/Carlson-mantle-going-to-3rd-generation/UPI-50021355889881/
Curt Carlson used a $55 loan in 1938 to start the Gold Bond Stamp Co. and parlayed into a multibillion-dollar operation that includes Radisson Hotels, Country Inns & Suites, T.G.I. Friday's and Carlson Wagonlit Travel. He turned the reins over to his ...
Growth in travel fuels hotel boom
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/26/growth-travel-fuels-hotel-boom.html
... hotels,? Wuryanti said. ?Robust growth is expected next year, particularly from the budget hotel segment, and the two- and three-star classes. The growing middle class and the expansion of budget airlines have encouraged more people to travel,? she ...
Hotel Review: Andaz Shanghai
http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/travel/hotel-review-andaz-shanghai.html
A large hotel with a Westernized, boutique feel. Rooms start at 1,600 renminbi (about $260, at 6.15 renminbi to the dollar). BASICS. From the moment you arrive at the Andaz Shanghai, you encounter a departure from typical understated Chinese hospitality.
