TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Grand Hyatt Taipei is rebating 8% of the master bill to organizations that book events at the property from June 1 through the end of September. The booked event can take place anytime between now and Feb. 29, 2016. The new ‘SMICE’ package also provides for complimentary wireless and wired...
SINGAPORE – With its new “Art of Design” initiative launching this month, GHM is ushering hotel guests into the workshops of stone masons and jewellers, onto the chair in painters’ studios and into the tents of Bedouins. Each of the GHM luxury hotels below has crafted a two-night minimum stay package highlighting the local...
TOKYO, Japan – Palace Hotel Tokyo is rolling out the mat and pulling back the curtain on up close and personal experiences with sumo wrestlers and Kabuki performance artists this summer. With Grappling Tokyo and Unmasking Tokyo, which have been created in exclusive partnership with TOKI, the hotel is deepening its already considerable Palatial...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — A group of Vietnam’s most exclusive hotels in each of the country’s most compelling stops is working to position the destination as a brighter lure for the world’s most upscale travelers. The five properties, including the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and The Nam Hai in Hoi An, form...
SINGAPORE — One of Asia’s most ambitious hospitality and building solutions companies is trading hunches for algorithms with the next-generation hotel lodging revenue management system, PriceMatch. Louis T Collection entered into a strategic partnership agreement with PriceMatch, a cloud-based revenue management system that has proven results–increasing hotel RevPAR by an average of 7.2%. Crafted by...
Dispatches from the NY Times Travel Section (Sunday, May 25, 2015) Smithsonian, that venerable old institution of natural history and all things science, has announced plans to start publishing a quarterly travel magazine, entitled Smithsonian Journeys The editor is Victoria Pope, and the angle on the magazine, according to the Q&A with Pope, is that it...
SINGAPORE — The general manager who opened the iconic Chedi Muscat for GHM in 2003 is returning to the luxury hotel group’s fold this month as he takes charge of The Legian Bali. André Kretschmann moves to the acclaimed 68 all-suite resort with its 11-villa sister property in Seminyak – The Club at The...
HUE, Vietnam — At the center of Southeast Asia’s greatest concentration of UNESCO World Heritage sites, La Residence Hotel & Spa is rolling out a package that provides access to five sites and experiences over the course of a five-night stay. The Wonders of Vietnam package shepherds travelers into stupendous grottos of the world’s...
