KRABI, Thailand (8 December 2020) — Newly opened Banyan Tree Krabi is welcoming its first guests with attractive promotions on everything from dining to spa treatments to accommodation. Between now and 30 April 2021, the resort has announced that, as an introductory offer, it will award all guests who book through their website a 25%...
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Azerai Celebrates Festive Season with Host of Special Meals and Events
KE GA BAY, Vietnam (Dec. 7, 2020) — Azerai Resorts marks the festive season this year at three properties, including their newest resort, Azerai Ke Ga Bay, an elegant and secluded oceanfront retreat located 180km east of Ho Chi Minh City on a sweeping five-kilometer white-sand beach overlooking the East Sea. Throughout the period from Christmas...
Metropole Hanoi Embraces ‘Joy of Giving’ This Festive Season
HANOI (Dec. 4, 2020) — This Christmas season the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi is celebrating the “Joy of Giving,” while decking the halls with ornamental trees, wreaths, gift boxes, ribbons, and more. The hotel’s “Joy of Giving” theme, which will be brought to life with Metropole Hanoi’s renowned French sophistication and joie de vivre, also...
Azerai Ke Ga Bay Debuts on Vietnam’s Scenic Southeastern Coast
KE GA BAY, Vietnam (Nov. 30, 2020) – Azerai Ke Ga Bay, an elegant and secluded oceanfront retreat in southeastern Vietnam, debuted this month as the third property in Azerai Resorts’ growing portfolio. The 46-key resort, a combination of suites and private-pool suites, succeeds Princess D’Annam Resort & Spa on the same site following an...
Meliá Koh Samui Celebrates Its First Christmas
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Nov. 26, 2020) – Meliá Koh Samui is pulling out all the stops to mark its first Christmas and New Year with jolly good cheer, ushering in experiences ranging from tropical barbeques around beach bonfires and all-day tapas to lighting up a large Christmas tree, a visit by Santa Claus and plenty...
Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh Sets Its Sight On Winter 2021 Debut
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Nov. 25, 2020) – Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh is set to launch in the Cambodian capital in early 2021, marking the brand’s first venture into one of Asia’s most dynamic cities. With 247 guestrooms including 43 suites, the new contemporary-meets-colonial property is scheduled to open in January 2021 in the heart of...
GHM Appoints Three Pivotal Players
SINGAPORE (Nov. 24, 2020) — Though the pandemic has rewritten the playbooks of hotel management groups worldwide and precipitated waves of downsizing all over, GHM is ramping up for the robust growth expected once the hospitality industry is back on its feet. The 28-year-old hotel group has moved Ilkin Ilyaszade into place as vice president...
Nov. 2020
Call it Present Perfection
Because all of the senior account managers at Balcony come from the world of journalism, we’re able to produce stories about clients that look more like travel writing than PR. When we collaborate on a story about clients for a magazine, we often deploy a nom de plume, usually Bart Conley or Belle Conley. We’re...
Alma Unveils Vietnam’s Largest Gingerbread House As Part of First Christmas
CAM RANH, Vietnam (November 19, 2020) – Alma resort in Vietnam’s Cam Ranh is staking a claim to constructing the country’s largest gingerbread house as part of its jam-packed first Christmas program including vibrant outdoor Christmas markets, an artists-in-residence program, Christmas choir performances and more. Measuring 7.13m in length, 3.2m high and 3m wide, the life-size...