The latest US sanctions against Russia have hit four Crimean hotels, including Mriya Resort & Spa that is ranked as the world’s best holiday hotel and resort by the prestigious World Travel Awards. On Thursday, US Treasury department broadened the list of previously introduced Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia. The new list includes two Ukrainians, a Russian officer, and nine entities. The punitive measures were initially introduced in response to the reunification of the Crimean peninsula with Russia after a regional referendum in 2014. Washington had also accused Moscow of meddling with Ukrainian internal policy and fueling the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Russia’s Mriya Resort & Spa is located 25 kilometers from the Crimean city of Yalta. The complex was built with the financial support of Russia’s state-controlled lender Sberbank and is used to host the Yalta International Economic Forum. Russia’s Mriya Resort & Spa in #Crimea named the best holiday hotel The hotel was named the best holiday hotel and resort by the World Travel Awards in 2017. The year before, jury of the travel industry's most prestigious awards programme recognized Mriya Resort & Spa as Europe’s leading leisure resort. In 2015, Mriya won the title of Europe’s leading new resort. Established in 1923, World Travel aims to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry. The awards are decided by an open vote and have been described as 'the Oscars of the travel industry'. Earlier this month, the World Spa Awards ranked the Russian hotel third among the best spa resorts across the world. Mriya was topped only by the Dubai-based Armani SPA and the Iridium Spa located in the Maldives. Apart from Mriya Resort & Spa the US sanctions target the Ai-Petri health resort, the Dulber holiday resort, and the Resort Complex Miskhor – all located in Crimea and established by the companies working in the peninsula.
Create: Nov 10, 2018 Edit: Nov 10, 2018 International News AccorHotels is pleased to announce the appointment of Emlyn Brown as Vice President, Wellbeing for AccorHotels’ Luxury & Upper Upscale brands . Emlyn joins AccorHotels from Resense Spas S.A, where he most recently held the position of Global Design Director and was responsible for managing corporate strategies, wellbeing concepts and related design services. “We are delighted to have Emlyn join our team; his experience, skill set and leadership traits position him well for future success within the Group,” said Rick Harvey Lam, Senior Vice-President, AccorHotels Luxury Brands, Global Brand Marketing. “Emlyn will direct our global strategy in the pivotal area of wellbeing, enhancing our global luxury wellness offering through transformative guest experiences integrated with our leading spa and wellness standards.” Emlyn brings over 20 years of international experience to this role, beginning his wellness career in 1996. Since then, Emlyn has held several progressive management positions throughout Europe, The Middle East and Asia. Over his career, Emlyn has led group operations of several leading luxury spa and fitness operators. During his time at Resense Spas S.A he also held the position of Managing Director of Asia, accountable for the management and growth of the portfolio in China and South East Asia. Prior to that, Emlyn was the Director at GOGO Hospitality, and also held senior positions at Six Senses Resorts & Spas where he was the Regional Director for Europe and later the Operations Director for Asia. Prior to working within luxury hospitality, Emlyn held senior operating roles with Holmes Place Lifestyle clubs in Switzerland and Germany. “It is an honor and a privilege to join AccorHotels, to work with its prestigious luxury brands and among the highly respected professionals of its global wellness and marketing teams,” said Brown. “Our discerning and affluent clientele are well-travelled individuals and they are increasingly motivated by the opportunity to maintain and even improve their approach to health and wellbeing along their journeys. From designs and concepts to facilities and programs, my goal is to continue to surpass the expectations of our guests and infuse their entire hotel experience with opportunities for transformative, innovative and extraordinary moments of wellness and wellbeing.” Source: hotel-online
Create: Oct 20, 2018 Edit: Oct 20, 2018 Appointments Home Hotel Decoration and Gift aims to bring together a large range of companies from all sectors necessary for the construction and remodeling of hotel units. It displays architecture and interior design, furniture and decoration, interiors for bathrooms, palamenta and cutlery, textiles for hospitality, carpets and wallpaper, lighting, mattresses, urban furniture and garden decoration projects, swimming pools among other sectors required for hotel units. Timings 09:00 AM-06:00 PM Footfall Visitors : 15000 (Estimated) Exhibitors : 300 (Estimated)
Create: Oct 16, 2018 Edit: Jun 16, 2019 Events and ExhibitionsHotel News - The Director of the Tourism Development Company (TD co) pointed some problems such as banking restrictions, sanctions, credit cards, etc., which has blocked the way to book hotels online world-wide. He said: "By investments of TD co. in tourism development and engaging with international companies, infrastructures have been created which solve such problems despite sanctions. Ali Jiroft, continued: "less than a month, all of hotels in Iran would be able to have a sign in TD co Panel. Then they can sell on global websites and online." He added that hoteliers can use the system to receive the money of online booking. In fact, money will be deposited with any currency or credit card which will be paid in Rial to destination hotels at the exchange rate of the day. Managing Director of Tourism Development Company of Iran said: "Hotels need to have a unique code for selling on international sites, which is now available with the connection to one of the world's largest hotel reservation channels.
Create: Oct 8, 2018 Edit: Oct 8, 2018 Regional News