Hotels

Centara reveals its top Thai hotels and agent benefits

From tall towers in Bangkok to beach villas in Koh Samui, Centara Hotels & Resorts is keen to showcase its awe-inspiring accommodation to travel industry partners

Caroline Tjia to join Heritage and Veranda Resorts as senior sales executive

Tjia will take up her role with the operator’s UK sales team on 10 June

Thomas Cook shares vision for operator's future with investors

Digitisation, a focus on its own-brand hotel portfolio and third party flying arrangements among key topics discussed

Safer Tourism Foundation issues first operator accreditation

The charity is aiming to make good health and safety practice “as recognisable as an Atol stamp” to consumers

Which? says booking sites still ‘misleading’ consumers

Consumer body claims hotel booking sites are carrying on with “unfair practices”

Tui introduces first Riu properties in the Maldives

Four-star Riu Atoll and five-star Riu Palace Maldivas are Riu’s first in the archipelago

Tunisia flights resume from Leeds Bradford airport

Weekly Nouvelair flights to Enfidha, operated on behalf of Thomas Cook, got under way on Tuesday (21 May)

Away Resorts 'aiming to become £1bn holiday park operator'

Firm planning £25 million investment following acquisition by Bregal Freshstream

Legoland owner 'urged to seek buyer' by US minority stakeholder

ValueAct says Merlin Entertainments should court ‘significant private capital interest’ in the company

Inghams teases summer 2020 programme with new 'preview' magazine

Summer Moments will feature exclusive early booking offers with price parity for the trade, head of agency sales Julie Franklin confirmed

SPAA: ‘We should all hope Thomas Cook gets through this difficult time’

Chairman of the Scottish Passenger Agents’ Association Ken McLeod says the Cook brand is ‘synonymous with travel and the package holiday market’

Thomas Cook to open first family-focused Casa Cook property

The ‘village-like’ resort in Chania, Crete, will open on Saturday (25 May)

WebBeds appoints new account development manager

Sonia Lollia will assume responsibility for the bed bank’s London and South region

Raffles reveals first Maldives property

Accor’s prestige brand has completed its takeover of an island resort in the south of the country

Cheval Blanc opens St Tropez hotel

The LVMH-owned group has revealed its latest addition in time for summer in the Mediterranean

Sri Lanka hoteliers launch campaign to revive tourism

Sri Lanka’s local and international brands have joined forces in an attempt to keep the island on the travel radar after terrorist attacks

Could this be the world's best airport hotel? The TWA Hotel has made its debut

Set inside one of the airport’s former iconic terminals, the TWA hotel includes a bar created inside an old ’Connie’ aircraft

Thomas Cook Hotel Investments boosts portfolio with trio of acquisitions

Additions include 252-room Gran Canaria hotel, 100-room Casa Cook Kos and greenfield plot on Kos for proposed new 250-room Cook’s Club

Making a splash in Butlin's Bognor Regis' new pool

Butlin’s Bognor Regis opened a new £40 million pool complex last month. Charlotte Cullinan and her family take the plunge and put it to the test

The Mexican all-inclusive that values local experiences

With its local tours, artisanal stores and Mexican flavours, Unico 20°87° Hotel Riviera Maya encourages guests to appreciate their surroundings and learn more about the region, discovers Abra Dunsby.

Infraspeak launches hospitality tech solution in the UK

The Portuguese start-up specialises in maintenance software for the hotel industry

James Villa Holidays appoints former Expedia boss new MD

Andreas Nau joins from the OTA where he was managing director EMEA

Tui welcomes first guests to new Magic Life resort in Bodrum

Following a wide-ranging refurbishment, Bodrum becomes Tui’s fifth Magic Life club in Turkey

What will be the drivers of change in hospitality?

How new tech and deeper data insight is set to change the way hotels sell rooms, with more customised options expected