RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A relatively short two-hour drive from the city of Rio de Janeiro followed by a quick boat trip, and you may think you’ve entered another world. It is Ilha Grande …
IHG debuts new brand with voco Gold Coast
InterContinental Hotels Group has opened the first hotel for its new upscale hotel brand, voco.Owned by Australian property investment firm SB&G Group and located on the shores of the Gold Coast, …
Hotels reach out to wildfire victims
Hotels from Los Angeles to Reno are offering discounted and even free nights to people who evacuated their homes due to the deadliest wildfires in California history.Standard’s two Los Angeles h…
Which? savages UK rail complaints systems
Britain’s broken rail complaints system has led to train companies failing to deal with passenger concerns effectively and is even failing to treat customers with basic courtesy, new analysis fr…
Hotelbeds to acquire HolidayTaxis Group to expand ancillary offering
Hotelbeds has announced the acquisition of HolidayTaxis Group, a provider of transfer and wider mobility solutions.The acquisition will further complement the existing portfolio of content offered by …
Hyatt House Niseko to open next month ahead of ski season
Hyatt has entered into a management agreement with Hokkaido Alpine Resort Management, an affiliate of LimeTree Capital, for a 91-room Hyatt House hotel in Niseko, Japan.The upscale, extended stay hote…
City Lodge opens Dar es Salaam property
City Lodge Hotel Dar es Salaam in Tanzania unveiled its new property on Friday November 16, with the opening of the first 41 rooms on the first and second floor.The hotel is in Upanga, 13km from Juliu…
Two Carnival ships to sail Cuba cruises from New York
Carnival Cruise Lines will sail Cuba cruises from three ports in 2020, including the line’s first Cuba cruises from New York.The Carnival Radiance (the current Carnival Victory that will undergo…
Samoa: ‘Reeping’ what you sow
Child-free holidays give you a chance to kick back, relax and check on the kids, writes Jim Kayes.Three books and 10 games of gin rummy. It’s a basic indication of how different a holiday is whe…
Leisure visitors drive boom in Miami tourism
The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced a record-breaking 16 million overnight visitors were welcomed to the destination from September 2017 through August 2018.The figure rep…