news to use ASIA Langham Group aims for top 50
BY ALAN ORBELL Langham Hotels International and
its sister brands – The Langham, Langham Place, Eaton Luxe and Eaton Smart – are now aligned under one entity – the Langham Hospitality Group, prior to a planned major expansion over the next few years. The group currently operates 13
hotels in four continents and has a further 15 in the pipeline (a total of 8,786 rooms) but is looking to a target of 30 hotels in three years and 50 hotels within five, according to the managing director of The Langham, Hong Kong and vp - Design, The Langham Hotels & Resorts, Duncan Palmer, who said: “Our aim is to get Langham into 10 or 15 key cities over the next three to five years.” Last month (March) saw the opening
of the 93-room Eaton Smart, New Delhi Airport Transit Hotel inside Terminal Three of the new airport building. Later this year, the Langham Place, Koregaon Park, Pune will open. In Hong Kong, The Langham Place,
Novotel Airport's 24-hour rest bite
Novotel Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport hotel’s new ‘24 Hour Flexi Service’ does away with the concept of a fixed check-in and check-out. Instead, guests can book a 24-hour
stay, regardless of when they arrive. The idea particularly benefits those arriving late on an international flight. Features include a garden pool, a spa
and several restaurants. There's a fast (12-minute) airport link
to central Bangkok.
www.novotel.com
ASIA IN BRIEF
Suite addition to Bangkok stock The Hansar is Bangkok's latest all-suite
hotel. In the heart of downtown Bangkok, on Rajdamri Road a minute from a Skytrain station, the hotel is a mix of glass and chrome. There's five suite categories, four dining concepts, free wi-fi, flat screen TVs, DVD players, iPod docking stations, rain showers and terrazzo bathtubs.
www.hansarbangkok.com
Accor’s new 5-star Bali resort hotel Accor Hotels has opened the five-
star Pullman Bali Legian Nirwana, close to the entertainment and shopping areas of Kuta and Legian. The hotel is located opposite the white sands of Legian Beach. A spa offers Balinese massages. Rates from $116pn. Accor will open a Pullman in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, later this year.
www.accor.com
Andaz puts the style into Shanghai The Andaz Shanghai, the first Andaz
hotel in Asia, is set to open this summer. The 24-storey hotel will feature 307 guest rooms/suites, restaurants, bars and boutique shopping. Owned by Hyatt, Five Andaz hotels are open worldwide with others under development in Sanya, China, and Delhi, India.
www.andaz.com
Tourism update PATA UK
ANITA SACH PATA UK CHAPTER EDITOR
UKCHAPTERNEWS@PATA.ORG.UK WWW.PATA.ORG.UK The PATA UK Chapter is delighted to announce that it has been given the Spirit of PATA award by the Pacific Asia Travel Association in Bangkok. This special award rewards
Mongkok, is now offering a free roaming 24-hour iPad service for guests loaded with Langham Place’s own Hong Kong city guide. The hotel offers guests iPod tours of its 1500 pieces of contemporary Chinese art. Opened last October, the 357-room/ suite five-star luxury Langham
Xintiandi Shanghai will open two new restaurants in the first half of this year with the new Langham Club Lounge and Chuan Spa arriving in the summer. In India Langham is to manage two
properties in Mugaon, Lavasa, India's planned hill city, by 2013.
www.langhamhotels.com
A hundred ways to sell Taiwan Taiwan has launched Tour Taiwan 100
to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of its founding as the Republic of China, on October 10, 1911. The Taiwan Tourism Bureau's new
brochure highlights a range of ‘100s’ which include 100 landscapes, 100 cultures, 100 tour suggestions, 100 feasts and festivals and more. One hundred Taiwan dollars is the value
of vouchers that can be ordered free from
info@taiwantourism.de – and that’s the amount that can be saved when the vouchers are used at various night markets or at the airport duty-free shop.
outstanding achievements by PATA chapters around the world and is given to the chapter that best illustrates the aims and objectives of PATA consistently and progressively over a number of years. The judging panel, made up of members of the PATA management team in Bangkok and representatives from international chapters, voted unanimously to present the award to the PATA UK Chapter. The panel were impressed by
PATA UK's solid business plan and excellent marketing strategy to promote and elevate the PATA brand and objectives. "It has delivered high-quality
“There will be a Twitter-led campaign
leading up to the 100th anniversary and we’re also planning a new advertising campaign for May," said Joanna Walding of the Saltmarsh Partnership, Taiwan's representation company.
www.taiwan.net.tw
services over a number of years in many areas, from education and training, sponsorship opportunities, sales and marketing; networking and PATA advocacy and its consistent approach has successfully reached out to different partners. The PATA Exchange – which took place in London last month – is but one of many networking events the UK Chapter has initiated. Last but not least, it has created excellent self-funding mechanisms which other chapters could learn from," the judging panel said. If you would like to become a member of our award-winning chapter, or learn about the PATA Academy and our monthly newsletter, contact the Executive Director, Ian Hawkes, on:
ian@pata.org.uk.
08 April 2011 •
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