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UNITE 2015
Unite Indian Ocean, Africa & Middle East and Unite Pacific, Australasia & Far East brought operators and suppliers together to talk business. Here’s the news from the show...
Lizard Island is back
LIZARD Island Resort on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reopened on April 1, following a year of post-Cyclon restoration. New
features include the
Essentia Day Spa and Salt Water restaurant with an international wine cellar. The new 95-square- metre
‘Villa’ Kenya calls on the trade comprises two
en-suite bedrooms, a butler’s kitchen, plunge pool and wrap- around deck with ridge-top views across the beach and Coral Sea.
lizardisland.com.au
LUX tempts more
LUX hotels has reported a 25% increase in UK sales following the introduction of its ‘Reasons To Go’ added-value resort experiences. The ‘Reasons’ include a pop-up beach cinema, free phone calls home from a traditional red phone box and free cocktail invites as a message in a bottle. The group has three properties in Mauritius, one in the Maldives, one in Reunion, one in China and one in Al Zorah, UAE (opening 2016).
luxresorts.com
NEWS TO USE IN BRIEF Experience Sri Lanka. Former tea
planter’s bungalow Rosyth Estate in Sri Lanka is offering experiential-based holidays with activities defined by the atmosphere of the property, including through-estate walks, private tea factory visits and market visits or one- to-one cooking lessons.
rosyth.lk
New Fiji hotels. Two new resorts have opened on Fiji’s
third-largest
island, Taveuni. The four-star Sau Bay sits on 99 acres of virgin rainforest mintes from renowned diving site, Rainbow Reef, while the five-star Tides Beach Resort offers a spa centre and private beach.
saubayfiji.com /
tidesbeachresort.com
Hilton Bora Bora refresh. Hilton Bora Bora Nui is being refreshed and will feature eight new sunset pool overwater villas, all in a contemporary Polynesian style. The second stage of the refresh will see the resort gain a kids club,
new sunset bar and
renovated spa, from Q1 2016.
borabora.hilton.com
New Thai hotels for Mövenpick
MÖVENPICK Hotels & Resorts has opened its two additional beach resorts in Thailand. Mövenpick Resort Laem Yai
Beach Samui is a boutique beach resort with 50 rooms, pool villas, beachfront
villas bedroom villas. and two- The resort
overlooks several islands in the Gulf of Thailand and is located on the island’s northwest coast. The purpose-built Mövenpick
White Sand Beach Resort Pattaya resort opened at the end of 2015 in the south of the resort and is aiming to build a trendier more up-market image than is usually associated with the area. More Thai expansion is to
BY JULIE BAXTER KENYA’S tourism industry is calling on the UK trade and tourists alike to help revive business and support conservation. Heritage Hotels’ CEO Mohammed said: “There is a very
Hersi, big
correlation between tourism and wildlife conservation so we have to reinvigorate visitor numbers to help ensure the work goes on and is sustainable.” He admitted the country had been
adversely affected by the publicity around political unrest and ebola but stressed the troubled areas were well removed from the most important tourism areas and Heritage’s three brands. “UK operators are very supportive but
we still all need to work to ensure public perceptions are accurate and tourists see the value their business brings to the community and the environment.”
heritagehotels.co.ke
follow with properties planned for Hua Hin and Bangkok. The company aims to operate at least 25 properties in Asia by 2020, strategically managed from its regional office in Bangkok. At present, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has 81 properties globally but will open two new hotels in Dubai in 2017.
movenpick-hotel.com
“UK demand for Tahiti is up and the average length of stay was 12 nights last year! Our online training will be refreshed later this year and made even more interactive, to help
agents sell it even better” PAUL SLOAN, CEO, TAHITI TOURISM
MARCH 2 & 10, LONDON
sellingtravel.co.uk
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