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Strictly dance duo
STRICTLY Come Dancing professional stars
Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova have
travelled the world dancing in competitions
together. The married couple often
holiday at Darren’s parents’ villa in
Puerto Banus but this week they
enjoyed a well-earned rest at
Atlantis the Palm in Dubai. Kather-
ine Lawrey asked them to name their
top five hotels around the world:
1. Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac Quebec
2. The Feathers Woodstock, Oxfordshire
3. Raffles Hotel Singapore
4. The Lowry Hotel Manchester
5. Grand Hotel Cervia Italy
Forte extols value
of agent bookings
Rupert Murray.
top-end agents will not recommend
LEGENDARY hotelier Sir Rocco Forte a hotel they haven’t seen but they
loves nothing more than paying trust Rocco Forte.”
agents commission, he revealed at Building this trust has been a
the launch of his two latest hotels. priority for the hotelier, who
The 12th and 13th hotels in his became chief executive of family
eponymous Rocco Forte Collection, business Forte Group in 1992,
The Augustine in Prague and before a hostile takeover by
Verdura Golf and Spa Resort in Granada in the mid-1990s.
A
/P
Sicily, will both open in May. Over the last 10 years he has
aber
Speaking to TTG after the London launch handpicked the location of every hotel in his new
Matt F
event for the properties, Forte (pictured) said: five-star-plus chain and paid very careful atten-
GUOMAN SUPPORTS HORSEGUARDS: “Travel agents are extremely important; I like tion to each to ensure the brand delivers.
Model and Help for Heroes ambassador them and I love paying commission. Forte reported strong interest in the new
Peta Todd poses with members of the “The more I can pay the happier I am because hotels already. The 101-room Augustine
Royal Scots Guards and The Household it means they are sending me a lot of business.” (pictured) near Prague castle has been created
Cavalry outside the relaunched Royal Forte praised the power of agents: “The net- from seven buildings including a monastery
Horseguards hotel by Guoman. A charity works agents have are enormous – I can touch where seven monks still live.
dinner held last week at the Whitehall hotel far more customers through them then through Verdura Golf and Spa Resort is the collection’s
in London raised almost £3,000 for Help any direct advertising, so I work with them a lot. first resort property. Forte claimed it is the
for Heroes and The Royal Horseguards. “Agents are quite familiar with us and feel only genuine five-star golf course surrounded by
Guoman donated a further £25,000. comfortable selling any of our hotels. A lot of five-star accommodation in the Mediterranean.
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