news to use DECEMBER 2013
Hong Kong adds fresh experiences
BY JULIE BAXTER THE Hong Kong Tourism Board has linked UK operators with a series of providers in the destination to create a range of six experiential tours. The tours give visitors the opportunity
for intimate interactions with local cooks, craftsmen and Kung Fu masters or guide them around key attractions in a tour packed with unique local touches. Dawn Page, UK Director, Hong Kong
Tourism Board, said: “People think they know Hong Kong so our job is to reinvent it. The aim of these tours is to show visitors experiences they don’t think of when they think of Hong Kong.” The tours are being sold through Wendy
Wu Tours and HS Travel, among others, or can be accessed at the
Partnernet.hktb.com trade website. Pictured are Dawn Page with (l-r) Joe Sutcliffe, Wendy Wu Tours and Maxwell Lau, Shoestring Travel.
Christmas opening for Rotana in Oman
BY ALAN ORBELL ROTANA Hotels is embarking on a significant expansion programme which should see its portfolio rise to at least 100 properties by 2020, according to the company’s Executive
Vice
President & CEO, Omer Kaddouri. “Expansion will be across all the brands (Rotana, Rayhaan, Arjaan, Centro and The Residences)
....Rotana has a good record of opening hotels in difficult locations.” These include Karbala and Erbil in Iraq already open, with more to follow, and also Rotana’s
Afghanistan, towards the end of 2014. Other openings are planned for Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Jordan and Turkey. More imminent is the new sea-facing
five-star Rotana resort in Salalah, Oman, which opens its doors on December 25.
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