HOTEL NEWS YOU CAN USE
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IKOS DASSIA: The new resort in Corfu has its own private beach
beach childcare for kids aged over four and can relax in a designated adult-only area. Seven of the nine restaurants at
the resort will feature chefs who have worked at Michelin-starred restaurants, while the five bars will serve cocktails served by award-winning mixologists. Ikos Dassia will also offer a Dine-
Out experience allowing guests to eat in local restaurants for free as part of their all-inclusive stay. The resort will boast seven
heated swimming pools, including spa pools and adult-only pools.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Meliá to open properties in Venice and Rome
Meliá Hotels is to open a five-star hotel in Venice by the end of 2018. Gran Meliá Ca’ di Dio, located near St Mark’s Square, will have 79 rooms, meeting rooms, a signature restaurant and all-day restaurant. Meliá will also open an Innside property in Rome in 2019.
melia.com
Club Med to unveil ski resorts in Alps and Japan
All-inclusive resort operator Club Med is to open two ski resorts this winter. Both Grand Massif, in Samoëns Morillon, France, and Tomamu in Hokkaido, Japan, are due to open in December.
clubmed.co.uk
Palladium to add resort in Mexico’s Yucatan in 2018
Palladium Hotel Group will open a luxury property in the northeast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres Resort & Spa will host events, conferences and weddings when it opens in autumn 2018. It will feature nine restaurants and four pools.
palladiumhotelgroup.com
Tui Group to build third Robinson Club in Greece
Tui Group has acquired land in Crete to build its third Robinson Club in Greece. Tui has seen a 10% year-on-year rise in holidaymakers to Greece, making the country its number- two destination behind Spain.
tui.co.uk
Guests can also play tennis,
basketball, beach badminton and volleyball, and go canoeing, paddleboarding and mountain biking. Motorised water sports are available at no extra cost. The spa and fitness centres will
offer treatments in private rooms, including in couples’ suites, indoor and outdoor heated pools with a Jacuzzi and a thermal suite with steam room and sauna. Ikos Resorts also owns Ikos Oceania and Ikos Olivia both in
Halkidiki, northern Greece.
ikosresorts.com
The end of September welcomed the fantastic news that easyJet has confirmed the expansion of its Liverpool base with the introduction of an Airbus A320, its eighth aircraft to be based here in Liverpool. The aircraft is set to start operating from 27 July 2018. The airline will also upgrade two A319 aircraft to the A320 model, which will significantly increase easyJet’s seat capacity at Liverpool. We’re delighted with this news and I look forward to announcing the new routes soon! I welcomed Milan-based tour operators arriving into Liverpool on a fam trip organized by Marketing Liverpool. I’m pleased to say they loved the city and went home very excited to tell their customers all about it! Inbound tourism is something we love working together on with our city partners. On that note, well done to all agents who won a box of chocolates for the Milan outbound incentive. I attended Cherie Richard’s first GNOW event
GROWING: easyJet is to base an eighth aircraft at Liverpool
in Chester. It’s a fantastic initiative and a networking group I am proud to be associated with. Well done, Cherie, and all the team at The Global Travel Group! Myself and Freya (Super Break) took to the stores for
BENVENUTO!: Milan-based operators loved Liverpool tour
our ‘Incredible Iceland sales blitz’. You can still be in with a chance to win tickets to a game at Anfield! See our trade site to find out more. I’m currently busy working with Zoe Holt of JTA
Travel and Karen Spencer of MSC Cruises on the next agent training day – again, please visit our trade site or Facebook page to find out more.
SUPER STARS: Super Break runs Iceland sales incentive
Ashley Louise Morgan, account manager, Liverpool John Lennon Airport
trade@liverpoolairport.com t @ashmorgo f Liverpool Airport Trade
19 October 2017
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