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Mandarin Oriental Group pledges to eliminate single-use plastic at hotels
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has pledged to eliminate all single-use plastic across its entire portfolio of luxury hotels by March 2021. The group aims to remove plastics from all areas of the hotel, not just the public areas. So far the group has identified 23 of the most common items of single-use plastic in use and has so far eliminated 86% of these items.
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Small Luxury Hotels of the World boosts portfolio in France
Marketing group Small Luxury Hotels of the World is adding two French properties to its collection. Le Cocou in Méribel is
due to open on December 12 and will start taking bookings from November11. Te ski-in ski-out hotel has 55 rooms and suites, two private chalets, two restaurants, indoor and outdoor pools, and spa facilities. Lou Pinet in St Tropez
comprises 34 rooms and suites, one restaurant and two bars. Both properties are part of
Maisons Pariente, a collection of five-star boutique hotels. Daniel Luddington, vice-
president of development at SLH, said: “Tey combine chic design, complete privacy and atentive but discreet service, offering the ultimate French getaway to rest and recharge.”
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Avani to open Doc Let Resort in Vietnam
Avani Hotels & Resorts plans to open the Avani Doc Let Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam, by mid-2020. The resort will comprise 273 rooms and villas, a restaurant, pool bar, gym, spa and convention centre. It will also have direct access to an entertainment complex and water park next to the resort..
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Aparthotel Rome Vatican expands with new building and 14 rooms
Adagio has expanded its Aparthotel Rome Vatican property with a new building and lobby, and 14 Superior apartments. Each of the new rooms has high-speed Wi-Fi, Bluetooth speakers and Nespresso machines. It also features Adagio’s ‘The Circle’ concept, which has seen shared and private spaces redesigned.
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Clare Tobin of Olympic Holidays, which has added Hurghada (left)
Olympic adds ex-Cook hotels among 200 new properties
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Olympic Holidays is offering former Tomas Cook hotels in its new year-round programme, which includes 10 new destinations and 200 properties. Following the liſting of the Foreign Office’s
four-year ban on direct UK flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, the operator is reintroducing the resort, and offering Hurghada for the first time. Olympic is adding more than 50 hotels in Greece,
10 of which were previously exclusive to Cook prior to its collapse, including Aquablue and Kipriotis, plus Leonardo Cypria Bay in Cyprus. In the Balearics it is adding 120 new hotels, plus 30
properties spanning Egypt, Turkey and Malta. Chief executive Clare Tobin said the larger portfolio
was a “natural progression”, adding: “Some of the new hotels are in our heartland of Greece and Cyprus while others are new to Olympic.” Te operator claimed agents could earn more
commission on the former Cook properties than they could have with the now-defunct operator.
£100 Promotional saving on holidays costing £1,000 or more
Tobin said: “Egypt and the Balearics were used by
Tomas Cook and include ever-popular resort hotels as well as smaller, more intimate properties so we can continue to appeal to families, groups and couples. “Trough good planning and a responsive team,
working with deep insight, we have been able to plug several gaps in the market brought about by the demise of Tomas Cook. Te collapse highlighted the security of choosing an Atol package holiday.” To celebrate its new destinations and properties,
Olympic has announced promotional codes providing discounts on a number of holidays. Agents can use the codes SPAIN60, EGYPT60
or TURKEY60 to save £60 on a minimum spend of £250, while the code SAVE100 saves an extra £100 on holidays costing at least £1,000.
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