Hotel Brands Andaz

Rumour mill has a new spring in its step

With so much speculation doing the rounds recently about the fate of some leading online travel brands, especially concerning Travelport and its portfolio of brands, we thought it might be worthwhile listing them all: 1) Travelport’s OTA brands, Orbitz and Ebookers, will seek an IPO on either the New York or[...]

Four Seasons and Disney in partnership for new luxury resort

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts are to build a luxury hotel and 18-hole championship golf course along the northeast border of Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. It’s early days and the opening of the new hotel is not expected until 2010. Meg Crofton, President of Walt Disney World Resort said: These projects are[...]

Travolution@MediaGuardian Summit - Beta-isation of ideas

It is a somewhat fanciful notion that there are hundreds of companies out there that are in constant “blue-sky” mode, lazing around on wacky designed chairs in bold-coloured rooms, coming up with great ideas for their brands. And, what’s more, risk-taking is apparently a lot of fun. According to Joanna Shields, the[...]

Scotland to have another Malmaison hotel

The Queen’s hotel in Aberdeen has been secured by Malmaison Hotels. It will close in January 2008 to make way for a significant refurbishment programme, re-opening in April 2008 as a new 82-room Malmaison hotel. The group remains on the look-out for a property in St. Andrews to turn into a Hotel du Vin. Published by[...]

Travolution@MediaGuardian Summit - Getting the brand out there

The current debate is about advertising and getting brands noticed in the digital age. Representatives from Sony Ericsson, Vodafone, Lateral, Internet Advertising Bureau and Millward Brown are on stage. Douglas Smith from digital marketing agency Lateral suggests three rules for creating strong brands on the web - tips that some online travel[...]