Thomas Cook Chief Executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa will address the annual United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Ministers’ Summit at World Travel Market.

This year’s summit is poised to be the largest-ever with more than one hundred ministers attending, including the tourism ministers from Italy, South Africa, Russia and India.

The Park Hotel Group announced at ITB Asia 2009 that it would parlay its experience as property owner-operators to enter into hotel management service contracts.

The Park Hotel Group has added eight properties over the last four years.

The group is further committed to a programme of expansion. It aims to open 10-12 new properties in the next five years. These are likely to include additional investments in Japan and China, as well as Southeast Asia.

Dusit International draws upon 60 years experience in the hotel and hospitality field. The group’s origin dates back to 1948 when Honorary Chairperson, Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui, opened her first hotel, the “Princess” on Bangkok’s New Road. This successful venture represented a major breakthrough for Thailand’s hospitality industry creating and evolving what is today the nation’s leading hotel company.

Over the last 60 years, Thai hospitality has grown from a fledgling industry to one admired and respected around the world, and it was Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui’s vision, determination and commitment that has built Thailand’s most respected hotel name, Dusit International.

Thailand’s leading hospitality group, Dusit International, announces its fast track expansion to India opening five hotels and resorts in New Delhi, Jaipur, Rishikesh, and Goa by 2013. The expansion plan into this country pilots the company’s first-ever Dusit Devarana, the most luxurious brand under Dusit International umbrella, as well as the first dusitD2 hotel outside Thailand.

Towering over Bangkok’s majestic Chao Phraya River, with sweeping views of the city skyline, is the newly developed Chatrium Suites Bangkok, a 5-star luxury hotel created to meet the distinct needs of discerning business and leisure travelers. The luxury hotel derives its name from its founder, Chatri Sophonpanich, a prominent business icon whose name is synonymous throughout Thailand with “vision, talent and strength.” Chatrium Suites combines tradition with elegance, offering world-renowned Thai hospitality in a distinctive Thai contemporary setting.