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The company changes its corporate name to win the future and compete with the largest international chains

Sol Meliá, Spain’s leading hotel chain, has changed its name to Meliá Hotels International: a new corporate name to mark the start of a new future for the company which has emerged from the economic crisis even stronger than before and now embarks on a journey to achieve unprecedented globalisation on a par with the most important multinational hotel chains. Gabriel Escarrer, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, unveiled the new corporate name today at the Palacio de la Bolsa de Madrid (Madrid Stock Exchange), opening trading by ringing the bell on the first of trading for the new Meliá Hotels International.

The seven Central and Eastern European countries sharing the Carpathian mountain range have agreed to jointly manage the sustainable development of tourism; a sector of fundamental importance to the region. Meeting at the 3^rd Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention, the countries adopted the Protocol on Sustainable Tourism, drafted by UNWTO and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which lays the foundations for a coordinated approach to tourism (Bratislava, Slovakia, 25-27 May).

A NEW CORPORATE NAME TO SYMBOLISE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA

The group will now be called “Meliá Hotels International”, The company has overcome three years of international crisis with a strong balance sheet and an ambitious project for the future The hotel company distributes 10 million euros in dividends, an increase of 28% over 2009.

This morning ( june 1st.) Sol Meliá held its Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting 2011, which approved the accounts for 2010 and the distribution of a 10 million euro dividend (0,043902€ per share), compared to 7.6 million euros in 2009.

Business Events Sydney (BESydney) continues to position Sydney as a leading global business events destination, hosting its annual Vivid Sydney Showcase for more than 350 of the city’s leading event and tourism industry professionals tonight. Held at Luna Park, BESydney’s Vivid Sydney Showcase will highlight the international festival of light, music and ideas and remind the city’s industry professionals why Sydney is ranked the #10 global business events destination. Jon Hutchison, BESydney Chief Executive Officer, said, “Successful business events have the right balance of professional, academic and social content.

After the Discussions and the in and out of Dorint and Interconti Hotels is a new rumor in the german hotelindustry:

The Turkish Billionäre Aydin Dogan ( 74) should be interested to buy the Berlin Hotel “ Kempinski Hotel Bristol” on the Kurfürstendamm. The rumor said that since months  both sides are discussing about the sales of this traditional Hotel according to “Focus” and “ Bild Berlin”. Dogan, so the rumor, is not only interested to buy the Hotel in, Berlin he should also be interested to buy the “Atlantic” in Hamburg and  three other luxury Hotels of the Kempinski Group. So the discussions are under way for the “ Taschenbergpalais” in Dresden, “Schloss Reinhartshausen” in Eltville and the “Hotel Gravenbruch” in Frankfurt.