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.

TCEB inspires success for global luxury MICE business with five ‘chic & charming’ destinations

Thailand’s ‘Believe in Thailand’ campaign, conceived by the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has been widely credited for the rapid upturn in MICE visitors to the country. TCEB today announces a new initiative to build on this success to further boost Thailand’s image and presence in the high-end “Luxury MICE” market.

The andel’s Hotel Berlin has become the first hotel of Vienna International Hotels & Resorts to receive Green Globe certification, the premier globally recognised seal of quality for sustainable management and operations in the international travel & tourism industry. The label recognises the 4-star hotel’s responsible and proactive contribution to the ecologically and socially sustainable development of the highly competitive Berlin hotel market. The results of the certification procedure speak for themselves: the andel’s Hotel Berlin successfully passed 81 percent of a total of 125 sustainability-related criteria.

Commitment to grow the event’s delegation of Corporate Travel Managers have paid off with over 100 professionals registered till date. This includes first-time participants across a variety of industry sectors from Germany, Italy and China. The growing list of participating delegates include Corporate Travel buyers, influencers and decision makers from close to 50 corporations such as Accenture Service Pvt. Ltd, Agilent Technologies, Coach Shanghai Ltd, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Cummins Power Generation(s) Pte Ltd, Deakin University, Emerson, Fidelity Business Services India Pvt Ltd, General Electric Int. Inc