Partnership Also Includes Experiential Offerings With Abbey Road Studios.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts today announced that it will continue to deliver branded music programming and authentic entertainment experiences to guests through a new partnership with Universal Music Group. This global, multi-faceted brand partnership includes a series of initiatives and exclusive events designed to appeal to music lovers globally.

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) — the voice of the global business travel industry — today published the results from a survey of European travel buyers attending the GBTA Europe Conference 2013, being held in Prague, Czech Republic on 23rd-25th September 2013.

Over 150 participants from 30 countries gathered in St Denis, La Reunion, at the UNWTO/Government of France Conference on Sustainable Development of Tourism in Islands, and called for tourism to be placed as a key element in the debate on sustainable development in Islands (Réunion Island, France).

A new Europe-wide study by EY (formerly Ernst & Young), released Tuesday, shows the hospitality sector plays a critical role in fighting youth unemployment and is essential for jobs and growth and the health of other sectors. The EY study, backed by HOTREC and The Brewers, found that Europe’s hospitality sector in 2010 directly or indirectly created 1 trillion Euro in output, equal to 8.1% of the EU’s total economic output, and that the multiplier effect of €1 spent in the hospitality sector means another €1.16 invested in the wider economy.

A group of volunteers from Etihad Airways’ Abu Dhabi headquarters recently visited the Philippines to provide much needed support to victims of typhoon Utor.
The volunteers spent four days distributing clothing, food, toiletries and blankets to Filipinos who lost their homes and livelihoods in the severe flooding caused by the typhoon.

Berlin’s largest design hotel is teaming up with Europcar, the leader in car rental services in Europe, to offer its guests a cool, environmentally friendly alternative to taxis and public transport. Effective immediately, two electric-powered supermini-sized cars are available for hire at the andel’s Hotel Berlin. The electric cars are recharged with guaranteed electricity from renewable sources via remote-controlled charging stations from RWE.