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Viceroy Luxury Hotel Group Offers Rewards Program

Mark Knowles — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:39:08 +0000

Things still seem to be tough in the luxury hospitality market – Viceroy Hotel Group announced today a discount scheme that will save travellers up to 20% – a new partnership between its acclaimed Viceroy Hotels and Resorts collection and Topguest, a new online members-only service that provides users with reward programs for virtual “check-ins” at hotels, restaurants and lounges. By joining Topguest, members will be awarded 20% off at Viceroy’s leading restaurants, bars, or spas after just five geolocation check-ins at the Viceroy properties in Santa Monica, Miami, Palm Springs, Snowmass, and Anguilla. Topguest users can check in with any major location-based-services (LBS) application, including Foursquare, Twitter, and Gowalla.

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Majorca’s most luxurious hotels

Mark Knowles — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:41:38 +0000

The opening of the seven star Jumeirah Port Soller resort next year is confirmation of the island’s prestigious image. Spain’s largest island is a lush paradise in the Mediterranean, and has long been a favourite holiday spot for celebrities and nobility. From Frederic Chopin to Winston Churchill, Michael Douglas to Richard Branson, Suzi Quatro and the Spanish royal family… this is certainly a highly esteemed island. With 300 days of sunshine a year and a healthy fusion of green rolling hills, attractive beaches, unspoilt architecture in Palma and quaint villages and town across the island, this is an excellent place to enjoy a lavish lifestyle. Here are our pick of the best luxury hotels on the island.

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HOST RESORT VENUE OF THE 2010 G8 SUMMIT BEING OFFERED FOR SALE

Mark Knowles — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:37:30 +0000

Wow – The host resort of the 201 G8 summit for sale? Wonder what the story behind that is? We all know the luxury resort hotel business took a hit in the financial crisis that is all over, never happened and didn’t affect many people anyway, but – weird to see this one as you have to assume the various Government Incs that caused the non-existent financial crisis in order to turn us all into debt slaves forever would have paid their bill. Or did they?………..

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Luxury Resort Closes in SoCal

Mark Knowles — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:58:09 +0000

A luxury resort in southern California will today close it’s doors for business. For the third time in the last few years, as the economy continues to worsen, despite assurances from the Government Inc. The Borrego Ranch Resort & Spa, previously known as “La Casa del Zorro,” in Borrego Springs was purchased by GH Capital in 2007 for the sum of $4.5 million.

Vail Resorts Reports 2010 Q1 And Early Season Indicators

Mark Knowles — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:42:37 +0000

Vail Resorts today reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 ended October 31, 2009, as well as certain early season indicators. Conditions have improved slightly, but market conditions still appear weak. Highlights include:

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Christie & Co Sell Luxury London Boutique Hotel

Mark Knowles — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:58:46 +0000

Christie + Co has sold the leasehold interest of the Lord Milner Hotel, the 5-star boutique hotel in Central London, to Adrian Gardiner, owner of the Mantis Group, for an undisclosed sum, although we understand the seller was “motivated.”

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Sheraton Hotels Offering Free Nights

Mark Knowles — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:18:30 +0000

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts wants consumers to see what a difference $6 billion can make so the hotel giant is giving away thousands of free rooms for one night only at 86 hotels throughout North America to celebrate the completion of the brand’s multi-billion global revitalization effort. Consumers can visit sheraton.com/freenight on October 6-9 to register for a chance to book a free room on October 23rd at new and newly renovated flagship hotels including the Sheraton Waikiki, Sheraton Boston, Sheraton Kauai, Sheraton Dallas and Sheraton Phoenix Downtown.

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Luxury Hotel Industry About to Collapse Under $24.5 Billion in Debts

Mark Knowles — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:28:24 +0000

The luxury hotel industry has been showing signs of struggling over the last year or so, with a number of high end hotels defaulting on loans, but a recent report from Realpoint LLC, a credit rating agency that follows the commercial mortgage-backed securities suggests the problem may be somewhat larger than originally thought. According to Realpoint, $24.5 billion may be in danger of default, representing loans against some 1,500 luxury hotels.

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Las Vegas luxury hotel rooms going cheap

Mark Knowles — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:05:16 +0000

Not so long ago, Las Vegas was the ultimate in luxury destinations, with five-star hotels offering everything America’s playground had to offer at exorbitant rates. Typical room rates for a Las Vegas luxury hotel were anything from $200 up per night. The financial crisis has had a substantial impact on Vegas’ economy; and with unemployment up to more than 13% and visitor numbers dropping like a brick, things have changed a little.

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Queen Elizabeth 2 moving to South Africa – maybe

Mark Knowles — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:21:33 +0000

It seems as though Dubai world has cancelled their plans to turn the luxury cruise ship QEII into a floating luxury brothel hotel at the Palms development, and are now planning to reberth her in Cape Town, South Africa. She is apparently now in dry dock being inspected to ensure sea worthiness before making the crossing.

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