- Around Long Beach
New CVB Chief: Stephen Goodling became the new president and CEO of the Long Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau May 29, replacing Linda Howell DiMario, who retired in April. Goodling has more than 20 years' experience in hotel sales and marketing, most recently serving as North American director of ......
- 2006 Incentive Platinum Partner Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2006 Platinum Partner Award winners. Platinum Partner Awards are presented by Incentive magazine to the top incentive merchandise, gift certificate and travel suppliers, as voted by our readers.
- Four Seasons's Wailea Resort: not your average
dining experience.
Already known for culinary excellence at its city hotels, Four Seasons has adapted its winning strategies to its new offshore properties, focusing on the best of local cuisine Ago, hotel dining in the better hostelries was elegant, formal, and of the highest quality. Travel, whether for business or pleasure, was ......
- Shangri-La Sets North America in Expansion Sights
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is actively seeking to expand in North America, with cities such as New York, San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C., high on the Hong Kong-based luxury hotelier's radar screen.
- Era Of New Possibilities, New Challenges
By the 1970s, the world was becoming a smaller place. Boeing introduced the 747 jet airplane and long-haul travel became an increasingly more accessible aim. It also meant that airlines needed accommodations for flight staff. Following Pan American Airline’s early model of establishing InterContinental Hotels Corp. to meet this need, ......
- China's hotel industry: serving a massive market;
as China ramps up to a world-class hotel industry, an amalgam of
international and domestic expertise may provide the best model for
success. (China's...
According to at least one forecast, by 2020 the People's Republic of China will be the world's number-one tourist destination, with annual arrivals of 130 million. (1) This is an impressive statistic considering that China's international tourism industry got underway only as recently as 1979, as a result of the ......
- 'Find Your Shangri-La' Supports Global Expansion
HONG KONG - With an expansion plan that thus far has more than 20 new properties in the pipeline across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Canada, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is promoting its growing portfolio with the launch of its first-ever television commercial created for the entire group. The ......