Category: International

This month Dubai has a new 5* resort and spa opening, The Anantara Dubai this is set on the Palm Jumeriah – only 45 minutes from Dubai International Airport and 90 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport.  

The key features of the resort are:

Thai design offering the first ever overwater villas in the UAE.

A majority of the resorts bedrooms are lagoon villas, so perfect for incentives with the ground floor villas having access seamlessly into the lagoon.

Conference and meeting space for up to 300 guests and six additional breakout rooms.

The spa boasts sixteen treatment rooms and a private hammam suite.

Water sports centre offers incentive activities such as water skiing, wake boarding, kayaking and knee boarding!

Six restaurants offering a choice of cuisine and atmosphere.

This hotel has the WOW factor, the overwater villas are set to be extremely popular amongst business travellers as this would be a perfect choice for an incentive trip or a unique event.

Nylo is being branded as New York’s most exciting new hotel, designed to delight the savviest, most sophisticated urban travelers. NYLO provides a complete escape from traditional with beautiful loft-style living and a vibrant social atmosphere that provides affordable style, comfort and unrivaled convenience. The hotel’s distinctive design inspired by the roaring twenties and the prohibition era, the 285 guest rooms and suites that capture the spirit of New York with chic urban style art and cool industrial décor. Beautiful views of the Hudson River and Central Park as well as private balconies enhance the experience for many of the guest rooms and suites. The hotel’s LOCL Bar provides the ultimate spot to unwind on the Upper West Side, with local craft brews and unique signature cocktails.

The Rubens at the Palace has transformed one of it’s sides into a spectacular ‘vertical garden’ known as our Living Wall . Covering an expanse of 350 square metres with over 10,000 ferns and plants, the garden will evolve with each season, taking on a new spectacular appearance. Whilst it undoubtedly looks great, the Living Wall also promotes significant environmental benefits, including air quality and attracting important wildlife, such as bees, butterflies and birds. 

The wall also helps by raising the hotel’s temperature in the winter and lowering it in the summer, whilst helping provide a water storage location.

A representative from one of the newest hotel groups, Apollo, visited Trinity yesterday to introduce us to their diverse collection of 15 hotels based in the Netherlands and Belgium. The hotel chain is owned by 3 entrepreneurs who previously worked for Scandic before starting their own company 7 years ago.

Each hotel is independently run by its own manager who will be able to offer a bespoke package for your event. Three of the hotels are based in Amsterdam with the largest being the Ramada Apollo which used to be an office block until last year and has been completely renovated to become a contemporary 4 star city centre hotel with 446 bedrooms and 8 meeting rooms that can hold up to 250 delegates.

Currently featured in the press as the place to be is the Ramada Apollo’s sky bar “Floor 17” where you can enjoy cocktails and incredible views over the city.

Also renovated and refurbished last year was the Crowne Plaza Den Haag in The Hague. As a 5 star hotel with spa facilities this property offers very competitive day delegate rates of approximately €75 compared to the rates available in Amsterdam which are currently around €80-€85.

The Apollo collection also includes the Holiday Inn Ijmuiden Seaport Beach where delegates may be offered the unique experience of dinner in an old fortress based off- shore on an island 20 minutes away by boat.

Something to note -Wi-Fi is available complimentary across the whole hotel group.

  

Consider Ireland for events in the City or the Countryside

 

Ireland’s venues are constantly improving, with brand new hotels opening such as The Marker, the only hotel in Dublin with an outdoor rooftop lounge area with excellent views overlooking the whole City. This space can be hired for private events, parties and meetings. The Hotel itself is very architectural and reflects Irish landscape throughout with a sleek urban feel and an experience that is distinctly Irish and truly inimitable. Consider this new, modern Hotel for an event in Dublin City.

 

For an event in the countryside why not consider Druids Glen this is a 5* resort nestled within the Wicklow mountains, a 30 minute drive from Dublin centre with a championship golf course this is a perfect location for team building activities, incentive trips and events. Consider this relaxing resort for a team building activity in the beautiful Irish countryside. 

The Fontana Park Hotel is due to be rebranded as the DoubleTree by Hilton Lisbon – Fontana Park.  It is a contemporary, design hotel and is located in the centre of Lisbon, in the Saldanha area.  The transfer from Lisbon Airport is about 15 minutes or three stops on the metro.  The hotel was converted from an industrial building five years ago and is styled in black and white.  There is a winter garden (courtyard) with a water wall, Japanese restaurant, live music in the bar.

The hotel has 7 meeting rooms which are all on level -1, no natural daylight, a/v is included.  The rooms have black walls with one light wall photo of a forest.  The ideal residential group size for this hotel is 100, as it has 136 bedrooms.  The maximum is group size is 400.

25Hours Hotel Bikini Berlin will open at the beginning of 2014.  With 149 rooms with an eclectic style combining urban and jungle influences, three function rooms and a large lobby with space to relax or play.  The hotel will be topped by a penthouse restaurant and bar boasting a breath-taking view over the City West skyline and the leafy canopy of the Tiergarten park.

Vienna has managed to break its own record for the amount of overnight stays registered since 2012. Latest figures from The Vienna Tourist Board show an increase of 3.1% per cent for the first half of 2013, compared with the same period last year.

The tourists board’s statistics show that the average occupancy of Vienna’s hotel beds stood at 50.3% at the end of June 2013. The amount of available beds had also increased from June 2012 to June 2013 5,530, and the capital now has 58,500 on offer for guests.

The average occupancy of Vienna’s beds was 50.3% at the half year, with available beds increasing by 5,530 from June 2012 to June 2013. Overall, the city currently has a lodging capacity of 58,500 beds.

Courtesy of Vienna Times, 25/07/2013