Expedia® travelers have ranked AYANA Resort and Spa Bali among the world’s best hotels on this year’s Expedia Insiders’ Select™ list. The list formally recognizes individual hotels worldwide that consistently deliver excellent service, a great overall experience and offer notable value.  The full list represents just 1 percent of the world’s top hotels from the more than 110,000 hotel properties offered on Expedia.

“Delivering our guests superior service is a top priority at AYANA,” said General Manager Charles de Foucault. “We are delighted that our efforts have been acknowledged by Expedia travelers so soon after our rebranding just one year ago, and we look forward to extending our high level of service to even more guests.”

The 2010 Expedia Insiders’ Select? list is based on more than 1 million independent traveler hotel reviews collected by Expedia, combined with a value rating and the local market expertise of more than 400 Expedia employees in local markets worldwide. With an overall score of 94.6 percent, AYANA was one of just 5 hotels in Bali ranked in the 5-star category to make the list.

This honor follows several other accolades since AYANA rebranded in April 2009. Most recently, the 77-hectare property was voted the #1 Spa Hotel in the World in the 2010 Conde Nast Traveller Readers’ Awards; made the Conde Nast 2010 Gold List (Best Hotels in Asia); was ranked #18 in the World’s Top 20 Best Hotels for Value by Travel + Leisure readers; and won Asia’s Leading Luxury Resort in the 2009 World Travel Awards. AYANA has been nominated in this year’s World Travel Awards for the World’s Leading Spa Resort, Asia’s Leading Luxury Resort, and Asia’s Leading Luxury Villa.
For more information on Expedia’s Insiders’ Select™ program, visit www.expedia.com/insidersselect.

About AYANA Resort and Spa

Named after a ‘place of refuge’ in Sanskrit, AYANA is perched on limestone cliffs up to 30 meters above the Indian Ocean near Jimbaran Bay on Bali’s south-western peninsula. The property enjoys majestic views and a secluded location across its 1.3 kilometer coastline, yet is just 15 minutes from Bali’s airport. The 368 guestrooms comprise 78 private pool villas and a 290-room hotel.

Resort highlights include the 22,000sqm Thermes Marins Thalasso spa with one of the world’s largest Aquatonic Seawater Therapy Pools and the Spa on the Rocks villas set amidst the Indian Ocean. There are five purpose-built wedding venues; the avant-garde Champa Garden for grand-scale events; four freshwater swimming pools including a children’s pool; a salt-water, infinity-edged Ocean Beach Pool at the cliff’s base, accessed via an inclinator; 13 dining venues; 18-hole golf putting course; tennis pavilion; jogging/cycling path; fitness center; children’s center; boutiques; comprehensive meeting facilities and business center; and resort-wide WIFI.

The Savoy will once again lay claim to its long-standing status as London’s premier social destination when it unveils the culmination of a circa GBP100 million restoration programme in early 2010 – the most expensive hotel refurbishment in London’s history.

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The Langton House Hotel is the perfect location for your wedding reception with full five course menus, champagne reception, live music, beautiful garden and ballroom settings and lively entertainment. In our Garden Patio/Conservatory, Canap?s & Live Music, also Champagne Reception for Bridal Party.

Phone: +353 56 7765133

Address: 67 John Street, Kilkenny, Ireland

Site: http://www.langtons.ie

My friends Peter likes tourism, whenever he is free he loves to travel around. He said that the pressure of work is big, travel to enable him to relax physically and mentally. He has been to Alaska, Xi’an, China, and other location. He likes photography, every place he would take a lot of photos, He will put these pictures on the Internet to share with friends,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pccm/

He’s a very good photo shoot.
Last time I saw him, he said he would like to do a web site on tour and  hotel reservation, similar to Ctrip(http://www.ctrip.com/)
The establishment of such a site requires a great deal of work,such as web site development, Hotel information provider, Web site promotion etc. If there are appropriate resources, I suggested that he might try.
Of course, if I have time I will help him, because I like the development of the Internet site.

Now there are a lot of Internet hotel reservation sites.You know, looking for an affordable and beautiful hotel is not easy. I have found that a Web site, hotelscombined,  is to provide hotel price comparison service,the URL is  http://www.hotelscombined.com
This site provides us all on the hotel provided by the Web site, there is a price comparison, so that we can make better choices. We can search for hotel we need, and link to relevant sites to do hotel reservations.It can search for hotel from many web sites,such as hotels.com, Booking.com, TotalTourist.com, etc. We can search a specified hotel on the hotel page,for example, China Royal Hotel Macau:

http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Royal_Hotel_Macau.htm

This model is also worth considering, and this need to establish a good relationship with major travel sites. Therefore, the work needs to be done may be more. To consider what kind of model, we need well-considered. In any case, I hope he can achieve his dream.

by Ozgur Tore

On May 16, Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd was awarded “2008 Most Investment-Worthy Local Management Company of China” at the Forum for Development Opportunities and Challenges for China Hospitality Industry & the fifth Golden-Pillow Award of China Hotels.

Sponsored by China’s leading financial media “21^st Century Business Herald” in association with China’s top business travel magazine “Business Travel” in 2004, the Golden-Pillow Award of China Hotels is the most prestigious award for the hospitality industry in China and even in Asia, in an aim to provide more business consulting for global business travelers as well as provide authoritative and advisory opinions for the development of China’s hospitality industry.

Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd is the largest hotel management company in China. It dedicates itself to quality hotel management, boasting professional management teams with rich experience. And the Jin Jiang brand is highly reputed in China. The company has the corporate website in four languages, i.e., Chinese, English, Japanese and French, and a new brand identification system as well as a sophisticated central reservation system. The company is poised to launch its Loyalty Program in 2008 amongst its over 100 star-rated member hotels across China.

Mr. Chen Hao, CEO of Jin Jiang International Hotels Development Co., Ltd, the parent company of Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd said, “The staff of ‘Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd feel great honored to receive such a prestigious award. We appreciate the recognition and encouragement from the hospitality industry and customers for our work. Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd will continue moving toward its “going global” strategic goal.”

(70 winners)

一、 Main Awards ：( 52 winners)

(一)Hotel Brands (4 winners)

2008 China’s Most Favorite International Hotel Brand

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts

2008 China’s Most Favorite Domestic Hotel Brand

New Century Hotels & Resorts

2008 China’s Most Favorite Serviced Residence Brand

Ascott

2008 China’s Most Favorite Economy Hotel Chain Brand

Home Inn

(二)Hotel Management Companies (4 winners)

2008 China’s Most Investment-worthy International Hotel Management Company

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide， Inc.

Accor China

2008 China’s Most Investment-worthy Domestic Hotel Management Company

Jinling Hotels & Resorts Corporation

Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co. Ltd

(三)Individual Hotels (30 winners)

2008 China’s Top 10 Most Favorite Business Hotels

1.Pudong Shangri-La， Shanghai

2. The Ritz-Carlton Beijing， Financial Street

3. Jinling Hotel Nanjing

4. Grand Hyatt Shanghai

5. Grand Hyatt Beijing

6. InterContinental Shenzhen

7. InterContinental Hong Kong

8. New Century Grand Hotel Hang Zhou

9. Le Royal Meridien Shanghai

10. Marco Polo Shenzhen

2008 China’s Top 10 Most Favorite Resort Hotels

1. Sheraton Sanya Resort

2. Yalong Bay Mangrove Tree Resort

3. Banyan Tree Lijiang

4. Hilton Sanya Resort & Spa

5. Sheraton Suzhou Hotel & Towers

6. Sanya Marriott Resort & Spa

7. Sheraton Haikou Resort

8. Le Meridien She Shan Shanghai

9. Wuyi Mountain Yeohwa Resort

10. Hotel of Modern Art Libre，Guilin

2008 China’s Best New Opening Hotels

1. JW Marriott Hotel Beijing

2. The Ritz-Carlton， Beijng

3. Hyatt on the Bund

4. The Westin Guangzhou

5. The Interlaken OCT Hotel Shenzhen

6. Shangri-la Hotel， Guangzhou

7. Xiamen Seaview Resort

8. The Purple Palace

9. Shangri-La Hotel， Chengdu

10. Sheraton Shenzhen Futian Hotel

(四)Figures in China’ Hotel Industry(14 winners)

2008 Best Hotel Managers (4 winners)

Mr.John Rice General Manager of Pudong Shangri-La， Shanghai

Mr. Claudio Nardini　 General Manager of Sheraton Sanya Resort

Mr.Jin Meicheng　 Board Director and Operation Manager of Jinling Hotels & Resorts Corporation

Mr. Janus Lee General Manager of Le Meridien She Shan Shanghai

Figures with Distingushed Contributions to China’s Hotel Industry In 2008 (3 winners)

Mr.Chen Hao Board Member and CEO of Jin Jiang International Hotel Development Co. Ltd

Mr. Chen Miaolin　 Chairman， Zhejiang New Century Tourism Group

Mr.Sun Jian　 CEO of Home Inn

2008 The Leader of China’s Hotel industry (6 winners)

Mr. Qian Jin Senior Vice President， Operations， China & Taiwan Starwood Hotels & Resorts

Mr. Robert Murray　 Senior Vice President ，China， Accor

Mr. Edmond Ip Chief Operating Officer， Greater China， IHG

Mr. Edward Tai　 President of Hyatt China

Mr. Angelini Giovanni CEO and Managing Director of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

Mr. Colin Lin Vice President， Hotel Development， China，Marriott International， Inc

2008 Lifetime Achievement Award in China’s Hotel Industry (1 winner)

Mr. Yuan Zongtang Former Director of Hotel Administration Department， National，Tourism Administration of China， Vice President and General Secretary of China Tourism Hotels Association， Chairman of International Hotel Leaders Organization

二、 Special Awards (18 winners)

(一) Special Awards for Hotel Brands (6 winners)

2008 the Most Influential International Hotel Brand in China

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

2008 China’s Most Favorite Luxurious Hotel Brand

BanYan Tree Group

2008 China’s Domestic Hotel Brand with Most Development potential

Gloria Hotels & Resorts

2008 China’s Most Competitive Domestic Hotel Brand

HNA Hotels&Resorts

2008 China’s Most Competitive Serviced Residence Brand

Frasers Hopitality

2008 China’s Most Favorite Business Chain Hotel Brand

Green Tree Inns Hotel Management Group，Inc.

(二)Special Awards for Individual Hotels (12 winners)

A、Business Hotels (6 winners)

2008 the Most Favorite Business Hotel in Northeast China

Sheraton Shenyang Lido Hotel

2008 the Most Favorite Business Hotel in Southwest China

Green Lake Hotel Kunming

2008 the Business Hotel with Most Development Potential in China

Hua Ting Hotel & Towers Shanghai

2008 China’s Best Exhibition and Business Hotel

Songjiang New Century Grand Hotel Shanghai

2008 China’s Best Theme and Business Hotel

Crowne Plaza Shenzhen

2008 China’s Best Olympic Business Hotel

Crowne Plaza Park View Wuzhou Beijing

B、Resort Hotels (1 winner)

2008 China’s Most Favorite Recreation Resort

New Century Resort Qiandao Lake Hangzhou

C、New Opening Hotels (5 winners)

2008 China’s Best New Opening Luxurious Hotel

Sky Fortune Boutique Hotel， Shanghai

2008 Best New Opening Hotel in Western China

Shangri-La Hotel， Xi’an

2008 China’s Best New Opening Luxurious Hotel

Sofitel Wanda Beijing

2008 China’s Best New Opening Convention and Exhibition Hotel

InterContinental Century City， Chengdu

2008 China’s Best New Opening Boutique Hotel

PuDi Boutique Hotel， Shanghai

(by 21 Century Business Herald)

Located in Anacapri, the most exclusive and unspoilt part of Italy’s island of Capri, the Capri Palace stands 300 meters above sea level, overlooking the open Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Naples.

The Capri Palace has 85 rooms, four with their own private gardens and heated swimming pool; 5 luxuriously furnished suites among which one finds the penthouse “Acropolis” bathed in sunlight, boasting a marvellous jacuzzi tub from where one can gaze at the stars and across the sea.

Not to mention the “Megaron” Suite, a spectacular 150-square-meter apartment, featuring hanging garden, private swimming pool, and an enchanting view of the Bay of Naples.

If you’re deciding to visit Asia, one of your must stops is Hong Kong, and what better place to stay than the legendary Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong. With its breathtaking location overlooking Victoria Harbour, it has served the international elite since 1963.

It has been rated the best hotel in Asia for many years and it is the prime choice for many celebrities such as Kate Moss, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, and Jennifer Lopez have stayed at this hotel, as well as the esteemed members of the business community and the well heeled.

This iconic property recently completed a top-to-bottom $150 million renovation that included the installation of one of the city’s most elaborate eight-room spas. The Mandarin Oriental now has 9 unique bars and restaurants including Pierre which is run by Pierre Gagnaire a 3-star Michelin chef. Five new categories of rooms, from “study” to “harbour,” span a wider price range than ever before. All have been updated to a space-age standard: flat-panel LCDs, iPod docks, Wi-Fi, DVD players and Hermès toiletries.

The Mandarin Oriental Hotel is a perfect blend of contemporary luxury, state-of-the-art facilities and legendary service. Whether you are visiting Hong Kong for pleasure or business, you can experience a perfect combination of modern luxury, exquisite facilities, and award-winning hospitality.