Hotel news briefs 19/06/12
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Fairmont’s agent rewards scheme; new GDS code for Rendezvous and Marriott plots 4,000 hotels.
Fairmont doubles agent rewards
Fairmont is offering double points for its Famous Agents awards programme at selected hotels. Agents can earn two points per room booked at a qualifying hotel when booked between 1 July and 30 September 2012, with gift cards available from 25 points and room nights earned from 50 points. In addition, any agent that actualises 10 combined room nights at selected hotels during the period will be entered into prize draws to win iPads, toiletry gift sets and a seven-night B&B stay.
New GDS code for Rendezvous
Rendezvous Hospitality Group (RHG) has introduced a new GDS chain code. In a phased roll-out, the new RP code will replace the existing WV code for Rendezvous Hotels in Melbourne, Singapore and Shanghai from 20 June. Then a week later, the RP code will replace EP for Rendezvous Hotels in Port Douglas, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland, Christchurch and The Marque Hotels in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth.
Marriott to reach 4,000 hotels by 2014
Marriott International will reach a portfolio of 4,000 hotels in 90 countries by the end of 2014, the company has said. In a presentation at its first analyst and investor meeting in China, the US hotel giant said that this growth will be led by the company’s Chinese expansion, which will see it increase to 100 hotels in nearly 40 markets in China by year-end 2014.
“China is a fitting place to present our tremendous global growth story and discuss our outstanding financial prospects. Even today, China is our second most important market after North America, representing roughly 5% of total fees. On average we expect to open a hotel a month in this country over the next three years,” commented Marriott’s President & CEO, Arne Sorenson.
The company currently has 115,000 hotel rooms in its development pipeline, and could open up to 105,000 of these by the end of 2014, not including the planned acquisition of US hotel group Gaylord.
