Top 10 in-room movies selected by leisure and corporate travellers
More leisure and corporate travellers selected Bridesmaids, The Hangover II and Limitless over other Hollywood movie offerings during 2011, according to LodgeNet, the company that provides in-room movies to 1.6 million rooms at the Holiday Inn, Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and other hotels.
After a long busy day attending meetings and incentives, you can understand corporate travellers seeking light entertainment with
1 billion international leisure and corporate travel trips
The World Tourism Organisation predicts international leisure and business travel will hit a peak of one billion arrivals by the end of 2012.
International travel arrivals grew 4.4% worldwide to 980 million in 2011, up from 939 million in 2010, according to the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Europe was the best performer by region, with 6% growth in arrivals. By
Wedding dress and hamster among lost property items
Mobile phones and chargers are among the most common items left in hotel rooms by leisure and corporate travellers, according to Travelodge UK. But what else have they got in lost property?
Lots of teddy bears, in fact – 75,000 of them, all of which have been returned to their owners. But more oddly, other items included a Vera Wang
Shangri-La bans shark fin in all hotels worldwide
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts will stop serving shark fin soup and shark fin products immediately, and will also phase out Bluefin tuna and Chilean sea bass under its Sustainable Seafood Policy.
The policy, which forms part of the Shangri-La’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) project, will be enforced across 72 hotels and resorts worldwide. Meetings and incentives contracts involving shark