Frédéric Picard, general manager, Palais Namaskar Marrakech, has announced that the 41 key luxury resort will join The Leading Hotels of the World. This appointment represents the next milestone in the opening process of the hotel, scheduled for spring 2012. Palais Namaskar is the latest jewel of the Oetker Collection.
Frank Marrenbach, CEO of Oetker Collection, declares: “We are very proud to have Palais Namaskar, our latest masterpiece, joining the prestigious Leading portfolio, showing our commitment to quality and service.”
Ted Teng, President & CEO of The Leading Hotels of the World, adds: “We are pleased to welcome Palais Namaskar as a complement to our offer in Marrakech. This property also reinforces our partnership with Oetker Collection as Le Bristol in Paris and Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden have been long time members of our network.”
Mena Travel Awards make a grand comeback.
The Mena Travel Awards will take to stage once again on May 2, 2012 at The Meydan Hotel Gallery. After a hiatus of two years, organisers of the Mena Travel Awards, which recognises excellence in Mena’s growing travel industry, have called January 28, 2012 as the deadline for nominations for the awards in 15 categories.
“With no prejudice all industry entrants are accepted based on their respective Ministry of Tourism rating for their respective category” said Dr. Sam Saker, president of the CHA International and the organizer.
“End users electronic voting system is the most reliable and accurate measurement device,” he added. “After all who can be a better judge of the race process? The ethics and the integrity of the awards are an integral part of the process. The Diagnose methods by the PriceWater Cooper House and CHA are uncompromising”.
This event has been formed to annually celebrate the skills, creativity, ingenuity and triumph of the Middle East and North Africa's growing travel industry, while honouring the successful entrants in each of the industry categories and those who are considered to be the best in their specific sector.
'There is a need to recognize the significant contributions of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry', said Dr Saker. 'We would like to change the widely held perception or stereo type that the Five Star hotels in Middle East are equivalent, in service and product quality, to the Four Star hotels in Europe and North America.
For more details, visit www.menatravelawards.com to browse the coming year race activities.