Rotana’s aggressive expansion plans have seen the company grow from 2 properties in 1993 to a forecasted total of 70 hotels and resorts by 2012.  Rotana prides itself on having a unique understanding of the culture and communities of the Middle East and Africa, combined with the collective expertise of an executive team contributing over 35 years of international experience in the service industry.

Amal Harb, Rotana’s Corporate Vice President - Marketing, comments; “KTA has consistently shown its worth as a PR consultancy that delivers real results for some of the world’s best known and prestigious hotel brands and we look forward to working with KTA as we focus on attracting more UK business and leisure travellers to our hotels and resorts across the Middle East and Africa.” 

KTA Public Relations’ Managing Director Dale Keller, adds; “We are proud to be representing one of the Middle East and Africa’s much admired hospitality brands, and look forward to helping to increase Rotana’s brand awareness in the UK.”

KTA Public Relations Account Director Fiona Anderson will head up the new account.

City.Mobi

Also in Europe today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to London.

City.Mobi offers the most comprehensive mobile travel guides available, with over 800 cities in 200 countries listed. Each is developed by the City.Mobi team to combine into a single global travel directory.

However, each city retains its own mobile identity via a dedicated domain. Already on offer are Brussels.Mobi, Paris.Mobi, Sanfrancisco.Mobi and Sydney.Mobi.

London.mobi is the latest in this illustrious line up, offering click to call functionality – which means no scribbling down telephone numbers.

Most entries are also linked to websites where users can quickly access more detailed information if needed.

Other key features include information on accommodation, restaurants, attractions, entertainment, nightlife, shopping, and transport.

City.Mobi guides include user reviews and traveller utilities such as a translation guide, currency converter, news and local weather guide.