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Jan Bundgaard & Maha Bourachi, Movenpick Hotel & Resort, Beirut
Jan Bundgaard & Maha Bourachi, Movenpick Hotel & Resort, Beirut, speak to Breaking Travel News at the World Travel Awards Middle East Gala Ceremony at Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort & Spa.
Andreas Mattmüller, chief operating officer, Middle Easy & Asia, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts
Andreas Mattmüller, chief operating officer, Middle Easy & Asia, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts, talks to Breaking Travel News at Arabian Travel Market 2013.
Mövenpick Hotels celebrates anniversary with new signings
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has embarked on a journey to celebrate its 40th anniversary this year with the signing of two new hotels in China and Thailand. The upscale hotel company of Swiss heritage is to open a new beach resort in Hua Hin, Thailand, and a 250-rooom hotel in Enshi City, China.
Mövenpick selects new chief for Africa
Mövenpick Hotels & Resort has announced the internal promotion of Alan O’Dea to the role of senior vice president for Africa. O’Dea replaces Roger Kacou who has been appointed minister of tourism of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.
Mövenpick Hotels opens fifth property in resurgent Dubai
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has opened its fifth property in Dubai, becoming the first international hotel company in the city’s Al Mamzar area of Deira. Mövenpick Hotel Apartments the Square offers 180 superior and deluxe rooms, as well as one- and two-bedroom hotel apartment suites.
Movenpick Resort and Spa Karon Beach, Phuket: awarded Green Globe Re-Certification
Green Globe announced re-certification of Movenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket in Phuket, Thailand. This resort identifies and promotes sustainable strategies, and has demonstrated corporate social responsibility for the past few years.
Movenpick Hotels set to make Paris debut
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is set to open its first hotel in Paris, bringing the group’s European portfolio to 22 properties and its global portfolio to 77 hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers. From 2013 work will begin on the remodelling of the hotel’s 281 rooms and 19 suites as part of a multi-million-euro refurbishment project.
Mövenpick Hotels opens new Ankara property
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has announced the opening of the 176-room Mövenpick Hotel Ankara, a new contemporary hotel based in the heart of the Turkish capital’s fast-developing Söğütözü business district, ideally located for meetings, seminars or conferences. With nine meeting spaces including the stylish 390sqm Bern Ballroom, Mövenpick Hotel Ankara offers flexible function spaces that can be customised to host between eight and 450 guests.
Moevenpick Hotel and Apartments Bur Dubai, earns Green Globe re-certification
Green Globe announced re-certification of Moevenpick Hotel and Apartments Bur Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Cochrane to head up human resources for Mövenpick
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has announced the internal promotion of Craig Cochrane to the role of senior vice president human resources. Cochrane, who also becomes a member of the company’s executive committee, has 12 years of human resources experience with hotel management companies in Asia and the Middle East.
Reed expands Mövenpick partnership for ATM 2013
Reed Travel Exhibitions, the organiser of Arabian Travel Market (ATM), has confirmed its host hotel partnership with Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts for the 2013 event. The decision follows a successful association with flagship properties Mövenpick Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel and Mövenpick Deira this year.
Mövenpick Hotels rebalances portfolio with two new Asia hotels
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is stepping up its ambitious global expansion with a continued focus on Asia and the announcement that it is to manage two new hotels in Vietnam and the Philippines. The new properties are the strikingly contemporary new Mövenpick Resort & Spa, Quy Nhon, in Vietnam and the soaring tower of Mövenpick Hotel Makati, Makati City, part of Metro Manila in the Philippines.