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Best Western may be the most daring U.S. hotel group expanding overseas
TransportBest Western just became the first U.S. hotel group to open a property in Haiti in a decade and is set to be the first U.S.-branded property in Myanmar. Americans who correlate Best Western with road-side budget properties might be surprised to hear the hotel group is one of the largest in the world and [...]
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Best travel ads this week: 5 colorful videos seek authenticity
DestinationsThis week’s SkiftAds takes us around the world and back by starting with a Canadian city’s debated music video and moving to the colorful locals in South Africa. While Calgary attempts to paint the picture-perfect image of its city to several local’s chagrin, South Africa lets its flaws and quirks define its beauty. The result [...]
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Haiti gets Best Western in first U.S. hotel opening in 15 years
DestinationsA U.S. hotel chain opened a hotel in Haiti on Thursday for the first time in 15 years. Best Western International has completed construction on a $15 million, seven-story hotel that features 106 guest rooms and several suites. The towering facility is located in the hillside district of Petionville and is targeted at the business [...]
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Myanmar to get its first Best Western hotels this year as it open up to foreign investment
DestinationsBest Western International Inc., the world’s second-largest closely held hotel chain, will open its first Myanmar property in 2013, taking advantage of friendlier investment rules and a shortage of rooms in the country. The Phoenix-based group is considering locations including Yangon and Mandalay, the nation’s two largest cities, for the hotel, Glenn de Souza, Bangkok-based [...]
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Economy hotels finally worm their way into the Big Apple
DestinationsThe Big Apple’s experiencing a cheap hotel boom – cheap, that is, for New York. Tourists will soon find a host of new, more affordable alternatives to four-star Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and Sheraton hotels in the USA’s most expensive hotel city, where the average room costs about $300 a night… These hotels are part of [...]
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Wyndham and Best Western get blasted online for offering discounts to NRA members
RoomsNational Rifle Assn. critics are blasting two of the world’s biggest hotel companies because they give discounts to NRA members. A global advocacy site, Avvaz.com, has urged its followers to go on Facebook and sound off against Best Western International and Wyndham Hotel Group for affiliating with the NRA. (Avvaz means “voice” in several European, [...]
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SkiftAds of the Week: Zurich, Delta Air Lines, Best Western, and RwandAir
OriginalFor all of our SkiftAds of the Week collection, check out our archives here. We continue our weekly round-up of travel-video ads this week with a tourism board that likely succeeded in prompting travelers to consider a trip to Switzerland, a hotel that couldn’t make it’s ad any more boring, and three airlines. Zurich Tourism: A [...]
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Best Western boosts its branding among travel agents with launch of online resource center
RoomsU.S., Nov. 20 — Best Western International announced today the launch of Travel Agent Advantage(SM), the hotel chain’s new online education and resource center for travel agents. Best Western’s new Travel Agent Advantage website offers a one-stop-shop…
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Best Western shares plans for extended-stay hotels at global conference
RoomsApproximately 2,500 Best Western International members gathered at The Venetian for the Best Western North American Convention and Global Conference to hear an update of their member organization on topics ranging from the brand’s highly anticipated extended-stay concept to its new advertising campaign. Operating under the convention’s theme of “People Who Care,” the most recent [...]
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Best Western readies to integrate extended-stay rooms in new properties
RoomsBest Western International is looking to formally break into the extended-stay segment. The Phoenix-based membership organization has developed a preliminary prototype that includes extended-stay rooms as part of the mix. BWI executives said during a media tour of the headquarters Monday that the mix of extended-stay rooms for its prototype could range from 20% to [...]
