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Hotels FOR THE AGENT KEEP YOUR EYE ON SOME OF THE INDUSTRY’S MAJOR HOTEL CHAINS AS THEY RAPIDLY EXPAND ACROSS THE GLOBE The Regent Palms, Turks and Caicos luxury brand, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, announced its entrance into South America with the Conrad Buenos Aires, slated to open late 2010. The Hilton Iguazu Resort is expected to open late 2008 and the Hilton Ushuaia in 2009. Conrad is in the process of converting a property in the Maldives and has others under development in Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, the Bahamas and Koh Samui. The hotel giant has also secured partnerships to grow its portfolio in India and China by 100 hotels in the next five to seven years and signed three new I Fairmont Hotels & Resorts: Though the brand has 51 hotels in 10 countries, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (www.fairmont.com) is showing no signs of slowing down. Its development team is targeting North America, the Middle East/Africa, Asia and Europe. While the brand has been focusing expansion efforts in Europe, with new additions in Hamburg, London, Scotland and Monaco, Fairmont recently announced plans for a luxury mixed-use resort on Anguilla. When it opens in 2010, The Fairmont Anguilla will have 140 rooms and suites, a 15,000-square-foot Willow Stream Spa, beach club and Jack Nicklaus Golf Club. In the winter, look for Fairmont to reopen New York’s Plaza Hotel following a $350 million renovation. The brand is also set to reflag three hotels in Kenya this year. Other destinations slated for development include Cairo and Nile City in Egypt, Abu Dhabi, Vancouver, South Africa and Asia. I Global Hyatt Corp.: Hyatt (www.hyatt.com) has its sights set on Asia Pacific with plans to open 16 hotels over the next three years. Hot spots include China, where 12 hotels are tapped for development, three of which will open under the Park Hyatt brand. Look for the Park Hyatt Beijing to open in 2007 followed by those in Ningbo and Shanghai in 2008. The Hyatt Regency brand has six hotels slated to open within the next three years in: Jing Jin City (late 2007), Phuket (late 2007), Chongqing (2008), Chengdu (2008), Nanjing (2008) and Suzhou (2008). An additional three will fly the Grand Hyatt flag: Guangzhou in 2008 followed by Macau and Shenzhen in 2009. Hyatt also plans to grow its brand in India by 2010. I Hilton Hotels Corp.: Across the Hilton Family of Hotels (www. hilton.com), 800 hotels are in the pipeline totaling 110,000 rooms. Its alliances to add 15 properties in the Caribbean and Central America, 25 in Continued on page 60 Resources I Cotton Bay Villas www.discovercottonbay.com Contact: 800-404-9281, info@ cottonbayeleuthera.com I Fairmont Le Montreux Palace www.fairmont.com Contact: Jill Button, director of sales and marketing, 011-41-21-962-1044, jill.button@fairmont.com I Four Seasons Hotel Alexandria at San Stefano, Egypt www.fourseasons.com Contact: Ayman Sallam, director of sales, 011-20 -3-581-8000, ayman.sallam@fourseasons.com I Ritz-Carlton, Dallas www.ritzcarlton.com Contact: Travel Agent Liaison Michael Bridges, 214-922-4716, michael.bridges@ritzcarlton.com 58 Home-BasedTravelAgent SEPTEMBER 2007 http://www.hyatt.com http://www.fairmont.com http://www.discovercottonbay.com http://www.fairmont.com http://www.fourseasons.com http://www.ritzcarlton.com http://www.hilton.com http://www.hilton.com

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