Recommend June 2017 - 8

TRAVELtalk
Michelle Marie Arean

Poolside at the Hilton
Rio de Janeiro.

Hoteltalk
Hilton celebrated a milestone last month,
opening its 100th hotel in Latin America:
the 545-guestroom Hilton Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana. To celebrate the grand opening,
the property is offering a fourth night free for
guests who book three nights now through
Aug. 2, 2017. www3.hilton.com/en/index.html
And while Hilton celebrates number
100, AccorHotels is celebrating its first
hotel carrying the Fairmont flag in South
America. AccorHotels will transform the
Sofitel Copacabana to a 400-room Fairmont
property with a new pool overlooking
Copacabana Beach, as well as a new spa
with a private VIP suite. The renovation
is expected to be completed in 13 months.
accorhotels.com
Conrad Hotels & Resorts, meanwhile,
has opened its first property in Mexico-the
Conrad San Luis Potosi. It features 134
guestrooms, including 29 suites; the Sonoma
Restaurant & Wine Bar, The Conrad Bar,
and the casual Tequila Corner lounge; and
a pool on the property's fifth floor terrace
overlooking the city's skyline.
conradhotels3.hilton.com
Over in Europe, Sandos Hotels & Resorts
is expanding its portfolio with the opening of
the Sandos El Greco Beach Hotel, an adultsonly property in Cala de Portinatx, Ibiza.
The all-inclusive, 250-room property opened
its doors last month and features a Wellness
Centre and onsite restaurants. sandos.com
Taking a detour over to the UAE, Oberoi
Hotels & Resorts has announced the
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opening of The Oberoi Beach Resort, Al
Zorah in Ajman. The destination features
long, white-sand beaches and cerulean
lagoons, and the resort is nestled on 247
acres of protected mangrove forest.
oberoihotels.com/hotels-in-al-zorah-ajman
Dan Hotels has completed renovations
to three of its properties in Israel-Dan
Panorama Haifa, Dan Eilat and Dan
Accadia (15 minutes outside of Tel Aviv).
Dan Accadia, located on Herzliya Beach,
received $11 million in upgrades with
renovations to 117 guestrooms and suites,
dining areas and corridors. The Dan Eilat on
the Red Sea renovated 120 guestrooms, and
the Dan Panorama Haifa renovated the 56
guestrooms on the top four floors of the hotel.
danhotels.com
In Hawaii, the Hyatt Centric Waikiki
Beach opened earlier this year in the former
Waikiki Trade Center. The Honolulu
property features 230 guestrooms with floorto-ceiling windows offering panoramic views
of the ocean and Diamond Head. The new
property also offers a lounge pool, outdoor
seating with fire pits, and a 24-hour fitness
facility, plus an onsite bar and restaurant, the
Lanai. waikikibeach.centric.hyatt.com

Airtalk
South African Airways and Hawaiian
Airlines have established an interline
agreement that now provides new flight
options on both SAA and Hawaiian Airlines
for passengers flying between the Hawaiian

Islands and Southern Africa. Passengers can
now purchase a single itinerary for trips on
flights of both carriers in one transaction
and receive convenient connections via JFK
between Hawaiian Airlines' island network
and over 75 destinations in Africa served by
SAA. flysaa.com or hawaiianairlines.com
LATAM Airlines Brazil will launch a
direct service connecting Orlando, FL, with
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil staring July 2. The
new nonstop service will operate three times
a week, departing Orlando on Thursdays,
Saturdays and Sundays, and returning on
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Due to this
new flight schedule, LATAM will cancel its
flight between JFK and Rio de Janeiro at the
end of June. latam.com
Delta Air Lines has added a nonstop flight
to St. Kitts & Nevis, including additional
service from JFK and a second weekly nonstop
flight from Atlanta operating throughout the
winter season. This new flight is in addition to
Delta's existing Saturday nonstop service from
Atlanta. As of Dec. 23, the new JFK nonstop
flights will operate weekly on Saturdays to/
from St. Kitts. And on Wednesdays from Dec.
23 to Jan. 6, 2018, and Tuesdays from Jan.
9, 2018 through March 27, 2018, Delta will
operate a second weekly nonstop flight from
Atlanta to/from St. Kitts. delta.com
This month, Southwest Airlines added new
service from Fort Lauderdale to Belize City,
Belize; Cancun, Mexico; Grand Cayman; and
Montego Bay, Jamaica. southwest.com ■

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http://www.oberoihotels.com/hotels-in-al-zorah-ajman http://www3.hilton.com/en/index.html http://www.flysaa.com http://www.hawaiianairlines.com http://www.accorhotels.com http://www.latam.com http://www.danhotels.com http://conradhotels3.hilton.com http://waikikibeach.centric.hyatt.com http://www.delta.com http://www.sandos.com http://www.southwest.com http://www.recommend.com
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