CHI HOTELS & RESORTS TOGETHER WITH EGYPTAIR ANNOUNCE
SPECIAL TRAVEL AGENT PACKAGE FOR OPENING OF THE LUXURIOUS FOUR-STAR TIRAN HOTEL
Air/Hotel rates from JFK Available September 1-December 12, 2009
(23 July 2009, Malta) Glenn Carroll, Sr. Vice President Sales & Marketing of the Malta- based CHI Hotels & Resorts (CHI) announced that CHI would offer special travel agent packages (Air and Hotel) from New York to Sharm El Sheikh with EgyptAir to encourage as many travel professionals as possible to experience the newly built 351-room ‘Tiran Hotel’ in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. This newly opened luxurious four-star property is CHI’s first in Egypt and, together with the five-star Corinthia Hotel currently under development, will from next year formthe Corinthia Beach Resort Sharm el Sheikh .
The announcement was made at the recent 34 th Annual Africa Travel Association (ATA) Congress held in Cairo, May 17-21, 2009 where Glenn Carroll was joined by Nicholas Borg, Regional Director of Sales, MEA Division, CHI Hotels & Resorts. Carroll is also a Vice President on the ATA International Board of Directors.
“We thank the New York sales office of EgyptAir for their support of CHI Hotels & Resorts by providing travel agents with a special air fare of $772 (plus taxes) from JFK to Sharm El Sheikh via Cairo, that can be used in combination with Tiran Hotel’s opening Agent Promotion of $100 per room for two and $80 for a single, all inclusive of taxes, breakfast and dinner,” said Carroll. The special Agent Package with EgyptAir is valid for departure from New York between September 1-December 12, 2009, with certain holiday black-out periods. However, the Tiran Hotel Agent offer by itself is available from July 18 to December 20, 2009. Please click here for hotel booking. Please note that for Egyptair reservations, Travel Agents must call the EgyptAir New York Sales Office (212) 5815600 only and identify themselves as part of the Corinthia Hotels promotion. This offer is subject to availability.
The EgyptAir Sales Office in New York said that they were pleased to work together with CHI to provide an incentive for American travel agents to get to know Egypt’s fabulous Red Sea tourist products and sell them as a perfect extension for their clients on a Classical Egypt tour.
At the ATA Congress, Amr El Ezaby, Chairman of the Egyptian Tourist Authority spoke about the “Egypt Beyond the Monuments” and the diversification of the Egyptian Tourist Product. “We are very pleased with this travel agent initiative by CHI Hotels & Resorts and EgyptAir which will encourage more Americans to visit Sharm El Sheikh. The addition of Tiran Hotel’s state-of-the-art conference facilities will be a boost to the Egyptian Tourist Authority’s promotional efforts in the Meetings, Incentive, Conference, Event (MICE) Market.”
Tiran Hotel, Sharm El Sheikh
Situated in one of Sharm’s finest locations in the heart of Montazah, t he Resort is able to offer an outstanding vacation, diving and conference experience. The luxurious four-star Tiran Hotel features 351 rooms and suites with sea and mountain views, two restaurants, including an Indian specialty restaurant, three bars, an extensive landscaped outdoor pool and children’s pool, a kid’s club, an amphitheatre, a business centre, an internet café and a spacious conference hall with adjoining syndicate rooms. The Tiran Hotel has its own private beach featuring relaxation facilities, dining and a Bedouin tent.
Other exciting hotel facilities include a Day Spa with Jacuzzi and a variety of beauty and relaxation treatments, a tennis court, a mini-golf course, an expert dive centre and extensive water sports activities. Vistas from the Resort’s balconies extend all the way to the biblical Mount Sinai Mountains and to the nearby Tiran Island, while the well known dive site of Ras Nasruni is literally metres away from the hotel’s beach.
Sharm El Sheikh is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and has become a leading tourist resort thanks to its dramatic landscape, year-round dry and temperate climate and long stretches of natural beaches. Its waters are clear and calm for most of the year and have become popular for various water sports, particularly recreational scuba diving and snorkelling which some consider to be among the best in the world. Coral reefs, under water and marine life, unmatched anywhere in the world, offer a spectacular and dazzling time for divers. All around are Bedouins, colourful tents, mountains and sea. Sharm features all the amenities one could expect of a top class tourist resort, including casinos, discos and nightclubs, golf courses, windsurfing and other water sports, horses and camel riding, desert safaris, and nearby ancient attractions.
About CHI Hotels & Resorts
Based in Malta, CHI Hotels & Resorts (CHI) is a leading hands-on hotel management company that provides the full range of technical assistance and management services to hotel owners worldwide. CHI is the exclusive operator and developer for the luxury Corinthia Hotels brand as well as the Wyndham and Ramada Plaza brands in Europe, Africa and The Middle East.
CHI draws on a heritage of over 45 years in delivering high quality services to hotel guests and an optimum rate of return to owners and investors in diverse business environments. Our experience across our three brands extends to management of luxury and upscale properties in city and resort locations and products ranging from boutique to conference and Spa hotels. CHI also operates various restaurants under brands such as ‘Rickshaw’ and has its own Spa division.
CHI Hotels & Resorts is a joint venture between International Hotel Investments plc (IHI) – 70% and The Wyndham Hotel Group (WHG) – 30%.
For more information on CHI Hotels & Resorts visit www.corinthiahotels.com ; EgyptAir visit www.egypt.travel .
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