Private Leisure International Enters Sri Lanka

Private Leisure International is now ready to establish its presence in Sri Lanka. To fill up its portfolio, the company is now inviting villa owners to list their villa. However, acceptance is subject to strict quality control.



 

Focusing itself in providing privacy as the sixth star to 5-star luxury accommodation, Private Leisure International (PLI) has been successfully deliver businesses to villa owners in key Asian tropical destinations such as Bali, Phuket, Lombok, Koh Samui, Krabi, Vietnam, and Malaysia.



Quality control is the key to its success in attracting up-market holiday makers which traditionally is the captive market of 5-star resort hotels, a success which then turns into lucrative business feeder for property owners. By establishing professional management as required by PLI, villa owners are making lucrative income in addition to price gain of their property investment.



Its rapid expansion program is now bringing PLI to Sri Lanka. The company is preparing itself to offer its

holiday rental clients private villa accommodation in the destination blessed with both historic heritage as well as natural beauty. Apparently, the key offerings are similar to other Asian tropical destinations: sea, sand, and sun. But Sri Lanka has even more than those.



Villa owners are invited to list their property in PLI''s portfolio and include them in all relevant online marketing instruments managed by the company. In addition to websites dedicated solely for Sri Lanka villas, the company also manages creative cross-destinations online marketing programs involving hundred of websites.



Running business in multiple destinations allows PLI to enjoy huge cross-destination market directed to villa owners it represent. It is its key distinction that make the company different from local villa rental players.

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Skyscanner Travel Trends October 2010

Canaries overtake Costa Del Sol as Tenerife knocks Malaga from top spot

For the first time ever since Skyscanner’s Travel Trends began, Malaga has been knocked off its number one position. It was a close call, but the immensely popular Spanish city has been replaced by rival destination Tenerife. Located in the Canary Islands, Tenerife is much further south than Malaga meaning it maintains a pleasant year-round climate, which likely explains its rise in popularity with British travellers as we move into autumn and winter. 

In an unprecedented surge, Thailand took the biggest gains within the Top Ten, with searches for flights to Bangkok moving up a massive six places to number four. This is the highest ever position for the Thai capital and a record position for any long haul destination. It seems that the civil unrest earlier this year has done little to impact Thailand’s popularity with British travellers, and the destination has particular appeal with another cold UK winter looming

Dublin and Paris also gained positions; the Irish capital moved up four places, and the French capital rose five.

Top 10 Most Popular Cities

1. Tenerife [+1]

2. Malaga [-1]

3. Alicante [0]

4. Bangkok [+6]

5. London [0]

6. New York [-2]

7. Amsterdam [+1]

8. Dublin [+4]

9. Paris [+5]

10. Faro [-1]

Highest Climbers

Flights to Australia continue their rise in popularity, with both Sydney and Melbourne rising five places each. However, it was Riga (+17), Oslo (+13), Bucharest (+15) and Kuala Lumpur (+13) that saw the biggest increase in interest during October.

Biggest Fallers

It seems the party is now over in Ibiza, with searches to the Balearic island dropping 33 places in the popularity charts. Other summer spots also felt the chill of the off season with Crete in Greece falling 30 places, Valencia 19 and Naples 16.

Drop Outs

Greece and Spain saw the only drop outs this month, with Menorca, Reus, Corfu and Rhodes, all disappearing from the 100 most popular destinations.

New Entries

The Far East saw a significant increase in interest with Manila in the Philippines straight in at number 80, Tokyo in at number 89 and Beijing in a 92. Colombo in Sri Lanka also entered the Top 100 at number 94.

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Tune Hotels to welcome 2011 with 2 New Hotels

12 sen promotional rate for all Tune Hotels in Malaysia
Petaling Jaya, 09 November 2010 – To cater to the increasing demands and travel needs from tourists and business travellers, Tune Hotels has opened booking for its 2 new hotels in Bintulu, Sarawak that is slated for opening on 3 January 2011, and Kota Bharu, Kelantan that will open for business on 23 January 2011.
To celebrate the opening of the 2 brand new hotels, Tune Hotels is offering rooms from as low as 12 sen (RM0.12) for its Malaysian hotels; from Rp12,000 for its Bali hotels and from GBP25 for its London hotel.
The low rates are applicable for stay periods from 1 September – 30 November 2011 for all Tune Hotels’ existing hotels. For the new hotel in Bintulu promotional stay periods are from 3 January – 30 November 2011 while for Kota Bharu it is from 23 January – 30 November 2011.
Guests are able to book this low rate from 9 – 20 November 2010 which is available exclusively online on www.tunehotels.com.
Mark Lankester, Group CEO of Tune Hotels, says: “Increasing the number of our hotels reiterates our commitment to increasing our network of hotels to have 100 hotels in major cities globally providing 5-star beds at incredible value and affordability.  The introduction of the 101-room Bintulu hotel and 173 room Kota Bharu hotel will further add value to savvy travelers, both business and tourists alike, who are keen to adopt the pay-as-you-use concept we provide and for us to serve more people in our home of Malaysia.”

“2011 is the start of a great new year for us and our guests. We’ve kept focused on ensuring that we remain true to our guests and deliver great new hotels in great central locations at great prices. Kota Bharu and Bintulu are really exciting for us as one is the first Tune Hotel in Kelantan and the other is our second Tune Hotel in Sarawak.”

The opening of Bintulu and Kota Bharu brings Tune Hotels’ number of operating properties in Malaysia to 9, and 12 globally. Tune Hotels’ existing hotels in Malaysia are located in Kuala Lumpur, KLIA-LCCT Airport, Kota Damansara, Penang, Johor Bahru, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu; Kuta and Legian in Bali, Indonesia and one in London, England.

Since Tune Hotels was first launched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2007, more than 900,000 guests have stayed in one of its properties, currently totalling 10 hotels located in Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, KLIA-LCCT Airport, Penang, Danga Bay, Johor and Kota Damansara in Malaysia, Kuta – Bali and Double Six, Legian - Bali in Indonesia and London in United Kingdom.







      

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Mihin Lanka eyes more destinations with new plane

By Azhar Razak

Sri Lanka’s low cost carrier Mihin Lanka, which currently services five destinations, is planning to add three more destinations, following the lease of a new aircraft expected to come on-board in November 2010. According to a senior official of the firm, Mihin Lanka will commence flights to Male in the Maldives, Dhaka in Bangladesh and Jakarta in Indonesia, commencing from next month.

“We will be getting a new A320 aircraft next month in the form of a dry-lease with Airbus Financial Services. We plan to deploy this aircraft to carry passengers to the three new destinations,” Mihin Lanka director cum CEO Kapila Chandrasena told The Bottom Line.

He says the new aircraft, which could carry about 210 passengers, would fly three frequencies to Dhaka, three frequencies to Jakarta and four frequencies to Male in a week.

“This new addition to our fleet is a welcome move, since of late we have been experiencing heavy demand from customers to fly to more destinations,” Chandrasena said.

He said the carrier was making good progress by utilising its single aircraft in fleet at the optimum level.

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