http://hsmai-europe.com Minds in motion Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:29:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The HSMAI European Travel Awards is being held for the first time ever on Thursday 5 May next year, according to the weekly letter (in Norwegian) from Ingunn Hofseth, president and CEO, HSMAI Division Europe and Chapter Norway. The event will be taking place in London, but the exact venue ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2010/02/06/preparing-for-hsmai-european-travel-awards/ The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) presented the winners of its 53rd annual Adrian Awards at the New York Marriott Marquis on Monday night. The Adrian Awards honour the top companies and individuals in hospitality, travel and tourism advertising, public relations and web ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2010/02/03/hsmai-honours-travel-marketing-excellence-at-adrian-awards/ Monday night, the global leaders in the world of hospitality assembled in New York for the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Adrian Awards Gala to recognise inspiring best practices in sales and marketing for the hospitality industry. During the black-tie event, TRAVELCLICK®, the leader ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2010/02/02/joie-de-vivre-hospitality-as-2009-emarketer-of-the-year/ In 2009, the group opened 36 hotels and created 4000 jobs, according to a press release. The Rezidor Hotel Group announces yet another record year of openings. In 2009, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide brought 36 hotels, with 7100 rooms into operation across Europe, Middle East and ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2010/02/02/record-year-for-rezidor/ Norwegian passenger and freight line Hurtigruten, sometimes referred to as Norwegian Coastal Express in English, was chosen Travel Marketer of The Year 2009 at the HSMAI Chapter Norway Awards in the Oslo Congress Centre on Thursday 14 January. There were a number of prize winners in totally twelve categories, among whom ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2010/01/22/hurtigruten-travel-marketer-of-the-year/ Starting on 3 May 2010, Air France will begin operating a new service between Paris and Abu Dhabi. Flights will be operated by an A330 seating 219, with 40 seats in Business and 179 in Voyageur (Economy). According to an Air France press release today, Air France will also eventually ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2009/12/23/air-france-to-abu-dhabi/ The last six months have been buzzing with activity over at the HSMAI European division's HQ and, consequently, in the hsmai.eu editorial staff, acting as same for hsmai.no, where activities have been plentiful. As we speak, we're in the middle of preparing the perhaps most important event in the Norwegian ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2009/12/23/merry-christmas/ "We are delighted for our customers that the threat of a Christmas strike has been lifted by the court," British Airways officials say in a Thursday afternoon press release, continuing: "It is a decision that will be welcomed by hundreds of thousands of families in the UK and around the world". According ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2009/12/18/ba-strike-avoided/ KLM Royal Dutch Airlines festively launched its new Economy Comfort zone this week, with a spectacular "gliding act" performed by the magician Ramana at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Ramana's act ties in with KLM's new advertising campaign "Choose Your Personal Kind of Comfort", which features passengers sitting on invisible seats, seemingly ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2009/12/10/klm-economy-comfort-zone/ KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operated its first ever passenger flight powered by sustainable biokerosene this Monday. To give an extra impulse to sustainable air transport, the airline company also joined hands with North Sea Petroleum and Spring Associates to establish the SkyEnergy consortium. "KLM leads the sustainability drive in global aviation. ... http://hsmai-europe.com/2009/11/24/dutch-sustainable-air-transport/