Epoque Hotels News

September 28, 2006

Tuesday 3rd October at 7.30pm:
Put the date in your diary now, as if you’ve never tried the exquisite wines from one of New Zealand’s newest and most exciting winemakers, Mahi, then you’re in for a real treat with this event!

The wine selection includes a Chardonnay, a Pinot Noir and the famous Mahi Sauvingon Blanc Francis Vineyard 2006 – known for eliciting the response “Forget about Cloudy Bay, all hail Mahi” from certain wine critics. Alongside the wine quaffing guests will be treated to an extravaganza of a four-course dinner cooked up by The Zetter’s head chef, Diego Jacquet.

More about Mahi:
Mahi started in 2001 when winemaker Brian Bicknell decided to create a label that honored the grape growers of Marlborough, New Zealand. After seeing a number of good growers that were not being recognized for their expertise, Brian became passionate about expressing the work that was being put into these single vineyards, and by using simple winemaking techniques, his goal is to produce "true" wines that show the dynamics of the individual vineyards as clearly as possible.

Brian has worked as Winemaker at Seresin Estate for nine years and continues to do so. He was also Chief Winemaker at Vina Errazuriz in Chile, as well as completing vintages in Bordeaux and Hungary. All the fruit for the Mahi wines is low-cropped, handpicked, hand-sorted then handled gently throughout the winemaking process, using simple and traditional techniques, including whole-cluster pressing and indigenous ferments.
 

Date: Tuesday 3rd October 2006

Time: 7.30pm

Place: St John's Square, 86-88 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1

Cost: £60.00 per person

To book: Phone 020 7324 4455 quoting "Mahi"
 

Payment is made at the time of booking and tickets are non-refundable. An optional 12.5% service charge will be added to your bill. NB: please advise us of any dietary requirements in advance of booking so we can let you know if they can be accommodated.

For more information of this hotel in London, click here 

September 28, 2006

 
The prestigious Marie Claire Magazine from South Africa featured the Grand Hotel Central in an article about Barcelona, Spain, in the section dedicated to travel.

To view the full article in pdf format, please click here.
To view more information about Grand Hotel Central and make bookings, please click here.

September 25, 2006

Epoque Hotels was present at this prestigious travel market shows in a trendy stand. Over 390 exhibitors, 1,360 brands, 15,975 visitors and 470 journalists were present at Top Resa, which took place from the 21^st to the 23^rd of September in Deuville, France.

September 21, 2006

For the first time, Epoque Hotels will have a stand in an Asian Trade Show; Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Hong Kong Travel Mart is the most important Trade Show in the whole contintent, equivalent to ILTM Cannes and WTM London.

Click here to visit the official site of the trade show 

September 21, 2006

We have started a new section dedicated to job openings at Epoque Hotels. If you are interested in working in the hospitality industry, in a multiethnic and casual environment in Miami Beach, Florida, please visit Jobs at Epoque Hotels and send us your resume. We will contact you as soon as we have any position available.

September 15, 2006

As part of Epoque Hotels expansion, its cool brand dedicated to trend-setting boutique hotels, Avantgarde, gets its own directory and a new website design  

Epoque Hotels, a global marketing representation company for avant-garde, trendy-chic, and luxury-classic boutique hotels, with more than 250 hotel members, has recently re-launched its Avantgarde Line, dedicated to trendy boutique hotels. The intention is to give the brand more independence from the main brand, Epoque Classic, to cope with the immense growth and success of the company. The re-launch comes with a separate brochure for the Avantgarde brand, as well as a new and striking design of the website: www.avantgardehotels.com.

The primary reason why EH decided to distinguish these modern boutique hotels from their other classic and luxury properties was to focus on their acclaimed concept: style, personality, and innovation. Avantgarde Hotels also present the coolest and most exciting designs, combining colors and shapes that appeal to customers with style and originality.

Since its inception in the market, this cool brand was embraced immediately by travelers looking for a unique and stylish experience. This resulted not only in a good source of business for the hotels included in the collection, but also established the brand in the sector.  In order to build a firm ground to make Avantgarde stand out from its competition, the new brochure will transmit a vision of its own. Over 80 properties will be featured in the 172 pages booklet, which is in the printing phase, which will be available to the public in WTM London 2006.

These trend-setting hotels can be viewed on the website: www.avantgardehotels.com. Among the re-known members in this unique collection it can be found the Hotel Omm - Barcelona,     Ca Pisani Hotel - Venice, The Zetter Hotel - London, Hotel Josef - Prague, The Night Hotel - New York, Design Suites Buenos Aires, Les Suite Taipei, among others.
You are cordially invited to escape into the new trend of hospitality… Rated as one of the top 20 by HOTELS Magazine, Epoque Hotels continues to excel in establishing the most coveted collection of avant-garde, trendy-chic, and luxury-classic boutique hotels. Welcome to a world where boutique hotels will more than exceed your expectations.

For more information or requesting a directory please contact: info@avantgardehotels.com.
 
Or visit us at our two websites: www.avantgardehotels.com www.epoquehotels.com
There is an online version of the brochure that can be downloaded now from: www.avantgardehotels.com/brochure-downloads.php

September 15, 2006

Epoque Hotels have started a strategic alliance with CarTrawler , a car rental technology company offering the international travel trade a new industry standard in the international computerized travel booking and reservation (GDS) marketplace, which will allow Epoque visitors to rent cars in over 6,000 destinations worldwide at the best prices.

In order to check rates or make reservations in this new feature of the website, please click on the left hand side of the screen in each hotel’s page where it says: Car Rental Worldwide with EPOQUE HOTELS.

September 13, 2006

For the second time, on 8 December 2005, the Algarve was voted the “Established Golf Destination of the Year 2006”, having previously won the award in 2000. This title was awarded to the region by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO), gaining preference over such destinations as Andalusia, Arizona, California, Costa Brava, Dubai, France, Valencia, Lisbon and South Africa.

The award – announced during the ceremony of the “2006 IAGTO Award Gala Dinner”, which took place in Las Palmas (Spain) – was the result of a survey carried out amongst 240 golf tour operators from 38 countries, based on criteria such as customer satisfaction, the quality of the courses and accommodation facilities, the professional conduct of the suppliers, value for money and the support of the local tourist industry.

 

For this reason do not miss our Golf packages at our hotels in Algarve.