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Renaissance Goa, has been rebranded the Ramada Caravela
Beach Resort. Explaining reasons behind the change,
Poonam Bijlani, director sales and marketing, Ramada
Caravela Beach Resort said, “Advani Hotels Resorts
(India) Ltd found the need to rebrand the Goa property
because the Renaissance brand is mainly associated with
business properties. The Ramada brand of hotels suited
us better as they have a number of resort properties,
thus making it an easier positioning exercise. It was
a conscious decision to stay with the Marriott family
as we wanted to continue as their franchisee.”
According to sources, the understanding with Renaissance
was discontinued as the brand managers were getting
too stringent with their norms and because Renaissance
requires part ownership, which did not go well with
the owners who wanted to keep the management in-house.
The Ramada was chosen because it is a more flexible
brand and more importantly because it is open to a pure
franchise agreement. Says Bijlani, “The resort’s
new name is expected to capitalise on its beach front
location. Besides, the Ramada brand is more known in
the UK (60 properties) and Germany (50 hotels), the
two countries from which Goa has received the maximum
number of tourists.”
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Qatar
Duty Free is offering a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be
a millionaire with a special 1,000,000 QR cash raffle
at Doha International Airport. On spending 450 QR (Qatari
Riyals), the next time one flies via the Doha International
Airport, you stand a chance to be a millionaire overnight.
However, there are just a limited number of tickets per
draw. This promotion will continue till all 3,000 tickets
are sold. Revealed Akbar Al Baker, CEO, Qatar Duty Free,
“This exciting cash promotion underscores the fact
that Qatar Duty Free has become the next big thing in
Middle-East duty free shopping. Also underscoring Qatar
Duty Free’s success of continually improving the
duty free experience of its customers is its new arrivals
boutique at Doha International Airport. Anyone who purchases
more than QR 500 worth of duty free on any of our flights,
automatically goes into the draw to win a new BMW.”
Said Krishna Kumari, assistant general manager, Qatar
Duty Free, “This is the first time a Qatari company
is giving out a million QR. The other promotion would
include winning a Zet4 car, where Qatar is the only region
in the Middle-East to possess this car.” 
Udaivilas,
the Oberoi Hotels and Resorts luxury resort in Udaipur,
was ranked amongst ‘the 50 coolest new hotels in
the world by Conde’ Nast Traveller. Udaivilas is
the only resort from India to have been selected in this
prestigious category of ‘Hot List 2003’. The
Conde’ Nast Traveller Awards are ranked as one of
the most esteemed accolades in the world of travel and
hospitality. The award, based on an extensive travel poll
conducted with industry professionals and representatives
across the world, takes into account various parameters
offered by a hotel. 
