Luxury by TTN
Consider yourself invited
Famous Savoy hotel seeks travel agents support to market the property worldwide
AGENTS from the Middle East are invited to visit the world-famous hotel Savoy in London. “I’ve just bid farewell to a group of travel agents from Bahrain,” Kiaran MacDonald, managing director of the Fairmont-managed property, tells TTN. “For me, it’s all about partnering with the travel agent world and getting them to come over and experience what the Savoy has to offer. There’s a complete open door to facilitating familiarisation trips.”
Since undergoing a major $350 million refurbishment, the most ambitious hotel restoration in British history, the all-new Savoy opened its doors four years ago in 2010. It was Prince Charles who declared The Savoy officially reopened on November 2, in the presence of the hotel’s part owner, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin AbdulAziz Alsaud and his wife Princess Amira.“The Savoy was the first hotel to introduce butler service,” reveals the hotel’s managing director. It’s no wonder then, that the UAE’s national airline Etihad Airways chose the Savoy to train its first batch of butlers. “When it was first opened 125 years ago, The Savoy was regarded as the most luxurious hotel in the world. We’re so proud of the property’s history but the foundation of The Savoy really is luxury,” says he.