Reval Hotels rebrand to Radisson Blu and Park Inn

Linstow, the Norwegian real estate developer for 10 Reval Hotels in the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Russia, announces management agreement with The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide. The agreement between Linstow and Rezidor will come into effect on June 1, 2010 and includes 3 hotels in Riga, 2 hotels in Tallinn, 2 hotels in Vilnius, and 1 hotel in each Kaunas, Klaipeda and St. Petersburg – adding a total of 2,367 rooms to Rezidor’s portfolio. 6 hotels will be rebranded as Radisson Blu and 4 as Park Inn.

• Reval Hotel Latvija in Riga/Latvia (571 rooms) will become a Radisson Blu
• Reval Hotel Elizabete in Riga/Latvia (228 rooms) will become a Radisson Blu
• Reval Hotel Ridzene in Riga/Latvia (95 rooms) will become a Radisson Blu
• Reval Hotel Olümpia in Tallinn/Estonia (390 rooms) will become a Radisson Blu
• Reval Hotel Central in Tallinn/Estonia (245 rooms) will become a Park Inn
• Reval Hotel Lietuva in Vilnius/Lithuania (291 rooms) will become a Radisson Blu
• Reval Inn Vilnius in Vilnius/Lithuania (84) will become a Park Inn
• Reval Hotel Neris in Kaunas/Lithuania (206 rooms) will become a Park Inn
• Reval Inn Klaipeda in Klaipeda/Lithuania (84 rooms) will become a Park Inn
• Reval Hotel Sonya in St Petersburg/Russia (173 rooms) will become a Radisson Blu and be Rezidor’s second property of this brand in town.

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New ELIT Events Baltic website launched

ELIT Events Baltic is Lithuanian Tours Ltd trade mark adopted for sevices provided in MICE sector. ELIT Events Baltic was introduced in 2005 and many successful international projects have been implemented since then.

The new website aims to deliver information about our services and destinations in a most convenient way for our clients and visitors. Here we introduce our destinations, reports on our services as well as our portfolio of events organised in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Find out how we can help you to organize your best event in Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia and do not hesitate to contact us.

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New portal about Vilnius

Vilnius By Night - brand new portal about culture and services in Vilnius. Started a month ago in Lithuanian it has English version already. The portal has nice design and comfortable browsing. All the major sights and culture events are presented. We would wish to have better selection of restaurants but the site is just one month old.
Here you can find what to do in Vilnius and what to see. Call us when you are persuaded to come to Vilnius.

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Better access to Vilnius with Aer Lingus

Irish Aer Lingus connected Dublin and Vilnius this year with flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Starting September 10th Aer Lingus will open route London (Gatvick) - Vilnius.

EI 978 –Tue-Thu-Sat- LGW VNO 17:20 22:05 from 10/09/2009 to 24/10/2009
EI 979 -Tue-Thu-Sat- VNO LGW 22:45 23:35 from 10/09/2009 to 24/10/2009

Starting from October 25th

EI 978 daily LGW VNO 07:00 11:45

EI 979 daily VNO LGW 12:25 13:15

Flight booking online is going on.

Don't miss opportunity to have your great weekend in Lithuania. Please contact Lithuanian Tours to offer you activities and arrange your stay.

Star 1 Airlines - a New Airline Company in Lithuania

New Lithuanian airline company Star 1 Airlines is starting flights from Vilnius to London (Stansted), Dublin and Girona (Barcelona).

The airline will operate 4 weekly flights to London starting from 3rd July, 3 weekly flights to Dublin, from 4th July and 2 weekly flights to Girona (Barcelona) from 5th July.
Ticket sales started on company website.

Lithuania is not closing - update

Lithuanian Hotel and Restaurant Association action on June 11th brought particular success. Chairman of Lithuanian Parlament (Seimas) Mr. Arunas Valinskas met the President of Association Mrs. Evalda Siskauskiene and promissed to pay more attention to tourism development needs including some iniciatives to amend legislation in favor of tourism.
Hotel and restaurant guests were hosted with sparkling wine during the action in most of the establishments. Emploees of restaurants and hotels were explaining the goals of this event and received strong support from their customers.

Hotel Tauras in Palanga (on the picture) created cozy atmosphere for it's guests using candle lights.

Next action is sheduled on June 29th.

Lithuania is not closing

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Don't get scared if you will see this poster in Lithuania at the hotel or restaurant tonight.

Lithuanian Hotel and Restaurant Association is holding protest against tax increase in Lithuania. Tonight from 10PM untill midnight illumination at the hotels and restaurants will be reduced and candle light will be used instead of electricity. The Association announces that 223 entreprises from Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Panevezys, Palanga, Druskininkai and other cities will join the action.

The goal of the activity is to attract National Government attention to dangerous situation in the hospitality sector. The Government is increasing taxes like VAT (from 5% to 19%), real estate and excise taxes while reducing Government investments into Lithuanian tourism marketing. It caused not only reduced numbers of tourists visiting Lithuania (drop expected within 12% and more) but also a danger for many hospitality companies to go bankrupt.

The action will be repeated on June 29th and July 5th.

We support our colleagues but we are also concerned that our clients would not suffer from the activity of our suppliers. We hope that our customers staying at the hotels and dinind at the restaurants will understand that hospitality sector action is not directed against them. We also hope that this surprise will add some extra spice charm while visiting Lithuania.

Probably the Best View from Radisson SAS Tallinn Lounge

Radisson SAS Tallinn Hotel Director of Sales and Marketing Mr Bastian Gaerner has visited our office recently. According his words Radisson SAS Tallinn hotel is one of the top choices for business and leisure travel accommodation in Tallinn. More than that the view from Radisson SAS Tallinn Lounge situated on 24th floor has the best view in the Baltic countries. Our guests enjoy this hotel but there are some other hotels with that outstanding view in Riga and Vilnius.