Prestige Resorts & Destinations Doubles Its Size With New Partner

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Prestige Resorts & Destinations, Ltd. has more than doubled its presence with the recent partnership formed with Prestige Hotels of the World by Keytel (PHW), a Spanish based company.

With this new partnership, Prestige Resorts & Destinations adds significantly more strategic international sales offices in Europe and Asia as well as the US, thus providing major increased sales opportunities for its member hotels and destination management companies. As a result, there are now 150 upscale four and five star/diamond properties between the two companies that are part of the Prestige Resorts & Destinations' portfolio.

According to Prestige Resorts & Destinations founder, President & CEO Blair McKeever, "Through our new partnership with Prestige Hotels of the World by Keytel, we are able to offer individual reservations through the GDS and CRS. Couple this new sales component with our group sales, which have been a staple of our 25 years in business, and we stand ahead of all our key competitors.  This is a significant enhancement that benefits all our member hotels and destination management companies."

"We are very pleased with this new partnership we have formed with Prestige Resorts & Destinations," said Jose Maria Vila, Keytel Managing Director.  "This move is great for both companies and will help us obtain additional business, especially from the US."

About Prestige Resorts & Destinations, Ltd.

Prestige Resorts & Destinations, Ltd. is a comprehensive portfolio of distinctive high quality resorts around the globe and 25 proven global destination management companies servicing the needs of the meeting and incentive market around the world. Headquartered in the Minneapolis area, Prestige has taken the guesswork out of the site selection process. The in-depth product knowledge of its team allows Prestige to help planners realize truly unique events in outstanding destinations. For more information on Prestige Resorts & Destinations, Ltd. visit www.prestigeresorts.com.

About Prestige Hotels of the World by Keytel

Prestige Hotels of the World by Keytel is the first Spanish brand of upscale hotels worldwide whose mission is to transmit values of exclusivity and service excellence that prevail in each of the partner hotels, allowing guests to feel their stays are unique.  Currently, PHW has a portfolio of 108 hotels all over the world.  For more information on Prestige Hotels of the World by Keytel, visit www.prestigehw.com.

Keytel is a Spanish hotel representative, which was set up in 1973. From its headquarters in Barcelona and Madrid, it provides exclusive marketing and distribution services to the nearly 1,700 hotels it represents worldwide.

Keytel is part of the Hotusa Group, a vibrant organization composed of a large number of companies related to the most diverse areas of tourism. Housed within it, is the chain of independent hotels Hotusa Hotelsand Elysees West Hotels, the tour operator Restel, the technological company IGM Web, the management and online booking website Hotelius.com and a hotel management division, currently composed of more than 100 establishments, of which 60 are part of the Eurostars Hotels chain.

SOURCE Prestige Resorts & Destinations, Ltd.