Make sure you eat lots of candy, and don’t upset the local ghosts and goblins!

Over the last few months, 19 more hotels from around the world have installed ND Press, the world’s leading hotel newspaper service. These service-oriented properties, all listed below, can now provide their guests with the latest edition of their favorite hometown newspaper – printed right on site, using their digital printer.

And with a choice of over 2,010 different publications, every guest will be impressed – and informed.

The new subscribers to ND Press are:

A lot of hotels are also very interested in a paperless option, and providing guests with newspapers on an iPad or other tablet. If you want specific information and a quote on this service, please let us know at hospitality@newspaperdirect.com

If you need more information on ND Press for your property, go to http://hotels.ndpress.com to sign up for a free 10 trial, or contact us at hospitality@newspaperdirect.com.

Have a great Halloween,

NewspaperDirect Concierge

I hope you are enjoying the summer, and for those of you south of the equator, your winter !!

More hotels from around the world have subscribed to ND Press, so they can print newspapers for their guests. These hotels can now print out the latest edition of their guests’ favorite newspapers right on site, using their digital copier/printer.

With  a choice of over 1,900 different publications, you can be sure every guest can be accommodated.

In addition, with ND Press, they can download an edition to a hotel-owned iPad or Android tablet, so their guests can read their favorite newspaper — without paper !

New subscribers to Hotel ND Press include the following prestigious properties:

If you need more information on how to subscribe to Hotel ND Press for your property, go to http://hotels.ndpress.com, or contact us through this blog.

Have a great day,

NewspaperDirect Concierge

We will be exhibiting again this year at HITEC, world’s largest hotel technology show in Austin, Texas from June 20-23, 2011.

We are in booth 621, and will have sample print newspapers and demos of our PressReader app running on iPad and some Android tablets.

Feel free to come over and meet NewspaperDirect’s Richard Miller, VP of Sales & Marketing, and Michael Dunn, Senior Manager, Global Accounts. They can explain how to provide your valued guests with their favorite newspapers – either printed onsite or on iPads that you provide to your guests.

If you need more information on subscribing to Hotel ND Press for your property, go to http://hotels.ndpress.com, or contact us through this blog.

Have a great day and looking forward to seeing you in Texas

NewspaperDirect Concierge

Even though everyone is talking about news on tablets, iPads, Android tablets and the like, there are still many hotel guests that like getting their newspaper printed out on paper.

Over the last few months, more hotels from around the world have subscribed to ND Press so they can print newspapers for their guests. These hotels can now choose a guest’s favorite newspaper and print out the latest edition right on site, using their digital copier/printer.

New subscribers to Hotel ND Press include prestigious properties in Asia, Europe, Middle East and the Americas.  Some are part of leading luxury brands, and some are independents.

Here is the list of these hotels:

Asia & Australia:

•             Sheraton Hsinchu – Taiwan

•             Raffles  – Seychelles

•             Andaman – Malaysia

•             W Hotel Bali – Indonesia

•             Park Hyatt Goa – India

•             Park Hyatt Tokyo- Japan

•             Park Hyatt Baku – Azerbaijan

•             Park Hyatt Seoul – Korea

•             Hayman – Australia

Europe:

•             Shangri-la Paris – France

•             Hotel National – Russia

•             Park Hyatt Moscow – Russia

•             Valbusenda – Spain

•             Club La Santa – Spain

•             Campo Real – Portugal

•             Radisson Blu – Romania

Middle East & Africa:

•             Park Hyatt Jeddah – Saudi Arabia

•             Four Seasons Riyadh – Saudi Arabia

•             Floriana Marsa Alam – Eqypt

•             Royal Mansour – Morocco

•             Polana Serena Hotel – Mozambique

•             Hemingways Resort – Kenya

Americas:

•             Soho Beach Club – USA

•             Ballantyne – USA

•             Sofitel Washington DC – USA

•             Marcus Hotel – USA

•             Mandarin Oriental Boston – USA

•             Montage Deer Valley – USA

•             Ritz-Carlton Bahia Beach – Puerto Rico

•             Four Seasons Nevis – West Indies

•             Conservatoriosa – Panama

•             JW Marriott – Colombia

Anyway, if you need more information on how to subscribe to Hotel ND Press for your property, go to http://hotels.ndpress.com, or contact us through this blog.

Have a great day,

NewspaperDirect Concierge

I am pleased to let you know that the NewspaperDirect network continues to add new titles every month.  With nearly 1,700 newspapers and magazines from 92 countries in 48 languages, you now have more choice than ever to give your valued guests their favorite daily newspaper.

Have a look here to get the latest that we added:

• Australia | Northern Territory News – Career One
• Australia | Sunday Mail – Sunday Magazine
• Brazil | O Diario do Norte do Parana
• Canada | Abitibi Express ouest Rouyn Noranda
• Canada | Abitibi Express Valee de l Or
• Canada | Point de Vue Laurentides Express
• Canada | Point de Vue Saint Agathe
• China | China Daily International Edition
• Estonia | Maakodu
• Estonia | Maaleht
• Estonia | Maaleht – Targu Talita
• Estonia | Maamajandus
• Estonia | Ohtuleht
• Estonia | Ohtuleht – TV Kava
• Estonia | Ohtuleht Print Edition
• Germany | Frankenberger Allgemeine
• Germany | Fritzlar-Homberger Allgemeine
• Germany | Hessische Allgemeine (Kassel-Mitte)
• Germany | Hessische Allgemeine (Kassel-Nord)
• Germany | Hessische Allgemeine (Kassel-Ost)
• Germany | Hessische Allgemeine (Kassel-Sued)
• Germany | Hofgeismarer Allgemeine
• Germany | Melsunger Allgemeine
• Germany | Muendener Allgemeine
• Germany | Northeimer Neueste Nachrichten
• Germany | Rotenburg-Bebraer Allgemeine
• Germany | Schwaelmer Allgemeine
• Germany | Sollinger Allgemeine
• Germany | Waldeckische Allgemeine
• Germany | Witzenhaeuser Allgemeine
• Germany | Wolfhager Allgemeine
• India | DNA Sunday
• Italy | Il Domani
• Latvia | Dienas Bizness – Lietiska Diena
• Malaysia | The Star – Clove
• Malaysia | The Star – Motoring
• Malaysia | The Star – StarBizWeek
• Malaysia | The Star – Sunday Metro
• New Zealand | Manawatu Standard – Property Weekend
• New Zealand | The New Zealand Herald – Canvas
• New Zealand | The Saturday Express
• Norway | Gjengangeren
• Norway | Haugesunds Avis
• Norway | Laagendalsposten
• Norway | Moss Avis
• Norway | Ostlandets Blad
• Norway | Ostlendingen
• Norway | Sandefjords Blad
• Norway | Telen
• Norway | Tonsbergs Blad
• Norway | Varden
• UK | Financial Times Middle East
• USA | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• USA | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunday
• USA | The Tulsa World
• USA | The Tulsa World – Weekend

For a complete list of the publications available through NewspaperDirect’s digital print-on-demand networks, please click here.

Let me know if you have any questions,

The NewspaperDirect Concierge

• Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc.
• Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• Marriott International Inc.
• InterContinental Hotels Group
• Accor
• Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
• Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

If so, we can offer you special preferred pricing for ND Press, our market-leading print-on-demand newspaper service.

Contact us today at: hospitality@newspaperdirect.com to get more information.

We will be showcasing our in-hotel digital newspaper solutions including our new hybrid product combining ND Press (our Print-on-Demand service) with Hotel PressDisplay (our digital reading service), and reading newspapers on the iPad.

The team will be happy to show you how simple it is to offer these services to your guests, so come and visit us at booth 843 from June 22^nd to June 24^th!

We will be pleased to provide your property with free trials of ND Press, Hotel PressDisplay, or both. This will enable you to test our services on-site, and discover how to easily add value to your amenity programs.  With instant access to thousands of regional, national and international titles, our world-leading newspaper solutions enable you to offer your guests personalized service – with that ‘home away from home’ touch!

If you already subscribe to our service, we’d love to chat to you too, so please come and visit us at our booth. We look forward to seeing you!!

Happy New Year and welcome back to the Concierge Blog!  After a bit of a hiatus, we’re pleased to announce that we’re up and blogging once again and very excited to bring you all the latest ND Press and print-on-demand industry news.

Let’s kick it off by taking a quick look back to December where 27 titles were added to NewspaperDirect’s print-on-demand network.  With these publisher additions, ND Press subscribers have the luxury of offering over 1400 newspapers and magazines from 92 countries in 44 languages!

Click around and get familiar with each one!  You never know where your next guest or passenger will be coming from.

• Australia | Benalla Ensign
• Australia | Country News
• Australia | Kyabram Free Press
• Australia | Seymour Telegraph
• Australia | SN Car Weekly
• Australia | SN Weekly
• Australia | The Tatura Guardian
• Australia | The Advertiser – Adelaide Trader
• Australia | The Cobram Courier
• Australia | What’s on Weekly
• Austria | Austrian Times
• Austria | Croatian Times
• Austria | Romanian Times
• Cambodia | Cambodge Soir Hebdo
• Canada | Barry’s Bay
• Canada | Haliburton Echo
• Canada | Kapuskasing Northern Times
• Canada | Le Nord
• Canada | L’Horizon (Kapuskasing)
• Canada | Petrolia Topic
• Canada | The Times (Minden)
• Latvia | Diena
• Latvia | Dienas Bizness
• Malaysia | Utusan Malaysia – Kesihatan
• Turkey | Haberturk
• USA | Las Vegas Review Journal
• USA | Modern Healthcare

Be sure to check back monthly for all the latest titles available on your network.

For a complete list of the 1400+ publications available through the NewspaperDirect network, please click here.

-Michael

With preparations nearly complete, the torch relay in full swing and a general feeling of giddiness resonating throughout the city, reality is quickly setting in!  In just 38 days, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world will descend on beautiful Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia to cheer on the world’s greatest athletes as they compete for gold – for themselves, their families and their countries.

International newspapers will be in high demand as visitors flock to read the latest stories from home.

From the Sydney Games in Australia to those most recently held in Beijing, China, NewspaperDirect has successfully digitally-printed and delivered same day newspaper editions at each Olympics since 2000.  With the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games being held in our own backyard, we’re already set to print and deliver from a choice of over 1,400 different titles – from 92 countries and in 44 languages!

From January 18 through to March 22, 2010, NewspaperDirect will deliver newspapers to both secure and non-secure locations in Vancouver and Whistler, including:

• International Broadcast Centre
• Media Production Centre
• Whistler Media Centre
• Athlete and Media Villages in Vancouver and Whistler
• Hotels in Vancouver and Whistler
• Custom destinations, such as, hosting houses, sponsor venues, etc.

Whether you’re involved in hospitality or transportation or anything in between, contact us at Olympics2010@newspaperdirect.com today to learn how you can add that little something extra to your service.

We can show you how easy it is to get newspapers from around the world in the hands of your country’s athletes, families, fans, visitors and visiting media at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games!

Remember, the world is coming to Canada!

-Michael

Hi everyone and welcome back!

So while Johanie was in Spain for The Leading Hotels of the World IRRR conference, she also had the opportunity to visit a Spain-based Tourism show called Fitur, or Feria International Tourism Trade Fair.

Hosted from January 29 to Febuary 1, 2009, the Fitur conference is the largest show of it’s type, with more than 13,000 exhibiting companies from 170 countries/regions. All in all, this particular show enabled more than 150,000 sector professionals to establish the biggest and most useful network of business and institutional contacts.

The exhibition was primarily attended by hospitality and travel industry companies from Spanish-speaking countries. This was highly beneficial for us because it allowed us to meet and mingle with a large number of individual hotels and hotel groups from Spain and much of Latin America, with the objective of growing our presence in those markets.

Although a “first experience” for NewspaperDirect, Fitur has already proven to be a valuable business opportunity because of the much-needed face-to-face interaction with the Spanish-speaking world — and of course, just like many other hoteliers around the world, our new friends from Fitur were amazed with how our newspaper solutions could benefit their properties.

So the next step? We will definitely be following up with each of the hoteliers we had met at Fitur and working with them to offer daily newspapers to their guests.

Adiós!
Sandeep