SENTIDO continues to expand

Eleven more hotels in Thailand, Turkey, Tunisia, Egypt, Montenegro and on Majorca and Rhodes

Oberursel, September 2011 – SENTIDO Hotels & Resorts, the Thomas Cook AG hotel brand, is continuing to expand. Eleven more hotels have now joined the franchise group. From April 2012 onwards they will use the SENTIDO brand and offer the hotel chain’s services. The SENTIDO standards include extended breakfast times, a ‘holiday concierge’ who can arrange an individual holiday programme, relaxing music and atmospheric lighting.

The new hotels can be booked from October 2011 for travel dates from April 2012 onwards. In total, SENTIDO will offer 41 hotels in nine countries next year. Four of the eleven new hotels are located in the booming destination of Turkey, two are in Tunisia and there is one each in Montenegro, Thailand, Egypt, on Majorca and on Rhodes.

SENTIDO managing director Stefanie Berk commented: “As an internationally active company we are very appealing for hotel owners. By joining SENTIDO hoteliers can welcome guests from 14 Thomas Cook source markets. Other franchise services such as quality assurance along with sales and marketing support have convinced our new partners.”

The new hotels:

Turkey:
The SENTIDO Zeynep Golf & Spa, with its own 18-hole golf course, is located
5 km from Belek. The newly-built beach hotel offers 164 double rooms and 14 suites, including eight suites with direct pool access and two honeymoon suites.

Directly alongside is the SENTIDO Zeynep Resort, which features a 50-metre long Olympic swimming pool, an aquapark with water slides and an indoor pool. The spacious family-oriented hotel offers 319 double rooms, four suites, 10 large family rooms, 32 family suites with two bedrooms as well as six villas. For meetings and conferences there are 11 meeting rooms that can also be combined to create larger meeting spaces.

The newly-built SENTIDO Gold Island in Turkler/Alanya lies on a peninsula. The chic beach hotel features 199 double rooms, two suites, a spacious spa, a thalasso pool and an indoor pool.

The adults-only SENTIDO Golden Bay is also located on the beach at Turkler/Alanya. This stylish property offers 74 deluxe rooms, including 50 with jacuzzi.

Tunisia:
The beach hotel SENTIDO Aziza Beach Golf & Spa is located about 3km from Hammamet. The newly-renovated adults-only property is surrounded by three 18-hole golf courses and offers 213 double rooms and five suites. The hotel’s highlights include a spa, where thalasso treatments are possible, as well as an attractive restaurant directly on the beach.

The SENTIDO Rosa Beach Thalasso & Spa is about 7km away from Monastir. This 398-room beach hotel is newly-renovated and features a spa and its own thalasso centre.

Egypt:
The tastefully decorated SENTIDO Reef Oasis Senses with 250 rooms is located in the popular diving region of Sharm el Sheikh. Guests benefit from the hotel’s own stretch of beach where there is a coral reef for snorkelling and diving.

Majorca:
The SENTIDO Punta del Mar lies on a peninsula in the bay of Santa Ponsa, and all rooms and the restaurant have sea-views. The property will be completely renovated before re-opening in April 2012 as a SENTIDO hotel with 242 rooms. For shopping and excursions, the capital, Palma, is just 30 minutes by car from the SENTIDO Punta del Mar.

Rhodes:
The SENTIDO Lindos Bay lies directly at the beach and is about 4km from Lindos. The Lindos Bay offers 192 rooms and a spa that was renovated in 2010, including an attractive indoor pool.


Thailand:
In the popular Thai holiday region of Khao Lak the newly-built five-star beach resort SENTIDO Graceland Khaolak Resort & Spa has also joined up. With 338 rooms and suites, the hotel features an extensive wellness centre and numerous restaurants.

Montenegro:
Situated at the famous Becici beach on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast, the SENTIDO Tara is a four-star property with 220 rooms in the main building and 53 more in a villa complex directly alongside. The rooms are light, have modern furnishings and air-conditioning.


SENTIDO Hotels & Resorts can be booked on the internet portal www.sentidohotels.com or through tour operators such as Thomas Cook.

SENTIDO Hotels & Resorts is an international hotel brand founded in 2009. It unites 30 hotels & resorts in Egypt, Greece, Kenya, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and Cyprus, as well as two cruise ships on the Nile. The hotels are all in the Four-Star-Plus segment and operated under franchise contracts. The concept is aimed toward discerning singles, couples and small families, who, besides quality and service, also value a health-conscious cuisine and wellness facilities along with a wide-ranging sports and entertainment programme.The hotels are offered in all renowned international tour operator programmes. The company is part of the Thomas Cook tourism group. The head office is in Oberursel, near Frankfurt am Main, Germany.