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Best wishes for a successful 2008 from
The Apartment Service
Special Focus
Recently the well respected business travel publication TTG Business announced the Top 100 most influential people in business travel. The Managing Director of The Apartment Service, Mr. Charles McCrow has been named as most influential in the serviced apartment sector.
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Charles McCrow heads the TTG Power List in the Serviced Apartments sector
Charles McCrow, Managing Director of The Apartment Service has been awarded first place in the Serviced Apartment Sector of the Power List of the ‘Most Influential People in Business Travel’ today.
The Power List is an initiative of the highly respected publication, TTG Business and was voted for by a wide range of industry experts from their readership.
Charles McCrow has been involved in the serviced apartment sector since its origins in the UK and, over time, has continually worked to increase awareness of serviced apartments as a viable hotel alternative and has been instrumental in introducing new initiatives into the sector.
The Apartment Service, under his direction, has gone from strength to strength over the years. Originally, solely a booking agent for serviced apartments, he introduced Executive Roomspace to the UK market in 1997, the first brand in short term corporate housing in fully furnished serviced apartments.
Executive Roomspace proved to be a growing success story and in 2002, Roomspace Serviced Apartments was launched for corporate housing stays of one week or more in key locations in London and other cities in the UK. The brand is now expanding into Europe with the first location recently opened in Lisbon. Several new locations are planned for next year.
Charles McCrow is a passionate advocate of an industry grading system, starting firstly with sponsoring a serviced apartments section in the 1990’s in Egon Ronay’s ‘Hotel & Restaurant Guides’ and then, latterly, as a founder member of the Association for Serviced Apartment Providers in the grading system initiative set up by Quality in Tourism from Visit Britain.
With his many years experience in the serviced apartment sector, McCrow knows that it is vital to keep on top of changing client demands and is constantly developing the services offered by The Apartment Service.
In 2005, Roomspace Solutions was introduced, to offer a bespoke short term housing solution for corporate clients and, in 2008, this will be followed by CAS (Complete Accommodation Solutions), specifically aimed at extended stays in mainland Europe.
In the first quarter of 2008 The Apartment Service will launch its new web service which has been developed from the ground up to offer end-to-end
Later in 2008 the consolidation of serviced apartment product onto the major Global Distribution Systems (Galileo, Amadeus etc.) via their website will be another landmark step for the sector.
All these initiatives, coupled with a 26 year record of successfully running The Apartment Service, make Charles McCrow a well deserved leader on the TTG Power List.
For further information please contact:
Mike Stapley
Sales Manager – The Apartment Service
Phone: +44-(0)20-89441444 – ext 278
Mobile: +44-(0)7950-819882
About The Apartment Service:
The Apartment Service, founded in 1981, is the largest booking agent for serviced apartments in Europe, offering more than 1000 apartment locations worldwide for stays of one night, one week, one month or even a year.
Awarded Best Serviced Accommodation Provider 2007 - Buying Business Travel Magazine
Members of: HBAA, ITM, ARP, ASAP, CHPA
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To ALL our apartment managers: If you want your apartments to feature in one of the next issues of our news letter, please email Bard Vos to discuss the terms and conditions.
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For more information and availability on any apartments please call reservations +44 (0)20 8944 1444 or visit our website.
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News in January:
EUROPE
* The Apartment Service is already taking enquiries for Santos River Apartments, our new block of 14 fully furnished and serviced studio, one bedroom and two bedroom apartments in the centre of Lisbon. For more information please visit the website.
Citadines Apart’hotels has unveiled its redesigned and refurbished serviced apartments at the London Barbican property in Goswell Road.
The residencies include 120 studio apartments (for up to two guests) and nine one-bedroom flats (for up to four guests). Studios are available with either a Murphy wallbed which folds neatly up into the wall to create a living space, or a sofa bed, while the two-room apartments have a conventional double bed and a sofa bed in the sitting room.
All the apartments come with free wired broadband internet access, telephone, LCD TV with DVD, iron/ironing board, alarm clock, bed linen, heating, stereo system, safe, bathrooms with towels, toiletries, hairdryer and shower-baths, and kitchenettes are equipped with a dishwasher, microwave, electric kettle or coffee maker, fridge and two-ring hob.
Facilities at the Apart’hotel include a breakfast lounge offering a Continental breakfast buffet (7-10am weekdays and 8-10.30am weekends), 24-hour reception, relaxation zone with LCD TV, and business zone with free wifi. Weekly cleaning is included in the room price, or guests can pay extra for a more frequent service.
A spokeswoman said: “At Citadines Barbican guests have similar services to a hotel but they can also enjoy the privacy they get in their own apartment.”
Prices for Citadines Barbican studios start from £118 per night for one to six nights, £106 for seven to 29 nights and from £80 for stays over 30 days (if you stay more than 28 days VAT is waived). One-bedroom residencies on the same basis cost from £172, £153 and £141.
* Palazzo al Velabro in Rome offers a 10% discount for stays during January and February, when booked via The Apartment Service. Call us on +44-(0)20-89441444
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ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
Reducing Carbon by Using Serviced Apartments Instead of Hotels
Until relatively recently very few people were concerned about planetary heating and climate change. How things have got changed! Now environmental issues are at the head of the political docket with politicians like Saint David Cameron devising well publicised trips to Antarctic Continent to raise consciousness of the jobs we face.
Today it is not just eco warriors and 'tree huggers' who worry about the hereafter of our planet. We are all affected by the harm we are doing and the demand to cut down on pollution.
Business traveling is one illustration of the manner in which we are detrimental the environment. However, cutting down on trips is not always a realistic solution. So how can you make a difference whilst still fulfilling your concern objectives?
One option is to travel less by staying longer when you do have got to go away. Staying in a serviced flat instead of in a hotel is a good manner of doing this.
Since serviced flats be given to be around 25% less than a hotel room you will be able to afford to pass longer in one place.
It is not just the cost of the suite themselves which is lower. Unlike when you remain in a hotel, you make not have got to eat out every eventide or pay to acquire your wash done. Instead you can cook in the comfortableness of your ain kitchen and clean your clothing in your ain lavation machine.
This agency that you can carry on your concern in one trip rather than having to maintain flying back to a peculiar destination. Given that the air power industry currently lends around 2% of human race C emissions, cutting down on the amount that you wing is an obvious manner to cut down your C footprint.
You can also remain for longer in one topographic point if you choose for a serviced flat rather than a hotel because you will be more than comfy there. After all, serviced flats are designed to be a traveler's place from home. They offer more than privateness and space than a hotel room and can be used for meetings and interviews without the demand to book further rooms.
Staying in a serviced apartment rather than a hotel can assist you to make your spot for the environment as well as for your business.
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Executive Roomspace/Roomspace Serviced Apartments Availability Update:
The newest locations for Roomspace Serviced Apartments..........
Watling Street, London EC4
A newly refurbished development with one - and two bedroom apartments, in a great location with shops and restaurants just a stone´s throw away. The nearest underground station is Mansion House, 2 minutes walk for the Circle and District Lines, or Bank to gain access to the Central Line.
These apartments are available now. Rates start from £880 per week.
All apartments are fully furnished and equipped to the highest standards with all modern conveniences. The rate quoted includes all utility bills, apart from telephone calls. A once a week cleaning service is included.
To enquire about these, or any of the other apartments offered by The Apartment Service, please phone our reservations team on 020-89441444 , or send us an email. Or you can visit our website.
Roomspace Serviced Apartments, minimum stay: 7 nights, offers the following locations for your accommodation needs: Birmingham, Brighton, Croydon, Epsom, Farnborough, Guildford, Leatherhead, London City, London Docklands, Southampton, Wimbledon.
Special January availability in the following locations:
Hillview Apartments - Dorking: one bedroom apartments from £660 per week and two bedroom apartments from £790 per week
Royal Swan Quarter - Leatherhead: one bedroom apartments from £660 per week and two bedroom apartments from £850 per week
Regents Court - Kingston: one bedroom apartments from £605 per week and two bedroom apartments from £730 per week
Clarendon House - Kingston: one bedroom apartments from £725 per week and two bedroom apartments from £870 per week
Executive Roomspace, with minimum stays of 1 month is available in a wide selection of locations. More information on them can be found on our website www.roomspace.com. Special January availability in Reading. Please visit ERS-Minster Court
All rates quoted are per apartment per week and inclusive of all bills (excluding telephone and VAT) and a weekly service clean. And of course, all our apartments are fully furnished and equipped to the highest standard.
Please call +44 (0) 20 8944 1444 for more information or send an email to Tracy Barlow, Reservations Manager.
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London, SW19 4DT
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