First GHT Hotels' Photo Contest

It is our pleasure to announce the First GHT Hotels' Photo Contest! We want you to show us how were your holidays, with whom you've been, which sites you've visited, and so on. To do so, you must become a fan of our Facebook page and share a photo with us, the most you like. The photo with the most votes "I like", will be winner, that simple! The prize for the most voted picture is a week in Half Board for two people in any of our hotels! But do not worry if you're not the winner, as we look forward in GHT Hotels to deal with, so we decided to give second and third prize too! These consist of 4 and 2 days respectively in one of our hotels in Half Board. 

Contest's bases after the jump.

Sant Joan Night's with GHT Hotels!

The "Revetlla de Sant Joan", popularly known as "Fire Night", the "Witches Night" or Midsummer in English is a celebration that takes place the night of 23 to 24 June all over Catalans Countries. Its origin is pagan and before the introduction of Christianity coincided with the summer solstice on June 21st. The Dinner consists of the traditional "coca" for dessert, of which there are sweet and savory variations.

GHT Hotels likes to celebrate and we do not want to miss this opportunity to share with you this great party. For this reason, all hotels will serve free "coca" with your first drink and, of course, there will be dance music so that you enjoy the shortest night of the year! In addition, in Hotel Balmes, we have a bit of fireworks in the pool area and dance floor.

In Hotel Xaloc there's neither "coca" or dance, but customers can enjoy from the terrace of the hotel, the fireworks in Platja d'Aro. Certainly a show not to be missed!

Promo video from GHT Hotels

We've just upload the promo video that we showed to our collaborators from travel agencies and web sites during the las meeting at Oasis Park Hotel in Lloret de Mar, reported in the previous post.

Meeting with our collaborators

GHT Hotels organized this past Thursday, June 10th, a meeting at the Oasis Park Hotel in Lloret de Mar with representatives of travel agencies and Internet sites which we work with. 

The purpose of the meeting was to show to our collaborators our improvements for this 2010 season at our hotels. Although it became a unique opportunity to reestablish a face-to-face relationship with our major customers, which is usually via telephone or email. And because of the occasion, we shared our will to continue investing and improving, not only in the field of facilities and services but also invest in a touristic model based on the quality and improvement year after year, rather than lower prices, a common practice today. And why have we decided to bet on this model? Very simply, because we believe this is the right path if we don't want to be trapped in a circle cycle of a general lowering of the level that the client expect to find in our hotels and, as logical consequence, also a deterioration in the quality level of the customers. 

The meeting began with a small appetizer followed by a meal. Before playing an audio-visual which showed, fast and fun, all hotels in the group, Mr. Josep Gibert, Commercial Manager of GHT Hotels, spoke to thank to all representatives, and thereafter, gave the word to Mr. Xavier Espot and Mr Josep Janer, the two managers, which exposed the mentality and position of GHT Hotels in these difficult times for the tourism sector, and the entire world at large, and our strong willingness to keep investing and improving our products in order to survive in a sector where, for the majority, will be "invest or die." 

The charming and funny moment was starred by "drac" Jordi, our pet, which appeared together with the Oasis Park Hotel entertainment team, which dedicated to all of us a show with music and dance.

Now, we want to share with you with a selection of the best photo shots.

GHT Hotels gets in Social Media

At GHT Hotels we didn't want to hang behind so this season we get in Social Media and Web 2.0. Now we have Facebook fan's page, from GHT Hotels and from each hotel separately where you can comment, upload your photos and receive special and unique offers. Also we have created a Twitter, to keep you updated with all the latest news and offers, and a Youtube channel, where we will hang promotional videos of our hotels and also, the videos you send  of your holiday with us. 

Mention as well the imminent launch of our new booking engine at GHT Hotels website, and the improvement of the page www.ghthotels.mobi, from which you can now book at our facilities, anywhere you are, through your mobile phone!

Calella - English

Calella, known as the tourist capital of the Costa del Maresme, is characterized by a cosmopolitan and lively city, with a typical Mediterranean climate. The 50 km that separate Calella from Barcelona and Girona, their geographic location, as well as roads, are a key factor for carrying out all sorts of excursions and activities. All these facts become Calella into the perfect tourist destination. 

Calella in figures: 

19,000 people live in Calella. 

8 km2 is the municipality. 

700 years of history has the town of Calella. 

More than 13,000 hotel beds. 

180,000 m2 of golden sandy beach. 

3 km of beach. 

250,000 people decide to spend their holidays every year in Calella. 

Festivals and events: 

Aplec de la Sardana - First weekend of June. "Sardana" is the typical dance in Catalonia, so the "Aplec de la sardana" is a meeting where people from all around Catalonia meet and dance in the Manuel Puigvert promenade, under the shadows of centenary trees.

Renaissance Calella - June. A large craft market is combined with entertainment, animation in the street, music, food tasting and activities for children. 

Folk International Conference - First half of September. Cultural diversity music, dance, crafts, and other examples of traditional folk art invites the people to participate and enjoy the spectacular quality of the companies and groups involved. 

Major Festivals - Calella Celebrates Two Major Festivals, Sant Quirze and Santa Julita (patterns of the city) and the Minerva Festival. The pattern festival, in June 16, is also known as the small party. People go out to the streets for dinner and there are various events by the entities of Calella. The Festa Major de la Minerva, 23 September, is the great party. You can find everything: the opening speech, the meeting of giants, the dance of the "pubilla" (like the Miss), barracks youth, concerts ... 

Fira de l'Alt Maresme - Late September. In the shade of the plane ride centenarians Manuel Puigvert family can enjoy for a few days of the Fira de Calella i l'Alt Maresme. Traditions and handicrafts from all over Catalonia to reach around the world. A a must for lovers of tradition and a unique opportunity to fill the pantry with quality products.

Challenge - October 3, 2010. International triathlon test. Distance: 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.2 km attends course on foot (marathon). In mid-May there is the Half Challenge, where triathletes can train by half the distances from the Challenge. 

Oktoberfest Calella - 3 first weeks of October. The average consumption during the three weeks is over 40,000 liters. You can also sample the excellent German cuisine as bratwurst, schnitzel and the kartoffelsalat among others.

Our Hotels in Calella