SUCCESS STORY - SPOTLIGHT ON MR. ALAA AKEL 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF JAZ HOTEL GROUP AND BOARD MEMBER
OF TUNISIA HOSPITALITY GROUP (THG)​

JAZ COLLECTION…THE AWARDS’ COLLECTOR.

Jaz Collection is the hospitality arm of Egypt’s largest travel corporation “Travco Group International”.  Factually, “Jaz Collection” Chain is one of the biggest and premier hotel ownership and management chains in Egypt, currently operating over 50 properties in Egypt. 
Now Travco Group eyes further expansions internationally to further bolster its current presence.

The international “Earth Hour” event organized by the “Worldwide Fund for Nature” encouraging households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change.

Jaz Collection Team Dynamics..!

A successful and energetic day was held in “Cairo Pyramids Hotel” for the Sales & Marketing team of “Jaz Collection” & “Steigenberger hotels & resorts, Egypt”.

“Jaz Makadi Star & Spa” wins the “TUI Holly Award” 2018.
Cairo, Egypt, March, 2018 … The stunning “Jaz Makadi Star & Spa” - Madinat Makadi – Hurghada, have been recently awarded with the “TUI Top Quality” award, the prestigious award for TUI’s best hotels.

Hurghada, Red-sea,2018 … The stunning hotel “Jaz Bluemarine” has been recently awarded with the quality “TUI FAMILY Champion 2018” award. “TUI FAMILY Champion” is a new award presented by the world’s leading Tour operator “TUI” for the best family hotel’s in region. 

In the light of the 2017 business results and 2018 future vision; Jaz Collection and Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts top executives conducted their annual meeting to discuss the company strategies and goals for the promising year ahead.

“Jaz Makadina”, one of “Jaz Collection” hotels is pleased to announce its latest success by taking the first place for being the best hotel in Egypt for recreation with Children organized by Top Hotels

The board of Jaz collection has announced the acquisition of a new hotel management agreement for another two properties; “Jaz Grand Resta” and “Sol Y Mar Reef Resta” at Marsa Alam the very potential vacation spot in magnificent Red Sea shores, Egypt.

As an independent rating platform, each year HolidayCheck.com presents its own awards to the best hotels worldwide.
Again this year, several Jaz collection properties have won the prestigious HolidayCheck Award 2018. 

six stunning Jaz Collection hotels have been recently awarded with the prestigious TUI environmental champion award “TUI Umwelt Award” for the year 2018 presented by “TUI” the German leading tour operator.

Jaz Collection properties are celebrating another great success, as they are starting the year of 2018 with lots of good news, happy customers, and great reviews.

Booking.com, the global leader in connecting travelers with the widest choice of incredible places to stay, is honoring its accommodation partners that consistently deliver great guest experiences with a 2016 Guest Review Award.

“Hamed EL Chaity” the chairman of “Jaz Collection” announced the promotion of “Alaa Akel”, to the Position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jaz Collection Egypt, he will henceforth be overseeing the entire group strategic decisions and developments.

Jaz Collection management threw a party to celebrate the annual franchise convention of the German leading tour operator “TUI” in Egypt.
The gala dinner took place at the main square of Madinat Makadi’s souq, and was attended by 400+ travel experts, who expressed their real admiration of the arrangement of the event, the service, the entertainment and the delicious oriental delights.

 "Madinat Makadi Golf Resort" had been recently awarded as “Egypt’s Best Golf Course 2017” for the 4th consecutive year.
The World Golf Awards is part of World Travel Awards, which serves to celebrate and reward excellence in golf tourism, world class courses and golf destinations.

Four stunning “Jaz Collection” hotels have been recently awarded with the quality “TUI FAMILY Champion 2018” award. “TUI FAMILY Champion” is a new award presented by the world’s leading Tour operator “TUI” for the best family hotels in region.

“Jaz Aquaviva” celebrates a new great success by wining the “Northern Region Hotel -Gold Award” granted by the leading tour operator “TUI UK” for the year 2017.

“Jaz Collection” is glad to announce the implementation of the brilliant “Return Hound” service at its all properties, to facilitate guest experience when it comes to claim and retrieve lost belongings.

As a responsible Hotels chain, Jaz Collection is celebrating the International Tourism Day, as the tourism can contribute to all the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental; it also improves the quality of people’s lives. It can bolster environmental protection, champion diverse cultural heritage, and strengthen peace in the world.

Jaz Collection is the hospitality arm of Egypt’s largest travel corporation “Travco Group International” currently operating over 50 properties in Egypt, Tunisia, and the UAE under the flagship of “Jaz at the Beach”, “Iberotel Hotels & Resorts”, “Sol Y Mar. In addition to “Jaz on the Nile” & “Travcotels” vast cruise ships’ fleet.

As an attempt to draw attention, and raise awareness of the importance of preserving Mother Nature, and its resources, “Jaz collection” arranged a cleanup campaign around the hotels, in cooperation with the operational staff and in house volunteering guests who participated in planting trees, cleaning the surroundings of the resorts, as well as the beaches.

“Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts” the hospitality arm of "Deutsche Hospitality" unveiled the plan of adding “Cairo Pyramids Hotel” to its prestigious portfolio in Egypt.

Deutsche Hospitality is increasing its existence in North Africa, and is set to open a new property, in Tunisia to add to its portfolio. Having only entered the Tunisian market for the first time in April by opening two hotels (Steigenberger and Jaz) in Sousse further to the South, Deutsche Hospitality is now expanding its presence in the country to three hotels in the same year.

Jaz Collection properties celebrates new great success by achieving a record of 12 awards granted by the German leading tour operator “TUI Umwelt”.

The Supervisory Board of Steigenberger Hotels AG has announced the appointment of Thomas Willms as Chief Operating Officer.

Steigenberger hotels and resorts Egypt adds “Taba Hotel & Nelson Village” to its prestigious portfolio in Egypt.
“Taba Hotel & Nelson Village” is now on its way to operate under the umbrella of the leading German hotel chain “Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts”, currently undergoing a major renovation process, once done, the official announcement will follow.

Jaz Aquamarine Resort, Hurghada and Jaz Lamaya Resort, Marsa Alam earned an unrivaled number of votes as the best holiday resorts in Egypt amongst the top travel agents in Poland.

The World's Largest Travel Website “TripAdvisor” gladly announced granting “Makadi Water World” Traveller’s Choice Award 2017.

Jaz Collection Hotels & Resorts did it again, 23 hotels, and 4 a la carte restaurants operating under the umbrella of “Jaz Collection” had been awarded the certificate of excellence from the World's Largest Travel Site “TripAdvisor”.

Hurghada, Egypt, 27th of June 2017. “Jaz Aquamarine Hurghada Resort” had the honor to welcome the famous international football player Captain “Mohamed EL Ninny” with his family to spend a lovely family vacation at their second home.

Cairo, Egypt, 21st June 2017... In the light of delivering a message to the whole society to pay more attention to our unprivileged Children. “Jaz Collection” and “Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts Egypt” arranged their annual charity Iftar on the blessed days of Ramadan by inviting more than hundred orphans from “Mabarrat Al Mara’a” a female orphanage , that looks after unprivileged females.

Sharm El Sheikh, Red Sea, 18^th of June 2017. “Jaz Belvedere” had the honor to welcome the VIP diplomats from all over the world at their home away from home. His Excellency Mr. Florin Nicola, Minister Plenipotentiary, DCM- Political Affairs, and the Ambassador of Romania in Egypt chose to spend an unforgettable family vacation with his family at the luxurious Jaz Belvedere resort.

Sharm El Sheikh, Red Sea, 18^th June 2017. Booking.com, the World's Leading Online Travel website that connects travelers with the widest choice of incredible places to stay, gladly announced granting  “Jaz Belvedere Resort Sharm El Sheikh” the score of (8.9), to be ranked as the 6th best rated hotel on the site out of 150 hotels and resorts.

Sharm El Sheikh 15th June 2017- The eagerly awaited soft opening of Steigenberger ALCAZAR Sharm El Sheikh has finally come to an end. The uniquely secluded hotel on Nabq Bay gives a great sense of serenity with its exceptional design, which has been specifically decorated to take advantage of the one of a kind location in Sharm El Sheikh. The German perfection is instantly encountered with the warmth of Steigenberger ambassadors giving a perfect sense of the Arabian hospitality sealed with German touch. 

Steigenberger hotels & resorts is a chain known for its continuous support for the community and sustainability initiatives in any type or form.

World environment day is a day especially celebrated annualy to know and solve all the environmental issues.. It is being celebrated for years worldwide with lots of creative activities and enthusiasm to bring positive changes in the environment.

Jaz Aquamarine - Hurghada had been granted the “Best All Inclusive Hotel” award, as a result of a guest survey conducted by “L’tur Reisemarkt”.

The Cristal Awards were first instigated to highlight hotels that consistently achieve exceptional levels of health and safety. Awards are given to individual regions, national winners and finally a hotel is selected as the world's safest. An award is also given to the hotel chain that meets consistently high standards across their group and international boundaries.

Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on the environmental issues that the world faces. In 2017, Jaz Collection Resorts celebrated the world Earth day (April 22, 2017) with their esteemed volunteering guests, by planting trees, cleaning the surroundings of the resorts, as well as the beaches.

The Luxurious hotels chain, Jaz Collection is expanding internationally to cover another country in North Africa, Tunisia!

Deutsche Hospitality is expanding its presence in North Africa, and is set to open a new property, in Tunisia to add to its portfolio. The authentic Tunisian culture blends with the superior Steigenberger service at Steigenberger Kantaoui Bay.

Jaz Collection properties are celebrating another great success, and lots of good news, happy customers, and great reviews.

TripAdvisor certificate of Excellence 2016 had been granted to 2 of Jaz Collection properties, TUI SENSIMAR Makadi, and Sol Y Mar Makadi Sun; based on reviews and opinions from millions of travellers.

Booking.com, the global leader in connecting travelers with the widest choice of incredible places to stay, is honoring its accommodation partners that consistently deliver great guest experiences with a 2016 Guest Review Award. Based on over 110 million reviews.

Sol Y Mar Makadi Sun had been rated as one of 100 best ITS hotels worldwide. The ITS Red Star is an award is an award honoring the 100 best and most popular hotels of the ITS portfolio.

Jaz Collection properties have been amongst the top 100 hotels worldwide in the TUI Holly ranking for the year 2016/2017.

TUI SENSIMAR proudly announced that TUI SENSIMAR Makadi hotel was awarded and for the 7th year consecutively

Jaz Collection reopen 2 properties in South Sinai…Jaz Dahabya, Dahab opening on 31 Mrach and Jaz Belvedere, Sharm El Sheikh opening on 6 April.

Extraordinary “Jazzy” Executive Meeting…

Jaz Collection properties are celebrating a great success; as they have started the year 2017 with lots of good news, happy customers, and great reviews.

There are almost 800 million hungry people in a world, degraded soils, polluted water and poisoned fields and meadows are just a few of the facts that demonstrate that changes are needed to our current development strategy.

Jaz Collection Hotels heap Cristal 2016 Awards.

A huge part of what makes us love going to work every day is the smile we see on our guests’ faces. The look of satisfaction when they enter their rooms at check-in. the scream of joy that takes place as they jump in the pool and the happy dances we share with them in our night performances and activities.

26 TripAdvisor Traveller's Choice Awards for Jaz Collection

Tripadvisor celebrates the 14th year of Traveller’s Choice Awards in 2016. And with that, Jaz Collection is celebrating 14 years of consistent success and ambition driven by our desires to fulfil all our guests’ dreams.

We are excited to receive not one, but a list of nine awards for Jaz Collection from Booking.com

As we welcome in 2016 and bid our farewells to last year, we can’t help but look back at all the resolutions we had and hope that we have made them come to life. And our constant resolutions are to keep bringing joy and happiness to all our Jazers and to leave a memorable footprint on the beaches of their lives the way they have ours.

Sensimar Makadi was awarded The Best Sensimar In The World for 2015

This motto is our key when it comes to offering our guests daily amazements. We are exalted and honoured to announce that Sensimar Makadi was awarded The Best Sensimar In The World for 2015. This award means everything to us for the list of hotels & hoteliers around the globe are not only prestigious but also incredibly refined and just as amazing.

Jaz Collection has amazed with a stack of 6 awards wins in the 2016 HolidayCheck Awards

We’ve just kicked off this New Year with a blast. Fireworks that put any party to shame. Jaz Collection has set the bar sky high in the HolidayCheck 2016 Awards. And our resolutions; keep on marching to your rhythms and beats. Always In tune & upbeat. We aim to keep giving you the adventures of a lifetime the Jaz way.

On Top Of the World with the ReviewPro 2015 Awards!

So, with a whole new round of ReviewPro awards, we are honoured to make the list that proves we’re boogying in all the right ways with our Jazers. The March 2015 ReviewPro Top Luxury Hotel & Brand Report is the soprano of success, and what we strive for ‘wave after wave’, because it’s all about what customers, just like you, think about their beautiful Jaz stays and memories. 

There are those who dance and then there are those who are footloose, and our feet are just unstoppable. Jaz Collection has stacked 70 % of TUI HOLLY 2016 awards..