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Luxury hotel group celebrates best ever year
Small Luxury Hotels of the World has revealed that 2013 topped 2012 as its best ever trading year following a 12% rise in revenue to $134 million.
Room nights were up 8% to 369,152.
Sales via travel agents are strong, it said, with revenue through the GDS booking channels up 9%.
The brand, which consists of 520 independently owned hotels, said 2014 had also got off to a good start with a Boxing Day flash sale generating a 37% rise in reservations and a 51% increase in revenue compared with the same week the previous year.
SLH plans to re-launch its website this year to make it easier to book.
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