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<title>Israel Travel - israel_hotels</title>
<description>Travel &amp; Tourism Information Guide on the Ultimate Experience Vacation in Israel</description>
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<title>Tel Aviv Center Hotel reopened as a new boutique hotel designed to preserve &quot;The White City&quot; architectural style</title>
<link>http://israeltravel.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/06/20/tel-aviv-center-hotel-reopened-as-a-new-boutique-hotel-desig.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Israeli hotel chain &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/&quot; title=&quot;Atlas Hotels&quot;&gt;Atlas Hotels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; officially &lt;span class=&quot;style1&quot;&gt;announces&lt;/span&gt; today the reopening of &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=170&quot; title=&quot;Center Hotel&quot;&gt;Center Hotel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; as a new boutique hotel designed to celebrate the culture, spirit, art, and architecture of the century old city of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Tel Aviv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;. Israeli Minister of Tourism &lt;b&gt;Isaac Herzog&lt;/b&gt;, and Tel Aviv Mayor, &lt;b&gt;Ron Huldai&lt;/b&gt;, were participated in the opening ceremony.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;The&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Center Hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;, located on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Dizengoff Square&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;and opposite the &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=167&quot; title=&quot;Cinema Hotel&quot;&gt;Cinema Hotel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, was converted into a hip, consumer-friendly design hotel. The historic Bauhaus building has been renovated to preserve the special characteristics of &quot;The White City&quot; architectural style. The 56 rooms have been refurbished in an outstanding, unique local art, and have a dash of life style with an historic and cultural connection to the &quot;The White City&quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;In July, 2003, UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, proclaimed &quot;The White City&quot;, the unique urban and historical fabric of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Tel Aviv-Jaffa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;, as a World Cultural Heritage site. By this proclamation, the world recognized the special architectural qualities of the buildings, streets, squares and avenues of Tel Aviv.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://israeltravel.blogspirit.com/images/medium_CenterHotelNewLobby.2.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://israeltravel.blogspirit.com/images/medium_CenterHotelNewLobby.2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;medium_CenterHotelNewLobby.2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.7em 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arpu-up.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext; text-decoration: none&quot;&gt;Sponsored Links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;– &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/extra_links.asp&quot;&gt;Museums and Events in Israel&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/about.asp&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fauziazarinn.com/english/high/overview.asp&quot;&gt;Fauzi Azar Inn in Nazareth&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/tips.asp&quot;&gt;Israel Travel Tips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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<title>Tourist overnights in Israel's hotels rise to record of 2.6 million in first four months of 2006</title>
<link>http://israeltravel.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/06/05/tourist-overnights-in-israel-s-hotels-rise-to-record-of-2-6.html</link>
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<category>Israel Hotels</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;In the first four months of 2006, Tourist overnights in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;'s hotels rise to record of 2.6 million. The upward trend indicates that tourist overnights will reach 9 million by the end of 2006, according to Israel Ministry of Tourism statistics.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Overnight stays of Israelis and tourists reached 5.8 million, 16 per cent more than in the same period in 2005. The number of overnight stays in the country's hotels rose to 1.8 million in the month of April, up 10 per cent from the same period one year ago. 800,000 of these were by foreign tourists, up 38 per cent from April 2005.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Sponsored Links – &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=169&quot;&gt;Jerusalem Ariel Hotel&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/tips.asp&quot;&gt;Israel Travel Tips&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=171&quot;&gt;Eilat Nova Hotel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>Israel hotels chain Atlas announces the reopening of Center hotel as a new boutique hotel</title>
<link>http://israeltravel.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/11/11/israel-hotels-chain-atlas-announces-the-reopening-of-center.html</link>
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<category>Israel Hotels</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Atlas Hotels&lt;/b&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;leading Tel Aviv hotels chain for business and leisure travelers, &lt;span class=&quot;style1&quot;&gt;announces&lt;/span&gt; today the reopening of &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=170&quot; title=&quot;Center Hotel&quot;&gt;Center Hotel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; as a new boutique hotel designed to celebrate the culture, spirit, art, and architecture of the century old city of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Tel Aviv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;. The historic Bauhaus building has been renovated to preserve the special characteristics of the &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;White&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;City&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&quot; architectural style.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;On&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; December 2005&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;, Atlas Hotels will be temporally closing the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=165&quot; title=&quot;Melody Hotel&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Melody Hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;, situated opposite the Hilton Hotel and overlooking the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Mediterranean&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;in order to add an additional 3 floors to the building and to refurbish and upgrade the existing 34 rooms. At the end of the day, the newly designed boutique hotel will have 53 rooms and 2 suites. Atlas hotels hope to re-open the hotel in April 2006. During this period reservations can be made at other Atlas Tel Aviv hotels –&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Basel Hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Tal&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;City Hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Cinema Hotel&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;and Center Hotel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;“After several lean and unproductive years in the Israeli, tourism industry, the time has come to look to the future and invest,” said&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Leslie Adler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Danny Lipman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;, Atlas Hotels CEO’s. “As &lt;span class=&quot;style26&quot;&gt;we expect strong growth in the Israeli travel industry, t&lt;/span&gt;he Atlas Chain, committed to invest money and efforts to execute our ambitious program to improve the quality of Atlas Hotel products and services.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 0in&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il&quot; title=&quot;Atlas Hotels&quot;&gt;Atlas Hotels&lt;/a&gt; is the leading and longest established 3-4 star hotel chain in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;, managing hotels countrywide, in the main cities of Tel Aviv,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Jerusalem&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;and Eilat. Atlas Hotels is ideal for business and leisure travelers looking for private and exclusive first class accommodations. Since the opening of our first hotel in 1968, Atlas Hotels has become one of the largest mid-luxury hotel chains in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;. Today, Atlas consists of 8 hotels, located in 3 most attractive tourist sites. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/about.asp&quot;&gt;Tel Aviv Hotels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=163&quot; title=&quot;Basel Hotel&quot;&gt;Basel Hotel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=295&quot; title=&quot;Tal Hotel&quot;&gt;Tal Hotel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=165&quot; title=&quot;Melody Hotel&quot;&gt;Melody Hotel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=167&quot; title=&quot;Cinema Hotel&quot;&gt;Cinema Hotel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/en/City_hotel_tel_aviv.asp&quot;&gt;City Hotel&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=170&quot; title=&quot;Center Hotel&quot;&gt;Center Hotel&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Jerusalem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=169&quot; title=&quot;Ariel Hotel&quot;&gt;Ariel Hotel&lt;/a&gt;, and Eilat&lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/hotel.asp?hotel_id=171&quot; title=&quot;Nova Hotel&quot;&gt;Nova Hotel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 0in&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arpu-up.com/&quot;&gt;Blog Marketing Ad&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/wi_fi_spots.asp&quot;&gt;Israel Wi-Fi Hotspots&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/tips.asp&quot;&gt;Israel Travel Tips&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlas.co.il/extra_links.asp&quot;&gt;Museums and Events in Israel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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