Globoforce, an
incentive and recognition firm based in Westborough, Mass., has
launched Enterprise Conglomerate, a new online reward and
recognition platform. The product lets multinational companies
manage multiple employee reward and recognition programs from one
central location, while the rewards and gifts are redeemed in the
country where the employees are based.
The Ritz-Carlton, Powerscourt,
County Wicklow, will open in Ireland in October. The
200-room property will have 6,000 square feet of meeting space, two
championship golf courses, a spa with 18 treatment rooms, and a
restaurant run by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.
Rocco Forte Hotels
will manage a new 90-room resort in Marrakesh, Morocco. The
property, to open in December 2009, will include a spa, an 18-hole
golf course, a golf academy and 80 privately owned villas.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Group will manage the new Residences at Playa Manzanillo,
in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica. The 130-room resort will open
in 2009.