DESTINATION INSPIRED ECLAIRS

On National Chocolate Éclair Day (June 22), Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts launched its first-ever global éclair program in partnership with award-winning Pastry Chef Johnny Iuzzini. As part of the brand’s new culinary initiative, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts worldwide invite guests to indulge in a variety of modern twists on the chic Parisian treat, including both classic flavours as well as unique creations inspired by the destination. As part of the programme, Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa offers modern takes on three signature éclair recipes – coffee, chocolate and vanilla – as well as locally inspired flavours.

To commemorate the launch of Le Méridien éclairs, Le Méridien hotels globally are hosting on-property events, programs and special offerings highlighting the delectable French treat, from do-it-yourself (DIY) tutorials with on-property Pastry Chefs to regular éclair hours for guests to sample seasonal creations. 
 

CHRISTMAS & LATITUDES

Our entire hotel team is proud to present our innovative Christmas theme: this year, we are taking you around the world for the end-of-year festivities!

Our Christmas brochure is live:

A FEAST OF FOOD

Festa Fridays at Le Méridien St Julians hotel & spa
Il-Pjazza outdoor restaurant opens its doors to a typical Maltese summer next week.

On Friday 8th of June, il-Pjazza – Le Méridien’s outdoor restaurant will officially open for the summer season and will once again celebrate the colourful ways of wining and dining in Malta with the come-back of its popular "FESTA FRIDAY". Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa in Balluta Bay invites his summer clientele to lay back in a typical set-up inspired by the Festa atmosphere that sprinkles the island throughout the summer months.  

The name "il-Pjazza" was born quite naturally when the hotel launched this original venue last year. What better term could describe a typical gathering, at the heart of the village feasts in Malta?
Il-Pjazza is located on a wide terrace of the hotel’s premises (level 1) and opens every Friday for this much-awaited FESTA that is a delight for both Maltese patrons, who get the chance to indulge in each and every one of their favourite dishes, and for overseas visitors who can unveil the many culinary secrets of Malta’s cuisine all in one go.    

ASSOCIATE FUNDRAISING FOR UNICEF

In support of Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ 5^th annual associate fundraising campaign Road to Awareness, Le Méridien St Julians is organising a fun Car Wash and Car Boot Sale on Saturday 2^nd June, in the outdoor parking in front of the hotel’s reception.

This year’s ‘Road to Awareness’ campaign raises money for UNICEF’s Early Childhood Care and Education programme in Ethiopia. The aim of the project is to provide the most disadvantaged children in rural communities with pre-primary education so they are better prepared to start going to school. Indeed, in Ethiopia, over 80% of the population live in rural communities and many children have to survive on less than US$1 a day. A lack of education and no access to pre-school is seen as one of the key barriers to a child not being able to reach their full potential and escape a life of poverty.

The money raised through Starwood’s ‘Road to Awareness’ campaign - which includes local fundraising initiatives across hotels in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as well as an annual fundraising bike ride - will help tackle this by giving thousands of the most vulnerable children in Ethiopia access to pre-school and the chance of a brighter future. Starwood’s support will contribute to the construction of 10 pre-schools, provide pre-school education to up to 50,000 children aged six and enable UNICEF to train 10,000 young instructors to aide their learning.

Health & Safety Week

As in previous years, Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa in Balluta Bay has organised a very successful Health & Safety week, with an array of interesting related activities spread out between the 10th and the 15th of October 2011.
The Health & Safety committee of the hotel, led by Health & Safety Manager Joseph Zammit, has once again come up with great initiatives primarily aimed at offering a safer workplace to the hotel’s employees. This series of events is strongly encouraged by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, the mother company of Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa. During the week, talks on various themes were organised: manual food handling, health & safety at the workplace, the importance of recycling waste, etc. Workshops for Le Méridien associates were also put together to present subjects such as food handler’s training and HACCP training.

Mr. Joseph Zammit, Health & Safety Manager at Le Méridien (second from the left)
during blood donation campaign with Le Méridien associates.

“It was a very rewarding and eventful week” states Joseph Zammit who instigated the full organisation of the week. “We had a great turn-out to most of the events and an even better feed-back! After a couple of years of hard work to get everyone involved, mentalities have changed and we can now witness a true interest from both our staff and our local community”.

"In Living Color" by Bruce Bingham

Artist Bruce Bingham will be exhibiting her oil paintings at Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa at the beginning of June.

In the past, artist Bruce Bingham has lived in Latvia, France and Spain and now resides on our beautiful island of Malta. She has travelled extensively and visited over 15 countries. While enjoying travel, she also finds great pleasure in picking oranges and lemons from her garden to compose a still life.

Page Turner, oil on canvas, 8 x 10''

Maltese hospitality all the way to Sweden

Stockholm, the most populated area in Scandinavia and home to around 22% of Sweden’s entire population, embraced the arrival of a Maltese delegation on Tuesday 25th of January 2011. Representatives of MTA Scandinavia, InterTravel (Destination Management Company), Starwood Global Sales Offices and Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa, gathered at the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel to proudly host their main contacts and potential customers amongst Sweden’s Professional Conference Organizers.

The project had been in the pipeline of Le Méridien St Julian’s business plan for the last couple of weeks. James Drury, Group Sales Manager, and Reuben Grixti, Executive Head Chef, actively worked at organizing the event prior to flying out to Sweden a couple of days before this much awaited evening. “This wouldn’t have been possible without the precious help of InterTravel and MTA, and without the professional commitment of Britt-Marie Skog, the Account Director of Starwood Global Sales Offices in Scandinavia.”, explains James Drury. “We were on a shared mission, not only to present our property, but also – and mainly – to promote Malta as a preferred and ideal travel destination for the Meeting & Incentive market.”

The organizers of the event with some of the participants

Malta - your island in the Mediterranean

October Wedding Fair in Malta - Video

Celebrating Biodiversity

Le Méridien’s participation to World Tourism Day

 

Le Méridien St Julians will be celebrating World Tourism Day together with Malta Tourism Authority and with the rest of the world, on Monday 27th of September. The World Tourism Organisation and the United Nations have highlighted a great theme this year: “Tourism and Biodiversity”. This theme was chosen in order to bring more awareness towards the conservation of the world’s fragile biodiversity systems in the oceans, on land and in the skies.

Our March HOT deal

Unbeatable rates in March at Le Meridien St Julians Hotel & Spa in Malta!

Call (356) 2311 2111/2000 and mention code LOCALBB to benefit from a Eur37.50 rate per person per night throughout March 2010 (subject to availability)!

See conditions and more great advantages below:

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Or see our Facebook Fan Page for more info.

Searching for the career of a lifetime?

Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa in St Julians is currently recruiting for the services of:

LEISURE SALES MANAGER

 

SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Must be an ITS graduate or have other qualification related with Sales & Marketing. Must have a minimum of 2 years experience in Account Management, Relationship Marketing or Marketing/Strategic Planning. Superior analytical skills and travel Industry experience. Excellent communication and organization skills with a result oriented and customer focus approach to work. Fluent in English and Italian. Proficiency in French or German would be beneficial.

Carnival Photo Buzz Competition

And the winner is....

Firstly, we would like to thank all of you who submitted pictures. They were all so lovely! Our jury, composed of seven Le Meridien associates (men & women) all gave a score to each of our Carnival entries and the winning photo is the one which gathered the most points. It was a close call!!

We are glad to announce that the winner of our Carnival Competition is Isis Engerer's entry with the following picture, which gathered a total of 24 points:

Let's congratulate Mrs. Engerer who won a Le Meridien Sunday Lunch for her family (4 adults + 2 children)! We will be contacting Mrs. Engerer via email in order to present her with her prize voucher! Well done once again! :)

RAMBO VC Commander in Malta

On the 5th, 6th and 7th March, martial artists and movie buffs are in for a treat at Le Meridien St Julians Hotel & Spa in Malta. Indeed, fans of martial arts will have the pleasure of meeting and training with Grandmaster Stephen M.D. Chang, during the “Martial Arts and Hollywood Secret Stunts” workshops happening throughout the week-end at the 5 star property in St Julians.

Grandmaster Stephen M.D. Chang is one of the top Hollywood martial artists/stunt coordinator/actors gracing the business. He took part in more than eighty-eight movies and TV productions including the award winning ‘Double Happiness’ (1994), 'X-Files' and 'The Legend Continues'. Apart from being a world famous martial artist, his portrayal as the ruthless VC Commander in Rambo alongside Sylvester Stallone is what set Chang in the movie industry.

It's never been easier!

First meeting portal for local venue

This morning, Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa launched its new conference and meetings portal at www.lemeridienmalta.com/meetings.

The portal is an initiative of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, in co-operation with web developers WebCanada Inc. Not only is it now easy for event organisers to access all the information they need related to conferences and meetings in a single location, but it also allows Starwood and its hotels to gain exposure on search engines by working on search engine optimisation with meeting and conference related keywords.

Love is attentive to details...

... so are we!

Will you be my Valentine?

Celebrate your love at Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa and let Romance begin...

Your Valentine Package:

Arrive hand in hand at Le Méridien Malta any time between the 8th and the 14th of February and share the excitement of a fantastic getaway on the romantic Islands of Malta.

• Minimum 2 night stay (double occupancy)
• Sumptuous Buffet Breakfast included
• Amazing Valentine Buffet Dinner on Sunday 14th of February*
• Sparkling wine in the room upon arrival
• Duo Spa Treatments available (at an extra charge)
• Stay in bed: check-out at 4pm (upon availability)

Your Valentine Package start from only €126.00 per night in a Classic Room

RESERVE NOW

*If you select a stay which does not include the 14th of February, no alternative, refund or compensation will be given in exchange of the official Valentine Dinner.

Celebrities at Le Meridien St Julians

Left: Mr. Alexis Callus, Sales Manager
Right: Mr. Christian Panucci, Parma FC international, Defender.

Left: Mr. Al Bano Carrisi, Italian Singer
Right: Mrs. Angela Saliba, Hotel Manager

Left: Mr. Michael Shannon, Former Hotel Manager
Right: Mr. Bryan Adams, Singer

Middle: Mr. Alessandro Del Pierro, Juventus - together with LMSJ Food & Beverage Associates

Middle: Gigi D'Agostino, DJ, with LMSJ associates

Parma Football Team at Le Meridien

Holds training camp and wins Christmas Cup

Italian Serie A football team Parma were on an eight-day training camp, staying at Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa from December 28, and celebrated the start of the New Year in Malta.

The full squad was led by club president Tommaso Ghirardi, team manager Alessandro Melli and coach Francesco Guidolin. It included former strikers Nicola Amoruso and Valeri Bojinov, defenders Christian Panucci and Paolo Castellini, and goalkeeper Antonio Mirante.

Meetings with a twist

This little extra something that makes the difference...

Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa is offering a holistic package to those organising their meetings at the LMSJ Conference Center.


Among the facilities for these "meetings with a twist" are:

• use of a fully equipped amphitheatre
• large exhibition area where stands can be erected for promotional purposes
• interactive whiteboard in the boardroom
• wi-fi enabled meeting space for up to 300 users
• upgraded coffee breaks with fruit smoothies and healthy eating ingredients, including cereal bars.

Like a smell of Cinnamon...

December vibe by Alexis Callus

Malta is a wonderful island to discover. Every month offers a number of events or public activities which bring you closer to the people and the culture of this 7,000 year old land.

December is no exception. The main island of Malta is full of activities that start around the 6th of the month and lead up to the Annunciation Public Holiday of the 8th. The baroque city of Bormla hosts the spectacular feast in honour of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. Colours, fireworks and bands together with highly decorated houses and streets welcome both locals and tourists alike to these few days of both religious and cultural celebration.