International journalists attending the AsiaPacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) 2010 were given a 'preview' tour of Crown Metropol on March 1. Metropol is Crown's third hotel and officially opens on April 21. Features include 658 rooms and suites, The Club Lounge, four meeting rooms and Maze by Gordon Ramsay. One of the highlights of the new property is Isika Day Spa and Urban Retreat. A full story on the new Crown Metropol will appear in the Victoria feature in TRAVELinc's April issue. 

Showing some of the journalists around (and pictured on the edge of the Infinity Pool at isaka on level 27) Tanya Pellegrini, associate director of sales - travel and leisure Crown; Shaun D'Cruz, rooms division manager, Crown Metropol; Tracey Kennedy, associate director of sales - corporate and consortia Crown.