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Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has been appointed by Waterfall Management to manage Rosewood Luang Prabang in Laos, scheduled to open 2017 near the historic city of Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 22-room resort will be designed to ?encourage guests to unwind and become as one with
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Rezidor Hotel Group president & CEO Wolfgang M. Neumann issued the following statement, dated November 29: ?After the terrible attack at the Radisson Blu Hotel Bamako on 20th November, all our focus was on helping the people affected by this tragedy. ?Our dedicated Rezidor Support Team and the hotel owner
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Viceroy Hotel Group appoints Mike Walsh as senior vice president of hotel operations for the Americas North and South America, the Caribbean and Mexico. In his newly created role, Walsh will be utilizing his 30 years of expertise in hotel operations, strategic planning, labour relations, renovation projects, pre-opening processes
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Starwood launches the Westin Soma Bay Golf Resort & Spa in Egypt, expanding its Westin brand in the country. Located at the highest point of the Soma Bay peninsula in Egypt?s Red Sea Riviera, the resort features 166 guestrooms and suites overlooking the Red Sea and desert landscape. Westin
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Ashford Hospitality Prime signs an agreement to acquire the Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, from Marriott International for US$64 million. The 180-room property recently underwent a US$22 million upgrade of its guestrooms and public space, including a new desalination plant and electricity
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InterContinental Hotels Group signs a dual branded hotel development at Heathrow Terminal 4. The Crowne Plaza London ? Heathrow Terminal 4 and Holiday Inn Express London ? Heathrow Terminal 4, will operate under a franchise agreement with Arora Hotels, which will also manage the soon-to-open InterContinental London ? The O2. Due
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Conrad Hotels & Resorts launches?Stay Inspired (1), which it describes as a ?global, brand-wide initiative that marks a cultural shift in hospitality and overhauls the way the brand trains its team members as storytellers of their destinations?. At each one of its 24 global properties,?Conrad?now offers
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Hilton Worldwide?appoints Ronen Nissenbaum as vice president of operations, luxury hotels -Americas. In this newly created position, Nissenbaum has full operational responsibility for all Hilton Worldwide luxury properties within the region including?Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts?and?Conrad Hotels & Resorts. Since June 2014, Nissenbaum served as managing
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Occupancy rates at some Paris hotels have plunged by more than 30 percent in the days since the November 13 attacks, according STR Global, which tracks hotel industry data. Compared with the same dates in 2014, occupancy rates were 39 percent lower last Saturday and 33 percent lower on Sunday,
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The 262-room M?venpick Siam Hotel Pattaya will open on 15 December on Na Jomtien Beach, next to Ocean Marina Yacht Club. ?We have a long and successful track record in Thailand and are firmly committed to the destination in the long term,? said M?venpick Hotels & Resorts
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Best Western Hotels & Resorts debuts in Indonesia?s third largest city, Bandung, with the opening on December 1 of the 193-room Best Western Premier La Grande. ?Indonesia is one of the world?s most exciting emerging markets, and as the country?s third largest city, Bandung is becoming
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Starwood will debut its Sheraton brand in South Australia with the signing of the Sheraton Adelaide. The 160-room Sheraton Adelaide, located at the centre of a mixed-use development in O?Connell Street, is scheduled to open in mid-2019.