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TJM Atlantic City adds a third property to its portfolio with the purchase of the 274-room Radisson Philadelphia Northeast. The recently formed hotel management company purchased the Radisson for US$15 million. ?We are expanding and building a varied portfolio that will include individual hotels, branded properties and resorts,
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Omni Hotels & Resorts fully acquires Toronto?s iconic The Omni King Edward Hotel, which dates back to 1903. Omni has been managing and operating the hotel since August 1, 2013. With this transaction, the company will take on the ownership, operations and management of the property. ?The King Edward
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Shanghai has fined a hotel chain for using Disney?s name at five of its properties, state media said, as the city seeks to defend the US entertainment giant before its theme park opening. There were no Mickey Mouse ears on display in media pictures of the Shenzhen-based Vienna
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Travel-related companie? stocks are down after the US State Department issued a global alert for Americans planning to travel following deadly militant attacks in France and Mali, Reuters reported. Hilton Worldwide, Marriott International and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide were down 1.5 percent to two percent. Airlines? shares
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Rezidor President & CEO Wolfgang M. Neumann is visiting Bamako in Mali following the hostage-taking at Radisson Blu. He issued the following statement: ?All of us are devastated by the hostage-taking at the Radisson Blu Hotel Bamako in Mali on Friday, 20th November where 22 of our hotel
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Hilton has revealed that hackers infected some of its point-of-sale computer systems with malware crafted to steal credit card information. Hilton would not disclose whether data was taken, but advised anyone who used payment cards at Hilton Worldwide hotels between November 18 and December 5 of last year
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Russia?s state tourism agency Rostourism is recommending suspending sales of tour packages to Turkey following the downing of a Russian fighter jet in Syria, RIA news agency reported. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recommended against Russians travelling to Turkey for any reason, citing the threat of attacks. ?The
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InterContinental Hotels Group opens the new-build, 271-room?Holiday Inn?New York City-Times Square?hotel. The 35-storey property has 120 king and 151 double-double rooms.
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Starwood debuts its Four Points brand in Algeria, with the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Oran. It marks Starwood?s fourth hotel in Algeria and the third in Oran.
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InterContinental Hotels Group launches the?Holiday Inn Express brand?s BREAKFA-moji keyboard, available for free download via the?iTunes App Store?and?Google Play. The keyboard, said to be a first of its kind for any hotel brand, features 25 ?playful breakfast characters?. Jennifer Gribble, vice president, Holiday Inn
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AccorHotels inaugurates the Pullman Paris Roissy CDG Airport and ibis Styles Roissy CDG Airport hotels in the Paris-Charles de Gaulle hub, Europe?s second-largest and the world?s eighth-largest airport. These openings push the group?s worldwide room count over 500,000. It is planning to open
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British budget airline Easyjet has cancelled all flights to and from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh until next year over security doubts raised by the downing of a Russian jet. ?You will be aware that over the last few weeks, there have been significant issues associated with flying