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Sheraton Hotels and Resorts announces the designation of both the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers as Sheraton Grand properties. Both hotels join the brand?s new premier tier of ?exceptional? Sheraton hotels and resorts recognised for their enticing destinations, distinguished designs and excellence in
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Choice Hotels International signs an agreement with franchise partner Pearl Properties, a full service investment real estate company, to develop a Cambria hotel and suites in Philadelphia.?The 206-room Cambria property is expected to open in 2017.
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Wyndham Hotel Group launches its TRYP by Wyndham hotel in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, strengthening its presence in the Caribbean. TRYP by Wyndham Isla Verde is located outside San Juan. Its guestrooms include 40 king-size rooms, 56 double rooms, five family suites, one fitness room, one media room and
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InterContinental?Hotels Group signs a management agreement with Beijing-based development company Ausbao for a new 160-room Crowne Plaza hotel in Sydney?s CBD. Crowne Plaza Sydney Darling Harbour is near the new Sydney International Convention Centre.
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Ritz-Carlton signs two hotels in Asia Pacific – the 187-room Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui in Thailand and the 50-room Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Niseko Village at the base of Mount Niseko-Annupuri, Japan.
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InterContinental Hotels Group opens the EVEN?Hotels?brand?s third hotel and first New York City location. EVEN Hotels, IHG?s newest lifestyle hotel brand, was created with ?wellness at its core?. The brand is designed to ?help travellers?Eat Well, Rest Easy, Keep Active?and?Accomplish More?.
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InterContinental Hotels Group opens the?Hotel Indigo?brand?s third Metro Atlanta area hotel, the 160-room?Hotel Indigo Atlanta-Vinings.
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The 401-room Wyndham Sanya Bay opens in China, marking the first entry of the company?s upscale Wyndham Hotels and Resorts brand to Sanya on Hainan Island. This new addition in Sanya is the latest step in the group?s strategic efforts to expand its namesake Wyndham brand to
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Marriott International opens its M Live Asia Pacific real-time marketing and brand newsroom Command Center in Hong Kong, which becomes the company?s ?epicentre of real-time marketing? to customers in the region. Marriott first unveiled the M Live concept at its US headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, earlier this
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US alternate asset manager Fortress Investment Group, which has pumped in about US$180 million from a new fund into Japan hotel assets, is considering further investments in the sector due to its long-term growth potential, despite a run-up in prices, Reuters reported. Fortress has completed fund-raising
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Starwood issued a statement revealing that the point of sale systems of a limited number of its hotels in?North America?were infected with malware, enabling unauthorised parties to access payment card data of some customers. The statement read: ?Promptly after discovering the issue, Starwood engaged third-party forensic experts
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Marriott International issued a statement saying it had been ?made aware? of a series of fraudulent telephone calls being made in different parts of the world where the caller offers a complimentary stay at a Marriott hotel to entice the person taking the call to listen to a sales pitch