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Best Western Hotels & Resorts announces three hotels in Saudi Arabia – the 85-room Best Western Plus Riyadh, the 64-room Best Western Dammam Hotel, near King Khalid International Airport and the 50-room Best Western Olaya Hotel in Riyadh?s business district. With an active 2016 pipeline, the company
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Carlson Rezidor announces the 379-room Radisson Blu Olympiysky Hotel, Moscow, scheduled to open in Q1 2017. Owned by B&N Group, it is Carlson Rezidor?s eighth hotel in Moscow with more than 2,000 rooms operating or under development. In Russia/CIS & Baltics, Carlson Rezidor currently
Awards and Recognition
JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts has been recognised by?Cond??Nast Traveler, receiving 10 of the Readers? Choice Awards over an array of categories. The 28th?annual awards rank the best hotels, resorts, cities, islands, airlines, and cruise lines in the world. Over 128,000 readers cast votes for over
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Cachet Hotel Group launches its technology platform Cachet World, which features a search and booking engine for boutique and lifestyle hotels as well as high-end residences worldwide. Key features include: * Social Community: User-generated reviews, photos, videos and stories by global travellers and experts who are interested in the
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Small Luxury Hotels of the World appoints Filip Boyen as chief executive. Boyen who was named managing director of SLH?s management company Hill, Goodridge & Associates in July, also assumes leadership for the management of the SLH brand, which celebrates its 25th?anniversary this year. A 30-year hospitality
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Westin Hotels & Resorts partners with Wellness expert and ex-Miss Universe Lara Dutta as the newest Asia Pacific Westin Well-Being Brand Advocate. The partnership continues the momentum of The Westin Well-Being Movement, a US$15 million brand-wide campaign launched last year designed to enhance the well-
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American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust completes the acquisition of 10 hotels from Summit Hotel Properties for US$150 million. The development marks the purchase of the first of 26 hotels the company plans to acquire from Summit for a total purchase price of US$347.4 million. ?This transaction shows
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Florida-based Xenia Hotels & Resorts adds the 100-room Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook in Birmingham, Alabama – a Marriott Autograph Collection hotel – to its portfolio. Developed by a joint venture between The Kessler Collection and Xenia, the new hotel will be managed by The Kessler Collection. Currently, Kessler manages
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DoubleTree by Hilton opens the 208-room DoubleTree by Hilton Laurel, located between Washington and Baltimore. The hotel opens following a US$5 million transformation of the former Holiday Inn Laurel West.
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Le M?ridien Hotels & Resorts opens the 59-room Le M?ridien Paro, Riverfront, the brand?s second hotel in the Kingdom of Bhutan following the opening of Le M?ridien Thimphu late last year. ?As a country that measures its success by the Gross Domestic Happiness of its
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Wyndham Hotel Group?announces the signing of seven new franchise agreements for properties located across tourist hotspots in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam under the Ramada, Days Inn?and Wyndham Hotels and Resorts?brands. This follows the signings of 26 managed and franchised properties for Wyndham Hotel Group so far this
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The 331-room Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo, opens. ?Cairo is a city that fuses the majesty of the past with the pulse of the present and the promise of the future,? said The Ritz-Carlton president and COO Herve Humler. ?With millennial travellers seeking luxury as part of their travel