Awards and Recognition
Dusit International relaunches its Dusit Gold guest loyalty programme, designed to be simple and easy to use at participating hotels and resorts globally. Upon enrolling, members are able to enjoy a host of exclusive benefits and services right away, including special room rates, dining credits, laundry discounts and complimentary amenities.
Awards and Recognition
Hilton Paris Opera is the first hotel in continental Europe to partner with Clean the World by contributing discarded soap and bottled amenities that will be recycled to benefit European citizens who are at risk from hygiene-related illnesses. As the world?s largest soap recycler, Clean the World has
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At least 70 hotels have closed in Tunisia since September after two deadly jihadist attacks on foreign tourists, and more are expected to follow suit, Agence France-Presse reported. ?The situation is very sluggish,? Radhouane Ben Salah, the head the Tunisian Federation of Hotels, told Mosaique FM radio. With reservations
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Priceline?s Booking.com customers will now be able to directly book hotel rooms on travel review website operator TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor shares jumped 24 percent to US$82.85 and Priceline fell two percent to US$1,317.69 immediately after the announcement, Reuters reported. TripAdvisor introduced an instant booking
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Hilton Worldwide announces a deal with Shiva Hotels to introduce its first Curio ? A Collection by Hilton hotel to the UK. Lincoln Plaza London is scheduled to open in late 2016. Integrated as part of the 31-storey Lincoln Plaza building, the 129-room hotel will offer spectacular views over
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Renaissance Hotels reintroduces the?Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino?in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The property, built in 1942, underwent a year-long US$40 million renovation that began in 2014 to completely revamp the property?s interior and amenities. The Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino
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US business travel spending will increase by 3.1 percent in 2015 and 3.7 percent in 2016, according to the?Global Business Travel Association?s third quarter outlook for US business travel. While this is still positive growth, it is down from GBTA?s July projections of increased spending
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Sunrise Properties has secured a 515 million dirham (US$140 million) Islamic loan for the development of a luxury hotel project, banking group Emirates NBD, the main arranger of the deal, said. Emirates NBD and Doha Bank are providing the money to finance the Emerald Palace Kempinski Hotel project on
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TUI Group, the world?s largest leisure tourism group, has sold its British hotel booking website LateRooms to focus on its main package holiday business, Reuters reported. TUI declined to give any details on the sale, but said it will reveal more in its December earnings release. It announced in
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AccorHotels sets a new milestone by opening its 100th hotel in Indonesia, the 330-room Novotel Makassar Grand Shayla City Centre. Garth Simmons, chief operating officer for AccorHotels Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore?said:??This is a milestone achievement for AccorHotels as the market leader in Indonesia as it also marks
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Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is appointed by Cambodia-based property developer Vattanac Properties to manage Rosewood Siem Reap, scheduled to open in 2019. It will be the second Rosewood property in Cambodia, following Rosewood Phnom Penh opening in 2016, also owned by Vattanac Properties, and marks Rosewood?s ninth hotel
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Wyndham Hotel Group announces its first property in Indonesia under its Wyndham Hotels and Resorts brand at Bali?s Lepang Beach. The US$22 million, beachfront resort is scheduled to open in January 2016. ?As we continue to strategically grow Wyndham Hotel Group across the Asia Pacific region, we seek