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Los Angeles – 31 August 2017 – Motel 6 has agreed to pay US$250,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging one of its properties in Los Angeles was a base for sex trafficking, drug dealers and gang members. 1 City Attorney Mike Feuer told the Associated Press that the money will
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Bellevue, Washington – 31 August 2017 – Expedia names Mark Okerstrom as president and chief executive, replacing Dara Khosrowshahi who left the US travel-booking company to take the top job at car-ride provider Uber Technologies. 1 Mark Okerstrom Khosrowshahi, who led the parent of Expedia.com for 12 years, will remain a
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Houston – 29 August 2017 – Houston’s hotel market, already the worst-performing in the US, is poised to take a further beating from Hurricane Harvey as the natural disaster creates chaos in a city that’s been reeling from low oil prices for the past three years, Bloomberg reported. 1 Some
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Saigon / Dhaka – 29 August 2017 – Pan Pacific Hotels Group is names E.J. MacEwan as general manager for PARKROYAL Saigon and Paul Flett as general manager for Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1 E.J. MacEwan MacEwan joined the group as GM of Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka from 1997 to
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Bangkok / Singapore – 29 August 2017 – InterContinental Hotels Group announces that female senior talent across Holiday Inn Express hotels in South East Asia is at an all-time high. This follows the appointment of two general managers who completed the company’s General Manager Express Lane programme. 1 Nattareutai Thanapoomikul IHG graduates
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Phuket, Thailand – 28 August 2017 – Wyndham Hotel Group announces the continued expansion of its Ramada brand in Thailand with the signing of Ramada Plaza Chaofah Phuket, a franchised hotel with Southern Star Hotel. The 270-room hotel is slated for completion in 2018 and will be managed by Bangkok-based Kosmopolitan Hospitality.
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Kuala Lumpur – 28 August 2017 – AccorHotels strengthens its Asia Pacific presence in the luxury hotel space with six confirmed luxury and upscale openings in the next three months. The upcoming openings will see the expansion of the Sofitel and Pullman brands, which fall under AccorHotels’ luxury and upscale collection. Raffles
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Singapore – 28 August 2017 – Pan Pacific Hotels Group appoints Craig Syphers as general manager of the PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Singapore, and Andrew Donadel as general manager of the Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore. 1 Craig Syphers Syphers joined Pan Pacific Hotels Group as GM of PARKROYAL Melbourne Airport in 2013
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Macau – 24 August 2017 – Many hotels in gambling capital Macau are struggling to keep operating without water and electricity after Typhoon Hato left a trail of destruction. 1 Eight died in Macau, where local media showed cars underwater and people swimming along what are normally streets. The enclave’s famed
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Singapore – 23 August 2017 – Pan Pacific Hotels Group appoints Kevin Croley as senior vice president, business development, in a newly created role in the executive management team. 1 Kevin Croley It also names Cinn Tan as chief sales & marketing officer to oversee sales and marketing. Both roles are based
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Tunis, Tunisia – 23 August 2017 – British travel group Thomas Cook, one of the world’s biggest tour operators, said it will resume organising holidays to Tunisia, more than two years after a terror attack in which 38 people were killed. 1 “At the end of July this year, the UK
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Yangon / Kuala Lumpur – 21 August 2017 – Pan Pacific Hotels Group announces two general manager appointments for its PARKROYAL properties in Myanmar and Malaysia. 1 Mark Losi Mark Losi is now GM at PARKROYAL Yangon, while Guy Owen will head up PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur. Losi is one of Pan Pacific Hotels