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Starwood launches its fast-growing Aloft brand in Durham, North Carolina. Aloft Durham Downtown boasts a prime location within a new mixed-use complex in the recently revitalised American Tobacco Historic District. Designed for the ?hyper-connected global traveller?, the newly constructed Aloft hotel features 134 loft-like rooms, ?tech
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Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Company have increased their stake in Twitter Inc to become the firm?s second-largest shareholder. They raised their holdings over the past six weeks to 34,948,975 shares, more than five percent of Twitter?s common stock, Alwaleed
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AccorHotels Asia Pacific appoints Lynn Lee?as sustainable development and communications director. Lee will lead the development and execution of AccorHotels? company-wide strategic sustainability initiative, Planet 21 and Corporate Social Responsibility programmes, in Asia Pacific across 17 countries.
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The 453-room Hilton Tokyo Odaiba opens, bringing Hilton Worldwide?s portfolio in Japan to 12. ?Hilton Tokyo Odaiba is a significant addition to our portfolio in Japan and the Kanto region and underscores our deep commitment to serving this market,? says Timothy Soper, vice president of operations for Japan,
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Scandic launches a collection of what it calls ?unique signature hotels? which will be marketed under their own names with the extension ?by Scandic?. The first signature hotel will be Grand Central by Scandic in Stockholm. The signature hotels will be characterized by their unique history and character and designed
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Expedia releases the results of the inaugural Expedia 2015 Hotel Etiquette Study, which asked 1,022 Americans to rank the frustrating, sneaky, sometimes quirky behaviour exhibited by their fellow hotel guests. By a slight margin, ?Inattentive Parents? ? parents who let their kids run wild ? are the most aggravating hotel guests,
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InterContinental Hotels Group signs four Holiday Inn Express hotels in Germany in four key cities. The 163-room?Holiday Inn Express Wuppertal ? Hauptbahnhof?has been signed under a franchise agreement with GS Star and will open in 2017. The hotel will be newly constructed and occupy a prime location directly
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Element Hotels ? Starwood?s ?reimagined hotel experience designed for today?s healthy and active traveller? ? launches ?Walk the World with Element Hotels, Powered by Fitbit?. It?s described as a ?virtual walk? around the world that encourages travellers across the globe to maintain a healthy lifestyle while on the road
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Starwood?s The Luxury Collection unveils its new global advertising campaign ?Hotels that Define the Destination,? that marks the first phase of an identity overhaul for the brand. The multi-million dollar campaign is the first comprehensive advertising effort for The Luxury Collection since 2011 and features an updated emphasis
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Hong Kong?s hotel industry is urging the government to target new sources of tourists to save the slumping tourism and hospitality industry, the South China Morning Post reported. Michael Li Hon-shing, executive director of the Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners, said the tourism industry is ?at a
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Customer credit and debit card numbers may have been stolen at seven Trump hotels after its payment systems were hacked for over a year, the Associated Press reported. The Trump Hotel Collection said on its website that hackers gained access to its systems between May 2014 and June 2015 at
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The?251-room Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera Hotel opens in Croatia. It joins Starwood?s collection of hotels in Croatia representing three of its lifestyle brands: Sheraton Zagreb Hotel, The Westin Zagreb and Le M?ridien Lav in Split.