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Starwood agrees to sell The Westin Excelsior Rome to Katara Hospitality for ?222 million. As part of the deal, the historic hotel will be renovated in the next five years, including a top-to-bottom transformation of all guestrooms, as well as upgrades to public areas. The property will continue
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Singapore’s Castlewood Group announces a strategic partnership with D?but Hotel Group, part of Hampshire Hotels Management, to develop and operate the ?upper-upscale, lifestyle? Dream Hotels brand throughout Asia as part of its expansion strategy. Castlewood and its subsidiaries expect to develop up to 20 Dream Hotels over
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Minor Hotel Group (MHG) is to develop the Anantara Durrat Al Bahrain Resort in partnership with Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the investment arm of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The resort will be in Durrat Al Bahrain, the Kingdom’s second largest island development, which has been created across a cluster
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The Plaza in Seoul, Korea ? a member of the Hanwha Hotels & Resorts brand ? will join Autograph Collection Hotels, Marriott International?s ?exclusive portfolio of hotels recognized for celebrating bold individuality.? The strategic alliance becomes effective in early 2016.
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The Radisson Blu Metropol Hotel opens in central Helsingborg, Sweden. The upper-upscale hotel, offering 205 rooms and suites, is the largest in central Helsingborg.
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InterContinental Hotels Group announces the signing of Hotel Indigo Berlin City ? East Side. The new-build hotel, owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group, will operate under a franchise agreement with multiple development agreement partner Tristar Hotel Group. It will be the eighth development under IHG?s MDA agreement with Tristar. The
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Melia Hotels International announces its 30th property in Germany ? a four star Melia Frankfurt that will open in early 2019.
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Dusit International announces its latest project in the Sultanate of Oman. The dusitD2 Palm Mall Muscat, scheduled for completion in 2017, will be located within the mixed-use Palm Mall development that will offer attractions including Oman?s first snow village and the Sultanate?s largest aquarium. The upscale hotel
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British businesses in the hospitality, retail and social care sectors are likely to be challenged by a planned rise in the minimum wage and will need to find ways to boost productivity, an economic think tank warned, Reuters reported. The Resolution Foundation, which researches low pay, said finance minister George
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US-based Sabre Travel Network, part of Sabre Corp, plans to double its market share in Europe by signing up more online travel agents and corporate travel firms to its system that distributes airline, hotel and car rental prices, Reuters reported. Set up by American Airlines and IBM as a
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Pan Pacific Hotels Group announces extensive refurbishments at four of its owned and managed properties across Asia Pacific ? namely?Pan Pacific Perth and Parkroyal Parramatta in Australia, Parkroyal Yangon in Myanmar, and Parkroyal on Beach Road in Singapore. Amounting to a total investment of over US$35 million, the renovations
Awards and Recognition
Michael Issenberg, chairman and CEO AccorHotels Asia Pacific, has been awarded the Ordre National du M?rite from the French government, one of the highest civilian orders possible, for his ?tireless work in forging links between France and the world.? This award goes to only a handful of non-French-