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The Philippine unit of Melco Crown Entertainment is suspending about 100 workers after it posted a wider net loss in the first half, mainly due to higher costs and a dearth of wealthy Chinese gamblers, Reuters reports. Melco Crown Philippines operates the US$1 billion City of Dreams Manila integrated
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The former Royal Phuket Yacht Club will be relaunched on January 16, 2016 as The Nai Harn. Following its sale in May 2014 to a private equity firm, the property underwent an extensive 18-month remodeling programme. The Nai Harn will offer 130 guestrooms and suites with panoramic views over
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Hilton Worldwide?names William Margaritis as executive vice president of corporate affairs. He previously served for 15 years as senior vice president of global communications and investor relations at FedEx Corporation. At Hilton, Margaritis will oversee internal and external communications, government relations and corporate responsibility globally. He will report to
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InterContinental Hotels Group signs a management agreement with U&N Hospitality Company for a 222-room Holiday Inn Express on Ao Nang Beach in Krabi, Thailand. The hotel will mark the entry of Holiday Inn Express into Krabi when it opens in 2017. There are nearly 2,400 Holiday
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Associated Press put out a short report saying that, although travellers dream of the perfect trick to find the cheapest airfare every time, every trip, there is no easy formula for best time to book airline tickets. There are theories, some of them backed up by real number-crunching, like
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The 4th ?Jin Jiang Cup? Vocational Skill Contest initiated by Jin Jiang International Hotels, this time to select the best practitioners of Chinese cuisine, is set to kick off. Expert chefs from many of the hotels under the Jin Jiang umbrella will take part in the contest. Contestants will compete
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The Peninsula Hotels in Asia, North America and Europe are again thinking pink for a purpose this October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Marking its fifth anniversary in 2015, the Peninsula in Pink charitable initiative is undergoing a creative makeover to become ?The Art of Pink.? In keeping with The Peninsula?
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Consumers used both ?new school? and ?old school? approaches to book hotel rooms for business and leisure travel in Q2 2015. According to data from the TravelClick North American Distribution Review, mobile bookings through hotel company websites (Brand.com), online travel agents (OTA) and in-person travel agents (GDS) experienced
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Here?s a nifty lesson in PR, courtesy of a bright spark at Aloft. Following the demise of the Hitchbot robot, which garnered massive publicity around the world, the hotel brand put out the following press release: A Statement From Aloft Botlr on the ?death? of Hitchbot ?On behalf of
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Macau casino and hotel giant SJM Holdings? net profit for the first half of the year fell more than 50?percent as the enclave’s gambling revenues haemorrhage. SJM, owned by Hong Kong tycoon Stanley Ho, is trying to lure back visitors with the sprawling new Lisboa Palace complex due
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and American Express offer new benefits to the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express. SPG Credit Card Members can now enjoy international travel without foreign transaction fees from American Express when using their Card on purchases abroad. They will also enjoy complimentary, unlimited
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Hilton Worldwide?introduces Digital Key, an all-new feature of the?Hilton HHonors?app, providing the loyalty programme’s members more choice and control over their entire travel experience. Digital Key gives frequent guests the option to bypass the hotel check-in counter and access their rooms, as well as