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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide promotes Mark Vondrasek to senior vice president of commercial services. As the leader of this newly created division, Vondrasek, a 14-year Starwood veteran, will oversee the Starwood sales organisation and revenue management globally, in addition to distribution, loyalty and partnerships. ?We are fortunate to
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Wyndham Hotel Group promotes two revenue management veterans to new roles within the company?s growing revenue management organization:?Mark Robertson, vice president,?revenue management, North American managed hotels; and?Chris Lawler,?senior director, performance support. In his new role, Robertson leads revenue management and strategic revenue efforts for the
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Marriott International Asia Pacific appoints Anka Twum-Baah as vice president, customer loyalty & content. She is responsible for driving member growth for Marriott Rewards, the company?s loyalty programme, as well as further developing strategic relationships across the region. Reporting to Peggy Fang Roe, chief sales and marketing officer
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InterContinental Hotels Group launches a hotel delivery robot at the Crowne Plaza San Jose-Silicon Valley hotel. The robot, named Dash, was created by Savioke, makers of the Relay robot. Based in Santa Clara, Savioke specializes in robot solutions for the hospitality industry. According to the chain, Dash will ?enhance
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Hilton Worldwide announces its participation in the 2015 Sustainable Seafood Festival, organized by the World Wildlife Fund-China and the Marine Stewardship Council. Nine Hilton Worldwide hotels across Beijing and Shanghai are supporting the festival, which brings together hotels, restaurants, retailers and suppliers to raise awareness and promote sustainable seafood
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Priceline, the world’s second largest online travel services company by bookings after Expedia Inc, said net income fell 10.3 percent to US$517 million from a year earlier. Bookings through the company, which operates its namesake website as well as Booking.com, OpenTable, Kayak and others, rose almost
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Langham Place, Mongkok, Hong Kong is to be rebranded as the Cordis, Hong Kong, making it the first of what is described as ?a new generation of curated upscale hotels by Langham Hospitality Group that is devoted to the guests? needs and well-being, catering to both business and leisure
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Wyndham Hotel Group opens the 156-room Ramada Nanjing and signs seven additional Ramada properties across the Chinese provinces of Jiangsu, Hubei, Shandong and Sichuan. Opening through the end of 2017, the combined eight properties ? several of which fall under the brand?s growing Ramada Encore tier ? will increase the
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Summit Hotel Properties? founder and executive chairman Kerry W. Boekelheide has stepped down. ?I am leaving at a time when the company is on a great path and it is consistent with my personal plans to pursue hotel development on a full-time basis,? said Boekelheide.??The board afforded me
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The Outrigger Konotta Maldives Resort opens, with the first guests ? a family from Dubai ? welcomed ashore at the resort?s jetty by Darren Edmonstone, Outrigger?s managing director for Asia Pacific, and the resort?s general manager, Pascal Billon. The 53 key all-villa property comprises 24 Beach Pool Villas
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More than 70 percent of travellers say they never use hotel mini-bars according to a survey conducted jointly by GO Airport Express, and The GO Group, an international ground transportation service provider. Just fewer than four percent said they always raid the mini-bars, while 20 percent said they
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Marriott Caribbean & Latin America Resorts launches its ?Fit in Paradise??initiative with YouTube fitness personality and blogger Sarah Dussault ? also known as?Sarah Fit. As part of the initiative, Fit is visiting each of the Collection?s resorts, where she is filming a series of workout and lifestyle videos