Awards and Recognition
Choice Hotels International names native?New Yorker?Andrea Fasano?as its ?Ultimate People Person?. The role was created to celebrate the relaunch of the Choice Hotels brand and ?embody the company’s mission of bringing people together through travel and establishing meaningful in-person connections?. Fasano will spend July and
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Celebrity chef Jose Andres backed out of plans to open a flagship restaurant in Donald Trump’s new hotel under construction in Washington amid ongoing fallout from Trump’s political statements. Andres, a Spanish immigrant, called Trump’s statements ?disparaging immigrants? in his decision to cancel plans to open a
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Philippe Rochat, one of Switzerland’s most ?famous chefs, died yesterday at the age of 61 after apparently falling ill ?while cycling. The star chef and cycling enthusiast had gone out on a bike trip ?with two other people and died, “likely after falling ill”, a spokesman ?for the regional
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Travel + Leisure magazine’s ?World’s Best Awards? names the Oberoi Udaivilas in Udaipur, India, as the world’s best hotel, and the Golden Door in San Marcos, California, as the best destination spa. Oberoi Hotels & Resorts is voted World’s Best Hotel Brand. Disney Cruise Line wins best
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The Chinese construction company building the unfinished US$3.5 billion Baha Mar resort in the Bahamas has accused the developer of mismanaging the project’s design and not securing adequate financing. China Construction America (CCA) has been blamed for the delays that caused the Baha Mar project to file
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Carnival Corp has won US approval to operate culturally-themed cruises to Cuba and plans to start taking travellers there next May, joining a growing list of maritime companies hoping to profit from a thaw in relations between Washington and Havana. The United States and Cuba have been working for
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Starwood sells Element Denver Park Meadows to Denver Hospitality for US$15.5 million. The hotel will continue to be affiliated with Starwood Hotels & Resorts. The sale follows the recent high profile sales of two properties in the company?s The Luxury Collection ? The Phoenician and The Gritti Palace.
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John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts names Bill George as vice president of capital planning and asset management and Patrick Blache as corporate senior director of information technology.
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Noah Brodsky is named senior vice president, worldwide loyalty and engagement, at Wyndham Hotel Group. He is responsible for leading all facets of customer loyalty and engagement across Wyndham Hotel Group and its more than 7,600 hotels, as well as aligning the loyalty and engagement strategy throughout Wyndham Worldwide.
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Steve Rahim is named general manager at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Dallas Hotel, a recently renovated 89-room limited service hotel.
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Eldorado Resorts and MGM Resorts International enter into a definitive agreement for Eldorado to acquire MGM?s 50 percent interest in the Silver Legacy Resort Casino Reno, as well as all of the assets of Circus Circus Reno, for US$72.5 million. The proposed transaction will increase Eldorado?s
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Kwek Leng Beng, executive chairman of the Hong Leong Group of Companies in Singapore, will be presented with the HICAP Lifetime Achievement Award at the?26th annual HICAP?being held 14-16 October 2015 at the?InterContinental?Hong Kong. The HICAP Lifetime Achievement Award honours exceptional individuals who have distinguished