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Marriott International opens the Makkah Marriott Hotel, the company?s first flagship brand in the holy city. The arabesque-themed 426-room property sits on the hill top of Makkah. The group says that the Makkah Marriott Hotel ?lives up to the brand?s goal of reimagining the future of
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InterContinental Hotels Group issues a brief announcement that Tracy Robbins, executive vice president of human resources, a board director and a member of IHG’s executive committee, is to take temporary leave of absence to undergo medical treatment.
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Wyndham Hotel Group signs three properties in China. The 400-room Wyndham Sanya Bay on Hainan Island is scheduled to open in late 2015, the 200-room Wyndham Hainan Qingshui Bay Resort in late 2017 and the 300-room Wyndham Grand Huangshan Taiping Lake in early 2019. As of March
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Priceline Group Inc.? invests US$60 million for a minority stake in Brazilian online travel agency Hotel Urbano as part of a strategic partnership ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Rio-based Hotel Urbano, which was founded in 2011, plans to use the investment to improve
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Amadeus launches a travel intelligence suite for agents worldwide to help them ?connect to a vast source of data, instantly reveal hidden opportunities in the marketplace, and benefit from rich insights for business growth and strategic decision-making?. Amadeus Agency Insight is a business intelligence suite of products and services
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Hong Kong sees a drop in tourists – particularly high-spending mainlanders – last month as the once-a-week limit on individual travellers from Shenzhen bit. Overall visitor arrivals from June 1 to 28 fell year on year by 1.9 percent. Meanwhile, it appears that tourists are less than satisfied
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France’s wine-making region of Champagne and a part of Burgundy are granted ?world heritage status? by the United Nations, giving a boost to the country’s drive to encourage tourism and revive its flagging economy. The designation by UNESCO, the United Nation’s cultural arm, is accorded to
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Grand Hyatt San Francisco appoints Paul Devitt as area vice president and general manager. He was most recently general manager at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Austin, Texas. In his new role, he oversees operations at five Hyatt properties in the Bay Area: Grand Hyatt San
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1 Hawaii?s Maui Brewing craft?Hawaii?s Maui Brewing craft brewery is to partner with restaurateurs Chris Thibaut and Bill Terry to open its first Oahu location at the Holiday Inn Resort Waikiki Beachcomber. The future brewpub will fill Jimmy Buffett?s at the Beachcomber space and will undergo
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1Outrigger Resorts Asia Pacific announces four management appointments. Leah Matters is named resort manager at the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort in Thailand. Matters has been with Outrigger for seven years, the last three as general manager of the Outrigger Twin Towns Resort in Queensland. Also at the Outrigger Laguna
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1Marriott International and the?American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute?(AHLEI) sign an MOU whereby Marriott International China will formally recognise AHLEI’s Certified Hospitality and Tourism Management Professional (CHTMP) designation awarded to students who complete the requirements of the?Hospitality and Tourism Management Program?(HTMP), AHLEI’s high school
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Trump Hotel Collection appoints Philipp Posch as general manager of Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver, scheduled to open in 2016. Posch will transition from his current position at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago.