Hospitality Industry News
1Hilton Worldwide Holdings will report second quarter financial results prior to the stock market open on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, followed by a conference call at 1000am Eastern Time. Christopher J. Nassetta, Hilton Worldwide’s president and chief executive officer, and Kevin Jacobs, Hilton Worldwide’s executive vice president and
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1Hyatt Hotels will release second quarter 2015 financial results on Tuesday, August 4, before the stock market opens, followed by a conference call at 10.00am CT. All interested persons may listen to a simultaneous webcast of the conference call, which may be accessed through the company?s website at
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SLS Lux Baha Mar resort in Nassau appoints Xavier Moulin as general manager and Julian Cable-Treadwell as director of sales and marketing.
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1Regent Hotels & Resorts names Andre Scholl as group vice president of operations. Based in Taipei, he will oversee the brand’s hotel operations and owner relations. A focus for the new position is to align Regent’s operational leaders to accelerate the brand’s global growth and talent development.
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The former Hilton Hotel in Longboat Key in the Gulf of Mexico will be rebranded as the Key Zota Beach Resort. The 187 room beachfront property is scheduled to open in 2016. The resort will feature an 84-room tower in addition to the 103 renovated rooms.
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A US$13 million guestroom renovation is completed at the 502-room Hyatt Regency Boston. The guestroom renovation completes an entire new look for the property, which underwent an overhaul of all public and meeting spaces including the guest entrances, lobby, Avenue One restaurant and 21 meeting and event spaces
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1The 91-room Wyndham Garden Barranquilla opens, bringing the company?s portfolio in Colombia to 13. Currently, Wyndham Hotel Group has a total of 141 hotels throughout Latin America and the Caribbean which represent more than 16,500 rooms under its Super 8, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Ramada, Ramada Encore,
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1Jumeirah at EtihadTowers promotes Rebecca Nachanakian to hotel manager, overseeing a number of operational departments including Food and Beverage, Conferences and Events, Rooms Division, Housekeeping and IT. She joined Jumeirah at EtihadTowers in October 2012 as director of conferences and events.
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1 1Grupo Posadas, Mexico’s largest hotel operator with over 130 hotels, and private equity firm Bighorn Capital sign an agreement that will introduce its premier luxury boutique hotel brand, Live Aqua, to major US cities. As a part of the agreement, Bighorn Capital will invest US$450 million to
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Hotels.com uncovers the dining costs of hotels worldwide with its annual price barometer, the Club Sandwich Index (CSI). The report incorporates the average prices of four main dining options available at three-, four- and five-star hotel properties: a burger meal (burger, fries and soda) for lunch; a cup
Awards and Recognition
1Consulting group MMGY Global?s 2015 Portrait of American Travelers reveals emerging shifts in the travel habits and intentions of Americans that call into question several prevailing beliefs maintained by industry marketers. It says the results have significant implications for the manner in which the industry markets its products, and
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11Marriott International and Universal Music Group (UMG) create what they claim is a first-of-its-kind global marketing partnership that will include exclusive performances by established and emerging recording artists, branded video series, social content, music downloads and ticket offers. The partnership joins Marriott International?s 19 brands, including