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Shanghai, China – 21 June 2017 – Meliá Hotels International grows its presence in China with the opening of the Meliá Shanghai Hongqiao. 1 Meliá Shanghai Hongqiao Located just a short distance from the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in the west of Shanghai and 10 minutes from Hongqiao Airport, the 187-room
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Bethesda, Maryland – 20 June 2017 – CNN reported that Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain, announced that customers must give at least 48-hours notice if they plan to cancel a reservation – or pay a fee equivalent to one night’s stay. Previously, guests were generally allowed to cancel reservations
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Tokyo, Japan – 20 June 2017 – Pullman Tokyo Tamachi is being developed as part of the MSB Tamachi mixed-used complex and will open by the end of 2018. The 143-room hotel is directly connected to the JR Tamachi Station and is a three-minute walk from the Toei Subway Mita Line. 1
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New York City – 15 June 2017 – The conversion of New York’s landmark Waldorf Astoria hotel into luxury condominiums is moving forward as planned and no delays are anticipated after the property’s owner, China’s Anbang Insurance Group, said its chairman was no longer able to carry out his
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Hong Kong – 15 June 2017 – As part of its global commitment to develop and empower future women leaders, 1 announced a partnership to support Asian University for Women (AUW). 1 Starting this year the partnership will see over 50 Marriott volunteers serve as mentors to AUW students, and six AUW
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Osaka, Japan – 15 June 2017 – The Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand expands in Japan with the opening of the 164-room Conrad Osaka. Situated on the 33rd to 40th floors of the Nakanoshima Festival Complex, the hotel is the brand’s first in Western Japan. “The arrival of Conrad Osaka underscores
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Bangkok, Thailand – 15 June 2017 – AccorHotels is eyeing 9 percent market growth year-on-year in 2017 for Thailand, Patrick Basset, chief operating officer of AccorHotels in Upper Southeast and Northeast Asia, told reporters. 1 Accor, which saw 14 percent growth in the domestic market in Q1, plans 12 new Ibis Styles
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Seychelles – 13 June 2017 – Edward Linsley is named general manager of the Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island, which is scheduled to open in early 2018. 1 Edward Linsley He originally joined Four Seasons in 1990, and quickly made his mark in progressive management positions in both urban hotels
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Singapore – 13 June 2017 – AccorHotels launches subsidiary John Paul, a leading concierge and customer loyalty business, in Singapore. 1 In under a decade the group has gone from fewer than 500 employees in Singapore to more than 3,300 and in coming months will add a further 540 new jobs,
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Beijing, 13 June 2017 – Crown Resorts said its staff held in China have been charged with gambling-related offenses, the most significant development in the case since the employees were rounded up by mainland authorities in October, Bloomberg reported. 1 All the workers, including those released on bail, have been charged
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Washington D.C. – 13 June 2017 – President Donald Trump plans to follow through on a campaign promise by rolling back the Obama administration’s effort to open Cuba to US tourism and trade, with new limits being considered on travel and investment by US companies, Bloomberg reported. 1 It said
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Havana, Cuba – 8 June 2017 – Towering cranes dot the Havana skyline as communist-run Cuba races to build luxury hotels, amid indignation among some residents and concern that US President Donald Trump might reverse a detente that fueled the tourist boom, Reuters reported. 1 Swiss-based Kempinski Hotels has inaugurated its Gran