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Bali, Indonesia – 22 March 2017 – Tourists fled their hotels in panic on Bali on Wednesday after the popular Indonesian holiday island was rattled by an early morning earthquake. The 5.5-magnitude quake struck inland about six miles northeast of the Balinese capital, Denpasar, and not far from the concentration of
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New York City – 22 March 2017 – Some of the world’s largest hotel chains are taking part in an initiative aimed at cutting food waste, which includes re-thinking menus to prevent food from ending up in the bin, an environmental organisation said on Tuesday. About a dozen hotels across the
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Hong Kong – 20 March 2017 – Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, owner of the Peninsula Hotel chain, recorded a worse-than-expected 32.5 percent slump in 2016 earnings as escalating geopolitical uncertainties from Brexit, US presidential elections and global terror attacks dampened tourist sentiment. Net income came in at HK$675 million (US$
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Hong Kong – 15 March 2017 1The InterContinental Hong Kong appoints Jeremy Brook as director of sales & marketing and Sebastian Gassen as F&B director. Brook has more than 26 years of global sales & marketing experience in the luxury hotel and travel industry, spanning Europe, the US, China,
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Phu Quoc, Vietnam – 14 March 2017 – Marriott International opened the JW Marriott Phu Quoc, Emerald Bay. Located on Vietnam’s largest island of Phu Quoc, a hidden paradise off the southern coast of Vietnam, and designed by award-winning interior designer Bill Bensley, the hotel offers 244 guestrooms, suites and villas
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Singapore – 14 March 2017 – 1Lothar Nessmann, former COO of Shangri-La Group’s Hotel Jen, has joined Singapore-based Pan Pacific Hotels Group as CEO. Nessmann joins PPHG following a 20-year career with the Shangri-La Group, where he held senior management positions ranging from general manager to vice president of operations, and
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Berlin, Germany – 13 March 2017 – Tourists are heading back to Europe, and the recovery is showing up in everything from rising hotel bookings to tax-free shopping and air traffic, leading to a brighter earnings outlook for travel and leisure companies, Reuters reported. A rebound in emerging markets is bringing visitors
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Naypyidaw, Myanmar – 9 March 2017 – Max Myanmar Holding Co, a hotels-to-engineering conglomerate, is looking for partnerships in financial services and is in talks with France-based Accor to expand cooperation in hotel management. The Yangon, Myanmar-based group expects legal changes in the country to encourage more investment, U Zaw Zaw, Max
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Beijing, China -9 March 2017 – China has granted preliminary approval for 38 trademarks linked to Donald Trump, documents on China’s state trademark office show, giving the US president and his family protection were they to develop the Trump brand – including hotels – in the market. The trademarks – which in theory
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New York City – 8 March 2017 – New York City has landmarked historic interiors throughout the Waldorf Astoria to preserve them as the hotel’s Chinese owners start a years-long renovation, Associated Press reported. The Landmarks Preservation Commission has voted to keep the Art Deco details in dozens of spaces in
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New York City – 8 March 2017 – Airbnb, the leading online marketplace for short-term lodging, has invited some of the owners of properties listed on its service, known as hosts, to attend executive board meetings and offered them more direct contact with its chief executive, in an attempt to give the
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Berlin, Germany – 8 March 2017 – Security is holidaymakers’ main consideration when choosing a destination, a research report released Bournemouth University and travel search site Travelzoo said. “Since Tunisia happened, safety and security has moved higher and higher up the agenda,” Travelzoo’s European president Richard Singer told Reuters, adding that