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Hong Kong – 8 February 2017 – 1 Hospitality Marketing Concepts, which says it is the world’s leading provider of outsourced hotel and dining lifestyle frequency programmes for premium hotel organizations, expands its CLUBHOTEL network to Hong Kong. CLUBHOTEL is a global network of four- and five-star hotels, providing common benefits
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Hong Kong – 8 February 2017 1New luxury hotel brand Niccolo Hotels announces its flagship property in Hong Kong. The Murray, a Niccolo Hotel, Hong Kong, is part of the government’s Conserving Central Project and is scheduled to open in October on Cotton Tree Drive in Central. As well as
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Vancouver – 8 February 2017 Don’t call POTUS to book a room! After his impressive opening of a landmark building near White House, U.S. president Donald Trump gives his name for the 147-key hotel in Vancouver. Highlights are despite a stunning view the ‚Mott 32‘ Chinese restaurant for fine-dining
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Tokyo – 6 February 2017 – A hotel in Japan is defying the digital books trend and appealing to guests who prefer to curl up with a traditional paper book. Book and Bed Tokyo, a variation of Japan’s famous capsule hotels, offers guests a closet-sized bunk embedded in rows of bookshelves,
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Baghdad, Iraq – 7 Febrzuary 2017 – 1The US embassy in Baghdad has limited the movement of its personnel after receiving “credible threats of possible attacks on hotels frequented by Westerners”. “As a reminder, US citizens should maintain a heightened sense of security awareness and take appropriate measures to enhance their personal
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New York City – 7 February 2017 – 1Loews Corp chief executive officer Jim Tisch has warned that investors who bid up the prices of stocks and bonds aren’t accounting for the risks, given global uncertainties about taxes, regulation and trade, Bloomberg reported. “The movement of these markets is in stark
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Melbourne – 7 February 2017 – W Hotels Worldwide, now part of Marriott International, expects to open W Melbourne in 2020. The 294-key hotel will be located in the heart of the city’s trendy shopping and entertainment district, at 447 Collins Street as part of the A$1 billion mixed-use luxury
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Paris – 06 February 2017 1AccorHotels begins exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of 100 percent of Travel Keys. The combination of Travel Keys with onefinestay and Squarebreak will provide AccorHotels with an offering of about 8,500 addresses in the luxury private rental market. The transaction is expected to close in
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Barcelona, Spain – 7 February 2017 – Airbnb wants a truce with Barcelona, according to a Bloomberg report. The home-sharing platform last year set limits on the number of nights that hosts can rent out their homes in London and Amsterdam as it responds to unease in European cities over the boom
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Singapore – 7 February 2017 – 1Pan Pacific Hotels Group appoints Thomas Zhong as vice president, operations support and pre-openings. In this role, Zhong will drive the implementation of operational projects and oversee the pre-openings across the group’s portfolio of Pan Pacific and PARKROYAL hotels, resorts and serviced suites in Asia,
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London – 6 February 2017 – 1YTL Hotels announces its fifth property in UK with its acquisition of Threadneedles Hotel, its second Autograph Collection property there. Formerly the head offices of City and Midland Bank from the 1880s, the Grade-II listed Victorian building was restored to a luxury hotel in 2002 retaining
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Paris – 6 February 2017 – 1AccorHotels and Qatar Airways join forces to offer increased benefits to members of their respective loyalty programmes Le Club AccorHotels and Qatar Airways Privilege Club. Privilege Club members can now convert their Qmiles into Le Club AccorHotels points at the conversion rate of 4,500 Qmiles