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Paris – 22 December 2016 1Following up on AccorHotels’ April 2016 pledge to only serve by 2020 free-range eggs – including shell and liquid eggs – in countries where they are available, the group is partnering with Humane Society International to take this commitment further and identify responsible sources in areas where free-range
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Shanghai – 22 December 2016 The Shanghai Tower, China’s tallest skyscraper, says it has resolved fire-safety issues that have delayed its full opening for 18 months. Fire inspections have been completed for all of the 632-meter building, located in Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district, except for two upper areas that
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Honolulu, Hawaii – 21 December 2016 1The Kelley family and KSL Capital Partners announced that an affiliate of KSL has completed the acquisition of Outrigger Hotels and Resorts. The sale includes all of Outrigger’s holdings, including its portfolio of 37 multi-branded hotels, condominiums and vacation resort properties throughout Hawaii and
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Hong Kong – 21 December 2016 Alain Ducasse Entreprise and InterContinental Hong Kong are to open Rech by Alain Ducasse within the former SPOON restaurant space which will be newly renovated. SPOON by Alain Ducasse, which opened in 2003, will have its last night of service on January 1, 2017. One
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Needham, Massachusetts – 21 December 2016 1TripAdvisor signed an agreement to let customers book some hotels from Expedia’s websites directly on TripAdvisor, a key development in the company’s transition from a review site to full-fledged hotel booker. The deal follows a similar one TripAdvisor signed with Priceline last year,
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Hong Kong – 20 December 2016 1The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong’s general manager Torsten van Dullemen has been named General Manager of the Year for Greater China at the 2016 BMW Hotelier Awards. Torsten has been in the hospitality industry for 30 years, living and working in 11 cities
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Trabzon, Turkey – 20 December 2016 1Rezidor Hotel Group signs the Radisson Blu Hotel, Trabzon in Turkey. The newly built hotel is the latest addition to the group’s Turkish portfolio of 22 hotels in operation and under development. The 162-room hotel will open in Q2 2018. Elie Younes, executive vice
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New York City – 20 December 2016 More than 60 million tourists visited New York in 2016, the most ever, attracted by the Statue of Liberty, the 9/11 Memorial, Broadway shows and four-star restaurants. The number of tourists from across the United States and around the world exceeded forecasts, city
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Frankfurt/Main – 20. Dezember 2016 Worldhotels startet eine neue Partnerschaft mit eCornell. Die digitale Weiterbildungsplattform von der Cornell University bietet weltweit Onlinekurse an. Mitglieder von Worldhotels können somit auf über 150 Kurse zu greifen, die von der Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration entwickelt wurden. Das Programm wird die
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Tibilisi, Georgia – 15 December 2016 The Rezidor Hotel Group signs the first Radisson RED in Georgia. The Radisson RED Chavchavadze, Tbilisi is expected to open its doors in mid-2019, and will feature around 100 rooms. Elie Younes, the group’s executive vice president and chief development officer, said: “Eastern Europe
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Rio de Janeiro – 15 December 2016 The Trump Organization has pulled out of a hotel venture in Rio de Janeiro that is part of a criminal investigation in Brazil, with a Trump Hotels spokeswoman citing construction delays and differences in vision. 1 1 The Trump Hotel Rio de Janeiro, a
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Tokyo – 15 December 2016 Japan’s parliament has passed a law to legalise casinos, ending 15 years of political argument. Backers of the bill, which allows for large-scale projects that combine casinos with hotels, shopping and conference space, see casinos as a way to significantly boost to tourism in Japan.