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1Tribute Portfolio, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, signs its fourth Floridian property, The Paramount, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, Tampa. Formerly the InterContinental Tampa, the hotel will complete a full renovation of all 323 guestrooms and suites before joining the Tribute Portfolio system in November 2016. “The growing demand for
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1Rosewood Hotel Group signs an agreement with Room to Read, pledging the support of its 55 hotels in 18 countries, including Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, New World Hotels & Resorts and pentahotels. Room to Read is a global organisation transforming the lives of millions of children in low-income countries by
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1Park Inn by Radisson will partner for a second time with street artist Joel Bergner as part of its on-going commitment to protecting young people at risk across the world. “Adding Color to Lives” is a global social action art project launched in 2015 by Park Inn by Radisson. It
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1 In step with the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress in Oahu, the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association spotlighted Waikiki hotels and resorts for exceptional environmental stewardship. Five Outrigger branded, affiliated or managed properties in Waikiki were part of this recognition and awarded the 2016 Green
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W Hotels Worldwide announces WAKE UP CALL: a 1, which it says will “transform the concert scene” with the brand’s first weekend-long music festival. The inaugural event will take over the entire W Scottsdale from September 30 to October 2, with electric performances, exclusive meet and greets, and unexpected
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1Outrigger Resorts promotes Jeannie Gaminde to director of revenue management and appoints Ju Hee “Jenny” Kim as sales manager at the Outrigger Guam Beach Resort. Gaminde oversees all sources of room revenue, reservations and revenue operations. With more than 15 years at Outrigger, she started as reservations manager and then
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1Dubai is pushing ahead with a new US$20 billion district on the city’s main highway, which will include a development of 3,000 homes and 15 hotels designed for residents and visitors to walk around – a rarity in the city, Bloomberg reported. Construction of the first phase of
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1Wyndham Hotel Group unveils plans for a five-star Wyndham Hotels and Resorts in Danang’s Son Tra district, set to become the city’s tallest building at 199 metres. The four-tower condotel complex currently under construction will stand at 57-storeys at its tallest point and will consist of 3,200
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1Predominately Buddhist Thailand has opened its first halal hotel as hopes to attract more Muslim visitors and boost one of the few bright spots in its economy. Nearly 30 million foreign tourists came to Thailand last year but only about 658,000 were from the Middle East, according to industry
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Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Development said its July revPAR stood at 160.20 yuan (US$24) versus 160.49 yuan year ago.
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1The number of visitors to Turkey fell by more than a third in July, as a suspected Islamic State attack on Istanbul airport and a failed military coup battered its already fragile tourist industry, Reuters reported. The sector had already been hit by the diplomatic fallout with Moscow over a
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1InterContinental Hotels Group celebrates World Water Week by providing detail on the progress made with its leading global water stewardship programme, as well as a number of other water-related initiatives. In partnership with global water-use experts, Water Footprint Network (WFN), IHG has mapped its global estate of more than 5,