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Outrigger Hotels and Resorts appoints Robin Estrada director of sales and marketing for Hawaii Vacation Condos by Outrigger; Brandon Asuncion controller for OHANA Hotels by Outrigger; and Reid Yoshida general manager for Outrigger-managed Wyndham Vacation Resorts Royal Garden at Waikiki. Estrada is responsible for the development and implementation of internal
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1Sheraton Hotels & Resorts signs an agreement with Palau Majesty Development for the Sheraton Palau Resort in Koror, the largest city in the Republic of Palau. Located in the commercial and residential heart of the city, the new-build resort will mark Starwood’s entry into the republic and will become
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1 Westin Jakarta The Westin Jakarta opens, marking the first Westin-branded hotel in Indonesia’s capital. Claiming to be the highest hotel in Indonesia, The Westin Jakarta occupies floors 50 to 69 of the mixed-used Gama Tower, with 272 guestrooms and suites. Arun Kumar is general manager.
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1 John Allanson Outrigger appoints John Allanson as general manager of the Outrigger Konotta Maldives Resort. Allanson, a UK national, has 30 years’ experience in hotel and resort management in the Maldives, Vietnam and the UK. Before joining Outrigger, he was general manager of the Six Senses Con Dao Resort
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1InterContinental Hotels Group signs a global partnership with Alipay, China’s leading third-party online payment solutions company. It makes IHG the first global hotel company to give Chinese guests the ability to pay via Alipay through all of IHG’s online and mobile channels, as well as across its full
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The Wynn Palace opens in Cotai, Macau’s bustling new tourist hub. “Wynn Palace is arguably the most beautiful hotel in the world, which is a wonderful thing to be able to say,” said Steve Wynn, chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts. “But it is not in London, Paris, New
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Sun International plans to exit Nigeria after the South African casino and hotel operator’s earnings in the country plunged amid a weakening economy and a dispute involving the company’s local partners, Bloomberg reported. Sun International bought 49 percent of the Nigerian Stock Exchange-listed Tourist Company of Nigeria 10
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Starwood has closed on the sale of Hotel Goldener Hirsch, A Luxury Collection Hotel in Salzburg, Austria to companies of the WILD Group for €20 million. Starwood will continue to operate the hotel under the Luxury Collection brand flag under a new long-term management agreement. CEO Thomas Mangas said” “Our
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Rezidor signs three properties in the UAE: the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Waterfront and the Park Inn by Radisson Resort Ras Al Khaimah Marjan Island will open in Q2-2017, while the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Canal View will open in Q1-2018. “The UAE is a key strategic market for us.
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Hyatt Hotels announces the official opening of Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market, marking the brand’s official entry into Canada. The 200-room hotel, which is the 13th in the portfolio, joins other Andaz hotels in global gateway cities and resort destinations. Three other Andaz hotels are scheduled to join the portfolio
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Samoa welcomes its second global hotel brand as Aggie Grey’s Hotel in the centre of country’s capital city, Apia, reopens as The Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Hotel & Bungalows. It follows the opening of the Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Resort last year. Founded in 1933 by
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Bonds issued by US partners in Macau’s casino project Studio City have dropped to distressed levels after gaming revenue in the city entered a third year of declines and S&P Global Ratings lowered its outlook on the project, Bloomberg reported. 1 Macau Studio City The US$3.