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One of Australia’s most anticipated hotels, The Ritz-Carlton Perth, has been placed on the market. JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group has been appointed to lead the transaction through an international expressions of interest campaign. The hotel is part of a larger mixed-use development, the landmark Elizabeth Quay, and will
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InterContinental Hotels Group signs the Holiday Inn Express Asuncion Aviadores, the first Holiday Inn Express hotel in Paraguay. The new-build 120-room hotel will be centrally located in Paraguay’s capital city of Asuncion, and joins IHG’s Crowne Plaza Asuncion hotel, already open in Paraguay. Expected to be open by
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1 Curdin Schaufelberger Curdin Schaufelberger is appointed executive chef at Radisson Blu Resort Hua Hin, slated to open later this year. This is a homecoming for Chef Curdin, having spent 12 years working in Thailand. With over 30 years of global experience, Curdin has held key culinary leadership roles that
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Japan’s All Nippon Airways is partnering with Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai to offer a tailored gourmet menu for business class passengers flying out of Shanghai to Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya in September and November. 1 Two four-course menus have been designed by Chinese executive chef David Liu of
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InterContinental Hotels Group announces the signing of Holiday Inn Gdansk City Centre, which is set to open in 2019. There are currently six IHG hotels open in Poland with a further six in the pipeline. In Europe, there are currently 657 IHG hotels open with a further 132 in the
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Airbnb is pressing ahead with plans to expand into new travel services including restaurant reservations and city tours, transforming the company from a single-minded home-rental service to a multipurpose trip planner, Bloomberg reported. 1 The company is testing a standalone mobile app for finding and organising travel plans, highlighting the
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1Highfields Capital Management has bought a new stake in Hilton Worldwide Holdings and added to its position in Marriott International, Bloomberg reported. The Boston-based firm purchased 21.4 million shares of Hilton for a stake valued at US$482 million at the end of the second quarter, according to a
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1 Thailand – Koh Samui Thai hotelier and food group Central Plaza Hotel expects to lose revenue of 2 million baht (US$57,803) from room booking cancellations after a series of blasts in tourist towns last week. The blasts should have limited impact on the company and its hotel occupancy
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1The 64-key Four Points Jakarta, Thamrin opens as the first Four Points property in Jakarta, and the sixth in Indonesia. The hotel is part of an approximate 159,000 square foot mixed used development that consists of offices located on the upper floors of the building and the hotel. Starwood
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Starwood announces its further expansion in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the signing of a new Sheraton in Makkah. Sheraton Makkah Jabal Al Kaaba, scheduled to open by the end of the year, is located near the new expansion of the mosque. “Makkah has been a particular focus for
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1Okura Nikko Hotel Management’s One Harmony loyalty program stands at over 1.1 million three years after its launch in 2013. One Harmony was launched by combining two loyalty programmes – Okura Club International and My JAL Hotels – to enable guests to earn points at any property of Okura Hotels
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Choice Hotels International signs an agreement with franchise partner Nexus for a Cambria hotel & suites in Anaheim, California. 1 Expected to open in November 2018, the 345-room Cambria hotel & suites Anaheim is located half a mile from Disneyland.