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InterContinental Hotels Group and Mexico-based Alkoer announce a joint venture to develop two Staybridge Suites hotels in the cities of Irapuato and Silao, both in the state of Guanajuato. 1 The Staybridge Suites Irapuato and Staybridge Suites Silao are slated to open in late 2017. The hotels are part of
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Airbnb is in talks for a new round of funding that would value the company at US$30 billion, according to a source close to the company. Airbnb intends to use the financing to support new investments and growth opportunities, the source added. The New York Times first reported the
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Barcelona city hall announces a 20-fold hike, to 600,000 euros (US$660,000), in the maximum fine that can be levied against home-rental sites such as Airbnb if they promote illegal accommodation. Under a 2012 regional law, any apartment rented to visitors in Catalonia must be logged in the
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Choice Hotels International signs an agreement to develop a Cambria hotel & suites in North Charleston, South Carolina. The 124-room property, located 10 minutes from Charleston International Airport, is slated to open in late 2017..
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Park Inn by Radisson opens a 114-room hotel in Ankara, Turkey, located in the Eymir Lake district, in the diplomatic district. 1 The Rezidor Hotel Group’s area vice president for the Middle East & Turkey, Mark Willis, says: “We are committed to expanding in Turkey especially in the mid-market
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Outrigger appoints Eugene Oelofse as director of marketing and e-commerce, Asia Pacific. He is based in the Outrigger Asia-Pacific office in Phuket, Thailand, and reports to Mark Simmons, vice president of sales and marketing, Asia Pacific. 1 Eugene Oelofse Oelofse brings 13 years’ experience in branding, communications, digital, marketing and
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Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas has notified customers of a payment card incident. Cards used at restaurants and retail outlets between October 27, 2015 and March 21, 2016 could have been affected. Investigations revealed the presence of card-scraping malware designed to target payment card data. In some instances,
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Several online travel sites have seen a jump in queries from Americans about travel to the United Kingdom since it voted to leave the European Union, a sign that the Brexit vote and the resulting drop in the value of the pound currency may spur US visits to Britain, Reuters
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A large “Four Points by Sheraton” sign has gone up outside the Havana hotel that this week becomes the first in Cuba to operate under a US brand since the 1959 revolution, Reuters reported. The military-owned Gaviota 5th Avenue Hotel, close to the Caribbean seafront, is one of two hotels
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The Sportsman, a seaside pub where the menu is on a blackboard and main dishes cost about £20 (US$26), was named UK restaurant of the year, beating some of the biggest names in British gastronomy in a Top 100 list otherwise dominated by London establishments, Bloomberg reported. 1 The
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Australian mogul James Packer has won approval for a towering six-star hotel and casino complex on Sydney harbour aimed at Asian high-rollers, with work expected to begin shortly. 1 Crown Sydney Hotel Resort The New South Wales state government legislated to site the Crown Sydney Hotel Resort on foreshore land
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Park Inn by Radisson launches its newly refreshed website, 1, which has been enhanced and improved to make guests’ bookings and enquiries “easier, brighter and more enjoyable”. 1 Rezidor Hotel Group executive vice president & chief commercial officer Eric De Neef says: ”Park Inn has always been a bright, colourful