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In what is set to be a bumper summer of golf, Hilton Worldwide launches a season-long Hilton Golf Championship, a free to enter amateur golf event for players of all abilities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. At the events, Hilton will host guests and members of Hilton HHonors,
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Rezidor announces two hotels in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The mid-scale Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Residence Dammam Industrial City will feature 300 units and open in 2016. 1 Radisson Blu Hotel Dammam Al Faisaliyah The upper-upscale Radisson Blu Hotel Dammam Al Faisaliyah with 260 keys is scheduled to welcome
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Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group partners with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group that focuses on private sector development, to promote the design and construction of green buildings in emerging markets. 1 The Radisson Blu Hotel, Accra Airport is the first hotel in Africa to receive IFC’s EDGE
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Radisson Blu opens a residences complex as part of an expansion project at Radisson Blu Hotel, Maputo. 1 Radisson Blu Hotel & Residences Maputo Radisson Blu became the first international five-star hotel brand in Mozambique following the opening of the 154-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Maputo, and this new development will
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Starwood has closed on the sale of The St. Regis Florence and The Westin Excelsior Florence to Nozul Hotels & Resorts, the owner of The Gritti Palace, Venice and W Doha Hotel, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Jaidah Holdings’for €190 million. 1 St. Regis Florence Starwood will continue
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Outrigger Hotels and Resorts welcomes Simeon Miranda back to Hawaii as general manager for the Outrigger-managed Embassy Suites by Hilton Waikiki Beach Walk. 1 Simeon Miranda He returns to Hawaii after a year and a half on Guam as Outrigger’s corporate director-operations, Pacific. Before moving to Guam, Miranda was
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The 347-room Conrad Manila opens at the forefront of the Mall of Asia complex, in the heart of the 42-hectare Bay City development. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 At Conrad Manila, all 347 guest rooms and suites are specially designed with an intuitive technology.
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Airbnb has gone on a charm offensive in Japan, hoping to drum up support as regulators there debate whether to clamp down on the startup’s rapidly expanding operations, Bloomberg reported. 1 The world’s third-most valuable private startup dispatched high-powered lawyer and political strategist Chris Lehane to lay out
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Casino operator Crown Resorts will spin off international assets including a US$2 billion stake in Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd under a plan to increase returns for controlling shareholder James Packer, Bloomberg reported. 1 The newly listed entity is also set to house Crown’s development site in Las Vegas,
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Interstate Hotels & Resorts names Jane Blake as global chief human resources officer. 1 Jane Blake Reporting directly to CEO Jim Abrahamson, Blake is responsible for all aspects of human resources management and development for Interstate’s 30,000 associates, servicing hotel owners and hotel staff relevant to operations, talent
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EU antitrust authorities are set to wave through US hotel chain Marriott International’s cash and share purchase of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc without demanding concessions, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. 1 The deal, currently worth US$12.5 billion, which will
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Wild mason bees, some of the most effective pollinators on Earth, can now visit 10 new luxurious bee hotels to rest their wings in the United States. These new oases were developed by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in partnership with Pollinator Partnership to serve as habitat for nesting and reproduction.