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Nobu promotes two
Nobu Hospitality promotes Rachael Palumbo to the newly created role of vice president, hotel sales and marketing and Heather Hedrick to the newly created role of director of hotel learning and quality.
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Rezidor announces two in Poland
Rezidor announces two new properties in Poland: the mid-scale Park Inn by Radisson Poznán will comprise 166 keys and open in Q2 2017, and the upper-upscale Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Szklarska Poreba will be a ski and summer resort featuring 180 rooms and open in late 2018. “We are
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Lotte IPO ‘to be shelved’
Lotte Group indicated it will shelve what may have been a US$4.5 billion initial public offering, the world’s biggest so far this year, for its hotel unit after widening investigations pushed the South Korean conglomerate deeper into crisis, Bloomberg reported. It’s going to be “physically difficult”
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Hyatt Regency for Sofia
Hyatt Regency Sofia, Bulgaria, is scheduled to open in 2018. The hotel will be located in the heart of the Bulgarian capital on Vasil Levski Square, within a short walk from the National Assembly as well as many of Bulgaria’s cultural institutions and tourist attractions. The 190-room hotel will
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‘Most luxurious’ Prince Hotel announced
Prince Hotels will open The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho, a Luxury Collection Hotel, on July 27. This new hotel is sited within Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, a multi-use facility that combines office space, a hotel, homes, commercial properties, and conference facilities, under development by the Seibu Group, a conglomerate that
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Armenia to get a Radisson Blu
Radisson Blu becomes what it says is “the first and only upper upscale international hotel brand” in Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan. The 142-room hotel overlooks Mount Ararat and is within walking distance of the embassy district.
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Hyatt Regency returns to Sydney
A Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with an M&L Hospitality affiliate for a Hyatt Regency hotel in Sydney, Australia. The hotel, located at 161 Sussex Street and previously part of the Four Points by Sheraton brand, will be rebranded to Hyatt Regency Sydney at midnight
Awards and Recognition
Hilton in seafood push
Hilton Worldwide reinforces its commitment to the environment by announcing multi-year sustainable seafood goals on World Oceans Day. In collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund, Hilton has committed to implementing strong, global sustainable seafood goals in conjunction with the company’s Travel with Purpose strategy, which was launched in 2011
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Rezidor to open Istanbul apartment hotel
Rezidor announces the Park Inn Apartment Hotel Istanbul Esenyurt. The property with 484 keys, will be Rezidor’s largest hotel in Turkey and increases the group’s portfolio in the country to 22 hotels with almost 4,000 rooms in operation or under development. The new apartment hotel will welcome
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IHG signs in Canada
InterContinental Hotels Group signs a third hotel with Canadian ownership group Le Groupe Robin. The Holiday Inn Express & Suites Trois-Rivières hotel will have 79 standard rooms and 32 suites, including eight business suites with private meeting space for up to six people. The hotel is equipped with cost-savings technology
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Holiday Inn opens in Brooklyn
The new-build 245-room Holiday Inn Brooklyn Downtown hotel opens on Schermerhorn Street, near the famed Barclays Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music and Metro Tech Center, and adjacent to InterContinental Hotel Group’s EVEN Hotel Brooklyn, which is expected to open later this year. Eric Lent, Vice President, Holiday Inn and
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Sheraton Okinawa opens
Sheraton Okinawa Sunmarina Resort opens following extensive renovations of both its guestrooms and public spaces. A new wing with additional guestrooms, as well as a variety of features, including a wellness centre and dining options are scheduled for completion by December 2016.