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Hilton Worldwide signs a management agreement with United Tower Real Estate to open DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Bahrain Dilmunia Island. Carlos Khneisser, vice president of development, Middle East & North Africa, says: “With more than 70 percent of our Middle East pipeline currently under construction, Hilton’s presence is growing
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Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group appoints Scott McConnell as director, global sales – leisure, Asia Pacific. Based in Sydney, he will be spearheading the global sales for the leisure segment, leveraging on Carlson Rezidor’s sales avenues, delivering greater revenue streams to the group’s portfolio of hotels. He will be responsible
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Dream Hotel Group signs its first hotel in the Middle East with Qatar-based Al Alfia Holding to develop a Dream Hotel in Doha. The group also announces US$1.5 billion in new hotel development, including Doha and five other locations, all with independent hotel development partners. Future US locations
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Four Seasons Private Island Maldives at Voavah, Baa Atoll, the first private island in the company’s portfolio and the world’s only exclusive-use UNESCO hideaway located in a World Biosphere Reserve, is set to open in late 2016. “Four Seasons Private Island Maldives at Voavah will redefine exclusive luxury,
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Hotel and casino operator Sun International has won approval for the merger of its Latin American assets with Dreams SA. The deal expands Sun International’s operations in Chile, Panama, Colombia and Peru, giving it “significant scale,” said De Wet Schutte, an analyst at Avior Capital Markets in Cape Town,
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Lotte Group’s initial public offering of its hotel unit, which may be South Korea’s largest listing on record, will be delayed after reports said a company executive is being investigated, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. A new timetable for marketing of the IPO, previously scheduled for
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Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts’ fourth property in Thailand and second in Phuket – Swissôtel Resort Phuket Patong Beach – has officially joined the brand’s global portfolio. Formerly the dusitD2 Phuket Resort, the 383-room Swissôtel Resort Phuket Patong Beach is the second resort for the hotel group on the island, joining Swissôtel
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Rezidor announces its first property in Durban, the 207-key Radisson Blu Hotel, Durban Umhlanga, scheduled to open in 2019. The hotel will enjoy a prime location as part of the ‘Oceans Umhlanga’, one of South Africa’s most iconic mixed use developments. “Africa is our biggest growth market where we,
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Hilton Worldwide Holdings announces that Form 10 Registration Statements have been filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its timeshare business and the bulk of its real estate business in connection with the previously announced plans to pursue a separation into three distinct, publicly traded companies. The
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InterContinental Hotels Group announces a US$200 million investment in Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts in the Americas region. The Crowne Plaza Accelerate plan, which will run for a three-year period, will “help ensure that the brand remains at the forefront of the new way of doing business with design-led,
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The 178-room Hyatt Centric Montevideo opens, becoming the brand’s first hotel to open outside of North America and the second Hyatt-branded property in Uruguay.
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The first Park Hyatt resort in Europe opens – the 142-room Park Hyatt Mallorca, Spain. It also marks the first Hyatt hotel in Mallorca. “The opening of our first Park Hyatt European resort marks a significant milestone for Hyatt and underlines our commitment to meaningful and strategic growth in this region