Hospitality Industry News
InterContinental Hotels Group announces the global roll-out of Your Rate by IHG Rewards Club, an exclusive rate offered to IHG Rewards Club members when they book direct. It is part of the on-going evolution of IHG Rewards Club, claimed to be the world’s first and largest hotel loyalty programme,
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Wyndham Hotel Group announces plans for two hotels in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf. Located just 800 metres from the Imam Ali Holy Shrine, the third holiest site for the estimated 200 million followers of the Shia branch of Islam, the co-located Ramada Plaza Najaf and Ramada Hotel &
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Wyndham Hotel Group signs three hotels in Ethiopia following last year’s opening of its first Ramada in the country, the Ramada Addis Ababa, as part of a strategic decision to expand its management services in the African market. Construction of the four-star TRYP by Wyndham Addis Ababa Bole Road
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China’s largest commercial property company, Dalian Wanda, and a Chicago real estate developer announced they will build a US$900 million skyscraper, the largest-ever real estate investment by a Chinese company in Chicago. Builders will break ground this summer on the Vista Tower, a 95-story condominium and hotel complex
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The first US cruise ship to travel to Cuba in half a century docked in Havana on Monday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between the old Cold War foes. A crowd of onlookers waved Cuban and American flags and filmed with their cell phones as the Adonia, a
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Starwood announced that it is on track to grow its portfolio in the Middle East to 100 hotels by 2020. This follows five new deal signings that will add over 1,200 rooms in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Starwood will also open five hotels in 2016 across the
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Hilton Worldwide announces a partnership with Hotelschool The Hague Hospitality Consultancy and Lobster Ink to develop mobile enabled learning. The four-week online foundation courses in Kitchen Management and F&B Service Management, commencing in May, have been developed specifically for entry level team members interested in building a career
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European tourism group TUI has agreed a deal to sell its Hotelbeds unit to private equity group Cinven and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for 1.191 billion euros in cash. TUI put its Hotelbeds unit, which sells hotel rooms to wholesale customers such as travel agencies and tour operators,
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Italian private equity group Investindustrial has bought a majority stake in the country’s fourth-largest hotel group with a view to expanding in southern Europe. Investindustrial, which in 2014 lost out to Chinese conglomerate Fosun International in a bidding war for France’s Club Mediterranee, paid around US100 million ($114
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A unit of China’s HNA Group has agreed a deal to buy Carlson Hotels, the owner of the Radisson hotel chain, the firms said in a joint statement, continuing a spree of overseas deals by Chinese firms. HNA Tourism Group Co Ltd, a division of aviation and shipping conglomerate
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Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has appointed Jose Alberto Ocasio as general manager of the Mövenpick Resort Boracay. Scheduled to open in July, the 33-key resort is the second Mövenpick-branded property in the Philippines after the 245-room contemporary-styled Mövenpick Hotel Mactan Island Cebu. US national Ocasio started his career with Ritz-Carlton
Awards and Recognition
The Manila Marriott has become the first premium hotel chain to be rated for its Halal friendly services to help accelerate the vision of Philippines to become one of the world’s preferred destinations for Muslim tourists. The Manila Marriott Hotel has been recognised by Crescent Rating, the leading authority