Hospitality Industry News
Starwood’s Aloft brand is to debut in Peru with two properties in the capital – the Aloft Lima Miraflores and Aloft Lima Costa Verde, both set to open in 2018. “Latin America continues to be a key priority for the Aloft brand, and we look forward to expanding our presence
Hospitality Industry News
Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts has been appointed to manage its second resort in Phuket and its fourth property in Thailand. Currently operating as dusitD2 Phuket Resort, it is scheduled to commence operation as Swissôtel Phuket Patong Beach Resort in June. This is the second resort that the brand will manage
Hospitality Industry News
Marriott International has announced details of the United Arab Emirate’s first Renaissance Hotel. Set to open at the end of 2016, the Renaissance Downtown Hotel, Dubai will be a 298-room luxury hotel aimed at business and leisure travellers. Details of the brand’s UAE debut come as the travel
Hospitality Industry News
Starwood announces the signing of Aloft Jakarta Simatupang, marking the fourth Aloft hotel in Indonesia and the third Aloft in Jakarta. It is scheduled to open on 1 January 2020.
Hospitality Industry News
Starwood will significantly expand its Element Hotels portfolio in North America. On track to more than double its North America footprint over the next three years, Element will open another 22 hotels across the US and Canada by 2018 including debuts in Philadelphia, Charleston and Nashville. “Element Hotels is experiencing
Hospitality Industry News
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group appoints Cliff Atkinson as general manager of Mandarin Oriental, Miami and Donald Bowman as general manager of Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas. Atkinson joins from the group’s property in Las Vegas where he has been GM since September 2012. Bowman succeeds Atkinson as GM of Mandarin
Hospitality Industry News
Scandic Hotels Group signs a long-term lease agreement with Airaksinen Capital to take over operation of the former Kantarellis hotel in central Vaasa, Finland, from June 2016. Expansion is expected to be finished at end of 2017. It will be renamed the Scandic Vaasa.
Hospitality Industry News
AccorHotels issues a statement claiming the largest hotel pipeline in Asia Pacific outside of China, with more than 230 hotels and 48,000 rooms in the pipeline. Accor says it is number one in terms of its development pipeline for Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia/New Zealand. For example,
Hospitality Industry News
Japanese hotelier Fujita Kanko plans to open a 248-room hotel in Taipei in 2019. It will be Fujita Kanko’s second overseas hotel, with a property in Seoul is expected to open in 2018. “Globalisation is a new chapter for Fujita Kanko, building on our 60 years of hospitality experience
Hospitality Industry News
Starwood has reached an agreement with Easton’s Group of Hotels to open the second Element Hotel in the Greater Toronto Area and renovate the Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport. The eight-storey Element Toronto Airport will open in summer 2018 adjacent to the seven-storey Four Points Toronto Airport, which
Hospitality Industry News
AccorHotels opens its first Novotel Suites in Asia, the 151-unit Novotel Suites Hanoi.
Hospitality Industry News
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is taking over the management of the prestigious c. With immediate effect, the hotel has been renamed as Rosewood Washington, D.C. “Rosewood Washington, D.C. is an exciting addition to Rosewood’s collection of properties and strengthens our presence in North America,” says Sonia Cheng,