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Starwood plans to source 100 percent of its eggs from cage-free chickens across its supply chain by 2020. “Animal welfare is important to our customers and our company, and many of our hotels around the world already use cage-free eggs. By transitioning to 100 percent cage-free eggs
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Minor Hotel Group, owner and operator of hotels and resorts in 22 countries across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, South America, Africa and the Indian Ocean, announced completion of the final stage of its acquisition of Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, a Portugal-based brand with 14 properties across Portugal
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InterContinental Hotels Group opens the newly renovated 148-room Holiday Inn Resort The Lodge at Big Bear Lake hotel in Big Bear Lake, California. This hotel is the first Holiday Inn Resort location in California. Ray Reyes is general manager.
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Marriott International issued the following statement: “We continue to closely monitor the ongoing situation related to the Zika virus. Our hotels in the impacted areas are taking appropriate recommended precautions such as fogging of outdoor areas, providing mosquito repellent for guest use, addressing areas of standing water, educating employees on
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InterContinental Hotels Group signs the first Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants hotel outside of the Americas. Debuting in Europe, the hotel will be located in the heart of Amsterdam. The hotel, which is currently operating as Crowne Plaza Amsterdam City Centre, will undergo renovation of the lobby, restaurants, facilities and guestrooms.
Awards and Recognition
France’s Michelin guide gave the country’s most famous chef a much-prized third star and stripped him of another on Monday, Agence France-Presse reported. Alain Ducasse, 59, picked up the highest rating for his restaurant at Paris’ Plaza Athenee hotel while he lost a star for another
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The Grand Hyatt brand announces 2016 global expansion plans, with openings Rio de Janeiro, Abu Dhabi and Manila.
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The Zhuhai Marriott Hotel opens under a long-term management agreement with Zhuhai New Dragon Hotel. The 332-room hotel is Marriott International’s first property in the city, one of the first special economic zones spearheading the economic reform of China.
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Preferred Hotels & Resorts, which claims to be the world’s largest global provider of sales, marketing and distribution services to independent luxury hotels, announced its 2015 year-end results. Last year, the company marked a major milestone in its 48-year history by generating more than US$1 billion
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Three-star chef Benoit Violier, whose restaurant near Lausanne recently topped a list of the world’s best, has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. He was 44. Police said in a statement that Violier was found dead in his home late Sunday afternoon in the municipality
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into an agreement with Ayla Oasis Development Company for a 286-room Hyatt Regency hotel in Aqaba, Jordan. Hyatt Regency Aqaba Ayla will be the first hotel to open within the Ayla development, a master-planned, multiphase development on the
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A local authority in Tokyo has started accepting applications from residents wanting to rent out their homes for short-term lodging through matchmakers such as Airbnb, making it the first in Japan to regulate the practice, Reuters reported. Residents of the southeast Tokyo ward of Ota, home to Haneda Airport,