Awards and Recognition
A report released by the?American Hotel & Lodging Association and WageWatch shows that jobs in the hotel industry lead quickly to upper management positions, providing long-term careers with high job satisfaction levels. The report highlights the success stories of the hotel industry?s employees, who experience significant opportunities
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Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group signs a management agreement for the 160-key Radisson RED Guangzhou South Station. Owned by Guangzhou ROFO Real Estate Development, this new-build hotel is the second Radisson RED hotel for Carlson Rezidor in China. Radisson RED Guangzhou South Station is scheduled to open in the
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JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong appoints Jason Shek as director of marketing. He has over 19 years? experience in the hospitality industry, with an extensive sales and marketing background. Prior to joining the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, Shek was with the Mandarin Oriental Macau for three years as director
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The number of international tourists rose by 4.4 percent worldwide in 2015 to hit a record 1.18 billion despite concerns over terrorism, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Tourism arrivals were up by five percent in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas but fell by eight
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Hyatt Hotels Corp said a previously reported malware attack to steal payment card data occurred between August 13 and December 8, primarily at its restaurants. The company listed affected locations worldwide and the period when they were at risk, on its website. (1) ?We do not know the number of
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The 162-room Four Points by Sheraton Bandung opens in West Java, Indonesia. Across Asia Pacific, Starwood operates more than 40 hotels under the Four Points flag, with more than 45 additional hotels in the pipeline.
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Montenegro has defended its decision to allow an island fortress and wartime concentration camp to be transformed into a luxury resort, a move that has sparked anger among relatives of its former prisoners, Agence France-Presse reported. Situated in the Adriatic Sea in the popular Bay of Kotor, the 19th-
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Tracy Robbins has stepped down from the InterContinental Hotels Group board and her role as executive vice president of human resources due to health reasons. Patrick Cescau, chairman of IHG, commented:??On behalf of the board, I want to thank Tracy for her long-standing contribution to IHG.?Tracy joined
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Swiss?tel Hotels & Resorts enters into an agreement to manage a 180-room hotel in Saudi Arabia. With a planned opening in 2019, Swiss?tel Al Khobar will be situated within the MASIC Business Park development.
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Set to open in?April 2016, the remodelled former Hotel Charleston joins the just-opened 64-room Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogot? as the brand’s second location in the city. ?Our two Four Seasons hotels in?Bogota?complement each other, and both are unlike any other Four Seasons
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Preferred Hotels & Resorts and Katara Hospitality have entered into a master partnership agreement for the recently launched Murwab Hotel Group, Katara Hospitality’s standalone hotel operating division. Effective immediately, four of Murwab Hotel Group’s existing luxury hotels in Qatar and Switzerland have been brought into representation of Preferred
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Hilton Worldwide’s parental leave policies, which took effect on January 1, now cover both hourly and salaried Team Members at Hilton’s owned and managed properties, as well as the company’s corporate offices. The new policies represent what the company says are the best parental leave benefits offered