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AccorHotels launches Elite Experience, a new benefit to the Le Club, AccorHotels? loyalty programme, Le Club AccorHotels, which boasts over 23 million members globally. With this new initiative, members of the Le Club AccorHotels can use points accumulated from stays at any of the AccorHotels properties, from economy to luxury
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The 165-room Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Addis Ababa, will open in 2017.? It is the second Radisson Blu hotel in Addis Ababa ? further strengthening the group?s presence in Ethiopia and Africa.
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After four years of planning and negotiations, construction has begun on Christchurch’s first pod hotel to be built alongside the city’s international airport, the New Zealand Herald reported. The ?Jucy Snooze? will hold almost 300 fibreglass and steel capsules that fit one person and can be booked for
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InterContinental Hotels Group has opened the 176-room Holiday Inn Cikarang Jababeka. Previously operating as an independent hotel, it is now the sixth Holiday Inn hotel in Indonesia. Situated 70 kilometres from?Soekarno-Hatta International Airport,?the hotel is?the only internationally-branded?hotel?in the central business district of
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The former Hotel Auditorium Madrid, located at Madrid-Barajas Airport, has been rebranded as the?Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel & Conference Centre. It is the third Marriott Hotel in Spain and is the flagship brand?s largest hotel in Europe. The 869-room property has undergone an extensive renovation including
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Elza Artiaga is appointed resort manager at the Outrigger Konotta Maldives Resort, reporting to general manager Pascal Billon. Before joining Outrigger, Artiaga was general manager of the Coco Palm, a 4.5-star resort in the Maldives. Prior to that she was executive assistant manager at the 82-suite Carlisle
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Wyndham Hotel Group has expanded its footprint of more than 1,000 hotels in China with the debut of the country?s first Wyndham Garden property in Suzhou, the 289-room Wyndham Garden Suzhou. The introduction of Wyndham Garden to the country comes on the heels of the brand’s
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Spain’s Balearic Islands, which include the popular tourist destinations of Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, have approved a hotel and cruise ship tax to raise funds to promote sustainable tourism and protect the environment, Reuters reported. Tourism makes up around 11 percent of Spain’s economy and a record number
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Renaissance Hotels expects to open New York City?s first digitally enhanced hotel in the heart of the garment district this spring. Designed by Jeffrey Beers International, the Renaissance New York Midtown Hotel ?will capture the spirit of Wanderlust,?the brand?s new global design philosophy reflecting a contemporary transformation
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts closed 2015 with 220 newly signed hotel management and franchise agreements, a 26 percent increase over 2014, marking the sixth consecutive year of increased signings and the most incremental signings in its history. The company also opened a record of 105 hotels in 2015, representing approximately
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Mandarin Oriental International Limited is purchasing the freehold interest in the building that houses the Mandarin Oriental, Boston together with its hotel business for US$140 million. Mandarin Oriental has managed the 148-room hotel on Boylston Street under a management contract since it opened in 2008. The Group also
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Four years after launching its corporate responsibility strategy,?Travel with Purpose,?Hilton Worldwide?says its investments in global partnerships and programmes to activate hotel and office teams is not only driving positive social impact, but also supporting long-term business success. ?Travel with Purpose has played an important role in