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AccorHotels expands its portfolio in Greater China with the opening of the Sofitel Kunming. The 400-room hotel is the only international luxury hotel in Kunming city centre. Located in the central business district, the hotel occupies the 27th to 52nd floors of a tower. ?The opening of Sofitel Kunming
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Real-time engagement technology provider Spring Engage looks into the most influential social media trends in 2016. With growing competition from online travel agencies and lodging services such as Airbnb, hotels must be up to date with trends when constructing their online presence. Over the past year, the emerging millennial
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Russia will prohibit Turkish companies from construction, tourism, the hotel business and services for state and municipal needs from January 1, the Russian government said in a resolution on Wednesday. Russia has imposed economic sanctions against Turkey after Turkey shot down a Russian military jet near the Syrian-Turkish border
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China? Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd has agreed to buy mainland property assets, including hotels, in cities including Shanghai and Beijing from the empire of Hong Kong tycoon Cheng Yu-tung for 20.4 billion yuan (US$3.2 billion). Evergrande will buy a 60 percent stake in a commercial
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Courtyard by Marriott debuts in Taiwan with the opening of the Courtyard by Marriott Taipei?in the centre of Nangang District. The 465-room hotel is the 36th?Courtyard branded hotel in Asia Pacific.
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More than a dozen of New York City?s most famed hotels are pledging to get greener, the Associated Press reported. The Waldorf-Astoria New York, the Lotte New York Palace, the Pierre-A Taj Hotel and the Crowne Plaza Times Square are among the 16 city hotels ? all currently
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A real estate investment trust that is selling more than a dozen ski resorts from Maine to California won?t meet its deadline of completing the transaction by year?s end, Associated Press reported. CNL Lifestyle Properties, which is based in Orlando, Florida, has sold its senior housing portfolio, a
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Jin Jiang International Hotels signs a management agreement with Jiangxi Ming Run Industry, under which Jin Jiang will manage the 250-room Nanchang Mingyuan Jin Jiang International Hotel, scheduled to open in 2020.
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Starwood debuts its Aloft brand in Taipei with the opening of the 88-key Aloft Taipei Zhongshan. Located in the city?s northeast downtown area, it is the 10th?Aloft Hotel in Greater China.
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InterContinental Hotels Group signs a management agreement with Kebsup Group to open the first?Hotel Indigo?in Phuket, Thailand. Set to open in 2018, the 180-room Hotel Indigo Phuket Patong will be located in the northern end of Patong beach. IHG has 18 hotels and resorts open in Thailand
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Dusit Fudu Hotels and Resorts signs an agreement with Zhuzhou Nature Real Estate Development Company to manage the first upscale, internationally branded lifestyle resort in Zhuzhou City, in China?s Hunan Province. Scheduled to open in the last quarter of 2019, the resort features 150 guestrooms and villas, with each
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Hilton Worldwide and?Hilton Hotels & Resorts announce the opening of?the 368-room Hilton Zhuzhou, Hilton Worldwide’s first hotel in Hunan Province, China. The opening marks the 32nd Hilton branded hotel in China.