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WAILEA, MAUI, HAWAII, September 23, 2013 ? Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, announces the appointment of Tom Donovan as managing director of the 40-acre, beachfront resort destination on Maui. Donovan joins Grand Wailea at a new phase of growth with its new owner, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
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These flights will be operated by Airbus A330-200, with a capacity of 208 seats in three cabin classes (40 seats in Business, 21 in Premium Economy and 147 in Economy). With its deep-water port, its oil resources and its potential for mining development, Pointe Noire is the economic
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1 A poll has found a mismatch between the expectations of the hospitality and tourism industry and that of new entrants to the industry. Nanyang Polytechnic’ School of Business Management surveyed 140 NYP students and alumni of their hospitality and tourism course, as well as 50 industry players from hotels,
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1Mixed-use developments that include a hotel among other components have taken a new turn. In recent months the industry has seen a spike in the number of projects either under construction or on the drawing board where the other major asset class is not residential or office, but a
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1OAK BROOK, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Inland American Lodging Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc., today announced that it has acquired the 21-story, 285-room Loews New Orleans for a purchase price of $74.5 million, or approximately $261,000 per key. ?We
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October 16, 2013?– The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Ecole h?teli?re de Lausanne (EHL) in Switzerland have recently entered into an agreement on launching a student exchange programme dedicated to the development of students, particularly in the areas
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1 Portugal’s?1?are bringing in more money this year, helped by a strong rise in the number of foreign tourists and supporting the economy’s recovery from recession after years of bailout austerity. Overall revenue from tourism accounts for around 10 percent of Portugal’s gross domestic product.
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1Baha Mar,?a $3.5 billion luxury resort, is scheduled to open in December 2014 in Nassau in the Bahamas. The ambitious project is on a 1,000-acre property set along 3,000 feet of beach that will have four hotel brands in separate towers for a total of
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NEW YORK (October 16, 2013)?- Trump SoHo? New York, the first Trump Hotel Collection property in downtown Manhattan and the neighborhood’s only AAA Five Diamond rated hotel, today announced its appointment of Monica Bewak as Director of Catering & Conference Services. “We are very pleased to welcome Monica to
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DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel announced that Tony Dunn has been appointed as its new General Manager. Dunn brings over 24 years of hotelier and hospitality experience to the position at Colorado?s largest hotel with 1,231 guest rooms and over 131,000 square feet of
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Kerzner International Holdings Limited (the ?Company?) has appointed Guenter Gebhard as the new General Manager for One&Only Hayman Island, ahead of the rebirth of the resort in April 2014. As General Manager, Guenter will be responsible for the entire operation of Hayman Island, its strategic development, as well
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The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, September 2010 ? Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading US-based hospitality management company, has announced the appointment of Rhonda Lasee as director of conference services for Eaglewood Resort & Spa located in Itasca, Illinois, near Chicago. Charles Reece, general manager, made the announcement. ?I am so pleased
