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Las Vegas, NV (September 25, 2013)?- Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) announced today that David Horton has joined the company as chief marketing officer. He will have overall responsibility for all sales and marketing functions, including revenue management, distribution strategies, guest experience, and product development. Mr. Horton began his
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Paris, September 25, 2013?- Sofitel, the symbol of French elegance and paragon of luxury hospitality around the world, has announced top appointments at two of its North American properties: Jean-Christophe Gras as General Manager of Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square, and Stephanie Segoura as General Manager of Sofitel Montreal
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NASSAU, The Bahamas, Sept. 25, 2013?– Baha Mar Ltd. today announced that Paul V. Pusateri has been named Chief Operating Officer of Baha Mar, effective immediately. In this new role, Mr. Pusateri will be responsible for all day-to-day operations at the $3.5 billion destination gaming resort, which
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MILWAUKEE – September 25, 2013?- The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) today announced the resignation of Kirk A. Rose, president of Marcus Hotels & Resorts. Rose, who joined the company in January 2013, is leaving to pursue an opportunity to return to his roots in finance as the chief financial officer of
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1Paris, Dubai and Rome have emerged as the favorite travel destinations outside Asia among Chinese tourists, the largest outbound travel market in the world. According to the number-crunching of TripAdvisor?s Chinese brand?1, visits to Paris in July and August this year spiked 360 percent compared to the
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A Blackstone Group LP affiliate agreed to buy 16 hotels from?Hersha Hospitality Trust?(HT:US)?for $217 million, adding properties in the U.S. Northeast. The transaction includes hotels in New York?s Long Island, suburban Philadelphia, Connecticut and Rhode Island, according to a statement today from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-
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With the lingering effects of the Great Recession slowly disappearing, more business travelers are reserving high-priced hotel rooms and booking roomier seats in the front of the plane. But the luxury spending may be benefiting executives, not middle managers and lower-level workers. At the depth of the recession,
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1China?s film box-office revenue is expected to surpass North America?s by 2018 and double it by 2023, so instead of importing an ever-increasing number of Hollywood films, one Chinese businessman hopes to create his own Hollywood-style cinema city along the port of Qingdao, about halfway
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1Hilton Worldwide has signed an agreement with longstanding Nigeria business partner Transcorp Hotels to launch its new 200-room hotel in Lagos, the country?s commercial and cultural heartland. The new-build Transcorp Hilton Lagos will be strategically located in the exclusive residential and commercial district of Ikoyi in Lagos.
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1InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG?) is proud to announce the signing of its third InterContinental property for London: InterContinental? London The O2. The new hotel is scheduled to open in 2015 when it will take its place alongside its sister properties InterContinental London Westminster, which has been open for less than
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1Qatar?s hospitality sector is slated to see more than two dozen luxury hotels and should contribute nine percent of the total future supply of hotel rooms within the Gulf region, according to research by the Al Asmakh Real Estate Development Company (Aredc). It is estimated that approximately 29 high
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Eight new industry scholarships to support the development of people working in the New Zealand hospitality industry were announced at Hospitality New Zealand?s inaugural Future Leaders Day in Queenstown this week. The day was part of Hospitality New Zealand?s annual conference and recognises and supports the development of
