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1Looking at aggregated figures for each five year period (to remove annual fluctuations), the number of regularly-occurring, internationally-rotating association meetings in the Middle East has doubled each decade in the last 50 years, and more than tripled in the last 10 years. ?A modern history of international association meetings? ICCA?
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The Penn State?School of Hospitality Management?named?Nancy Johnson, executive vice president, industry relations?Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, as the Spring 2014 Walter J. Conti Visiting Professor. Conti Professors visit the School of Hospitality Management to interact with students and faculty members, to present guest lectures in hospitality management
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1Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific?s leading luxury hotel group and HRS Group, one of the leading hotel marketing partners in Europe and Asia signed a global long-term cooperation agreement. Both companies will be working closely together in the leisure as well as the corporate travel segment. The 82
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1Travel & Tourism’s contribution to the world economy has grown for the fourth consecutive year and is expected to show even stronger growth in 2014. But policies need to be implemented to increase tourism receipts and jobs. That is according to The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which
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1 William (Bill) Fatt raises his glass of water in a toast to our meeting as we settle down to lunch. The chief executive officer of Fairmont Hotels? parent company has just politely explained to the staff that he does not consume alcohol or meat during the first three months
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1An emerging trend in high-end hotels around the world is upping the ante for hotel branding through signature scents. Scent marketing, a topic that PSFK been covering for the last few months, has become an important tool in the world of retail, fashion shows, and destination experiences such as theme
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1Sofitel Luxury Hotels will celebrate 50 years of operation in 2014, with the French hotel brand operating 120 properties in 40 countries around the world, and 30 hotel openings planned through 2015. As part of its half century celebration, Sofitel will run a social media campaign to highlight its three
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1Marriott International Inc. (MAR), the owner of brands including the Ritz-Carlton and Renaissance, is strengthening its position in West Africa as economic growth in Nigeria and Ghana boost travel and tourism. Protea Hospitality Holdings, which Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott agreed to buy for $186 million in January, is building five-star and
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1 After being displaced previously, Spain reclaims the world No. 3 spot for tourists. SPAIN announced recently it has retaken the number three spot in world tourism in 2013, overtaking China by luring a record 60.6 million international visitors. Foreign tourist arrivals surged by 5.6% in the year,
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1Millennium and Copthorne Middle East and Africa (MEA) has announced that it will open 20 new hotels in the Kingdom, which is part of a wider plan to operate 50 properties throughout the region by 2017.?The hotel group will open hotels in Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh and Jeddah, as well
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1Swisscom Hospitality currently services some 190 Rezidor properties ? branded Radisson Blu and Park Inn ? in 37 countries across the EMEA region with high-speed Internet access and managed network services, and part of this footprint also with its hotel IPTV solutions. In the Middle East alone, Swisscom Hospitality currently provides its
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1Hilton Worldwide?today announced the signing of a new management agreement with PT Putragaya Wahana to introduce the?Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts?property in Jakarta, Indonesia. Scheduled to open in 2018, the 181-key Waldorf Astoria Jakarta will be the second property of the legendary luxury brand?s portfolio in
