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1Kempinski currently operates 75 hotels in 32 countries, and Europe’s oldest independent luxury hotel group plans to open 12 more hotels in 2014. Kempinski already opened Kempinski Hotel Fleuve Congo Kinshasa and Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski in March. Here?s a look at Kempinski?s next 10 scheduled properties.
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Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world?s leading luxury hospitality company, announces the promotion of Christopher Norton?to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Global Product and Operations. Effective April 1, 2014, the position includes responsibility for worldwide hotel operations, product, design, construction and procurement. Under Norton?
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Davidson Hotels & Resorts, one of the nation?s largest, independent hotel management companies, today announced that it has appointed Edie Bates to the newly created position of vice president, brand performance. In her new role, Bates will be responsible for supporting the property teams and partnering with the company?
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Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel, appointed?Dan Boyer to director of sales and marketing for the hotel. Boyer returns to Arizona and brings with him approximately 30 years of hospitality experience, which includes group sales, advertising and marketing strategies, strategic partnerships, change management, top-line revenue growth, revenue management, budget management?and
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Nadine Shelf has been appointed as Spa Director of The Spa at Trump SoHo. Shelf brings to The Spa at Trump SoHo more than 15 years of experience including her most recent position as general manager of The Peninsula Spa at The Peninsula New York. There, Shelf oversaw management of
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1 While French tourists remain the biggest spenders in Portugal, a title they have held since 2011 when overtaking their British counterparts, the amount of cash being left behind here is fast being approached by new markets such as Russia, China and Angola, a report published this week by newspaper
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1 The Asia-Pacific and Middle East region had a good start in year 2014, recording +10.7% year-on-year growth in passenger traffic in January. Almost all airports registered a positive result compared to January 2013 except for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK) which saw a drop in international passenger traffic by -4.
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1Tunisia is working against the clock to salvage its 2014 tourist season after three turbulent years, by revamping the country’s image — with the help of online media and a few Star Wars characters. “To change a country from one that is relatively inexpensive to a top-end tourist destination will
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1 Las Vegas Sands Corp.?(LVS:US)?has asked Singapore authorities for more land to increase rooms at its resort in the city-state by about 60 percent after facing almost full occupancy, billionaire Chairman Sheldon Adelson says. The world?s biggest casino operator plans to add 1,500 rooms to
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1Are hotel mini-bars a thing of the past? That’s the latest spin coming from guest rooms around the world; As guests, we’re used to walking into a hotel room and finding a mini-fridge full of overpriced chips and chocolates, but how beneficial are these little bars to hotels
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1 Organised with the support of the City of Kyoto and the Japan Tourism Agency (JTA), the second annual edition of specialist event ILTM Japan (www.iltm.com/japan) closed announcing that over 1000 business appointments took place over the last three days at the SODOH Higashiyama, Kyoto. Alison Gilmore,
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1 The hotel transactions market saw a great boost in 2013 thanks to the influx of capital, according to the?1. The survey included 154 single-asset sale transactions of over $10 million each that are not part of a portfolio allocation, totaling approximately $11 billion and 45,000 hotel rooms.
