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sbe, an industry-leading?hospitality, lifestyle and real estate development company, today announced the launch of its award-winning?SLS Hotels?brand into China at an exclusive event in Shanghai hosted by sbe President, Sam Bakhshandehpour. The announcement was made in collaboration with sbe?s partner in its Chinese expansion,
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Business activity in U.S. hotels increased in June to a reading of 109.5 according to the latest reading of the U.S. Hotel Industry’s Pulse (U.S.-HIP) indicator. e?forecasting.com’s U.S.-HIP, a composite indicator that gauges monthly overall business conditions in the
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Mexico City ? ?Hotel occupancy in Mexico grew by 6.7 percent in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period last year, the Tourism Secretariat said Tuesday. On June 30, the average number of hotel rooms rented in the country’s 70 main tourist destinations during the first
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In a bid to ensure the quality of hospitality finance and technology education within the global hospitality industry, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) has formed an affiliation with theNational Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators & Developers (NABHOOD)and theLatino Hotel and Restaurant Association (LHRA). The goal of this
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Caesars Entertainment Corporation announced the collaboration with New York-based luxury hotel brand Gansevoort Hotel Group and nightlife impresario Victor Drai to launch a never before seen Las Vegas experience creating an intimate urban resort at the location of Bill?s Gamblin? Hall & Saloon. At the heart of the
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Sun International has revealed plans to invest 3 billion rand (US$298 million) to develop a new-build casino-resort in Pretoria, South Africa. The proposed development requires government approval of the transfer of one of the Sandton, South Africa-based Sun International?s gambling licenses. The 110-room casino-
Swiss International Air Lines? fifteenth Airbus A340-300, registration HB-JMM, has been named ?Solothurn? in honour of the capital of the same-named canton in Northwest Switzerland. The aircraft formally received its new name this morning at Zurich Airport in a ceremony attended by SWISS CEO Harry Hohmeister, Solothurn
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TEMPE, Ariz., July 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –?US Airways (NYSE: LCC) now offers customers the ability to skip the line at baggage claim with Bags VIP delivery service; which delivers their bag to their home, hotel or office. The airline also offers customers the Track Your Bag tool on usairways.com.
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GREENWICH, Conn.,?July 9, 2013?/PRNewswire/ –?Starwood Property Trust?(NYSE:?STWD) today announced that it has originated a?$225 million?first mortgage loan on the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka’upulehu (the “Resort”), a luxury resort and residential community situated on an 865-acre oceanfront property along the
LOS ANGELES,?July 9, 2013?/PRNewswire/ — Crystal Cruises is vastly expanding its presence in the exotic ports of?China,Japan,?Thailand,?Singapore,?Vietnam,?Cambodia,?Indonesia,?Malaysia?and?Brunei?next year.? With a choice of 34 voyages (vs. just four in 2012), the five- to 29-day luxury?1?offer a
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Synopsis The report provides top-level market analysis, information and insights, including: – Historic and forecast tourist volumes covering the entire Philippine travel and tourism industry – Detailed analysis of tourist spending patterns in the Philippines – The total, direct and indirect tourism output generated by each sector within the Philippine travel and
Cruise ship?1is unquestionably better than ever. Even if some of the content — Broadway reviews, music through the decades, feathers and glitz — hasn’t changed, big-time production shows, the main staple, have gotten more and more professional, a result of improved sets, lighting, sound systems and ever-more talented
