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Hilton Worldwide today announced the opening of its 4,000th hotel, Hilton Shijiazhuang in the Hebei province of China. It now has 35 hotels operating in Greater China and a pipeline in this region of more than 120 hotels with more than 42,000 rooms.
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The European hotel sector has shown a 5.8% total return for 2012 in terms of local currency, according to the?1?Pan-European Hotel Performance Report released today. This is a stronger return compared with European all property (4.3%) and mainstream property sectors such as retail (4.3%
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June 26, 2013?- The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently launched the innovative Doctor of Hotel and Tourism Management (D.HTM) Distinguished Lecture Series in which leading academics and industry executives from across the globe have been invited to share
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(Macau?25 June 2013) ? A lucky Pavilion Black Card member from Guangdong province, Mr. Kuang, has recently won the HK$4,295,106 jackpot at StarWorld Hotel.? On 23 June, Mr. Kuang played the auspicious ?Fa Fa Fa? slot machine at StarWorld Hotel.? Beyond his expectation, he later found that
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Ever since Starbucks had the business acumen to make free WiFi as defining to its brand as “grande frappucinos,” workers have delighted in leaving their offices in favor of brighter, more caffeinated workspaces. As the traditional office undergoes a global demise, hotels are starting to change their function to accommodate
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Luxury-hotel operator Kempinski AG is in talks to manage or buy properties in Barcelona, Paris and Nice, France, as it seeks to expand its European business. The Geneva-based company is in advanced negotiations with owners of the three hotels, Chief Operating Officer Duncan O?Rourke said yesterday. The
Germany is set to become Europe?s top contributor of passengers to the cruise industry as record employment levels and generous vacation rules give consumers the cash and leisure time for sightseeing by sea. ?Growth in Germany this year will probably be at about the same level as last year,
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Patrick Wassel, Head of Digital Strategy, Faktor 3 AG, a firm specializing in online strategy, at ITB Berlin 2013 brought experts together to discuss the effectiveness of social media as a rating and feedback platform, in the travel industry. His pretext summarizing social media through an informationsearching traveler?s eyes:
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The hospitality industry in India is becoming another high-profile casualty of the slowing economy, with nearly 75 big hotels putting up the ‘for sale’ boards and several others raising the red flag amid falling check-ins and wilting room rates. Most hotels in the country are running half empty,
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China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has bought a stake in Skai Holdings’ US$1 billion Viceroy hotel on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. The regional unit of the Shanghai-listed construction giant has formed a special purpose vehicle with the Dubai developer Skai to invest in the scheme. This
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has signed an agreement with Jabal Omar Development Company to open three new hotels in the Holy City of Makkah. As part of the Jabal Omar Development project, Starwood will add 1,496 rooms to the city under the company’s Sheraton, Westin and
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Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora was named the Best Luxury Beach Resort Worldwide in this year’s Luxury Travel Advisor Awards of Excellence. The magazine?s advisory board, an invitation-only panel of those influential travel advisors who have graced the cover of?Luxury Travel Advisor,?selected each of the
