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1Hilton Worldwide today announced the signing of a new management agreement with PT. Bali Ragawisata for the first Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts property in Indonesia. Located in the exclusive Bukit Pandawa precinct in the south of Bali, the 96-villa Waldorf Astoria Bali is also the fourth hotel in the
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1Hotels.com?released their most recent HPI–Hotel Price Index–a bi-annual survey of hotel prices in major cities across the world. And if you thought your last hotel stay was kinda expensive, you’re totally right, room rates are really going up. The HPI , which tracks the real prices
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Best Western International has announced the appointment of Michael Muir as Vice President of North American Development. An industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, Muir will bring his expertise in strategic growth and development to the Best Western brand. ?We are delighted to welcome Mike to Best
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CSM Lodging, a division of?CSM Corporation, has named Kayla Lynn Dacosta-Avery director of sales for the Courtyard and Residence Inn Denver South Park Meadows. Tara Cates and Michelle Davis, general managers of the properties respectively, made the announcement. “It is a pleasure to welcome Kayla Lynn to CSM Lodging
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As Midas Hospitality continues its aggressive hotel portfolio growth, it adds additional support to the hotels with the addition of a Vice President of Operations. Midas President, Robert Willard, states ?We are extremely pleased to add a seasoned hospitality veteran, Linda Emmenegger to our Midas Hospitality corporate support team.? A
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Kirby Payne, CHA, President of HVS?s asset management division in Newport, Rhode Island, has announced the appointment of Laura Benner as Senior Vice President of HVS Asset Management ? Newport. Laura Benner, who is based in Manhattan, is a hotel real estate executive with more than 20 years of experience
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Worldhotels, a leading group of independent hotels worldwide, has announced a change in its management: Robert Hornman, current Chief Executive Officer, will leave the group this summer, handing over to Kristin Intress, who has joined Worldhotels as its new Chief Executive Officer on 3rd March. Robert Hornman will stay with
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1Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.?announced today at the Sheraton Hotels General Manager Summit in Seattle that Sheraton Hotels ? its largest and most global brand ? is set for record-breaking growth over the next 12 months. According to Starwood, 35 new Sheraton hotels are slated to debut in the next
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1When Michael Leven started his first job in 1961 in the sales department of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, America was entering a period of profound transformation. John F. Kennedy was president, the civil rights movement was under way, the Cold War was intensifying, the Beatles staged their
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1Michael Barnello, president and CEO of LaSalle Hotel Properties?(NYSE: LHO), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C. during NAREIT?s 2014 Washington Leadership Forum. Barnello discussed the company?s strong results in 2013 and offered a perspective on
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1 Surge in luxury family travel just one early indicator of positive forecast for tourism industry, reveals CEO of Luxperience after 2014 preview A gathering of luxury tourism organisations, tour operators and airlines at this week?s London preview of the 2014 Sydney-based luxury and experiential travel exhibition Luxperience has
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1M?venpick Hotels & Resorts?has just taken over a five-star landmark hotel in Karachi from Sheraton, marking the first property in Pakistan to be managed by the upscale international hospitality company of Swiss heritage. The 407-room hotel, now known as the M?venpick Hotel Karachi, is based in the
