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Marking the first time the ship has offered cruises outside of the Caribbean, the European deployment will enable guests to enjoy a range of seven-night cruises in the Mediterranean. Allure of the Seas will sail seven-night itineraries from Barcelona calling at Palma de Mallorca in Spain; Marseilles for Provence in
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San Francisco?s Hotel Vitale hired?David Lemmond?as its new general manager. Lemmond most recently oversaw operations at the Standard, High Line in New York City. Before that, he worked as general manager of the Standard in downtown Los Angeles and Miami Beach, among an number of other luxury
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The JW Marriott Denver Cherry Creek is pleased to announce that Jenni Gaherty has returned to the award-winning hotel to once again serve as the Director of Sales & Marketing. With more than 15 years of luxury hotel experience, Gaherty was the Director of Sales & Marketing at the JW
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Commonwealth Hotels LLC today announced that?Alen Saric?has been appointed General Manager and?Deborah Roberts?the Director of Sales for the new Hyatt Place Portland Old Port. The Hyatt Place is 130 rooms and is owned by Cow Plaza LLC, an affiliate of East Brown Cow. As General Manager,
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Magdalena Grand Beach & Golf Resort?in Tobago has hired Denis Jaricot as its new executive chef. Chef Jaricot brings nearly 40 years of experience in the hotel and restaurant industry to the Magdalena Grand. Chef Jaricot was raised and educated in Lyon, France and began his career as an
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1 The owner and operator of the?The Peabody?hotel in Memphis is looking to take its brand?ducks and all?national and a New York City location is on the company?s radar. ?We would love to be in New York?anybody would love to be in New York?
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1The latest UK hotels bulletin from international real estate advisor Savills, predicts Chinese investors will increase their share of global cross border hotel acquisitions from the current level of 4% to 10% by 2017. The firm believes that the Asia Pacific regions and the UK, namely London, are set to
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1Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has unveiled a smartphone app for checking in and out of select properties remotely. Starwood is testing technology to use their smart phones as keys. And hotels around the country are investigating systems to do everything from ordering room service to ordering up their cars,
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1 Hoteliers need to take cultural differences into account when they compare guest satisfaction levels for hotel guests in various countries. This study by J.D. Power finds that those differences can be remarkable. For example, the length of time that guests from different countries will wait to check in
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1Sri Lanka has experienced a rise in the number of tourist arrivals last year reaching a record of 1.27 million. This surpassed the figure predicted by the government by 0.07 million tourist arrivals. According to the Sri Lankan tourism board, these figures reflect a 26% rise. The good
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1Organizers of the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC 2013) discussed Qatar’s long-term vision for the tourism sector and reviewed local and global hotel performance indicators and projects. Reviewing key global hotel performance indicators with a focus on Qatar, Philip Wooller, Area Director for Middle East and Africa at STR
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1A new InterCityHotel is being developed within the immediate vicinity of Rotterdam Central Station. The project is scheduled for completion in 2017. The InterCityHotel Rotterdam will offer the very best level of comfort to leisure and business travellers alike. 180 rooms from the latest InterCityHotel generation, each of which will
