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Erin Smith, the former culinary director for the?Clumsy Butcher?restaurant group, has been hired as the new executive chef for the JW Marriott Houston Downtown Hotel, set to open this summer. Smith, a Houston native and graduate of the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, will be in charge
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1 As the number of tourists visiting Japan spiked to a record high in 2013, hoteliers are moving in on the region to capitalize on the boom. Last week, government data showed that a record 11.25 million tourists visited Japan last year, up 22.7 percent from a year
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1 The hotel industry across?Europe?is set up nicely for a healthy year. So says hotel consultancy?HVS London, citing an uptick in demand from both leisure and corporate guests, transaction activity set to improve and lending becoming more easily available. HVS was?similarly bullish?back in November. Across
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A new Luxury Link survey of travelers with more than $100,000 a year in household income finds that social media isn’t as important as it is to others in the trip-planning process. Where are these high-end travelers headed? Croatia and Portugal are said to be top destinations this
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Okko is a new concept of design-driven urban hotels with an emphasis on innovation and luxury value. The tagline from the official website: ?Hotels where you feel at home, while elsewhere.? The first Okko hotel is set to open at 15B rue de Strasbourg in Nantes at the end of
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1Attracting young, affluent travellers as well as young talent are some of the key trends emerging in the hotel industry for 2014, as is the ever-growing presence of mobile as a customer service tool. Holidays were once essential for people to relax and switch off from the stresses and strains
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1Business travel finished 2013 with stronger than expected growth and heads into 2014 with a robust outlook, propelled in part by strong investment in international outbound travel, a poorly performing sector over the previous two years.?U.S. spending on international outbound travel should jump a hefty?12.5%?in
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1Hilton Worldwide?and?DoubleTree by Hilton today announced the opening of?DoubleTree by Hilton Dhahran?at the commercial heartland of Al Khobar in Eastern Province, KSA. The 153-room conversion property becomes the first DoubleTree by Hilton branded hotel to open in Saudi Arabia. “The introduction of DoubleTree by Hilton to
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The Chinese government uses tourism as a form of ?soft diplomacy in its dealings with other countries writes Dr Tony Tse of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in a recently published research paper. By exerting control and influence over the development
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1 Spafinder Wellness 365?,?the world?s leading resource for feeling good and living well all year round, today?released its 11th?annual trends report?of the top 10 spa and wellness trends spanning the globe, focusing on?where, why and how people will spa, exercise and “get their wellness
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Rex Loh has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing of InterContinental Singapore by General Manager, Shantha de Silva. He joins from The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, bringing with him over 15 years of valuable experience helming sales, marketing and revenue functions in the hospitality industry. During his tenure at The
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Philip Morris has been appointed director of revenue at Dorchester Collection with a responsibility for aligning brand revenue and online strategy. Having worked in revenue management for over 15 years, Morris joins Dorchester Collection from his previous position at the Waldorf Astoria & Towers, New York where he worked as
