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1Marriott International, Inc.?and G Holdings today announced the opening of an iconic addition to the New York City skyline, a combined 378-room Courtyard hotel and 261-suite Residence Inn hotel in Midtown Manhattan.? The $320 million tallest single-use hotel in North America is located at 1717 Broadway. Built and owned
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Driftwood Hospitality Management?has brought on a new CFO, the company said Wednesday. Mark Odom, an 18-year veteran of the hospitality industry, will be responsible for the financial planning, recording and record-keeping of the North Palm Beach-based company’s portfolio of properties. ?Mark?s demonstrated track record as a successful
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Jason Kycek has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Capella Marigot Bay, Saint Lucia formerly known as Discovery at Marigot Bay. Capella Hotels and Resorts which manages ultra-luxury hotels such as Capella Singapore and Capella Pedregal in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, assumed management of the resort after it
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Hilton Campus, consisting of a Hilton Garden Inn and a Homewood Suites by Hilton, is pleased to announce the hiring of Kimmy Vandervelde as our Sales Manager and Terri Ann Miller as our Catering Sales Manager. Both managers are a major asset across all outlets within the property. Robert Rauch,
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Leveraging key industry connections in the nation’s capital and abroad, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies (SCS) has launched a new Master’s in Hospitality Management?program that is now accepting students for the fall 2014 term. With disciplines ranging from lodging and tourism to restaurant management and event
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1Fodor’s Travel directs us to 25 “can’t miss” places based on criteria that include “buzziness.” This year’s World Cup host, Brazil, makes the list, as does “hip, new, design-savvy” Detroit. In its quest for value destinations, deals website Travelzoo lists five locales, including the Jersey Shore and
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1?The travel industry is large and fairly byzantine,? said Mark Rabe, the president and chief executive of Sojern. ?But we?ve been able to get really good at estimating when people are in the market for specific travel goods and services, which allows us to give customized offers at
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1The?$320 million?tallest single-use hotel in?North America?is located at 1717 Broadway. Built and owned by G Holdings and managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the dual-branded hotel will provide employment for 160 associates in the?New York?area. The impressive 68-story building is just steps from Central
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1Though there are still concerns about whether Istanbul is?safe for travelers, you wouldn’t know it from the number of newly-opened hotels in the city. There’s the Venetian-inspired?Adahan?and the hip?Georges Hotel?both of which made our list ofBest New Hotels in 2013?and now, there’
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1 While hotel rates in the U.S. are on an upswing, buoyed by healthy demand and contained supply, the same cannot be said for Asian cities, where a new report says that rates in those cities are actually falling year-over-year. According to HRS Hotel Rate Development 2013 price comparison,
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1Marriott International, Inc.?MAR?+0.43%today announced it has sold the London EDITION, and signed binding agreements for the sale of two other company-owned EDITION hotels currently under development in Miami Beach and Manhattan. The total purchase price for the three EDITION hotels is approximately $815 million, roughly equal
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Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced that it carried 13.5 million passengers in 2013, representing growth of 12% year on year, with an average load factor of 86%. The Wizz Air fleet currently consists of 45 Airbus A320 aircraft which will grow to
