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Quezon City, Philippines – 18 January 2018 – Red Planet Hotels solidifies its position as the largest and fastest growing owner and operator of budget hotels in the Philippines with the opening of its 12th hotel in the country, Red Planet Quezon Aurora Boulevard. 1 Red Planet Quezon Aurora Boulevard The 167-room
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Parsippany, New Jersey – Irving, Texas – 18 January 2018 – Wyndham Worldwide is to acquire La Quinta Holdings for $1.95 billion in cash. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2018. La Quinta has been acquired by Blackstone in 2005 for $2.28 billion in cash. 1
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Greetsiel/Ostfriesland, 18. Januar 2018 – Meer, Wind und nette Kollegen, was braucht man mehr? Naja, vielleicht einen sicherer Job in einem gut gehenden Hotel! So dachte sich das auch Marcus Clauberg, Inhaber des 1, und drehte den Spieß nun um: Das Hotel bewirbt sich um neue Mitarbeiter, nicht umgekehrt. In
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Rockville, Maryland – 17 January 2018 – A proven leader in the upper-midscale lodging segment, the iconic Comfort Hotel brand finished 2017 by opening 58 hotels and increasing the pipeline to nearly 300, one of the largest in its history. Franchised by Choice Hotels International the new Comfort hotels reflect the brand’
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Rockville, Maryland – 17 January 2018 – Rodeway Inn, the well-known economy hotel and one of 11 Choice Hotels brands, announced the opening of its 600th hotel. Located at 4565 West Keiser Avenue in Osceola, Arkansas, the opening of the Rodeway Inn Osceola, marks a significant milestone in the brand’s ongoing
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany – 17 January 2018 – To mark its 30th anniversary in 2017, IntercityHotel instigated a special new link by entering into a cooperation agreement with the Brazilian brand Intercity Hotels. The cooperation arrangements, which were officially launched now, will see the two companies working together in the fields
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McLean, Virginia – 17 January 2018 – Hilton announced the hiring initiative for its remote career program with the creation of 650 new part-time work-from-home reservation sales positions, offering flexible work opportunities across the United States. 1 As part of the Hilton reservations and customer care team, the new reservation sales specialist
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Beijing – 17 January 2018 – Mr. Till Martin has been manning the helm as Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing’s Opening General Manager since November 2016, bringing with him a rare passion and expertise to the opening of the hotel. Scheduled to debut in the second quarter 2018, the first Hyatt Regency
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Bengaluru, India – 17 January 2018 – Conrad Hotels & Resorts today celebrates further expansion in India with the opening of Conrad Bengaluru. Soaring 24 stories above Bengaluru’s Central Business District, the new luxurious hotel, which is owned by Prestige Group and managed by Hilton, is superbly located in the city
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Washington, D.C. – 17 January 2018 – Travel industry representatives sounded an alarm over a long-term decline in international tourism to the US and said they want to work with the Trump administration to reverse the trend. Organisers of the new Visit US Coalition said the decline started in 2015 and
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Hong Kong – 17 January 2018 – Sharing Economy International, a Chinese textile machinery maker with blockchain ambitions, said it is pursuing the acquisition of a boutique hotel from Hong Kong property billionaire Lee Shau-kee, Bloomberg reported. 1 Mira Moon Hotel Hong Kong A unit of Sharing Economy is offering to buy
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Sydney – 17 January 2018 – Billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group is close to reaching an agreement to sell two Australian luxury property projects – one in Sydney and one on the nation’s Gold Coast, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. 1 The buyer is of Chinese