Hospitality industry news worldwide covering lodging, restaurants, catering, travel, airlines and hotel industry.
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Jakarta, Indonesia – 4 May 2017 – Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group plans to build a US$21 billion centre near Jakarta targeting the automotive and electronic industries, and will include five-star hotels, shopping malls and universities. 1Billed as the “Shenzhen of Indonesia”, the Meikarta project is Lippo’s largest to date
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Las Vegas – 3 May 2017 – The Venetian Las Vegas launched one of the hospitality industry’s first Facebook Messenger direct booking channels – and the first for an individual hotel — offering guests the opportunity to book directly and securely through social messaging. 1 The Luxury Suite at at The Venetian Las
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Berlin, 03. Mai 2017 – In der heutigen Sitzung des Mindestlohnausschusses beim Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) wurde dem Antrag auf Allgemeinverbindlichkeit für eine Lohnuntergrenze in der Zeitarbeit stattgegeben. Nach Veröffentlichung der Rechtsverordnung im Bundesanzeiger tritt damit zum 1. Juni 2017 eine neue allgemeinverbindliche Lohnuntergrenze in der Zeitarbeit in Kraft.
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München, 03. Mai 2017 – Frank Heller ist neuer Regional Director Germany der Rocco Forte Hotels. In seiner neuen Funktion ist er zusätzlich zu seiner bisherigen Position als General Manager des The Charles Hotels in München für alle deutschen Rocco Forte Hotels, auch das Hotel de Rome in Berlin und die
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Nürnberg/St. Gallen, 03. Mai 2017 – Kontrollierte Transparenz ist in den Augen junger Top-Talente ein wichtiger Erfolgsfaktor. Unternehmen mit einer Kultur, in der Informationen frei fließen können und Vertraulichkeit die Ausnahme ist, profitieren ihrer Meinung nach langfristig. 1 Dabei setzen die “Leaders of Tomorrow” auf kontrollierte Transparenz. Sie fordern
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Hamburg, Germany – 3 May 2017 – The arc of suspense becomes critical: Within the current election debate to transition the weekly working hours in the hospitality and gastronomy industry, shows that young people are willing and able to work more than 12 hours per day, elder staff on the other hand
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Washington D.C. – 3 May 2017 – Hilton Worldwide reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit and raised its earnings forecast for the year, helped by a boost in business travel following the US presidential election. 1Hilton, like its hotel industry peers, is expected to benefit from an uptick in
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Hakodate, Japan – 3 May 2017 – Marriott International announces the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Hakodate, the first Four Points hotel in Japan. 1“Four Points by Sheraton is one of Marriott International’s most rapidly expanding brands globally and we are excited to partner with Ken Corporation to bring
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Hanover/Munich, Germany – 3 May 2017 – 1You don’t have to be psychic to know why renowned PMS-delivery claims within the hospitality industry are being ignored. Two way interfaces to booking portals are not yet internationally favored by all hotel chains, therefore their programming remains secondary. But exactly these
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Hamburg, Germany – 3 May 2017 – 1Marriot is taking the lead: Due to the mobile app, last year’s direct bookings increased by 70 percent to 1.7 billion US-Dollars. The advantages are considerably: On the arrival day information about the hotel, the local area and important routes are shown
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Frankfurt, Germany – 2 May 2017 – It has to be easy and make sense: Personal profiles on the social web are the key to E-recruiting. More and more hotels are using leading networking-platforms such as Hospitality Leaders, LinkedIn, Xing and even Facebook for active sourcing and matching to fill
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München, 02. Mai 2017 – Ein Urteil mit Signalwirkung: Ein Hotel muss die Daten eines Gastes nicht ohne Weiteres herausgeben. Gästen hätten ein Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung, urteilte das Amtsgericht München (Az. 191 C 521/16). 1In dem Fall eine Frau gegen eine Hotelkette geklagt, da sie den vollständigen Namen ihres