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Lima, Peru – 26 April 2017 – InterContinental Hotels Group signs a new-build Holiday Inn hotel in Lima, the capital of Peru. The 19-storey, 200-room property will be situated on Avenida Ricardo Palma in the Miraflores District. It is scheduled to open in Q3 2019. 1
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Frankfurt, Germany – 26 April 2017 – Moxy Hotels launches the 305-room Moxy Frankfurt Airport, the brand’s fourth hotel in Germany. Moxy Hotels launched in Milan in September 2014. 1 Moxy Tempe, Moxy Munich Airport, Moxy New Orleans, Moxy Frankfurt Eschborn, Moxy Berlin Ostbahnhof and Moxy Aberdeen Airport all opened
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Dubai, UAE – 26 April 2017 – InterContinental Hotels Group announces four hotel signings and six hotel openings during the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai. 1IHG’s four new hotel signings in the Middle East and Africa are: Crowne Plaza Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, InterContinental Doha Festival City and Staybridge Suites Lusail
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London – 26 April 2017 – AccorHotels opens its new flagship Novotel in London’s Canary Wharf. The 313-room hotel, which represents a £90 million investment from AccorHotels, situated at 40 Marsh Street and at 127 metres high, is one of the tallest buildings in the area, with 360-degree views
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New York City – 26 April 2017 – President Donald Trump’s older sons are sizing up new opportunities to extend the family brand, Associated Press reports. 1Eric and Donald Trump Jr are considering creating two new hotel chains, one a four-star affair and the other a less luxurious line. They
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Macao – 26 April 2017 – A luxury hotel has been ordered by Macau health authorities to close its pools and fountains after they were alerted by Hong Kong’s disease center that three Legionnaires’ disease patients had visited or stayed there. 1Samples have been drawn from The Parisian Macao Hotel’s
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Stockholm, Sweden – 26 April 2017 – Scandic Hotels Group signs an agreement with Swedavia to operate a new hotel at Landvetter Airport in Sweden. Construction will start in 2018 with completion scheduled for 2020. 1
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London – 26 April 2017 – US ride-hailing app Uber has told Europe’s top court it is a digital service, not a transport service, and that a French law clearly targeted online taxi services, in its latest European legal battle with the taxi industry. 1Uber expanded into Europe five years
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Dubai, UAE – 26 April 2017 – Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality and leisure business of Emaar Properties, unveils six new hotel projects as part of its regional and international expansion plans. 1 Vida Dubai Marina by Emaar Hospitality Group These projects in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Egypt add to a portfolio
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Hamburg/Berlin, 26. April 2017 – Über die vergangenen zwölf Monate hinweg untersuchte die Metajobsuchmaschine Joblift den deutschen Stellenmarkt der Tourismusbranche, um mehr über die Beschaffenheit und Entwicklung der Reiseindustrie zu erfahren. Während die Hotellerie die meisten Stellen ausschreibt, wachsen jene im Reisebusgeschäft fast doppelt so stark an. Die Ausschreibungen in
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Berlin, 26. April 2017 – Ausbildung mit Qualität – das haben sich 57 Betriebe mit 1.505 Azubis (43 Prozent aller Azubis im Berliner Hotel- und Gaststättengewerbe) auf die Fahne geschrieben. Die Hotels und Restaurants haben sich freiwillig der Dehoga Berlin Initiative AmQ (1) angeschlossen und bieten jungen Menschen damit eine Orientierungshilfe
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Frankfurt/Main, 26. April 2017 – In den vergangenen Tagen erlebte eine Gruppe von zwölf Auszubildenden von Hilton aus ganz Deutschland im Rahmen der jährlichen Azubi-Challenge Hilton Azubi Adventures – powered by ViO BiO ein unvergessliches gemeinsames Abenteuer in Tallinn, Estonia. 1 Hilton hatte diese zwölf Top-Auszubildenden bei seinem internen