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Hamburg, Germany – 8 March 2017 – The new year starts off with a scandal: The “Romantik Seehotel Jägerhof“ in Austria‘s Turracher Höhe was blackmailed by a hacker for the fourth time. Only after a Bitcoin payment worth of 1,500 euros, the previously encrypted cash register, reservation and key system
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Berlin, Germany – 8 March 2017 – To offer only the accomodation and to charge for every extra service – That is what hotel operators should learn from low cost carrier, hotel developer Jospeh Fischer advises. “Hotels are not adopting fast enough what’s changing in the aviation,” he stated in an interview
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Berlin, Germany – 8 March 2017 – Until end of the month, Accor expect first feedback of talks for sale of its real-estate investment branch HotelInvest. COO Laurent Picheral revealed in an interview with Hospitality Leaders, “We have first interest and still searching long-term partners.” Goal is to sell a
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Berlin, Germany – 7 March 2017 – Ahead of this year’s International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Hilton announces that it has passed the milestone of 100,000 rooms trading across its Europe, Middle East & Africa portfolio. The news comes in a period of unprecedented global growth for the company.
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Toronto, Canada – 7 March 2017 – A deadline to bid for the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Toronto has passed with the property drawing no new offers, according to the receiver, Bloomberg reported. The 65-story hotel and condo tower was put on the market by JCF Capital, the holder
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Hong Kong – 7 March 2017 – The Peninsula Hotels names Mark Kobayashi as vice president of marketing and Carson Glover as director of global communications. 1 Mark Kobayashi Reporting to the chief operating officer, Kobayashi will relocate to the company’s Hong Kong headquarter from Tokyo, where he has held the
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Berlin, Germany – 7 March 2017 – Niu, the brand for modern hotel guests, will be completing the Novum Hotel Group brand portfolio soon. niu is situated in the mid-scale segment and meets individual demands for comfort and trip purposes. 1 niu hotel concept by Novum Hotels Through the english word
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Hamburg, Germany – 07 March 2017 – What happens if the owner of a company suddenly disappears? Björn Grimm, a well-known hotel consultant, nearly experienced this situation. The sudden diagnosis: emergency surgery. His consultancy would have been lost without him. As a hotel expert, he nowadays uses his educational lectures to
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London – 6 March 2017 – Moxy Hotels, Marriott International’s experiential hotel brand, continues to make its mark on the hospitality scene with the launch of its first hotel in London, a city world-renowned for art, culture and nightlife. Characterised by a vibrant, playful design and approachable service, Moxy London
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Bangkok, Thailand – 6 March 2017 – The new Ibis Bangkok IMPACT adds 587 rooms to the existing 380-room Novotel Bangkok IMPACT. The 18-storey Ibis Bangkok IMPACT features 54 interconnecting rooms, 475 twin rooms, 112 king rooms and 13 rooms for guests with special needs.
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Athens, Greece – 6 March 2017 – A 7.9 billion euro plan to turn a derelict former Athens airport into one of Europe’s biggest coastal resorts, included in Greece’s latest international bailout, will go ahead despite recent delays, Reuters reported. Under the deal signed in 2014 and revised last
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Paris, 06 March 2017 – Monitoring the impressive business results of Accor, it becomes clear that Europe’s leading hotel company has undergone major changes. (+4,9% Bit, +8,1% net profit). The company continued to grow within the interesting luxury travel segment. Due to the takeover of Fairmont Raffles (FRHI)