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Awards and Recognition
Berlin, Germany – 7 February 2017 – Christoph Hoffmann, Co-Founder and CEO of world-known stylish hotel group 25hours, is awarded as German Hotelier of the Year 2017. In Berlin, at the award ceremony at the InterContinental hotel Hoffmann accepted the highest award for hotel management in Germany. 25hours hotels is
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Jena, 06. Februar 2017 – Unrealistische Lebensziele können in eine Depression münden, wie Forscher der Universität Jena herausgefunden haben. Niemals aufzugeben, mag daher für viele Lebensbereich zwar gelten – doch wer aufgibt, weil das Ziel unerreichbar ist, gewinnt am Ende. “Manche Menschen entwickeln aus einem solch vergeblichen Bemühen heraus eine Depression”, weiß
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London – 6 February 2017 – 1YTL Hotels announces its fifth property in UK with its acquisition of Threadneedles Hotel, its second Autograph Collection property there. Formerly the head offices of City and Midland Bank from the 1880s, the Grade-II listed Victorian building was restored to a luxury hotel in 2002
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Berlin, 06. Februar 2017 – Internationale Reisende kennen und schätzen sie: die am Revers eines guten Hotel-Concierges glänzenden „Goldenen Schlüssel“. So wie die Sterne, die über einem Restaurant leuchten, sind sie eine Art Qualitätsmerkmal – für individuellen und maßgeschneiderten Service. Denn ein goldener Schlüssel zeigt: Hier arbeitet einer von rund 4.
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Paris – 6 February 2017 – 1AccorHotels and Qatar Airways join forces to offer increased benefits to members of their respective loyalty programmes Le Club AccorHotels and Qatar Airways Privilege Club. Privilege Club members can now convert their Qmiles into Le Club AccorHotels points at the conversion rate of 4,500 Qmiles
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London – 06 February 2017 – Ramada is set to continue its rapid expansion after being recently named the Fastest Growing Hotel Brand in Europe for 2016 by PKF hotelexperts, an internationally recognised leader in the field of hotel, tourism and leisure consulting. The globally-recognised Ramada brand is part of Wyndham
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München, 05. Februar 2017 – Ein zweites Kopfkissen? Eine Tischreservierung? Oder einfach nur ein Tipp, wo das beste Restaurant zu finden ist – mussten Gäste dafür früher noch telefonisch oder persönlich die Rezeption kontaktieren, so können sie dafür ab sofort ganz bequem den Facebook-Messenger verwenden. Möglich macht es die neue Funktion
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Atlanta – 04 Februar 2017 – Last year, hacker attacked Mandarin Oriental, Trump and former Starwood hotels – Now, 12 InterContinental hotels in the U.S. confirmed payment card breaches. Guests reported unauthorized charges from August to December 2016. IHG started an investigation end of last year – in a news release the hotel
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Miami – 04 February 2017 – 1Jay Wetzel has been announced new Vice President of Food & Beverages of Virgin Hotels. He will oversee the overall direction of food & beverage for the company, working on the various restaurant and bar concepts within the hotels while strengthening culinary partnerships across the brand.
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New York City – 03 February 2017 – 1Lifestyle hospitality operator Sbe hired Daniel Entenberg as General Manager of SLS Park Avenue. Entenberg will orchestrate the launch of the hotel and manage its day-to-day operations. The highly-anticipated SLS Park Avenue is scheduled to open in Manhattan’s trendy NoMad
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Paris – 03 February 2017 – 1 Laurent Picheral Europe hotel firm number one, Accor is to sell its Hotel Invest division with a market volume of 6.6 bn Euro. To prepare the so-called ‚Booster‘ project, Laurent Picheral was announced as COO and deputy CEO; his role as managing director
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Paris, 03. Februar 2017 – 1 Laurent Picheral Accor bereitet sich auf einen offenbar bevorstehenden Verkauf der Hotel-Invest-Sparte vor – nun gibt es personelle Veränderungen im Topmanagement. Laurent Picheral bleibt zwar vorerst Deutschlandchef, übernimmt aber zusätzlich interimsweise die stellvertretende Führung bei Hotel Invest als Global Deputy CEO/COO. CEO bei