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Rockville, Maryland – 06 January 2016 1Choice Hotels International’s Comfort Inn brand has joined Comfort Suites in offering guests 100 percent smoke-free rooms at its more than 1,800 franchised hotels across the United States and Canada. Comfort claims now to be the largest hotel brand to allow travellers
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McLean, Virginia – 06 January 2016 1Hilton Worldwide completes the spin-offs of Park Hotels & Resorts and Hilton Grand Vacations, resulting in three independent, publicly traded companies. Hilton continues to be led by Christopher J. Nassetta, president and chief executive officer. Kevin J. Jacobs continues to serve as Hilton’s
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia – 06 Januar 2016 1 Reuters issued a short article saying that a Chinese firm is eyeing a US$3 billion luxury hotel project in Cambodia, quoting the Phnom Penh Post. Reuters said it had not verified the story and did not vouch for its accuracy.
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Hong Kong – 6 January 2016 1Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong, the fourth hotel by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts in Hong Kong, is now taking reservations for stays from April 2017. The company describes the 546-room property as “Hong Kong’s first five-star urban resort”.
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Phoenix, Arizona – 05 Januar 2016 1Best Western Hotels & Resorts promotes Ron Pohl to senior vice president and chief operations officer. “Since joining Best Western in early 2007, as a leader with strategic vision, Ron has tremendously improved the member services and brand management functions of Best Western,” said Best
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Sydney – 04 January 2016 1AccorHotels has reached an agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to restructure a portfolio of 31 hotels with 4,097 rooms in Australia. The agreement involves a portfolio which was purchased by the ADIA subsidiary in 2013 and operated by
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London – 3 January 2016 1InterContinental Hotels Group kicks off the year with a strong showing with stocks rising 4.4 percent to hit at an all-time high after Barclays upgraded the company to “overweight” from “equal-weight”. Barclays sees IHG as the best sector play on a potential rebound
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Bad Sooden-Allendorf – 02. Januar 2016 Mit der Übernahme des Lindner Kultur & Tagungshotel (ehemals Ekko’s Hotel) in Bad Sooden-Allendorf baut die Lindner Hotels AG das Portfolio ihrer Business-Standorte weiter aus und ist nun auch in Nordhessen vertreten. In der Mitte Deutschlands zwischen Göttingen und Kassel liegt
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Duisburg – 02. Januar 2017 Wer seine Flugtickets mit dem Smartphone bucht, zahlt oft drauf. Dies ergab ein Test des Reisemagazins „Clever reisen“. Abhängig von der Art des Endgeräts (Smartphone, Tablet und PC) sind demnach Preisunterschiede von bis zu 160 Euro bei gleicher Leistung möglich. Für den Test hat „Clever reisen“
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Best of hospitality in the news – part 17 – 02 January 2017 The 27 best new hotels for 2017 This year, new luxury hotels and resorts will be inaugurated and create thouands of new jobs for phantastic careers in hospitality management. 1 How Hotel Companies Launch a New Brand – A bumper
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Köln – 02. Januar 2017 Mit einer durchschnittlichen Rate von 88 Euro waren die Hotelpreise in Deutschland im vergangenen Jahr stabil – im Jahr 2015 lag der Durchschnittspreis bei 87 Euro. Dies hat hrs.de in seiner jährlichen Auswertung ermittelt. In nahezu allen untersuchten deutschen Großstädten waren die Preise mehr oder weniger
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Kopenhagen – 01. Januar 2017 1 Nach rund 30 Häusern im Deutschland, Österreich und Tschechien expandiert A&O Hotels and Hostels weiter in Europa. Neben einer anstehenden Neueröffnung in Venedig steht im Sommer auch die erste Eröffnung in Dänemark an. Dafür wurde in der Hauptstadt Kopenhagen der perfekte Platz gesucht