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Berlin, Germany – 28 September 2016 1Employer branding of the best – In Germany the private hotel group Ustalsboom is the best employer in the hospitality industry. According to a study revealed by kununu.com, Upstalsboom is best rates by their employees followed by low budget design hotel group Prizeotel (belongs to
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1TUI, Europe’s largest tour operator, said full-year earnings will probably beat its forecast after the company managed to keep its hotels and cruise ships full this summer even with a shift in business from the eastern to western Mediterranean prompted by terrorism attacks in Turkey, Bloomberg reported. “The
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Miami – 27 September 2016 1Virgin Hotels, the lifestyle hotel brand by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, announced plans to open and operate a new hotel in Milpitas, California. The mixed used development broke ground in November 2015 and the hotel is expected to break ground in Fall 2017. The
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1André Guettouche, previously held the positions of Director and Vice President, has been promoted to Senior Vice-President Operations of Pentahotels in the middle of the year. Started his career at Pentahotels in 2006 as Conversion Manager, Mr. Guettouche has been with the brand since the beginning. For a decade,
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London – 27 September 20161 Hostel group Generator announced Michelle Flagg as Vice President of Development for North America. Generator looks to build on its first US opening in Miami, scheduled for 2017. Michelle will lead the brand’s expansion in North America and brings a specialized expertise in developing and
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Denver, Colorado – 27 September 2016 Executives, business leaders and community officials were on hand Thursday, September 22 in celebration of the first dual-branded hotel featuring AC Hotels and Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, in downtown Denver, Colorado. The AC Hotel + Le Méridien Denver Downtown will be managed by White
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1Denver, Colorado – 27 September 2016 Recently merged, Destination Hotels and Commune Hotels & Resorts unveiled their new overarching company: Two Roads Hospitality. The newly created international lifestyle company features an unrivaled collection of truly individual hotels, resorts and vacation residences that caters to guests’ personal journeys. Comprised of Joie de
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1IHG signed a management agreement with Hotel Properties Limited to open a new InterContinental resort on the island of Maamunagau in the Maldives. The 83-room InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort will mark the brand’s entry into the Maldives when it opens. This is the third resort that IHG has
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1A Four Seasons hotel and branded private residences is to be build in the heart of downtown Montreal. The 163-room Four Seasons Hotel Montreal will be part of a luxury mixed-use development located in the city’s Golden Mile Square. It will join the Toronto-based company’s
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1HRI Properties and Hyatt Hotels Corporation announce plans to convert the current James Robertson building in Nashville, Tennessee into a luxury hotel joining The Unbound Collection by Hyatt portfolio. HRI Properties plans to spend approximately US$50 million to update the building into a 191-room hotel, and upon opening
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1A historic hotel on the Arizona-Mexico border could be shut down for good if no one steps forward to purchase it, the Associated Press reported. The extravagant Gadsden Hotel in Douglas has been featured in movies and ghost-hunting TV shows, reported KOLD-TV. Douglas is 100 miles southeast
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1The United States has warned its citizens of a potential security threat targeting US-branded hotels in southern Turkey, a US consulate said in a statement, Agence France-Presse reported. The consulate in southern Adana province said on its website that “it has obtained specific and credible threats of potential