Marriott Expects to Reach One Million Rooms Open or in Development in 2015
New Hotels Expected to Drive Over $50 Billion in Real Estate Investment and Create More Than 150,000 Anticipated New Hotel JobsDAVOS, Switzerland and BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 20, 2015—Continuing its...
View ArticleDream Midtown Completes $20 million Renovation & Officially Changes Name...
NEW YORK, NY (January 22, 2015) - For the past ten years, Dream Midtown captured the playful imagination of guests from around the world with its unique design narrative and fantasy escapism philosophy...
View ArticleCommune Hotels & Resorts Expanding the Joie de Vivre Hotels Brand to New...
SAN FRANCISCO (January 22, 2015) - Commune Hotels & Resorts is bringing its native California brand, Joie de Vivre Hotels, cross-country as part of a national expansion. The addition of two Joie de...
View ArticleTripAdvisor Names World’s Best Hotels in 2015 Travelers’ Choice...
Gili Lankanfushi Maldives the Top Hotel in the World; The Langham Chicago is #1 in the U.S. TripAdvisor® the world’s largest travel site*, today announced the winners of its Travelers’ Choice™ awards...
View ArticleAimbridge Hospitality to Manage Newly Acquired Hilton Rose Hall Resort &...
DALLAS, Jan. 22, 2015 —Aimbridge Hospitality announces that it has been selected to manage the landmark oceanfront Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa on the Caribbean island of Jamaica, effective...
View ArticleHawaii’s Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Joins Marriott’s Autograph Collection
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 22, 2015 — A landmark of luxury on Hawaii Island, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel joins the exclusive portfolio of Autograph Collection hotels as the group’s first Hawaiian property and the...
View ArticlePyramid Hotel Group & Owners Jax Airport Hotel Open the DoubleTree by...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. and MCLEAN, Va. - DoubleTree by Hilton today announced the opening of DoubleTree by Hilton Jacksonville Airport, conveniently located just 200 yards from the main terminal of...
View ArticleUrgo Hotels & Resorts and Ensemble Hotel Partners Break Ground on...
First New Build Hotel in 10-Years to Open in 2016BETHESDA, Md.—January 22, 2015—A joint venture between Urgo Hotels & Resorts and Ensemble Hotel Partners announced the ground breaking of a...
View ArticleHow Silicon Valley Thinking Can Shake Up Traditional Hotel Management Practices
Asset managers should encourage management to take risks to innovate. by Mark C. Lynn Constant questioning and challenging of hotel amenities, services, programs and management practices is critical to...
View ArticleFabiano Hotels & IHG Open the Rebranded Crowne Plaza® London - Battersea
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, today announced the opening of Crowne Plaza® London - Battersea. The rebranded 78 room hotel is owned by Fabiano...
View ArticleReal-Life Experiences for the Next Generation of Hoteliers
Program implemented through the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership provides industry standard software to over 20 universities. (GAINESVILLE,...
View ArticleForeign Visitor Surge Bodes Well for Boosting Japan’s Tourism; Up 29%...
Jan. 23—TOKYO (The Yomiuri Shimbun/ANN)—We hope Japan’s attractive features will be further improved and give momentum to realising the government’s goal of making Japan a tourism-oriented nation. In...
View ArticleState of Center City Report Shows Explosive Growth in Hotels, Office &...
Jan. 23—Charlotte’s Center City is seeing “explosive” growth in hotel, office and residential development thanks to strong investor and developer confidence in the uptown and surrounding area, the...
View ArticleThe Return of Foie Gras to California Menus Offers Food for Thought
Jan. 23—REPORTING FROM NAPA, Calif.—Chef Ken Frank, one of California’s most outspoken proponents of foie gras, opened the door of La Toque’s walk-in refrigerator. All sorts of wonderful aromas hit me...
View ArticlePittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center Hotel Plan Faces...
Jan. 23—Local leaders are taking the next step in a bid to resurrect plans for a headquarters hotel on land next to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, but for the first time will seek other...
View ArticleFlorida Hotels Dominate 2015 Travelers’ Choice Awards
Jan. 23—Thirty Florida hotels were ranked as the best of the best in TripAdvisor’s 2015 Travelers’ Choice awards. The rankings come from millions of travelers who left reviews and ratings on...
View ArticleGreenwood Hospitality Group Opens the Newly Built 170-room Renaissance...
Allentown, Pennsylvania, January 26, 2015 - Greenwood Hospitality Group today announced the opening of the new Renaissance Hotel, a centerpiece of the Center City Lehigh Valley development in downtown...
View ArticleAmerican Hotel Income Properties REIT to Invest in Expansion of...
VANCOUVER, Jan. 26, 2015 - American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (“AHIP”) (TSX: HOT.UN; OTCQX: AHOTF) announced today the commencement of a new railway growth strategy involving the construction of...
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PwC US Predicts Super Bowl XLIX to Generate Over $205M in Direct Spending for...
NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2015 — PwC US estimates Super Bowl XLIX will generate approximately $206 million in direct spending throughout the greater Phoenix area by the National Football League (NFL),...
View ArticleIHG and Carr City Centers to Develop 278-room InterContinental® Hotel in...
26 January, 2015 - ATLANTA and WASHINGTON, D.C. – IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, and Carr City Centers announce a new InterContinental® Hotels &...
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