Protecting Our Most Important Asset: Our Children: Tourism’s Fight...
by Dr. Peter Tarlow Tourism security has traditionally been about protecting visitors from themselves, from other tourists and from locals who seek to rob and or steal from them, commit fraud against...
View ArticleMoxy Milan Malpensa to Open in September Followed by a Further Five Hotels in...
Berlin, Germany, March 3, 2014 – Following the debut of Moxy Hotels this September at the Milan Malpensa Airport in Italy, Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) announced today that it plans to open...
View ArticleAshford Prime Completes Acquisition of the 142-room Pier House Resort and Spa...
DALLAS, March 3, 2014 - Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. (NYSE: AHP) (“Ashford Prime” or the “Company”) today announced it has completed the acquisition of the 142-room Pier House Resort and Spa from...
View ArticleRLJ Lodging Trust Continues Capital Recycling Program – Sells Additional...
March 03, 2014 - BETHESDA, Md.—RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE:RLJ) today announced that the Company has sold an additional hotel. The Company sold the 150-room Hilton Garden Inn St. George...
View ArticleMillennium Hotels and Resorts Undergoing Brand-Wide Renovations Across North...
NEW YORK, March 3, 2014—Following a $22 million refurbishment to Millennium Hotel Minneapolis in 2013 and $30 million injected into the debut of a luxury West Tower at ONE UN New York the previous...
View ArticleHyatt Hotels Corporation Deploys Social Tables to its North American Portfolio
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) has deployed Social Tables award-winning diagramming and attendee management cloud-based platform to its North American portfolio of hotels in a strategic move to...
View ArticleWyndham Worldwide’s Geoff Ballotti to Succeed Departing Hotel Division...
Parsippany, NJ (March 3, 2014) – Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) announced that Geoff Ballotti, President and CEO of the global hospitality company’s timeshare exchange and vacation rental division will...
View ArticleFirst Tower of 480-key Hilton Suites Makkah Hotel Opens in Kingdom of Saudi...
March 03, 2014 - DUBAI, U.A.E. and MCLEAN, Va. - Hilton Worldwide today announced the opening of Hilton Suites Makkah First Tower at the heartland of Saudi Arabia. The 480-room contemporary luxury...
View ArticleRenovations Complete for 139-key Courtyard by Marriot Charlottesville - Univ....
Charlottesville, VA - March 3, 2014 - Crestline Hotels & Resorts announces the completion of a major guestroom update and renovation of the Courtyard by Marriott Charlottesville- University of...
View ArticleMcLaren Technologies Teams with Chic Hotel Hotel Canberra and Proves...
Australia’s First Live ICE SiteSydney, Monday 4 March 2014 - As the curtains part on Australia’s newest luxe design project, Hotel Hotel in Canberra, a new technology era has dawned for the...
View ArticleThe 160-room New-Build Sheraton Istanbul Atasehir will Open in Turkey in 2015
March 04, 2014 - ISTANBUL - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. [NYSE: HOT] has signed an agreement with Cevahir Yapi Sanayi Turizm ve Ticaret A.S. to open a new Sheraton hotel in Istanbul....
View ArticleNewmarket Offers German Language for REX
March 4, 2014 - Portsmouth, NH - Newmarket® International, Inc. (“Newmarket”), the proven business solutions provider for empowering hospitality organizations to lower costs and increase revenue while...
View ArticleInland American Real Estate Trust Acquires the 645-room Aston Waikiki Beach...
March 04, 2014 - OAK BROOK, Ill. - Inland American Lodging Group, Inc. (“Inland American”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc., today announced the purchase of the...
View ArticleHersha Hospitality Trust Acquires the Hotel Oceana in Santa Barbara,...
March 04, 2014 - PHILADELPHIA - Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE: HT) (“Hersha” or the “Company”), owner of upscale hotels in urban gateway markets announced that the Company has closed on the purchase...
View ArticleAdjara Group and IHG to Open the 200-room InterContinental Tbilisi in Georgia...
4 March, 2014 - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world’s largest hotel companies today announces the signing of InterContinental® Tbilisi. The 200-room hotel will operate under a...
View ArticleGlen Cove Mansion Launches “Long Island Complete Meeting Package Rates...
Special Savings for Corporate & Association Neighbors on Long Island Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, March 2014 … The I.A.C.C.-certified Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center, arguably...
View ArticleHomewood Suites by Hilton Honors Top Performing Hotels of 2013; Dallas/Allen,...
March 04, 2014 - ORLANDO, Fla. & MCLEAN, Va. - Homewood Suites by Hilton, Hilton Worldwide’s international brand of upscale, all-suite, extended stay hotels announced its top performing properties...
View ArticleSage Hospitality Names Arthur Berg as Senior VP for Premier & Lifestyle...
DENVER, March 4, 2014—Sage Hospitality, one of the nation’s top hotel investment and management companies, is excited to announce that Arthur Berg has been hired as Senior Vice President for their...
View ArticleBenchmark Names Gregory Majka Director of Catering & Conference Services,...
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, March 4, 2014 - Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has appointed Gregory A. Majka director of catering &...
View ArticleThe 80-room Holiday Inn Express North Hollywood Opens in California
4 March, 2014 - ATLANTA - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] today announced the opening of the new Holiday Inn Express North Hollywood hotel. With the addition of this...
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