Hong Kong politician Bunny Chan swoops down on Tin Hau’s Whitfield Hotel at 30% discount
Bunny Chan, who is a deputy to the National People’s Congress, and Paggy Chan, are the new owners of Twenty One Whitfield.
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Squeezing revenue beyond hotel rooms - Hoteliers' Discussion
Hoteliers are starting to realise that room rates alone can’t drive the profits they need. As many reach a ceiling when it comes to average daily rates (ADR), there’s a question mark hanging over how to boost the bottom line. It has to come from…
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Choice’s pipeline more valuable than what it’s replacing
While Choice Hotels International’s third-quarter earnings had a lot of positive news, with record quarterly revenue and improving full-year RevPAR guidance, President and CEO Patrick Pacious can’t help but look ahead to an even more optimistic…
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Core investors returning to Italian hotel market
Over the last couple of years value-add investors have dominated the Italian hotel market with buyers flocking to buy tired, run-down or unbranded hotels before invariably renovating and repositioning them upmarket…
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Turkey’s hotel scene ripe for international investment
The Tourism Investment Forum (TIF), organized by the Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TTYD), has become a key B2B platform for tourism investments in Türkiye. TIF 2024, themed "Destination Future Türkiye," will be held on November 26-27 at…
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WH studio's nanxi hotel inspired by clustered treehouses and leaf anatomy
A newly completed hotel by WH Studio, known as the Nanxi Happy Pastoral Wild Hotel Treehouse, presents an evolution in treehouse-inspired design. Following the success of WH Studio’s 2019 Xianghu Senbo Resort Treehouse in Hangzhou (see designboom’s…
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Growing synergies between hotels and casinos
Major hotel brands are establishing loyalty and distribution partnerships with casino operators. Jon Lucas, chief operating officer, Hard Rock International, explained: “Database in our world is king. It's so critical to our success and these…
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So, you think your hotel is ‘family friendly’?
James Gavigan, Co-founder and Creative Director at House of Kin, explores why hospitality spaces should consider what they classify as ‘family friendly’ and how designers can implement subtle changes to ensure the design is accessible to all ages…
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Simon Sio grew up in humble surroundings in the heart of Macao, living in an old building directly across from what was then the city’s grandest accommodation, Hotel Central…
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AccorInvest continues to pursue options to sell down its hotel assets, as it looks to reduce and refinance group debt.
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Why brand repositioning requires careful scrutiny
Selecting the right brand as part of a hotel repositioning can change the asset’s future in a fundamental way, but plenty of nuance remains around brand choice, delegates heard at the IHIF Asia.
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A HUGE £200m water park with a 500-room hotel and bowling alley has moved one step closer to opening in the UK. Great Wolf Resorts (GWR), which has sites in the US and Canada, is now prepping to open Great Wolf Lodge in Chesterton, near Bicester…
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Sam Nazarian and Tony Robbins Are Launching Longevity Clubs and Hotels
The Estate is the latest entrant in the $5.6 trillion-per-year global wellness industry and will include hotels, residences and longevity centers with $35,000-a-year memberships.
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InterGlobe forays into international hospitality
InterGlobe Enterprises recently announced the launch of Miiro, a new lifestyle hotel brand with a distinctive collection of individually designed hotels in the heart of Europe’s most vibrant cities, each with its unique culture, history, and…
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Hilton aims to double African hotel portfolio
Hilton, the US multinational hospitality company, has ambitious plans to expand in Africa, as Andreas Lackner, vice president, operations, Africa and Indian Ocean, tells African Business.
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How to make your mixed-use development a success
Mixed-use hospitality development has significantly evolved over the past decades, becoming increasingly essential in the current market as securing financing has become more challenging and diversifying a project makes it more economically viable…
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IHIF Asia Preview: How Hilton plans to grow
Asia is fast becoming one of the most important battlegrounds for the major hotel brands. Most have evolved out of the US and Europe meaning there is more real estate to chase elsewhere. The potential of markets like India and China is well…
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Worldwide Hotels makes it big with modest lodgings
The opening of the 989-room Mercure Icon in Singapore this spring, marking the launch of the largest Mercure hotel in the world, was another bold move from hospitality group Worldwide Hotels.
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