Strawberry Migrates Their 100th Hotel Onto Mews Hospitality Cloud
Mews, an industry-leading hospitality cloud that was recently named the World’s Best PMS Provider, has reached a significant milestone in the successful rollout of its Property Management System (PMS) across all Strawberry Hotels…
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Six Senses to Launch Hotel and Residences in Austria
The luxury retreat will be open year-round within the alpine region of Kitzbühel - Nestled in a national park with the largest protected wildlife reserve of the Alps, Six Senses Kitzbühel Alps will feature a 77-room hotel at its core, along with…
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Signiel Seoul Selected among the ‘The 50 Best Hotels in the World’ by Condé Nast Traveler
The first and only prestigious award in Korea for first-rate facilities and differentiated services - Lotte Hotels & Resorts‘ premier brand hotel, Signiel Seoul, was selected on its list of ‘The Best Hotels in the World’ for the first time among…
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Painful Marriott Rewards Inflation For Hotel Night Awards – It’s getting worse!
This week, our Whine Wednesday is about Marriott Rewards and the unfortunate but very real inflation for hotel night redemptions that happened during the last few years, oftentimes doubling the number of points required…
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Hyatt EVP, global president of operations to retire
Hyatt Hotels announced that effective Dec.31, H. Charles “Chuck” Floyd will step down from his current role as executive vice president – global president of operations. Effective Jan…
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Gosford expands with new $375m complex and voco hotel
Sydney developer ALAND has joined IHG Hotels & Resorts to open a new premium hotel as part of its $375 million apartment project on the expanding NSW Central Coast…
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A capsule hotel set to open in Japan next year will monitor guests for their heart rate, breathing and other data as they sleep, part of a growing "sleep tech" industry.
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Saudi wealth fund to buy 49% of luxury hotel chain Rocco Forte
Saudi Arabia's PIF sovereign wealth fund will buy a 49% stake in luxury hotel group Rocco Forte Hotels and help to support its expansion, the owner of Britain's Balmoral hotel said on Monday…
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Niagara Falls landmark to be transformed into $200 million boutique hotel
After a three-stage public procurement process, redevelopment plans are now locked in to restore and revamp the abandoned Toronto Power Generating Station in Niagara Falls, Ont…
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Arrow Global, in collaboration with a Portuguese construction company, has invested in the Palmares Ocean Living & Golf tourist resort, in Lagos, Algarve…
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Fulton Market Could Get A New Sustainable Hotel
The 143-room hotel would incorporate circadian lighting, use no fossil fuels and ditch on-site parking in an effort to be a net-zero property…
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Shatterproof to honor Hyatt's Mark Hoplamazian
Shatterproof, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing the addiction crisis in the U.S., will host its seventh annual Hospitality Heroes Reception at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit on Jan. 23, from at the J.W…
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Trump's legal woes sow uncertainty for hotel brand
With former President Donald Trump and his namesake company embroiled in a high-profile civil trial in New York, the future of some of Trump's real estate and hospitality empire, including the Trump International Hotel & Tower New York, remains…
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Scandic to Rebrand Holiday Inn City Centre in Downtown Helsinki
Scandic Hotels has signed a long-term agreement with landlord Exilion to extend the agreement and rebrand the Holiday Inn City Centre in downtown Helsinki…
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Luxury and history collide on the breathtaking Mamula Island
Mamula Island - The former prison camp turned ultra-luxury hotel is nestled in the crystalline Adriatic waters of the majestic Balkan nation of Montenegro…
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Choice to nominate directors for Wyndham Board
During the company's third-quarter earnings call in early November, Choice Hotels International’s new CFO Scott Oaksmith said that Choice had become a “nominal shareholder” of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts as part of its efforts to acquire Wyndham’s…
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Good morning! Hotels have been through the wringer since the start of the pandemic. The leisure and hospitality industry lost 8 million jobs in the first two months of the pandemic—more than any other industry…
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The Standard Will Debut a New Hotel Brand Next Year — and the First Outpost Will Be in Melbourne
The StandardX, Melbourne, is scheduled to open in February 2024. When The Standard, Hollywood, opened in 1999, it was, ironically, anything but standard…
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