It was once owned by Winston Churchill – now the Londonderry Arms in Co Antrim will become Ireland’s first ‘whiskey hotel’ in a £2m investment.
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Slow return of Chinese tourists causing problems for Asia Pacific tourism
If the New Year is a time to feel optimistic, tourism organisations across the Asia Pacific region were certainly feeling the positivity. The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) was certainly upbeat; releasing an executive summary report in…
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As far as hospitality goes, the state has a varied mix, from five and seven star hotels, to home stays to cook-on-the-footpath. This all embracing policy, if it can be called that, has succeeded in drawing nearly six million guests to the stat…
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Economic sense driving visionary hotel groups into service apartment business
Incidentally, many hotel groups have also entered serviced apartment business. Tariffs lower than hotels for comparable space is a major selling point, the USP, so to say
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Why Cedar Capital wants to increase its Mediterranean exposure
Cedar Capital Partners is expanding its footprint in the Mediterranean and beyond, capitalizing on the post-Covid tourism boom and targeting key European and US markets.
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Selina: The end? Hospitality chain facing insolvency after defaulting on loan
The hospitality chain has lost 99.5% of its value since going public, currently having a market cap of just $25 million. It is set to soon be delisted from Nasdaq after repeatedly failing to meet the exchange’s deadlines…
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In conversation with… Maria Zarraluqui – development VP at Meliá
Meliá Hotels is setting its sights on significant expansion across southern Europe and beyond. In an exclusive conversation with Hospitality Investor, Vice President of Development Maria Zarraluqui revealed an interest in wide range of markets…
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Investors weigh global options for hospitality success
Despite the wider real estate industry feeling the effects of high interest rates and a sluggish transactions market, hospitality remains a “relative outperformer against other commercial real estate verticals”, according to Bill Grice, head of CBRE…
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What Germany’s struggling economy means for hotel investors
Germany is losing its attractiveness for investors with a number of studies by companies such as EY and KPMG showing that the country is no longer the darling it once was.
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Spain’s Eurostars seeks committed, cooperative investors
Eurostars Hotel Company is on the lookout for long-term and “hands off” investment partners as it launches into fresh markets from Eastern Europe to the Americas and points in between, according to Clara Lopez, the Spanish group’s director of…
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Investment Opportunities in the Lifestyle Hotel Market
Multi-story complexes of similar-looking rooms with cozy lighting, finely-pressed sheets, and a corporate, sterile feel. These kinds of hotels abound, found on every street corner in the U.S…
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Investor Profile: Agile ECE applies vertical skills to hospitality
If the Otto family-owned ECE Group was born out of its deep knowledge of the retail trade and retail real estate in the 1960s, the firm today – an independent real estate developer, operator, owner and investor in several asset classes – is still…
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Generator built its business on the hostel concept. Just don’t call it that anymore.
In 2005, the film director Eli Roth made a movie that gave hostels a really bad name. Putting the ludicrous plot and gory violence aside, “Hostel,” a film about two college students and their bad travel choices, cast hostels in a very seedy light…
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SHA Wellness Clinic launches healthy living island in Middle East
SHA Wellness Clinic has partnered with IMKAN to launch the world’s first healthy living island. SHA Emirates will be located in AlJurf, an enclave on the coastline approximately halfway between Abu Dhabi and Dubai…
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Lodging company chiefs agree: India is the next big play
Hotel company CEOs are some of the most pollyannaish folk in business. The biggest cheerleaders of travel and hospitality have a duty to tell it like they think it is—even if it’s not. Leave the honesty to the hotel developers and lenders…
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What’s Happening at The Hotel Show, 4-6 June at Dubai
The Hotel Show 2024 is fast approaching, with the organizers announcing the participation of 28 countries.
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HotelTechReport, the leading online buying platform for hotel technology, has announced that it has surpassed 50,000 authentic product reviews. This milestone represents a significant achievement for the hotel software community, underscoring the…
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Strawberry's Hotel Portfolio expands in Finland with the addition of Helsinki's Former City Prison
It is a piece of Helsinki's history that now becomes part of hotel group Strawberry's portfolio in Finland. The well-known former city prison on Katajanokka, located by the sea right next to the Market Square and the center of Helsinki, will be the…
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