Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading global travel technology company, today announced a new agreement with Shanghai Fuxun Information Technology Co…
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Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading global travel technology company, today announced a new agreement with Shanghai Fuxun Information Technology Co…
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Irony of Asia’s outdoor lodging market
It’s low-cost, high returns, fast payback. Yet, few takers. Players in Asia’s outdoor lodging want that changed and here’s why and how.
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Will QT Singapore sale set city price benchmark?
The buyer pool has widened in Singapore and heritage hotels such as QT are rare. Seller Sunray may be smiling to the bank.
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A modest rebranding sees Swire Hotels launch Upper House, as it plans much greater international growth
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Azerai Founder Adrian Zecha Outlines His Vision for the Boutique Hotel Brand
Adrian Zecha, one of the world’s most respected hoteliers and the founder of Azerai Resorts, recently visited the boutique hotel brand’s two properties in Vietnam ahead of the five-year anniversary of Azerai Ke Ga Bay’s grand opening…
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i-City, Wyndham seal RM200mil deal to launch AI-powered hotel
A signing ceremony between Tan Sri Lim Kim Hong, chairman of I-Berhad (right) and Ooi Joon Aun, Asia Pacific president, Wyndham Hotels & Resort, witnessed by a humanoid robot, marked the launch of Wyndham i-City - a key milestone in i-City’s…
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Asia-Pacific hotel deal value falls 23% to US$4.7 billion in H1 2025: JLL
Macroeconomic uncertainty results in investors gravitating to safe-haven markets, even as decision-making timelines lengthen
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Hotel Miramar ceasing operations at end of October; 108 employees to be laid off
Hotel Miramar Singapore will cease business operations at the end of October, it was announced on Friday (Aug 29), a move that would see 108 employees laid off.
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The Gulf investors who are shaping global tourism
From London’s Park Lane to island resorts in the Indian Ocean, Gulf investors are steadily expanding their footprint in some of the world’s most prestigious hospitality assets.
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The hospitality gene: 15 wealthy families behind Asia’s hotel empires
From heirs of political dynasties to business magnates expanding into hospitality and hotel empires, these are the names to know the next time you find yourself on a private beach, cocktail in hand, wondering, ‘Who owns this place?’…
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Asset managers eye hotels amid inbound travel boom
Asset management companies are returning to the hospitality sector — specifically hotels — after avoiding it during the COVID-19 pandemic, as surging demand from foreign tourists now exceeds the available supply, industry officials said Wednesday…
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Marriott CEO on instability, the biggest hurdle for developers
At an event for Marriott’s millionth open room in the U.S., Anthony Capuano talked exclusively to Hotel Investment Today about NUG, tailwinds and the power of conversions.
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Thai hotel chain plans US expansion to cash in on White Lotus craze
Minor International, whose hotels in Thailand feature in the hit HBO series The White Lotus, plans to expand into the United States to cash in on the newfound global fame that has seen room bookings skyrocket since the show began airing in February…
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Living in a hotel – the rise of branded residences
Changing lifestyles, global migration patterns – and plenty of wealthy people – are fuelling the demand for standalone properties built and managed by luxury hotels and consumer brands
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Philippines’ Ayala Land To Spend $500 Million To Expand Hotel Footprint Amid Tourism Boom
Ayala Land—controlled by billionaire Jaime Zobel de Ayala and his family’s Ayala Corp., the Philippines’ oldest conglomerate—will spend $500 million to almost double its hotel rooms by 2030 to ride the tourism boom…
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Record-Breaking $180m Sale: InterContinental Auckland Acquired by Singapore’s HPL
Singapore’s Hotel Properties Ltd has acquired the InterContinental Auckland Hotel from Precinct Properties for what is believed to be the largest ever hotel sale in New Zealand, of $180 million.
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Asian capital continues European push
Hospitality investors and operators from Asia are continuing to reshape the hotels and leisure landscape in Europe, pursuing diversification while expanding successful concepts on the continent.
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