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UN Tourism has launched its first-ever set of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) dedicated entirely to rural tourism.

Last year, Chelsea Green looked to celebrate WWE WrestleMania 40 week with a drink at The Plaza Hotel, located in New York City. Before she could enjoy an alcoholic beverage, however, hotel security escorted Green out of the building due to staff’s belief that she was an escort based on her attire.

Group, has said it will take the luxury operator private in a deal worth $4.2bn (£3.1bn). Jardine Matheson, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, will buy the remaining 12% of the firm it does not already own, through its wholly-owned vehicle Jardine Strategic Ltd.

Luxury hospitality group Kempinski Hotels has named Barbara Biffi as chief brand officer as the company moves forward with its transformation plans.

Moving away from traditional notions of luxury, Rosewood Hotel Group is shifting towards a stronger focus on cultural connection and personal, meaningful experiences. The revamp comes with a new visual identity that features a distinctive monogram and colour inspired by nature called “discovery green” that’s visible across its digital and physical spaces.

Time Hotels Management has announced an ambitious expansion strategy with a strong focus on the Egyptian hospitality market, aiming to manage more than 2,000 hotel rooms in Egypt within the next three years. The plan is part of the company’s broader regional and international growth drive, according to Mohamed Awadalla, CEO of Time Hotels.

An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), identified as an Assistant Superintendent of Customs, has been found dead after lodging with three women in a hotel in Katsina State. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, October 15, was first reported by counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama.

Norway's newest it place is here to make a statement. The long-anticipated Hobo Hotel Oslo opens amid growing buzz. With 181 rooms and no less than four different restaurant and bar concepts, it carries forward an idea inherent to the Hobo concept: that a hotel should be as alive and unpredictable as the city it is born from.

Known globally as the premier creator of competitive socializing experiences and entertainment concepts, Funlab announces the upcoming debut of two of its most iconic experiences in one location. 

Bally’s has released a rendering of two new hotel towers headed to the Las Vegas Strip, bringing further detail to the plan to replace the Tropicana that sat for over six decades at the corner of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Japan attracts millions of tourists every year who jet over to the Asian country to experience its food, attractions and sights. But now, the popular destination has found itself tackling an unusual problem.

Despite having been opened since 2016, the concept of Daft Music Hotel & Studios still feels ahead of its time. Situated in the Belgian Ardennes between Spa-Francorchamps, Malmedy, and the High Fens nature reserve, Daft is one of Europe’s rare destinations where a world-class recording studio and a boutique hotel exist as one.

Some names evoke a particular era of travel long after that era has come to an end. Pan Am is one of them — while the airline of that name shut down decades ago, its name and logo can summon up a bygone moment of air travel, a retrofuturistic time when jetsetting around the world had a certain cachet. And even though the last flight from the original airline touched down in 1991, it isn’t necessarily surprising to hear that the brand’s had a second life.

Fourteen top hotels in Cebu have earned A-grade sustainability ratings from international NGO Lever Foundation for committing to expand plant-based menu offerings to 30 percent to 50 percent by the end of 2030.

The hotel housekeepers, laundry attendants, and stewards will now earn a $20 minimum wage, with further increase to $22.

Forum Events and Media Group Ltd, owner and publisher of Hotel Designs and leading provider of high-calibre business networking events and media platforms, is proud to announce the acquisition of SPACE magazine and its associated portfolio from Purple Media Solutions Ltd, a respected name in international hotel design publishing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the DB Patil Navi Mumbai International Airport, India’s largest greenfield airport. Commercial operations will begin in approximately two months, with a first-phase capacity of 20 million passengers annually.

A new wave of travellers is redefining luxury through the lens of wellness, aesthetics, and self-care.

The Castle Hotel in Windsor is to auction off 1,000 items of furniture and fittings ahead of its £9.5m renovation next month. The project, which will be led by designers 3DReid will see the complete transformation of the hotel’s 108 bedrooms, public spaces and F&B areas before being unveiled in ‘late 2026’.

Mohari Hospitality (“Mohari”) and Omnam Investment Group (“Omnam”) announce €280 million financing for the Bauer Hotel in Venice.

Meliá Hotels International and MiM Hotels, the boutique hospitality brand owned by global football legend Leo Messi, have announced a strategic partnership under which Meliá will assume management of the MiM Hotels portfolio, effective November 1. These distinctive properties will be incorporated into The Meliá Collection, the company’s curated selection of unique, character-rich hotels.

Warwick, Rhode Island-based Magna Hospitality has sold four Hilton-branded New York City hotels for $489.8 million to undisclosed “large institutional owners”, according to multiple reports.

The UK-based hotel giant said that the 53-room Candlewood Suites Reykjavik in the centre of the Icelandic capital would open in the “near future” and would be the brand’s first property in the Nordic region.

US-headquartered Braemar Hotels & Resorts has agreed to sell The Clancy, a 410-room hotel located in San Francisco, for $115m.