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The low-carbon, great-value hotel chain, easyHotel, has announced it has acquired a brand-new hotel in Madrid, Spain which is scheduled to open in spring 2025. The new hotel will be the second easyHotel location in the Spanish capital, following the opening of a franchised hotel in late 2022.

AN 11-YEAR-OLD Irish girl has died after plunging from the seventh floor of a Majorcan hotel where she was staying with her family.

Rajit Sukumaran has taken on an expanded role as IHG Hotels & Resorts' Senior Vice President & Managing Director, East Asia & Pacific (EAPAC) to oversee its growth, performance and reputation in more than 20 countries.

Thailand currently has nine certified Tourism Cares hotels, five of which use the CF-Hotels platform to reduce their carbon footprint.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tauheed Rehman of District Korangi has ordered the arrest of three policemen who were allegedly involved in committing brutality against a local hotel owner for asking them to pay up the bill for breakfast.

Hilton has opened the latest European property under its DoubleTree brand, with the unveiling of the Doubletree by Hilton Nice Centre Iconic.

A British tourist has been rushed to hospital after plunging from his Majorca hotel balcony. The holidaymaker was said to be “seriously injured” when paramedics took him away. He was admitted to Son Espases Hospital in the island capital Palma. Medics there have yet to say what his current condition is.

IHG Hotels and Resorts has launched a new ‘community’ of low-carbon hotels to raise awareness of sustainable operations and drive further adoption across its portfolio.

Mercure Szczyrk Resort, in Poland, will become the longest on the continent. Inside the curved 330m building will be 446 rooms, each with panoramic views of the the Silesian Beskid.

US has injected $81 million in Senegal’s hospitality industry as it backs a government plan to boost tourism’s contribution in the economy.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. is nearing a deal to buy boutique hotel operator Standard International, continuing a run of acquisitions that has helped Hyatt add luxury properties in leisure destinations.

Contemporary design-focused hotel ME Dubai and global technology brand HONOR have teamed up for an immersive pop-up store taking place from today until 23 July, that will transform the hotel’s lobby into a futuristic AI portrait studio.

J. Michael Cline, the 64-year-old co-founder of movie-ticketing firm Fandango, leaped from The Kimberly Hotel, landing in a courtyard on the third floor, on Tuesday morning.

The suspect in the killings of two Australians and their Filipina companion at a hotel in a popular resort city south of Manila was a former pool cleaner who allegedly wanted to retaliate against the hotel for firing him.

The key players of the European hospitality industry will come together early this autumn at the famous Radisson Collection Royal Hotel in Copenhagen for the greatly awaited European Hotel Awards 2024. This renowned happening, expected to be one of the most important in the hospitality scene, assures to revel fineness and invention within the sector.

Drake's Island in Plymouth is back on the market, a mere five years after it was purchased for £6m. The current owner of the 6.4-acre island, Morgan Phillips, has decided to put it up for sale and is inviting offers.

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts' luxury & lifestyle portfolio, opens Kimpton BEM Budapest, heralded as ‘the city’s newest hotspot in Buda.’ Transformed from a historic 19th-century mansion to a sophisticated 127-room enclave, this boutique hotel welcomes guests with a front-row seat to Budapest’s celebrated historic and cultural landscape.

A picture of the carpet has been shared on the mildly infuriating thread on Reddit - where it sparked a debate among 1,500 users. So can you see what's going on?

Hengqin, the mainland Chinese island located next to Macao, has introduced a new series of policies aimed at boosting development in its hotel industry.

Corinthia Hotels will open its first US property later this year, with the unveiling of New York’s renovated The Surrey. The hotel dates back to 1926, and is located on the corner of East 76th Street and Madison Avenue in the city’s Upper East Side.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Kiraku, Inc. announced that ATONA, the modern hot spring ryokan (Japanese-style inn) brand, will open properties in Yufu, Yakushima, and Hakone. 

In a significant move towards community empowerment and youth employment, Honda India Foundation (HIF) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Marriot Group of Hotels. 

Hotel technology provider and booking specialist Net Affinity reviewed booking data from the first five months of 2024 and found that Mondays see a significant spike in bookings.

The East Division CEN police in Bengaluru on Sunday arrested a paying guest facility owner for allegedly harassing a 24-year-old woman online she left a negative review about his establishment on Google. The accused, Anand Sharma, 32, a resident of Sheshadripura and a native of Rajasthan, posted the woman’s photos advertising her as a ‘call girl’, said the police.