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Royal Orchid Hotels is planning to add 30-35 new properties with about 2,000 rooms in the 2024-25 fiscal as part of its expansion plans across India, according to its Chairman and Managing Director Chander K Baljee.

Udit Kumar, co-founder of Brij Hotels, announced the company’s intention to operate 50 boutique hotels over the next five years, prior to exploring opportunities for international growth.

Christine Quinn raised alarms after requesting law enforcement to search her West Hollywood hotel room for potential surveillance devices.

Sir Richard Lexington Sutton, one of the richest men in Great Britain, was found stabbed to death on Wednesday night, according to the local newspaper Dorset Echo.

"Saturday Night Live" stars Pete Davidson and Colin Jost's Staten Island ferry has a big plan that is set to be rolled out.

A former bartender at Kimpton Hotel has filed a representative action lawsuit against the hotel chain under California's Private Attorney General Act (PAGA). The lawsuit alleges that the company has shortchanged worker pay and committed other alleged violations of California labor law.

Kevin Carey, acting President and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), expressed his gratitude to President Biden today for enacting a law that permits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue additional H-2B visas for temporary, non-agricultural workers. He urged the DHS to swiftly utilize this new authority to help the hotel industry recruit the necessary workforce to sustain and grow their businesses.

The five-star Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin has been sold to European investor Archer Hotel Capital, which also owns the Conrad Hotel on the other side of St Stephen’s Green.

The Grandview area is getting a new hotel soon — two new hotels, according to Mitesh Patel, chief operating officer and co-founder of RAM Hotels.

In collaboration with Jin Jiang International, its owners and shareholders, Radisson Hotel Group introduces the “Guan Xin” (Welcome China) initiative. This program aims to enhance the experience for Chinese travelers by expanding its co-branded hotels and introducing a tailored amenity program, ensuring a comfortable “home away from home” environment. 

International Breweries Plc (IBPLC), a proud member of AB InBev, the world’s largest brewer with over 500 beer brands, has concluded its one-year Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) programme in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The pioneering initiative, aimed at promoting responsible drinking and discouraging harmful use of alcohol, was successfully concluded leaving a positive impact on communities and members.

Netherlands-based boutique hotel chain citizenM is considering strategic options, including a divestment, reported Financial Times, citing sources.

Federal regulators are backing two tourists who have accused major Atlantic City casino-hotels of collusion, the latest push by competition officials to curb the use of algorithms in price-setting.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 14th-century medieval castle, including a moat, hidden beneath the courtyard of a historic hotel in France. Jewelry, pots, pans and padlocks were among the artifacts recovered, offering clues about the nobility who used the castle for nearly a century.

Occult rockers Ghost performed their entire show with wastebaskets from a local Marriott on their heads after TSA lost their trademark masks in transit, several of the band’s apologists report.

Age and location were an engineer’s main reasons for closing and evacuating a Garden City hotel Thursday.

THE WORLD TRAVEL & Tourism Council’s Hotel Sustainability Basics, a global initiative assisting hoteliers in improving their sustainability ratings, recently surpassed 1,700 verified hotels across 70 countries worldwide. Hotel groups from destinations such as France, China, Mexico, India, Germany, South Africa, Philippines and Norway joined the initiative, WTTC said in a statement.

A British tourist, who allegedly made a false complaint about cash and belongings being stolen, is said to have fled from the hotel upon realizing that the police suspected the authenticity of the complaint.

Travel software provider Sabre has renewed its decade-long alliance with HotelREZ, a UK-based hospitality services company.

Mews, the innovative cloud-based hotel software co-founded by Richard Valtr and led by CEO Matthijs Welle, has reached a valuation of $1.2 billion after securing $110 million in funding, with Kinnevik as the lead investor. 

People seem to be stealing more from hotels these days, and it’s not just soap, towels, bathrobes, pens or logo ashtrays.

On a cold night last week, Barbara Hoff, the owner of an antique store in the Catskills, heard from a friend in the local fire department that the Nevele Grande Hotel was burning.

Nadir Rashid, owner of one of Madhya Pradesh’s landmark hotels Jehan Numa Palace and a member of the Nawab family, died by suicide on Wednesday morning at his residence in Bhopal district, police said.

Stayflexi, a Y-Combinator-backed hotel management platform, launched Bidflexi, a hotel bidding app to book last-minute stays by placing bids.