BT Tower to become luxury hotel in £275m deal
The BT Tower, at one point the tallest structure in London, has been sold for £275m to American hotel chain MCR…
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BT Tower to become luxury hotel in £275m deal
The BT Tower, at one point the tallest structure in London, has been sold for £275m to American hotel chain MCR…
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Hilton CEO Sees ‘Opportunity’ For Hotel Acquisitions
Hilton executives said Wednesday that acquisitions are possible – a shift from the past 16 years when it has focused on creating new brands rather than buying up existing ones…
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GIC Seeks to Sell Hilton Hotel in Japan for Over $580 Million
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte is considering selling a 1,053-room hotel in western Japan, and has been marketing the property to potential investors since late last year, according to people familiar with the matter…
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Plans to build homes, hotel towers in Bal Harbour meet with fierce resistance
The owners of Bal Harbour Shops, a luxury shopping centerpiece for 60 years in the middle of a $550 million expansion, plan to build bigger. Armed with Florida's Live Local Act, developers revealed blueprints for towers more than 270 feet tall…
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Luxury hotel plans threaten East Jerusalem’s Armenian quarter
Activists say a controversial deal to build a luxury hotel could destroy part of East Jerusalem’s historical Armenian quarter, accusing the company behind the plan of paying people to seize land by force…
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Savills: Supply of new Irish hotel rooms likely to remain limited
The value of hotel transactions in Ireland fell 30% last year to €350m as the hike in global interest rates hit hard, and the supply of new rooms will likely be limited for some time, with a share of Dublin hotel accommodation remaining contracted…
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Zanzibar is set to build the first-ever 7-star hotel in East Africa
Zanzibar is looking to set new standards for African hospitality by building a seven-star hotel. This is also part of its strategy to strengthen its primary industry, tourism. The hotel will be built on a small island…
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Q&A: Project Management Advisors’ Mark Knott Discusses 2024 Hospitality Trends
Throughout 2023, the hospitality industry has experienced a number of shifts…
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Los Angeles City advances restrictions on new hotel development
A proposal to force hotel developers to replace housing lost in the development process advanced out of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission last week as part of a deal between the city and a local labor union. On Nov…
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Everyone Loves a Boutique Hotel. But What Exactly Is One?
We asked the experts to break it down by size, vibe, and appeal—and to share their favorite boutique hotels…
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The case for modular hotels in New England - by MacKenzie and Carter
Back in 2013 at an industry event in Orlando, FL., the idea was hatched that hotels did not always have to be stick-built on site but rather could be built in a factory, transported to a site, and lowered in place by a crane…
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NAHA, Japan -- Miyakojima, in Japan's Okinawa prefecture, finds itself in the middle of a real estate frenzy as investors pour money into hotels and resorts in anticipation of a tourism boom as the COVID-19 pandemic subsides…
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Real estate conversions are big business. For the large, branded hotel companies, the most recent earnings season revealed conversions now account for around a third of signings…
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Hotel Project Sonoma finally won approval. Now it’s appealing the decision
In a strange twist, Kenwood Development has appealed the recent approval of its Sonoma hotel — a project it has fought 12 years for permission to build…
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Feds sue developer over unfinished Bear Lake resort in Garden City
Just off the main drag in Garden City, Water’s Edge Resort bills itself as a luxury retreat on the shores of Bear Lake. But the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, says the resort’s developer illegally used investor funds to pay himself…
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Amherst IDA seeks proof that Uniland hotel has lived up to tax-break deal
The Amherst Industrial Development Agency has asked the developer of the Hampton Inn that received nearly $1.2 million in tax breaks to provide proof the hotel is a tourism destination…
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The BW Hotelier IHA-2023, known as the Indian Hospitality Summit and Awards, had its 7th edition with the central theme of “Embracing the Future" at Pullman Aerocity New Delhi…
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What Keeps Hospitality Spaces Hot? Ask DesignAgency Founders
From the day of DesignAgency’s inception 25 years ago, hospitality has been baked into the Toronto-based firm’s DNA or, at least, that of its three founders, Allen Chan, Matt Davis, and Anwar Mekhayech…
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