Company behind Fitzwilliam Hotel grows profit tenfold as tourists return
Results come as Mespil Hotel bounced back into profit last year as trading ‘improved significantly’…
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Company behind Fitzwilliam Hotel grows profit tenfold as tourists return
Results come as Mespil Hotel bounced back into profit last year as trading ‘improved significantly’…
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Galactic Starcruiser: Even just closing the Star Wars hotel costs Disney $2.5 million per room
You think the Star Wars hotel rooms were expensive for you? It cost Disney even more!As if the May announcement of the closure of Galactic Starcruiser — the much-hyped Star Wars hotel at Walt Disney World that dared to ask, “what if you asked fans…
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Continent Worldwide Hotels unveils Saudi Arabia expansion plans
Continent Worldwide Hotels said it was bringing three distinct properties to the Saudi cities of Maddinah and Dammam. Continent Worldwide Hotels has announced the signing of two hotels in Madina and Dammam…
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Marriott officially names new brand
Marriott International's new midscale extended-stay brand is officially named StudioRes. Marriott announced the brand, formerly known as Project MidX Studios, in early June…
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US president Joe Biden visiting Áras an Uachtaráin in April. The president stayed at the Conrad Dublin during his official visit to the capital…
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Singapore-based City Developments Ltd. (CDL)—controlled by billionaire Kwek Leng Beng—will continue to look for overseas acquisitions even as soaring interest rates are starting to dampen the property group’s earnings…
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IHG signs first voco resort in Middle East and Africa region
IHG Hotels & Resorts has strengthened its footprint in the Middle East and Africa region with the signing of a management agreement with Akam Al Rajhi for voco North Coast in Egypt.
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IHG Hotels & Resorts CEO Announces Plans for New Midscale Brand
IHG Hotels & Resorts announced during a second-quarter earnings call that the company plans to launch a new midscale conversion brand.
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Greek Hotel Wins Global Award for Turning Green and Becoming Energy Independent
The Mediterranean Village Hotel & Spa located in Katerini, Pieria, was recently rewarded for its sustainable management by Blue Flag International, the world-renowned ecolabel run by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE)…
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Spanish hotel's extreme measure to curb 'fights' over sunbeds
A holidaymaker In Spain has said her hotel has hired a security guard to break up fights over sunbeds. Wendy Brown, from Essex, said she has been going to the Sunset Beach Club hotel in Benalmádena on the Costa Del Sol for 15 years…
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Cornell Insights: Consolidating the $50 Billion U.S. Short-term Rental Market
Published jointly with the Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship, this white paper makes a case for consolidating the short-term rental market. The authors delve into the challenges faced by today's biggest venture-backed OpCos…
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Four Seasons end ownership standoff to reopen Midtown hotel
Shuttered hotel slated for 2024 revival after three-year feud! For three years, the pandemic and a dispute between the Four Seasons and an owner in Manhattan kept an iconic Midtown hotel shuttered. That could change in 2024…
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IHG Hotels & Resorts Thailand Emphasizes Allyship, Psychological Safety, and Authenticity
IHG Hotels & Resorts Thailand Emphasizes Allyship, Psychological Safety, and Authenticity, Allyship, psychological safety and authenticity are the most valued workplace considerations by IHG Hotels & Resorts employees in Thailand, according to a new…
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Want to know about Ian Schrager’s net worth? The entrepreneur made several headlines as he opened up about his launch of the new “boutique hotel.” Being the owner of Studio 54, fans are lately curious to know how much Ian Schrager has earned so far…
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Wyndham to add 16 LuxUrban hotels to Trademark Collection
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and LuxUrban Hotels Inc. have signed a deal to bring 16 LuxUrban hotels, representing approximately 1,400 rooms, into the Trademark Collection by Wyndham brand later this year…
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AAHOA Backs Best Practices, Enhanced Reporting Requirements to End Human Trafficking
ATLANTA, Ga. - Hotels and motels are on the front lines of preventing and intercepting human sex and labor trafficking…
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Israel hotel market overview 2023 – Recovery in progress
In the past year, Israel’s hotel sector has continued to demonstrate its resilience and its ability to withstand the impact of COVID-19, similar to the way it has bounced back from so many previous adversities…
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Hyatt report RevPAR, rooms growth for Q2
While reporting Hyatt Hotels Corp.’s second quarter 2023 financial results to investors, President and CEO Mark Hoplamazian said he was “very pleased” with the company’s performance…
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Luxury Hotel Group Outlines Road to Total Profit Optimization
The ILHA gathered a group of experts to unpack how hoteliers can turn all their available data into a compelling story that drives profitability.
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Using a "care hotel" model, which discharges patients to a specialty hospital hotel after smaller surgeries, can lower costs and shorten patients' time in the hospital, according to a study presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's…
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Global Hotel Industry Faces Mixed Fortunes Amid Rising Costs and Varied Demand
The global hotel industry is experiencing mixed fortunes as it navigates the post-pandemic landscape…
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Oxford takes over management of Thompson Washington D.C.
Chicago-based Oxford Capital Group has announced a new long-term lease of the 225-room Thompson Washington D.C., owned by Germany’s Union Investment…
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Hilton's CEO teases a new luxury competitor to Marriott's Edition
The hotel industry's branding equivalent of keeping up with the Joneses (or Kardashians) continues to thrive — and the latest move points to a new luxury offering in the works…
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Fast-Food Manager Created Fake Employee to Get Extra Pay
Authorities are seeking the manager of a Wendy's restaurant in Lancaster County, who is accused of creating a fictitious employee on the payroll to embezzle extra salary for herself. The alleged scheme allowed her to pocket an additional $20,000…
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