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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.

HotelPlanner, a leading travel technology platform and hotel booking engine, today announced a new partnership with UK Construction Week (UKCW) London, the multi-award-winning built environment trade show taking place May 7-9, 2024.

An esteemed Italian bartender who’s been working at London’s hip Connaught Bar as assistant director of mixology for eight years, Bargiani created a signature blend that is all about evoking personal memories, revering the Tuscan region and telegraphing the values embedded in Gucci’s 100-year-plus history.

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in the middle of June this year, Croatia is set to get its very first hotel from the Autograph Collection brand, which is part of the prestigious Marriott International. This well known and respected brand manages more than 280 hotels across 50 different countries.

The All Restaurants and Tourism Association (TÜRES) is exploring a policy requiring a 50 percent prepayment for reservations, with cancellations requiring 24-hour notice to receive a refund. This comes after numerous reports of large groups reserving tables during peak times, particularly Ramadan, and then failing to appear without informing the restaurant.

Former employees of the Madonna Inn are suing the iconic San Luis Obispo hotel, alleging that it violated California labor law.

Workers at 34 hotels will receive a $10 wage increase and significant boosts to their benefits and rights as part of a new four-year contract, their union announced Monday.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s private equity arm is exploring a sale of B&B Hotels in a potential deal that could value the European budget hotel chain at about €3.5 billion ($3.8 billion), according to people familiar with the matter.