Best of hospitality in the news – part 6 – 03 October 2016
Luxury Paris hotel to pay over $60k to cleaner sexually assaulted by Qatari guest
A luxury Paris hotel has been told to pay an African woman over €50,000 after she was molested by a Qatari guest. She was subsequently fired for refusing to transfer to another hotel.
Read full story at rt.com
Cristiano Ronaldo launches hotel with eye on post-Real Madrid future
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo says his new hotel ventures form part of preparing for his life after football — although the 31-year-old says he still sees himself playing for another decade or so.
Video at ESPN FC
Dusit Thani seeks non-hotel growth – Chain making foray into property, health
Dusit International, a leading Thai hotel management chain, is diversifying into property development and wellness in a bid to build long-term, sustainable growth.
Read full story an Bangkok Post
The Five Favorite Hotels of Modern U.S. Presidents
The presidential suites at these hotels have had actual presidents sleep in them. When you’re president, you spend a considerable amount of time on the road. The past five presidents each made between 175 and 400 domestic trips during their first terms.
Read the full story at Fortune
Saudi Prince’s Investment Company Sells Toronto Four Seasons Hotel for $171.3 Million – Buying entities tied to Pakistani-American businessman Shahid Khan
Kingdom Holding, the investment company owned by Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, has sold the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto for 225 million Canadian dollars ($171.3 million) to a family-owned business, it said Sunday.
Read full story at Wall Street Journal
The stunning ‘Stairway to Heaven’ video of a luxury Swiss hotel’s infinity pool that’s made a HUGE splash on the internet… with more than 1.2m hits
A video shows a woman getting into the infinity pool at Hotel Villa Honegg – The 39-second-long clip, entitled Stairway to Heaven, has gone viral – It was uploaded to Facebook for the travel blog Loucos Por Viagem
Watch the video at Daily Mail