Hospitality industry news worldwide covering lodging, restaurants, catering, travel, airlines and hotel industry.
Frankfurt, Germany – 07 Februar 2017 Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) acquired Frankfurt, Germany-based Worldhotels. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Associated… Read More »Associated Luxury Hotels acquires Europe-Based Worldhotels
New York City – 7 February 2017 – Loews Corp chief executive officer Jim Tisch has warned that investors who… Read More »Loews CEO warns of investment risks
Paris – 06 February 2017 AccorHotels begins exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of 100 percent of Travel Keys. The combination… Read More »Accor in talks to buy TravelKeys
Barcelona, Spain – 7 February 2017 – Airbnb wants a truce with Barcelona, according to a Bloomberg report. The home-sharing… Read More »Airbnb seeks Barcelona truce
Berlin, Germany – 7 February 2017 – Christoph Hoffmann, Co-Founder and CEO of world-known stylish hotel group 25hours, is awarded… Read More »25hours hotels CEO Christoph Hoffmann is German Hotelier of the Year 2017
London – 6 February 2017 – YTL Hotels announces its fifth property in UK with its acquisition of Threadneedles Hotel,… Read More »YTL Hotels acquires historic London hotel
Paris – 6 February 2017 – AccorHotels and Qatar Airways join forces to offer increased benefits to members of their… Read More »Accor, Qatar Airways join forces with loyalty programmes
London – 06 February 2017 – Ramada is set to continue its rapid expansion after being recently named the Fastest… Read More »Ramada still expanding faster in Europe
Atlanta – 04 Februar 2017 – Last year, hacker attacked Mandarin Oriental, Trump and former Starwood hotels – Now, 12… Read More »Hacker attacks InterContinental – Payment card breach at 12 hotels for 4 months last year
Paris – 03 February 2017 – Europe hotel firm number one, Accor is to sell its Hotel Invest division with… Read More »Accor to prepare sale of Hotel Invest division – Laurent Picheral named COO
Those aged 30-40 are most likely to share data for rewards – China, Mexico and Russia lead for people willing… Read More »More people firmly agree with sharing personal data, in return for rewards, than firmly disagree
Bangkok – 02 February 2017 – Swiss hotel management company Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has announced that it will rebrand… Read More »Mövenpick Hotels to operate luxury villa resort in Thailand
A “cheeky interjection” of Carsten Hennig, no real story … The German election campaign becomes sharper: Inspired by the leftist… Read More »Berlin forbids new hotels – the capital is moving away from tourism
Seattle – 02 February 2017 – LaSalle Hotel Properties announces the sale of Hotel Deca in Seattle for US$26.4 million.
Rockville, Maryland – 02 Februar 2017 – Choice Hotels International issues a brief statement saying it will be waiving all cancellation… Read More »Choice acts after presidential travel ban
Paris – 02 February 2017 – French hoteliers have urged presidential candidates to focus on tourism, a sector which they… Read More »French hoteliers appeal to presidential candidates
Hong Kong – 02 Februar 2017 – Cruise Lines International Association’s newly released Cruise Travel Report lists the following industry trends: 1.… Read More »Cruise trends revealed
Chengdu, China – 02 February 2017 – The debut of the 336-room Fairmont Chengdu marks the 200th property for AccorHotels… Read More »Accor opens 200th hotel in Greater China
McLean, Virgina – 02 February 2017 – Hilton announces what it claims are “industry-first benefits” for all 60 million members… Read More »Hilton claims industry-first benefits in loyalty programme revamp
Hamburg, 01 February 2017 – It is the same desperate situation we know from shopping already: too many suppliers, varying… Read More »Which number of job portals is causing distraction? This is how digital HR Management works
