Schaetz named VP at Marco Polo
Marco Polo Hotels names Philip Schaetz as vice president, sales & marketing, succeeding Jennifer Cronin who was promoted to president… Read More »Schaetz named VP at Marco Polo
Marco Polo Hotels names Philip Schaetz as vice president, sales & marketing, succeeding Jennifer Cronin who was promoted to president… Read More »Schaetz named VP at Marco Polo
Meliá Hotels International has entered the Iranian hospitality industry with the five-star, branded Gran Meliá Ghoo Hotel. To be located… Read More »Meliá to operate Iran hotel
Best Western Hotels & Resorts is growing its portfolio from one to 14 total properties in South Africa over the… Read More »Best Western expands in South Africa
Gunilla Rudebjer is stepping down as CFO of Scandic Hotels Group. The process to recruit a successor has begun and… Read More »Scandic seeks new CFO
Marriott International, together with Ian Schrager and the owner and developer KKH Property Investors, announce plans to open a property… Read More »EDITION to open in Barcelona in 2017
A hospitality company has bought from actor Kevin Costner 103 acres in the Old West gambling town of Deadwood in… Read More »Actor sells land for resort hotel
The Elvis Presley estate has filed a lawsuit against a Las Vegas casino-hotel that is holding artefacts and memorabilia involving… Read More »Las Vegas hotel in Elvis battle
Marriott International in Europe said it will double in size once its acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is… Read More »Marriott to double in Europe
Sweden’s Rezidor Hotel Group has agreed to buy a 49 percent stake in start-up budget hotel chain Prizeotel for 14.7… Read More »Rezidor buys into budget chain
Thailand’s Erawan Group aims for 15 percent revenue growth this year. It projects an average occupancy rate of 80 percent… Read More »Erawan Group targets 15pc revenue growth
Marriott International and Japan’s leading real estate development company Mori Trust Group plan to open the JW Marriott Hotel Nara, Japan in the spring… Read More »JW Marriott Hotel to debut in Japan
Marriott International plans to open an additional five Moxy Hotels in key European cities in 2016 – in Munich, Eschborn… Read More »Five Moxy Hotels for Europe
An Orlando-based hotel chain is reporting that some of its guests’ credit card information may have been breached, the Associated… Read More »Guests’ credit card info breached
Intercontinental Hotels Group is interested in smaller deals to expand its portfolio, but won’t be growing for the sake of… Read More »Quality, not quantity, for IHG
Thailand’s Minor International plans to invest 40 billion baht (US$1.13 billion) over the next five years in a major expansion… Read More »Minor plans US$1.1 billion expansion
Average prices paid per night for hotel accommodation was up only 1 percent globally in 2015 as compared to 2014,… Read More »Average hotel room prices up by just 1 percent globally
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok has completed a comprehensive renovation of the historic Authors’ and Garden Wings. Designed to enhance the facilities… Read More »Historic Authors’ and Garden wings restored
A jury found a Nashville hotel liable for a nude video of sportscaster Erin Andrews that went viral and awarded… Read More »Hotel to pay huge damages in nude video scandal
Marco Polo Hotels appoints Kitty Liu as Regional Director of Sales, Shanghai for the hotel group. Previously holding the position… Read More »Kitty Liu as regional director of sales, Shanghai
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group attained the highest rankings for many of its hotels, restaurants and spas in the 58th annual… Read More »Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group achieves top ratings