InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announces worldwide brand relaunch of Holiday Inn
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announces a worldwide relaunch of the Holiday Inn brand family, comprising Holiday Inn, Express by Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express ('Holiday Inn'). ...more

FranchiseHelp's 2007 Hotel Franchise Research Surveys
Top Franchise Firm Publishes a Series of White Papers on the Hotel Industry ...more

Hispanic Hotel Owner to Break Ground on Eighth Marriott-Branded Hotel
Finvarb Group to Open Residence Inn by Marriott at Mayo Clinic in Arizona ...more

Hotels as Global Explorers
All over the world, people are traveling internationally as never before. And major hotel chains are aggressively planting the flags of their various brands in cities and suburbs around the globe - so that a Chinese traveler who likes the Holiday Inn in Guangzhou, for example, might be inclined to stay at a Holiday Inn on a trip to Los Angeles. ...more

Two New Starwood Dallas Properties Before 2011 Super Bowl
Hicks Holdings LLC, a Dallas-based enterprise that controls the Thomas O. Hicks family's investments, and Gatehouse Capital, a Dallas-based real estate investment firm, announced that they will build two hotels on five acres within Glorypark, a mixed-use development in Arlington, Texas. ...more

Acqualina Decides to End Relationship with Rosewood to Establish Its Own Luxury Brand
Acqualina Management, LLC, the hotel management company that has employed the on-site management team supervised by Rosewood since the opening last year of the 96-rooms and suites at Acqualina Ocean Residences and Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, is to assume complete supervision of the management team. ...more

Building on Global Growth, Wyndham Brand Aims for Next Level
Building on a year of global growth, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts today announced a three-pronged strategy to expand, improve guest satisfaction and build revenue through a new marketing plan targeting Generation X consumers. ...more

W Hotels To Open First Hotel In The Middle East W Doha Hotel & Residences Opens Mid 2008
The W Doha is owned by J&A Jaidah, principals of J&A Jaidah Holdings, one of the most well known and well respected private companies in the Middle East. ...more

Hilton Hotels Corporation To Manage Hilton Guiyang
Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE: HLT) has, through its subsidiary, signed an agreement with Guizhou Honizon Real Estate Development Co. Ltd to manage the Hilton Guiyang. ...more

Best Western International Announces New Development Prototype For Upper Midscale Segment
Developers looking for a sleek, turnkey upper mid-scale concept to drive premium, value-added pricing now have an answer: Best Western's new Atria Prototype. ...more

Accor Hospitality: The New Hotel Business Model
Accor intends to expand its network to a total of 5,000 hotels by 2010 ...more

Home Inns to Acquire Top Star Hotel Chain
Acquisition of 26 Hotels with Approximately 4,200 Rooms to Expand the Home Inns Network ...more

Five-Star Hotel Nikko Wuxi Now Under Development in China
A new five-star addition to the Nikko Hotels International group will be built along an old canal, a five- to 10- minute-drive from the center of Wuxi, in China. ...more

Mandarin Oriental Announces Exclusive Luxury Resort and Residences on the Carribean Island of St. Kitts
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group announced that it will manage a new luxurious 125-room resort with 20 Residences at Mandarin Oriental on the island of St. Kitts in the British West Indies, which will open in 2010. The Group now has a portfolio of five resorts open or under development in the Caribbean region. ...more

Crestline Hotels & Resorts Selected as the New Management Company for The Hotel Derek in Houston
Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. today announced that a joint venture, controlled by affiliates of Warburg Pincus Real Estate I, L.P., has appointed Crestline as the new management company for the 314 guestroom Hotel Derek, located in Houston's fashionable Uptown Galleria area. ...more

Modular hotels: Tiny space, big experience, low price
Capsule hotels, pod hotels, overnight caskets: Whatever you call them, modular hotels, long embraced by Japanese businessmen, have evolved into a hip and affordable travel option that has gained traction in parts of Europe and the U.S. ...more

Hilton Receives European Commission Antitrust Clearance
Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE:HLT) announced that it has received clearance from the European Commission for its pending merger with BH Hotels LLC, an entity controlled by investment funds affiliated with The Blackstone Group L.P. ...more

Raffles To Manage Historic Le Royal Monceau In The Heart Of Paris
Raffles Hotels & Resorts has yesterday signed an agreement with Royal Monceau Pte Ltd to manage the historic Le Royal Monceau hotel in Paris. The hotel will join Raffles Hotels & Resorts' award winning collection of luxury properties in winter 2008. ...more

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