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(0) marks: 0In this section you'll find the latest news from the world of hotel chains, find out the information about the appearance of the new «whales» of hotel business as well as loud bankruptcies, mergers, about rebranding and restyling.
Hotel chains punctually supply news for the market of tourism media. The world financial crisis had forced the hotel chains to make fundamental changes in their policies. As a result, there is an increasing number of news regarding changing in hotel chain strategies from the world's leading mass-media agencies.
The huge part of hotels, which open all over the world every day, belong to hotel chains. Besides hotels, hotels chains launch dozens of new brands regularly. News about opening of the new hotels as well as appearing of new brands in the hotel industry will be covered in this section.
Hotels chains actively implement new technologies into the structure of their hotels. Mobile management and flexible structure of the companies allows monitoring and launching of the latest developments as soon as possible. <<Hotel Chains News>> section will familiarize portal users with the latest innovations, which are used by the hotel chains today. The list of topics is wide: from Wi-Fi Internet access to hi-tech rooms in hotels, where the guest is served by a computer program.
Recent novelties in the field of hotel service also belong to the hotel chains. Standards of staff training developed by them are institutive for the whole industry. In this section we will post news about the personnel policy of hotel chains: from staff training to career fairs.
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Hyatt opened a hotel in the "falling skyscraper", (01/02/2012)(Hotel Chains News)
The hotel occupies the territory from 15th to the 33 floors of the unique skyscraper and has 189 luxury rooms and suites, which panoramic windows offer spectacular views of the Persian Gulf.
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One of the leading players on the hotel real estate market - Carlson Hotels - decided to create a new brand with Rezidor Hotel Group. Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group will be the new name of the association.
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Accor, one of the largest hotel chains in the world, continues to actively develop luxury hotels in Indonesia. The company has announced its plans to open 12 five-star Pullman hotels over the next five years in the largest cities of the country.
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British hotel giant InterContinental Hotels Group plans to develop the newest hotel brand for the Chinese market. The company expects to use China as a launching pad for further promotion of the new hotel chain in Southeast Asia.
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The legendary hotel in Istanbul and one of the main attractions of the Turkish metropolis - Pera Palace - will be managed by the Jumeirah Dubai hotel group. It was reported by some Turkish media, in particular turkiyeturizm.com.
Hotels in Spain: from Thomas Cook to Iberostar, (28/12/2011)(Hotel Chains News)
The Spanish hotel chain Iberostar Hotels & Resorts will be the main owner of the five Clubs De Vacaciones golf hotels. Iberostar bought 51% of shares from the former hotel owner the largest British tour operator Thomas Cook.
Hyatt opens resort hotel in Abu Dhabi, (21/12/2011)(Hotel Chains News)
Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced about opening of the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas, the first network’s hotel in Abu Dhabi. The hotel complex is built along the 8-kilometer sand strip on the artificial island of Saadiyat (from Arabic - "The Island of Happiness"), not far from the UAE capital downtown. Also near the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas is located picturesque Corniche quay and Saadiyat Beach Golf club.
Amsterdam hotels: new Hilton project, (19/12/2011)(Hotel Chains News)
In Amsterdam took place the Christmas premiere of DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station. Once known as the Mint Hotel Amsterdam, this hotel is one of eight Mint hotels, presented in the Netherlands and the UK.
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On the Spanish island of Mallorca, one of the most popular summer holiday centers in the Mediterranean, will be built a super-modern hotel complex. At the Magaluf resort was launched a multimillion-dollar project, which was named Sol Calvia Resort.
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After the re-branding the hotel will be named Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto. Previous private owner will continue to own the hotel, however under Jumeirah management
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The first Aloft hotel was solemnly opened in Thailand. The hotel opened its doors in the central district of the capital - Sukhumvit. The district name is included in the hotel title. The full name of the hotel is Aloft Bangkok - Sukhumvit 11.
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Spanish hotel chain Meliá Hotels intends to expand its presence in the UK hotel market over the next 2 years. At the same time the Spaniards do not intend to stop on one city and expect to be presented in several cities of the Albion.
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Hilton plans to create more than 8500 jobs in Europe over the next three years. Additional 2 500 jobs will be saved by converting existing hotels under the Hilton Worldwide brand.
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Rotana hotel chain plans to open eight new hotels in the Middle East and South-East Asia in 2012.
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One of the leading hotel chains in Asia - Peninsula Hotels - will refuse from cooking the famous Chinese delicacy shark fin soup in its restaurants. In the hotel restaurants belonging to the Peninsula Hotels shark fin soup will be excluded from the menus in January 2012.
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Christmas holidays are getting closer and many people plan their vacations or shorts trips for this period. Therefore, almost all hotels, prepare its visitors all sorts of special offers, discounts and gifts. Five-star hotel Mandarin Oriental Munich is no exception. From December 1 to February 29 in the hotel will available special Christmas offer Romantic Winter Package. Mandarin Oriental Munich offers to spend two nights in one of the best numbers, where will be installed a Christmas tree decorated with crystals from the world famous French company Baccarat. Each guest will be able to take one of the crystals from the tree as a souvenir.
Microsoft and Novotel developed the futuristic room, (19/11/2011)(Hotel Chains News)
Earlier this week the leading international Novotel hotel chain, which is a member of the Accor group, and the global computer giant Microsoft has introduced new high-tech concept of a hotel room called "3120". The first "3120" room received its guests at the Novotel Vaugirard Montparnass, located, in the Montparnasse district in Paris on 14 November 2011.
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Accor plans to expand its presence on the Indian hotel market. The company plans to open 12 new hotels in 2012. French hotel giant is preparing to build at least 2,500 new rooms by December 2012. This plan will enable Accor to double the number of its hotels in India. The company is currently represented by 10 hotels in India with over 2,000 rooms.
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Rezidor Hotel Group has announced its plans to open a new hotel in Amsterdam. It will be a hotel of the Park Inn brand, which will offer its services near the main airport of the Dutch capital - Schiphol.
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New Aloft London Excel is designed for 252 rooms. Its design is determined by the surrounding landscape - the former London port area Docklands, which previously was an industrial center of the city, and today turned into one of the most demanded real estate development projects on the Thames.
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Spanish hotel chain Meliá Hotels plans to open its first hotel in Rome. The opening is scheduled for December 21. The new hotel will be named Gran Meliá Rome.
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The new hotel under the DoubleTree by Hilton brand will be presented in Zagreb in 2012. The hotel will be a part of the shopping and entertainment complex, which construction is carried out in Zagreb by B.P Pluto d.o.o.
Hotels in Berlin: the best hotel bar in Germany, (02/10/2011)(Hotel Chains News)
In the October «Der Feinschmecker» Vox Bar, located in the Grand Hyatt Berlin, was named "the best hotel bar in Germany".
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Melia Hotels International announces the opening of its second hotel in the U.S. The new Melia Orlando Hotel at Celebration was constructed near the city of Orlando. Previously the hotel was known as the Mona Lisa Suite Hotel. Melia Hotels hotel chain fully rebranded the hotel to meet its own quality standards.
Best Western hotels: 3 new brands, (26/09/2011)(Hotel Chains News)
For each of the brands Best Western developed a system of standards, which provides for the classification of rooms, client services and food.
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One of the largest investment funds of the world - Blackstone Group LP Company - will pay £ 600 million (more than 900 million dollars) for the controlling stake in British hotel chain Mint Hotels.
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Ritz-Carlton continues its expansion into the Chinese market. The following cities, where the famous hotel brand will present its hotels will be Dalian and Wuhan.
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Rezidor Hotel Corporation continues its expansion into the CEE markets. In late August registered in Belgium hotel company announced its plans to open Park Inn hotel in Budapest.
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Centara Hotels & Resorts hotel chain expands its presence in Thailand. August was rich in events for the company. Earlier this month Centara Hotels & Resorts presented two new hotels in Pattaya: Nova Hotel & Spa Pattaya 4* and Centra Pattaya Resort.
In the new F-1 hotel wiil be Cocoon-rooms, (14/08/2011)(Hotel Chains News)
The first of these rooms was presented to the press in the new Formule 1 hotels, which opened in Australia. Hotels with Cocoon rooms appeared in Canberra, Campbelltown and Wentworthville.
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02/02/2012
London hotels: 120 thousand refusals from booked rooms
London hotels received 120 thousand room refusals. Such an unexpected situation in the hotel market of the capital of Britain happened after the organizers of the 2012 Olympics refused to book accommodation for workers, visitors and journalists, who were to take part in service and coverage of the major sporting event of four years.
02/02/2012
The most expensive ski hotel in the world is located in France
Suites de la Potiniere received the status of the most luxurious hotel after the average value of standard rooms at all luxury hotels participating in the study was calculated. During the study were taken into account prices offered by the hotels for the period from January to March 2012. The cost of a room in a five-star Suites de la Potiniere hotel was $1958 per night.
01/02/2012
Hyatt opened a hotel in the "falling skyscraper"
The hotel occupies the territory from 15th to the 33 floors of the unique skyscraper and has 189 luxury rooms and suites, which panoramic windows offer spectacular views of the Persian Gulf.
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