Hotel Chains News

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Rotana hotel chain plans to open eight new hotels in the Middle East and South-East Asia in 2012.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the October «Der Feinschmecker» Vox Bar, located in the Grand Hyatt Berlin, was named "the best hotel bar in Germany".

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.

For each of the brands Best Western developed a system of standards, which provides for the classification of rooms, client services and food.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kempinski opens its first hotel in Austria. "Kempinski" hotel group has signed a contract to manage 5-star hotel in Tyrol. "Kempinski Tyrol" hotel is located at the famous ski resort Kitzbuhel and will offer classic comfort services from Kempinski already this winter.

Sheraton hotel chain began an advertising campaign Meet You There, which will become a logical continuation of the recent re-branding, which has experienced one of the most famous hotel chains in the world.

For this strategy the company expects to spend $2 billion. Money will be invested in hotel real estate around the globe: from Morocco to Mexico.