An international hotel giant plans to open a $100 million, 290-room hotel in Auckland’s CBD by the middle of 2010.
Paul Richardson, vice-president of Accor for New Zealand and Fiji, said yesterday a new five-star Pullman hotel would be built near the city’s waterfront.
The hotel will be aimed at the corporate and meetings market and is [...]
In a reasonably low-key ceremony at 3 p.m. today, MotorCity Casino and local government officials will officially open the casino’s new 400-room luxury hotel.
The hotel is part of the casino’s permanent facility, being built on and around their existing complex at Grand River and the Lodge. The high rollers area and poker room were renovated [...]
Construction of the £20 million Fitzwilliam Hotel in Belfast got under way today.
The hotel is sited in Great Victoria Street, next door to the historic Grand Opera House, and is the latest in a string being built to meet demand from visitors to what the Lonely Planet guide calls “a must-see city”.
Planned as a five-star [...]
Another new hotel in Starkville by Candlewood Suites will add 100 more beds to the region’s expanding tourism economy. While retail development in the area is also moving forward, though with more mixed itinerary of stops and starts.
Candlewood Suites, a hotel designed for extended stays, is a subsidiary of the InterContinental Hotels Group, and is [...]
Every once in awhile we like to take you into the world of the social elite in a little feature we call Social-ist (we know, we are so clever with those -ists!). Last week we attended the preview party of the new Hotel ZaZa. We had been hearing a lot about this swank tank, and [...]
A New York hospitality company has agreed to open a trendy, Mondrian hotel in a development proposed for the Gold Coast neighborhood.
Morgans Hotel Group Co. has formed a joint venture with Chicago-based M Development Co. to build a 200-room hotel at 1118 N. State St.
The new, 250-foot building would replace the Cedar Hotel, but preserve [...]
With a view to meet the growing needs of the Hotel & Tourism industry for visiting Indian as well as Foreign tourists, the Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F.Rodrigues, PVSM VSM, today inaugurated “Hotel Chandigarh Beckons” set up by the Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology in Sector 42
Chandigarh, [...]
THE Philippines posted a record 13,939 rooms last year, a 9.9-percent increase from the 12,683 recorded in year earlier, Trent M. Frankum, general manager of CB Richard Ellis Philippines, Inc. (CBRE) said.
But Frankum also said these additional hotel rooms are not enough to meet the growing demand for more rooms.
Citing the reports of the Philippine [...]
The competitive hotel market of Seattle, Washington welcomes 360 Hotel Group, renamed from Northgate Hotels as part of a re-branding effort and value focus. The 360 Hotel Group portfolio includes three hotels and a restaurant in North Seattle, providing value to customers by delivering a unique, comfortable, and convenient experience. 360 Hotel group has launched [...]
On 17th January 2007, three days before the World Social Forum opened in Nairobi, a gentleman walked into the Jamia Plaza, which is located behind the Jamia Mosque in Nairobi’s Central Business District.
He walked around some of the almost 100 shops selling apparel, cosmetics, cell phones, fast foods and other merchandise on the ground floor [...]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has signed eleven new franchise agreements with ITC Limited. As a result, travelers in India will soon have access to 23 hotels in the country under the Sheraton, Westin, The Luxury Collection and Le Méridien brand umbrellas.
As part of the agreement and following significant renovations in recent months, seven existing Sheraton [...]
China and India are the fastest growing economies in the world and are expected to stay that way for the foreseeable future. Many international companies have had large operating and development teams in the region for sometime. Uniformly all companies are accelerating their activity. Those with mid-market and economy brands see this as the opportune [...]
