Regulatory The Rezidor Hotel Group (STO:REZT) announces its first Park Inn in Kazakhstan at Almaty Airport: The 133- room hotel is located adjacent to the International Airport Terminal and will open its doors in December 2008. Almaty’s airport serves many international airlines, and has an advantageous geographical location on the route from East Asia to [...]

The Rezidor Hotel Group announces two new hotels in Antwerp: Both the Radisson SAS Astrid Hotel Antwerpen (247 rooms) and the Park Inn Antwerpen Astrid (59 rooms) will be operational in December 2008. Rezidor now has three hotels in the Belgian city – the company also manages the Radisson SAS Park Lane Hotel with 174 [...]

The Rezidor Hotel Group will bring its fresh and energetic mid-market brand Park Inn to the holy city of Makkah in Q1-2009: The Al Diyafa Park Inn Makkah will be in the Al Zahir area approximately three kilometres from the Haram, the mosque of the prophet. It adds 221 rooms to the Rezidor portfolio – [...]

The Good Hotel Guide recently slammed high Wi-Fi access rates in UK hotels, but a UK service provider believes it has found a solution in the ‘walled garden’ approach.
Radisson SAS, Park Inn Hotels, Malmaison and Hotel Du Vin have reported success with UK firm Airangel’s Wi-Fi internet access model as an alternative to pay-as-you-go.
Airangel offers [...]