MHI Hospitality Corporation announced that the Company has completed the acquisition of the 172-room former Radisson Hotel in Hampton, Virginia for approximately $7.75 million, or $45,000 per room. The Company has also entered into a 10-year franchise agreement with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [(LON: IHG) (NYSE: IHG - News; ADRs)] through its franchising entity, Holiday [...]

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 – [...]

IT will be the highest building in Southampton - rising 83m into the sky to the tip of its white spire.
The 21-storey shimmering hotel, dubbed a “gateway to the city”, is set to become its latest landmark.
It is the centrepiece of a prestigious £110m development that has been given the go ahead by the city [...]

Brussels | The Rezidor Hotel Group, the Brussels-based hotel management company, announces plans for its first property in Makkah, Saudi-Arabia. The Al Diyafa Radisson Hotel is currently slated to open in 2010.
Located within walking distance of the Al Diyafa shopping mall and less than two miles from the legendary Haram mosque, the new hotel will [...]

The Rezidor Hotel Group, the Brussels-based hotel management company, announces international management agreements to develop and operate two new Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts properties in Kiev, Ukraine and Fajairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Radisson SAS Airport Hotel Kiev, currently slated to open in 2009, will feature approximately 300 guestrooms and will also offer conference [...]

Baha Mar Resorts Ltd. said Tuesday it is teaming with casino operator Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. and hotelier Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. to create a resort in the Bahamas worth more than $2 billion.
Baha Mar Resorts formed a joint venture with Harrah’s, and the companies signed a deal with Starwood to manage the Baha [...]

Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts will build a 256-room hotel in Mecca. The Al Diyafa Radisson Hotel will include male and female spas, four restaurants, six meeting rooms and a 12,500 sqft ballroom for weddings and banquets. The hotel will cater for religious tourism and the corporate and the MICE market. It is due to [...]

Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., the world’s largest casino company, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. have signed a deal to help build the Baha Mar hotel and casino complex in the Bahamas worth more than $2 billion.
Harrah’s will own 43 percent of the project with the remainder owned by Nassau, Bahamas-based Baha Mar Resorts Ltd., [...]

Carlson Hotels Worldwide Monday announced the rebranding of a 159-room Chandler hotel as the Radisson Phoenix-Chandler following a $4 million renovation.
The former Park Plaza hotel, owned by Hospitality Properties Trust, is located at 7475 W. Chandler Blvd.
The conversion is part of a renovation that began in early 2005 when Carlson Hotels Worldwide first [...]

Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts has appointed Peter Schiess to run its resort property on the banks of the red sea in Taba, Egypt.
Schiess, a Swiss national, has extensive experience in the hospitality industry having held various management and executive positions. He started his career in the food and beverage department. In 1994 he moved [...]

The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has announced the Best Decorated Hotel Awards it conducted as part of the 35th UAE National Day celebrations from December 1 to 3.
The first prize was bagged by Avari Dubai Hotel, while Bab Al Shams Desert Resort and Spa and Grand Hyatt Dubai were adjudged for [...]

Senator John Edwards, SEIU President Andy Stern Join Workers, Signaling National Support for LAX Area Wage Law.
Los Angeles — Century Boulevard hotel workers yesterday announced that they will fast in support of the recently enacted LAX hotel living wage law. The announcement came as LAX-area hotels and other business groups launched an effort to repeal [...]