If you are planning for a particular holiday destination at Paris, then Austin’s Saint Lazare Hotel is the perfect place for you to reside. Located next to the Saint Lazare Station in a lively area of the ninth district, Austin’s Saint Lazare Hotel Paris has direct access to Opera, Champs Elysees, Montmartre and another famous [...]

French hospitality group Accor said Thursday it will open its largest economy hotel outside of Paris here as it ramps up efforts to meet growing demand for economy lodging in the Asia Pacific region.
The 538-room Ibis hotel, which will be the first ever in Singapore, and will open in the first quarter of 2009, with [...]

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with Argus Developments (a subsidiary of Tuscan Corporation) to develop the first aloft hotel in Australia, the aloft Sydney Airport, O’Riordan Street. Located in Sydney, the 161 room hotel is conveniently located within one mile of the Sydney International Airport, on O’Riordan Street in Mascot, Sydney. The [...]

Along a beachfront reserve with native birds and sea eagles coast, Meridian Beach Resort in Old Bar, Australia provides the backdrop for a perfect hideaway offering an amazingly restful vacation, exciting activities and a relaxing sightseeing experience.
Meridian Resort Beachside is situated on 1.25 hectares beachfront land, guests of Meridian Beach Resort can experience the pleasure [...]

Allianz Global Investors, the asset management arm of Allianz SE, announced today that it has launched the Allianz RCM Global Eco Trends Fund which invests in companies with exposure to “Eco-Sectors” including the EcoEnergy, Pollution Control and Clean Water sectors.
“Protecting the environment is likely to be a major focus in the 21st century and many [...]

Australian golf champion Greg Norman is the designer behind the project’s PGA-standard course – his first course in South Australia and his ninth in Australia.
The planned Yorke Peninsula development comprises an 18-hole golf course, a 120-room resort, 1650 residential allotments and commercial and recreational precincts.
Work is expected to begin in the second half of the [...]

Reliance Pacific Bhd (RPB) (KLSE:8885) and IJM Corporation Bhd (KLSE:3336( have are selling their joint venture Avillion Hotel in Sydney for A$115 million (US$89.9 million).
RPB has been managing the hotel since it was opened in 2000 just before the Sydney Olympics.

With all the comforts of home, Parkridge Corporate apartment guarantees guests to experience a superb Sydney accommodation with an incomparable blend of private apartment lifestyle equipped with beautifully furnished and completely self contained rooms.
Parkridge Corporate Apartment offers an accommodation that suits all budgets and taste. Its rooms are inclusive of queen bed with separate lounge/dining [...]

Milwaukee’s Park East corridor will be the new home for a 180-room Kimpton hotel on the $104 million, mixed-use development proposed by Ruvin Development, Mequon, and Gatehouse Capital Corp., Dallas.
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, based in San Francisco, operates 43 luxury hotels in the United States, including three in Chicago — Hotel Monaco, Hotel [...]

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Peninsula Road Limited, a subsidiary of Melview Developments, said today it planned to build a 177-room Westin hotel near Queenstown.
The Westin Queenstown will open in 2009. The chain has hotels in Auckland Melbourne, Sydney and Denarau Island, Fiji.
The hotel will be “upper upscale, not quite in the luxury [...]

Hong Kong shares hit a new record close, lifted by gains by real-estate companies, as most Asian markets advanced.
Singapore also finished at another record, Shanghai reached a five-year high and Taipei advanced to its highest mark in more than half a year.
In Hong Kong, blue-chip Hang Seng index inched up 14.53 points, or 0.1, to [...]

The Real Estate Institute of NSW says it will lobby the state government ahead of next year’s election to ensure investors are lured back into the market.
An anticipated interest rate rise this week is expected to cause falls of up to five per cent in Sydney house prices, accelerating the city’s slowing real estate market.
Meanwhile, [...]