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Lynne Franks implores hospitality employers to address gender gaps
Thursday, April 26, 2012 Businesswoman, broadcaster and speaker Lynne Franks has called on employers in the hospitality, passenger transport and travel and tourism industry to take action to encourage gender diversity...

Premier Inn secures consent for eight new hotel sites in UK
Monday, April 23, 2012 UK hotel chain Premier Inn has announced that it has secured planning consent for eight new hotel sites within a four week period across March/April...

Gainford buys out UK’s Vermont hotel from administration
Thursday, April 19, 2012 The Vermont Hotel in Newcastle, UK, has been bought out of administration by Gainford Hotels for an undisclosed...

QIA to acquire Sardinian hotel group
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), has signed an agreement to acquire Sardinia-based Smeralda Holding, which has a portfolio of four luxury hotel resorts on the...

Carlson Rezidor opens Radisson Blu Hotel in Turkey
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has announced the opening of its new Radisson Blu Hotel Istanbul Asia in Istanbul,...

UK hotel builds biomass plant to cut energy costs
Monday, April 16, 2012 Tre-Ysgawen Hall Country House Hotel and Spa on the island of Anglesey off the north-west coast of Wales, UK, has built its own biomass plant to slash its energy...

EuroSite to provide clean energy to Ability Group hotels
Monday, April 16, 2012 EuroSite Power, a subsidiary of American DG Energy, has reached a 30-year, £11m agreement to supply clean energy to four UK hotels owned by The Ability Group and managed by Hilton...

Turkey's travel industry to reach $24.4bn by 2016
Thursday, April 05, 2012 The travel intermediaries industry in Turkey is set to reach TRY43.3bn ($24.4bn) by 2016, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.42% during 2012–16, according to a report by...

Future Inns deploys Acentic IPTV solution
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Canada-based Future Inns Hotel Group has deployed Acentic’s SMART IPTV system combined with Horizon high-speed internet connectivity for its first UK hotel, Future Inns Cardiff...

Whitbread selects Anesco to install solar panels
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 UK hotel brand Premier Inn’s parent company Whitbread has selected energy efficiency products supplier Anesco to install solar photovoltaic panels for its hotels and...

Hilton Worldwide, Schiphol to open new hotel in Netherlands
Monday, March 26, 2012 Hilton Worldwide and Schiphol Group's real estate subsidiary Schiphol Real Estate have signed an agreement to introduce a new Hilton Hotels & Resorts hotel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in...

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts opens new Ukraine hotel
Monday, March 26, 2012 Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced that Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv in Kiev, Ukraine, the luxury brand's first hotel in Eastern Europe, will open on 27 March...

Colliers International divests Scarborough hotels
Thursday, March 22, 2012 Global commercial real estate organisation Colliers International has announced the sale of the Royal Hotel and the Clifton Hotel in Scarborough, UK, to Britannia...

Jumeirah to manage Pera Palace Hotel in Turkey
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Dubai-based Jumeirah Group has signed a management agreement with Demsa Group in Turkey to manage Istanbul’s Pera Palace...

Holiday Inn unveils augmented reality hotel
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Holiday Inn, an official hotel provider to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has unveiled an augmented reality hotel in London, which features virtual versions of some of the UK's...

Hyatt signs management agreements for two hotels in Switzerland
Thursday, March 08, 2012 Hyatt Hotels has announced that a Hyatt affiliate has signed a management agreement with Flughafen Zurich for two hotels in Zurich,...

DoubleTree by Hilton launches fifth London hotel
Wednesday, March 07, 2012 DoubleTree by Hilton has introduced its fifth London property, DoubleTree by Hilton London-Victoria in the...

Starwood to expand in Europe with 25 new hotels
Wednesday, March 07, 2012 Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced plans to open 25 new hotels in Europe over the next four years and 80 new hotels in 2012,...

Russia’s travel intermediaries industry to reach $37bn by 2016
Thursday, February 09, 2012 The Russian travel intermediaries industry is set to grow from RUR733.5bn ($24.62m) in 2012 to RUB1.10tr ($37bn) in 2016, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.7%, according to...

London reports rise in 2011 RevPAR
Friday, February 03, 2012 London registered an 8.4% year-on-year increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2011, according to data from STR...