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    Hyatt to open Andaz hotel in Amsterdam

    Hyatt is to open a 122-room Andaz Amsterdam in 2012.The hotel will be located on the site of the former Public Library on Amsterdam’s Prinsengracht, within the cultural district of Jordaan. The hotel will be developed by Aedes Real Estate and Marcel Wanders will be responsible for the interior design. The design concept of Andaz Amsterdam and the stylish allure…

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    Planika revolutionizes the biofireplace sector

    With its latest model, Planika sets new standards for the biofires market. Fire Line is a biofire combining exceptional length of the flame – 800mm (31.5in) with an advanced technology. Implemented solutions increase users’ safety and maximize fuel efficiency. Fir Line does not require gas nor chimney and there is no need to connect it to any type of installations.…

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    Rocco Forte Collection unveils Abu Dhabi property

    The Rocco Forte Collection, has unveiled the details of its first property in the Middle East, due to open in Abu Dhabi in fall 2010. The 281-room property, which will be a new build, will be housed in a stunning 12-floor curved glass structure designed by architect WS Atkins and Partners. Interiors are being created by Dubai-based interior design specialists…

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    Andy Thornton supply The Bristol Hotel

    Sitting pretty on the quayside of Bristol’s ‘Floating Harbour’, is the eponymous Bristol Hotel, from the Doyle Collection of Hotels. And what better place to experience Bristol’s maritime history than on the cobbled terrace outside the hotel’s Shore Café Bar. The contemporary outdoor tables and chairs, which complement the building’s modern façade, are from Andy Thornton’s Largo Collection.The Largo features…

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    Magnolia unveils renovation of The La Salle Hotel

    The new La Salle Hotel by Magnolia Hotels in Bryan, Texas has unveiled its renovation, which enhanced guest rooms and public space while retaining the character and charm of the historic hotel.Décor in each guest room was enhanced with a new Magnolia bedding package, flat-screen televisions, fresh paint and modern lighting to complement the executive work desks. New flooring was…

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    Shanghai Marriott Hotel Changfeng Park opens

    The 501-room Shanghai Marriott Hotel Changfeng Park has opened its doors to guests offering luxurious accommodation and great meeting facilities.Owned by the New Development Group Co., Ltd. and run by Marriott International under a long-term management agreement, the 32 storey, Shanghai hotel will feature 501 guest rooms as well as an executive lounge on the 31st floor. Marriott International, area…

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    The Sukhothai hotel in Bangkok refurbishes its rooms

    Celebrating its 18th birthday this year, The Sukhothai Bangkok has unveiled the first phase of renovations to 40 of the hotel’s superior rooms, with all 100 rooms of this type to be completely refurbished by July 2010.Set within six acres of landscaped gardens in the heart of Bangkok, this hotel combines traditional refinement with contemporary style. The current refurbishment has…

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    Epoque opens hotel in Spain

    A new boutique hotel by Epoque Hotels has opened in Spain. The Hotel Viura is situated in Villabuena de Alava, 40km from the city of Logroño, in the wine region of La Rioja.The hotel has 33 guestrooms including 13 doubles, 13 deluxe and seven suites. It also has three spacious and modern meeting rooms equipped with technology. The hotel features…

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    Hotel Indigo opens second Nashville property

    Hotel Indigo, one of the InterContinental Hotels (IHG), has opened an upscale boutique in Nashville, Tennessee, US.Centered in the heart of downtown Nashville, the 97-room conversion property joins the Hotel Indigo Nashville Music Row Vanderbilt. Both Nashville properties were developed by Wesley Hotels & Resorts, which currently has three Hotel Indigo properties in its portfolio with plans to develop more…

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    IHG signs new landmark InterContinental hotel in Beijing

    InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced the signing of a landmark InterContinental hotel in Beijing’s city centre.The agreement with Beijing Topwin Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. will add a total of 320 rooms by 2014 and marks another milestone for IHG’s continuing development in China. The InterContinental Beijing City Center will join the InterContinental Beijing Financial Street and InterContinental Beijing…

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    Rezidor opens hotel in Germany

    Rezidor has opened a Park Inn hotel in Dresden, Germany.The hotel has 132 rooms and was formerly a Tulip Inn hotel. The Park Inn Dresden is situated in Dresden Neustadt near the bank of the river Elbe. Besides 132 guest rooms and suites the property features a restaurant, a lobby bar and a meeting room. It was originally opened in…

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    South Africa tourism board denies hotel price fixing

    Following HotelDesigns’ report on hotels fixing their prices ahead of the World Cup, an investigation has revealed this is not the case.South Africa, Minister for Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk said a report into the alleged price fixing showed that hotels were acting responsibly. A survey was commissioned by the National Department of Tourism to compare accommodation rates during the World…

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    Hotel Indigo to open in Liverpool, UK

    Work is now underway on a new £15m boutique hotel in the heart of Liverpool’s commercial district. The 151-bed, four-star Hotel Indigo is set to open in Chapel Street, near to the historic St Nicholas’ Church in 2011, creating more than 50 full and part time jobs. A £10m funding package for the project was provided by The Co-operative Bank’s…

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    IHG to open hotel in Phoenix

    IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) is to open the 114-room Holiday Inn & Suites Phoenix Airport this month.Situated on the Phoenix-Tempe border, US, the new 22,500sqm hotel is the newest hotel in the Phoenix Airport market and boasts 24 suites and 90 standard rooms. With nearly 1,000sqm of function space, the hotel will also be available for business meetings and banquets.…

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    Fairmont Hotel to open in Baku

    Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and Azinko Development M.M.C. has signed an agreement for Fairmont to manage a new 347-guest room luxury hotel property in the sparkling coastal city of Baku, Azerbaijan. Fairmont Baku is being developed by Azinko and is located on a prime site next to the Azerbaijan parliament buildings and overlooking the Caspian Sea. This new iconic complex,…

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    Royal Garden Refurbishment to complete in April

    One of London’s most prestigious properties, the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, has selected WorldHotels as its strategic partner for global marketing, sales and distribution and will join the group’s portfolio on April 1 2010. The new partnership also reflects the hotel’s updated image which is accompanied by extensive refurbishment and redesign by Wilsdon Design Associates and Child Graddon Lewis…

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    The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort reaches major development milestone

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced that in less than 24 months since the implosion of the landmark Sheraton Bal Harbour, The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort has completed vertical construction for all three of its 27-storey towers.The new Miami property is scheduled for completion in 2011, the luxury oceanfront resort and residences located directly across from the…

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    Crowne Plaza Today New Delhi Okhla nears completion

    Crowne Plaza Today New Delhi Okhla, a 208-room upscale business hotel spread over 2.1 acres, is reaching final stages of completion.The hotel, which is part of Intercontinental Hotel Group chain, is located in South Delhi near to the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The property’s general manager, Barun Jolly said: “Most of the construction has already been completed including the lobby,…

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    Choice Hotel opens in Florida

    Choice Hotels International has opened Cambria Suites hotel in Fort Lauderdale and Dania Beach, Florida, US. The 119-suite Fort Lauderdale hotel is the first Cambria Suites in Florida and is owned by Dan Patel of DP Hotels. Patel, a local Fort Lauderdale resident, owns a variety of properties and has been in the hospitality industry more than 25 years. There…

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    George Wong’s Hotel Éclat opens in Taipei

    Located in a quiet part of Taipei’s most fashionable district, Da-An, is Hotel Éclat, an eclectic, elegant new boutique art hotel which is the first new luxury hotel to open in the city for many years.The French word “Éclat” literally means “glorious accomplishment and honour”, and this aptly describes this stylish, avant-garde new hotel with lavish furnishings, priceless artworks, eclectic…

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    Encompass releases D-LUX range

    D-LUX are modern design sun loungers for contemporary outdoor spaces and are available with or without a cushion. Built to a very high quality from aluminium, D-LUX modern garden furniture is a very light weight outdoor furniture solution. The unusual and unique design comes from European designer Kris Van Puyvelde and combines sleek lines, curves, egonomics and function with optimum…

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    Marine, Hermanus (Patrick Goff)

    Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 1 Take a rundown neglected old hotel in an underexposed seaside resort, inject a soupçon of good design and watch it flower again. The Liz McGrath collection is achieving fabled status in South Africa by using good design to raise hotels into the first rank of global competition. Their…

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    Embassy Suites Palmdale opens its doors

    Embassy Suites Hotels today announced the opening of the Embassy Suites Palmdale, featuring the brand’s first Design Option III Prototype build in the state of California. The 30th Embassy Suites in the state, the upscale property is located just off Interstate 14, nestled in the Antelope Valley at 39375 5th Street West. Embassy Suites Palmdale is managed by Sun Development…

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    Carlson launch redesigned US Radisson bedrooms

    Carlson Hotels has recently revealed that it is to launch a new global growth standards strategy, introducing consistency across its brands around the world, mainly in the US.Although recently announced, this strategy is not a new method for the hotel group. At the end of 2006, Carlson Hotels said that it was renovating Radisson hotels around the world in order…

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    Doubletree expand portfolio in Mexico

    Hilton Worldwide has announced the signing of a multi-year management agreement with Consorcio Hotelero S.A de C.V for a Doubletree by Hilton full-service hotel in Mexico.Construction of the Doubletree by Hilton, Merida is scheduled for the beginning of this month with expected completed in March 2011. Situated close to the Merida International Airport, the new Doubletree by Hilton will feature…

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    Contra Curtains announces Holiday Inn project

    Contra Curtains Ltd is proud to announce its appointment as the soft furnishing supplier to Holiday Inn Reading M4 Jct 10.Meridian Leisure Hotels have appointed Contra to complete all soft furnishings for the 174 bedrooms including executive rooms and suites, and extensive public areas including eight function suites for up to 260 guests. The hotel will feature contemporary and new…

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    Axminster Carpets delivers bespoke design for Bridgewood Manor Hotel

    A bespoke design from Axminster Carpets was commissioned by the QHotels group for its four-star Bridgewood Manor facility in Kent. Fitted throughout the corridors and lift-lobbies of the contemporary 100 bedroom hotel, the 840sqm of 80 per cent wool, 20 per cent nylon carpet was woven on Axminster Carpets’ Super Eight looms ensuring the perfect combination of precision design, durability…

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    Generation opens new Candlewood Suites in Tallahassee

    The Generation Companies, a North Carolina-based real estate developer, asset manager and operator of extended-stay hotels is partnering with Lakeshore Hospitality on the new Candlewood Suites Tallahassee, Florida, US. The mid-priced hotel, which opened this month, is owned by Lakeshore Hospitality and managed by Generation.The brand new 114-room hotel provides an amenity package, including free wireless and wired internet service,…

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    Park Inn Palace Hotel opens in Southend-on-Sea

    The Rezidor Hotel Group has opened its 90th Park Inn hotel and the 26th Park Inn in the UK – the 137-room Park Inn Palace, Southend-on-Sea.Located on the Western Esplanade on the seafront of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, the hotel is housed within a conversion of the ‘Palace’ building. The hotel is in the tourist area overlooking the Thames Estuary and…

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    Rezidor to build a Radisson Blu Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey

    The Rezidor Hotel Group is to open a Radisson Blu Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey which will feature 194 rooms. is scheduled to welcome the first guests in Q4 2011. The hotel is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of next year. Ant Yapı, the owner of the new property, is one of the 70 biggest construction companies in the…

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    Embassy Suites Savannah-Airport Opens Doors

    Embassy Suites Hotels thas opened the Embassy Suites Savannah-Airport, the first full service hotel off the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) exit 104.The hotel features Georgia’s first Flying Spoons, Embassy Suites’ new restaurant concept, and the brand’s innovative and cost-effective Design Option III Prototype. Located at 145 West Mulberry Blvd, the all-suites property is five minutes from the Savannah/Hilton Head…

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    Planika Fires suitable for commercial spaces

    For the upcoming Spring /Summer 2010 season Planika has prepared a special offer for hotel and spa interiors. The idea behind it was to enable the hotels to distinguish their offer on this highly competitive market and to introduce the smokeless fire into all commercial spaces. Planika’s products allow the use of fire, which – in contrast to traditional fireplaces…

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    Amari announces India joint venture

    Amari, a Thailand hotel management company, has revealed a strategic joint venture partnership with Mandeep S Lamba, previously the Managing Director and Founder of Ten Hotels Pvt Ltd, a hospitality management company headquartered in Gurgaon, New Delhi, to launch Amari India. This new development is in line with Amari’s recently announced plans to position itself as one of the leading…

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    Baulmann Leuchten releases new LED reading lights

    Energy-saving solutions are getting more and more important to provide up to date lighting solutions. The future of the lighting sector, belongs, without a doubt, to the LED technology. Baulmann Leuchten, trendsetter in the future lighting market, recognised this a number of years ago and has consistently further developed its know-how over the years. Now, Baulmann Leuchten is presenting once…

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    Access adds The Wilshire to portfolio

    Access Hotels & Resorts has added The Wilshire in Los Angeles to its management portfolio of upscale properties.The company, led by industry experts Tom Baker, Barry Caplan and Mark Lahood, aim to increase the hotel’s profitability and raise the level of service. Baker said: “We’ve worked to created this partnership between The Wilshire – Los Angeles and Access Hotels &…

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    Candlewood Suites to open 50th Texan hotel

    InterContinental Hotels Group is to open 13 Candlewood Suites hotels in Texas by this summer, growing the Texas portfolio to 50 properties. Candlewood Suites recently opened two properties in San Antonio, US, one in Austin and three in the Houston metro area. There will be one additional property in San Antonio and two in Houston in the coming months. Demand…

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    Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Expands to Africa with Nigerian Hotel

    Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham will be expanding into Africa with the opening of its newest extended-stay hotel – the 108-room Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Abuja in Abuja, Nigeria, the country’s capital city.Owned and operated by Abuja Shelter Suites and Hotels Limited, the hotel is also the first Wyndham Hotel Group property to open in Nigeria. Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham, brand…

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    A decade in design part one

    I started the decade in practice working on new four and five star hotels, an involvement I’d had for over twenty years. Strangely I think as an observer I have understood the development and branding issues that have dogged hotels and hotel designers rather better from a distance than I might have done had I still been at the ‘coalface’.…

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    Wyndham Hotel Group has opened its first Wyndham property in Nigeria

    Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Abuja is owned and operated by Abuja Shelter Suites and Hotels Limited features 108 rooms in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja.Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham brand senior vice president, Bill Hall said: “The extended-stay offerings of the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham brand continue to see interest outside of North America, which is evidenced by the brand’s small but…

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    First Hotel to open in Bergen, Norway

    A First Hotel, which will be used mainly for meetings and conferences, is to open in Bergen in Norway, at Airport Flesland. Building work is planned to commence around the beginning of 2011. The First Hotel Flesland will offer large and modern conference facilities with a capacity of up to 700 people, together with 248 rooms spread over approximately 12,000sqm.…

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    Northumberland firm creates a shower of jobs

    A North East bathroom pod manufacturer is transferring operations from its parent company in Denmark to Northumberland, creating over 80 new jobs.EJ Badekabiner Ltd (EJB), a UK subsidiary of Danish group E J Badekabiner Holding, specialises in the manufacture of concrete and steel bathroom pods – a fully fitted unit which includes tiling, electrics and plumbing – to a large…

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    South Africa investigates alleged World Cup hotel price-hike

    The South African government is to conduct a survey to find out whether hotels are ripping off guests in the lead up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup event to be held in June and July this year. It is alleged that hotel groups have been inflating accommodation prices in the lead up to the event and the South African…

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    Best Western opens fifth property in Thailand

    Best Western International has announced the opening of Best Western Allamanda Laguna Phuket.The property, which joins Best Western’s four other hotels is situated on Bang Tao Beach and features 129 guest rooms and suites. The suites feature a kitchenette area which is separated from the living and dining areas. The property also benefits from a beach club and marine centre…

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    Andaz San Diego opens

    Andaz San Diego has officially opened at the property formerly known as Ivy Hotel, in the US. Following the debuts of three other Andaz locations in London, West Hollywood and New York City, the Andaz San Diego is the second on the West Coast and fourth for the global brand.Located at 600 F Street in the heart of the Gaslamp…

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    Rocco Forte’s The Augustine receives MIPIM nomination

    Owner Waldeck Capital LLC, project developer Raiffeisen Evolution and the hotel’s operating company The Rocco Forte Collection have announced that The Augustine in Prague has been nominated for a prestigious MIPIM award, in the Hotels & Tourism Resorts category. The nomination celebrates the challenge of restoring more than 800 years of art and architecture in creating The Augustine, in line…

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    Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh (Patrick Goff)

    Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 1 Busy. Pink. Two words sum up first impressions of Hotel Missoni. The style is indeed Missoni and the styling has been done by Rosita Missoni of the eponymous Italian fashion house. However, in hotel terms style is not content. Key to making disparate ingredients work in…

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    JPA interiors give new life to Taj Mahal Palace and Tower

    James Park Associates (JPA), the London and Singapore-based design practice is unveiling its latest work for Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces.The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai is reopening following a multi-million pound refurbishment that was required after large parts of the hotel were damaged in 2008’s terrorist attacks. JPA was engaged to carry out refurbishment and renovation in many…

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    Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers opens its doors at the crossroads of Scandinavia

    InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened its first hotel in Denmark with the Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers. The 366-room Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers stands 85m tall with views over the Copenhagen skyline and the whole Oeresund region. The hotel has a bar and a Scandinavian restaurant as well as 3,500sqm of meeting room space made up of 12 flexible meeting…

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    Starwood explores redevelopment plan in NY

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced that it will be looking into a redevelopment plan for the 665-room Sheraton Manhattan at Times Square in New York City.The company is exploring a variety of options to maximize the long-term value of this significant asset which occupies 395,000 sq ft of real estate, covering a full city block, bounded by…

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    Création Baumann launch royally-inspired collection

    The Création Baumann design team has taken inspiration from contemporary men’s fashion for its new range of curtain and upholstery fabric.Classic suit patterns, such as herringbone and houndstooth and cord fabrics are entering the world of furnishing in a fresh interpretation. The collection is available in natural hues and tones of sand as well as in the colours of contemporary…

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    Baulmann Leuchten fits out Amsterdam hotel

    Leading Hotels of the World member ‘Hotel de l’Europe’ became the first 5 star certified hotel of the Green Key Program in Amsterdam, The Netherlands a few years ago. Baulmann Leuchten has recently become involved with the chain.The Deluxe hotel in the city center of Amsterdam was awarded for its outstanding commitment to environmental performance. They even got the highest…

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    Philip Cowan supply London’s new eco-Hotel

    Philip Cowan Interiors has proudly announced the completion of the manufacture, supply and installation of curtains and soft furnishings throughout London’s newest Eco Hotel.Rafayel on the Left Bank is a luxury green hotel located in Battersea’s award-winning Falcon Wharf Development. Rafayel was created to set a new standard for London, proving that top hotels can reduce their environmental impact without…

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    IHG to open largest LEED hotel in New York

    IHG has begun the countdown to the opening of the newest InterContinental Hotels & Resorts property in Times Square.Slated to open in July, the InterContinental New York Times Square will be situated on 44th Street just west of Times Square. Wrapped with floor-to-ceiling windows, the 36-story InterContinental New York Times Square will total 607 guestrooms each averaging 350 sq ft,…

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    Grand Lion Group enters Cambodia with Marriott International

    Cambodian-based company, the Grand Lion Group, has entered into a management agreement and related agreements with US-based hotel operator Marriott International to operate the 218 room Courtyard by Marriott Siem Reap.The agreement is the first of its kind for the Grand Lion Group whose primary business is real estate and agriculture. The Courtyard by Marriott Siem Reap will be located…

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    andel’s Hotel Łódź: Award for interior design in New York

    Just eight months after its grand opening, the 4-star hotel andel’s in Łódź has already received its fourth award.The Polish property has been recognised at Interior Awards from US-based Contract Magazine in New York for its outstanding design. The andel’s Łódź won the award in the category of “Adaptive Re-Use” for the transformation of an existing historical building into an…

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    ibis opens hotel in Brazil

    The ibis hotel chain recently opened its 50th hotel in Brazil – ibis São José, located in Florianópolis-SC, Brazil.The hotel features nearly 200 rooms and is located in the city center with easy access to the airport and highway. It is next to the Ponte Hercílio Luz bridge and close to the municipal market, Av Beira Mar and a range…

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    IHG announces opening of Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ontario

    IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), has announced that the Crowne Plaza Hamilton has opened after a conversion from an independent hotel. The 214-room hotel, which includes eight luxury suites, will feature the Crowne Plaza Sleep Advantage programme, which is available at all Crowne Plaza hotels in the Americas. The programme components include signature bedding, guaranteed wake-up calls, designated quiet zones, night…

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    Forbes Group goes to Dubai for Gulfood exhibition

    Forbes Group Ltd will be exhibiting for the first time under its new name in the middle east at the Gulfood Exhibition in Dubai from 21-24th February 2010.Forbes has in the past supplied hotels, conference centres and prestigious sporting venues in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and India. Besides Forbes’ products including table skirting, conference cloth, restaurant skirting and hospitality furniture…

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    The Westin Wall Centre opens in time for Winter Olympics

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced the opening of The Westin Wall Centre, Vancouver Airport, a new-build hotel in Richmond, B.C. owned and managed by Wall Financial Corporation.The hotel incorporates green elements into the design and function. A focus of the design is a “Living Wall” that incorporates 360 living panels consisting of more than 9,000 native plants,…

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    A Carlson Hotel to open in Bali

    Carlson Hotels and The Mayapada Group have revealed their partnership to bring luxury brand Regent to Indonesia. Scheduled to open in 2011, The Regent Bali opening comes after Carlson Hotels announced that it will open a Regent property in Gurgaon, India. The Regent Bali will be located on Sanur Beach and each of the 110 rooms will feature Balinese-inspired décor.…

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    Japanese style hotel bound for London

    The trend for all things miniature is set to hit The West End as plans for a new hotel at the Trocadero with bijous ‘pod style’ rooms have been given the go aheadWestminster Council has granted permission for a 495 bedroom hotel whose small hotel rooms take their inspiration from Japanese capsule hotels and whose designs are based upon first…

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    Staybridge Suites opens outside of Seattle

    InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) recently opened a new 134-room Staybridge Suites in the Seattle suburb of Mukilteo, Washington. The five-floor property features three suite options (deluxe studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom/two-bath). All suites include in-room DVD/CD players, work stations with ergonomic seating, speaker phones with direct-dial number, personal voice mail and complimentary local phone calls and fully equipped kitchens. Guests can…

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    Holiday Inn Wall Street to open in NY’s financial district

    IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) announced today that the Holiday Inn Wall Street will open in April as the only full-service IHG property in the centre of the Financial District in New York City.This 20-story conversion property was newly built in 2009 and will showcase the brand’s new sign. The Holiday Inn Wall Street is in a prime location, situated directly…

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    WELLCOST online demonstration of FF&E package

    The WELLCOST budget creation application can now be viewed online. The software provides Purchasing Agents, Owners, and Developers of Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure Complexes with easy to use, pre opening FF&E programme.This application is the first stage of what is probably the world’s first truly comprehensive asset management solution. Highly graphical and user friendly, this Hospitality costing and Purchase order…

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    Hilton to open in Saudi Arabia

    Hilton Worldwide has signed a Management Agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Granada Investment Centre established by General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI) for the first Hilton branded property in Riyadh scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2013. Located on Riyadh’s Eastern Ring Road, linking King Khalid International Airport with the downtown area, the new-build Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residence…

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    Hyatt Place Fort Lauderdale Airport-South to open

    Hyatt Hotels and Resorts and OTO Development, LLC, will open the Hyatt Place Fort Lauderdale Airport-South as the first phase of the Hyatt Place and Hyatt Summerfield Suites development.The hotel is scheduled to open in early March in Florida, US and will offer 149 guestrooms, each with 42-inch HDTV and a sectional sofa-sleeper. Within the building there will be complimentary…

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    Hotel Palazzina Grassi opens in Venice

    The five star hotel opened last week and is Philippe Starck’s first Italian hotel and Design Hotels member.Emanuele Garosci, the hotelier and former rally driver, chose the interior designer to create the hotel which has 16 guestrooms along with six apartment suites, a private members club and restaurant. The aim was to recapture the 16th century former residence’s charm. The…

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    Holiday Inn Express in Charlotte, US opens

    InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened a Holiday Inn Express in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, with the brand’s new sign.The 69-room hotel is located at 9420 East Independence Boulevard and close to the CPCC Levine Campus, and the corporate offices of Family Dollar, Harris Teeter and Hendrick. The hotel also provides access to a number of Charlotte attractions including the…

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    Teleadapt launches MediaHub connectivity panel

    Teleadapt has launched the MediaHub – an electonics panel that allows guests to play their own movies, music and TV programs through the in-room TV.Guests staying in hotels only have to plug into the panel to watch and listen to their own electronics. The panel consists of composite audio and video, S-video, mini stereo jack, VGA (RGB), HDMI, wireless stereo…

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    Crowne Plaza hotel opens in Jacksonville, Florida

    InterContinental Hotels Group has opened the Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport after undergoing a recent renovation.The 317-room property is the larger of only two full-service hotels in the Jacksonville airport area. The Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport has 315 guestrooms and two suites all well appointed with 37” flat-screen TVs, granite countertops, and additional upgraded features. Guests have access to a variety…

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    Four Seasons opens in Beirut

    After ten years of construction, a Four Seasons hotel has opened in Beirut, Lebanon. The front of the hotel has been brightly lit and the interiors of the hotels were inspired by Lebanese culture. The hotel features Lebanese artwork, carved screens and gilded calligraphy. The Boulevard lounge has a European cafe and is surrounded by sofas. A few minutes’ walk…

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    Hilton to open Doubletree hotel in Greece

    Hilton Worldwide has signed a franchise license agreement with Akti Helona S.A. to operate a Doubletree by Hilton Resort on the island of Kos in Greece. Scheduled to open in May 2010, the Doubletree by Hilton Resort, Kos – Helona will be Hilton Worldwide’s second property in Greece and the country’s first Doubletree by Hilton, marking further growth of this…

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    Olive Grove, Namibia (Patrick Goff)

    Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 1 Concrete is the last material I expect to see as part of the finishes in an hotel room. Oh I know that poured concrete is a modern construction material. I have worked on hotels where it has been a source of problems, seen it used in the construction of bathroom…

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    Whitbread plans new green hotel

    Whitbread, the UK’s leading hotel and restaurant group, has confirmed details of its plans for its second green hotel and its first low-carbon restaurant. Burgess Hill Premier Inn, in West Sussex, represents the latest evolution in environmentally-friendly budget hotels. It follows Whitbread’s pioneering green hotel pilot in Tamworth, Staffordshire – the UK’s first green budget hotel which opened its doors…

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    Starwood opens green hotel in New Jersey

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has opened its first ElementSM hotel in New Jersey, US and the seventh Element hotel globally, Element Ewing-Hopewell in Ewing.The hotel is owned through a joint venture between American Properties Realty, Inc. and Hersha Hospitality Management, L.P., which is also the manager of the hotel. Element, Starwood’s green trailblazer, made history when it launched as…

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    Harlequin Hotel to open in Buccament Bay, Caribbean

    Harlequin Hotels and Resorts is to open a resort in July this year in the Caribbean.The hotel will feature a spa, performing arts academy, sports academy and a watersports centre and marina. Other sports facilities at the resort include a tennis academy and a soccer school. Located 90 miles west of Barbados, St. Vincent is one of an archipelago of…

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    Lane Hospitality awarded two management contracts with Hilton and IHG

    Lane Hospitality of Northbrook, Illinois US has been appointed by Florida-based Florida Capital Land Corporation as the new management company for the 100 room Hilton Garden Inn in Lexington, Kentucky and the 128 room Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Shelton, Connecticut. Lane’s expertise is managing full and select service hotels in secondary and tertiary markets around the U.S. Located…

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    IHG opens hotel in Chicago

    The InterContinental Hotels Group has opened the Avenue Crowne Plaza Chicago, close to Michigan Avenue’s ‘Magnificent Mile.’ A conversion of the Avenue Hotel Chicago, the 40-story hotel completed a multi-million renovation in summer 2008. This property will be the second IHG full service hotel along the Magnificent Mile. Avenue Crowne Plaza Chicago, general manager, Mik Mahdavi said: “With the recent…

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    Premier Inn, Woking (Patrick Goff)

    Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 1 The British brewing industry has, in general, been a pretty miserable business management failure. However, two of the largest of the big brewers have been very successful in moving their business away from beers and pubs into hospitality. The famous Manet painting ‘A Bar at the Folies-Bergère’, depicting the Bass…

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    Resorts World at Sentosa ready for a soft opening

    The Resorts World at Sentosa, Singapore is on track for a soft opening this month.The 49 hectare resort, which includes Universal Studios Singapore, Resorts World Casino, its resident show theatre and four other hotels, has had the hotels’ façade and installation fitted out throughout last year. About 60 per cent of the resort’s built up area will open with the…

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    Rezidor to open Missoni hotel in Brazil

    The Rezidor Hotel Group will open the Hotel Missoni Ilha de Cajaíba in Brazil in early 2012. The hotel will feature 118 guest rooms and suites and 32 villas and with this signing Rezidor brings the total number of Missoni hotels to five. The first Hotel Missoni debuted in Edinburgh just in June last year and further properties are also…

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    Holiday Inn Laramie receives newcomer award

    The Holiday Inn of Laramie, Wyoming was awarded the Newcomer of the Year Award at the Intercontinental Hotels Group annual conference in Washington, D.C. The award was presented by IHG president Jim Abrahamson, for demonstrating top service scores and outstanding product for new Holiday Inn hotels. The award was presented to Regina Rhodes, General Manager.Holiday Inn Laramie, general manager, Regina…

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    HotelDesigns in 2009

    The last year has been a fractious one. I think we all suffered from the effects of the banking crisis. It was exacerbated in the hotel business by the panic reactions of hotel companies to perceived rather than actual threats. The UK market actually held up very well, with occupancy averages touching lows of 63 per cent in the Provinces…

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    London’s newest destination hotel opens

    The Arch London has opened its doors to immediate acclaim as one of the capital’s most delightful and individual luxury hotels. With interiors conceived by award-winning hotel designers, RDD plc, the hotel combines contemporary London design influences with the architectural heritage of the Georgian Grade ll listed townhouses in which it is accommodated, to create a unique hotel and a…

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    New hotel to open in UK’s Lake District

    Sweeney Properties Ltd is to open high quality accommodation in the heart of the Lake District in the summer of this year.Located just off the A591 & only five minutes away from Keswick on the site of the Old School House and Youth Hostel at Legburthwaite near Keswick, it will be a 40 bed lodge hotel. The design, by local…

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    Country Inns & Suites opens hotel in Washington

    The new 81-room Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Washington at Meadowlands has opened for business at 245 Meadowlands Blvd. The hotel is the first Country Inns & Suites by Carlson in the greater Pittsburgh area. The non-smoking hotel features an indoor pool, whirlpool and new fitness centre with strength and cardio equipment. Other amenities include a complimentary hot breakfast…

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    Hyatt open first new build hotel in Uncasville in eight years

    Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and Stonestreet Hospitality Realty Corporation have opened Hyatt Place in Uncasville, Connecticut, US. The hotel is the first newly built hotel to open in Uncasville since 2001.Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and Stonestreet Hospitality Realty Corporation have opened Hyatt Place in Uncasville. The hotel is the first newly built hotel to open in Uncasville since 2001. Hyatt…

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