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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…