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Hospitality Properties Trust to flag 20 hotels under Wyndham, Hawthorn brands 22 May, 2012
Wyndham Hotel Group announced an agreement with Hospitality Properties Trust to brand 20 hotels with the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts and Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham brand names. As part of the agreement, four of the hotels will become Wyndham Hotels and Resorts properties and 16 will become Hawthorn...More>>
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Blackstone reaches deal with Accor to acquire Motel 6 chain 22 May, 2012
Flush with capital, Blackstone Group, the private-equity firm that owns Hilton Worldwide, has reached an agreement with French hotel group Accor to acquire the economy Motel 6 chain for $1.9 billion.More>>
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Fairmont's residence arm announces new property in Santa Fe, New Mexico 21 May, 2012
Fairmont Heritage Place, the private residence club offering from Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, assumed management of The Residence Club at El Corazon de Santa Fe, Santa Fe’s only downtown fractional ownership property.More>>
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Marriott Executive Apartments to open in Riyadh 21 May, 2012
Marriott International is slated open its first Marriott Executive Apartments branded hotel in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this May 2012, when the Marriott Executive Apartments Riyadh Makarim will be launched.More>>
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Hilton Worldwide, Schiphol Group plan for new landmark airport hotel 21 May, 2012
Hilton Worldwide and Schiphol Real Estate signed an agreement to introduce a new 433 guestroom Hilton Hotels & Resorts hotel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, to be designed by Dutch firm Mecanoo.More>>
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Qatar group acquires Chicago's Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel 21 May, 2012
One of the newest and most design-driven hotels in the U.S. now has a new owner. Qatar's Al Faisal Holding Company has acquired the 334-room Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago from Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group through Seldar Holdings, the North American investment and business development arm of Al...More>>
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Sleep Inn, MainStay Suites combo prototype maximizes new-build footprint 18 May, 2012
At the 48th annual Choice Hotels Conference in Las Vegas Also at the conference, the company launched a new dual-branded hotel prototype for Sleep Inn and MainStay Suites. More>>
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Loan deal for stalled Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage extended 18 May, 2012
The Rancho Mirage city council has given a conditional extension to a $20-million loan deal with the developers of the stalled Ritz-Carlton hotel, My Desert reports. The loan had been set to expire June 1. The new agreement extends it to June 25, and if developer Rancho California Investments pays...More>>
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Smartphones transforming travel, says annual SpringHill Suites summer travel survey 18 May, 2012
Technology plays a big part in the results of SpringHill Suites' annual Vacation Attitude Survey. Nearly 75 percent of social media users said they will continue to use social media while on vacation, and survey participants said they use their smartphones to take photos and video, as alarm clocks,...More>>
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Malaysian REIT in talks to acquire three Marriott hotels in Australia 18 May, 2012
Malaysia's Starhill Real Estate Investment Trust has entered into talks to purchase three Marriott hotels from Colonial First State’s Commonwealth Property Hotel Fund.More>>
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