Hotels

Rami Al Jabari has been appointed Regional Director of Sales for Middle East & Africa at Oetker Hotel Management GmbH in Baden-Baden, Germany. Read More

Loews Hotels & Resorts, a wholly owned subsidiary of Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) today announced that the company has entered into a contract to acquire the 632-room Renaissance Hotel & Spa in Hollywood, Calif. from CIM Group. Read More

Gaylord Entertainment Co. (NYSE: GET) today announced that it has agreed to sell the Gaylord Hotels brand and the rights to manage its four hotels to Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) for $210 million in cash. Read More

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Arne Sorenson, president and chief executive officer of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), will speak at the 2012 Goldman Sachs Lodging, Gaming, Restaurant and Leisure Conference to be held on Tuesday, June 5. Read More

Residents, public officials and lovers of Hampton Beach are encouraged to come out later this month for a special celebration of a historic milestone for one of the beach's cornerstone businesses. Read More

SHANGHAI , June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Lodging Group, Limited (NASDAQ: HTHT) ("China Lodging Group" or the "Company"), a leading and fast-growing limited service hotel chain operator in China , today announced that the Company recently completed an investment in Starway Hotels ( Hong Kong ) Limited (or "Starway") to own a majority stake. Read More

Hotel average daily rates (ADR) continued a northward trend in April 2012, realizing record or near-record growth margins over rates paid in 2011 according to data released today by Pegasus Solutions in The Pegasus View. North American corporate hotel rates set a new year-over-year growth record, increasing +9.3% over 2011, beating a previous record of +7.1% set in February by more than two percentage points. Read More

It's been cool since it opened — a slight undersea theme married to loungey comfort, teal and dim lighting accents and great cocktails — but recently the rest of the world has started to take notice of Clive's Classic Lounge in the Chateau Victoria Hotel. Read More

De Vere Village - the mid-market hotel brand with extensive leisure facilities - has been relaunched as De Vere Village Urban Resorts. Read More