Marriott International has opened its first two properties in Sweden, as part of a sustained European expansion plan.

The Courtyard Stockholm Kungsholmen and the Renaissance Malmo follow the hotel group’s first Scandinavian property – the Copenhagen Ma...

The Savoy Hotel has announced it will finally reopen its doors on 10 October this year, having been closed for refurbishment for almost three years.

The refurbishment, which was originally pegged upon its closure in December 2007 to cost £100m, finally cost t...

Hilton Worldwide is to make its debut in Jordan with the Doubletree by Hilton, Aqaba. Hilton has signed a management agreement with Jordan Maritime Complex for Real Estate Investments for the 181-room hotel.

The hotel is scheduled to open in the resort of Aqaba, on Jordan’s southern coast, in the third quarter of 2010.

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts has opened its seventh Luxury Collection Resort in Greece.

Starwood teamed up with mixed-use resort developer TEMES to develop The Romanos, A Luxury Collection Resort. The 321-room property is the first hotel to open in TEMES’ flagship mixed-use destination Costa Navarino, in the Messinia region, on the southwest coast of the Peloponnese peni...

For many years, small independent hotels suffered from a tilted marketing playing field, which was dominated by their big budget competition.

During the recession, they had to contend with larger franchised hotels, many of which had lowered rates, placing further ...

MGM MIRAGE shareholders today approved at their annual meeting a proposal to rebrand the iconic hospitality leader “MGM Resorts International.” In addition, the Company announced today that it will relaunch its Players Club loyalty program as M life.

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South Africa is the travel hot spot of the year. With kick-off on 11 June of the FIFA soccer world championship, the world will focus on the destination at the south end of Africa. Over the next three years the hotel market will be extended with nine new hotel projects, and according to tophotelprojects.com, a leading database for hotel projects information, more than 1,600 new hotel rooms wil...

Hyatt seeks buyers for big portfolio, including three properties in the Chicago suburbs, as part of a strategy to expand its hotel management business while reducing its investment in real estate.

The Chicago-based company has hired brokers to sell 10 hotels acros...

Budget hotel chain Jurys Inns is to open a £20m hotel in Bradford next month, the first of two new sites to open this year.

Roger Clark-Coates, currently general manager at the chain’s Leeds hotel, will take the helm when the new 198-bedroom, Yorkshire property opens on 22 July.

Cloak-Coates will be supported by deputy general manager Paul Clifford, pr...

Four Seasons Hotel Beirut announced the appointment of four new executive chefs, boosting its position as one of the most sought-after dining destinations within the Lebanese capital's famed culinary scene.

The Hotel welcomes Executive Chef Giancarlo Gottardo, Executive Pastry Chef Charles Azar, and two Executive Sous Chefs, Dwayne Krisko and Sotiris Katirtsigianoglou. These exp...