Hotel Industry News Archive for 2012

Rezidor opened four new hotels with close to 1,000 rooms, and contracted six new hotels with over 1,400 rooms, in the first quarter of 2012. The new hotels include the company’s very first projects in the African countries of Guinea and Gabon.

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Benchmark Hospitality International has announced that The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, located near San Diego, has joined the company’s portfolio. Burt Cabañas, chairman and CEO, made the announcement.

Despite recent improvements in the economy, the hangover effect from the recession and slow economic growth continues to erode employees’ retirement confidence and overall financial wellness, according to PwC US’s 2012 Financial Wellness Survey.

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Canada’s hotel development pipeline comprises 196 projects totaling 19,909 rooms, according to the March 2012 STR/McGraw Hill Construction Dodge Pipeline Report.

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) today unveiled the world’s largest Holiday Inn, the 1,224-room Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central, with the opening of Sands Cotai Central, the latest Sands China Ltd. integrated resort on Macao’s Cotai Strip.

USA TODAY polls readers about what they expect when talking to their hotel via Twitter, Facebook or other social media channels?

The total active U.S. hotel development pipeline comprises 2,752 projects totaling 293,850 rooms, according to the March 2012 STR/McGraw Hill Construction Dodge Pipeline Report.

The April 2012 edition of the gives a near-term outlook for China, Japan, The Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan.