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Three of the world’s leading hotel groups, InterContinental Hotels Group, Hilton Hotels Corporation and Accor(1), will be exhibiting at the upcoming MIPIM Asia, the world property market for the Asia Pacific, to be held in Hong Kong from the 28th to 30th November 2007. (more…)

Some Beijing hotels are raising their room rates by up to eight times to cash in on next year’s Olympic Games, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.

More than half of the hotels surveyed by the Beijing News are not yet taking reservations with just over a year to go until the Games begin, but two- and three-star hotels look to be preparing to make the biggest price hikes. (more…)

Singapore hotels crossed a historic threshold last month, chalking an all-time high average room rate of $210 a night. (more…)

Hotel leader Ali Kasikci has just tendered his resignation as Managing Director of the Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel. He feels this is the best way to be able to fully explore new opportunities for the next step in his remarkable hotel career. (more…)

Accor’s consolidated revenue rose 8.8% to 4,015 million euros in the first six months of 2007. At constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates, the like-for-like increase was 6.1%, confirming that the environment remains favorable in the Services and Hotels businesses.

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For the first time in China, the popular Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Asia Pacific conference series, ‘ASIA CONNECT’ was held in Shanghai. (more…)

 

To better support its very popular brand extension - Leading Spas - The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. has recently launched a new, upgraded website www.lhwspas.com. (more…)

Sales and marketing leaders from the hospitality industry, speaking at the inaugural Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Asia Pacific - CNI Thought Leaders in Marketing Roundtable in Singapore, called for a review of Asian hospitality practices as well as the creation of a body to take charge of the issue of standardizing services, metrics and ratings for the industry. (more…)

The Western Australian Government has launched a new training initiative as part of its strategy to attract young people into the hospitality industry. (more…)

“Sustainable Design to be a key focus at the region’s leading hospitality design show”

This year’s Hospitality Design Asia Exhibition & Conference (HD Asia), the region’s leading event that focuses solely on the hospitality industry, returns to Hong Kong from 8-9 October, promising this year to be bigger and better than ever, with an impressive line of up speakers who will share their thoughts on cutting-edge style, environmental issues and other relevant topics that continue to drive today’s hospitality design world. (more…)