The Sheraton Shenzhen Futian Hotel has opened in the Futian central business district of Shenzhen, at the Great China International Exchange Square. The Exchange Square, a multi-purpose landmark building, is located between the Shenzhen Civic Center and the Shenzhen Convention Center and is within easy walking distance of the convention center. Tomas Hansson, the hotel’s […]

Kingdom Hotel Investments, of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, has acquired two Cambodian hotels, the Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor and the Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, for about US $35 million. The hotels will continue to operate under Raffles Hotels and Resorts management.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide plans to build three new aloft brand hotels, in Beijing, Bangkok, and Sydney. The aloft brand has loft-style rooms with nine-foot ceilings, oversized windows, and large bathrooms with extra-large walk-in showers. Technical amenities include wireless internet access, plug & play connectivity for PDAs, cell phones, mp3 players, and laptops, linking […]

Two Courtyard by Marriott hotels will be part of the Phuket, Thailand, tourism infrastructure beginning in 2008 as a result of management agreements reached by Marriott with Destination Properties Company, Limited. Both hotels will be conversions of existing properties and will undergo extensive renovations prior to being re-branded. The existing hotels are the 399-room Grand […]

Raffles Hotels & Resorts announced that it will manage a 49-villa luxury resort, Raffles Resort Konottaa, its first venture in the Maldives. The resort, owned and developed by Platinum Capital Holdings Pvt Ltd, is located at the pristine and the newly-developed Gaafu Alifu atoll, in the southern part of the Maldives. Scheduled to open in […]

Accor announced today its 300th hotel in the Asia Pacific region with the launch of the Grand Mercure Xidan Beijing in China. The re-branding of Grand Mercure Xidan Beijing follows a record 2006, during which the group’s Asia Pacific hotel network grew by an impressive 21%, adding 53 hotels in 12 countries. Main countries for […]

The Rezidor Hotel Group has opened the first Park Inn hotel in Benelux. Today, the Park Inn Liège Hotel opens its doors at the new passenger terminal of Liège Airport in Belgium. With 100 rooms, this new mid market property increases the total number of new Rezidor-rooms opened in 2007 to 2,500. Between 2007 and […]

Sheraton and St. Regis Brands to Debut on COTAI Strip of Macau in 2009 Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced that it has reached an agreement with Las Vegas Sands Corporation to develop two hotels on the COTAI Strip development in Macau: The Sheraton Macau Hotel and The St. Regis Hotel & Residences, Macau. The 4,000-room […]

Four Seasons opened its newest property in Thailand, a hillside retreat in Koh Samui at Laem Yai peninsula. The opening marks the fourth Four Seasons property in Thailand. With a bustling city hotel in Bangkok, a quiet countryside retreat in Chiang Mai, a Tented Camp in the jungle where Thailand meets Burma and Laos and […]

Marco Polo is setting out on a new journey of discovery this year as it expands its network in Asia and ramps up its marketing under a new global partnership. “Like Marco Polo did a long time ago, we are setting out on a new journey of discovery this year. We are digging deep into […]