New Hotel Openings News
Choice Hotels Opens 36 Hotels in January
Choice Hotels Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) continues to grow with the announcement of 36 newly-opened franchised properties during the month of January.
Concord Hospitality Adds 12 Properties in 2009, Expects Minimum of 20 Percent Growth in 2010
Concord Hospitality Enterprises, one of the nation’s top-ranked hotel developer/owner/operators, today announced that it added 12 properties to its portfolio in 2009, closing the year with 62 hotels.
IHG Opens More Than One Hotel Every Day in 2009; A Record 439 Hotels Globally
Americas region opened 375 hotels and signed an additional 29,000 rooms into the largest pipeline in the industry
Four Brand New Best Western Hotels
Best Western has welcomed four new hotels into its group of independently owned hotels.
From Ancient Caves To A Fashion Fairytale, Design Hotels Offers 36 New Hotel Experiences
Design Hotels, an international hotel marketing company, announces 36 new member hotels, increasing its membership to 184 hotels worldwide. In 2009, less than 10% of the hotels applying for membership were accepted.
New Indianapolis Hotels Sport 2010 Trends That Help People Connect, Relax and Enjoy
The unique mix of three Marriott select service hotels that are opening with a combined 621 rooms to downtown Indianapolis this month demonstrate some of the emerging hotel trends for 2010.
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts Extends Global Footprint with $4 Billion in New Developments Through 2012
Starwood Hotels’ Largest Brand Initiates a Strategic Worldwide Expansion Adding Roughly 50 Hotels and more than 20,000 Guestrooms in the Next Three YearsBrand will Nearly Double Footprint in China - 24 New Hotels in Pipeline
Ramada Brand Continues China Expansion with Development of Four Hotels
Wyndham Hotel Group, the largest US-based hotel company in China and the world’s largest hotel company with more than 7,100 hotels under 11 brands, today announced that it has signed agreements for an additional four hotels in China.
Fusion Hotel Management and Absolute Hotel Services Partner on Two New Resorts in Vietnam
Thailand-based Absolute Hotel Services and Vietnam-based Fusion Hotel Management are working together on two resorts in Vietnam, one in Danang and another in Hoi An. Both are scheduled to open mid 2010. In this cooperation Fusion Hotel Management (a company under Serenity Holding which is an A to Z service provider) will oversee branding and concept marketing aspects of the projects and Absolute Hotel Services will bring in their specific operational, sales and distribution expertise.
Westin Increases Global Footprint in 2010, Opening 14 New Hotels
Starwood’s Wellness Brand Opens New-Build and Conversion Properties in Asia, Latin America and North America
Golden Tulip Signs Two Hotels in Pattaya
Golden Tulip has signed two hotels in Thailand’s notorious resort destination of Pattaya. From the beginning of March 2010 the Royal Orchid Pattaya will be re-branded as the Golden Tulip Resort Pattaya, while The Erawan Hotel Pattaya will be re-branded as the Golden Tulip Erawan Hotel.
Sandals raises the luxury factor with new Bahamas resort
The luxury stakes in the Bahamas have been raised several notches following the grand opening of the Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma. Set on one of the Bahamas’ most beautiful Out Islands, it becomes the 14th Sandals resort in the Caribbean, and the first to offer a Greg Norman-designed golf course, plus a host of other world-class facilities.
Choice Hotels Continues European Expansion
Worldwide lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) today announced their global expansion has reached a new milestone with the Company’s first ever entrance into Poland. With six newly added properties, this move reinforces and further demonstrates Choice Hotels commitment to grow its portfolio throughout the European market.
In 2009, the group opened 36 hotels and created 4,000 jobs
The Rezidor Hotel Group announces yet another record year of openings: In 2009, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide brought 36 hotels with 7,100 rooms into operation across Europe, Middle East and Africa – and created a total of 4,000 new jobs in these properties. With these numbers Rezidor was even able to surpass 2008 – with 33 openings with 6,500 rooms the group’s record year so far. And looking at 2007–2009, Rezidor notes an impressive 41% cumulative growth in rooms in operation.
WORLDHOTELS starts 2010 with 54 new hotels
One of the leading groups for independent hotels worldwide, WORLDHOTELS, is proud to have welcomed 54 new affiliates to its global portfolio, which is an increase of 12% on the number of hotels admitted in the previous year. In total, 318 hotels applied for affiliation, demonstrating the strong demand for the comprehensive range of services offered by WORLDHOTELS. The small percentage of acceptances clearly represents the group’s specific requirements for affiliation. In line with its ambitious expansion plans, WORLDHOTELS plans to add a further 100 properties worldwide in 2010.
Wyndham Hotel Group to Introduce Two Hotel Brands to Singapore
Wyndham Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with more than 7,000 hotels and 11 brands, today announced that its Ramada and Days Inn brands will enter Singapore with the development of two hotels: the 391-room Ramada Singapore at Zhongshan Park and the 405-room Days Hotel Singapore at Zhongshan Park.
Carlson Hotels Adds 92 Hotels to Its Global Portfolio in 2009
Carlson’s global portfolio now totals 1,058 hotels with 160,000 rooms in 77 countries.
Accor steps up expansion in Italy with 5 new openings
Accor stepped up its expansion in Italy in the last quarter of 2009, opening three Mercure hotels and two MGallery hotels.
Mercure continues to expand through franchise agreements and has opened three new hotels in Rende, Tarente and Naples, which are strategic Italian cities for the Group.
Wyndham Unveils New Resort at National Harbor an Donates $25,000 to The Fishing School
Wyndham Vacation Ownership will unveil their newest 250 room resort at National Harbor.
Hersha Hospitality Management To Add Four New Properties To Third-Party Portfolio in 2010
Hersha Hospitality Management (HHM), a leading hotel management company that operates approximately 70 premium limited-service, upscale, upper-upscale and luxury lifestyle hotels and asset manages an additional 19 hotels, today announced that it will add four new properties to its management portfolio in the first 45 days of 2010, including three hotels owned by third parties and one joint-venture investment.
