Interstate Hotels & Resorts News

Jocelyn Whiteside, director of sales & marketing, InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort
Jocelyn Whiteside, director of sales & marketing, InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort, speaks to Breaking Travel News about how important it is to be recognised by both members of the trade and the travelling public in order to win a prestigious World Travel Award.

Interstate Hotels & Resorts announces recent European hotel openings
Interstate Hotels & Resorts announces seven new hotel openings this spring in the growing European region, including the U.K., Ireland, The Netherlands and Hungary. Six branded hotels – Hampton by Hilton, Four Points by Sheraton and Holiday Inn Express – and one independent luxury hotel expand the Company’s portfolio by more than 1,200 rooms.

InterContinental launches HUALUXE Hotels & Resorts in China
IHG has launched the first upscale, international hotel brand designed specifically for the Chinese traveller – HUALUXE Hotels & Resorts. HUALUXE translates from Hua, which means majestic China and luxe, representing luxury.

Interstate Hotels & Resorts announces Management Agreement for DoubleTree by Hilton
Interstate China Hotels & Resorts Company Limited, announced that it has signed an agreement to manage the 850-room DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, the first DoubleTree franchised property in China.
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Announces Management of Four Points Hotels
Interstate Hotels & Resorts today announced that JHM Interstate Hotels India, a 50/50 joint venture management company between Interstate and JHM Hotels, has opened and is managing two new-build hotels in India: the 217-room Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Pune and the 123-room Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Visakhapatnam.
IHR Receives Notice of Suspension of Trading from NYSE
Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a leading hotel real estate investor and the nation’s largest independent hotel management company, today announced that it had received notice from the New York Stock Exchange that its common stock, under the ticker symbol IHR, will be suspended from trading prior to the market opening on March 12, 2009.