The new 100-room hotel offers amenities such as a business center, a meeting room for up to 50 people, and an 8th floor terrace with fitness center and a whirlpool tub.
Dusit Thani launches in Krabi
The resort will offer 240 guest rooms, 3 restaurants, 1 bar, 2 beachfront swimming pools, meeting facilities, a Spa, a gym, a club lounge and a kid’s club.
Another U Hotel coming to Chiang Mai
U Nimman Chiang Mai, due to open in late 2016, will have a total of 140 rooms and suites.
ADR is up 4.5 percentADR in North America
Strong rates are driving steady growth for hotels, but group sales have decelerated according to TravelClick’s North American Hospitality Report.
$27.8b in U.S. hotel acquisitions and developments in 2014
During the year, $18.5 billion in hotels changed hands while another $9.3 billion in new hotel projects opened their doors.
Kameha Grand Zurich in Switzerland joins Autograph Collection
The first property in Switzerland to join Autograph Collection is the Kameha Grand Zurich, showcasing some unusual features including including a Poker Face Suite fitted with roulette tables and a Serenity Suite with yoga and wellness accessories.
Two new Directors of Sales and Marketing for Montage Hotels
Montage Hotels has appointed two new Directors of Sales & Marketing – Craig Schoninger at The Inn at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina and James Palank at Montage Kapulua Bay in Hawaii.
Wyndham Worldwide to participate in annual Earth Hour event
The company is encouraging its global portfolio of brands to participate by turning off or dimming non-essential lighting, with some properties also planning creative offerings for guests such as candlelight dinners.
SiteMinder selected by Mantra Group
The move will see SiteMinder integrate Mantra Group’s central reservation system (CRS), called SIHOT, with more than 250 of the world’s distribution channels to power the Group’s MAX Distribution Hub.
Free App gives customers hotel Wi-Fi quality info
Guests rate Wi-Fi as a key hotel amenity so according to Hotel WiFi Test, using the API and displaying hotel Wi-Fi quality information on a website or app could be a way to gain competitive advantage, higher customer satisfaction and better conversion rates.
