Bartech has significantly expanded its presence in some of the world’s fasting growing travel markets, with recent installations at properties in seven key regions.

Trump Hotels announces the continued expansion of its hotel portfolio with the launch of its new midscale brand, American IDEA.

Marriott International expects to grow its brands of independent hotel collections by nearly 50 per cent by 2019.

Wyndham Hotel Group hasÊannounced a new brand:ÊTrademark Hotel Collection.

Airbnb is still fighting to grow its footprint in China. The San Francisco-based company has named an existing executive, Hong Ge, as Vice President in charge of its business in the worldÕs second-largest economy, where its business is known as AibiyingÑÒwelcome each other with love”.

Summer means festivals of all kinds, and hotels have turned the publicÕs interest in these types of events to their advantageÑespecially when it comes to food-and-beverage. A number of properties host food festivals that attract locals in particular to their grounds.

Right now it’s only a dream. But if Planet Ocean Underwater HotelsÕ founder and Managing Director, Tony Webb, gets his way, it could change the way people think about their next vacation Ñ and help the environment at the same time.

At least 36 bodies have been recovered from a casino and hotel complex in the Philippine capital, Manila, where a lone gunman opened fire overnight. Most of the dead suffocated in thick toxic smoke after the man set fire to casino tables, officials told the BBC.