The Hotel Indigo Gainesville hotel, expected to open in 2016, will have 120 guestrooms, a fitness center and a business center.

Hyatt has opened new Hyatt Place properties in both the Raleigh-area of North Carolina and in Bloomington, Indiana near Indiana University.

The 302-room Shangri-La Hotel, Tianjin sits on the bank of the Haihe River in the new Hedong District, overlooking Tianjin’s signature architecture dating from the 19th century.

Now, ten additional brands are joining the nearly 500 properties of the company’s flagship Marriott Hotels brand in providing mobile check-in and checkout to guests.

Australasia launch is 2nd phase in the rollout of the new programme, following its launch in Greater China in May. UAE, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand set to go by the year’s end.

Lara comes to Boston from the Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona, which she helped launch in 2009.

The 79-room hotel is near Houston’s Energy Corridor – home to some of the world’s foremost oil and gas corporations – and just a few miles from the Galleria Mall.

At Lifesaving Station, Chef Botkin will continue the restaurant’s focus on S.O.A.L. cuisine – sustainable, organic, artisanal, and local – under the aegis of Executive Chef Jeffrey Russell.

The veteran executive will oversee casino marketing and customer development for the $3.5 billion destination gaming resort in The Bahamas scheduled to open next year.

With iPad menus, guests can see photography of appetizers, entrees, the extensive wine list, after dinner drinks and desserts are all beautifully displayed.