Designed by a top chef and child nutrition expert, the menu features dishes with a myriad of flavours, textures, smells and tastes that will take children on an educational culinary voyage around the world.

President of Allotz.com Limited, Martin McConnachie said that clients would gain further reach into the global market by distributing their room inventory through JacTravel.

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Starwood says the 136-room Aloft Columbus and 123-room Element Columbus will be open in early 2017 and they’ll share a fitness center, indoor pool, meeting space and a 300-space parking garage.

The 200-room Steigenberger flagship hotel in Taizhou will be housed in the top twelve storeys of the 300-metre City Towers, which will then become the city’s tallest structure.

KASARA is a collection of hotels, resorts and residences in exotic locations in Asia and beyond, including Hokkaido, Japan; Koh Samui, Thailand and Pulau Tiga in Borneo.

Abhishek Sahai has worked at senior positions at The Oberoi and The Leela, and prior to joining The Leela Palace, Udaipur, he was Rooms Division Manager at The Leela Mumbai.

He leads a kitchen team of 100, oversees the hotel’s five restaurants, in-room dining, banquets and events, and is responsible for all menu development and food & beverage quality control.

Handing over the reins at PARKROYAL Serviced Suites Kuala Lumpur to Acting General Manager Goh Tee Kay, Sharmini will now helm the 534-room PARKROYAL on Kitchener Road in Singapore.

Conrad London Westminster, located between Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace, is expected to welcome guests beginning in September 2014.