Two hotels, the Novotel Geelong and Mercure Penrith, have joined the Accor Hotels network

McNally has worked with Fairmont Hotels and Resorts in San Francisco, San Jose, Kansas City and Nairobi. He has also worked with The Savoy Hotels and Ritz Carlton.

By Bronwyn White: Semantic search has profoundly changed the nature of Internet search for hotels and travel businesses. Here’s how you’ll now need to connect to your customers.

Accor Press, a new free-of-charge service available in all Group hotels, will offer 3,000 international and local newspapers and magazines on guests’ smartphone, laptop or tablet.

By Steve Saunders: Hotels are increasingly looking to execute flexible commercial contracts that recognise costs per-occupied room for communication services.

Scheduled to open in mid-2016, the 300-room Premier Inn Singapore Beach Road will be located close to the cultural districts of Haji Lane and Arab Street as well as the Marina Bay Central Business District.

The 78-room Gateway Resort Damdama Lake Gurgaon is an urban sanctuary nestled in the heart of the Aravalli hills.

Hampton by Hilton Gaziantep becomes the latest addition to a growing Turkish portfolio in one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.

WHO’S IN TOWN offers guests of W Hotels and local music enthusiasts the opportunity to preview exclusive DJ performances ahead of a DJ’s larger club appearance in the same city.

Dai is a hospitality and concierge management expert and brings over seven years of experience in the industry to her new role at The Castle Hotel.