Five new pentahotels opened in the United Kingdom in 2014, making it the brand’s biggest growth market.

Regent Porto Montenegro is an 86 guest room and residence deluxe property with three dining options and a signature Regent Spa overlooking Porto Montenegro on Boka Bay.

Prior to this appointment, Aidan served as director of food and beverage at the Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa in Phuket, Thailand.

Both located in the West End, ibis Styles Piccadilly Circus will be within Criterion Capital’s Trocadero complex and MGallery Leicester Square will be at Criterion Capital’s Victory House.

Marriott is working with some 100 local colleges to offer over 20,000 projected training opportunities in the next four years to students aspiring to a hotel career.

The first property already signed under the agreement is Holiday Inn Express Karlsruhe – City Park, due to open in mid-2016.

Projected to open in 2018, the 350-room hotel will be part of a new mixed-use development in the CBD of Zhengdong New Town, an upcoming financial and business hub in Zhengzhou.

Boutique hotel LUX* Lijiang captures the essence of the Shangri-La region, an unspoiled landscape in history-steeped western China.

McKinney joins the company with over 30 years of human resources (HR) experience.

For nearly 20 years, David Batson has held leadership positions for a variety of resorts within the United States.