USA Today: The plush robe in your hotel room now comes with an electronic leash. To keep robes and towels from checking out, a small but growing number of hotels are starting to use new radio frequency chips to keep track of their inventory. The RFID technology — which stands for radio frequency identification and […]
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Business Insider: Magnuson isn’t your typical startup guy. When he started his company in 2002, he wasn’t a kid coming straight out of college looking to raise money for a tech idea. Nor was he an ultra-rich investor, painstakingly searching for the next Internet behemoth. He was just a middle-aged man with a big idea,
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DesignTaxi: UK-based company Snoozebox has come up with an ingenious concept to solve the housing issue for on-site staff at major events, such as the Olympics. They provide portable contemporary hotel rooms in shipping containers, which can be loaded, stacked and transported by land, air or sea to any event or location around the world.
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Franchising.com: Choice Hotels Australasia (CHA) has revealed plans to expand its economy brand, Econo Lodge, following robust growth since its launch. In just three years, Australia’s largest hotel franchisor has tripled its economy brand’s portfolio of properties. With no sign the demand for affordable rooms is slowing, it plans to focus investment on providing even
IstockAnalyst.com: With the summer vacation season fast approaching, one of the world’s largest hotel companies IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) today announces its latest promotion for Priority Club® Rewards members. Beginning June 1, the industry’s first, largest and fastest-growing guest loyalty program Priority Club Rewards will give its members the opportunity to earn 1,000 bonus points
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Hotel News Now: A handful of hotel brands announced brand overhauls in recent months, and in doing so franchisors weren’t shy in saying a significant percentage of under performing properties would be exiting the system. For Crowne Plaza, approximately 10% of hotels in the system are not expected to make the cut; Comfort Inn and
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Live-PR.com: Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, today announced the addition of the upscale, 241-room Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa: The full-service property is the third hotel in Arizona to fly the Wyndham® flag, joining sister properties Wyndham Green Valley Canoa Ranch Resort in Green Valley and Wyndham
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Property Magazine International: Lotus Originals, the luxury clothing and accessories brand recently launched by Group Lotus, will open its new global flagship store at 52 Regent Street in London’s Piccadilly. The 4,800 sq ft store is scheduled to open in Spring/Summer 2012. The retail unit is one of two flagships in the Grade II-listed former
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European Franchise Magazine: Choice Hotels Europe has opened its new Comfort Hotel Luton hotel in England through a recent franchise agreement. This hotel follows the opening of Comfort Inn Hyde Park and is part of the Choice Hotel’s strategy of opening hotels in the country through franchise agreements with UK-based, independent hoteliers, companies and individuals.
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fnbnews.com: Kamat Hotels (India) Ltd (KHIL) announces franchise opportunities for The Orchid, Asia’s first certified eco-friendly five-star hotel. The company presently offers ecotel hotels in Mumbai and Pune, and plans to penetrate its reach in all major cities nationally using the franchise route. It expects to add 10 new properties to its portfolio by 2014.
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