Forbes: After turning itself into one of the world’s largest economy hotel chains in the seven years, Home Inns & Hotels Management of Shanghai is gearing up for a new feat: It wants to become one of the most successful franchisers in this economically booming country, too. Home Inns, whose shares trade on the Nasdaq, […]
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Franchising.com: If you could take a trip to space, would you? Comfort Suites hotels are offering travelers the opportunity to do just that. As part of the brand’s “Explore the Space Sweepstakes” three lucky online participants will get the chance to win a trip to space.* “What better way to remind our guests how spacious
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Franchising.com: The Maldives will see the opening of the first international-class hotel for its capital city, Malé. The 117-room Holiday Inn Malé will open on 1 September 2009. At 15 storeys, Holiday Inn Malé is the city’s newest and tallest hotel in the Maldives and in a 750-kilometre radius, commanding an unrivalled view of the
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Property Week News: Choice Hotels Europe has secured a direct franchising agreement and has opened in London. The opening last week of the Quality Hotel Maitrise in Maida Vale, London, brings the number of Choice-branded hotels in the UK to 47. The opening is part of its strategy to grow its business through third-party direct
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey): Culture & Tourism Minister ErtuÄŸrul Günay on Saturday inaugurated Turkey’s first Hilton Resort Hotel, in Dalaman, a town in the Aegean province of MuÄŸla. The hotel was built in Dalaman’s Sarıgerme hamlet, one of the most unique holiday resort towns in the world with its natural beauty and history. Turkish firm Göçay
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Hotel World Network: Accor North America, one of the nation’s largest owner/operators of economy lodging, announced the opening of a new Motel 6 location in Fairborn, Ohio. The 149-room property, located at 800 North Broad Street at I-675 and I-70, was officially opened at a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 2. City of Fairborn Mayor
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Forbes: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to sell the W San Francisco to a hotel investment company for $90 million, but will continue to manage the property under the W name. Starwood noted that the buyer, Hong Kong-based Keck Seng Investments Ltd., already owns three other Starwood hotels. Starwood
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IndUS Business Journal: Longtime Asian American Hotel Owners Association collaborator and founder of Hospitality Solutions LLC Steven Belmonte has recently celebrated his company’s 500th hotel negotiation case. The Randolph-based Hospitality Solutions provides new franchise agreement negotiations, franchise termination and liquidated damage claim negotiations, mediation, expert witness, litigation support, motivational speaking, market studies, feasibility studies, on-site
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Fox 13 Now: A hotel on Walt Disney World property that took a beating from the 2004 hurricanes and never reopened is finally getting a complete makeover. The new owners of the Holiday Inn on Hotel Plaza Boulevard say they are spending $35 million remodeling the property, which is within walking distance of Downtown Disney.
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indiaretailing.com: Wadhawan Hospitality, the food and beverages arm of Wadhawan Enterprises, has entered into a tie-up with US-based Focus Brands to open Cinnabon bakeries in India. The company has acquired the master franchisee rights to open both owned and sub-franchised Cinnabon Bakeries. “We will be opening about 150 ‘Cinnabon India’ bakeries pan-India with an estimated
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