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Good news for Bristol – Hard Rock International, The United Company, and Par Ventures have released a 3D model of their long-awaited love
Marriott has expanded its portfolio of hotels in
Indonesia with the opening of the Batam Marriott Hotel Harbour Bay
on Batam island, near Singapore.
The new hotel is located on the island’s laid-back
waterfront hub of Harbour Bay, near the Ferry Terminal, where a
40-minute high-speed ferry ride whisks travelers to and from
Singapore, 32 kilometers away across the Singapore Strait.
“We are very happy to introduce our signature
Marriott
The opening date for Bodmin Jail’s much-expected four-star hotel has been revealed.
The new attraction opened on October 1 with a new Dark Walk experience, and bosses at the jail have also confirmed that the 70-bed boutique hotel currently being built on the site will open in a few months’ time.
The hotel will incorporate almost all parts of the former Bodmin Jail, which is steeped in history and encompasses
The Catbird hotel recently topped out at 3770 Walnut St. in Denver’s River North Art District. Sage Hospitality Group, Walnut Development Partners and EXDO Development are developing the hotel.
“Sage is thrilled to add the eclectic, expressive Catbird to our portfolio of independent hotel brands, and we look forward to creating a place in RiNo that will become a destination in and of itself,” said Walter Isenberg, CEO of Denver-based
The Merrill Hotel in downtown Muscatine, as it looks at night.
MUSCATINE — The Muscatine Merrill Hotel has received more national recognition.
Last week, the hotel earned a Traveler’s Choice Best of the Best Award of 2020 from Tripadvisor. It means the hotel is ranked 20th out of all the hotels in the U.S.
The Merrill is also ranked in the top 1 percent of all hotels in the
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Business continues to be slow for many hotels across the province, but one of the largest in St. John’s has reopened its doors for the first time since being closed during the early stages of the
Jill Weinlein
The newest hotel in the Mediterranean-style city of Avalon, is the Bellanca Hotel. One of Eat, Drink, Sleep Hospitality Group’s newest acquisitions, they renovated the former Portifino Hotel into a hip and relaxing property, featuring 40 rooms, some with harbor and Pacific Ocean views.
Jill Weinlein
The easiest way to get to Catalina, the most populated of the Channel Islands, is by the Catalina Express ferry boats. They
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A man from the US could face time in prison after he posted negative reviews of a hotel in Thailand. Yes, you read that right.
According to The New York Times, American expat Wesley Barnes, who teaches English in Thailand, had written a negative review for a hotel, Sea View Koh Chang resort on the island of
The city’s use of Oahu hotels to quarantine those who have COVID-19 will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal CARES Act funds each month and is likely to require millions.
A week ago, the city kicked off its first partnership with the 130-room Pearl Hotel Waikiki and the state Department of Health, which manages the hotel quarantine and isolation program. The nightly room cost at the Highgate property
Madera
Central London views don’t come much better than the Treehouse Hotel. Located behind Oxford Street, a moment from the BBC’s newish headquarters, not only are the surrounding amenities superb—moments from Bond Street, Oxford Street, Soho and theatreland—the rooftop bar and panoramic rooms offer sweeping scenes of London that don’t come often. The sister brand to the US-owned 1 Hotel, the concept here is both modern and
WASHINGTON — There was a private bourbon tasting with Sen. Rand Paul, the opportunity to see Rudy Giuliani broadcast his radio show live from the lobby, and a chance to snap a picture with prime-time convention speakers.
Throughout the four-day Republican National Convention, social media posts showed convention speakers, lawmakers, donors and devoted Trump supporters gathered at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, sparking criticism that the president may be
A hotel is the natural extension of a home office
2020 has not been kind to the travel industry. The pandemic cancelled highly anticipated vacations, destination-worthy events (see you in 2021, Tokyo Olympics) and pretty much all travel not deemed to be essential. In the United States, the travel industry is expected to lose about $500 billion in revenue this year. That’s no small number, especially when the end
Check into just about any Caribbean resort and chances are good you’ll be greeted with the island’s own rendition of rum punch. But, at the Zemi Beach House—a boutique resort situated on the shore of Shoal Bay in Anguilla—the rum experience is taken to the next level. Guests here can retreat into an elegant “Rhum Room” and sip rums from around the world or enjoy the spirit in an artisan
The Trump Vancouver hotel has already been closed for four months because of the coronavirus pandemic. By Friday — a day after the bankruptcy filing — the hotel’s website was taken down, its name was missing from Trump Hotels’ corporate website, and the Vancouver hotel’s accounts were deleted from Twitter and Facebook.
In an email, the CEO of the hotel’s parent company said he was still uncertain if the Trump
The new Moxy South Beach in Miami Beach will open in November.
As fall approaches, there is a sliver of good news in the travel industry as many hotels continue their plans to open across the country and around the world. While it may seem like an inopportune time, costs to slow or stop construction altogether can be greater than those of moving forward (even if hotels
When we spoke to Genndy Tartakovsky, the genius director behind the first three Hotel Transylvania films, earlier this summer, he told us that he would be returning to Hotel Transylvania 4, this time as an executive producer. More details on the animated sequel have emerged, including an additional role for Tartakovsky, who is actually directing, and an upgraded position for Selena Gomez.
Variety is reporting that the
Fears of strict new lockdown rules hammered vulnerable UK stocks on Friday, fuelling a sharp sell-off in travel, leisure, and banking stocks.
Reports in the Financial Times that the UK government may impose a two-week nationwide lockdown in October rattled
By this point in 2020, I’m sure we’re all ready to just blast off this planet — or at least I am. Not to mention, after recent news broke that potential life has been detected on Venus, I wouldn’t mind poking around up there. I guess the main dilemma is that I wouldn’t really have anywhere to stay.
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Hotels.com imagines what a hotel in outer space would look
Vibrant Interiors and Residential Comforts Meet at West Hollywood Lifestyle Hotel
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Le Parc Suite Hotel is pleased to announce the completion of an extraordinary $12 million transformation encompassing 154 suites, lobby, meeting space, corridors, and a brand-new fitness center. Designed by Alison Andrus of waldrop+nichols studio, Le Parc Suite Hotel has been reimagined to emulate an exclusive art collector’s upscale metropolitan residence.
A sketch of the proposed Virgin Hotel in downtown Palm Springs. (Photo: Submitted: Wessman Development Company)
Citing economic setbacks caused by the coronavirus pandemic, developers of the the proposed Virgin Hotel in downtown Palm Springs have “postponed” the project, city staff said during Thursday’s Palm Springs City Council meeting.
As a result, the hotel could be replaced with a 62-unit condominium complex, officials said.
“Grit Development and the Virgin
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