Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Marriott International has marked another year of strong growth in the Asia Pacific excluding China (APEC) region, signing a record 109 deals across 11 markets, contributing 21,439 rooms to the region’s development pipeline, closing the year with 77,532 total rooms in the region’s year-end pipeline.

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

Accors luxury and lifestyle brands Sofitel, Sofitel Legend, MGallery and Emblems achieved record growth in 2024 with close to 90 hotels signed collectively. Now with a reignited pipeline, 32 new Sofitel hotels are to be opened over the coming years, expanding into key destinations such as Egypt, Vietnam, Portugal, Ireland, Mexico and India.

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Hotel Management

APRIL 21, 2025

The upscale property, located close to Darwin Entertainment Centre, will feature an all-day dining restaurant, meeting space, fitness centre and outdoor pool, with all guest rooms featuring self-contained kitchenettes. The broader IHG portfolio now includes 69 hotels in Australasia, with another 26 properties in its development pipeline.

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 9, 2024

Radisson Hotel Group has established a strong market position in South East Asia and Pacific particularly in emerging cities and markets. What SEAP markets are a key focus for Radisson Hotel Group and why? We’ve also added local language capabilities and local management offices to better serve our owners in each market.

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Bagley brings nearly 20 years of experience in the tourism and hospitality industry, spanning business development, product development, and B2B marketing. At Kelsian Group, he played a key role in tourism product development understanding customer needs and developing market-driven products.

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Hotel Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

We look forward to working closely with Heritage Hotels and the local team to build on their stellar reputation with the continuation of a refurbishment programme across the portfolio,” Ritch said. TFE Hotels is set to establish a New Zealand Country Office in Auckland to support its growing presence in the market.

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 31, 2024

Serene Capital plans further investment in the hotel industry, with CEO and Co-founder, Glen Boutlwood, saying more acquisitions are in the pipeline. TFE Hotels is such an operator.” 2024 is going to be an exciting year for TFE Hotels as we continue to invest in technology and expand our portfolio both here and abroad,” Sedgwick said.

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Social Hospitality

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Brands are always looking for new ways to create leads and close sales. While one of the influencer marketing challenges is that the total audience size is smaller, the number that does see it is much more likely to engage with such content, giving your message more visibility.

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Hotel Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Localized in Southeast Asia, RevPAR levels are just below 2019 levels by less than 2%, driven by high average daily rates (ADRs) as the market saw a shift in consumers’ willingness to pay for quality both product and experience. Thailand’s well-established and diversified hospitality market also looks attractive.

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

The appointment coincides with a focus on luxury expansion for Marriott, particularly in the Asia Pacific, a region that accounts for a third of Marriott International’s luxury hotels and over half of Marriott’s global pipeline. How is the luxury hotel market evolving in Australia? What are guests demanding?

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 17, 2024

I look forward to working with Leanne and her leadership team to introduce our leading Luxury & Lifestyle brands to even more owners, guests and markets in the coming years.” Key signings from during her tenure include the InterContinental Sorrento Mornington Peninsula, Kimpton Margot Sydney, RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka and Regent Kyoto.

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Hotel Management

MAY 21, 2024

Today Swiss-Belhotel International has close to 135 hotels and operations across 20 countries and over 12,000 staff. Within the company I’m doing e-commerce, distribution, marketing and so forth, on top of project development with Edward,” Matthew said. We all work incredibly closely, we know each other well,” Oliver said. “We’re

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Hotel Management

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I was very quick to start working closely with our Accommodation Association manager in Victoria, and our AHA CEO in Victoria. We’re still working closely on some of these migration reforms, as international students still play a critical role in our industry. We’re working closely in the accessible space.

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Hotel Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Ascott Limited is expanding its co-living brand Lyf to new markets with the announcement of eight new property signings spanning city and resort locations across Europe and Asia Pacific. New locations Lyf is currently present in 21 cities globally, with over 5,500 units both operating and in the pipeline.

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Hotel Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We have had strong engagement from paid recruitment marketing campaigns on TikTok in the last 12 months and, equally, independent research Hilton commissioned shows that Australians are increasingly turning to social media to find their next gig, particularly Gen Z,” Hogg told HM.

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Hotel Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

“The collaboration will accelerate our asset-light expansion in China by leveraging Jin Jiang’s franchise-ready infrastructure, complementing our successful management strategy in the market where we currently operate more than 220 properties in over 40 cities,” said Ascott and CLI Lodging Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Goh.

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