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Marriott brings select service AC Hotels to Asia with Tokyo signing

Marriott International has signed the AC by Marriott Tokyo Ginza hotel, which will open in the Ginza entertainment district in summer 2020 and mark...

Minor, Pan Pacific take up stake in Global Hotel Alliance

Longstanding members of Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), Bangkok-based Minor Hotels and Singapore-based Pan Pacific Hotels Group have made strategic investments to become the alliance's...

Hyatt to develop luxury hotel at Japan’s historic racing circuit

Hyatt Hotels Corporation has entered into a management agreement with Towa Real Estate, an affiliate of Toyota Group, to develop a 120-key hotel at...

Australia’s travel sector reforms with new association

The Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) has been replaced with the launch of a new peak industry body, Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA),...

Data that hotels need to predict demand is readily available: PolyU...

A new study is demonstrating how hotels, even the most resource-strapped of them, can use publicly available data to improve occupancy predictions. While international hotel...

Macau records double-digit arrivals growth over Golden Week

The seven-day Spring Festival Golden Week from January 31 to February 6 has brought Macau 113,600 inbound tourists, a year-on-year increase of 25.4 per...

Japan sets lofty inbound tourism spending target

Japan is eyeing greater spending by international travellers to revive its ailing tourism and hospitality sectors following the relaxation of the country’s border rules. Inbound...

Aitken Spence to plant first overseas Heritance in the Maldives

Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Hotels is set to launch its first Heritance property overseas with the introduction of Heritance Aarah in winter 2018. This is...