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Steigenberger Residences to open in Doha
Reading Time: < 1 minute QATAR: Deutsche Hospitality has announced the signing of the management agreement for the Steigenberger Residences Doha, Qatar.
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Qatar adds hotel rooms and serviced apartments ahead of FIFA World Cup
Reading Time: < 1 minute QATAR: Qatar is adding 5,000 additional rooms to its stock, bringing the number of rooms and serviced apartments to 45000, ahead of the FIFA World Cup in November
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Aimbridge Hospitality appoints Mark Tamis as president global operations
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Aimbridge Hospitality has welcomed travel and tourism industry veteran Mark Tamis to the role of president, global operations.
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Minor Hotels hints at Saudi expansion amid openings in Egypt, Doha and Dubai
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dubai: Minor Hotels is further expanding its MEA portfolio with the addition of serviced apartments and aparthotels in Egypt, Doha and Dubai, and hints at more properties in Saudi Arabia.
Features
Get ready for the silver tsunami
Reading Time: 8 minutes Dina Soliman-Pedersen of BrandFull looks at the rise of senior living – and a young form of hospitality. • Becoming of age Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, and the Queen’s husband of 74 years passed away recently, just two months short of his 100th birthday. Reaching 100 is
Supplier News
Ritchie joins CallisonRTKL to head hospitality practice
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Architecture practice CallisonRTKL (CRTKL) has appointed Ramsay Ritchie as associate principal and hospitality practice lead.
Industry News
Frasers opens Tokyo CBD property
Reading Time: 2 minutes Japan: Frasers Hospitality has opened the 224-unit Fraser Suites Akasaka in Tokyo.
Features
How Asia’s luxury hotel branded residences are evolving into investment grade real estate
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bill Barnett of C9 Hotelworks looks at the upward trajectory of Asia’s hotel branded residences sector. A sustained upward growth trajectory in Asia’s hotel branded residences is seeing the sector mature into a Grade A real estate asset class. According to C9 Hotelworks’ latest research, the Asian region now accounts
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Phuket’s branded residence surge tops global property market trend
Reading Time: 5 minutes Bill Barnett of C9 Hotelworks looks at the huge popularity of branded residences on the Thai island of Phuket. Phuket’s love affair with hotel managed properties started in the late 1980s with the posh Amanpuri ultra villas. Over the past three decades a rising number of chain and independent developments
Industry News
Locale raises $2.5 million in seed funding
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Locale, an Austin-based aparthotel brand has secured $2.5 million in seed round funding led by Amplo and Susa Ventures.