Hotel Industry News Archive for 2010

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With a diverse range of job functions, hospitality professionals often spend a significant amount of their time on tasks unrelated to their job title.

In year-over-year comparisons, occupancy increased 8.6 percent to 52.2 percent, average daily rate was up 2.6 percent to US$98.75, and revenue per available room ended the week up 11.5 percent to US$51.56.

In year-over-year measurements, the Canadian hotel industry’s occupancy was up 6.9 percent to 55.6 percent. Average daily rate increased 0.6 percent to CAD$119.62. Revenue per available room increased 7.7 percent to CAD$66.56.

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), (LON:IHG) (NYSE:IHG), whose roots in Venezuela can be traced to the early 1950’s, today announced the opening of the InterContinental Maracaibo. It will be IHG’s 21st InterContinental Hotels & Resorts property in Latin America and the Caribbean (19 open and two under construction).

Carlson today announced that Harjit (G.T.) Dhillon has been appointed vice president of Global Travel Industry Relations for Carlson Hotels. Dhillon will report to Fredrik Korallus, executive vice president, Global Revenue Generation, Carlson Hotels.

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: BEE) today announced that the company has closed on its disposition of the InterContinental Prague to an investment group led by an affiliate of Westmont Hospitality for a total consideration of approximately euro 108.0 million.

Alternative Hotel Group, a UK independent hotel and hospitality group, announces that it is rebranding as De Vere Group with immediate effect.

Will now launch new hotel company, SCHRAGER HOTELS, and two new hotel brands and roll them both out in 24-hour international gateway cities around the world