European Hotel News

Having worked in hotel development for the past 15 years, Hoek joins Dorchester Collection from IHG based in London, where she held the position of vice president of development, overseeing strategic investment and management opportunities for the InterContinental brand.

Dominique will oversee the day-to-day operations for the 123-room luxury property located in Downtown Los Angeles, at the heart of the thriving L.A. LIVE entertainment district.

Germans are as keen on travel as ever – almost 50 per cent plan a second trip besides their main annual holiday – according to the latest ADAC Reisemonitor survey Italy and Austria have become increasingly popular for extra breaks

Among the Chain Scale segments, the Upscale segment made up the largest portion of rooms in the total active pipeline with 23.2 percent and 30,417 rooms.

Six Althoff properties install RateTiger for rate and inventory management

Robert Friedland, Chairman and founder of Ivanhoe Capital Corporation, announced that the company's Ivanhoe Italia LLC subsidiary has completed the acquisition of the Villa Tre Ville luxury hotel.

Scandic Hotels is the first hotel chain in the Nordic region to offer a digital solution for checking out at its hotels. In just a few quick steps guests can pay for their room and check out on their smartphone or computer – confirm the bill, receive an electronic receipt and drop the key off in reception on the way out. Scandic is currently piloting the new solution at Scandic Park in Stockholm, before rolling the service out at all Scandic hotels in the autumn.

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group strengthens its portfolio in Russia's regional cities with the signing of a new Park Inn by Radisson in Nizhny Tagil. The mid-market property will be the first internationally branded hotel in this prominent industrial city.

GuocoLeisure Limited, a Singapore-listed company with a secondary listing on the New Zealand Exchange, announces today the launch of a major global hotel company, glh.

Hilton Worldwide announced the signing of a franchise agreement with Ajdovan Ademoski to open the upscale DoubleTree by Hilton Skopje. The hotel is expected to open in early 2016 and joins further properties under development in the region in Croatia and Montenegro.