WASHINGTON— Lugar will take over for long-time CEO Joseph A. McInerney, who announced last year that he would be stepping down. “We couldn’t be happier to have Katherine join us now as AH&LA embarks on a new mandate to become the lodging industry’s primary voice for advocacy in the nation’s capital,” said Ronald L. Vlasic, chairman of AH&LA and regional vice president of Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. “We have asked her and she has agreed
CHICAGO—Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the official opening of Park Hyatt Busan, the tenth Park Hyatt property in Asia Pacific and the second Park Hyatt hotel in Korea following Park Hyatt Seoul. “We are thrilled that the second Park Hyatt hotel in Korea and the tenth Park Hyatt property in this region has officially opened its doors,” said Larry Tchou, group president – Asia Pacific, Hyatt Hotels Corporation. “This opening is a true reflection of the
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Hilton Worldwide today signed a management agreement with Hamad Abdulaziz Almousa Trading Group to develop a new DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in KSA’s (“Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”) commercial heartland of Al Khobar, in the country’s Eastern Province. The 158-room DoubleTree by Hilton Al Khobar Corniche is the third Hilton Worldwide pipeline hotel planned for Al Khobar and the 17th in Saudi Arabia, making it Hilton Worldwide’s largest development market in MEA. Rudi
MILL VALLEY, Calif.—Auberge Resorts, developers and operators of small luxury resorts and private clubs, announced that the company has been selected to rebrand and manage the Malliouhana Hotel & Spa on the Island of Anguilla, British West Indies. Auberge will lend its experience in luxury resort management and marketing to the 55-room resort, which is under new ownership. “We are delighted to be chosen to put the landmark Malliouhana back in the spotlight and restore
Marriott International Announces First Hotel in the Northeastern Region of Brazil
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Marriott International announced today plans to open a new 162-room Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil’s largest city in the Northeastern region of the country. The hotel project is developed under a management agreement with Rio Ave Ltda., a prominent, local real estate developer. This project, already in construction, will be the Rio Ave Ltda’s first venture into the lodging sector and is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2014, before
