Best Western Partners with HotelsCombined.com
PHOENIX — Best Western International, on behalf of its more than 4,000 independently owned and operated Best Western hotels worldwide, has made an agreement to allow distribution...
Bill Stone Joins CB Richard Ellis Ltd.
TORONTO — CB Richard Ellis Limited has announced Bill Stone, one of Canada’s most accomplished hotel and resort specialty real-estate professionals, has joined the company as executive...
Choice Hosts Annual Conference in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — After three days of intense meetings, workshops and a little Las Vegas flair, Choice Hotels International wrapped up its 56th annual convention at the...
Food Industry Lights Up Night
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The foodservice and hospitality industry gathered at Mississauga, Ont.'s International Centre this past Saturday — in support of Friends of We Care — for...
Opus Hotels Sells Unique Staff Shoe to Public
VANCOUVER — Opus Hotels has partnered with Montreal-based Fluevog Shoes to create the unique Opus Hotels Porter Shoes now being worn exclusively by valets and male guest-service...
London’s Savoy Reno to Cost £200M
LONDON — The re-opening of the Savoy Hotel in London, England, has been delayed for the fourth time as refurbishment costs soar to double the £100 million...
Fairmont Sells Shares; Negotiates More Management Contracts
TORONTO — Toronto-based Fairmont Raffles Hotels International has raised $847-million of capital through new cash-rich investors. Of that, $467 million was raised by selling newly issued shares,...
Canada’s First Dual-Branded Hilton Hotel Opens in Toronto
McLEAN, Va. — The first dual-branded Hilton development in Canada, the 128-unit Homewood Suites by Hilton and the 126-room Hampton Hotel, opened last week near Toronto’s Pearson...
Vancouver Entertainment Complex to Open in 2013
VANCOUVER — A $450-million, 680,000-square-foot entertainment complex — which will include two internationally branded hotels, five restaurants and a 110,000-square-foot, 24-hour casino — will be erected adjacent...
Fairmont Baku to Open in 2011
TORONTO — Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement to manage a new, 347-guest room luxury hotel property in the coastal city of Baku, Azerbaijan, on...
