Hilton and SilverBirch Announce Three-Hotel Deal
VANCOUVER — Hilton Worldwide and SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts have announced plans to build one hotel and rebrand two additional hotels. The deal includes the first Home2...
Delta Expands With New Kingston, Ont., Property
TORONTO — Delta Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to convert a property in Kingston, Ont.’s city centre in the spring of 2013. The...
Four Seasons T.O. Announces Facebook Spa Giveaway
TORONTO — To mark the opening of its new flagship Four Seasons Hotel Toronto last month, the company launched a Facebook promotion inviting ‘fans’ to enter a...
Fairmont Upgrades Brand’s Digital Platforms
TORONTO — Fairmont Hotels and Resorts has redefined its digital platforms. “The Internet now serves as the most essential tool to research, book and...
Gopal Rao to Join IHG’s AMEA Team in India
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Gopal Rao, regional VP of Sales and Marketing, Canada for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), has announced he will be joining the company’s Asia, Middle...
Concord Hospitality Acquires Four Points By Sheraton Kingston
KINGSTON, Ont. — Concord Hospitality Enterprises has formed a joint venture with Select Hotel Group to acquire the Kingston, Ont.-based Four Points by Sheraton Hotel. Under terms...
EVP and COO Named At Great Wolf Resorts
MADISON, Wis. — Timothy Black is the new EVP and COO at Great Wolf Resorts, North America’s largest family of indoor waterpark resorts. “This...
BW Convention Recaps 2012 In Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Acrobats jumped and danced across the expansive stage, setting a dazzling introduction to an information-packed two days of speeches, education sessions and product showcases...
Star: Union Wins Novotel Mississauga Dispute
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The Ontario Labour Relations Board reportedly ruled that the Accor-owned Novotel Mississauga hotel in Ontario acted illegally by threatening employees against unionizing, reports the...
Hotel Casino Complex Proposed For Downtown Toronto
TORONTO — Omer’s Oxford properties is proposing a $3-billion project in Toronto that will include a renovated and expanded Metro Toronto Convention Centre, a hotel and casino...
