Boycott reportedly hurting Beverly Hills Hotel’s performance: The boycott of The Dorchester Collection hotels over a new law in Brunei that advocates the stoning of gay individuals is reportedly causing a “significant loss of revenue.”
London’s Dorchester burglarized: Jewelry in display cases at the 244-room The Dorchester, namesake hotel of The Dorchester Collection, was burglarized in a smash-and-grab operation early Tuesday morning.
Rosewood to expand in China: Rosewood Hotels & Resorts will open the 251-room Rosewood Guangzhou in 2017.
Yotel to expand in San Francisco: Yotel signed an agreement with Synapse Capital to open a 200-room Yotel-branded hotel in San Francisco.
Mantra to expand in Australia: Mantra Group will rebrand the 80-room Diamant Hotel Canberra, which it bought from 8Hotels, as the Peppers Gallery Hotel Canberra in July.
Holiday Inn Express to expand in Turkey: IHG signed a franchise agreement with Liv Yapi Gayrimenkul Yatirim to open the 110-room Holiday Inn Express Istanbul – Halkali, set to open in this year.
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Ireland hotel sales up, debt remains: The value of Irish hotel sales will exceed €350 million (US$473 million) by the end of 2014, according to Savills Ireland, while a new report by economist Alan Ahearne shows the Irish hotel industry still needs a further €1.4 billion (US$1.9 billion) in restructuring to bring debt to a sustainable level.
Read more at the Irish Examiner