IHG signs Holiday Inn in Turkey: The 161-room Holiday Inn Diyarbakir – City Center, scheduled to open in 2015, will be converted from an existing building under a franchise agreement with BED Turizm Co.
De Vere announces plans for first Village Urban Resort in Scotland: De Vere Group has acquired a long leasehold development site on Drum Property Group’s Prime Four Business Park in Aberdeen for a 148-room De Vere Village Urban Resort expected to open in November 2014.
Groupon acquires Blink: Groupon has bought European last-minute travel app Blink to boost its Groupon Getaways business. The Blink app will be rebranded “Blink by Groupon.”