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Hilton Opening Two New Hotels in Athens

2022-02-05 by Delia Gavrilescu

Mikrolimano, Piraeus, Greece

Hilton has announced plans to open two new hotels in Athens. As part of a management agreement with their affiliate the SCD Group LTD.

Tags: Athens hotels, Athens stays, Curio Collection, Greece hotels, Hampton Hotels, Hampton Piraeus, Hilton, Hilton news, Hilton Worldwide, hotel announcements, Pentelikon Athens, Piraeus Mikrolimano

Hilton Announces First Resort on Crete Opening 2021

2020-12-17 by Delia Gavrilescu

Royal Senses Resort

Hilton just signed an agreement with Troulis Royal Collection to open The Royal Senses Resort Crete, Curio Collection by Hilton in 2021.

Tags: crete, Crete hotels, Crete stay, Curio Collection by Hilton, Hilton, Hilton Hotels, Hilton resorts, Hilton Worldwide, Rethymno

Hoteliers in North Africa Focusing on 2021 Positives

2020-12-12 by Phil Butler

Tunisia resort

Hoteliers in North African countries are beginning to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Flights and investments on the rise.

Tags: COVID-19, Egypt economy, Egypt hotels, Egypt tourists, Egypt travel, Hilton, Hilton Tunisia, Morocco hotels, Morocco tourism, Royal Air Maroc, Ryanair, Tunisia hotels, Tunisia tourism, Tunisia vacations

The World’s 5 Biggest Hotel Chains Lose $25.2bn in Market Cap

2020-09-24 by Delia Gavrilescu

Wyndham International

Five of the biggest hotel groups lost in excess of $25 billion in market cap up until now. Experts say recovery is years down the road.

Tags: Choice Hotels International, COVID-19, Hilton, InterContinental Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriot International, StockApps, Wyndham Worldwide

Sustainable Tourism May End Up With a Regulatory Solution

2020-02-06 by Phil Butler

Tourist throng

The private sector cannot be counted upon to provide a truly sustainable solution for tourism. It seems clear lawmakers will need to step in.

Tags: Environment, global warming, Hilton, Okinawa, PhocusWire, sustainability, sustainable business, sustainable tourism, tourism trensds, Travel Mole, world tourism

Hilton Debuts Its Latest Canopy Brand Hotel in Zagreb

2018-11-14 by Delia Gavrilescu

Canopy by Hilton Zagreb

Hilton’s Canopy has just opened in Zagreb, Croatia, the first such hotel in continental Europe. The Canopy by Hilton Zagreb offers 151 guest rooms with 8 suites with decor inspired by Croatian tradition.

Tags: Canopy Hotel, Croatia hotels, Croatia news, Croatia travel, Gari Capelli, Hilton, Hilton Canopy, Hilton Hotels, Zagreb, Zagreb hotel stays

Hilton: On Hand to Create Your Heart’s Desire

2018-07-20 by Argophilia Travel News

Embark on a journey with Hilton Malaysia

A wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, the biggest celebration of your lives. It captures the big and small moments of a love story, and its narrative sets the stage for the idea, theme, and the feel of the wedding. As you begin your journey together as one, enlisting some of the best wedding specialists to bring your dreams to life is instrumental.

Tags: Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, Hilton, Hilton Paris Opera, hotels, Rangali Island

Hilton Saint Petersburg ExpoForum Opens

2017-03-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Hilton Worldwide

Hilton has announced the opening of Hilton Saint Petersburg ExpoForum, the debut of Hilton Hotels & Resorts in the northwest region of the Russian Federation.

Tags: Hilton, Hilton Saint Petersburg ExpoForum, hotel openings, hotels, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg hotels

Brands Eyeball Croatia & Airbnb Competitiveness

2017-02-15 by Phil Butler

Croatia coast

Fear of growing competition has made Croatia’s hotel market prime for big hotel management and development brands intent on expansion.

Tags: Accor, Adria Hotel Forum, Choice Hotel, Croatia hotels, Croatia investment, Dogus Group, Hilton, Hotel investment, Hyatt, Magnuson Hotels, Plateno Group, Takuya Aoyama, Tom Magnuson, Tomasz Janczak, Zagreb, Zagreb Airbnb, Zagreb travel

AR Will Change the Hotel Experience Forever

2017-01-17 by Phil Butler

Augmented Reality Rfid Cup

For those who thought augmented and virtual reality technologies were just for gamers, news from Chinese search giant Baidu tells of the company building an AR lab to research and build experiences for the digital world. Across the spectrum of the mobile-digital realm, companies are in a frenzied uptake mode for developing and launching AR capability. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the travel, booking, and hospitality experience spaces.

Tags: Alex Zheng, AR, augmented reality, DuSee, Hilton, Plateno Group, Robert Scoble, Tango AR, Technavio, virtual previews, virtual reality, VR

Macedonia’s Prime Minister Sets Cornerstone for Hilton Skopje

2013-05-15 by Delia Gavrilescu

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski

The world’s best known hotel chain, Hilton just signed a franchise agreement with Stone Bridge Hotel to begin construction of Double Tree by Hilton Skopje. The new hotel to be situated along the river Vardar, will feature 170 rooms and cost in the neighborhood of €30 million euro, according to the news from Macedonia.

Tags: Hilton, hotels, macedonia, Macedonia hotels, Macedonia travel, Skopje

Hotels Accused of Still Fleecing Guests on WiFi

2013-02-21 by Liliana Steffens

Squeezed Dry by hotels

Even though most hotel guest might figure hospitality players got the negative message over ancillary charges, hidden fees, and particularly pay-for WiFi, even the biggest hotel chains did not. According to a report via The Telegraph, travel portal Gogobot performed a survey recently revealing guest displeasure with hotels still charging for Internet.

Tags: ancillary charges, fees, free WiFi, hidden charges, hidden fees, Hilton, london hotels, Tune Hotels, WiFi charges

MCR Development Buys 10 Hilton & Marriott Hotels

2012-12-22 by Liliana Steffens

MCR Development

MCR Development LLC announced on Friday their having acquired 1o Hilton and Marriott hotels from Skye Hospitality. With a total of 1,294 rooms, the portfolio is made up of primarily newer hotels, according to the company’s press.

Tags: acquisitions, Hilton, hotel chains, hotel management, hotels, Marriott, US hotels

Big OTAs and Big Hotels in Price Fixing Lawsuit

2012-08-22 by Phil Butler

Class action versus OTAs

A federal lawsuit naming the likes of Expedia, Orbitz, Booking.com, Travelocity, Trump International Hotels Management, Intercontinental, Kimpton, Sabre Holdings, Priceline, Marriott, Starwood, and Hilton alleges the companies conspired to fix hotel room prices. According to the news from Reuters, the suit claims the travel giants did so in an effort to fend off competition from smaller online retailers.

Tags: Booking.com, buuteeq, Expedia, FairSearch, Global Hotel Exhange, Google, Google Travel, Hilton, hotels, InterContinental, ITA, Kimpton, Marriott, online travel, Orbitz, OTA's, price fixing, Priceline, rate parity, room prices, Sabre holdings, Starwood, Travelocity, treovi, Trump International Hotels Management

Treovi Opens: Just Book!

2012-08-08 by Phil Butler

Treovi

A couple of weeks ago we announced hotels could load their inventory onto Treovi. Yesterday the Swiss startup announced having opened their beta doors to guests, inviting the world to not only search desired destination hotels, but to just plain “book!” This niche of travel booking entities is growing pretty fast, but Treovi thinks their model is the only truly free one.

Tags: beta startups, Gonzo Arzuaga, Hilton, KillerStartups, marketing, Michal Wrobel, OTA's, Paul Buchheit, The Next Web, travel market, trips, World hotels

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