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News in brief: Kimpton, Chinese Millennials, Accor

Kimpton adds two Washington, D.C., hotels: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants acquired Washington, D.C.’s Carlyle at Dupont Circle and Savoy Suites hotel. The Carlyle will open April 29 with 198 renovated rooms, an increase from the former hotel’s 170 rooms, and the Savoy will open later in 2015 but not be fully under Kimpton’s umbrella until 2016.

Read more at Washington Business Journal

  


Steigenberger to open in Munich: The Steigenberger Hotel Group will open the Steigenberger Hotel Munich in 2017. The hotel will include 292 guestrooms and suites, a restaurant, fitness center, meeting space and spa.

Read more at Steigenberger’s website

 


Chinese Millennial traveler report: The World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation’s Chinese Millennial traveler report found the average trip spend for Chinese Millennials traveling internationally was €1,200 (US$1,287), with 14% reportedly spending more than €3,000(US$3,218). Additionally, compared to other Millennial travellers, Chinese Millennials are particularly likely to experience visa problems, with 28% of Chinese Millennial travelers reporting experiencing visa barriers compared to 12.5% of other Millennial travelers. 

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Vivanta to debut in Middle East: The Middle East’s first Vivanta by Taj hotel will be built in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai. CG Hospitality Holdings, which has a 50% stake in the 207-key hotel, said the project will spearhead its expansion into the region.

Read more at Yahoo News

 


Accor adds two Maldives resorts: Accor Asia Pacific was appointed by Pristine Island Investments to manage the 68-villa Mercure and the 120-villa Pullman. Mercure will open in 2016 and Pullman will open in 2018.

 


Dorchester integrates Bitcoin payments: The Dorchester Collection has integrated Bitcoin payments to its recently launched online store.

Read more at News BTC

 


Irish hotel transactions: Since last October, almost a third of the total number of merger notifications to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission have been related to transactions in the hotel sector.

Read more at Business World

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