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An Italian soccer star in Paris: Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo is set to open a new hotel in Paris, the sixth in his “CR7” chain. As reported by Goal, the hotel is expected to open in 2021 and is expected to cost around £53 million (US$69 million). Ronaldo already has two hotels open in his homeland, in Lisbon and in his hometown of Funchal in Madeira. The venues have been set up as part of a co-venture with Portuguese tourism and leisure company Pestana. In addition to those, three more CR7 hotels are scheduled to be opened in 2020. They’ll be in Madrid, New York and Marrakech.

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Thomas Cook: ‘something went wrong’ Tests by Egypt’s prosecutor-general showed that a couple who died at the company’s hotel in the country had both suffered complications caused by E. coli. Thomas Cook had since evacuated 300 hotel guests as a precaution, despite denying E. coli may have bene responsible for the couple’s death. About 200 have since lodged sickness complaints against the resort. The company said it was now clear that “something went wrong” last month at the hotel, adding that “standards fell below” what is expected from its holiday partners. 

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Booze still flows for now at Trump D.C.: A group of citizens — with the help of lawyers and the financial backing of an Arizona-based Republican — asked the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the District of Columbia to review whether U.S. President Donald Trump’s hotel met the city’s “good character” test for holding a liquor license. The original 27-page complaint was filed in June, but in the end, the board unanimously declined to pursue the complaint, punting a decision to review the case until next spring. 

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Chicago strike on day 5: Hotel workers at another Chicago hotel are joining the ongoing Chicago hotel workers strike. The Chicago Tribune reports employees at the Cambria Chicago Magnificent Mile joined the strike Tuesday, raising the number of striking hotels up to 26. The strike has targeted large chains including Hyatt, Hilton, and Marriott. The main demands are for year-round health insurance, sick days to see a doctor, and higher wages. 

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Hokkaido quake damage: A survey has found that the economic impact on the hotel industry in quake-hit Hokkaido off the coast of Japan could have caused over US$27 million dollars due to cancellations. Tourism is one of Hokkaido’s core industries. The magnitude 6.7 earthquake that hit Japan’s northern prefecture early in the morning of September 6 and left 41 dead. The survey by a hotel industry association in Hokkaido found that reservations for at least 300 thousand people from September through November have been cancelled across the prefecture.

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Convictions in “terrifying” Gleneagles robbery:  Two men have been convicted over their involvement in a “terrifying” £500,000 (US$651,241) armed robbery at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Perthshire. During the robbery, which occurred on June 27, 2017, the men, Richard Fleming and Liam Richardson, carried hammers, a machete and a pistol and made off with dozens of high-value Rolex watches worth more than half a million pounds, which have not yet been recovered.

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NY files lawsuit against illegal operators: New York City is continuing its crackdown on illegal hotel operators, announcing a new lawsuit against three illegal hotel operators in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens that are accused of using multiple host accounts with false identities. This is the first suit to be filed against illegal operators in multiple boroughs throughout the city.

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JLL names new CEO, Americas: JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group named Gilda Perez-Alvarado CEO, hotels and hospitality, of JLL Americas. Under Perez-Alvarado’s direction, the firm has facilitated US$24.5 billion in cross-border sales over the past five years. Her high-profile transactions include the Intercontinental Porto, The Plaza Hotel New York, Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, and St. Regis San Francisco, among others. 



Akyra expands: Thailand luxury boutique resort company Akaryn Hotel Group will expand Akyra, its “hip and sustainable” lifestyle brand – including its first ever international hotels. The company plans to triple the brand’s hotels and resorts from four to twelve by 2022. Agreements for new properties are currently at different stages of readiness in the Malaysian Highlands, Hoi An in Vietnam and Bangkok’s Rattanakosin Island, while other projects are being considered in markets including Bali, Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh, as the Thai boutique brand spreads its wings across Southeast Asia.

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