Nobu Hospitality officially commenced development of the Nobu Hotel in Chicago at a groundbreaking ceremony with partners Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Academy award-winner Robert De Niro, Hollywood producer Meir Teper, and Australian business tycoon James Packer.
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Existing Franchisees to Open Up to 10 Restaurants Over the Next Five Years
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The group has opened five Radisson Blu hotels in the first six months of 2016 and signed four new hotels including the first Quorvus Collection in Africa. The group is also entering its 28th country in Africa and taking the Park Inn by Radisson brand to the Indian Ocean islands.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced it has signed an agreement with Sekisui House Australia to plan and operate The Westin Coolum Resort & Spa in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Slated to open in 2021, the resort will be part of a proposed mixed use development featuring retail shops and boutiques, plus luxury apartments.
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New Castle Hotels and Resorts (NCHR) today announced an ambitious plan to double the company’s roster of owned and managed hotels by 2020. The growth will be split evenly among new management contracts, acquisitions and new-build hotels.
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Creative Boutique Hotels (CBH) is pleased to announce that Southwest Virginia native and premier Chef Travis Milton has joined their team. Milton’s much anticipated restaurant, Shovel and Pick, will be a part of the Sessions Hotel complex and will reside in the old granary mill portion of the project.
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Arbor Lodging Partners announced last week that, through an affiliate, it has acquired the Hilton Garden Inn Oakland/San Leandro in San Leandro, California, a 119-room select-service hotel. NVN Hotels will manage the hotel, effective immediately.
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Creative Boutique Hotels (CBH), MB Contractors and Cornerstone Hospitality held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 16, 2016 for the new Western Front Hotel in downtown St. Paul, Virginia. The hotel will be developed utilizing the former Willis and Dye buildings, and will offer 33 hotels guest rooms, a restaurant and music venue, rooftop dining, a rooftop bar and outdoor entertainment spaces.
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Richard Rawlings’ Garage will open in Harker Heights, TX Summer 2016!
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Property to Join The Unbound Collection by Hyatt
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