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One of the most revolutionary brands in the hotel industry, W Hotels (part of the American Starwood Hotels & Resorts group), has finally taken a step forward to develop their brand in the UK. London will see the first W hotel on Leicester Square in 2010.

One of the most revolutionary brands in the hotel industry, W Hotels (part of the American Starwood Hotels & Resorts group), has finally taken a step forward to develop their brand in the UK. London will see the first W hotel on Leicester Square in 2010.

The well respected HVS Executive Search has published their 10th "Top Hotel Board Performers" survey where they have listed hotel groups or hotel related companies based on the success of their company board practises and performance.

The well respected HVS Executive Search has published their 10th "Top Hotel Board Performers" survey where they have listed hotel groups or hotel related companies based on the success of their company board practises and performance.

Leading hotel chains and top real estate developers are understood to be bidding for the beleaguered UK investment group Dawnay Day’s four-star hotel chain Ten Hotels and other real estate assets in India. ITC, Royal Orchid, Pride Hotels, Sarovar group, Lemon Tree, DLF and Paraswanath have made a pitch for the deal, which is valued at around Rs 500-700 crore.

Dunne Group Hotels, based in Limerick,is one of the first to suffer the recent economic distress. The entire chain of five hotels has been petitioned to the High Court for examiner ship. And they’re not alone…!

The Intercontinental Hotel Group (we say IHG in the hotel industry), proud owner of the most famous hotel brands in the world, announced a while ago a major facelift to their brand image. The most noticable change has been on the Express by Holiday Inn that is now known as Holiday Inn Express.

This should piss off anybody who runs a blog, be they left, right or center. Because while “astroturfing” is a pretty common practice in comments sections, giving people incentives to spam is not only dishonest, it smacks of desperation.

A buoyant real estate market last year saw several realty firms foray into the hospitality sector. But with slowdown hitting real estate and choking cashflow, several small realty firms have been forced to put at least half a dozen hotel projects on the block.

Since the failure of a merger between the # 1 UK hotel brand Premier Inn (owned by Whitbread) and # 2 Travelodge (owned by Dubai International Capital), Travelodge has decided to reinforce their management team by appointing Guy Parsons as Managing Director UK and Paul Harvey as Managing Director - International and Development.