by Alissa Ponchione | Dec 29, 2009 | News
Travelers will continue to seek value from hotels, dining, and airlines doing into 2010, according to the most recent installment of the travelhorizons™ survey co-authored by Ypartnership and the U.S. Travel Association. More than half (53 percent) of...
by Alissa Ponchione | Dec 29, 2009 | Projects
Fast food restaurant design is nothing new for Hong Kong-based designer Danny Chan. An alumnus of Steve Leung Designers Ltd., Chan contributed to the hip re-branding of Maxim’s Fast Food and designed many outlets in the Fairwood franchise. Now, heading his own...
by Alissa Ponchione | Dec 28, 2009 | News
The 292-room ITC Hotel Royal Gardenia in Bengaluru, India, has earned the country’s first LEED Platinum rating from the Indian Green Building Council. ITC—which claims to be the only company in the world to be carbon, water, and solid waste recycling...
by Alissa Ponchione | Dec 28, 2009 | News
Trump International Hotel & Tower New York will begin renovating its 167 guestrooms and suites in January. The $30 million project will happen in two phases, with half the rooms undergoing updates January through April and the balance June through September. A...
by Alissa Ponchione | Dec 28, 2009 | News
Sonesta International Hotels Corporation has announced its first U.S. franchise, the 341-key Sonesta Hotel Orlando Downtown. The existing property, which recently completed a comprehensive $10 million renovation, has a rooftop heated pool offerings views of the...