by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 17, 2015 | News
In partnership with Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat), Minor Hotel Group (MHG) is developing Anantara Durrat Al Bahrain Resort in Bahrain. With plans to open in 2018, the resort property follows in the footsteps of other MHG properties announced for the...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 16, 2015 | News
Kerry Simon, former star of the Food Network TV show “Iron Chef,” died at the age of 60 in a Las Vegas hospice on September 11th, 2015. His death was related to complications from Multiple System Atrophy—a degenerative neurological disorder he had been fighting for...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 16, 2015 | News
The Début Hotel Group, launched in 2015 by Hampshire Hotels Management, has partnered with Singapore-based REIT Castlewood Group to introduce Dream Hotels to the Asia Pacific market. Over the next 10 years, more than 20 new Dream Hotel-branded properties...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 15, 2015 | Projects
The recently unveiled Embassy Row Hotel, in Washington, DC, is a markedly different incarnation from the controversial Modernist building Dr. Cyrus Katzen first opened in 1970. The icon, now part of the Destination Hotels portfolio, flaunts a fashionable, contemporary...
by Alissa Ponchione | Sep 15, 2015 | News
Hospitality veteran Nick Hart has launched 410 Hogan—specializing in the production of high-end casegoods and upholstery for the hospitality market—in Morganton, North Carolina. Located on a 30-acre plot, the 400,000-square-foot facility was repurposed from the last...