by Alissa Ponchione | May 15, 2013 | News
Ascend Hotel Collection has opened its 100th hotel in Calgary, Canada. Joining seven other Canadian locations, the Hotel Elan marks the brand’s first in Calgary. The contemporary boutique hotel boasts 62 units-including guestrooms, one-bedroom suites, and...
by Alissa Ponchione | May 15, 2013 | News
The Fogo Island Inn has opened in Newfoundland-a vision of Shorefast Foundation and its founder Zita Cobb. Investing in her birthplace, Cobb opened the 29-room hotel to help reinvigorate the local economy. Designed by Norwegian architect Todd Saunders, the inn’s...
by Alissa Ponchione | May 14, 2013 | News
The recently launched BON Hotels group is developing what is expected to be the greenest hotel in Africa. Opening in August of this year, Hotel Verde will be located outside of Cape Town. In order to bypass the need for standard air-conditioning systems, Hotel Verde...
by Alissa Ponchione | May 14, 2013 | News
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) recently appointed Jill McDonald as an independent non-executive director of IHG. She will join the board on June 1st. McDonald has been CEO and president for the northern Europe division of McDonald’s since September 2010 and...
by Alissa Ponchione | May 14, 2013 | News
OTG Management opened a MinniBar location at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Located in Concourse G, it is the second outpost designed by New York-based ICRAVE.
 ICRAVE’s design was inspired by Minnesota as the land of 10,000 lakes....