IHG experienced its strongest
net-system-size growth in more than a decade last year, according to the
company’s full-year 2019 report, which showed a 5.6 percent increase (5 percent
excluding the Sands partnership in Macao) to approximately 884,000 rooms. http://bit.ly/2SVgs6e
InterContinental Hotels Group CEO
Keith Barr said that the group would see a “delay, not a stop” with growth in
China as a result of the coronavirus. http://bit.ly/2VaxgZs
Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick
Backs Hotel Company Using 3D Printing Tech http://bit.ly/2vOJNXT
JW Marriott, part of Marriott
International, Inc., announced the opening of JW Marriott Muscat today, setting
the stage for distinctive experiences in Oman’s historic capital. Located in
the heart of Muscat’s new business hub, within the Sultanate’s largest urban
development project Madinat Al-Irfan, the hotel is an integral part of the
prestigious Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre (OCEC) precinct. http://bit.ly/37Ahfic
More than $23bn-worth of hotel
construction contracts were due to be awarded in the Middle East and North
Africa between now and 2023, according to MEED Projects. The company said that,
in the final quarter of last year, development was most active in Oman, Egypt,
UAE and Saudi Arabia. http://bit.ly/2V34Now
Algeria has so much to offer to travellers
in search of destinations largely untouched by mass tourism. Until now, the
land of the Fennecs has been preserved from large numbers of holidaymakers
because tourism did not figure in the country’s development plans. However,
this may soon change with the new Government’s initiative to introduce an
electronic visa system. https://yhoo.it/2V3MMqg