Niche property developer Hiap Hoe, and owner and manager of leisure and commercial properties SuperBowl Holdings, have through their 50-50 joint venture company, HH Properties, appointed Wyndham Hotel Management, Inc., to operate the two hotels located on the JV’s Balestier site. Wyndham Hotel Management is part of the Wyndham Hotel ...
Samta Hotels, which belongs to the Ng family, the controlling shareholder of Furama, is making a voluntary unconditional cash offer for all the Furama shares it does not own at $2 each. The Ng family holds a total of about 103 million or 66.6% of Furama shares directly or through ...
Some hotels on Beijing's main avenue, the site of China's National Day parade next month, have been told to close for four days as part of a huge security crackdown, local media said Friday. At least five hotels will close down for four days, while others have ...
Banyan Tree Holdings (BANY.SI), a developer of luxury resorts, said on Saturday it will build a large resort near the historical Vietnamese city of Hue at an estimated cost of US$900 million ($1.3 billion). When fully developed, the 280-hectare beachfront resort will comprise seven hotels with a total of ...
Video is coming in of the twin bombings in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, which killed at least six people at two hotels on Thursday. Watch this video, which appears to be from Indonesian TV, and shows the extent of the damage to ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's security minister says nine people have been killed and 50 wounded in hotel blasts in downtown Jakarta. The minister says a New Zealander was among those killed. Thirteen other foreigners were among inju...
Acclaimed food writer Paul Richardson lives in southern Spain but it is the northern region of Asturias with its fertile valleys and stunning coast - and distinctive food and drink - that he tells his friends to explore before it's too lateDon't get me ...
Acclaimed food writer Paul Richardson lives in southern Spain but it is the northern region of Asturias with its fertile valleys and stunning coast - and distinctive food and drink - that he tells his friends to explore before it's too lateDon't get me ...
Acclaimed food writer Paul Richardson lives in southern Spain but it is the northern region of Asturias with its fertile valleys and stunning coast - and distinctive food and drink - that he tells his friends to explore before it's too lateDon't get me ...
The Tour de France starts this weekend, but its climax will come on an infamous peak that has become a rite of passage for cyclists. Tom Robbins saddles upSweat drips from my forehead onto the handlebars and evaporates at once. It's 3.30pm, 42C, and ...
It's a new holiday village but the architecture is traditional, as are the activities. Ian Belcher tries winemaking, trout tickling - and a spot of boar huntingClub Med, eat your heart out. Mark Warner, look away now. I've seen the future of holiday villages ...
Author Sarah Dunant set her latest novel in Ferrara, a town that captivated her with its rich history - especially that of its grand medieval conventsThe first problem I had when I started writing a novel set in a 16th-century convent in Ferrara ...