Hotels

McDonald’s partners with Kobo to give free e-books to kids

02 May 2014

SABMiller may sell stake worth $1.042 bn in S African leisure firm Tsogo Sun

16 Apr 2014

London’s first ‘cat café’ sees roaring demand

29 Mar 2014

London's first cat café hopes to relieve stressed-out workers with the promise of a lunch date with a cat.

Tatas’ hotel arm IHC to write down Rs500 cr as business shrinks

13 Mar 2014

India’s largest hotel chain, which controls the Taj, Vivanta, Gateway and Ginger brands, said it expected non-cash provision for impairment in respect of financial exposure in its global and domestic investments

Buyout firm KKR may lend Rs2,000 cr to Hotel Leelaventure: report

10 Mar 2014

Blackstone Group owned budget hotel chain La Quinta files for IPO

11 Feb 2014

DLF sells Aman Resorts for Rs2,200 crore to pare debt

10 Feb 2014

DLF had bought a 97-per cent stake in Aman Resorts for $400 million in 2007, which it subsequently raised to 100 per cent

OFT ends price-fixing scam involving websites, hotel chains

01 Feb 2014

Hilton serves up a surprise in market debut

14 Dec 2013

Hilton IPO raises $2.34 bn

12 Dec 2013

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc, the luxury hotels chain bought by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP in 2007, yesterday raised $2.34 billion in its initial public offering, making it the biggest floatation by a hotel company

Hilton Worldwide to raise $2.4 bn in biggest hotels IPO

03 Dec 2013

The luxury chain's public offering is the biggest floatation by a hotel company

Indian Hotels ends $1.86-bn bid for Orient-Express

09 Nov 2013

Indian Hotels Company, the Tata Group's luxury hospitality arm that owns the iconic Taj Hotels and Resorts brand, has ended a five-year pursuit of adding US luxury hotel chain Orient-Express Hotels to its portfolio

Hilton Worldwide close to launching IPO

04 Nov 2013

US private equity firm Blackstone Group-owned Hilton Worldwide Inc is close to launching an IPO, which analysts say could value the world’s second-largest hotel chain at around $30 billion.

Leela, Kempinski end 25-year alliance

07 Oct 2013

Suitors line up for US budget hotel chain La Quinta Inns & Suites

04 Oct 2013

JW Marriott opens Bangalore hotel, has big plans for India

26 Sep 2013

Hilton files for IPO after six years of PE ownership

14 Sep 2013

IHCL to rejig global business, add 34 new hotels

13 Sep 2013

Govt mandates beefed-up facilities at 'Star’ category hotels

07 Sep 2013

McDonald’s tests Dollar Menu & More to replace Dollar Menu

05 Sep 2013

Blackstone plans $13 bn debt refinancing for Hilton Worldwide ahead of IPO

08 Aug 2013

Blackstone explores sale or IPO of budget hotel chain La Quinta Inns & Suites

07 Aug 2013

John Pritzker takes full control of Commune Hotels

06 Aug 2013

Taco Bell becomes first US food outlet to stop kids’ meals, toys

23 Jul 2013

Taco Bell said it would stop serving kids' meals and toys, over "marketing concerns rather than unit economics" in the words of its CEO Greg Creed

Centre nulls move to give Tatas priority in Delhi's Taj Mansingh auction

28 Jun 2013

The 33-year lease for the Taj Mansingh ended in October 2011 after which the civic body decided to extend the lease with the existing operator for one more year