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citizenM heads to Asia Pacific with 2016 Taipei launch

Taiwan: Artyzen Hospitality Group has won a contract to operate and manage citizenM’s first hotel in Asia Pacific. Taiwan: Artyzen Hospitality Group has won a contract to operate and manage citizenM’s first hotel in Asia Pacific. It has been awarded the contract by a fund managed by Alpha Investment Partners,

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Four Seasons announces hotel in Taiwan

Taiwan: Luxury hotel group Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and developer Yuan Lih Construction Co., Ltd., will open a 31-storey hotel in the centre of Taipei.

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Rosewood Hotel Group announces strongest pipeline to date

Worldwide: Rosewood Hotel Group numbers more than 40 hotels and resorts in 19 countries under its three brands, with an additional 32 projects under development across the globe. Throughout Asia, seven Rosewood Hotels & Resorts properties have opened in the last two years, including the brand’s flagship hotel and residences

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Kimpton opens first Asian property

Taiwan: IHG has opened its first Kimpton property in Asia, the Kimpton Da An Hotel in Taipei. Located in the heart of Taipei City, the 126-room hotel is designed by Neri & Hu, the winner of M&O Asia in 2015, its first hotel design project in Taiwan. The interior features

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CitizenM ‘affordable luxury’ hotel arrives in Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia: Travellers from around the world can now stay at the citizenM Kuala Lumpur Bukit Bintang hotel in Malaysia, which opened its doors on 1 June. CitizenM’s latest affordable luxury hotel in the Malaysian capital is the brand’s third venture into the Asian market (after the opening of Taipei North

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Kafnu to open first Australian property in December

Australia: Kafnu in Sydney’s Alexandria neighbourhood is set to open in December, billed as Australia’s first coworking space with integrated hotel accommodation. Taking up two floors of a three-storey building in the Dexus-owned 1.9-hectare business estate The Mill, the Kafnu complex at 41-45 Bourke Road will house 16 hotel rooms,

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Kimpton to make UK debut with rebrand of Russell Square property

UK: IHG will debut its Kimpton brand in the UK with the opening of Kimpton Fitzroy London in late October 2018. Kimpton Fitzroy London will open in London’s Bloomsbury neighbourhood in the former Hotel Russell, which originally opened in Russell Square in 1898. The hotel will be named after the

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IHG to make Kimpton debut in Tokyo

Japan: IHG and developer Tsukada Global Holdings will open a 162-key Kimpton hotel in Tokyo. The Kimpton Tokyo Shinjuku will open in 2020 in Shinjuku, the “skyscraper district” which is home to many of Tokyo’s tallest buildings. “This hotel marks our fifth project in Asia in less than a year,