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Airbnb Won't Find a Home in China Anytime Soon: Adam Minter

It's never easy for American businesses to make it in China. Cultural differences, government interference and the sheer cost of competing in a market...

Clerys Development To Go Ahead After Appeal Withdrawn

Plans to redevelop Clerys department store into a boutique hotel, which will see it become a 'rooftop destination' with the addition of restaurants and bar...

Amazon's Alexa Takes Fight With Siri to Marriott Hotel Rooms

Amazon.com's battle with Apple over digital assistants is moving to a new venue: hotel rooms, where Alexa and Siri are both vying to be the voic...

Airbnb Adopts New Name, Doubles Investment to Woo China

Airbnb is showing China some love. The US home-sharing giant is adopting the name “Aibiying” in China, one that translates as “welcome...

New 'Champagne & Netflix' Boutique Hotel Readies For Opening In Galway

The Residence Hotel, a new boutique hotel in Galway city centre, will open its doors next week, offering an in-room champagne service and plenty of ey...

Hospitality Industry 'Feeling Brexit Already', Says New RAI Chief

The chairman of the Kinsale Good Food Circle and the Restaurants Association of Ireland's (RAI) new president has commented that "Kinsale has bee...

Discover the Anvil Hotel, A Wild West Dude Ranch for Hipsters

You may only know the teeny town of Jackson, Wyo., for its giant, celebrity-owned ranches and fabled ski slopes. But hotelier Erik Warner, whose 49...

Mayo's Pontoon Bridge Hotel Put On Market

Mayo's 58-bedroom Pontoon Bridge Hotel has been put up for auction by Allsop property consultancy group with a reserve range price between €340,000-&e...