hospitality

SINGAPORE (Nov 5): Naumi Hotels has acquired two hotels in Wellington, New Zealand – namely Comfort Hotel Wellington at Cuba Street and Quality Hotel Wellington along Dunlop Street – as part of the Singapore-based private hotel owner’s expansion pla

SINGAPORE (Aug 7): Travel services booking platform Klook has closed US$200 million ($273.1 million) in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total financing to date to US$300 million.

SINGAPORE (Aug 7): Hatten Land intends to jointly build a RM200 million ($67 million) water themepark in Melaka, Malaysia, in collaboration with resort operator Samsung C&T Corp and Polin Waterparks, the designer and installer of water slides.

SINGAPORE (July 31): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining “neutral” on Singapore REITs (S-REITs) with a weaker outlook for the hospitality sub-sector, which has prompted a pushback in expectations for a pick-up in Singapore hotel RevPAR this year t

SINGAPORE (June 20): Mastercard has released findings from its 2018 Global Destination Cities Index (GDCI): Play study, which measures international destinations with the highest concentration of visitors traveling for relaxation and leisure, instead of b

SINGAPORE (June 18): Ascendas Hospitality Trust (A-HTRUST) is acquiring a portfolio of three hotels in Osaka, Japan, for 10.29 billion yen ($126.1 million) via Ascendas Hospitality REIT.

SINGAPORE (June 6): Far East Hospitality has announced the latest and final brand of the group’s upcoming three-property portfolio in Sentosa.

SINGAPORE (May 30): Memories Group, the tourism-focused company based in Myanmar, is acquiring a boutique hotel in Loikaw, Kayah State, Myanmar, for US$2.9 million ($3.9 million) from the Wa Minn Group of Companies and U Kun Naung Myint Wai.

SINGAPORE (May 14): Amara Holdings reported earnings of $2.1 million for the 1Q ended March, up 32% from its restated earnings of $1.6 million a year ago due to higher revenue and other income.  

SINGAPORE (May 4): Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (M&C Hotels) reported a doubling of 1Q18 earnings to £26 million ($47 million) from £13 million a year ago, due to higher profit contributions from associated companies as well as a one-off gain from disp