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Westin launches US$15m global wellbeing scheme
Westin Hotels & Resorts has announced the global launch of its US$15m (£9m, E10.8m) brand-wide campaign to enhance and promote guests’ wellbeing through 2014. The 12-month scheme will intro- duce six “wellness pillars” to the brand – Feel Well, Work Well, Move Well, Eat Well, Sleep Well, Play Well. The company’s wellbeing move- ment is being launched with Headspace – which boasts exper- tise in health, wellbeing and meditation experts. Headspace’s co-founder Andy Puddicombe will head up Westin’s Feel Well pil- lar and is the fi rst appointee to Westin’s Wellbeing Council.
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http://lei.sr?a=S8d6d The resort, which opened in 2010, features a roof-top infi nity pool overlooking Marina Bay Marina Bay Sands seeking land for 60% hotel expansion The tallest building in Western Europe
£40m Shard hotel fi nally gets May opening date
The long-awaited opening of the £40m hotel within London’s tall- est building has been announced to fi nally take place on 6 May. The fi ve-star 202-bedroom Shangri-La Hotel will be London’s fi rst elevated luxury hotel, occupy- ing levels 34 to 52 of the 1,016ft (310m) Shard in central London. Room features will include cus- tom-made beds, iPod docking stations, complimentary high-speed internet access, heated fl oors and butler service in all suites. Facilities at the hotel include three river-facing event rooms, an infi nity pool and a 24-hour gym. Read more:
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The operator of Singapore’s US$6bn Marina Bay Sands resort is appealing to the city-state’s authorities to grant it more land, saying its 2,563-room hotel is close to approaching full occupancy. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) – the world’s biggest casino operator – wants to add 1,500 rooms to the hotel, as well as meeting rooms, ballrooms and exhibition spaces, when the Singapore government releases more land, according to LVS com- pany chair Sheldon Adelson. “We need more rooms. We are run- ning at a 100 per cent occupancy; on a bad day it’s 98 per cent. No other hotel
in the world runs like this except some in Vegas,” he told Bloomberg. The Marina Bay Sands resort opened in 2010 and has been a chief benefi ciary of the Singapore government’s decision to overturn its four decade casino ban to encourage economic growth. The resort, comprised of three 55-sto-
rey towers which are linked together by a roof-top platform, is the centre-piece of an area being developed under gov- ernment plans to include waterfront pedestrian areas, performance spaces, a museum and restaurants.
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Hotelier Ian Schrager crowned at Berlin industry forum Schrager: “I still feel like a hotel outsider” Read Leisure Management online
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Hotel developer and pioneer Ian Schrager has been awarded a lifetime achievement award at the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin, attributing his suc- cess to being a “social scientist.” Schrager, who is chair, CEO and founder of Ian Schrager Company, started his career opening developing New York’s leg- endary Studio 54 before turning to hotels. Schrager described himself as a “hotel outsider” and said his ability to under- stand trends has been key to his success. Read more:
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