hoteliers

Marriott launches LGBT campaign to shift brand perception

June 10, 2014

Mormon businessman Bill Marriott, who transformed his father’s restaurant business into a global lodging company, has put aside the religious values of his church to launch a marketing campaign celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) inclusion.

Launched this month, the campaign, which features transgender model Geena Rocero and gay basketball player Jason Collins, includes a series of billboards and a dedicated website where customers are invited to share their travel stories on social media using the hashtag #LoveTravels.

Sol Kerzner gives up family empire eight years after death of heir apparent

April 14, 2014

South African hotelier Sol Kerzner, 78, has announced his retirement from the hotel industry and the sale of a stake in his eponymous company, eight years after the death of his son and heir apparent.

South African hotelier Sol Kerzner, 78, has announced his retirement from the hotel industry and the sale of a stake in his eponymous company, eight years after the death of his son and heir apparent.

Last week the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), an arm of the United Arab Emirates government, confirmed it had bought a “significant” equity interest in the hotel group, which includes the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas and the One&Only resort chain.

Hotelier buys luxury Australian island

August 28, 2013

One of the jewels in the crown of Australia’s Whitsunday Islands is set to be bought by a South African hotelier.

Hayman Island – on the doorstep of the Great Barrier Reef – is a private island open to the public and is famed as a leisure and honeymoon destination.