Accor opens Finland with the Helka conversion to ibis Styles
Accor signed a franchise agreement to convert Helsinki's Hotel Helka into a 157-room ibis Styles opening in late 2027. The owner keeps the building and the operating company.
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A 9:30am Hiring Session, Priced at $100 for General Managers
The Real Deal Miami forum opens Day 1 with a 9:30 a.m. Power Breakfast on recruiting and retention in Mana 320. The session is a $100 add-on or included with All-Access.
IHCL Puts 280 Hotels in Development Behind a 390-Hotel Operating Base
IHCL signed 47 hotels and opened 20 in the first half of FY2027, leaving 280 hotels in the development pipeline behind 390 operating against a 700-hotel Accelerate 2030 target.
Iconic Hotels appoints Michelle Walder group operations director
Michelle Walder, head of operations for Hyatt's lifestyle group in EAME, becomes group director of operations at Iconic Hotels & Resorts.
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Hotel Equities Splits Sales and Revenue Seats Across Two Divisions
Hotel Equities put sales strategy under Daniel Ben-Efraim across the Destination Collection and Springboard Hospitality, and revenue management and distribution under Jenny Moore for the lifestyle division. The same week brought a chief marketing officer at Indigo Road and three more Portland hotels at PM Hotel Group.
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Caribbean Pipeline's Named Schemes Set Completions From 2027 to 2029
HVS counts more than 200 Caribbean hospitality projects at its October 2026 snapshot and names the schemes behind the count. The delivery set runs from a 2027 Barbados opening to a 2029 Bahamas resort.
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A 9 PM Close and a 10 PM Block: Staffing Four Crusade Nights
The Miami crusade publishes no volunteer clock. The ministry's Albany record shows the form: a 3 PM sign-in, a 6:30 PM service and teardown after the 9 PM close, which sets a late block for the four February nights.
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One Sunday window, no headcount: what the garden festival publishes
The Ichimura garden festival prints a 10:30am to 4pm window, an 8:30am crew start and no attendance figure. Two act credits sit hidden in page comments.
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Ninth cube starts at 300 Biscayne as the Waldorf tower nears top-off
Crews began the ninth and final cube of the 100-story Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami in August 2026 at level 85, with 387 residences, 205 hotel keys and completion set for the second quarter of 2028.
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Hotel Equities splits sales and revenue across two divisions
Hotel Equities assigned Daniel Ben-Efraim sales across Destination Collection and Springboard Hospitality and Jenny Moore revenue management for lifestyle hotels on 7 October 2026. Distribution sits in the revenue remit.
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