January
- Growth in global tourism was predicted
- Travelodge invested heavily in room renovations
- SilverNeedle revealed expansion plans
- Sheraton set aggressive goals in developing markets
- Vienna enjoyed a record year for tourism
- DoubleTree by Hilton enjoyed rapid expansion
- Starwood Capital appointed C. Scot Rohm to supervise brand management
- Westin opened its 200th hotel in 2013
- The GLF tackled questions in the hotel sector
- Shangri-La set a goal to open 10 hotels in 2013
- Four new Sofitel establishments opened in Asia Pacific
- The Luxury Collection entered the Polish market
- Six Senses developed five new-build establishments
- Jochem-Jan Sleiffer was appointed Hilton Worldwide Area Vice President Northern & Central Europe
- Oetker Collection waived management of a hotel in Abu Dhabi
- IHG sold the walls of the Intercontinental Park Lane
- Starwood Hotels doubled its luxury footprint
- IHG rolled out open lobby concept in Europe
- Rosewood Hotels & Resorts moved into London
- Starwood Hotels announced plans for the Middle East & Africa
- Accor made several new appointments
- Ikea joined Marriott International to launch the Moxy Hotel brand
- Britain had record tourism revenues
- Lookotels came on the scene as a new player in the low-cost segment
- Southeast Asia was a promising source market
- Accor developed its bookings site
- Yann Caillère took the operational reins of Accor
- A homeless shelter was in TripAdvisor's Top 100
- Premier Inn had ambitious development targets
- The first hotel in the image of Vueling opened
- Hoteliers oppose the attribution of .hotel to OTAs
- InterContinental passed 200 hotels in China
- An AirBnb accommodation was judged illegal
- Accor passed 2,000 business hotels
- Four Seasons Georges V was voted best hotel in Europe
- Alila set a goal to double its portfolio by 2015
- B&B Hotels developed outside of Europe
- Wyndham Hotel Group launched two brands in Singapour
- The Chinese Greenland group opened its first hotel in Europe
- Ascott launched its first residence in India
- Morgans Hotel Group was in a shareholder battle
- The Chinese Dalian Group arrives in Europe
- Melia Hotels International moved into Saudi Arabia
- Virgin Hotels took a slice of the Big Apple
- Qatari Diar bought the W Barcelona
- A new brand came under development in the United Kingdom
- The insecurity of tourists in Paris worried hoteliers
- Interstate Hotels & Resorts opened 7 hotels in Europe
- Finally, a standard to guide online reviews was established
- Hilton Worldwide reached 4,000 hotels
- Best Western entered Myanmar
- Croatia's EU entry caused little commotion
- Spanish tourism livened up
- Hilton entered the Baltic countries
- Great improvement for tourism in Greece
- DoubleTree entered Polish market
- Paris received its first Hotel Indigo
- London hotel battle was resolved
- Taleb Rifai was reelected the Secretary-General of the UNWTO
- Derby Collection bought back its properties
- B&B expanded into the Czech Republic
- Blackstone got ready to dispose of La Quinta
- Blackstone prepared to launch Hilton IPO
- IHG repaid 350 million dollars to its shareholders
- Choice Hotels gained 113 franchisees
- TripAdvisor suggested a nonexistent restaurant
- Sébastien Bazin became head of the Accor Group
- Blackstone acquired a portfolio of 16 hotels in the United States
- The first edition of the Tourinvest Forum was successfully held
- Sofitel initiated Phase 2 of its market positioning
- Sir David Michel launched a new brand in Ireland
- Best Western revealed Indonesian growth plans
- The Element brand made its international debut
- Louvre Hotels Group signed for 26 hotels with Arcus
- Mövenpick opened its first hotel in China
- Abu Dhabi reported record tourist arrivals
- Ireland maintained a reduced VAT for tourism
- DoubleTree announced Chilean debut
- Europe led growth in international tourism
- Pullman opened its first hotel in Belgium
- Carlson Rezidor entered the Algerian market
- IHG expanded with three Russia/CIS signings
- Kempinski turned to Africa
- The 14th Worldwide Hospitality Awards ceremony took place
- Citadines announced a 120 million euro investment in European establishments
- Dubai was announced as host of the World Expo 2020
- Accor unveiled its new growth strategy
- Brazil invested for the Olympic Games
- Ascott reached 10,000 apartments in China
- New York High Court decision was a strike against OTAs
- There was a global push to lighten visa regulations
- Expedia was sued by the DGCCDF
- NH Hoteles announced a new debt structure
- Blackstone chose the stock exchange option for La Quinta
- Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson was named the Chief Financial Officer for IHG
- Hilton IPO hit the market
- NH Hotels disposes of 50 establishments
- New York announced record growth
- Sofitel took over the Concorde Berlin
- Pierre & Vacances returned to operational profitability
- The first Eklo Hotels to arrive in 2014
- Even increased its pipeline
- La Foncière des Murs diversified its strategy
