HICSA 2011 promises some of the most illustrious global influencers - with 15 of them already committing to their presence – Brett Butcher, Chief Executive Officer, Langham Hotels International, Christopher J Nassetta, President & CEO, Hilton Worldwide, Denis Hennequin, Chairman & CEO, Accor Corporation, Frits Van Paasschen, President & CEO, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Hubert Joly, President & CEO, Carlson, Jean Gabriel Peres, President & CEO, Moevenpick Hotels & Resorts, Nakul Anand, Executive Director, ITC Ltd., Ralf Ohletz Count von Plettenberg, President, Regent Hotels & Resorts, Raymond Bickson, Managing Director & CEO, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces and Simon F Cooper, President & MD Asia Pacific, Marriott International – to name a few.

HICSA audience typically comprises of hoteliers, investors, bankers, developers, architects and interior designers. HICSA 2011 yet again promises new business opportunities, amazing networking, trends for the future and global strategies that pledge to take hospitality in South Asia to a new qualitative and quantitative level.

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Marriott International’s Courtyard by Marriott has marked its entry into the Indonesian hotel market with the opening of the Courtyard Bali Nusa Dua. The 250-room hotel is the group’s 900th hotel under the Courtyard by Marriott brand. Located along the southern coast of the island, the Courtyard Bali Nusa Dua is owned by PT Peninsula Bali Resort and will be operated under a long-term management agreement with Marriott International. Marriott International has plans to expand the Courtyard by Marriott brand into new countries such as Cambodia, Romania and Jamaica, and is expected to grow the brand’s portfolio to more than 1,000 hotels by 2013.

Frasers Hospitality, the hospitality wing of Fraser & Neave Group, has announced plans to expand its portfolio by adding 4,300 serviced apartment units to its current inventory in the coming two years. The expansion plan began with the launch of Fraser Residence Orchard, the company’s fourth serviced apartment property in Singapore. Frasers Hospitality will subsequently expand into gateway cities such as Suzhou and Chengdu in China and New Delhi in India, as well as Istanbul in Turkey, over the next two years, with aims to have 64 properties across 37 cities under its management by 2012.

Spanish-based hotel group Sol Meliá has continued its expansion into Asia Pacific with the Meliá Adhiwangsa Surabaya, situated in Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia. The 300-key hotel, owned by the Bukit Darmo Property Group, will be part of a major leisure complex which includes a shopping mall and golf course. This move comes shortly after the group had announced its first hotel in China, the Gran Meliá Shanghai. Amenities at the Meliá Adhiwangsa Surabaya include a spa, swimming pool, children’s area, two restaurants, meeting facilities and access to the golf course. Sol Meliá’s first hotel outside of Spain – the 494-key Meliá Bali – is also located in Indonesia.