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DoubleTree by Hilton to Open First Hotel in Australia Tuesday June 26th, 2012 - 9:40AM
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KARRANTHA, AUSTRALIA—Hilton Worldwide inked a management agreement with Ramtron Australia Pty Ltd. to open the first DoubleTree by Hilton property in Australia. Scheduled to open mid-2014, the DoubleTree by Hilton, Karratha will be located in the center of the Karratha commercial area, approximately nine miles from Karratha airport and 12 miles from the port at Dampier. The eight-story property will feature 144 guest rooms, 20 apartments and will have an all-day dining restaurant and bar. The hotel also will offer a fitness center, outdoor pool, three function rooms and parking facilities. Karratha is a major mining hub in the Pilbara region, the largest mining region in Australia. Karratha adjoins the port of Dampier and is located 900 miles north of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. "The DoubleTree by Hilton, Karratha will be our sixteenth property in Australasia and the first DoubleTree by Hilton in the region, joining the Parmelia Hilton Perth as the second Hilton Worldwide property in Western Australia,” said Robert Scullin, VP/development, Australasia, Hilton Worldwide. Ramtron Australia Pty Ltd. is a consortium led by local Western Australian developer Rothchester Hotel and Resorts Pty Ltd. 
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The most recent NYU Conference, earlier this month proved, once and for all, that the lodging industry has finally turned the corner and happy days are, indeed, here again. While the economists and pundits all provided plenty of anecdotal evidence to bear that out in terms of supply and demand ratios, RevPAR projections, asset values and all the other metrics, that’s not what has me convinced.
