Travel and hospitality
February 2, 2018
Four Seasons plans out extension expansion for 2018. Image credit: Four Seasons.
By Brielle Jaekel
Luxury hotel brands are competing against one another in expansion growth and branching out to new markets, but whether or not the widespread developments will damage the hoteliers’ exclusivity is questionable.
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