Hotel Management Asia trawls through its archives to bring you its most popular items over the past 12 months.

Standing out from the crowd is never easy, but a strong PR strategy surely helps. Communications expert Sarah Priddis lists 15 of the main points to consider when opening a new hotel.

Hotel Solutions Partnership’s Ibrahim Koura lists the most common errors to avoid when planning and executing a hotel pre-opening and opening.

The hotel, which will feature 362 guestrooms and 210 serviced apartments, is scheduled to open in 2013.

The Novotel Bangkok Fenix Silom now set for opening September 28.

Opening of world’s highest hotel now scheduled for first quarter of next year.

Singapore-based hotel management and investment company plans to open 272-room hotel in Bangkok by 2012.

The 400-room hotel is scheduled to open in 2011.

Destination casino resort expands presence in Macau with opening of sister property.

Sofitel Haikou slated for opening in early 2014.