Sunday, August 12, 2007

The Hotel Advisor Hotel Update

'Louis Vuitton Hotel' reflects travel campaign
Pacific Daily News, GU - Aug 11, 2007
The Louis Vuitton store at the Tumon Sands Plaza was transformed Friday night into a "Louis Vuitton Hotel." A pagoda built from several trunks and topped ...
TRAVEL NOTEBOOK Donate and bid on a travel treat
Indianapolis Star, United States - 14 hours ago
In addition to bidding on material goods, visitors to the auction site can bid on travel and sports and entertainment packages. The Sheraton Chicago Hotel ...

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First Hotel In Space to Open
Blogger News Network - 17 hours ago
The cost of the hotel seemed unaffordable as well until the cost of space travel decreased dramatically, giving a group large enough that some may want to ...
The world's first space hotel to be the most expensive in the galaxy Daily Mail
Space hotel to offer guests 18 sunrises a day Telegraph.co.uk
Space Hotel Slated to Open in 2012 Space.com
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Travel troubleshooter: Suite is swamped
Miami Herald, FL - 13 hours ago
But the staff at the hotel was aggressively indifferent to our concerns. We canceled our reservation and arranged for two rooms at a Hilton property in Boca ...
Women take the stage in Sri Lanka
Bangkok Post, Thailand - 2 hours ago
To participate please click: http://www.youtourist.travel/gallery.aspx. Chairman of the Sri Lankan Hotel Association Hiran Cooray says that the 20-year-old ...
Jetwing's 'Vil Uyana' Gets PAT(A) on the back Sunday Times.lk
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Annapolis Capital
Whole new ballgame:
Annapolis Capital, MD - 7 hours ago
With all the extra costs (hotel stays, travel, food, equipment, etc.), Coughlan estimates that each player's family paid a combined $4000 for this past ...
Inside strategies for opaque sites
Chicago Tribune, United States - Aug 11, 2007
I arrive at my travel destination with more cash in my pocket by paying as much as half off a hotel room and at least 25 percent less for rental cars. ...
Tele travel
Washington Post, United States - Aug 11, 2007
... "Incredible Islands" looks at the country's 300 man-made islands fashioned as a world map, and "Impossible Hotel" visits the 1000-foot-tall Burj Al Arab ...
Crowded Vegas: Vegas.com travel planning tips
Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 10, 2007
Air + Hotel package | Booking an Air + Hotel package is one way to avoid the higher prices. A lot of times those rates are locked in and don’t fluctuate as ...
More older vacationers hiring nurses
Arizona Republic, AZ - Aug 9, 2007
There was a blackout at their hotel. Rigomar Thurmer suffers from emphysema and congestive heart failure and breathes with the help of an oxygen tank that ...

AME Info (press release)
The Oberoi Group reveals plans for Dubai property
AME Info (press release), United Arab Emirates - 9 hours ago
... The Oberoi Udaivilas being rated the best hotel in the world in what is acknowledged as the most revered ranking in the international travel industry. ...
Travel commentary: These rules need a vacation
Miami Herald, FL - 13 hours ago
That's travel industry logic, but it doesn't fly with travelers. Time to junk that rule. • Not pay a hotel's resort fee: I've never met a hotel guest who ...
Airport has no plans for fast security checks commercialappeal.com (subscription)
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Generalissimo of travel sets the rules
Houston Chronicle, United States - Aug 9, 2007
All lights in a hotel room shall henceforth be controlled by big, obvious switches that can be found in the dark by jetlagged and disoriented guests. 8. ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Lord March: travel agenda
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Aug 10, 2007
It is a wonderful hotel in a beautiful location. And obviously I must mention the Goodwood Park Hotel, right here on the Goodwood Estate. ...
Suspect in police shootings nabbed in Houston
KATC, LA - 1 hour ago
Two police detectives and another suspect were killed in a shootout Friday at a Bastrop hotel. Authorities said the officers, John Smith and Charles "Chuck" ...
Turn front desk clerks into front desk salespersons
Travel Wires, South Africa - 23 minutes ago
Using "Channel Conversion Techniques" to convert calls from "rate double-checkers" who have visited online travel agencies. Increasingly it seems that hotel ...
Travel Guides
Ufuk 2000, Turkey - Aug 6, 2007
Get to know all information about your travel . The Inn at Otter Crest Hotel Check Travel Specials . We offer information on discount airfare, ...

Washington Post
The week's best travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea and ...
Washington Post, United States - Aug 10, 2007
Book a room for a minimum of two nights and receive discounted rates plus a $50 hotel coupon that can be used toward the final bill. ...
The great Passenger Name Record sell out
Register, UK - 14 hours ago
The data in question takes the form of what are known as "PNRs" – the passenger name records that are generated when a travel booking (flight, hotel, ...
Teachers travel to China with EF Educational Tours
Cleveland Daily Banner, TN - 10 hours ago
After being met at the airport by a Chinese tour director David (Tai) Hao, checking into the hotel and having their first authentic Chinese meal, ...
Monica Green: Life abroad
Cleburne Times-Review, TX - 1 hour ago
When we arrived back at our hotel, I could see on the TV what looked like London. I tried asking the person working the hotel desk what happened, ...
Industry Sources Say La Jolla’s La Valencia, Rancho Santa Fe Hotel ...
San Diego Business Journal, CA - 2 hours ago
... as well as Travel & Leisure Magazine’s Top 500 list. According to Alan Reay, who heads the Irvine-based hotel brokerage Atlas Hospitality Group, ...
Stay healthy while travelling
Times of India, India - Aug 11, 2007
If there is no gym at your hotel, try squats, stationary lunges and crunches, which work out your abs and lower back. You can also do full body stretches. ...
Luxury Travel in Chile: Celebrated Hotels in Patagonia and the ...
PR-GB.com (press release), Bulgaria - Aug 10, 2007
The Explora Salto Chico Hotel has been featured as one of the best hotels in the world in the highly-regarded travel magazines Condé Nast Traveller and ...
Wayback Machine: Henry Fonda dies in 1982
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 8 hours ago
One of 97 in existence, it is worth $100000 and was the star attraction at the three-day American Stamp Dealers Association show at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. ...
Visitor arrivals continue 14-month drop
Virgin Islands Daily News, U.S. Virgin Islands - Aug 11, 2007
The maintenance turnaround also contributed to the raised 69.6 average hotel occupancy rate territorywide, a 7.9 percentage-point increase over May 2006. ...
Hotel boss arrested over power claims
ic Newcastle.co.uk, UK - 8 hours ago
The couple’s trip was organised by David Urquhart Travel of East Kilbride in Scotland, who have since stopped all coach holidays to the premises. ...
Seniors have to look harder for travel deals
News & Observer, NC - 3 hours ago
But travelers 62 and older, and sometimes as young as 50, still can land special deals for hotel rooms, rental cars, meals and even plane seats. ...
Travel > Daily Deal Blog > Oahu: OHANA Honolulu Airport Hotel renewal
Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 7, 2007
Although a hotel near the airport is probably not the first (or the second or even third) place you’d think about staying in Hawaii, the recently renovated ...
Universal Travel Group Announces Closing of the Acquisition of ...
CNNMoney.com - Aug 8, 2007
The company's core businesses focus is a centralized real-time booking system providing consumers and travel related businesses with hotel bookings, ...
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Deluxe Portable Travel Bar Set ($109.95)
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 11 hours ago
That martini or Manhattan is especially welcome after a tiring day of travel. And if you're on the road a lot, those $15 drinks in hotel bars add up fast. ...
‘Tourism is a key to good education’
Vanguard, Nigeria - 20 hours ago
In Lagos, the cheapest and decent hotel where you can get light and the taps are running is not less than N1,500 a night? So, how many people can really ...
Hotwire.com Reveals 10 Most Popular Labor Day Weekend Destinations
CNNMoney.com - Aug 9, 2007
Hotwire.com(TM) is a leading discount travel site with low rates on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. ...
Cheap hotels: Vegas for less than $200 a night
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - 17 hours ago
The "we" in this case is the staff of the Los Angeles Times' Travel section. On a Friday, we loaded up a van and headed on a mission to find the best hotel ...
Rolling on Cincinnati Post
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India's best holidays for 2007
Times Online, UK - Aug 10, 2007
Greaves Travel is now offering you the chance of staying in your favourite hotel for a week or more with your own magic carpet, a private charter plane to ...

Money High Street
Travel insurance 'provides peace of mind'
Money High Street, UK - 13 hours ago
Luis Berraondo, a travel underwriter at Norwich Union, said at the time: "Holidaymakers put a lot of time and effort into their holiday, from which hotel or ...
It’s not a Hotel, it’s Home
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Aug 10, 2007
And Relais & Chateaux, a leading French travel guide, has recognised it as a charming luxury property because its owner is always around to greet his guests ...

Dallas Morning News (subscription)
Readers name Midwest Airlines No. 1 domestic airlines
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 13 hours ago
AP NEW YORK – Midwest Airlines was named best domestic airline in Travel + Leisure magazine's annual readers' survey. The Milwaukee-based airline has won ...
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Taking the kids: Have fun, will travel
Miami Herald, FL - 13 hours ago
No more caps under the restaurant table or left in the hotel, so you're more likely to have working markers for your whole trip. It's cool the way the caps ...
Why corporate travel managers care so much about compliance
USA Today - Jul 23, 2007
These folks are responsible for all business travel within their respective companies, negotiating airline, car rental, hotel and travel agency contracts, ...
Travel > Daily Deal Blog > Cash coupons for Priceline hotel fans
Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 6, 2007
If you already book hotels through Priceline on a regular basis, or at least twice a year, check out their summer hotel sale. ...
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Hotel deals you can dig, baby
amNewYork, New York - Aug 11, 2007
... of The Times' Travel section. On the first Friday in November, we loaded up a van and headed up Interstate 15 on a mission to find the best hotel deals. ...
Travel tips from the pros
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Aug 8, 2007
Also, jot down the toll-free numbers for your airline, hotel, rental car company, cruise company, travel booking company, etc. These become handy should you ...
Expedia Travel Trendwatch Reports Vacationers are not Swayed by ...
CNNMoney.com - Aug 8, 2007
1) Summer travel update; air, hotel, cruise and car rentals * Airfares to some major markets have gone down year-over-year and tighter domestic growth could ...
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Pay green to go green
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 12 hours ago
... according to a survey done this spring by the online travel company Orbitz. About 65 percent of travelers would be more likely to stay at a hotel if it ...
Travel briefs: Navigating public transit, '1000 Places,' Midwest ...
Times Herald-Record, NY - 15 hours ago
Midwest Airlines was named best domestic airline in Travel + Leisure magazine's annual readers' survey. The Milwaukee-based airline has won the honor in the ...
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Ilikai Hotel hires leasing agent
Bizjournals.com, NC - Aug 10, 2007
"The hotel is unique in that it has quite a bit of office space on the second floor which is ideal for travel and tourist related office users."
Travel briefs
Miami Herald, FL - 13 hours ago
Prices vary by hotel. Travel Aug. 23 through Oct. 31; some blackout dates apply. Book by Oct. 27, or until 1200 cards are dispersed. ...

Hotel Interactive, Inc.
Internet Marketing and Distribution Trends
Hotel Interactive, Inc., NY - Aug 10, 2007
The standard 5-star hotel class rating? The 4-diamond AAA accreditation? Or the 4 star TripAdvisor CGM rating? For many savvy travel consumers, ...
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Travel: Elvis's birthplace, Tupelo, Miss.
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 13 hours ago
Among them: a hotel shower towel Elvis used in 1975 that a fan reportedly kept in her freezer for 17 years to preserve the moisture. ...

Jamaica Gleaner
Seeing Jamaica, the Lithuanian Way - The honeymooners are here
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 15 hours ago
Next they were off to Negril and Bar-B-Barn Hotel for another two days and went white water rafting on the Great River When asked if they had gone cliff ...
Just you and the world
Charlotte Observer, NC - 14 hours ago
And you can always retreat to your hotel room if Bob from Boise won't shut up. • When checking in, ask the desk clerk to write down your room number instead ...
Important information for all travelers
Redlands Daily Facts, CA - 15 hours ago
If there is a safe in your hotel room, leave your passport (carry a copy with you), airline tickets and excess cash you won't need immediately in the hotel. ...

Green Options blog
Daily Tip: Greening your Travel Accommodations
Green Options blog, CA - Aug 10, 2007
Find a green hotel. While you might not be able to find a LEED rated hotel, you'll more than likely be able to find a place with environmentally responsible ...
Per diem rates to go up $10 a day
NavyTimes.com, VA - Aug 6, 2007
Starting Oct. 1, federal employees and service members on travel can receive a standard daily allowance of $70 for hotel rooms, up from $60, which has been ...
Travel Guides
Ufuk 2000, Turkey - Aug 2, 2007
Save up to 75% Off. The Inn at Otter Crest Hotel Check Travel Specials . Take The Guess Work Out Of Choosing A Online Travel Site. ...
Couples file suit against travel agency over hurricane hit hotel
The Morning Journal, OH - Aug 9, 2007
ELYRIA -- Two Lorain County couples are suing an Elyria travel agency and another company for allegedly selling them packages to a Cancun resort that was ...

Turkish Daily News (subscription)
Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul chosen “Europe’s Best Hotel
Turkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey - Aug 11, 2007
Its most recent award is its being chosen “Europe's Best Hotel” by the 4.8 million people who read Travel & Leisure magazine. The award was presented at a ...
Take end-of-summer trip on Grand Canyon Railway
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Aug 11, 2007
At Grand Canyon Railway, a family of four pays $389 for a two-day, one-night vacation package, including hotel, coach-class train travel and meals (not ...
Party with Style in Charleston, Thanks to the Renaissance ...
PR Web (press release), WA - Aug 11, 2007
... or to make a reservation, call 1-800-HOTELS-1 or visit http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chsbr-renaissance-charleston-hotel-historic-district/
SLCB campaign to woo Indian corporates, travel agents
Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka - Aug 11, 2007
by Chanuka Mannapperuma The Sri Lanka Convention Bureau (SLCB), in partnership with SriLankan Airlines, Taj Hotel, Resorts and Palaces and the Meeting ...
Some locally offered travel ideas
Rockford Register Star, IL - Aug 11, 2007
Marie, Ontario to ride the Agawa Canyon Train and to Mackinac Island for a carriage ride and a luncheon at The Grand Hotel. Cost is $559 each based on ...
Tourism thrives despite wildfires
The Missoulian, MT - 14 hours ago
By TYLER CHRISTENSEN of the Missoulian Ari Monosson of Los Angeles was relaxing in a Jacuzzi atop a hotel in Jackson Hole, Wyo., with his two sisters and a ...
Turmoil besets London's Heathrow
Seattle Times, United States - Aug 10, 2007
He estimates he spent an extra $3500 on substitute flights, train tickets, car rental and hotel rooms because of the canceled flights. ...
Cooperation is the Key for WD Travel and Centara Hotels & Resorts ...
PR-GB.com (press release), Bulgaria - Aug 9, 2007
WD Travel, Asia's first true web-based wholesale provider for FIT hotel bookings, supplying travel operators and travel organizers worldwide, ...
Tales from a Himalyan hill station
Times Online, UK - Aug 10, 2007
... Travel (0870 4990677, www.westernoriental.com), whose 15-day Journey through the Himalayas includes two nights at the Himalayan Hotel and visits to ...
Best of Topeka: Size makes it easy to create best deals
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription), KS - 14 hours ago
We continue to hold our cruise, tour, air and hotel partners accountable, making sure they keep their standards as high as we expect and value. ...
James Packer's giant gamble
NEWS.com.au, Australia - 23 hours ago
One problem is that it's in the wrong place, the locals say: "A six-star hotel in a three-star location". Packer's gleaming glass tower is a 10-minute taxi ...
Business Calendar
Daily Review Online, CA - 5 hours ago
The seminars will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 23 to 25, at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites, 6275 Dublin Blvd., Dublin. ...
Woman doused in kerosene, set ablaze
Hindustan Times, India - 17 minutes ago
Her husband Naveen Suri, who works for a Gurgaon-based travel agency, was away in Goa to attend a conference at the time of the incident. ...
PM inaugurates Mercure Hotel at Karachi Airport
Associated Press of Pakistan, Pakistan - Aug 11, 2007
He stated that aircraft and air travel is undergoing a major transformation and we are trying to improve our national carrier, Pakistan International ...
Jewel of Russia continues to sparkle with each visit
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX - Aug 11, 2007
If you can't take advantage of the hotel deals, bring a copy of the American-Statesman travel section with this article to the Dallas Zoo and receive one ...
Authority questions ex-leader
Roanoke Times, VA - 15 hours ago
... $45 bill for valet parking at the Hotel Roanoke. The largest expenses, however, are connected to Henry's travel to professional conferences or seminars. ...

New York Times
Cybermural: The Web as the Wall
New York Times, United States - 19 hours ago
Mr. Devis, 36, began his journey into the neighborhood in May 2006, equipped with only a camera and what he called his rules of travel: “always travel as a ...
HotelHotline Travel Blog 30 Dates in 30 States
Emediawire (press release), WA - Aug 9, 2007
Founded in 1999, Hotel Hotline is one of the leading merchant hotel wholesalers and travel comparison networks available. Hotel Hotline features exclusive ...
Priceline Launches Group Hotel Sales
Forbes, NY - Aug 9, 2007
AP 08.09.07, 6:44 PM ET Online travel site Priceline.com Inc. said Thursday it will now allow customers to book up to 1000 rooms at special prices. ...
Priceline enters group market 4Hoteliers
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What is a Front Office Upsell Incentive Program?
Hospitality Net - Aug 10, 2007
In fact, the type of clientele a hotel caters to, directly impacts the success of an Upsell Program. Smith Travel Research finds this segment to have ...
Movers and Shakers
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 11 hours ago
With a global e-marketing network, ICE Portal technology helps travel suppliers, like hotel chains, tourism boards and cruise lines, manage and deliver rich ...
Noisy neighbours - the hotel extra you can live without
Easier, UK - Aug 9, 2007
Katie Bowman, travel expert from The Sunday Times Travel Magazine comments; “We visit a hotel to rest, refresh and recuperate. ...

Philadelphia Inquirer
A father-in-law's guide to Italy
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 14 hours ago
The weather was still chilly and the Hotel Serapo, where we stayed, was barely half full. We have been to Gaeta and the Hotel Serapo several times since, ...
Stomach bug turns tourist hotel in Caribbean into ‘hell on earth’
Times Online, UK - Aug 8, 2007
Lawyers said yesterday that the illnesses should have been avoided, as problems with the hotel “go back at least ten years”. Suki Chhokar, a travel law ...

Dallas Morning News (subscription)
Priceline giving $100 vouchers to some hotel customers 1:25 PM CT
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Aug 6, 2007
Priceline.com Inc., the US online travel agency, will give out vouchers worth as much as $100 to customers who reserve hotel rooms on its Internet site. ...
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Hotel Stays Ruined by Noisy Neighbours
Travel Connect, UK - Aug 9, 2007
Some 28 per cent of those questioned by The Sunday Times Travel Magazine said that noisy neighbours were the biggest bug-bear, which compares to 21 per cent ...
Kauai hotels busy, occupancy report shows
Bizjournals.com, NC - Aug 10, 2007
... up 6.3 percent from late July 2006. The weekly hotel snapshot is provided by Hospitality Advisors based on surveys conducted by Smith Travel Research.
Rick Steves: Reflections on Three Decades of World Travel
World Hum, CA - Aug 10, 2007
Forty-five artists shot videos and films in hotel rooms. Michael Yessis asks the man behind the effort what intrigues him about hotel rooms, as well as the ...
Historic 12 Points area struggling to survive
Terre Haute Tribune Star, IN - 17 hours ago
“12 Points is just kind of a neglected area, unfortunately,” said Jay Jones, owner of the 12 Points Hotel and several other buildings in the area. ...
Indians held captive in Kathmandu hotel
Times of India, India - Aug 7, 2007
... from the same city are virtually being held prisoners in Kathmandu's Manaslu Hotel because the travel agency they work for has not paid their bills. ...
Owners find more hotels, lodging to accommodate vacationing dogs
BlueRidgeNow.com, NC - 2 hours ago
Today, pet owners can find a number of hotel chains and independent lodges that allow pets to stay in their room. Most require an additional fee, ...
Finding Hotel Travel Deals In The Uk.
أرابيا - Aug 6, 2007
Hotel travel deals within the UK can be found on many different search sites such as Travelocity, Expedia, or by going directly to the hotel's website. ...
Business Travel Woes Drive Interest in Luggage Shipping Services ...
CNNMoney.com - Aug 9, 2007
And with luggage shipping services now available and designed to make air travel easier, 50 percent of those surveyed in the July Orbitz for Business ...
Arthur Frommer: Still traveling on a budget
Newsday, NY - Aug 10, 2007
"The dollar-a-day concept doesn't make sense when it costs $100 a day if you're lucky enough to find a hotel room," said Michael Spring, Frommer's publisher ...
Big money lures OC restaurant wait staff
Delmarva Daily Times, MD - 12 hours ago
Susan Jones, executive director of the Ocean City Maryland Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Association, said waitressing in a popular vacation town -- which she ...
Priceline.com Profit Rises on European Hotel Bookings (Update1)
Bloomberg - Aug 7, 2007
The company is trying to boost hotel bookings amid a decline in fees airlines pay to travel agencies. It said yesterday it will give vouchers to US ...
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The loonie paradox: Why prices aren't dropping
CTV.ca, Canada - 9 hours ago
Once you're on vacation in the States, that's when the savings begin with hotel rates, clothes, electronics and books -- all at a lower price than what ...
More service for priority banking customers at the Empire Hotel
The Brunei Times, Brunei Darussalam - Aug 10, 2007
Those planning for a family vacation abroad will be able to choose from a variety of travel packages from Century Travel. The venue for this exciting event ...
CSA Travel Protection Announces: Summer Traveling - How to Get the ...
Yacht Vacations & Charters Magazine (press release), FL - Aug 9, 2007
Divan Palmira Hotel in Bodrum, Turkey: The End of an Era? By Jacques Marten This 4th of July marked my sixth visit to the Divan Palmira Hotel in Bodrum, ...
Water district OKs proposed hotel on wetlands
Florida Times-Union, FL - Aug 10, 2007
"If this wetlands area is filled in this could be a major setback for the entire area as this will eliminate any corridor for wildlife to travel," Mary Ann ...

New York Times
A Gehry Signature in the Napa Valley
New York Times, United States - Aug 11, 2007
And in the months after 9/11, when the travel and hospitality markets were in a slump, Hall Financial stepped in to finance several hotel projects whose ...
Online travel bookings boom in China
VNUNet.com, UK - Aug 9, 2007
... travel agent, Ctrip.com, reported stronger than expected second quarter results this week, indicating growing interest in online flight, hotel and ...
Scots tourists hit by bug outbreak at island hotel
Glasgow Evening Times, UK - Aug 9, 2007
A My Travel spokeswoman confirmed the affected passengers had been staying at the hotel. She added: "The bug outbreak, which lasts between 12 and 48 hours, ...


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