Hotel assassination draws UAE into regional strife
Financial Times
Dubai has had its fair share of setbacks since the credit crunch put a damper on aspirations last year - but the news that a Hamas operative was drugged and suffocated in his hotel room in January has introduced a new, more sinister tone to...
Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle Introduces Kids/Families Amenities
PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 02, 2010 – All guests are made to feel welcome and that begins upon arrival at the Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle. Young or old, small or tall, every child who visits receives a welcome amenity upon check-in. Each am...
Sands CEO says work on hotel to resume
Allentown Morning Call
Las Vegas Sands plans to resume building its 300-room hotel in south Bethlehem and is not trying to sell its casino there, Sands executives said Monday. In a statement, CEO Sheldon Adelson denied a published report that Sands is looking to ...
Cops: Albion hotel shooter heard God, put clock in microwave
Detroit News
Albion -- Authorities say an overnight hotel guest who claimed a divine calling has been jailed after shooting up his room and placing an alarm clock in the microwave. Police say the 53-year-old Dearborn Heights man surrendered about 8:30 a...
Hotel occupancy continues decline
MSN Money
The average hotel occupancy in Northeast Florida was at 47.2 percent in January, a 2.9 percent decline from a year earlier, according to the latest Smith Travel Report. However, the pace at which occupancy rates are falling has improved com...
LaSalle Hotel Properties offering 5.3M shares
Forbes
LaSalle Hotel Properties, a real estate investment trust that owns upscale hotels, said Monday it plans to sell 5.35 million shares to the public. The company said it intends to use proceeds from the offering to reduce amounts outstanding u...
Colorado's Prep Sports Bulletin Board
Denver Post
... clinic for high school, junior high and youth coaches -- speakers will cover football, boys-girls basketball, softball, cross country, soccer, and volleyball -- from July 31-Aug. 1, Red Lion Hotel Denver Southeast, I-225 and Parker Road...
Personal Data Collection
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Israel's Mossad spy agency is widely suspected of carrying out the Jan. 19 slaying of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a luxury Dubai hotel, but Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement. Israel claims al-Mabhouh was a major player in smuggl...
Jianguo Hotel Launches Online Reservation System to Simplify Booking ...
PR Inside
2010-03-02 09:53:23 - Jianguo Hotel introduces its guests to an innovative means of booking accommodations by launching a direct reservation system on its website. Shanghai, China – In an effort to make the accommodation booking process eas...
LI hotel occupancy rates edged up in December
Newsday
For the first time since April 2008, Long Island hotel occupancy rates in December edged slightly higher compared to the previous year. R. Moke McGowan, president of the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau, said he had heard from mem...
Hotel room rate dropped 8% in 2009, travel survey says
Financial Post
The price of hotel rooms in Canada dropped sharply last year, a lingering symptom of the global economic downturn, a recent travel study says. In a survey of its customers, Hotels.careported an 8% decrease in the average room rate in Canada...
LaSalle Hotel acquires Sofitel Washington DC
MSN Money
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - LaSalle Hotel Properties said Monday it has acquired the luxury hotel, Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square for $95 million. The 237-room hotel, located two blocks from the White House, opened in 2002. It is managed b...
UK witnesses 13 per cent fall in hotel room rates
PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 02, 2010 – Room rates in the hotels of the United Kingdom, according freshly released figures have plummeted last year by an average of 13 per cent. Incidentally, the worst of the storm has been weathered in Edi...
Global Hotel Prices Drop 14%
Zawya.com
DUBAI: PRNewswire/Figures Show Dubai Becomes a More Attractive Destination for International Travellers as Room Rates Fall. The average price of a hotel room around the world fell by 14% in 2009, according to the latest annual Hotels.com Ho...
Dubai Unit Accused of Taking $3.2 Million From Hotel (Update2)
BusinessWeek
March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Istithmar Building FZE, the Dubai World unit that lost control of the W New York Union Square hotel after defaulting on loans, was accused in a lawsuit of stealing $3.2 million from a hotel fund. The lender, 201 Park ...
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