December 3, 2008 Today's Headlines: Jurys To Be Rebranded As Doyle Collection Airport Shutdowns May Devastate Thailand Tourism Will New Year's Eve Boost Vegas? India Firms Scrap Hotel Projects Gaylord Rejects Omni Parent's Proposal To Buy 30% Accor To Open 25 Etap Hotels In Ukraine Apply Service Scripts Judiciously, Cornell Advises Virginia Hotels Tie Rates To Weather Jurys To Be Rebranded As Doyle Collection Jurys Doyle hotel group is to be renamed the Doyle Collection as part of a rebranding exercise aimed at refocusing it towards the luxury end of the market. Read the full story >> ADVERTISEMENT Filmbank brings Hollywood to hotel rooms Filmbank is the leading provider of Hollywood movies and TV programmes to hotels internationally. Filmbank work with technology providers to enable hotel guests to see films before DVD or Pay TV release. This means that hotels can host their very own in-room film première events after cinema release. Click Here for more information. Airport Shutdowns May Devastate Thailand Tourism The tourism industry could well be even harder hit by the closure of Bangkok's two airports than by either the SARS epidemic of 2002 or the 2004 tsunami disaster, according to JPMorgan Securities. Read the full story >> Will New Year's Eve Boost Vegas? A major test of tourism demand is approaching. New Year's Eve is the biggest day of the year for the Strip, a time for casinos to make up for slower business in the fourth quarter by luring spendthrift partygoers with more expensive rooms, food and entertainment. Read the full story >> India Firms Scrap Hotel Projects Hit by liquidity problems, several real estate companies have put their India hotel projects on sale to retire borrowings and to keep financers at bay. Hotel company executives have confirmed this but declined to divulge names. Read the full story >> Gaylord Rejects Omni Parent's Proposal To Buy 30% Gaylord Entertainment Co. has rejected a set of proposals made by TRT Holdings Inc., owner of Omni Hotels, to increase through open market purchases TRT's ownership stake in Gaylord to up to 30% percent of outstanding common stock. Read the full story >> Accor To Open 25 Etap Hotels In Ukraine Accor has signed an agreement with Universal Investment Group to build 25 Etap hotels with 2,800 rooms in Ukraine by 2012. Read the full story >> Apply Service Scripts Judiciously, Cornell Advises Not all hospitality employees should be required to stick to their service script, according to a new study from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research. Read the full story >> Virginia Hotels Tie Rates To Weather During weekends from November 29 to December 27, Saturday night rates at Fairfax County hotels will be “frozen” to match the Fahrenheit outdoor temperature recorded. Read the full story >> Click here for all news headlines ADVERTISEMENT HOTELS' Hotelier Radio Listen in as industry's leading hoteliers discuss their experiences, challenges, future plans, vision and outlook on the industry in podcasts featured on HOTELS' Hotelier Radio. Click here to tune in to Hotelier Radio. readers' choice - our most popular web pages Experts Offer Top Food Trends For Hotels & Restaurants In 2009 A Roundup Of Mumbai Terrorism Headlines Monte-Carlo SBM Expanding In Marrakech Affluent Travelers Less Affected By Economy First Non-Profit Luxury Eco-Resort Announced Berlin Leads Europe In October HOTELS' Daily News Service is edited by Jeff Weinstein +1 630 288 8260. Copyright © 2007 Reed Business Information. All rights reserved. For information about sponsorship opportunities, contact David Wood +1 630 288 8267.

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