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| Choice Signs 3-Year Deal With Expedia |
Choice Hotels International and Expedia Inc. have signed a new three-year deal that will place Choice properties on the more than 80 Expedia and Hotels.com-branded sites worldwide.
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| Ireland Must Close 15,000 Rooms, Study Says |
A quarter of the hotel rooms in Ireland need to be closed down urgently because the sector in its entirety is insolvent, according to a report by economic consultant Peter Bacon. The report, which was commissioned by the Irish Hotels Federation, states that the orderly elimination of about 15,000 hotel rooms should begin before next year's peak summer season.
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| F&B Research: The Drinks Guests Want |
Being more strategic about beverages doesn’t necessarily mean rolling out pages-long lists or jumping on every trend. Making even a few tweaks—adding a flavored coffee here, an energy drink there—gives customers more reasons to walk through the door.
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| Marriott Rebrands Singer Island Condo-Hotel |
Urgo Hotels has acquired the luxury Resort at Singer Island from WCI Communities for US$7.1 million. Urgo immediately rebranded and repositioned the 239-suite condo-hotel, converting it to the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa.
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| U.S. Pipeline Off 33% Year-Over-Year |
The total active U.S. hotel development pipeline includes 4,089 projects comprising 435,265 rooms, according to the October 2009 STR/TWR/Dodge Construction Pipeline Report released this week. This represents a 32.7% decrease in the number of rooms in the total active pipeline compared to October 2008.
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| Marriott Expects Q4 Recovery For Mideast |
Marriott International expects occupancy rates to recover through the final quarter of the year and into 2010. The hotel giant is upbeat on the future, saying the Middle East appears to have "weathered the economic storm."
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| Starwood Wants 4 More Hotels In Poland |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which currently operates six top hotels in Poland, is searching for a partner to build two or four new hotels in the market. Starwood is particularly keen on markets of Lodz, Zakopane, Wroclaw, Szczecin and Katowice.
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| Vegas Strip Revenue To Grow 3-7% In 2010 |
CB Richard Ellis forecasts overall Las Vegas Strip revenue to increase by 3% to 7% in 2010, taking into account various economic and operational factors, including the opening of CityCenter.
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