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1Leading hotel company, Meli? Hotels International, has unveiled their next major launch as the ME by Meli? brand continues to grow. ME by Meli? Dubai will open in the jaw-dropping Opus building, developed by real estate company Omniyat. Zaha Hadid?s first hotel project for which she will design
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1 World Class Entertainment Destination To Be Located In Kenosha Orlando, Fla. ? October 10, 2013 ? Hard Rock International ? owner of one of the world?s most iconic and recognized brands ? announced today its alliance with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to develop, brand and manage their proposed regional entertainment
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1VANCOUVER, Oct. 10, 2013 /CNW/ – American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (“AHIP”) (Toronto Stock Exchange: HOT.UN; OTCQX: AHOTF) announced today that it has agreed to acquire four hotel properties located in metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (the “Acquisition Portfolio”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$57.3 million, excluding
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1MIAMI,?Oct. 9, 2013?/PRNewswire/ –?Value Place, the nation’s largest economy extended-stay lodging brand, announced today it plans to invest?$131 million?to purchase land and develop 15 new corporate extended-stay properties in the greater?Miamiregion over the next two years. Construction of the first 124-unit
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1AC Hotels by Marriott, a brand with more than 80 hotels in Europe, is coming to Miami Beach. Details are few and Maryland-based Marriott International isn?t commenting, but local developer Robert Finvarb Companies has the project listed on its website. No timeline is given for the project. According
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1Kids rule when it comes to leisure travel. That might sound completely obvious?and it is ? but many hotel companies don?t necessarily realize or cater to this trend. Of course they think of mom and dad, but when it comes to the kids many times they?re an afterthought.
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1New York is experiencing its biggest hotel expansion in a generation, attracting a host of new brands and developers betting that the good times will continue. But the race to build or convert dusty properties into modern lodgings already has sparked a debate about whether the additional rooms can be
Aeroflot Group now includes a?budget airline named Dobrolet. Originally, it?was the name of?the joint-stock company established in?1923, a?predecessor of?today?s Aeroflot. Dobrolet will be?based in?the Moscow region. The fleet of?the new airline will consist of?Boeing- 737-800NG?s in?
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1 Las Vegas convention bookings will rebound to peak 2007 levels in the first quarter of next year, as audience attendance increases,?MGM Resorts International (MGM)?Chief Executive Officer Jim Murren forecast today. Room bookings at MGM Resorts, the largest casino operator on the?Las Vegas Strip, suggest a ?tremendous?
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Madrid, Spain, October 9, 2013: Amadeus, the leading technology provider for theglobal travel industry, today announces that John Dabkowski is to join the company?s Airline IT business unit, effective October 14. Dabkowski will join Amadeus as Vice President Airline Commercial and will assume responsibility for commercial activities in Europe,
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Hilton Worldwide Team Members have spent this week spreading the light and warmth of hospitality, while helping to improve the communities where they live, work and travel. On day six of Hilton Worldwide?s Global Week of Service, Team Members led more than 165 service projects around the world, ranging
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1Major hotel chains are asking for an end to the federal government shutdown, which they say has caused people to cancel trips. In a letter sent to President Obama and Congress on Thursday, the American Hotel & Lodging Association and its members asked for “an immediate agreement to fund the
