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2 hrs ago | NorthJersey.com

Sometimes, a new power drill just comes with the job

Drivers, country club memberships, use of company aircraft - those splashy extras are fairly routine.

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Related Topix: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Publishing, Media, Destination Hotels and Resorts, Gaming, Wynn Resorts, Steve Wynn, Chesapeake Energy, Energy, Oil & Gas

7 hrs ago | AME Info

Kingdom Holding sells stake in US hotel

Kingdom Holding Co , the investment firm chaired by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, has completed the sale of its key stake in the historic Fairmont San Francisco Hotel for around $200m. KHC will retain a 28% interest in the hotel, which was purchased from Maritz, Wolff & Co, which acquired its stake in the hotel in 1998 in partnership with Kingdom ... (more)

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Related Topix: Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Financial Services, Maritz Wolff, Investment Services

11 hrs ago | UPI

Hotels going for better hygiene

U.S. hotels and resorts are raising their hygiene standards as the summer travel season begins, an infection prevention expert said.

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Related Topix: Travel/Tourism, Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide

Sat May 26, 2012

VegasTripping.com

TupeArtepTdot commented on More Vegas Deals : Excalibur,...

We just received a handful of new Vegas hotel & flight/hotel package deals, this time from from MGM Mirage and Southwest Airlines Vacations.

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Related Topix: Media, MGM Mirage, 9, us Travel, Travel, Las Vegas Travel, Recreational Vehicle, Monaco

4 Hoteliers

China and India see booming hotel construction of the big five.

China and India are going through an ongoing hotel construction boom; an analysis revealed that in these two East-Asian countries 853 new top hotels with more than 225,000 rooms are under construction and will be developed.

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Related Topix: Marriott International

Wisconsin Rapids Tribune

Traffic crashes

The World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria beta is a couple months old now, and this week's patch let... At 5:21 p.m. Wednesday, a car driven by Alexander J. Marriott, 18, Wisconsin Rapids, hit the back of a car driven by Mary J. Osterhaus, 50, Wisconsin Rapids, at the intersection of Baker Street and 17th Street North.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Marriott International

Live Charts

FTSE 100 movers: Miners out of favour on Chinese reports

Mining stocks were firmly out of favour on reports that China's banks could miss their 2012 loan targets, exacerbating concerns over a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy which is a source of strong demand for commodities.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, InterContinental Hotels Group

4 Hoteliers

Exceptional Customer Service is Not Complicated.

I recently read through the American Express 2012 Global Customer Service Barometer research report prepared by Echo Research and found many of the findings to be rather predictable.

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Related Topix: Marriott International

AllAccess.com

Opry Benefit 'Guitars Of The Stars Auction' Takes Place During CMA Fest

The 4th ANNUAL GUITARS OF THE STARS BENEFIT AUCTION, will give Country music fans the opportunity to bid on one-of-a-kind guitars from GRAND OLE OPRY MEMBERS, on THURSDAY, JUNE 7th at 5p at the CMA MUSIC FEST BUCKLE STAGE, 4th Ave.

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Related Topix: Gaylord Entertainment

Fri May 25, 2012

Scotsman.com

Business news in brief: Xcite | InterContinental Hotels | Lansdowne | Pearson

Xcite Energy, the oil company looking to develop what is seen as one of the North Sea's most exciting prospects, yesterday reported a strengthening of its balance sheet in its latest results.

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Related Topix: InterContinental Hotels Group, Publishing, Gaming, PaulSon Gaming, Pearson, Food, Unilever, Unilever NV

Camberley People

Sophie_J published For the second time in three years Macdonald...

For the second time in three years Macdonald Hotels, which own Macdonald Frimley Hall Hotel & Spa, near Camberley, has won the award for Best Breakfast at the Menu Innovation and Development Awards .

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Related Topix: Macdonald Hotels, Dining, Life, Hampshire County, England, Surrey County, England, United Kingdom

Business Journal

Wichita Marriott's lobby, restaurants, meeting space to get makeover

General Manager Michelle Ruffin-Stein stands outside the restaurant at the Wichita Marriott hotel, which will get a multimillion-dollar makeover this summer.

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Related Topix: Marriott International

This Is London

Intercontinental Hotels picks ex-Unilever head as chairman

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Related Topix: Food, Unilever, Unilever NV, InterContinental Hotels Group

Seeking Alpha

$100MM Bid For Reading's NY City Crown Jewels Dominates 2012 Annual Meeting

The 2012 Annual Meeting of movie theater operator/owner and real estate developer, Reading International this past Thursday, May 17, 2012, disclosed exciting news, primarily an agenda-stealing discussion of sizable bidding interest in the company's two most valuable New York City properties.

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Related Topix: Reading International, 9, Union Square (New York, NY), MCS, Australia, Oceania, World News

Live Charts

Market overview: Cape hammered over Algerian problems

Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza owner InterContinental Hotels Group has announced that its Chairman is to retire at the end of 2012.

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Related Topix: InterContinental Hotels Group, Unilever NV, Food, Unilever

Thu May 24, 2012

Press-Telegram

Extended Stay America upgrades lodging sites in Long Beach area

Extended Stay America locations - including eight in the Greater Long Beach area - will be outfitted with new amenities, including complimentary Wi-Fi, grab-and-go breakfast, flat-screen televisions, filtered Culligan water and rooms with full-size kitchens and pillow-top mattresses.

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Related Topix: ESA, Long Beach, CA, TV, Electronics

Internet Evolution

Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: Marriott's Stephan Chase on Customer-Centricity

Marriott's vice president of consumer knowledge, Stephan Chase, explains to the gathered IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit crowd in Madrid on Tuesday afternoon the secret to Marriott's customer-centric approach in the hospitality industry.

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Related Topix: Marriott International, Marketing

The Orlando Sentinel

I-Drive Econo Lodge will be gutted, renovated

The sprawling, blue-and-white Econo Lodge on International Drive has been sold to a Brazilian corporation after 21/2 years on the market.

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Related Topix: Choice Hotels International

Hotel Business

Choice's Joyce To Be Honored By UJA Federation

Stephen Joyce, president and CEO of Choice Hotels International, will be honored at the UJA-Federation of New York's Hospitality Cocktail Reception on June 5 at the Marriott Marquis.

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Related Topix: Choice Hotels International

Hotel Business

ROK Completes Courtyard, La Quinta Projects

WILTON, NH ROK Builders, LLC, the hotel construction management subsidiary of Roedel Companies, LLC, recently completed remodeling and renovation projects at the Marriott Courtyard in Windsor, CT, and La Quinta Inn & Suites in Plattsburgh, NY.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, LaQuinta Properties, Plattsburgh, NY

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