Survey Reveals How Americans Plan to Travel This Summer

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The saying, ‘there’s a lot of money to be made in parking’ could not be more true than in airport parking. In our quest to quantify this statement, we surveyed and analyzed six major U.S. airports to determine the size of this niche business for airports and explore how airport hotels can also capitalize on this market trend and opportunity.

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Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has signed a major agreement with international corporate services company, Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) to become HRG’s primary GDS partner in Switzerland, Austria and Lichtenstein. Amadeus will provide HRG with the latest version of Amadeus Selling Platform with full integration into the company’s ‘best practice’ business processes.

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In the spirit of the Beijing summer games, the Super 8(R) lodging chain this summer plans to give one lucky winner an eight-day trip to Beijing.

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Molinaro Koger (MK) announced today the firm’s Chicago office facilitated the marketing and sale of the Sheraton Hotel Iowa City, Iowa, on behalf of Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT).

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We bought a loaf of fresh baked whole grain bread at a local bakery today. Something about the loaf was different. This loaf was about the same dimension as the loaves purchased previously from the same bakery. The price was the same. The difference became apparent when holding the loaf in my hand. The weight was different - much lighter. I’m guessing they shrunk the loaf between 15 and 20% by weight.

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The added start-up costs of going ‘green’ translate into higher property taxes for hotels? The answer is they can and here’s how you can prevent it.

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Choice Hotels International, Inc., (NYSE:CHH) today reported the following highlights for first quarter 2008

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Newmarket International, Inc., the leader in sales and catering solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced that Habtoor Hotels has selected Newmarket’s Delphi(R) and MeetingBrokerSM solutions for its Metropolitan Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai.

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The market structure of lodging industry is ‘Monopolistic competition’- market structures in which there are many firms selling differentiated products, there are few barriers to entry.

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