This article examines factors that will affect the Chicago hotel industry during the next four years. Occupanices are expected to struggle through the next two years, but hotel revenues are projected to show growth beginning in 2011.

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A significant cultural, architectural and touristic evolution of the urban fabric of one of the world\’s most iconic and timelessly beautiful cities happens this June with the opening of the first luxury lifestyle hotel in Jerusalem and Israel: Mamilla Hotel.

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The U.S. hotel industry is likely to report fresh cost cuts this earnings season as sluggish business demand and lower room rates eat into companies\’ revenues.

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As the hotel investment world in 2009 painfully deals with a slumping market and problem loans, we recall that in 1993, Bruce Baltin, Senior Vice President and Consulting Practice leader in Los Angeles, wrote about solutions for his clients then and they are still appropriate today.

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Sugar Land will soon be home to one of Hyatt Hotel & Resort\’s newest concepts: Hyatt Place. The 214-room, 135,000-square-foot Hyatt Place will be built on 3.7 acres along Brooks Lake in Lake Pointe Town Center, the mixed-use, urban village-style development at the northwest corner of Highway 6 and U.S. 59. Planned Community Developers, Ltd. (PCD) is pleased to announce this latest addition to Lake Pointe.

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Marriott posts 76 percent slide in 2nd-quarter net income; outlook falls short of expectations

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Hotels in both London and the regions have held up exceptionally well in the global economic downturn with revPAR down by only 11.1%

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The new 75-room Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Emporia today announced it is open for business at 107 Sadler Lane.

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The grand lobby doors of The Roosevelt New Orleans opened July 2009 as the hotel greeted its first group of guests following a $145-million historic restoration, returning to an era of grandeur and elegance for which the legendary hotel once was known. The monumental event will be marked by a ribbon cutting celebration, July 30, 2009.

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Americas Best Value Inn, the 10th largest limited-service hotel chain, enjoyed continued strong growth during the second quarter of 2009 that contributed to the addition of 68 new properties across North America during the first six months of the year.

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