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17/03/2010
Asia-Pacific Issue | Choice Tables: In Vietnam, Cauldrons on Every Corner
Ho Chi Minh City’s narrow streets and tiny alleys overflow with no-frills restaurants that open onto the sidewalk.
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18/03/2010
State Fair is all about adventure
The California State Fair has picked “Your Passport to Adventure!” for this year’s theme as the event moves to July after being on a Labor Day schedule for more than 100 years.
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18/03/2010
Resolution calls for APEC planning group
A state House resolution calls for a commission to help plan the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings that will be held in Hawaii in November 2011.
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18/03/2010
Hawaii tourism shows signs of recovery
Hawaii tourism officials and their marketing contractors expressed cautious optimism Wednesday that a steady recovery of the state’s visitor industry is under way.
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18/03/2010
United Airlines offer: You fly, your bags get shipped
The ongoing battle over airline luggage fees took another twist Wednesday when United Airlines, Denver International Airport’s largest carrier, announced a promotion in which it will ship bags…
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18/03/2010
Airport board picks high-speed rail site
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority board unanimously approved locating a high-speed rail station at a planned south terminal at Orlando International Airport.
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18/03/2010
Virgin America sorry for diverted flight
Virgin America Inc. offered refunds and a letter of apology from the CEO to passengers who were stranded for hours on a grounded plane headed to New York from Los Angeles.
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18/03/2010
Brown to head Orlando airport
Deputy Executive Director Phillip Brown has been named executive director of Orlando International Airport, assuming the role vacated by Steve Gardner when he retires in August.
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18/03/2010
Tourist spending in S.F. fell 8% in 2009
The 2009 tourism numbers have been tallied, and the results are grim.
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17/03/2010
Hotel Brexton joins Historic Hotels of America
Hotel Brexton has joined Historic Hotels of America, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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17/03/2010
FAA orders new software for Boeing 777
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a safety directive ordering U.S. airlines to install new software on Boeing 777s to keep the jetliners from running off the end of runways just before…
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17/03/2010
Continental sets up new Mexican flight
Continental Airlines Inc. is planning twice-weekly flights between Houston and Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico beginning June 9. (CAL)
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17/03/2010
YTB: Management realignment complete, overhead reduced
YTB International Inc. said a restructuring of its management team is complete and that it has significantly reduced general overhead expense.
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17/03/2010
Texas AG files complaint against Royal Palms Travel Inc.
The Texas Attorney General’s office has filed a complaint against Dallas-based Royal Palms Travel Inc. and a related firm, All Inclusive Excursions, for allegedly selling travel memberships…
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17/03/2010
Luxury Hotels Lift Rates on Demand for Butlers, Views | businessweek.com
Hotel occupancy rates are forecast to rebound this year in the U.S. and Europe. Room prices may follow in 2011, according to analysts including Patrick Scholes at FBR Capital Markets & Co. Some…
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17/03/2010
National Harbor lands Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil will return to National Harbor for the second time, when the show "OVO" premiers Sept. 9.
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17/03/2010
Visit Milwaukee will announce new CEO Thursday
A month after <a href="http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2010/02/15/story6.html">The Business Journal reported</a> that an initial effort to find a new…
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17/03/2010
Shangri-La Asia 2009 Net Profit Rises 54% | wsj.com
Luxury hotel operator Shangri-La Asia Ltd. (0069.HK) said Wednesday its 2009 net profit rose 54%, lifted by higher property prices, though its core hotels business suffered from a sharp drop in…
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17/03/2010
Luxury Hotels Lift Rates on Demand for Butlers, Views |
Hotel occupancy rates are forecast to rebound this year in the U.S. and Europe. Room prices may follow in 2011, according to analysts including Patrick Scholes at FBR Capital Markets & Co. Some…
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17/03/2010
Industry uses wrong metrics to project RevPAR | By Joel Ross
The prognosticators for the industry completely missed the worst decline in revenue per available room in history and the entire economic collapse. Even as late as 2008 at the Americas Lodging…
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17/03/2010
Hotel segments and the laws of economics | By Gregory Hartmann
With an opportunity to examine hundreds of hotel markets and thousands of competitive sets since joining STR Analytics, I have observed that, to its detriment, the hotel industry operates somewhat…
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17/03/2010
Hilton HHonors Surpasses 25 Million Members
Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for Hilton Worldwide-s portfolio of hotel brands, announced today that it has surpassed a record 25 million members. This record number of member enrollments was…
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17/03/2010
New Technology is Cool, But Don't Forget Hotel Marketing Basics | By Neil Salerno
There are certain basics which endure in spite of the advent of new technology. In this highly-competitive marketplace, new technology tends to capture everyone's attention, perhaps with the…
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17/03/2010
Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok to Open in June
Kempinski, Europe's oldest luxury hotel brand, will open the Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok in June. The luxury city resort with 303 rooms and suites is located adjacent to a royal palace in the centre…
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17/03/2010
Santiago Corrada to head up Tampa Convention Center
Tampa’s neighborhood services administrator Santiago Corrada will take over management of the Tampa Convention Center following the resignation of Convention Center Manager John Moors.
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17/03/2010
Tampa Bay and Company asks for help with RNC visit
In preparation for a visit from the Site Selection Committee for the 2012 Republican National Convention, Tampa Bay and Company is calling on community members to display signs of welcome.
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17/03/2010
Bellingham Airport to expand runway
In what Port of Bellingham officials are calling the biggest construction project in the port’s 90-year history, port officials approved a $26.3 million runway expansion project at Bellingham…
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17/03/2010
Convention Center work previewed
The $7 million face lift of the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center is expected to reinvigorate the local tourism and hospitality industry when the upgrade is completed this fall.
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17/03/2010
Hotwire: Denver a top travel value
Denver is rated No. 5 in travel-website Hotwire's latest annual "Travel Value Index" of cities where travelers can save money.
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17/03/2010
Regions Financial board member Nielsen will retire in May
Longtime Regions Financial Corp. board member Claude Nielsen has announced he will retire in May. (RF) (CLP)
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17/03/2010
Short Hops, Low Fares, Around Asia
Flights within Asia can cost as little as a long-haul bus, thanks to the well-established network of low-cost carriers.
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