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         <title><![CDATA[Hyatt Hotels Reports Narrowing of Quarterly Losses]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Hyatt Hotels Corporation reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2009, reporting a loss of $12 million, or $0.07 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2009, compared to a loss of $142 million, or $1.11 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2008.
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Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $889 million, up slightly from $886 million in total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008. For the full year, Hyatt reported a net loss of $43 million, compared to earnings of...<br />
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         <title><![CDATA[Ground zero hotel wants to attract 9/11 tourists]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Looking down into the construction site covering the 16 acres where the World Trade Center once stood, some might see a place shadowed by death. 
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But Cheryl Palmer sees a rebirth — and a business opportunity. She's vice president of Club Quarters Inc., the company opening the World Center Hotel — and as far as she's concerned, the property's location on the edge of the site of the Sept. 11 attacks is a selling point.
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"People choose to be here because they want to be close to it....<br />
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hoteliers want quicker rates review]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The country’s hoteliers are willing to help fund a national review of commercial rates in order to speed up the process of revising them, according to the new president of the Irish Hotels Federation.

Paul Gallagher, who is general manager of Buswells Hotel in Dublin city centre, said that hotels and guesthouses paid 6 per cent of the state’s rates. He said this represented a charge of €90 million a year, or €1,500 a room.

Legislation introduced in 2001 requires the state Valuation Office to...<br />
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reval Hotels adds Poland to Aviareps’ representation assignment]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Reval Hotels, the leading hotel chain in the Baltic countries, is entering a new market and recently appointed Aviareps as its representative in Poland. 
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In this function the world’s leading aviation und tourism management expert will take care of all sales and marketing activities. Besides providing professional consultancy and representation, Aviareps will focus on its assignment for Reval Hotels on the corporate and leisure market. This includes contacts with tour operators, travel...<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Irish hotels cheapest in western Europe]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Ireland´s hotel room prices were the lowest in western Europe last year following a 21 per cent fall in prices, according to a new hotel price survey.
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The Hotels.com price index found the average price for an Irish hotel room last year was €80, compared with €101 in 2008. This was the steepest fall in hotel prices by any western European state for this period.
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Ireland’s hotel rooms were the fourth cheapest in Europe last year after the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Overall,...<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Westin Set to Open 14 New Hotels in 2010]]></title>
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Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced plans to open 14 new Westin Hotels in 2010. This year’s openings include properties in China, Greece, Japan, India, Mexico, the United States, and Canada – and encompass the newly opened Westin Wall Centre in Richmond, Vancouver. 
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Other 2010 openings include The Westin Mumbai Garden City in India; The Westin Nanjing in Shanghai, China; The Westin Resort, Costa Navarino in Messinia, Greece; The Westin Austin at the Domain in Austin,...<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[US hotel occupancy rate dives to 53.7% in February]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[According to Smith Travel Research, the U.S. hotel industry reported decreases in all three key measurements during the week of 7-13 February 2010.
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In year-over-year measurements, the industry's occupancy ended the week with a 2.3-percent decrease to 53.7 percent. Average daily rate dropped 4.7 percent to finish the week at US$97.12. Revenue per available room for the week fell 6.9 percent to finish at US$52.19.
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Among the Chain Scale segments, the Luxury segment reported the...<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fairmont launches new online community]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As social networking continues to grow and shape the way people communicate, Fairmont Hotels &amp; Resorts today announced the creation of its new online community platform everyonesanoriginal.com (EAO).
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A mix of customer-generated media and non-traditional Fairmont content, the new site will serve as a virtual gathering place for Fairmont guests, colleagues, and others and be an interactive environment where fans of the brand can post photos or video from a memorable trip, participate...<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Total hotel projects have declined 34% in Latin America]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Latin America Construction Pipeline declined for a seventh consecutive quarter in Q4 2009 to 453 projects/74,946 rooms, reaching a new low for the current development cycle. 
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Total projects have declined 34% from the Q1 2008 peak, with rooms down 42%. The Caribbean and South America saw the largest drop-offs from the peak.
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Economic declines around the world have negatively pressured travel spending. With tourism and business travel crimped, lodging demand has been falling....<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hoteliers, What is Your eMarketing Proficiency?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Electronic channels have changed hotel sales and marketing forever; internet web site marketing, the Global Distribution System, social media, and third-party aggregators have all presented new marketing opportunities for hotels around the world. 

In effect, the Internet has created the first affordable global marketplace for large and small hotels everywhere.&#160; 

For a while, it appeared like the Internet would be a simple answer to everyone’s occupancy problems; an inexpensive and...<br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
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