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New hotel aims to be perfect fit for fitness crowd
Major hotel chains have long tried to appeal to health-conscious travelers by putting fruit and bran muffins in the breakfast buffet, handing out maps to nearby walking paths or offering access to a hotel gym, among other tactics. InterContinental Hotels...Tags: Transportation Industry, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Stalled Baltimore hotel project to be auctioned Nov. 30
A former downtown Baltimore office building that was being converted to a Staybridge Suites Hotel is scheduled to go on the auction block Nov. 30. The foreclosure sale will be held on the site of the 11-story Jefferson Building at 101 N. Charles St.,...Tags: Charles Street, Auction Service, Bankruptcy, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Baltimore Hotels
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Pillar Hotels & Resorts to lay off 150 in Frederick, Cumberland
Pillar Hotels & Resorts warned state regulators Tuesday that it would lay off more than 150 employees in Frederick and Cumberland as it ends a management contract with Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express locations. The workers could be hired by the Texas...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Unemployment, Employees, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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18 Dead in Suicide Attack at Kabul Hotel
CNNKABUL, Afghanistan -- The nine militants who targeted a Kabul hotel in a brazen attack killed nine other people, officials said Wednesday. All the militants, who were prepared to be suicide bombers, died as well, officials said. Six detonated their...Tags: CBS Corp., NATO, Kabul (Afghanistan), Al Jazeera (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice
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Deal of the week: 'Check It Free" with IHG Hotels
"Check It Free" promotion from InterContinental Hotels What's the deal: Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) has extended its "Check It Free" promotion through April 30. IHG, owner of Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Staybridge and Candlewood Suites brands,...Tags: Air Transportation, Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Travel
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Phone numbers and websites for hotels, and hotel associations
Major lodging companies' phone numbers and websites are listed below. Several hotel and motel brands may be managed by one umbrella company. Thus, different chains may share central reservation staffs and Internet systems. It's why Internet users...Tags: Station Casinos Incorporated, Corus Group Plc, Personal Service, Four Seasons Hotels Inc., Howard Johnson
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A bad economy adds up to good vacation deals
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTalk about fireworks. In a burst of post-Fourth of July sales, Southwest Airlines turned the clock back with 1990s fares, a major hotel group extended a free-nights deal and luxury cruise lines pitched high prices overboard. With many bargains good...Tags: Heads of State, Alaska, Hotels and Accommodations, Los Angeles Times, Tourism and Leisure Industry
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More for Your Money: Locating a travel, shopping or dining deal by GPS
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterChecked in lately? On your smart phone, that is. If you had, you might have scored discounts on drinks, meals, shopping and other travel goodies just for letting friends and businesses know your whereabouts. Or even racked up points in a hotel's...Tags: Anaheim, Amusement and Theme Parks, Facebook, Apple iPhone, Los Angeles
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InterContinental Hotels arms its concierges with iPads for customer service
Los Angeles Times Travel | Daily Deal BlogInterContinental Hotels & Resorts, which has 166 locations around the world, is giving the new Apple iPads to its concierge teams. There are four hotels participating in the pilot program: InterContinental New York Barclay, InterContinental Buckhead... -
No room at the inn? Maybe, but keep banging on the door
Special to The TimesBEFORE booking my airplane ticket, I carefully researched the availability of a hotel room in Barth, a small town on the Baltic Sea in Germany. In early November, the Ringhotel Speicher, the only hotel in this town of 10,000, had plenty of rooms when I...Tags: Sales, Inventories, E-Commerce Industry, Research, Hotels and Accommodations
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Amtrak seeks a tech edge
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTraveling by train is so retro. Or maybe not. Tech-savvy Amtrak riders can call up video games and DVDs on free media players and, through a special website, use mobile devices to buy rail tickets. On board, the train's staff processes charge cards at...Tags: Telecommunication Service, DVDs, Hotels and Accommodations, Video Games, Los Angeles Times
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Investors looking overseas in an effort to boost returns
International investing used to be a nice thing to do, a diversification move that indicated you were a little more sophisticated than the average investor. But it is becoming a mainstream strategy designed to snare better returns than the U.S. stock...Tags: Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Europe, Federal Reserve, Imperial Chemical Industries Plc, Hong Kong
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