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The new website provides seamless integration to the MICROS OPERA Property Management, OPERA Central Reservations, and OPERA Customer Information solutions that Delta has utilized for many years.

How can hotels utilize new Google features to maximize visibility, traffic and conversions? For insight I checked in with David Zammitt, a UK-based Travel Industry Manager with Google.

Time will tell if other states will follow their leads but three states - California, Connecticut and Rhode Island - are getting closer to creating the infrastructure for statewide mattress recycling.

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) announced that the Company's Board of Directors approved a plan to spin-off an 80% ownership interest in an 8-hotel portfolio, totaling 3,146 rooms (2,912 owned rooms), to holders of Ashford Trust common stock in the form of a taxable special distribution.

The Éilan Hotel Resort & Spa is part of Éilan - San Antonio's new 120-acre mixed-use development that contains luxury residences, restaurants, retail outlets, and office space.

Germans are as keen on travel as ever – almost 50 per cent plan a second trip besides their main annual holiday – according to the latest ADAC Reisemonitor survey Italy and Austria have become increasingly popular for extra breaks

Four-star Property Near Newly Opened Queen Alia International Airport Terminal Selects Pegasus Solutions to Attract International Traffic

Among the countries in the region, the United Arab Emirates reported the largest number of rooms under construction with 18,653 rooms.

Among the Chain Scale segments, the Upscale segment made up the largest portion of rooms in the total active pipeline with 23.2 percent and 30,417 rooms.

Year-to-date, 188 hotels have opened in the region with 32,667 rooms. In the remainder of 2013, 451 hotels are planned to open with 91,318 rooms.