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<title>Rezidor Announces the Park Inn Ulysse Resort &amp; Thalasso, Djerba/Tunisia</title>
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		Announces the Park Inn Ulysse Resort &amp; Thalasso, Djerba - the first Park Inn in Tunisia and Rezidor's 25th property on the African continent. The hotel featuring 259 rooms is scheduled to open its doors in November 2009. 		</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:15:20 EST</pubDate>
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<title>ARTEH(R): Guitar Festival in Cordoba, Spain</title>
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		July's heat and the Spanish city of Cordoba invite you to the 2009 Guitar Festival.		</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:08:50 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Advertise on www.hotels.bz</title>
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		With the advent of the internet, savvy travelers are accessing travel websites in greater numbers to research hotel properties and to book their rooms online. Hotels and resorts who are looking to increase their exposure to travelers and to generate additional revenues are taking advantage of advertising via text links on prominent travel sites such as www.hotels.bz.		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:54:26 EST</pubDate>
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<title>ISPA Releases 2009 U.S. Spa Industry Statistics</title>
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		The International SPA Association 2009 U.S. Spa Industry Update reveals a steady increase across the board in overall spa locations, revenues and visits. 		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:05:49 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Choice Hotels CEO Sees Signs of Stabilization</title>
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		With more consumers ditching extravagant vacations and taking to the road on good, old-fashioned road trips, Choice Hotels International is finding itself in a good spot. 		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:02:32 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Looking into the Future of Digital Marketing</title>
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		The Future of Digital Marketing conference, presented by Econsultancy, is an annual fixture on the London marketing calendar. This year's gathering again boasted a number of stimulating presentations, as well as heated discussion. 		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:56:44 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Sports-Related Travel Bright Spot</title>
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		Industry Experts Cite the Positive Impact of Sports-Related Travel		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:21:55 EST</pubDate>
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<title>VFM Leonardo to power visual content management and distribution for IHG's hotel brands</title>
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		InterContinental Hotels Group integrates VScape digital asset management and distribution functionality into its Hotel Content Management (HCM) system to ensure accurate, consistent hotel visual content online.		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:10:59 EST</pubDate>
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<title>STR reports US hotel performance for week ending 27 June 2009</title>
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		The U.S. hotel industry posted declines in all three key performance measurements during the week of 21-27 June 2009, according to data from STR.		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:59:11 EST</pubDate>
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<title>STR reports Canada hotel performance for week ending 27 June 2009</title>
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		The Canadian hotel industry posted decreases in all three key performance measurements during the week of 21-27 June, according to data from STR.		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:56:36 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Cap Rates Continue Their Trend Downward in Q2 Summary - By Gregory Hartmann</title>
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		Gregory Hartmann, MAI, CHA examines the latest cap rate trends for hotel portfolios		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:54:50 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Market Snapshot - Geneva, Switzerland</title>
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		The Geneva hotel market is fundamentally prosperous and stable.		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:51:45 EST</pubDate>
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<title>The number of California hotels in default or foreclosed on jumped 125% in the last 60 days</title>
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		The state now has 31 hotels that have been foreclosed on and 175 in default. 		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:48:52 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Amanresorts Opens Amantaka Laos</title>
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		Amanresorts has announced the opening of Amantaka in Luang Prabang, the former royal capital of Laos. The 24-suite resort incorporates 15 French-colonial-style buildings that were once part of the city's old provincial hospital.		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:44:20 EST</pubDate>
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<title>HEDNA to hold ASPAC meeting 23 July 2009 in Singapore</title>
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		HEDNA, the Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association, is hosting its annual ASPAC Meeting on 23rd July 2009 at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. Attendees will learn how electronic distribution is changing the travel business and how they can use it to increase revenue.  		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:42:03 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Rohit Verma Is Named Executive Director of Cornell Center for Hospitality Research</title>
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		An associate professor of operations management at the School of Hotel Administration, Verma teaches executive, master's, and undergraduate classes in service operations, product-service innovation, project management, and quality improvement methods.		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:25:15 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Shift Into High Gear - Implement A Targeted Canvass Program - By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC</title>
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		Don't wait for business to come to you. Generate it with these helpful tips.		</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:21:09 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Orchid Resorts &amp; Escapes Now Featured on LuxuryLink.com</title>
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		Luxury Link and Orchid Resorts &amp; Escapes Team Up to Bring More Exceptional Properties to the Sophisticated Traveler		</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Baker &amp; McKenzie's observations from the field: The impact of the global financial crisis on hotel management</title>
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		In the last 18 months, the hotel industry has moved from an environment where there was a frenetic desire by both owners and operators to sign up new management agreements to one where new signings are comparatively rare. We are being told that attention is switching to how to make the agreement provisions work to maximize operating performance and hotel saleability. Although in more instances than we would like to see, this is really code for 'survival'.		</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:10:15 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Priority Club Rewards Launches 'Points &amp; Cash'</title>
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		New programme feature that allows members to redeem points with cash for reward night stays at any of IHG's more than 4,200 hotels worldwide.		</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:07:18 EST</pubDate>
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