Monday, January 22, 2007

Rapt Named to AlwaysOn Media Top 100 (London hotel discounts)

Forbes - Rapt and the AO Media 100 will be honored at the AO Media executive summit January 29-31, 2007 at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. The summit will focus on the forces that are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in
Gay Wired - Angeles De Merida Bed & Breakfast, A Boutique Hotel, is located in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Angeles de Merida B & B, offers uncompromising personal service in a casual elegant setting. The home is an early 19th century home once owned by a Spanish
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Offices and apartments are booming downtown, but the area still must deal with a lack of hotel rooms and shopping, according to a report by Downtown Fort Worth Inc. The hotel room inventory is expected to expand. Two large hotels are being renovated
Chicago Sun-Times - After Clark and his Saints teammates checked in to their hotel Saturday -- as fans belted out their longtime chant, "Who dat?" -- a private detective snagged him with court papers, alerting Clark he'd been named in a paternity suit by a Chicago woman
CNN - Sleep: At centrally located Hotel im Wasserturm (2 Kaygasse; 49-221/20080; www.hotel-im-wasserturm.de ; doubles from $295), a former 19th-century brick water tower, many of the sun-drenched rooms have 15-foot-high windows. The northern part of the Old
CNN - There's even a horse-drawn shuttle that ferries golfers and their clubs between the Grand Hotel's Grand Nine course and its Woods Nine a mile away. Costumed soldiers spend their days at Fort Mackinac, built by the British in 1779 on a cliff perched
CNN - A few hundred yards inland from the lighthouse, my wife, Kay, and I find Hotel Pemaquid, opened in 1888 and handsomely restored by current owners Skip and Cindy Atwood. They've spent the past 22 years turning their turreted old hotel into a Victorian
Chicago Sun-Times - Yet, hardly a day goes by that she isn't grateful for her profession, she said at the commencement for about 180 graduates at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel. She recalled the thrill she felt as a young lawyer for the indigent, "able to use the tools of
Digital Spy - The View caused 7,000 of damage on a wrecking spree in a hotel, according to a report. The rock band were banned from the Travelodge chain after upsetting staff at the hotel's Liverpool branch. They have also been asked to pay for the damage caused
Reuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Expedia, the top U.S. online travel agency, has partnered with China's biggest hotel operator, Jin Jiang Hotels, to expand its presence in the country's booming tourism sector. Through the partnership, Jin Jiang International

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

London hotel discounts - Dirtiest hotel in Britain to clean up its act

Daily Telegraph - A hotel in Greater Manchester has been accused of being the dirtiest in Britain in a survey of tourists from around the world. Nigel Bunyan is pleasantly surprised with his room at the Britannia Hotel The Britannia Hotel in Stockport was called
Boston Globe - DALLAS -- Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. , a real estate investment trust focused on hotel properties and mortgages, said Friday it is purchasing a 51-hotel portfolio from CNL Hotels & Resorts Inc. for $2.4 billion in cash. The deal is in connection
TravelDailyNews.com - Global hotel performance data for 2006 from the HotelBenchmark Survey by Deloitte shows that all regions Asia, Central & South America, Europe and the Middle East enjoyed double-digit growth in revenue per available room (revPAR). The Middle
Aspen Times - BASALT Aspen-like prices in the Basalt real estate market could bring more Aspen-like problems after the sale this month of a small, affordable hotel popular with anglers and travelers on a budget. The Green Drake Inn in downtown Basalt sold for