MGM MIRAGE (NYSE:MGM) announced that it has filed a Schedule 14D-9 Solicitation/Recommendation Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to the previously announced cash tender offer by Infinity World Investments, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai World, for up to 14.2 million shares of MGM MIRAGE common stock at a price of $84 per share.

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The 28 guestrooms on the fifth floor of the Doubletree Hotel here appear identical to the hotel’s other 171 rooms. But there are palpable differences. The air feels crisper. The rooms lack that whiff of disinfectant. And a nightstand-sized air purifier with multiple filters occupies one corner.

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Announcing the second agreement for the expansion of its economy brands in Asia this week, Wyndham Hotel Group, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), of Parsippany, N.J., today said a major construction firm has committed to develop at least 38 Super 8(R) and Days Inn(R) hotels throughout India by 2011.

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Golden Tulip Hospitality Group has been awarded the management contract for a new Golden Tulip Hotel in the Ghanaian city Kumasi - the property will feature 160 rooms and is scheduled to open December 2007.

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Ten ‘Most Active’ Hotels compete for market share

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