Microsoft’s billionaire founder Bill Gates III, through his Kirkland, WA-based firm Cascade Investment LLC, has purchased almost 3.9 million shares of stock in locally based Strategic Hotels and Resorts Inc., according to an SEC filing.

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Las Vegas Sands Celebrates Opening of Second Cotai Strip(R) Property and Launch of New World-Class Retail and Entertainment Offerings

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The Green Key Eco-Rating Program is a voluntary program designed to recognize hotels that have taken significant steps towards sustainability through participation in environmental programs, best management practices, training programs, and engineering solutions which have benefited the environment and the local community.

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WorldMark Grand Elk Expected to Welcome Guests in 2009

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NaturCert is the global independent organisation which has developed the NaturCert Certification Program for the environment and society. Today NaturCert is proud to announce the ‘Local Campaign’ part of the new set of NaturCert’s public initiatives.

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A study of daily hotel performance by STR Global shows significant rate and revenue spikes in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games as the city posted an occupancy rate of 88.47 percent during the event.

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Host to the main international airport in Cyprus, Larnaca is often breezed through by tourists on their way to better known destinations in the popular country. However, though Larnaca serves as a great gateway to the colourful country of Cyprus, there is much more to this port town that makes it worthy of a visit in itself.

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Best Western International has announced the imminent launch of its first hotel in Singapore, the Best Western Jayleen 1918, which will officially open in December 2008.

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Holiday Inn London Kensington Forum, a large lodging in central London, and parent company Intercontinental Hotels Group are tackling the concerns of credit-strapped wedding planners everywhere with an affordable new wedding promotion.

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Efforts answer the mayor’s call to change their ways for the DNC.

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