The new 83-room Country Inn & Suites By Carlson(R) in Seffner, Fla. today announced it is open for business at 11551 Discovery Lane.

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Holiday Inn Club Vacations today announced that a ski-in, ski-out resort at the foot of Vermont’s Ascutney Mountain is now part of the timeshare brand’s portfolio.

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The U.S. hotel industry posted declines in the three key performance measurements during the month of January, according to data from STR.

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The profitability of UK provincial chain hotels decreased by 28.8 per cent in January, according to the latest HotStats survey by TRI Hospitality Consulting.

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After providing years of outstanding guest service and memorable guest experiences, Hotel Monteleone has earned a well-deserved membership into Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the ultimate luxury collection, featuring more than 200 of the world’s most desirable destinations.

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New behavioral marketing service gives advertisers ability to target the Web’s largest audience of in-market travel consumers

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With distinct residential ownership products and a growing pipeline of worldwide private luxury residence club developments, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced new online platforms for Fairmont Heritage Place and Fairmont Residences.

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Trainers frequently rely on quizzes and tests to measure the success of their training programs. Are your tests as effective as they could be? Are they really measuring the knowledge and performance areas that matter most? Are you making common test writing mistakes?

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Newmarket International, Inc., and Carol Verret and Associates Consulting & Training announce the release of ‘Sales in a Web 2.0 World’.

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Global hotel markets are expected to continue to feel pressure from contracting economies and reduced leisure and business travel across much of the world in 2009. However, despite declines across most major regions of the world in 2008, operating performance in the global hotel industry remained profitable as hoteliers focused on controlling costs and preserving the bottom line, according to a report released by Ernst & Young LLP.

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