Today, Hard Rock International celebrates the grand opening of Hard Rock Hotel at City of Dreams in Macau, marking the occasion with the brand\’s ceremonial guitar smash and the donation of 8 brand new Epiphone guitars to local universities.

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Online travel leader ranks Riu Hotels & Resorts Top Chain for Mexico in 2008

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We all adapt to our every day routines and rituals on both a personal and professional basis. We have certain habits and protocols we tend to follow because we have always \’done it that way.\’

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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express as the \’Official Hotel Services Provider to London 2012\’ and a Tier Three commercial partner.

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With the worldwide economic downturn on the forefront of everyone\’s minds, businesses across the globe are incorporating creative methods to work towards financial recovery. A panel of hospitality technology experts, representing large to small properties, discuss the state of the hospitality industry and the economy during the 2009 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC(R)) General Session \’Useful Tech Weapons for Economic Battles.\’

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Gary Sims Joins as Partner in New Division of Hotel Management Company

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More than 350 owners, managers and staff attending the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts conference this week heard new brand President Jeff Wagoner announce that the brand\’s footprint would be expanded by affiliating it with the midscale extended-stay Hawthorn Suites(R) brand.

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Discover in every hotel page of the ARTEH(R) Website each hotel\’s GPS coordinates and location map, based on Google Maps technology.

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First, some good news: meeting planners appear to be booking again. Yes, there are definite signs of increased demand in inquiries and booking activity based on a recent cross section survey I conducted with sales directors of group-driven resorts throughout the U.S. western region.

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