From the American Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in San Diego, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) today announces it expects to open another 80-100 high quality new-build and conversion hotels in 2010, coming off of the 83 opened and 77 new deals signed in 2009.

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As a trying and historic year for the lodging industry comes to an end, Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) is proud to announce that the company successfully opened 524 new hotels in 2009, thanks to the final addition of 42 new hotels for the month of December, marking a grand total of more than 43,000 guest rooms.

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VFM Leonardo\’s Platform Chosen by SLH to Manage and Distribute Photos for Over 500 Hotels; Also Named Exclusive Provider of Rich Media Distribution Services for SLH Hotels.

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The impact of the downturn in the national and worldwide economies, and the resulting decrease in consumer consumption, was strongly felt by the Las Vegas gaming-tourism industry in 2009. Has the bottom been reached?

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Wyndham Hotel Group, the world\’s largest hotel company with more than 7,000 hotels and 11 brands, today announced that its Ramada(R) and Days Inn(R) brands will enter Singapore with the development of two hotels: the 391-room Ramada Singapore at Zhongshan Park and the 405-room Days Hotel Singapore at Zhongshan Park.

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Travel demand trends in the last three months of 2009 confirmed that the recovery was underway, although the growth was in large part due to comparisons with the low levels in late 2008.

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Atlantic City faces many challenges ahead. This article examines the visitation and revenues trends for Atlantic City and summarizes major developments occurring in 2010 and beyond, including the Pennsylvania table games.

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All-Inclusive Resort Company Continues To Meet Client Demand and Enhance Properties to Demonstrate its Commitment to Providing Guests with Unforgettable Playacar, Mexico and Viva Wyndham Experiences

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The U.S. hotel industry posted a double-digit drop in revenue per available room during 2009. The metric fell 16.7 percent to US$53.71, the largest year-end decrease of any of the three key measurements, according to data from STR.

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Now, in this burgeoning digital world where we need to make \’connections\’ more than \’impressions,\’ a hotel needs a social media manager to attract, engage and retain new and loyal community bases.

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