Monthly French Hotel Statistics

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Barcelona enjoyed a staggering 170% increase in Gross Operating Profit Per Available Room (GOPPAR) in the month of March, according to the latest figures from TRI Hospitality’s HotStats. This was thanks to a revenue uplift and a tight control over costs, including a reduction of 9.8% in payroll.

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Terminating Hotel Management Contracts when the manager-owner relationship fails

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Passion - It is not a word that most of us think about when we used adjectives to describe our work. Yet, work is where we spend approximately 25% or more of our time each week (if we work full time)

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Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE), the world’s largest online travel company, today announced a 60% growth in the number of hotels in the Middle East and Africa regions that are working with the travel industry leader this year over 2009. In addition, the number of travelers booking trips to Middle Eastern destinations on the company’s more than 90 Expedia®- and Hotels.com®-branded travel booking sites worldwide has grown 31% year on year.

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In Q1, hotel operations showed continued improvement, with more positive gains in demand and occupancy than initially expected. The economy has improved, as GDP has bounced back significantly in the last two quarters.

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