Archive for February 2006
Industry News & People
February 28, 2006 @ 8:45 pm | London Hotels
Industry News & People
Business Travel Executive - Three unions at American Airlines the Allied Pilots Association, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Transport Workers Union say they have each filed grievances over bonuses that approximately 1,000 management employees
Sandals Whitehouse reduces prices to attract guests
Jamaica Gleaner - THE CONTINUING apprehension of potential guests has forced the management of Sandals Whitehouse European Village and Spa to offer rooms at heavily discounted prices, despite the hotel’s completion, according to general manager Jeremy Jones. “Sandals
London hotels flourish
February 28, 2006 @ 1:11 am | London Hotels
London hotels flourish
Channel 4 News - The capital’s hotel rooms were 68.4 per cent full last month - a 5.2 per cent improvement on January 2005, according to figures released by hotel consultancy services company PKF. Domestic visitors accounted for just over a third of London hotel
D’Ancona’s Tory Shake-up
New York Sun - The economist John Maynard Keynes was wrong about many things, but he was absolutely right in the last sentence of his “General Theory”: “But, soon or late, it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.” That is why for me
Savarino “Downsizing” Proposed Elmwood Village Hotel
February 27, 2006 @ 3:19 am | London Hotels
Savarino “Downsizing” Proposed Elmwood Village Hotel
WIVB Buffalo - Feb 25 9:54 AM
(Buffalo, NY, February 24, 2006) - - The developer of a controversial Elmwood Avenue hotel project is doing some “downsizing.”Save to My Web
Energy market in Trinidad and Tobago spurs growth that ripples to South Florida
Sun-Sentinel - Feb 26 10:11 AM
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — When Caribbean scholar Anthony Bryan travels from his South Florida home to his native Trinidad these days, he can hardly believe the changes: new shopping malls, condo communities and a waterfront makeover soon to feature office towers, a Hyatt hotel and conference center.Save to My Web
Ctrip.com Up on Increase in Hotel Revenue
AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 23 2:42 PM
Shares of Ctrip.com International Ltd. climbed Thursday, as the Chinese online travel company said a 33 percent increase in hotel reservation revenue helped it post unexpectedly strong fourth-quarter earnings.Save to My Web