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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Goes Live with Global TelePresence Meetings …

Goes Live with Global TelePresence Meetings Suites Allowing Guests to Meet Across Continents; From the Magnificent Mile to Down Under: W Chicago City Center and Sheraton on the Park Sydney first in Starwood’s Global Portfolio to introduce Cisco TelePresence for Virtual Meetings WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

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World Cup kicks image up a notch; South Africa hopes to lure tourists …

World Cup kicks image up a notch; South Africa hopes to lure tourists past the summer soccer tournament Laura Bly JOHANNESBURG — The highlight of a tourist outing to Lesedi Cultural Village, a popular attraction about an hour’s drive from South Africa’s largest city, is a tribal performance that spotlights the ethnic diversity of a post-apartheid …

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New Orleans Hotels Play Central Super Bowl Role

It didn’t take long for Super Bowl mania to take over the city. Minutes after the Saints won the NFC Championship Game against the Minnesota Vikings two weekends ago, the phones and fax machine at the International House Hotel sprang to life.

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Rezidor announces new Hotel Missoni

“We are delighted that the world of Hotel Missoni now extends from the ancient rocks of Scotland to the deserts of Arabia and now to the southern tip of Africa, in that continent’s most stylish city,” said Kurt Ritter, president and CEO of Rezidor.

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Calif. court nixes $21M claim against travel sites

A judge ruled Monday that online travel sites such as Expedia do not owe the city of Anaheim $21 million in hotel taxes for rooms booked over the Internet, the first ruling of its kind in California on an issue that has bubbled up in cities across the country.

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LV Sands Says No Junkets In Singapore

Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp is not banking on using any VIP gambling junket operators at its US$6 billion Singapore casino resort because of the strictness of licensing requirements in the city state.

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Is It Wrong for Royal Caribbean Cruises to Take Vacationers to Haiti Now?

As rescuers frantically try to save the lives of those trapped beneath the rubble in Haiti’s capital city , Port-au-Prince, 3,000 tourists are stepping off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship — just 90 miles away — to enjoy the cruise line’s private beach resort today.

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Bali Hotels Expect To Do Better In 2010

THE Bali Hotels Association expects the outlook for Bali next year to be positive as airlines increase their weekly flights to the island.

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The Donald slams new megaresort

Donald Trump and MGM Mirage management won’t be exchanging Christmas cards. The controversial New York real estate developer is raining on CityCenter’s parade, calling it “an absolute catastrophe.” He made the incendiary comment Monday during an interview with CNN talk show host Larry King.

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Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects’ First Hotel-Casino Shines in Las…

LAS VEGAS, December 18 /PRNewswire/ — Located at the heart of CityCenter, Las Vegas’ new 67-acre urban center, ARIA Resort & Casino is the latest work by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.

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