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Royal Caribbean Cruises predicts drop in profit

Royal Caribbean Cruises cautioned Monday that escalating fuel prices and the swine flu outbreak will hurt its full-year earnings results.

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Related Topix: Royal Caribbean Cruises, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

7 hrs ago | Chicago Tribune

Hotel stocks trade mixed after bearish forecast and sector downgrade by Barclays analyst

Hotel companies' shares were mixed on Wednesday afternoon after a Barclays Capital analyst, calling herself "extremely bearish," downgraded the lodging sector and said an industry recovery is likely to lag far behind an economic recovery.

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Related Topix: Hotels, Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide, Marriott International, Choice Hotels International, Business News

Fri Jul 03, 2009

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Radisson takes over Grand Bahama resort

Radisson Hotels & Resorts expanded its Caribbean portfolio with the addition of the Radisson Our Lucaya Resort, Grand Bahama Island.

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Tata Communications ties up with Starwood Hotels

Indian telephony and internet services provider Tata Communications Tuesday announced its partnership with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide to roll out its video-conferencing facility in the hotel giant's properties.

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Related Topix: Hotels, Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide

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VIDEO: Spotlight - Battle For Real Estate

Interview and discussion with Barry Sternlicht of the Starwood Capital Group. He talks about how he end up with real estate business and the challenges they overcome.

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Related Topix: Hotels, Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide, Video, Business News

Thu Jul 02, 2009

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$107M Jerusalem Waldorf Astoria Approved

The project is being constructed by IPC Jerusalem, owned by Paul and Joseph Reichmann, at an investment of $107 million. The new hotel is on the site of the Palace Hotel and the historic customs house between Agron Street and King David Street, close to the Alrov Mamilla Avenue shopping and luxury residence complex, and the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Miami Beach: Upscale hotel opens in down times

Part of conglomerate Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, W Hotels enters the crowded Miami Beach luxury market as the hospitality industry is reeling from the recession.

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Related Topix: Miami-Beach, FL

Wed Jul 01, 2009

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Human Factors Emerge As Trend In Air Crashes

There have been 12 crashes this year so far and carriers globally are on pace to equal the 10-year high of 24 crashes in 1999, according to safety foundation figures.

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Related Topix: South America, Brazil, World News,

Tue Jun 30, 2009

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Get to know a city by walking, public transit

When visiting cities in Europe, if you use public transit, you can talk to people who live there and get to learn more about them.

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Related Topix: Weather, Essex County, England, United Kingdom, Travel

Mon Jun 29, 2009

www.chicagotribune.com | love2travel

Starwood announces plans for luxury hotel in Bermuda

A U.S. hotel and leisure company announced plans Monday to build a luxury hotel in Bermuda, where the vital tourism sector has been hit hard by the global economic crisis.

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Related Topix: North America, Bermuda, World News, Hotels, Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide, White Plains, NY, Business News

www.travelweekly.com | love2travel

True or false: Agents are technophobes

Often executives believe that because none of their competitors is pushing the edges of technology, they have no compelling reason to divert energy and resources to do so themselves.

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Related Topix: Computers

Sun Jun 28, 2009

www.heraldtribune.com | love2travel

Pillow Fights at the Four Seasons

ISADORE SHARP had a different coda in mind for the twilight of his career. The 77-year-old founder and C.E.O. of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, he was looking forward to some time with his wife, sons and grandchildren.

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Related Topix: Four Seasons Hotels, Hotels, Bill Gates

Sat Jun 27, 2009

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Crowd Grabs Goodies And Foils Wizz Air Stunt

An over-eager crowd in the Hungarian capital Budapest thwarted low-cost airline Wizz Air's attempt to release 1,000 balloons for its fifth anniversary celebrations when they caught wind of the freebies attached.

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travel.nytimes.com | love2travel

Frugal Paris

Well before midsummer, the sun sets late over Paris . Even at 9 p.m., you can sit on the banks of the Canal St.-Martin in the 10th Arrondissement, and see in the still water the reflection of the sky, a blue mottled with thin clouds, and the low pale buildings with their amber lights just turned on, and the ruffled, fractal edge of the trees in ...

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Related Topix: France, World News, Life, Food, Pizza, Wine, Drink, Travel

Fri Jun 26, 2009

www.detnews.com | love2travel

6 tips for cheaper travel during the summer

If you can afford to travel this summer, you're likely to find some good deals with a little planning.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

news.airwise.com | love2travel

Lufthansa Economy Class Stable As Premium Dives

Lufthansa said demand for economy class air tickets had been steadying over the past few months but premium travel continued its nose dive.

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Alaska cruise tax may encounter cruise industry lawsuit

The cruise industry is on the verge of filing a lawsuit against the state of Alaska over the $50 per passenger cruise tax Alaska's voters approved three years ago.

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Related Topix: Carnival

Wed Jun 24, 2009

www.internetnews.com | love2travel

Windows 7 Books a Reservation at Sheraton

Sheraton and Microsoft collaborate to show off Windows 7 to business travelers and those on vacation.

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Related Topix: Hotels, Microsoft, Startups, Microsoft, Microsoft, Software, Computers

Tue Jun 23, 2009

news.airwise.com | love2travel

EU Clears Lufthansa To Buy Brussels Airlines

Lufthansa won permission from EU antitrust authorities on Monday to buy Brussels Airlines in a deal worth up to EUR250 million euros after it agreed to let rivals fly on some of its routes.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

www.newkerala.com | love2travel

World's quirkiest hotels

Choosing the right hotel can add to the joys of holidaying. India Blooms correspondent Sreya Basu reports For those who wish to heighten their holiday experience by sampling the quirky, strange, unusual and unique, a growing number of hotels around the world are offering extraordinary accommodation which defies the norm.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Spelunking

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