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Big hotel chains head to secondary ...

Big hotel chains looking to expand are increasingly looking around the world for opportunities. Major chains have long been fixtures overseas, of course, but the pace of expansion in recent years has picked up dramatically. And besides the

Tags: Hilton, Marriott, OpenSkies

New hotels from Hyatt, Starwood, In...

The hotel world is awash in excess capacity--more than four in ten rooms are empty on an average night and daily rates have plunged--but new lodgings continue to open in mad bursts. Here's what's new:

Tags: Hyatt, Intercontinental, Marriott, starwood

San Francisco's Parc 55 changes han...

Marriott made a big deal about San Francisco's Parc 55 hotel back in 1998 when it reflagged the 1,000-room property as a Renaissance hotel.

Tags: Business Travel, Hilton, Los Angeles hotels, Marriott, San Francisco hotels

Free in-room Internet and other hot...

Matching the benefit offered to some elite members of other hotel frequent guest programs, gold and platinum members of Marriott Rewards now receive free in-room Internet. But the new perk is limited to Marriott, JW Marriott and Renaissance

Tags: Business Travel, Hotels, Marriott