{"id":10162,"date":"2010-09-27T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=10162"},"modified":"2016-12-16T11:42:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T17:42:48","slug":"nifty-new-hotel-choices-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/nifty-new-hotel-choices-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Nifty new hotel choices around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10371\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotel\/Malaysia\/Kuala_Lumpur\/Doubletree_by_Hilton_Kuala_Lumpur\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10371\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10371\" title=\"Doubletree Kuala Lumpur\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Doubletree-Kuala-Lumpur.jpg\" alt=\"The new Doubletree set above Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle District.\" width=\"300\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Doubletree-Kuala-Lumpur.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Doubletree-Kuala-Lumpur-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 540-room Doubletree, set above Kuala Lumpur&#39;s Golden Triangle district.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The lodging industry, mired in the worst occupancy and nightly-rate slump in years, continues to exacerbate its problems by continuing to open hotels at a breathtaking pace. But that&#8217;s good new for travelers, since new properties at low rates are always something worth noting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From <a title=\"Sheraton Westin Starwood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=sheraton-westin-starwood&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Starwood<\/a> comes a 265-room Westin in the Park Plaza development in Mexico City. It also opened a 147-room Aloft in Brussels and a 136-room Aloft in South Tulsa, Oklahoma.<\/li>\n<li>From <a title=\"Hyatt resorts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=hyatt-resorts&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Hyatt<\/a> comes a 129-room Hyatt Place in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and a 126-room Hyatt Place in Columbus, near the campus of Ohio State University.<\/li>\n<li>From <a title=\"Marriott\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=marriott-resorts&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Marriott<\/a>, there&#8217;s a 128-room Fairfield Inn in the Briar Creek area of Raleigh, North Carolina, and a 456-room Courtyard in Shanghai&#8217;s Puxi district.<\/li>\n<li>From <a title=\"Intercontinental\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=intercontinental-hotels&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">InterContinental<\/a> comes an 87-room Holiday Inn Express in North Houston. It has also converted the former Renaissance hotel in Syracuse, New York, to a Crowne Plaza, slapped the Holiday Inn brand name on the Waikiki Beachcomber in Honolulu and converted a former Ramada in Riverhead, New York, to a Hotel Indigo.<\/li>\n<li>From <atitle=\"Hilton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=hilton-hotels&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Hilton<\/a> comes the 540-room Doubletree in the Golden Triangle district of Kuala Lumpur. It has also put the Doubletree name on the Park Vista hotel in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.<\/li>\n<li>A 240-room Radisson resort has opened in Split, Croatia.<\/li>\n<li>Three AmeriTel Inns in Idaho&#8211;in Twin Falls, Idaho Falls and Boise&#8211;have converted to the LaQuinta chain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Hotels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/\" target=\"_self\">Hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Flights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_self\">Flights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Business Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Business travel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>JoeSentMe.com<\/em><\/a><em>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. 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