{"id":10756,"date":"2010-11-17T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=10756"},"modified":"2016-12-16T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:54:31","slug":"need-a-hotel-room-there-are-plenty-of-new-ones-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/need-a-hotel-room-there-are-plenty-of-new-ones-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a hotel room? Lots of new options await"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotel\/Finland\/Helsinki\/Glo_Hotel_Helsinki\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10947\" title=\"Hotel_Glo_Helsinki\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Hotel_Glo_Helsinki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Hotel_Glo_Helsinki.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Hotel_Glo_Helsinki-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Four in ten hotel rooms are empty on an average night, which means the lodging industry has too much supply and too little demand. But that&#8217;s not stopping the major hotel chains from continuing to open new properties. So get ready for latest newbies.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Marriott\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=marriott-resorts&amp;cnt=OVI&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Marriott<\/a> opened the first of its <strong>Edition<\/strong> hotels, the brand it&#8217;s launching with<strong> Ian Schrager<\/strong>. It&#8217;s located in what once was the Ala Wai Tower of the old Ilikai hotel just outside of Waikiki in <a title=\"Hawaii vacation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=HI&amp;cnt=PKH&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Honolulu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>On another island, the<strong> Staten Island <\/strong>borough of<a title=\"New York\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=new-york-city-vacations&amp;cnt=PKH&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\"> New York<\/a>, Holiday Inn Express has opened a 95-room property. Elsewhere in New York, Starwood has opened a 369-room <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=sheraton-hotels&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Sheraton<\/a> on Canal Street, where three <strong>Manhattan<\/strong> neighborhoods meet.<\/li>\n<li>Also from Starwood: a 222-room Four Points by Sheraton in Lagos, Nigeria, and a 150-room Four Points near <a title=\"Tuscon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformSDLPDealsContent?deal_id=tucson&amp;cnt=PKG&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Tucson<\/a> Airport.<\/li>\n<li>The Palace Kamp Hotel at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport has been rebranded as the <strong>Hotel Glo<\/strong>. That&#8217;s Palace Kamp&#8217;s new boutique brand. The Glo is the only hotel locatedinside Vanta&#8217;s terminal building.<\/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. Copyright 2010 by Joe Brancatelli. 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