{"id":328,"date":"2008-07-12T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2008-07-12T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/new-hotels-airport-clubs-open-in-us-overseas\/"},"modified":"2016-12-17T18:44:54","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T00:44:54","slug":"new-hotels-airport-clubs-open-in-us-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/new-hotels-airport-clubs-open-in-us-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"New hotels, airport clubs open in U.S., overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ontheroad\"<\/a>
\nJoe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of JoeSentMe.com<\/a>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

HOTEL HOT SHEET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here comes another bushel of new hotels<\/strong>:
\nHotel occupancy has slowed noticeably in recent months, and you may
\neven have noticed your nightly rate dropping a bit. Normally, that
\nwould mean putting the brakes on hotel expansion. But buildings take
\nyears to plan and build, so there is lots of inventory still in the
\npipeline. Here’s what has opened recently. Four Seasons<\/strong> has added a 117-room property in Florence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The hotel spans a pair of 15th and 16th-century buildings situated
\non 11 acres on the edge of the centro storico. … Four Seasons has
\nalso opened its second hotel in Istanbul<\/strong>. This one is a 166-room property on the European banks of the Bosphorus. And Staybridge Suites has opened a 132-suite hotel in Liverpool, England<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n

AIRPORT REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Airport clubs come and airport clubs go<\/strong>: United Airlines<\/strong><\/a> has opened a new Red Carpet Club <\/strong>at Chicago O’Hare Airport<\/strong>. The club is located at Gate B18, not far from the existing Red Carpet lounge. … Singapore Airlines<\/strong> has opened a new lounge for premium customers in Bangkok. It is located on Level 3, Concourse A. … Unfortunately, US Airways<\/strong> will close its clubs at Baltimore-Washington<\/strong> and Raleigh-Durham<\/strong> airportsand shutter its arrivals lounges in Munich, Rome and Zurich.<\/p>\n

Speaking of O’Hare<\/strong>, the Federal Aviation Administration says
\nthat it will lift slot restrictions at the nation’s most important
\nairport effective November 1. … Tri-partite TSA "self-select lanes"
\nhave opened at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. … The first two hotels<\/strong><\/a> branded
\nwith the "aloft<\/strong>" name have opened and both are near airports. One is at
\nMontreal Airport<\/a><\/strong> and the second has opened in Rancho Cucamonga<\/a><\/strong>,
\nCalifornia, close to Ontario Airport. Aloft is the latest name from Starwood Hotels<\/strong>.
\n… Speaking of airport hotels in California, Hampton Inn<\/strong> has opened
\ntwo of them. One is at Burbank Airport, the other is the second Hampton
\nnear the small airfield in Bakersfield. … Hilton Garden Inn<\/strong> has also
\nopened another airport hotel. This one, a 137-room property, is near
\nGulfport-Biloxi Airport in Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Read more "On the Road with Joe Brancatelli" at
\nroadwarrior.orbitz.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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