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		<title><![CDATA[If Travel is Down, Why Are Travel Web Sites Doing Well?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both Priceline and Orbitz reported higher revenue and profits than expected in the third quarter, despite a travel industry-wide lull. So, why are the online travel agencies doing well when other aspects of travel are flailing?    Some say it's because the leisure travel market is recovering faster...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:02:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eloise Ensures Cash at the Plaza Hotel]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10004284/eloise-ensures-cash-at-the-plaza-hotel/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    It appears the owners of the Plaza HotelÂ in New York are taking the recession seriously by opening a 2,100-square-foot, pink-dipped home for all things Eloise called EloiseÂ ShopÂ at the Plaza. The shrine is based on the Eloise books by Kay Thompson (an adventurous 6-year-old who lives at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:43:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hotel Trends: Iced Tea is the New Water and the Spa Nap]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10004176/hotel-trends-iced-tea-is-the-new-water-and-the-spa-nap/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's close to the end of the year, so that means a few things -- mainly that consultants are spotting trends. Several of the new trends hitting hotels and spas are old chestnuts likes improving customer service (duh!)Â but Andrew FreemanÂ & Co. offered a few high-profile ideas such as bringing "reality...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:02:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I Chose My Hotel For Free WiFi and Amenities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10004154/i-chose-my-hotel-for-free-wifi-and-amenities/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I went on a mini-vacation recently, mostly to visit family and write, and stayed at one of my favorite places -- the Comfort Suites in downtown Visalia, Calif. Because it's in a agricultural/agribusiness area, the clientele always seems evenly split between business and pleasure.    Aside from the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:18:58 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HomeAway Recruits Griswolds, Has $397M From Investors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HomeAway, an international network of Web sites to rent vacationÂ homes, has recruited both Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo to reprise their roles as the Griswolds from the 1983 flick,Â "National Lampoon's Vacation" for one of its commercials. That really isn't the story -- the real story is that the four-year-old company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:06:53 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hotels Take Cue From Restaurants, Launch Hotel Week]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a cue from the restaurant industry, a group of San Diego, Calif., hotels have organized their own San Diego Hotel Week, offering discounts on room rates, hotel restaurants and other attractions.    And just like recent restaurant weeks around the country, San Diego Hotel Week is actually...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:53:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Home Inns Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Jeff Hugh with Green River Investment. Jeff Hugh - Green River Investment  I have a question -- how many hotels do you think you will open in 2010 and how many will be franchise and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:53:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Expedia Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you sir. Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Imran Khan. Please state your company followed by your question. Imran Khan - JP Morgan Yes. Hi, it's Imran Khan from JP Morgan. Thank you for taking my questions. Dara, two questions. First starting with. But there's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:42:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Have Hotels Learned About Peeping Toms?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the case of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who was spied on and photographedÂ in her hotel room at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University,Â seemed to spark the interest of the country, such crimes don't happen to just celebrities. A recent case in Nebraska shows that another peeping Tom installed a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:15:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Holiday Inn's "Swinger Convention" Scrutinized]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Holiday Inn Grand Island Resort and Convention Center in Grand Island, N.Y. booked a three-day swinger convention called, "Entice the Falls," which would have included a late-night Club Erotica with body painting, sensual massage and other events. (Swingers are typically couples who exchange partners.)However, the body painting and late-night...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:53:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hotwire and Hotels.com Report Dropping Rates]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10003766/hotwire-and-hotelscom-report-dropping-rates/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hotwire reported the top 10Â spots with the highest hotel price reductions, which include tourist meccas like Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Miami. According to HotwireÂ complete with Hotwire sampling:    Â RankÂ Â Â  Hotel MarketÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Price DropÂ Â Â Â  Hotwire Deal, US$/Night  Â Â Â Â Â  1Â Â Â Â  Houston, TXÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  30%Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  4-starÂ Â Â Â Â Â  $83  Â Â Â Â Â  2Â Â Â Â ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:22:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marriott International, Inc. F3Q09 (Qtr End 09/11/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14067_23-350893.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jeffrey Donnelly - Wells Fargo. Jeffrey Donnelly - Wells Fargo In your release you mentioned something about expenses rising next year on the G&A front. If I could drill a little deeper, I think you had mentioned when you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:23:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marriott International, Inc Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14067_23-351847.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jeffrey Donnelly - Wells Fargo. Jeffrey Donnelly - Wells Fargo In your release you mentioned something about expenses rising next year on the G&A front. If I could drill a little deeper, I think you had mentioned when you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:23:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[California's Hotel Foreclosures Triple]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10003720/california-hotel-foreclosures-triple/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Atlas Hospitality Group, a commercial real estate brokerage inÂ Irvine, Calif.Â specializing in hotels, reported that in the first nine months of 2009, hotel foreclosures more thanÂ tripled from 15 in 2008Â to 47.Â Hotels in default also quadrupled to 259. Most of the troubled hotels were in Southern California, with more thanÂ 70 percent of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:08:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Want To Be a Hip Hotel? Launch a Clothing Line]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10003483/want-to-be-a-hip-hotel-launch-a-clothing-line/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When Starwood's W Hotels decided it would sell non-hotel items, such as flash drives and cuff links, the hotel chain cemented its status as the hip, progressive brand. Now W is going a step further with a whole new product offering: a clothing and jewelry line.    The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:38:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Terrorism Alert at Airports, Hotels and Transit Systems]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10003544/terrorism-alert-at-airports-hotels-and-transit-systems/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government issued a terrorism warning TuesdayÂ for stadiums, hotels, entertainment complexes and transit systems while federalÂ agents look for alleged Al-Qaeda suspects entangled in a plot to use hydrogen-peroxide bombs.    Two weeks ago, Najibullah Zazi, a Denver International Airport shuttle driverÂ allegedly trained in explosives by Al-Qaeda, was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:13:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discounted Vegas? Not at $40,000 a Night]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10003487/discounted-vegas-not-at-40000-a-night/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite several reports that Las Vegas is reduced to economic rubble (and people must scrounge for cans to survive, if you believe the photo in the Los Angeles Times anyway) another report came through how several hotels still have a luxury suite awaiting someone's arrival. At Palms Las Vegas, it's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:19:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Loews Walks Away From Chicago Hotel]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loews Hotels decided to walk away from a $1 land deal in Chicago, saying that it wasn't financially viable to create its agreed-upon, four-star, 384-room luxury hotel in downtown Chicago. The hotel itself would have cost around $175 million (I guess the total, with the land, would have been $175,000,001.)...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:11:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ahwahnee Hotel After the Rockfall]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park was closed late last month because of falling boulders the size of microwaves hitting its parking lot. It reopened a few days later, but the threat of falling rock still lingers (and geologists say will continue because that's how Yosemite Valley was formed.)...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:06:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hotels and Fashion Web Sites Make New Teams]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new twist on online hotel discounts, some luxury properties have hooked up with fashion Web sites that offer limited-time reduced prices on high-end clothing and accessories.    Ideeli, a Web site that offers deep discounts on designer labelsÂ Ã  la sample sales, partnered up with Luxury Link,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:16:24 -0700</pubDate>
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