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		<title><![CDATA[InterContinental Warns Trading Still Challenging]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matt ScuffhamLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - InterContinental Hotels IHG, the world's biggest hotelier, said it was too early to forecast a recovery as trading conditions remained challenging after posting a 19 percent fall in third-quarter operating profit.The group, whose brands include InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn, said on Tuesday...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:03:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starwood Sells Bliss Spas to Shore Up Profit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced its plans to sell off its Bliss spa and product unit of its company to Steiner Leisure LimitedÂ for $100 million after a disappointing third-quarter profit." As part of the agreement, Bliss and Remede spas and amenities willÂ be exclusively at W Hotels and St. Regis...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:01:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starwood Hotel Q3 Earnings: Not So Hot]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reggie Middleton submits: BoomBustBloggers  have been on a wild CRE commercial real estate and residential rollercoaster ride over the last couple of years.   Keeping with this theme, the rabble rousing, digital rag known as ZeroHedge recent ran a couple of posts concerning the CRE crash and its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:03:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Joe Greff - JP Morgan. Joe Greff - JP Morgan Vasant, you comment on 2010 group pace and then you had a comment on 2010, 2011 group and I know this amplifies is probably very small, but we look at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:11:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels Q3: Mixed Results]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. HOT has reported third quarter earnings from continuing operations of 22 cents per share. Excluding special items, the company has earned 14 cents per share. Results are ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 10 cents. While revenues were down...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:29:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earnings Preview: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide HOT is expected to report Q3 earnings before the market open on Thursday, October 22 with a conference call scheduled for 10:30 am ET.  Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 10c on revenue of $1.16B. The consensus range is 4c-15c for EPS,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:14:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hotel Stocks Set to Catch Swine Flu]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Christ submits: Just in time for back to school, new swine flu fears have suddenly returned. And like the lingering infection itself, the H1N1 virus is one that just won't seem to go away.   In fact, according to a 68-page report released last week, about half of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:55:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions We&#8217;ll take our first question from Joe Greff with J.P. Morgan. Joe Greff &#8211; J.P. Morgan Good morning, everyone. On the asset sale front, Vasant, how many core assets are being marketed? And then maybe you can help us quantify the non-core stuff....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:05:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. HOT   Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript   July 23, 2009 10:30 am ET]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:05:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earnings Preview: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide HOT is expected to report Q2 earnings before the market open on Thursday, July 23 with a conference call scheduled for 10:30 am ET.  Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 17c on revenue of $1.21B. The consensus range is 11c-21c for EPS,...]]></description>
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