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Bye baths.


For business people on the road, there's often little time to squeeze in a hot bath between meetings.

At least, that's what the Beverly Hilton found when it asked guests about whether they take a bath while traveling. "We kept getting the response, 'No, not really,'" said Brian O'Connor Brian O'Connor may refer to:
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, a spokesman for the hotel.

So as part of the hotel's $80 million makeover, the Hilton decided to nix the baths in 200 of the hotel's 570 rooms. That gave the hotel the ability to shift around the plumbing and expand the size of the bathrooms.

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, the hotel's owner, spent about $75,000 to renovate each hotel room. Of that, O'Connor said about 30 percent to 40 percent was dedicated to remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure.

bone remodeling
 the bathroom. So far, O'Connor said guests like the room changes, which were wrapped up over the summer.

Executive suites are going for about $279 to $399 per night, up from $159 to $189 per night before the makeover.

Staff reporter Rachel Brown Rachel Brown (born July 2 1980) is an English footballer, currently playing as goalkeeper for Everton Ladies and England Women.

After a long spell out with injury, Brown returned to the England team against Sweden in the last group game of Women’s Euro 2005.
 can be reached by phone at (323) 549-5225, ext. 224, or by e-mail at rbrown@labusinessjournal.com.
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Title Annotation:MARKETPLACE; Oasis West Realty LLC renovates its building
Comment:Bye baths.(MARKETPLACE)(Oasis West Realty LLC renovates its building)
Author:Brown, Rachel
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 19, 2005
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