Destination News - Car Rental, Destination, Hotel, Rail.Edited by Aram Gesar, edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, data, analysis and features, please go to: http://www.AirGuideOnline.com/order_formsubs.htm Sep 18, 2006 Holiday Inn Express The Holiday Inn Express concept has made its way to Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi , not just on the fringes of the sprawling capital, but epicenter of much that matters in the business world. A 218-room, 31-suite hotel just opened near the World Trade Center. It sports Wi-Fi in all rooms, a health and fitness center, and an Express Start Breakfast Bar. Suites are designed for longer stays, with microwave, coffeemaker cof·fee·mak·er also coffee maker n. An apparatus used to brew coffee. and mini-bar. The Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Mexico City at the World Trade Center is but a block from Insugentes, one of the capital city's prime arteries Once again, Berlin is a big-league player in world politics. The city's hotels mirror the momentum. This October, look for the five-star Hotel de Rome to open on Bebelplatz in the center of the city. The 146-room property is located in a building once occupied by Dresdner BankThere's a new Hilton at London's Canary Warf. The 272-room hotel sports 10 meeting rooms and a moderately sized conference facility (380 people). There's also an executive floor, sauna and steam room. Sep 16, 2006 Marriott All Marriott hotels in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada will be rendered completely smokeless smoke·less adj. 1. Emitting or containing little or no smoke: smokeless factory stacks. 2. by October 15, 2006. Included in the ban: JW Marriott, Renaissance, Courtyard, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites SpringHill Suites is part of the Marriott International family of hotels. In 1998, Marriott International announced plans to convert Fairfield Suites to SpringHill Suites by Marriott. , Residence Inn, TownePlace Suites TownePlace Suites, a division of the Marriott International hotel chain, was officially unveiled in Newport News, Virginia on February 23, 1997. Less than ten years later, there are now 123 TownePlace Suites operating across the United States. and Marriott ExecuStay. Currently, more than 90 percent of all Marriott guestrooms are non-smoking, and puffing is prohibited in many public spaces because of local lawsLouisville's Galt House The Galt House is a 25-story, 1300-room hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. The original hotel was erected in 1837. The current Galt House is presently the city's only hotel on the Ohio River. Hotel & Suites, billed as the city's only waterfront hotel, just rolled out free high-speed wireless Internet. It's part of a $60 million makeover of the property Sep 16, 2006 Marriott Most flyers will love this; a few will flat out hate it. All Marriott hotels in the United States and Canada will be rendered completely smokeless by October 15, 2006. Included in the ban: JW Marriott, Renaissance, Courtyard, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites, Residence Inn, TownePlace Suites and Marriott ExecuStay. Currently, more than 90 percent of all Marriott guestrooms are non-smoking, and puffing is prohibited in many public spaces because of local laws. Sep 16, 2006 Pan Pacific Hotels Singapore-based Pan Pacific Hotels is scheduled to open its first property in Seattle come November 15. The 160-room property occupies the first 11 floors of a 17-story mixed-use project at the corner of Denny Way and Westlake Avenue called the 2200 Westlake. It's four blocks from Seattle's central business district. Guestrooms are equipped with both Wi-Fi and DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary (both complimentary), flat-screen TV, work desk and Herman Miller Herman Miller may refer to:
Swallow Hotels Swallow Hotels' parent company has brought in the administrators after admitting to struggling for some time in the face of heavy losses. Swallow is the largest hotel chain in Scotland with around 40 properties, while its English portfolio consists of around another 100. Maidstone-based London & Swallow Group's administration order covers 671 sites with over 7,000 employees. We see here the Swallow Chiltern Hotel on the Dunstable Road at Luton. As recently as this March it spent [pounds sterling]20m on six golf hotels in Scotland. Its chief executive Peter Gray left the business in August. http://www.swallow-hotels.com Sep 17, 2006 Eurostar Eurostar is drastically cutting service at Ashford International (left) when a new station in north Kent opens next year. Ashford will retain some Paris services, but lose Brussels trains when the new [pounds sterling]100m Ebbsfleet opens in October 2007. Eurostar said Ashford would retain some peak daily services to Paris and weekly trains to France, while also running high-speed domestic services from 2009. Situated close to the M25 between Dartford and Gravesend, Ebbsfleet will offer access to continental Europe Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and, at times, peninsulas. for more than 10m potential travelers across southern England Southern England is an imprecise term used to refer to the southern counties of England. Differing usages apply the term with varying geographic extents. In most definitions Southern England includes all the counties on the English Channel; from west to east these are: |
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