Destination News.For more destination news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Jul 10, 2006 Hotels hope to copy airlines' success with automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. check-ins. A big majority of fliers now use online booking and automated terminal check-ins, but they still want personal service at hotels, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. travel industry researchers. Some hotels are adding lobby kiosks for airline services, in hopes it may spur guests to accept similar systems for checking in and out of their rooms. Jul 3, 2006 Carnoustie Hotel Carnoustie Hotel, one of Scotland's world famous golfing properties, has been purchased by Swallow swallow, common name for small perching birds of almost worldwide distribution. There are about 100 species of swallows, including the martins, which belong to the same family. Swallows have long, narrow wings, forked tails, and weak feet. Hotels, the largest and fastest growing hotel operator in Scotland. The company has also confirmed the acquisition of the Gleddoch House Hotel, another golf and conference complex, the Freedom of the Glen hotel chain, consisting of the Ballachulish Hotel, The Isles of Glencoe Hotel and Leisure Center and the Oban Caledonian Hotel. A sixth acquisition is the Huntly Arms Hotel in Aboyne. Swallow now has 69 properties in Scotland. http://www.swallow-hotels.com Jul 8, 2006 Hard Place, Rank Group Between a Hard Rock and a Hard Place. Rank Group announced July 4 that it is exploring the sale of its Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. It was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, in a former Rolls Royce car dealerships showroom close to Hyde Park, where in 1979 they began to division. Such a move would allow the company to cash in on a hot brand in order to concentrate on its bingo bingo Game of chance played with cards having a grid of numbered squares corresponding to numbered balls drawn at random. When a number on the card is drawn, the players cover that number (should they have it); the game is won by covering a certain number of squares in a row parlor business and other leisure industry pursuits. Jul 6, 2006 Interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. Hotels & Resorts Interstate Sells Fla. Hotel for $15.5M. Interstate Hotels & Resorts said Friday it sold a hotel near Jacksonville, Fla., to a new joint venture company for about $15.5 million, but will pay about half of that back to keep a minority stake. Jul 6, 2006 Sheraton Hotels Sheraton Hotels Introduces New Website and Becomes the First in the Hotel Industry to Invite Travelers to Provide Content. Sheraton Hotels & Resorts announced today the launch of the new sheraton.com - the first hotel industry website to embrace social media and feature user generated content. Jul 6, 2006 Starwood Hotels Starwood Hotels & Resorts Announces Retention of Ownership of Two Fiji Hotels. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced that it will retain ownership of two hotels in Fiji that were part of the original portfolio of 35 hotels to be sold to Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and were not included in previous closings as a result of certain notice periods and consents not having been received. Jul 6, 2006 Westin Princeville Westin Princeville time shares for sale. Starwood Vacation Ownership has begun sales this week of The Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas. Jul 6, 2006 Virgin Trains Virgin Trains is following Virgin Atlantic in one respect at least. It likes to keep its name in front of the public and has brought to our attention the Office of Rail Regulators Statutory office - created with effect from 1 December 1993 by section 1 of the Railways Act 1993 - for the independent economic regulation of the British railway industry. National Rail Trends yearbook, covering the 12 months to March 2006. The report shows that in the final quarter of 2005-6, the Public Performance Measure (PPM) for Virgin West Coast improved to 89.3% from 74.7% since the same quarter of the previous reporting year, and Virgin CrossCountry Virgin CrossCountry (VXC) is the branch of Virgin Trains that operates express train services all over Great Britain. Routes Code Route Rollingstock VT1 South West of England through Birmingham to the North West and Scotland Voyager , Britain's longest distance operator, improved to 86.4% from 82.7%. In the year to March 2006, passenger journeys on Virgin West Coast increased by 21.6% to 18.5m on and Virgin CrossCountry continued its steady improvement of recent years to achieve 20.6m passenger journeys, an increase of 7% on 2004-5. Also very much with promotion in mind a Virgin Trains' Pendolino has been adorned a·dorn tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns 1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" Ronald Firbank. 2. in a unique and eye catching livery LIVERY, Engl. law. 1. The delivery of possession of lands to those tenants who hold of the king in capite, or knight's service. 2. Livery was also the name of a writ which lay for the heir of age, to obtain the possession of seisin of his lands at the king's hands. F. N. B. 155. 3. to promote the forthcoming release of Warner Bros' Pictures Superman Superman invincible scourge of crime. [Comics: Horn, 642–643] See : Crime Fighting Superman superhero under guise of Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter. Returns. Combining scenes from the new movie with Virgin Trains' own branding the traveling billboard will be seen along the route to Glasgow for the next six months. Virgin says the Pendolino's high-speed capability over long distances fits well with Superman's traditional attributes of strength and speed. http://www.virgintrains.co.uk Jul 8, 2006 |
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