Hilton Hotels and Resorts pioneered the concept of airport hotels in 1959 at San Francisco International Airport.
In fact, airport hotels, which are generally cheaper than their city-centre counterparts, have been experiencing a major style evolution.
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But with more travellers taking to the skies than ever before, airport hotels have started wooing fliers by throwing decades-old expectations out the window.
Although airport hotels have offered this service for transiting passengers for more than a decade, it is only in the last few years that city hotels have jumped on the idea, hoping to maximise the use of rooms that would otherwise be sitting empty.
The most challenging aspect for these smaller cities is human resources and finding international facing people to man the hotels, airport terminals, taxis and conference halls.
Gomyde said he expects 332, 000 permanent jobs and 381, 000 temporary jobs to be created through 2014 as a result of World Cup build-out, mainly new hotels, airport and reforms at 18 football stadiums from north to south Brazil.
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In the past, budget-conscious customers would stay at hotels near La Guardia Airport, which is located in the borough of Queens, because they were considerably less expensive than hotels in Manhattan.
It has the region's busiest port and airport, not to mention hotels, bars, restaurants, shops and brothels.
Those ethnic Chinese who could flee, did so to hotels or the airport.
Despite the arch-capitalist atmosphere, half the sheikhdom's top hotels, its airport, seaports, refinery, dry dock, aluminium smelter and two of its three banks, among other assets, are government-controlled.
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His constituency, a Rajapaksa family stronghold since the 1930s, has been chosen as the site of a new international airport, a conference centre, hotels and other big projects.
Already, parts of the island have a large tourist industry, and villagers have left their homes to make way for new hotels and a planned new airport.
Perhaps the most groundbreaking airport hotel concept to recently make waves is Starwood Hotels and Resorts' Aloft brand.
Among the items on the map are 40 hotels, around 20 cinemas and one airport, in Southend, Essex.
They can rent a phone at the airport or online, then arrange delivery to their hotels--or buy a local phone.
The site recommends hotels via Booking.com and includes airport and rental car information, too, so you can truly hit the ground with a comprehensive itinerary.
Like Hanoi, Laos introduced economic reforms in 1986 and as in Vietnam they led to visible progress - new roads, international hotels, a modern Japanese-funded airport in the capital.
Kent Police said Ashcroft also asked the court to take into account a mixture of arson and burglary offences at hospitals in Rotherham and Crawley, hotels in Manchester, Brighton and Gatwick Airport and tourist attractions in Brighton and Ramsgate.
Lodging is split between a 3-night cruise and upscale hotels, plus guided excursions, meals, airport transfers and more.
As a nice touch, nearly all the hotels in Gurgaon offer complimentary transfers to and from Indira Ghandi International Airport.
But the company is in the experience business, not the scalping business, so its packages include lots of extras: express security entrances (getting into the Super Bowl can make the airport look easy), preferred on-site parking or private shuttles from hotels, and amazing in-stadium hospitality venues.
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For the somewhat lengthy journey from Incheon to central Seoul, passengers can take the new Airport Railroad Express or ride in one of the comfortable coaches that drop off passengers at their hotels -- a better option for those arriving with heavy luggage.
But with the new upscale shopping centers and five-star hotels that have recently opened, coupled with a planned redevelopment of the old Kai Tak airport where planes used to fly in next to skyscrapers, Kowloon is looking up.
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With the blessings of the government of Laos and help from international investors, he plans to build more hotels and casinos, housing estates, a motor-racing stadium, tea plantations, an airport and a tax-free banking zone.
The attackers planted bombs in two of the taxis, resulting in explosions at two sites -- including Santa Cruz Domestic Airport -- in an attempt to divert attention from their main targets, the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels.
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Several of the departing guests were headed to the airport but, surprisingly, the majority took up the government's offer of free accommodation at two other hotels so they could see the city they never got to visit.
In addition to the world's biggest airport, largest man-made islands, longest indoor ski slope and some of the biggest shopping malls and hotels anywhere, it is also building a mega theme park, Dubailand, which consists of some 45 separate projects, including such brand-name attractions as Legoland, a Tiger Woods golf course, a Six Flags fun fair, a Formula One park, and themed attractions from DreamWorks (a Hollywood film studio) and Marvel Comics.
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