Multinational chains like Marriott, Westin and Four Seasons are investing in new hotels in India.
But despite investment in new hotels and resorts, in the first quarter of this year tourist arrivals were 14% below the same period last year, according to official figures.
Local people are well aware of the involvement of well-connected businessmen in the new hotels.
The technique, which I tested with Brocious in New York hotels ahead of his public demonstration, was initially unreliable.
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Starwood Hotels and Resorts is just one company that is seeing the huge potential in the Middle East with plans to build 40 new hotels in the region by 2017.
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Last week, Marriott announced it will be opening 27 new hotels in Asia in 2013 the most hotels it has ever opened in a single year.
Mr. Sorenson said Marriott plans to more than double the number of hotels in China in the next three years from 54 today and plans to hire 30, 000 employees to fill new hotels in Beijing and Shanghai and smaller cities.
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The news release did not say whether that might include any of the New York-based company's other six hotels in the New Orleans area, and spokesmen for the chains did not immediately return calls for comment.
In New Jersey, 61 households remained in hotels Monday after Sandy, down from a peak of 2, 696, according to information released by the governor's office.
Marriott is looking to hire around 20, 000 people in China by 2015 to staff 40 new hotels it plans to build in addition to the current 60.
From the Chrysler Building in New York to the pastel hotels of Miami Beach and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Art Deco reshaped architecture in the years before World War II -- though the term wasn't coined until the 1960s, drawn from the name of the 1925 Paris decorative-arts exhibition that popularized the style.
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Since the Hilton Garden Inn opened in 2009, hospitality firm Lodging Econometrics recorded seven new hotels throughout Kings County in 2010.
"Hotels are a kind of mythical social space that is very specific, " notes David Rockwell, designer of the W hotels in New York.
Starwood also has a W hotel near the French Quarter on Poydras Street, three other hotels in New Orleans and two in suburban Metairie.
The cruise ship company has chartered 15 buses to haul passengers to hotels in New Orleans and downtown Mobile, said Barbara Drummond, a spokeswoman for the city of Mobile.
Japanese companies are reclaiming their turf by tearing down old standards and putting new hotels in their place, such as the Tokyo Station Hotel (2012), the Palace Hotel (2012) and the Capitol Hotel Tokyu (2010).
Morgans' older hotels in New York are starting to look dated, the company is facing a lawsuit in Miami over its management practices, and Scheetz no longer has the Schrager name to draw in celebrities and the media.
Starwood manages 15 hotels in Dubai, making it the largest concentration of Starwood hotels in any single city outside New York.
From the Ritz Carlton Residences at LA Live to the up-and-coming One57 in New York to the planned Faena project at the Saxony Hotel in Miami, developers have incorporated hotels into their new towers that allow residents to enjoy year-round travel amenities like fitness and spa services, room service, and housekeeping.
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The AFL-CIO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce had been fighting over wages for tens of thousands of low-skilled workers who would be brought in under the new program to fill jobs in construction, hotels and resorts, nursing homes and restaurants, and other industries.
Business travellers who like to try out new hotels are in luck: Bangkok is in the middle of a boom in luxury hotel development.
Several of new restaurants are in hotels where his company also provides all the food and beverage management, such as banquets and room service.
The old front on Beach Road long ago lost sight of the sea and the hotel itself nearly disappeared in a concrete jungle of new hotels and office blocks.
The trend to create entertainment hubs above the hectic urban bustle started a decade ago in New York, where 35 hotels now feature a rooftop bar, many of which have pools.
If you've yet to lay your hands on a Chromebook or Chromebox, that could change shortly, as the computers may soon find a new life in libraries, hotels, retail stores and even the break room.
In the pipeline are new resorts in Phuket and Bali and 15 business hotels in India.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts now has spa suites in about 60% of its hotels and it is including them in all new properties, says Simon Casson, chairman of the company's Spa Task Force.
One of the joys of visiting Shanghai today is having options like newly refurbished and brand new hotels to stay in.
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