"They put us up in a little better hotel, " said Liney Halldorsdottir, secretary-general of Iceland's National Olympic and Sports Association.
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The city is filled with palazzo owners renting out dreary spaces no better than third-rate hotel rooms.
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Hotel booking margins are better because consumers are much pickier with hospitality bookings, usually seeking the right location, environment and amenities.
Most hotels were financed in better times based on rosier scenarios for hotel room-rate growth.
Those seeking a taste of old New Orleans, as well as the amenities of a larger hotel, could hardly do better than the Maison Orleans.
It is now the home of the intimate Flocons de Sel hotel, which is actually better known for the superb restaurant of chef Emmanuel Renaut.
At this year's synod, which has just ended, the parishes urged the archdiocese to back the causes of the city's largely Latino force of caretakers and hotel workers, who want better pay and conditions.
Of course she can, but the time spent finding a drugstore in a new city and getting back to the hotel could be 30 minutes better spent preparing for a meeting or catching up on e-mails while a staff member delivers said toothbrush to your doorstep.
So even though there is a demand for more hotel rooms, offices have a better return.
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And there's no better vantage point today than the Grand Marina Hotel.
This proves that there is no hotel that could not be even better, and these ten are examples of money well spent in the pursuit of lodging excellence.
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One problem with being a guest for the resort or hotel is that you often receive better treatment than paying customers, and you have to be critical enough to not let this cloud your judgment.
Drinking plenty of water and using oxygen (you may even find a can of it in your hotel minibar) can help you feel better.
Alger invested in Starwood, the hotel operator, under the belief it was better managed than competitors like Marriott and thus would benefit more from a recovering economy.
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What better way to cater to them than by being the official hotel of the NFL and creating NFL-related rewards and experiences?
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Business travellers hoping for better views of the city and bay should consider the cluster of elegant hotel high-rises on the northern end of Marina Bay.
Such provisions are of little importance to unions like the Hotel Trades Council or 1199, which are more focused on better access to health care and higher minimum wages.
It forestalls impatient souls, upset at the prospect of missed connections and lost hotel bookings, being kept fretfully awake when they would be far better off dozing away such temporal qualms.
Perhaps no building better encapsulates Georgia's recent past and current aspirations than the 18-floor Hotel Iveria.
Just as these establishments know better than to try to be all things to all people, so did my hotel, the very grown-up Villa Magna (which sponsored my trip).
It comes down to simple math: there is only one hotel at Machu Pichhu, the Sanctuary Lodge, and it could not have better location.
Gaming revenue as a percentage of total revenue is much higher in Macau than it is in Las Vegas and its no secret that profit margins on gambling are much better than they are for food service and other tourist-related businesses like entertainment and hotel rooms.
My next experience was another very famous Tuscan spa hotel, admittedly at the edge of the offseason, practically deserted, and having seen better days.
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Other investments include a 100-room boutique hotel in central Havana now under reconstruction and a company that makes furniture for Cuba's better hotels.
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Other investments include a 100-room boutique hotel in central Havana that is now under reconstruction and a company that makes furniture for Cuba's better hotels.
The night Russia won the right to host the games, she and her husband, a hotel plumber, joined in celebrations in the streets, believing that the investments would make the city a better place for their children.
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