In recent weeks, similar announcements have come from the Holiday Inn, Holiday Express and Best Western chains.
In September that year 43 lives were lost and 30 people were injured - 30 when a holiday express crashed near Argenton-sur-Creuse, north of Limoges.
Britain's InterContinental Hotels, meanwhile, has negotiated licences for two Holiday Inn Express sites in provincial capitals.
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And at less expensive brands like Holiday Inn Express, Best Western or Fairfield Inn, newspapers are available in lobbies.
Budget conscious travellers should seek out hotel chains such as Best Western, Country Inn, Hampton Inn or Holiday Inn Express that include extras like breakfast, parking and Internet in their nightly rates.
First, she hopped on the Small Business Saturday promotion headed by American Express to promote holiday shopping at small, local businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
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And whether your holiday celebrates buying gifts in a store, buying them online, or using an American Express charge card to finance the buy, your share of the holiday loot depends on your ability to sell to consumers what they want at the lowest available delivered price.
Warner Bros. points out that several other recent holiday films, including Elf and The Polar Express, opened poorly but went on to become big money makers.
"The Polar Express" wants to be an uplifting holiday film, but it tries too hard to make its point.
Zero percent on purchases: Roughly 29% of U.S. adults will need a few months to pay off holiday gift purchases this year, according to an American Express survey.
That said, it did make me think about the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and how we send off the people at Makovsky and what we convey to each other as we express good thoughts.
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