Robert Bigelow, a budget hotel-chain mogul, built a life-size space station in his well-guarded Bigelow Aerospace factory in Nevada.
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These days, I make practically all of my hotel bookings through services on the Web or directly on hotel or hotel-chain websites.
Kimpton started out doing wholesome budget hotels in San Francisco, but has since worked its way luxury-ward in the hotel chain-of-being.
The wider group is now Peru's second-biggest retailer and runs the country's largest chain of multiplex cinemas and a fast-growing hotel chain as well as some smaller businesses.
Taj Lands End, a branch of the famous Taj hotel chain -- its lobby is great for people watching.
The 210-room Hotel Indigo, part of the IHG chain, is the first LEED-certified hotel in downtown San Diego and offers guests free wi-fi, hypo-allergenic hardwood floors and windows that open to the great outdoors in all rooms.
In 2004 the London-based Red Carnation boutique hotel chain took over the resort and started a long-term upgrade.
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In India, where the middle class also is growing, Mr. Capuano said Marriott plans to introduce its lower-end Fairfield hotel chain.
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Five months ago he could have snapped up an American hotel chain at rock-bottom prices, as investors fretted about an oversupply of rooms and disappointing profits.
The 235-room Hotel Solamar is part of the popular Kimpton chain, offering free wi-fi to members of its InTouch loyalty program (sign up at check in if you are not a member), a complimentary wine hour each evening to mingle with hotel staff and guests, and of course, the requisite rooftop Solamar Terrace, with a heated swimming pool and bar.
Marriott International operates the eponymous hotel chain along with Ritz-Carlton and others.
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Ctrip also backs HanTing, another fast-growing Chinese budgetary hotel chain whose parent company, China Lodging Group, went public on NASDAQ just this March.
So Biki tied up with Hilton International, agreeing to co-brand his Trident hotel chain. (The marketing deal ended in March.) He hints at future partnerships, even, perhaps, a merger.
Top architects and designers like Terence Conran and Vivienne Tam were recruited to create the restaurants and suites, and the general manager comes to the hotel from the luxury Shangri-La chain of hotels.
While the average rate found on online travel portal was almost 22% cheaper than that available at hotel chain websites over January-March 2011, these discounts will decrease for major hotel groups as the travel industry improves.
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The management company for the Four Seasons Hotel chain, which Alwaleed co-owns with Bill Gates, manages several hotels in England, including the Savoy, the Park Lane the Canary Wharf Four Seasons.
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In 2008, by all accounts, Chip Conley was a bestselling author and the visionary pioneer of the boutique hotel industry, which he kick-started 25 years ago as the Founder of the Joie de Vivre Hotel chain.
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The budget hotel chain plans to open a contemporary 210-bedroom hotel on West Nile Street in October.
Few hotel companies beside Starwood (nyse: HOT - news - people )'s W chain have ever tried to turn a single boutique hotel into a minichain.
On South Michigan Avenue in Chicago there is a hotel, the Blackstone -- now a part of the Renaissance chain -- that is more than a century old.
Additionally, Cigen has inked a deal with Alila, a boutique hotel operator in Singapore, to set up a chain of high-end wellness resorts in exotic Asian locations.
When working in the past for a guidebook company, I came across a lot of business travellers who preferred the intimacy of these small, family-run guesthouses to the corporatised sameness of a chain hotel.
The categories range from "Pain Free", which tries to find who is making shopping online as straightforward as possible, to Best Family e-Business, which targets smaller online retailers such as hotel chain Elegant English Hotels and pharmacist Allcures.com.
The major hotel chain that figures out a way to implement "anytime check-in" on a mass scale will become the new Hilton.
Assets: Family owns prime real estate in Munich, a property development outfit, the Arabella hotel chain and breweries including Paulaner, one of Germany's best-known brands.
Here are some ideas, as recommended by India resort hotel chain Taj, owned by The Tata Group, and by boutique Brazil-based travel planners at Dehouche.
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Nor is Marriott the most prestigious hotel brand, although its luxury hotels division has a good record with the Ritz-Carlton chain.
To the north, a new 202-room Four Seasons hotel opened in 2008, offering the familiar luxury surroundings that the chain is known for, plus the spectacular Aer bar on the roof of the 34-storey tower with commanding views of the entire region.
Sainsbury (a British-based supermarket group), Harrods (a London shop), Fairmont Raffles (a hotel chain) and chunks of banks such as Credit Suisse, Barclays and Santander.
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