At the time the Dubai-based firm said it planned to make the group the UK's leading budget hotel operator by the 2012 Olympics.
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Eventually the Holiday Inn brand passed into the ownership of Six Continents, a British-based outfit that calls itself the world's leading global hotel company, and was this week being threatened with a possible takeover bid by a firm headed by Hugh Osmond, a Briton with an eye for opportunity.
Once completed, Nobu Hotel will have 180 rooms, 16 suites, a private elevator bank leading up to the hotel tower, a separate check-in area and its own service staff.
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Priceline is leading the way in international hotel accommodations.
Now the Eurostar partnership gives Orbitz the much-needed exposure to international hotel bookings that have benefitted other leading players.
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The brand new W hotel Paris-Opera is on the leading edge of edgy in Paris.
Backed by continued acceleration in hotel bookings and higher international revenues, leading online travel agency Expedia posted yet another quarter of solid growth despite a weak macro environment.
Ritz-Carlton's Stephenson sees children leading their parents into caring about the environment on their hotel stays.
State capital Austin is one of the few US cities where females dominate the hotel business, with the savvy Liz Lambert leading the pack.
The online travel industry continues to face increasing competition from airlines and large hotel chains offering bookings directly at their websites leading to online travel agencies removing the booking fees to match the prices quoted by the suppliers themselves.
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Representatives of a group of leading universities - known as the Russell Group after the London hotel in which they have met - discussed top-up fees on Friday, at the University of Warwick.
The dispute quickly escalated, leading to around 3, 000 people raiding Shamsaddinov's Chyrag hotel the name of the hotel means "fire" in Azeri and setting alight several of his cars, which included the Camaro, a Chevrolet Niva and a Hummer.
On 1 November 1994, the Center for Security Policy sponsored a Roundtable Discussion at the ANA Westin Hotel involving over 35 former government officials, policy analysts from leading research institutes, senior journalists, congressional staff members and representatives of the Israeli embassy and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
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This four-storey hotel has 29 rooms and each individually themed floor is the creation of local leading design and architect firms.
Priceline, a leading online travel agency, provides its customers a broad range of travel products and services such as hotel bookings, airline tickets, car rentals, cruises and vacation packages.
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