Other hotels especially luxury spots are taking the opposite tack, throwing in free minibar goodies.
Newly listed Renaissance Group owns and manages 137 other hotels in 35 countries.
This year 123 of the company's 199 new franchise agreements came from converting other hotels--a Holiday Inn, say--to one of Choice's chains.
Outside, managers kept a vigil, created a temporary shelter for evacuees at a cinema multiplex nearby and arranged for rooms at other hotels.
Starwood also has a W hotel near the French Quarter on Poydras Street, three other hotels in New Orleans and two in suburban Metairie.
Other hotels invest more money and manpower in tracking guests online.
The Chengs owns other hotels through a privately held investment arm.
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The new Four Seasons going up in Saudi Arabia is being funded by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of King Fahd and owner of 14 other hotels in the Middle East.
Other hotels are trying to dial up the temptation and sales by breaking goodies out of the minibar altogether: It may be harder to resist that chocolate bar if it's staring at you from the TV stand.
Several of the departing guests were headed to the airport but, surprisingly, the majority took up the government's offer of free accommodation at two other hotels so they could see the city they never got to visit.
The off-strip locations like the Luxor and the Holiday Inn Desert Club were comparatively nice places, with the latter offering a two-bedroom suite with full living room and kitchen for a fraction of the price of other hotels.
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Many best practices for recognition can be gleaned from a company that many in the west are unfamiliar with, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, which operates 93 luxury hotels across India and 16 other hotels in other parts of the world.
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The new Four Seasons (nyse: FS - news - people ) going up in Saudi Arabia is being funded by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal , a nephew of King Fahd and owner of 14 other hotels in the Middle East.
Boutique properties like the Soho House were the first to get in on the action, and other hotels followed suit, from Hotel Frasano's Phillipe Starck-designed rooftop pool in Rio de Janeiro to the Joule in Dallas, where part of the pool hangs off the building.
Other London hotels have bigger names to drop, feel more cutting-edge, or have Michelin-starred chefs to tout.
Liverpool businessman Mr Bubbles already owns two other floating hotels in the dock - the FAB4 Beatles Yellow Submarine Hotel and one themed around the Batman villain The Joker.
Now called Ginger, it uses a staff equivalent to 40 to 50 full-timers, which compares to the staff of 150 to 200 typical in other Indian hotels of that size.
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.
Other Vegas hotels get more plugs for their views, but the designers of the Mandarin Bar were artists in the way they framed the picture, cutting out the soiled and seedy and leaving just the excitement and promise that epitomizes Vegas.
If they continue to have the need to be in town that long and even if they feel no particular dissatisfaction with your hotel they're prone to look at other area hotels, just because they're tired of looking at the same wallpaper.
On the other hand, some hotels have bent the stick far in the other direction.
He asked for eight further matters to be taken into consideration relating to arson and burglaries at other hospitals, hotels and a visitor attraction.
Initial plans call for a residential rollout of Internet TV followed by hotels and other locations.
There is hustle and bustle, as new shops, internet cafes, hotels and other businesses open every week.
Detectives also made arrests in houses and hotels in other parts of London and the Home Counties.
We look to add hotels and other facilities to cater the needs of buyers from different industries.
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But some hotels and other businesses say the damage has been done, and cancellations are coming in.
But other businesses, from hotels to aerospace to insurance, may be next in line to seek help.
The company owns the city's Grand Hyatt and other well-known hotels, but it's not clear which properties would be included in the offering.
New York Police Department officials activated emergency measures to protect "hotels and other prominent locations" in New York City, spokesman Paul Browne said Monday.
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