And in Hawaii, WATG is building the U-Sea Marine Habitat, an 80-room undersea hotel, observatory and marine research center.
Developers haven't built many hotels since the recession, with U.S. room-supply growing by only 1.5% in 2010, 0.8% in 2011 and 0.9% last year, according to Lodging Econometrics.
One of two awards of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy goes to the U.S.-based Room to Read for its effective programme, Promoting Gender Equality and Literacy through Local Language Publishing.
But in the U.S., that figure is lower than 60%, and there are still plenty of opportunities for non-U.S. carriers--who are running out of room to expand at home--to move in and gain share.
The digs: The U-shaped white stucco-and-glass contemporary has 5 bedrooms, a screening room, a pool and a deck on 80 feet of beach.
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One recent morning, boys and girls carrying tablas, xylophones and guitars shuffled noisily between classrooms, as members of the school's orchestra crammed in a wood-paneled room for rehearsals ahead of their U.S. trip.
Industry-wide in the U.S., revenue per available room was up 6% in the 28 days ending October 15, according to Smith Travel Research.
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The room doesn't have much more than a U-shaped modular couch accented with a handful of colorful pillows and a glass coffee table.
Only 10% of Japanese firms use leases to finance capital investment, versus one-third in the U.S., so there's plenty of room to expand.
The U.S. pay-TV market is getting saturated and there is not much room left to grow, except for relying on the growth in total number of households or poaching subscribers from competitors.
Luxe details include in-room bath products by La Prairie (Hotel Bel-Air is the only U.S. hotel to carry the Swiss brand specializing in anti-aging) and oversized baths with flat-screen TVs.
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If Sprint and Nextel do combine, the top three carriers will control about 75% of the U.S. mobile market, leaving T-Mobile with a relatively tiny share and little room for growth.
In the moments before Mr. Craig's reveal, we made our way through the bowels of the building, past the 41, 000-square-foot former mail-sorting room where, at one time, 90% of the mail in the U.S. was processed.
Rice, however, told reporters she couldn't imagine how the Syrian ambassador, who wasn't in the room when Annan was speaking, could characterize accurately what the former U.N. secretary-general said.
Well, as I've mentioned probably one time too many now, we've been broadcasting live from the U.S. Capitol for the opening of this new Congress from the remarkably unromantic sounding room H-144 in the Senate side of the Capitol.
Former Cold War facilities also will be transformed into a supply base for U.S. forces on the ground in Bosnia. kicked out To make room, hundreds of Hungarian soldiers -- including some who received little advance notice -- are being forced out of their barracks.
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