News on Luxury Hotels

2009-01-05 Obamas move to Washington - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Mr Obama, his wife Michelle and their two daughters have booked into the luxury Hay-Adams hotel, which has a view of the White House.

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2009-01-04 No luxury tax for delegates at NRIs meet-Chennai-Cities-The Times of India

In addition, the overseas Indian affairs ministry has to issue a certificate to the respective hotels along with the list of delegates or guests and such hotel shall endorse this list and the details of bills raised by it in respect of the delegates or guests who stayed in their hotel, to substantiate the amount for exemption from luxury tax along with the return of the concerned month or quarter in the form as prescribed under the Tamil Nadu Tax on Luxuries Rules, 1980.

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2009-01-03 Obama Family Moves Into Hay-Adams - Luxe Life ( )

Fresh from a 12-day holiday vacation in Hawaii, the Obama family returned to Illinois yesterday for a brief visit. The future first family will check into the Hay-Adams luxury hotel in Washington on Sunday, just in time for Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, to commence classes at Sidwell Friends School on Monday. Whew.

The storied Hay-Adams, designed in the 1920s, has the ambiance of a private mansion and is situated in Lafayette Square with views of Lafayette Park, St. Johns Church, and, of course, the White House. The 145-room hotel (with 20 suites) is named after figures who lived there: John Hay, private assistant to President Abraham Lincoln and later secretary of state, and Henry Adams, a noted writer and thinker and a descendant of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

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This small luxury hotel is a splendid place to crash for the next two weeks. - Obama Barack Washington DC travel Castro Kimberly

2009-01-03 Hotel shares gain and Starwood surges in new year

Hotel shares gain and Starwood surges in new year

STR noted that the luxury hotel segment booked the steepest declines. Luxury occupancy tumbled 24. 4 percent and average rates fell 14. 5 percent, resulting in a 35. 4 percent drop in luxury segment revpar. The luxury segment has been hit hardest by the economic downturn as businesses and consumers trade-down to less expensive properties.

For the week ended , U. S. hotel occupancy dropped 16. 4 percent and the average daily rate slid 9. 5 percent to end the week at usd. 92. 49. As a result, revenue per available room fell 24. 3 percent to usd. 33. 13. Revenue per available room, or revpar, is a key gauge of a hoteliers performance.

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2009-01-02 Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas - Business Wire - News and Observer

Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas

In Las Vegas, average people are versed in the statistics that impress relatives from back East and testify to the success of this enterprise: 39 million visitors, almost 140,000 hotel rooms, 10 new schools a year. It was a place that not only believed its own hype, but depended on it.

By the time Grice arrived in 1993, the fantasy had grown larger. The Mirage - gambling tycoon Steve Wynns new beacon of luxury - had changed the definition of casino. The era of attractions, of pyramids and tigers and pirates and mini-European cites, had begun.

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This is not just a place people are born and live. Las Vegas is an enterprise. - Vegas Lights Dim MGM Mirage Inc TS:MGM IG:5700

2009-01-02 Overflow jail is emptied as Dallas County prepares to open new tower News for Dallas, Texas Dallas Morning News Latest News

The 10-story Decker jail, a former luxury hotel, opened in 1987. It can house 1,080 inmates. Because its a minimum-security jail, it held most of the inmates on work-release programs.

Decker was built in 1962 as a luxury hotel, once owned by actress Doris Day.

Dallas County bought the 297-room hotel, then known as the DuPont Plaza Hotel, for usd. 9. 2 million in 1985.

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2009-01-02 The Peninsula On-line: Qatars leading English Daily

The Qube planned for a White Out New Years Eve Party where guests were asked to wear an all-white costume. Sources from the rest of the luxury hotels here, The Ritz-Carlton, the Sharq Village and Spa, La Cigale and Doha Marriott, said they would rather not have it known as having New Year revelries, just a gathering of guests to usher in the New Year. Many said that they had removed decorations from their hotels as a mark of respect to the suffering of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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2009-01-01 Showbiz - News - Jay-Zs luxury hotel chain put on hold - Digital Spy

The former Time Warner Cable warehouse, which was envisioned to be the first in a line of luxury hotels under the J Hotels brand, will now be rented out to generate some income.

Jay-Zs proposed chain of luxury hotels has been put on hold after the developer failed to secure the necessary funds.

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Jay-Zs proposed chain of luxury hotels is put on hold because of the current economic crisis. - Jay Z Showbiz News entertainment gossip

2008-12-30 Low Cost Luxury In Lech At Seasons End - OnTheSnow

Lech was one of the earliest Alpine ski villages, with the first appearance of Telemarking skiers on "Nordic Planks" here in the 1890s, 15 years before the Alpine variant of skiing, most commonly used today, was invented. Lech has quietly established itself in the century since then as one of the worlds greatest ski resorts, having several of the crowned heads of Europe in its list of repeat clientele. Today the village still attracts visitors to its more than 35 four- and five-star hotels (thats more than twice as many as there are in St. Moritz).

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Lech offers luxury lodging for less.

2008-12-30 Luxury boutique hotel opens in Telluride, despite economy - Related Stories - AH and LA SmartBrief

Now may seem like one of the worst times imaginable to open an boutique luxury hotel, but in the wealthy Telluride, Colo. , market, the owners of the Lumiere hotel expect their new hotel to thrive. President Matthew Nuss said it would be naive not to pay attention to the economy, but the hotels prices wont be lowered significantly.

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