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Hotel industry news in brief...................

Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island will be the site of the first Mandarin Oriental hotel in the region, with the opening scheduled for late 2013 or early 2014. This will be followed by one in Doha. By Manjari Saxena

UK inbound operator JacTravel has challenged London's hotels to prove they are not "profiteering" from the Olympic Games by hiking room rates during the event next year. By Rob Gill

Recent hotel transaction and performance studies indicate the hotel market in Europe is indeed on a path to recovery. By Stacey Mieyal Higgins

An analysis of the electronic ordering practices of the top 326 U.S.-based restaurant chains finds that fast-casual and quick-service restaurant (QSR) chains have moved forward with online ordering, although not on Facebook. The study, "Online, ...

The Big Apple's hotel market is being hit with an onslaught of new supply. Approximately 33 new hotels are scheduled to open this year, many of which are independent properties. But is it too much, too soon? By Shannon McMullen

InterContinental Hotels Plc (IHG.L), the world's top hotelier, expects to open a new brand of hotels specially developed for the Chinese market in 2012 or 2013, an executive said on Monday. By Melanie Lee

There is no doubt that new luxury hotels have a fascinating allure...and as the countdown to the London 2012 Olympics continues, it seems the UK capital may be heading into a golden era of ultra-deluxe hospitality. By Rajul

One of the best interview questions I have ever used is; tell me about a mistake you made and what you learned from the experience? By Dale Dyck

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Miami Beach-based REBEL Travel Corporation, the next generation travel solutions company, announced today the launch of REBEL Hospitality Profile Pages to provide Hotels and Restaurants direct access to the largest content and advertising network for ...

Hotels are the newest space that LivingSocial's going after, and consumers can benefit. The company hired Doug Miller away from online travel giant Expedia, which should give you a hint as to its growth ambitions.

TripAdvisor announced the results of its annual European travel survey of 1000 U.S. travelers. Fifty-one percent of respondents are planning to travel to Europe in 2011. These findings suggest that rising airfares are not having a significant impact ...

While the economic recovery has allowed hotel groups to bounce back from the worst of the recession, when room rates were slashed, they now have a new set of challenges if they are to prove that growth can continue in the long term. writes the Financ ...

Marriott's Chief Financial Officer Carl Berquist says business is picking up overseas but that demand in North America is less than expected and the hotel operator believes revenue per available room will come in at the low end of its guidance.

Nearly a year after Facebook Like buttons spread out across the web, Google has announced its own rival, the +1 button. It launches yesterday as part of Google?s search engine, allowing you to ?+1? the search results and ads that you like. And in a f ...

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Hotel industry news in brief...................