Kamat Hotels ups stake in JV to 26%
Mumbai-based Kamat Hotels has bought 9 per cent stake of partner BSEL Infrastructure Realty, in BW Highway Star for an disclosed amount. Kamat?s stake has thus gone up to 26 per cent.

Guardian Daily: Mumbai hotels re-open after massacre; GM food and winter solstice
Less than one month after the attacks in Mumbai, two of the hotels targetted reopen. Randeep Ramesh finds out how survivors are coping with the memories. A new exhibition on the future of food opens in London allowing the public to consider the issues behind GM and other food technologies. Guardian Daily's Andy Duckworth talks to Professor Tim Lang . Here more on the Future Foods exhibition ...

The dirt-cheap hotels: Filthy loos and mouldy mattresses raise fears over budget chains
Budget hotels have been accused of providing guests with stained bedding and dirty bathrooms. One hotel had mould growing on a mattress while a duvet at another had an apparent blood stain on it.

Hub hotels see 21.5% revenue dive in November
Boston hotels sustained a 21.5 percent decline in revenue per available room in November compared with November 2007, according to a new report by PKF Consulting Inc.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2008 Earnings Release Date
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today that it will release the Company?s fourth quarter financial results prior to market open on Thursday, January 29, 2009, followed by a conference call at 10:30am ET. The conference call will include a brief discussion of the quarter followed by questions and answers. The call will be moderated by Jason Koval, Vice President, ...

Nursing Homes are star hotels with costly medical facilities?
Birthday/marriage parties should be simple, sober? Mahesh Kapasi: With lots of money, many people (including black money especially rich people) have now birthday / marriages take place in five star hotels farm houses, just to use their black money and show their high status!

MVB: Buckeyes Face Hawaii, Penn State and Southern California at Outrigger Hotels Invitational
The Ohio State men?s volleyball team opens the 2009 season by traveling to Honolulu, Hawai?i for the 15th Outrigger Hotels Invitational. The 10th-ranked Buckeyes will play host No. 13 Hawai?i at 12 p.m. ET, Thursday.

Irish spend most on hotels in Europe
Irish people are willing to spend more on a night's hotel accommodation than anyone else in Europe, according to fresh data from the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI).

Cervinia ski guide: top five hotels
Five of the best hotels in the Italian ski resort of Cervinia from the luxurious Hermitage to traditional familyrun accommodation.

Hotels spruce up to better compete with new Citizen in town
Several of Sacramento?s best-known and largest hotels are completing major renovations to keep up with new rivals.

Cocktail Kings Shake Up Bar Business
My three vices in life (at least the ones I am willing to talk about) are fireworks, cigars and cocktails. And swanky hotels. Oh, and politically incorrect food like foie gras, and heart-stoppers like sweetbreads. Butter. Traveling first class. Sharp hats. Okay, so there are a lot more than three.

Price war among Dubai hotels to woo tourists
Dubai, Jan 4 : From the seven star hotels to comparatively modestly priced furnished accommodations in Dubai, the hotel sector is seeing a price war in the new year as the hospitality industry is stretched to find cash rich tourists.

Guests at two Gulf-front hotels find improvements
At least two Lee County resorts are sprucing up big time, before tourism's high season begins in mid-February.

Kyoto Hotels
Kyoto celebrates "The Tale of Genji," one of the most influential works in Japanese literature. Lantern-lit alleyways, grand temples and ancient shrines make the city one of Japan's prettiest.

IFA Hotels wins top travel award
DUBAI: IFA Hotels and Resorts received an award at the 2008 World Travel Awards ceremony held in Dubai as the leading middle eastern overseas developer.

Hotels, restaurants draw Ohio, Texas fans in town for Bowl
The economy may be down, but occupancy is up at Scottsdale hotels and restaurants as fans flock in from Ohio and Texas for Fiesta Bowl festivities.

Four Seasons, Breakers, Ritz-Carlton among top hotels
"Travel + Leisure" magazine has come out with its annual list of the 500 best hotels in the world and Florida has landed 28 on the list from the Panhandle to Disney to the Keys.

Area hotels fill up fast as football fans book rooms
Football fans are filling up area hotels, proving the big game will be a big help for our local economy.

Ontario hotels keep pace with growth
ONTARIO - The Convention Center, L.A./Ontario International Airport, corporate office buildings and the new Citizens Business Bank Arena have something in common - people.

Dubai hotels to cut rates up to 60% for DSF
Hotels in Dubai will offer discounts of up to 60% on room rates in addition to a 25% reduction in food and beverage prices from mid-January until mid-February to mark the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), the emirate's Department of Commerce and Tourism Marketing (DTCM) has announced.