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Starwood Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HOT) today officially opened the doors of their newest hotel, Le Méridien Philadelphia. A ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony included special guest speakers such as Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Pennsylvania Senator Larry Farnese, HEI Hotels & Resorts Chairman and CEO, Gary Mendell, Starwood Group SVP of North American Development, Paul Sacco.

Two factors summarize the expenses from five hotel accounts

Leading Lodging Technology and Marketing Company Launches Free Assessment Tool for Measuring the Effectiveness of your Online Booking Engine for Hotels, Resorts and Vacation Rentals.

Includes a summary of full-year transaction pricing and capitalization rates.

The 2010 Canadian Hotel Investment Report provides an analysis of the investment fundamentals that drove the Canadian lodging industry in 2009 and outlines the forecast for 2010 including data and intelligence on a variety of market measures such as transaction volume, per room pricing, buyer profiles, capitalization rates and room supply.

Pizza Patrón, a premier Latin pizza brand, is entering the Atlanta market. On April 21, 2010, it opened the first of 16 stores set out in a development agreement with Bosiba, LLC.

As consumer confidence and economic optimism slowly returned in the first half of 2010, marketers and market researchers differed sharply over whether the price-conscious consumer who dominated the marketplace during the Great Recession would prove to be a temporary aberration or a permanent fixture in the American economy.

New Design Promotes Rest; Study Reveals Travelers' Poor Rest Habits

The first official meeting of the United Hospitality Association (UHA) will take place Tuesday May 11, 2010 at the Royal Albert Palace in Fords, N.J. at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The event will host over 200 hotel owners from the Tri-State area who represent many of the largest hotel franchises in the U.S. including Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton, Wyndham, Marriott, etc.

New property will feature NextGen® design; luxurious rooms with a modern feel and state-of-the-art technology