Hotels hope you cotton to new fabrics

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Hotels are using higher-quality bedding, linens, towels and upholstery in guest rooms, dining rooms and lobbies to impress sophisticated guests. Starwood Hotels and Resort plans to use 100% Scalamandre silk. Also, many Omni hotels are getting better upholstery as part of a $500- million renovation program. In May 2001, Holiday Inn introduced three contemporary-style guest room design packages for its franchisees. Other hotels joining the trend include the Franklin Hotel and the Hotel Wales in New York, NY, which use white 100% combed Egyptian cotton sheets and pillowcases, as well as Ritz-Carlton, which is introducing Italian Frette linen napkins and tablecloths at its hotels.

Facilities & equipment, Hotels and motels, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc.

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Upscale hotels pop up all over

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Hotel firms are building 54 high-end hotels throughout the country. The upscale hotel building boom is fueled by investors hoping that travelers will continue to spend in hotels which feature butlers, spas and haute cuisine. While an increase in the number of upscale hotels may be good for consumers, some industry analysts are worried that the increase could result in a glut. Among the hotels which developing high-end properties are Hyatt, Ritz-Carlton, Embassy Suites and Mandarin Oriental.

New capacity, new plant construction

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Hotels pay to be first online

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Two travel industry groups are investigating whether hotel shoppers are receiving biased information from Internet World Wide Web-based online search engines and their reservation systems. It is illegal for computer reservation systems (CRS) to show flight information displays favoring one airline. However, an American Society of Travel Agents official said that he would request the Transportation Dept to extend the prohibition to hotel displays on CRS monitors and internet sites.

Government regulation (cont), All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services, Reservation Services

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