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...When asked whether Google had faced any pressure or requests from authorities regarding Gandhi’s online content, Kanchan Gupta, an Indian government senior adviser, said: “Any such allegation or implied...
...During this period, their deals include investments in travel lodgings business Airbnb, social network Twitter, travel booking site Expedia, Alphabet’s self-driving auto unit Waymo and Reliance Jio, a fast-growing...
...On Monday, search giant Google kicked off its fight against a €2.4bn EU fine for abusing its market dominant position by lodging a formal appeal at Luxembourg’s general court....
...Mr Loveman’s insights from collecting the gambling, dining and lodging habits of Caesars customers led to the creation of a loyalty programme called Total Rewards....
...The asset manager says it is considering lodging an international claim against the Andean country under the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force in 2009....
...On Friday, the group also announced that it had completed the purchase of the 480-room Novotel Hotel in New York’s Times Square, in partnership with the Chartres Lodging Group....
...The economic climate has seen luxury hotels, badly hit in the downturn, recover faster than other parts of the lodging sector....
...Rod Petrik, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co Rod Petrik is an equity research analyst covering real estate and lodging....
...“While the lodging industry continues to languish awaiting a return of the business traveller, the leisure customer has already rebounded,” said Bernstein Research, which forecast earnings would beat consensus...
...On Hawaii’s big island, Westbrook Partners LLC, Farallon Capital Management LLC and Lodging Capital Partners LLC bought the 540-room Fairmont Orchid Hawaii in 2005 for $250 million....
...If not, the political ruckus of April’s parliamentary elections could put off the lodging of sealed envelope bids until a new government is formed mid-year....
...However, lodging stocks suffered after JPMorgan reduced its estimates on eight because of lower demand....
...Select the lodging tab for San Francisco and more than 600 hotels come up. Check a box for hip hotels and for a Union Square neighbourhood and the list narrows itself down to 19....
...Colony is also part-owner of Fairmont Hotels, the Canadian luxury lodging group, alongside Kingdom Holdings, the investment vehicle of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia....
...Colony is also part-owner of Fairmont Hotels, the Canadian luxury lodging group, alongside Kingdom Holdings, the investment vehicle of Prince Al-waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia....
...“There is a continued strong business environment for lodging,” said Arne Sorenson, chief financial officer. “We have rarely been more bullish about our outlook.”...
...The lodging sector has been rife with mergers and acquisitions due to optimism for the travel industry and a hot real estate market....
...It will form the core of the online travel business that Cendant plans to spin-off later this year, which will also include Cheaptickets, Lodging.com, Ebookers and Octopus of the UK....
...Marriott projects continued strength through the year with operating income from lodging expected to rise between 31 to 35 per cent to reach $915m-$945m in 2006....
...The enlarged group, spanning 120 hotels in 24 countries,will hope to form a stronger rival to Four Seasons, the only other large independent luxury hotelier,and new high-end lodging brands launched by competitors...
...Luxurious lodgings clearly add to its magic. No wonder, then, that Starwood Capital is paying up for Taittinger and its affiliate, Société du Louvre....
...The feverish buying and selling of hotels in the past 18 months reflects investor optimism about property rather than stocks, bullish outlook for the lodging industry and historically low interest rates....
...Besides expanding its online travel operations, Cendant is also bolstering its lodging division. It plans to build mid-priced hotels in Russia and other former Soviet Union countries....
...Although Cendant already owns Cheap Tickets and lodging.com, it has faltered in gaining market share in online travel....
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