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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Announces Closing of Sale of Hotel Portfolio to Host
Starwood Hotels&Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) ("Starwood") announced today that it has closed on a sale of 28 hotels - including hotels under the Sheraton, W, Westin, St. Regis and Luxury Collection brands - to Host Marriott Corporation (NYSE: HMT) ("Host").
Source: www.finanznachrichten.de

On Command to carry 'Howard TV'
On Command Video Corp. begins offering Howard Stern through its network this month.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Branson pickle
Sir So Sir Richard Branson is planning to build the worlds first hotels in space (Another giant step for Branson, 2/3 April). Will the mini-bars at the Virgin Cosmos be stocked with Mars Bars, Galaxy and Milky Way? Or perhaps just Cadburys Fruit and Nut?
Source: www.thebusinessonline.co.uk

Bezurk.com to drive consumers directly to activehotels.com
Asia Pacific travel search engine Bezurk.com has formed a marketing partnership with priceline.coms online hotel reservation provider Active Hotels....
Source: www.m-travel.com

$50 Million Puts Ali in Ring With Elvis and 'American Idol'
The media entrepreneur who controls the rights to Elvis Presley and the hit television show bought an 80 percent stake in Muhammad Ali's name and image.
Source: www.nytimes.com

Escalating land prices hit budget hotels
Budget hotels are finding it difficult to make their way into the metro cities thanks to rising real estate prices. Many hoteliers, who had earlier planned to develop no-frill basic hotels in A class cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, are now taking a re-look at their plans.
Source: www.ndtvprofit.com

CNL Hotels & Resorts to take over Phoenix JW Marriott
CNL Hotels & Resorts Inc. says it has made a deal to take full ownership of the entity that owns the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in north Phoenix instead of the partial ownership it has now.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Thai Hot Stocks - Ital-Thai, True Corp, banks down, Laguna up
BANGKOK, April 12 (Reuters) - Thailand's benchmark stock index was down 5.70 points, or 0.75 percent, at a 1-week low of 751.7 points at 0454 GMT on Wednesday.
Source: asia.news.yahoo.com

Starwood closes sale of 28 hotels to Host Marriott
NEW YORK, April 11 (newratings.com) Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc ( HOT.NYS ) announced Monday that it had closed the sale of 28 hotels to Host Marriott Corp.
Source: www.newratings.com