Behind Gossip, (Hotels moscow) There's Often a Relationship

Behind Gossip, There's Often a Relationship
The journalistic example set by the editor of the The New York Post's Page Six gossip column is one in which writers and the people they write about intersect personally.
Source: www.nytimes.com

Name change for Host Marriott
Host Marriott will shed the last of its one-time ties to Marriott International, changing its name to Host Hotels & Resorts later this month.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Strategic Hotels & Resorts Announces Acquisition of the Westin St. Francis San Francisco Hotel
CHICAGO, Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:BEE) today announced the company has signed an agreement to acquire the Westin St. Francis San Francisco hotel from an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners for a purchase price of $440.0 million. The acquisition, which is expected to close during the second quarter 2006, remains subject to customary closing conditions.
Source: www.hospitalitynet.org

Business travel: In booming Moscow, a bust for reasonable hotels
A mix of bureaucratic regulations, astronomic real estate prices and poor planning has left Moscow with few mid-range hotels, forcing tourists and business travelers resigned to glittering, five-star hotels with head- spinning room rates.
Source: www.iht.com