<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Hospitality-industry News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&amp;catid=147</link><description>News Feed for - Hospitality-industry</description><item><title>World's Top 20 Business Hotels</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96666057&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:38:00</pubDate><description>Business Hotels - // Picks: Worlds Top 0 Business //page name(s) //multi-level content category Top 0 Business Hotels') + size base_url // Business er ????? Hot Topic s:?? World More : Business er ' Vacation </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>London hotels: the best deals for your budget</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96662654&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:07:00</pubDate><description>Using different tactics, our reporters set out to find the best hotel deals in London for their budgets ?? with interesting results. of  Images The homely double room at Arlington Avenue in Islington </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>May Fair, London - hotel watch</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96662586&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:06:00</pubDate><description>Graham Boynton reviews the May Fair in London, a luxurious yet surprisingly affordable hotel a short way from the Ritz. You would not normally find the May Fair included in a list of inexpensive London </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Hilton Food Grp up on Danish deal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96648345&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T09:49:00</pubDate><description>Shares in Hilton Food Group Plc (HFG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) rise 1.7 percent after the meat-packaging firm signs a long-term deal to supply retail packaged fresh meat to Coop Danmark from 2011, </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Hilton Food signs supply deal with Danish retailer</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96644692&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T08:38:00</pubDate><description>Nov 27 (Reuters) - Meat-packaging firm Hilton Food Group Plc (HFG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said it signed a long-term deal to supply retail packaged fresh meat to Denmark-based food retailer Coop </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Black Friday hotel deals: Vegas, Orlando on sale</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96618448&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T02:26:00</pubDate><description>Shoppers lining up at stores today to nab Black Friday deals may also want to check out online lodging discounts keyed to the kickoff of the holiday buying frenzy. Hotels.com has a four-day sale beginning </description><source>USA Today</source></item><item><title>The Royal Victoria Hotel in Sheffield was the location on Wed Nov 25th for the second </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96648448&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T09:51:00</pubDate><description>The Royal Victoria Hotel in Sheffield was the location on Wed Nov 25th for the second of three recordings by RTE in its series 'The Irish Experience'. By F.Molumby - 27/11/09 These programmes come from </description><source>Irish World News</source></item><item><title>First Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Management Agreement Signed in Saudi Arabia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96475433&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T09:52:00</pubDate><description>Hilton Worldwide announced the signing of a management agreement with Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Almousa Trading Group for the first Doubletree by Hilton in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Al Khobar. The 304-room </description><source>Focus on Travel News</source></item><item><title>Oyster Reviews pearls classify Dominican Republic hotels (Correct)</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96640784&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T07:53:00</pubDate><description>New York.- Only 10 Dominican Republic hotels have been classified with more than 20 pearls by , the company specialized in the industry, which in an extensive assessment of the most important lodgings </description><source>Dominican Today</source></item><item><title>Australia: Serviced apartments and GST on lease and sale of premises: South Steyne </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96639966&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T07:42:00</pubDate><description>The Full Federal Court handed down the decision of South Steyne Hotel Pty Ltd &amp; Ors vs FC of T on 20 November 2009 confirming most of the previous judgement in relation to characterisation of supplies </description><source>Mondaq</source></item><item><title>London hotel occupancy remains strong in October</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96559668&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T06:35:00</pubDate><description>Latest figures show that the London hotel market recorded its second highest occupancy level of 2009 in October, which could boost hospitality jobs in the capital. Data from TRI Hospitality Consulting </description><source>GoYocal News</source></item><item><title>The interview ?? Marc Thiel, Euro Ejendomme: ??We see growing demand for two- </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96624616&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T04:49:00</pubDate><description>Marc Thiel, chief executive of real estate investor and manager Euro Ejendomme, says the firm??s new hotel fund, which is aiming to close with EUR500m in capital by next June, aims to capitalise upon </description><source>Etfexpress</source></item><item><title>Hilton Birmingham Metropole introduces complimentary green campaigns</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96624198&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T04:43:00</pubDate><description>The UK division of Hilton Worldwide has become the first hotel company to be awarded the Carbon Trust Standard after taking action on climate change by measuring and reducing its carbon footprint. In </description><source>MidlandsBusinessNews.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Formosa may buy Shanghai building for five-star hotel</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96621880&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T03:29:00</pubDate><description>y Tim Culpan, Bloomberg TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Formosa International Hotels Corp., Taiwan's largest hotel operator, may buy a building in Shanghai within the next year to open its first five-star hotel in </description><source>China Post</source></item><item><title>ITC Looking To Acquire Additional Stake In East India Hotels</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96473009&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T03:17:00</pubDate><description>ITC, which currently owns 14.9% in EIH, is looking at options to raise its stake in EIH to 25%. If the company increases the the take, it will keep it at 25% which is 1% below 26% required to bloc special </description><source>Deal Curry</source></item><item><title>Capital hotels fail to learn 26/11 lesson</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96616156&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T01:50:00</pubDate><description>Ranchi, Nov. 26: It??s as if 26/11 never happened. A survey carried out by hotel management students of BIT, Mesra, has found security arrangements in some of the major hotels of the state capital far </description><source>Calcutta Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Quebec hotel offers discount for francophones</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96485507&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T01:12:00</pubDate><description>A Quebec City hotel says it wants to promote pride in the French language by offering discounts to francophones. As part of its ??Franco-friendly? campaign, the Chateau Laurier hotel, just steps from </description><source>CBC</source></item><item><title>Dorchester completes third hotel purchase</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96610004&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:46:00</pubDate><description>Dorchester Pacific Ltd has completed the purchase of its third hotel this year with the aim of orderly realisation of assets. Through subsidiary Dorchester Finance Ltd, it??s bought the Emerald Hotel </description><source>BD Central</source></item><item><title>Katherine Butler: A historic relic ?? and that's just the hotel</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96609527&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:38:00</pubDate><description>It??s not all Gulf money and party-central nightclubs in the new post-conflict Lebanon. True, the bit of Beirut they call ??downtown? could be, if not exactly the Paris, then at least the Luxembourg </description><source>The Independent</source></item><item><title>Hilton Hotels Shine at World Travel Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96637376&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T11:07:00</pubDate><description>Hilton Hotels scored big at the World Travel Awards 2009 hailed by The Wall Street Journal as the Oscars of the travel industry as its two properties Hilton Kuala Lumpur and Hilton Beijing Wangfujing </description><source>Luxury Insider</source></item><item><title>Hotel food to become dearer from December 1</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96665944&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:36:00</pubDate><description>Kochi, Friday, November 27, 2009: In the wake of rising prices of essential food items, the hotel owners have announced a hike in food items. The new rates would come to effect from December 1st.    Price </description><source>AsiaNetIndia.com</source></item><item><title>Golden Tulip adds seaside hotel to its dutch portfolio</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96664602&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:25:00</pubDate><description>Golden Tulip Hospitality Group has announced the latest addition to its Dutch hotel portfolio: the Golden Tulip Noordwijk Beach, where Golden Tulip and Golden Green hotels will strengthen their cooperation </description><source>Retail &amp; Leisure International</source></item><item><title>Westin Melbourne sale wins Deal of the Year award</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96664458&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:23:00</pubDate><description>K The sale of the Westin Melbourne has been named the Deal of the Year in Mergers &amp; Acquisitions at the 20th annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) in Hong Kong. CBRE Hotels negotiated </description><source>Retail &amp; Leisure International</source></item><item><title>Hotels.com names global retail director</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96662674&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:07:00</pubDate><description>Hotels.com, the Expedia-owned hotel booking site, has appointed Lonely Planet digital business chief Troy Suda as its new senior director of global retail. Suda will be responsible for overseeing all </description><source>New Media Age</source></item><item><title>Wyndham Hotel Group to Debut Wyndham and Ramada Encore in Middle East</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96246856&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=147</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:23:00</pubDate><description>DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- (Marketwire) -- 11/24/09 -- Wyndham Hotel Group, the world's largest hotel company with more than 7,000 hotels under 11 brands, continues its expansion in the Middle East </description><source>AEC News Room</source></item></channel></rss>