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Dubai-Vegas Partners Settle Differences Giving Green Light for Completion of $8B CityCenter Resort-Casino

Dubai-Vegas Partners Settle Differences Giving Green Light for Completion of $8B CityCenter Resort-Casino

(LAS VEGAS, NV and DUBAI, U.A.E.) -- The green light is back on for the completion of CityCenter, an $8 billion resort-casino that is being billed by its partners as one of a kind in the world of ... Read More

 
Bankruptcy Protection Looms for Extended Stay America

Bankruptcy Protection Looms for Extended Stay America

(CHICAGO, IL) -- Extended Stay America, a 684-budget hotel chain with $4.9 billion in loans due in June, may consider filing for Chapter 11 protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code if it can't get extensions on the loans, according to... Read More

 
Paris Hotel Chain Matches British Airways Free Flights Deal by Offering 5,000 Free Room Nights

Paris Hotel Chain Matches British Airways Free Flights Deal by Offering 5,000 Free Room Nights

(PARIS, FRANCE) -- Accor Hotels is investing about $738,466 on a promotion it hopes will bring it new future international business. Read More

 
Marcus & Millichap Settles Suit Against Former Agents and Sperry Van Ness

Marcus & Millichap Settles Suit Against Former Agents and Sperry Van Ness

(ENCINO, CA) -- Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services says two former agents who allegedly stole proprietary and confidential documents, have settled a pending lawsuit.  So has the company they work for.The defendants are Gary Imbrie, his son, Ryan,... Read More

 
No Reported Cases of Swine Flu in U.S. Hotels, but Hotel Industry Worldwide Expected to Take a Revenue Hit

No Reported Cases of Swine Flu in U.S. Hotels, but Hotel Industry Worldwide Expected to Take a Revenue Hit

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The swine influenza hasn't hit the U.S. hotel industry to date, according to federal Centers for Disease Control and ... Read More

 
STR Releases Updated Projections for 2009 and 2010

STR Releases Updated Projections for 2009 and 2010

(HENDERSONVILLE, TN) -- STR projects a 9.8-percent year-over-year decline in revenue per available room for 2009, and it expects a 1.5-percent increase in 2010, according to the latest data released from the Hendersonville-based company. Read More

 
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 24, 2009. Read More

 
Orlando's Service Center-Flex Space Market Vacancy Rockets to 19%

Orlando's Service Center-Flex Space Market Vacancy Rockets to 19%

(ORLANDO, FL) -- There is a war going on among metro Orlando's space-seeking small service center tenants - and the tenants are winning, reports Lyle N. Nelsen, corporate and industrial specialist at Rebman Properties Inc.  It's a war where existing... Read More

 
Occupancy Declines Hit Thai Markets, Rates Are Steadier

Occupancy Declines Hit Thai Markets, Rates Are Steadier

(LONDON, UK) -- Data released today from STR Global highlights the plight of local markets in Thailand and puts the effect of the country's recent political disruption into a regional context. Read More

 
Lodging Econometrics Releases Q1 2009 Hotel Construction Pipeline Report

Lodging Econometrics Releases Q1 2009 Hotel Construction Pipeline Report

(PORTSMOUTH, NH) -- In Q1 2009, the US Construction Pipeline decelerated rapidly and now stands at 4,918 projects / 619,431 rooms. Compared to the Pipeline peak in Q2 2008, this is a drop of 16% by projects and 21% by rooms, ... Read More

 
New Housing Trends Study: Most Baby Boomers Prefer To Age In Place

New Housing Trends Study: Most Baby Boomers Prefer To Age In Place

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Most Baby Boomers, like their parents, are choosing to "age in place," but a large and growing number - more than 1.2 million households - are choosing to move to communities designed to meet their needs, ... Read More

 
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates

Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency today reported that the average interest rate on conventional 30-year, fixed-rate, mortgage loans of $417,000 or less increased 2 basis points to 5.05 percent in March. Read More

 
U.S. Census Bureau Releases New Residential Sales in March 2009

U.S. Census Bureau Releases New Residential Sales in March 2009

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Sales of new one-family houses in March 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 356,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Read More

 
STR Global Releases Hotel Performance Results for Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe & Middle East/Africa for March 2009

STR Global Releases Hotel Performance Results for Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe & Middle East/Africa for March 2009

(LONDON & HENDERSONVILLE, TN) -- The Americas region reported declines in all three key performance metrics when reported in U.S. dollars for March 2009, according to data compiled by STR and STR Global. Read More

 
Pace of Decline in Residential Real Estate Prices Slowed in February According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices

Pace of Decline in Residential Real Estate Prices Slowed in February According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices

(NEW YORK, NY) -- Data through February 2009, released today by Standard & Poor's for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, shows continued broad based declines in ... Read More

 
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Launches New Destination Club

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Launches New Destination Club

(ORLANDO, FL) -- Twenty five years after setting a new timeshare standard by becoming the first branded hospitality company to enter the vacation ownership market, Marriott International Inc., is now about to redefine the vacation/destination club industry. Read More

 
California Condo Developer Gambles $300M Downtown L.A. Project Will Trigger Sales Starting in June

California Condo Developer Gambles $300M Downtown L.A. Project Will Trigger Sales Starting in June

(BEVERLY HILLS, CA) -- If this is a recession with a capital R, nobody has told Sonny Astani yet.The Beverly Hills, CA developer of luxury condominiums for the past 25 years is betting his newest project, the $300 million, 30-story... Read More

 
Warner Leisure Hotels Plans $12M Refurbishing at 13 Properties in England and Wales

Warner Leisure Hotels Plans $12M Refurbishing at 13 Properties in England and Wales

(HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, ENGLAND) -- Warner Leisure Hotels is readying its boutique-size properties in England and Wales for an international rebound in traffic from tourists and other travelers.The England-based firm plans to spend GBP5 million ($7.3 million US) over the next... Read More

 
Invesco and WL Ross Lead Mortgage-Buying Team on Planned $1B in Purchases

Invesco and WL Ross Lead Mortgage-Buying Team on Planned $1B in Purchases

(ATLANTA, GA) -- Invesco Ltd. sees good money to be made from bad mortgages.The Atlanta-based global investment management company has rounded up a team of mortgage-buying specialists that plans to shell out up to $1 billion in buying so-called toxic... Read More

 
California Association of Realtors Reports March Home Sales Increased 63.8%, Median Home Prices Declined 39%

California Association of Realtors Reports March Home Sales Increased 63.8%, Median Home Prices Declined 39%

(LOS ANGELES, CA) -- Home sales increased 63.8 percent in March in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home declined 39 percent, the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) reported today. Read More

 
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