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United Airlines To Lay Off 414 Mechanics - Forbes
united airlines said on wednesday it will lay off 414 mechanics at its san francisco maintenance base. the layoffs are part of 7,000 job eliminations announced previously by the chicago-based carrier as it reduces its flying and eliminates the boeing ...
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Strategic Hotels & Resorts Not To Proceed With Purchase Of Hotel Development Space In Chicago
strategic hotels & resorts, inc. (nyse:bee) , announced today the company will not proceed with its previously announced contracted purchase of hotel development space at the aqua building, which is currently under construction and adjacent to the company's fairmont chicago hotel.
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Intercontinental Chicago O'hare Celebrates The "art Of Meetings"
the new 556-room intercontinental chicago o'hare offers planners and attendees a one-of-a-kind experience to be renewed and inspired through an environment of creativity. home to a fully-functioning art gallery and original artwork featured throughout the sophisticated, design-forward property, groups have access to a unique interactive live art performance, such as an exclusive artist who ...
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Engineer Worked On Hotels Around World - Chicago Sun-times
sheldon h. cohen was influential in the redesign of some of the country's major hotels -- including the chicago hilton and towers, the palmer house, the waldorf-astoria new york and the hilton new york. mr. cohen, 74, died sunday in glenview. his ...
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Hilton Hotels Corp. - Chicago Tribune
chicago's role as a training ground for tourism-industry managers will expand dramatically next fall when depaul university launches a school of hospitality leadership in its business school with help from a $7.5 million gift from the conrad n ...
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Hard Rock Hotels And Tasameem Group Announce The Hard Rock Hotel Abu Dhabi
october 8, 2008- hard rock hotels, the global hotel brand, announced today that they are to develop their second hotel in the united arab emirates, hard rock hotel abu dhabi, with the tasameem group. late last year, the two companies announced plans for a hard rock hotel in dubai.
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Broadway Returns To Knoxville Via Chicago
broadway returned to knoxville tuesday night as the musical chicago opened at the tennessee theatre. the company that formerly brought broadway musicals to knoxville said it was no longer a viable effort. but ac entertainment said it will succeed where others failed.
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Lew's News: Wolves Choose Esw/chicago - Chicago Sun-times
the chicago wolves has selected esw/chicago to handle advertising and marketing communications. the team recently named former american hockey league coach of the year and chicago native don granato head coach. esw will develop advertising tied to ...
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Irce 2008 Hotels: Great Accommodations At Discounted Rates - Internetretailer.com
we want your trip to chicago and your stay at the internet retailer 2008 conference & exhibition to be as carefree, convenient and comfortable as possible. toward that end, we have arranged large room blocks at discounted irce 2008 conference rates ...
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Bill Gates’s Cascade Ups Stake In Gamco, Strategic Hotels
bill gates’s investment firm, cascade investment , is on the move. cascade’s announcement that it had raised its stake in gamco from 10.4 percent to 18.9 percent through the purchase of a $60 million convertible note, sent shares of the asset manager up as much as 15 percent.
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Business Briefs: Oil Closes Down Wednesday
texas billionaire robert rowling has bought up an additional 58,300 shares of gaylord entertainment stock. the omni hotels owner spent $1.2 million to add to his 14 percent stake in gaylord entertainment, which owns the gaylord texan in grapevine.
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Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Profit Rises 27% On Tokyo (update2) - Bloomberg
sept. 10 (bloomberg) -- hongkong & shanghai hotels ltd. 's first-half profit grew 27 percent after the operator of the peninsula chain of luxury hotels opened a new location in tokyo at the end of last year. net income rose to hk$1.62 billion ($208 ...
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Intercontinental Chicago O'hare Selects Birch Street Systems For E ... - Ein News
newport beach, california, sept 23, 2008 - birch street systems, a leading provider of e-procurement and back office automation solutions to the hospitality industry, today announced that the intercontinental chicago o'hare has selected its single ...
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Intercontinental Chicago O'hare Celebrates The "art Of Meetings"
rosemont, ill.----the new 556-room intercontinental chicago o'hare offers planners and attendees a one-of-a-kind experience to be renewed and inspired through an environment of creativity.
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Flyte Systems Partners With Digital Signage Provider Displayiq, Installs Live Airline Information At Two Hotels
enhance guest service: operators add airline information to digital signage systems
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Get Into Bed For A Cure At Hard Rock Hotels Nationwide With Hard Rock ... - Pr Newswire
hard rock hotels in san diego, biloxi, chicago, orlando, hollywood & tampa outfit guest rooms in pink sheets with proceeds from guest stays to benefit the breast cancer research foundation orlando, fla., sept. 8 /prnewswire/ -- hard rock hotels ...
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Orbitz Worldwide Expands European Hotel Presence With Swiss Quality ... - Pr Newswire
chicago, sept. 4 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- orbitz worldwide (nyse: oww) , a leading global online travel company, today announced a distribution agreement with zurich, switzerland-based, swiss quality hotels international ( http://www ...
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Travel Industry Hit By Global Downturn
airlines and hotels are reporting sharp declines in sales.
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Chicago Architects Plan More Towers In Dubai
against a backdrop of nose-diving world markets, it sounds like a comic book fantasy: three closely bunched, mega-skyscrapers would shoot in the sky, connected by skybridges and grand arches. a tower of light would knife into the sky between the buildings. canal boats would glide underneath.
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Hotels' Sale Promised To Be Seamless - Salt Lake Tribune
three hotel monacos in denver and chicago and salt lake city (above) - with 606 rooms - sold for around $190 million. all three hotels still will be managed by the san francisco-based kimpton hotels & restaurants. the hotel monaco has been sold. the ...
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