Ramada Inn at Laramie, Wyoming is a newly renovated hotel in the heart of Wyoming.

The new, spacious and comfortable hotel is close to all of Laramie’s attractions and universities, incluindg the University of Wyoming, the Laramie Regional Airport, and the historic downtown region of Laramie.

The hotel has everything business and leisure travelers require, including:

• Business center
• Business work desk in rooms
• High speed internet
• Gym and Fitness center
• Complimentary continental breakfast
• Inroom coffee makers and tea makers
• … and much more

JW Marriott, the Marriott International luxury brand, will be introduced to the Vietnam markets in 2011 in Danang under a long-term management agreement with VinaCapital Danang Resort, Ltd.

The Danang JW Marriott Resort will be part of a mixed-use development which will include residential villas, a Greg Norman-designed Golf Course, and other future items besides the hotel itself.

“We are excited to be part of the emergence of Vietnam’s central coast as an important global  leisure travel destination with what promises to be a premier example of our luxurious JW Marriott hotel brand,” said Ed Fuller, president & managing director of international lodging for Marriott International.

JW Marriot is the premier luxury hotel brand of Marriott International. The brand is designed to appeal to leisure and business travelers that appreciate an unpretentious approach to luxurious surroundings, services and amenities.

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Located in the heart of Casper, Wyoming, the Ramada Plaza Riverside Hotel is the destination of choice for business and leisure travelers visiting Casper, Wyoming.

The hotel is located right on the scenic North River Platte shores and just off of the I-25, which puts the Ramada Hotel in Casper, Wyoming right in the heart of the city and the crossroads of the historic Oregon, Mormon and Pony Express trails.

With a large selection of shopping and dining available nearby, guests will want for nothing while enjoying the following amenities and features:

• Airport Shuttle
• Free High Speed Internet
• Gym & Fitness Center
• Pool
• Restaurant
• Pets Allowed
• … and much more.

The Ramada Hitching Post Inn & Conference center is the stay of choice for business and leisure travelers in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The historic property is conveniently located in the heart of Cheyenne, nearby major attractions, such as the Cheyenne Depot Museum, National Forests and the Historic Downtown area. Restaurants, shopping and other activities are also nearby.

The hotel is ideal for business travelers as well, and for hosting large conferences in the area. A business center, free high speed internet and a comfortable room make any business traveler right at home and with the tools they need to stay in touch.

All guests will enjoy the generous amenities and features:

• High speed internet
• Coffee maker
• Hair dryer
• Iron and Ironing board
• Cable TV
• Microwave
• Pool
• Restaurant
• Pets allowed
• … and much more.

A report by Research and Markets stated that China’s tourism industry will keep growing at a rate of 10.4%.

With the growth of a middle-class, incomes and the standard of living, tourist expenditure increases. Over the past few years, China’s growth in the tourism sector has outpaced that of the GDP, and the future continues to look rosy.

In the next few years, China’s tourism industry will keep growing at a rate of 10.4%. Revenue proportion of China’s tourism industry to GDP will jump to 8% in 2010 from 5.44% in 2002. China will become the world largest tourism destination and the fourth tourist exporter of tourists in 2020, and the number of Chinese touring overseas will hit 100 million by then.

The Chinese have been investing heavily in infrastructure and its investments directly into tourism have reached and estimated CNY150 billion in recent years, fostering the large 20% growth rate.

The report goes into a detailed analysis, and you can read it all here.

The Ramada Rocky Mountain portal gives you access to every Ramada Hotel in 6 states and dozens of cities in the Rocky Mountains.

This is a great resource for Nature and Outdoor Lovers planning a trip to the Rocky Mountains. The portal lists Colorado Hotels, Idaho Hotels, Montana Hotels, New Mexico Hotels, Utah Hotels and Wyoming Hotels, covering every region of the beautiful and inspiring Rocky Mountains.

The portal will take you directly to the Ramada Hotel in the Rocky Mountain city of your choice.

Visit the Rocky Mountain Hotel Portal.

With the credit crunch back in the States, the high end travel sector in Hawaii has felt the pinch, and it may pinch harder yet. According to reports, average hotel occupancy in the Hawaiian Islands fell to 74.2 percent, a 6.5 percent drop from the same month a year ago.

The drop marked the fifth consecutive monthly decline for the market, and its lowest occupancy rate for July since 1998.

The decline can be easily traced to a drop in visitors to the traditionally successful and profitable tourism market. Travelers from Japan alone have dropped by 11.7 percent, corporate meetings dropped 26.7 percent and honeymooners dropped by 24.2 percent.

The horizon shows no sign of respite quite yet.

“The fall shoulder season also looks troubling with a lot of uncertainty for the first quarter 2009,” Toy said.

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According to new reports from Oban Multilingual, a Search Engine Optimization Company, international travelers prefer eye-catching design over simplicity in travel websites.

The report surveyed international travelers from over 40 countries.

What’s a simple website?

A non-elaborate or ’showy’ site in appearance or style, or plain, unassuming, unpretentious.

Eye-catching sites are bold, outstanding, pronounced and with an overt sense of ’style’.

While sites fall in and around these two camps, most can be safely put into one or the other. 

Likes and dislikes were found to fall along cultural lines, which might mean targeting a specific region should be prefaced by similar research into that community. For example, Chinese travelers tend to have a preference for flashy, busy websites.

Regardless of flashy or simple designs, the study did find that the ease of navigation remained on top of visitors concerns. 

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The world’s second 7-Star hotel will be built in China, according to the management agreement signed over the weekend in Beijing, China.

Antaeus Group, a Chinese real-estate company, and the Canadian Fairmont Hotels and Resorts will team up to build the hotel in Sanya, a popular tourist destination in the south of China in the Hainan Province.

The only other 7-Star hotel in the world is located in Dubai, the Burj Al Arab Hotel. 

Construction on the Chinese property will begin this year with plans to open doors in 2011. The hotel will be located in the center of Haitan Bay in Sanya, taking up a large 215,300 square meters. It will be the new neighbor to a luxury yacht club, an 18-hole seaside golf course, and Asia’s largest ocean park.

Total investments in the project are between 1.5 and 2 billion yuan (US$219.23 to 292.30 million).

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Marriott Internatioanl (NYSE:MAR) announced that it will be expanding its Caribbean/Latin American hotel holdings, opening six new hotels that will range from moderate-priced Courtyard by Marriott to the upscale Marriott brand.

Four Courtyard by Marriott hotels wll open in Guarquil, Ecuador; Paramaribo, Suriname; San Pedro Sula, Honduras; and Paramaribo Suriname. A Marriott Hotel open in Cuzco, Peru and a Residence Inn by Marriott in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

“We are excited by the range of travel experiences these five properties will represent and that, with the exception of the Courtyard hotel in Suriname, all are additional properties in countries in which we are already operating, thereby enabling us to give local and long distance travelers more opportunities to experience the Marriott International brand of lodging hospitality in these countries,” said Ed Fuller, president and managing director of international lodging for Marriott International.

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