Priceline.com Says the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is Nation's Most-Popular 5-Star Hotel for Valentine's Weekend
NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Instead of a bouquet of flowers for Valentine's Day this year, priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) customers seem more inclined to give their significant others a stack of casino chips.  In a survey of the most popular destinations and hotels for Valentine's weekend and Valentine's Day, priceline.com found that Las Vegas clearly held the winning hand. The survey was based on published-price hotel reservations made through priceline.com for check-in between February 10-14, 2012. Las Vegas hotels dominated the Valentine's list.  The most popular 5-star hotel in town for the romantic weekend is the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph Collection, while MGM Grand Hotel Casino, also in Las Vegas, is th ...

Hotels.com Offers Cross Country Getaways in Florida and California with Its Sunny Escapes Sale
DALLAS, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This winter, travelers longing for a sunny getaway can escape the frigid temperatures and hit the beach with the hotels.com® Sunny Escapes Sale.  Great deals are available from coast to coast, with Florida hotels and California properties discounted at up to 50 percent off.  Rooms must be booked by February 27 for travel between now and March 12, 2012. (Photo: ) "There's no better way to beat the winter blues than to plan a warm getaway without pulling out your passport," said Taylor L.

Choice Hotels Introduces a Redefined & Redesigned Comfort Brand Family
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kicking off the New Year at this year's annual Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), Choice Hotels (NYSE: CHH) invites the lodging community to rediscover its flagship brand.

Hotels.com Is in the Spirit of Giving This Holiday Season
DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Tis the season for shopping, and to help ease the burden of holiday spending that can often  leave a major dent in bank accounts, hotels.com's Holiday Travel Sale gives travelers deals up to 30 percent off for travel through Jan.

Oyster.com Checks-in to 40 More Cities in Three Months
NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oyster.com, the hotel tell-all, has been keeping its hotel investigators busy the last three months. They've been trotting the globe, investigating nearly 600 hotels in 40 new cities, and photographing all the dirty little details that hotel websites won't show you.

Reinvigorating the Hotels.com Brand
DALLAS, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hotels.com®, the market leader in online hotel booking and home to over 20,000 hotel destinations worldwide, is launching a new, globally unified marketing platform reflective of a global brand ethos effective February 14, 2012. (Logo: ) "Over the past twenty years, we've evolved from a phone-based sales company, to a web-based company and now, to a global, fully integrated web, social and mobile-booking company," said Victor Owens, vice president of marketing North America for hotels.com.

Global Business Traveler Survey 2012: Hotel Accommodation, Selection Criteria, and Customer Expectations of New Technology, Promotions and Services
NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Business Traveler Survey 2012: Hotel Accommodation, Selection Criteria, and Customer Expectations of New Technology, Promotions and Services Synopsis • The report is based on primary survey research of more than 2,000 industry professionals who travelled at least once over a three month period.

Macdonald Hotels & Resorts Adds Historic Haycock Hotel to Portfolio
EDINBURGH, February 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the UK's largest privately owned hotel operator with over forty 4 and 5 star hotels throughout the UK and Spain, has further increased its market presence by agreeing terms with the owners of the historic 48 bedroom Haycock Hotel in Wansford near Stamford. Located just off the A1(M) north-west of Peterborough, under the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) agreement, the 16th century property will operate as a Macdonald Associate Hotel.

Rezidor and Carlson Establish the Carlson and Rezidor Hotel Group
BRUSSELS, January 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the world, and Carlson, a global hospitality and travel company, have announced that they have established The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group.

The Rezidor Hotel Group Announces Opening of the Park Inn by Radisson Lübeck
BRUSSELS, January 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, has rebranded the former Mövenpick Hotel Lübeck in Germany. Since January 1st 2012, the 197 room property has been trading under the new name Park Inn by Radisson Lübeck.

The Rezidor Hotel Group and Al Jassim Group Announce Hotel Missoni Doha
BRUSSELS, January 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, and Al Jassim Group have announced Hotel Missoni Doha. The unique luxury lifestyle hotel will be exclusively designed by Rosita Missoni and feature approximately 200 rooms and 70 serviced apartments.

Hotels.com Zeroes in on Affordable Luxury
DALLAS, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The end of the year is when everyone tries to get the most bang for their buck, whether it is a 36-inch flat screen television or a pair of diamond earrings.

Hotels.com Survey Finds Free Wi-Fi is the Make it or Break it Factor in Hotel Booking
DALLAS, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- hotels.com® recently conducted a hotel amenities survey, asking travelers to dish on their favorite in-room and hotel perks. Question after question, guests reported that free Wi-Fi is a must when choosing a hotel room and that this amenity overwhelmingly factored into the decision on which hotel to book.

Hotels & Motels: Global Industry Almanac, MarketLine
NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Hotels & Motels: Global Industry Almanac, MarketLine Hotels & Motels: Global Industry Almanac is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Hotels & Motels industry.

If Hotel Walls Could Talk! Hotels.com Romance Survey Uncovers Both Dissidence and Harmony Between the Sexes Surrounding Valentine's Day
DALLAS, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hotels.com® smells romance – or maybe scented candles – in the air as they release results from the 2012 Romance Survey. The survey found that many couples like to get away for Valentine's Day, and gleaned insights into their hotel rooms with some intimate findings.