Hotels National Mall
Booking hotels on a budget (The Daily Record)
When the economy was booming, many hotel companies began building new properties. Some of those are opening now, resulting in a 2.5 percent increase in hotel room supply this year, just as demand is dropping by around 1 percent or more, according to Jan Freitag of Smith Travel Research.
The Hot Ticket to History, Unscalped (New York Times)
Two months short of Inauguration Day, the excitement of a grand national convergence on the Capitol is already palpable.
DC transit system expects huge inaugural crowds (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Washington area's transit system is bracing for record ridership on Inauguration Day and says passengers should expect extraordinarily long lines and packed railcars and buses.
How to get deals on hotel rooms (Seattle Times)
New hotels are opening just as the economy slumps; that means travelers can get deals on rooms.
Aldar to showcase Yas Mall at MAPIC (AME Info)
Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi's leading property development, investment and management company today unveiled plans to build a signature Super Regional Mall as part of Abu Dhabi's premier retail and leisure destination at Yas Island.
About 200 SB call center employees laid off (San Bernardino Sun)
SAN BERNARDINO - National economic woes became more than just a headline Wednesday for the more than 200 people who worked at Starwood Vacation Ownership's call center downtown. Photo Gallery: Starwood layoffs
Is Big Sky or Big Mountain the real Montana? (San Francisco Chronicle)
There are two big destination ski resorts in Montana. Big Sky, near Bozeman, is expensive and polished. Big Mountain, near Whitefish, is not. You can go as big as you want in Big Sky Country. But which is the real Montana? I grew up there and can tell you...
Crowd Of 1 Million Could Attend Obama Inauguration (Channel 8 San Diego)
President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration is expected to draw 1 million-plus to the capital, and already some lawmakers have stopped taking ticket requests and hotels have booked up.
Commentary: Washington getting ready for event of a lifetime (CNN)
Is it just me or has everyone living within a 120-mile radius of the U.S. Capitol Building heard from his or her fifth cousin lately?
Shopping spree stalls, retailers tighten belts (Gulf Times)
DUBAI: Some big Dubai retailers, accustomed to giddy spending in the Gulf Arab tax-free haven, are grappling with a drop in sales as consumers worry about the impact of the global financial crisis on their wallets.
