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Starwood Hotels (HOT) Stock Soaring After Announcing Earnings, Strategic Alternative Exploration

April 29, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

Starwood Hotels said its adjusted earnings were 65 cents per share, compared to the 57 cents per share analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting. For the full year Starwood is expecting earnings to be in a range between $2.94 per share and $3.04 per share, above the $2.97 per share analysts have forecast.

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S.C. destination lands on TripAdvisor’s list of best islands

April 29, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

Hilton Head Island, S.C., has landed among the top 5 on a list of the best U.S. islands from TripAdvisor.

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British Queen to Name New Ship

February 28, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

Queen Elizabeth II will christen P&O Cruises’ new flagship Britannia in Southampton, England, on March 10. She will be accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The naming ceremony of the new 141,000-tonne cruise vessel will take place at Ocean Terminal in Southampton, England and will be of great national interest.

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Mauritius Sees Strong Tourism Revenue Rise

February 28, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

Mauritius tourism revenues are seen rising 9.5 percent this year, after a jump in 2014 that was driven by higher visitor numbers, official data showed. Tourism is a valuable source of foreign exchange for the Indian Ocean island, but it has found long-haul visitors from Europe harder to attract since the global financial crisis.

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Clapham B&B gets top award from TripAdvisor ratings website

February 28, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

OWNERS of a bed and breakfast guest house are delighted after gaining a top award from holiday ratings website TripAdvisor. Moor View, at Cold Cotes near Clapham, was the only Yorkshire Dales establishment to be recognised in the ‘Top 25 B&B and Inns’ category of the Travellers’ Choice Award for 2015.

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TripAdvisor names OC among best beaches for 2015

February 20, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

TripAdvisor names OC among best beaches for 2015 The website TripAdvisor says Ocean City has one of the country’s best beaches Check out this story on delmarvanow.com: http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/02/20/oc-makes-list-top-us-beaches/23751831/ Users of the travel website TripAdvisor have thumbs-upped Ocean City into a list of the Top 25 Beaches in the U.S. The resort came in at No. 25 on TripAdvisor’s 2015 Travelers’ Choice awards recognizing the top beaches.

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The year Superbowl ads got serious

February 5, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

Evangelical Christians were outraged at a Carnival Cruise ad that featured the voice of John F. Kennedy musing on human connection to the ocean. This year, Superbowl ads – once entertainment hubs for those interested in the big game or not – seem to have taken a more serious note, whether trying to convey hard realities or getting interest groups to draw battle lines.

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