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Reviews are offered for Independent Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Hotel Coronation, Sydney, New South Wales.

A review is offered for the MoRest Motel in Mobridge, South Dakota.

The article reports that New York's hotel developer Sam Chang purchased a Manhattan hotel site for $11 million, and is launching negotiations to buy another. Chang's McSam Hotel Group LLC owns and operates 10 budget-brand properties in the city. It is mentioned that a small group of individual builders are building hotels in New York. Some of them say that the worsening financial crisis makes their job easier by reducing their competition and lowering construction costs.

The article focuses on the public-private initiative of the Indian Railways to renovate its existing Rail Yatri Niwases and construct new budget hotels. The said hotels will be located within the proximity of the stations. The first of the projects of the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corp. (IRCTC) in a public-private partnership with Roots Corp. is Ginger Yatri Niwas. The focus of the hotels is on intelligently designed facilities.

A review is offered for Hôtel des Grandes Écoles, Hôtel Bourg-Tibourg, and Hôtel Du Danube Saint-Germain, located in Paris, France.

The article focuses on the efforts of Super Hotel in Japan to fulfill its goal of becoming the best budget hotel in the country. The hotel offers innovative features that brought it into focus. The hotel offers clean and modern well-lit rooms and lobbies, as well as other extra services like a free breakfast buffet, wireless Internet access, buildings featuring all non-smoking rooms, among others. Ladies rooms are also equipped with special hair dryers and cosmetics sets.

The article reports on the new venture of Terra Capital Partners in the form of the separate company J.W. Stone which is designed to invest in budget hotels in second and third-tier cities in China. Company president Bruce Batkin states that the venture has a pipeline of over 200 million U.S. dollars. and has raised capital needed to secure transactions. Batkin adds that they expect better growth in the secondary markets as compared to the primary markets.

A table is presented which offers information on budget hotels in Europe including Citizen M, City Inn and 25 Hours.

A table is presented which offers information on budget hotels in the U.S. including Aloft, Hotel Indigo and Hyatt Palace.

The article presents an introduction to a series of articles on dollar-saving vacations. They include resorts in the Mexican cities of Colima, Oaxaca, San José and Iturbide, resorts in the Guatemalan cities of Lake Atitlán and Antigua, resorts in the Belize cities of Caye Caulker and Maruba, and resorts in the Ecuadorian cities of Otavalo and Guayaquil.

The article features several budget hotels in the U.S. and Mexico. The Inn at East Beach, Santa Barbara, California is a 33-room hotel with many of its oversize guest rooms surround a heated pool, and some offer views of the ocean. The Ambassador Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a 133-room hotel that showcases its art deco roots while offering guests luxuries such as flat-screen TV and Internet access. Hotel Colonial in Álamos, Sonora, Mexico is a restored colonial mansion and one of Mexico's National Historical Monuments.

The article reports on budget hotels that will be launched in the U.S. in 2007-2008. Choice Hotels' new Cambria Suites in Boise, Idaho, pairs chic design with high-technology amenities for less than $150 a night. NYLO Hotels will debut its urban loft accommodations in Plano, Texas in late 2007. Starwood Hotels plans to open Aloft properties, a budget version of the company's W brand with modern furnishings and Bliss spa amenities, in Chantilly, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina in 2008.

The article features the print advertising campaign by KesselsKramer for Hans Brinker, a budget hotel in Amsterdam, New York. KesselsKramer creative director Erik Kessels said that the concept, which points out that the hotel has a bad quality, was created because there was not much to say about the hotel itself. The six posters of the current campaign show tokens from hostel life in silhouette, which include a generic plastic chair missing a leg and a bent room key.

The article recommends hotels that offer room rates under $150. Ginger Hotel in Bangalore, India is endowed with café, gym, laundry, and Internet center. Liostasi is a hillside hotel in Ios, Greece that offers spa services and rooms with a view. The three floors of Hotel Navona in Rome have 35 cheery rooms-with Murano light fixtures, quality bed linens, and modern bathrooms.

Focuses on the Log Cabin Motel located in Montrose, Colorado. Architecture of the Log Cabin Motel; Changes made by past owners to the interior decorations of the motel; Description of the neon signs which surround the Log Cabin Motel.

The article presents information on paradores, family inns that are found throughout Puerto Rico. Paradores can be seen in mountain and coastal settings. Several paradores are offering guests a two-night accommodation rate of $350. The package includes room tax, American breakfast, dinner and gratuity.

This section offers information on four affordable hotels in New York City, Chicago, Paris and Los Angeles. The author provides a brief description of each hotel, along with rates and contact information.

The article reports on the study which found that opening a low-end hotel near high-end properties entails a positive marketing strategy based from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research in the U.S. The team found that economy and budget hotels had higher revenue per available room results when they are located new markets with a high proportion of upscale and luxury hotels.

Presents an article on preparing for a weekend romantic getaway on a limited budget. Advantage of her decision to spend their weekend right at home; Information on the preparations made in order to transform the home into a romantic motel; Meals prepared to complete the bed and breakfast accommodation for her husband.

Presents information on the Sun Plaza Motel in Silver Springs, Florida. Description of Silver Springs; Features of the motel.

The article reports on hoteliers selling their property. Since late February, four big groups have announced sales. They reckon they can earn a better return in hotel management than in owning buildings. But some are investing the cash from these sales in expanding their budget hotels, which can be more profitable than upmarket establishments. Whitbread, a British leisure group, said this week it would put 46 of its Marriott-branded upmarket hotels in Britain and Ireland into a joint venture with Marriott. Whitbread expects this will bring it "at least" £1 billion ($1.9 billion) over the next two years. Most of this will go to shareholders, to the company pension fund or to cut debt. But the aim is clear: Whitbread, which plans a further £300m of sales, including five more upmarket hotels and other assets, will concentrate its hotel efforts on its budget arm, now called Premier Travel Inn. Two grander, international groups also are to sell, but remain upmarket. One is Hilton Group, a British-based firm that operates the Hilton brand outside the United States. A single £1-billion deal was announced last week by InterContinental Hotels, also a British-based group, with brands including Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn, and a hotel turnover last year of £1.5 billion ($2.75 billion at 2004 rates). France's Accor group, with a worldwide hotel turnover last year of euro5 billion ($6.2 billion), is taking a different line. Last week it, too, announced plans to sell more of its upmarket hotels, while retaining the management. Accor will also make a big push in emerging markets, above all China. Like other chains, Accor already has hotels for tourists and well-off Chinese there, and plans a lot more. But the real novelty will be more of its simpler Ibis brand for less well-heeled locals.

Presents information on the Hi-Lo Motel and Cafe in Weed, California. Description of its roadside sign; Reasons behind the name of the hotel according to owners' daughter Margaret Dean; Background on the cafe.

Provides information on the Munger Moss Motel in Lebanon, Missouri. Background of the establishment of the motel in the mid-1940s; Origin of the name of the motor court; Description of the motel; Factors contributing to the interest of consumers in staying in the motor court.

Focuses on the Blue Gum Motel in California. Existence of eucalyptus trees in the motel area; Information on the Blue Gum restaurant; Stories heard by current proprietor Pratina Patel about the motel; Customers that have been attracted to the motel.

The article focuses on Bridgestreet.com, an alternative accommodation provider that was launched in February 2017. It aggregates supplier content from its own leased and managed properties and from other alternative accommodation providers and enables instant online booking. BridgeStreet's client base has grown from 4,000 companies to 5,000 in the year since the new site launched.

The article offers information on the study "Portrait Of American Travelers," which reveals the interest of leisure travelers in shared economy lodging given by various providers such as VRBO, HomeAway, and Airbnb. Topics mentioned the several motivations for the interest in shared economy lodging which include the desire to stay in unusual places, affordability, and desire to have a vacation away from home, the development in shared economy lodging, and the demand for the industry.

The article focuses on the pressures facing hotels to provide impeccable service at breakfast. Topics covered include the tendency for economy brands to keep up with midscale segment breakfasts, the plan by Travelodge to streamline its breakfast and the attention given by the Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites brands on the importance of the breakfast attendant.

The article reports on a study conducted by accountancy firm Moore Stephens over observation of closure conditions for the Great Britain's hotel industries after Brexit that leads to an increment in prices of beverages and food; and prevalence of competition from budget hotels for the industry.

The article focuses on the growth observed in select-service hotels in the U.S. in 2014 and opportunities for its growth in 2015. It mentions the TravelClick North American Hospitality Review report by hospitality industry revenue generating solutions provider TravelClick, which reveals that select-service hotels have a positive future. It reports increase in average daily rate and occupancy rates of such hotels in 2014 and also presents the views of John Hach of TravelClick regarding the same.

The article focuses on growth in acquisitions in the limited or select-service hotel sector. Topics discussed include comments of Jatin Desai of Peachtree Hotel Groupon growth in the limited service portfolio of the hotel, views of Mike Marshall of Marshall Hotels & Resorts on growth in new-build opportunities in the sector, and the limited service portfolio of Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG). It also presents views of Mary Beth Cutshall of HVMG on the same.

The article offers news briefs on hotels in Great Britain as of February 7, 2014. Luxury hotel group Rocco Forte & Family PLC is selling its 165-bedroom Lowry hotel for 40 million British pounds. Hyatt Hotels Corp. will build its first Hyatt Place hotel near London Heathrow Airport in England. Travelodge will open 15 new hotels under its 100 million British pounds investment in budget hotel brand.

The article focuses on the growth of limited-service provider hotels in New York. It mentions that limiter-service hotels are having great demand in the market because investors find them as large profit generators as compared to select-service providers. According to Roger Clark, a Partner in CHM Partners LLC, a co-venture firm with CHM principals, limited-service assets are very sensitive to market movement.

The article offers news briefs related to the hotel industry in Great Britain. Luxury hotels and branded residence in Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Chelsea and Kensington are to be acquired and developed by Marbella Club Hotel Group, which bought Tophams. After the sale of its leasehold to an independent operator, the 102-bedroom Travelodge hotel in Oldham is to be rebranded.

The article reports on the growth opportunities for the Motel 6 and Studio 6 budget hotel brands following the $1.9 billion acquisition by Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII LP on October 1, 2012. It says that Accor SA's former brands will be managed by G6 Hospitality LLC, which was formed after the acquisition was finalized. It also mentions the 50th anniversary of the brands and their expansion plans to compete in the global scene.

The article informs that the limited-service sector is achievable goal for many hoteliers. Greg Friedman, chief executive officer of Atlanta-based company Peachtree Hotel Group, says that it is an ideal time to invest in the limited-service sector as prices are coming in line with buyer expectations. Mark Laport, president of Concord Hospitality Enterprises Co., says that the company's objective is to focus on cost-control activities as done during recessions.

The article focuses on the how Supertel Hospitality Inc. and Concord Hospitality Enterprises Co. approach their limited-service segment, traditionally defined as properties without beverage and food operations. Mark Laport of Concord says that their two Courtyards assets will be certified by the Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Kelly Walters of Supertel says that they will continue to upgrade their portfolio to achieve the highest returns for the shareholders.

The article reports on the trial of Yotel Ltd.'s new budget hotel in Manhattan, New York City. It describes the concept of the hotel which features high-end boutique style and amenities, along with small size guestrooms. The company's chief executive officer (CEO) Gerard Greene explains their objective in attracting the mass market. It notes that the hotel is set to open in 2011 and it is being financed by the International Financial Advisors (IFA) Hotels and Resorts based in Kuwait.

The article looks into the growth of rates of economy hotels in the U.S. in 2017.

The article reports the franchise provider of economy lodging G6 Hospitality's announcement at their annual convention about G6 Revenue Optimization Workspace (GROW) which is their new revenue management system. It also focuses on their franchise agreements in Mexico where they will be building six hotels with an investment of $3 million per location and also stated by Dean Savas the Executive Vice President is the reason behind the brand creation of Hotel 6 and Estudio 6 to be Latin America.

The article discusses the interior architectural design of the Premier Inn Frankfurt Messe, a budget hotel in Germany, designed by interior architectural firms JOI-Design and JSJ Design.

The article reports that budget hotel group Travelodge has saved more than three million sterling in business rates by appealing its business rates liability ahead of deadline.

The article discusses business opportunities in the area of franchising for mid scale hotel groups. Red Roof has 18 franchise hotels which were converted from other brands, and sees potential for getting new franchisees with its NextGen new-build prototype. Accor North America and Country Inns & Suites are other groups involved in mid scale franchising. The benefits of mid scale franchising such as access to local lenders, low land and low labor costs are also discussed. INSET: Franchisors: Developers Should Act Now.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the previous issues including one on British members of parliament be made to use budget hotels in the May 22, 2009 issue, one on VisitEngland's Enjoy Every Minute advertisement, and another one on the Mardan Palace hotel in Turkey in the May 29, 2009 issue.

The article focuses on the economy lodging sector where owners are searching ways to face the emerging depressions in the U.S. It is mentioned that the economy sector has not shown any real economy brand landscape and new products offerings, but owners are trying to make differences in their economy properties. The business also depends on its location and smaller brands are trying to expand to face the challenges.

The article reports on the strategies employed by hotels in the economy sector in the U.S. to lure business travelers and encourage repeat customers. It relates that economy hotels have to devise a service program that balances facility features and amenities to keep the guests coming. Moreover, it cites the five criteria identified by economy lodging executives to establish a consistent service level for the business traveler. Furthermore, the article discusses the five criteria which include the Wireless-Fidelity connections, continental breakfasts, high-quality bedding, free telephone service, and interior hallways.

The article discusses the progress of the city of Durgapur in West Bengal, India. It was shown that development in the city became evident after it experienced a decline in its business operations mostly supported by public sector undertakings (PUS). However, the private sector had played a significant role towards the growth of the city. Among its contributions include the construction of shopping centers, housing projects and budget hotels.