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			<title>ME hotel projects hit record high</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Property consultancy, Viability, says Mideast activity comes despite other hotel projects being mothballed.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait still means business</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait's hotel industry is catering to a predominantly business clientele for now.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Accor inks deal with Chavana</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hotel company enters agreement for Chavana Spa to develop and manage spas within Middle East and Pakistan properties.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Accor swoops on RAK hotel market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Accor Hospitality Middle East and Action Hotels are set to develop Ras Al Khaimah's first Ibis Hotel.      ]]></description>
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			<title>Second Ibis hotel for DWTC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Accor to manage 588-room Ibis hotel in Dubai Trade Centre District.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Matching the brand to the land</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Aldar Hotels and Hospitality managing director Paul Bell explains the company's strategy to match world-class destinations with the best hotel operators to provide a full gamut of services.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Ooh la la LeSpa</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sofitel has recently launched LeSpa at The Palace in Dubai. Director of spa for Sofitel Alain Masazza tells Louise Oakley of his commitment to opening at least one spa per month this year.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Accor launches Sofitel in Muscat</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Accor Hospitality Middle East has announced the signing of a new hotel in Oman, after signing a deal with owners Al Mashriq Hotels and Tourism.]]></description>
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			<title>The region according to Accor</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Accor Middle East managing director Christophe Landais tells Hotelier Middle East about the company's expansion across the Middle East and plans to deliver new brands to the region.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Accor to announce new brands</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Accor has outlined its growth plans for the Middle East, with new brands and new destinations in the pipeline.]]></description>
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			<title>Accor’s China ascent</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Accor announced last month that it will be opening or developing 62 new hotels in China by 2010.]]></description>
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			<title>Time is money</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As the industry waits with baited breath for fractional ownership legislation to be introduced, Chris Jackson looks at the market demand.]]></description>
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			<title>ESM award for Accor</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International hotel chain, Accor, has won a complimentary energy saving module from facilities management company Farnek Avireal.]]></description>
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			<title>Limited service, unlimited potential</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While independent hoteliers have offered limited service and budget hotels on a collectively large scale for some time now, larger hotel chains are looking to get in on the action in the Middle East with branded budget alternatives catering to the mid-market traveler.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Conservative confidence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hoteliers in Saudi  Arabia and Yemen are seeing a slow but sure increase in business, with occupancies up year-on-year and new international brands entering both markets, as Sarah Campbell discovers.  ]]></description>
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			<title>The customer is always right</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Portuguese furniture manufacturer, Fenabel, is in favour of the personal touch when it comes to creating bespoke furnishings for the hospitality sector explains the manager, Elsa Leite.]]></description>
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			<title>Accor sells 30 UK hotels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last month Accor announced plans to sell 30 United Kingdom properties to Land Securities for EUR 711 million (US $933.8 million).]]></description>
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			<title>Accor plans 28 new hotels across ME</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Global hotel empire Accor is launching a US$1bn expansion drive across the Middle East.]]></description>
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			<title>Accor enters Karachi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Accor Middle East is set to open its first hotel in Pakistan in April this year]]></description>
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			<title>Why the demand for three-star properties must be addressed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gautam Sen Gupta, managing partner of Dubai-based Market Vision Research and Consulting Services, explains why Dubai needs more well managed three-star hotels, operated to international standards]]></description>
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