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Stronger economy means more points to get a free hotel room
Here’s another sign that the economy is stronger: Several major hotel chains are significantly raising the number of loyalty reward points needed to book a free room. It’s a simple matter of supply and demand, said Joe Brancatelli, who...
Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Travel, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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SoCal Close-Ups: A date with the Coachella Valley
Sure, you could go to the beach again. Or you could turn your back on the Pacific and head instead for a desert land of date shakes and camel races, jumbo windmills and creationist dinosaurs, native palms and gay parties, mountain views and midcentury...
Tags: Dinah Shore, Arts, Gene Autry, Highway Transportation, Paleontology
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Critics targeting hotel chains affiliated with NRA
National Rifle Assn. critics are blasting two of the world's biggest hotel companies because they give discounts to NRA members. A global advocacy site, Avaaz.org, has urged its followers to go on Facebook and sound off against Best Western International...
Tags: U.S. Airways, Media Industry, Social Media, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Post & Beam's well-seasoned restaurateur, Brad Johnson
Foodies tend to move like flocks of birds, swarming a chic eatery, and then — swoop — off to the next. One of their newer perches in Los Angeles is in a part of town that hasn't had much of the food spotlight. Post & Beam opened on New Year'...
Tags: Health, Gael Greene, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Roxbury, Upper West Side
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Q & A with Post & Beam's Brad Johnson
Daily DishThe Times' Patt Morrison has an interesting question and answer with Brad Johnson, the restaurateur behind such various locations as Roxbury, Memphis and BLT Steak. Guess what? His father was restaurateur Howard Johnson. OK, as he says, "not that Howard..... -
'Mad Men' recap: Straight trippin'
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Phone numbers and websites for hotels, and hotel associations
Major lodging companies' phone numbers and websites are listed below. Several hotel and motel brands may be managed by one umbrella company. Thus, different chains may share central reservation staffs and Internet systems. It's why Internet users...Tags: InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, Companies and Corporations, Red Lion Hotels Corp., United Kingdom, Corus Group Plc
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An appreciation: Soupy Sales, hip and elemental
Show TrackerEven though the occasion is sad, there is something oddly bracing in setting out to write about a man who called himself 'Soupy.' We need more Soupys in this self-important, don't-you-dare-throw-that-pie world -- and now there is one less, Soupy...... -
Ace Hotel & Swim Club is a hybrid apart in Palm Springs
The first thing that caught my eye: the coyote wearing a pearl necklace. The critter strides in a diorama above the front desk, near a cactus with red Christmas ball flowers. Then there is the vintage ice cream cart from which tamales are served...Tags: Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Steaks, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Ice Cream
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How to contact major hotel chains
Major lodging companies' phone numbers and websites are listed below. Several hotel and motel brands may be managed by one umbrella company. Thus, different chains may share central reservation staffs and Internet systems. That's why callers to Comfort...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Red Lion Hotels Corp., Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc., Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Walt Disney
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A vibrant sound is now dead silent
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCORDOVA, ALASKA -- By way of telling his story, and the story of this fishing village, Mike Maxwell -- born, raised and hoping to die here -- wants to talk about what happened to the herring. They were the little kings of the sea in these parts. They ran...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Imperial and Royal Matters, Career and Workplace, Aquaculture
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Services closed after hurricane
Times Staff WriterAirlines As of Tuesday, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International and the Gulfport-Biloxi International airports remained closed to all traffic, except relief and rescue flights. No reopening dates were announced. Airlines continued to divert hundreds...Tags: Air Transportation, Travel, Career and Workplace, Employees, Family
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