Living-Travel

NEW YORK Remote Lands, the Asia ultra-luxury bespoke private tour operator, announced today their private jet vacations to the Amanresorts hotels in Southeast Asia. The completely customized itineraries will focus on the culture and cuisine of Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and will include off-the-beaten-path destinations to which few travelers venture, including Battambang in Cambodia and Champasak Province in Southern Laos.

ALLEN, Texas John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts:

ALLEN, Texas & SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Mr. John Q. Hammons continues to establish deep roots in Texas as the opening of the new Courtyard by Marriott^® Dallas – Allen at the John Q. Hammons Center nears completion. To mark progress on the living hospitality legend’s fifth hotel complex in the growing Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and his eighth in Texas, John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts announced the pre-opening executive team led by General Manager Michael Kapoulis, a 15-year company veteran. Scheduled to be completed by year’s end, the nine-story, 228-room/suite hotel and adjoining 30,000-gross-square-foot conference center is owned by Mr. Hammons and will be operated by Springfield, Mo.-based John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts (www.jqhhotels.com), the nation’s leading independent builder, developer, owner and manager of upscale, full-service hotels, resorts and suites. To feature the new Courtyard Refreshing Business concept with Bistro, the development is anticipated to represent 125 new jobs at its peak, and a hiring fair is planned for November 18 and 19 at The Village at Allen.

CHARLESTON, S.C. The winter blues are nothing new - cold days, long nights and summer nowhere in sight – it’s no wonder everyone becomes disgruntled! Luckily, Cheeseburger in Paradise^® and Jamaica have just what it takes to bring back the holiday cheer and help guests and fans become “ungruntled.”

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount (subject to increase by Starwood, the “Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount”) of its 7⅞% Senior Notes due 2012 (CUSIP No. 85590AAD6/85590AAC8) (the “2012 Notes”) and 6¼% Senior Notes due 2013 (CUSIP No. 85590AAK0) (the “2013 Notes” and, together with the 2012 Notes, the “Notes”) subject to the Maximum Tender Amount for each series of Securities set forth in the table below. The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are described in an offer to purchase, dated November 5, 2009 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and a related Letter of Transmittal. Starwood also announced today that it has launched a concurrent public offering of new senior notes, the proceeds from which will be used to purchase all Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase in the Tender Offer.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 10-year senior notes through an underwritten public offering.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.(NYSE:HOT) is honored to announce that Denise M. Coll, President of Starwood’s North America Division, was selected by the Massachusetts Lodging Association (MLA) to be inducted into the MLA Hall of Fame for her contributions to the lodging industry of Massachusetts during her 30 year career. The award was presented last week at The Sheraton Boston Hotel during the 2009 MLA Hall of Fame Award Ceremony.

DUBLIN Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7dbf0e/travel_and_tourism) has announced the addition of the "Travel and Tourism in Ireland" report to their offering.

NEW YORK Hyatt Hotels Corp., a leading global hospitality company, opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “H” after its successful initial public offering in which it raised $950 million in gross proceeds. Headquartered in Chicago, Hyatt Hotels Corp. is the 18th IPO by an operating company on the New York Stock Exchange this year.

RICHMOND, Va. Access America, the U.S. travel insurance brand of Mondial Assistance, has been named “Business Services/Insurance Partner of the Year” by Ensemble Travel^® Group. Ensemble members in the U.S. recognized outstanding supplier performance in 11 different awards categories during its 2009 international conference held at the Fairmont Banff Springs in Canada.

GREAT NECK, N.Y. New York based United Capital Corp. announced that industry veteran Anthony Ferrara has been named General Manager for their recently purchased Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Hotel and Exhibition Center. Ferrara has nearly 20 years experience as a GM, and is a well-known hotel executive in South Florida, having been GM at several high profile area hotels.

SAN FRANCISCO Hotel workers walked off the job this morning at the Grand Hyatt Union Square in San Francisco, announcing a 3-day strike against the property, according to Unite Here Local 2. The Grand Hyatt is owned and operated by Hyatt Hotels Corporation [NYSE: H], which consummates its initial public offering today raising more than $900 million for its principal owners, the Pritzker family.

PARIS Rockwell Group Europe (“RGe”) has teamed up with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to design the W Paris-Opéra, W Hotels’ debut in France. Diego Gronda, Managing and Creative Director of RGe, the Madrid satellite office of New York’s Rockwell Group founded by David Rockwell, is leading the design team on this innovative project scheduled to open in 2011. Owned by Barcelona-based Meridia Capital, the hotel occupies an elegant 1870s Haussman-era building located across the street from the famous Opéra Garnier and near Galeries Lafayette and Place Vendome in the 9^th Arrondissement. Taking the inspiration from combining New York’s energy, where the W brand began in 1998, and Paris, the “City of Light,” RGe is flooding the new W Hotel with illumination and color.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today that the Company has closed on the sale of 24,700 square feet of retail space at the St. Regis New York to GFC Fifth Avenue LLC, an investment group led by the Chera family’s Crown Acquisitions, Lloyd Goldman and the Feil Organization. The sales price of $117 million represents a 5% cap rate on anticipated 2009 NOI.

CINCINNATI Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (NYSE: SNI), owner and operator of the Food Network and HGTV lifestyle television networks, will enter into a joint venture with Cox Communications Inc. by which it will acquire a controlling interest in the Travel Channel.

MIAMI Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL Corporation Ltd. or the “Company”) announced today that yesterday it entered into an agreement to sell $450 million aggregate principal amount of its 11.75% senior secured notes due 2016 (the “Notes”) in connection with a private offering (the “Offering”) that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In addition, the Company has entered into a new $750 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “New Revolving Credit Facility”). The initial funding of the New Revolving Credit Facility is expected to occur concurrently with the consummation of the Offering.

PUERTO PEÑASCO, Mexico One of Mexico’s best kept secrets is about to be discovered. The first international airport in Puerto Peñasco, and the first completely privately built airport in Mexico, opens today for commercial service. Vacationers across America and Canada, and the rest of the world, will, for the first time, have quick and easy access to Sea of Cortez beaches, natural beauty, wildlife and recreational offerings that, until now, required long drives across desert and mountain terrain for most travelers.

Gail Mirabella used to train her dogs to do tricks when she was a kid. Eventually, her hobby turned into a career. Today, Mirabella works as a dog trainer for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus. Backstage before a recent show, she talked to TFK Kid Reporter Cameron Young about why she chose this career path, how she selects the dogs she trains and what it's like to work in the circus.

CHICAGO Hyatt Hotels Corporation (“Hyatt”) announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 38,000,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $25.00 per share. Hyatt’s Class A common stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “H” on November 5, 2009.

PHOENIX International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. (ICE)