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The FINANCIAL -- According to US Embassy the highway between Gori and Mtskheta has been closed until further notice. U.S. citizens are urged to avoid non-essential travel inside Georgia at this time, to defer all travel north of Gori, and to avoid

The FINANCIAL -- The global hotel market got off to a good start in 2008, driven by strong average room rate growth. Analysis by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu shows that for the first six months of the year, North America was the only

The FINANCIAL --  Strong passenger traffic and higher yields will help the Gulf airlines to defy the downward global trend in the aviation industry suffering from high oil prices that are eating into profits and in some cases forcing bankruptcies in the

The FINANCIAL -- The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released international traffic data for June that showed a continued slowing of demand growth for air transport. Cargo contracted by 0.8% compared to June 2007. Passenger demand growth fell to 3.8%, the lowest

The FINANCIAL -- Property agent Jones Lang Lasalle Hotels has seen a 76% plunge in global transactions.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Catarersearch, Hilton has expanded two of its brands in China this month with three new openings, across the country. The first was the $32m (£16m) addition of the Executive Tower to the Hilton Beijing, which opened on

The FINANCIAL -- TAV Georgia operating Tbilisi and Batumi Airports in Georgia, met and celebrated its “one-millionth passenger” in the new passenger terminal which was put in service in February 2007, by a special ceremony. The one millionth passenger of the Tbilisi

The FINANCIAL -- Global Insight, the global company for economic and financial analysis and forecasting, today released its annual ranking of the Top 100 U.S. Tourism City Destinations for 2007. The ranking compares domestic and international tourism spending, tourism job creation, and the

 The FINANCIAL -- Don't ask a foreign tourist's age, wage, marriage -- posters of such eight "don't ask" are seen at many communities in Beijing's Dongcheng district, Xinkhua reports. "It is quite natural to ask a person's age when you are getting

The FINANCIAL -- According to Caterersearch, Marriott International has signed four agreements that will triple its presence in Mexico over the next five years. The agreements involve plans to add 29 branded Marriott hotels in Mexico in a deal which will involve