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Hotels FOR THE AGENT Continued from page 58 By the end of 2008, InterContinental (www.ichotelgroup.com) plans to add 50,000 to 60,000 rooms across its seven brands with particularly strong growth in China, Japan, India and Vietnam. Three InterContinental Hotels and Resorts are slated to open in China by year’s end in Chengdu, Shenzhen and Jiuzhaigou. Also poised to open by the end of the year is the InterContinental Hanoi Westlake, along with the InterContinental Dubai Festival City. In the U.S., the brand will debut in San Francisco, Sacramento, Scottsdale and Orlando over the next few years. System wide, IHG reports major developments in New York City, Denver, Chicago, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio. I Marriott International: Earlier this year, Marriott (www.marriott.com) announced a partnership with Nickelodeon for a new hotel brand, Nickelodeon Resorts by Marriott. The upscale destination resorts will come with Russia and at least 15 in the U.K. I InterContinental Hotels Group: Ever ask yourself which host agency is right for you? We can help. If you: • Are passionate about selling travel … • Want integrated desktop technology right at your ngertips that provides the tools and information that you need to manage your business … • Long to leave the administration and reporting to someone else … • Have an existing client list that you want to transform into sales … … then you ARE Nexion! Contact us today so you can be where you belong! 800-747-6813 | sales@nexion.com | www.nexion.com Nickelodeon-themed activities and multi-bedroom suites, and will debut in San Diego in 2010; 20 new resorts are expected to open around the world by 2020. Marriott also teamed up with Ian Schrager to develop a boutique global brand and hopes to have 100 hotels within 10 years. Marriott will triple its portfolio in India by 2010, adding 21 properties across six brands; the Courtyard brand will enter Thailand in 2008. I Regent Hotels & Resorts: Pro tability Productivity People Promotions Carlson Hotels has a master plan to expand its upscale brand, Regent Hotels & Resorts (www.regent hotels.com), with eight new proper- Nexion, the Nexion logo, Sabre Travel Network and Sabre are trademarks and/or service marks of an afﬁliate of Sabre Holdings Corporation. All other trademarks, service marks and trade names are owned by their respective companies. © 2007 Nexion Inc. All rights reserved. CST# 2071045-50 ties expected to open within the 60 Home-BasedTravelAgent S E P T E M B E R 2007 http://www.ichotelgroup.com http://www.marriott.com http://www.nexion.com http://www.nexion.com http://www.regenthotels.com http://www.regenthotels.com

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Home-Based Travel Agent - September 2007

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