<rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Travel Weekly's Top Stories</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/</link><description>Today's Top Stories from Travel Weekly</description><copyright>(c) 2012, NORTHSTAR Travel Media, LLC. All rights reserved.</copyright><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>With a big-spending reputation, LGBT travelers attract suppliers</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/With-a-big-spending-reputation-LGBT-travelers-attract-suppliers/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239278</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com (Kenneth Kiesnoski)</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Agent Issues</category><description>With a big-spending reputation, LGBT travelers attract suppliers Once neglected, all but invisible and even persecuted, the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender travel market today finds itself increasingly courted and cajoled by mainstream travel suppliers, destinations and, in some cases, travel agencies.</description></item><item><title>Blackstone Group agrees to buy Motel 6 for $1.9 billion</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Blackstone-Group-agrees-to-buy-Motel-6-for-$1-9-billion/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239247</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com (Danny King)</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:35:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Hotels and Resorts</category><description>Paris-based Accor has reached an agreement to sell the 1,100-unit Motel 6 chain to Blackstone Group for $1.9 billion.</description></item><item><title>Undeveloped parcel touted as Mexico's next Cancun</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Mexico-Travel/Undeveloped-parcel-touted-as-Mexicos-next-Cancun/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239261</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com (Gay Nagle Myers)</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mexico</category><description>A massive parcel of undeveloped beachfront land nestled along Mexico’s Pacific could well be the country’s west coast version of Cancun.</description></item><item><title>Royal Caribbean to upgrade res system</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Royal-Caribbean-to-upgrade-res-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239262</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com (Donna Tunney)</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cruise</category><description>Royal Caribbean International in the next five years plans to invest $100 million in upgrades to its reservations system and automation.</description></item><item><title>St. Kitts, USVI pleased with Royal Caribbean deployments</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/St--Kitts-and-USVI-pleased-with-Royal-Caribbean/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239260</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com (Gay Nagle Myers)</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cruise</category><description>Officials in St. Kitts and the U.S. Virgin Islands welcomed the recent decision by Royal Caribbean to reintroduce summer cruising to the region after indicating that no new ship tonnage is slated for deployment in the Caribbean before 2014.</description></item><item><title>Enterprise acquires car-sharing company</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Car-Rental-News/Enterprise-acquires-car-sharing-company/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239257</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Ground Transportation</category><description>Enterprise Holdings announced the acquisition of car-sharing service Mint Cars On-Demand.</description></item><item><title>Bulgari hotel slated to open in London in June</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Bulgari-hotel-slated-to-open-in-London-in-June/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239251</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com (Danny King)</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Hotels and Resorts</category><description>The Bulgari Hotel &amp;amp; Residences, London will be the first newbuild luxury hotel in the city in four decades.</description></item><item><title>Former Cruise West ships enter service for InnerSea</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Former-Cruise-West-ships-enter-service-for-InnerSea/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239246</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com (Donna Tunney)</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cruise</category><description>InnerSea Discoveries, parent company of American Safari Cruises and InnerSea Discoveries, christened two ships on May 18 — one for each brand.</description></item><item><title>E.C. instructs Google to address possible 'abuses of dominance'</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Online-Travel/E-C--instructs-Google-to-address-possible--abuses-of-dominance-/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239221</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com (Johanna Jainchill)</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate><category>The Web</category><description>FairSearch, a coalition of Internet travel companies that claims Google thwarts competition, applauded Monday's statement from the European Commission expressing concern that four areas of Google business practices "may be considered as abuses of dominance."</description></item><item><title>Luxury Collection hotel opens in Jakarta</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Luxury-Collection-hotel-opens-in-Jakarta/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">239229</guid><author>kscholz@ntmllc.com (Danny King)</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Hotels and Resorts</category><description>The Keraton at the Plaza has opened in Jakarta, Indonesia. The hotel is in Starwood's Luxury Collection.</description></item></channel></rss>
