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The Royal Sonesta New Orleans is part of one of Sonesta’s full-service brands. As part of its scale-up strategy and to help assimilate former IHG and Marriott properties, Sonesta has added a midscale, extended-stay brand and an upscale, select-service concept.Hotel News Sonesta's U.S. scale-up: New hotels will grow the brand by nearly 325%By any measure, Sonesta's sudden growth spurt is unusual, according to one hospitality expert.

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Bruce Nierenberg on the Healthy Sail Panel proposal to the CDC: A very good startAnd I think Carnival and MSC should get behind it.

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Jenn Lee: Travel advisors' dirty little secretHow is it that success in booking travel has driven agents to shaming their fellow agents?

On The Record American Airlines' Alison Taylor on the challenges facing the aviation industry

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What's New, What's Hot is Travel Weekly's look at useful and fun travel gadgets, edited by Joe Rosen. First up, the Incase Commuter Backpack. One of a limited line of products designed to help ease the strain of carrying a laptop for business or business travel, the line includes a computer sleeve an accessory organizer and a laptop-carrying backpack.