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Word: checkin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Construction costs overseas- $30,000 to $40,000 per room -are as high as in many U.S. cities, and few new U.S. hotels abroad match the grand luxe service of the best of the older foreign-owned hotels. But traveling Americans like U.S.-style hotels for their informality, speedy checkin, reliable phone service and fast meals. Europeans, who have been accustomed to more elegance, unction and haute cuisine, also seem to fancy the same American touches. Hilton's steakhouse in Paris to which beef is flown from the U.S. -is often so crowded with French patrons that hotel guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: World Hotels: Little Room and Big Boom | 6/15/1970 | See Source »

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