Word: hotelmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Economical jet travel has helped lift the demand for accommodations so rapidly that hotelmen in many countries are swamped with business. Without much exaggeration, French National Tourist officials insist that not a single hotel room will be available in Paris until after October's auto show. London hotels are so packed that companies in need of space for executives cozy up to room clerks by treating them to elaborate lunches. Greek hotelmen are braced for a 30% increase in tourism this summer. The lure of Expo 70 has not only jammed Japanese hostelries, but contributed to a squeeze...
...this demand is most apparent in Europe. Five new hotels will open in London this year; another 30 are due to transform the city's skyline by 1975. Amsterdam is adding 50% to its hotel capacity. In France, where 60% of the hotel space was built before 1914, hotelmen foresee a spurt of construction in Paris and along the Cote d'Azur. The Soviet Union opened a new hotel for foreign tourists this spring at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, will open a second in Leningrad this summer, and is putting up three more in Moscow...