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...Denver, occupancy rates seem to be climbing faster than the market price of silver. The only way that would-be guests can see the inside of a room at the Beverly Hills Hotel is to buy a $4 ticket to the film California Suite, and the Los Angeles Marriott, a 1,020-room slab within easy earshot of the airport runways, is expected to hit 100% occupancy for more than 150 days this year. The squeeze is much the same in Detroit (where guests sometimes have to settle for space in Ann Arbor, an hour's drive away...
High occupancy and rising rates lead to enviable profits. Earnings of Holiday Inns were up 24% in the first nine months of 1978, while Marriott ended its fiscal year up 30%. Hilton had the highest earnings for any month in its history last October: $9.3 million...
Anti-Shah Iranians learned that the princess was back in town when the Queen Mother arrived clandestinely aboard an Iran air force 747. After the rioting, Queen Tajomolouk appeared at the Marriott Inn near Los Angeles International Airport. Then she and her daughter retreated to the estate of Publishing Tycoon (TV Guide) Walter Annenberg in Palm Springs, Calif. Said Annenberg about the possibility of further demonstrations against his royal guests: "If they come...
Egypt's hotel shortage may cause a squeeze, but construction is now under way by many companies, including Hilton, Intercontinental and Marriott. On both sides of the Sinai, tourist officials foresee a bonanza as international travelers rush to visit both countries in a single trip. Says Fuad Shady, an official of the Nile Hilton: "We have the greatest tourist package in the world?the Holy Land combined with the world of the Pharaohs?and a great year-round climate...
Utah's Republican Congressman Dan Marriott. In Oklahoma, a Democratic wit sums up the formula for success at the polls: "If you have a Democrat who walks, talks and acts like a Republican, then you have a lead-pipe cinch to win." Democratic Representative Abner Mikva of Illinois, long known as one of the most liberal members of Congress, is trying to live down his reputation in this election. He tells voters that no other member of the Illinois congressional delegation has voted against more spending bills...