Word: optional
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...option most are rejecting is reducing the overall room rates, because hotels feel they got burned doing that in 2001. "They found that the math doesn't work," says Yesawich; "you have to book too many more rooms to make up the lost revenue." What they are doing this time around is offering promotions and upgrades: Fairmont is offering third night free and $100 gift cards...
When times get tough airlines can ground planes and cut routes, but hotels don't have that option. You can close wings, or certain floors, Hansen points out, "but the problem is, in markets like Miami" - which just saw the re-opening of the 1,504 room Fontainebleau in November - "you can't shut down air conditioning because you'll have mold and mildew...
...space, the wine selection is good and the food is fresh and great. After you've had dinner, stroll along Valencia Street to a place called Amnesia, tel: (1-415) 970 0012. It's a very small bar and every night of the week they have live music. Another option, near Amnesia, is the Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House, tel: (1-415) 695 1811. To end the evening, walk along to Dolores Park. Nearby is Bi-Rite Creamery, tel: (1-415) 626 5600. It's an ice cream place, and a great way to end your night...
...swimming pools, golf courses and lush lawns - all of which need water. But like much of Southern California, Orange County is dry and getting drier, and the aquifer from which the county pumps much of its water is slowly draining. Importing water from wetter Northern California is an option, but an expensive one (at least $530 per acre-foot, or about 326,000 gal., of water). Meanwhile, population growth means that officials have to do something with the increasing amount of wastewater that residents and businesses are producing. (See the world's most polluted places...
...They still don’t believe that it’s a viable option,” she said. “It’s a still a thing where students and families have to be encouraged...