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itineraries: Luxury Hotels Grapple With Falling Demand

Oct. 27, 2008
Since mid-September, almost in parallel with the stock market turmoil, demand for fancy hotel rooms has plummeted.
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler