11.   Another hotel chain that is undergoing renovation is Holiday Inn.

12.   Another hotel chain, Toronto-based Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Inc., began offering its compcierge service two years ago.

13.   Another source of discounted rooms is the hotel chain itself.

14.   At its annual convention in Pittsburgh, NAACP officials distributed a list of hotel chains that did not do enough to promote diversity.

15.   At the time, Wall Street analysts said the acquisition would provide a good fit with the Sheraton hotel chain.

16.   Barbados has no branded hotel chains now in operation.

17.   Bass PLC, London, appointed Thomas Oliver chief executive of its Holiday Inn Worldwide hotel chain.

18.   Azcarraga said the Fiesta Americana hotel chain handed out food packages to assist its employees.

19.   Before the Internet surge, booking rooms in a major hotel chain seemed like the best way to assure a certain level of quality in family accommodations.

20.   Both families have since increased their initial investments substantially, and the Pritzker family of Chicago, which owns the Hyatt hotel chain, has also put up money.