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Detroit’s hotel industry gets a boost in business as occupancy rates reach 68 percent
RoomsThe resurgence of Metro Detroit’s hotel industry continued in October, when its occupancy rate hit at least a six-year high of nearly 68 percent. Occupancy rates of 70 percent or higher usually produce profits, experts say. It is the single largest monthly year-over-year increase so far in 2012. The comeback of the Detroit automakers and their [...]
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Airport updates: Flight cancellations rise at Detroit Airport
TransportA near-shutdown of East Coast airports as Hurricane Sandy approached impacted Detroit Metro Airport this morning. Fifty-nine departures have been scrapped through 1 p.m. at Metro, according to a Free Press tally of FightStats.com data, which tracks flight status. Just between 7-9 a.m., flights to Baltimore; Norfolk, Va.; New York LaGuardia; Richmond, Va.; Washington Dulles; [...]
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Wolfsburg, Germany tests the notion of car towns as 21st-century theme parks
DestinationsSource: Detroit Free Press Author: John Gallagher Buy a new Volkswagen in northern Germany and you probably won’t go to a dealership to pick it up. You visit a theme park called Autostadt in Volkswagen’s hometown, where there are rides, dining, museums, celebrations of auto design and a final stop to pick up your car [...]
