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Article: South Florida Hotel Officials Hopeful as Economy Improves.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- October 19, 2003
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By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 19--Last year at this time, Gill Hotels Inc., was keeping a lid on costs. Uncertainty about a looming war and anemic levels of travel spending, particularly by businesses, made caution the watchword.
This year the Fort Lauderdale parent of the Sheraton Yankee Trader and Clipper hotels is feeling more confident. Plans are being finalized to spend $30 million during the next three to five years on improvements.
"Everybody is sprucing up," noted Linda Gill, president of the family-owned hotel concern.
That's one sign that South Florida is anticipating a more normal ...
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