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Hub hotels insulated a bit from airline woes

Study predicts properties here will be hurt less by carriers' cutbacks

More than three-fourth's of Boston's hotels are higher-end properties, where guests tend to be less sensitive to rising airfares. More than three-fourth's of Boston's hotels are higher-end properties, where guests tend to be less sensitive to rising airfares. (Wiqan Ang/for the boston globe)
By Nicole C. Wong
Globe Staff / July 20, 2008

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As the country's cost-burdened airlines cut seat capacity to drive up airfares, US hotels could face a bigger drop in demand than they did the year of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But Boston properties could fare better than those in other cities. (Full article: 944 words)

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