InterContinental Hotels Yanks Online Reservations From Expedia
Aug. 17--InterContinental Hotels is checking out of Expedia. The world's largest hotel chain said it won't sell its swanky rooms on the travel Web site anymore because Expedia doesn't meet its customer standards. The hotel giant's other ....

Thailand Modelling Agency to Expand Regionally
Aug. 16--After striding down the catwalk wearing the lavish clothes of top international designers such as Giorgio Armani, Hugo Boss and Versace, a former Thai male model is now about to make his mark by running a regional modelling agency. ....

Japan Bank Chuo Mitsui, Canadian Firm to Set Up Hotel-Investment Trust
Aug. 16--TOKYO -- Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. and the Japan unit of Canadian hotel consulting firm Creative Renovation Group will set up an investment trust next summer to invest exclusively in hotels, company officials said Monday. The....