More re Asia

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"Online hotel sites operating across Asia have emerged as a legitimate distribution channel rather than a dumping ground for distressed inventory.

For example, revenue per available room (revPAR) for the InterContinental Hotels Group across the Asia-Pacific increased by 51.8 per cent in the 10 months to October 31. Further evidence of the bounce, albeit from a low base, can also be found in the Hotel Benchmark Survey by Deloitte, which revealed that revPAR across the region for the first six months of this year was up 41 per cent over the same period in 2003"