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aloha! Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.announced that its much-anticipated new lifestyle brand, aloft hotels, will partner with Urbanedge Hotels Private Limited, a joint venture between Citigroup Property Investors and Auromatrix Hotels Private Limited, to develop aloft hotels across India. The brand's first two hotels to open in India will be aloft Bangalore, Whitefield and aloft Chennai, OMR - Sholinganallur.

In a time when the cost of business and leisure travel is soaring, timeshares are turning out to be a surprising solution to offset the rising price of hotel stays, according to Sell My Timeshare NOW, a leader in the advertising and marketing of timeshare resale and timeshare rental.