Travel Tip #6: Hotels.com

By now, must of travelers have experienced a canceled flight or a late connection which translates into not getting to your final destination until the day after your expected arrival time. With factors such as weather, mechanical failures, and union trouble...if you've never experienced a flight delay you are on a very short list.

When this happens don't be one of the slugs waiting in line at the hotel phone boards. Be proactive and have hotels.com 800 phone number into your cell phone (800.246.8357). With over 70,000 participating hotels, chances are good that they will have a participating hotel in the city you are stranded in. The hotel may not have a pool, but it beats sleeping in an airport.

The number can also be used if stranded somewhere when having vehicle trouble.

They're Coming to America

Top countries whose residents visited the United States in 2007, with number of visitors in parentheses.

1. Canada (17,735,000)
2. Mexico (15,089,000)
3. United Kingdom (4,497,858)
4. Japan (3,531,489)
5. Germany (1,524,151)
6. France (997,506)
7. South Korea (806,175)
8. Australia (669,536)
9. Brazil (639,431)
10. Italy (634,152)

Total Arrivals: 56,716,277

Pillow Menu

To ensure every guest gets superb shut-eye, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, the global contemporary luxury hotel brand, has turned sleep into an experience by pioneering one of the world's most extensive pillow menus. With more than 75 varieties of pillows to choose from across the globe, guests will find that Conrad caters for their most personal of pillow preferences. Luxury hotels and pillow menus may go hand-in-hand, but Conrad Hotels & Resorts has taken the concept a step further, introducing destination-based and mood-inspired pillows to make their guests more comfortable than ever.

Each pillow has its own unique properties, from anti-snore assistance to cold relief, and total relaxation to romance. Some of the pillows, such as the 'Porcelain Pillow' (Conrad Centennial Singapore), the 'Tiba Pillow' (Conrad Cairo) and the 'Shogun Pillow' (Conrad Bangkok) pay homage to the local culture. Others offer healing properties through sleep, including the 'Cold and Flu Pillow' (Conrad Chicago).

To find pillow perfection, try the following Conrad favourites:

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Top Twenty Hotel Brands in the World

The top twenty hotel brands of the world is based on the number of rooms each brand represents in the global hospitality market. The list shows rank, hotel brand, number of hotels the brand has open, and the number of rooms represented.

1. Best Western 4035 hotels/308636 rooms

2. Holiday Inn 1382/256775

3. Comfort Inns & Comfort Suites 2467/188596

4. Marriott Hotels & Resorts 520/188544

5. Hilton Hotels & Resorts 511/176523

6. Holiday Inn Express 1808/156531

7. Days Inn of America 1883/153333

8. Hampton Inn 1490/147326

9. Sheraton Hotels & Resorts 399/138878

10. Super 8 Motels 2081/128587

11. Quality Inns & Hotels 1210/118386

12. Courtyard 767/110780

13. Ramada Worldwide 874/106978

14. Motel 6 956/98038

15. Mercure 756/93827

16. Hyatt Hotels 213/92755

17. Radisson Hotels 397/87410

18. Ibis 769/86486

19. Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts 300/83661

20. Novotel 387/69234

The above lists represents 21,505 hotels and 2,791,284 rooms!