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The Westin San Francisco Airport in South San Francisco, CA. On January 5, 1981, the company changed its name again to Westin Hotels (a contraction of the words Western International). [13] The chain's flagship Washington Plaza Hotel in Seattle was the first property to be rebranded, becoming The Westin Hotel on September 1, 1981. [14]
A shuttle bus is a bus that travels a shorter route in comparison to most bus routes. Typically, shuttle buses travel in both directions between two points. Shuttle buses are designed to transport large groups of people who are all travelling to and from a specific destination in a more organized manner.
A highway JR Kyūshū Bus car. A typical local Nishitetsu Bus car, Fukuoka. Three row seats of highway Nishitetsu Bus car. Bus location boards at a bus stop, Kumamoto City Bus. Iriomotejima Kōtsū Bus on Iriomote Island, the southernmost bus operator in Japan. Ryūkyū Bus Kōtsū car at Naha Bus Terminal.
Rotel Bus with all-wheel drive (2007). 34-seat bus with trailer. Rotel Tours is a tour operator that specializes in overlanding via "rolling hotels", custom built buses in which guests also sleep. The buses can sleep 24-34 guests, a driver and a tour guide.
The Henn na Hotel owned by H.I.S. Co . in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as “the first robot-staffed hotel” in the world, according to the chief of the Huis Ten Bosch theme park. [8] [9] Henn na Hotel, meaning "strange hotel" in Japanese, opened to the public in July 2015. This high class robot ...
Exceptions are long-distance bus services, buses in areas poorly served by rail (not many exist), and airport bus services for people with luggage. Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation operates Toei buses mainly within the 23 special wards while private bus companies (mostly the subsidiaries of the large train operators listed above ...
The hotel was renamed the Inter-Continental Paris and opened its first 137 updated rooms on May 26, 1969, with the remainder of its 530 rooms following in 1970. [10] The hotel was the site of a bombing on August 30, 1981 that injured 18 people and damaged the foyer and restaurant on the ground floor. [ 11 ]
Road passenger and freight transport expanded considerably during the 1980s as private ownership of motor vehicles greatly increased along with the quality and extent of the nation's roads. Bus companies including the JR Bus companies operate long-distance bus services on the nation's expanding expressway network. In addition to relatively low ...