“They keep inventory low. They have very responsive systems, and they have maintained their growth momentum for a long time. In fact, over this whole downturn, they've maintained positive unit growth.”

“The country's better growth prospects are largely a result of significant and sustained improvement in domestic security that has, in turn, led to renewed domestic confidence and double-digit growth in private investment.”

“This is exactly what we want to see going into our economy. Most of our job growth has been propelled by two things: population growth and blue-collar job growth. These [companies] are an indication we have crossed a threshold.That's crucial because of the kind of white-collar jobs that come with them.”

“You're looking at a mid-teens grower and you can get it at potentially 13 times earnings. So, it's a good sector, one that we like, ... It's a more stable discretionary item, but an attractive valuation and good growth prospects.”

“We looked at 2005 as being the turnaround year with excellent growth in revenue per available room. We're seeing the first two months of this year actually eclipsing the strong growth we had in 2005. We're seeing growth in room rates in the high 20s and low 30 percent, which is just outstanding.”

“We stick with our projections...that 2005 will be an above trend growth year in terms of global demand but it will be a little bit below 2004 - the best year for the last three decades for global growth.”

“Continued steady growth across the industry is exhibited in May chip sales and, as announced in our forecast last month, we expect the industry to close the second quarter with growth of 4.7 percent.”

“This is at the high end of management's guidance of high 40s growth, but still quite conservative relative to the 14 percent sequential growth Sun has averaged in the past five fiscal second quarters.”

“One of our biggest assets is our growth strategy. We have grown by 16 percent this year in terms of number of rooms, which is the most significant organic growth in Europe in the industry.”

“I'd like to see what (the engineers') projections are on growth in other parts of town. Most of what we're seeing is on the southwest. I'd like to have a better distribution of what the growth is going to be.”