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| | The Observer | Travel | Malmaison and Hotel du Vin team up |
 | | Malmaison's parent company, Marylebone Balfour Group, has bought Hotel du Vin for £63.5 million and has pledged 'aggressive expansion' of both chains. |
 | | With Hotel du Vin, it is targeting cathedral and university towns such as York, Durham, Exeter, St Andrews and Chester, while Malmaison will focus on larger cities in the UK and across Europe, including Dublin and Paris. |
 | | Robert Cook, chief executive of Malmaison, said: 'Malmaison is more of a corporate chain with an older guest in the week, but 20-somethings at the weekend, while Hotel du Vin is more of a leisure brand for people aged 30-40.' |
| observer.guardian.co.uk /travel/story/0,6903,1323782,00.html (210 words) |
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