LONDON— By the end of 2003 Ramada International expects to have introduced another four Ramada Encore hotels in the UK, building upon the brand’s first property, opened in York on June 15. The existing 104-room Encore hotel is operated under franchise by Stannifer Hotels. Ramada has already agreed upon additional Encore hotel sites in the U.K. cities of Swansea; Swindon, in Northeast Wiltshire; and at Gipsy Corner, in west London. The company is currently in negotiations for a fourth site, in Cornwall. Ramada might also introduce the brand in the Swiss city of Geneva next year. SOURCE: HVS International