Bagold, I agree with you about the problem and I've asked about it when the change first occured. In many instances, I plan trips depending upon hotel properties in Europe in general. Thus, under the 'old' system, I would just click on Europe (for example) and all properties in all countries (Sheratons, Westins, LC etc) would appear, I would then just scroll down the list to find an appealing hotel that showed availability, I would then make a decision as to which country/city I would visit. Now, (IMHO) its not so simple