Hotel rooms are vulnerable to a sudden downturn.

But relations could take a sudden downturn.

Retailers have been more cautious than last year, when they were caught out by the sudden downturn sparked by the financial crisis.

Analysts have blamed the sudden downturn in house prices on the ongoing mortgage drought, as it has effectively banished all but the most wellestablished buyers from the market.

Their popularity took a sudden downturn, however, when they recorded several blues songs in the early 1950s.