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A view of the Mama Shelter, a budget-priced designer hotel, in Paris January 8, 2009. It's a trend pre-dating the global slowdown: big hotel chains are moving into the quirky boutique sector to tap into a niche of profitable growth. What's not clear now is how many can succeed. To match feature LEISURE-BOUTIQUEHOTELS/ REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE)