USA Today: Viacom is expanding its hotel licensing business, leveraging its kid-friendly brand Nickelodeon in hopes of drawing more families. In a deal with Karisma Hotels & Resorts, Viacom will license the brand to the Miami-based developer for a collection hotels that will be called Nickelodeon Hotels. The properties will feature popular Nickelodeon characters, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.