1. Starwood to Debut New Brand to Compete Directly with Courtyard by Marriott and Hilton Garden Inn; The Design Work for the Yet to Be Named Brand Being Done by Same Team that Created W Hotels
2. Heavenly Beds Are Not the Only Weapons Being Wielded in the Hotel Wars
3. Top Five "Must Dos" to Raise Room Profitability; Revenue Management Viewpoint / Kelly Blake and Bonnie Buckhiester
4. Wyndham International, Inc. Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by the Blackstone Group for $1.15 Per Share or Approximately $3.24 Billion
5. Avoiding The Pitfalls of Condo Hotel Structuring; Steps To SEC Compliance / Peter Connolly
6. Starwood Targets Niche Markets to Increase Revenues, Brand Aswareness
7. Hotel Common Sense; “The Stranger within our gates” /  John Hogan
8. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / June  2005
9. Restuarants and Bars Operated by N9NE Group at Morongo Casino Resort Go Dark; Targeted the Wrong Crowd
10. Hilton Hotels Corporation Enters into a Master Licensing Agreement with Starbucks
11. Observers Say Blackstone Will Have No Problem Expanding Wyndham's Business through Franchise and Third-party Hotel Management Agreements
12. Revenue Management: Too Tactical and Not Strategic Enough; Highlights from HSMAI's Revenue Management Strategy Conference
13. A “Who’s Who” of Revenue Management Executives Headline the 2nd Annual HSMAI Revenue Management Strategy Conference
14. Group of Hoteliers File Lawsuit Challenging the Legality of 5% Hotel-room Tax Used to Fund a Competing, Publicy Owned Convention Hotel
15. Lead the Trend to Becoming Guest-Centric;  Demonstrating Behavior Not Normally Experienced by the Guest / John R. Hendrie
16. What Most Hotel-condo Projects Have in Common Is a Hotel Brand with Cachet
17. Questions Linger Whether the Pritzker Clan Agreement Will Remain Intact Over the Long Haul; Inside the Pritzker Family Feud
18. Kimpton Hotels Closes $157 Million Fund; Seeks to Double the Number of Kimpton-owned and Managed Properties
19. Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman Developer Wins $30 million Jury Verdict from Fluor Daniel Caribbean, Inc.,  the General Contractor for the Project
20. Hotels Increase Marketing Budgets by 6.1% in 2004; Hotels Continue to Shift Marketing Dollars from Advertising to Person-to-Person Selling / PKF Study
21. How to Make a Condo Hotel Deal — Part II / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik
22. Best Tip for Increasing Tips... Smile
23. The Former Marquis Resort in Palm Springs Reopening as Hotel Zoso
24. Hotel Operators Must Make Difficult Choices to Exploit their Most Profitable Asset: How They Get the Best Return on their Known Customers
25. Four Seasons and JMB Begin Process to Sell Ritz-Carlton Chicago; Upon Completion of a Sale, Four Seasons Will Cease Managing the Hotel

June 29, 2005

• New England Resort Becomes Second Shell Vacations Systems Franchisee
• GoConcierge Enhances Customer Service at Omni Hotels; Hotelier Selects Web-based Guest Services Solution to Add Efficiencies at 14 Properties
• East West Partners Developing 200 room Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa Near Beaver Creek Resort on Land Acuired from Vail Resorts
• More than 1,000 Attending Caribbean Hotel Association Conference in Miami; Positive News Prevails
• Great Wolf Resorts Joint Ventures with The Chehalis Indians to Build $80 million Indoor Waterpark Resort Mid-way between Portland and Seattle
• Stanford Hotels Corporation Acquires the Hilton Charlotte for $56 million; Hilton Brand to be Retained; Significant Investment Planned
• Eagle Hospitality Acquires the  299-suite Embassy Suites San Juan Hotel & Casino for $60 Million
• JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. Opens Five Asia/Pacific Hotels in 2005
• HREC Investment Advisors Announces Listing For Sale of St. Mary Lodge and Resort, Including 86 Acres of Land Adjacent to Glacier National Park, St. Mary, Montana
• The Grand Lake Lodge, the Only Private Complex within Rocky Mountain National Park, Likely to be Sold at a Substantial Price
• San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Appoints 2005-2006 Board of Directors; Rick Swig of RSBA & Associates Installed as Chairman
• Warner Consulting Group Introduces Telecom Management Program Saving Hotels Up to 60% on Telecom
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Celebrates 250th WinTrack PM Installation at Horseshoe Bay Resort Marriott
• Peppermill’s Wendover Properties Select LMS ARTS from Agilysys, Inc.; Industry-Leading System Chosen to Book Flights on Charter Airline
• John Q. Hammons Building a 125,000-square-foot Convention Center and Adding a 152-suite Tower to the Embassy Suites in Rogers, Arkansas
• Royal Media Hotels & Resorts Building the 259 room Royal Media Milan Hotel & Towers
• Ward Childs Named Senior Food and Beverage Director, Executive Assistant Manager at Grand Hyatt New York
• Signature Destinations Club™ Names Jay Harbison as Vice President of Hospitality and Membership Operations
• Tracy Walker Named General Manager of Hilton Newark Airport
• Columbia Hospitality Names Greg Duff, Vice President of Development/General Counsel

June 28, 2005

• Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman Developer Wins $30 million Jury Verdict from Fluor Daniel Caribbean, Inc., the General Contractor for the Project
• Starwood Targets Niche Markets to Increase Revenues, Brand Aswareness
• Monterey County, California Hotels Accused of Price Gouging; Super 8 Rates Jump to $250 per Night for Race Weekend
• The Mitchell Companies Appoint Sol Meliá to Take Over Management of the Royal Palm a Crown Plaza Resort in Miami Beach; Property to be Repositioned and Rebranded to Meliá Royal Palm
• A False Start; Citing Sales Shortfalls, the Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach Wants to Cancel Contracts for Condo-hotel Units Sold
• Hotel Supplier Sites versus Online Travel Agents; The War Chronicles / Neil Salerno
• La Vegas Casinos Using Clandestine Evaluations To Improve Customer Service
• California Home to 56 Indian-owned Casinos
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Aligns With Environmental Media Association to Showcase Sustainability
• Accor Asia Pacific Appoints Four to GM Posts

June 27, 2005

• Hotels Increase Marketing Budgets by 6.1 Percent in 2004; Hotels Continue to Shift Marketing Dollars from Advertising to Person-to-Person Selling / PKF Study
• Lead the Trend to Becoming Guest-Centric; Demonstrating Behavior Not Normally Experienced by the Guest / John R. Hendrie
• Revenue Management: Too Tactical and Not Strategic Enough; Highlights from HSMAI's Revenue Management Strategy Conference
• DiamondRock Hospitality Acquires a 2,330 room Portfolio of Four Hotels for $315 million
• Summit Hotel Properties, LLC Acquires Four Limited-service Hotels for Approximately $18 million; Portfolio Grows to 60 Hotels in 21 States
• Anchorage Rushing to Build $93 million, 193,000 sq ft Convention Center; Hotel Room Tax Upped to 12% from 8% to Help Pay for Operations
• Starwood's Plan to Operate the Struggling Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel Under its Sheraton Brand Hits Snag Over a South Carolina Liability Clause
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Sale of Downtown San Diego Hotel
• Bartech Announces New Cocktail Mix Discount Feature, Unique Capability to Increase Sales and Build Customer Loyalty
• Best Western Partners with VFM Interactive in Unprecedented Rich Media Strategy
• Las Vegas Casino Investment in Spas Very Bullish
• Vail Resorts Closes on Sale of Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa for $62 million

June 24, 2005

• Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring the 410-room Wyndham Palm Springs for $57.0 million, Approximately $139,000 per Room
• Tourism Authority of Thailand Reports the Number of Tourists Visiting Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi Provinces has Dropped by 70% Compared Last Year; Hotel Occupancy Averaging 20%
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Sam Haigh President & Chief Operating Officer
• Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust Acquires the 351 room Hilton Glendale for $79.8 Million from Hilton Hotels Corporation; Hilton Will Continue to Manage the Hotel
• Amstar Group, LLC and Davidson Hotel Company Joint Venture to Acquire the 500 room Hilton Alexandria Mark Center for $93.1 million
• Regent International Hotels Appoints Tom Manno as Senior Director of Sales and Operations
• Bruce T. Fery Named EVP of Hotels for Earl Holding's Grand America Hotels and Resorts
• Marriott Closes Purchase and Sale Transactions with CTF, Walton Street Capital, Sunstone, and Tarsadia; Involves 29 Renaissance Hotels and three Courtyard Hotels
• CNL Hotels Completes $8 million Renovation of The 310-room BWI Airport Marriott
• Pacifica Companies Acquiring the 198 room Radisson in Stockton, California
• Unconventional Marketing and Advertising Campaign Clinches Five Awards for Hilton Kuala Lumpur
• AWI Gaming, Inc. Acquiring Sturgeon's Inn & Casino in Lovelock, Nevada
• Nicholas D. Davaz Appointed General Manager of Simpson House Inn, Santa Barbara, California

June 23, 2005

• What Most Hotel-condo Projects Have in Common Is a Hotel Brand with Cachet
• Tom Higgins, Former CEO of Best Western, Now in Charge of a Ministry Complex and Convention Center in High Point, North Carolina
• Bank Seeks Foreclosure on the 212 room Hotel Seagate in Downtown Toledo
• InterContinental Boston Hotel and Residences Subject of Call for Boycott from Local Hotel Union; The 424 room Hotel at Mid-point of Construction
• More Than 88% of Travelers Not Able to Let Go of Their Cell Phone, Laptop, or PDA While on Vacation / Travelocity Survey
• California Hotelier Terry Brown Gifts $1 million to San Diego State University's Hospitality and Tourism Management program
• Yvonne La Penotiere Appointed President of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, the Americas
• Larkspur Hospitality Acquires the Hyatt Sainte Claire in San Jose, California; Renamed The Sainte Claire, a Larkspur Hotel
• Barefoot Resorts, Ltd. Developing 114 room Mandarin Oriental Branded Resort on Secluded Barefoot Beach Area of Grand Cayman Island
• The Softwear Group Proudly Announces George A. Zugmier Joins Board of Directors
• SECURE-RES Appoints Two To Sales-Leadership Team
• Hotel Monticello of Georgetown, A European-style Luxury, Boutique Hotel, Sold by Molinaro Koger
• Harrison Conference Center and Hotel, Princeton Forrestal Center Announces Two New Management Team Members
• Clee Varon Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Deerhurst Resort, Muskoka, Ontario
• InterContinental Hotels Group Opens its 80th Staybridge Suites in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

• Millennium & Copthorne Hotels to Switch to SynXis; Worldwide hotel company will use SynXis RedX™ for all of their distribution management needs
• New Lodgenet Agreements to Bring Digitally Delivered Widescreen Movies Plus High-Definition Video-On-Demand and Satellite Programming Through SIGNETURE HDTV SM Systems
• Wi-Fi Going from an Added Value to an Expected Amenity;  In 2002, 1,000 Hotels Were Equipped for Wireless Connection, Nearly 25,000 Hotels Expected to Offer Wi-Fi by 2007
• Two Time Share Resorts on Cape Cod Close Unexpectedly
• Three French Waiters Suing New York's "21" Club Claiming Age and Accent Discrimination
• Ohio State University Considers Renaming the 151 room Blackwell Hotel, Namesake, Roger D. Blackwell, Is a Convicted Felon
• Hawaii, Illinois, and Pennsylvania Have Biggest Budgets for Travel and Tourism Promotion; TIA Ranks All the States Budgets for 2005
• Resignation of Atlanta CVB Executive VP Carey Rountree Not Linked to Loss of  the 100,000 Attendee National Association of Home Builders
• Defender of the Environment, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to Deliver Keynote Address at the Caribbean Hotel Association’s Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference 2005
• Following a US $30 million Restoration, the 54 room Hotel Caruso in Ravello, Italy Re-opens
• Hotel Online's One-on-One Audio Interview - Terry Brown Discusses How the Softwear Group Has Expanded the Traditional Property Management Functions with Several New Concepts
• Domina Hotel Group, With a Portfolio of 49 hotels, Creates Four New Brands and New Corporate Identity
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Chooses Coyle Hospitality Group's New SpasQore Mystery Shopping Tool for its Growing World Class Spa Outlets
• Hotel Information Systems Unveils its New Internet Native Property Management System at HITEC 2005
• The 45-storey Grosvenor House West Marina Beach by Le Meridien Opens; Dubai Hotel Has 12 Restaurants and Bars
• New HotelEXPERT v.5.0 Actuates Guest History via “FUNDAMENTALS"
• BusinessJet Class Adds Guaranteed Aircraft Availability Pricing; Introduces one-way rates & advance purchase discounts to private jet charter
• Make Your Meetings "Commercial Free" with Interstate Hotels & Resorts
• Microtel Inns & Suites Building an 85-room hotel at Charles Pointe, a $750 million-plus Master-planned Community in Bridgeport, West Virginia
• Valencia Group Appoints Jason P. Melton as VP of Corporate Finance and John C. Boulware as Corporate Controller

• Luxury Cambridge Suites Toronto Chooses Viz-it Rich Media Solutions from Vantis to Increase Internet Sales; Show – Don’t Just Tell’ Internet Marketing will Attract Guests with Visual Storytelling
• SIGNETURE HDTVSM Systems "Wow"ing Guests in Chicago and LA; Guests at Hard Rock Chicago and The Beverly Hilton Enjoying High-Impact Digital Picture and Sound in an Easy-To-Use High-Definition System
• San Remo Hotel in San Francisco Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Property Rights Case
• Osceola County Commissioners May Opt Not to Vote for Either Rival Proposal  from FaulknerUSA and Gaylord Entertainment to Build a Convention Center and Hotel
• Starwood Vacation Ownership CEO, Raymond L. Gellein Jr., Sees Lots of Potential Beyound the U.S.
• One-on-one Interview with Kimpton Hotels’ Steve Pinetti One Highlight of HSMAI Annual Leadership Conference
• Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Making Significant Progress Towards its Objectives of Improving Systems Interoperability in the Hospitality Industry
• The Rihga Royal Now Operating as an Independent Hotel, Ends Affiliation with the J.W. Marriott Hotel Brand
• Owners of Nine of Colorado Spring's 10 Largest Hotels Spending Upwards of $80 million for Renovations, Meanwhile City Occupancy Fell  Last Year to a 13-year Low
• Richard Morgan, VP and Managing Director of Grand Hyatt New York, Honored with “Hotel Good Scout Award”
• Wynn Las Vegas, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau Select TravelCLICK’s iHotelier CRS Platform
• Passkey Adds Las Vegas Hilton to Rapidly Growing Roster of Passkey-enabled Hotels
• Charge your cellphone for FREE at the TeleAdapt Stand During the HITEC Show; Visit the TeleAdapt stand 941 for FREE cellphone re-charging
• Benchmark Hospitality Develops Unique Employee Recognition Program - "Best of the Best"
• Hotel Information Systems core Introduced at HITEC
• Mandarin Oriental, New York Accelerates Service with MTech’s HotSOS
• Driftwood Hospitality Management Appoints Three to General Manager Positions
• The Manor Club at Glen Cove Debuts at Long Island’s Harrison House 
• The Hotel Group Acquires the 203 room Hilton Suites Brentwood from Hilton Hotels Corporation for $6.5 million
• Accor Appoints Seven General Managers Across Asia Pacific

• Manugistics to Showcase Next-Generation Chain Group Pricing Technology / In the ‘Year of ADR,’ Chain Hotels Capture More Group Business; Manugistics Centralized Solution Drives Higher Daily Rate
• SynXis and E-site Marketing Establish New Marketing Relationship; Hotel customers will benefit from award-winning revenue enhancing products and services
• Best Tip for Increasing Tips…Smile
• Revenue Management Systems -- Considerations for Evaluation / Carol Verret
• Highgate Holdings Brings in New Management, Plans Rebranding for the 310 room Wyndham in Arlington, Texas
• Rampant Optimism in U.S. Hotel Investment Arena / PKF
• Dow Hotel Company Purchases the 353-Room Doubletree Bellevue Hotel for Approximately $48.5 million; Plans Renovation and Conversion to Hilton Brand
• Three Generations of Luxury: Rosewood Celebrates 25 Years
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Finalizes Acquisition of  30-Hotel Portfolio for $465 Million from CNL Hotels & Resorts
• “You're Hired” Says the Trump Organization; Visual One’s Property Management System to be Installed at the New Trump International Hotel and Tower, Las Vegas, NV
• Marshall Management, Inc. Signs Management Contract for Tidewater Inn in Easton, Maryland
• EasyRMS Implements Fully Functional Upload Interface to NetRez CRS for Groupe Lucien Barrière – in Cooperation with IndeCorp, The Independent Hotel Corporation & The Leading Hotels of the World
• InnLink and The Rubicon Group Create Strategic Alliance for Revenue Management and Enhanced Inventory and Distribution Controls
• Omni Hotels Selects Nirvana Technology Real-time Online Booking Tool for New Spa Web Portal at Omni Interlocken Resort in Denver
• VFM Interactive Launches Vscape® – a Rich Media Distribution Solution Providing Unprecedented Control to Hotels
• John Q. Hammons to Develop a Major Hotel in Lawrence, Kansas
• Michael Koffler Moving as General Manager from the Hyatt Regency Monterey and Highlands Inn in Carmel to the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego
• Roberta Rinker-Ludloff Named Vice President Sales and Marketing for Conrad Hotels, North America
• Outrigger's Condominium Collection Appoints Key Executives; Charles Okazaki Named General Manager of the Outrigger Kanaloa at Kona

• SynXis RedX Distribution Management System Gains Momentum and Customer Approval
• Questions Linger Whether the Pritzker Clan Agreement Will Remain Intact Over the Long Haul; Inside the Pritzker Family Feud
• Ayres Hotel Group, with 16 European-style Boutique Hotels, Now a 100 year Old Family Business
• As Renovations Begin on the French Lick Springs Hotel and Resort, its Remodelers Have Turned into Treasure Hunters
• Developers Want to Turn the Former Crabtree Sheraton Hotel, Raleigh, Into a 40-story Glass Tower with a Luxury Hotel and Condominiums
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Sells Three Hotels to the RLJ Urban Lodging Fund, LP; Two Hilton Suites and One Embassy Suites for $72 million in Cash
• The Halekulani Works with a Fashion Designer to Turn a 2,135 sq ft Suite in to an Aesthetic and Emotional Experience
• New Hilton Vancouver, Washington, Owned by the City, Integrates Some of the Most Advanced Environmentally-friendly Features Found in the Hotel Industry Today
• Travelodge in Salina, Kansas Fined $8,000 for Operating a Continental Breakfast Service Without a Food Service License
• Hersha Hospitality Acquires the 188 room Marriott Courtyard-Boston/Brookline for $54.5 million
• Aloha Kapalua! – Visual One and the Kapalua Land Company Ink Agreement; Famous Maui, Hawaii resort selects the Visual One PMS, Golf, Retail, Back Office Accounting and Condominium Owner Management systems
• Electrobug & Pricing Intelligence Launch Unprecedented Combined Dynamic and Traditional Package Price Tracking
• Visual One to Feature V1Net at HITEC; Web based PMS Is On Show in Los Angeles
• Executive Hotel Management Rebrands the 197-room Radisson Knoxville to Crowne Plaza; Plans a $1.5 million Renovation
• Portola Plaza Hotel Experiences Rapid ROI with Blue Square Studios' Hospitality Toolkit and e-Marketing Services
• Developer Robert A. Rauch Opens Homewood Suites by Hilton in Del Mar, California
• Carol Daniel Joins Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants As Vice President, Restaurants
• Jan Chovanec Named General Manager of the Conrad Indianapolis

June 16, 2005

• 36-Property Hersha Hospitality Trust Selects Market Leader Aptech; Hersha taps top provider of business intelligence, multi-property accounting to increase timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting and analysis
• PMS Vendor Gains Edge with ZDirect Expert Email Solution; NORTHWIND helps client Seaside Properties leverage targeted email strategy from ZDirect to fill rooms for 8 condo hotels, cut marketing costs
• SynXis Reaches 7,000 Properties on its Reservation & Distribution Management System; Company shows its global strength by adding GDS connectivity services for Lindner Hotels
• Manugistics Senior Executives to Address Industry Professionals at HSMAI Revenue Conference and MIT INFORMS Event; Revenue Management and Pricing are Key Themes with Audiences at MIT and HSMAI
• Observers Say Blackstone Will Have No Problem Expanding Wyndham's Business through Franchise and Third-party Hotel Management Agreements
• Controlling the Path the Consumer Wishes to Take to Book a Room at Your Property / William D. Peters
• Two Year Old Union Strike Drags on at the Congress Plaza Hotel on Chicago's Michigan Avenue; Hotel Seeking a Contract that Matches its "Second-tier" Status
• Sandals Resorts Installs Execuvue Business Intelligence for its 20 Properties; Sandals Uses Execuvue to Standardize Multi-Currency Revenue Reporting and Performance Analysis Across Its International Resort Chain
• The Elysian Hotel and Private Residences, a $245 million Hotel and Condominium Development in Chicago, Anticipates 2007 Opening
• Sanibel Resort & Spa Management Team Cited for Leadership In the Conception and Launch of the Resort & Hospitality Management Degree Program at Florida Gulf Coast University
• NCR Spotlights Self-Service Technology at 2005 HITEC(r); NCR EasyPoint(tm) Xpress Check-In and ResortPort(tm) Kiosks deliver "innovation with experience" for hotels deploying self-service
• For the special HITEC edition of SIEGEL SEZ
• Radisson Hotel City Center in Tucson Gets in Room Duel with Rocket Scientists and Aviation Mechanics
• New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Sells the 257 room Radisson Bay Harbor Hotel in Tampa for $13.5 million
• John Q. Hammons Makes Surprise Donation of $800,000 to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
• Hotels Upgrading their Adaco Software
• Jeanine Rhea Appointed General Manager of the New 90-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Yuma, Arizona

June 15, 2005

• Six-Property Les Hotels Jaro Chain Selects Maestro Multi-Property PMS, Sales & Catering, CRO, and ResEze Internet Booking
• Industry First: The Concierge Assistant System Gains Real-Time Website Interface for Improved Guest Service
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions to Introduce WinTrack Work Order Kiosk at HITEC; Company Also to Feature Lodging Asset Management Suite at L.A. Event
• Hersha Hospitality Trust Forms Joint Venture with Waterford Hospitality Group; HT Acquires Preferred Equity Interest in Nine Marriott and Hilton Hotels
• John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. Announces Execution of Merger Agreement; CEO Hammons Keeps Equity Stake and Maintains Leadership Role Managing 64 Hotels
• Hotel Real Estate is Alive in 2005 / Scott Smith, MAI
• How to Make a Condo Hotel Deal — Part II / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik
• New Hotel Technology Surround Us; Yet Face-to-face Selling is Still Most Productive / Neil Salerno
• Robert Burns, Georg Rafael and Adrian Zecha to Be Honored at the Upcoming 16th Annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific; The Three Created Regent International in Early 70's
• Horst Schulze's West Paces Hotel Group Wins Management Contract for 120 room Hotel On Campus of University of Illinois

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• Ramesys Dominates as the leader of Web Based Property Management Systems (PMS) and Brings Latest Enterprise Offerings to HITEC
• Get More from Your In-Room Entertainment System with EXTENWAY
• PrinterOn Turns the Tables on Hotelier Attendees and Invites Them to 'Be the Guest at HITEC 2005 and Print from the Comfort of their Hotel Rooms to the PrinterOn Sponsored Printing Station

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• T.I. Resort LLC Selects Boykin Management Company to Operate the Bilmar Beach Resort in Treasure Island, FL.
• Developer Nick Desai Opens the 75 room Holiday Inn Express hotel in Windsor California
• GuestWare Unveils New SmartRunner for Pocket PC and Java-Enabled Cell Phones at HITEC; Application Adds Speed, Functionality to Industry's Leading Rapid Response System
• MICROS and Kinetics Reseller Agreement Is "Good News for Travelers Everywhere"; Kinetics hotel and airline self-service solutions now available for users of MICROS property management systems
• Kohler Co.’s Resort Group to Install Datavision's Business Intelligence Suite; Datavision to provide tools for revenue management, golf/spa analysis, labor control and CRM
• Pegasus Solutions Expands Presence in Asia-Pacific Region with Opening of a Beijing Office
• Colin Ankersen Appointed General Manager at Harrison Conference Center and Hotel, Princeton Forrestal Center
• Jim Bullock and Hal Powell Appointed to Regional VP of Sales & Marketing for Benchmark Hospitality

Pascal Metivier Appointed President of Assa Abloy Hospitality for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America

• Web Savvy Consumers Help Industry Marketers Gain Insight on e-Mail Marketing
• Top Five "Must Dos" to Raise Room Profitability / Kelly Blake and Bonnie Buckhiester
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Selects Aptech for 54-Property REIT; Execuvue business intelligence tool to automate consolidation of financial data from all Ashford hotels for faster, better decision making
• Wyndham International, Inc. Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by the Blackstone Group for $1.15 Per Share or Approximately $3.24 Billion
• Brand Equity: Raising the Flag / Theodore Noseworthy / Canadian Lodging Outlook - April YTD
• Fifty Questions to Ask Before Entering a Joint Venture / Steve Gold
• Ramada Brand Launches Second Phase of Repositioning
• Hotel Insurance Expense: Minor Cost, Major Concern; PKF Study Finds Premiums Doubled Since 1999
• Arte Nathan, SVP of Wynn Resorts Ltd., Learned Firsthand the Challenges of Supervising 9,500 Employees; the Largest "From-scratch Hiring" in Gaming History at the Wynn Las Vegas
• Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Selects Coyle Hospitality Group to Measure Global Performance of its Diverse Brands; Mystery Shopping Tools Innovative, Customizable and User-Friendly
• Musselman Kidwell Concepts Partners with BlueGreen Corporation to Prepare Managers for Upcoming Growth at Orlando Resorts
• White king Salmon, Sometimes Referred to as Ivory Kings, Fast Becoming the New, Gotta-have Salmon Dish in East Coast Restaurants
• One Year Old Danat Hotels & Resorts, Owned by Abu Dhabi-based National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels, Sets Strategy to Capitalise on the Government's Aim of Increasing Visitor Numbers
• Visual One Enters Egyptian Market; Visual One Systems Selected by Abercrombie and Kent Nile Cruises
• Executive Education Programs Hosted at ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Facilities Rank High in Financial Times' Top 50
• Elsafe Providing a 'Safe' Environment for Business Travelers and HSIA Users
• Hear Terry Brown Discuss How the Softwear Group Has Expanded the Traditional Property Management Functions with Several New Concepts on Hotel Online's One-on-One Audio Interview
• Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers Becomes First Hotel in Manhattan to Use Environmentally Friendly High Temperature Fuel Cell Technology; Direct FuelCell Power Plant Will Provide Roughly 10% of the Hotel's Electricity and Hot Water
• In Biloxi the Soon to Open Hard Rock Casino Draws 2,300 Applicants for Job Fair
• Noble Investment Group Names Jim Williams General Manager of its Winston-Salem Embassy Suites and Ron L. Stephens as Director of Marketing for its Winston-Salem Hotel and Convention Center Complex

• Luxury Marco Beach Ocean Resort Aims at 5th Diamond, Leverages The Concierge Assistant; Guest services streamlined by tapping guest histories to anticipate individual tastes, delights visitors
• Aptech Announces Targetvue; Automates Enterprise Planning and Budgeting; Targetvue is Newest Application for Driving Growth Goals, Profitability for Owners and Operators
• For Hoteliers Looking for Solutions to Their Declining Telecom Revenues, the Myriad Product Offerings May be Just What the Doctor Ordered
• Two Galveston Island Holiday Inn Franchisees Battle for Territorial Rights in Court
• Los Angeles Hotel Workers and Employers' Council Reach Tentative Agreement; Agreement Expires in November 2006
• Marathon Asset Management, LLC Takes Lead Equity Position in the 1,000 room Hyatt Convention Center Hotel in San Antonio
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• Get More from Your In-Room Entertainment System with EXTENWAY
• PrinterOn Turns the Tables on Hotelier Attendees and Invites Them to 'Be the Guest' at HITEC 2005 and Print from the Comfort of their Hotel Rooms to the PrinterOn Sponsored Printing Station
• Caring for Customers and Getting to be #1: Ramesys Reinvents its Approach and Notices Dramatic Results
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• Thriving New York City Nightlife Scene Surveyed by Zagat; Current Most Popular Nightspot Is a Restaurant with a Bar - Pastis; Shut Down - the Fabled Spectrum where John Travolta Danced in Saturday Night Fever and the Oak Bar at the Plaza
• Developer Marlin Torguson Planning the $500 million Bacaran Bay Casino Resort in Biloxi; First Biloxi Casino to Offer Condominium-hotel Lodging
• St. Julien Hotel & Spa in Boulder, Colorado Calls Construction Company's Claim Seeking $6.3 million in Damages for Unpaid Work Ludicrous
• Developer Gus Chafoulias Takes Back Control of the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Rochester, Minnesota; Lost Control of it More than 2 1/2 Years Ago
• New HotelEXPERT v.5.0 Actuates Guest History via "FUNDAMENTALS"
• UNITE HERE Members Vote to Strike at the Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley, California; Labor Dispute Goes Back to September, 2001
• Optims America and Carol Verret Launch the Revenue Management Accelerator Seminar in New York
• Signature Worldwide and Smith Travel Research Announce Alliance to Deliver Star Report Training
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Taps PRPRO to Market Its Representation Services for Independent, Luxury Hotels
• Tim Laib, Regional Director of Operations for Shilo Inns, Named a Winner of AH&LA 2005 Most Valuable Volunteer Awards

• Benchmark Going Strong with Maestro as Recommended Property Management Solution; Benchmark Hospitality Installs 12th Maestro System from NORTHWIND
• Hear Terry Brown Discuss How the Softwear Group Has Expanded the Traditional Property Management Functions with Several New Concepts on Hotel Online's One-on-One Audio Interview
• When "Selective Service" Means Superior Service / Wayne Goldberg, Executive Vice President of Operations, La Quinta Corporation
• Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Anticipates Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces as the New Operator and Lessee of The Pierre, Effective June 30, 2005
• About 120 Housekeepers, Cooks and Other Workers Began a Two-week Strike at the Hyatt West Hollywood
• April 2005 Occupancy Hit 84% for the Philadelphia Center City Hotels and 86% for Philadelphia Airport Hotels
• Coral Sands, a Hilton Head Island Time-share Company at the Center Consumer Complaints, Agrees to Measures Aimed at Helping Buyers Understand its Sales Contracts
• CSM Lodging Completes Renovation of the Former Holiday Inn West, Reopens as th Marriott Minneapolis West in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
• Vail Resorts and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Developing The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Vail, Approximately 108 Condominiums at the Base of Vail Mountain in LionsHead Village
• Owned by the Village of Schaumburg, the 500 room Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel Is Set to Open in Mid 2006; the Hotel and Convention Center is the Most Expensive Development Ever Taken on by the Village at $226 million
• Florida's Department of Environmental Protection Looking for More Hotels that Voluntarily Take Extra Steps to Recycle, Conserve Water and Electricity
• inter-touch To Lead in Next Generation Mobile Broadband Services for Business Travellers
• HSMAI's World Quest Agenda Includes International Protocol and Latest Trends in Planning International Meetings; Dates Set in Washington DC, NYC and Chicago
• Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach Redefines the Brand; Re-invented Room Designed by Michael S. Smith
• Bellstar Appoints Jackie Frederick General Manager for the Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort & Spa, Osoyoos, British Columbia
• Spokane Howard Johnson Inn's Fredrick Schoener Named Howard Johnson International's National Salesperson of the Year
• William F. Smith Named Managing Director of Acquisitions and Development for The Generation Companies, LLC
• For sale - 132 room Ramada Limited, Tucson, Arizona. Great opportunity for hands-on owner. Near proposed convention center

• Omni Hotels Reaps Revenue Increase with Manugistics and The Rainmaker Group; Powerful Centralized Automated Revenue Management Solution Maximizes Room Value While Recognizing Loyal Customers
• Group of Hoteliers File Lawsuit Challenging the Legality of 5% hotel-room Tax Used to Fund a Competing, Publicy Owned Convention Hotel
• British Company, Taylor Woodrow, Acquires the Clearwater Adam's Mark for $31.5 million; Plans to Demolish the 30-year-old Hotel and Build 113 Condominiums and a 78-room Hotel
• By 2007, China Will Replace the United States as the Largest Originator of World Tourists
• Crescent Hospitality Corporation Signs Three Management Contracts, Portfolio Grows to 25 Hotels
• Prescott Realty Group and Apollo Real Estate Advisors Planning to Spend $100 million on Adding a Condo Tower and Renovating The Stonleigh Hotel in Dallas
• Forbes Hamilton Management Company To Manage Executive Inn Rivermont, Owensboro, Kentucky
• Gwelo Developments Appoints Outrigger to Manage Multi-million Resort in Darwin, Northern Territory - The Outrigger Pandanas Darwin
• Accor Appointed Manager of the Former Corus Hotel Hobart; Will be Re-branded the Mercure Hotel Hobart
• Full Service Representation Firm for Unique Independent Hotels, Actually Sells Room Nights, Not Just a Brand or Image!
• Nirvana Technology Partners with Spa Finder to Provide First Web-Based Spa Services Reservation Program -- Consumers Can Book Treatments in Advance through Spafinder.com
• Prairie Realty Advisors Procures $155 million in Total Financing for 15 Hotels in Five States
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments, Inc. Advises FelCor in the Sale of the Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express-Moline, Illinois; Also Selected to Advise on Disposition of the 288-room Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center-Davenport, Iowa
• When Security Counts...Count On VingCard to Upgrade Your Electronic-Locking System
• Tom Nolan Promoted to Regional Vice President of ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
• Stuart Newmark Named Senior Vice-President of Operations, The Kessler Collection
• Lisa Giaimo Named Vice President of Sales and Marketing for CSM Lodging
• The Minister of Tourism, Malaysia, the Honorable Datuk Dr. Leo Michael Toyad, Leading a Mission to Canada and the USA
• Sergio Olmedo Named Head Chef at The Gran Hotel Sóller, Majorca

June 8, 2005

• Hotel Operators Must Make Difficult Choices to Exploit their Most Profitable Asset: How They Get the Best Return on their Known Customers
• Vantis Expands Relationship with SKYCITY Entertainment Group in New Zealand; SKYCITY Grand Hotel Selects Vantis for Internet, GDS, Voice and Booking Engine Services
• Heavenly Beds Are Not the Only Weapons Being Wielded in the Hotel Wars
• Developers Frank Leo and Gerard Kenny Sign Mandarin Oriental Group to Operate Hotel and Branded Residences in Proposed 90-story Tower in Chicago
• Singapore Expects to See Tourists Double in 10 years - But Will the Hotel Industry Be Ready?
• Starwood Signs Agreement with HEI Hospitality and Gatehouse Capital to Operate W Hotel & Residences in Hollywood, California
• Fairmont Hotels Installing Self-service Kiosks in All North America Hotels; Includes Guestroom Mapping and Airline Check-In Features
• Vatika Group Appoints Starwood to Manage Two Westin Brand Properties in New Delhi - the 300 room Westin New Delhi Hotel and the Westin Serviced Residences
• Will the Condominium Hotel and Fractional Ownership Concept Penetrate Europe, Middle East and Africa? / Jose Ventura
• Once Duluth's Most Elegant Hotel, the 1925-era Hotel Duluth May be Developed into a Sheraton Hotel and Condominiums
• Developer Giorgio Borlenghi Planning a Luxury Extended-stay Hotel, The Granduca, in Houston
• An Affiliate of Marcus Corp. Paid $21.9 million for the Wyndham Milwaukee Center Hotel, $3.5 million Higher Then What MeriStar Paid Five Years Ago
• Blue Square Studios Partners with Specialized Providers to Enrich Hospitality Toolkit with Destination Content, Spa Booking Engine and On-line F&B Service
• Spanish Hotel Chains Set-out Internet Distribution Strategy
• Rezidor SAS Plans to Open the 251 room Radisson SAS Hotel Dubai Media City in December 2005
• The Rodeway Inn Old Town Scottsdale Named Rodeway Inn of the Year by Choice Hotels, the Franchisor of the Brand
• With an Abundance of Independent Hospitality Businesses, The Whiteface Region in State of New York Creating a Local Brand "Forever Adirondack Quality Assurance"
• For Sale: Boutique hotel overlooking Acapulco, 10 units with a restaurant, Asking US$ 1,500,000

• Tiburon Hospitality Management Is Cashing In on Partnership with Huntington Financial
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Selects Aptech for 54-Property REIT; Execuvue business intelligence tool to automate consolidation of financial data from all Ashford hotels for faster, better decision making
• Siegel Sez and Jon Inge's Technology Newstand
• So, You Are Thinking About Attaching a Water Park to Your Hotel / Mark Moore
• Four Seasons, Gaylord Hotels, Walt Disney World Resorts and Courtyard by Marriott Most-favored Hotel Brands in Which to Hold Meetings / MeetingNews Survey
• Four Seasons and JMB Begin Process to Sell Ritz-Carlton Chicago; Upon Completion of a Sale, Four Seasons Will Cease Managing the Hotel
• The Procaccianti Group Acquiring Five-Doubletree Hotel Portfolio for $300 Million from GE Asset Management; Hotels Will Receive Multi-Million Renovations and Re-branding
• Hasu Shah, CEO of Hersha Hospitality, Named the Lodging Industry's Top Performing Chief Executive of 2004 by HVS Executive Search
• David Burroughs and W. Thomas Castleberry Inducted into the HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame
• Tom Civitano Recognized with TravelCLICK's E-Marketer Lifetime Achievement Award; Hyatt International Named E-Marketer of the Year
• The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Gifts $100,000 to the California Hotel & Lodging Association's "We Welcome Service Animals" Program
• Doubletree Hotels Adds Nine Properties,All Are Conversions; Approximately 25 Additional Doubletree Deals in Various Stages of Planning
• Hilton International Signs Two Management Contracts for Beijing, Conrad Beijing and Scandic by Hilton to Open in 2008
• Digital Alchemy's CRM Programs Leveling E- Marketing Playing Field for Hotels
• AnyRate Software Launches Enhanced Rate Search Technology
• Tampa Awarded 2009 Super Bowl Even though the City Doesn't Meet the Hotel Standards the NFL Requires of Host Cities
• InterContinental Hotels Group's Americas Region Hires Two VPs, Irene Hoek and Bill Bagwill
• The MainStay Suites Greenville, SC Named Inn of the Year for Choice Hotel's MainStay Suite Brand
• First Hospitality Group Opens 116 room Hilton Garden Inn St. Paul/Oakdale, Minnesota
• La Quinta Announces Agreement for First Property in Mexico - the Development of a La Quinta Inn & Suites in the city of Juarez, in the state of Chihuahua
• Omni/Dunfey Hotels Alumni Set November 2005 Reunion Dinner
• Procaccianti Group Puts the Shine Back on the Waterford Marriott Hotel in Oklahoma City
• Benjamin Brunt Named Vice President, Strategic Investments at Noble Investment Group
• General Manager sought for 62 unit Holiday Inn Express in Annawan, Illinois. Requires prior hotel management experience, Holidex/Pegasus preferred

June 6, 2005

• Starwood to Debut New Brand to Compete Directly with Courtyard by Marriott and Hilton Garden Inn; The Design Work for the Yet to Be Named Brand Being Done by Same Team that Created W Hotels
• Hilton Takes it to the Hilt with Brand-busting Kuala Lumpur Hotel / Steve Shellum
• Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / June 2005
• Hotel Forecasting Methodology Improves Accuracy of Projections; Hotel Outlook's 2004 RevPAR Estimates for Top MSAs Were 99.9% on Target
• Poster Financial Group's Deal to Sell the Golden Nugget Laughlin Collapses
• Robert S. Snyder Acquires the 544 room Executive Inn Rivermont for $10.75 million; Wants to Add Indoor Water Park to Make Owensboro, KY a Tourist Destination
• Symon Bridle Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
• Hospitality "QED", That's Latin to Me! / John R Hendrie
• Rome Cavalieri Hilton Completes $45 Million Renovation
• The 9th Annual International Multicultural Tourism/Hotel Ownership Summit & Trade Show Set for July 20-23, 2005 in Miami Beach
• Ross Woods Named Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers New York Hospitality & Leisure Practice
• Electrobug Offers "Light" Versions of Rate Check for Small Independents
• TThe Quality Inn Northern Grand in Fort St. John, B.C. Named 2005 Canadian Hotel of the Year by Choice Hotels

June 3, 2005

• Hilton Hotels Corp. Initiates Distribution Standard and Online Accreditation Process for Third Party Online Travel Sites / Expedia.com and Hotels.com Are the First Fully Accredited Distributors, Hotwire.com, Priceline.com, and Travelweb.com Have Received Temporary Accreditation
• A Company with Slick Travel Web Sites, Including goalaska.com and travelalaska.net, Stiffing Customers and the Businesses Providing the Services
• Boykin Lodging Hires Investment Bank to Identify Alternatives for the Company
• Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, a Historic New Hampshire Resort, Acquired by Great American Life Insurance Company; Stephen Wright Appointed Managing Director
• City of Marietta Signs Remington Hotel Corporation to Operate the Marietta Conference Center & Resort
• Wynn Las Vegas Average Daily Room Rate Was $308 During First Month of Operation;  Revenues Exceeding Expectations
• Encore Hospitality, LLC, a Mississippi Developer of Limited-service Hotels, Obtains $85 million in Funding for Growth
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors to 'Market for Sale' the Radisson Riverfront and the Radisson City Center Hotels in Saint Paul
• Aztec Arranges the Historic Sale of World-Famous Fontainebleau Hotel, A Miami Beach Landmark
• Accor Adding Six New Properties in Thailand and Vietnam; New Southern Thai Resorts Show Confidence in Post-tsunami Recovery
• K Partners Hospitality Group LP Building a Hawthorn Suites Hotel Adjacent to the Laredo (Texas) Entertainment Center
• Wynn Resorts Las Vegas Selects PAR'S SpaSoft
• The 27-suite Kú Scheduled to Open this Fall on Anguilla
• Caribbean Hotel Association Study Concludes More than 188,000 Travel & Tourism Jobs Could Be at Risk Due to New United States Passport Regulation
• Kayak.com and TIG Global Announce Preferred Marketing Partnership; TIG Global to Advertise Across Kayak Network For More Than 100 Of Its Hotel Clients
• Thomas J. Voss, Formerly the GM of Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, Named Managing Director of Manchester Grand Resorts
• Hal L. Cook Named VP of Operations for Merritt Hospitality, LLC; Will Lead New Regional Team
• Nina Santellanes Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in New Mexico
• Donald Bremner Appointed Food and Beverage Manager for the InterContinental The Barclay New York

• Avoiding The Pitfalls of Condo Hotel Structuring ; Steps To SEC Compliance / Peter Connolly
• Marriott International Expects to Add 75,000 to 90,000 Hotel Rooms to its System Between 2006 and 2008, Will Have 75 Hotels in China within 10 Years
• Restuarants and Bars Operated by N9NE Group at Morongo Casino Resort Go Dark; Targeted the Wrong Crowd
• LaSalle Investment Management Acquires the 454 room Sofitel Silom in Bangkok for Approximately USD 29.4 million
• Loews Hotels Developing 400 room Resort at Lake Las Vegas Resort
• Reig Capital Puerto Rico, Inc. Developing the W Vieques - Martineau Bay, Located on the Island of Vieques
• Hotel Common Sense / “The Stranger within our gates”
• The Massachusetts Lodging Association To Honor Roger A. Saunders with The Hall of Fame Awards
• Intrawest Breaks Ground on Founders Lodge at Stratton Mountain, Vermont
• Developer Tom Becnel Begins Construction of The Palms of Destin Resort and Conference Center in Destin, Florida
• OZone Strategic Marketing, LLC Developing and Implementing Successful Revenue Growth Strategies for the Hospitality Industry Since 1999
• Thompson Calhoun Fair Closes Nine Hotel Transactions
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Enters into a Master Licensing Agreement with Starbucks
• George Markantonis to Succeed Paul O'Neil as President/Managing Director of Kerzner International Bahamas
• Board of Directors and Officers Elected for OpenTravel(TM) Alliance for 2005-2006

• Hosted Server PMS Solution Gaining Ground Reports Ramesys
• Despite Lack of Long-Term Data, Hotel Developers Favor Hybrid Projects; The Fractional and Condominium Component Not a Proven Solution to Development Prosperity / Rick Swig
• Kimpton Hotels Closes $157 Million Fund; Seeks to Double the Number of Kimpton-owned and Managed Properties
• Hotel Energy Costs; Not So Shocking News / PKF Hospitality Research
• The Internet...The Great Equalizer For Independent Hotels / Neil Salerno
• Combining Two Brands, Nickelodeon and Holiday Inn, the $110 million Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn(R) Opens in Orlando
• Unless You Operate a Business in a Very Remote Location, You Belong to the Amorphous "Brand-Scape" / John R Hendrie
• The Former Marquis Resort in Palm Springs Reopening as Hotel Zoso
• Executive Chef Roger Morgan Vows to Change Perception of Convention Food at the Connecticut Convention Center
• The Clearwater Beach Hotel Closes After Nearly a Century of Hospitality; To Be Replaced with the $140-million Sandpearl Resort
• Hotel Information Systems' epitome Enterprise Solutions Are Making an Impact in the Russian Hospitality Market
• A "Who’s Who" of Revenue Management Executives Headline the 2nd Annual HSMAI Revenue Management Strategy Conference
• Coyle Hospitality Group Launches Spa Division; Renowned Hospitality Firm Now Offers Their Unique Combination of Credibility, Market Knowledge and Experience to the Spa World
• HREC's Newly Created New York City Office Closes More than $150 million in Less than Five Months, Appoints Vice President
• Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) 70th Hospitality Training Conference Set for July 23-26, 2005 in Boston
• Northwest Hospitality Group Appoints Ted Capener Jr. as General Manager and Jacque Clark as Director of Sales for the Homewood Suites Salt Lake City

1. Newly-designed Hilton Technology Room a Laboratory for Gathering Customer Feedback; Helps Determine Which Pieces Appropriate for Full-scale Deployment
2. Computer Input Error Resulted in the Holiday Inn in the Walt Disney World(R) Resort Selling 1,208 Rooms for 93 cents Each
3. Accused of Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Customer, Judge Proposes Hyatt Regency DFW Hotel Be Fined $375,000 or Suspending Alcohol Permit for 75 Days
4. AAA Survey Identifies Top 10 Factors Travelers Consider when Choosing Accommodations / Location, Price, Discounts, Diamond Rating Top List
5. The 3-Ps of Successful Hotel Management / Bruce Wienberg
6. Ten Ways to Establish Yourself as a Hotel Industry Authority / Karen Weiner Escalera
7. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / May  2005
8. Serious About A Hotel Sales Career? Here are 10 Recommendations
9. Some Hotels May Be Doctoring Photos on Their Internet Sites
10. Some Reports That Wyndham International Inc. Might Be Up for Sale
11. Disconnect -- Aligning the Revenue Management and Sales Strategies / Carol Verret
12. Is the Sky Falling on the Convention Center Industry / Thomas Hazinski and Hans Detlefsen
13. Hotel Occupancy Recovery Not Enjoyed by All
14. Classy Clearance Sale Gives Public Chance to Own Piece of Plaza Hotel; Dinner Plates with Plaza Crest - $35 each
15. Marriott International Honors 13 Employees Out of a Worldwide Workforce of 133,000
16. Innkeepers USA Trust Believes a Hotel General Manager Misappropriated Approximately $430,000; Postpones Release of 1st Qtr Results Until Issues Are Resolved
17. Nearly 200 Employees of Four Seasons Resort Maldives Find Temporary Work at U.S. Four Seasons Properties
18. Two Labrador Retrievers and Six German Shepherds Key Components of Wynn Las Vegas Security Operations
19. Web Reservations are Still Not for Everyone In Fact, Not Even the Majority / Don Farrell
20. How to Increase Your Hotel's Internet Revenues
21. What Restaurants Do When There's a Fly (or Finger) in the Soup
22. Preparing for the Assault by Organized Labor on Hospitality / John R. Hendrie
23. Melvin Tennant, Director of San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Resigns Unexpectedly Following City Probe
24. Northwoods Resort in Big Bear Lake, California Part of Ponzi Scam; Unwitting Hotel Investors Hoping to Get 14 Cents Back on the Dollar
25. Business Travelers Cite "Value" When Selecting a Hotel as More Important Attribute then "Hotel Brand"

 

• NORTHWIND Delivers Maestro Profitability Tool Suite to Boost ADR, Drive Repeat Business; Properties Maximize All Areas of Hospitality Profitability
• Golf Industry Leaders Gather in Prague June 16-17, 2005; The Golf Business Forum Brings Together Professionals Involved in the Business of Golf
• While Global Hotel Chains Are Trying to Get to Grips with Third-party Online Providers, Smaller Hotel Groups and Independents Are Welcoming Them with Open Arms / Steve Shellum
• Online Travel Agents vs Travel Search – The Debate / Bhanu Chopra
• Fashion Designer Giorgio Armani and Mohamed Ali Alabbar Sign 'Armani Hotels and Resorts' Agreement for International Collection of Luxury Hotels and Resorts
• April Results for the European Hotel Industry: Best Monthly Performance in 5 Years
• John Q. Hammons Hotels Completes $8 million in Improvements to Fort Collins, Colorado Property; Rebrands 255 room University Park Holiday Inn to Hilton Fort Collins
• Broughton Hospitality Group Awarded the Management Contract for the Inn at East Beach, Santa Barbara, California
• Alfred D. Wiles Named GM and Peter J. Regan as DOS for the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington DC
• Scott Flexman Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Lansdowne Resort in Lansdowne, Virginia
• Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Names Phillip Murray, Historic Gettysburg Hotel, General Manager of the Yea
• Gregory Leinweber Appointed Director of Sales for the Mansion on Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia

May 27, 2005

• Recap: 5th Annual Resort Management Conference
• Hedge Fund Blackacre Institutional Capital Management May Buy Chicago's Palmer House for Upwards of $250 million
• Marriott International Honors 13 Employees Out of a Worldwide Workforce of 133,000
• L'Auberge du Lac's Opening Is a Milestone for Pinnacle; The Cost of the Hotel/Casino is Louisians's Second-most Expensive
• Fairfield Resorts Now Has 71 Resorts with Over 500,000 Timeshare Owners
• Portland Oregon Will Provide Sage Hospitality $13.9 million in Low Interest Loans to Transform Downtown Office Buildiong Into a Swank 334-room hote Hotel
• The IH&RA National Association Chief Executives Council Invites Expedia to Annual Meeting; Will Hear Expedia's Explanation of its Own Hotel Classification System
• InterContinental Hotels Group Opens Second Hotel Indigo - Chicago-Gold Coast
• The Marcus Corporation Plans to Acquire the Wyndham Milwaukee Center; Major Renovation and Repositioning Planned
• Premier Resorts Selected to Manage The Hotel Telluride in Telluride, Colorado; Tammy Burden Named General Manager
• Hotel Brandenburger Hof in Berlin, Germany Leaving Relais & Chateaux to Join Small Luxury Hotels of the World
• Emaar Properties Awards Accor the Management Contract for Novotel Hyderabad, the First New Build Novotel for Accor in India
• Cendant's Howard Johnson Brand New Initiatives Include High-speed Internet Service and Enhanced Bathroom Amenities
• TravelCLICK Names Robert Post as President and Chief Executive Officer
• The Radisson DFW South in Irving, Texas Named the Full-Service Property of the Year for Hospitality Management Corporation
• Sivica Hospitality Acquires the 123-room Hampton Inn-Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; Linda Williams-Thornley Named General Manager
• Fabio Gallo Named Vice President Director of Marketing, Sales and Brand Image for Domina Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

• Maestro Users Group Findings Spotlight Operator Objectives; Incubator for Best Practices; Owners, chain operators, property managers combine professional insights on industry direction, future
• Papal Transition - Impact on Daily Hotel Performance in Rome
• Waterford Development LLC Ordered to Redesign 17 Handicapped Accessible Rooms to Meet Connecticut Code at the Soon to Open 409-room Marriott Hartford Downtown
• Gaming Industry Chief Information Officers Form "Special Interest Group" Within the HTNG Organization; Will Address Interopoerability Issues Unique to Casino Hotels
• Crescent Real Estate and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC Break Ground on Texas' Only Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas
• The $365 million L'Auberge du Lac Resort Casino Opens in Lake Charles, Louisiana
• The 204 room Hilton Monterey Reportedly Sold for More than $20 million; MeriStar Hospitality Selling to Ocean Park Hotels
• Country Hearth Inns Opening 31 New Hotels in 2005; Mid-scale Chain Currently at 78 Properties
• Travelodge Brand Seeks Improved Results through Training, Revised Standards for the Breakfast Program and New Standards for Staff Uniforms
• MSI's Longevity, Success Paves Way for Internal Growth, Executive Promotions
• Raymond Vermolen Named Hotel Manager for the 686-room Hotel InterContinental The Barclay in New York
• Patricia C. Walsh Appointed Controller of Stonewall Resort, Weston, West Virginia
• Joe Massar Named Director of Sales and Marketing for The Melrose Hotel, Dallas
• Scot Hamilton Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing of LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort in Naples, Florida
• For Sale 5 star quality Caribbean resort/marina with considerable vacant acreage for future development

• President Bush's Push for Tax Reform; Any Impact on the Hospitality Industry? / Kevin F. Reilly, JD, CPA
• Taj Hotels Resorts May Replace Four Seasons as Operator of The Pierre; Indian Hotels Company, Which Runs the Taj Chain, Would Invest Up to $35 million to Renovate the 224 room Luxury Hotel
• Starwood to Sell Historic Hotel Danieli in Venice for Approximately $244 million; Retains Long-term Management Agreement
• Owners & Asset Managers: Need Expert Advice, Referral? Ask A Trusted Consultant / David M. Brudney
• Ramada Worldwide Providing Signage Incentive Program to Help Offset Franchisees' Cost of Replacing Property Signs to Conform with the Brand's New Logos
• Onnam Entertainment's First Casino Planned for Biloxi, a $250 million 500 room Resort
• The Former 217-room Adam's Mark Clearwater Beach Resort May be Leveled for Redevelopment
• Melvin Tennant, Director of San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Resigns Unexpectedly Following City Probe
• New U.S. Hotel Room Construction Should Reach 98,000 in 2005, Highest Level Since 2000 When Room Starts Were 120,000
• Bangkok Based Minor International Plc Planning on a US $21 million Project to Open Three Resorts in the Maldives
• Blue Square Studio Launches 2.2 Version of Rebranded "Hospitality Toolkit" at HITEC 2005
• Anthony Rodio Named President of the Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort and Spa
• John W. Maibach Appointed General Manager for the 84 room Black Point Inn on the Maine Coast

• Hi-Tech Hotel Installs Latest Entirety PMS from Ramesys
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 112 room Onyx Hotel for Approximately $28.6 million; Kimpton Continues to Manage the Boston Hotel
• Robin Brown, Who Spent 14 years as GM of the Four Seasons Hotel Boston, Creating a Buzz with His Involvement in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Residences, Boston
• Companies Vying to Win One of Singapore's Two Lucrative Casino Developments Will Need to Offer an Integrated Resort, Something Special and Original
• Vail Resorts Selling the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa for $62 Million; Retains 15-Year Management Contract
• Aqua Hotels & Resorts Enters Fourth Year of Business; Hawaii Chain Refining Key Amenities into the Seven Pillars of the 'Aqua Brand'
• Ten California Coastal Resorts Put Aside Competition, Band Together to Make Marketing Pitch
• Southwestern Pennsylvania's Summit Inn Placed on National Register of Historic Places
• After Five Years Championing the Hospitality Industry, Peter Ilchuk Stepping Down as President of the Lodging Association of the Florida Keys and Key West 
• Steigenberger Hotels AG will Manage the Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe in Dresden, Germany
• United Tribes Technical College Moving Forward with 250 room Hotel and 30,000 Sq Ft Convention Center in Bismarck, North Dakota; The Hotel Will Also Serve as a Classroom for Hotel Management and Culinary Students
• Travel Planners from the United Kingdom Provide Insight to Palm Springs Hoteliers to Attract Sun-seeking Brit Vacationers
• GolfHero Announces HOTELPAR Program; Online Golf Vacation Packages with Cutting Edge Technology
• Stephano Anamisis, General Manager of the Residence Inn by Marriott in Lakeland, Fla., Named LBA's GM of the Year
• Peter H. Mason Appointed the Division Director for Konover Hotel Corporation
• Steven Smith Named General Manager For Hyatt Regency Long Beach
• Hospitality ales professinal with 25 years experience in hotel sales & marketing seeking opportunities to provide "task force assistance" to quality hotel companies

• Lodgenet, HBO Sign Industry-First Agreement for HBO HD; Only Hotels With SIGNETURE HDTV Systems Will Offer a High-Definition Television Experience for Blockbuster Movies and Original Features from HBO HD
• A Partnership of Historic Proportions: Historic Hotels of America Selects Vantis as its New Partner in Reservations and Revenue Optimization
• Lodgenet LG Electronics to Deliver Industry's Most Complete HDTV Solution for Hotel Guest Rooms
• Sonesta International Hotels Corp. Enjoys 476% Stock Increase for Year Ended March 31, 2005; All Tied to One Transaction, a $400 million Florida Resort Project
• New Brand Requirements for Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites Focus on Breakfast, Bath and Bedding
• Chairman of the Langham Hotels International - Dr K.S. Lo Named Asia Pacific Hotelier of 2004
• Preparing for the Assault by Organized Labor on Hospitality / John R. Hendrie
• No Debuts and a Few Less Rooms Mark Hotel Scene in Orange Country, California / Sandi Cain
• How to Increase Your Hotel's Internet Revenue
• Milestone Internet Marketing Licenses Hotels to HTMLs(tm) Handbook To Best Western International (BWI) For Online Education
• Hotel Capitalization Rates Drop Further / Survey Winter/Spring 2005
• Guangzhou Cheng Jian Tian Yu Real Estate Development Company Limited Selects Starwood's Westin Brand for a 400-room Hotel in Guangzhou
• The Landis Group Opens the Residence Inn Princeton, New Jersey; Paramount Hotel Group Operates the Property
• Signature Worldwide Expands Global Presence with New Indian Licensee
• Alistair Ballantine Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing, the Americas for Orient-Express Hotels, Trains and Cruises
• Food & Beverage Director sought for Chicago 4 star hotel. $14 million in F&B revenue

• Northwoods Resort in Big Bear Lake, California Part of Ponzi Scam; Unwitting Hotel Investors Hoping to Get 14 Cents Back on the Dollar
• Nine Los Angeles Hotels Present Radically Restructured Economic Proposal to UNITE HERE Local 11; Offers a $1,000 Signing Bonus, Substantial Pay Hike and Free Health Care Aimed to Bring Stalled Contract Talks to a Quick Conclusion
• Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Reports March 2005 the Busiest Month Ever; 3.4 million Visitors, Citywide Hotel Occupancy 94.5%
• Classy Clearance Sale Gives Public Chance to Own Piece of Plaza Hotel; Dinner Plates with Plaza Crest - $35 each
• Choice Hotels Executes Four Contracts for its New All-Suites Brand, Cambria Suites
• Hosting The Byron Nelson Golf Tournament Is a Very Large Marketing Initiative for the Four Seasons Resort and Club at Los Colinas
• CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Reports 1st Qtr Net Income Was $9.0 million; RevPAR Up 11.6% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Congress Hall Resort Hotel Blends History and High Tech with StayOnline