1. Michael Smith, General Manager of the Hyatt Regency in Downtown New Orleans, Has Some Stories to Tell
2. Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Sales People / Carol Verret
3. New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau Update As of 9 A.M. Tuesday, September 6, 2005
4. Hotels Rethink Cancellation Policies
5. Starwood Targeting the Select-Service Hotel Category with  a New Brand - aloft; Wants 500 Properties by 2012
6. Fred Kleisner's Desk is Looking Spare, As the Chairman CEO of Wyndham International Inc. Passes the Reins Over to New Owner, Blackstone Group
7. The Accuracy of Hotel Budgets / Robert Mandelbaum and David Murff 
8. Cendant Corporation Acquiring the Wyndham Hotel Brand and Franchise System for $100 million in Cash
9. Spa Industry Study: What Happens When Guests �Phone It In�
10. Dubai Investment Group Acquires the Essex House Hotel from Strategic Hotel Capital LLC;  Jumeirah Hospitality & Leisure Named to Replace Starwood as Operator of the 605-room Hotel Bearing Two Brands: Westin and St. Regis
11. When Times Get Tough�Get Tougher! Sell Harder Before You Cave-in on Rates / Neil Salerno
12. The Shutdown of New Orleans' Economic Engine -- its Convention and Tourism Business --  Has Implications Nationally for Other Convention Cities
13. The Closed Hotel Count in Louisiana is 160 Hotels, in Mississippi, 93 Hotels and in Alabama, 33 Hotels as of September 15, 2005
14. How Can You Get Your Customers to Behave?
15. The California Mid-Year Lodging Report / San Francisco, Los Angeles, Anaheim/Orange County, San Diego
16. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Seeking Blocks of Rooms for Housing Evacuees and Emergency Contractors; AH&LA Leads Program to Provide 250,000 Guestrooms
17. Las Vegas' Hotels Set to Outdo One Another with In-room Amenities, Latest Gadgetry
18. Luxury Link Launches New Site
19. Nobody Asked Me, But�./ Stanley Turkel
20. New Orleans' Canceled Conventions Being Relocated Rapidly; Chicago Hotels Offer Rebate of  $10 per Room per Night to Recovery Efforts
21. Search Engine Marketing in Hospitality / Max Starkov and Jason Price
22. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Will Manage the Hotel Anchor at MGM Mirage's $5 billion CityCenter Project on Las Vegas Strip
23. Tallahassee Hoteliers Politely Informed Evacuees to Leave; FSU-Miami Football Fans Need the Rooms
24. Yes, Hotels Can Make Money and Sustain Growth! / Craig W Cooley
25. Brennan's, one of the Most Famous Restaurants in the French Quarter, Survives

September 30, 2005

• Morgan Stanley Creates Hotel Management Company, Panorama Hospitality K.K., to Manage 13 Hotels in Japan and Asia Pacific
• The Sale by Raffles Holdings of its Hotel Business to Colony Capital, LLC for an Enterprise Value of S$1.72 billion Effective September 30, 2005
• Nine Months After their Partnership Began, Noble Investment Group and Callaway Gardens Breaking Ground on The Lodge and Spa at Callaway Gardens
• Unsettled Spirits Rattle the Halls Inside Some of America�s Oldest Hotels
• Restaurant Pagers that Flash, Vibrate or Beep May be Getting Some New Bells and Whistles
• VingCard Elsafe Providing Emergency Support  to Hotels Hit By Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• Visual One�s Users Conference is a Success Despite Hurricane Rita; Over 200 Attendees, Minimal Cancellations, Sets Record for V1
• A New Build St. Regis Hotel Under Development in Mexico City; Architect Cesar Pelli Designing the 189 room and 100 Private Residence Building
• AMResorts Building a 365 suite Property on Playa Maroma near Playa del Carmen, Mexico
• Estimated 200 Technology Companies Bringing their Products to the 2005 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show®
• Senate Hospitality Group Selected to Manage the Proposed Riverwalk Resort and Convention Center in Orange Beach, Alabama
• TravelCLICK Announces Call For Entries for The 2005  E-Marketer of the Year Awards
• Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International 2005/2006 Event Calendar
• Roger Warren, a Former President of PGA of America, Named President of The Kiawah Island Golf Resort

• Choice Hotels Acquires Suburban Franchise Systems, Inc. for Approximately $10.5 million; Suburban Extended Stay Hotels Becomes the Tenth Brand in the Choice Hotels System
• Chic Loft Lodging Trend Propelled by NYLO; High-End and Highly Affordable - NYLO Hotels Launches New Lodging Category
• Marriott Pursuing Development of the Renaissance ClubSport, a Sports/fitness and Lodging Concept - an Extension to the Renaissance Hotels & Resorts Brand
• Landry's Restaurants, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Golden Nugget Hotel- Casinos; Hope to Revitalize Downtown Las Vegas with a Transformation of the 1,907 room Golden Nugget
• Mid-America Hotel Partners, LLC. Selects the Westin Brand for a 500 room Hotel and Conference Center in Lombard, Illinois
• Study Shows Chinese Travelers Are a Market Force to Be Reckoned With
• Chinese Government Enlisting UNLV's Harrah College of Hotel Administration to Send Faculty Members to China To Provide Hospitality Management Instruction
• Hotel Occupancy in Atlanta from January through July of 2005 Averaged about 64%; Expecting About 2% Growth in New Rooms During Next 3-5 Years
• Sentry Hospitality Ltd Developing $60 million 250 room Hotel and Conference Center in New Jersey, Just Across Delaware River from the Philadelphia International Airport
• Heathrow Hotel Market Gets Boost from British Airway�s Labor Problems
• Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center on Lake Grapevine Building $16 million, 29,000 sq ft Entertainment Complex
• The 40-storey Hilton Nanjing Voted the Most Beautiful High Rise in Nanjing
• Novotel Brand Selected for 286 room Hotel Being Built Near the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
• Wisconsin Innkeepers Association Creates Web Site for the Traveling Public Featuring Its 1,000+ Lodging Members
• ResortQuest Names Robert Stenhammer General Manager of ResortQuest Breckenridge
• Jean-Pierre Bagnato Appointed Executive Chef of The Mark, New York

• Spa Industry Study: What Happens When Guests �Phone It In�
• Chic Loft Lodging Trend Propelled by NYLO; High-End and Highly Affordable - NYLO Hotels Launches New Lodging Category
• A 350 room Westin to Be Cornerstone of Miami's $480-million Mixed-use Island Gardens Project
• Dolce Awarded Management Contract for the Former IBM Training Center in La Hulpe near Brussels; Following Renovation and Expansion the 264 room Property Will Reopen as the Dolce La Hulpe Brussels
• Starwood Targeting the Select-Service Hotel Category with a New Brand - aloft; Wants 500 Properties by 2012
• Interstate Signs Management Contract to Operate the 402-room Radisson Plaza Hotel Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Will Convert the Hotel to the Sheraton Flag
• HFTP Annual Convention & Tradeshow Set For Myrtle Beach, S.C. Oct 26-29, 2005
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Ranked Among Top 500 Global Software Companies Software Magazine�s Ranking Based on 2004 revenues
• World Travel & Tourism Council Selects Washington DC for Site of 6th Global Travel & Tourism Summit- April 10 to 12, 2006
• Elizabeth Hotels Implements Guestline�s Internet Native, Centralised PMS Solution
• Janis Cannon Named Vice President, Brand Management, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, the Americas
• Angela Rafuse-Tahir Named Director of Marketing & Sales for Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour
• Mauro Governato and Jan Tibaldi Appointed to GM Posts with One&Only Resorts
• Raffles International Appoints Four to Swissôtel GM Posts

• Luxury Link Launches New Site
• Nobody Asked Me, But�. / Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC
• Labor Wars: A Hotel Survival Guide - Watch Out For Neutrality Agreements / Marta Fernandez
• Sales & Marketing Disciplines Undergo Changes, Experts Declare End to Normal, Redefine Rules at HSMAI, NYU Industry Strategy Conference
• The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Books 2,229,979 Room Nights (925 Convention Groups) Over the Next 16 Years
• Financing Condo-Hotels in Boom Times; A Check List
• Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel Philadelphia Receiving $15 million Renovation; Top Floors to be Converted into 100 Condominiums
• Highly Qualified New Orleans Hotel Professionals Transistion to San Antonio, Houston
• The 490-room Coast Anaheim Hotel to Be Reflagged as the Sheraton Park Hotel Following $32 million Renovation
• ARAMARK Integrates ARAMARK Harrison Lodging with its Parks and Resorts Business; Bruce W. Fears Named President, ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
• Visual One Wins Contract for Torquay Leisure Hotels
• Georg Fuchs Named Executive Chef at Rocco Forte�s The St David�s Hotel & Spa in Cardiff; Until Recently Executive Chef at The Savoy in London
• Terry Rufer Appointed Vice President Sales & Marketing, North America, Corinthia Hotels International

• Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Sales People / Carol Verett
• The Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center Replaces all 1,298 Guest Room Toilets; Resolves No. 1 Guest Complaint - Toilets that Flushed Incompletely
• HEI Hospitality Now Owns or Operates 26 Hotels Throughout the United States Following Acquistion of Algonquin, its First Hotel In Manhattan
• Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, Thomas Keller of the French Laundry, and Laura Chenel, Whose Name Is Synonymous with Goat Cheese, Continue to Impact American Food
• How Can You Get Your Customers to Behave?
• Coastal Hotel Group Selected to Manage the 62-room Chateau Avalon, Kansas City, Kansas
• Hotel Financial Strategies Finances Numerous Projects Totaling $175,000,000
• TravelHero Announces Plan for Spin-off of GolfHero
• VFM Interactive�s Innovation and Expansion Delivers Strong Client and Distribution Growth Reinforcing VFM Market Leadership Position
• Hurricane Katrina to Cause Hotel Revenue Growth in 2005
• Orange Lake Resort's Charles K. Swan III Steps Down; Former CEO of both Trendwest Resorts and Hilton Grand Vacations Company Don Harrill Named to Succeed
• Somerston Hotels Implement EzRMS� in 2 of their Flagship Properties
• Roger Aufieri Named Executive Vice President and COO for Merritt Hospitality; Formerly the President and COO at White Lodging Services
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Tom Cupo General Manager at Virginia Crossings Resort in Richmond, Virginia
• Robert Boyle Named Resort Manager for Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu, Hawaii
• Raffles International Appoints Four to General Manager Posts
• Tecton Hospitality Appoints Three to GM Posts

September 23, 2005

• Suns Legacy Hotel Investors, L.P. Selects Starwood to Operate a W Hotel and W Residences Being Built Adjacent to America West Arena in Downtown Phoenix
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Signs Agreement to Acquire the 316- room Hyatt Dulles in Herndon, VA, for $72.5 million from an Affiliate of Colony Capital, LLC
• Couples Resorts Acquires the Sans Souci Resort & Spa in Jamaica; Pierre Paul Battaglia Continues as General Manager
• HEI Hospitality Acquires the 174-room Algonquin Hotel in New York City from Miller Global Properties L.L.C. for Approximately $74 million
• Continental Development Corporation Building a 550 room InterContinental Hotel Near San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center
• California Lodging Industry Association and the Asian American Hotel Owners Association Jointly Producing the California Lodging Expo® and Conference November 8-9, 2005  in Santa Clara
• First Joint Meeting of the Oregon Lodging Association and Oregon Restaurant Association Provides Organization and Unification for Common Legislative Interests
• Digital Alchemy Manages Guest Relations While Hoteliers Handle Hurricane Headaches
• Hotel Occupancy in the Dallas - Fort Worth Area At Record Highs; Rita Evacuees Going to Oklahoma for Hotel Rooms
• The City of Paso Robles, California has Approved Plans for 11 Resort and Hotel Projects
• Maine Coastal Destination Ogunquit Wants to Defend Town's Unique Character by Banning Restaurant Chains
• Urgo Hotels Plans to Sell the 188 unit Marriott Residence Inn in Downtown Baltimore to RLJ Development LLC
• VFM Interactive Expands Board of Directors Amid Record Growth; Appoints 20-year Veteran Michael W. McCormick to New Seat
• World Travel & Tourism Council Spells Out Policy Recommendations for Trinidad and Tobago to Tap Travel & Tourism Potential
• The Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center in Staunton, Virginia Opens after $21.1 million Renovation; Owned by the Persinger Family and Armada Hoffler
• The RIU Chain Opens the 856 room ClubHotel Riu Ocho Ríos, its Third All-inclusive Resort in Jamaica
• Hamister Hospitality Group Acquires the Sleep Inn in Louisville, Kentucky
• Kevin Stuessi Named SVP of Food & Beverage for the W Las Vegas Hotel, Casino; Project Will Have 20+ Unique Restaurants, Lounges and Nightclub Outlets
• Linda Finley Named Director of Group Sales, Incentives & Meetings for Barceló Hotels & Resorts

September 21, 2005

• See Ramesys� New DASHBOARD View of Property Performance that puts Hospitality Executives back in the Driver�s Seat
• InterContinental Hotels Group Develops Two New Niche Hotel Concepts, a Repositioning of the Holiday Inn Select and a new Holidome® Recreation Center Model
• Fred Kleisner's Desk is Looking Spare, As the Chairman CEO of Wyndham International Inc. Passes the Reins Over to New Owner, Blackstone Group 
• Red Lion Hotels Launches New Brand Image and Outlines Growth Initiatives; New Corporate Name, New Look Reinforce Brand Revitalization
• Houston Hotels Bracing for Another Wave of Evacuees
• Marriott Initiates New Marketing Approach with "mSpot", a Live Times Square Billboard; Reaching Out for Next Generation of Marriott Customers
• The Sheraton Cancun Resort & Towers to be Redeveloped as a Starwood Vacation Ownership Resort and Branded the Westin Lagunamar Ocean Resort
• Partnership Between Nicklaus Design, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and Juno Properties Developing the Creighton Farms, A Ritz-Carlton Managed Community near Washington D.C.
• Cendant Timeshare Resort Group and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creating new Timeshare Curriculum at the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration; Available to Students in the Fall of 2006 
• La Quinta Owned Baymont Inn & Suites Opens 100th Franchised Property
• Connecticut Lodging Association Names John Trudeau as "Outstanding Manager of the Year" and Juan Rivera  as "Outstanding Housekeeping Associate of the Year"
• Leslie Ng to Join Interstate Hotels & Resorts as Chief Investment Officer 
• ResortQuest Names Scott Bunce Territory Vice President for the Western Region
• Lodgian Sells Holiday Inns in Gadsden, Alabama, and Rolling Meadows, Illinois for Aggregate $6.5 million
• Accor Opening Sofitel Hotels in Guangzhou and Shanghai

September 20, 2005

• The Accuracy of Hotel Budgets / Robert Mandelbaum and David Murff
• When Times Get Tough�Get Tougher! Sell Harder Before You Cave-in on Rates / Neil Salerno
• Intrawest Corporation Building a Resort Village in Orlando; `The Village of Imagine'' Will Include Two Condominium-hotels
• Beijing City Inspectors Take Action Against The Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong in Beijing Over Quality Issues of its Mooncakes Entrepreneurs
• The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Will Manage the Hotel Anchor at MGM Mirage's $5 billion CityCenter Project on Las Vegas Strip
• Development, Financing and Design Issues Snarl the Proposed 222 room Hotel at the Columbia (SC) Metropolitan Convention Center
• The Bed and Breakfast Business -a Business and Lifestyle that Continues to Attract Entrepreneurs
• Got Pineapple? Hotelier-turned-industry-innovator Ray Burger Launches Pineapple Hospitality� � bringing fresh ideas and business-building products and programs to your guests� doors and your bottom line
• Two Outrigger Hotels Select GuestWare to Manage Guest Response, Guest Recognition Processes; Island Level of Hospitality Expected to Reach New Heights at Oahu-Based Properties
• Embassy Suites Hotels new Advertising Campaign � "Everything for a Reason" Will Serve as a Common Strategic Umbrella for All Ongoing Marketing and Communication Efforts
• GolfHero Announces Partnership Agreement to Power All Rosen Hotels and Resorts with HOTELPAR
• The 6th Annual Resort Management Conference Set for Mar. 19-21, 2006 at the Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina
• Cushman & Wakefield Completes Jacksonville Hotel Transaction
• The 96 room Colony Club in Barbados Receives Extensive Renovation
• Kinseth Hospitality Companies Opens Three Hotels; the Courtyard by Marriott in Columbia, Missouri, the Country Inn and Suites, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Airport, and the Country Inn and Suites, St. Charles, Missouri
• Tennessee Pet Friendly Hotels Join BringYourPet.com
• Jack Burkam Named General Manager for the Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort Near Cumberland, MD
• Andrew N. Gajary Appointed Hotel Manager at the InterContinental Hotel Cleveland
• Sandrine Le Biavant Named Director of Sales & Marketing for Bavaria Executive Suites Dubai

• Search Engine Marketing in Hospitality / Max Starkov and Jason Price
• FelCor's 430 room Sheraton Park Central in Dallas Housing and Feeding Employees of the Sheraton New Orleans, W French Quarter and W New Orleans
• After 40 years of Business, the 319-room Continental Inn in Lexington, Kentucky Closes its Doors; Auction Ahead
• Developers of the The Harrick, a 138 unit Condominium Hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida Select Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group LLC, as Operator
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Updates Status of Hotels Affected by Hurricane Katrina; Hilton New Orleans Riverside is Partially Operational and is Housing Relief Workers
• AEG Breaks Ground on $1 Billion Sports and Entertainment District in Downtown Los Angeles; Hilton Selected as Operator of 1,100 room Convention Center Hotel
• Promoting the Dining Experience by Matching Expectations / John R. Hendrie
• Buccini/Pollin Group and Lubert Adler Management Inc. Acquiring the 427-room Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel for $54 million from the Blackstone Group and Prime Hospitality Corp
• A Wide Range of Educational Offerings and Entertainment Planned for the 35,000 Lodging and Foodservice Professionals Attending the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show Starting November 12, 2005 at New York City�s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
• After Two Decades as Georgia's Tourism Tagline, "Georgia on My Mind" is Going with the Wind
• IMIC Hotels Opens  the $13 million, 117 room Inn at USC; Students in Univerisity of South Carolina's School of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management Will Work in the Hotel
• Ferenc Szony Named the Gaming Industry's Top Performing Chief Executive Officer by HVS Executive Search
• Noble Investment Group Opens the 146 suite Embassy Suites Hotel Winston-Salem, NC; Part of the Conversion of the Former Adam�s Mark Hotel
• Gunter Muller Named General Manager of ResortQuest Aspen in Colorado
• Domina Vacanze S.p.A. and Domina Hotel Group Complete Management Agreement for 7 Hotels in Italy

• The Closed Hotel Count in Louisiana is 160 Hotels, in Mississippi, 93 Hotels and in Alabama, 33 Hotels as of September 15, 2005 / Lodging Econometrics Report
• Harrah's Entertainment Promises to Build Something "Spectacular" if Mississippi Drops Dockside Casino Requirement
• A $300 million Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort, Hotel & Retail Shops Planned Near the Kansas Speedway in Wyandotte County
• Canadian Developer Westbank Acquires Fairmont Owned Land Across from Vancouver Convention Center; Will Build 415 room Hotel to be Managed by Fairmont
• AMC Delancey Group, Inc. and Paramount Hotel Group Acquire the 394-room Orlando North Hotel in Maitland, Florida; Will Renovate and Reposition
• Crescent Heights Signs Agreement with Outrigger Hotels to Provide Hotel and Condominium Management Services for the Ala Moana Hotel
• Nicklaus Design Building 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Course in Baha Mar�s Planned $1.6 billion Mega-resort on Nassau�s Cable Beach in The Bahamas
• Las Ventanas al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort, Again Named the Top International Resort by Andrew Harper�s Hideaway Report
• Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel Selects SMS|Host Hospitality Management System
• Second Arabian Hotel Investment Conference Scheduled for Dubai in 2006; Every Hotel Chain Is Eyeing the Middle East

• New Orleans' Canceled Conventions Being Relocated Rapidly; Chicago Hotels Offer Rebate of  $10 per Room per Night to Recovery Efforts
• Cendant Corporation Acquiring the Wyndham Hotel Brand and Franchise System for $100 million in Cash; Includes 82 Franchise Agreements and 29 Hotel Management Contracts
• HSMAI's 5th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Set for San Francisco, CA,  Dec. 7, 2005
• The Disaster Resource GUIDE Annual Edition Available Free of Charge; Provides Hard-to-find Information for Disaster Preparedness
• Although Orange County, California Saw Zero Hotels Open in the First Half of 2005, the Construction Pipeline Is Now Picking Up
• Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto Will Be the City�s Largest Revenue Generator
• General Development Plan for Lake Lawn Resort's $390 million Expansion Approved; Wisconsin Resort Adding 1,000 Suites, 130,000 sq ft Water Park
• Orient-Express Hotels' Windsor Court Was Fortunate � Plans Re-opening on November 1, 2005 / Also - Paul M. White Named Vice President - Finance and CFO of Orient-Express Hotels
• The Briad Group Planning Twelve Extended and Limited-stay Hotels in the Northeast
• Innkeepers USA Trust Completes $4.5 million Conversion of the Former Clarion Hotel in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky to a Hampton Inn
• Esther Rodriguez Appointed Vice President, Controller for Benchmark Hospitality International
• Sanibel Harbour Resort Selects PAR Springer-Miller Systems; Exclusive Florida Property Installs SMS|Host Hospitality Management System
• Tynette Lynch Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the Wynfrey Hotel at Riverchase Galleria, Birmingham, Alabama
• Christopher W. Deegan Named Director of Food and Beverage at the Resort at Split Rock in the Western Pocono Mountains
• MonteLago Village Resort, Lake Las Vegas, Appoints Jan Baird Sales Manager
• Mark Miller Appointed Director of Operations at Clayton on the Park, Clayton, Missouri

September 14, 2005

• Hotels Rethink Cancellation Policies
• Retaining Employees Now a Bigger Issue than Food Cost for Many Restaurateurs
• Basic Concepts of Co-Branding, With Examples from the Hospitality Industry / Peggy Yip / Canadian Lodging Outlook - July  2005 YTD
• Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. Developing a 400-suite Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas Across from the Gaylord Texan; Will Include 80,000 sq ft Year-round Waterpark
• New Orleans Restaurants Foresee a Slow Recovery
• Fort Lauderdale Leaders Resurrect Effort to Build a $300 million 750 room Hotel at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center
• Ocean Properties Selects Westin as Brand for Planned 400 room Convention Hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida
• Four Wisconsin Resorts, Lake Lawn, Interlaken, the Abbey and Grand Geneva, Spending Millions to Establish Market Share
• Las Vegas' Hotels Set to Outdo One Another with In-room Amenities, Latest Gadgetry
• Former Holiday Inn in Downtown Orlando Undergoing $25 million Conversion to a Luxury Condo-hotel  to be Called The Lexington
• Bermuda Wary of Boom; Now Importing Foreign Labor to Service 500,000 Tourists a Year
• SECURE-RES Reservation System For Navy Lodge (DON) Program Meets With Success
• Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas Selects Materials Management System from Agilysys, Inc.
• The Private Club Industry to Benefit from New Strategic Partnership
• Marriott South Florida Business Council Executives Deliver Lunches to All Area Fire and Police Stations
• Dina Koss Named Director of Acquisition and Development for Kimpton Hotels

September 13, 2005

• Yes, Hotels Can Make Money and Sustain Growth!
• The California Mid-Year Lodging Report / San Francisco, Los Angeles, Anaheim/Orange County, San Diego / Ernst & Young
• Arte Nathan, SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer for Wynn Resorts Ltd., Wants to Be the Greatest Human Resources Executive in the World
• More than 200 Orlando-based Disney Employees Part of Task Force to Train 5,000 New Hong Kong Disneyland Employees; Working Behind the Scenes to Orchestrate Compromises that Respect Asian Traditions Without Losing Disney Flavor
• Coyle Hospitality Group�s 2005 Spa Industry Survey Finds Quality of Service Provider and Cleanliness are Keys to Satisfaction
• A Chance for You to Respond: Katrina Employee Relief Fund Set up by Highpointe Hotel Corporation
• Offering Price Guarantees on Your Website � the New Paradigm
• Hotel Projects Boom in Western United States
• Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. Selling the Marriott Schaumburg for Approximately $23.9 million, or $60,000 per room to the Procaccianti Group
• PhoneSuite Signs 900th PBX Customer
• AmeriSuites Upgrades to MSI�s WinPM; Multi-Systems Inc. Transitions 43 Properties in 35 Days from its DOS System to the Windows-based Property-management Platform
• Intrawest Corporation Reports Net income of $32.6 million for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2005; Results of Abercrombie & Kent During First Year of Ownership Exceeds Expectations
• Florida Hotels Join BringYourPet.com to Promote Pet Friendliness
• Maple House Hotel Selects Visual One

• Senior Strategists to Debate Which Travel Distribution Business Model Will Dominate
• The Cast of Characters Behind the Scenes of Mickey�s Newest Hotels � the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel and Disney�s Hollywood Hotel / Steve Shellum
• The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Seeking Blocks of Rooms for Housing Evacuees and Emergency Contractors; AH&LA Leads Program to Provide 250,000 Guestrooms
• The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Contributing $6 million to Katrina Relief Efforts
• Two Weeks after Katrina Laid Waste to the Gulf Coast's Gaming Industry, It's 14,000 Casino Workers Grow Anxious About the Future
• Carpionato Properties Inc. Planning a $40-million 200-room InterContinental Hotel in Downtown Providence; Condos on the Upper Floors to Finance the Project
• Advertising: How to Create Award Winning Ads (Yes, Even on a Budget) / Brenda Fields
• The Sofitel Los Angeles Undergoing a $35 million Extreme Makeover; World-Class Designers, a Celebrity Chef and a Leading Bar & Lounge Operator to Transform the Hotel Into One of LA's Most Vibrant Locales
• Edward Rohling Elected CEO and Board Member at Lodgian, Thomas Parrington Steps Down Under Transition Plan; Reports Status of Hotels in New Orleans
• Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong Opens within the International Financial Centre
• Oxford Lodging Named Asset Manager of New York's Famed Essex House after Serving as Lead Investment Advisor to New Owner
• Speranza Forms Hospitality Talent Scouts, Inc.; Executive Search and Consulting Firm to Provide �Key People� Services
• Visual One Systems Celebrates Its 500th Restaurant Installation
• Rick Medwedeff Named General Manager of the 727 room Marco Island Marriott Resort, Golf Club and Spa
• Christine Toguchi Appointed by HSMAI to Establish a Chapter in the Asia Pacific Region
• Darrin Pinkham Named Vice President, Application Systems at Ginn Clubs & Resorts

• Dubai Investment Group Acquires the Essex House Hotel from Strategic Hotel Capital LLC;  Jumeirah Hospitality & Leisure Named to Replace Starwood as Operator of the 605-room Hotel Bearing Two Brands: Westin and St. Regis
• Biloxi Was On a Winning Streak Since the First Casino Opened in 1992
• Ashforth Pacific and its Partner Garfield Traub Given Nod to Negotiate with Portland Development Commission to Build 400 room Westin Hotel next to Convention Center
• Hotel Developer William S. Stallings Files Bankruptcy; Owes $13.3 million on Failed WS Hotel in Downtown St. Louis
• MGM MIRAGE Comes to the Aid of 3,400 Beau Rivage Emloyees; Commits to Rebuild and Rebuild Quickly
• Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, a Joint Venture of The Walt Disney Company and the Government of the Hong Kong SAR Opens; Includes the 400 room Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel and the 600 room Disney�s Hollywood Hotel
• Harrah's Stepping Up Efforts to Help 8,000 Harrah's Employees; Opens Gulfport Assistance Center with On-site Primary Health Care Services
• The New Print Technology that Will Change Your Direct Mail
• Our Uneasy Psyche /  John R. Hendrie
• Lucien Barrière Group Chooses RateTiger to Manage 3rd Party Websites
• Society of Critical Care Medicine Moves 9,000 Room Night Convention from New Orleans to San Francisco
• CSM Lodging Completes Full-scale Renovation of the Lincolnshire Homewood Suites by Hilton, in Lincolnshire, Ill., Formerly a Hawthorn Suites

• Orange County, California Ranked No. 2 in the Nation in Hotel Occupancy in July, Nearly 87%
• The State of Texas Waiving Hotel Occupancy Taxes for Evacuees for Sixty Days
• Convention Business is Evacuating New Orleans, and Kansas City is Booking
• GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd Acquires the InterContinental Hotel Paris from IHG for 315 million euros (U.S.$ 390 million); The 438 room Hotel to be Rebranded Westin Paris
• Marriott International and the Marriott Family Pledge a Total of $3 Million to Support Hurricane Katrina Relief
• The Nation's Tourism Industry Is Battling for the Meetings and Conventions Business Once Headed for New Orleans
• Agri-tourism: $240 a Night plus Chores
• At Midyear 2005, Europe�s Hotel Industry Occupancy Up 0.9 points Over Previous Year; The Return of American and Asian Clientele Was Beneficial
• Aqua Palms Opens As Waikiki�s Newest Hotel; The 260 unit Condotel Formerly the Waikiki Parkside Hotel
• The Non-profit Ida Cason Callaway Foundation Begins Extensive Renovation of the Southern Pine Cottages and the Mountain Creek Inn at Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia
• Marco A. Roca Named Senior Vice President, Development for Cendant Hotel Group
• Eric Danziger, Former President and COO of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, Named to Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group Holdings, LLC Board of Directors
• Opening of Comfort Suites in Lake Geneva, WI, Heralded by Choice Hotels Executives as �Marker on a Continuum�
• e-CRM and e-Business: How it Can Be Synergized in the Hospitality Industry
• Visual One Lands Major Contract with Folio Hotels
• Bob Ulery Named General Manager of ResortQuest Outer Banks, NC
• TravelCLICK Names New CFO and CIO
• Bavaria Hotels International appoints Philip Stathkias Vice President Finance

• Operators Weigh Options as Senate Moves toward New Data Security Rules
• Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association Balancing Donations with Efforts to Book Displaced Conventions
• Searching for Hotel Software? A Guide to Finding and Purchasing the Right Property Management System
• Free Revenue Management Seminars in Miami and San Francisco; Conducted by leading RMS consultant Carol Verret, Paid-for by Optims America: who said there�s no such thing as a free lunch? 
• Blackstone Group Likely to Make Significant Upgrades at the 144 room Carmel Valley Ranch
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 803 room Westin Copley Place, Boston for Approximately $318 million
• Coyle Hospitality Group Partners with HOTEL BUSINESS® Magazine for Third Annual Travel Sentiment Survey
• National Hotel Construction Reports; Hotel-Online Teams with BuildCentral to Offer Hotel Construction Project Reports
• Benchmark Hospitality Cleans Up Island as Part of Special 25th Anniversary All Employee Outing
• Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. Acquires the 297-suite Embassy Suites Hotel - St. Louis-Downtown from FelCor for $38 million
• HSMAI Foundation Awards Four Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Scholarships to Ambitious Students of Hospitality
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Sells the Residence Inn Pittsburgh to Apple Six Hospitality Ownership, Inc. for $11 million
• The Erie County Convention Center Authority Awards $1.9 million in Contracts for the Design of 200 room Convention Center Hotel and Parking Garage
• Sheraton Suites Fairplex in Pomona, California Undergoing $9.5 million Facelift
• The Historic Black Hawk Hotel in Cedar Falls, Iowa Entering Final Phase of Three and a Half Year Renovation
• The Inn at St. John's Selects PAR Springer-Miller's SMS|Host Hospitality Management System
• TIG Global to Exhibit at International Hotel Conference in Monaco
• Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Appoints Mary McCarthy as Director of Sales Eastern United States and Canada

• Good Nite Inns Streamlines Management of 13 property Hotel Chain with Ramesys� Centrally Hosted, Multi-property Entirety Solution
• New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau Update As of 9 A.M. Tuesday, September 6, 2005 from Bureau President J. Stephen Perry
• Michael Smith, General Manager of the Hyatt Regency in Downtown New Orleans, Has Some Stories to Tell
• The Shutdown of New Orleans' Economic Engine -- its Convention and Tourism Business -- Has Implications Nationally for Other Convention Cities
• Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Details Workforce Relief Fund and Payroll Details for 1,150 Team Members Affected by Hurricane Katrina
• Marriott Provides Assistance for More than 2,800 Associates in the Greater New Orleans Area
• Harrah's Takes Additional Steps to Bolster Relief Efforts for its 8,000 Employees in Biloxi, Gulfport, and New Orleans
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Reports Status of Hotels Affected by Hurricane Katrina; Establishes Employee Relief Fund
• Pinnacle Intends to Rebuild Casino Magic in Biloxi; Boomtown New Orleans Received Minor Damage, Currently Being Used as a Base for Utility Crews Restoring Electricity
• Texas Hotels Work to Accommodate Evacuees and Future Guests
• FEMA Sets Up Shop in The Imperial Palace-Biloxi, Hotel Weathered Hurrican Better than the Other Dozen Casino Hotels in the Gulf
• Tallahassee Hoteliers Politely Informed Evacuees to Leave; FSU-Miami Football Fans Need the Rooms
• Brennan's, one of the Most Famous Restaurants in the French Quarter, Survives
• Hotel Broker, Joe McCann, Finds Success Working as the Intermediary Between the Buyer and Seller
• Developers Doug Rohde and Joel Cairy Open The 102 room Lodge at Brainerd Lakes & Paul Bunyan Water Park
• Bedford Resort Partners, Ltd. Begins $90 million Restoration of the Historic Bedford Springs Hotel; Benchmark Hospitality Will Manage the 218 room Destination Resort and Conference Facility
• StayOnline Receives $15 Million from Technology Investment Capital Corp.
• Radisson SAS Royal Viking Hotel Becomes 9th SAS Property with EzRMS�
• Michael Fernandez Named General Manager and Frank Fuentes Director of Sales for The Regent South Beach in Miami Beach
• InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Sells Nine Hotels in Australia and New Zealand to Eureka Funds Management Ltd for £164 million in Cash
• Paul P. Hutton Named General Manager of Hilton Kuala Lumpur
• Matthew Bartle Appointed Front Office Manager, The Palms in the Turks & Caicos Islands
• Benchmark Appoints Paul Gibson as Director of Food & Beverage at Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor, New York

1. Amenity Creep Making It Almost Impossible for Housekeepers to Clean a Hotel Room in 30 Minutes, the Pace Required to Clean 15 Rooms per Shift
2. Hilton and Marriott Chains Experimenting with Dumping the Tub
3. Mayor of Biloxi Says Storm's Surge Has Put Five Casinos Out of Commission;  Hard Rock Casino -- Scheduled to Open Next Week - Was Half Destroyed,  Grand Casino Biloxi Washed Across U.S. 90
4. Joe McCann of Optimum Hotel Brokerage Brokers Sale of Chicago�s Legendary Palmer House Hilton, Represents Thor Properties in $230 Million Transaction
5. Blackstone Real Estate Advisors Combines 14 Wyndham Properties with  Seven Other Owned Hotels to Form the LXR Luxury Resorts Brand
6. What is the One Product or Service Missing from Your Hotel Stay that You Would Be Willing to Pay More for to Have? Harris Poll Survey
7. Time-share Giant Fairfield Resorts Being Sued; Buyers Contend Their Purchases of Fairfield Vacation Time in Recent Year  have Proved Virtually Worthless
8. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Signs Definitive Agreements to Acquire the Le Meridien Brand and All Related Management and Franchise Business for the Brand�s 130 Hotels 
9. Marriott Update on Hurricane Katrina 22 Hotels Temporarily Closed
10. Identity Thieves and Scavengers Find a Gold Mine at the Defunct Best Western Greenwood Inn & Suites in Beaverton, Oregon
11. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What  / August/September 2005
12. Top Five Complaints About Hotel Reader Board Services
13. How to Stretch Your Marketing Budget; Using  Unsold Room Inventory as Currency / Jody Merl
14. Condo-Hotels: Expanding the Options for Lodging Development / Anwar Elgonemy
15. A Discrimination Suit Prompted by Management Decision to Close  Swimming Pool Due to pH Imbalance Settled Out of Court
16. W Hotel Las Vegas Planning Lifestyle Elements That Will be Unheard of Even for Las Vegas; Will Compete with the Palms,  Wynn Las Vegas and Four Seasons
17. The Irvine Company Taking Over Management of the 295-room Four Seasons Hotel Newport Beach; New Name for Hotel Not Chosen Yet
18. Once Again, it is Time to Ask: To Buy a Hotel or Build a Hotel? / R. Mark Woodworth
19. Intercontinental, Expedia, Starwood, Cendant, Yahoo! and More Assess the Future of Online Travel Distribution
20. The Hotel Terminal Cap Rate Delimma  / PKF
21. J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Hotel Guest Satisfaction is Up, Despite Rising Room Rates and Increased Occupancies
22. Hip South Beach Hotel, The Shore Club, Abandons Plans to Convert to a Condo-hotel, Project Falls Apart After Ian Schrager Quit as CEO of Morgans Hotel Group, the Operator
23. The Gratuity Revolution / John R. Hendrie
24. The Mirage, the Hotel that Introduced the Concept of  Destination Resort to the Las Vegas Strip in 1989,   Ups the Ante on the Strip With 2005/2006  Transformation
25. Triple Witching Hour - The Marketing Plan, Revenue Management Strategy and RFPs for '06 / Carol Verret

• Mayor of Biloxi Says Storm's Surge Has Put Five Casinos Out of Commission; Hard Rock Casino -- Scheduled to Open Next Week - Was Half Destroyed, Grand Casino Biloxi Washed Across U.S. 90
• Who Posed for Her First ad, for Suntan Lotion, on the Diving Board of the Hotel Roosevelt's Pool? � Hotel Trivia (and a Lot More Information) Now Included in the Knowland Group�s 8AM Comp Set Reports
• Orient-Express' Windsor Court Hotel Hurricane Katrina Update
• The Hines Co. Planning a Hotel Conference Center with 280 rooms and 45 Condominiums on Lake Grapevine in Flower Mound, Texas
• Pinnacle Entertainment Expects to Invest $800 million in Two St. Louis, Missouri Area Hotel-Casino Projects
• The Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn Providing a Workshop Designed to Share Service Philosophy with Detroit Area Businesses
• Atlantic City Finally Catching On - Casino Travelers More Likely to Play at Gambling Resorts that Offer More than Just Slot Machines and Table Games
• Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts� Website Producing 80% More Room Reservations Over Previous Year; Credits Best Rate Guarantee
• The Westin Seattle Names Andrea Norton as Hotel Manager

August 29, 2005

• Hilton and Marriott Chains Experimenting with Dumping the Tub
• Waiter, There's a Service Charge On My Soup; Making Sense Out of a Service Charge
• Triple Witching Hour - The Marketing Plan, Revenue Management Strategy and RFPs for '06 / Carol Verret
• Related Las Vegas and Centra Properties to Partner With George Clooney, Rande Gerber in $3 billion Hotel-Condominium-Casino Complex
• Creating a Marketing Success Story
• Yellowstone Club, a Ski and Golf Destination-club in Big Sky, Montana, Marketing Membership Fees of Up to $10 million
• Middle East Hotel Industry Continues With More than Satisfactory Results
• Charles Marshall Elevated to Chairman and Founder of Marshall Management, Michael Marshall Named CEO and President
• Accor Asia Pacific Appoints 11 to GM Posts
• The Dow Hotel Company Names Ernie Catanzaro Vice President of Operations and Frank Rodriguez Named General Manager of the Doubletree Hotel Bellevue, Washington
• AmericInn Lodge & Suites of Ashland, Wisconsin Honored for Significant Contributions Made Towards the Development of the Ashland Community
• David Bayes Named Managing Director of Choice Hotels Australasia

• Best Western Expects the Addition of 360-degree 'Virtual Tour' Feature for 2,400 North American Hotels to Propel Online Reservation Bookings
• Club Med Set to Open the New $60 million Club Med Buccaneer�s Creek Resort on the island of Martinique
• Kempinski Hotels, Following a Long and Careful USD 40 Million Renovation, Reopens the Legendary "Kili" Hotel in Tanzania's Port City of Dar es Salaam; The 180 room Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski Totally Rebuilt
• Billionaire Robert L. Johnson's Role as Owner or Fee-based Developer in Baltimore's $305 million Publicly Financed Convention Center Hotel Uncertain
• Hotel Occupancy in Downtown Dallas Hotels Forecasted at Only 54% Through 2006, While the Entire Dallas Area Hotel Occupancy Expected to be 63%
• Starwood Files a Complaint with the U.S. Justice Department for $63 million Worth of Land it Claims the Cuban Government Seized in 2003
• Regent Development Inc. Breaks Ground on $45-$50 million 178  room Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Stockton, California
• Agenda Set for HSMAI / NYU Stategy Conference on ROI in Today's Changing Sales and Marketing Landscape
• Francois Chopinet Appointed General Manager of the InterContinental Carlton Cannes
• Double Diamond Resorts Appoints Chris Tomboni as Executive Chef at The Cliffs Resort on Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas

August 25, 2005

• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Signs Definitive Agreements to Acquire the Le Meridien Brand and All Related Management and Franchise Business for the Brand�s 130 Hotels
• Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Acquiring the 728-room Century Plaza Hotel & Spa in Century City, California for $293.0 million; Will Reposition as Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
• Thompson Hotels and Its Equity Arm the Pomeranc Group, Opening Second Hotel in Los Angeles -  the 110-room Thompson Hotel Beverly Hills
• W Hotel Las Vegas Planning Lifestyle Elements That Will be Unheard of Even for Las Vegas; Will Compete with the Palms, Wynn Las Vegas and Four Seasons
• Report Challenges a Favorable Gambling Study Prepared for the Greater Cleveland Partnership; Claims Shallow Research Conclusions and Flawed Economic Assumptions Made for Supporting Casino Gambling in Ohio
• Wisconsin Hotels Want Another Chance to Get on List for State Employee Approved Lodging; More than 3,300 Lodging Properties Out of the Mix for State Business
• Fractional Ownership Market Booming in the U.S.
• Dow Hotel Company and AEW Capital Management Purchase 272-room Hilton Atlanta Northeast; Plans to Undergo Multi-million Dollar Renovation Upgrade
• Harrah's Promotes Don Marrandino, John Koster, and Wade Faul to Lead Seven Resorts in Nevada
• Stephane Zaharia Appointed General Manager for The CuisinArt Resort & Spa, Anguilla
• Former Wyndham Execs Colleen Quinn and Frank Solano Join FelCor as VP's of Asset Management
• HREC Investment Advisors Financing Practice is "Shining," As it Arranges $13 million for the Storied Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado
• Boykin Appoints Kimberly Hayden as General Manager of the Hampton Inn Miami Airport- West

August 24, 2005

• Hotel-Online Teams with BuildCentral to Offer Hotel Construction Project Reports
• Conferon Is No Household Name, But that Won't Stop the Seattle CVB and Downtown Hotels Treating It Like Royalty
• In Recent Years, the Fall Convention Business Has Been Scarce in Anaheim
• Developer Gary Prosterman Set to Open $13 million Cumberland House Hotel Adjacent to the Knoxville Convention Center; Did Not Want to be a Typical Franchise Hotel
• Starwood Joint Ventures with Edge Resorts to Build a 3,000 unit W Branded Hotel, Condominium and Casino in Las Vegas; Project May Cost Up to $1.7 billion
• Apple REIT Six, Inc. Appoints White Lodging Services to Manage Five East Coast Hotels
• Donald Trump's Trump International Hotel & Residences One of 11 Companies or Groups of Companies Seeking City Qualification to Serve as "Master Developer" of Denver's Historic Union Station Redevelopment
• Singapore-based City Developments and US-based Westbrook Partners Nearing Completion of 543-room - Millennium Hilton Bangkok 
• The JBG Companies Selects Crestline Hotels & Resorts to Manage the Sheraton Reston, VA;   Sami Zeitoun Appointed General Manager
• Equity Inns, Inc. Acquiring Four Midwest Hotels for Approximately $25.9 million, or $69,000 Per Room
• Radisson SAS the First International Hotel Chain to Provide Free Broadband Internet Service in all Hotels
• Pride Hospitality, LLC Sells the Holiday Inn Express Brown Deer, Wisconsin
• Omniture Enables TIG Global to Enhance Reporting Performance Metrics
• Visual One Selected for Barnsdale Hall Hotel
• Four Seasons Names John Davison Chief Financial Officer
• Lisa Lyon Named Executive Chef at Hyatt Regency Boston

• Amenity Creep Making It Almost Impossible for Housekeepers to Clean a Hotel Room in 30 Minutes, the Pace Required to Clean 15 Rooms per Shift
• Top Five Complaints About Hotel Reader Board Services 
• The Landmark Sam Houston Hotel in Houston to be the Prototype for Tim Miller's New Brand - Alden Hotels
• Disneyland Helped Cultivate Anaheim Convention Activity; Supported First Visitor and Convention Bureau in 1961
• Developed by the Mesa Arizona Police Department, the Crime Free Hotel/Motel Program Turns Hotel Workers into Crime-fighters
• Harrah's Acquiring the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino for $370 million from the Ralph Engelstad Trust
• The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston Posts  Record Annual Revenue and Smallest Operating Loss in 15 Years; Some Want to Shut it Down
• Downtown Houston Hotel Execs Split on Idea of Astrodome as a 1,200 room Hotel
• Gemstone Resorts International, LLC Signs Contract to Asset Manage the Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa in Sedona, Arizona
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Grows Its Elite Collection
• Steven Hilton, the Grandson of Conrad N. Hilton, Named Chairman & CEO of Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
• Harborside Resort at Atlantis is a 50/50 Joint Venture Between Starwood Vacation Ownership and Kerzner International Limited Opens 116 Villas
• L�Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino Selects LMS Guest Express Handheld Check-In from Agilysys, Inc.
• The Robert Earl Investor Group Betting the Planet Hollywood Brand Will Change the Fate of Aladdin Casino & Resort
• The Suncadia Resort and Golf Community Will Provide the Pacific Northwest with Another Must-stop Destination for Golf Enthusiasts
• Alain Bachmann Appointed Food & Beverage Director at Rocco Forte�s The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, England
• Vernon Briggs Appointed General Manager for The Hampton Inn Portsmouth, New Hampshire

• Two Hyatt Regency Hotels Will Pay More for Electricity from Pollution Free Sources; However, Owner Hunt-Woodbine Realty Corp. Will Counter with Marketing Effort Aimed at Consumers' Environmental Soft Spots
• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / August/September 2005
• Once Again, it is Time to Ask: To Buy a Hotel or Build a Hotel? / R. Mark Woodworth
• The Web Site Conundrum�Are You Winning the Electronic Marketing Game? / Neil Salerno
• The Gratuity Revolution / John R Hendrie
• What is the One Product or Service Missing from Your Hotel Stay that You Would Be Willing to Pay More for to Have? / Harris Poll Survey
• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Deploys Four German Shepherd Dogs to Assist Security Team
• Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau Reviving Idea for $80-100 million Convention Center Hotel
• After Six Years of Relative Stability, the Biloxi Casino Market Entering a New Era of Expansion and Increased Competition
• Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Initiating a $547-million expansion Program at the Atlantic City Mega-resort
• MSI, Best Western Two-Way CRS Interface Installations Building Momentum
• Isabel Gracia Named Director of Sales at One&Only Ocean Club on Paradise Island

August 19, 2005

• Accor Founders Gerard Pelisson and Paul Dubrule Seek More Zing As Worldwide Hotel Competition Intensifies; Opened their First Hotel in 1963
• Randy Smith Admits His Job Is Easy These Days...He Has an Abundance of Good News About the Hotel Business to Spread
• Fairfield Resorts in Williamsburg, Va. Subject of  Overtime Lawsuit Filed by 44 Immigrant Workers; Dispute Involves Independent Contractor vs Employee Status
• Houston Investment Company Claims it Has $450 million in Financing to Convert Houston's Astrodome into 1,200 room Hotel and a Riverwalk Similar to San Antonio's River Walk
• Edward Giannasca, a Developer of Baltimore's Ritz-Carlton Residences, Files Countersuit Against Partners Claiming They Cheated Him Out of His Ownership Interest in the $250 million Hotel-condo Project
• American Leisure Holdings, Inc. Obtains Construction Financing for The Sonesta Orlando Resort at Tierra Del Sol; Upon Completion Resort to Include 972 Vacation Units and Large-scale Water Park
• The $100+ million 401 suite Great Wolf Lodge at Paramount's Kings Island Now Under Construction
• The Retirement Systems of Alabama's Hotel Management Company, PCH Hotels and Resorts, Opens the Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa on Alabama�s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
• InterContinental Hotels Group Selected to Manage the Former Pan Pacific Glenmarie Kuala Lumpur, Will Reflag Holiday Inn Glenmarie Kuala Lumpur
• Kevin Mitnick to Keynote Inaugural Transaction Security Summit; World�s Most Famous Former Hacker to Address the Human Factors of Credit Card Security
• The Public Now Able to Purchase Hilton's New Beds, Clocks and Amenities
• Turnberry Associates Acquires Union Station - A Wyndham Historic Hotel, Nashville; Plans Multi-million dollar Restoration
• Jeff Dahl, President and COO at MGM Mirage's Beau Rivage, and Two Other Top Executives Leave Abruptly
• Paul Joseph is Named General Manager at the Headquarters Plaza Hotel, Morristown, New Jersey, Soon to be Reflagged the Hyatt Morristown

• Joe McCann of Optimum Hotel Brokerage Brokers Sale of Chicago�s Legendary Palmer House Hilton, Represents Thor Properties in $240 Million Transaction
• A Discrimination Suit Prompted by Management Decision to Close Swimming Pool Due to pH Imbalance Settled Out of Court
• Hotelier Paul Rusesabagina, the Real-life Inspiration for the Movie Hotel Rwanda, Will Deliver the Keynote Presentation at the 2005 IH/M&RS Hospitality Leadership Forum
• The California Department of Corporations Files Suit Against Fund Manager; Claims He Conned 25 Investors Nationwide out of $1.5 million for a Bogus Casino Planned Near Six Flags California
• Casino Operators Struggle to Manage Mounting Waves of  Federal and State Regulations
• Opened in 1972, The 12-story Holiday Inn Ventura Beach Resort Receiving $8 million Remodel and Conversion to Crowne Plaza Settled Out of Court
• Harrah's Entertainment Re-branding the 503 room Caesars Indiana to a Horseshoe Casino
• Thor Equities Planning a Renovation in Excess of $100 million on the Palmer House Hilton
• Hospitality International Taps Belmonte as Featured Speaker; Company officials say veteran hotelier�s down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach to management and marketing will serve as valuable lessons for franchisees
• Select Inns� Reservations Increase through InnLink
• Adaco Services Partners with SCLogic On New Package Tracking Software
• Hamister Hospitality Group, LLC Purchases the MainStay Suites Knoxville Airport
• Sandy Lane Resort Names Marcel Driessen Executive Chef; Will Oversee the Barbados Resort's Four Restaurants
• Benchmark Appoints Four Executives to the Senior Leadership Team at the French Lick Springs Resort and Casino
• Boykin Appoints Robert Magrath General Manager of The Best Western Ft. Myers Island Gateway Hotel

August 17, 2005

• Guest Service Crests at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa With the Help of GoConcierge; Web-based Solution has Ripple Effect on Concierge Operations, Guest Satisfaction
• Blackstone Real Estate Advisors Combines 14 Wyndham Properties with Seven Other Owned Hotels to Form the LXR Luxury Resorts Brand
• The Hotel Terminal Cap Rate Delimma / PKF
• European investors and Amanresorts Planning a $125 million Resort with a 40-room Hotel, Spa and 28 Villas near Lake Powell in Utah
• Boyd Gaming's $600 million 1,350-room South Coast Hotel and Casino Is First to be Built South of the Airport Runways on Las Vegas Boulevard
• Winston Hotels Forms Joint Venture with Grand Heritage Hotel Company to Acquire the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado
• Marriott's Diversity Initiatives Add Five African American and Hispanic Owned Hotels Since May, 2005
• German Hoteliers Struggle to Maintain Growth at the Same Levels During the First Six Months of 2005; RevPAR Up Just 1.2% / Deloitte
• The Procaccianti Group Starts Conversion of the Holiday Inn Downtown Providence to The Hilton Hotel Providence; Redevelopment Includes Complete Interior and Exterior Renovations
• Equity Inns, Inc. Acquires a Homewood Suites and a Hampton Inn in Peabody, Massachusetts from Paramount Hotel Group for $15.2 million, or $74,000 per Room
• Flags for Two Columbus, Georgia Hotels in Limbo; From Wyndham Brand to Marriott and Amerisuites Brand to Hyatt Place
• Owner Walter Banks Planning a $15 million Addition to the Lago Mar Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale
• UK Largest Segment of Las Vegas' Overseas Visitors with 392,000 Citizens in 2004; Japan Second with 217,000 Visitors
• The Procaccianti Group Converting the  Holiday Inn Miami Beach to a Condo-Owned Hotel - SixtySixty Resort Residences
• The Kahler Grand Hotel Spinning Off the 11th Floor to Create Ultra Exclusive 26 room Hotel - The International; Targets Affluent Mayo Clinic Visitors
• BridgeStreet's Deployment of a Web-based, Customer Relationship Management Tool Produced 10% Increase in Annual Revenue and an Average Increase in Sales Per Person of 42%
• Hersha Hospitality Trust Names Two New Vice Presidents; Robert Hazard Named VP of Acquisitions and Development, William J. Walsh Named VP of Asset Management
• Andreas Ioannou Named General Manager of the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort

August 16, 2005

• ZMail Tapped by Intellistrand to Grow Customer Base in 19 Major Metro Areas; Top intelligent email provider, ZDirect, turns �C� lists into �A� lists, ensures delivery, grows quality customer databases
• Guest Service Crests at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa With the Help of GoConcierge; Web-based Solution has Ripple Effect on Concierge Operations, Guest Satisfaction
• Hard Rock Hotels and Intrawest Corporation Plan to Develop Hard Rock Hotels at Intrawest Resorts
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Plans to Acquire the 803 room Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts for Approximately $318 million
• Poof! Many Miami Hotel Vanishing, Victims of the High-rise Condo/hotel Boom
• Spanish Architect Santiago Calatrava's Proposed $500 million Hotel and Condominium Skyscraper, Called the Fordham Spire, a Hot Topic Among Architects
• Robert Foster Named President of Noble House Hotels & Resorts
• Jenifer Zeigler Appointed Senior Vice President, Global Brand Management for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts
• CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Reports Net Income of $32.9 million for the 2nd Qtr Ended June 30, 2005 / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Pelican System Launches Call Center Reservation System; Pelican System, developer of advanced hotel reservation software, announces the release of its new Call Center Reservation System 
• GolfHero Announces Partnership with Hilton Garden Inn Scottsdale North/Perimeter Center with HOTELPAR
• Pegasus Solutions Chosen by Distinguished Hotels for Reservation System, Internet and Voice Services Offerings
• The Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association Sorting Through Changes in Funding, Leadership and its Role Serving the Area's Tourism Industry
• Hilton Appoints Mark Hartman and Shaun Robinson to GM Posts
• Patricia Steinmetz Promoted to Director of Food & Beverage Services at The Thayer Hotel

• Time-share Giant Fairfield Resorts Being Sued; Buyers Contend Their Purchases of Fairfield Vacation Time in Recent Years have Proved Virtually Worthless
• Lumbermen's Investment Corp. and Marriott International Inc. Advance Plans with San Antonio  to Develop a 1,000-room Hotel and Two 18-hole Golf Courses
• Outrigger Enterprises to Purchase the 500 room Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel; Majority of Beachcomber Employees to be Offered Jobs with Outrigger
• Audit of Hotel Invoices Turns up Overcharges that May Add up to Millions for Business Travelers; About 7.5% of Negotiated Rates Entered Incorrectly in Hotel Databases
• McKibbon Hotel Management, Inc. Planning Three Hotels at Avion Park of Westshore, A Mixed Use Project Near Tampa International Airport
• Napa Valley's Vintage Inn and Villagio Inn & Spa Joint Venture with Chef Thomas Keller on a Multi-million Dollar Special Events and Private Dining Venue
• Plotting His Travels; Some Bumps Encountered / Chaper III
• The Summit Group, Inc. Acquires the 139-room Hampton Inn & Suites in El Paso
• After $8 million in Renovations, Memphis's Downtown Radisson Hotel Morphes into an Upscale Doubletree Hotel
• StayOnline Tapped by Spectralink to Offer WI-FI Telephony to Hospitality Industry; VOfi added to StayOnline�s Certified Solutions Program
• Rich Worldwide Travel Direct Adds BusinessJet Class Private Air Charter GDS Capability
• Nevada Casinos Continue Record-setting Pace in June 2005; Receives Healthy Kick from Wynn Las Vegas
• Bryan Guillot Named Chief Marketing Officer of Baha Mar Development Company and Cable Beach Resorts and Crystal Palace Casino Inc.
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Richard M. Lundt to General Manager of the 299 room Omaha Marriott
• Robin Harlow Appointed general Manager for the 260-room Aqua Palms Hotel, Honolulu
• Laurent André Promoted to Hotel Executive Chef at InterContinental Hong Kong; Tjaco van Eijken Appointed to Executive Chef of SPOON by Alain Ducasse

• Wyndham International Stockholders Approve Merger with an Affiliate of The Blackstone Group
• Cushman & Wakefield Advises Significant Hotel Transaction; Sale of Radisson Stockton is Largest Known Hotel Transaction in this Market in the Past Few Years
• The Long-awaited Tourism Rebound Has Arrived in Southern California; Disneyland Said to be Drawing Thousands More Per Day than Expected / Sandi Cain
• NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. Liquidating the Contents of the Park Hyatt Washington DC as First Phase of the Hotel�s $24 million Renovation and Redesign Project
• Winegardner & Hammons Set to Open 295 room Cleveland Marriott East; Todd Raburn Appointed General Manager
• RockResorts Names William Hall Vice President of Operations
• Urgo Hotels Opens New Marriott Residence Inn in Baltimore�s Inner Harbor; First Extended-Stay Hotel in Downtown Area
• Boykin Management Company Appoints Craig Campbell as Vice President of Sales
• HSMAI�S Revenue Management Special Interest Group Makes Huge Strides in Start-up Year
• Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Which Manages 65 Hotels Around the World, Reports Net Income of $15.8 million for the 2nd Qtr Ended June 30, 2005 Up from a Profit of $12.8 million in the Year-earlier / Hotel Operating Statistics
• The Irvine Company Taking Over Management of the 295-room Four Seasons Hotel Newport Beach; New Name for Hotel Not Chosen Yet
• Roger Ploum Appointed General Manager of the Westin Grand Bohemian in Downtown Orlando
• Global Events Partners (GEP) Appoints Dawn Barbeau as Director of Sales for GEP Chicago
• Brent Loving Named Executive Chef at White Bluff Resort on Lake Whitney, Texas
• New Casino Development Survey, Published by HREC®, Identifies Trends for 2005 and Beyond
• Hip South Beach Hotel, The Shore Club, Abandons Plans to Convert to a Condo-hotel, Project Falls Apart After Ian Schrager Quit as CEO of Morgans Hotel Group, the Operator 
• John Rovie Named Director of Sales of the Arizona Biltmore
• Las Cruces CVB Reports Lodging Tax for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2005 up 7%, New Hotels Planned
• Ilario Turri Appointed Chef at the Sheraton Dongguan Hotel�s Luigi Italian Restaurant

• Starwood Sells the 193-room St. Regis Hotel, Washington, D.C. for $47 million; Hotel Will Remain in the St. Regis Portfolio, Acquired by Joint Venture of  Brickman Associates and New Valley Corporation
• Georgia Businessman Virgil Williams Plans to Acquire the Rights to Operate Lake Lanier Islands, Which Includes the 216-room Emerald Pointe Resort, Conference Center and Golf Club
• Three Marquee Golf Projects, Collectively Costing $1 billion, Nearing Completion in Sarasota, Florida Area: Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, The Concession Golf Club & Residences and The Founders Club
• Identity Thieves and Scavengers Find a Gold Mine at the Defunct Best Western Greenwood Inn & Suites in Beaverton, Oregon
• Le Meridien Khao Lak, Opened in November 2004 One month Before the Tsunami Struck, Plans to Re-open in October, 2005
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Assumes Management of  Dodgertown Sports & Conference Center
• Baha Mar Development Company Begins First Stage in Development of Mega Resort and Gaming Destination in The Bahamas; West Bay Village Complex Will Feature 200,000 sq.ft. of Retail Shops, Restaurants and Office Space
• Broad Range of �Need to Know� Seminars Impacting the Meetings Industry Set for HSMAI�s Affordable Meetings® National; 16th Annual Show Set for Sept. 7-8 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
• Twenty-three Finalists and the �Designer of the Year� � the Starwood Design Group � Named for the 25th Annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design
• The Beverly Hilton and LRA Worldwide Renew Quality Assurance Partnership
• Latest Pet Friendly Travel Statistics Reported by BringYourPet.com
• Marriott International, Inc. Opening Reservation Call Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Expects to Handle up to 3 million Calls Annually, Employ 200-225
• Cendant CEO Henry Silverman to Lead Business Roundtable�s Fiscal Policy Task Force; Will Work to Promote Federal Tax and Spending Policies that Maximize Economic Growth
• Pegasus Solutions Expands RateChecker� Service that Helps Hotels Monitor Online Rates for Competitors
• Worldspan Becomes First GDS to Use VFM to Distribute Stills & Rich Media
• Pacifica Hotel Company Spends $1.6 million to Upgrade its California Properties
• Leading Hotels of the World Appeal Trademark Dismissal
• La Cabana All Suite Beach Resort in Aruba is the Largest Hotel in the Caribbean to Achieve Green Globe 21 Certification for Environmental Practices
• Rob Stirling Named Director of Sales & Marketing for The Grand Del Mar Resort and Spa, Del Mar, California
• Christopher Gould, an Apprentice at the The BALSAMS Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, N.H Named 2005 Student Culinarian of the Year by the American Culinary Federation
• Allan Perales Named Assistant General Manager at Kimpton's Hotel Burnham in Chicago

• Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Installs The Concierge Assistant Software; Security key concern for ultra-luxury spa resort that tracks guest preferences for elite guests, celebrities and former presidents
• Two Upscale Hotels Scheduled to Open this Fall in Meriden, Connecticut Destroyed by Fire; Sprinkler System a Week Away from Activation
• The Hilton Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville's Fourth Largest Hotel, to be Rebranded Crowne Plaza by New Owner MHI Hospitality Corp.
• In San Antonio, The Benchmark Managed Hotel Contessa the Only Luxury Hotel Scheduled to Open in 2005
• The Privilege of Receiving Reduced Hotel Rates May be Going to Holders of Thousands of Bogus Travel Agency Cards
• International Meetings and Conferences Can be Challenging for Meeting Planners; International Protocol,  Currency and Financial Transactions, Freight Forwarding and VAT Reimbursement
• Gary Selesner Named President of Caesars Palace
• Boykin Lodging Company Reports 2005 2nd Qtr Net Income of $6.0 million Compared with the Same Period Last Year Net Loss of  $0.4 million
• P.R.S. Oberoi to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Reports 2nd Qtr 2005 Net Income of $1.7 million Compared to net loss of $(2.7) million in 2nd Qtr 2004
• Kerzner International Limited Reports Net Income for the 2nd Qtr 2005 of $10.5 million Compared to Net Income of $30.1 million in the Same Period Last Year / Hotel Operating Data
• Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Reports Net Income of $6.8 million for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2005, Compared to Pro Forma Income of $6.4 million for the Quarter ended June 30, 2004; RevPAR for the 51 Hotels During the 2nd Qtr Up 11.0% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Featured in �Managing the Lodging Operation,� a New Book Published by Prentice Hall ; Company�s WinTrack PM Solution Highlighted in Employee Scheduling Chapter
• More Than Any Other Company�Eight ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Conference Centers Selected As 2005 Successful Meetings� Pinnacle Award Winners
• The 70 room Sofitel Queenstown Will Set New Benchmarks for Luxury in Queenstown, New Zealand
• W & E Cach & Co. Opens 155th Homewood Suites by Hilton in Jackson, Wyoming
• LBA Properties Building 84-room Courtyard by Marriott in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• Judy Sheng Named Director of Citywide Room Blocks and Hotel Relations for the Boston Convention Marketing Center; Will Coordinate Site Inspections, Hotel Blocks and  Housing Issues for Meeting Planners

August 8, 2005

• Intercontinental, Expedia, Starwood, Cendant, Yahoo! and More Assess the Future of Online Travel Distribution
• Lodgian Inc. Plans to Surrender Ownership of the the Holiday Inns in Lawrence and Manhattan, Kansas Rather than Continue to Subsidize the $10.1 million Debt Owed
• Owner Robert Van Riper Believes He is Close to Showing a Profit at the Historic Northern Hotel in Billings, Montana; Three Years Behind on Back Taxes
• Japan, a Net Exporter of Tourists, Working Hard to Attract Chinese Tourist
• The Indonesian Company PT. Majumakmur Arthasentosa Appoints Conrad Hotels to Manage the Conrad Jakarta; Purpose-built 320-room Hotel Includes  50 Fully-serviced Conrad Residences
• Rezidor SAS Planning a US $51 million 329 room Radisson SAS Hotel at the Zurich Airport
• Aztec Group, Inc., Arranges $28 million in Sale and Financing  of the Doubletree Resort Orlando � Villas at Maingate  in Kissimmee, Florida
• Jacques Sets Up Shop or Jacques Joie Hospitality Advisory Establishes Rating Scheme / John R. Hendrie
• Choice Hotels Opens Newly Developed Comfort Suites and Clarion Collection Brand Hotels
• Hersha Hospitality Reports 2nd Qtr Net Income Up 159.3% to $3.76 million, Compared to $1.45 million for the 2004 2nd Qtr
• Pegasus� Weekly Commission Processing Proving to be Success Story for Hotels and Travel Agents

August 5, 2005
 

• Market Metrix Announces Second Quarter 2005 Hospitality Index Results; New measure of guest problems show that hotel staff have biggest impact on loyalty
• With Rooms Barely Larger than a Double Bed, London's easyHotel Opens; Three Sizes of Rooms, Small, Very Small, and Tiny 
• Attorneys Looking into the The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Selling the Popular "What Happens Here, Stays Here" Trademark for $1
• HSMAI / NYU Industry Strategy Conference Will Explore the Subject of 'Return On Investment' in Sales and Marketing
• John Q. Hammons Building $60 million, 308-suite Embassy Suites Hotel(R) and 75,000 Sq Ft Convention Center in Concord, North Carolina
• Revenue From Sands Macau Drives Earnings During Las Vegas Sands 2nd Qtr; Counters a Less-than-Stellar Quarter at The Venetian
• CSM Lodging Acquires the Milwaukee Marriott West
• Days Inns - Canada Has Five Hotels Under Construction in Canada
• Torrential Rains Bring Cancellations and 50% Occupancy to Mumbai, India Hotels
• Graves Hospitality Corporation Appoints Scott Fischburg and Shawn Nayyar to Vice Presdent Positions
• Noble Investment Group Names Marcia K. Sheats Director of Group Sales and Rebecca Ivanov Director of Room Operations at Winston-Salem Hotel and Convention Center Complex

August 4, 2005

• The Mirage, the Hotel that Introduced the Concept of Destination Resort to the Las Vegas Strip in 1989, Ups the Ante on the Strip With 2005/2006 Transformation
• Orlando/Orange County Hotel Room Tax Sets Record Collections for June 2005, Up 11.5% Over Last Year June; Theme Parks "Bursting at the Seams"
• Orient-Express Hotels Reports Second Quarter Net Earnings of $18.5 Million, Up 43% Over Prior Year
• FelCor Lodging Trust Reports a Net Loss of $4.7 million Applicable to Common Stockholders for 2nd Qtr 2005; Surrenders Five Limited Service Hotels to their Mortgage Holders
• Three-way deal Struck to Save The 120 room Hamiltonian Hotel in Hamilton, Ohio; Hotel an Essential Player in the City's Downtown Revitalization
• Seattle Partnership Acquires the Pacific Plaza Hotel Seattle; Plans Repositioning, Selects Executive Hotels & Resorts as Manager
• The Opening $365 million L'Auberge du Lac Resort in Lake Charles, La., Propels Pinnacle Entertainment to Strong  2nd Qtr
• Oak Brook Hills Resort Sale Arranged by the Greenwich Group International
• Chateau Resort and Conference Center in Tannersville, Pennsylvania Purchased by Milestone Capital Corporation; The $3.1 million renovation
• The Knowland Group Expands Services by Teaming with Expotel
• Visual One Selected for the New Forbury Hotel, Reading
• La Quinta Franchising Shines at Mid-Year; 36 New Agreements Executed in the Second Quarter, Franchised Properties Now Account for Nearly 40% of  the La Quinta System
• "Thats So Jacques"
• Lone Oak Hospitality LTD Breaks Ground On 153 room Holiday Inn in Denton, Texas
• Hampton Opens Nine Hotels in July 2005
• Renato Cauzo appointed Manager at the Domina Inn Alaska in Cortina d�Ampezzo, Italy
• Pet Friendly Vacation Rentals Boost Profits with BringYourPet.com
• Shift4 to Sponsor Inaugural Transaction Security Summit; Summit to Delve into Specifics of Latest Credit Card Security Regulations for Merchants and Payment Applications
• Red Lion Hotels Makes it Faster and Easier than Ever to get to Hawaii -- Outrigger and OHANA Hotels & Resorts become  Newest Member of GuestAwards Program
• Marc Voirol to Lead MSI�s Proactive Account Management Team
• Ted Warring to Spearhead Ongoing Technical Development at MSI; Promoted to �Chief Scientist,� Warring Will Direct Future Products for MSI
• Levi to Solidify Infrastructure, Customer Integration at MSI; Leor Levi joins Multi-Systems Inc. as Director of Information Technology

August 3, 2005

• New York's Department of Environmental Conservation Taking Over a Year to Issue Decision on the Proposed Belleayre Resort in the Catskills
• Florida's Department of Health Issues Final Report Concerning Alleged Food Poisoning at Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys
• The Carneros Inn, Napa Valley's Luxury Resort, Breaks Ground On Phase Two Construction; New Facilities Include Additional Cottages, Full-Service Restaurant, Town Square and Retail Space
• How to Stretch Your Marketing Budget; Using Unsold Room Inventory as Currency
• MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Reports 2nd Qtr 2005 Net Income Increased to $0.9 million from a Net Loss of $11.6 million for the 2004 2nd Qtr; RevPAR increased 9.9%, Occupancy Up 0.3% / Hotel Operating  Statistics
• Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. Reports Net Income Available to Common Shareholders of $4.0 million for Second Quarter 2005 / Hotel Statistics
• Which Valuation Method is Right for You? /  Robin Trehan
• BTG-Jianguo Hotels and Resorts Selects TravelCLICK�s iHotelier Central Reservation System
• The Famed Casino Rooms in the Copacabana Palace Receiving Extensive Restorationo
• HMB Management Opens Homewood Suites by Hilton Edgewater--New York City Area
• Kevin T. Kelly Named President of Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts
• Jim Alderman Named Senior Vice President Acquisitions and Development for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
• Michael Regli Appointed Area Director of Sales and Marketing to Sands Resorts in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

August 2, 2005

• Condo-Hotels: Expanding the Options for Lodging Development / Anwar Elgonemy
• ZMail Used by Myrtle Beach National Company to Consolidate Multiple Guest Databases, Strengthen Repeat Business with Cost-effective Expert Email Solution
• New York City Hotel Rooftops Surge in Popularity with their Bars, Pools, Bird's Eye Views
• Lions and Tigers and Bears�Oh My; The Hotel Yellow Brick Road is Less Scary than It Used to Be / Neil Salerno
• Singapore Based Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL), the Largest Owner of Four Seasons Hotels, Building Two New Hard Rock Branded Hotels in Phuket and Pattaya
• CNL Hotels & Resorts Selects Interstate to Manage the Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley, California
• Hong Kong PolyU Signs Pact with World Tourism Organization
• Red Lion Hotels Sets Industry Standard With Launch of New Web Site
• Author Combines History with Delicious Gossip of the Colorful Golden Era of New York Hotels
• How to Implement Rate Parity
• Arlington Hospitality, Inc. Seeks Restructuring Alternatives
• FFC Capital Corporation Joint Ventures with Waterford Hospitality Group, LLC to Purchase the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts
• Harrah's Entertainment Closing the 166-room Bourbon Street Hotel and Casino; Opened in 1980 as the Shenandoah
• Its All About the Grade with the U.S. Beef Industry
• Three New Hotels Add Significant Inventory on Island of Palau
• The Landmark Broadwater Hotel, Once Biloxi's Premier Resort, Shutting Down

• The Symbol of Hospitality, the Pineapple, Has Morphed to That of a Kumquat; Hotel Operators Focus on the Guest Becoming  Secondary
• The City of Columbia, South Carolina Being Sued by Developers and Architects for Fees after Abandoning Public Hotel Project
• Hotels That Do Not Incorporate Retail Into their Operations Are Missing Out; Increasing Revenue with High-end Merchandise
• La Quinta Inn & Suites San Antonio Convention Center Named Best New Hotel Development in San Antonio
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Preparing to Re-Open The Historic Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center in Staunton, VA
• Diplomat Hotels Plans to Revitalize The Forty Year Old Decatur Inn in Decatur, Georgia
• DiamondRock Hospitality Company Reports Quarterly Net Loss of $5.8 million for its Initial Portfolio of Seven Hotels
• Tourism Leadership Summit Set for Sept. 22 - 24, 2005 at the Omni Orlando Resort; Designed for Senior Management in the Tourism Industry
• Core or Competitive Competence in Hospitality Industry? / Robin C. Trehan
• Hotel Industry Consultant Opens Michigan Office; MSU Grad Rides Wave of Indoor Waterpark Growth
• InterContinental Hong Kong Creates 7,000 sq ft 5 Bedroom Presidential Suite; Includes Infinity Swimming Pool
• Las Vegas Developer Steven Molasky Planning Two 300-unit Condominium Towers at Red Rock Station in a Joint Venture with Station Casinos
• Crescent Hospitality Signs Two New Management Contracts for Hotels in Brookfield, Wisconsin and Sidney, Ohio

Top 25 Read Articles for July 2005

1. A Smile is Really a Simple Thing � an Expression of Welcome, No Cost Involved / John R. Hendrie
2. J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Hotel Guest Satisfaction is Up, Despite Rising Room Rates and Increased Occupancies; Hilton Brands Receive Top Rankings in Three Out of Six Segments
3. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / July  2005
4. Revenue Management...It Really, Really Works!!
5. Summary of San Francisco Hotel Market; Cap Rates, New Hotel Construction, Occcupancy / Anwar Elgonemy
6. "Smile" is a Learned Behavior - Creating a Culture of Customer Service / Carol Verret
7. General Managers Workshop: Managing Today's Hotel Sales Teams / David M. Brudney
8. Aged and Shuttered, the Mountain Shadows Resort Likely to be Razed, Replaced with 299 room Boutique Hotel
9. The Pritzker Family Trying to Limit What Will Become Part of the Public Record; Claim Opening Case Documents to the Public Would Seriously Hurt their Hyatt Business
10. Comped Rooms at Atlantic City Casino Hotels Estimated at 68% of the City's Total in 2004; Some Question Long-standing Practice
11. Developer of Baltimore's $250 million Ritz-Carlton Hotel Condo Project Sues Partner
12. The Procaccianti Group Acquires Five Doubletree Branded Hotels for $300 million; Plans $50 million to Upgrade and Re-brand
13. Condo-hotel Sales Halted by the Owners at the Hip Shore Club Hotel in South Beach
14. Hilton's Asset Disposition Strategy Continues,  Eight Additional Hotels Identified for Sale
15. New Beds, Clocks, Amenities and Guest Room Enhancements Underway Throughout All 2,300 Branded Hotels within the Hilton Family
16. Individual Investors in Hotel/Condo Units Finding it a Formula for Making Money
17. The City of Philadelphia Sues17 Online Travel Services, Including Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline and Travelocity; Claims They Are Not Fully Paying Hotel Occupancy Tax
18. Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan is World's Best Hotel / Travel + Leisure Survey
19. Adam�s Mark Hotels Now a Stronger, Leaner Organization; Consists of Five Properties in Dallas, Denver, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Buffalo
20. Environmentalists Win Battle Forcing the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay To Move Signature 18th Hole Away from Sea Bluff
21. Growth in Hotel Food and Beverage Revenues Lack the Same Kind of Sizzle Found in Room Revenues; Expense Controls Help F&B Profits Grow / PKF Study
22. Marriott International�s Residence Inn Brand, the Pioneer of the Extended-stay Category, Reinventing Itself with the �Gen7� Suite
23. Hotel Guestroom Supply is Actually Shrinking in Some Markets; 11 of the Top 25 Markets Show Negative Supply Growth Through the First half of 2005 / Lodging Econometrics
24. Colony Capital in Agreement to Purchase 15 Raffles Hotels and 26 Swissotels from Raffles Holdings for Approximately US$1 billion; Includes the Fabled Raffles Hotel Singapore
25. The JBG Companies Acquires the 1,334 room Marriott Wardman Park Hotel from Thayer Lodging Group for $300 million;  $50 million Renovation Planned

July 29, 2005

• Running Dry on Good Hotel Ideas? It�s not What You Know�It�s Who You Know / Neil Salerno
• Name Dispute Prompts Former Owner of Sutton Place Hotel Newport Beach to File Lawsuit Against Sunstone Hotels Investors Inc. and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
• Operator of Five Water Park Hotels, Great Wolf Resorts Inc. Blames $2.5 million 2nd Qtr Loss on Competition!!
• Paris Hotel Rates, a Real Asset for the French Capital
• Wyndham International Reports a 2nd Qtr 2005 Net Loss of $78.4 million; Agreement to be Acquired by an Affiliate of The Blackstone Group for $3.24 billion Expected to Occur in 3rd Qtr
• Value Place Franchisees Plan 86 More Hotel-apartments in Seven States; Jack DeBoer Launched the Brand in 2003
• Accor's Revenues from Economy Hotels Growing Faster than Upscale and Midscale Hotel Revenue During First Half of 2005
• Examining the Best Approach to Each Hospitality Asset - National Hotel Exchange
• Recap: 70th Semi-annual Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) Hospitality Training Conference; Training Topics Draw Record Attendance
• India's Medical Tourism Segment Enjoying Brisk Growth; Nearly 1,180,000 Patients from Around the World Visited India for Treatment in 2004
• The Proposed 150 room Solis Hotel in San Antonio to be Located in the La Cantera Area

• Developer of Baltimore's $250 million Ritz-Carlton Hotel Condo Project Sues Partner
• Condo-hotel Sales Halted by the Owners at the Hip Shore Club Hotel in South Beach
• Key International Signs $100 million Contract to Acquire the Eden Roc in Miami Beach from Blackacre Capital Group; Plans to Add New Condo-hotel Tower
• Opened in 1997, the 337 room Mount McKinley Wilderness Princess Lodge Wants to Build  Up to Another 252 Rooms
• Atlanta Fast-becoming a Top Draw for African-American Conventions
• Solis Hotel and Resorts Property in Alpharetta, Georgia Will be Named The Stanbury; The 144 room Hotel Will be Positioned as a Six star Hotel
• Choice Hotels International Signed 276 New Franchise Contracts in the First Six Months of 2005, Up 19%  Over the Same Period in 2004
• REIT Highland Hospitality Corporation Records Second Quarter 2005 Net Income of  $4.2 million for its 20 Hotel Portfolio
• WestCoast Hospitality Corporation Reports $1.7 million Net Income for 2nd Qtr 2005; Red Lion Brand is Building Momentum
• Gaylord Entertainment Co. Reports Net loss of $0.4 million for 2nd Qtr 2005, Improving from Loss of $22.6 million from Prior Year 2nd Quarter; Total RevPAR Increased 15.1% to $266.08 / Hotel Operating Statistics
• France and the United Kingdom are Leading in the European Hotel Industry
• The Resort Hotel Association Concludes 19th Annual Meeting
• Evanco Corporation, Town of Gravenhurst and Marriott International Planning a Residence Inn by Marriott Muskoka Wharf hotel in Ontario
• Pacifica Real Estate Brokerage Arranges Refinancing of Econo Lodge Garden Grove, CA
• Sun Hospitality Advisors Successfully Markets the Quality Inn & Suites of Zephyrhills, Florida
• CVBs, DMOs Win Online with TIG Global�s Launch of �Destination 1� Internet Marketing Program
• Pet Friendly Kimpton Hotels Join BringYourPet.com
• BusinessJet Class Signs Agreement with Executive Fliteways
• Xanterra�s 64 Restaurants Add Innovations to Sustainable Cuisine Offerings
• Michael D. Allen Appointed General Manager of The Grove Isle Hotel & Spa, Coconut Grove, Florida
• David Phillips Named Director of Rooms and Bruce Pofahl to Director of F&B at LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort in Naples, Florida

• J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Hotel Guest Satisfaction is Up, Despite Rising Room Rates and Increased Occupancies; Hilton Brands Receive Top Rankings in Three Out of Six Segments
• GuestWare Leverages SpectraLink Wireless Telephones to Improve Rapid Response Time; In-building Wireless Telephone System Increases Productivity, Provides Greater Guest Satisfaction
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies to Present at Economy & Budget Hotels World 2005 Conference; Focus on Expanding Sales Through Online Marketing & Distribution
• Graves Hospitality Corporation Rebranding the Le Méridien Minneapolis to the Graves 601 Hotel Minneapolis; First Hotel to Fly the Graves Hotels.Resorts. Flag
• Some Experts Not Surprised Le Meridien Didn't Last in Minneapolis, Where Radissons, Marriotts and Hyatts are More Familiar to High-end Business Travelers
• West Paces Hotel Group LLC  Has Six Properties Planned to Carry the New Luxury Brand - Solis Hotels and Resorts; Properties Located in Paradise Valley, Alpharetta, Chicago, Orlando, San Antonio and Frankfurt, Germany
• Accusations of Deception in Connection with the Purchase of London's Luxurious Lanesborough Hotel Prompts Lawsuit
• For Three Hotels, Inside the Perimeter of the San Jose Grand Prix Course, Checking In at the Front Door Is Not an Option
• Hilton Reports 2nd Qtr 2005 Net Income of $202 million, Up from $75 million in the 2004 Quarter; RevPAR Up 9.4% Driven by Strong Results in New York, Hawaii, Boston, and Chicago / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. Reports 2nd Qtr Net Income of $34.1 million vs $29 million in Prior Year / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Ready for Pluckin'; Hospitality Represents that Fat Roaster, Just Sitting there, Plump and Contented
• Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Now Guarantees Best Rates on the Group's Website
• The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Might Demolish its Original Palm Springs Hotel and Spa, the 228 room Spa Hotel
• Pansea Orient-Express Hotels Opens Second Property in Bali, Ubud Hanging Gardens
• Spruce Peak Realty, LLC, and Lowe Enterprises Start Construction on Stowe Mountain Lodge in Stowe, Vermont; Upon Completion, the Lodge Will be Managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts
• The Marketing and Reservation Brand Small Luxury Hotels of The World Provided Member Hotels an Average Rate of $326 for Rooms Booked through the SLH System in June 2005
• Hyatt Appoints Michael Bastis and Norbert Relecker as General Managers of its Two Monterey County Hotels

• DiamondRock Acquiring the Buckhead SpringHill Suites by Marriott for $34 Million, Enters Agreement to Purchase the Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center for $64 Million
• Starwood 2nd Qtr Net Income of $145 million Down 5.8% from Same Period in Prior Year; 2nd Qtr REVPAR Up 12.7% Worldwide Compared to the 2nd Qtr 2004 / Hotel Results
• Mid-Year 2005 Canadian Hotel Investment Market Overview / Colliers International
• WestCoast Hospitality Sells 50% Interest in its WestCoast Kalispell Center Hotel to GVD Commercial Properties, Inc.; Will Expand, Renovate and Rebrand Hotel to Red Lion 
• Starwood Capital Group Acquiring Controlling Interest in Groupe Taittinger, Societe Du Louvre, Europe's Second Largest Hotel Network
• Ronald T. Harrison Appointed President of Marriott Lodging Canada and Senior Vice President of Marriott International
• Occupancy Improves from 59.4% to 61.6% for Steigenberger's 77 Hotels During First of 2005
• Korea Golf Course Operator, Emerson Pacific, Signs Hilton International to Manage Golf Resort and Spa in South Korea
• Sterling Hotel Campus, a 253-suite Extended Stay Hotel Park, Opens in Sterling, Virginia; Comprised of a Candlewood Suites and a Suburban Extended Stay Hotel Both Managed by The Generation Companies
• California�s Sycuan Band of the Kumayaay Nation Donates $5.5 million to San Diego State University; Will Establish the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming and Offer Undergraduate Degree Program in Tribal Gaming
• Top 10 Ways to Generate a Rapid Return on Your Public Relations Investment
• Revenue Source One Draws Thirty-eight Hotel and Motel Owners to Room Rate Pricing Seminar
• Le Méridien Adopts VFM's Vscape for Photo & Rich Media Distribution
• Hotelbook.com Travel Web Site for Independent Hotels Launches; New Site from Pegasus Solutions Will Help Travelers Discover Unique Hotel Finds
• La Quinta Appoints Steven A. Schumm as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
• The Interlaken Inn Resort in Lakeville, Connecticut Appoints Charles Norman as Executive Chef
• Anthony Loos Appointed Director of Food & Beverage at The Founders Inn in Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Signature Worldwide Honored with Excellence in Exporting  Award

July 25, 2005

• General Managers Workshop: Motivating Today�s Hotel Sales Teams / David Brudney
• After Selling TravelWeb, Pegasus Solutions Re-enters Consumer Market with Hotelbook.com
• Caesars Palace Opens Fifth Hotel Tower, Marks Completion of a Five-year Extreme Makeover
• Banner Year for New York City Hotels; Occupancy for the First Five Months of 2005 at 80.5%, Up 4.5%  from Same Period Last Year; But No New Hotel Jobs
• Kingdom Hotels and Partners Developing a 265-room, $325 million Four Seasons Hotels Residences in Toronto's Yorkville
• Raffles Holdings Divesture of its Hotel Business Unlocks Significant Shareholders� Value
• Hilton's Asset Disposition Strategy Continues, Eight Additional Hotels Identified for Sale
• Oxford Suites Planning a Luxury Hotel in Downtown Bend, Oregon
• A $20 million Redevelopment Plan for the old Chancellor Hotel in Champaign, Illinois Includes a Hilton Garden Inn and a  Homewood Suites
• German Hotel Development Group Feuring Planning 127 room Boutique Hotel In Kuwait City
• Visual One Enters Thailand, Gateway to South / East Asia Markets; Visual One Systems Selected by Thailand�s Leading Boutique Resorts: Aleenta Resorts and Spa
• PKF Capital Markets Group Brokers Sale of Hampton Inn South, Austin, Texas
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Announces Promotions and Appointments in Mid-Atlantic Region
• Rocco Forte Hotels Appoints Daryl Kornelsen as Director of Sales and Marketing, Germany
• Tom Robertson Named General Manager for the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center
• Lisa Stringer Appointed Sales Manager for Landmark Resort

July 22, 2005

• All 104 of Cancun's Hotels Have Reopened Following Hurricane Emily, However, 90% of Hotels in Playa del Carmen, 42 miles South of Cancun, Received Significant Damage
• View from the Bottom Different than from the Top / Robert Mandelbaum
• Kimpton's Acquisition Fund Acquires First Property, the Former Radisson Barcelo Hotel in Washington D.C.; Hotel Will Receive $32 million Renovation to Transform to Hotel Palomar
• Bank of America Commits to a $60 million Hotel in Downtown Charlotte - The Ritz-Carlton Charlotte at the Bank of America Corporate Center
• San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Reports Visitor Statistics for the First Five Months of 2005 Trending Upward; Hotel Occupancy, Average Daily Room Rate and Airport Arrivals All Up
• Starwood Sells Chicago's Raphael Hotel and the Sheraton Chapel Hill; Part of Starwood's Target to Sell $500 Million Worth of Assets
• The Master Plan Vision of Developer Doug Manchester Taking Form at The Grand Del Mar Resort & Spa
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Net Income of $10.3 million for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2005, Compared to Net Income of $7.1 million  for the Prior Year Period; RevPAR Increases 11.7 Percent / Hotel Operating Data
• Pinnacle Realty Investments Executes on Over $400 million in Gross Transactions for 2005 Year to Date
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Capital for Purchase of 316 room Holiday Inn Sea World in San Diego, CA
• Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Closes Seven Hotel Transactions
• ParkSide Real Estate Capital Secures $20,150,000 Financing for Inn and Spa at Loretto in Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Hayes Reid Development Group Completes $2.5 million Renovation of the The Palms Hotel and Villas in Kissimmee, Florida
• Sue Morgan Joins InterContinental Hotels Group as the VP, Franchise Food & Beverage
• John Wells Named New General Manager of the Hilton Chicago O'Hare
• Kelly Fogarty Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing of The Portofino Hotel & Yacht Club, Los Angeles

July 20, 2005

• The Scranton Hilton's Owner and Lender File Papers Seeking a "Consensual Foreclosure" Prior to Expected Change in Ownership
• Sleep Inn Brand Providing a Minority Incentive Program; Offers Qualified African American, Hispanic and Native American Entrepreneurs a Development Incentive Valued Up to $155,000
• Host Marriott Posts 2nd Qtr Net Income of $91 million Compared with $17 million a Year Earlier; Comparable Hotel RevPAR for the 2nd Qtr 2005 Up 9.8% / Hotel Operating Data
• The Leading Hotels of the World & Cendant Form New Venture - The Leading Residences of the World; Plans to Compete in the High-end Destination Club Business
• Staubach Capital Partners May Call Off Plans to Buy and Renovate the Waco Hilton if Unable to Get $3 million in City Incentives
• Dominican Republic Resort, Sunscape Casa del Mar, Implements Strong and Creative Ideas to Earn the 2005 CHA Green Hotel of the Year Award
• FBI Links Emerald Casino, Mob and the Mayor of Rosemont, Illinois
• Radisson SAS Opens U.S. $45 million 129-room Radisson SAS Hotel & Spa Cork, Ireland
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Financing for Purchase of Historic Sheraton Gunter Hotel in Downtown San Antonio
• Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino Receives Top Score from Freeman Group
• Harris Ranch Selects PAR-Springer-Miller Systems; Restaurant and Inn Chooses SMS|Host to Manage Fine Dining, Guest Rooms and Point-of-Sale
• Sam Nazarian Appoints Theresa Fatino to Lead the Brand Development for SBE Hotel Group; Fatino Credited as One of the Creative Founders of the W Hotel Brand
• Mark Juliano Named Chief Operating Officer of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.
• Jeff Weggeman Appointed Vice President of Sales for ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
• John E. Plunket Joins MeriStar Hospitality as Senior Vice President � Real Estate
• Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Comments on Theme for 28th Annual Caribbean Tourism Conference Set for October 21-26, 2005 in U.S. Virgin Islands

• The Executive House of Akron's Business Didn't Go According to Plan; Hailed as a Modern Marvel of Steel, Brick, Concrete and Glass When it Opened in 1961
• Transformation of Atlantic City Picking Up Pace; Customers from Ages 25 to 39 Getting Full Attention
• PKF Projects Significant Rise in U.S. Hotel Property Taxes; 2005 Taxes Projected to Rise 5% 
• Statement from the Director of the Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau Following Hurricane Emily
• Convention Center-related Room Nights in Milwaukee Not Projected to Return to the Heady Days of 2000 and 2001
• Tourism Heats Up in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Hotel Occupancy Through May Up 5% Over Last Year
• Dolce International Statement Concerning Recapitalization
• Revenue Grabbing Tips for Independent Hotels; Start Thinking Like the Chains / Neil Salerno
• Regent Partners and Starwood Hotels Complete Agreement for a 319-room Westin Hotel in Old Town, Alexandria, VA; Hotel Will Include  79 Condominiums
• Rezidor SAS Signs Financial Joint Venture with Nordic Government Funds for Faster Growth in Africa
• Benchmark Re-opens the Berry Hill Plantation Resort in Virginia; Plans to Add 100 Rooms, Conference Center and Golf Course
• The Former RIHGA Royal Hotel Miri Rebranded a Marriott Resort
• Smugglers' Notch, America's Family Resort, Selects ResortSuite to Manage its Extensive Operation
• Caribbean Hotel Association Parnters with HSMAI to Produce Annual Caribbean Hotel Sales and Marketing Strategy Conference; First Conference Will Be Dec. 9-10, 2005 in Miami
• Signature Worldwide Licensee Plans to Contribute to China's Growing Tourism Industry
• Cara T. Okawa Appointed VP Sales and Revenue Management for Aqua Hotels & Resorts
• Jodi Weinhofer Named President of the Lodging Association of the Florida Keys and Key West

• Colony Capital in Agreement to Purchase 15 Raffles Hotels and 26 Swissotels from Raffles Holdings for Approximately US$1 billion; Includes the Fabled Raffles Hotel Singapore
• Summary of San Francisco Hotel Market; Cap Rates, New Hotel Construction, Occcupancy / Anwar Elgonemy
• The Pistilli Family Sells The Raphael Hotel; the Kansas City Hotel Acquired by Lighthouse Properties
• "Smile" is a Learned Behavior - Creating a Culture of Customer Service / Carol Verret
• The Pritzker Family Trying to Limit What Will Become Part of the Public Record; Claim Opening Case Documents to the Public Would Seriously Hurt their Hyatt Business
• InterContinental Hotel's Customer Loyalty Program, Priority Club, Now Provides Free Nights at Competitors' Hotels
• Literally Every Destination Marketing Organization Is Under Duress; The Challenge to CVB's
• On the Rebound - European Hotel Profits Bounce Back in 2004 
• Ty Warner Acquires Rancho San Marcos Golf Course from Premier Golf International
• Hyatt Huntington Beach Resort Selects Nirvana Technology's BookNow! for its Pacific Waters Spa
• Visual One Selected for The Centurion Hotel
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Named by Owner Highland Hospitality Corporation to Manage the 410 room Wyndham Palm Springs, California 
• Cheri Farrell Named Outreach Ambassador at Cornell Hotel School; Will Expand Relationships with Alumni, Friends and Corporate Partners
• The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Will be a Unique Property for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
• Christian Tavelli Named Rooms Division Manager of Las Ventanas al Paraiso

• Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan is World's Best Hotel / Travel + Leisure Survey
• Affiliate of The Swig Company Agrees to Sell the Fairmont Chicago Hotel to Strategic Hotel Capital for $154.7 million, or $224,000 per room
• Lowe Enterprises Acquires Skamania Lodge in Washington State, Destination Hotels & Resorts to Manage the Property
• The 577-room Hilton Sydney Reopens After a Three-year $200 million Reconstruction; the Largest Single Site Investment Made by Hilton International in its History
• Hotel Guestroom Supply is Actually Shrinking in Some Markets; 11 of the Top 25 Markets Show Negative Supply Growth Through the First half of 2005  / Lodging Econometrics
• Hear Me Out: Talking & Listening to Your Current Guests May Be The Best Way To Get More Of Them Through the Door / Rick Hendrie
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Hopes to Take over Operations of the 2½-year-old Former Radisson at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center; Hotel Will Run as a Sheraton
• Three Oaks Hospitality Creates New Private Members Club for Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
• Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Plc Building Luxury Hotel In Bangkok - Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok
• CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Selling Five Hotel Properties to Pyramid Hotel Opportunity Venture LLC for $109 million
• The 200th AmericInn Opens in Jackson, Minnesota, a 52-room Lodge & Suites, Owned by KAAT Development, LLC
• Spice Island Beach Resort and Blue Horizons Garden Resort in Grenada Emerged Unscathed Following Hurricane Emily

July 14, 2005

• The City of Philadelphia Sues17 Online Travel Services, Including Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline and Travelocity; Claims They Are Not Fully Paying Hotel Occupancy Tax
• Marriott International Inc. 2nd Qtr Net Income Fell to $138 million from $160 million in the 2nd Qtr of 2004; Cites Charges Related to CTF Transaction and New Bedding Incentive Program for 14% Decline in Earnings / Key Lodging Statistics
• Nicklaus Investments Teams With Guggenheim Partners to Finance High-Quality Residential, Golf Resort / Residential Communities
• Marriott International�s Residence Inn Brand, the Pioneer of the Extended-stay Category, Reinventing Itself with the �Gen7� Suite
• The Capo Group Signs Conrad Hotels to Operate the Hotel Component of Bimini Bay Resort
• Doubletree Hotels Creates Online Resource Allowing Individual Hotels to Design Marketing Materials - Doubletree Online Toolkit (DOT)
• Exclusive Resorts Spends $100 Million for 46 Vacation Residences Affiliated with Branded Resorts
• Christopher Bowers, the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau's Chief Executive, Resigns Unexpectedly
• RLJ Development Branding the 220 room Washington Terrace Hotel; Now the Doubletree Hotel Washington D.C.
• Revenues Generated via Choice Hotels Proprietary Web Site Up 17% Year-to-date Over the Same Period in 2004
• Edward J. Rohling Appointed President, Lodgian, Inc.
• Shangri-La Academy, the Beijing Employee Training Center for Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Opens the School to the Public
• Corinthia Hotels International Partners with Frank Orenstein's Hospitality Investors Group to Explore Expansion in North America
• Hotel Auction - 120 room (+mgrs unit) Howard Johnson Hotel, Dayton, Ohio. Date: August 17, 2005. Suggested starting bid of $850,000

• The Lodging Industry in the NAACP 2004 Report Cards Earned an Overall Grade of (C), Marking No Real Improvement from 2003
• Interactive Sites' Web CMS Gets 'Googled'
• Alabama Attorney General Investigating 24 Complaints Concerning Hotel Price Gouging in Aftermath of Hurricane Dennis
• HITEC 2005 Has a 10% Attendance Increase from Previous Year; Already 75% of the Exhibit Hall is Sold Out for Next Year's Show at the Minneapolis Convention Center
• Hotel Rooms are Pricier this Summer; 9% Average Increase In Retail Hotel Room Rates For Summer 2005 / Priceline.com Survey
• Former NHL Player Len Barrie's Development Company Chooses the Westin Brand for Bear Mountain (Vancouver Island) Hotel Accommodations
• Partners Donald J. Trump and Phil G. Ruffin Begin Construction of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas; 100% of the 1,282 Condominium Hotel Units Already Reserved for Purchase
• Visual One Systems To Install Integrated Suite Of Products At Six Cay Club Sites
• Starwood Targets Niche Markets to Increase Revenues, Brand Aswareness
• Noble Investment Group Opens Courtyard by Marriott at the University of Alabama-Birmingham; First Hotel Built in Downtown Birmingham in 15 Years
• Mike Larson Appointed General Manager of the Doubletree Denver & Red Lion Denver Central Hotel Complex
• General Manager sought for upscale Dallas, TX  Hotel. Requires at least 10+ years hotel/resort experience including 5+ years as GM and related food and beverage

• Tiburon Hospitality Management Announces Completion of 10 Extensive Websites
• Connecticut Building Inspector's Office Misses State Code Mandates for Handicapped Accessible Bathrooms; The Soon to Open Marriott Hartford Forced to Demolish 15 Rooms and Re-Build
• Individual Investors in Hotel/Condo Units Finding it a Formula for Making Money
• Orlando's Convention Center On the Verge of Scoring a Four-year Run of One of the Country's Biggest Trade Shows
• WestCoast Hospitality Corporation Has Agreements in Place to Sell Seven Hotels; Will Use Proceeds for Renovations at 31 Red Lion Hotels
• Lacking Votes, Baltimore City Council Delays $305 million Plan for Convention Center Hotel
• Revenue Management...It Really, Really Works!!
• Gaylord Hotels Initiates Company-Wide Deployment of Passkey�s Online Group Reservation Technology
• Sol Meliá Partners with VFM to Use Videos to Market Resorts Online
• Kor Hotel Group Appointed to Manage the Historic Jefferson Hotel in Washington, D.C.
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management Of Sutton Place Hotel Newport Beach
• Stanley E. Washington Elected Board Chaiman of the the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Homewood Suites by Hilton(R) Opens in Wallingford, Connecticut; Owned by Apple REIT Six, Inc.and Managed by White Lodging Services, Corp.
• Canada's First Microtel Inn & Suites to Break Ground in Parry Sound, Ontario
• Lodgian, Inc. Sells the 390-room Holiday Inn St. Louis-Airport for $3.5 million
• Domina Hotel Group Opens a 128 room Resort in Nuweiba in South Sinai, Egypt
• Jeff Booth Joins The Greenbrier as Director of Administration for the Marketing and Sales Department
• Trisha Hill Appointed General Manager of the Hampton Inn in Columbia, Missouri

• Adam�s Mark Hotels Now a Stronger, Leaner Organization; Consists of Five Properties in Dallas, Denver, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Buffalo
• Growth in Hotel Food and Beverage Revenues Lack the Same Kind of Sizzle Found in Room Revenues; Expense Controls Help F&B Profits Grow / PKF Study
• Greystar Realty Partners Planning to Acquire the 265 room Casa Sirena Hotel in Oxnard, California; Plans to Convert the Aging Hotel into Two Branded Hotels
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Presents President's Award to Wentworth By The Sea Marriott Hotel & Spa; A Large Group Effort to Save and Restore the Hotel
• Hotel Web Basics That Really Work�Content is King / Neil Salerno
• Florida International University�s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Classrooms Go Global -Hospitality Professionals Have Opportunity to Earn Master�s Degree from Home
• ACCOR North America Upgrades Its Meetings and Conference Business by Implementing Passkey
• The Independent Enfield Hotel and Conference Center Branded Crowne Plaza Enfield-Springfield
• Raymond Management Company, Inc. Completes a $1 million Renovation of the Elgin Hampton Inn in Elgin, Illinois
• Starwood Signs Two Managament Contracts for Four Points by Sheraton Hotels in Changshu and Shanghai
• CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and KSL Resorts Complete $10 million Renovation at the Hotel del Coronado
• Video Used for Bartender Certification in Wyoming Comes Under Scrutiny
• Heather L.  Blaschke Named Xanterra's Corporate Director of Construction and Renovation Projects

• World Travel & Tourism Council Crisis Committee Issues Estimate of London Bombing Impact
• The City of Seaside, California Agrees to Sell a Piece of the Famed Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Course for the Construction of a 330 room Resort Hotel
• Barbadian Hotelier Peter Odle, Named President-Elect of the Caribbean Hotel Association
• Marathon Real Estate and Urgo Hotels Partner in Building US$36.5 million Residence Inn and Courtyard Hotel Complex at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport; Hotels Will Share a Restaurant, Indoor Pool & 6,000 sq ft of Meeting Space
• Omni Chicago Hotel Completes First Stage of $9.5 million Renovation; Hotel's 343 suites Outfitted with  37" Plasma TV's
• The Prospector Inn Located in Suncadia, Washington�s First All-season Destination Resort, Opened by Destination Hotels & Resorts
• The 100-year-old Collier Inn on Useppa Island Re-opening Following Renovations Spurred by Hurricane Charley Damage Incurred in  2004
• StayOnline Helps Bring Soldier "Home" for sister's Wedding; Technology Conduit for Reuniting Family Members
• MTech Launches PMWorks Plus Internet-Based Tracking of Work Requests & Guest Incidents
• Owned by Mr. John Q. Hammons, 296-suite Embassy Suites Opens in Historic St. Charles, Missouri
• Larry Rose Named General Manager for the Embassy Suites Hotel Cleveland-Beachwood
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. is seeking a Director, New Business Development - East. Direct Will  identify and solicit developers to build a robust hotel development pipeline. Requires past experience within the lodging industry in the area of real estate development and acquisitions

• Environmentalists Win Battle Forcing the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay To Move Signature 18th Hole Away from Sea Bluff 
• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / July  2005
• Budget Host the Least Expensive Lodging Franchise, Hotel Operators Pay 0.6% of Revenues
• Despite the Heavy Construction Work, Vail Hotels Enjoying Strong Summer
• India Hotels Witnessing New Highs in Occupancy; Expecting Average Occupancy of 90% in the October to March Season
• Expotel Hospitality L.L.C. Executives Go �Back in Time� with Line Associates
• The Erawan Group Developing the First Courtyard by Marriott and the First Renaissance Branded Hotels in Thailand
• Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa Reopens Following US$35 million Reconstruction
• 3Rivers Lodge in Dominica and Sunscape Casa del Mar in the Dominican Republic Named the 2005 Caribbean Hotel Association Green Hotels of the Year
• The 96 room Courtyard By Marriott Memphis East/Lenox Park Acquired by The Summit Group for $6.5 million
• All Seasons Legian Developed Out of the Former Bali Dwira Hotel; Accor Believes Market Conditions Right to Bring All Seasons Brand to Asia
• Uniguest Exceeds 500 Automated, Free to Guest Business Center Systems in Hotels
• André Boersma and Hector de Galardas Named to General Manager Positions with Kerzner's One&Only Resorts
• James B. Perry Appointed Chief Executive Officer for Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.
• Resorts International Holdings Inc. Names Roger P. Wagner as Chief Operating Officer
• BringYourPet.com helps Guide Pets to Safety during Hurricane Season
• Interstate Hotels Names Daniel Fevre Area General Manager and GM of the 357-suite Residence Inn in New York City, James McCabe Named Director of Sales
• Domina Hotel Group Names Marco Benedetti Vice President Director of Strategic Finance
• Palace Indian Gaming Center & Hotel Selects Lodging Management System from Agilysys, Inc.

• In South Florida Budget Hotels Give Way to Luxury Resorts; the Disappearance of the Affordable Family Vacation
• Winthrop Rockefeller Center to Implement Maestro Enterprise Suite, PMS, Sales & Catering, ResEze Web Booking Engine
• New Beds, Clocks, Amenities and Guest Room Enhancements Underway Throughout All 2,300 Branded Hotels within the Hilton Family
• The Accomplishments and Leadership in Resort Hospitality Earn Eustace Guishard The 2005 Caribbean Hotelier of the Year, the Highest Honor of Caribbean Hotel Industry
• Eleuthera Properties Ltd., Led by Bahamian Businessman Franklyn Wilson to Redevelop the Cotton Bay Club in Eleuthera, Bahamas; the 73 room Resort Will be Starwood's First Luxury Collection Property in the Bahamas
• Gencom Group Acquiring the Lodge at Rancho Mirage for $33 million; Vail Resort's Subsidiary Rockresorts Will Continue to Manage the Property
• The Former Holiday Inn Lake Placid Completes Renovation, Reflagged Crowne Plaza Lake Placid Resort
• The Plasencia Group, Inc. Advises Thayer Lodging Group on the Sale of Eight Properties to Pyramid Hotel Advisors, LLC;  Properties Combine Geographic Diversity, Performance and Growth Potential
• ParkSide Real Estate Capital Secures $ 62,500,000 Financing for LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort in Naples, FL
• Hotel Performance in Key Markets Across Russia Enjoys Significant Improvements Over the Past Four Years;  Need for Mid-market and Economy Hotels in Russia Grows / Deloitte
• Hotwire.com and Aspireb Launch Hotel Revenue Management Education Program in Cities Across U.S. and Europe
• The Guitar-shaped Sign for the Biloxi Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is 112 feet Tall, Cost $1.9 million
• La Quinta Corporation Names Temple H. Weiss Vice President Development and Acquisitions
• Shawn Goodway Appointed General Manager of the Gideon Putnam Resort and Spa in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
• Grand Hyatt New York Executive Chef Anthony Arbeeny has Been Awarded the 2005 Hyatt Hotels Operations Recognition and Achievement Award in Culinary
• InterContinental Hotels Group Adds Carrie Chen and Connie Wang to Singapore Sales Team to Tap Vast Potential of China�s Travel Growth

• Comped Rooms at Atlantic City Casino Hotels Estimated at 68% of the City's Total in 2004; Some Question Long-standing Practice
• Aged and Shuttered, the Mountain Shadows Resort Likely to be Razed, Replaced with 299 room Boutique Hotel
• Colonial Williamsburg Wants the Williamsburg Lodge to be Centerpiece and Economic Engine of its Hospitality Operations
• A Smile is Really a Simple Thing � an Expression of Welcome, No Cost Involved
• Fewer Hotels Deficient on Interest Payments; Low Interest  Rates, Refinancing, and Rising Profits Are Major Factors  / PKF Study
• IBAC Corporation Takes Possession of the Memphis Airport Ramada Hotel & Restaurant; Total Acquisition Cost for 127 room Property Was $1,925,000
• Caribbean Hotel Association Recognizes Individuals that Raise the Bar for Caribbean Hospitality; Eustace Guishard, GM of Cap Juluca Resort in Anguilla Named  �Caribbean Hotelier of the Year�
• First Hospitality Group Inc. Plans to Convert the Upper floors of Chicago's Majestic Building to a 135 room Hampton Inn
• The Procaccianti Group Acquires Five Doubletree Branded Hotels for $300 million; Plans $50 million to Upgrade and Re-brand
• Heiko Kuenstle Appointed General Manager of The Pierre New York, a Taj Hotel
• Tim Oldfield Named Senior Director of Sales and Marketing for Choice Hotels Canada Inc's 280 Properties
• WestCoast Hospitality and Red Lion Hotels Recognized For Unique Community Service Programs
• Jeff Ornstein Is Named One of 12 Most Influential People in Boston by SCENE Magazine
• Banyan Tree Opening Luxury Resort in China's Yunnan Province, the Banyan Tree Ringha
• Mercure Pattaya opens in Pattaya, One of Thailand's Top Leisure Destinations
• Hélèn Lobel appointed Manager at the Domina Giudecca Hotel, Venice Italy
• Orient-Express Appoints Executive Chef James van Biljon to Oversee Botswana's Safari Camp Dining

July 1, 2005

• Most Hotel Loyalty Programs Dish Out Frequent Flier Miles or Free Accommodations; Jameson Inns Differentiates from the Pack Offering Company Stock
• 68% of U.S. Adults Feel More Comfortable Booking Leisure Travel with a Traditional Travel Agency
• The JBG Companies Acquires the 1,334 room Marriott Wardman Park Hotel from Thayer Lodging Group for $300 million; $50 million Renovation Planned
• The Mashantucket Pequots Diversifying Beyond their Foxwoods Resort Casino, Acquires Majority State in Company Developing Resort and Casino in St. Croix, USVI
• Southern California Hotel Developers Put Hotel Plans on Hold as Land Prices Surge / Sandi Cain
• Joint Venture Led by Oxford Lodging Acquires San Francisco Landmark Sir Francis Drake Hotel; Will Undergo $20-million Renovation, Kimpton Remains as Manager of the Property
• Aspen's Hotel Jerome Receiving $20 million "Top to Bottom" Renovation from New Owner Oklahoma Publishing Co
• Argosy Building $75 million 250 room Hotel and Parking Garage at its Riverside, Missouri Casino
• Foodservice Design: Stages in the Design Process / Lee Simon
• Our Dream Hotel / Harry Nobles & Cheryl Griggs
• Shangri-La Building Luxury 200 room Hotel in Manzhouli, a Frontier Town in Northeast Inner Mongolia
• Rezidor SAS Hospitality And Carlson Hotels Worldwide Complete Strategic Agreement
• Pegasus Solutions Ending Property Management System Agreement with InterContinental Hotels Group; Pegasus Exiting Property Management System Business
• Travelers Turn To BringYourPet.com To Find Pet Friendly Lodging
• Klaus Kartmann the Opening GM for Raffles International 235 room Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow
• Greg Dogan Appointed Vice President, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
• Janis Clapoff Named General Manager of Halekulani; Succeeds Fred Honda, Who is Retiring
• Micarl Hill Named to Boutique Hotels Brand Advisory Board
• Innkeepers USA Trust Names Bruce Riggins Chief Financial Officer
• Kozue Honda Elected to IACC's Global Board of Directors