1. My Experience Applying for a Hotel Job - A Real Eye Opener / Barry Williams, December
2. Opening a New Hotel? Announcing a Renovation?  Here Are 10 Surefire Ways to Get the Publicity You Need to Get Heads in Beds / Glenn Hasek
3. Hotels Increase Amenities for Guests as Room Rates Rise;  Some Amenities Are New to the Industry
4. 64 Do’s and Don’ts of Hotel Technology / Terence Ronson
5. The Condo Hotel Boom - What Does it Mean for the Hotel Industry / The Global Hospitality Advisor
6. Outlook 2006: A Roundtable Discussion  - Hotel Industry Fundamentals / Global Hospitality Advisor 
7. Top 50 Destinations for New Year's Eve 2005
8. Dining Trends for 2006; Marriott Food and Beverage Execs,  Robin Uler and Brad Nelson, Give Their Forecast for  What's Up On the Dining Front
9. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / December 2005
10. Online Hotel Rating Sites Driving Anxiety into the Hearts of Many Hotel Managers / Neil Salerno
11. Uncertainty of Adam's Mark hotel in Charlotte Creates Concern for Hundreds of Hotel Workers and Dozens of Groups with Bookings
12. Hilton Reports 560 Hotels and 75,000 Rooms in its Development Pipeline,  the Largest it Has Ever Been, as of September 30, 2005;  Brand Development Highlights
13. Top Ten Global Issues and Challenges In the Hospitality Industry for 2006 / ISHC
14. Michael O. Smith, GM of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Stood Tall in the Chaos All Around Him
15. The Greenbrier Undergoing Large Turnover of High-ranking Executives; General Manager Jack Damioli Leaving After 22 Years
16. As Las Vegas Booms, Some Dealt a Losing Hand
17. Effective January 2006, all 77 Westin Hotels in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean Will go 100% Smoke-free In All Guestrooms and Public Areas; Westin Hotels Will Become the First 100% Smoke-Free Hotel Chain
18. Tennis Icons Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf Developing a Fairmont Hotel at Tamarack Resort in Idaho
19. Enthusiasm Spreads for Condo Hotels; Top Questions Consumers Are Asking Before Buying
20. Ian Schrager and Partner Aby Rosen Acquire Three Riande Continental Hotels in Florida
21. Life is full of Surprises and Uncertainties for Shirley Brown, Former Front Office Supervisor at the Shuttered Adam's Mark Hotel in Charlotte
22. It Takes a Village to Build a Hotel - Denver's New Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Colorado Convention Center
23. Nobody Asked Me, But…. / Stanley Turkel
24. Hilton Hotels Corporation Awarded the Management Contract of the 1,606 room  Wyndham Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas; Will be Reflagged a Hilton in  January, 2006, Owner Crow Holdings Planning a $30 million Renovation
25. Westin's Smoke-free Policy Expected to Spread, Over Time, to All Brands in the Lodging Industry

December 29, 2005

• Top Ten Global Issues and Challenges In the Hospitality Industry for 2006 / ISHC
• Mandarin Oriental Selling The Mark, New York, for $150 million
• Developer Ron Jury, Putting Finishing Touches on $45.4 million Restoration of the President Hotel in Downtown Kansas City; Will Reopen as a the  213 room Hilton President Kansas City
• The National Park Service Maintains a Negative Outlook on the Rebuilding of the Hurricane Damaged Flamingo Lodge in Everglades National Park
• Marriott International, Inc. Sells Land Underlying 75 Courtyard by Marriott Hotels for Approximately $246 million to CBM Land JV Limited Partnership
• Lodgian Reopens the 219-room Crowne Plaza West Palm Beach in Florida; Hurricane Damaged Hotel Restored to Like-New Condition Following Multi-million Dollar Makeover

• U.S. Hilton Hotels Corp Acquiring British Namesake, Hilton Group Plc, for $5.7 billion; Deal Reunites the Hilton Brand After 40 Years
• The $200 million Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel Opens; 604 room Hotel Expected to Redefine Downtown Niagara Falls
• Owners of the 246 room Quality Inn Dallas Market Center Called the 'Best-Organized Katrina Relief Organization in Dallas' 
• Five Companies Vying for Two Casino Licenses in Philadelphia; Foxwoods, Pinnacle, Donald J. Trump, Planet Hollywood, and Sugar House Gaming
• Hilton Hotel Corp Sells the 600 room Anchorage Hilton for $65 million
• St. Regis Hotel, Shanghai Named One of the Best Companies to Work For in China
• InterContinental Hotels Group, Continental Development Corporation and Hampshire Properties Commence Construction on the 550 room  InterContinental San Francisco
• Chicago Loop Landmark, the 107-year-old Berghoff Restaurant, Closing
• BayStar Hotel Group Appoints Robert L. Frobish General Manager of the Holiday Inn Express – Lake Buena Vista

• Nobody Asked Me, But… / Stanley Turkel
• The Procaccianti Group Acquires The Fairmont at the Plaza, Kansas City; Planning Renovation and Rebranding to InterContinental
• Life is full of Surprises and Uncertainties for Shirley Brown, Former Front Office Supervisor at the Shuttered Adam's Mark Hotel in Charlotte
• American Airlines Quietly Rolled Out the Industry's First Frequent-flier Program 25 Years Ago; Today, Loyalty Programs Face Significant Challenges as Travel Business Transforms
• Enthusiasm Spreads for Condo Hotels; Top Questions Consumers Are Asking Before Buying / Joel Greene
• The Ginn Company Acquires the Assets of Burke Mountain Ski Area in Vermont, Includes Lifts Base Lodge and 750 Acres
• Sale of Chicago’s Omni Ambassador East Hotel Arranged by Molinaro Koger
• Rim Hospitality Acquires the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Pleasanton, California, Planning Conversion to a Sheraton
• The 550 room Isle of Capri Casino Resort Biloxi Reopens
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. Sells The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii to Westbrook Partners for $250 million; Fairmont Signs Long-term Management Contract
• Xanterra South Rim LLC Begins $3 million Renovation of Maswik North Lodge in Grand Canyon National Park
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Accredits Travelweb As a Distributor of Online Room Inventory for Participating Hilton Hotels

• It Takes a Village to Build a Hotel - Denver's New Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Colorado Convention Center
• Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / December 2005
• Unable to Buy a Liquor License, Intrawest Turns to New Jersey Legislature for Help in Securing Liquor Licenses for the Massive Mountain Creek Village and Ski Resort in Vernon, NJ
• Ian Schrager and Partner Aby Rosen Acquire Three Riande Continental Hotels in Florida
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Designates Priceline.com as Accredited Online Distributor
• Hilton Sells the 395-room Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel & Executive Conference Center in Dallas, Texas, to Affiliate of Somera Capital Management for Approximately $65.5 million
• Despite Decline in Visitor Arrivals, Italy as a Whole Has Seen Hotel Occupancy Grow 2.6% Year-to-October 2005
• Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Signs Agreement with IFA Hotels & Resorts to Introduce a Branded Hotel Residence in Dubai
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Names Doug Abbott Vice President of Sales for the Americas Region
• Don Dennis Appointed General Manager of University Tower Hotel in Seattle, Washington

• Measuring Hotel Business Interrupted by Hurricane Katrina / Robert Mandelbaum
• Tennis Icons Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf Developing a Fairmont Hotel at Tamarack Resort in Idaho
• Finding Success with the Americas Best Value Inn Brand, Franchisor Vantage Hospitality Group Moves Into the Upscale Lodging Segments with The Lexington Collection; Already Has 12 Lexington Collection Hotels in its Portfolio
• Station Casinos to Partner with the Greenspun Corporation to Develop Hotel and Casino in Aliante Master Planned Community in North Las Vegas
• The $600 million South Coast Hotel and Casino the first Coast Built Casino to Open Under the Boyd Gaming Corporate Flag
• Gaming Resorts Preparing to Rebuild Along the Gulf Coast Would Qualify for Federal Tax Breaks on Hotel Flannel Sheets but Not Casino Table Felt
• Tribe Owned Black Bear Casino and Hotel South of Duluth, Minnesota Receiving a $100 million Expansion, Including New 12 story 240 room Hotel Addition
• Equity Inns, Inc. Acquiring Five Marriott Branded Hotels Containing 435 rooms from the McKibbon Hotel Group for $45.5 million
• Historic Normandie Hotel in San Juan Completes $8 million Renovation; Unique Ocean Liner-Shaped Property Features Clean Art Deco Design
• Cultuzz Chooses ICE Portal to Deliver Media Content for eBay Auctions
• Lodgian Invests $6 Million to Reposition the 231-room Holiday Inn-Silver Spring, Md to Crowne Plaza
• Dennis BeMent, GM of the Holiday Inn SunSpree Named Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association 2005 Hotelier of the Year
• Stephen K. Miller Named Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Development for Strategic Hotels & Resorts

• Michael O. Smith, GM of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Stood Tall in the Chaos All Around Him
• The Condo Hotel Boom – What Does it Mean for the Hotel Industry / Global Hospitality Advisor
• The Adam's Mark in Charlotte Converting from a 613-room Hotel to a 308-room Boutique
• Third Quarter 2005 Worldwide Hotel Revenue From Electronic Channels Up 9.4%; Top Ten Worldwide Markets in Room Nights for GDS and Pegasus Third-party Websites
• Mexico Developers DINE and Ideurban Joint Venture with Starwood to Build a St. Regis Resort in Punta Mita, Mexico
• Turnberry Associates Signs Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. to Long Term Management Contract for The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club
• Westmead Business Group Limited and Century Casinos, Inc. Plan to Develop The Aerodrome Hotel in Croydon, UK into a Mid-size Casino Destination
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 67 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Pegasus Solutions, Inc. to be Acquired by an Equity Group Led by Prides Capital Partners, LLC  for Approximately $275 million
• Signature by VingCard Designers’ Collection Offers Exclusive Designer Handles Through Partnership with Valli&Valli
• Small Luxury Hotels of the World Adds 59 New Member Hotels in 2005
• Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino Reopens as Biloxi's Big Player: Heavy Renovations Yields a New Name - IP
• Paul Tunakan Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for the Omaha Marriott
• Naveen P. Kakarla Named Vice President with Hersha Hospitality Management, Overseeing Finance, IT, Human Resources

December 16, 2005

• New Mexico Indian Tribe Developing $200 million Hilton Destination Resort North of Santa Fe
• Developer Louis DeNaples Making Good Progress on the Permit Hurdles for a $300 million Redevelopment of the Mount Airy Lodge, Pennsylvania's One Time Honeymoon Haven Which Closed in 2001
• The Main Building of the Adirondacks' Historic Lake Placid Lodge Destroyed by Fire
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 212 room Holiday Inn Downtown in Washington, DC for $44.6 million; $21 million Renovation and Repositioning Planned
• City of Bismarck's Search for Developer to Build a Convention Center Hotel Adjacent to the Civic Center Grows to 21 Companies
• Signature by VingCard Offers Attractive Security Options, Hoteliers Say; California-based Tarsadia Hotels is first to ‘design their security’ with new Signature Series electronic-locking solution
• Luis Fernandes Named Chief Operating Officer forTy Warner Hotels and Resorts
• Ellen Seymore Appointed General Manager of The Loews Denver Hotel
• Travel by Americans this Winter Expected to Grow 2% Over Last Winter / Travel Industry Association of America
• The Barceló Maya Colonial & The Barceló Tropical Beach Hotels Open at the Riviera Maya
• Jerry Herman Joins with Hotel Investors William Lipnick and Dr. Robert Lipnick to Form BJB Hotels, LLC
• InterContinental Hotels Group Opens Mexico's First Staybridge Suites Hotel in Monterrey

• The Concierge Assistant Used by Ireland’s Les Clefs d’Or; Prestigious Global Association Gives the Nod to Automating Guest Services, Keeping Guest Profiles Secure
• Fairmont's Board of Directors Forms Special Committee to Advise the Board on the Partial Take-over Bid by Affiliates of Carl Icahn
• The 743-room Lady Luck in Downtown Las Vegas Closing for a Year Long Remodeling; Permanently Lays off 684 Workers
• ROI for Online Advertising Touted at HSMAI Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference
• Courtyard by Marriott Reaches 100,000-Room Milestone With Opening of 218-Room Hotel in Moscow, Russia
• Hasu P. Shah to Retire as Hersha Hospitality Trust's Chief Executive Officer; Jay H. Shah Promoted to Chief Executive Officer
• eRevMax and IDeaS Integrate their Systems to Better Serve their Common Clients; RateTiger Shopper Data Now Accessible Within IDeaS Revenue Optimization Solution
• Caterer and Hotelkeeper Names John Stauss, Regional Vice President & General Manager Four Seasons Hotel London, the 2005 Hotelier of the Year
• Perry Sorenson Retiring After 15 Years as EVP and COO of Outrigger Hotels & Resorts; Barry Wallace Promoted to EVP of Hospitality Services
• E. Robert Roskind Joins Crescent Hospitality Corporation as Chairman; Will Lead the Hotel Management Company into Hotel Ownership
• VingCard ‘Signature’ and Elsafe Chosen Preferred Security Solutions for Courtyard by Marriott in Europe
• HK PolyU hosts International Convention & Expo Summit, 7-9 February 2006
• Colm O'Callaghan, the No. 2 Executive at the Peninsula Chicago, Will  Head Efforts to Transform the Le Meridien Chicago into a Conrad
• Tom Pugh, GM of Chattanooga's Marriott, Elected President of the Greater Chattanooga Lodging Association
• Panorama Hospitality K.K. Re-branding the Hotel Sunflower Sapporo as a Ramada® Hotel
• InterContinental Hotels Group Honors Asia Pacific's Top Performing Hotels and People
• Ryan Companies US, Inc. Open the 136 room Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown, Located at the Midtown Exchange

• With an Eye to the Future, Hilton International  Installs IDeaS ASP Solution at its Cologne and Budapest Locations; Brings total number of Hilton’s using IDeaS to 92 properties
• My Experience Applying for a Hotel Job; A Real Eye Opener / Barry Williams
• Hotels Increase Amenities for Guests as Room Rates Rise;  Some Amenities Are New to the Industry
• Nexus Cos. Seeks to Develop a 200 room Hard Rock Hotel Adjacent to the Expanded Palm Springs Convention Center
• Wright Investment Properties Inc. Seeks to Acquire the Shuttered Citi Centre Plaza Hotel in Downtown Kansas City; Built in 1925 as the Aladdin, the Deal Is Contingent on Tax Breaks to Repair and Renovate the Structure
• Hurricane Ravaged Holiday Inn Oceanside on Hutchinson Island Acquired by Affiliate of  Billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga
• Educational Institute Offers Customer Service Training with ‘Spirit of Hospitality’
• Hotels with Exceptional Fitness Rooms Join Fit Hotel Directory
• Benchmark Hospitality Assumes Management of Two Historic Long Island Properties - Danfords on the Sound and Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina
• Traveling Pet Owners Find Pet Friendly Accommodations During Holidays with BringYourPet.com
• Raffles International Signs Management Contract for the 150 room Swissôtel Ankara; Michel Van der Elst Appointed GM
• TravelCLICK’s iHotelier Selected by The Island Hotel Newport Beach for Central Reservation System Solution
• John Marks to Retire as President/CEO of San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau; 18 Years with SFCVB to End June 30, 2006
• Fred Dixon Appointed Vice President of Tourism for NYC & Company
• Alfons Walsch appointed General Manager at the Royal Media Ljubljana Hotel & Casino in Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Ramesys Holdings to Integrate and Re-brand as RedSky IT
• Interactive Sites Becomes Google Success Story
• Wynn Resorts Ltd. Withdraws from Bidding for Gaming Resort Site in Singapore; Company's Development Plate Full with Macau and Wynn Las Vegas Expansion
• TriGránit Development Corporation Selects Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts to Manage Planned Luxury Resort On a Private Island Off the Coast of Mahe in Northeast Seychelles
• Albuquerque Has More Weaknesses then Strengths as a Tourism Destination
• As Las Vegas Booms, Some Dealt a Losing Hand
• WW Group Holdings, Inc. Plans to Develop a 210-room Hyatt Regency and Condominium Building in Historic Brunswick, Georgia
• IFA Hotels & Resorts Signs Fairmont to Manage Planned $250 million Golf/Spa Resort in South Africa's Province of KwaZulu- Natal
• Hard Rock Cafe International and Sol Melia Renovating the Historic Gran Hotel Reina Victoria to a Madrid Destination Hotel
• Following a Successful Pilot-test, 2,300 Hilton Branded Hotels Will Offer Remote Guest Check-in via the Web; eCheck-In Capability Available to Certain Guest Reward Program Members
• Arlington Hospitality Receives Court Approval for Sale of Substantially All Assets to Sunburst Hotel Holding, Inc. for Approximately $32.4 million
• Development Activity for Condo Hotels, Timeshares and Hotels with Private Residences a Significant Factor in the Lodging Industry’s Growth for ’06, ’07 and ’08
• J&T Global Signs Starwood's Newly Acquired Brand Le Meridien to Manage Planned Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic
• Greg Brown Named General Manager of the Hilton Boston Back Bay
• Mark Lesser Appointed General Manager of the Historic 202 room Eastland Park Hotel in Portland, Maine

• Outlook 2006: A Roundtable Discussion / Hotel Industry Fundamentals—Where have we been? Where are we going? / Global Hospitality Advisor
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Selects Lodgenet for Next Generation Interactive Television Services; Starwood Enhances Guest Experience With sigNETure HDTVSM
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Awarded the Management Contract of the 1,606 room Wyndham Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas; Will be Reflagged a Hilton in January, 2005, Owner Crow Holdings Planning a $30 million Renovation
• Black Diamond Resorts-Vail LLC Breaks Ground on $200 million Four Seasons Resort and Residences in Vail, Colorado, Includes 120 Hotel Rooms, 16 Private Residences and 19 Fractional Units
• At Age 80, Billings Entreprenuer Building His First Hotel - a $ 6 million La Quinta Inn
• Eight of Twelve Atlantic City Casinos Post Revenue Growth in November 2005
• Gift of the Year: Pineapple Hospitality’s Energy $aving Trifecta
• The Leading Hotel Schools of the World Launches International Leadership Series in the U.S.
• Hunter H. Hansen Named Managing Director, The Registry Resort & Club and Edgewater Beach Hotel & Club, Both in Naples, Florida
• The Former Delta Whistler Resort Reopens as the Hilton Whistler Resort and Spa
• Bill Croke Named Executive Vice President of Operations for Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.
• Adaco Services Software Processes $2 billion-plus in Hotel Purchases Worldwide
• Crowne Plaza West Palm Beach, Closed Due to Hurricane Damage, Reopens Following $30 million Renovation
• Hamister Hospitality Purchases Sleep Inn and Suites in Lebanon, Tennessee
• Diamond Houston 1 LLP Opens 122-Suite Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn in the West Houston-Energy Corridor

• Online Hotel Rating Sites Driving Anxiety into the Hearts of Many Hotel Managers / Neil Salerno
• Dining Trends for 2006; Marriott Food and Beverage Execs, Robin Uler and Brad Nelson, Give Their Forecast for What's Up On the Dining Front
• Choice Hotels International, Inc. Appoints Four to Senior Vice President Posts
• Occupancy at Metro Atlanta's 93,000 Hotel Rooms At a Healthy 65.2% Through First 10 Months of 2005
• Woggles and Cheese Holes, The History of Miami Beach's Hotels
• Sir Rocco Forte Receives the Leaders in Luxury Award
• Dr. Ronald F. Cichy Named Secretary-Treasurer of the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation
• Saskatchewan Hotel Developer Shaun Ng Opens 80 room Days Inn in Prince Albert
• Graham MacDonald Smith Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at the New Hilton San Francisco Financial District Hotel
• Accor Signs Management Agreement for a New 440-room Novotel Citygate Located Near the Hong Kong International Airport
• Patrick H. Hagen Named General Manager of the Radisson SAS Halle-Merseburg
• The Homestead Names Julie Wooten Vice President of Human Resources
• Coastal Hotel Group Names Roger Brown General Manager of Chateau Avalon in Kansas City, Kansas

• Uncertainty of Adam's Mark Hotel in Charlotte Creates Concern for Hundreds of Hotel Workers and Dozens of Groups with Bookings
• LodgeNet, Lions Gate to Heat Up Cold Nights with First-run, High-Definition Movies in Hotel Guest Rooms
• Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring the 144-room Churchill Hotel in Washington, D.C. for $48.75 million; Appoints Crestline to Manage the Property as an Independent
• Hilton Reports 560 Hotels and 75,000 Rooms in its Development Pipeline, the Largest it Has Ever Been, as of September 30, 2005; Brand Development Highlights
• Kimpton Hotels Acquisition Fund Buys the Caleo Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona
• Vacation Ownership Resorts Adding High Value Amenities and Infrastructure; StayOnline Completes Installation in Six Hilton Grand Vacation Club Properties
• Atlanta Firm Selected to Provide Architecture and Interior Design Services for The Heldrich; Major Anchor to New Brunswick, N.J.’s Downtown Revitalization
• Merlot Communications and StayOnline Partner to Offer Cutting Edge Wired and Wireless Broadband Solutions to the Hospitality Market; Full-Scale Sales Initiative Throughout U.S. and Europe Targets Hoteliers Needing to Upgrade their Obsolete Broadband Services
• Sunterra Purchases the Misiones del Cabo Hotel and Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
• George Steinbrenner's Ramada Inn And Conference Center in Ocala, Florida Sold for $4.45 million
• Giorgio Armani Tours the Armani Hotel Site at the Burj Dubai; Hotel Will bring to Life the Armani Philosophy of Style and Design
• Don Johnson, President & CEO of Vagabond Franchise System, Inc. Inducted Into the California Hotel & Lodging Association Hall of Fame
• Warnick & Company Sells Resort Suites Scottsdale
• Richard Staley Appointed General Manager of the Celebration Hotel, a Kessler Collection Property, in Celebration, Florida
• HSMAI to Honor Peggy R. Bendel with the Grice Award and Barry S. Sternlicht with the Koehl Award
• Norman Rafelson Appointed General Manager of The Regent Shanghai

• Sceptre Hospitality Switches to SynXis to Drive Their Distribution; SC chain code now on the RedX Distribution Management System
• Pinehurst Resort Sporting World-Class Digital TV; Leading Digital Services Provider Tapped To Provide Wide Range of In-Room Content And Services For Discriminating Guests At Premier North Carolina Golf Resort
• 64 Do’s and Don’ts of Hotel Technology /  #1 Do understand that when buying technology for your hotel you start a journey that has no destination, #2 Don’t go to the expense of placing a plasma TV in the room, if it cannot be seen when working at the desk...more
• Tarsadia Hotels and Hard Rock Hotels International Developing 420 room Hard Rock Hotel in the Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego; All Rooms Being Offered as Condos
• Westin's Smoke-free Policy Expected to Spread, Over Time, to All Brands in the Lodging Industry
• Hotel Construction Poised to Escalate in Anchorage; Occupancy Rose in 2005, Encouraging Lenders to Move Ahead
• The 350-room luxury Hyatt Regency Curacao Breaks Ground, Part of the $104 million Santa Barbara Plantation Project
• Scott Berman Replacing Bjorn Hanson as Leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers US Hospitality & Leisure Advisory Practice; Hanson to Focus on Research
• Raymond Johnston, Owner of the Best Western Las Brisas in Palm Springs, Named Chairman of the Best Western Board of Directors
• Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo Opens On the Top Nine Floors of the Cesar Pelli-designed Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower
• Five Prominent Hotels in Santa Barbara Receiving Multi-millions in Renovations
• The Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas Expands as High-end Rivalry Heats Up
• Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairman and CEO of Carlson Companies Honored for Her Contributions in Fostering Free Trade Between Sweden and the United States
• Accor Awarded the Management Contract for 388 room Novotel Interhill Kuching in Sarawak, East Malaysia

• Effective January 2006, all 77 Westin Hotels in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean Will go 100% Smoke-free In All Guestrooms and Public Areas
• Opening a New Hotel? Announcing a Renovation? Here are 10 Surefire Ways to Get the Publicity You Need to Get Heads in Beds
• Remington to Develop and Manage 530-Room Las Montanas Resort Hotel & Spa in Indian Wells, California
• St Louis Hotel Developer Donald Breckenridge Dies; Once Owned 22 Ramada Hotels
• Katikies in Santorini, Greece Named Hotel of the Year by Small Luxury Hotels of the World
• HEI Hospitality Acquires the 250-room Sheraton Hotel at the Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida from Starwood for $31.95 million
• The British Travel Industry Developing New Scheme to Clarify Lodging Product Standards; Uniting the Ratings
• The Carlisle Corp. Planning a Luxury Hotel/Condo Where Beale Street Meets Riverside Drive in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee
• The Providence Group forms Villa Consultants International
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Promotes Keith Clampet to EVP, Hotel Operations
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 30 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• TravelCLICK Distribution Management Solution Supports Multiple Pricing Layers Across Major Distribution Models
• InnLink Names Hertz Vendor of Choice For Car Rental Services
• James Courtney Appointed General Manager of the 381-room Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown in Utah

• Fairmont To Manage a 126-unit Fairmont Residence Club in Indian Wells, California at Miles Avenue and State Highway 111
• The Jamul Indian Village Ready to Break Ground on 30-story Tribal Government Casino Resort on Reservation Land 19 miles East of Downtown San Diego
• Construction Resumes at the 350 room Hotel Marina El Cid in the Riviera Maya; Minimal Hurricane Damage to the $40 million Resort Now Set to Open in February 2006
• Harrah's Hopes its Three International Projects (Bahamas, Slovenia and Spain) Will Play a Role in Showing the Singapore Government its Commitment to International Development
• Japanese Investigation Alleges 22 Hotels Recently Built in Japan Are Not Up to Earthquake Standards
• American Liberty Hospitality Opens 182 room Hilton Garden Inn in Houston's Galleria Area
• Peppermill Casinos, Inc. Selects DataMagine™ by Agilysys, Inc.
• Greg Champion Appointed General Manager of LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, Naples, Florida
• Stephanie Mehail Named Hotel Manager for the Langham Hotel, Boston
• The First TWELVE Hotel Planning Many High-technology Options

• New Jersey's Meadowlands Wants to Compete with NYC for Visitor Dollars - Planning New Hotels, Three Golf Courses, Monster Entertainment Center
• Columbia Sussex Developing 310 room Westin Resort on the Dutch Side of St. Maarten
• Metro Hospitality Partners Acquires the Former AstroVillage Hotel Complex in Houston; Will Renovate 700 rooms and 52,000 Sq Ft of Conference Space
• The Gaming Arm of Carl Icahn Acquires the 1,907 room Flamingo Laughlin for $170 million; New Name and Theme Included in Planned Renovation
• Senate Hospitality Group Obtains Financing for 203 room Westin Beale Street Hotel, Memphis
• Greek Hotels Among the Least Developed in Regard to Branding; Only 3.4% of the Country’s Hotels Have an Affiliation with a Greek or an International Brand
• MotorCity Casino Owner, Marian Ilitch, Starts Construction of 17-story, 400-room Luxury Hotel and Additional Gaming Space in Downtown Detroit
• The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Combines Frank Lloyd Wright's Unique Designs into 2,300 sq ft Suite
• Karmar, S.A. Opens the 74 room Crowne Plaza Asuncion in Paraguay
• PROS Joins the Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Adds 13 New Hotels Under four Brands in October 2005
• The Hotel Arthur Sapporo Reflagged Novotel Sapporo Following Major Refurbishment
• The International Hotel & Restaurant Association Elects New Board of Directors; Dieter Huckestein, Chairman & CEO, Conrad Hotels, Elected President

Top 25 Read Articles - November 2005

1. Six Hotels Added to AAA Five Diamond Winners for 2006; Complete List of 88 AAA Five Diamond Hotels and  62 AAA Five Diamond Restaurants
2. Host Marriott Acquiring 38 Luxury and Upscale Hotels from Starwood for Approximately $4.04 billion
3. The Best Hotel Sales Director I Ever Met / Neil Salerno
4. Hotels Are in the Drivers' Seats; Some Hotels Walking Away from Deals that Don't Meet their Pricing Demands
5. Revenue Management and Group Sales - The Partnership Not the Disconnect / Carol Verret
6. Four Months after Opening the $60 million Grand Hyatt DFW, Officials at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Want to Make Some Changes
7. New York City is Adding Nearly 5,000 New Hotel Rooms to its Current Inventory of 70,723 by the End of 2007
8. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / November 2005
9. An Affiliate of The Blackstone Group Acquiring La Quinta Corporation for Approximately $3.4 billion
10. Now Is The Time to Buy New Orleans Hotel / Stephen Rushmore
11. Ranking - Top Ten Worldwide Hotel Chains Growth 1995-2005
12. Sheraton Yankee Clipper Beach Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach One of Wilma’s Biggest Casualties
13. The Irvine Co. Selects a New Name - The Island Hotel Newport Beach;  Giving Up the Old Name (Four Seasons) Is Expensive and a Gamble
14. Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas Continues to Set Eccentric Standards for Suites, Amenities
15. Cendant Creates a Hotel Management Company to Oversee More than 20 Managed Wyndham Hotels; Greg Ade Named President
16. Connectivity! Connectivity! Connectivity!  Achieving "Really Real Time" Room Inventory Management / Craig W. Cooley
17. Downtown Chicago has 12 Hotel/Condominium Projects in the Works; A Grand Gamble Getting Under Way
18. AAA Five Diamond Lodgings;  Chain vs Independent / Harry Nobles & Cheryl Griggs
19. Four Seasons Reports a Loss of $11.4 million in the 3rd Qtr of 2005; Revenue Falls 17% / Hotel Operating Statistics
20. Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz Facing New Competition from Heavyweights - Google, Yahoo and AOL
21. Horst Schulze and the West Paces Hotel Group Taking Charge of the 42-year-old Carefree Resort and Villas near Scottsdale;  Bill Eider-Orley Named General Manager
22. The Breakers Resort Boosts Email Promotion Response 300% by Targeting Personal Interests with ZMail  / Resort Realizes 70% Repeat Business
23. The 209 room Holiday Inn Brentwood - Bel Air Receiving Multi-million dollar Renovation; Joie de Vivre Hospitality Will Manage The Iconic Property as the Hotel Angeleno
24. LXR Luxury Resorts Plans Refurbishment and Repositioning of the Rihga Royal Hotel in New York City and the Bel Age in West Hollywood
25. Nobody Asked Me, But…./ Stanley Turkel

November 30, 2005

• Oklahoma Publishing Co., Now the Sole Owner of The Broadmoor; Continues as a Tremendous Steward
• New Technology Helps Airlines Reduce Costs, Hoteliers Reach Airline Employees
• Owned by Goldman Sachs Group, the Wyndham Pittsburgh Airport Hotel Reflagged Marriott, Undergoing $10 million in Improvements
• DiamondRock Hospitality Company Acquiring the 486-room Orlando Airport Marriott Hotel for $70 million
• Harrah's Partners with El Reino to Develop a Caesars Resort in Spain; To Include  850-room Luxury Hotel, a 50,000-square-foot Casino, and a Forum Shops Retail Center
• Is Hotel Software and Technology Keeping Pace with the Hospitality Marketplace?
• Credit Card Processing Fees; Get Out the Magnifying Glass and Carefully Read the Entire Agreement
• Clinton Hotel & Spa Offers Kinky Mini Bar; Hotel Puts New Spin on Mini Bar
• The Opening of Five Hotels Will Double the Number of Rooms in Rancho Cucamonga, California
• Accor Adding Three Novotels and Two Mercure Hotels and the First  Accor Premiere Vacation Club in Indonesia
• John Payne to Be Named Harrah's Regional President for Atlantic City; Will Oversee Harrah's, Showboat, Caesars and Bally's
• Tecton Hospitality Contracted to Manage The Betsy Ross Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida
• Kevin Rupert Appointed Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for Cendant's Wyndham Brand
• Hersha Hospitality Trust Acquires 75% Interest in the 108-suite Marriott Residence Inn and 120-suite Marriott SpringHill Suites, Both in Williamsburg, Virginia
• Benchmark Launches National Literacy Initiative with Gift To New George & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Library
• Cendant Appoints April R. Urbine and Jeff Smith to Vice President Posts for Wyndham Worldwide 
• Robert Rycroft Named Corporate Controller for Broughton Hospitality Group
• Paul Manley Appointed to Pennsylvania State University’s School of Hospitality Management Technology Advisory Board

November 29, 2005

• Omni Parker House Reaches 150 Years of Age; Longest Continuously Running Hostelry in America
• Tom LaTour, CEO and Chairman of Kimpton Hotels, Named 2005 Industry Leader of the Year by Michigan State's School of Hospitality Business
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Spending $162 million for Three Hotels Located in San Diego, Washington, DC And Seattle
• Italian Fashion House Missoni Licenses Rezidor SAS Hospitality to Develop and Operate a Lifestyle Hotel Brand of the Same Name: Hotel Missoni
• Dick Doumeng, Owner of Bolongo Bay Beach Resort on St. Thomas, Presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by The U.S. Virgin Islands Hotel & Tourism Association
• InterContinental Hotels Group's Americas Region Details Franchise and Management Growth Strategies
• Harrah's and Slovenia Casino Operator, Hit Group, Planning Joint Venture to Develop Luxury Resort Adjacent to Border with Italy
• First-ever Caribbean Hotel Sales and Marketing Strategy Conference Agenda Set for Dec 1-2, 2005, Miami
• GatlinburgHotel.com to Be Auctioned
• New Strategic Alliance for ICE Portal Prelude to Global E-marketing Network
• Stromberg Aligns with UniFocus to Create a Single-Source, End-to-End Time, Work Force Management Solution for the Hospitality Industry
• Jaumé Tapies Elected President of the Relais & Châteaux, Outgoing President, Régis Bulot Served for 18 years
• HEI Hospitality Names Russell Urban SVP Development; Will Seek Development Opportunities for Premium-branded Hotels
• Timothy O’Driscoll Appointed General Manager For Sheraton Dongguan Hotel
• Patti Hess Martin Named General Manager of ResortQuest Hilton Head in South Carolina
• Benchmark Appoints Tom Murray Conference Center Manager at Downtown Conference Center, Manhattan

November 28, 2005

• Downtown Chicago has 12 Hotel/Condominium Projects in the Works; A Grand Gamble Getting Under Way
• Nobody Asked Me, But…. / Stanley Turkel
• The Riots in the French Suburbs: A Limited Impact on Hotel Activity
• Horst Schulze and the West Paces Hotel Group Taking Charge of the 42-year-old Carefree Resort and Villas near Scottsdale; Bill Eider-Orley Named General Manager
• Hotels Are in the Drivers' Seats; Some Hotels Walking Away from Deals that Don't Meet their Pricing Demands
• Hyatt's Management Takeover of Jacksonville, Florida's Largest Hotel Becoming a Major Factor in Jacksonville's Convention Business
• Great Wolf Resorts Inc. Subject of a Class-action Securities Fraud Suit
• Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau Reiterates Importance of Expansion of PA Convention Center at Annual Meeting
• Hong Kong Disneyland Reaches 100 Day Milestone
• Ontario, California Convention & Visitors Bureau Delivers $34M in Economic Impact in Last Fiscal Term
• Determining a Return on Investment for Your Quality Assurance Program / John R Hendrie
• Four Pillars Are the Latest Group to Sign with Visual One System
• Crescent Hospitality Corporation Signs Agreement to Operate the Lodge at Cedar Creek, Near Wausau, Wisconsin
• Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Selling Eight Residence Inns to Schuylkill, LLC for $102 million
• John Q. Hammons Developing a 280-suite Embassy Suites Hotel and Adjoining 80,000 Sq Ft Conference Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
• Saraya Aqaba Real Estate Development Signs Starwood to Operate Two Luxury Hotels at the Beachfront Luxury Sestination 'Saraya Aqaba' in Jordan
• Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts in the UK Appoints Key Executives

November 23, 2005

• Bali, a Precious Indonesian Tourism Asset, Takes Another Hit; First Update on Hotel Performance in Bali Since the October, 2005 Attacks
• Increased Average Rates and Improved Occupancy Continue Through First 9 Months of 2005 for European Hotel Industry; Business and Leisure Tourists Have Adapted to the Uncertain Environment
• Market Metrix Examines How Countries, Hotel Brands, and Guests Differ Across the Global Hotel Industry
• Hoteliers Representing 200 Independent Luxury Hotels from 45 Countries Gather at Small Luxury Hotels of the World Conference; a Platform for the Exchange of Ideas to Ensure that the Brand Remains Dynamic
• Cendant Adds Wyndham Reservations and Customer Service Calls to the Aberdeen, South Dakota Call Center
• Golden Nugget, One of Las Vegas's Most Famous Brand Names, May Put a Casino Property in Biloxi

• Leading Tech Vendors Drive Sales with Online PR / Softscribe Adds Online PR Product to Fuel Technology Clients’ Sales Growth; Debuts New Website
• Hotel Web Site Priorities –Some Do’s, Don’ts; Why the Heck Did You Do That? / Neil Salerno
• “Internet Content and Visibility” Becoming More of a Factor than Actual Roadside Visibility / Craig W Cooley
• Fairmont Will Assume Management Responsibilities of the The Plaza Hotel and Condo Hotel when Renovation Completed in Early 2007
• 2006 Budget Planning; Making the Case to Spend Money on Customer Service Training / Don Farrell
• UniFocus Announces New Business Acquisitions; 32 New Properties Added as Business Partners in the Past Three Months
• New Equity Partners Being Sought for 1,100 room Los Angeles Convention Center Hotel
• Market Metrix Announces Third Quarter 2005 Hospitality Index Results; W Hotels Ranked Number One in Hotel Customer Satisfaction
• Rocco Forte Hotels Creating a 101 room Hotel at Prague's St Thomas Monastery, which Dates to the 1400s
• Tim Laib Appointed Chairman of the Oregon Lodging Association for 2005 – 2006
• InterContinental New Orleans seeking a  Senior Sales Manager – for the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia Markets. Requires experience at senior level as a sales manager with expertise in the association market

• New York City Adding Nearly 5,000 New Hotel Rooms to Current Inventory of 70,723 by the End of 2007
• Kor Hotel Group Acquires and Now Managing the 110 room Campton Place Hotel, San Francisco
• Is eLearning On Your Hotel's Training Menu? / Robert Duprey
• The Casa Munras Garden Hotel in Monterey, California Acquired by Larkspur Hospitality
• AAA Five Diamond Lodgings; Chain vs Independent
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 38 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Pearl Investments Acquires the Clarion Hotel in Downtown Fort Worth; Will Re-Flag with the InterContinental Hotels Brand, Hotel Indigo
• The $415 million Puerto Rico Convention Center Opens; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Seeks to Broaden the Island's Tourism Industry with Increased Group Business
• Time-share Tycoon David Siegel Not Maintaining Grenelefe Golf and Tennis Resort; Will Never Be the Grenelefe of Old
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Acquisition Financing for Purchase of Hilton Salt Lake City Airport
• Remington Hotel Corporation installs EzRMS Internet Product Suite at the Jacksonville Sea Turtle Inn
• The Choice Hotels Owners Council Elects Officers for 2006
• The Sheraton Brand to Fly on Golf Resort in Cork, Ireland and on the Presidente Hotel in San Salvador, El Salvador
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Brent Haste Controller at The Founders Inn
• Director of Human Resources sought for the 479 room InterContinental New Orleans. Requires Bachelors in Human Resources or related field and five years experience, preferably in the service industry
• The Fairmont Hotel Chicago is seeking a Director of Rooms. This Executive Committee position requires a minimum 2-3 years in a senior leadership role, a degree in Hospitality Management or a related discipline

• Connectivity! Connectivity! Connectivity! Achieving "Really Real Time" Room Inventory Management / Craig W Cooley
• While the Number of Americans Using the Internet Appears to have Reached a Plateau, Those Who Plan and Book Trips or Vacations Online Continues to Climb Rapidly / TIA Survey
• Harrah's Atlantic City May Receive $550 million Expansion, New 964-room Hotel Tower
• Foxwoods Resort Casino Starts $700 million Expansion; Wants to Attract More Conventions, Trade Shows
• Waterford Hotel Group, Inc. Appointed as Manager of the Doubletree Hotel Bradley International Airport
• Benchmark Hospitality Opens the 265 suite Hotel Contessa in San Antonio
• JMA Ventures, LLC and Fairmont Hotels Developing Private Residence Club In San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square
• Web Marketing Association Awards Blue Square Studios for its Excellence in Hospitality E-Marketing
• Vagabond Franchise System Reduces Royalty Fee for Existing Franchisees
• Sharon A. Liggett Named President and CEO of the Tallahassee Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Hayes Reid Development Group Inc. Opens Second Condo Hotel in the Orlando-Disney area -  The Palms Suites Lakeside
• InterContinental New Orleans seeks a Front Office Manager. Responsible for day to day operations of the Front Desk, Bell Services, Guest Relations and Concierge

• Napa Valley’s Carneros Inn Runs Rustic Elegance Securely and Efficiently with The Concierge Assistant Software
• The 80-room Bulfinch Hotel in Downtown Boston Acquired for $19.6 million by Innkeepers USA Trust
• Developer Paul Freeman Planning 150 room St. Regis Hotel in Atlanta's Buckhead Area, Will Include 50 St. Regis Residences
• Wilderness Resort LLC Proposing a $100 million 264-room Water Park Resort in Sevierville, Tennessee
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Planning Fractional Ownership Properties in Miami Beach and San Francisco
• Domina Hotel Group and Al Hamad Construction & Development Co.Building the 340 room Domina Bahrain Hotel & Towers
• Behringer Harvard Investments Starts a $15 million Redevelopment of the Lakeway Resort and Spa on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas
• A Prescriptive for Destination Marketing / John R Hendrie
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Launches New Website; Resource is One-Stop Shop for Hoteliers Interested in Mobile, Automated Asset Management, Preventive Maintenance Solutions
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Opens New Headquarters Office in Philadelphia
• Kinseth Hospitality Companies and Dial Realty Corp Start Construction on a 119-unit Hilton Garden Inn in Omaha
• Agilysys, Inc. Introduces Enhanced Version of the DataMagine™ Document Management Solution
• Pegasus Solutions Offers Independent Hotels Enhanced Services to Grow and Manage their Distribution
• Accor Appoints Four GMs at Hotels in Thailand and Vietnam
• Donato (Don) G. Corbosiero Named General Manager of the Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California
• Cindy Reed Named Corporate Director of Sales for Rolling Oaks Hospitality

• The Best Hotel Sales Director I Ever Met / Neil Salerno
• Radisson Hotels & Resorts to Provide Complimentary High-speed Internet Access in All Hotel Guestrooms in the Americas
• Morgan Stanley's Prime Property Fund Acquires New York Marriott East Side for $287 Million
• KPMG Golf Course Development Cost Survey in the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region  From North Cape to Cape Town
• The 5th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Will Delve into Emerging Trends in Internet Marketing; Agenda Set
• The Biloxi Casino Market May Belong to Just Two Properties for the First Half of 2006, the Imperial Palace and the Isle of Capri
• From the Inside, Harrah's New Orleans Looks As if it Could Open Immediately However, Harrah's Needs the City to Progress with its Recovery Before it Can Welcome Back Gamblers
• E-site Marketing and Travelocity Launch Customized Application of RSS Technology
• Fourteen Hotels Remain as Plaintiffs in Erie, Pennsylvania Lawsuit Alleging Hotel Room Tax is Unconstitutional
• The Westin Phiippine Plaza Hotel Receiving Major Renovation before Rebranding to Sofitel Philippine Plaza
• Pegasus Solutions Introduces Stand-Alone Voice Reservation Services for Hotels, Chains and Groups
• Several Local Hotel Associations in Florida Form Coalition to Promote the Interests of Lodging Businesses in the State of Florida
• Galileo International to Add Still and Rich Media Image Content from VFM Interactive
• The Wisconsin Innkeepers Association Names Officers and Directors for 2006; Lola Roeh, GM of the Osthoff Resort, Named Chairman of the Board
• Gary K. Rosenberg, Former President & CEO for the Homestead Resort, Joins EMCO Hospitality, Inc.
• Rene Bruun and Stacey M. Aronson Named General Manager of the Courtyard and Residence Inn, Respectively, in Destin, Florida

November 14, 2005

• Six Hotels Added to AAA Five Diamond Winners for 2006; Complete list of 88 AAA Five Diamond Hotels and 62 AAA Five Diamond Restaurants
• Host Marriott Acquiring 38 Luxury and Upscale Hotels from Starwood; Stock and Cash Transaction Valued at Approximately $4.1 billion
• Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz Facing New Competition from Heavyweights - Google, Yahoo and AOL
• Nevada Casinos Keep Up Record Pace of Growth in September, 2005;  Third-ever billion-dollar Win
• The Majority of Online Travelers Rate Hotel Visuals Among Top Influencing Factors in Selecting a Hotel Online
• Shaner Hotel Group Selects Energy Eye™ to Control Rising Energy Costs,  Increase Guest Satisfaction
• HotelRooms.com Scores Record European Growth During First Six Months
• KoolConnect Acquires VOD Operations of  Entertainment Media & Telecom Corporation Ltd.
• Seven IH/M&RS Exhibitors Honored with Editors’ Choice Awards; iHome Wins The Kenneth F. Hine “Best of Show” Award
• New US Job Site Launches – HOTELScareers.com
• Managed Under the Westin Brand Since 1976, Owners of the Westin Philippine Plaza Plan to Discontinue the Westin Affiliation
• Jale Aksoy Named General Manager for the Four Points Hotel Washington, DC.
• Energy-Eye™ Expands Sales Effort; JP Parker to Drive West Coast Initiative
• The 396 room Wyndham Newark Airport Reglagged the Doubletree Hotel Newark Airport
• Larkspur Hospitality Completes $1 Million Renovation of the Former Candlewood Suites in Hillsboro, Oregon; Rebrands to Larkspur Landing, Home Suite Hotel
• Shilo Inns Completes a $1,000,000 Renovation to its Palm Springs Resort

• Property, Health, Terrorism Insurance Top Hotel Chain Worries / Sandi Cain
• Now Is The Time to Buy New Orleans Hotel / Stephen Rushmore
• LXR Luxury Resorts Plans Refurbishment and Repositioning of the Rihga Royal Hotel in New York City and the Bel Age in West Hollywood; Renaming The London NYC and The London LA Respectively
• The Related Group Developing the Viceroy Resorts and Residences on Miami's Brickell Avenue; Kor Hotel Group to Operate the 129 unit Luxury Hotel/Condo
• The Knights Inn Brand Offering Hotel Operators a Franchise Agreement with One-year Initial Window, Flexible Fee Structure
• Visual One Systems to Demonstrate True Browser-based PMS at New York Hotel Show “V1Net” is designed for limited service properties, chains, and multi-site management companies
• MTech, PAR Springer-Miller Systems Interface Improves Guest Service; New XML interface between MTech’s HotSOS and PAR Springer-Miller Systems SMS|Host property-management system makes guest satisfaction “automatic”
• America’s Fastest Growing Reader Board Service Experiencing Tremendous Growth, Available in Additional Markets Nationwide
• Following $5 million Renovation, the 327 room Holiday Inn Westport Rebranded the Doubletree Hotel St. Louis at Westport
• BookIt Teams Up with RateTiger to Strengthen Hotel Relationships
• James Perry Hired as CEO to Turn Around Donald Trump's Ailing Atlantic City Casinos
• Adaco Services, LLC, Announces New Installations and Upgrades
• Gene Meoni Named Director of Food and Beverage at The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia
• Charlie Dang Appointed as GM for Westin Beijing Financial Street

• SynXis Adds Live Tee Time Golf Packaging Capability through GolfHero Agreement Properties with or without a golf course can benefit from this new distribution channel
• ZDirect and IQWare Inc. Sign Agreement to Private-Label ZMail e-Marketing Sales System for IQWare Users / IQWare’s Email Tools from ZMail Leverage Guest Data for Increased Revenue
• Four Seasons Reports a Loss of $11.4 million in the 3rd Qtr of 2005; Revenue Falls 17% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Greg Matzel's $3 billion Development Plan for the Pocono Manor Inn & Golf Resort Includes Construction of a 750 room Hotel and Casino, Two Golf Courses
• Sam Nazarian’s SBE Entertainment Group Acquires the Le Meridien Hotel Beverly Hills; Plans to Redesign the 297 room Property
• A Timely Agenda of Issues and Trends Set for Caribbean Hotel Sales and Marketing Strategy Conference in Miami, Dec. 1-2, 2005

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• An Invitation from Eleven for a "Test Drive" / "The Possibilities are Wireless" Booth 3144
• Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Selects InfoGenesis for Hong Kong and Tokyo Hotels; Award-Winning Operator of Luxury Properties Chooses InfoGenesis to Complement Exceptional Customer Satisfaction

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• David Jonas, Harrah's President of 4 Atlantic City Casinos, Resigns Abruptly
• Hospitality PMS/CRS Software Developer Teams with National Hospitality IT Services Group to Provide Turn-Key National Implementation and Support Services
• Visual One Wins Contract for CI Traders Ltd (Hospitality) Guernsey
• Solis Hotels and Resorts Names Gregory Naylor Director of Sales & Marketing for 454 unit Solis Chicago Hotel and Condominiums
• At a Renovation Cost Exceeding $125,000 per room, the Former Marquis Prepares to Reopne as the Hotel Zoso in Downtown Palm Springs

• 40,000 Anticipated Visitors to IH/M&RS, NYC Nov 13-15 Hotels get to Sample the Best the Industry has to Offer - including Centralized PMS from Ramesys Hospitality
• An Affiliate of The Blackstone Group Acquiring La Quinta Corporation for Approximately $3.4 billion
• Hotel Interior Design Soothsaying / Patrick Goff
• The Most Pioneering Hotel Initiatives and the Most Successful Projects Honored at The 6th Annual Worldwide Hospitality Awards
• HEI Hospitality Acquires the 289-room Westin Philadelphia from Starwood for $89 million
• Maritz, Wolff On Verge of Selling The Fairmont at the Plaza, One of Kansas City's Most Elegant Hotels
• Brazil-based Atlantica Hotels International Has Five Executives with Educational Institute’s Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) Designation
• Wesley Hotel Group Converting eleven-story Nashville office tower to a 146-room Hotel Indigo
• Hoteliers.com Speeds Up Market Penetration by Connecting to RateTiger
• Hotel Performance Across Europe Has Improved Steadily During the First Nine Months of 2005 / Deloitte
• The Visitor Experience Is Impacted Before They Get to Your Door - the Value of Customer Service / John R Hendrie
• Summit Property Development Co. Opens the 511 room Regent Shanghai, Managed by Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific
• Two Augusta Hotels, Radisson Riverfront and the Country Suites by Carlson with a Combined 373 rooms, Will Operate Under a Single Brand Name, the Augusta Marriott Hotel & Suites
• Sandia Pueblo's 228-room Resort Hotel Adjacent to Sandia Casino Set to Open; Will Attract a Whole New Market to Albuquerque
• Kinseth Hospitality Companies and Partners Start Construction on a 97 unit Hampton Inn in Dubuque, Iowa
• Dakota Lodging & Entertainment, LLC Opens 93 room Quality Inn & Suites in Sioux Falls, SD

November 8, 2005

• 15 Hotels, Resorts and Conference Centers Install Maestro Enterprise in 3rd Quarter
• The Breakers Resort Boosts Email Promotion Response 300% by Targeting Personal Interests with ZMail
• Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / November 2005
• Baha Mar, Created by Sarkis Izmirlian, Attracts Joint Venture Partners;  Harrah's Will Operate 1,000-room Caesars Resort Hotel and Starwood Will Operate a 300-room W a 300-room St. Regis a 700-room Westin and a 700-room Sheraton
• Lodging Capital Partners, LLC. and Conrad Hotels Plan an Extensive Repositioning of the Former Le Meridien Chicago
• Wilma Won't Spoil South Florida's Pivotal Winter Tourism Season, Some Say...
• Developers of the 146-room Embassy Suites Hotel in La Quinta, California Teetering on the Brink of Bankruptcy

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• Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Selects InfoGenesis for Hong Kong and Tokyo Hotels; Award-Winning Operator of Luxury Properties Chooses InfoGenesis to Complement Exceptional Customer Satisfaction
• An Invitation from Eleven for a "Test Drive" / "The Possibilities are Wireless"

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• Starwood Selects ICE Portal To Deliver Internet Content
• SECURE-RES Introduces Enhanced E-mail Marketing Solution
• First HDTV, now nPVR – KoolConnect Again Raises the Bar for In- Room Entertainment
• A Record-breaking 769 Registrations at HFTP's 2005 Annual Convention & Tradeshow in Myrtle Beach, SC
• CSM Lodging's Marriott Minneapolis West Awarded Marriott’s Conversion of the Year
• The Landmark Resort, Myrtle Beach, Begins $3 million Renovation of 305 Guestrooms
• Owned by the City of Wichita, the 8 Year Old Hyatt Regency Wichita Getting a $3 million Facelift
• NYLO Hotels Appoints Patrick O'Neil Senior Vice President of Operations
• David J. Schneider Joins the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront as the Executive Chef

• Revenue Management and Group Sales - The Partnership Not the Disconnect / Carol Verret
• SynXis Appoints Industry Veteran as Vice President of Sales; David Meltzer, former Vice President for Car & Hotel Distribution for the Sabre Travel Network selected to lead the Global Sales Team at SynXis
• Former President of the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau Sentenced to 840 hours of Community Service, $10,000 in Restitution for Filing Bogus Expense Reports
• The 475 room Palm Springs Riviera Resort and Racquet Club Set to Change Ownership in January 2006; Future Uncertain for 338 Hotel Employees
• Time-share Companies and Developers Suddenly Sold on San Antonio; Six Projects Under Way
• Lodging Operators Who Navigated Disasters Including Hurricane Katrina Will  Share their Experiences at New IH/M&RS Session - “Management in Crisis”, November 12, 2005
• During the First Eight Months of 2005 Chinese Hotel Markets Have Witnessed Above Average revPAR Growth at 14.3%, with Beijing, Taipei and Hong Kong Reporting growth in Excess of 20%
• The Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers Undergoing $112 million Expansion; Will Grow from 832 rooms to Seattle's Largest at 1,253 rooms
• Cendant Creates a Hotel Management Company to Oversee more than 20 Managed Wyndham Hotels; Greg Ade Named President
• Record Hotel Profits Forecasted Amid Aftermath of Hurricanes
• Following Twelve Months of Restoration, One of Geneva's Legendary Landmarks Reopnes as the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva
• Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Seeking Hotel Sales Professionals For New Dallas Office
• BusinessJet Class Signs Agreement with Meridian Air Charter
• The Kapalua Land Company Ltd., Operators of the Kapalua Villas on Maui, to Install EzRMS Internet Product Suite …
• Gary Strobusch Is an Artist. His Canvas Is a Motel Room. He Now Has Plenty of Them to Work With
• Benchmark Appoints Scott D. Mumma Director of Sales & Marketing at North Maple Inn in Basking Ridge, New Jersey
• Tom Patrick and David Clausen Building a 54 unit AmericInn Lodge & Suites in Havre, Montana

• Detroit's Vacant Icon, the Book-Cadillac Hotel, Receiving $176 million Make-over; Will Re-open as the 455 room Westin Book-Cadillac with 66 Upper Floor Condominiums
• Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong Receiving $140 million Renovation; Designed to Ensure the 40 Year Old Property Maintains Position as One of the World’s Legendary Hotels
• The 209 room Holiday Inn Brentwood - Bel Air Receiving Multi-million dollar Renovation; Joie de Vivre Hospitality Will Manage The Iconic Property as the Hotel Angeleno
• Sol Melia Guarantees Jobs to its 1,679 Employees in Cancun and Cozumel
• City of Columbia (SC) Pledges $4.5 million Towards the Construction of a 222 room Hilton Hotel
• Driftwood Hospitality Completes $10-million Renovation of the Former Radisson Riverwalk Hotel Tampa; Reflagged as Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk
• California Out Paces Other States in Spending By Domestic and International Travelers; Top Ten Rankings
• Former Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow, Author of Controversial Book on U.S./Mexico Relations, To Keynote Conference on Resort Development in Mexico
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. Contracts with Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts to Manage Two Hotels on the Cotai Strip in Macao; the 500 room Shangri-La Hotel, Macao and the 1,000 room Traders Hotel, Macao
• Scott Krause, General Manager of the Heidel House Resort, Green Lake, Named 2005 Innkeeper of the Year by the Wisconsin Innkeepers Association
• Xanterra Parks & Resorts and the National Park Service Constructing New Restaurant Facility in Crater Lake National Park; A Model for Future National Park Buildings
• MSI, Pegasus Agree to Develop Interface Between PMS, CRS; Interface will include rate update and client file information that will allow hoteliers to manage rates and customer data from one system
• GEP Philly, a Philadelphia Destination Management Company, Named to the Philadelphia 100®
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Names Fredrik Korallus Executive Vice President of Revenue Generation
• David Klein Joins NYLO Hotels as General Counsel
• Noel E. Ferguson Promoted to La Quinta’s SVP of Human Resources
• Brian Kramer Named Hotel Manager of the Grand Hyatt New York

• Aimbridge Hospitality, Demands Quick Installation and Maximum Flexibility, Chooses Ramesys’ Entirety PMS
• The Irvine Co. Selects a New Name - The Island Hotel Newport Beach; Giving Up the Old Name (Four Seasons) Is Expensive and a Gamble
• Gaylord Hotels Signs Exclusive Negotiating Agreement to Develop a 1,500 to 2,000 room Hotel and Convention Facility on the Chula Vista, California Bay Front
• Sheraton Yankee Clipper Beach Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach One of Wilma’s Biggest Casualties
• Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Will Manage a New 400-room Luxury Hotel in MGM MIRAGE's Project CityCenter in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Barceló Hotels & Resorts Acquires the La Jolla de Mismaloya Hotel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for $31 million
• Four Months after Opening the $60 million Grand Hyatt DFW, Officials at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Want to Make Some Changes
• Accor North America To Enhance Online Presence of Sofitel and Novotel Brands; Selects VFM Interactive as Rich Media Services Provider
• Pineapple Hospitality Is Now the Exclusive U.S. Supplier of Environmentally Sensitive Amenities™
• The Scottsdale Plaza Resort Selects Passkey to Optimize Group Reservations for its Meeting Planners
• Starwood Opens the 337 room Westin Bellevue
• HEI Hospitality Acquires the 333-suite Embassy Suites Orlando—Lake Buena Vista Resort in Orlando, Fla., From Strategic Hotel Capital for $56 million
• Great Wolf Resorts Reports 3rd Qtr Net Income $7.2 million; Records $9.1 million Gain on Sale of 77 Condominiums at Wisconsin Dells Resort / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Reports 3rd Qtr Net Income of $5.4 million Compared to a Net Loss of $300,000 a Year Earlier;  ADR Up 8.6%, Occupancy Up 2.0% to 75.6% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Top Flight Development Group Planning a Destination Resort in Lithonia, Georgia; 400 Hotel rooms, Indoor Waterpark
• Three Benchmark Hospitality Chefs Preparing Holiday Dinner at James Beard House in New York
• OHANA Hotels & Resorts Announces Key Management Moves
• Larkspur Names Jean-Pierre Alotte General Manager at The Lodge at Tiburon
• Sun Bee Named Director of Sales & Marketing and Dennis Maher, Director of Facility Operations at Outrigger’s Embassy Suites Hotel-Waikiki Beach Walk

• More Than $5 Million in Group Business Booked at RGH Hospitality Marketing’s Private Meetings Summit
• Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas Continues to Set Eccentric Standards for Suites, Amenities
• Fractional Ownership and Hotel Condos an Integral Part of Strategic Hotel Capital's Redevelopment Plans for Chicago's Intercontinental and Fairmont Hotels
• The 253-room L'Habitation de Lonvilliers Resort (formerly the Le Meridien) Acquired by Carlson Hotels Worldwide; Planning Total Transformation to the Radisson St. Martin Resort and Spa
• Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. Acquiring a 45% Interest in the Hotel del Coronado, San Diego; KSL Resorts will Continue to Manage
• Exploring Flexibility; The Kitchen Evolution / Lee Simon
• Northland Investment Corporation Acquires the The Historic Goodwin Hotel in Downtown Hartford, Connecticut
• Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring the 294-room Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village for $53.5 million
• The 319-room Continental Inn in Lexington, Kentucky Auctioned for $3 million
• Orange Lake Resort & Country Club in Kissimmee Building a 27,000 sq ft Waterpark, More Villas
• Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa Sets New Resort Standard in South Africa; the Most Environmentally Aware Development in the World
• Shell Vacations Systems Launches Sales At Franchisee Resorts
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Offers 10 Preventive Maintenance Suggestions to Cut Energy Consumption, Increase Profitability
• Sabre Travel Network and TravelCLICK Launch Enhancement to Hotel Spotlight; New Precision Path Analytical Tool Now Available
• Five Meetings and Conventions Scheduled forNew Orleans Have Relocated to Denver
• Brian Hardy Named General Manager and Nerissa Hopkin Named Deputy General Manager at Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada
• Paul Gleason and Theresa Gramlich Named to Director of Sales & Marketing Positions at Dow Hotel Company Properties

1. Here's a Conversation I Had Recently with a Front Desk Clerk at a 3 1/2 Star, Internationally Branded Hotel / Barry Williams
2. The Best Hotel General Manager I Ever Met How Do You Measure-up? / Neil Salerno
3. The 2006 Mobil Five-Stars Awarded to 32 Hotels and 14 Restaurants;  Also 119 Hotels and 140 Restaurants Win Four-Star Award
4. Top Resorts, Top Hotels - Results of the 2005 Conde Nast Traveler
5. Hotel Waterpark Resorts Construction Report 2005; 52 Are Under Construction or Will Break Ground in 2005 / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
6. Destination "Damage Control" Starts with that Single Visitor Complaint / John R. Hendrie
7. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What  / October 2005
8. Ranking - Top Ten Worldwide  - Hotel Chains Growth 1995-2005 / MKG
9. Cendant Corp.Splitting Itself into Four Separate Public Companies -  The Cendant Name Will be Retired; Stephen Holmes Will Head the Hotel and Timeshare Spinoff
10. What Does a Hotel Franchise Cost? / Stephen Rushmore
11. Hotel Spas - The New Recreational Vehicle For Hotel Profits / Andrea Foster and Robert Mandelbaum
12. The Future Hospitality Professional / Steven Ferry
13. Hotel Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2005 23 New Hotel Waterparks Open,  52 Under Construction / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
14. Five Keys to Successful Condo Hotel Regimes / Jim Butler
15. Westin Develops Concept Suite at the Westin New York at Times Square;  Some Elements of the $2,000 a Night Suite Will be Rolled Out  to Westin Hotels Around the World
16. Two Men Suing Marriott International, Alleging the Company Discriminates Against Disabled People by Refusing to Provide Specially Equipped Golf Carts
17. Consortia-Corporate-Group Best Available Rate (BAR): Good or Bad for Hotels? / Caryl Helsel
18. What’s your eMarketing Proficiency?  Using Electronic Marketing Tools / Neil Salerno
19. Where Dining Is Headed: Five Trends Uncomplicated, Straight from the Garden & Sea,  Inexpensive, Exploding with Flavor