Top 25 Read Articles - December
2005
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My
Experience Applying for a Hotel Job - A Real Eye Opener / Barry Williams,
December
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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
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Hotels
Increase Amenities for Guests as Room Rates Rise; Some Amenities
Are New to the Industry
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64
Do�s and Don�ts of Hotel Technology / Terence Ronson
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The
Condo Hotel Boom - What Does it Mean for the Hotel Industry / The Global
Hospitality Advisor
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Outlook
2006: A Roundtable Discussion - Hotel Industry Fundamentals / Global
Hospitality Advisor
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Top
50 Destinations for New Year's Eve 2005
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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
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Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / December 2005
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Online
Hotel Rating Sites Driving Anxiety into the Hearts of Many Hotel Managers
/ Neil Salerno
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Uncertainty
of Adam's Mark hotel in Charlotte Creates Concern for Hundreds of Hotel
Workers and Dozens of Groups with Bookings
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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
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Top
Ten Global Issues and Challenges In the Hospitality Industry for 2006 /
ISHC
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Michael
O. Smith, GM of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Stood Tall in the Chaos
All Around Him
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The
Greenbrier Undergoing Large Turnover of High-ranking Executives; General
Manager Jack Damioli Leaving After 22 Years
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As
Las Vegas Booms, Some Dealt a Losing Hand
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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
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Tennis
Icons Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf Developing a Fairmont Hotel at Tamarack
Resort in Idaho
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Enthusiasm
Spreads for Condo Hotels; Top Questions Consumers Are Asking Before Buying
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Ian
Schrager and Partner Aby Rosen Acquire Three Riande Continental Hotels
in Florida
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Life
is full of Surprises and Uncertainties for Shirley Brown, Former Front
Office Supervisor at the Shuttered Adam's Mark Hotel in Charlotte
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It
Takes a Village to Build a Hotel - Denver's New Hyatt Regency Hotel at
the Colorado Convention Center
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Nobody
Asked Me, But�. / Stanley Turkel
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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
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Westin's
Smoke-free Policy Expected to Spread, Over Time, to All Brands in the Lodging
Industry
December 29, 2005
December 28, 2005
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U.S.
Hilton Hotels Corp Acquiring British Namesake, Hilton Group Plc, for $5.7
billion; Deal Reunites the Hilton Brand After 40 Years
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The
$200 million Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel Opens; 604 room Hotel Expected
to Redefine Downtown Niagara Falls
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Owners
of the 246 room Quality Inn Dallas Market Center Called the 'Best-Organized
Katrina Relief Organization in Dallas'
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Five
Companies Vying for Two Casino Licenses in Philadelphia; Foxwoods, Pinnacle,
Donald J. Trump, Planet Hollywood, and Sugar House Gaming
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Hilton
Hotel Corp Sells the 600 room Anchorage Hilton for $65 million
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St.
Regis Hotel, Shanghai Named One of the Best Companies to Work For in China
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InterContinental
Hotels Group, Continental Development Corporation and Hampshire Properties
Commence Construction on the 550 room InterContinental San Francisco
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Chicago
Loop Landmark, the 107-year-old Berghoff Restaurant, Closing
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BayStar
Hotel Group Appoints Robert L. Frobish General Manager of the Holiday Inn
Express � Lake Buena Vista
December 27, 2005
December 21, 2005
December 20, 2005
December 19, 2005
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Michael
O. Smith, GM of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Stood Tall in the Chaos
All Around Him
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The
Condo Hotel Boom � What Does it Mean for the Hotel Industry / Global Hospitality
Advisor
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The
Adam's Mark in Charlotte Converting from a 613-room Hotel to a 308-room
Boutique
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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
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Mexico
Developers DINE and Ideurban Joint Venture with Starwood to Build a St.
Regis Resort in Punta Mita, Mexico
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Turnberry
Associates Signs Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. to Long Term Management
Contract for The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club
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Westmead
Business Group Limited and Century Casinos, Inc. Plan to Develop The Aerodrome
Hotel in Croydon, UK into a Mid-size Casino Destination
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Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 67 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
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Pegasus
Solutions, Inc. to be Acquired by an Equity Group Led by Prides Capital
Partners, LLC for Approximately $275 million
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Signature
by VingCard Designers� Collection Offers Exclusive Designer Handles Through
Partnership with Valli&Valli
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Small
Luxury Hotels of the World Adds 59 New Member Hotels in 2005
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Imperial
Palace Hotel & Casino Reopens as Biloxi's Big Player: Heavy Renovations
Yields a New Name - IP
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Paul
Tunakan Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for the Omaha Marriott
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Naveen
P. Kakarla Named Vice President with Hersha Hospitality Management, Overseeing
Finance, IT, Human Resources
December 16, 2005
December 15, 2005
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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
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Fairmont's
Board of Directors Forms Special Committee to Advise the Board on the Partial
Take-over Bid by Affiliates of Carl Icahn
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The
743-room Lady Luck in Downtown Las Vegas Closing for a Year Long Remodeling;
Permanently Lays off 684 Workers
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ROI
for Online Advertising Touted at HSMAI Travel Internet Marketing Strategy
Conference
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Courtyard
by Marriott Reaches 100,000-Room Milestone With Opening of 218-Room Hotel
in Moscow, Russia
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Hasu
P. Shah to Retire as Hersha Hospitality Trust's Chief Executive Officer;
Jay H. Shah Promoted to Chief Executive Officer
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eRevMax
and IDeaS Integrate their Systems to Better Serve their Common Clients;
RateTiger Shopper Data Now Accessible Within IDeaS Revenue Optimization
Solution
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Caterer
and Hotelkeeper Names John Stauss, Regional Vice President & General
Manager Four Seasons Hotel London, the 2005 Hotelier of the Year
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Perry
Sorenson Retiring After 15 Years as EVP and COO of Outrigger Hotels &
Resorts; Barry Wallace Promoted to EVP of Hospitality Services
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E.
Robert Roskind Joins Crescent Hospitality Corporation as Chairman; Will
Lead the Hotel Management Company into Hotel Ownership
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VingCard
�Signature� and Elsafe Chosen Preferred Security Solutions for Courtyard
by Marriott in Europe
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HK
PolyU hosts International Convention & Expo Summit, 7-9 February 2006
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Colm
O'Callaghan, the No. 2 Executive at the Peninsula Chicago, Will Head
Efforts to Transform the Le Meridien Chicago into a Conrad
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Tom
Pugh, GM of Chattanooga's Marriott, Elected President of the Greater Chattanooga
Lodging Association
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Panorama
Hospitality K.K. Re-branding the Hotel Sunflower Sapporo as a Ramada®
Hotel
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InterContinental
Hotels Group Honors Asia Pacific's Top Performing Hotels and People
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Ryan
Companies US, Inc. Open the 136 room Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown, Located
at the Midtown Exchange
December 14, 2005
December 13, 2005
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Ramesys
Holdings to Integrate and Re-brand as RedSky IT
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Interactive
Sites Becomes Google Success Story
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Wynn
Resorts Ltd. Withdraws from Bidding for Gaming Resort Site in Singapore;
Company's Development Plate Full with Macau and Wynn Las Vegas Expansion
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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
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Albuquerque
Has More Weaknesses then Strengths as a Tourism Destination
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As
Las Vegas Booms, Some Dealt a Losing Hand
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WW
Group Holdings, Inc. Plans to Develop a 210-room Hyatt Regency and Condominium
Building in Historic Brunswick, Georgia
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IFA
Hotels & Resorts Signs Fairmont to Manage Planned $250 million Golf/Spa
Resort in South Africa's Province of KwaZulu- Natal
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Hard
Rock Cafe International and Sol Melia Renovating the Historic Gran Hotel
Reina Victoria to a Madrid Destination Hotel
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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
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Arlington
Hospitality Receives Court Approval for Sale of Substantially All Assets
to Sunburst Hotel Holding, Inc. for Approximately $32.4 million
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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
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J&T
Global Signs Starwood's Newly Acquired Brand Le Meridien to Manage Planned
Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic
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Greg
Brown Named General Manager of the Hilton Boston Back Bay
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Mark
Lesser Appointed General Manager of the Historic 202 room Eastland Park
Hotel in Portland, Maine
December 12, 2005
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Outlook
2006: A Roundtable Discussion / Hotel Industry Fundamentals�Where have
we been? Where are we going? / Global Hospitality Advisor
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Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Selects Lodgenet for Next Generation Interactive Television
Services; Starwood Enhances Guest Experience With sigNETure HDTVSM
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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
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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
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At
Age 80, Billings Entreprenuer Building His First Hotel - a $ 6 million
La Quinta Inn
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Eight
of Twelve Atlantic City Casinos Post Revenue Growth in November 2005
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Gift
of the Year: Pineapple Hospitality�s Energy $aving Trifecta
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The
Leading Hotel Schools of the World Launches International Leadership Series
in the U.S.
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Hunter
H. Hansen Named Managing Director, The Registry Resort & Club and Edgewater
Beach Hotel & Club, Both in Naples, Florida
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The
Former Delta Whistler Resort Reopens as the Hilton Whistler Resort and
Spa
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Bill
Croke Named Executive Vice President of Operations for Great Wolf Resorts,
Inc.
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Adaco
Services Software Processes $2 billion-plus in Hotel Purchases Worldwide
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Crowne
Plaza West Palm Beach, Closed Due to Hurricane Damage, Reopens Following
$30 million Renovation
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Hamister
Hospitality Purchases Sleep Inn and Suites in Lebanon, Tennessee
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Diamond
Houston 1 LLP Opens 122-Suite Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn in the West
Houston-Energy Corridor
December 9, 2005
December 7, 2005
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Uncertainty
of Adam's Mark Hotel in Charlotte Creates Concern for Hundreds of Hotel
Workers and Dozens of Groups with Bookings
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LodgeNet,
Lions Gate to Heat Up Cold Nights with First-run, High-Definition Movies
in Hotel Guest Rooms
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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
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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
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Kimpton
Hotels Acquisition Fund Buys the Caleo Resort & Spa in Scottsdale,
Arizona
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Vacation
Ownership Resorts Adding High Value Amenities and Infrastructure; StayOnline
Completes Installation in Six Hilton Grand Vacation Club Properties
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Atlanta
Firm Selected to Provide Architecture and Interior Design Services for
The Heldrich; Major Anchor to New Brunswick, N.J.�s Downtown Revitalization
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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
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Sunterra
Purchases the Misiones del Cabo Hotel and Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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George
Steinbrenner's Ramada Inn And Conference Center in Ocala, Florida Sold
for $4.45 million
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Giorgio
Armani Tours the Armani Hotel Site at the Burj Dubai; Hotel Will bring
to Life the Armani Philosophy of Style and Design
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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
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Richard
Staley Appointed General Manager of the Celebration Hotel, a Kessler Collection
Property, in Celebration, Florida
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HSMAI
to Honor Peggy R. Bendel with the Grice Award and Barry S. Sternlicht with
the Koehl Award
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Norman
Rafelson Appointed General Manager of The Regent Shanghai
December 6, 2005
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Sceptre
Hospitality Switches to SynXis to Drive Their Distribution; SC chain code
now on the RedX Distribution Management System
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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
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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
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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
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Westin's
Smoke-free Policy Expected to Spread, Over Time, to All Brands in the Lodging
Industry
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Hotel
Construction Poised to Escalate in Anchorage; Occupancy Rose in 2005, Encouraging
Lenders to Move Ahead
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The
350-room luxury Hyatt Regency Curacao Breaks Ground, Part of the $104 million
Santa Barbara Plantation Project
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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
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Five
Prominent Hotels in Santa Barbara Receiving Multi-millions in Renovations
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The
Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas Expands as High-end
Rivalry Heats Up
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Marilyn
Carlson Nelson, Chairman and CEO of Carlson Companies Honored for Her Contributions
in Fostering Free Trade Between Sweden and the United States
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Accor
Awarded the Management Contract for 388 room Novotel Interhill Kuching
in Sarawak, East Malaysia
December 5, 2005
December 2, 2005
December 1, 2005
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New
Jersey's Meadowlands Wants to Compete with NYC for Visitor Dollars - Planning
New Hotels, Three Golf Courses, Monster Entertainment Center
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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
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Senate
Hospitality Group Obtains Financing for 203 room Westin Beale Street Hotel,
Memphis
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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
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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
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PROS
Joins the Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association
-
Carlson
Hotels Worldwide Adds 13 New Hotels Under four Brands in October 2005
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The
Hotel Arthur Sapporo Reflagged Novotel Sapporo Following Major Refurbishment
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The
International Hotel & Restaurant Association Elects New Board of Directors;
Dieter Huckestein, Chairman & CEO, Conrad Hotels, Elected President
Top 25 Read Articles - November
2005
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Six
Hotels Added to AAA Five Diamond Winners for 2006; Complete List of 88
AAA Five Diamond Hotels and 62 AAA Five Diamond Restaurants
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Host
Marriott Acquiring 38 Luxury and Upscale Hotels from Starwood for Approximately
$4.04 billion
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The
Best Hotel Sales Director I Ever Met / Neil Salerno
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Hotels
Are in the Drivers' Seats; Some Hotels Walking Away from Deals that Don't
Meet their Pricing Demands
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Revenue
Management and Group Sales - The Partnership Not the Disconnect / Carol
Verret
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Four
Months after Opening the $60 million Grand Hyatt DFW, Officials at Dallas/Fort
Worth Airport Want to Make Some Changes
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New
York City is Adding Nearly 5,000 New Hotel Rooms to its Current Inventory
of 70,723 by the End of 2007
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Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / November 2005
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An
Affiliate of The Blackstone Group Acquiring La Quinta Corporation for Approximately
$3.4 billion
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Now
Is The Time to Buy New Orleans Hotel / Stephen Rushmore
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Ranking
- Top Ten Worldwide Hotel Chains Growth 1995-2005
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Sheraton
Yankee Clipper Beach Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach One of Wilma�s Biggest
Casualties
-
The
Irvine Co. Selects a New Name - The Island Hotel Newport Beach; Giving
Up the Old Name (Four Seasons) Is Expensive and a Gamble
-
Palms
Casino Resort in Las Vegas Continues to Set Eccentric Standards for Suites,
Amenities
-
Cendant
Creates a Hotel Management Company to Oversee More than 20 Managed Wyndham
Hotels; Greg Ade Named President
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Connectivity!
Connectivity! Connectivity! Achieving "Really Real Time" Room Inventory
Management / Craig W. Cooley
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Downtown
Chicago has 12 Hotel/Condominium Projects in the Works; A Grand Gamble
Getting Under Way
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AAA
Five Diamond Lodgings; Chain vs Independent / Harry Nobles &
Cheryl Griggs
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Four
Seasons Reports a Loss of $11.4 million in the 3rd Qtr of 2005; Revenue
Falls 17% / Hotel Operating Statistics
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Expedia,
Travelocity and Orbitz Facing New Competition from Heavyweights - Google,
Yahoo and AOL
-
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
-
The
Breakers Resort Boosts Email Promotion Response 300% by Targeting Personal
Interests with ZMail / Resort Realizes 70% Repeat Business
-
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
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LXR
Luxury Resorts Plans Refurbishment and Repositioning of the Rihga Royal
Hotel in New York City and the Bel Age in West Hollywood
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Nobody
Asked Me, But�./ Stanley Turkel
November 30, 2005
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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
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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
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Is
Hotel Software and Technology Keeping Pace with the Hospitality Marketplace?
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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
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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
November 23, 2005
November 22, 2005
November 21, 2005
November 17, 2005
November 16, 2005
November 15, 2005
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The
Best Hotel Sales Director I Ever Met / Neil Salerno
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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
November 11, 2005
-
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
November 10, 2005
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November 9, 2005
-
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
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November 7, 2005
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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
November 4, 2005
-
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
November 2, 2005
-
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
November 1, 2005
Top 25 Read Articles - October 2005
-
Here's
a Conversation I Had Recently with a Front Desk Clerk at a 3 1/2 Star,
Internationally Branded Hotel / Barry Williams
-
The
Best Hotel General Manager I Ever Met How Do You Measure-up? / Neil Salerno
-
The
2006 Mobil Five-Stars Awarded to 32 Hotels and 14 Restaurants; Also
119 Hotels and 140 Restaurants Win Four-Star Award
-
Top
Resorts, Top Hotels - Results of the 2005 Conde Nast Traveler
-
Hotel
Waterpark Resorts Construction Report 2005; 52 Are Under Construction or
Will Break Ground in 2005 / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
-
Destination
"Damage Control" Starts with that Single Visitor Complaint / John R. Hendrie
-
Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / October 2005
-
Ranking
- Top Ten Worldwide - Hotel Chains Growth 1995-2005 / MKG
-
Cendant
Corp.Splitting Itself into Four Separate Public Companies - The Cendant
Name Will be Retired; Stephen Holmes Will Head the Hotel and Timeshare
Spinoff
-
What
Does a Hotel Franchise Cost? / Stephen Rushmore
-
Hotel
Spas - The New Recreational Vehicle For Hotel Profits / Andrea Foster and
Robert Mandelbaum
-
The
Future Hospitality Professional / Steven Ferry
-
Hotel
Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2005 23 New Hotel Waterparks Open,
52 Under Construction / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
-
Five
Keys to Successful Condo Hotel Regimes / Jim Butler
-
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
-
Two
Men Suing Marriott International, Alleging the Company Discriminates Against
Disabled People by Refusing to Provide Specially Equipped Golf Carts
-
Consortia-Corporate-Group
Best Available Rate (BAR): Good or Bad for Hotels? / Caryl Helsel
-
What�s
your eMarketing Proficiency? Using Electronic Marketing Tools / Neil
Salerno
-
Where
Dining Is Headed: Five Trends Uncomplicated, Straight from the Garden &
Sea, Inexpensive, Exploding with Flavor
-
Zagat's
2006 America's Top Restaurants Guide Points Out a Variety of National Dining
Trends and Issues
-
Chicago
Politicians Seek to Outlaw Foie Gras in the City's Restaurants; Ban Would
Reflect Values and Morals!
-
You
Just Gotta Love The Hotel Business! In Spite of its Self-inflicted Roadblocks
and Blunders / Neil Salerno
-
TravelCLICK
Acquires Vantis International Corporation
-
Nobody
Asked Me, But�. / Stanley Turkel
-
Person-to-person
Sales Provides Best Return on Investment for Hotel Marketing Departments,
Followed Closely by the Properties Web Site / HSMAI PKF Survey
October 31, 2005
October 28, 2005
October 27, 2005
October 26, 2005
October 25, 2005
-
TravelCLICK
Acquires Vantis International Corporation; Vantis Customers Gain a Full
Range of Revenue-Building Reservations and Decision-Support Solutions
-
The
Top Three Cross-Industry Rate Setting Challenges
-
Where
Dining Is Headed: Five Trends / Uncomplicated, Straight from the Garden
& Sea, Inexpensive, Exploding with Flavor
-
Le
Meridien Chicago Close to Being Acquired by Group of Investment Firms;
Would Reflag to a Conrad
-
Update
on Riu's 8 Resorts in Cancun and Playa del Carmen
-
The
Independent Restaurateur Challenge; Competing with the "Formulas"
/ John R Hendrie
-
Aspen's
Hotel Jerome Offering 10 Night Package for $1 million; Certain Restrictions
Apply!
-
Owner
Rick Patton Wants to Make Augusta, Georgia's Historic Partridge Inn into
a Destination Hotel; Hires Horst Schulze's Company, West Paces Hotel Group,
to Operate
-
Heat
and Lack of Electricity Have Destroyed Millions of dollars Worth of Wines
in New Orleans
-
Wilma
Washes out Millions of Dollars in Tourism, Convention Spending for South
Florida Hotels
-
Hotel
Information Systems Taps Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated, Increasing
Distribution Channels For Its Clients
-
Lovell
Casiero Named Crescent Hospitality's Vice President of Sales and Marketing
-
Accor
Appoints Four to GM Posts in Asia
-
Elena
Bruno Appointed General Manager of Hotel de Russie in Rome and Evelina
Conti Named Director of Sales & Marketing
-
Joseph
Klein Appointed General Manager at Deerhurst Resort, Muskoka, Ontario
-
Benchmark
Appoints Tom Cross as Director of Food & Beverage at Turtle Bay Resort,
Oahu
-
Westermeijer
Group Appoints Golden Tulip to Operate and Rebrand the Hotel de Wageningse
Berg, Wageningen, The Netherlands
October 24, 2005
October 21, 2005
-
Hotel
Spas - The New Recreational Vehicle For Hotel Profits/ Andrea Foster and
Robert Mandelbaum
-
Some
Early Concerns Over Hong Kong Disneyland's Future
-
The
Spanish Company Obrascon Huarte Lain, S.A, Preparing to Open First of Five
Luxury Hotels, 401-room Fairmont Mayakoba, at Mayakoba on Mexico's Yucatan
Peninsula
-
Taj
Hotels, Resorts Group Seeks to Acquire the First W Hotel Outside of North
America, the W Sydney
-
Reuniting
Hilton Hotels Corp. and Britain's Hilton Group Plc Would Create World's
5th Largest Hotel Company with over 453,000 Rooms
-
Results
Are In for First-ever Study of �Best Practices on Internet Marketing and
Distribution for Resorts,� Initiated byt HSMAI
-
Mövenpick
Hotels & Resorts Working on 20 New Hotel Projects, Currently Has 53
hotels in 19 Countries
-
Focus
Hospitality Services Building a $26 million Waterpark and 86 room Addition
to Holiday Inn Express Located Next to Cabela's Dundee, Michigan Retail
Store, Southwest of Detroit
-
Fitness-Minded
Hotels Increase Exposure with Fit Hotel Directory
-
UniFocus
Enhances its System for Measuring and Improving Hospitality Employee Satisfaction;
Staff Attitude is the Most Important Factor in Guest Satisfaction
-
StayOnline
and Great Wolf Resorts - It's a Family Affair; Family Resorts Follow the
Trend of Staying in Touch, Even on Vacation
-
Michael
Pownall Named Chief Executive of the Sandy Lane Hotel & Golf Resort
on Barbados
-
The
Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center Readies for Dedication
-
George
Sotelo Named Resident Manager of the One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos,
Mexico
-
Jennifer
Morse Named Director of Sales for The Avista Resort, North Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina
-
Gustaaf
Schrils, VP of Hotel Technology and Services, InterContinental Hotels Group
the Americas, Appointed to the Board of Directors, Hotel Technology Next
Generation (HTNG)
-
Adaco
Services, LLC, Announces New Hotel Clients
October 19, 2005
-
Consortia-Corporate-Group
Best Available Rate (BAR): Good or Bad for Hotels? / Caryl Helsel
-
World�s
Top Resorts, Top Hotels - Results of the 2005 Conde Nast Traveler
-
The
Westin Bonaventure Obtains City Permission to Allow Conversion of 400 of
its 1,200 Rooms to Condominiums; Part of Deal For City of Los Angeles to
Provide Massive Public Subsidy for New Hotel at Convention Center
-
The
Window to an Operator�s Soul� The Hotel Operating Budget / Ken Wilson and
Chad Crandell
-
Lodging
Market Impact: Additional Thoughts on Katrina / PKF Hospitality Research
-
Sherwood
Weiser and Donald Lefton Bankrolling a $261 million Hotel and Casino Project
in Black Hawk, Colorado
-
The
Registry Resort & Club in Naples, Florida Relaunched as Naples Grande
Resort & Club Following Multi million Upgrade
-
Are
you ready for Business? � A Hospitality Recovery Plan / John R Hendrie
-
Arora
International Hotels Selects Sofitel Brand for Hotels at Gatwick and Heathrow
Airports
-
Developers
Seek Zoning Variance to Build $65 million Hotel-Condo in Stockbridge, Georgia
-
The
Tianjin University of Commerce Completing $30 million Complex Where Students
Will Study Hospitality and Tourism Management in a Joint Program with Florida
International University
-
Douglas
E. Artusio, Chairman and CEO of Dellisart Lodging, Receives Dean�s Award
from Niagara University College of Hospitality and Tourism Management
-
TravelCLICK,
Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan Join Efforts to Help Hurricane and
Earthquake Victims
-
Joseph
Gibbons Named Managing Director and Principal of Graves Equity Partners,
LLC; Will Focus on Expansion of Graves�-Branded Hotels and Resorts
-
Leo
Illouz Elected CEO at Bartech Systems International
-
Passkey
Names Steven Shapiro CFO & Senior VP of Operations
October 18, 2005
-
Hotel
Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2005 / 23 New Hotel Waterparks Open, 52
Under Construction / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
-
Bill
Otto, President of Marcus Hotels, Says the $50.4 million Renovation of
the Skirvin in Oklahoma City Will Be Well Worth the Effort
-
New
Orleans Travel Industry's Long Road Back Begins - with an Ironic First
Step; In a Reversal of Fortune, New Orleans Event Planner Buses Executives
to the French Quarter from Baton Rouge, For First Corporate Meeting Held
in the City Since Katrina
-
CNL
Hotels & Resorts Selling the 1,310 room Waikiki Beach Marriott
Resort for Approximately $279 Million; $213,000 per Key
-
The
Albany, New York Region Riding the Upside of a Hotel Building Cycle
-
The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University Receives US$1 million Bequest for Establishing
Andreas Hofer Scholarship
-
Following
a £19-million Renovation Overseen by Olga Polizzi, Brown�s Hotel
Set to Re-open in London�s Mayfair
-
McGlinchey
Kin Take Pride in Family's Boro Roots; A tongue in cheek look at the history
of business, hotel and otherwise, in Queens, NY
-
Telling
Stories: Your Brand is About You / Rick Hendrie
-
Barcelona
Hotels Use RateTiger to Manage 3rd party Websites
-
Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies to Present at the Historic Hotels of America Annual
Meeting; Important Panel Explores Emerging Channels of Distribution
-
Tribal
Gaming: Casinos -- Winners and Losers
-
A
Partnership of The Carlyle Group and Highgate Holdings Open 369 room Hilton
Garden Inn in New York City's Times Square
-
2005
Wisconsin Lodging Conference to be Held in Milwaukee, October 24-25th;
Four Points by Sheraton Milwaukee Airport to Host Annual WIA Conference
-
Martin
Elsner Named Pre-opening General Manager for Three Rocco Forte Hotels Opening
in Germany
October 17, 2005
-
Five
Keys
to Successful Condo Hotel Regimes / Jim Butler
-
Arlington
Hospitality, Inc. Sets Auction Date of November 14, 2005 for Sale
of Substantially All of the Company�s Assets
-
Steve
Wynn Hoping for a Brand Slam
-
Winston-Salem,
Greensboro and High Point Hoteliers Under the Gun for Abusive Hotel Rates
During Furniture Markets
-
The
Fabled New Orleans Restaurant Antoine's Struggle to Resuscitate Itself
in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina Will Mirror New Orleans' Fight for Revival
-
The
PGA Tour-Marriott Mega Resort Likely to Add a Whole New Tourism Aspect
for San Antonio
-
You
Just Gotta Love The Hotel Business! In Spite of its Self-inflicted Roadblocks
and Blunders / Neil Salerno
-
Ownership
and Management Change at Jacksonville's Largest Hotel Having Positive Effects
on City's Future Convention Business
-
HTNG
Workgroup to Develop Open Standards Architecture for Hospitality Industry;
Moving the Hotel Community and its Technology Partners Toward a Common
Vision
-
Developer
Louis Wane Appoints Starwood's St. Regis Brand to Manage Luxury Bora Bora
Resort with 101 Overwater and Beach Villas
-
Seminole
Tribe Sells $730 million in Taxable Bonds to Redeem $560 million in Tax
Exempt Bonds that IRS Claims Were Improper for Florida's Hard Rock Gaming
Resorts
-
New
Castle Hotels Selects J/Brice Design of Boston for $13 Million Renovation
of Woodcliff Lake Hilton in Bergen County, New Jersey
-
IACC
Learning Network Offers a Full Day Educational Event for Successful Operations
of a Conference Center
-
Murphys
Hotel, Opened in 1856, a Historic Landmark in California's Goldrush Country
-
Frank
Ashmore Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for the Montelucia,
a Solis Resort & Spa, in Paradise Valley, Arizona
-
Debbie
Taylor, General Manager of Rocco Forte Hotels� The Balmoral, Awarded the
RAC Hotelier of the Year Award
October 14, 2005
October 13, 2005
October 12, 2005
October 11, 2005
-
The
Best Hotel General Manager I Ever Met / Neil Salerno
-
Sentry
Hospitality Installs Aptech ASP Centralized Accounting; Sentry Taps Profitvue
and Webvue ASP Back Office Accounting Hosted by Aptech for Centralized
Data Analysis, Real-time Financial Reporting to Support Growth
-
Lodgenet,
Paramount Pictures Sign Landmark Agreement for High-Definition Movies On-Demand
-
Americans
With Disabilities Act Update: the Hospitality Industry, A Consistent Target
of ADA Litigation, May Get Some Relief from Abusive Lawsuits / Marty Orlick
-
Hotels'
Inspection Scores Vary; 'Do We Allow People to Live Like This?'
-
Harris
Rosen's 1,500-room Shingle Creek Resort Is the Orlando Area's Only Major
Hotel Under Construction
-
City
of Grapevine, Texas Lured Great Wolf Lodge with an Offer of $5.3 million
in Incentives, Waiving Building and Permit Fees and Rebating Hotel/motel
Taxes
-
Accor
Adding a Third Hotel to Sydney's Olympic Park, AUD$50 million 210 room
Sofitel Planned Near the Novotel and Ibis Hotel Complex
-
The
Future Hospitality Professional / Opinion by Steven Ferry
-
Oceana
Hotel Group to Implement the EzRMS Internet Product Suite in Three of their
Top Locations Simultaneously�
-
"Get
Into the Picture" with Interstate Hotels & Resorts
-
Uniguest
Provides PC Clean Up and Remote Install of Its Hotel Business Center Security
Software
-
German
Hotel Development Group, Feuring Assigned the Development of a Hotel Portfolio
in the Middle East by the Kuwait National Real Estate Company
-
Oromocto
First Nations Tribe Open an 81 room Days Inn in Oromocto, New Brunswick
-
Dave
Cocks Named Gemstone Resort's Director of Transitions; Will Spearhead the
$390 million Expansion and Renovation of Lake Lawn Resort in Lake Delevan,
Wisconsin
-
Mississippi
Lawmakers Pass Legislation Allowing 13 Casinos to Rebuild Up to 800 feet
Onshore
-
Niagara
University's College of Hospitality and Tourism Management Honors Jay Witzel
with the Lifetime Hotelier Achievement Award
-
For
Sale - 5 Star Quality Caribbean Resort/Marina with considerable vacant
acreage for future development. Purchase also includes a casino license.
Asking US$50,000,000
October 10, 2005
October 7, 2005
-
Here's
a Conversation I Had Recently with a Front Desk Clerk at a 3 1/2 Star,
Internationally Branded Hotel / Barry Williams
-
Three
Marriott Time-share Salespeople Claim They Were Passed Over for Promotions
and Harassed Because of Their Age, Seek $75 million in Damages
-
Hong
Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel & Tourism Management
Planning a HK$500 million Teaching Hotel, Conference Facilities, Teaching
Restaurants, Research Centres and Classrooms
-
La
Paz, Mexico Experiencing a Flurry of Resort Community and Golf Course Development
-
Chuck
West, Alaska's Tourism, Hotel and Cruise Ship Pioneer Dies
-
Flagstone
Property Group Selects Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts to Operate 147 room
Hotel Within the Mixed-use Island Gardens Project in Miami
-
The
All-Suite Resort Hotel, Yachtsman, Closes Following Acquisition by the
Bluegreen Corp.; the 142 unit Myrtle Beach Hotel Will Reopen Following
Conversion to Timeshare
-
$700
million Expansion of Foxwoods Resort Casino Will Include 825 room Hotel,
4,000 Seat Theater
-
Linking
Staffing, Labor and Budgets / Ken Heymann
-
Marriott
International Reports 3rd Qtr Net Income of $149 million Up from the $133
million in the Same Qtr a Year Earlier; RevPAR Up 8.8% at North American
Properties
-
Hilton
Modifying 160 Resident Athlete Dorm Rooms at the Colorado Springs U.S.
Olympic Training Center; Will Optimize the Sleep Environment
-
Katrina
& Rita: Silver Lining or Opportunity? / Harry Nobles & Cheryl Griggs
-
Joint
Venture to Showcase Restaurant Excellence and Promote Sales; The Ultimate
Marketing Program!
-
Neptune
Hospitality Advisors Structures $17 million Debt Financing for Purchase
of 295-room Doubletree in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico
-
October
Conventions in San Francisco Bring Visitors by the Thousands, Revenue by
the Millions
-
Alticor
Names George Aquino General Manager of the 340 room JW Marriott - Grand
Rapids
-
Darren
W. Law Named Managing Director of The Oceanside Holding Company in the
Turks and Caicos Islands
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Richard Cimilluca Director of Sales & Marketing
at The Heldrich; $110 Million Property Rising in the Heart of New Brunswick,
NJ
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Andrew
Pascal Promoted to President and COO of Wynn Las Vegas
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Shift4
Releases New Technology to Insure the Security of Its Merchants� and Partners�
Payment Processing; Tokenization Moves the Liability for Securing Credit
Card Data away from Merchants� and POS Application Developers
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Crescent
Hospitality Adds Two Management Contracts, Including the Highly Rated Independent
Hotel - The Inn at Nichols Village in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania �
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TIG
Global Announces New Senior Management Appointments
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To
Improve PMS Interface Consistency, MSI Joins HTNG�s �Distribution Solution
Workgroup�
October 5, 2005
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Two
Men Suing Marriott International, Alleging the Company Discriminates Against
Disabled People by Refusing to Provide Specially Equipped Golf Carts
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Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / October 2005
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Lodging
Business in Transitional Year, But Challenges Will Remain After �05; A
Hotel with Truly Unique Attributes Is Worth a Premium / Rick Swig
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Shangri-La
Hotels Selected as Operator for 200-room Condominium Hotel Within the 90-story
Waterview Tower Development in Chicago
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Sheriff
Seizes Title to Fairfield Inn in Columbia, Missouri to Collect a Sexual
Harassment Judgment Levied Against the Franchise Owner; Failure to Pay
$236,670 Judgement May Force Auction
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Downtown
Denver's 367 room Embassy Suites Hotel May Get a New Brand or a New Use
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Hurricane
Katrina Destroyed or Damaged 16 Casinos Along the Gulf Coast; Pinnacle's
SEC Filing Represents the First Public Disagreement Between Casino
Operators and Insurance Carriers Following the Hurricanes
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Luxury
Travel Now... And What�s Next / Karen Weiner Escalera
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Major
Travel Industry Alliance �New Leonardo/ICE Portal Partnership Manages Rich
Media Content for Over 25,000 Hotels with Distribution to 20,000+ Travel
Channels!
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PhoneSuite
Helps FEMA, Disaster-Affected Hotels Recover from Katrina
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David
J. Sangree Forms New National Hospitality Consulting Firm: Hotel &
Leisure Advisors
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El
Cid Resorts Building the $40-million 350 suites Hotel Marina El Cid in
Cancun Riviera Maya
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Marshall
Management, Inc. Signs Contract to Manage La Quinta Inn & Suites in
Albany, New York
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Aztec
Arranges $20 million for Condo-Hotel Redevelopment Financing for the Breakwater
and Edison Condo/Hotels in the Historic Art Deco District of South Beach
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Kurt
Ritter of Rezidor SAS Hospitality to Chair 2006 International Hotel Investment
Forum in Berlin, Germany
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InterContinental
Hotels Priority Club® Members Name Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday
Inn the �Best Holiday Inn - North America�
October 4, 2005
October 3, 2005
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