1. America's Top 50 Restaurants
2. Survey Names Top Five Hotel Brands for Business Travel and Leisure Travel  
3. Food Servers Employing the Internet to Divulge Names of Customers Who Tip Less then 17%
4. Zero-Based Budgeting in the Hospitality Industry / Jose Acosta
5. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / September 2006
6. The Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Sales People Ramp Up for 2006! / Carol Verret
7. It’s Time To Give Hotel Guests What They REALLY Need and Want Daily! - Key Basics Some Hotels Still Fall Short On /  Doug Kennedy
8. Does Hotel Room Size Matter? / Harry Nobles
9. Deals Signed for 15 Wyndham Hotels in Major Markets, Including New York
10. Starwood Names New Extended-stay Chain ELEMENT Hotels; The First ELEMENT a Company-built Hotel in Lexington, Massachusetts
11. Developing Engaged Employees:  The Difference Engaged Employees Make In Providing Great Guest Service / Chris Longstreet
12. The Phenomenon of "Flipping" Cropping Up Amongst Hotel Investors; The Typical Holding Period on Prime Hotel Properties Shrinking
13. Constructing a Fortune: Robert Rowling, the Fifth-richest Texan and Owner of the Omni Hotels Chain
14. Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf Finalize Agreement to Develop a Luxury Mountain Project, Fairmont Tamarack, at Idaho's Tamarack Resort
15. Blackstone's LXR Luxury Hotels Subsidiary Planning a $20 million Conversion of a 38 Year Old Fort Lauderdale Holiday Inn into its New Lodging Concept - Stay Social
16. Now I’ve Seen Everything -  “Food Servers Employing the Internet to Divulge Names of Customers Who Tip Less than 17%”   / Harry Nobles
17. Hotel Room Health Risks Difficult to Spot
18. You Cannot Microwave Experience: New Generation of Hotel Sales Professionals / David M. Brudney
19. Wealthy Americans Rate Print Ads For Four Seasons, RockResorts and Mandarin Oriental Most Effective Hotel Ads in First Half of 2006
20. Hotels Employ New Strategies to Thwart Online Travel Agencies
21. Next Chapter for Chicago Restaurateur, Larry Levy, Are Luxury Hotels in  South Beach and Cabo San Lucas
22. Ensuring Credit Card Security via PCI Compliance:  What Hotels Need to Know
23. Your Hotel Laundry Room / Larry Mundy
24. Hotel Brands Feeling Competitive Pressure - Luring Customers in What Resembles an Interior Design Arms Race
25. Ashford Signs Agreement To Acquire Portfolio of Seven Full Service Hotels for $267.2 Million ($133,333 per key)

• First Playboy Club in More than 25 Years Opens at the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas
• New Orleans' Tourism Industry Thriving in Fourth Quarter 2006
• Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Acquiring 15 floors of the To-be-built Aqua Building in Chicago for $82.4 million; Space to be Completed as 200 Hotel Rooms and  20,000 square foot Ballroom
• Former Heidelberg Hotel and Capitol House, Two Historic Baton Rouge Hotels Opens as the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center after $60 Million Restoration
• Omni Hotels' Mini-bars a Part of the Chain's Sensory Branding Initiative; Adding Memorable Items that Reflect the Local Culture
•  With Two Years to Do the Planning, the Logistics of Reserving 20,000 Minneapolis / St Paul Hotel Rooms for the September 2008 Republican National Convention Is a Daunting Task
• The Just Opened Paris Courtyard by Marriott Colombes Serves as Prototype for European Expansion
• Tourism Authority of Thailand  to Focus on Brand Building and New Marketing Slogan, “Thailand Unforgettable”
• Chehalis Tribe and Great Wolf Resorts Plan Expanded Number of Guest Suites and Amenities from Original Plan for the Grand Mound, Washington Great Wolf Lodge
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquiring the 138-room Holiday Inn Wall Street for approximately $51.5 million
• Reducing the Loss of Potential Booking ~ Featuring “Insufficient Inventory Report”; Pelican System facilitates operations for a Hotelier tracking denied reservation requests due to shortages of room allotment in the system
• Buena Vista Hospitality Group Acquires the 1,100 room Sheraton World Orlando Resort; Plans to Drop Sheraton Affiliation and Convert to a Condo Hotel
• Weiler's NP Limited and Platinum Ridge Properties Begin Work on the $54 million Polaris Hilton and Conference Center North of Downtown Columbus, Ohio
• Edward Steiner Named Senior Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean for One&Only Resorts and Managing Director, One&Only Palmilla
• A Double Shot of Revenue Management - Two Web Casts October 2, 2006

• Budgeting for a Robust Internet Marketing Strategy in 2007; A Best Practices Guide to Aid in Developing the 2007 Hotel Online Marketing Budget / Max Starkov and Jason Price
• IH/M&RS Targeting Lodging and Foodservice Professionals with Compelling Seminars, Networking Events and Latest Products and Resources - All the Details - Complete Schedule Set for November 11-14, 2006, New York City
• Chef Alain Ducasse Moving His Signature New York City Restaurant at the Jumeirah Essex House to the Room in the St. Regis Hotel Once Occupied by Lespinasse
• Buffets are Synonymous with Casinos, Even in Illinois and Indiana
• The Legendary Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong Reopens Following Nine Month US $140 million Renovation
• The Sheraton Corporate Design Team Completes a $7 million Renovation of San Antonio's Historic 97 Year Old Sheraton Gunter Hotel
• V1Net PMS Allows Guests to check-in Over the Internet; Visual One’s Browser-based Software is Guest-friendly
• Slice of Destin, Florida History ... Gone: The Reveille Motel, More Recently the Kokomo Motel, Demolished

• Embassy Suites Hotels Initiates Upgrade Program Supported by Brand and Hotel Owners; Includes Enhancements to Breakfast, Team Member Uniforms, Bedding, Bath Amenities, Fitness Equipment
• Indoor Waterparks Add Value to Hotel & Resort Mixed Use Projects / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
• Minneapolis' Landmark Foshay Tower to Be Transformed into a W Hotel
• Italian-born, Houston-based Developer Giorgio Borlenghi Opens the First Luxury Extended-stay Hotel in Houston, the 130 room Granduca (Grand Duke)
• Meaningful Dialogue Should Be the ‘Best First Step’ to Dispute Resolution; Fair franchise agreements are not impossible to negotiate or terminate / Steven J. Belmonte
• Managing the Consultant: Careful Not to Doom the Project / David M. Brudney
• Starwood's New Brand, aloft, Has Opportunity to Do Right by the Environment from the Start
• Coyle Hospitality Group Launches ‘Peak Performances Module’; Interactive Online Tool Helps Hype Hospitality Heroes
• A Crisis So Immediate and Obvious, You May Have Already Missed It; Hotels Facing a Severe Shortage of Reliable Workers / Brecca Loh and John R. Hendrie
• Benchmark Completes Restoration of Historic Donald Ross Course at French Lick Resort Casino; First of Three Championship Courses at Resort Destination to Open
• MHI Hospitality Obtains Crowne Plaza Franchise for the Redeveloped Former Ambassador Hotel in Hollywood, Florida; The 310-unit Condo-hotel Will Be Known as Crowne Plaza Hollywood, FL-SIAN Waterway Resort
• Wyndham Hotel Group Appoints Valerie Capers Workman as Vice President of Franchise Administration
• Seven Executives Appointed to Management Team at Outrigger's 421-suite Embassy Suites Hotel - Waikiki Beach Walk

• Top Executives from Marriott, Travelocity, Priceline, Carlson Wagonlit, Hilton and American Airlines Give their Expert Predictions on the Future of Travel Distribution
• Softscribe® Inc. Wins Two New Clients; MEGA International, The Rainmaker Group Boost Visibility, Growth
• Survey Names Top Five Hotel Brands for Business Travel and Leisure Travel
• America's Top 50 Restaurants
• Appraisal and Market Analysis of Indoor Waterpark Resorts / David J. Sangree
• Exorbitant Surgical Costs in the United States the Basis of Growing Medical Tourism in Thailand, India and Malaysia
• Impulsive Group Turning New York City's Century-Old Portland Square Hotel into Luxury Boutique Property
• Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 17 - AAHOA’s 12 Points of Fair Franchising, Protected Territories / Stanley Turkel
• Denver Hotel Developer CDS Hotel Investors Sells the JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek to a Sage Hospitality-JP Morgan JV
• Jumeirah Signs Agreement with Beetham Organization to Create 261 room  Jumeirah Hotel at Beetham Tower, a New Glass Tower Landmark for London
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $41.5 million of First Mortgage Financing for Hotel 1000 in Seattle, Washington
• MHI Hospitality Corporation Acquires the 186-room Louisville Ramada Riverfront Inn for Approximately $7.6 million, or $41,000 per room
• Hospitality Management Corporation Signs Management Contract for the Regency Hotel and Conference Center in Dallas, Texas, Formerly Holiday Inn Select Northeast
• Hilton Garden Inn Announces Promotions of Vice Presidents and Senior Directors of Hotel Performance Support
• Lee Hanke Named Controller and Caitlin Doyle HR Manager for Destination Resorts Snowmass in Snowmass Village, Colorado

September 25, 2006

• The Hotel Coffee Shop is Beyond Passe; Holiday Inns and Resorts Teams with the Sporting News to Create a Prototype Grill and Sports Bar at the Holiday Inn Select/Dallas Love Field
• Constructing a Fortune: Robert Rowling, the Fifth-richest Texan and Owner of the Omni Hotels Chain
• In an Election Conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, a Majority of Jurys Boston Hotel Employees Voted to Cut Ties with Unite HERE, Local 26; Union Claims There Will be Serious Consequences
• What Makes a Successful Condo-Hotel Project? / Excerpts from a Panel Discussion at JMBM's The Hotel Developers Conference™
• Hotel Energy Management Systems 101 / Larry Mundy
• Raffles Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg / How We Built The Most Famous Hotels / Andreas Augustin
• Attendance at the Baltimore Convention Center Dropped 25% in the First Quarter of 2006; Forward Bookings Looking Good
• Coup d'e'tat Has Limited Impact on Thailand's Travel and Tourism Industries
• Benderson Development Planning to Raze the Former Radisson Hotel Across from Buffalo International Airport to Make Way for Two Hotels, a Courtyard by Marriott  and a Fairfield Inn
• Harrah's Opens 450-room, $170 million Harrah's New Orleans Hotel; First Completely New Hotel to Open in New Orleans Since Hurricane Katrina
• Hotel Financing Specialists - Pacifica Real Estate Brokerage Arrange Another Successful Hotel Refinance
• The Knowland Group Begins Service in Jacksonville, FL ; Market Intelligence Firm Provides Service to Hoteliers on Florida’s Northeast Coast
• A Double Shot of Revenue Management – Two Web Casts October 2, 2006
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 71 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Steve Belmonte Named CEO, President, and Partner of The Lexington Collection, Vantage Hospitality's Membership Brand in the Upscale Segment
• Richard Behr Named General Manager of Miramonte Resort & Spa in Indian Wells, California 
• Fred Findlen Joins the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina as General Manager
• Robert E. Jones Appointed General Manager of the Holiday Inn – Capitol East in Tallahassee
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Karin Seavey Director of National Accounts

• Visual One’s Users Conference Attains Record Attendance; V1 Introduces New Yield Management and Web Page Interface
• Starwood Names New Extended-stay Chain ELEMENT Hotels; The First ELEMENT a Company-built Hotel in Lexington, Massachusetts
• Financing Your Indoor Waterpark Resort / David J. Sangree
• Hilton Hotels Building the First Purpose-built Timeshare Property in New York City; 28-story Hilton Grand Vacations Club Going Up on West 57th Street
• Caribbean Hotels Profitable In 2005: Region Attracts New Development / Scott Smith, PKF
• Barry Real Estate Companies Partners with Starwood to Build the W Atlanta Downtown Hotel & Residences;  28-story Tower will Have 237 Hotel rooms and 76 Condominiums
• LXR Luxury Resorts Transforming the Sheraton Beach Resort Key Largo to the New Key Largo Grande Resort & Beach Club
• Penn State University Appoints Industry Leader Michael DiLeva to School of Hospitality Management Technology Advisory Board
• JMBM Firms Dates for 2007 Hotel Developers Conference™ and 2007 Meet The Money®
• Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society Names Richard J. Schnieders 2006 Hospitality Executive of the Year
• Nicholas Clayton Appointed President of Kor Hotel Group; Former SVP of Operations for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
• Wim Pastoor Named General Manager Barefoot Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
• InfoGenesis Announces Four New Products at InfoShare 2006; POS 4.0 and ResPAK Restaurant Management Headline Powerful Additions to Solution Line

• Worldwide Electronic Hotel Revenue Up 13.7 Percent in Q2 2006; TravelCLICK eMonitor Indicates Healthy Industry Growth with Rise in Room Nights Booked and ADR
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Sells Five Canadian Hilton Properties to Westmont Hospitality Group for Approximately CAD $243 million
• After Five Years in the Westin Family of Hotels, the Westin Grand Bohemian in Downtown Orlando will Move Forward as an Independent
• Dolce International Selected to Manage the Ashman Court Conference Center and Hotel in Midland, Michigan (formerly managed by Marriott); $20 million Renovation Planned
• After 45 Years in the Hotel Business, Pioneering Long Island Hotelier Mel Goodman Retiring
• David Peckinpaugh, the New President and CEO of the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, Brings Enthusiasm to the Organization Beset with Steep Cutbacks and Political Wrangling
• Fuscia Floors and Lime-Green Tubs; Not Everyone Wants a “Home-like” Atmosphere in a Hotel
• Le Méridien Partners with LRA Worldwide to Achieve a More Consistent Global Brand Experience
• Morgans Hotel Group  Reinforces Commitment to Innovation through Edgy Design and Nightlife Partnerships
• Riu Hotels & Resorts Building its Largest Resort Ever, the 900 room Riu Santa Fe in Cabo San Lucas
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Adds Eight Properties to its Brands in August, 2006
• Speakers Set for HTNG Lausanne Conference October 11-13, 2006; The Agenda Will Address Buying and Selling Hotel Technology in Europe and the Middle East
• Tecton Hospitality™ Selected to Manage Seven Stars Luxury Resort & Residences in the Turks & Caicos Islands
• CP Hospitality Opens 86 room Microtel Inn Adjacent to the Bridgeport Conference Center in in Charles Pointe, West Virginia
• Shilo Inns Nearing Completion of its 160-room Shilo Inn Suites Hotel in Killeen, Texas
• Gene Murphy Appointed General Manager of Splash!, Sterling Resorts New Condo Hotel in Panama City Beach, Florida
• Benchmark Appoints Jean Ascher Controller for The Northland Inn, an Executive Conference Center near Minneapolis

• NORTHWIND Appoints David Warren Director of Services and Sales for Maestro PMS in the UK and Ireland
• Planning for a Hotel Brand Transition / Robert Braun, JMBM
• Getting Frustrated With Your Hotel Web Site? Spent Too Much with Poor Results? / Neil Salerno
• Audit Claims Greater Houston CVB Using "Subjective Estimates" to Determine Hotel Room Night Bookings
• Washington DC's New York Avenue In the Process of  Transformation - Suton LLC Planning Two Hotels, a 126-room  Fairfield Inn & Suites and a 125-room Holiday Inn Express
• Indianapolis Feeling Pain and Losing Market Share Until the 2010 Completion of Convention Center Expansion
• Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Building $80 million Casino Resort Near Traverse City, Michigan
• Charleston, S.C.-based Hotel Management Company Relaunches Under New Name, New Operations
• Leonardo Expands Existing Relationship with Preferred Hotel Group
• Innovation - How to Rekindle the Spirit of Hospitality / John R. Hendrie and Susan Swanson
• IACC Elects New Global Officers; Establishes New Chapter in Europe
• Top-tier Incentive/meeting Planners and Hospitality Executives Join Elite Meetings Advisory Board, Magazine to Launch in 2007
• Carey International Inc. Partners with Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) as Chairman's Level Sponsor
• Intercontinental Hotels Group Recognizes the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East for its $7.5 million Renovation
• Westin Expands Retail Line with Fragrance Collection; The White Tea Scent Infused in Westin Hotel Lobbies Added to Catalogue
• Edward T. Steiner, Managing Director of One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos Named “Best Hotelier in Mexico” by Alta Hotelería Magazine
• InfoGenesis Promotes Two Top Executives: Mark Tapling Becomes the President and CEO; Terry Cunningham Moves to Vice Chairman of the Board
• Benchmark Appoints Elizabeth Ramirez Director of Catering For Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center

• FREE Registration Now Open for Travel Distribution Summit USA Expo and Seminars – Over 30 FREE Seminars and Workshops to Choose From
• Raffles Hotel, Singapore / How We Built The Most Famous Hotels / Andreas Augustin
• It’s Time To Give Hotel Guests What They REALLY Need and Want Daily! Key Basics Some Hotels Still Fall Short On / Doug Kennedy
• Now I’ve Seen Everything - “Food Servers Employing the Internet to Divulge Names of Customers Who Tip Less than 17%”/ Harry Nobles
• As Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Extends its Global Reach, More Emphasis Being Put on the Rosewood Brand; Expect to Have 20 Properties by 2008
• Morgans Hotel Group Plans to Leverage the Iconic Delano into a Nationwide Brand
• Hyatt Plans to Spend $25,000 per Room to Convert about 150 AmeriSuites Properties to Hyatt Place Hotels
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Named Among the 10 Fastest Growing Golf Management Companies in U.S.
• Kayak.com Selects Leonardo for Rich Media Content
• The Artsy Chambers Hotel Opens in Downtown Minneapolis; Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten Unwraps the Chambers Kitchen
• Highland Hospitality Acquiring the 444-room Ritz-Carlton Atlanta Downtown for $79.5 million ($179,000 per key)
• NYLO Hotels Breaking Ground on First Hotel in Plano, Texas., Second Groundbreaking Set for Warwick R. I.
• Candy & Candy Signs Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group to Brand 80 Luxurious Residences Being Build Adjacent to the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
• Denise Estefan Litten Named President Radisson Hotels Latin America
• Annette Hammer Appointed General Manager of the Mövenpick Hotel Hamburg
• Dave Lutz Named to Passkey Board of Directors
• The Unique  Owners’ Association of InterContinental Hotels Group (IAHI) Leadership Institute Completes its Third Annual Class
• The Convention Industry Council Along with HEDNA, HTNG and OTA Set Program for Hotel Distribution Seminar Oct 5, 2006 / Chicago

• Strategic Linking in Hospitality:  Build a Robust Link Popularity / Max Starkov and Jason Price
• Hotel Brands Feeling Competitive Pressure - Luring Customers in What Resembles an Interior Design Arms Race
• Food Servers Employing the Internet to Divulge Names of Customers Who Tip Less then 17%
• Deals Signed for 15 Wyndham Hotels in Major Markets, Including New York
• Allied Capital and The LCP Group Become Shareholders in Crescent Hotels & Resorts, Will Create Fund to Acquire up to $1 Billion in Hotels; Acquires Detroit Marriott Livonia in First Transaction
• Ashford Signs Agreement To Acquire Portfolio of Seven Full Service Hotels for $267.2 Million ($133,333 per key)
• A Double Shot of Revenue Management Two Web Casts October 2, 2006
• ITC, A Big Player in the Indian Hospitality Sector, Dropping Some Starwood and Marriott Brands in Favor of Establishing itself as an Independent Operator
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $39 million Loan for the Purchase of the Hilton Suites Dallas North
• The Reopening of the Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa Marks the Return of Two Hundred Local Staff Who Were Deployed to Other Four Seasons Properties After Kuda Huraa was Forced to Close following the Tsunami
• From Bali to Bar Harbor Independent Properties are Turning to InnLink
• The Breakers Palm Beach Implements Passkey's Online Group Reservation System / Event attendees can now book their hotel rooms online, and hotels and meeting planners can instantly access group-specific inventory management tools & reports
• To Meet the New Requirements of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Owner Promotora de Hoteles S.A Invest $4 million in Renovations at the InterContinental Medellin in Columbia
• Benchmark Appoints Charles Nehme General Manager of The Northland Inn, an Executive Conference Center near Minneapolis
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Names Marlin Keranen and Dimitri Lourbas to General Manager Posts

• Spain-based Silken Hotels Group Renews Distribution Partnership With TravelCLICK
• Hotel Room Health Risks Difficult to Spot
• The Newest Independent (and Oldest Partially Independent) Franchise Association in the Hotel Industry / Stanley Turkel
• “A Bakers Dozen” of Strategies for Hoteliers: Safety and Security / Dr. John Hogan
• Majority Owner Robert Fuller Completes 11 Year Dream with the Grand Opening of the $90 million Dolce Operated Zermatt Resort & Spa in Midway, Utah
• Arrowood Development Names its New Destination Resort in Bend, Oregon Tetherow and Selects Dolce International as Operator
• HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Takes Over As Interim Manager for the Hotel Icon, Houston, Texas
• Harrah's Awarded a United States Patent for its Price Management Technology that Maximizes Total Revenue Per Hotel Room
• Carroll Property Investments Opens 150 suite Embassy Suites Hotel- Fort Myers, Florida; Hotel Owners Along with Embassy Suites Hotels Donate $100,000 to the Resort and Hospitality Management Program at Florida Gulf Coast University
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $61.5 million of First Mortgage Financing for the Marriott Monterey Hotel in Monterey, California
• MK Capital Markets Secures Financing for Two Park City Hotels on Behalf of  Navnish Development, LLC
• Lafayette, Louisiana Native Richard H. Bailey, Owner of Four InterContinental Resorts in French Polynesia, Touted in Tahiti for Entrepreneurship and Eco-friendly Developments
• European Hotel Management Signs Golden Tulip Franchise Agreement for the 219 room Former Le Meridien Apollo in Amsterdam
• Charterhouse Boise Downtown Properties Planning $126 million Hotel/Condo Tower in Downtown Boise, Idaho
• THE WORLD’S TOP dmcs AND MEETING PLANNERS EXCHANGE IDEAS, Build relationships, AT THE global events partners (GEP) 2006 SUMMIT
• New Corporate Organizational Structure at Choice Hotels International; Joseph M. Squeri Elected President and Chief Operating Officer
• Ralph Singer Named Regional Vice President, Sales for Cambria Suites
• Larry Flam Joins Marcus Hotels & Resorts as Director of Restaurant Operations
• Christophe Langlois Appointed Resort Manager, One&Only Kanuhura, Maldives
• Benchmark Appoints Warren Martinez Controller at Turtle Bay Resort
• Sandrine Boutin Appointed Director of Sales at The Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa
• SDD Promotes Diane Estner to Vice President of Global Sales

• Ensuring Credit Card Security via PCI Compliance: What Hotels Need to Know
• The Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Sales People Ramp Up for 2006! / Carol Verret
• Construction Starts On the 60-story Elysian Hotel and Private Residences on Chicago's Gold Coast; David Pisor, CEO of Elysian Worldwide LLC, Once Worked for His Aunt, Alice Waters at Her Famous Restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley
• Developing Engaged Employees: The Difference Engaged Employees Make In Providing Great Guest Service
• Wealthy Americans Rate Print Ads For Four Seasons, RockResorts and Mandarin Oriental Most Effective Hotel Ads in First Half of 2006
• Bruce Neviaser, Great Wolf Resorts Co-founder and Board Chairman, Resigns
• Your Hotel Laundry Room / Larry Mundy
• Florida Leads the Nation in the Number of Condominium-Hotel Rooms in the Pipeline with More than 31,500
• Miami-Dade Entering Fray; Suing Expedia, Orbitz and Other Online Travel Agencies Claiming County is Being Cheated Out of Bed-tax Dollars 
• Under New Ownership and Management Company the 146 suite Embassy Suites Hotel and Spa - La Quinta, California Will Open
• Owners Decide to Re-brand the Revered InterContinental Tequendama Bogota; Will Re-position to the Crowne Plaza Brand
• The Former Regent Almaty Hotel, a Landmark within Almaty - the Largest City in Kazakhstan, Undergoing Refurbishment and Rebranding to InterContinental
• Long Island Hotel & Lodging Association Donates $8,500 to the New York Institute of Technology; Scholarship Donation to Support Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Students
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appointed by Trinity Hotel Investors, LLC, to Manage Two Crowne Plaza Hotels
• Helmut Knipp Named Senior Vice President – Development, Langham Hotels International
• Eric Hausler Joining Trump Entertainment Resorts as Senior Vice President of Development
• James Horsman Named Vice President/Managing Director and Jennifer Thorn as Director of sales and Marketing for Stowe Mountain Lodge
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Jeff Wardlaw Director of Rooms for Eaglewood Resort
• Leasa Kennedy Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the new 150-room Cove Lakeside Resort, Westbank, British Columbia

• Revenue Management & Pricing in Travel 2006 is Less than One Month Away; EyeforTravel’s Revenue Management and Pricing in Travel 2006 event is being held October 4-5 at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago
• Cendyn Celbrates 10th Anniversary; Cendyn to exhibit at The Incentive Travel & Meeting Executives Show in Chicago from September 26-28, 2006
• Memberships at Vacation Clubs, also Known as Destination Clubs, Surging; Bankruptcy Filing of Tanner & Haley with 874 Members Raises Eye Brows
• Harris Rosen Opens Seventh Property; The 1,500 room, $300 million  Rosen Shingle Creek Opens with Nearly 1 million Rooms Booked
• Does Hotel Room Size Matter? / Harry Nobles
• Gal-Tex Hotel Corp. Acquiring the Historic Cliff House at Pikes Peak and the Wheeler House Near Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Crowne Plaza Hotel in Pleasanton, California Is Sold; Colliers International Hotels Acts as Advisor to the Seller
• Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals Names 7 Industry Experts to Lead Forums at the Hospitality Technology Professionals Forum Set for November 11 in New York City
• Pet Travel Statistics Reported for Second Quarter of 2006
• Kor Hotel Group Announces a Strategic Marketing Alliance with Clairvoyix; Luxury hotel operator determined to get to know its guests closer by identifying where they spend, when they spend, what they purchase and how often with Clairvoyix’ marketing automation tools
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions White Paper Makes Case for Automated Asset Management, Preventive Maintenance
• Dave Lawrence returns to Hawaii as Senior Vice President of Operations for Outrigger Enterprises Group
• T. Steele Edwards, Jr. Named General Manager for the Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort, Cumberland, Maryland
• Stefano Gegnacorsi and Davide Bertilaccio Take New General Manager Posts with Rocco Forte’s Hotel Savoy and Le Richemond
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Eric Adame General Manager of Hotel Contessa
• Henrik Mansson Appointed Senior Vice President Human Resources, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
• Adrian Norbury Named Director of Marketing at the Hotel Crescent Court, A Rosewood Hotel in Dallas, Texas
• KDS Partners with Pegasus to Provide Access to Independent and Chain Hotels Globally
• New Guest Experience Management Solutions Expected From InfoGenesis 
• Downtown Disney® Hotels Appoint Several New Leaders in Food and Beverage Division

• Classical Hotels in Greece Selects IDeaS for Deployment in its City Based Properties; Roll-out begins in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Sofia locations
• The Phenomenon of "Flipping" Cropping Up Amongst Hotel Investors; The Typical Holding Period on Prime Hotel Properties Shrinking
• As Head of UK's Travelodge Chain, Grant Hearn is Fond of the No-frills Approach; All Rooms Are all the Same Once the Lights Are Off
• St. Lucia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands Leading the Caribbean Trend for Mixed Use Resort Development - Projects Containing Timeshare Units, Villas and Traditional Hotel Rooms
• Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Acquiring the 525- room Westin O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois, for $125 million, $238,095 per key
• Of US Upscale Lodging Projects Under Development - 40% Contain Spa Facilities and Services / PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Fifth Hotel Indigo Branded Hotel Opens in Dallas, 170-room Property Opens in a 1925 Historical Landmark, Previously Known as the Holiday Inn Dallas- Aristocrat
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $5 million Financing for Holiday Inn Mammoth Lakes
• Apples and Oranges - the Fruit Basket of the Guest Experience / John R. Hendrie
• Maritz Research Marks Fourth Consecutive Year Sponsoring AMA’s Largest Conference; Improving the Customer Experience is Maritz Research’s Headline Discussion Topic and Booth Theme
• Visual One Systems Moves U.S. Headquarters
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Appoints Steve Migliara Director of Sales & Marketing at Hamilton Park Hotel & Conference Center
• Sybase Recognizes HotelEXPERT System in 2006 Innovator Awards
• MSI Announces Dedicated Brand Managers for Its Customer Assistance Center
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Two Tempe, Arizona, Hotel Properties
• 4th Annual International Hotel Conference Moving its Venue to the Cavalieri Hilton in Rome, October 11-13, 2006
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 63 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Columbia, South Carolina Getting a 130 Unit Condo Hotel; Units to be Marketed to Football Fans and State Lawmakers
• Benchmark Appoints Hector Morales Executive Chef at Turtle Bay Resort; A Former Chef to the King of Norway
• Greg Burnes and Jonathan Allard Named Operating Partners for The Generation Companies LLC, an Extended Stay Hotel Operator

• Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / September 2006
• The Knowland Group Has Once Again Begun Service in New Orleans, LA; “We considered another firm who was trying to re-establish their presence in New Orleans… but we found Knowland’s service superior…We were also more comfortable with Knowland’s technical ability.”
• Blackstone's LXR Luxury Hotels Subsidiary Planning a $20 million Conversion of a 38 Year Old Fort Lauderdale Holiday Inn into its New Lodging Concept - Stay Social
• Clash Over the Domain Name leadinghotels.com Continues; Legal Dispute Between The Leading Hotels of the World Ltd and Online Travel Group Ongoing Since 1997
• The Renovation and Expansion of San Bernardino's Historic Arrowhead Springs Hotel from 135 rooms to 250, plus Another 300-room Hotel, Conference Center and Spa Stalls Over Environmental Review
• The Historic Northern Hotel in Downtown Billings Enters Chapter 7 in Preparation for Liquidation
• Overbuilding Not to Blame for Colorado Springs Hotel Occupancy Problems, Rather Lack of New Tourist Attractions or "Demand Generators" Creating  Loss of  Market Share to Other Colorado Locations
• NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. Selected to Liquidate the Contents of the Luxurious St. Regis Hotel, Washington, DC
• Molinaro Koger Structures Disposition of Westin Kierland Resort & Spa to Host Hotels & Resorts for $393 Million
• Built in 1996 as the First of its Brand, the Wingate Inn-Alpharetta Receives Extensive Re-do
• New at 2006 IH/M&RS - Designers and Hotel Owners/Operators Converge at "Destination Design" for Comprehensive Lineup of Education, Resources and Networking
• Benchmark Appoints Marc Reydams Director of Operations for Cheyenne Mountain Resort
• Peter Bruyere Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at the The Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver

• Spain-based AC Hotels Renews With TravelCLICK for iHotelier Web Booking Engine
• Boyd Gaming Hits ‘Jackpot’ With Revenue Management Strategy; Focus on guest value gives the advantage to the house
• Baltimore's Costliest Public Project Ever, the $305 million 757 room Hilton Convention Center Hotel, Faces Significant Competition and Needs Increased Convention Attendance to Succeed
• Union Workers for Four Hilton-operated Properties in Chicago Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract; Room Attendants Will Now Earn $13.20 per Hour and the 16 Room Daily Quota Reduced on Heavy Check Out Days
• The Peabody Hotel, Bought at Auction 25 Years Ago for $400,000 by Belz Enterprises, Now a Memphis Treasure
• The 1,000 room Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa Seeking Approvals to Add 350 rooms; Likely to be a Condo-Hotel
• Partners in the $382 million French Lick Springs Resort & Casino and the West Baden Springs Resort To Go Before an Arbitrator; Judge Claims Current Organizational Structure a Total Failure
• The Erawan Group's CEO Kasama Punyagupta, a Former Investment Banker, Transforming the Family Run Enterprise to One of Thailand's Leading Hotel Developers
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Adds 15 Branded Hotels to its Portfolio in June and July, 2006
• An American Original Celebrates 80th Anniversary: Gurney's Inn Brought Thalassotherapy to New York
• Crowne Plaza Belem Opens in Belem, Para, Brazil; InterContinental Hotels Group's First Hotel Brand was Founded in Belem, Brazil 60 Years Ago
• Golden Tulip Hospitality Appoints Kees Van Maaswaal to Chief Operating Officer
• Florent Gateau Appointed Managing Director of Acqualina, A Rosewood Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
• Mikhail Shamkin Named General Manager of Bitter End Yacht Club Located on the North Sound, Virgin Gorda, in the British Virgin Islands
• Benchmark Appoints Dan Weindruch Chief Financial Officer of French Lick Resort Casino
• Jeffrey Gurtman Joins LRA Worldwide as a Senior Consultant; Customer Experience Management Consulting Firm Hires Host of Popular Television Show “Travel Spies” for its Quality Assurance Practice
• Inaugural European Hospitality Technology Education Conference (EHTEC) Set for February 19-20 at the Hilton Amsterdam in the Netherlands
• Jing’an Chengjian Signs Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts to Manage 208-room Deluxe Hotel Development in Foshan, Guangdong Province

• Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Expands Relationship with SynXis to Include Call Center Services; Luxury hotel group takes advantage of the SynXis private-label voice services in South America to drive distribution for their properties around the world
• Radios, Text Pagers, Cell Phones…So Many Devices, So Much Confusion; Compelling Reasons for a Single Wireless Communication Platform
• The Sands Atlantic City Hotel & Casino Acquired by Pinnacle Entertainment; Plans to Close, Demolish, and Build a Bigger Casino Hotel - 2,100 Employees to Receive 60 Days Notice and Severance Packages
• Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf Finalize Agreement to Develop a Luxury Mountain Project, Fairmont Tamarack, at Idaho's Tamarack Resort
• When at the Chef's Table, You Never Know What You're Going to Get; Chef's Table Varies from Restaurant to Restaurant
• Hotels Employ New Strategies to Thwart Online Travel Agencies
• BentleyForbes Ventures into Hotels with Acquisition of The Four Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas, Texas
• Aquarius Hotels Increase On-line Yield with Help from SensibleRez
• Riu Hotels & Resorts Preparing to Open its 12th Resort in Mexico, the 550 room Riu Vallarta in Puerto Vallarta
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Comfort Inn & Suites Brandywine Valley; Suburban Philadelphia Hotel Sold to Regional Operator
• ProHotel International Sets Sights on Wordwide Expansion
• John Q Hammons Wants to Build a 350 room Embassy Suites In Downtown Wichita, But Cannot Find the Land
• Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust Acquires the 398-room Delta Bow Valley in Calgary, Alberta for Approximately $53.5 million (US$48 million)
• Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International Seeking Nominations for “Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Sales & Marketing” for 2006
• Hersha Hospitality Trust Acquires Two Long Island Limited Service Hotels for $37 million in Cash and Debt Assumption
• Pegasus’ Industry-leading Technology Empowers Boscolo Hotels
• Paul Ratchford Named President and Managing Director of The Greenbrier; Succeeds Ted Kleisner, Who is Retiring After 25 years
• Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Makes Several Management Promotions; Jon D. Kline Promoted to President
• Stephen Kilroy Named Director of Food & Beverage and Kristi Goodrum Director of Reporting & Compliance for Davidson Hotel Company

• Next Chapter for Chicago Restaurateur, Larry Levy, Are Luxury Hotels in  South Beach and Cabo San Lucas
• Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa Launches New Web Site
• You Cannot Microwave Experience: New Generation of Hotel Sales Professionals / David Brudney
• UNITE HERE Reaches Tentative Agreement with Hyatt in Chicago Covering 1,900 Workers at Four Hotels
• When Deciding Where to Stay, One Question May Determine the Choice. Does It Have a Spa?
• Boring Subject, Big Pay-Back: Some Workers Safety and Compensation Tips / Jack Turesky
• Development Team Chosen to Replace the Belchertown State School Site in Western Massachusetts with a Destination Resort Spa – the Quabbin Resort Development
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Completes $40 million Sale of the Coast Santa Cruz Hotel in Santa Cruz, California
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $5.5 million to Refinance Texas Hotel
• Mazili Hotel Group Closes the Comfort Inn & Suites Lakeland, Florida
• Top 10 Group Events August 2006 - North America & Selected Markets / Knowland Group
• LRA Worldwide to Exhibit at The American Marketing Association Marketing Research Conference in Chicago
• Reynolds Development and Musselman Hotels Developing a 250 room Westin Hotel Near the Philip Morris USA Headquarters in Richmond, Virginia
• Pet Friendly Hotels Join BringYourPet.com to Extend Market Reach
• Mark Everton Named General Manager of Hilton San Francisco Financial District
• Paul DiNapoli Named Director of Rooms at the 891 room Westin Seattle
• Elisa Soregaroli Named Director of Sales at the InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam

• A Look at Beverages, With a Twist; New Research Provides Insights to Help Hoteliers Increase Revenue and Satisfy Guests
• The Summer of 2006 Was Supposed to Mark Lebanon's Return as One of the World's Premier Tourist Destinations; Some Still Hope that Tourism will Become an Engine of Growth
• Hyatt  Signs 20-year Management Agreement to Operate the 501-room Bonaventure Resort and Spa; The Westin, Forida Resort to be Renamed the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center and Spa
• Meg Crofton Named the Fourth President and First Female President in Walt Disney World's 35-year History
• Dora Brothers Hospitality Building a Hotel Indigo in Downtown Columbus, Indiana
• Sree Hotels LLC and LTD Management Co. Partner with Starwood to Build a $15 million 140 room aloft Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina
• The Erawan Group Building a 367 room Holiday Inn on North Beach Road in Pattaya, Thailand
• Benchmarks's Hometown Hospitality Community Outreach Initiative Put In Action on Historic Sheffield Island in Long Island Sound
• Mark Ferland Appointed General Manager of the 584-room Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes

1. The Top 10 Quirkiest Hotels from Around the World
2. Different Views of Customer Service; The Airline “Passenger Experience” vs the Hotel "Guest Experience"
3. What Women (Really) Want Identifying the Unique Needs of the Woman Business Traveler / Brenda Fields
4. “A Bakers Dozen” of Strategies for Hotel Directors of Housekeeping / Dr. John Hogan
5. The Basic Hotel Shower-Tub Combination - a Relic?
6. Benchmark's Top Five Dining Trends for 2006...and a Word About Wine
7. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / August 2006
8. Revenue Management for Dummies (Like Me) - Knowing Why is More Important than Knowing How / Neil Salerno
9. Identifying the WIIFM Factor – The Essential of Hotel Sales Success / Carol Verret
10. David S. Feder, Former President of PGA National Resort & Spa, Sues PGA National; Claims Employment Agreement Called for $8.5 million Kicker if Resort Sold
11. Fifteen Hospitality Industry Leaders to Lecture at Cornell Hotel School as Part of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series
12. Have You Listened To What Your Hotel Sales and Reservations Agents Are Saying To Real Customers? / Doug Kennedy
13. New Hotel Projects with Condo, Private Residence and Timeshare Componets Set to Decline as Developers, Lenders and Consumers Turn Cautious
14. Artesia, California Motel Sued for Failure to Prevent a Child from Accessing Adult Television Channels
15. Boutique Hotel Operator, Joie de Vivre,  Adding Five New Hotels in California
16. Top 10 Group Events / July 2006 – North America & Selected Markets
17. Intrawest Agrees to be Acquired by Fortress Investment Group LLC  for about $2.8 billion Including Debt Assumption
18. A Dust-up Over Taxes Owed on Tip Income Has Las Vegas Bar and Restaurant Workers Seething and the Internal Revenue Service Beating a Retreat
19. Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 14 - Impact Studies, Stretching Segments, Short-Stay Rentals, Smoke-free Marriotts, Franchising in China, Save the Belleview Biltmore Hotel / Stanley Turkel
20. Taming the Beast…What Hotel Managers Need to Know To Reduce Turnover / Neil Salerno
21. Two Historic Texas Hotels Will Undergo over $50 million in Improvements;  Jeff Trigger to Oversee Renovation of The Stoneleigh Hotel and St. Anthony Hotel 
22. Zero-Based Budgeting in the Hospitality Industry / Jose Acosta
23. Room Service / Larry Mundy
24. Marriott Has 16 Reservation Centers Around the World; the Omaha Center Is "the Mother Church", Achieving 50% Conversion Rate
25. More than 36 Condo-hotel Projects are Underway Across South Florida; Even with Record Room Rates, Owning a Piece of the Condo-hotel Business Might Not Be So Profitable

• HBSI Signs Agreement with Intercontinental Hotels Group to Provide Demand Management Solution to Expand Distribution Channels
• Non-Smoking Independent Hotels Love Their FreshStay® Links
• In Hotel Franchising, Reality Trumps Wishful Thinking / Stanley Turkel
• Zero-Based Budgeting in the Hospitality Industry / Jose Acosta
• The 450 room Charleston Place Hotel Marks the Epicenter Charleston's Economy; Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. Bought a 20% Stake and Took Over Management in 1995
• The Rev. Jerry Falwell Looking For a Developer to Build a Time Share Resort on Top of Candlers Mountain Near Lynchburg, Virginia
• Small Lodgings Must Seek Niche Distinction; Selling Authenticity, Intimacy, Customer Service
• Choice Hotels Inks Agreement To Develop Ten Extended Stay Properties in Arizona With MCD
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Advises in the Sale of the Clarion Hotel Sports Complex, Kansas City, MO
• La Quinta Openes 31 Hotels in the First Half of 2006; 24 Franchised and 7 Corporate Properties
• Greenbrier Promotional Campaign to Appear in Design Annual
• French Hotel Industry Enjoys Best July since 2001; Occupancy Reaches 72.9%
• Holiday Inn Resort Phuket, Opened in 1987, Undergoes Multi million dollar Refurbishment
• Trading Places International Instrumental in Unprecedented Purchase of Lindo Mar Resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
• The Charlotte Area Hotel Association Enacts By-law Changes to Expanded Membership

• One Month Left to Register for the Travel Distribution Summit USA 2006.  Senior Executives Representing the Leading Travel Companies Convene to Debate the Latest Industry Trends
• Weakening Demand for Condos Leads to Re-evaluation of the Canyon Ranch Living Community in Bethesda, Maryland / Bernard Burt
• Maximizing Revenue Through Strategic Use of Technology / Terry Cunningham, President and CEO, InfoGenesis
• The 86-year-old Italian Renaissance Drake Hotel on Chicago's North Michigan Avenue Expected to Be Purchased By a Group Consisting of  Walton Street Capital LLC, Lodging Capital Partners and Westbrook Partners LLC 
• Grand Heritage Hotel Group Sets Itself Apart with GH Chain Code through Pegasus Solutions; Also Renews use of Pegasus’ HotelFactory CRS, Voice and Distribution Services
• Millenia Hotel Private Limited Appoints Capella Hotels & Resorts, to Jointly Create and Operate the Capella Singapore; the Project, on the Island of Sentosa, Expected to Cost $250 million
• Melview Viaduct Harbour Limited and Starwood Hotels Planning a 173-room Westin Hotel On Auckland's Waterfront
• Rocco Forte’s Hotels in Berlin and Rome Take Names of Historic Significance - Hotel de Rome and Hotel de Russie
• Harrah's Reinventing the 60 Year Old Flamingo Las Vegas; All-new Technologically Advanced Guest Rooms with Splashes of Signature Flamingo Pink
• Your Hotel Parking Lot / Larry Mundy
• Accuracy, Automation, Artificial Intelligence: An All-In-One Approach to Revenue & Labor Management; Carnus Systems unveils Auto-RLM, the first automated Revenue & Labor Management System that uses artificial intelligence technology
• GenaRes to Offer Competitive Rate Shopping Tools Via Interface with AnyRate Software; Leading-Edge Rate Intelligence Software Now Available to all GenaRes Customers
• Lack of Unionized Hotel Workers in Denver Will Hurt its Chances of Landing the 2008 National Democratic Convention; UNITE HERE Has 13 Organized Hotels in Downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul 
• Kelly Inns Limited Opening its Third Hotel in Billings, the 90 room Best Western Kelly Inn 
• Stephen Griffin Joins The Dow Hotel Company as Senior VP of Finance
• Benchmark Appoints Sheryl Sorem Director of Sales For The Northland Inn
• John Marks, Former CEO of the San Francisco CVB, Joins SearchWide as Executive Consultant

• IDeaS Announces Certified Integration with Visual One; Integration Between IDeaS Revenue Optimization and Visual One Property Management System
• Trade Shows, Convention Centers Going Green; Recycling Stations, Organic Food, Hemp Drapes, Natural Light / Sandi Cain and Darlene Gudea 
• Developer Beau King Teams Up with Kimpton Hotels for a Planned $100 million 230-room Palomar Hotel with 38 Condominium Units in Midtown, Atlanta
• More than 36 Condo-hotel Projects are Underway Across South Florida; Even with Record Room Rates, Owning a Piece of the Condo-hotel Business Might Not Be So Profitable
• Not Everyone is Happy About the Huge Resort Project on Tiny Bimini; the $850 million Project Will Include a 250 room Conrad Hotel, Golf Course, Casino
• New Orleans' French Quarter Back Onto the Top 50 Labor Day 2006 Destinations After a One-year Absence; New York City's Upper Midtown Neighborhood the #1 Most-Requested
• Caribbean Hotel Association Updates its Image for the First Time in Over 40 Years
• Marshall Management Contracts to Operate The Kalorama Guest House in Washington, D.C.
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Stays with Pegasus for Distribution and Reservation Services, Adds More Services
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 68 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Names Executive Kevin Hanley President, Expands Executive Team
• Premier Hotels & Resorts Reflagging the 318-room Guam Palace Hotel to the Sheraton Laguna Guam
• 2006 Wisconsin Lodging Conference & Trade Show To Be Held In Lake Geneva October 30–31, 2006

• David S. Feder, Former President of PGA National Resort & Spa, Sues PGA National; Claims Employment Agreement Called for $8.5 million Kicker if Resort Sold
• Benchmark's Top Five Dining Trends for 2006... and a Word About Wine
• Coastal Hotel Group Purchased by Senior Management Team Led by Yogi Hutsen, Coastal's President & Chief Executive Officer
• Fifteen Hospitality Industry Leaders to Lecture at Cornell Hotel School as Part of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series
• The Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau: Grassroots Marketing Marks New Direction / Sandi Cain
• Columbus, Ohio Officials Grapple with Proposals to Add Downtown Hotel Rooms; Providing Cash Subsidies and Tax Abatements to Hotel Developers an Unresolved Issue
• Restoration of the Largest Building in Mississippi, The 1,740 room Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Completed on an 8-month Schedule, Following Three Months of Debris Removal
• Tom Borges Named General Manager of the Kahana Sunset Resort on Maui
• HSMAI Holding Workshop - “Strategic Thinking: Innovative Training for Improving Hotel Profitability,” Oct. 23-25, 2006 in Partnership with Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida
• Windsor Hospitality Group Names Dave Dreher General Manager and Jim Cacabelos Director of Sales at the Embassy Suites Bellevue
• The Knowland Group Begins Service in San Antonio, TX; Market Intelligence Firm to Begin Offering Its Service To City Known As A Crossroads

• War Ended 39 Months of Israeli Tourism Growth
• FreshStay®  Reports 2,700% Gain in Smoke-free Hotels; With 2,300 Marriott properties’ going smoke free, more than 5% of U.S. hotels will be 100% non-smoking
• Artesia, California Motel Sued for Failure to Prevent a Child from Accessing Adult Television Channels
• Despite Pressure from Conservative Groups to Eliminate Adult Films in Hotel Rooms, Most Hotels Not Changing their Ways
• The Couples Resort Group Building a 370-room Resort in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica
• The Sands Macao Completes Expansion of  Casino Floor Area to Over 229,000 square feet, Holding 740 Tables
• Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Selling the Hilton Burbank Airport for $125 million, or $256,000 per room
• Orco Property Group Rolls Two Separate Brands into New Single Brand - MaMaison Hotels & Apartments
• Coastal Hotels in Hot Water with Guests over Odors; Don’t drown in negative publicity from online reviews  . . . Zontec Ozone Generators will save your reputation while improving your indoor air quality
• Dubai International Capital Plans Aggressive Expansion of Travelodge Hotels, Focus on Low Pricing
• Scott L. White Named to Head San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau; Formerly the EVP of Greater Phoenix CVB
• Blue Square Studios Produces Dramatic Online Revenue Results for Portola Plaza Hotel
• HFTP and the Caribbean Hotel Association to Host First Ever Caribbean Finance Technology Professionals Conference  in Puerto Rico
• Steve Contos Promoted to VP and Managing Director of Grande Lakes Orlando and Peter Kacheris Named General Manager of the JW Marriott Orlando
• Millennium & Copthorne International Limited Appoints Michael Sengol as Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific
• Luc Bollen Named General Manager of Hilton Hefei
• Choice Hotels International Promotes Cynthia Lakas to Vice President, Database and Direct Marketing
• Steve Mayers Appointed General Manager of the Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing, Matamoras, PA

• A Dust-up Over Taxes Owed on Tip Income Has Las Vegas Bar and Restaurant Workers Seething and the Internal Revenue Service Beating a Retreat
• The Rainmaker Group to Share Expertise at Revenue Management and Pricing Conference; Rainmaker Executive VP, Tom Walker, will speak at EyeforTravel Revenue Management and Pricing in Travel 2006 Conference
• Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Revenue Managers – Average to Awesome!  / Web Cast - August 28, 2006
• The US$3 billion Marina Bay Sands on Track With Signing of Development Agreement; One of the Largest Investments in the World for a Single Integrated Resort
• The City of Boston Expecting More than $1.4 billion in Future Convention Business After Hosting the American Society of Association Executives Annual Meeting & Exposition
• Assisted Living Management Experience Gives Hoteliers An Edge / Mark Hamister
• It's Been 24 Years Since Monterey, California Hotel Workers Went on Strike, That Era May Be Nearing Its End
• New Hotel Directory Lists Hotel Accommodations and Brings Affordable Advertising Options to Hoteliers
• Starwood Hotels and Intrawest Planning the Westin Verasa Napa, a 160-unit Condominium Hotel located in Downtown Napa, California;  The Hotel Will be Managed by Intrawest's Hospitality Management Division
• KSL Building 35 Whole-ownership, Limited-term-use Condominiums at Historic Hotel del Coronado
• KoolConnect Appoints Award-Winning Entertainment Technology Executive Chet Smith as Chief Technical Officer
• The Knowland Group Begins Service in Monterey, CA; Market Intelligence Firm Adds City That Prides Itself On Its Universal Appeal
• Scott Enterprises Planning a 100 room Hilton Garden Inn to be Built Behind Their Owned Courtyard by Marriott in Erie, Pennsylvania

• ‘Productivity’ the Focus of NORTHWIND's 2006 Maestro Users’ Conference;  Three-day workshops help Maestro users maximize efficiency and boost profits
• Production Benchmarks for Your Hotel’s Web Site; How well is your Site Performing? / Neil Salerno
• Room Service / Larry Mundy
• Developer Proposes a 246-room Westin Hotel with 72 Condos Adjacent to the Arena in Downtown Tulsa
• Marathon Real Estate Names Oxford Lodging the Asset Manager of 1,000-Room Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Hotels in Atlanta Aim for Luxury Clientele; Rosewood to Have Butlers at the 128 room Mansion on Peachtree
• Celebration, the Community Walt Disney Co. Created Near Orlando, Is Getting Its Third Hotel - a 450 room Condo Hotel Being Developed by Related Group and Mona Lisa Hotels and Residences of France
• Developer Richard Cohen Sues for Permission to Rent Rooms at Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod; Claims Building Inspector on Vacation
• Omni Hotels Breaks Ground in Fort Worth, Texas on $170 Million Convention Center Luxury Hotel and Condominiums
• Makar Properties Completes Renovation of the 238 room Wyndham Orange County
• International Travelers to the U.S Increased by 6.7% in 2005; International Guest Room Nights Represent 10.3% of the U.S. Lodging Demand / PWC
• GoldenTree InSite Partners, Aimbridge Hospitality and JF Capital Advisors Form Partnership to Acquire Doubletree Hotel Dallas-Campbell Centre and the Doubletree Hotel Denver-Southeast
• Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa Goes With InfoGenesis POS To Help Blaze The Off-Strip Trail In Vegas; Eighty Percent of All Major Casinos in Las Vegas Now Feature InfoGenesis Technology
• Pegasus Solutions Signs 37 Former Distinguished Hotels “DH” GDS Chain Code Now Owned By Pegasus
• RockBridge Capital and Equis Hospitality Management Building a $10.5 million Homewood Suites in Maryland Height, Missouri
• PKF Consulting Hires Reed Woodworth; Opens Boston Office
• Francoise Chuang Appointed Director of Sales – Catering and Conference Services for Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

• Indoor Waterpark Resort Numbers Increase in ‘06 / David J. Sangree
• South Florida's Leading Hotel Union, Unite Here Local 355,  in the Midst of an Internal Corruption Probe Targeting Two Top Organizers 
• Union Contracts Set to Expire in Less than Two Weeks at Some of Chicago's Biggest Hotels
• IPIX Liquidation Puts 360-degree Virtual Tour Technology, All Assets Up for Bid
• Two Years have Passed since Since the City of Dallas Unveiled Plans for a 1,000 room City Subsidized Convention Center Hotel; The Chosen Developer, Woodbine Development Corp, Still Crunching Numbers
• The Renaissance Fort Lauderdale-Plantation Hotel's Comforts Make for a Happy Miami Dolphin's Football Team During Training Camp
• Historic 1923 Donald Ross Course at Landmark Bedford Springs Resort Under Restoration; Includes Vintage Holes by Oldham, 1895; Tillinghast, 1912; Ross, 1923
• Marriott International Will Manage a 1,000-room Hotel at the Hong Kong International Airport Under an Agreement reached with Union Sky Holdings Limited
• Twenty Hotels and Restaurants with Compelling Design Elements Named as Finalists for the Annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design; David Rockwell to be Honored as ‘Designer of the Year’
• Dubai International Capital Acquires Travelodge, Operator of  291 Hotels in the UK, Ireland and Spain,  for £675 million
• Hotel Capitalization Rates Remain Aggressive But Demonstrate Some Moderation / Jeffrey H. Walker, MAI, CHME and Rajesh Shah
• Grupo Poma of El Salvador Signs Franchise Agreement with Marriott International for a Planned 310 room JW Marriott Resort in Guanacaste on the North Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
• Resort Suites of Scottsdale Joins Summit Hotels & Resorts ; First Hotel in Arizona Named One of the Best Independent Luxury Hotels & Resorts
• Choice Hotels Franchises 34 New Hotels in July, 2006
• 1901 Oil Boom Meant Big Business for Beaumont, Texas Hotels
• Jason Kycek Rejoins KSL Resorts as Corporate Director of Travel Industry Sales
• Michael A. Slivka Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the Clarion Scranton Hotel, Scranton, Pennsylvania

• Marriott Has 16 Reservation Centers Around the World; the Omaha Center Is "the Mother Church", Achieving 50% Conversion Rate
• Redecorate Your Elevator Cabs, Every Fall / Larry Mundy
• Market Metrix Announces Second Quarter 2006 Hospitality Index Results; Drury Inns Ranked Number 1 in Customer Satisfaction for the Hotel Industry
• Sandcastle Resorts & Hotels and Wood Partners Planning a 300 room Hilton Topped with 192 Condominiums in the Buckhead Area of Atlanta
• Noble Investment Group Acquires the 467-room Sheraton Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta; Following $50 million Renovation, the Hotel Will be Converted into a W Hotel
• Perchance to Dream - The Hotel Guest Room of the Future (Is it Already Here?) / John R Hendrie
• Kessler Enterprises Completes Acquisition of  the El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa, Taos, New Mexico; Plans to Add 48 New Guest Rooms
• Joint Venture Creates Two Membership Hotel Brands in China - Chinas Best Value Inn and Lexington Collection
• StayOnline Signs Exclusive Distribution Deal with Australia-based icableholder
• HFTP Board of Directors Approves Landmark Changes to CHTP and CHAE Programs; Changes Include Creation of a Code of Ethics
• The $224 million Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center Opens with a $200,000 Grand Opening Party
• Twin Tier Hospitality Acquires the Radisson Hotel Cleveland Airport
• Holladay Properties and Swift Hospitality Group Open 100 room Country Inns & Suites By Carlson in Portage, Indiana; Marks the 400th Country Inns Branded Hotel
• Intrawest Opens the The Appalachian Condominium Hotel Located Slopeside at the Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, New Jersey
• Dominican Republic Allocates $30 million to Improvements in Puerto Plata Related to Beach Preservation, Water Processing and Sanitation Systems; Desires to Maximize Use for Substantial Boost in Tourism
• Local Investor Group Spending $3 million to Renovate the Statehouse Inn in Downtown Boise; Will Rename Hotel 43
• Holiday Inn Denver International Airport Hotel and John Q. Hammons Convention Center Complete Four-year $10 million Makeover 
• The Caribbean Hotel Foundation Awards 39 Academic Scholarships Totaling $144,500 to Caribbean Students
• Choice Hotels International Promotes Fran Taloricco to Vice President, Conversion Franchise Sales and Brad LeBlanc to Vice President, New Construction Franchise Sales

• Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 14; Impact Studies, Stretching Segments, Short-Stay Rentals, Smoke-free Marriotts, Franchising in China, Save the Belleview Biltmore Hotel / Stanley Turkel
• Industry Veteran Brian Cunningham Launches ActivityTec, a Technology, Revenue Management and Distribution Best Practices Consultancy to Resort Centric Activity Providers
• The City of Oceanside, California May Invest $27 million to Help Developer S.D. Malkin Properties Inc. Build a $187 million Westin Resort
• A 330 room Fairmont Managed Resort Being Built Adjacent to the the Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses in Seaside, California
• Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Appoints Philippe LeBoeuf as Vice President of Operations
• Piedmont Holdings Contracts with Crescent Hospitality to Re-flag and Manage Two Downtown Atlanta Properties; Two Marriott Branded Properties Receiving Multi-million dollar Refurbishments Prior to Conversion to the Wyndham Brands
• John Emery, Great Wolf Resorts' CEO, Says Company Not for Sale
• The Renaissance Dallas Hotel Acquired by a Subsidiary of  JWM Family Enterprises, L.P; The 518 room Landmark Will Continue to be Operated by Marriott International
• Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau On Rebound from Scandal of Previous Leader; Still Struggling for Financial Footing
• CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Reports Net Income of  $47 million for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2006; Year-to-date RevPAR Up 9.0%
• $6 million Spa Chateau Opens at the 301-room Chateau on the Lake Resort in Branson, Missouri
• B F Saul Selects the Knowland Group for Group Sales Leads
• Following a $20 million Renovation, The 705 room Radisson Lexington Hotel, NYC, Emerges with Six Distinct Dining and Entertainment Outlets
• Thermae Bath Spa - Only Place in Britain Where Hot Springs Bubble to the Surface
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Andrew Christie Director of Operations for North Maple Inn
• John Tesar Named Executive Chef for The Mansion on Turtle Creek, A Rosewood Hotel

• HTNG, OpenTravel Alliance, ATME, JupiterResearch and ASTA Unveil their Latest Research in an Array of Free Seminars Being Held on 4-5th October in Chicago
• Springfield’s Krystal Aire Inn & Suites Introduces Another Fresh Idea; All Non-Smoking Hotel Installs Energy Efficient, Odor-Neutralizing Light Bulbs
• Empty Farmer's Field in Kansas May be Transformed into a Mega Tourism Attraction; $787 million Proposal Would Include Legoland Theme Park and Resort Hotel
• New Hotel Projects with Condo, Private Residence and Timeshare Componets Set to Decline as Developers, Lenders and Consumers Turn Cautious
• Silver Companies Building a 139 room Hyatt Place, Will be Fourth Hotel within the Celebrate Virginia Development
• Hotel Curb Appeal / Vincent Lubrano III
• Access Hotel Advisors Contracted to Manage the Belmont Hotel at Dilbeck Court in Dallas, Texas
• Boutique Hotels & Resorts of British Columbia Opening the 150 Suite Cove Lakeside Resort, Kelowna, British Columbia
• KoolConnect Discloses Influx Of Significant Amounts of New Investment Capital
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 77 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• HSMAI's 7th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Set for Dec. 6, 2006 in Sunny Isles, Florida
• Beau Rivage Resort & Casino will Reopen 12 months After Hurricane Katrina; New Restaurants, Redesigned Guest Rooms
• Destination Hotels & Resorts to Manage Stowe Mountain Lodge
• Michael Dunne Named General Manager of San Jose Doubletree Hotel
• Aqua Hotels & Resorts Restructures Operations Group; Albert Roque Promoted to Director of Operations
• Wendy Ramirez Named National Sales Manager at the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Marilyn Cafone, Controller of the Westminster Hotel in Livingston, N.J., Elected Vice President of the Mid-Jersey Chapter of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals

• What Women (Really) Want; Identifying the Unique Needs of the Woman Business Traveler / Brenda Fields
• Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Revenue Managers – Average to Awesome! Web Cast - August 28, 2006
• The Wide Diversity of Hotel Brands Opens New Marketing Opportunities for Independent Hotels
• Devleoper Clement Chen Moving Ahead on $70 million 208 room Luxury Hotel in Monterey, California; The Site Plan for the Hotel was Approved 23 Years Ago
• Mexico City Tourism Slowed - Ragtag Protest Camp Added to Usual Image Problems - Taxi Muggings, Corrupt Cops, Infamous Smog
• Redesigning the Urban Spa Experience, Park Hyatt Washington Walk-in Bath Adds Glamor to $24 million Upgrade
• Canadian First Half of the Year Winners Are Calgary,  Edmonton,  Alberta North, and Downtown Vancouver with Occupancies Over 70% and Average Room Rates Exceeding $100
• Choice Hotels Adds to its Cambria Suites Brand Executive Team in the Areas of Brand Management, Design and Construction
• Meeting Planners Complaining About Panhandlers in Downtown Atlanta; Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau Claims Panhandling Ordinance Not Being Enforced
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds Flemings Mayfair Hotel in London
• The Knowland Group Begins Service in Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL; Market Intelligence Firm Continues Expansion in Florida
• Springhill Suites Part of Office Building Project Planned for Cheyenne, Wyoming
• An 80-room Hampton Inn Hopes to Boost Tourism to Gloucester, Virginia
• Fountainhead Lodge, Once Oklahoma's Premiere Resort, Auctioned Off Piece by Piece

• Hotel Common Sense “A Bakers Dozen” of Strategies for Hotel Directors of Housekeeping / John Hogan
• Intrawest Agrees to be Acquired by Fortress Investment Group LLC for about $2.8 billion Including Debt Assumption
• Two Historic Texas Hotels Will Undergo over $50 million in Improvements; Jeff Trigger to Oversee Renovation of The Stoneleigh Hotel and St. Anthony Hotel
• Value Place Hotels Appear to be Another Winner by Longtime Wichita Hotel Entrepreneur Jack DeBoer; Value Place Concept an Unusual Combination of Hotel and Apartment House
• Expecting to be Billetted in Tents, 100 Members of the Maryland National Guard Accommodated at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort for 60 day Tour of Duty
• Even With the 3 day Government Shut Down in July, Atlantic City's 12 Casinos Had the Second-highest Gross-Revenue Month Ever
• Flag Luxury Properties Completes Refinancing of the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach in Miami, Obtains $181 million of 10-year Fixed Rate Financing at a Rate of 6.37%
• 15 Corinthia Owned Hotels Across Europe, Africa and the