HOSPITALITY HEADLINES

• Gambling on jobs (The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.)
• Bacaran Bay projecddddt OK'd: $500M project begins work in spring (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
• Silver Slipper shoreline fill for road approved: In return, casino will restore 13.21 acres of wetlands (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
• At last beach restoration begins at Sandestin (The Destin Log, Fla.)
• Rosier hotels picture as M&C surges to £74m (Evening Standard, London)
• Boca Raton, Fla., Bridge Hotel sold for second time (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
• Visalia hotel has new owners: Downtown Radisson to become Marriott. (The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
• Are cheap stays going away? (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Louisiana casinos still thriving (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• MGM director leaves board (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Her dreams of hospitality meet neighbors' hostility (The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
• Camelot Inn remains open despite trouble: Miami's Nuisance Abatement Board decided not to close the Camelot Inn, even though police arrested a drug user on the property, which was grounds for closure (The Miami Herald)
• Inn Gets Green Light: County OKs expansion at river motel (The Monterey County Herald, Calif.)
• Slots revenue forecast looks high to some (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Rancho Mirage also wants portion of casino's hotel tax money (The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.)
• LaSalle Hotel adds to local holdings: Blues hotel, Marina retail space included (Chicago Tribune)
• Tourists flock to Pierce County, Wash. (The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
• New version of bill lets hotels set smoking rooms (The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.)
• Great Wolf reports loss for 2005 (The Wisconsin State Journal)
• University of Maine seeks 'tourism economic development educator' (Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine)
• Officials look to car show to bring tourism dollars (Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio)
• Super 8 Hotels China Chief Executive Named Top Leader in Chinese Hospitality Industry
• Hotel and Lodging Investments Continue to Surge
• Orient-Express Hotels Announces 2005 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
• Host Marriott Reports Outstanding Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Results
• Oakland Convention & Visitors Bureau Announces the 2006 Edition of: Destination Oakland
• BridgeStreet Worldwide Acquires Twelve Oaks Corporate Housing in Chicago
• Sheraton and St. Regis Newest Names Added to Cotai Strip(TM)
• MGM MIRAGE Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

INSIDE HOTEL ONLINE TODAY
DAILY EMAIL NEWS

• Condo Hotels and the Americans with Disabilities Act:  Is Your Condo Hotel a “Residence” or a “Place of Public Accommodation”?
• Beverly Clark’s WeddingLocation.com Celebrates its Sixth Anniversary with a Whole New Look
• Connecticut's Two Casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, Offer Insights to Friendly Competition
• Five Major Innovations for Your Hotel’s Performance; Technology innovations designed to positively impact your hotel’s bottom line / Tim Henthorn
• Great Wolf Resorts Reports a 4th Qtr 2005 Net Loss of $38 million; Year-over-Year 4th Qtr Occupancy and RevPAR Decreased / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Cornerstone Awards Kimpton Hotels the Management Contract of The MUSE, New York City
• The Procaccianti Group Acquires the 311-room Wyndham Colorado Springs; Plans $11 million Renovation and Conversion to Marriott Brand
• Novare Group's TWELVE Hotels and Residences Planning a 35-story Tower in Charlotte; 400 Condos on Top of 150 Hotel Suites
• 120 Smoke Free Hotels Join the www.freshstay.com Online Directory in 1st Month
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Continues Rapid Expansion, Revenues and Newly Signed Members Part of Global Success Story
• Home-Towne Suites Selects AnyRate Software to Provide Competitive Rate Intelligence
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Reports 4th Qtr 2005 Net Income of $7.2 million; Incentive Management Fees Up 40.2% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Outrigger's Waikiki Beach Walk "Tops Out"; Biggest Development in Waikiki's History to Feature Hotels, Restaurants, Premier Shops in Hawaiian-Style Setting
• Doug Housley Named General Manager of the 277-room Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
• Choice Hotels International Names Dan Couture to the Position of Regional Vice President, Extended Stay Development
• The 88th and 89th Staybridge Suites Hotels Open in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Newark, Delaware
• TeleAdapt Unveils New Guest Room Solutions at HOSTEC
• Lyle J. Bolyard Joins The Lodge At Woodloch As Executive Chef
• Jeanine Korm Glendon Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for The Churchill Hotel in Washington, DC
February 21, 2006
• Two Florida Hotel Investors Admit to Bilking Mortgage Lenders in a $67 million Loan Scheme to Finance Hotels in Orlando and South Florida; Used Fraudulent Appraisals and False Hotel Income and Occupancy Rates
• It is 10am:  Do You Know How Much Money Your Owners Made Last Night? Strand Development Company Does; Multi-flag operator provides customized owner financials, forecasting techniques with dashboard business intelligence hotel software
• Nobody Asked Me, But…. / Stanley Turkel
• Selling Up! Taking Group Room Revenue to a New Level / Carol Verret
• MeriStar Hospitality Agrees to be Acquired by The Blackstone Group in Transaction Valued at Approximately $2.6 billion
• The Providence Group Gears Up for March Madness; President Jed C. Heller to speak at ARDA, Hotel Investment Conference
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 50 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• The Harp Group Acquires the 215 room Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles International Airport for $30.5 million
• Aztec Group, Inc. Arranges the $12 Million Sale of the Comfort Inn Airport/Cruise Port South, Hollywood, Florida
• Managing Online Wholesalers Just Got EZ’er
• Lake District Westmorland Hotel Makes Booking a Breeze
• Manugistics Scientist Co-Sponsors Research Paper: Improving Revenue Management in the 21st Century; Manugistics teams with Georgia Institute of Technology Professor to Create Price-Boosting Revenue Strategy Tools
• Design Goals for New 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Convention Center Hotel Was to Create a Hotel that Would Become a True Urban Resort
• Wyboston Lakes to Present a Visual One Case Study Seminar at Hostec/Eurhotec on February 21st
• Strand Development Company LLC Acquires Management Contract of Best Western Sterling Hotel and Suites, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Thayer Hotel Awards Victor Fernandez As its 2005 “Employee of the Year”

Top five viewed pages during January 2006

1. 1. Revenue Management 2006  - The Risks and Rewards / Carol Verret
2. 2. Hospitality Industry Top 10 Thoughts for 2006 / Ernst & Young
3. 3. Woman Seeks $600,000 in Compensatory Damages from Towneplace Suites by Marriott in Chesapeake, Virginia Over Smoking Spat
4. 4. The 25 Most Extraordinary Sales and Marketing Minds in Hospitality & Travel
5. 5. Hilton Hotels New Luxury Brand, The Waldorf=Astoria Collection, Adds Three CNL Owned Resorts - Grand Wailea Resort, Arizona Biltmore Resort and La Quinta Resort