1. What Do the InterContinental Takeover Rumors Mean? Why IHG? Why Now? Who Will Win the Bid? / Jim Butler
2. The Top 21 Gay Friendly U.S. Destinations Named; Top Three are San Francisco, Key West and New York
3. Wedding Party Room Reservations Abruptly Canceled When the Deauville Beach Resort Managers Realized the Reservations Were for Super Bowl Weekend
4. 2006 Best Hotel Gyms in the U.S.
5. Hotel Owners Nightmare: Money Left on the Table / David M. Brudney
6. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / December 2006
7. Top Ten Gadgets On The Savvy Traveler�s Christmas Wish List
8. What in the World Is Going On with Condo Hotels Now? / Jim Butler
9. Tom Bodett's Top 6 Reasons to Stay at a Motel During the Holidays Instead of With Relatives
10. The 216-room Doubletree in Key West, Florida Closed Indefinitely; Multiple Agencies Investigating Death of Hotel Guest
11. Buyer of Boston's Most Expensive Condominium, the $14.3 million Penthouse at the Residences at Mandarin, Sues the Developers to Get Out of the Deal
12. The City of Baltimore Hires a Hotel Asset Manager to Act as a Performance Watchdog for the Controversial Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel
13. Lack of Human Capital Is Becoming Serious Issue for Hotel Owners, Operators / Rick Swig
14. Hotel Owner Michael E. Kelly Arrested on Charges He Ran a $400 million Pyramid Scheme through the Sale of Time-share Leases in Mexico
15. Need Goat�s Milk for Your Bath?  Or a Broadway Star to Sing Happy Birthday? Call the Concierge; Top hotels trade tales of their most unique guest requests
16. What Women Hotel Guests Really Want; Women want more power: for the their internet connections and their hair dryers / Jim Butler
17. Benefit Takebacks at Foxwoods Resort Prompts Creation of Anonymous Web Site To Air Employee Complaints
18. CNL Hotels & Resorts Agrees to Sell 32 Non-strategic Hotels to an Affiliate of Whitehall Street Global Real Estate Limited Partnership 2005 for $405 million, $88,447 Per Key
19. The Seminole Tribe of Florida Buying the Hard Rock Cafe Chain from the Rank Group for $965 million; Portfolio Includes 124 Hard Rock Cafes,Four Hard Rock Hotels, Two Hard Rock Casino-hotels
20. Speaking of Hotel Rooms: When You Turn The Lights Off They All Look The Same / Doug Kennedy
21. Agilysys Acquiring Visual One Systems
22. What's Behind the Smiles of Hotel Employees / Joseph M. Gravish
23. Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau - "A Train Wreck of Great Magnitude"
24. Is 'Mega Boutique Hotel' an Oxymoron / Harry Nobles
25. Within a Two-day Span, Three Top Executives for the 310 room Morongo Casino Resort & Spa Resign, Including GM Bill Davis

• Hotel Owner Michael E. Kelly Arrested on Charges He Ran a $400 million Pyramid Scheme through the Sale of Time-share Leases in Mexico
• What Do the InterContinental Takeover Rumors Mean? Why IHG? Why Now? Who Will Win the Bid? / Jim Butler
• The 216-room Doubletree in Key West, Florida Closed Indefinitely; Multiple Agencies Investigating Death of Hotel Guest
• Nearly 80 Taiwanese Entrepreneurs in Houston Own Small, Independent Hotels or Franchises of Hotel Chains; Challenging the Indians
• The Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo Philosophy: Reinvest or Fall Behind
• Portland Harbor Hotel Executive Chef, Jeff Landry, Named Maine Restaurant Association Chef of the Year
• Incoming Chief of Baltimore's Convention and Visitors Association Expects the $301 million Publicly Financed 757 room Hilton to Jump Start the City's Underperforming Convention Center
• Station Casinos Investment in Buying and Remodeling the Santa Fe Station Casino Approaching $458 million
• Oregon's Busiest Tourist Attraction, with 3 million Visitors a Year, Protected by Tiny Volunteer Fire Department

December 27, 2006

• Spain-Based Núñez i Navarro Hotels Builds Brand Identity With iHotelier CRS by TravelCLICK; Innovative Operator Uses Flash-Based Web Booking Engine for Nine Barcelona Properties
• Spotty Internet at Hotels Has Road Warriors Hung Up; Connectivity Problems Growing as Many Hotels Shift to Wireless Access
• Nobody Asked Me, But� No. 22; Smart Elevators, Tony Marshall�s Memorial, Women in the Hospitality Industry / Stanley Turkel
• A 28-story Marriott Resort Hotel Planned for Riviera Beach, Florida; Public Beach Access an Issue
• Top 50 New Year�s Eve Destinations Survey Has Las Vegas, New York City at Top
• Cheyenne, Wyoming's Best Western Hitching Post Inn Sold; DePalma Hotel Corporation Takes Over as Manager
• City of Indianapolis Tells Hotel Architects it Wants a Taller 1,000 room Design with a Higher Architectural Value
• Al Cabrera Selling 240 Burger Kings, Has Plans to Build or Acquire 100 Hotels Within Five Years
• Despite Slowing Condo Sales and Sagging Hotel Occupancy a $200 million 472 Unit Condo Hotel Resort Planned for Orlando's Lake Buena Vista Area
• Richard Evanich Appointed General Manager and David Chase Named Hotel Manager of The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park
• John Brunold Named General Manager, Outrigger Napili Shores, Maui
• Oscar Serrano Named Senior Director of Sales & Marketing for North America and Fernando Ortiz to Sales Manager for the Southeast, U.S. at Barcelo Hotels Miami Office
• San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Opens Representation Office in Beijing, China

December 22, 2006

• Lack of Human Capital Is Becoming Serious Issue for Hotel Owners, Operators / Rick Swig
• What Is the Queen, Who Is Allergic to Feathers, Sleeping On in Your Hotel? / Arlene Sheff
• Recap - Caribbean Sales & Marketing Strategy Conference; Chip Conley Shares Thoughts, Online Marketing a Central Concern
• Philadelphia About to Become the Largest U.S. City with Casino Gambling, Donald Trump Won't Be Part of the Action
• The Owners of Philadelphia's Two Newly Licensed Casinos: SugarHouse Casino and Foxwoods Casino, Represents a Powerful Elite of Business and Politics
• Developers Secure $73 million to Convert Vacant Pick-Fort Shelby Hotel in Downtown Detroit Into an All Suites Hotel, Convention Center
• Joint Venture Partners Westbrook Partners and Northview Hotel Group, LLC Spending $25.2 million Converting the Former Wyndham City Center Hotel to the Renaissance M Street Hotel, Washington DC
• Agilysys Acquiring Visual One Systems
• Blue Square Studios Powers ARAMARK Harrison Lodging's Online Marketing; Hospitality Toolkit tm Enables 43 Properties
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $38.5 million Loan for the Purchase of the Four Points by Sheraton LAX
• Hersha Hospitality Trust to Purchase Seven Hyatt Summerfield Suites from LodgeWorks, L.P. for Approximately $169 million
• Dolce International to Manage and Brand a 250-room Hotel & Conference Destination Adjacent to the Ballhaus Forum Near Munich, Germany
• Elite Hospitality Names 2006 Hotel Performance Award Winners; Mohamad El-Hoss Named General Manager of the Year
• Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados Appoints Carl Henderson as General Manager
• C. Robert McEleney Promoted to President of Callaway Gardens
• Rick Dupere Appointed Executive Chef for Aventura, the Catering Company for the Phoenix Convention Center

• Worldwide Electronic Hotel Revenue Up 14.7 Percent in Q3 2006; TravelCLICK eMonitor Shows Increases in Both ADR and Room Nights Booked
• Travel Marketing Executives meet in San Francisco to Discuss the Latest CRM and Loyalty Trends
• Harrah's Board Agrees to a $17.1 billion, or  $90 per share, Buyout from Private Equity Groups Apollo Management and Texas Pacific, with Debt Deal is $27.8 billion; Loveman "This Will be a Change in Ownership, Not a Change in Direction"
• Grupo SBR and Grupo Questro Planning $1.2 billion Resort Project at Sandy Beach on the Sea of Cortez in the State of Sonora
• Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau - "A Train Wreck of Great Magnitude"
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires The Graciela Burbank, California for Approximately $36.5 million
• Laurus Corporation Negotiates Sale of Le Meridien Cancun
• Larkspur Hospitality Acquires The Belamar Hotel in Manhattan Beach, California
• Flagstaff Innkeepers Association Opposes Proposed Courtyard by Marriott; Claims It Will be an Eyesore
• Ascension Hotels LLC Ups Renovation Costs of the 462 room Tulsa Crowne Plaza to $10  million
• Choice Hotels Ireland Selects Browser Meeting Solution
• Hilton Hotels Corporation and Hillcrest Development (Samui) Ltd Sign Management Agreement for Conrad Koh Samui Resort and Spa in Thailand
• Leviev Boymelgreen Developers Select RockResorts to Manage 56 room Hotel Atop the 67-story Marquis Condominium-hotel Complex in Miami
• Medallion Best Western Two Way Interface Installed at All Three Boyle Properties
• World Class Interior Designers Putting Final Touches on the 501 room InterContinental Dubai Festival City

• JDA® Software Group Adds Revenue Management Professionals to Services Industries Division; JDA grows Revenue Management Services with three industry professionals
• Global Growth; The FreshStay.com online directory/network of smoke-free lodging properties connects a growing number of owner/operators with travelers from across the globe
• Hotel Marketing; An Investment in People / Robert Mandelbaum and Steven Nicholas
• Speaking of Hotel Rooms: When You Turn The Lights Off They All Look The Same / Doug Kennedy
• Financial Controls at Fresno Convention and Visitors Bureau Absent as More than $60,000 in Unauthorized Spending Charged to Bureau Credit Cards
• Developer Drake Leddy Wants to Build Two Hotels, an aloft and an element, in Leawood, Kansas
• Memories Flow as Roanoke, Virginia's Signature Hotel, The Hotel Roanoke Reaches Age 125
• On the Road with Lisa Cole, Hilton's Southeast Director of Communications
• November 2006 Meetings Business for Major St. Louis Hotels Shows Decline over Previous November; Top 10 Hotels Battle for Share of  Market; 3 Other MidAmerica Markets Show Declines, As Well
• Sunburst Hospitality Corporation Reports Significant Accomplishments in 2006
• LRA Worldwide�s John Roberto Speaks at the 2006 Quality Leaders Meeting in Toronto; Quality  Assurance Expert Participates in �Driving the Guest Loyalty Roadmap� Panel
• Forbes Hamilton Management Company Assumes Management of Nine Hotels
• Mark Hyde Named General Manager for Dinah's Garden Hotel, Palo Alto, California
• Oneida Indian Nation Woos Weekend Warriors with America's Largest Indian-owned Spa / Bernard Burt

• Hotel Plus and HBSi Drive Revenues for their Hotel Partners
• Hotel Owners Nightmare: Money Left on the Table / David Brudney
• Orlando Hotels Running Three Points Behind in 2006 Occupancy; Will Triple Advertsing Budget Next Year
• The 'Qasr al Sharq' in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Join the Waldorf Astoria Collection
• Agenda Set for the 7th Annual Resort Management Conference at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, March 25-27, 2007
• Manuel Torres and Hal Wright Partnership Creates Resort on Costa Rica�s Southern Pacific Coast; Martial Thevenaz Named General Manager of Kiana Resort
• Riu Hotels & Resorts Breaks Ground on $135 million Riu Santa Fe in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Largest Single Capital Investment Ever Made by the Company
• The Snyder Hotel Group Converting 210 room Former Holiday Inn to a Lexington Collection Property in Montgomery, Alabama
• Eco-friendly Hotel Targets Conscientious Travelers; Developer's Mission is to Change the World One Traveler at a Time
• Snyder Nationwide Structures Sale of the Radisson Inn Sunnyvale, California
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 57 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Kristin Howsley Named President and Managing Director Of Historic Fairmount Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
• June C. McCutchen Resigns as FelCor's Senior Vice President, Director of Design and Construction
• Coinciding with a $346-million Renovation and Expansion Casino Windsor Will Rename itself Caesars Windsor

• Online Travel Bookings Will Surpass Offline Bookings for the First Time in 2007
• Nobody Asked Me, But� No. 21 The Drake Hotel in New York, Fair Franchising is Not an Oxymoron, By the Numbers, Another Secret Underground Shelter, Passing of Anthony G. Marshall / Stanley Turkel
• First Green Hotel - A Journey / Wen-I Chang, Hotel Developer
• If Allowed to Do So,  the Shinnecock Indian Nation Would Build a Resort Casino the Size of Foxwoods Near the Town of Southampton on Long Island, New York
• Investment Firm Harvard Behringer Replaces Former Majority Owner Dana Corp in a $180 million Deal for the Chase Park Plaza, St Louis, Missouri
• Going Beyond RevPAR To Determine Value/ Steve Rushmore/ Canadian Lodging Outlook � October 2006 Year-to-Date
• The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort and Club Reopens Following $100 million in Renovations; 500 Employees Back to Work
• Al Sharq Investment Selects Starwood to Operate the W Dubai-The Palm; 400 room Hotel Designed by Gensler
• Michael R. McMahon Promoted to General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, Florida
• Dennis Barquinero Appointed General Manager at the Blantyre, a Mobil 5-Star Resort in Massachusetts
• Aqua Hotels and Resorts Awarded the Management Contract for the 80-room Coconut Plaza Hotel in Waikiki

• Executive Hotels & Resorts Selects SynXis As their Distribution Partner; Private Label Chain Code EI switches their 14 properties to RedX� and gains the benefit of added technology and services
• Newmarket International Launches Daylight 6.0; Enhancements Provide Improved Management of Complex Events
• LodgeNet  to Acquire On Command for $380 million
• Benefit Takebacks at Foxwoods Resort Prompts Creation of Anonymous Web Site To Air Employee Complaints
• CNL Hotels & Resorts Agrees to Sell 32 Non-strategic Hotels to an Affiliate of Whitehall Street Global Real Estate Limited Partnership 2005 for $405 million, $88,447 Per Key
• Holiday Inn Long Beach Sold; Colliers International Hotels Acts as Advisor to the Seller
• Alvarez & Marsal Real Estate Advisory Services Forms Dedicated Hospitality Asset Management Team; Group Currently Providing Asset Management Services to Major Luxury Hotel-Condominium Projects in South Florida
• Historic 1926 Federal Reserve Building in Birmingham, Alabama to Become a Lexington Collection Hotel
• Namwest Hospitality Completes $20 million Conversion and Renovation of the Former Holiday Inn Select to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Downtown Niagara Falls, New York
• Christoph Voegeli Named General Manager at Hanoi Horison Hotel, a Swiss-Belhotel  International Managed Property
• Allen Anderson Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Skamania Lodge, a Destination Hotels & Resorts Property
• Coastal Hotel Group Names Paul Wolman as General Manager of Historic 44 room Delta King Riverboat, Sacramento, California

• SynXis Generates Over $2 Billion in Revenue for Hotels in 2006 While Growing to 8,400 Properties on their Systems; Record sales and new products and services fuel enormous growth for the leading CRS Provider
• The Number of African-American Hotel Workers Across the United States Appears to be Falling; UniteHERE Wants to Craft Solutions
• 2006 Best Hotel Gyms in the U.S.
• Why the Design of Your Hotel Web Site Matters; It�s More than just Personal Taste / Neil Salerno
• Ted J. Kleisner, Former CEO of Greenbrier Resort, Named CEO of Hershey Entertainment & Resorts
• Wrap Up: HSMAI�s 7th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference
• More than Just Another Generic Commercial Piece, the Meritus Hotels & Resorts Calendar has Gone a Long Way Since its Inception in 1977
• Meyer Jabara Hotels and LRA Worldwide Create Themed �Destination Experience� for Guests; Accompanying Quality Assurance Audits Ensure Delivery of �Extraordinary Guest Experiences�
• Las Ventanas� Managing Director Andres Araya Named �One of Finest Hoteliers Worldwide of 2006�by AAHS
• What's Behind the Smiles of Hotel Employees / Joseph M Gravish
• The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association Reports 2006 a Record Year for the Tourism Industry; The Indiana Convention Center to Double in Size Making it the 14th Largest in the U.S.
• AmericanAirlines Arena Consolidates to MICROS's Integrated 9700 Hospitality Management Solution; The Home of The Miami HEAT Selects MICROS as its POS Provider
• The Former Residence Inn by Marriott on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Sold for for $14 million;  Converts to Condo Hotel and Renamed Park Lane Hotel & Suites

• Need Goat�s Milk for Your Bath?  Or a Broadway Star to Sing Happy Birthday? Call the Concierge; Top hotels trade tales of their most unique guest requests
• Classic Ethan Allen Hotel Taps Delphi Sales and Catering to Book More Business
• Consumer Generated Media (Blogs, Discussion Boards, Review Sites), a Threat or an Opportunity? / Max Starkov and Jason Price
• Point Of View: Brands And Brand Management In The Hotel Industry / Thomas R Engel
• Issues in Hotel Sales Training - Metics for Success / Carol Verret
• Top Ten Gadgets On The Savvy Traveler�s Christmas Wish List
• TimeLox Reports Bull Market Affecting Brass Production, Pricing; International demand for TimeLox� growing portfolio of new electronic-locking solutions is increasing
• Atlantic City On the Cusp of a Growth Wave; Casinos' Take through November 2006 Up 3.7%
• Hotel Industry Is Getting Trashed, as Government, Labor and the Press Lambaste Our Reputation / John R Hendrie
• Super 8 Hotels Has 110 Properties Either Open or Signed in 58 Cities Across China; Entered China in April 2004
• Istithmar Hotels of Dubai Investing 178 million Euros in Wyndham Hotel Group�s European Partner, Corinthia Hotels International
• HCC Hotels Selects Pegasus Solutions to Maximize Revenues and Transform Web Site; Spanish Hotel Chain Also Renews Utell by Pegasus� Service for All Six Properties
• Starwood to Assume Management of the Radisson Cable Beach in Nassau, Bahamas, and Convert the 691 room Resort into a Sheraton
• Marcos Torres-Mueller Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for Rocco Forte�s Hotel de Rome, Berlin

• TravelCLICK Helps Move Broughton Hospitality Group Ahead of the Competition; Boutique Hospitality Management Company Uses iHotelier CRS, Market Intelligence To Build Brand Value Across Properties
• Industry Outlook: Looking Back on 2006, Looking Forward to 2007/ Global Hospitality Advisor
• Outsourcing: A Prime Example of �The Sum of the Parts is Greater than the Whole� / Brenda Fields
• Fairmont Has Large Number of Mixed-use Projects in Development Pipeline
• City of La Quinta, California Agrees to Sell 60 Acres to Developer Lowe Destination Development for About $10.5 million to Build Two Hotels with 600 Rooms
• Scam Involving the Transfer of Money to a Third Party Targets Florida Hotels
• Tom Noonan, Second-in-command at the Dallas CVB, Named President and CEO of the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association
• Progressive Design, Individualised Hotel Experience Highlight the Three New Additions to Hotel Consortium design hotels(tm)
• Solare Hotels Begins Construction of Chisun Inn Tosu and Chisun Inn Kagoshima
• Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd. Investing $100 million to Build 10 Ramada Hotels in India
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds Herrington Inn & Spa
• Clarendon Hotel + Suites Phoenix Midtown Sold to Partner Ben Bethel; 50 Additional Rooms, Rooftop Meeting/Event Space with Retractable Roof, and Rooftop Bar/Restaurant Planned
• Warwick International Hotels to Manage Ibah Luxury Villas & Spa in Ubud, Bali
• Larry Magor Named Managing Director for Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Names Ty Abrahams Director of Marketing
• Tim Billing Appointed General Manager at the Embassy Suites San Luis Obispo
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Janet Thiel Director of Benefits
• Colonnade Hotel�s Joaquin Pastora Named Concierge of the Year by the Greater Miami Convention Center and Visitors Bureau

• Tom Bodett's Top 6 Reasons to Stay at a Motel During the Holidays Instead of With Relatives
• Loews 18 Hotels in the U.S. and Canada Implementing a Full Ban on all Artificial Trans-fats by June 1, 2007
• Anthony G. Marshall, JD, CHA, CHE  / 1939-2006
• Buyer of Boston's Most Expensive Condominium, the $14.3 million Penthouse at the Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Sues the Developers to Get Out of the Deal
• Wedding Party Room Reservations Abruptly Canceled When the Deauville Beach Resort Managers Realized the Reservations Were for Super Bowl Weekend
• What the Experts Say Now: Hotel Mixed-Use Development Projects in China, India, Mexico, the Caribbean, Guam / Jim Butler
• Did you like Guestroom 2010?  Tell Us Why/Why Not?
• Ashford Completes $267.2 Million Acquisition of Seven Full-Service Hotels; 2,004 rooms for $133,333 Per Key
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges US $56 million Loan for the Purchase of the Le Meridien Resort and Spa in Cancun
• For sale -  Parcels for hotel construction at the main entrance of the Kansas City International Airport
• Rebranding Completed for the 250 room Doubletree Hotel Syracuse, Formerly a Wyndham
• Fred Euler Named General Manager and Kelly Commerford Director of Sales & Marketing at the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center & Spa, Weston, Florida
• Scott Dougherty Named General Manager for the Outrigger Maui Eldorado
• Brian Ehrlich Named Vice President of West Coast Acquisitions and Development at Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
• Joseph McCurdy Appointed Assistant General Manager of The Lodge at Brainerd Lakes and Paul Bunyan Water Park in Baxter, Minnesota

• The Seminole Tribe of Florida Buying the Hard Rock Café Chain from the Rank Group for $965 million; Portfolio Includes 124 Hard Rock Cafes, Four Hard Rock Hotels, Two Hard Rock Casino-hotels
• Dramatic Shift in Worker Attitude and Performance at Chicago's McCormick Place Has the Potential to Win Over Big Trade Shows that Otherwise Might Reject Chicago
• The Top 21 Gay Friendly U.S. Destinations Named; Top Three are San Francisco, Key West and New York
• Starwood Capital Makes $30 million Investment in Jin Jiang, One of China's Largest Hotel Operators
• Survey: One-sixth of Affluent Households Indicate They May Consider Purchasing at a Fractional Ownership Resort within the Next Five Years
• Kimpton Plans to Renovate and Convert Portland's Fifth Avenue Suites to Hotel Monaco
• Tony Taeubel, Vice President of The Orleans, Has a Career in Gambling that's Spanned Thousands of Miles
• David Dubois Taking Helm at Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau, Former VP with Meeting Professionals International
• Toxic Soil Postpones Developer Wen Chang's 140 room Ecofriendly Hotel in Downtown Merced, California
• Tucson's Upcoming Tourism Season Expected to Hit New Highs
• For Sale � 137 room hotel and marina on 18 beachfront acres on Grand Bahama Island. Ideal for redevelopment
• Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. Selects Accor as the Operator for the First Two Hotels Within its Pioneering Lavasa Township near Pune, India
• Development of US$3 billion Entertainment City Will Help Shift Qatar's Visitors from Business Sector to Tourism Sector
• Pam Cabrera Appointed General Manager at the Outrigger Luana Waikiki

• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / December 2006
• LTD Spending $40 million to Build Side by Side Two of Starwood's Lowercase Brands, aloft and element, in  Hanover, Maryland
• The Nexus Companies Selects Hard Rock International to Manage Planned Condominium-hotel Adjacent to the Palm Springs Convention Center
• A 246-room Westin Hotel Planned for the Museum Plaza in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky
• Report Claims Las Vegas Will be Unable to Maintain 4% Annual Increases in Visitor Growth Without a Solution to the Capacity Crunch at McCarran International Airport
• Real Estate Investors Turn Attention to Manhattan Hotels; Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality Group Advises on Three Manhattan Hotel Transactions
• Marriott Forecasts Nearly $4 Billion in Gross Revenue for Marriott.com in 2006; Up More Than 38 Percent From Previous Year
• Pacifica Hotel Company Opens the the 130-room Hilton Garden Inn at PGA Village/Port St. Lucie hotel in Florida
• Within a Two-day Span, Three Top Executives for the 310 room Morongo Casino Resort & Spa Resign, Including GM Bill Davis
• The Largest Hotel in Iowa, Des Moines Marriott Downtown, Receiving a $13 million Renovation
• Bradley Manchester Appointed the Executive Chef of Houston�s Hotel ZaZa

• The City of Baltimore Hires a Hotel Asset Manager to Act as a Performance Watchdog for the Controversial Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel
• Miami's South Beach Hits Stride As a Mainstream Destination Capable of Charging Hotel Rates that Surpass Ultra Pricey New York
• The Transformation of the Farmers & Mechanics Bank Building into a Westin Hotel in Downtown Minneapolis Might be Likened to a Blend of Cosmetic Makeover and Organ-Transplant Surgery
• IFA Hotels & Resorts Planning another US$1 billion Resort - The Kingdom of Sheba on The Palm Jumeirah's Crescent in Dubai; Will be Managed by Fairmont
• Stratus Properties Inc. Planning a W Hotel to Anchor Block 21 in Downtown Austin, Texas;  W Austin Hotel & Residences to Feature New Music Venue for 'Austin City Limits'
• Marriott International Adds Five Minority-owned Hotels to its Portfolio, Goal Is to Have 500 Minority and Women Owned Hotels by 2010
• Is 'Mega Boutique Hotel' an Oxymoron? / Harry Nobles
• Larkspur Hospitality Purchases The 91 room Monticello Inn in San Francisco
• Report from IMN Condo Hotel Conference - Condo Hotel Lawyer
• New Consumer Profile for Hospitality - We Are What We Eat, Drink and Breathe
• Hotel Courtesy Shuttles Serving Los Angeles International Airport Required to Reduce Number of Trips by 35% and Convert to Alternative Fuel Vehicles
• Fear of Hurricanes Past; Central Florida's Overall Hotel Occupancy Down 13.1% Compared with October 2005
• VSi Retrofits Payphones with Internet Kiosks to Ring in Revenues, Enhance Guest Service for Hotels
• MK Structures Disposition of Three Select Service Hotels in Metro-Birmingham, Alabama
• Fort Lauderdale's Pelican Grand Beach Resort Acquired by a Subsidiary of Condominium Ventures of America for $80 million
• MSI WinPM, Best Western Two-Way CRS Interface Hits 100th Installation Milestone;  NovaPlus in Certification Testing for Two-Way CRS Interface
• Developer Dr. Mark O. Asperilla Building 86 room Microtel Inn & Suites in Port Charlotte, Florida; First New Area Hotel to be Developed Post-Hurricane Charley
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 43 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Richard Hillway, Director of Tennis at Benchmark's Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Recipient of 2006 Annual Chairman's Award of Excellence
• Joseph Smith Promoted to the Position of President of Boykin Management Company
• Key Management Positions Appointed for the Wyndham Waikiki Beach Walk
• Richard Bosworth and Michael Metcalf Join Crescent Hotels & Resorts as Vice Presidents of Business Development
• Rene Purro Appointed General Manager of Trader Vic's at Dinah's Garden Hotel in Palo Alto, California

• New Owners BentleyForbes Hospitality Group Planning a $150 million Upgrade and Expansion of The Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
• InterContinental and Crowne Plaza Hotels at Dubai Festival City to Launch with Delphi;   Global hospitality firm prepares for dramatic growth in events business
• What in the World Is Going on with Condo Hotels Now? / Jim Butler
• Top 10 Group Events � October 2006 / Total, Financial Groups, Medical-Pharmaceutical Events
• James B. Sherwood, Founder and Chairman of Orient-Express Hotels to Retire from Executive Duties with the Company
• In the Shadow of the Great Pyramid - The Mena House Legend / Andreas Augustin
• The Procaccianti Group Acquires the 365 room  Hyatt Regency Lexington, Kentucky
• The Rezidor Hotel Group Re-brands the 1,200 room Pribaltiyskaya Hotel in St. Petersburg to the Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya, Includes a 50,000 sq ft Waterpark
• Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Closes a 15-Property Portfolio Sale
• Settle Inn LLC Acquire the GuestHouse International Inns, Hotels & Suites Economy Brand of 70 Franchisees
• McKinney, Texas Lands Developer to Build a 210-room Westin Hotel with 35,000 sq ft Convention Center
• Tribal Owner of the Spa Resort Casino Hotel in Palm Springs Plans to Tear Down the Familiar Hotel and Replace with One Twice as Large
• Visual One Selected for Matfen Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Completes Business Continuity Plan; Certificate Awarded by Elliot Consulting Services
• The International Association of Conference Centers Elects New Directors
• Smith Munro Named General Manager at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside

• Major Chains Report Continued Double-Digit Internet Growth With 25 Percent Increase in Q3; GDS Continues Steady Source of CRO Bookings at 35 Percent
• Intercontinental Hotels Boss Andy Cosslett Obsessed by the Importance of Branding
• Built as Japan's First Foreign Affiliated Hotel in 1963, the Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Now the Capitol Tokyu, to be Torn Down
• What Women Hotel Guests Really Want; More power for their internet connections and their hair dryers! 
• Five-star Chef Charlie Trotter to Create Restaurants for Elysian Hotel and Private Residences, Chicago; First Collaboration with a Hotel in the U.S.
• Denver-based Magnolia Hotels Acquires Sheraton Omaha; The 145 room Property Scheduled for $14 million Renovation and Repositioning to Omaha Magnolia Hotel
• The Riverhouse Hotel in Bend, Oregon Adds a Privately Built 30,000 sq ft Convention Center; Oregon's Fourth Largest Hotel Meeting Space
• Hotel Business in Maine's Capital City, Augusta, Gaining Momentum
• PASSKEY AND HBSi Announce Integration of their Platforms; To Provide Industry the Most Robust Connectivity for Online Group Reservations
• Maris Hotels Group Signs Movenpick to Operate the Candia Maris Resort on the Island of Crete
• Gulph Creek Hotels Breaks Ground on 127-room Courtyard by Marriott in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
• David Michels, a Key Architect in the Sale of Hilton International to Hilton Hotel Corporation, to Receive the IHIF Lifetime Achievement Award
• True North Hotel Group and Norwich Partners Open the 124 room Courtyard by Marriott in Lebanon, New Hampshire
• Beijing Tourism Group and Fairmont Raffles Hotels International Open the Raffles Beijing Hotel
• Mark S. Hoplamazian Named President and CEO, Global Hyatt Corporation
• Manchester Grand Resorts Names Thomas Allen James General Manager of Whitetail Club & Resort in Northern Idaho
• Samuel Gacos Named Director of Sales & Marketing at the Hilton Cebu Resort & Spa, Philippines

1. The 2007 Mobil Five-Stars Awarded to 37 Hotels and 16 Restaurants;  Also 117 Hotels and 145 Restaurants Win Four-Star Award
2. Loews Hotels Plans to Acquire and Assume Management of the 493 room Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas; Resort Will be Renamed Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort, Dale McDaniel Named Managing Director
3. Hyatt Place, aloft and Indigo Pursuing the Generation X Guest - Hotel Lobbies Are Now the "Gallery", the Pool is "Splash" and the Fitness Room "Train"
4. Top Ten Issues in the Hospitality Industry for 2007 / ISHC
5. Drunks in Your Ballroom. It�s Holiday Party Time!
6. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / November 2006
7. Members of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Wreak Havoc at Lakeview Resort on the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
8. The Former General Manager of the Holiday Inn - Tucumcari (NM) Arrested On 20 Felony Embezzlement Counts
9. Some Disquiet Seeps into Las Vegas Trade Show Scene
10. Italian Fashion Houses Bulgari, Versace, Giorgio Armani and Salvatore Ferragamo Enter the Luxury Hotel Market
11. Controller for Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau Stole $1.5 million Over the Past Three Years; Blames Addiction to Online Gambling
12. Entities Led by Isadore Sharp, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz  Alsaud and Bill Gates Make Offer to take Four Seasons Hotels Private for $3.7 Billion, or $82 Per Share in Cash
13. Legal Fight Between the San Jose Fairmont Hotel and the National Venture Capital Association Goes Public Norovirus Infection vs Non-payment of Bill
14. Hilton Los Angeles Airport Loses More Than $1.8 Million in Two Months of Boycott;  Lt. Governor Of California, Cruz Bustamante, Among Those Who Support Boycott By Pulling Business From Hotel
15. The Ritz-Carlton Boston Being Sold to Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces for $170 million; Hotel to be Rebranded Taj Boston, David M. Gibbons Named General Manager
16. Executive Appointments at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts November 2006
17. London: The Savoy 'Mr Ritz, Mr Escoffier;  You Have Been Dismissed!' / Andreas Augustin
18. Biggest Names in Luxury Resorts and Hotels Make Deals at Resorts & Great Hotels Fall Summit
19. Revenue Management and Packaging Strategy / Gabor Forgacs and Hoffer Lee
20. Many Hotels in the Driver Seat as Corporate Travel Managers Negotiate for 2007 Hotel Room Contracts
21. Hoteliers, Are You Planting Corn, Trees or People? / Joseph M. Gravish
22. So, You Have a New or Improved Hotel Web Site�Now What? How to Promote Your Web Site / Neil Salerno
23. Police Charged Owners, Managers and Employees of Seven Joliet, Illinois Area Hotels with Selling Credit Card Numbers
24. Construction Delay for Planned Ritz Carlton in Downtown Charlotte Stirs Up Speculation
25. Pennsylvania Casinos Begin the Hiring Process; Searching for the Hottest Cocktail Servers in the Country

• RedSky IT Wins Prestigious Technology Award
• Top Ten Issues in the Hospitality Industry for 2007 / International Society of Hospitality Consultants
• New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson #3: Selling Time Balance / David Brudney
• A New Construction Hotel Indigo Being Built in Fort Myers� Historic River District
• Record Hotel Demand for 2006 Year End Holiday Travel / PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Hospitality Lawyer: Coachella Valley Development in Focus - Fastest Growing Area in Southern California
• Dr Cem Kinay and Oguz Serim Sign the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group to Manage its Flagship Development in Dellis Cay, a Private Island in the Turks and Caicos
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds Las Villas Akumal
• Two PCH Hotels & Resorts Properties Among Best of Best with Help of GuestWare; CRM Software, SpectraLink NetLink Wireless Telephones Accelerate Guest Response Processes
• MICROS OPERA �In the Heart of the City� with Starhotels
• InterContinental Hotels Group Opens $11 million Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Near the Sacramento International Airport
• The Former Gabe's Tower Inn, Owensboro, Ky., Set for Auction Over the Objections of a Developer Who Planned to Renovate the 13-story Hotel
• Erica Qualls Named General Manager of the 1,675 room Atlanta Marriott Marquis
• Greg Ashley Named President and Partner of New Kor Group Real Estate Company; Intrawest Veteran Will Lead Sales and Marketing Efforts for Kor�s Residential, Resort and Hotel Development
• Bob McCleary Inducted into the Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association's Hall of Fame
• Joe McCann Awarded the Alumnus of the Year Award by the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society
• Kim Koenig Appointed General Manager of Holiday Inn St. Paul East at 3M Center in St. Paul, Minnesota
• Sterling Companies Names Jayna Leach the Director of Marketing for Resorts and Realty Divisions

• Sacher Hotels to Build Brand with Integrated Distribution and Marketing from TravelCLICK; World-Famous Austrian Hotels Leave Major Representation Firm to Create Own Identity With the iHotelier Solution
• Four BDL Properties Move to Delphi Multi-Property Edition; British firm expects to boost revenue for its marquee IHG franchises
• Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village Gears Up Opening; 400 Employees Going Under Weeks of Training
• A $40 million Kimpton Hotel Proposed as Part of Expansion at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Hilton Hotels and DLF Joint Venture to Build 50 to 75 Hotels Across India;  Hilton Will Invest Up to US 143 million in the JV Company
• Development Company Formed to Acquire and Restore the Historic Settles Hotel in Big Spring, Texas - One of the Most Architecturally Significant Structures in West Texas
• Minnesota Developers Blaine Kirchert and Rich Pakonen Building a Regent Hotel on the Pacific Coast of Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica
• Hotel Management / Employee Issues: Real Enemy Seldom the Employee
• Nobody Asked Me, But� No. 20 Turnabout Is Fairplay, Secret Underground Shelter, By the Numbers, Genuine Fair Franchising / Stanley Turkel
• Second-Tier Hotel Markets Are Likely to Outperform First-Tier Markets for Remainder of the Decade
• AmericInn International, LLC Awards Contract to InnLink for Central Reservation Services
• KoolConnect Launches New Era of Luxury Media Solutions at Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong; Industry leading Intrigue� HDVOD solution adds new IPTV, PVR and Bang & Olfsen theater system integration features for hotel guests
• The Plasencia Group, Inc. Announces New Hotel Debt Placement Division; Stephen Kindl Named Managing Director
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $24 million of First Mortgage Financing for the Surfsand Resort in Cannon Beach, Oregon
• Cheyenne, Wyoming Has 7 Hotel Projects in Various Stages of Planning
• Increased Restoration Costs Bump Oklahoma City's Price Tag for Skirvin Hotel to $22 million
• U.S. Hotel Profits Up 13.1 Percent at Mid-Year 2006; Expense Creep Still A Concern
• Innkeepers USA Trust and Gencom Group Joint Venture to Acquire the 355-room Raleigh, N.C. Sheraton Capital Center for Approximately $42 million
• For sale - brand new Comfort Inn Suites, Savannah Georgia. 83 rooms, 6 meeting rooms, on site fitness center. The Star report shows a competitive set of 85% occupancy rate and 98.00 ADR

• Some Disquiet Seeps into Las Vegas Trade Show Scene
• Drunks in Your Ballroom.  It�s Holiday Party Time! / Larry Mundy 
• Pennsylvania Casinos Begin the Hiring Process; Searching for the Hottest Cocktail Servers in the Country
• Cirque Property, a Utah Real Estate Investment Company Agrees to Acuire the 307-room Alyeska Prince Hotel Including Alaska's Largest Ski Area
• The Redevelopment of the Sonesta Beach Resort Key Biscayne into Both Hotel Condo Units and Residential Units Becoming an Issue with City Staff and Residents
• Where the DMC Business is Going: 2007
• Accor and Dubai Based EMAAR Properties Developing 100 Formule 1 Hotels in India
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds The Penn's View Hotel in Philadelphia
• Sustainability: Identifying the Barriers and Removing the Excuses / John R Hendrie
• Russian President Vladimir Putin Pushing Legislation to Force 60 Casinos Out of Moscow; Four Tightly Restricted and Remote Gambling Zones Proposed
• Casino Business a New Undertaking for Landry's Restaurants; Already Spent $100 million Sprucing Up the Downtown Las Vegas Golden Nugget
• A Revenue Management Marathon - Three Web Casts December 1, 2006
• Gayle Elliott Appointed Director of Marketing and Sales for the Bradley House Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida

• The Ambassador Hotel Was Catalyst for Emilio Estevez Film "Bobby"
• Hoteliers, Are You Planting Corn, Trees or People?
• San Antonio Hotel Occupancies May Reach 75% in 2007; Higher then Any Other Texas City
• City of Omaha Swiftly Approves $6 million in Tax-increment Financing for Three New Hotels Near the City Owned Hilton
• To Increase Tourism - Some Want to Change Name of Galveston to "City of Galveston Island"
• Mexico's Paraiso de la Bonita Resort & Thalasso Joins Forces with the World Heritage Alliance Promoting Sustainable Tourism to World Heritage Sites
• The Former Fresno Hilton Will be Gutted and Redeveloped by McSam Hotel Group and Packard Realty Inc.
• Spa Marquis at Marquis Reforma Hotel Is Only Member of Leading Spas of the World in Mexico City
• The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Acquiring Solvang, California's Largest Hotel -- the 133 room Royal Scandinavian Inn
• Marc Langevin Appointed General Manager of the Renovated Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas
• Nigel Hurst Joins HEI Hospitality as Senior Vice President Human Resources
• Langham Hotels Appoints Cheryl Yue Director of Global Sales � Asia

• Newmarket International Wins ACE Awards for Customer Support and Project Management; Customer Excellence awards certify Newmarket�s outstanding achievement in client satisfaction
• Brown Hotel Group Sells Bay Area Portfolio
• Technology on the March / Larry Mundy
• What a Difference a Year Makes - the Convention Business in Kansas City is Exploding, Filling Hotels, Record Future Bookings
• Service Promise Unfulfilled with Staffing Challenges - Alas, Woe is We, Gnash Teeth - So, What Else Is New? / J. Ragsdale Hendrie
• Baby Boomer Bait: Luxury Condo, Westin Hotel Services
• A few Miles South of the U.S. Mexico Border, the Rosarito Beach Hotel Building a 271 unit Condo-hotel
• Marcus to Convert the 220-room Wyndham Milwaukee Center to the InterContinental Brand; A Key to Upgrading -  the Creation of  Three One-of-a-kind Food and Beverage Outlets
• CSM Lodging Begins Installation of MTech�s PMWorks in All its Hotels Nationwide
• Wisconsin Innkeepers Association Elects Jeff Machut 2007 Chairman of the Board, Along with New Officers and Directors
• The Lanesborough in London Selects priZem Inc. Budget Intelligence as Budgeting and Forecasting Application
• Sergio F. Ortiz Joining Destination Hotels & Resorts as General Manager of the Historic Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas
• Barcelo Crestline Corporation Appoints Fernando Mulet to Vice President of Development & Asset Management

• Many Hotels in the Driver Seat as Corporate Travel Managers Negotiate for 2007 Hotel Room Contracts
• Columbia Sussex Planning a $2 billion Redevelopment for the Aging Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino; Plan Will Give the Site More than 8,000 Hotel Rooms
• Showgirl Costumes and Vacuum Cleaners Among Nearly 50,000 Items to be Auctioned at the Shuttered Stardust Hotel Las Vegas
• Walt Disney World Hotels to Subcontract Out 167 Bell, Valet and Baggage-service Jobs; Change Being Made to Improve Quality
• Conference Centers: Impact of Institutional Ownership Evident / David Arnold
• DiamondRock Hospitality Company Acquiring the 521-room Renaissance Waverly Atlanta Hotel and the 492-room Renaissance Austin Hotel for $237.5 million
• Post Show Report - The 2006 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show
• A Revenue Management Marathon � Three Web Casts December 1, 2006
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 138 room Holiday Inn Manhattan Wall Street for Approximately $50.5 million; Plans to Reposition the Hotel as a Luxury Independent
• Leonardo Expands Services with WORLDHOTELS to Provide Rich Content Management Solution
• EZ Yield.com Breaks the World Record for Website Compatibility: 200 + Compatible Sites
• Principal Real Estate Investors Enters Hotel Debt/Equity Arena; Industry Veteran James Fitzgerald To Lead the Charge
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 52 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Carnus Systems Named 2006 IH/M&RS Editors� Choice Awards Finalist; Artificial Intelligence F&B Forecasting Technology Grabs Attention at the 91st International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® in New York City
• Hersha Hospitality Management Names Marriott Veteran Thomas D. Reese as President
• Mauro Governato Named General Manager of One&Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas
• Executive Appointments at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
• Sal Mendoza Named General Manager Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Dallas, Texas

• Mohegan Sun Planning a $740 million Expansion, Includes a New 1,000-room Hotel
• Westin Explores Travel�s Impact on the Body, Mind and Spirit;  Tackles the Physiological and Psychological Effects of Travel
• InterContinental Hotels Group and Lane Hospitality Collaborate On a New Crowne Plaza Prototype; Designed with Both Owners and Guests in Mind
• Supersized Projects Transforming Hotel-casino Financing; Private Equity Emerges as an Important Financing Structure
• The Embassy Suites Hotel Mexico City�Reforma Opens; The Hotel is Managed by Landmark Hotels, Owned by Promotora Paseo de la Reforma S. de R.L. De D.C., of Mexico City
• Dramatic $10 Million Renovation Transforms the Former Crowne Plaza Hotel Boston-Woburn in Woburn, Massachusetts to the Hilton Boston/Woburn
• HFTP Installs 2006-2007 Board of Directors and Executive Committee
• Castle & Cooke Completes $100 million Rebranding by Four Seasons for Two Resorts on Lana'i; The Lodge at Koele and Manele Bay
• SoftBrands and GuestWare Introduce Two-way Interface
• Peggy Benua Named General Manager of the 236-room South Beach Marriott, Miami Beach, Florida

• Legendary 82,000-Seat British Stadium Installs Delphi Suite; Twickenham Experience Deploys Delphi Sales & Banqueting Suite
• LodgeNet Expands Internet Access Network and Solutions with Agreement to Acquire StayOnline; Adds Industry Leading Solutions to Guest Connectivity Offerings, Deal Increases LodgeNet�s HSIA Network by 140,000 Rooms
• Market Metrix Announces Third Quarter 2006 Hospitality Index Results; Drury Inns, JetBlue Airlines and Enterprise Rent-A-Car Win for Second Consecutive Quarter
• The Boston Market Restaurant Chain Will Pay $3.75 million to 6,400 Current and Former Employees to Settle Lawsuits Alleging California Wage and Hour Violations; Restaurant Managers to be Re-classified to Nonexempt Status
• Focus on Hotel Hourly-wage Employees; Loyalty Is a Two-Way Street / Joseph M. Gravish
• Shareholders of Wynn Resorts to Receive One Time $6 per Share Dividend; Chairman Steve Wynn Stands to Make About $147 million from the Dividend
• The Aspen Meadows Resort Near Completion of Major Expansion and Redo, Including the $15 million Doerr-Hosier Center
• Turkish Construction Company, Mak-Yol, Signs Mövenpick to Operate New Hotels in Istanbul and Bodrum
• Augusta, Georgia's Partridge Inn Wraps Up Multi Million-dollar Makeover; Jeff Brower Appointed New General Manager
• Bill Reynolds Joins Thayer Lodging Group as Managing Director
• Leonardo Expands Existing Relationship with The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. by Providing an Enterprise-wide Digital Asset Management Platform for Rich Content  Management
• Mirvac Hotels & Resorts Completes Group-wide Deployment of EZ Yield Channel Management
• The Lanesborough in London Selects priZem Inc. Budget Intelligence as Budgeting and Forecasting Application
• Fort Rapids Waterpark Integrates RFID and POS Technology Technology Creates a Total Cashless Environment for Resort Guests
• Complete Agenda for the 7th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference December 6, 2006, Sunny Isles, Florida
• Marshall Management Adds Two Vice Presidents to Management Team, David Harvill and Ron Callari
• Jan Tibaldi and Hector de Galard Named to General Manager Posts with One&Only Resorts
• Domina Hotel Group Appoints Georges Midleje Regional Operational Leader Centre & South Italy

• Industry Leaders NORTHWIND & Jencess Partner in Response to Resort Industry Demand for All Inclusive Tech Solutions; Maestro leverages Jencess technology; delivers enhanced suite of PMS, Golf, Fine Dining POS, Retail POS, Membership Management
• So, You Have a New or Improved Hotel Web Site�Now What? How to Promote Your Web Site
• Above the Clouds the Sun always shines or Wintering in the Alps; The Grand Hotel Kronenhof, Pontresina
• Three Developers Competing to Build an Arena with Connecting Hotel in Downtown Albuquerque
• Wolff Urban Development Building a Hyatt Place Hotel on the Fresno State University Campus in Fresno, California
• Members of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Wreak Havoc at Lakeview Resort on the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
• The Cocopah Tribe Begin Construction on 101 room Resort and Convention Center in Yuma, Arizona
• Kirk Drusch Honored as the Wisconsin Innkeepers Association 2006 Innkeeper of the Year
• Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International Sets Comprehensive Line-up of Events for 2007
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Bill Upshaw Vice President
• Allen Headley Appointed General Manager of the Sea Breeze Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi
• Tecton Hospitality Names Nanette M. Saylor General Manager of the Boca Raton Bridge Hotel
• Susan Clay Joins Deer Creek Resort & Conference Center as its New Director of Sales and Marketing

• TravelCLICK Continues Global Expansion, Opens Regional Office in United Arab Emirates; New Dubai Location Will Serve Growing Customer Base in Africa and the Middle East
• Legal Fight Between the San Jose Fairmont Hotel and the National Venture Capital Association Goes Public; Norovirus Infection vs Non-payment of Bill
• Leland Pillsbury, Co-Founder of Thayer Lodging Group, Donates $15 million to the Cornell Hotel School; Largest Single Gift Ever Made to the School
• Warren McLaughlin, President of the Palm Beach County CVB, Resigns Under Pressure; Failed to Detect an Employee Who Stole $1.5 million Over a Three Year Period
• iBAHN Eliminates Internet Downtime for Hotel Guests; iBAHN SmartLink� Provides Fail-proof Access
• Owned and Managed by the Grandchildren of Founders Douglas and Rachel Armstrong, St. Croix�s Buccaneer Resort the Longest Running Resort in the Caribbean
• Tower Suites at Wynn Las Vegas the First Las Vegas Hotel to Earn a Five Star Rating from Mobil Travel Guide
• Regional Competition Heats Up as Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, Hartford and Providence All Marketing for Larger Convention Groups
• The 2006 Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design Presented to Eight Design Firms; David Rockwell Named �Designer of the Year� 
• Hyatt Renews Group Reservations Partnership with Passkey; Passkey's online group reservation system provides Hyatt critical efficiencies and competitive advantage
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Sale of Hilton Garden Inn Tampa North
• Benchmark Hospitality Chefs Invited to Cook 'Benchmark Holiday Dinner' James Beard House, New York
• Expotel Hospitality Services, L.L.C. Secures Management Contract for Crowne Plaza-Charlotte, N.C.
• Pegasus Solutions Factors New Upgrades into HotelFactory� CRS; Enhanced Availability and Pricing Introduced as Enrollment Increases Nearly 90% Worldwide
• Wynn Macau Selects MICROS OPERA and MICROS 9700
• Wendy Nagle, President of Pennsylvania Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau, Resigns
• Brett Huske Appointed General Manager of ResortQuest�s Inn at Aspen

• High-Touch Electronic Distribution Service Introduced by SoftBrands; Karyon to Provide Reservation Management Services to Hospitality Marketplace
• LodgeNet�s Hotel SportsNet Service Coming Up Huge For Hoteliers and Their Guests; Service To Reach More Than 1.5 Million Potential Viewers By Year�s End with Daily Subscription Professional and Major College Sports Programming
• Loews Hotels Plans to Acquire and Assume Management of the 493 room Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas; Resort Will be Renamed Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort, Dale McDaniel Named  Managing Director
• Unite Here Alleges the Developer of Chicago's Shangri-La Hotel Violating Securties Law
• Developer Robert Capps Re-opens the Former Bus Station in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a 67 room Luxury Hotel, The Franklin
• Italian Fashion Houses Bulgari, Versace, Giorgio Armani and Salvatore Ferragamo Enter the Luxury Hotel Market
• New Hampshire's Mount Washington Hotel Has Coal-mine Roots
• Judges for the 11th annual IH/M&RS Editors� Choice Awards Vote Smartcube by Minibar Systems as �Best of Show�
• Bernard Burt's Recap of the 16th Annual International SPA Association (ISPA) Conference & Expo
• Meetings Business for Downtown Los Angeles and LAX Hotels Steady for Third Quarter; Reports by Hospitality Information Services tell managers at competing hotels who is meeting where � and for how long
• Joie de Vivre Hospitality Selects MICROS OPERA as Corporate Standard
• The Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Awards $49,500 for Hospitality Student Scholarships and Grants to Local Hospitality Educational Institutions
• Marcus Hotels and Resorts Selected to Manage Resort Suites, Scottsdale, Arizona; The 483 Suite Property is Owned by a Subsidiary of Goldman Sachs
• Pegasus Solutions and Net Trans Partner to Enhance Commission Processing
• Over 1,000 Hotels Trust Uniguest for Automated Public PC Computing
• Plano, Texas, Baymont Inn Reopens; Crescent Hotels & Resorts and CWCapital Complete $2.5 Million Renovation and Rebranding 
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Tade Allen Director of Sales for The Founders Inn & Spa

• The 2007 Mobil Five-Stars Awarded to 37 Hotels and 16 Restaurants; Also 117 Hotels and 145 Restaurants Win Four-Star Award
• Mobil Travel Guide Inspectors Relegate Miami Area's Best Hotels to Four Stars; Mobil Has Not Awarded Five Stars to a Miami Hotel for Nine Years
• Controller for Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau Stole $1.5 million Over the Past Three Years; Blames Addiction to Online Gambling
• A Fresno Convention and Visitors Bureau Employee Accused of Embezzling Thousands; Used Bureau Credit Card for Unauthorized Purchases
• Nobody Asked Me, But� No. 19 / International Society of Hospitality Consultants, Great Miami Hotels, Reduce Carbon Monoxide Emissions, Turn Gray Into Gold / Stanley Turkel
• The Ritz-Carlton Boston Being Sold to Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces for $170 million; Hotel to be Rebranded Taj Boston, David M. Gibbons Named General Manager
• Jack Nicklaus' First Dominican Republic Golf Course Opens; Punta Espada One of Three Nicklause Courses Planned for Cap Cana, a 1.5 billion Destination Resort
• Oxford Lodging and Perry Capital Acquire Chicago�s Allerton Crowne Plaza Chicago, Landmark-Designated Property Will Receive $10-Million Renovation
• RAL Companies Selects Capella Hotels and Resorts to Operate a 148 unit Hotel and Residentail Property in Telluride, Colorado
• Sustainability and Innovation Practices are the Highlight of the 82nd Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell, a Student-run Hospitality Showcase at Cornell, April 12-15, 2007
• Preferred Hotel Group Renews Distribution and Reservation Services Contract with Pegasus Solutions 
• Blue Square Studios' Hospitality Toolkit Builds Brand with New Website for Ultimate Resort Destination Club
• Tiger Woods and Ernie Els Partner With Tavistock Group to Create a  Private Golf and Resort Community Called Albany Located on the Western End of New Providence Island, The Bahamas
• Boon Yew James Lee, Raffles Hotel, Singapore, Elected President of HFTP's Second Chapter Outside North America - HFTP Asia Chapter
• Real Estate Developer Junius Johnson Building a Microtel Inn & Suites Hotel in Orange,Texas
• Fairmont Names Kevin Frid to Senior Vice President Operations for North America
• Robert Holsten Appointed to Regional Director of Operations for  Hospitality Management Corporation 
• Pegasus Solutions Launches Web Analytics Service at World Travel Market

November 9, 2006

• One of New York�s �Sexiest Hotels� Installs Maestro Property Management; Madison Avenue property adds Maestro Analytics, ResEze Internet booking engine; single image database for all modules increases productivity
• Konover Hotel Corporation, Boykin Management Tap Aptech for Business Intelligence and Financial Systems
• Construction Delay for Planned Ritz Carlton in Downtown Charlotte Stirs Up Speculation
• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / November 2006
• ************ IH/M&RS Trade Show Spotlight ************
• Minibar Systems Launches Smartcube; New cutting-edge automated minibar combines state-of-the-art technology, powerful software and new high-end design to drive in-room retail and minibar profits for hotels
• TeleAdapt Brings Byrne Power to the Guestroom
• iBAHN Introduces Airline PC - Simplified Access to Airline Boarding Passes Provides a High Value For Hoteliers� Guests
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• Harrah's Entertainment Spent $12 million But it Wasn't Enough as Rhode Island Voters Reject Giving Harrah's and Narragansett Indian Tribe Excusive Rights to Operate Casino
• 2007 Zagat Survey U.S. Hotels: The Peninsula Chicago Rated No. 1 Large Hotel, the Four Seasons Big Island, Hawaii is the No. 1 Large Resort
• Carlson Companies Creates New Logo, Designed to Represent Carlson's Heart, our Heritage and our Future
• Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Records 3rd Qtr 2006 Net Income of $10.9 million Compared with a Loss of $11.4 million for Same Period Last Year / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Taps Industry Veteran Jack Schmidt to Head Northwest Sales & Marketing Effort
• Kamran and Company, A Major Food Service Facility, Planning & Equipment Specialist, Forms Partnership with Former Harrah�s VP Food & Beverage
• Pet Friendly Hotels Enlist BringYourPet.com to Expand Market Reach
• Jiten Hotel Management Installing MTech�s PMWorks Preventive Maintenance Solution; Jiten executive cites PMWork�s worth as an easy-to-use Internet-based tool that helps increase guest satisfaction, maximize profitability and preserve asset value
• The Buccini/Pollin Group Holds �Artful� Grand Opening Ceremony for Hilton Baltimore/BWI Airport

• Battleground CRM:  How Are Leading Travel Companies Using CRM to Unlock the Full Revenue Potential of their Customers?
• Guest Satisfaction Soars at Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa with Help of Web-based GoConcierge Application; eConcierge Interface Enables Staff to Seamlessly Process Pre-Arrival Requests
• Two Monterey, California Hotels Litigate Over Name;  Monterey Plaza Hotel Suing  Portola Plaza Hotel Claiming Trademark Infringement Over the Word Plaza
• The City of Apache Junction, Arizona Tells Developers of Proposed Value Place Extended Stay Economy Hotel the Exterior Design Not Visually Appealing
• �A Bakers Dozen� of Strategies for Hoteliers: Safety and Security (part 2 of 2) / Dr. John Hogan
• So How Was Your Butler? Ratings Keep Hotels Honest & Validates Serious Players
• The Former General Manager of the Holiday Inn - Tucumcari (NM) Arrested On 20 Felony Embezzlement Counts
• Asha Companies Building Four Hotel Indigo Properties in the Baltimore-Washington DC Metropolitan Area
• Sawgrass Destination Set to Become The Pebble Beach of the East; Key Partners Promise to be "In Bed Together"
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $63 million of First Mortgage Financing for a Portfolio of Six Oceanfront Hotels in California
• Portland Doubletree Makes a Conscious and Measurable Effort in Becoming an Eco-business - Earns the Green Seal® GS-33 Lodging Sustainability Certificate
• Dometic® Introduces the Latest Wireless Refreshment Center Innovation
• Marcus Hotels and Resorts Opens the Platinum Hotel & Spa in Las Vegas; the 255 Unit Condo Hotel Receives Marcus's Proprietary Operating Systems, Spa, Food and Beverage Expertise
• Report Indicates Slowing Growth for Business and Leisure Hotel Demand for First 6 months of 2006 in U.S.
• Starwood Hotels Names Todd Thompson Chief Information Officer; Former JetBlue Executive to Oversee Starwood's Global Technology
• Davidson Hotel Company Appoints Mark Herron, Nanci A. Haley and John C. Karchner to General Manager Positions
• Faith Taylor Named Wyndham Hotel's Vice President of Innovation and Product Development
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Promotes Alex Gregory to Director of Sales and Marketing at Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, South Carolina

• Maestro Adds Retail POS, Membership and Golf Management to Extensive Product Suite, Automates All Areas of Property Operations with a Single Client Record
• MeetingBroker Recognized in 2006 EIBTM World Wide Technology Watch
• Hyatt Place, aloft and Indigo Pursuing the Generation X Guest - Hotel Lobbies Are Now the "Gallery", the Pool is "Splash" and the Fitness Room "Train"
• Revenue Management and Packaging Strategy / Gabor Forgacs and Hoffer Lee
• As Part of the its Reorganization the Seibu Group is to Sell the 310-room Maui Prince Hotel, the 304-room Alyeska Prince Hotel and the 384-room Toronto Prince Hotel
• ************ IH/M&RS Trade Show Spotlight ************
• iBAHN Introduces Airline PC - Simplified Access to Airline Boarding Passes Provides a High Value For Hoteliers� Guests
• TeleAdapt Brings Byrne Power to the Guestroom
• Minibar Systems Launches Smartcube; New cutting-edge automated minibar combines state-of-the-art technology, powerful software and new high-end design to drive in-room retail and minibar profits for hotels
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• Strategic Hotels & Resorts Reports Net Income Available to Common Shareholders of $91.4 million for the 3rd Qtr of 2006, Compared with Net Loss -$1.2 million for the 3rd Qtr  of 2005 / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Dolce International Assumes Management Role for Ashman Court Hotel, Midland, Michigan
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Receives Seven New Website Excellence Awards; Highest 2006 Interactive Media Awards and W3 Awards
• John Remmers Appointed General Manager of Hotel ZaZa Houston
• Leonard Hoops Named Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, at the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Vail Resorts Appoints Patricia Campbell as New Chief Operating Officer of Keystone Resort
• Leary O�Gorman Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing of ResortQuest, Aspen/Snowmass

November 6, 2006

• Biggest Names in Luxury Resorts and Hotels Make Deals at Resorts & Great Hotels Fall Summit
• Entities Led by Isadore Sharp, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud and Bill Gates Make Offer to take Four Seasons Hotels  Private for $3.7 Billion, or $82 Per Share in Cash
• Police Charged Owners, Managers and Employees of Seven Joliet, Illinois Area Hotels with Selling Credit Card Numbers
• Hotel or Residence??: A Checklist for Developers of Condo-Hotels /  Anthony DiGuiseppe
• Carmel Valley Ranch, Under New Owner Blackstone Group, Seeking  Approvals to Convert to a Condo-Hotel
• Developer Ralph Burnet Investing up to $50 million to Convert Minneapolis's Foshay Tower in to a 229 room W Hotel
• London: The Savoy - 'Mr Ritz, Mr Escoffier; You Have Been Dismissed!' / Andreas Augustin
• Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa Awarded AAA�s Four Diamond Rating; Hotel Honored as One of Arizona�s Best
• Launch of New International Hotel Management Company: Newport Creek Hospitality, Walnut Creek California
• AIR Marketing's CycloneT Powers Data-driven Marketing for Destination Hotels & Resorts; Innovative Marketing Solution Could Mean $15 Million in Additional Annual Revenue for Top Resort Management Firm
• Completely Redesigned, The Rihga Royal Hotel Re-opens as The London NYC; Includes Chef Gordon Ramsay�s First Restaurant in the US
• Michigan Real Estate Developer David V. Johnson Acquires the Biras Creek Resort on Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 63 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Great Wolf Resort' s 2006 Third Qtr Net Income Falls  to $2.1 million  from $7 million in Prior Year; Plans to Develope 10-15 Resorts During Next Four-Six Years, Wants to Increase Planned Resort Size to 400-600 roooms
• Preferred Hotel Group Recognizes Efforts of Nine Hotels Toward Community Service, Philanthropy and the Environment
• Carlson Hotels Adds Five Hotels to its Portfolio of Brands in September
• The 51 Year Old Riviera Hotel and Casino Shifting from a Search for Buyers to the Pursuit of New Customers
• Raj Rana Named Regional  VP of Operations for Carlson Hotels Worldwide's Full Service Hotels in the Eastern Region of the United States, the Bahamas and Central and South America
• Patrick J. Sturgeon Appointed General Manager of Two Bunch Palms in Desert Hot Springs, California
• Accor Appoints 14 to GM Posts at its Hotels Around Asia
• Inverplata S.A. Building a New Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

• Visual One Awarded Preferred PMS Status by Boutique Hotels and Resorts of British Columbia
• When the Owners of the Adam's Mark Hotel Put the Downtown Columbus, Ohio Property Up for Sale in 2003, a Well Known Bidder Surfaced - John W. Marriott III
• How to Add a Touch of Mystery to Your Guest Experience / Peter McAlpine
• Lodgian Inc. Reports Significant Drop in Net Income for 3rd Qtr 2006; Will Sell 27 More of its Hotels
• Landmark ADA Decision Spells Relief for California Hotels / Marty Orlick
• IACC's Seal of Approval Provides Conference Center Hotels that "Extra Something"; Provides Meeting Planners with an Up-front Statement of Quality
• Developers Planning $87 million Resort, Indoor Water Park in North Central West Virginia; Project Site is Part of the Former Exxon Fairmont Coke Works Industrial Site
• The New 10th Edition of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry Now Available; Updates 9th Edition Published in 1995
• Piedmont Hospitality and Alex. Brown Realty, Inc. Joint Venture to Acquire the 220 room Atlanta Airport Doubletree Club Hotel; $1.6 million Improvement Plans Includes Conversion to a Full Service Doubletree
• Las Ventanas al Paraíso, a Rosewood Resort, for 6th Straight Year Is the Only Property in Los Cabos to Earn AAA�s Five Diamond Rating
• Coyle Hospitality 2006 Group Survey Finds Spa and Fitness Facilities Favorites For Frequent Travelers
• RatesToGo, a Leading Provider of Last Minute Accommodation, Celebrates 4 Successful Years; A No-fuss System that Does Away with Invoicing, Credit Set-up and Accounting Issues
• Benchmark Opens French Lick Resort Casino; $382 Million Restoration, Casino Development Project
• HSMAI Charters New Asia Pacific Chapter; Christine Toguchi, the Managing Director of HSMAI Asia Pacific in Singapore
• Joyce Lyle-Freeman Named General Manager of the Sanderling Resort & Spa, in Duck, North Carolina
• Michael Mettler Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco

• Manage Service Quality by Building It into Your Team / Derek Wood
• LodgeNet, Petters Hospitality Partnering to Enable the Delivery of HDTV Programming to Hotel Guest Rooms
• Herbst Gaming Acquiring the Buffalo Bill's, Primm Valley and Whiskey Pete's Hotel-casinos (2,644 rooms) for $400 million from MGM MIRAGE
• Hilton's Three Year Relationship with Dominican Republic's Coral Hotels & Resorts Ends; Coral�s Four Resorts in the Dominican Republic No Longer Operate Under the Coral by Hilton Brand
• Gencom-Led Partnership to Develop The Ritz-Carlton Rose Island, Bahamas in the Caribbean
• S.D. Malkin Properties Inc. Files Detailed Plans for Oceanfront 289-room Westin Hotel in Oceanside, California
• Top 10 Group Events: October 2006 � North America & Selected Markets
• Hilton Los Angeles Airport Loses More Than $1.8 Million in Two Months of Boycott; Lt. Governor Of California, Cruz Bustamante, Among Those Who Support Boycott By Pulling Business From Hotel
• The Briad Group Set to Open 113-unit, Homewood Suites by  Hilton (R) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Speaker Roster Set for The Second Annual Mexico Resort Development Conference, December 4-6, 2006, La Jolla, California
• Xanterra, American Culinary Federation and Sheridan College in Sheridan, Wyoming Create Chef's Apprentice Program in Yellowstone
• HSMAI Competes Development of Certification Programs for Individuals in Both Hospitality Sales and Marketing and in Revenue Management
• Berjaya Hotels and Resorts Select Pelican System for its Central Reservation System
• Dakota Hotels Taps Pegasus Solutions to Support Best Rate Guarantee Pricing Strategy
• Customer Advisory Council Helps Signature Worldwide Gain Invaluable Strategic Insight
• Lowe Hospitality Group Taps Rick Rush to Join Acquisitions Team
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Names John P. Davies, VP of Marketing and Ted A. Davis, VP of Sales
• Fairmont Appoints Jon Mamela, Director, Product and Service Strategy
• Karen Kelly Named General Manager of the 375 ResortQuest Units in Aspen/Snowmass
• Tharaldson Lodging is seeking a General Manager for the Tulsa Residence Inn. Must have previous hotel and management experience.  Position pays $40,000 to $45,000

1. Howard 'Butch' Kerzner Killed in Dominican Republic Helicopter Crash While Surveying for Resort Sites; Paul O�Neil, Appointed Acting CEO, Kerzner International Holdings
2. What Makes a Good Revenue Manager?  More Than You Think / Andy Archer
3. World's 10 Hippest Hotels; New York's; Hotel Gansevoort Sets the Bar
4. If Your Hotel Room Phone Rings and Someone (as in General Manager) Asks to Verify your Credit Card Information -- Just Hang Up
5. Top Resorts, Top Hotels - Results of the 2006 Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards
6. Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Capital Group Developing New Hotel Concept: '1' Hotel;  First Five Hotels Planned for Paris, Seattle, Scottsdale,  Mammoth Lakes, CA; and Ft. Lauderdale
7. Ten Hotels Added to AAA Five Diamond Winners for 2007; Complete List of 93 AAA Five Diamond Hotels and 58 AAA Five Diamond Restaurants
8. Cover Story Cover-up: Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association Makes Plea to Hoteliers to Remove 6,000 Copies of Complimentary In Room Magazine
9. Sorry to Say�But Some People Should Not be Serving Other Human Beings / Bryan K. Williams
10. Help!  My Hotel Room Is Bugged! / Larry Mundy
11. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / October 2006
12. Is the Party Over? The Challenge of Decreasing Hotel Room Demand / Carol Verret
13. The Equity Firm KSL Capital Partners Acquiring ClubCorp, Inc.
14. Hotel Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2006; 33 New Hotel Waterparks Open, 70 Under Construction / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
15. The Straight Poop on Pet-Friendly Hotels / Larry Mundy
16. How Hotel Spas Make a Difference / The Global Hospitality Advisor
17. Will the Real Hotel Sales Director, Please Stand Up?  The General Manager�s Role in Hotel Sales / Neil Salerno
18. The Award-Winning Lodge at Torrey Pines Leaves Major Brand, Selects TravelCLICK to Control Identity and Optimize Distribution
19. Owners of Westin Innisbrook Golf Resort Terminate Management Agreement with Westin; Will Operate Resort as an Independent to Unlock Potential of the �Innisbrook� Brand
20. Travelers Reveal Likes and Dislikes in Travel for 2007; TripAdvisor Travel Trends Survey
21. The Lodging Ledger; Hotel Deals Continue to Roll Along; The Allure of Luxury Lodging Assets / Stephen Hennis
22. Money is No Object for the Resort Owner and Guests; Winvian, a 113-acre Resort Hotel,  Taking Shape in the Connecticut Country Side
23. Top 10 Group Events � September 2006; North America & Selected Markets
24. The Hotels Reservations Sales Process; Today�s Callers Want a Personalized and Customized Experience /  Doug Kennedy
25. Rosewood Hotels & Resorts and The Honigman Group Planning a $200 million Resort in Telluride, Colorado

• By Land or By Sea, The Boston Harbor Hotel is the Place To Be; It�s all about the service at Boston�s most luxurious hotel
• Ten Hotels Added to AAA Five Diamond Winners for 2007; Complete List of 93 AAA Five Diamond Hotels and 58 AAA Five Diamond Restaurants
• Train Your Front Desk To Overcome Challenges of Fielding Reservations Calls At The Front Desk
• Hilton Hotels Reports that Bookings Through its Websites Have Increased at a Steady 30% Year over Year Since 2002, and Accelerated to a 39% Increase in the 3rd Qtr of 2006
• South Florida Hotels Testing the Limits of Super Bowl Fans; Rates Jumping from $99 per night to $800 per night During Super Bowl Week
• The Executive Leadership Team at Choice Hotels International, Inc. Reorganizes to a Brand-centric Structure 
• Understanding that Sustainable Hospitality is Within Reach / John R. Hendrie
• Hilton Reports 3rd Qtr 2006 Net Income of $117 million Compared with $89 million in the 2005 Qtr; Hilton's Largest U.S. Markets Exhibiting the Strongest Demand, including New York, Hawaii and Chicago / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Two Tracks - General Hospitality Technology and Club Technology - to be Featured at HFTP's New York City Forum, November 11, 2006
• Len Wolman Named Connecticut Lodging Association�s �Hotelier of the Year"
• IH&RA Ushers in New Leadership for 2007; Dr. Ghassan Aïdi Elected IH&RA President
• HSMAI to Honor Barbara M. Talbott with the Koehl Award and Yvonne Middleton with the Grice Award

• Cover Story Cover-up: Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association Makes Plea to Hoteliers to Remove 6,000 Copies of  Complimentary In Room Magazine
• The Knowland Group Launches Knowland READERS 2.0; Market Intelligence Firm Enhances its Signature Technology with Even More Features Than Before
• New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson #2: Want to be Successful?  Start by Packing your own �Chute / David M Brudney
• Montana Holdings Ltd Selects RockResorts to Manage the $700 million, 870-acre Multi-use Resort  Development on Rum Cay Island, Bahamas
• Luxury Hotel Market in Paris Now Undergoing Marked Revival as Occupancy Rate and Average Daily Rate Increasing Simultaneously
• Developer Philip Pilevsky Planning a "Destination Resort" in City of Long Beach, New York
• Salt Lake City's Inn at Temple Square Prepares for Demolition
• Tianjin Automobile Industrial Group Company Signs Hilton's First Doubletree(R) Hotel Management Agreement for 360-room hotel in Tianjin, China
• Following an Extensive Renovation the Kauai Beach Hotel & Resort Branded a Hilton
• Amarillo to Explore Public/private Partnerships and Incentive Programs to Find a Developer for a Downtown Hotel
• Rodolfo Roth, General Manager of Marquis Reforma, Named a Top Hospitality Executive in Mexico 
• Mark Allvey Named Global Sales Director for Rocco Forte Hotels, Gregory Bradelle as Director of Sales & Marketing for Le Richemond in Geneva

• Hotel Pay-Per-Click Advertising: You Do the Math / Keith Paulin
• The $200 million Outrigger Waipouli Beach Resort & Spa Set to Open on Island of Kauai
• Boston's Charles Street Jail to be Reborn as The Liberty Hotel, Stuart Meyerson Named General Manager
• $50M Ecotourism Resort Proposed Near Mount Katahdin in Central Maine
• Revealing Cooking Techniques - IH/M&RS Demonstration Kitchen Features Top Chefs
• The Knowland Group Begins Service in San Diego, CA; Market Intelligence Firm Strengthens Its California Position
• Who�s Doing Business at the Hotel Down the Street? Managers at Competing Hotels Need to Know - and Hospitality Information Services Can Tell Them
• LRA Worldwide CEO Rob Rush to Speak at the 2006 ESOMAR Leisure World Research Conference in Rome
• Luxury Hoteliers and Corporate Planners Rave About the ELITE MEETINGS ALLIANCE; Next Alliance, Scheduled for March 19-21, 2007, at Utah�s Sundance Resort
• Global Hotel Alliance Empowers Members With MICROS Technology
• Stuart Arp Named General Manager of the Sandpearl Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida
• Jeff Martella Named Regional Director of Hotel Operations, Shilo Inns Suites Hotels
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Mike VanDuzer Director of Facilities for Cheyenne Mountain Resort

• Major Chains Report Internet Bookings Growth of 20 Percent in Q2 2006 As Consumers Continue to Choose Electronic Channels
• Michael Gaughan Trades in His Boyd Gaming Stock in Exchange for the Keys to the 1,350 room South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa (formerly The South Coast Hotel & Casino)
• PurchasePro.com Case: Trial About "Lies and Cover-ups"
• Muzzling the Guest From Hell / Steven Ferry
• New Program Will Certify and Market �Southern Hospitality�, Creating Advantage for Hoteliers and Restaurants!
• The Imperial Hotel and the Bristol Hotel, Vienna - How We Built The Most Famous Hotels / Andreas Augustin
• HK PolyU to Hold the Third China Tourism Forum
• Grand Velas All Suites & SPA Resort Awarded AAA Five-Diamond Award; The Only Luxury All-Inclusive Property in Nuevo Vallarta and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and only Family Friendly All Inclusive in North America to Receive Prestigious Award
• British Developer Bashar Issa Planning a 40 story Mixed Use Building in Downtown Buffalo, NY; To Include 300 room Luxury Hotel and 80 Condominiums
• In Buffalo an Outpouring of Hospitality as Hotel Workers Met Challenge from Storm
• Oscar Cruces Named Director General of Grand Velas All Suites & SPA Resort Hotel, Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

• SynXis Adds HotelReservations.travel to the Channel Connect SM  Distribution Channel; European Travel Site gives RedX� properties exposure to travelers worldwide
• City of Irving, Texas Turns to San Antonio Hotel Entrepreneur Pat Kennedy to Build the Second Watermark Hotel & Spa
• Travelers Reveal Likes and Dislikes in Travel for 2007; TripAdvisor Travel Trends Survey
• Strong Rebound in Both Demand for Convention Center Space and Convention Center Event Attendance Since 9/11 / PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Fairmont Spells Out the Perfect Spa Treatment Bed
• iBAHN Launches Global Command Center to Centralize Proactive Monitoring of Network; New Global Command Center Will Allow Quicker Detection of and Response Time to Hotelier Needs
• John Q. Hammons Tosses First Pitch at Game Two of World Series; Has for Many Decades Generously Supported Sports While Developing 175 Hotels
• Stevens Hospitality Taking Control of the Historic 203-year-old Golden Lamb Hotel, Lebanon, Ohio
• Hersha Hospitality Preparing to Open the Duane Street Hotel in Tribeca Area of New York City; Will Have 45 "Minimalist-designed" Rooms
• New Survey Says Staff Shortages and Consistent Delivery of Customer Service are Biggest Challenges for Businesses
• With Central Oregon Unemployment rates at 40-year Lows, Mt Bachelor Ski Resort Desperate for Labor; Plans to Recruit Students from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru
• Hilton Hotels Corporation and Millennium Holdings Ltd Sign Management Agreement for 250 room Hilton in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• InterContinental Hotels Adds Crowne Plaza San Miguel Cordoba Golf & Resort in Cordoba, Argentina; 74 room Resort Owned and Managed by Proemtur, S.A.
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Ranked Among Top 500 Global Software Companies; Software Magazine�s Ranking Based on 2005 Revenues
• SECURE-RES Announces a New Tool for it�s Customers
• Vintage Hotels Teams With InfoGenesis To Provide Seamless Guest Experience At Three Historic Niagara Region Hotels
• DiamondRock, Which Owns 17 Hotels, Reports 3rd Qtr Net Income Nearly Tripled to $6.5 million from 2005's $2.2 million
• Benchmark Appoints Todd Wolfson Executive Chef for Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center
• Eric Christensen Named Food and Beverage Director at the Dallas Magnolia Hotel
• The newly renovated Holiday Inn in Clarion, PA has opening for a Director of Sales. The 121 room hotel seeking a DOS to handle responsiblility of all sales and marketing

• Cabernets or Kayaks: Campbell�s Resort Uses Maestro to Keep Guests Returning Generation after Generation; Seattle visitors come for its great service, beautiful location and the �Best Wine List� in Washington State
• TravelCLICK, VFM Interactive Sign Exclusive Agreement; Rich Digital Media Content Management Integrated with iStay Booking Engine Enhances Consumer Experience
• The International Hotel & Restaurant Association Convenes in Nice, France 26-28 October 2006; To Strategize on Global Hospitality Industry
• Sunburst Hospitality Opens the Atrium Court Hotel in Rockville, Maryland
• The Knowland Group Begins Service in Los Angeles, CA; Market Intelligence Firm�s Reputation Rises To New Heights As It Now Offers Service To Hoteliers In The City Of Angels
• Blue Square Studios Wins Three Web Marketing Association Awards for Excellence in Hospitality E-Marketing
• Michael A. Rawson Joins The Sorrento Hotel, Seattle, As its Managing Director
• Lois Shore Joins Outrigger Enterprises Group as Vice President of Distribution
• Ron Wojcik Appointed General Manager of the Hilton Austin Airport
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Announces the Appointment of Katie Pederson as Director of The Spa at the Inverness Hotel; Denver�s newest boutique Spa set to open November 2006
• Berjaya Hotels and Resorts Select Pelican System for its Central Reservation System
• Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers Appoints Richard Cross as Executive Chef
• Broadway Hospitality seeking a General Manager for the 156 Room, full-service Holiday Inn hotel in Beaver Falls, PA. More info

October 23, 2006

• Hyatt Hotels Signs Pact with Hotel Booking Solutions; Pursuing Far-reaching Strategy to Manage Sales Distribution Channels
• How Fast Do You Want to Go? Understanding the risks and costs involved with technology implementation and getting there too fast / Edwin Klein
• InterContinental Hotels ANA Hotels Sign a Hotel Operating Joint Venture Creating the IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan; ANA Hotels to Be Re-branded to ANA-InterContinental, ANA-Crowne Plaza or ANA-Holiday Inn
• The Grand Hôtel Métropole in Hanoi was the Premier Hotel of French Indo-China; Restored to its Former Glory the Hotel Had One Problem, Nobody Knew When it Had Opened its Doors
• The Chicago Athletic Association, a Century Old Private Club for Athletics, Dining, Is Financially Strapped - Selling for Conversion to Hotel and Athletic Club
• Rising Property Taxes and Offers from Condo Developers Forcing Many Smaller South Florida Hotels to Fold
• Entrepreneur Donald Panoz Soon to Add Hotel and Spa to Diablo Grande, a Planned Resort Community Near Patterson, California
• Marcus Corporation Bought the Wyndham Milwaukee Center Hotel for $23.6 million and Now Transforming the 220 room Hotel with a Multimillion-dollar Remodeling
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 42 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Next Generation $12 million Holiday Inn with Iconic Artwork and Enhanced Guestrooms Opens in Williamsburg, Virginia
• Developments Like Le Paradis Adding to the Economic Transformation on St. Lucia
• Tecton Hospitality Names Lisa I. Perez, Vice President of Human Resources

• The Personal Data Privacy & Security Act� Is Your Hotel Ready? / Rick Warner
• Is This the Time to Sell Your Economy Hotel? / John Keeling
• Guest Satisfaction Study Measures Forty-five European Hotel Brands; Nearly 70% of Hotel Guests in Europe Now Prefer a Smoke-free Environment
• New Orleans Restaurant Community a True Leader in the Recovery; Lion's Share of the Great Restaurants Have Reopened
• Outlook: Superhuman Artificial Intelligence F&B Forecasting & Scheduling Technologies | Hotelexecutive.com
• Hilton Selling the 1,054-room Hilton London Metropole and the 794-room Hilton Birmingham Metropole - to Tonstate Property Group for £417 million (approx US $785 million)
• Marriott's Global Growth Plan Through 2009 Includes Over 30 Percent More Hotel Rooms Outside North America; Up to 60 percent of Full-service Hotel Additions Will Be Outside the U.S. and Canada
• Feuring Group to Develop InterContinental Resort in Davos; 180 rooms and 60 luxury apartments � Architecture by Matteo Thun
• Want Fries With That? Hiring Practices in the Hospitality Industry / Joseph M. Gravish
• Police Arrest Man Who is Suspected of Robbing 10 Arlington, Texas Hotels During Last Two Months
• Berjaya Hotels and Resorts Select Pelican System for its Central Reservation System
• Interstate Hotels Acquires the 308-room Hilton Hotel in Arlington, Texas for $36.3 million, $118,000 per key
• Marshall Management Signs Contract to Operate the Inn at the Colonnade Doubletree Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland
• Larkspur Hospitality Purchases The Cartwright Hotel in San Francisco

• Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Capital Group Developing New Hotel Concept: '1' Hotel; First Five Hotels Planned for Paris, Seattle, Scottsdale, Mammoth Lakes, CA; and Ft. Lauderdale
• Hospitality Loyalty Programs; Strategies for Points-based, Recognition-based Programs / Mark Haley
• What Time is the 3 PM Parade? (Should your hotel have some Mickey Mouse® in it?) / Kirby D. Payne
• Lowe Enterprises Investors Acquires the Houston's Hotel Icon; Destination Hotels & Resorts, a Lowe Affiliate, Takes Over Management
• Mohamed Al Fayed, the Owner of Harrods, Holds Talks with MGM Mirage on Partnering in a London-themed Casino on the Las Vegas Strip
• Merger & Acquisition Deal of the Year and the Reggie Shiu Development of the Year Award Winners
• Mispriced Hotel Markets � Opportunities for the Astute Investor!
• Travel Plaza Hotel Selects Linux Based Oasis Hospitality Software
• Visual One Win the "Battle for Hastings"
• Conversion to a Condo Hotel Completed for the Former Holiday Inn in Downtown Orlando; The Lexington at Orlando CityPlace Re-opens with 227 Studios and Suites
• Developer Randy Kuchakulla Planning a $12 million Cambria Suites in Orlando, Florida
• Vikram Sood Named General Manager of The Grand Del Mar in North San Diego County
• Laurent Gabard Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at the InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hôtel
• Matthew Jones Named Director of Group Sales for the Sandpearl Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida

October 17, 2006

• SynXis Chosen by Select Marketing Hotels to Represent the SQ Chain Code for their Portfolio of 200 Properties; Worldwide Hotel Marketing Company Switches to the RedX� Distribution Management System to Consolidate all Booking Channels
• Is the Party Over?; The Challenge of Decreasing Hotel Room Demand / Carol Verret
• Top Resorts, Top Hotels - Results of the 2006 Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards
• Sorry to Say�But Some People Should Not be Serving Other Human Beings / Bryan K Williams
• Fueled by 606,595 Convention Delegates, Las Vegas Records Strongest August Ever; City Hotel Occupancy 90.7% with ADR of $116.57
• Nobody Asked Me, But� No. 18 - John Q. Hammons, Save the Belleview Biltmore, Chinese Tourism, CFLs, Ernie Byfield, Guestroom Entertainment in 1905
• Auberge Resorts Partners with the Levy Organization and Flynn Properties to Acquire the Esperanza Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
• THE US GRANT, a Luxury Collection Hotel in San Diego, Reopens Following 20-month, $52 million Renovation and Restoration
• Eagle Hospitality Selling Hotel Under Circumstances Advantageous To Buyer; Analysis by UNITE HERE Advises Prospective Buyers to be Fully Aware of Facts Before Considering an Acquisition from Eagle Hospitality
• MGM MIRAGE Selling Colorado Belle and Edgewater Hotel Casinos in Laughlin, Nevada, to a Group Led by Anthony Marnell III for $200 million
• Paul Smith's College Selling the 88-room Hotel Saranac, Has Owned and Trained Students in Since 1961
• More Interactive and Productive Meetings Possible Thanks to iBAHN and VisionTree; Leaders in Broadband and Communications Technology Provide Real-Time Audience Response Solutions
• KoolConnect Appoints Leading Studio Expert Suzanne Rainey as Vice President of Content
• InterContinental Hotels Group Opens First New Build Indigo Branded Hotel, the $15 million Hotel Indigo Sarasota
• Ted Darnall Joins HEI Hospitality as a Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Also Named President of Merritt Hospitality, the Management Subsidiary of HEI
• The Waldorf=Astoria Appoints Joel Freyberg Executive Director of The Waldorf Towers
• Following a $7 million Renovation the Former Spencer Hotel Branded the Doubletree Hotel Wilmington Downtown
• Broadway Hospitality seeking a Director of Sales for the Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express, (250+ rooms combined) in Frederick, Maryland. Position supports the sales activities of 4 Sales Managers

• TravelCLICK and Discover the World Marketing Team To Deliver Enhanced Sales Representation for Hoteliers
• Beating the Budget;  U.S. Hoteliers Underestimated 2005 / Robert Mandelbaum
• Help!  My Hotel Room Is Bugged! / Larry Mundy
• The Asian Lodging Development Pipeline Moving at a Feverish Pitch; China and India "Under Roomed"
• London�s Legendary May Fair Reborn with $140+ Million Restoration
• Istithmar Acquires W Hotel Union Square in New York for US$285 million
• Developer David Grasso Planning $315 million Complex in Downtown Philadelphia, Includes Hotel on Top of a Whole Foods
• Omni Hotels Planning a $40 Million Transformation and Expansion for the Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa
• The Historic Hotel Reina Victoria in Madrid's Plaza de Santa Ana Transformed into the first ME by Melia Hotel
• Don't Overpay For Hotel Sites / Steve Rushmore / Canadian Lodging Outlook � YTD August 2006
• Marriott's 2,300 North America Branded Hotels Leap to Meet the Deadline to be Smoke-free
• Butch Kerzner, CEO Kerzner International, Remembered As World Class
• People in the News | Davide Barnes, New Hotel Manager at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia
• Developer of the Cibolo Canyon PGA Tour Golf Resort Near San Antonio Receives Concessions from the City; Proposed Marriott to be 1,000 rooms
• The Novotel Century Hong Kong Tackles Energy Cost and Environmnetal Management with the Latest Weapon � Intelligence
• InfoGenesis Named One of Los Angeles� Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Deloitte�s Technology Fast 50 Program
• HFTP Appoints Advisory Council for the First European Hospitality Technology Education Conference
• The Monahan Group Opens the 248 room Wyndham Gettysburg (PA) Hotel; Represents Wyndham's First New-construction Property Since the Brand�s Acquisition by Wyndham Worldwide in October 2005
• Dolce International to Manage a New Destination Resort, Hotel Tetherow,  in Bend, Oregon from Concept Through its Opening and Daily Operations
• Eric Calderon Named Chief Operating Officer for Ty Warner Hotels and Resorts; Formerly with The Little Nell in Aspen for 18 years
• The Caribbean Hotel Association Calls for Joint Mission the U.S. Capital; Public and Private Sectors Would Marshal Resources to Advocate for Equal Application of Passport Extension
• Key West Inns Renews Partnership with InnLink Central Reservation Services
• William S. Waichulis Named General Manager of the Pink Shell Beach Resort & Spa, located in Fort Myers, Florida
• Manuel DeMoya Named Director of Food and Beverage at Wild Dunes Resort in South Carolina
• John Q. Hammons the Third Recipient of the IAHI Kemmons Wilson Service Award; IAHI Names Four to the 2007 Board of Directors

• Beating the Budget;  U.S. Hoteliers Underestimated 2005 / Robert Mandelbaum
• Help!  My Hotel Room Is Bugged! / Larry Mundy
• Istithmar acquires W Hotel Union Square in New York for US$285 million (Middle East and North Africa Business Report, Amman, Jordan)
• The Asian Lodging Development Pipeline Moving at a Feverish Pitch; China and India "Under Roomed"
• London�s Legendary May Fair Reborn with $140+ Million Restoration
• Developer David Grasso Planning $315 million Complex in Downtown Philadelphia, Includes Hotel on Top of a Whole Foods
• Omni Hotels Planning a $40 Million Transformation and Expansion for the Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa
• The Historic Hotel Reina Victoria in Madrid's Plaza de Santa Ana Transformed into the first ME by Melia Hotel
• InfoGenesis Named One of Los Angeles� Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Deloitte�s Technology Fast 50 Program
• HFTP Appoints Advisory Council for the First European Hospitality Technology Education Conference
• The Monahan Group Opens the 248 room Wyndham Gettysburg (PA) Hotel; Represents Wyndham's First New-construction Property Since the Brand�s Acquisition by Wyndham Worldwide in October 2005
• Dolce International to Manage a New Destination Resort, Hotel Tetherow,  in Bend, Oregon from Concept Through its Opening and Daily Operations
• Key West Inns Renews Partnership with InnLink Central Reservation Services
• The Novotel Century Hong Kong Tackles Energy Cost and Environmnetal Management with the Latest Weapon � Intelligence

• Howard 'Butch' Kerzner Killed in Domincan Republic Helicopter Crash While Surveying for Resort Sites; Paul O�Neil, Appointed Acting CEO, Kerzner International Holdings
• The Lodging Ledger / Hotel Deals Continue to Roll Along, The Allure of Luxury Lodging Assets, The Next Wave of Mega-Resorts / Steve Hennis
• Hotel Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2006; 33 New Hotel Waterparks Open, 70 Under Construction / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
• Le Bernardin Takes Top Honors for Food; Daniel for Decor; per se for Service / Zagat's 2007 New York City Restaurants Survey
• Owner Wen-I Chang On a Societal Mission Developing an Environmentally Sustainable Hotel, the 133 room Gaia Napa Valley
• The Dallas Area a Mini-epicenter for Up and Coming New Hotel Brands; Each Has a Slightly Different Take on Market Niche
• Opus Hospitality, Recently Started by Former Best Western Execs, Selected by Trinity Hotel Investors to Manage Six Hotels
• Wyndham Worldwide Rebranding Timeshare Properties Under the Fairfield Resorts® and Trendwest® Brands to the Wyndham® Name
• Culinary Team of Rick Tramonto and Gale Gand Opening Three Distinct Restaurant Concepts at the $125 million Westin Chicago North Shore
• La Quinta Selects Pegasus Solutions to Power Reservations for More Than 500 hotels
• John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts Appointed by City of Concord, N.C. to Manage the Rocky River Golf Club Adjacent to the $60 million, 308-suite Embassy Suites Hotel® Charlotte-Concord Resort and Spa
• Songland Ltd Planning  to Develop Two Luxury Hotels in Phuket, Likely a Grand Hyatt and a Sheraton
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Announces Additions To Its Management Team

• Visual One Systems Purchases GolfPro, Inc; Merger replaces exclusive distributorship
• World's 10 Hippest Hotels; New York's Hotel Gansevoort Sets the Bar
• If Your Hotel Room Phone Rings and Someone (as in General Manager) Asks to Verify your Credit Card Information -- Just Hang Up
• The American Resort Development Association Examines the Growing Variety of Vacation Home Options
• The Hotels Reservations Sales Process; Today�s Callers Want a Personalized and Customized Experience
• Double Digit Hotel Returns are Likely to Continue until Mid 2008!
• Settle Inn LLC Signs Multi-property Development Agreement with John Shaline to Construct up to 12 new Hotels in Wisconsin
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $103 million Loan for Six Resort Hotels in Mexico
• Signature Unlocks Canadian Market with Installations in Two Luxury Properties;  Alberta and British Columbia hotels choose new Signature by VingCard electronic-locking system to enhance decor, ensure security
• Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. Reports  a 3rd Qtr Net Profit of $40 million from a year-ago loss of $5 million; Revenue Up 40% / Hotel Operating Data
• Interstate Hotels Completes $9 Million Renovation of the Hilton Lafayette
• Recently Acquired by La Quinta, the 260 room La Quinta Inn & Suites �Little Rock Downtown Getting $4 million Facelift
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Promotes Joseph Klam to Executive VP, Hotel Finance
• LMG Data Mining seeking a sharp, analytical hotelier to assist in its business intelligence/database marketing services. Requires hotel/resort experience. Data crunching, MS Access and html experience are helpful

• TravelCLICK Selected by Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International for Central Reservation System Solution; Largest Turkish Hotel Group Implements iHotelier CRS for Integrated Distribution Solution at 15 Hotels and Resorts
• Universal Orlando Resort Meetings & Events Website Developed by Cendyn; Meeting and Event Planners Can Now Customize their Own Universe
• The Equity Firm KSL Capital Partners Acquiring ClubCorp, Inc.
• Will the Real Hotel Sales Director, Please Stand Up? The General Manager�s Role in Hotel Sales / Neil Salerno
• Jack Nicklaus to Create Two Signature Courses at Cabo Pacifica a Master-planned Resort Community in Los Cabos, Mexico
• Some Conventions Outgrowing Palm Springs' 127 hotels and 6,256 rooms
• The Oriental in Bangkok / How We Built The Most Famous Hotels
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Wins Five Web Marketing Association Awards; 2006 WebAward for Best Travel Website
• The Future of F&B: Using Superhuman Artificial Intelligence To Improve F&B Accuracy & Reduce Costs
• Israel Hotel Association Expecting Business to Fall by 50% in 2007, Hotel Occupancy Rates May Fall from 70% in 2005 to 40%
• Moscow's Architectural Monument, the Hotel Leningradskaya, Undergoing Renovation to the Hilton Brand, Will be Operated by Interstate Hotels
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $28 million of First Mortgage Financing for the Hotel Andra in Seattle, Washington
• The International Association of Conference Centers of North America Elect New Officers; Neil Pompan Elected President
• The HSMAI Revenue Management Special Interest Group (SIG) Unites Sales and Marketing Professionals Engaged in the Revenue Management Field
• Omni Hotels Promotes Three to Top Positions Including Richard Maxfield to Senior Vice President, Operations
• Equity Inns Acquires Four Branded Marriott Hotels for $53.8 Million
• Duane Schroder Named General Manager of the Radisson Hotel in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• Charlie Shirk Appointed General Manager of the Scranton Hilton & Conference Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) seeking  a Head-Commercial Services for its commissary and food services divisions for its Manila, Philippines office. Requires degree in Business Administration, Management, with a major in accounting, hotel and restaurant management plus five years experience

• Money is No Object for the Resort Owner and Future Guests; Winvian, a 113-acre Resort Hotel,  Taking Shape in the Connecticut Country Side
• Dallas' Hotel Palomar is Kimpton's First Mixed-use Urban Property and Third Hotel Under that Name
• New Scientific Knowledge of How Fire Behaves is Raising Questions About Whether Tucson's 1970 Pioneer International Hotel Fire Stemmed from Arson; New Probe Is Sought for Hotel Fire that Killed 29
• The Devil's in the Details - Pay for Performance Programs Revisited / Joseph M Gravish
• US Born Christian Rivadalla Opening the First of Eight Planned Luxury Resorts Across Morocco - The Octogone Earth Hotel
• EZ Yield Helps Build Consistency for Kor Hotel Group Online
• Lake Powell Resorts & Marinas Receives Prestigious Award for Pollution Prevention Efforts Award Presented by Utah Pollution Prevention Association  And Utah Department of Environmental Quality
• SOMA Hotel Portfolio in San Francisco, California Is Sold; Colliers International Hotels Acts as Advisor to the Seller
• The Island Colony, a 740 room unit Hotel-condominium in Waikiki, Joins Aqua�s Hotel Portfolio
• Development of Best Western Two-Way CRS Interface to MSI�s Nova Plus Underway
• Settle Inn Franchise Agreement Includes Training by Signature Worldwide
• Management Contract for the Holiday Inn St. Paul East Awarded to Lodge Hotels & Resorts
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 74 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Michael Hoffman, President of Turf Hotels, Named Chairman of the Board of Directors of  the Owners� Association of InterContinental Hotels Group
• Senih Geray Named General Manager of the St. Regis Resort Aspen
• Stefano A. Ruzza Named Director of Operations, Hilton Cebu Resort & Spa, Philippines
• Patricia Nicholl Appointed Director, Hotel and Convention Sales at Casino Windsor Hotel

• The Award-Winning Lodge at Torrey Pines Leaves Major Brand, Selects TravelCLICK to Control Identity and Optimize Distribution
• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / October 2006
• The World Travel and Tourism Council  Belives the United States Needs a National Tourism Strategy to Stem Downward Trend of International Tourists
• Marriott International Reports 3rd Quarter Net Income of $141 million Down from $149 million the Year Earlier; Revenues Flat at $2.7 billion / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Asset Manager Panorama Hospitality, K.K. Signs Hyatt to Operate the Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort and Spa; Hiroko Noguchi Named General Manager
• Hamister Hospitality Acquires Four Pittsburgh-area Hotels from Developer Don Rodgers
• Dallas' Convention Business Picking Up Steam but Faces a Number of Challenges
• Guestroom 2010, Featuring 56 Different Technologies, To Be Displayed at IH/M&RS - November 11-14, 2006, New York City
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Chooses EZ Yield.com
• HotelRooms.com Adds Two Leading European Hotel Groups and Surpasses ROI Expectation of Top Global Chain
• Hotel Information Systems, GuestWare Introduce Two-Way Interface Advancement; Ensures Data in GuestWare, PMS Remain Synchronized
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Best Western Colonial Hotel and Conference Center; Hartford, Connecticut Hotel Sold to Regional Operator
• Carey International Inc. Gives Meeting Planners a Head Start With Online RFP Wizard and Site Inspection Rebate
• Clairvoyix and Visual One Announce Fully Integrated Guest Marketing Solutions
• Choice Hotels and Dean Patel, Owner, Begin Construction of Cambria Suites in Savannah, Georgia
• Randy Kwasniewski Named President of Morgans Hotel Group, Las Vegas
• Hotel Veteran Joe Gelchion Named Senior Vice President of Owner Relations for Starwood Hotels & Resorts

• What Makes a Good Revenue Manager?  More Than You Think; The best can raise RevPAR 3 to 7%.  Use these tips to spot top talent and  improve your chain�s bottom line
• Judge Finds Galveston's Flagship Hotel Owner Incompetent to Stand Trial: Accused of Bilking the Government of $232,000 in Claims for Phantom Hurricane Katrina Lodgers
• The Straight Poop on Pet-Friendly Hotels / Larry Mundy
• Business As Usual as Harrah's Weighs a $15 billion Buyout Proposal
• Kwee Liong Tek and Horst Schulze Form a  50:50 Joint Venture Known as West Paces Hotel Group Asia, a Singapore Based Hotel Management Company
• Owners of Westin Innisbrook Golf Resort Terminate Management Agreement with Westin; Will Operate Resort as an Independent to Unlock Potential of the �Innisbrook� Brand
• Owners Transforming 18 Floors in St. Louis' 30-story Park Plaza Tower into The Private Residences at The Chase Park Plaza;  a $20 million Renovation of 250 Existing Hotel Rooms Completed
• Trump Organization and Irongate Developing 526 Suite Hotel Condominium Resort in North Baja, Mexico, Near San Diego
• Sage Hospitality Preparing a $40 million Makeover of the Clarion Hotel at Kansas City's Truman Sports Complex; Will Include a New 60,000-square-foot Waterpark
• At Mid Year 2006 14 hotels in California's Riverside County have Sold for $51.6 million
• TIG Global Lega Reference Simplifies Challenges Associated with Online Marketing and Brand Protection; TIG Global, Cyveillance, and HSMAI Publish �Profits and Pitfalls in Online Marketing�
• EZ Yield.com seeking Corporate Director of Operations at it�s corporate headquarters in Orlando FL. Requires 2-5 years experience in hotel revenue management and hotel distribution technology. College degree and EZ Yield system knowledge, a plus
• Sara Thatcher Named New Spa Director of Award Winning "The Palms", Turks and Caicos Islands
• Swinscoe Spa Consultants Opens Offices in Scottsdale, AZ
• BridgeStreet Worldwide Named as Corporate Apartment Manager for New, Luxury Condo Building in New York City�s Times Square at 1600 Broadway
• Gina Kunst Appointed as Director of Sales For Holiday Inn New London, Connecticut

• Top 10 Group Events September 2006 � North America & Selected Markets
• Top-tier Incentive/meeting Planners and Hospitality Executives Join Elite Meetings Advisory Board; Magazine Featuring Best Properties to Launch in 2007
• Nine Distinctive Hotels Added as Members of Historic Hotels of America; All Have Faithfully Maintained their Historic Integrity and Architecture
• Greek Resort Hotels Operating Under a State of Oligopsony; Study Explores the Market Influence of European Tour Operators on Greek Hotels 
• How Hotel Spas Make a Difference / Gary Henkin
• Orlando Area  Resort-tax Collections Up in August '06 - Even as Hotel Occupancy Slips; Rising Room Rates and Growing Number of Time-share Units Help Increase
• Buccini/Pollin Open the 280 room Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport
• Hotel People I Have Know / Harry Nobles
• City of New Brunswick, New Jersey and Benchmark Hospitality Collaborate on Unique Hiring Initiative for the 300 Jobs to be Created at The Heldrich, a 248 room Hotel and Conference Center
• Hotels Accepting Large Dogs Reach Niche Market
• The Slippery Slope of Pay for Performance Programs / John R Hendrie
• Mark Mahoney Appointed Red Lion Hotels' Vice President of Sales

• Rosewood Hotels & Resorts and The Honigman Group Planning a $200 million Resort in Telluride, Colorado
• Dow Hotel Company Finding Success with its Proprietary Restaurant Concept; Basil�s Kitchens Has Track Record of Raising Revenues, Profits and Guest Satisfaction
• American Property Management Inc. Investing $20 million in the 312-room Park Plaza, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Upon Completion Will Rename the Property the Radisson Resort & Waterpark
• Davidson Hotel Company and Amstar Group Planning $23 million Renovation of the Recently Acquired Hyatt Regency Newport in Rhode Island
• Hotel Sacher Vienna / How We Built The Most Famous Hotels / Andreas Augustin
• Starwood Executes Long Term Agreement to Manage the Le Méridien St. Petersburg in St. Petersburg, Russia; Formerly the North Crown Hotel
• PROS Shares Vision on Future of Revenue Management at Eye for Travel
• Leading Broadband Provider iBAHN Creates Platinum Service Team Model; Platinum Service Team offers dedicated, high-touch assistance to hospitality partners
• VSi Adds Hyatt Hotels & Resorts to its Airline Boarding Pass Printing Service; BoardEZ� solution also enables guests to make changes to their flight schedules, book new flights and make future hotel reservations
• Hampton Inns Provides $250,000 Renovation for the U.S. Olympic Outdoor Training and Recreational Pool in Colorado Springs
• David Gibbons Named General Manager of The Lenox Hotel, Boston