1. 1,800-room Sheraton Waikiki Achieves Automated F&B Staffing Accuracy of Over 90% Using the Carnus Forecaster�s Artificial intelligence (AI) Technology
2. Regent Hotels & Resorts Abruptly Out as Operator of the Soon to Open Regent Boston at Battery Wharf
3. Stars Want to Meet the Hotel General Manager & Other Misconceptions / Daniel Edward Craig
4. Guest Problem Resolution 101: Power of the Follow-Up / Bryan K. Williams
5. More than 40 Hotels in San Francisco Have Recently Sold, Renamed or Reflagged
6. The Greatest Hotel People I Have Never Met �and the lessons I learned from them / Neil Salerno
7. The Cosmopolitan, a 3,000-room Resort Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, First Lost its Financing - Now it Could Lose its Name for Trademark Infringement
8. The Omni Fort Worth Hotel Drops Standard Practice of a Built-in Percent Gratuity for Banquets; Based on Quality of Service Meeting Planners May Select from 15 to 22%
9. Driving REVPAR in the Current Economy: The Shift from Managing Demand to Generating Demand / Carol Verret
10. Shuttered Miami South Beach Hotel, Once Slated for Redo Socialite Nicky Hilton, Acquired by Nakash Holdings for $25 million
11. Getting Back to the Basics: The Hotelier�s Internet Marketing Action Plan for a Difficult Economy / Max Starkov and Jason Price
12. Hilton Spells Out Short and Long Term Goals Towards Building Sustainability into the Core Fabric of its Hotels Worldwide
13. Recap - HITEC 2008: 5,200 Attendees, 300+ Exhibiting Companies, Center of Hospitality Technology Discussion
14. Developer of Stalled 1 Hotel in Seattle Sells Out to Partner Starwood; Was to be First in a Global Chain of Environmentally Friendly Hotels with that Name
15. Here's How the 92 story Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago Keeps Adding Floors While the 339 room Hotel  Is Wide Open for Business
16. Joie de Vivre Hospitality Makes Significant Executive Personnel Changes; Allows for Stronger Southern California Presence and New Commitment to Food & Beverage Operations
17. Hotel Operators Will Face Many Challenges As Economy Continues on Downswing / Rick Swig
18. Gloria & Emilio Estefan and Benchmark Hospitality International Open the The $50 million Costa d'Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Florida
19. The Battle for the Royal Palm Hotel Becomes Increasingly Bitter; Affiliate of  Investment Giant Blackrock Suing to Take Over the 417 room South Beach Hotel from Majority Owner Guy Mitchell
20. Wisconsin Dells Scrambles to Save Summer Tourist Season; Drained Lake Delton an Unwelcome Tourism Draw
21. Don�t Underestimate the Impact of the Hotel Sales Office / Dr. John Hogan
22. Barcelo Crestline Corporation Acquiring Tidewater Hotels & Resorts, Inc., of Virginia Beach, VA; Crestline Hotels & Resorts to Manage the Portfolio of 17 Properties
23. Judge's Ruling Mixed in the Suit Former CEO of The Greenbrier Resort, Paul Ratchford, Brought Against Owner CSX
24. Actor Brad Pitt to be Design Consultant for Zabeel Properties for Planned 800-room Resort in Dubai
25. Mike �Shiny� Dimond: One of the Great Hotel Sales Impresarios / David M. Brudney

June 30, 2008

• The Borgata's 800 room Water Club Features Five Pools, a 1-to-1 Employee-to-room Ratio and $629 Weekend Room Rates
• The Water Club, a $400 million Luxury Hotel, is Atlantic City's Latest Step Toward the Las Vegas Model
• The Push for a 1000+ room Convention Hotel in Minneapolis On Hold Even as City Loses Some Business to Competitors Such as Denver, San Antonio and St. Louis
• Travelodge UK Infusing Scents in Bedsheets to Help Guests Nod Off; Aromas Include "Freshly Cut Grass" and "Home-baked Apple Pie"
• Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund Offers to Acquire Red Lion Hotels at $9.50/Share
• Citiline Resortline Development and Construction Submits Plans for Hotel Development at Gateway Village, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Profile: Las Cruces, New Mexico Couple Spearheads Motel Facelift into a 100 room America's Best Value Inn
• 2,000 Hoteliers Manage Multiple Web Activities with Ease; VIZERGY's My Web World sm Platform Makes it Possible
• Owner Grubb & Ellis Giving the 222 room Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel in Minneapolis a $4 million Makeover
• New Water Park Destination Resort Opens in Tennessee, the 234 room Wilderness at the Smokies Events Center Hotel and Waterpark 
• Rob Solomon Named Chief Marketing Officer for Outrigger's Portfolio of Brands
• Deer Valley Lodging in Park City, Utah Appoints Thomas Cooke Director of Marketing and Tracy Mullen to Director of Sales

June 27, 2008

• The Cosmopolitan, a 3,000-room Resort Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, First Lost its Financing - Now it Could Lose its Name for Trademark Infringement
• Boston's First Skyscraper, the Ames Building, Receiving a $75 million Transformation to a 115 room Hotel to be Operated by Morgans Hotel Group
• Judge's Ruling Mixed in the Suit Former CEO of The Greenbrier Resort, Paul Ratchford, Brought Against Owner CSX
• Laughlin, Nevada, Home to Nine Resorts, Set to Reinvent Itself
• Updating Hotel Marketing and Sales Strategies Mid Year NOW Is Essential / Dr. John Hogan
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Sells the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre in Dallas for $72.25 million, Approximately $145,000 per Key
• The Direct and Indirect Costs Associated with the Broken Air Travel System in U.S. Approaching $70 billion per Year; $5.6 billion in Lost Hotel Receipts
• Xanterra Installs a One Megawatt Solar Photovoltaic Energy System in Death Valley; Will Generate One-third of the Total Annual Electricity Needs for the Furnace Creek Inn, Furnace Creek Ranch, Furnace Creek Golf Course and Employee Offices and Housing
• The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Open the $80 million Turtle Creek Casino and 7-story, 137 room Hotel Near Traverce City, Michigan
• Taninvest Group of Companies Signs Mövenpick to Operate a 200 room Resort Near Serengeti National Park in Tanzania
• Katsumi Chiyo Named President and CEO of JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., the Operator of Nikko Hotels International
• Rosen Hotels & Resorts Names Leslie Menichini Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Convention Hotels
• The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Elects New Alumni Association Officers; Marc J. Gordon and Mary Ann Ramsey Named Chairman of the Board and President Respectively
• Millennium Hotels and Resorts Appoints Jennifer Long as Director of E-commerce for North America

• The Omni Fort Worth Hotel Drops Standard Practice of a Built-in Percent Gratuity for Banquets; Based on Quality of Service Meeting Planners May Select from 15 to 22%
• Luxurious Custom Art Yields High Profits in Down Economy; High-Tech Hotel Spaces Welcomes Low-Tech Art / Angelique Jackson
• Advantage Reserve Launches Private Label, Toll-Free Voice Reservation Service; Web Booking Engine, GDS Connectivity Also Available to Boutiques, Independents
• Sparked by a $6.5 million Gift from the Conrad N. Hilton Fund - the Hilton University of Houston Hotel and Conference Center Receiving a Facelift; Will Include Enhanced Experiential Learning and Prototype Rooms
• Driving REVPAR in the Current Economy; The Shift from Managing Demand to Generating Demand / Carol Verret
• Monit Investments Developing a $200 million Waldorf=Astoria Hotel & Residences Montreal; Property Will Include 250-hotel rooms and 76 Waldorf=Astoria Residences
• Kansas City's Largest Annual Convention Cancels Final Four Years; Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Outgrew KC's Ability to Host Huge Event
• The Israel Hotel Association States the Annual Return of Hotels was 3.9% in 1998-2007, Compared with 14-18% in Other Countries
• The Peninsula Hotels Selects ZDirect to Drive its eCRM Initiatives Worldwide
• The AmericInn® Hotel Web site Wins 2008 Interactive Media Award; Only Hotel Chain Honored with  Outstanding Achievement Award in Web site Development
• Laramar Group Gains 3% Lease-Rent Lift with LRO Revenue Management; LRO helps multi-family owners optimize rent pricing, raise revenue
• Keep Service Up in a Down Economy / Steve Curtin
• Built in 1896, An Expansive Multi-million-dollar Renovation Completed at the The Doubletree Hotel Dayton Downtown; Results Lead to Recognition by Doubletree Hotels with Most Improved Quality Award
• Life Resorts Takes Over Management of Blue Ocean Resort in Vietnam Following a US$1.8 million Renovation; 81 room Resort Now More Amenable to International Travelers
• Waterford Hotel Group Promotes Three to Hotel GM Positions

June 24, 2008

• Developer of Stalled 1 Hotel in Seattle Sells Out to Partner Starwood; Was to be First in a Global Chain of Environmentally Friendly Hotels with that Name
• Splendia.com Welcomes Their 2,000th Hotel, the Gansevoort South Hotel, Spa and Residences!
• Florida's Governor Executive Order Directing State Business to Use Green Lodging-certified Hotels for Conferences Spurs 365 Pending Applications from Hotels
• Mike "Shiny" Dimond: One of the Great Hotel Sales Impresarios / David M. Brudney
• Choice Hotel's Ascend Collection Offers an Affiliation for Hotels Wanting to Keep Own Names and Identities
• Robust Hotel Development in Dubai and Abu Dhabi Creates Challenges in Terms of Recruitment, Training and Retention / Erin O'Neill and Jitendra Jain
• Ascott Opens 4 New Properties in 4 Countries in 2 Weeks
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Residence Inn by Marriott Tewksbury, Massachusetts
• Meet REX - Housekeeping's New Best Friend; Operating on the Apple iPhone/iPod touch platform, MTech's new Room Expeditor tool helps housekeeping departments turn rooms faster and provide room customization
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System has been selected for the 129 room Joule Hotel in Dallas, Texas
• Intrawest Preparing The Westin Verasa for Opening; Napa's First Condo Hotel Will be the Fifth Westin Property Managed by Intrawest
• Michelle Duncan Hired as the Executive Chef of the Remodeled Clevelander Hotel in Miami Beach

• Maestro Solutions Shine for Luxury Beachside Resort Chain Seeking to Centralize Operations and Improve Marketing;  Cape Resorts Group leverages Maestro PMS to automate multi-property operations on a single database, maximize online revenue with 'Web Connection' real-time yield management tools
• Agilysys Announces Beta Site for Guest 360°�, Next-Generation Property Management Solution
• Select-service Hotels Financial Performance / Robert Mandelbaum and Steven Nicholas
• Personalized Hospitality Excellence Still A Deliverable! / Doug Kennedy
• Olathe, Kansas Deal with John Q Hammons Includes 100% Property Tax Abatement and the Revenue it Generates from the Transient-Guest Tax for 20 Years 
• Big Niche for New Hotels in Boston and Cambridge: Sixteen New Hotels Have Opened in the Last Five Years, Four More Scheduled for 2008 and 2009
• The $130 million Tulalip Resort Hotel Set to Open 40 Miles North of Seattle; Expects to Compete with the Glamorous Vegas Casino Hotels
• Starwood Selects VingCard as Preferred Vendor for Aloft and Element Hotels; Hospitality Security Leader Selected as Preferred Vendor for Top Properties
• New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Tauscher, GM Mandarin Oriental in New York, Recognized by The Greater New York Chapter of Hospitality Sales and Marketing International
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 85 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Newcrest Hotels Ltd. Planning to Transform the 10 story Fisk Building in Downtown Amarillo, Texas into a Courtyard by Marriott
• Enrique De Marchena Kaluche Named President of the Caribbean Hotel Association for 2008-2010; Recognized as the Legal Counsel with the Most Expertise in the Tourism Sector of the Dominican Republic
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Selects BLT Steak to Be the Signature Restaurant for the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Temple H. Weiss Named EVP and CFO at La Quinta, Replacing the Retiring Robert Harshbarger
• Jacqueline L. Edwards Named Director of Sales & Marketing at The Bohemian Hotel Asheville Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC

June 20, 2008

• Recap - HITEC 2008: 5,200 Attendees, 300+ Exhibiting Companies, Center of Hospitality Technology Discussion
• Telkonet to Provide Comprehensive Managed HSIA Solution for Red Lion Hotels; Telkonet beats top-level competition to install wired and wireless high-speed Internet access in 5,400+ rooms in 30 hotels across the US, starting in Q2
• Developer Louis Cappelli and State of New York Mulling Deal for a $1 billion Investment in Renovating and Reopening the Catskill's Concord Hotel and Golf Courses
• Consider the $500-a-night hotel room. In Duluth
• The $700 million Philadelphia Convention Center Expansion Appears to be Tone-Deaf to the Sustainability Movement
• Gloria & Emilio Estefan and Benchmark Hospitality International Open the The $50 million Costa d'Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Florida
• Two Downtown Billings Traditional Competitors, the Crowne Plaza Hotel and the Best Western Clocktower Inn, Join Forces to Promote Themselves as a Destination with 400 rooms and 16,000 sq ft of Conference Space
• HITEC's Innovative Model Hotel Room Exhibit, GUESTROOM 2010,  Gets New Name - GUESTROOM 20X
• Black Bear Casino Resort, Located South of Duluth, Minnesota, Opens the Doors to Its $121 Million Renovation; Includes a 12-story, 250-room Hotel and a Championship Golf Course
• FLG Hospitality Opens the 252 room Hilton Columbus/Polaris
• Sunstone Hotel Investors Appoints Arthur L. Buser as President, Will Transition to Replace Company Founder Bob Alter and to Become CEO by July 2009
• Hersha Hospitality Trust Acquires the 150 room Sheraton JFK Airport Hotel for $33.98 million
• Heyland Development Opens 57 room Microtel Inn & Suites in York, Maine
• John J. Perez Named General Manager of the Wyvern Hotel in Punta Gorda, Florida

• Wisconsin Dells Scrambles to Save Summer Tourist Season; Drained Lake Delton an Unwelcome Tourism Draw
• The Battle for the Royal Palm Hotel Becomes Increasingly Bitter; Affiliate of  Investment Giant Blackrock Suing to Take Over the 417 room South Beach Hotel from Majority Owner Guy Mitchell
• Landmark Belleview Biltmore Resort Saved; Hotel Developers Take Note - the Borough of Bronx in NYC Has 1.5 million Residents and Just One Hotel in the AAA Guide; Boutique Hotel Bandwagon / Stanley Turkel
• Shaner Hotels Continues Restaurant Co-Branding Initiatives With Bonefish Grill Opening in Crowne Plaza Paramus
• MGM Mirage Joint Ventures with a Chinese Company to Build a Non-gaming 350-room MGM Grand Hotel in the Industrial Port City of Tianjin, China
• For Sale - 46 acre hilltop property ideal for hotel resort, condo, or condo-hotel in Guanacaste, Costa Rica - more info
• Owned by John Buck Company and Managed by Interstate the aloft Hotel Opens in Rancho Cucamonga, California; Hotel's Signature Bar w xyz Expected to be Local Hot Spot
• Newly Renovated Carmel Mission Inn Now Open; Fuse Lounge Cafe to Open in August, $6.5 Million Remodel of Iconic Hotel Includes All Guest Rooms and Public Spaces
• AltiusPAR Announces Next Generation Enterprise Guest Management Solution; New Solution Includes Updated Internet Booking Engine to Deliver First Integrated Ecosystem, Offering Hotels Unprecedented Guest Experience Personalization Capability
• citizenM Hotels Deliver First Integrated Ecosystem Utilizing AltiusPAR's Guest Experience Ecosystem; Innovative Hotelier Implements Next Generation Enterprise Solution to Create Revolutionary New Model in Guest Personalization While Increasing Loyalty and Maximizing Revenue Opportunities
• Trust International's Upgraded Trust|Voyager CRS v.12 Provides More Information, Saves Time
• Time of Changes at Monterey (CA) County Convention and Visitors Bureau: Steve Wille Named Interim CEO and New Brand Slogan Chosen "Alive is the Air"
• Jason Berman Joins Denihan Hospitality Group as Senior Director, Brand Marketing
• Paul Telford Appointed Director of Spa at Tucker's Point Hotel & Spa in Bermuda

• Colonial Williamsburg Company Selects EzRMS Product Suite to be Implemented at Colonial Williamsburg's Resort Collection
• Knowland Group Selected by Remington for Their Hotels
• Newmarket International Launches Connex for Microsoft Dynamics CRM for the Hospitality Market; New Product Brings Powerful Lead Management and RFP Capabilities to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Solution
• More than 40 Hotels in San Francisco Have Recently Sold, Renamed or Reflagged
• Stars Want to Meet the Hotel General Manager & Other Misconceptions / Daniel Edward Craig
• John Dewberry, Founder of Dewberry Capital Corporation, Visions the Dewberry Hotel Brand with Standards Resembling Rocco Forte Hotels
• BayStar Hotel Group Acquires the Heritage Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida for $7-million, Will Renovate and Brand as a Hotel Indigo
• LXR Selects VingCard® and Elsafe® as Sole Preferred Providers of Electronic Door Locks and In-Room Safes for Its Collection of Hotels and Resorts; Hospitality Industry's Leading Providers of Locks and Safes Chosen by Luxury Properties
• Starwood Aims to Increase Guest Satisfaction with Online Security System from TimeLox; Leading Electronic Lock Provider Offers RF-Online Solution for Aloft� and Element� Hotels
• HotelSafeGuard - From Check-In to Bigger Bottom Lines; HotelSafeGuard integrates compensation reports with existing hotel PMS/CRS software
• Elsafe Selected as Approved Provider of In-room Safes for New Starwood Brands; Starwood Partners with Leading Safe Manufacturer for Aloft� and Element� Hotels
• InnLink Announces gLINK, Enhanced Group Reservation Service
• Sanctuary Beach Resort Offers Extraordinary Oceanfront Views and an Ideal Retreat for Guests to Re-Charge; Luxury Waterfront Resort Completes Comprehensive Renovation
• Lorica Selects Control4® Operating System as a Hospitality Platform for In-Room Controls; Collaboration Enables Smart Hotel Room with Easy-to-Use and Affordable Automation
• S&L Hospitality Converting  the Lexington Orlando CityPlace to the Crowne Plaza in Downtown Orlando, Florida
• Norwegian Cruise Line Redefining Nightlife at Sea; Creating Bars with Never-before-seen Experiences at Sea Featuring Multiple Uses for Day or Night
• John Q. Hammons Hotels Plans to Build a 315 room Embassy Suites Hotel and 80,000 sq ft Conference Center in Olathe, Kansas
• Ashford Hospitality Completes $135.5 Million Sale of the Hyatt Regency Montreal and the Hyatt Dulles Airport; Contracts Placed on Two Other Hotels
• Mainland Investment LLC Signs CHI Hotels to Operate the Mafraq Hotel in Abu Dhabi, Will Rebrand to Ramada
• Shaner Hotel Group Names Richard Brezinski as General Manager of the Durham Marriott Convention Center

June 17, 2008

• Travel 2.0 Enhancements From TravelCLICK Keep Hotel Shoppers on Property Websites, Increase Conversions; Superior guest experience delivers more bookings, increased revenue
• Newmarket International Announces Starwood Hotels & Resorts to Use MeetingBroker Lead Management Solution; Newmarket International's MeetingBroker Facilitates Lead Passing Between Starwood's Global Sales Offices and All  of its Hotels and Resorts in North America; Global Installation to be Complete by Fall 2008
• Elite Meetings International, Inc. debuts EliteMeetings.com version 2.0; New site release packs powerful, time-saving tools for planners to search, locate, and negotiate directly with luxury hotels
• Telkonet Launches Next Generation Networked Energy Management Solution at HITEC; Gives property managers a new level of green HVAC control, delivering tangible energy savings
• Branding: What's in a Name? / Chase Melnychyn / Canadian Lodging Outlook
• The Greatest Hotel People I Have Never Met �and the lessons I learned from them / Neil Salerno
• Dallas Officials Pick Matthews Southwest to Enter Exclusive 60-day Negotiation With Goal of Signing a Memorandum of Understanding to Develop a Publicly Owned 1,200 room Hotel
• Boston's Liberty Hotel Developer Richard L. Friedman Recognized for Adaptive Reuse of the Former Charles Street Jail
• 2008 AH&LA Survey of More Than 10,000 U.S. Hotels Unveils Trends in Technology, Health- and Eco-Conscious Travel
• National Restaurant Association Recognizes Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants for Its Efforts to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
• VingCard Announces Efforts to Go Green; New Eco-Friendly Security Offerings Help Hotels Reduce Waste
• The Kessler Collection Announces Partnership with Roomlinx to Provide In-Room Entertainment and HSIA Services for New Hotels in Development; Five year pact with owner, developer & management group of luxury boutique hotels begins with opening of The Bohemian Hotel Asheville at Biltmore Village in December
• New VSi Product/Service Enables Hotels to Deliver Secure Computer Rental to Guests; VSi rolls out Rent-A-PC�, a solution for hotels that want to make laptop computers and software applications available on a rental basis without the hassles
• Country Inn & Suites Merrillville To Install Roomlinx' In-Room Media, Entertainment & Business Solution; Limited-service hotel owner will offer customers interactive in-room amenities typically reserved for full-service or upscale hotels; 10 rooms to start, more to follow
• Omni Hotels Plans New Central Reservations System Implementation; Luxury Hotel Brand Working With MICROS Products to Restructure Platform
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of  Hampton Inn & Suites Lakeland, Florida
• Le Méridien Signs Two New Hotels -Le Méridien Taipei, Taiwan and Le Méridien Xiamen, China
• Invitation to Attend: Artistes de Mont-Tremblant & Le Grand Lodge Launch Their Second Year Collaboration in Historic Barn
• The Professional Convention Management Association and the International Association of Conference Centers Partner to Provide Candidates for the Convention Management Professional (CMP) Certificate a Study Day
• Global Hyatt Corporation Names Harmit Singh Chief Financial Officer
• Morgans Hotel Group Appoints Howard Wein as Senior Vice President of Food and Beverage
• Robert J. Lowe, Jr. Named Chief Executive Officer of Lowe Hospitality Group
• Marriott International Names Stephanie Linnartz Senior Vice President of Global Sales
• Red Lion Hotels Corporation Promotes Barry Hughes to Senior Vice President, Distribution and Marketing
• New Castle Hotels Appoints Rick Norman and Michelle Boudreau General Manager and Director of Sales, Respectively

• Great Wolf Resorts Implement EzRMS Internet Product Suite Across Entire Portfolio
• NextGen Business Intelligence 'Humanizes' Technology, Information Delivery; Execuvue's New Cognos BI 8.3 Business Intelligence Capabilities Enables Customized Information Delivery for Faster Decisions and Greater Profitability
• Sunstone Hospitality Management Selects Cendyn & Newmarket International to Deliver Revolutionary eInsight and Delphi Integration
• Newmarket International and Worktopia Enable Direct Online Connectivity Between Meeting Planners and Suppliers; Newmarket signs Worktopia as its newest MeetingBrokerSM enabled channel partner
• Highgate Holdings and Phelps Development the Two Finalists Arlington, Texas Considering for the Planned Expansion and Hotel at theArlington Convention Center
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Opens the 139 room Stowe Mountain Lodge, Stowe, Vermont; The Lodge is the Centerpiece of Spruce Peak at Stowe, a $400 million Ski and Golf Alpine Community
• For Years, There's Been Talk of the Need for a Hotel in the Grosse Pointes, Michigan; Now Two May be Built
• Online Certificate Programs Offered by UNLV
• New Study Shows Significant Upfront and Ongoing Savings for Hotels that Install Converged Networks; Lorica Issues New Whitepaper with Case Studies
• Patrick Lewis Appointed Senior Vice President of Operations for Lorica Solutions; Company Builds Senior Staff to Prepare for Growth and Market Expansion
• EZYield.com and Rubicon Form Alliance to Provide Competitive Rate and Channel Management Services; Best-in-breed hotel solutions from market leading competitive rates and channel management providers
• Dolce International selects Avalon BUZZ Report© to Track Traveler Reviews
• Lorica Brings Cutting Edge Technology to New Downtown Chicago Luxury Hotel
• InnLink and SoftHotel Establish Strategic Relationship to Bring Value to Economy and Mid-tier Hotels

June 13, 2008

• Hard Rock Park Selects Inventory and Point-of-Sale Solutions from Agilysys; Theme Park Implements Eatec and InfoGenesis Solutions by Agilysys to Enhance Service and Efficiency
• NxTV Announces an End-to-End Converged Entertainment and Connectivity Platform Hotels can merge operations, entertainment and communications; Consumers get completely personalized access to more forms of content and information
• TravelCLICK Properties Perform as Clients Increase Revenue 39%, Room Nights 29% Despite Slowing Market
• NxTV Delivers an End-to-End Converged Entertainment and Connectivity Platform with Aruba, BitBand, and Verimatrix; Hotels can merge operations, entertainment and communications; Consumers get completely personalized access to more forms of content and information
• Here's How the 92 story Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago Keeps Adding Floors While the 339 room Hotel Is Wide Open for Business
• HVS Market Intelligence Report: Reno, Nevada / Desiree Flanary
• Going Green a Major Theme at the American Hotel and Lodging Association Summer Summit
• Don't Underestimate the Impact of the Hotel Sales Office Space
• Hotel eMarketing: There's Lots More to Promote Beyond Rooms in a Hotel
• Entrepreneur Don Glassie Set to Open the 177-room Strand Hotel in New York City's Fashion District
• The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Honors Leaders in Hospitality Training and Education
• Guest-Tek Announces Growth in the HD Benchmark for Hotel Television Services
• Avalon Report Partners with EZYield.com; Synergistic new partnership allows EZYield.com users to monitor Web 2.0 sites and track online Consumer Generated Content
• Pegasus Solutions Upgrades First Hotels to RezView® NG; More than 1,000 Hotels Implement Next Generation Central Reservation System
• Ten Hotels Recognized by the American Hotel & Lodging Association for Innovative Community Service, Eco-Friendly, and Diversity Programs
• Hampton Hotels Adds the Laura Ingalls Wilder's Home in De Smet, South Dakota to its List of "Save-a-Landmark" Projects
• Shaner Hotels Partnership with Rothschild Realty Managers LLC Providing Capital for Growth; Breaks Ground on Three Marriott Select Service Hotels in Florida and Georgia
• Hilton Hotels Provides Booking Portal for U.S. Government and Military Employees - hiltongov.com
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Kathy Wooten as Director of Training, Will Oversee Training Initiatives for Benchmark's 5,200 Employees
• Glen Varda Appointed Director of Sales at the Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco

• The Knowland Group Has Researched One Million Events; Hotel group intelligence company database on group activity reaches milestone
• SynXis Guest Connect Improves Look-toBook Conversion and Increases Bookings for Hotel Groups; Internet booking engine includes metrics to quickly track ROI
• Hotels See Slowdown; 2009 Upturn Expected / Summer Summit of the American Hotels and Lodges Association
• Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. Launches Galexi TM Content Management System for Hospitality and Travel Market
• Airport Parking Market: Seized by a Dot-Com
• Pennsylvania's Highest Court Ends the Legal Fight Started by a Group of Erie Hoteliers Who Challenged the $100 million Bayfront Convention Center and Hotel Project 
• Hospitality R.O.I. Metaphor - "Lets Play Ball!"
• City Owned 402 room Sheraton Hotel at Myrtle Beach Convention Center Surpasses Financial Projections
• Dennis Clark, General Manager of The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Honored with AH&LA's General Manager of the Year, Large Property Award
• Hilton Vancouver, Washington Makes History as First Hotel to Earn Both LEED and Green Seal Certification

***** HITEC Spotlight *****

• AmericInn® Hotel Chain Improves Customer Relations with ZDirect's Innovative ZMail� System
• TeleAdapt Announces the MediaHub HD with Bluetooth, the Next Generation in Connectivity
• Your Guests Want the Ability to Print Anywhere - Especially When Staying at a Hotel. With PrintSpots from PrinterOn, You can Deliver it Today
• Hotel Concepts' IDPMS Software Chosen by Award-Winning Magnolia Hotels; Rollout of new property management system to be implemented at all properties in Magnolia Hotels' urban luxury portfolio
• Synergistic New Partnership Allows EZYield.com Users to Monitor Web 2.0 Sites and Track Online Consumer Generated Content

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• With a Sporting News Grill and Bold Innovations in Room Décor Newcrestt Management LLC Opening 147 room Holiday Inn Arlington (Texas)-Northeast
• American Hotel & Lodging Association Recognizes Nine Employees from Across the Country for Dedicated Service and Innovation
• Halekulani Selects UniFocus Watson R.M. Budgeter and Labor Management System
• Fraser Hickox - General Manager of Research and Technology for Peninsula Hotel Group - Joins Lorica Advisory Board; Will Advise Lorica on Growth in Asia Pacific, Rounds out Board's Global Expertise
• VSi Unveils New Amenity Increasingly Demanded by Business Travelers; ShipMate� self-service shipping stations gives business travelers the ability to ship important materials via their preferred carriers at any time of day or night
• Polynesian Properties Development Spending $20 million to Revitalize the 300 room Polynesian Waterpark Resort in Wisconsin Dells
• ONE IFC Sdn Bhd Signs Starwood's St. Regis Brand to Operate The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur and The Residences at The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur,  Part of a Mixed-used Development Called ONE IFC
• Caesars Windsor (formerly Casino Windsor) Beckons Americans; Remodeled 758 room Hotel and Casino Has New Hotel Tower and Arena
• MGM Grand at Foxwoods® Selects MICROS 9700 Enterprise POS Solution and MICROS RES 4.0 POS Solution
• Keith Hardie appointed as General Manager of Le Royal Meridien Shanghai
• Marshall Management, Inc. Appoints Danny Watts General Manager of Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown, West Virginia
• Patrick Cook Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the InterContinental Chicago O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois

June 11, 2008

• Regent Hotels & Resorts Abruptly Out as Operator of the Soon to Open Regent Boston at Battery Wharf
• Inland American Lodging Corporation Selects Execuvue Business Intelligence Software for Extensive Hotel Portfolio; Hotel owner will use Aptech's Execuvue to consolidate, analyze operating data from multiple management companies for better business decisions
• The NXTV HD IPVoD System is Operational at the Five-Star New Build 'The Mansion on Peachtree'; Rosewood Hotels and Resorts' 127 room, mixed-use luxury property rolls out an elite consumer experience with High Def IPVoD, TV-on-demand and wired laptop solution
• The Rainmaker Group Announces revolutionsm Product Suite on Microsoft Software Platform; Microsoft relationship enables flexible hosting options for Rainmaker's profit optimization clients
• Mintek to Introduce WinTrack PMnet at HITEC; System Consolidates PM, Asset Management, CAPEX Planning, Work Order Processes
• Online Lodging Website Study Ranks Marriott #1 Followed by Expedia and Hotels.com for Online Customer Experience and Service Levels
• Lodging Econometrics Quarterly Report Shows Middle East Hotel Construction Pipeline at 527 Projects/155,989 Guestrooms; New Hotel Openings to Accelerate Through 2008 and 2009
• First citizenM Hotel Opens at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam; All Rooms Created and Assembled Offsite - from the Flooring to the Lampshades
• Cornell's Pillsbury Institute Selects Three Successful Innovations for Insightful Study; Capturing Liquor Inventory to the Last Drop, Creating Healthy Guest Rooms and Interpreting Data to Optimize Revenue
• Loews Hotels' Chairman and CEO Jonathan Tisch Awards Loews Philadelphia Hotel the company's Top Honor - Hotel of the Year
• Davidson Hotel Company/RockBridge Partners Joint Venture Acquires Hyatt Regency Suites in Palm Springs, Calif.; Davidson Will Manage Hotel and Coordinate $18.5 Million Renovation
• Pegasus Solutions Names Michael H. Kistner CEO; Successful Launch of RezView® NG and Sustained Leading Market Position Enable Smooth Transition from John Davis' Leadership
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Taps UniFocus for New Resource Management System
• John Q. Hammons Starts Construction on Embassy Suites Hotel and 100,000 sq ft of Meeting Space in Pleasant Grove, Utah; Envisions Two More Hotels for Development
• AltiusPAR Establishes New Dallas Headquarters and Expands Team with Key Hire; Move Solidifes Company's U.S. Presence and Signals Growth for Innovative Hospitality Solutions Leader
• Signature RFID/NFC by VingCard® to be Showcased in Guestroom 2010® at HITEC; Contactless Door Lock Selected for Exclusive Display of Innovative Hotel Technologies
• Strong Sales Channel for Hotels: Cultuzz Initiates Direct Link to Expedia; Direct XML connection from the hotelier's in-house property management system to Expedia deployed
• VSi's New Interactive FlightMate Allows Guests to Check, Search, Change Flights on the Fly; FlightMate� flight-status-checking stations give business travelers the ability to check on flight status, make new reservations, or change existing itineraries
• UniFocus Adds Key Executives for Next Growth Phase; Richard Haschke, Robin Rankin Join UniFocus
• Roomlinx' Media, Entertainment and Business Solution Featured at HITEC's GUESTROOM 2010; Interactive, in-room solution hailed by experts as the 'latest and greatest' technology!
• Rehabbing Central Avenue in Albuquerque: City Takes Enforcement Action Against 48 of the 150 Hotels Along Old Route 66
• LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels Appoints Richard Hayduk as Managing Director of South Seas Island Resort, Captiva Island, Florida
• Outrigger Enterprises Appoints Pieter van der Hoeven General Manager-Phuket, Thailand Which Includes the Outrigger Serenity Terraces Resort and the West Sands Outrigger Resort

• Maestro Selected as PMS for 7 High-Touch Resorts, Guest-Centric Boutique Hotels and 750 Room Multi-Property Group in 2Q '08; Boutique boom continues, Maestro chosen for Web Connection, personalized Diamond Plus service, single-image database for multi-property operations
• Flyte Systems Triples Size in First Year of Operations Providing Airline Information to Aid Busy Travelers; At HITEC '08 Flyte will cement leadership, build partnerships to deliver real-time airline information
• Delphi® with the Interactive Open Network� Delivers Operational Excellence and More Group Business to Hospitality Companies; Newmarket launches new version of its leading Delphi sales and catering application
• China's First 'Green' Hotel Selects TravelCLICK; URBN Hotels Shanghai Will Leverage TravelCLICK's iHotelier Platform to Build Brand  Identity and Maximize Hotel Bookings
• Hotel Website Design 2.0� Using Travel Social Media To Advance Website Sales / Neil Salerno
• Short on Workers - Gold Key/PHR Hotels & Resorts Travels to Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine to Find 250 Foreign College Students for Summer Employment at its Seven Beachfront Hotels in Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Dolce International Holdings, Inc. Taps UniFocus for New Budgeting System
• 1,800-room Sheraton Waikiki Achieves Automated F&B Staffing Accuracy of Over 90% Using the Carnus Forecaster's Artificial intelligence (AI) Technology; The leading AI technology provider, Carnus Systems offers the most accurate and automated forecasting and scheduling solution available
• Livebookings Network to Drive Business for GuestBridge Restaurant Customers

• Destination Hotels & Resorts Chooses EZYield.com; Channel management software 'Saves time, seamless and increases sales' 
• Hotel Concepts Announces Strategic Partnership with ClubTec Club Management Software Solution; Industry Leading PMS and Club Management Software Solutions Combine to Help Private Clubs with Lodging Facilities Improve Operational Efficiency
• Your Guests Want the Ability to Print Anywhere - Especially When Staying at a Hotel. With PrintSpots from PrinterOn, You can Deliver it Today
• TeleAdapt Announces the MediaHub HD with Bluetooth, the Next Generation in Connectivity
• Tarsadia Hotels Launches Emarketing Initiative for Independent Properties Utilizing ZDirect Platform

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• Hotel company seeking a Vice President - Asset Management (Hospitality) India. Requires Bachelor's degree in hotel administration, finance, or related field, CHA designation preferred and minimum of 5 years experience in hotel asset management - more information
• TTI Technologies' Luggage Tag/Phone Card Kiosks Helping Jazz Hostels in New York; TTI Technologies International develops proprietary solution for six properties to better serve international travelers/guests at check out and increase revenues
•  Leading Silicon Valley Business Hotel Implements VSi's BusinessClub�; Recent addition of VSi's customized solution boosts guest-satisfaction levels and doubles business-center revenues for the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
• UniFocus' Time & Attendance� First to Seamlessly Integrate with "Smart" Labor Management System; Smart Workforce Management
• PSAV Portfolio Climbs in Rockies with Regional Acquisition; Transaction expands PSAV's portfolio to Vail, Colorado
• Pirate's Cove Resort & Marina in Stuart, Florida Sold by Japanese Interests for $8.2 million
• IACC Appoints Six to Technology Advisory Task Force; Kevin Rupp Named Chair
• James Wierzelewski Named Executive Chef at Foxwoods Resort Casino and the MGM Grand at Foxwoods; Will Oversee Operations of 29 Restaurants and Lounges
• Mark Charles Appointed Food & Beverage Director for Naples Bay Resort of Naples, Florida

• Wynn Las Vegas Implements Rainmaker revolution Revenue Management; Rainmaker tapped by Wynn to optimize total customer value for 5-Star, 5-Diamond resort
• NxTV Delivers World's Largest IP VOD Guest Entertainment Implementation at 4,000-room Atlantis Bahamas; Kerzner International Pampers, Thrills Guests at Atlantis Paradise Island with Adventures and Personalized IP VOD In-Room Entertainment
• A 120-Year History of Service to the Stars Sets the Scene for Tradition at San Diego's famed Hotel del Coronado; 21st century technology helps put to rest the ghosts of service past
• Guest Problem Resolution 101: Power of the Follow-Up / Bryan K. Williams
• Poor Judgment Rather than Lack of Business the Likely Culprit if the 600 room Executive Inn Rivermont in Downtown Owensboro, Kentucky Closes
• In May, 2008 Wolfgang Puck Filed Suit Against Wolfgang's Steakhouse for Trademark Infringement, Now Wolfgang Zwiener Has Filed a Countersuit Against Wolfgang Puck
• History for Sale; Liquidators Have 30 Days to Clear out The Yankee Trader Before Being Gutted for Renovation into a Westin Resort
• Floridians Checking into Condo Hotels for Short Vacations; No Stress in Getting There! 
• Joie de Vivre Hospitality Takes Over Management of the 130-room Vacation Village Hotel in Laguna Beach, California
• Technology in HFTP's GUESTROOM 2010 Serves as an Industry Point of Reference
• Industry Leaders Band Together to Form "HDVODINABOX" Consortium; "Best of breed" partners team to educate the hospitality industry on enhanced alternatives available for providing High Definition in-room entertainment
• Under New Ownership, Cap Juluca Appoints New Management Team; John Vasatka and Tania Rydon Named General Manager and Co-General Manager Respectively
• Ritz-Carlton Breaks Ground on a Private Ownership and Fractional Ownership Resort at Kaua'i Lagoons
• AmREIT and Songy Partners LLC Select Aimbridge Hospitality to Manage New 153 room aloft Houston Galleria
• Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel, Owned by Kronos Hotels LLC, Claims Glitches Resolved and Progress Being Made with its Requirements with Crowne Plaza and the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• A 180-room Holiday Inn and a 76-room Candlewood Suites Being Built in Gilroy, California, a 39% Increase in Hotel Capacity for the City

• Celebrity Cruises Selects InfoGenesis POS� by Agilysys; New Premium Ships Also Implement Dining Room POS, Signature Capture Solutions
• New Ownership Begins $100 million the Redevelopment of the Former Fairmont New Orleans as "The Roosevelt" a Waldorf=Astoria Collection® Hotel; The 700 room Hotel Shuttered Since Hurricane Katrina
• Hyatt Regency Dallas Partners With Chef Wolfgang Puck to Operate Restaurant Atop Reunion Tower
• Barcelo Crestline Corporation Acquiring Tidewater Hotels & Resorts, Inc., of Virginia Beach, VA ; Crestline Hotels & Resorts to Manage the Portfolio of 17 Properties
• Las Vegas Strip Developers Struggle to Land Financing at Reasonable Rates
• Big Boost For Boston Hotels; NBA Books 2,000 Rooms for Each NBA Finals Game Played in Boston
• Veteran resort hotel engineer seeks opportunity. Candidate has 19-years experience supervising the maintenance programs of luxury hotels and resorts including responsibilities for scheduling and coordinating capital projects for major flags - more info
• Partner with equity wanted for approved 75 room suite hotel on I-10 in Gulfport, Mississippi - more info
• Factors for Successful Interviewing Potential Hotel Sales Candidates / Dr. John Hogan
• A Story of Lost Fortunes and Leaps of Faith; The Naniboujou Lodge On Lake Superior Hasn't Changed Much Since Opening in 1929
• Cap Cana S.A. Signs Wyndham to Operate a 497-unit Resort at Cap Cana, Dominican Republic
• James Wakim Named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Simon Konover Companies and Konover Hotel Corporation
• Tony Kinnear Recognized with the Ambassador of Hospitality Award from the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Marc Reydams Club Manager For The Country Club of Colorado at Cheyenne Mountain Resort

• Maestro "Web Connection" Suite with ResWave Drives Online Revenue and Personalized Service for Multi-Property Operators; NORTHWIND-Maestro PMS enhances ResWave with new online revenue generating tools, guest experience measurement, multi-property package booking
• SynXis Technology Partner Program Gains Momentum as Customers Gain Benefits of "Best-of-Breed" Systems Integration
• Cendyn's CRM Suite Reaps Rewards for The Trump Hotel Collection
• Shuttered Miami South Beach Hotel, Once Slated for Redo Socialite Nicky Hilton, Acquired by Nakash Holdings for $25 million
• Hilton Spells Out Short and Long Term Goals Towards Building Sustainability into the Core Fabric of its Hotels Worldwide
• Auction - The Villager Motel, located in Bartlett, New Hampshire, scheduled for June 20, 2008. Includes 37 rooms, owner's living quarters, 16.707± acres. More info
• Lodge Hotels & Resorts Takes Over Operations of the Days Hotel and Baymont Inn and Suites Located Adjancent to Each Other in Houston, Texas; Stewart Martin Appointed General Manager of Both Properties
• The Chartres Lodging Group Opens the Newly Renamed Doubletree Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile Following a $21 million Renovation
• Golden Tulip Hospitality Group Creates New Extended-stay Brand Concept: Tulip Residences
• MTech First to Employ New Technology Offering More Efficient, Less Costly Communications; HotSOS interface offers increased communications efficiency and guest satisfaction while reducing costs
• Trust International 19th Customer Conference and Advisory Board Yields Insight, Direction for Future Development; Hotel groups discuss market trends and latest technology enhancements
• After 20 Years at the Hyatt, Manny's Steakhouse Relocating to the Soon-to-open W Hotel in Minneapolis's Foshay Tower 
• Aimbridge Hospitality Promotes Robert Burg to Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer; Recognized for his Role in Growing Company from 8 Hotels in 2003 to 42 Hotels in 2008
• Irene Lin Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the 891 room Westin Seattle
• Mark Grosh Named General Manager for the Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence in Bethesda, Maryland

• Sheraton Atlanta, UK's Chardon Management Focus Revenue Management on Forward-Looking Market Intelligence / Steve Swope
• Noble Investment Group Uses Same-Day Business Intelligence to Verify Management Strategies, Convert Data into Profitable Decisions
• TravelCLICK Ranked 34 on Crain's Chicago Area Fast Fifty List
• Getting Back to the Basics: The Hotelier's Internet Marketing Action Plan for a Difficult Economy / Max Starkov and Jason Price
• Hotel Operators Will Face Many Challenges As Economy Continues on Downswing / Rick Swig
• Joie de Vivre Hospitality Makes Significant Executive Personnel Changes; Allows for Stronger Southern California Presence and New Commitment Food & Beverage Operations
• The Newly Constructed, 24-story Holiday Inn-Manhattan 6th Avenue Provides IHG the Opportunity to Feature New Sign and Brand Standards
• The Empire Hotel Reopens Following Magnificent Redesign; The 413 room Hotel is One of the Oldest Establishments on New York's Upper West Side Still Operating Under Same Name, Same Location
• The I Hotel and Conference Center Going Up on the University of Illinois Campus, 126 room Hotel Being Built to 4-star Standards
• Gateway Hospitality Group Planning a $32 million Hampton Inn Near the Orlando (FL) Regional Medical Center
• One Ocean Resort Hotel and Spa, Atlantic Beach, Florida Opens Under Remington's "The Gallery" Collection
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Offers International Travelers Unprecedented Savings with Guaranteed US Dollar Rates
• Top 10 Group Events: May 01,2008 - May 31,2008 - Selected Markets Cleveland and Boston / Knowland Group Inc
• New York City's Tourism Sector is Booming, Record Numbers of Visitors Coming Each of the Last Five Years; Hotel Occupancy Running at 80% for First Quarter 2008
• Class Action Lawsuit Against WCI Communities, Inc. and The Resort at Singer Island Properties, Inc.; Suit Claims Hotel Units Sold Without Registering Them with the SEC
• Brian Collins Named President at Intrawest, Reporting to Recently Named CEO Bill Jensen
• Richard Delany Named President and Managing Director of the Old Edwards Inn and Spa, Highlands, North Carolina 
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Peter M. Carl  Executive Chef of Naples Bay Resort

• Wyndham Worldwide Acquiring the Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites Hotel Brands, Totaling 29,000 Rooms, from a Subsidiary of Global Hyatt Corporation
• SynXis Global Reach Expands with the Launch of Asia Pacific Call Center; Customers see conversion rates increase more than 10 percent with SynXis Call Center Services
• Rosen Shingle Creek Leverages NxTV's Platform for Next Generation Guest Technology; Personalized 2-way IP guest communication, walled-garden sites increase guest revenue options
• The Japanese Traveler Considered by Hoteliers Across the Globe as Overall the Best Tourists, American Tourists Ranked Number 11 Overall - Considered Noisy and Not the Best Dressers
• U.S. Business Travelers Find Ways to Manage Work-Life Balance - 7% Now Use a Web cam to Connect Online with their Family
• Avoided Trips: Memorable Tourism Experiences Lost / David M. Brudney
• Hilton Hotels Makes Significant New Executive Appointments; Two Former Starwood Execs, Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani, Join Hilton to Advance its Goal of Developing a Presence in the Luxury and Lifestyle Sectors
• Fraser Hickox, the General Manager of Research and Technology for Peninsula Hotel Group, to be Inducted into HFTP's International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame 
• Partner Hospitality Seeking Millions in Financing Assistance and Tax Breaks from the City of Wichita to Restore the Broadview Hotel and Reflag as a Wyndham or Marriott Renaissance
• Joie de Vivre Hotels Installs HotSOS to Help Enhance Guests' 'Joy of Life'; California's largest boutique hotel company begins first phase with installation of MTech's Hotel Service Optimization System in 10 Joie de Vivre properties
• Last Chance To Register!!  Revenue Management for an Uncertain Summer / Web Cast June 6
• INNCOM Joins with Williams Applied Products to Offer Cutting-Edge HVAC Technology; Leaders in energy-management systems and HVAC manufacturing join to develop new controller/fan-coil unit that maximizes energy usage, cuts costs
• PSAV Asks HITEC '08 Attendees to "Think Beyond Your Meeting Space"  For Event Technology Integration
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage Crowne Plaza New Orleans International Airport; Former Holiday Inn Select Kenner to be Reflagged Following $26 Million Renovation
• Growth Properties Hospitality Management Providing the Holiday Inn Philadelphia-Cherry Hill a $4.5 million Make Over
• Douglas Lentz Appointed Chief Operating Officer for Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino in Mescalero, New Mexico

June 2, 2008

• Hospitality Solutions Provider MSI Announces Addition of New Chief Marketing Officer
• Luxury Link Brings Qantas and Orient-Express Hotels Together for Unprecedented Luxury Sweepstakes
• Asian Revenue Management Leaders Say that Revenue Management in Hotels Across Asia is Maturing; Positioning Revenue Management As its Own Department is Essential
• Dallas Poised to Make a $500 - $600 million Jump Into the Convention Center Hotel Business; Wants to Duplicate Other Cities' Success Such as Houston, Austin, Denver and Chicago
• Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Long in Philadelphia's Shadow as a Business-Meeting Spot, Leaping Ahead as a Hotel and Convention Venue
• Developer Tim Headington Opens the 129 room Joule Hotel in the the Former Dallas National Bank Building in Downtown Dallas; Branded a Starwood Luxury Collection Hotel
• The Westin St. Francis Undergoing a $40 million Restoration Project, the Largest Renovation Since the Reconstruction after The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
• Actor Brad Pitt to be Design Consultant for Zabeel Properties for Planned 800-room Resort in Dubai
• Michael Rosenfeld's Next Century Associates Acquires the 726 room Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel for $366.5 million, Approximately $505,000 per room, from Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc
• Wireless Mobile Broadband Data Cards Now Available With No Long Term Contracts; Travelers enjoy non-stop connectivity via a 24-hour "day pass" that delivers Internet access anywhere ordinary cell phone reception exists
• SAS® Patron Value Optimization to Strengthen Casino and Gaming Industry; SAS Will Help Grow Customer Value for the Competitive Gaming Industry
• Human Resource Managers from the Asian Hospitality Industry Discover Commonalities About the Use of Human Resource Metrics; Highly Strategic and Sophisticated Measurements Help Drive Organizational and Business Performance
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 75 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Michael D. Barnello Succeeding Jon E. Bortz as LaSalle Hotel Properties CEO on July 1, 2010
• HEI Hotels & Resorts, the Owner and Operator of the Embassy Suites Philadelphia, Completes $10 Million Renovation
• Dean Anderson Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Destination Resorts Hawaii
• Herb Arnold Appointed as Director of Sales for Biltmore Farms Hotels, Asheville, North Carolina

Top 25 Read Articles - May 2008

1. Ten Rules For Finding Cheap Hotels in Manhattan
2. AH&LA Green Assessment Survey: The Top 10 Green Things Hotels Are Doing Well, The Top 10 Green Things Hotels Can Improve On 
3. Taming the Guest from Hell / Steven Ferry
4. Paul Ratchford, Former President of The Greenbrier Who filed a $50 million Lawsuit Against CSX Corp., Speaks Publicly for the First Time Since His September 2007 Departure from the Resort
5. 7 Principles to Fully Engage Your Customers � Part 2 / Bryan K. Williams
6. What's Happening to Hotel Cap Rates, Values and Financing? / Jim Butler
7. The Five New Ultra Luxurious Resorts on Mexico's Riviera Maya Comparable to Anything in the World
8. Hotel Staffer Charged with Theft after Providing Room Keys to Unpaid Guests at Clarion Hotel Bloomington, Illinois
9. $67 thousand  Hindu Wedding Livens Up Kentucky Hotel
10. The Royal Palm Resort Hotel on Miami's South Beach Enjoys a Prime Location But Has a Cloudy Future with Fighting Partners, Large Debt
11. A $30 million Restoration and Renovation Project Completed at Boston's Omni Parker House; Longest Continuously Operating Hotel in the U.S. 
12. Tactics to Drive Business in a �Not So Hot� Summer / Carol Verret
13. Report on Major Hotel Transactions / Suzanne Mellen 
14. Hilton�s Largest Development in its History Anticipates September 2009 Opening, the Waldorf=Astoria® Orlando and Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek 
15. Finding Business Leads Can Be Easier Than You Think / Dr. John Hogan
16. College Student Survives Balcony Fall of Six Stories at the Marriott Resort & Spa, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
17. Keeping Market Share During a Down Economy: 10 Strategies for Hotels / David Ralls
18. Examining the Findings of PKF's Inaugural Edition of Trends in the Hotel Spa Industry / John R. Korpi
19. Profitable Spas: Be On-Trend Rather Than Trendy / Dr. Judy Singer 
20. Economy Got You Down? A Four-Step Survival Guide for Tough Times / Michael G. Frenkel
21. Millennium Hotels & Resorts Creates a New Brand for Top-of-the-Market Properties - Grand Millennium
22. Steve Wynn Contemplating Another Use for the Plush Golf Course Located Behind Wynn Las Vegas - Possibly Two Hotel Towers with a Combined 5,200 Rooms and a 1.8 million Sq Ft Convention Center
23. Hotel Guest Dies from Injuries Following a Fall from 2nd Floor Balcony at Barcelo Tucancun Beach Resort & Villas in Cancun
24. Opening Spring 2009, the $1 billon M Resort, Spa and Casino, Las Vegas Appoints William Conn, Vice President of Hotel Operations
25. Chicago Hotels Going Ga-ga for Gadgets; 10 Tech-friendly Hotels in the Chicago Area

• Trump Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City Sold to Former Trump Associate for $316 million; Plan to Rename Margaritaville in Association with Singer Jimmy Buffett's Brand
• Deal for a John Q. Hammons Hotel at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center in Dalton, Georgia Has Died Due to Lack of Tax Credits
• Keeping Market Share During a Down Economy: 10 Strategies for Hotels / David Ralls
• Church Pastor and a Faith-based Non-profit Corporation Find a Way to Build a $15 million Fairfield Inn & Suites and Conference Center in Apex, North Carolina
• The Importance of Meaningful Sales Team Job Descriptions / Dr. John Hogan
• Oklahoma City's Skirvin Hilton Hotel Hosting the Summer Summit of the American Hotel & Lodging Association 
• Lodging Econometrics Reports Caribbean, Mexico & Central America Region Has 311 Construction Projects in the Pipeline at the End of Q1 2008; Accented with Large, Luxury Beachfront Resort Projects 
• Royal Island Partners, LP, an Affiliate of The Staubach Company, Acquires 50% Interest in Rock House, a Nine-room Hideaway Hotel on Harbour Island in the Bahamas for $7.5 million
• Starwood's Employee Recruitment Goes Online - Website Provides a Worldwide "Branded" Experience for Job Seekers
• Pacifica Capital & Brokerage, Inc. Arranges Refinance of San Diego Hotel
• Molinaro Koger Facilitates Sale of Holiday Inn Cleveland-East
• Gemstone Signs Management Agreement to Operate The Whiteface Lodge Resort in Lake Placid, N.Y.
• The University of Delaware School of Hotel and Restaurant Management Offers Swiss Spa Management Certificate in 2009
• The New York Chapter of Hospitality Sales & Marketing International Rebrands Itself for the First Time in 30 Years - Now Known as the Greater New York Chapter of HSMAI
• Hyatt Names Amy Curtis-McIntyre to the New Position of SVP Brand Communication, Formerly the Chief Marketing Officer for JetBlue Airways
• Derrick Morrow Appointed General Manager for Hyatt Regency Tampa
• Maurizio Romani Appointed General Manager at the Aquapura Douro Valley Resort in Northern Portugal
• Concord Hospitality Appoints William G. Gant GM of Renaissance Raleigh at North Hills
• Rob Evans Named General Manager of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Fort Wayne, Indiana 
• Garriann Young Named Director of Sales & Marketing for the Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens in Los Angeles 
• Wendy Rahier Appointed Spa Director of Qua Baths & Spa, Caesars Atlantic City

• Station Casinos Selects IDeaS Revenue Optimization for Nevada Hotel Portfolio
• Cendyn Introduces eSales Suite
• Concierge Assistant President, Newton Gore, Awarded Les Clef d'Or USA Honorary Membership; Gold Key Solutions recognized for ongoing friendship and support of prestigious Concierge Organization 
• TravelCLICK Recognized; President and CEO Robert Post Selected By Ernst & Young as Finalist for Entrepreneur Of The Year
• Choice Hotels Rebranding its Clarion Collection as the "Ascend Collection", Providing More Independence for the Hotel Owners 
• The Checks in the Mail; Congressional Action Impacting the Lodging Industry / Kevin F. Reilly
• John Q. Hammons Hotels Inc. Pulls Out of  a Proposed $60 million Hotel Development in Decatur, Alabama; Incentives for the Hotel Turned Down by City
• Home Sweet Home Seaside Resort, Located in Negril, Jamaica a Costly Mistress for Minnesotan Owner Charlie Rossley
• Revenue Management for an Uncertain Summer / Carol Verret Web Cast on June 6, 2008
• Web 2.0 Continues to Transform Hospitality Industry; VIZERGY's Oklahoma City Workshop Offers Hoteliers Tips for Success
• Market Metrix Selected to Measure Feedback and Help Maintain Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Distinct Ultra-luxury Guest Experience
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $60 million Hotel Portfolio Financing
• Station Casinos, Inc. Bets on MTech's HotSOS to Provide Winning Guest Service at 11 Hotels; System-wide roll out of MTech's Internet-based guest-response system exclusively enables the company to consolidate operations of 11 property-based PBX operations to an offsite, centralized Guest Call Center facility
• Two More Awards for Le Grand Lodge Mont-Tremblant
• Recap: PolyU Researchers Study Restaurant Service Charges and Voluntary Tipping in Hong Kong
• Katie Neufeld Named General Manager of the Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel in Downtown Minneapolis
• First Quarter 2008 Occupancy Tax Collection in the Tucson, Arizona Area Down 19% Compared with Last Year; Tourism Officials Scrambling to Find Replacement Tourists as U.S. Consumers Scale Back 

• Visual One Suite by Agilysys Selected by Ireland's Kilronan Castle; Luxury Hotel to Implement Range of Solutions to Enhance Efficiency and Guest Service
• Flyte Systems Partners with Digital Signage Provider Four Winds Interactive to Provide Live Airline Flight Information; Partnership powers potential new service offerings, adds vital travel information
• InterContinental Hotels Group Plans to Open 32 of its Branded Hotels in the Dallas Ft Worth Within Two Years; Majority in the Mid- to Lower-Priced Brands
• JetBlue Airways Corp. Cancels Plans to Build a $30 million 300-room Employee Lodge at Orlando International Airport
• $67 thousand Hindu Wedding Livens Up Kentucky Hotel
• Noble House Completes $8 million Renovation at the Hilton San Diego on Mission Bay
• Royal Restaurants Signs Agreement with the Small Luxury Hotels of the World Brand for the Hotel Haven, Helsinki, Finland, Scheduled for Completion in 2009
• Flight Time TV Brings Flight Status Information to Hotels; Broadcast the Departures of Your Neighboring Airport(s) Onto the Guest TV Network
• Recap: The 2008  Global Spa Summit
• Fairfield Inn & Suites, Anderson/Clemson (SC) Completes Renovation
• College Student Survives Balcony Fall of Six Stories at theMarriott Resort & Spa, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
• Paul Ratchford Named General Manager of The Pines Resort on Bass Lake, Located North of Fresno, California
• The Hilton Niseko Village Set to Become Asia's Leading Internationally Branded Mountain Resort Destination, Located on the Island of Hokkaido
• The Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation Gives Out $24,000 in Scholarships
• Dan DeFrancia Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the 358-room Hilton Bellevue, Bellevue, Washington

• Platinum Hospitality Plans to Build Two InterContinental Branded Hotels in One Building in Las Colinas, Texas
• Hilton Hotels' Koos Klein Named Asia Pacific Hotelier of 2007
• Fort Lauderdale's Plans for a 1,000 room Convention Center Hilton Hotel Hits Set Back; Florida Attorney General Rules Officials Cannot Use Countywide Lodging Taxes to Help Build the Hotel
• Boyd Gaming Brings Laundry In-house for 9 Las Vegas Resorts; $23 million, Environmentally Sensitive, 100,000 sq ft Laundry Expects 5 Year Pay Back
• For Hotels with Limited Service, Fewer than 100 Rooms - How Do You Determine if You Need a Person Dedicated to Selling?
• Hilton's Largest Development in its History Anticipates September 2009 Opening, the Waldorf=Astoria® Orlando and Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
• Recap: KPMG's Fifth Annual Golf Business Forum - Jack Nicklaus Receives KPMG's Lifetime Achievement Award, Nicklaus Design Responsible for 328 Golf Courses in 32 Countries
• Chaminade Resort & Spa, Operated by Benchmark, Completes Comprehensive $15 million Renovation
• Lane Hospitality Completes Conversion of the  Independent Gulfport (MS) Beachfront Hotel to the Courtyard by Marriott Gulfport Following a Multi-million dollar Renovation
• Mark W. Rice Named Director of Sales/Marketing at the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey in Harrisburg, Pennslyvania

• Feversham Arms Hotel in U.K. Selects Visual One Suite by Agilysys; Hotel Implements Property Management, Point-of-Sale, Spa Management Solutions
• Winston-Salem Hoteliers Growing Nervous as Local Politico Wants the Visit Winston-Salem Organization (CVB) Dissolved
• Unit-Level Hotel Profits Grew 7.2 Percent in 2007; Profit Growth Expected to Slow to 2.9 Percent in 2008
• Former Manager of the Biltmore Greensboro Hotel Charged with Embezzling $48k in Sales Tax
• Cabi Developers Building a 215 room aloft Hotel in Aventura, Florida
• The 70 Year-Old Surftides Inn, Lincoln City, Oregon Receiving a Renovation and Transformation to a Contemporary Hip Hotel
• Owned and Managed by Empresas Bern, the 137-room Holiday Inn City of Knowledge at the Panama Canal Opens; The Hotel is Affiliated with the New Educational Institution of Bern Hotels & Resorts, the Panama International Hotel School
• Sage Hospitality Completes Turn Around of the Former Executive Tower Hotel to the Quirky 336 room Curtis Hotel, Denver
• EMCVenues Introduces eVite for Sites; Product Guarantees 35 + Site Visits, Planner Satisfaction, Unique in Hospitality
• The Sofitel Dalat Palace in Vietnam Continues Transformation
• Eight Hotels Australia Opens the Diamant Hotel Canberra
• Thayer Lodging Breaks Ground on 15,500 sq ft  LEED Certified and IACC Certified Conference Center at the The Palm Beach Gardens DoubleTree Hotel
• Rick Warmouth and David Gleim Appointed to Executive Positions at Coral Hospitality
• Carrie Sheridan and Lisa Schetinski Named Director of Sales & Marketing at the Millennium Hotel St. Louis and Millennium Hotel Minneapolis, Respectively
• Jeff Wahl Named Director of Sales at the Regent Palms in Turks and Caicos

• The Brandstand Alarm Clock Designed with the Hotel Guest in Mind; Clean Minimalist Look Will Compliment Any Hotel Guestroom
• W Hotels Adds Menu from Food Network Chef Dave Lieberman to its Bars and In-room Dining
• Four Travel-hardened Businesspeople Share Inside Tips About Travel
• Tourism Tiff: Virginia Beach, Virginia Claims Unethical and Unfair Advertising by Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 
• Luxury Hotels Buck Recession: Prices and Customer Satisfaction Are Up, Well-heeled Guests Still Willing to Pay More / Market Metrix First Quarter 2008 Hospitality Index Results
• Canadian Hotel Construction Pipeline At a High in Q1 2008 with 265 Projects/33,964 Guestrooms; Ontario Leads with 123 Projects / Lodging Econometrics
• Borax, the All Natural Cleaning Agent, Has Historical Ties to Furnace Creek Inn in the California Desert
• The US$ 172 million Kempinski Hotel Suzhou, China Opens; Archim Brüchner the Opening General Manager
• The School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University May Operate the Shuttered Country Club of Coral Gables as a Conference Center
• Asian Hotel Revenue Management Professionals Scheduled to Study Trends, Issues in Singapore May 27-28, 2008
• Winegardner & Hammons Opens the Renaissance Indianapolis North Hotel in Carmel, Indiana
• The 330-room Radisson Hotel in Nashua, New Hampshire Launches Major $8 Million Renovation
• Russ Craney Selected as the General Manager of The Osprey at Beaver Creek, A RockResort
• Group Sales Manager sought by Del Mar, California hotel. Solicit and manage the Corporate/Group business travel market segment. Requires a Bachelors degree or 2 years service sales experience

• Travel-Generated Content and Web 2.0 Is Here to Stay. Why Not Put it to Work for You?
• Elfiq Networks Launches New Technology to Enhance Guest Internet Access; Quality of Service technology will enable hospitality properties to efficiently manage bandwidth for guests and internal systems
• Dallas' 52-year-old Statler Hilton Hotel Included on the 2008 "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places"; When it Opened in 1956, the 1,001-room Hotel Was Considered State of the Art, with Individual Room Air Conditioning, a Rooftop Pool and Elevator Music
• Paul Ratchford, Former President of The Greenbrier Who filed a $50 million Lawsuit Against CSX Corp., Speaks Publicly for the First Time Since His September 2007 Departure from the Resort
• Swire Hotels Challenges the Norm in Beijing with the "Edgy" 99 room Opposite House, Opening in Summer 2008
• Name Chosen by Las Vegas Sands Corp. for $800 million Casino/Resort in Pennsylvania - "Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem",  the Company's First Casino in the U.S  that Uses Sands in the Name
• The Greenbrier's Union Contract Problems Proving to Be a Big Boost for the The Homestead, about 40 Miles Away in Virginia
• MGM MIRAGE Selects Name for the 4,004 room Hotel at CityCenter - ARIA
• Troon Golf Partners with UniFocus to Re-Engage Staff; International Golf Management Company Launches Employee Engagement Initiative with STAFFScope®
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Receives Top International Creative Awards - 2008 Summit International Awards
• Microsoft  Gold Certified Partner Status Awarded to MTech for HotSOS; Internet-based Hotel Service Optimization System meets Microsoft  criteria for independent software vendors; Gold Partner certification confirms MTech's expertise and ability to meet customers' needs
• On Business Trips a Comfortable Bed Rated Most Important Hotel Feature While Most Streesful Feature is a Slow or Nonexistent Hotel Internet Connection / Radisson Survey
• Recap: 2nd International Forum on China Hotel Brand Development
• Crescent Hotels Begins Construction on $3 Million Riverfront Ballroom at the Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel
• Loews Loves Agents; Pegasus to Offer Commission Processing to Full 18-Property Portfolio 
• The Rapidly Growing Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Plan a Hotel Investment Seminar for May 28-29, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona
• Donald Trump's Namesake Restaurant, DJT, Opens at Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas, Directed by Trump's Personal Chef, Joseph Isidori
• The School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University seeking Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor candidates. Applicants should have a PhD degree in a related discipline, substantial university teaching experience and substantial managerial experience in the hospitality/tourism industry

• Ten Rules For Finding Cheap Hotels in Manhattan
• Taming the Guest from Hell / Steven Ferry
• Bigger Down Payment and Higher Interest Rate Impeding American Property Management Corp's Effort to Buy the Historic La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla, California
• Republican National Convention to be One of the Largest Events Ever Held in the Twin Cities; Expected to Require16,000 Hotel Rooms Nightly
• The City of Dayton, Ohio, Dept. of Aviation accepting proposals for the development, construction and operation of a nationally branded hotel to be situated at the Dayton Intl. Airport - for more info
• The BROADMOOR Simplifies Event Management with Passkey; Passkey,The BROADMOOR and "BROADMOOR Connection" Partner Properties, Allow Meeting Planners to Consistently Execute Successful Group Events of all Sizes
• Xtra On-Wall Safe by Elsafe Maximizes Limited In-Room Space and Security; Ideal for hotels with minimal space in the guestroom, the new laptop-compatible On-Wall unit mounts easily in the open or hidden to secure guest valuables in closets, cupboards and armoires
• Carlson Marketing's Highest Award Goes to Marquis Los Cabos; Resort is One of Only Two in Mexico to Receive Carlson's Spirit of Excellence
• Hotels Maximize Space and Security with Out-Of-Sight Drawer Safe from Elsafe; Based on customers' requests through 'We Listen' program, leading global manufacturer of in-room safes frees-up space in the main cupboard/closet while providing compact repository for guest valuables, including laptops
• Hersha Hospitality Management Teams with Profitsword to Provide Business Intelligence Software to its Portfolio
• The Food and Beverage Association of America Gala Set for May 30, 2008 at the Plaza Hotel, New York City; Will Honor Scott Geraghty, General Manager of The St. Regis Hotel, as the Hospitality Professional of the Year
• White Lodging Opens a Residence Inn and Hilton Garden Inn in One Complex in Mettawa, Illinois
• MOA Hospitality, Inc. Opens the 78 room The Cody in Cody, Wyoming
• The Knowland Group Signs 1,000th Client; Three and a half year old company's growth puts it in a league of its own
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 75 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• City of Amarillo, Texas Weighing Options for a 250-300 room Downtown Convention Hotel
• Adam Hamdy Named General Manager of Dinah's Garden Hotel, Palo Alto, California
• Waterford Hotel Group Appoints Jeffrey A. Roike General Manager of the Hilton Hartford Hotel
• Director of Catering sought for hotel in Del Mar, California. Requires Bachelors degree, minimum 2 years hotel catering experience

May 16, 2008

• AH&LA Green Assessment Survey: The Top 10 Green Things Hotels Are Doing Well, The Top 10 Green Things Hotels Can Improve On
• Extending Your Sales Team or Make Travel Agents A Regular Part of Your Sales Programs / Dr. John Hogan
• Hotelier Bill Yung III Hopes Creditors Are Patient; Pressure Mounts for Selling The Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas
• Wurzak Hotel Group Putting Finishing Touches on the $42 million Westin Mount Laurel (NJ); First Full-service Hotel in the Mount Laurel/Cherry Hill Region in 15 Years
• Ashford Hospitality Selling the Hyatt Regency Montreal in Montreal, Quebec to Pandox for 58.3 million U.S., Approximately $96,363 per Key
• Boykin Management Company Reports A First Quarter RevPar Increase of 7.2 Percent
• Optima from TimeLox Offers True Elegance with Uncompromised Security Leading Hospitality Security Provider Showcases Design-centric Electronic Locks at HD Expo
• Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants Installs ProfitSage Business Intelligence Software from ProfitSword
• All InnPoints Properties Upgrade to MyCRS Central Reservation System
• UNLV Harrah Hotel College Offers Online Certificate Programs
• Galaxy Entertainment Group Adds Third Branded Hotel to the Galaxy Mega Resort in Cotai - Banyan Tree with 254 rooms Joins Galaxy's Own 1500 room Hotel Along with Okura Hotels and Resorts' 410 rooms
• The Hotel Group Finishing Up a $10 million Renovation of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Billings, Montana; The 289 room Property Formerly Operated as a Sheraton Hotel
• Saunders Hotel Group Completes a $4 million Renovation and Re-opening of Premiere Hotel and Suites in New Haven, Connecticut, Formerly a Marriott Residence Inn
• National Hospitality Holdings Appoints David A. Deskins as Vice President of Accounting & Financial Reporting
• Wyndham Hotel Group Appoints Rajeev Panjwani as Director of International Development for Southeast Asia
• Sage Hospitality Appoints Andrew HeLal General Manager at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel
• Waterford Hotel Group Appoints Carol Secondino to Regional Hotel Director

May 15, 2008

• Leonardo Hotels Seeing Quick Growth in the European Market with  SynXis as Distribution Partner; RedX Distribution Management System increases hotelier's exposure to full scope of GDS channels and third-party distribution; new chain shows immediate growth of over 10 percent
• Cendyn Launches The Beverly Hilton's Newly Redesigned Website
• Conservative Christian Organizations Discuss with Marriott International the Elimination of Adult Movies from 3,000 Hotels in the U.S; 90% of Marriott Rooms Wired with In-room Adult Entertainment
• The Developers of the Canceled Westin Hotel Project in Lexington, Kentucky Suing the State of Kentucky for Breach of Contract
• Omaha Hoteliers Favor 1½ Percent Bed Tax Increase to Pay for Baseball Stadium; If Passed, Omaha Will Have the Highest Hotel Tax at 17.98% of the Nation's Largest Convention Cities
• Suit Against Holiday Inn Expess in Roanoke, Virginia Settled Out of Court Following a Virginia Supreme Court Ruling that Hotels Located in High-crime Areas Have a "Broadened Liability" to Protect Guests
• Economy Got You Down? A Four-Step Survival Guide for Tough Times / Michael G. Frenkel
• The Generation Companies Acquires the 77-room MainStay Suites in Southwest Charlotte, North Carolina for $3.9 million
• EMCVenues To Host MEET Chicago 2008; Meeting Education Event To Benefit All Planners, May 29th, 30th
• Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives Agree on Six Point Plan for National Associations; Susan Springer, Executive Director of the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association Re-elected President 
• The Southern California (Orange County) Tourism Boom of the Past Couple of Years Might Wane this Summer; An Uncertain Summer / Sandi Cain
• Doubletree Hotel Jefferson City, Missouri Opens Following a Multi-Million-Dollar Transformation of the Former Hotel La Bella
• Simon Smith Named General Manager at The Goodstone Inn & Estate, Middleburg, Virginia

• Mobile in Travel: Should Your Mobile Strategy be About ROI or Brand Advocacy?
• 'The Belamar' Luxury Boutique Installs Flyte Systems in State-of-the-Art Business Center; Live airline flight information and boarding pass printing provide travel convenience for business guests
• Sheraton and Microsoft in Unique Co-branding Partnership - Seeking to Appeal to the New Breed of Digital Lifestyle Guest
• What's Happening to Hotel Cap Rates, Values and Financing? / Suzanne Mellen / Jim Butler
• A $30 million Restoration and Renovation Project Completed at Boston's Omni Parker House; Longest Continuously Operating Hotel in the U.S.
• The Gasparilla Inn & Club, Located in Boca Grande, Florida, Named to The National Register of Historic Places
• Molinaro Koger Arranges Sale of SunSpree Resort Orlando, Florida
• R.D. Olson Development Sells the Marriott Residence Inn, Burbank and Marriott Residence Inn, Oceanside to Apple REIT 8 for $80 million
• Educational Institute Offers CHA, CLM Exams Online
• 'Best NFC Service of 2008' Awarded to VingCard (ASSA ABLOY AB) by NFC Forum at Monaco Event; Global security leader receives 'First Place' for its Signature RFID/NFC solution at the European NFC Developers Summit in Monaco
• 2008 Pet Travel Statistics Reported by BringYourPet.com
• Central Oregon's Resort Properties Go Overseas (Lithuania, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico) to Find Employees for $9/hour Positions
• Chuck Shishido Recipient of Outrigger Enterprises Group's 2007 Chairman's Award
• Barney Hospitality Group On a Fast Track to Renovate and Convert Downtown Bakersfield's Holiday Inn Select to a Full-service Marriott
• Amanda Elder Appointed General Manager of The St. Regis Shanghai

• Maestro 2008 Users Conference Energizes Operators to Boost Revenue, Increase Productivity; Operator take-away: Web Connection to increase online revenue, Diamond Plus Service and Maestro for Beginners Online Training
• High Drama on the High Seas� Famous Stained Glass Ceiling Dome Aboard Ocean Princess by Jancik Arts International Creates Memorable Guest Experience; Glass Magazine Recognizes JAI's Head-Turning Craftsmanship in Cover Contest
• The Former Jumer's Castle Lodge in Downtown Urbana, Illinois Trying to Avoid Local Landmark Status; Claims the Prospect of Being Declared a Landmark Is Driving Away Hotel Fanchise Brands
• Tactics to Drive Business in a 'Not So Hot' Summer / Carol Verret
• Report on Major Hotel Transactions by Suzanne Mellen of HVS / Jim Butler
• Recap: The 12th Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference; Confidence High as Investment Community Looks at Caribbean for Future Development
• ID/Passport Scanners from TTI Tackles Charge-back, Identity Fraud Issues and More; TTI Technologies International offers the only system that imports text and images from passports and driver's licenses directly to a hotel's Windows-based property-management system in less than 10 seconds
• The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau New Tourism Campaign Embraces a Broad Definition of Art and Design; Sultry Looks and Skimpy Clothing Gone
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Receives "Official Honoree" Distinction for the 12th Annual Webby Awards in 2008
• Legacy Property Group Opens the Doubletree Hotel Atlanta NE/Northlake Following Completion of a Multi-Million-Dollar Renovation of the Former Radisson
• The Knowland Group Has Record-Breaking Month; Over 100 new clients signed in April
• MK Closes Portfolio Sale of Two Northeast Fairfield Inns To Accor North America
• Starwood Veteran Tom Monahan Joins Wyndham Hotel Group as Executive Vice President, International Development
• Gary Budge Appointed General Manager of the Historic 174-room Algonquin Hotel, New York City
• CPC Hospitality Names Rob Willard Senior Vice President of Operations
• Marco Gervasoni Appointed as the General Manager of the Hotel Russell, London
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Don Miller Director of Sales for Bedford Springs Resort in Bedford, Pennsylvania
• Hotel Equities Names Drew Salapka to the Position of Director of Revenue Management 
• Keith Battaglia Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at the Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina, Montauk, Long Island, New York

• Red Roof Inns Partners With SoftBrands on Major Technology Upgrade; Will Deploy Full Range of Solutions Across 326 Properties
• 7 Principles to Fully Engage Your Customers - Part 2 / Bryan K. Williams
• Multi-Unit Study Finds 36% Reduction in Water Usage with HydroClean® Toilet Improvement System
• A New Logo for Super 8 Lodging Chain a Final Step in a Multiyear Revitalization
• The HVS Study Used as Main Justification for City of Dallas Owned Convention Center Hotel Comes Under Scrutiny from the Owner of the Anatole Hotel, Cites Flawed Methodology
• Finding Business Leads Can Be Easier Than You Think / Dr. John Hogan
• TownePlace Suites Has a New Design (A Lot of Red) and New Features - a Floor-to-ceiling TowneMap and "In a Pinch" Express Market
• The 1,504 room Fontainebleau Miami Beach Seeks to Reclaim Center Stage Upon Reopening Fall 2008; Resort Will Have 11 Restaurants and Lounges Including Three Signature Restaurants by Chefs Alfred Portale, Scott Conantan and Alan Yau
• The Oberoi Group Expands Trust International Contract to Include Trident Hotels
• A New Build Hotel Indigo Set for College Park, Georgia Near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
• HSMAI Honors 17 Chapters with the 2007 Best of the Best Awards
• William (Bill) T. Comstock is named General Manager of the Outrigger Reef on the Beach, Honolulu
• Danniella Crawford Appointed Director of Human Resources for Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Examining the Findings of PKF's Inaugural Edition of Trends in the Hotel Spa Industry / John R. Korpi
• Real Conversations vs Rigid Scripting Increases Reservations Productivity / Doug Kennedy
• Southern California Resorts Eye More Guests With Unique, Specialized Services / Sandi Cain
• Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Finds Guests Need More than a Waterpark, Adding a $15 million 24-lane Bowling Alley, 65-foot Ferris Wheel, Ropes Course, 200 Arcade Games
• Razzoo's Cajun Cafe Restaurant Chain Agrees to Pay $1 million to Settle EEOC Charges that it Discriminated Against Male Bartenders; Company Communicated to Managers by E-mail a Plan for an 80-20 Ratio of Women to Men Bartenders
• Whittle Development, Inc. Opening the 231 room Hilton Bella Harbor Hotel on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall, Texas
• Orient-Express Hotels Reports a Net Loss of US$4.3 million for the 1st Qtr  2007 Compared with a Net Loss of US$3.7 million in Prior Year, Total Revenues Up 23% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Red Lion Reports a $4.5 million Net Loss for the 1st Qtr 2008, System Wide Occupancy 51.2% Down from Prior Year 53.6% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Viking Hospitality Fund to Build 119-room Springhill Suites by Marriott in Baton Rouge; The 119-room hotel is the first for Viking Hospitality Fund
• Strategic Hotels & Resorts Reports a First Quarter 2008 Net Loss to Common Shareholders of $7.0 million; 14 North American Properties Achieve an Average Daily Rate of $263.20 at 70.8% Occupancy / Hotel Operating Statistics
• The 527-room Miami Biscayne Hotel Now Operating as the Hilton Miami Downtown
• Trump Entertainment Reports a 1st Qtr 2008 Loss of $18.6 million, Markedly Worse than the $8.1 million Loss in Prior Year; Revenue Down to $227.6 million from the $234.3 million
• Frank Wetenkamp Named General Manager of the Wentworth By The Sea, A Marriott Hotel and Spa in New Castle, New Hampshire
• The Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau Appoints Jay Burress to CEO Position; a 20 Year Veteran for the Dallas CVB
• Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Honors 18 Leaders in the Tourism Industry for their Contributions, Leadership
• George Ables, Guest Services Manager at Stonewall Resort in Weston, West Virginia Recipient of Benchmark's 2007 Chairman's Award of Excellence

• The Brandstand Alarm Clock Designed with the Hotel Guest in Mind; Clean Minimalist Look Will Compliment Any Hotel Guestroom
• Steve Wynn Contemplating Another Use for the Plush Golf Course Located Behind Wynn Las Vegas - Possibly Two Hotel Towers with a Combined 5,200 Rooms and a 1.8 million Sq Ft Convention Center
• 13 Properties Selected as the Best of the Best at Choice Hotels 54th Annual Convention
• Dial Family Resorts Selects Marcus Hotels and Resorts to Manage Proposed $150 million Hawaiian Themed Resort with 409 rooms and 75,000 sq ft Indoor Water Park Near Providence, Rhode Island
• Majority of Dallas City Council Members Favoring Outright City Ownership of $500 million Convention Center Hotel
• Hotel Visitors to Dubai Projected to Rise to Ten million by 2010, from Seven million in 2007
• Profit Declines at MGM Mirage: Cost of New Detroit Casino, Economy Cited for Poor 1st Quarter
• Red Lion Hotels Corporation Acquriring Fee Simple Interest in the 478-room Radisson Hotel Denver Southeast for $25.3 million; Following $8 million Renovation Property to be Rebranded Red Lion
• Under a Sale and Management-back Arrangement Accor Sells the Sofitel Grand Hotel in Amsterdam at a Enterprise Value of EUR92 million (US$ 142 million)
• HITEC 2008 Features Demonstrations and Discussion of the Hottest Hospitality Technology Trends
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Residence Inn by Marriott Lubbock, Texas
• Hotel Vitale Announces Innovative Green Meeting Packages; "The Green Standard" Programs Incorporate Eco-Friendly Practices Throughout Every Aspect of Meetings and Events
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Signs More Than 50 New Properties in the First Quarter of 2008
• Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts Opens Fourth Hotel in Turkey - the 402 room Swissôtel Grand Efes, Izmir 
• Resorts and Hotels On the Rise in the Pacific Coastal City of Mazatlán, Mexico
• New York's Tavern on the Green Opening 40,000 Square Restaurant in the Metreon Building Adjacent to San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center
• Mario Ferraro Appointed General Manager of the Hilton Molino Stucky, Venice, Italy
• Judy Hendrick Joins Aimbridge Hospitality as Chief Financial Officer

May 6, 2008

• TIG Global Receives Top International Honors for Website Design and Internet Marketing; TIG Global Wins Three Summit Creative Awards
• Microsoft Technology Center Customer Solution Case Study; MSI Increases Product Scalability with Access to the Right Resources
• Profitable Spas: Be On-Trend Rather Than Trendy / Dr. Judy Singer
• In Atlanta Rosewood Wants to Out Maneuver Luxury Competitors Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton By Offering Complimentary Butler Service
• Tropicana Entertainment Files for Chapter 11 Protection Following Fallout from Atlantic City Casino Loss; Expects to Maintain Current Staffing Levels at Nine Casino and Resort Properties
• Hotel Internet Marketing - Having a Web Site Is Not Enough / Neil Salerno
• Dunblane Hydro, A Historic Scottish Hotel, Will be Managed by Hilton and Branded Doubletree Following Multi-million Renovation
• Kimpton Leverages Social Networking to Recruit, Interact with Job Seekers
• The Saraya Aqaba Resort Destination on the Gulf of Aqaba in Jordan, Signs Jack Penrod's Nikki Beach to Operate a 140 room Resort Hotel with a Residential Component
• The Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association Honors Eleven as Stars of the Industry; Russ Cole, General Manager of the Best Western Four Seasons, Traverse City Named 2008 Hotelier of the Year
• Aimbridge Hospitality Awards Properties, Personnel for Outstanding Performance; Patti Patenaude and Dave Pappas Named 'GM of the Year'
• Konover Hotel Corporation and Waterford Group Announce Plans for Extensive Hotel Renovations at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT; Waterford Hotel Group Assumes Management of 237-Room Airport Location
• Harris Hotel Group Prepares to Open 112 room Candlewood Suites in Columbia, South Carolina; Hotel Developed by Joint Venture Between American Hotel Development and Glenmont Capital Management, LLC.
• Hotel Indigo Chicago-Vernon Hills Opens Following a $5 million Renovation and Conversion from an AmeriSuites Hotel
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System Has Been Selected for the 210 room Westin Huntsville in Alabama
• Pegasus Solutions Goes Green for FCm Travel; Asia-Pacific Direct Deposit Facility for Agent Commission Processing Minimizes Payment Turnaround and Carbon Footprint
• Joseph F. Smith Named President of Alliance Hospitality Management LLC, Formerly the President of Boykin Management Company
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Names Ex-Wendy's Executive Jeff Cava as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
• The New York Palace Appoints Christopher Burkhardt and Alex Chaharmahalian to Executive Positions

• The Royal Palm Resort Hotel on Miami's South Beach Enjoys a Prime Location But Has a Cloudy Future with Fighting Partners, Large Debt
• Hotel Staffer Charged with Theft after Providing Room Keys to Unpaid Guests at Clarion Hotel Bloomington, Illinois
• The Five New Ultra Luxurious Resorts on Mexico's Riviera Maya Comparable to Anything in the World
• $250 million Plan Considered to Expand San Jose Convention Center to 880,000 sq ft; One Source of Funding Is to Increase Hotel Occupancy Tax from 10% to 14%
• The Revitalized 90-room George Washington Hotel - Reopens in Downtown Winchester, Virginia as A Wyndham® Historic Hotel
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 88 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• More than 100 Potential Bidders Inquire about Buying the 228-room Holiday Inn in Collinsville, Illinois; Built in 1982, the Previous Onwer Contended it Could Never Make a Profit
• Bodysgallen Hall Hotel & Spa Considered Wale's Finest Country House Hotel
• Davidson Hotel Company/Square Mile Capital Management JV Acquires Sheraton Suites Tampa Airport/Westshore; Davidson to Manage Hotel, Oversee $14 Million Renovation
• The International Association of Conference Centres Holding First Conference in Europe - August 28-31, 2008 at Warwick Conferences in Coventry, United Kingdom
• FIU School of Hospitality and Tourism Management in Tianjin, China Has First Graduating Class in Hospitality of 29 Students
• James Riker Named General Manager of the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel Philadelphia
• Opening Spring 2009, the $1 billon M Resort, Spa and Casino, Las Vegas Appoints William Conn, Vice President of Hotel Operations
• Alexander Stadlin and Roberto Garrido Sanchez Appointed to Vice President Positions with Barcelo Crestline Corporation
• HEI Hotels Names Pradeep Bobba as the General Manager of the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia

• Millennium Hotels & Resorts Creates a New Brand for Top-of-the-Market Properties - Grand Millennium
• Chicago Hotels Going Ga-ga for Gadgets; 10 Tech-friendly Hotels in the Chicago Area 
• Hotel Common Sense "A Bakers Dozen" of Observations for Cooperative Efforts for Successful Convention & Visitors' Bureaus
• Six Senses Resorts Group (Zero Carbon Emissions) and Accor's Pullman Brand / Murray Bailey Editorial
• Developers Ronnie James and Don Culbertson Planning a $25 million 150 room  Hyatt Place in Downtown Paducah, Kentucky 
• Hotel Guest Dies from Injuries Following a Fall from 2nd Floor Balcony at Barcelo Tucancun Beach Resort & Villas in Cancun
• NYLO Hotels Will Build, Own and Operate Its Fifth Hotel - a 160 room NYLO Hotel in Overland Park, Kansas
• Dynamic & Clever Election-themed Campaign Broadcast Delivers A Knock Out Win! Hanging Chads in Florida - A Broadcast Star is Born on the BHI Network
• HEDNA and PhoCusWright Publish Small Meetings White Paper; A Guide to the Migration of Real-time, Online Booking for Group Rooms and Meeting Space
• The 450 room Ritz-Carlton, Sanya Opens in China's Tropical Hainan Island Province
• David Taylor Joins The New York Palace Hotel as Executive Director - Marketing
• Marriott International Appoints Andrew Houghton as Area Vice President for the Caribbean and Brazil
• Harris Hotel Group Appoints Gail MacKenzie Corporate Director of Sales 
• Kurt Furlong Joins CPC Hospitality as Senior Vice President -- Sales and Marketing

• Recaping HEDNA's Lisbon Conference; Technology, Customer Expectations, Environmental Issues Driving Near-Term Decision Making for Electronic Distribution
• Wyndham Report 1st Qtr 2008 Net Income of $42 million, Down from $86 million in Prior Year; Revenue Flat at $1.01 billion / Wyndham Hotel Brand Operating Statistics
• Under Construction in Rose Hall, Jamaica, The 299 unit Palmyra Resort & Spa Appoints Solis Resorts & Hotels as the Operator
• Owned by Lowe Hospitality Group, The Sunriver Resort in Central Oregon Has Been a Market Leader in Oregon for 40 years
• Global Hyatt Corp. Opens Shared Service Center in Moore, Oklahoma; The 43,000 Office Will Have 150 Employees to Handle Accounting and Payroll Services for all 217 Full-service Hyatt Hotels and in North America
• Gaylord Entertainment Co. Reports a 1st Qtr 2008 Loss of $7.3 million Compared with a Profit of $3.5 million in Previous Year; Loss Includes a $12 million Charge Related to its Cancellation of the Deal to Buy Westin La Cantera Resort / Hotel Operating Statistics
• The City of Dayton Wants to Demolish a 38-year-old Hotel at Dayton International Airport; Seeks Developer for New Hotel on Airport Property
• Utah Hotel Occupancy Rates Dropped 7% in March 2008, Compared with Prior Year
• Is Gaming Industry Immune from Economic Downturns?
• Paul Follows Appointed Director of European Development for Distinguished International ® Hotels, Residences and Resorts
• Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Honors the Recipients of the Spirit of Hospitality Award; Eric DeStefano, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Named General Manager of the Year
• Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. Obtains Four Year Construction Loan of $63.9 million to Partialy Fund the Construction of New Resort in Concord, North Carolina

Top 25 Read Articles - April 2008

1. Top Twenty Hotel Brands in the World at January 1, 2008, Also Top Ten Hotel Groups in the World
2. Why Everyone Gets a Hotel Room Upgrade... But You / Daniel Edward Craig
3. Night Manager of the Regency Inn in San Bruno, California Brutally Attacked by Rowdy Hotel Guests
4. Hilton Recognizes the Top Performing Hotels of 2007; Hilton Showcases Best of the Best Hotels with the Brand�s Annual Awards
5. Ownership of the Westin Casuarina Charging Attendees of a Dental Conference for the Organizer's $57,000 Past Due Bill; Convention Industry Veterans Question the Ethics and Legality of the Decision
6. 7 Principles to Fully Engage Your Customers / Bryan K. Williams
7. Courtyard by Marriott and its Hotel Owners Begin Phase-in of the Redesigned Courtyard Hotel Lobby; The Traditional Front Desk Replaced with Separate Welcome Podiums
8. Outstanding Customer Service Simply Isn�t Good Enough / Nektaria Hamister
9. Sheraton Adding 54 Hotels by 2009, Including Six �Big Box� Hotels
10. Gaylord Entertainment Terminates Agreement to Acquire Westin La Cantera Resort for $252 million; Will Take a One-time Charge of  $12 million
11. MGM Mirage, Las Vegas' Largest Casino Operator, Laying off 440 Management Employees at both Property and Corporate Levels
12. The Top Ten Training Centers in the United States for 2008
13. Jury Awards Restaurant Diner $360,000 Who Was Accidentally Served Cleaning Solution Instead of Water
14. Boutique Hotels - Good For The Good Times / Robert Mandelbaum
15. The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Claims a Significant Loss of Revenue this Year Due to the Possibility of a Union Walkout
16. Aspirations Have Fallen Hard at the The Royal Palm, Miami Beach - from Black-owned to BlackRock
17. In 2007, Six People Died from Hotel Balcony Falls in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Area
18. Hey, General Managers, There is Hope for This New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals! / David M. Brudney
19. Investment Fund Managed by Blackrock Claims The Royal Palm Hotel in South Beach Has Defaulted on a $25 million Loan
20. Keeping Your Management Team Upbeat
21. Hilton Americas, Houston's 1,200-room Convention Center Hotel, Up for Sale
22. Hotel Lessons Learned From a Five-Star School Principal / Doug Kennedy
23. Fairmont Appoints Three Executives to Key Overseas Posts
24. A Visit to the Bitter End Yacht Club on Virgin Gorda, BVI; Owned by the Hokin Family Since 1973, the 70 unit Resort is Reachable Only by Sea
25. In What Business Are We? Designing Cool Funky Restaurants or Serving Tasty Food? Over the Past Ten Years a Noticeable Shift Has Taken Place in the Hotel Restaurant Business / Dietmar Kielnhofer

April 30, 2008

• Hey, General Managers, There is Hope for This New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals! / David Brudney
• Aptech's Execuvue Business Intelligence Implemented by LQ Management L.L.C. for Its More than 600 La Quinta Hotels; Execuvue delivers same-day corporate reporting to guide management decision making
• Understanding the Differences Between Marketing and Sales / Dr John Hogan
• HITEC Lays Out Plans for the Prevention of Pirate Exhibitors (Suitcasers) at HITEC 2008®
• Swiss Based Golden Tulip Eyes 20 Hotels in Thailand Over Four Years
• Hotels 'Go Green' to Save the Earth, Cash
• Sandos Hotels & Resorts Opens Fourth Property on the Riviera Maya, Mexico - the Playacar Riviera Hotel & Spa
• The Hawthorn Park Hotel, Springfield, Missouri Receives Multi-Million Dollar Renovation and New Brand Affiliation - Doubletree Hotel Springfield
• Bob Alter, Chairman of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Recipient of the 2008 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award
• KoolConnect Brings Interactive Video On-Demand Applications to Intrigue
• Melco China Resorts Moves into the Destination Ski Resort Business in China; First Focus - Sun Mountain Yabuli Resort with Three Premium Hotels
• Ellen Brown Promoted to Executive Vice President, Acquisitions & Development of Denihan Hospitality Group
• Tony Cousens Joins Jumeirah as the Senior Vice President Asia Pacific
• Martin Mangan Appointed General Manager of the Conrad Dublin, Ireland

April 29, 2008

• Alan J. Fuerstman Honored as the 2007 Resort Executive of the Year
• Kokua Hospitality Signs Agreement with Flyte Systems to Install Airline Information Products in Five Hotels; Live airline flight information to provide travel convenience for guests
• Wyndham Hotel Group May Put its Flag on Downtown Buffalo's Historic Statler Towers; Doubts Remain About the 28-year-old Developer Bashar Issa's Corporate Financial Health
• "Blend" Your Investment in Training and Development Monies / John R Hendrie
• Buccini / Pollin Group and PM Hospitality Strategies, Inc. Nearing Completion of Two Adjacent Hotels Near Dulles International Airport, the 135-room Hilton Garden Inn and the 136 room aloft; Milan Patnaik Named General Manager, aloft
• Lance T. Shaner, Chairman and CEO, Shaner Hotels, Delivers Lecture on Entrepreneurial Spirit at His Alma Mater, Alfred University
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Recognizes Fifteen Sales Executives with the President's Circle Honor
• Industry Guru Launches Innovative New Training Method; Kerry Flowers, founder of Kerry Hotels, an international Sales & Marketing representation firm, launches Superstar Sales training academy Kerry Camp
• Molinaro Koger Advises Ashford in Disposition of Sheraton Hotel Iowa City
• Concord Hospitality Opens Fairfield Inn Beachwood, Ohio, a $13 Million Conversion of Former Holiday Inn
• The JBG Companies Completes Conversion of the Former Doubletree Hotel to the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center
• Developer Gregory Spatz of U.S. Construction Corp. Opens 77 room Microtel Inn at Jacksonville, FL Airport; The Brand's Innovative New Prototype Design Showcased
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Joint Venture Signs First Management Contract in India

• Luxury Link Generates High Volume Phone Leads for Hotel Partners
• Goldstar Hospitality Names New Generation Management Operator for the Holiday Inn Parkway East Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Hotel Management Firm Rosewood Putting its Brand on Spas;  All Development Projects Going forward Will Have a "Sense, a Rosewood Spa"
• The Only Indoor Water Park at a Ski Resort in the West, the 42,000 sq ft Silver Rapids, Opens at the Silver Mountain Resort in Northern Idaho
• Financing Difficulties Cause Yearlong Delay for a $15 million 127-room Cambria Suites in Roanoke, Virginia
• Newmarket International's Delphi® Selected by the Al Habtoor Group for its Metropolitan Hotel
• HR in Hospitality� 2009 Underway!  Third annual event is scheduled for March 16 - 19 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Florida; Call for Presentations begins in May;  Exhibitor information available today!
• Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. Opens Tenth Location, the 390 room Great Wolf Lodge Grand Mound, Washington
• Mohammed Al Issa and Sons Signs Rocco Forte Collection to Operate a 159 room Hotel in Jeddah, the Second Largest city in Saudi Arabia
• Meyer Jabara Hotels Opens the Courtyard by Marriott Boston/Cambridge Following the Renovation and Rebranding of the former Radisson Hotel
• Stephen D'Agostino Promoted to General Manager Hyatt Regency Jersey City, New Jersey

April 25, 2008

• The Five Biggest Mistakes Hotel Owners Make When Seeking an Operator or Brand for Their Hotel / Jim Butler
• Lodging Econometrics's Construction Pipeline Stands at 5,807 Projects at the End of Q1 2008, a Record High for Projects and the 29th Consecutive Quarterly Increase Dating Back to 2004
• Developers Seeking City Approvals for a 61-story, 2,500-room hotel in Downtown, Las Vegas; Financing for the Project Unknown
• Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Capital Group Still Planning a 1 Hotel in Scottsdale; Expected Luxury Level Above the W
• The Hotel Buying Frenzy Likely Over for Now in California; Five Buyers Have Shrunk to One Buyer for Every Hotel Seller from a Year Ago
• Identifying Your Customers / Lessons from the Field A Common Sense Approach to Success in the Hospitality Industry / Dr. John Hogan
• For Sale - 67 acre parcel with 8 mineral springs ideal for spa resort in Costa Rica's Guanacaste province. Property zoned to build on 50% of the land. Price: $800,000
• Owned and Managed by Noble House Hotels & Resorts, The Riviera Resort & Spa's $70 million Renovation Exptected to Be Completed Fall 2008
• School of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Staging 2nd International Forum on China Hotel Brand Development in Guangzhou, China, May 9-10, 2008
• Made Famous During the War Between the United States and Vietnam, The Caravelle Hotel in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Receiving a Top-to-bottom Overhaul
• New Orleans Fully Restored...As a Corporate Events Destination; In the Shadow of Katrina, BBC Destination Management Helps Northrop Grumman Christen a Ship to Commemorate September 11th
• Grace Markum Resigning as President and CEO at Crown American Hotels; Michael Barletta, Director of Operations Replacing Markum
• At Carlson Hotels Bill Sipple to Lead Managed/Owned Development; John Sturgess to Lead Franchise Development; Jeff Summers Assigned New Investment & Analysis Role
• Michael Nenner Named Director of Rooms at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago (A Four Seasons Hotel)
• Benchmark Hospitality Names Rick Shell Director of Food and Beverage for The Chattanoogan
• Brian Wieler Named Executive Chef at Tarrytown House Estate and Conference Center, Tarrytown, New York

• SynXis and Micros Systems Announce Partnership; Industry leaders to collaborate for enhanced integrated inventory management across property management and reservations systems
• Softscribe® Inc. Execs Identify Key Hospitality Trends:  New Media, 'Green' Top the List; High level trends from three 1Q'08 Conferences are:  New media creates online communities; Green is the new luxury; Hoteliers are tasked to make foreign visitors feel welcome
• Boutique Hotels - Good For The Good Times / Robert Mandelbaum
• Part of the Success of  the Historic Grand Hotel Is Having a Family Ownership Paying Meticulous Attention to Detail; The Mussers Are Known as Hosts Who "Always Do it Right"
• The Ferchill Group Writing the Next Chapter for The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit; Set to Open October 2007, Following a $200 million Restoration, the Hotel Attracts Celebrity Chef Michael Symon to Open New Restaurant - go to
• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Files Discrimination Suit Against McCormick & Schmick's Restaurants in Baltimore; The Chain Just Paid $1.1 million to Settle Similar Case in San Francisco
• The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun and Two of its Restaurants, Fantino and The Club Grill, Receive an Unprecedented Three Five Diamond Awards; Statistics Indicate That the  Resort Might be the Highest Rated Hotel in North America
• AH&LA Green Assessment Survey Identifies Eco-friendly Hotel Operations
• GRAY OUT, NON-SKID SURFACE CLEANER, a New Product for an Old Problem for Fiberglass and Porcelain Hotel Bathtub and Showers!
• Developers Select Kor Hotel Group to Operate a 168 room Viceroy Hotel to be Built Atop Office/Retail Complex in New York City's Hudson Square Neighborhood
• Hilton To Manage a  324-room Hotel Located at the Entrance of Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3
• 175 Benchmark Hospitality Executives Put Corporate Social Responsibility into Action in New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Marshall Management Acquires Contract to Manage Manhattan Four Points by Sheraton Chelsea
• VFM Interactive Inc. Announces the Completion of $13.5 Million Financing to Support its Ongoing Expansion Lake Capital Leads Investment in VFM Interactive Inc.
• Bill Perez Appointed the Director of Food and Beverage at the Island Hotel Newport Beach, California
• Doug Knopp Appointed Executive Chef of Branson, Missouri's Chateau on the Lake Resort, Spa and Convention Center

• Maestro Diamond Plus Service Delivers Live Web Training to Maximize Staff Productivity; Real-time On-Demand e-Training Gives Maestro Users the Power to "Learn and Return," so They Can Immediately Apply Their New Skills and Knowledge
• Jancik Arts International (JAI) Elevates Hospitality Industry with Breathtaking Stained Glass Ceiling Domes; Stained Glass Artisans Create Thriving Global Business Based on Old World Technique - Quality and Uniqueness of these Pieces have Enhanced the Guest Experience with Spectacular Ambiance for 30 Years
• All Marketers Are Liars - Web 2.0 Strategies for Hotel Sales and Marketing / Carol Verret
• 10 Ways for Hoteliers to Celebrate Earth Day 2008
• Hilton's Mid-priced Brand, Hilton Garden Inn, Names the 2007 Best of the Brand Winners; The Hilton Garden Inn Chicago O'Hare Airport Recognized as the 2007 Hotel of the Year
• Adam Aron Leads Investment Group in Acquisition of Cap Juluca Resort, Anguilla, British West Indies; $80 million Renovation Envisioned
• Keeping Your Management Team Upbeat
• Jet Hotel Set for Guest Service, Revenues to Soar with Roomlinx Media & Entertainment System Downtown Denver boutique hotel is first to install interactive, TV-based solution - go to
• ReviewAnalyst to Allow Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide to Monitor Consumer-Generated Content Reviews, Videos and Images
• Recap: 27th Annual Conference of The International Association of Conference Centers;  The Mel Hosansky Award for Distinguished Service Presented to Rodman Marymor
• Starwood Plans to Use the Element Branded Hotel in Lexington, Massachusetts as the Brands Working Laboratory to Test Green Products, Construction, Design and Operations

• The Red Roof Hotel Chain, with New Owners and a Relocation Back to its Hometown Columbus, Ohio, Working on Image and Expansion
• Downtown Stockton, California Sheraton Hotel Turns into a Case of Financial Indigestion; 42 Condominiums Atop Hotel Fail to Sell, 26 Mechanic's Liens Filed
• The Philosophy of the Extended Stay Hotel - Make the Guest Feel at "Home"
• Foch Investments/Development Planning a St. Regis Hotel and Residences in Dallas' Turtle Creek Area
• Hamilton Properties Spending $34 million to Convert 83-year-old Warehouse into a 193 room Aloft Hotel near the Dallas Convention Center
• Recently Opened and Under Construction Hotels Adding About 750 rooms, a 12% Increase to the Minneapolis Downtown Market
• Educational Institute Offers New Spanish Training Program
• Northern Alberta's Hotel Industry Fixed to the Sustainability and Performance of the Province's Oil and Natural Gas Industries / Paul M. Varteressian / HVS Canadian Lodging Outlook
• Southern Sun Selects Newmarket's Delphi® Sales and Catering Software for its Middle East Properties
• Joie de Vivre Opens Domain Hotel, a Complete Transformation of the Former Radisson Sunnyvale
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 103 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Kalahari Resorts' Energy Efficient Operations Includes a Laundry Water Recycling and Filtration System which Allows Reuse of 70% of its Laundry Water; Exploring Geothermal Heat Recovery and the Use of Wind Turbans
• The Hotels Imperial and Bristol in Vienna, Austria Attach Great Importance to Environmental Protection, "It's Hipp to Be Green"
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Daniel Williams, CHA, General Manager for the Crowne Plaza Englewood, NJ

• Land Owner Park Cattle Co. Gaining Control of the 539 room Lake Tahoe Horizon Casino Resort by Settling Lawsuit Accusing the Owner Tropicana and its President William Yung of "Running the Place into the Ground"
• Jerusalem to Get Waldorf Astoria Hotel; The Former Palace Hotel and Customs Building To Be Rebuilt with 220 rooms and 30 Residential Apartments
• Accor North America Steps Up Conservation Initiatives at 950 U.S. and Canada Hotel Properties
• The Inn at Beaver Creek, Owned by RockResorts, Undergoing  $7-million Transformation and Will Be Relaunched as The Osprey at Beaver Creek, a RockResort
• MGM Mirage, Las Vegas' Largest Casino Operator, Laying off 440 Management Employees at both Property and Corporate Levels
• KTN Announces Launch Of Its ResSTAR© Mystery Shopping Service
• Desire to Enhance Guest Services Spurs Companies' Choice of VSi BoardEZ� System; Two Florida hospitality groups planning to install additional airline boarding-pass printing stations following highly positive feedback from guests
• A 92-room Cambria Suites Under Construction at the SkipStone Crossing Development in Traverse City, Michigan
• CSM Lodging Opens 119 room Residence Inn by Marriott in Plymouth, Minnesota; Michelle Rein the Hotel's Opening GM
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts and O&S Holdings, LLC Open the 210 Westin in Huntsville, Alabama
• Prizes for Booking Directly Online at President Solitaire, Bangkok; Book directly online at www.presidentsolitaire.com and avail yourself to a host of exciting prizes in the monthly lucky draw
• Jeffrey Oliasami Appointed General Manager of the 311-room Renaissance® Oklahoma City Hotel & Convention Center
• Enrique Aguirre Named Director of Sales at Tesoro Resorts Manzanillo

• Holistic Approach to Revenue Management Equates to Real Dollars & Sense for SynXis Customers; SynXis vice president publishes revenue management textbook to help educate future generations of hoteliers
• Four-Diamond, IACC Certified Eaglewood Resort & Spa Installs Flyte Systems Products to Elevate Service; Shortened ROI proves value of airline flight information to guests and property
• Marriott Reports First Quarter 2008 Net Income Declined 34%; Performance at U.S. Hotels Reflect Slowing Economic Growth / Key Lodging Stats
• Online, Hotel Rates Define the "Quality" of Your Facilities & Service / Neil Salerno
• Gaylord Entertainment Terminates Agreement to Acquire Westin La Cantera Resort for $252 million; Will Take a One-time Charge of $12 million
• A Ritz-Carlton and Two Jack Nicklaus Golf Courses Will Anchor Resort Developer Ernesto Coppel's $1.5 billion Resort Community on the Southern Tip of the Baja Peninsula - Quivira Los Cabos
• The Executive Inn Rivermont in Owensboro, Kentucky Enters Receivership for the Second Time in a Decade
• Is it a Frite or a Fry? What Makes a Frite Anyway?
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Kenilworth Inn in Kenilworth, New Jersey; Garden State Independent Boutique Sold to Multi-Unit Operator and Developer
• Molinaro Koger Arranges Sale of Chicago-area AmeriSuites to Noble Investment Group
• Timelox Adjusts Pricing to Accommodate Declining USD; Continued U.S. and Canadian dollar (USD/CAD) depreciation against the European Euro (EUR), Chinese Renmibi (RMB) and other major currencies supports a 10 percent price correction in USD/CAD markets
• VingCard Elsafe Adjusts Pricing to Accommodate Declining USD; Continued U.S. and Canadian dollar (USD/CAD) depreciation against the European Euro (EUR), Chinese Renmibi (RMB) and other major currencies supports a 10 percent price correction in USD/CAD markets
• LRA Worldwide and K Hotels Partner on "K Quality" Evaluation Program
• Pegasus Solutions Launches Redesigned Web Site; Interactive pegs.com created as tool for independents, chains, agents, and intermediaries
• Dutch Television Broadcasting "Hotel" - a Documentary that Takes Place in Three NH Hotels in the Netherlands; Earns 10% Viewer Share
• Wyndham Worldwide Starts Construction on the 400-room Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Hotel and Spa at Bonnet Creek, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
• Long Time Fairmont Dallas Executive Tomas de la Mataa Retiring After 34 Years
• The Westin Beijing Makes Three Executive Committee Appointments; Paul M Cunningham Named Hotel Manager

• rapidReply sm Instant Quote Speeds Up Group Booking Process for Hotels
• Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel and Yacht Club Adds Efficiencies to Multiple Departments with Help of GoConcierge; Guest Experience Enhanced with Web-Based System
• Group Business, Education, and Networking Headline the Spring 2008 Elite Meetings Alliance; Top hoteliers and meetings planners succeed in booking group business at the Elite Meetings Alliance hosted by Elite  Meetings International
• Hotel Lessons Learned From A Five-Star School Principal / Doug Kennedy
• Hilton Recognizes the Top Performing Hotels of 2007
• Driftwood Hospitality Management Renovating and Rebranding the Radisson Hotel & Suites Chicago; Multi million dollar Renovation Will Result in the Avenue Hotel Chicago
• BestCities Global Alliance Taps UniFocus Expertise to Improve Operations; International CVB Organization Implements MEETINGScope� to Increase Customer Satisfaction
• Creative Hospitality Associates Becomes Roomlinx� Sales Partner; Chicago-based hospitality consulting group calls relationship �serendipitous" - CHA to open doors, expand awareness of Roomlinx In-Room Media & Entertainment System
• ElevenPS Delivers Self-Service Document Processing for the Hotel Business Center
• Developer Ramola Motwani Planning a 328 room Resort on Fort Lauderdale's Beachfront; 22 Storey Hotel Will Sit Between the Trump and the Hilton
• Staff Retention Issues Felt Globally
• Charania Group of Companies Selects Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage the to-be-built 143-room Cambria Suites near Atlanta�s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport
• $1.5 billion Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley, Arizona Gets Green Light to Build
• For Sale - Well constructed, extended-stay, all-suite hotel - in suburb of Houston, TX. Features 75 one and two-two bedroom suites with fully equipped kitchens, 2,200 SF of meeting space, outdoor pool and fitness center. Unencumbered by brand and management - more info
• Angela Landgraf Joins Sage Hospitality as Vice President of Management Services and New Business Development
• Duncan O�Rourke Taking Over as Chief Operating Officer for the Kempinski Hotel Group
• Tom Roelens Named General Manager of Four Seasons Resorts Lana�i, Hawaii
• David Sullivan Appointed General Manager for the Pan Pacific Seattle

April 15, 2008

• Hotels.com, ICHG, Hyatt and Priceline Convene to Discuss the Latest Online Marketing Trends in Chicago this Summer
• The Role of Preventive Maintenance in the Greening of Hotel Operations; Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Makes it Easy to Stay Green
• 7 Principles to Fully Engage Your Customers / Bryan K. Williams
• Aspirations Have Fallen Hard at the The Royal Palm, Miami Beach - from Black-owned to BlackRock
• The Encantado Resort Expected to Be One of Santa Fe's Most Luxurious, Managed by Auberge Resorts, the Encantado Will Feature 65 Casitas
• The 44 Year Old Sheraton Yankee Trader Hotel Closing on June 1, 2008 to Begin Multi Million Property-wide Renovation Creating  the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort
• Broward County Taxpayers Will Have to Pledge up to $21 million a Year to Build a $460 million Hilton Next to Convention Center
• Hilton Americas, Houston's 1,200-room Convention Center Hotel, Up for Sale
• The American Hotel & Lodging Association Names the Recipients of the 2008 State Leadership Awards for Outstanding Leadership; Leo Vogel Presented with the John Whitaker Award
• NYLO Hotels LLC Completes Fnancing with ORIX Real Estate Capital, Inc., Breaks Ground on Third Hotel, the 200-room NYLO Las Colinas, Texas
• Say Goodbye To The UFOC; Dunfey Brothers To Be Honored; The Plaza Hotel Reopens After a $400 Million Renovation / Stanley Turkel
• Hilton Hotels and London & Regional Properties Limited Enter a Strategic Development Alliance Expected to Build Approximately 25 Hotels Across Russia; To Open in 2008, the First Doubletree by Hilton Branded Hotel in Novosibirsk, Russia's Third Largest City
• The Historic Brock Plaza Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario Joining the Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts Portfolio Following an Extensive Renovation
• Built in 1991, the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa, a Member of The Waldorf = Astoria Collection, Continuing a  $50 million dollar Restoration Project
• Jamaica Seeks to Tap into the Chinese Outboud Traveler
• Prof. Kaye Chon Named One of "The 10 Most Influential Teachers in China Tourism and Hotel Education in 2007"
• Christopher Sheldon Joins Jackson Shaw as Vice President - Hotel Operations
• Domina Hotel Group Expanding in North and Eastern Europe with the Existing Domina Hotel and the New Domina Prestige Brand
• Akram Touma receives "Best Leader Award" by 2008 China Executive Hotel Forum
• Magnolia Lodging Appoints Cathy Guss as General Manager and Amie Thompson as Director of Sales of the Hilton Garden Inn® Dallas/Richardson

• A Visit to the Bitter End Yacht Club on Virgin Gorda, BVI; Owned by the Hokin Family Since 1973, the 70 unit Resort is Reachable Only  by Sea
• Direct Sales: Getting the Biggest Bang for your Buck / Brenda Fields
• Six Ways Web 2.0 Helps In a Weak Economy
• Grasso Holdings Developing a 268 room Intercontinental Hotel in Philadelphia's Franklintown
• Jury Awards Restaurant Diner $360,000 Who Was Accidentally Served Cleaning Solution Instead of Water
• Five Star Development Planning a 225 room Ritz Carlton Resort and a Residential Community in Paradise Valley, Arizona
• Outstanding Customer Service Simply Isn't Good Enough
• Rosewood Preparing to Open the 127-room Mansion on Peachtree, A Rosewood Hotel & Residence in Atlanta
• Noble Investment Group Acquires the AmeriSuites in Schaumburg, Illinois; Hotel Will Undergo a $5 million dollar Repositioning and Re-open as Hyatt Place Chicago/Schaumburg
• AAHOA selects InnLink as Preferred Partner to Provide Members with Central Reservation Services
• A Destination Luxury Wine-themed Resort Being Planned for the Lodi, California Area Wine Trail
• Utell® Hotels & Resorts Offers New Spring GREATRATE Deals; Packages start at $150 a night with Breakfast
• Geoffrey Richard Howe Named General Manager of the Meritus Mingde Shanghai

• TravelCLICK Hosts Webinar on Global Hotel Distribution - Performance and Trends on April 18 at 2:00pm ET
• Why Everyone Gets a Hotel Room Upgrade... But You / Daniel Edward Craig
• Seeking a JV partner or complete buyout of a condo-hotel project to be sold in fractionals on the North Pacific coast of Guanacaste, Costa Rica - more info
• Owners of The Westin Casuarina Reverses Decision to Charge Attendees of a Dental Conference for the Conference Organizer's Unpaid $57,000 Bill
• Harrah's Entertainment Plans to Change the Company's Name to Caesars Entertainment Corp.; The Name Harrah's Will Not Disappear as it Joins Caesars and Horseshoe as a Brand
• Owners of The Venetian and Palazzo Resorts Spending about $680 million to Replace the Sands Expo and Convention Center with a New 1.2 million sq ft Hall with 36-foot-high Ceilings
• Atlantic City Council Votes Unanimously To Approve Controversial Measure Prohibiting Smoking On All Casino Floors
• Omni Hotels Teams with the Culinary Institute of America to Produce New Innovative Banquet Menus
• Pelican System to Provide Engine for the 2008 FORMULA 1� SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Website for Official Hotel and Race Ticket Packages
• Swissôtel Hotels Blending Swiss Hospitality with Local Colour at the 467 room Swissôtel Grand, Shanghai
• General Manager Uwe Roggenthien Leading The BALSAMS Grand Resort Hotel, Dixville Notch, New Hampshire Through an Extensive Restoration
• IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan Signs Management Contract with RINKO Corporation; Hotel Niigata to be Re-branded as ANA Crowne Plaza
• HFTP 2008 Annual Convention & Tradeshow General Sessions Will Focus on Improving Work Environment and Current Topics in Hospitality Finance and Technology
• The Hotel Solamar, in Downtown San Diego Leads the Way for One of the Greenest Hotel Rooms in the City
• Led by General Manager Guenter H. Richter, the Executive Management Team at The Regent Bal Harbour Finalized
• Stefan Huber Named the General Manager of the Inn and Spa at Loretto in Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Denihan Hospitality Group Promotes Five Hoteliers  to Top Management Positions at Manhattan Properties

• Advantage Fitness Products Adds to National Footprint with New Florida Headquarters and Design Center; Leading Fitness Supplier Makes Immediate Hospitality Industry Impact with Projects at the Westin Diplomat and Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables
• Ownership of the Westin Casuarina Charging Attendees of a Dental Conference for the Organizer's $57,000 Past Due Bill; Convention Industry Veterans Question the Ethics and Legality of the Decision
• Investment Fund Managed by Blackrock Claims The Royal Palm Hotel in South Beach Has Defaulted on a $25 million Loan
• Oxford Development Files Plans with City of Raleigh, North Carolina for a 123 room Hyatt Summerfield Suites
• Nakheel Hotels Investing $375 million in Exchange for a 50% Interest in the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Resort
• Value Oriented Restaurants Such as T.G.I. Friday's and The Original Pancake House Find Niche with Casino Hotels
• Joint Venture Between Millennium and Copthorne Hotels & Rakindo to Develop a New Affordable Business Hotel Brand in India; Chennai and Bangalore Selected for First Two Sites
• Luxury Marketing Partners Announces Aggressive Growth Initiatives; Global Marketing Communications Firm Opens New York Office, Changes Name & Expands International Clientele
• Sheraton Adding 54 Hotels by 2009, Including Six "Big Box" Hotels
• Motel Enterprises and Benson's, Inc. Break Ground on the SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Watkinsville, Georgia
• JMJ Hospitality Names Bernard de Villèle as President of the Company
• Grant L. Sabroff Joins Concord Hospitality Enterprises as Senior Vice President of Business Development
• Global Events Partners Names Andrew Rosuck to Lead GEP South Florida; Hospitality Executive Brings more than Two Decades of Innovation to GEP and its Clients
• Executive Management Team Appointed at the Renaissance ClubSport, Aliso Viejo, California - Headed by Derek Ellis GM
• The Bohemian Hotel at Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC Appoints Marc Bauer as General Manager

• Luxury Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa Opens with Maestro Suite to Centralize and Automate High-Touch Operations; Aiming at Five Stars: Stoneleigh drives service with integrated PMS, Spa, POS, Sales & Catering, ResEze Web booking engine and Business Intelligence
• Business Center Service Provider Uniguest Filling the Needs of 2,000 Hotel Operators
• In 2007, Six People Died from Hotel Balcony Falls in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Area
• The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Claims a Significant Loss of Revenue this Year Due to the Possibility of a Union Walkout
• Brothers John, Robert and Gerald Dunfey Honored with the University of New Hampshire 2008 Hoteliers of the Year Award
• Hotel Real Estate Sales Hyper-Active in 2007; Average Hotel Sold in 2007 Had Average Price Per Key of $117,000, Up from the Decade Low of $52,000 in 2000
• Marriott International Develops Integrated Strategy to Address Climate Change; Signs Agreement with the Brazilian State of Amazonas to Help Protect 1.4 million Acres of Endangered Brazilian Rainforest
• The Top Ten Training Centers in the United States for 2008
• Unique Joint Venture Brings Together Kempinski's European Experience with Anantara's Asian Experience
• Dallas' Landmark Fairmont Hotel Completes $14 million Makeover; Includes Transforming Three Floors Into 'Gold' Rooms
• Phuket's Longest Beach, Mai Khao, Still Unspoiled Even though Several Five-star Resorts Set to Open
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 92 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Richard Hartman Appointed Chief Executive Officer for Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
• Richard Dusome Appointed General Manager of Marina Mandarin Singapore
• Jared Potter Named Executive Chef for the Montauk Yacht Club Resort Hotel & Marina, Long Island, New York

• Is Water Conservation at Waterparks Considered Oxymoronic? / Eric B. Hansen
• Follow the Money: 10 Years of Profit Optimization Progress Pays Off for Operators; Customer service, revenue management focus in two markets a winning strategy for The Rainmaker Group and its clients
• Banks File Notice of Foreclosure Against Eagle Creek Resort near Findlay, Illinois - the 130 room Golf Resort is an Important Tourist Draw to the Area
• Harrah's Suspends Talks with Slovenia-based Hit Group about Developing a $1.2 billion Resort in the Eastern European Country - Unable to Reach a Suitable Agreement on a Management Contract
• The Statler Hotel, an Operating Unit of Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, Undertaking a Bold Renovation of the Storied On-Campus Hotel
• Aimbridge Hospitality to Manage aloft Chicago O'Hare for Continental Properties Company Inc.
• Among the 190 Embassy Suites Hotels in U.S. and Canada the Embassy Suites -St. Louis-St. Charles Hotel & Spa Ranked #1 for Second Consecutive Year for Exceptional Guest Service and Operational Quality
• The 2007 Hervey Feldman Award, Recognizing the Embassy Suites General Manager of Year, Presented to John Steinbach, Embassy Suites Lake Tahoe Hotel & Ski Resort, Nevada
• Hotel Owners & Operators Take Action to Control Labor Costs During Turbulent Economic Times; Carnus Systems, the leading artificial intelligence forecasting and labor scheduling provider, reports a spike in new inquires and implementations as the hospitality industry seeks to maintain profitability amidst economic uncertainty
• Newmarket International and Wide Computer Systems Ink Deal; Increasing Demand for the Delphi Sales Advantage Sparks Reseller Agreement in the Middle East
• Upping the Ante in Room Service, the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa Provides the Cocktail Concierge - Made-to-order Cocktails Served via a Cocktail Cart in the Guest Room
• Scott Blakeslee Named Vice President of Sales & Marketing, The Harmon Hotel, Spa & Residences, Las Vegas
• Roxanne Harrison Recognized by Benchmark Hospitality as Sales Executive of the Year; Veteran Sales Professional Ken Lupp Honored Prior to Retirement
• Jim Franklin Named General Manager at Premier Resorts' The Point Orlando Resort
• Beth Thomas, GM for the Westin Galleria & Westin Oaks Hotels, Named Interim Chair of The Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston
• For Sale - Classic full service 36 room country inn located in one of New England's top recreational destinations. Significant guestroom demand from groups, including weddings, corporate meetings and retreats, and seasonal bus tours. Offered at $2,900,000 on an all cash to the seller basis - more info

• Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. Announces Agreement with Real Hotels & Resorts with OneViewTM into Over 1,300 Rooms
• U.S. Hospitality Leaders Call for Plan to Attract More Overseas Visitors; Every Developed Country in the World Spends Money Promoting Travel and tourism, The U.S. Spends Zero
• Night Manager of the Regency Inn in San Bruno, California Brutally Attacked by Rowdy Hotel Guests
• Ex-Tamarack Vice President Suing the Idaho Resort for Severance Pay; Seeking More than $1 million, His Suit is the Latest in a String of Legal Action
• A Proposed Westin Resort Hotel at the Kentucky Horse Park, an Educational Theme Park, in Lexington, Kentucky May be in Jeopardy; The $118 million in Tax-exempt Bonds Not Sold Due to Economic Downturn  Causing Problems with Bond-insurance Companies
• Kimpton Closes $246 Million Third Hotel Acquisition Fund; Proprietary, Discretionary Fund Will Add $800+ Million Worth of Hotels in Three Years
• Denise Coll Named President of Starwood's North America Division, Will Oversee Operations, Sales and Marketing for More than 450 Hotels
• The Window Channel Delivers One-of-a-kind Programming to Hotel Industry; Custom content from around the world in High Definition offers the  ultimate vicarious escape
• Hotel Financing Takes Center Stage at JMBM's 18th Annual Meet the Money® 2008 in Las Vegas, May 6-8, 2008
• John Q. Hammons Planning New, European-style Hotel near Branson, Missouri
• Le Grand Lodge Mont-Tremblant, Member Hotel of Distinguished International Hotels, Residences & Resorts; Big Winner at this Years Grands Prix du Tourisme
• Two More Top-Flight Business Hotels Now Offering VSi Business Centers; D.C.-area Marriott and Miami-area Hyatt already seeing increased levels of revenue and guest satisfaction after recent installation of VSi Automated Business Center
• Intrawest Set to Open the 315 room Westin Imagine Near Orlando's Orange County Convention Center,  But the Village of Imagine is Still a Mirage - Land for Addional Hotels, Shops and Dining Still Mostly Vacant
• Developers Planning Two Extended Stay Hotels in Champaign, Illinois; a 121 unit Value Place and a 83 unit Candlewood Suites 
• Twenty4Seven Hotels Spends $10 million to Transform the 40-year-old Holiday Inn  in Tempe, Arizona to a New Sheraton Four Points
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Tom Cupo General Manager for The Chattanoogan in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Duane Quintana and Josephine Allen Join Marshall Management as Regional Director of Sales and Marketing and Marketing Manager, Respectively

April 2, 2008

• Courtyard by Marriott and its Hotel Owners Begin Phase-in of the Redesigned Courtyard Hotel Lobby; The Traditional Front Desk Replaced with Separate Welcome Podiums
• Refreshing Leadership; Four Carlson Hotels Worldwide locations join FreshStay®
• In What Business Are We? Designing Cool Funky Restaurants or Serving Tasty Food? Over the Past Ten Years a Noticeable Shift Has Taken Place in the Hotel Restaurant Business
• Biloxi City Council Receives Proposal for a 400 room Wyndham Harbour Pointe Resort; The Non-gaming Condo Hotel Would Neighbor the Hard Rock Casino
• It Is Raining New Hotels in India; New Construction Estimates Indicate About 70,000-80,000 rooms Over Next Two Years
• The Beucher Family Turns Over Day to Day Management of the Mission Inn Resort & Club Located Near Orlando, Florida to Benchmark Hospitality International
• In the Milwaukee Area a Baymont Inn, Days Inn, Motel 6 and the Best Western Quiet Horse All Experienced an Armed Robbery in Last 30 Days
• Newmarket International and Cvent Partner to Enable Powerful Connection Between Meeting Planners and Hospitality Venues; Newmarket's MeetingBrokerSM and Cvent's Supplier Network integrate to enable intelligent and efficient electronic request for proposal (eRFP) process
• AH&LA Hosting Hospitality Leaders to Develop Industry Initiatives and Recognize Lodging Achievement; Summit Set for June 8-12, 2008, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Recipient of the 15th Annual Frank Berkman Tourism Achievement Award Presented by the HSMAI Big Apple Chapter
• California Hotel & Lodging Association Recognizes Stars of the Industry; Jack Campbell Inducted into the CH&LA Hall of Fame
• Mark Becker Named General Manager at the 294 room Hyatt Regency in Sarasota, Florida
• Gregory C. Stafford Hired to Manage the Hotel Providence in Providence, Rhode Island
• Mitchell Kaldrovich Appointed Executive Chef at the Inn By The Sea, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

• "I still see significant upside for online travel companies in the US" - Orbitz's Aaron Cooper / Online Marketing in Travel Special 
• Hyatt Rosemont Installs FlyteBoard Flight Information Display to Serve Traveling Guests; Hyatt gains 'wallet share;' guests stay on property longer when flights are delayed
• Top Twenty Hotel Brands in the World at January 1, 2008, Also Top Ten Hotel Groups in the World
• Big Change in Cuba: Cuban Citizens Now Allowed to Stay, Dine in the Country's Hotels. Most Cannot Afford It, But It's a Psychological Lift
• Consultant Study Projects Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center Will Double the 20 Significant Events it Attracts Each Year With the Completion of a 1,000 Room Hotel Next Door
• The Chartres Lodging Group Invests $21 million In Complete Remodel of the Former Holiday Inn City Centre in Downtown Chicago; Will Rebrand 500 room Property to Doubletree
• Speakers and Agenda Set for Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association's Annual Conference - "The Changing Face of Hospitality" / April 28-29, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Teledex iPhones Rated Compliant with Mitel 3300 IP Communications Platform; Company's SIP Offerings Now Available to Wider Range of Hospitality Industry Users
• Molinaro Koger Advises Procaccianti in Sale of Marriott Hotel Richmond
• The DLF Group, a Real Estate Developer in India, and Hilton Hotels Corporation Building Seven Hilton Branded Hotels Across India
• UniFocus' STAFFScope® Endorsed by Dallas CVB: "Tremendous Value" 'Big D' Convention-Visitor Bureau Sees "Dramatic Increase in Employee Satisfaction"
• Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning Receives the China Hotel Development of the Year Award
• Carson Gaming, L.L.C. Completes 100-room Courtyard by Marriott Located at the Casino Fandango, Carson City, Nevada;  InterMountain Management, LLC Will Manage Hotel
• Ian Cole, VP of Strategic Technology for Starwood Vacation Ownership, Named the 2008 CHTP of the Year
• IHG and American Hotel Development Partners Dedicate First White Oak in Honor of Upcoming Hotelier Lost to Cancer; Clyde J. Harris, IV., Was the Latest to Follow Family Footsteps As a Career Hotelier
• Michael J. Slosser Promoted to Vice President and Managing Director of Operations for Destination Hotels & Resorts
• Fairmont Appoints Three Executives to Key Overseas Posts
• Ivan Lee Appointed General Manager of Pan Pacific Singapore