1. U.S. Hotels To Bottom Out In 2009; PKF Forecasts Two Years Of Declining Lodging Demand
2. Tough Sledding Ahead for Hotel Industry / Karen L. Johnson
3. Best and Worst of Hotels; Cleanliness, Quiet and Customer Service Top Three Issues for Travelers 
4. The Top 10 Hippest Hotels for the Fashion Foward in the World 
5. 10 Hotel Sales Action Steps to Succeed in Today�s Competitive Marketplace / Dr. John Hogan
6. Departing President and CEO of the Wyndham Hotel Group,  Steven A. Rudnitsky, to Get $2.2 million Severance 
7. How does Revenue Management Work in Small and Independent Hotel Chains? Special Interview with Elizabeth Churchill, VP Sales and Marketing, Aqua Hotels and Resorts 
8. Where are Indoor Waterpark Hotels and Resorts Headed? / Rajesh Shah
9. Embezzling $1.4 million from the Residence Inn in Tukwila, Washington Gets the Former GM Three Years in Prison 
10. A Member of the Colorado Delegation to the GOP Convention Describes Losing $50,000 in a  Hotel Room Tryst 
11. Bray & Gillespie Including Subsidiary, Ocean Resort, Files  Chapter 11 Blaming the Economy and Legal Battlers for Defaulting on $400 million in Debt 
12. Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Sales People �  Accelerated Sense of Urgency / Carol Veret 
13. Megaresort Planned for Mesa, Arizona; DMB Associates, Inc. and Gaylord Entertainment Sign Agreement to Build  the Largest Destination Resort and Convention Center in Arizona
14. 5 Questions Hotel Owners Need to Ask Before Selecting a Brand; Brands are proliferating rapidly, offering more choices -- and challenges -- for hotel owners / Robert E. Braun
15. Meet the Hotel Guest of 2020 
16. My Definition of Hospitality. What�s Yours? / John Hogan
17. Agreement on Bailout Bill?  The ''Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008" Will Set Up "TARP" for the U.S. Economy and the Hospitality Industry / Jim Butler
18. Principles for Success as a Hotel Manager: 6 Observations on Finding and Employing Problem Solvers / Dr. John Hogan
19. Delivering World-Class Service Pt. 2: Personal Service Standards / Bryan K. Williams
20. Except for First Floor Flooding the 11 Biloxi Casinos Spared Major Damage from Hurricane Gustav 
21. Big Changes Proposed to the ADA May be Very Expensive and Cause More Litigation for the Hotel Industry / Jim Butler
22. Affiliate of Ocean Properties Ltd. Acquires the 330 room Sagamore Resort on Lake George, Bolton Landing, New York
23. Revenue Management in Small and Independent Hotels 
24. Wyndham Hotel Group Expands Roles for Key Executives 
25. A Picture�s Worth More Bookings; Leverage Photography and Rich Media to Increase Online Revenue 

• Agreement on Bailout Bill?  The ''Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008" Will Set Up "TARP" for the U.S. Economy and the Hospitality Industry
• Follow the Industry's Hottest Trend - Waterpark Resorts; Attend the World Waterpark Association's Waterpark Resort Development & Expansion Workshop
• Great Ideas for National Customer Service Week 2008 /  Bryan K. Williams
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Appoints New Development Team for the Caribbean and Latin America; Seeks to Quadruple Management and Franchise Business
• Gemstone Hotels & Resorts Selected to Concept and Manage the Historic Hilltop House Hotel in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia and the Hotel Ithaca, Ithaca, New York
• Kempinski Residences, Led by Jean-Claude Bailly, Showing Signifcant Growth in Just Two Years
• The City of Bemidji, Minnesota Seeking a Request for Proposals for a Hotel Partner to Develop and Operate a 120-room or Greater, Full-service, Quality-branded Convention Center Hotel
• Complaints About Bedbug Bites at a Days Inn in Farmington, New Mexico Focuses Attention on the Lack of City/State Regulations to Deal with the Problem
• Gateway Canyons Selects Comprehensive Solution Suite from Agilysys; Resort Implements Property Management, Inventory and Procurement, POS Solutions
• EZYield.com To Present Industry Leading Hotel Channel Management Solution at EyeforTravel's Travel Distribution Summit North America
• Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts Appoints Three to GM Posts in Asia Pacific 
• Stacy Martin Named General Manager of the Ellis Hotel on Peachtree, Atlanta, Georgia

September 29, 2008 

• "A Bakers Dozen" of Strategies for Hotel Food and Beverage Directors / Hotel Common Sense / John Hogan
• Embezzling $1.4 million from the Residence Inn in Tukwila, Washington Gets the Former GM Three Years in Prison
• Philadelphia Four Seasons Hotel Turns 25; Hotel's Top Service? Top Secrecy.
• The Historic Pierpont Inn in Venura, California On the Market for $16.5 million
• Butte, Montana's Copper King Hotel and Convention Center Up for Sale; Asking Price $6 million for the 164 room Property
• Four Mega Brand Companies - IHG, Wyndham, Hilton and ACCOR - Set for Lively Competition at the Hispanic Hotel, Development and Investment Conference
• The Former Rome Cavalieri Hilton Completes Rebranding to Rome Cavalieri, The Waldorf=Astoria Collection
• 3rd Annual HR in Hospitality� Conference Ramping Up To Be 'Best of Three';  NEW location, NEW speakers, and NEW session topics selected to provide HR practitioners with access to the people and ideas that are shaping the industry's future
• Carmel Partners Selects Rainmaker revolution LROTM Revenue Optimization Solution for 57 Communities; LRO delivers 3.55% lift in revenue billed per unit in 8 community pilot test
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 91 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Stefan Bollhalder Appointed General Manager of the Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong
• Peter Nielsen Named General Manager of the Nelsen Lodge in Revelstoke, British Columbia
• Sam Jagger Joins Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, California as Director of Sales and Marketing
• Charles L. Black III Named Director of  Sales and Marketing for Cap Juluca on Caribbean island of Anguilla

• TravelCLICK's iHotelier Receives PCI Certification; New certification for credit card data security reinforces the hotel reservation system's position as leading merchandizing platform
• Orlando, FL Wi-Fi Technology Luncheon to be held on October 1st
• Punta Cana Resort in  U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel Tax Scandal Unaware of Flap
• Wyndham Hotel Group Reports 35 Branded Hotels (5,668 rooms) Currently Under Construction; Incluides Five in Manhattan
• J.W. Marriott, Jr. Recipient of the 2009 International Society of Hospitality Consultants Pioneer Award
• Developer Lewis Wolff Gains City of Scottsdale Approval to Build a 125 unit Element 
• Boomerang Hotels® the New Master Brand and Parent Company Name for GuestHouse International® and Settle Inn & Suites®
• Developed by East West Partners, The 210 room Westin Riverfront in Avon, Colorado Opens 
• Desires Hotels Named Manager of the 167 room Hotel Ludlow in New York City's Lower East Side
• KoolConnect Launches "Mystery Shop Intrigue" at Select Hotels; Campaign brings complimentary HD VOD viewing to hospitality's leading hotelier
• Roger Soane Named General Manager, The Fairmont Chateau Whistler, British Columbia
• Kevin Williams Named General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, San Francisco
• Eric Gavin Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Loews Miami Beach Hotel
• Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Chattanooga General Manager Andrea Anderson Recognized with the Outstanding General Manager of the Year (Medium Property) by the Tennessee Hotel and Lodging Association

• Darden School of Business Gives MSI's Hospitality Solutions Top Grades; MSI's Property Management Software successfully implemented at Darden's on Campus Hotel
• Hollywood Casino Tunica Installs Rainmaker revolution sm Revenue Management, Optimizes Rates, Occupancy; 494-room Hollywood Casino uses revolution to book most profitable customers
• IHG Create New Timeshare Brand; Holiday Inn Club Vacations Launches with Orange Lake's Fagship 2,412 Villa Property in Orlando, Florida
• The Kemmons Wilson Connection Was a Pivotal Element in Deal Teaming Up Orange Lake Resorts with Holiday Inn
• The Value of Cost Segregation for Hotels & Motels / Israel Segal
• Mesa, Arizona's Economic History One Day Could be Divided into Two Major Chapters: B.G. and A.G., as in Before Gaylord and After Gaylord
• Gloucester, Massachusetts Residents On a Marriott Hotel Plan: 'No, No', 'No and Never'
• Foreign Travelers Continue to Boost South Florida's Tourism Industry, But for How Long?
• Aurora, Illinois City Council Imposes Moratorium on Building Hotels for Six Months; Fear Too Many Small Hotels Might Compromise Future Plans for a Convention Center and Adjoining Hotel
• Legendary Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa Selects UniFocus' GUESTScope�; GUESTScope� Enables Personalized Responses to Guest Feedback
• Tropicana Entertainment Intends to Try to Block Sale of its Tropicana City Casino and Resort in Atlantic City if Conservator Accepts Unreasonably Low Price
• Davidson Hotel Company Begins Management of the Scottsdale Cottonwoods Resort and Suites in Arizona
• AH&LA Supported Travel Promotion Act Moves to Full U.S. House of Representatives for Vote; Legislation Would Establish a Non-profit Corporation to Communicate U.S Entry Policies and Promote Travel to the U.S.
• George Glazer, Senior Vice President American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, Receiving HFTP's 2008 Paragon Award
• Hilton Hotels Appoints Thomas C. Kennedy as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Robert L. Steele, III Appointed President and COO of the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation
• Pilar Gomez Appointed General Manager at the Hacienda Tres Rios, Riviera Maya, México
• Ocean Properties, Ltd. Names Jessica Nixon Catering & Conference Services Manager for The Samoset Resort

• Full Property and Web Integration is Key to Success for Nantucket Island Resorts Using Maestro PMS to Maximize Online Revenue and Boost Productivity for 5 Hotels
• Elite Meetings International Releases List of Five Top Renovated Resorts
• U.S. Hotels To Bottom Out In 2009: PKF Forecasts Two Years Of Declining Lodging Demand
• A Hampton Inn Miami-Airport West Housekeeping Attendant Claims Health Woes After Cleaning Up for Two Lemurs, a Monkey and an Alligator
• At Age 75, Famed Restaurateur Russell Salvatore to Open Steakhouse and Hotel in Lancaster, New York
• Cleveland's Second Wind: 2008 Hotel Industry Overview / Hotel & Leisure Advisors
• Hotel Occupancies Drop During August, 2008 in Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas
• Houston Hotels Jam Packed: Emergency Workers, Evacuees Crave Air Conditioning
• Six Steps to More Loyal Customers / Kevin Stirtz
• Owen Perry's Villa Group Begins First Phase of the $600 million Resort Development in Loreto, Baja Sur, Mexico with the 161 unit Villa del Palmar Loreto; Project Will Encompass Hotel, Timeshare, Fractional, and Whole Ownership Real Estate
• Hotel AG, a Hotel Brokerage Company, Sells the Hilton Garden Inn Columbia, South Carolina
• Market Metrix Selected to Measure Feedback, Enhance Guest Loyalty for Largest North American Boutique Hotel Company and Industry Trend-setter, Kimpton
• Taj Hotels Signs Management Contract with Dodla International Limited to Operate the 137 Unit Taj Residency Trivandrum in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
• Fort Wayne's new Holiday Inn Gives Meaning to Concept of a "Theme Hotel";  Close Ties to IPFW, Holiday Inn Past and Future Apparent Throughout Hotel
• Kimberly Schaefer Promoted to President & COO, Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.
• Wyndham Hotel Group Expands Roles for Key Executives
• Destination Hotels Brings on Isaac Gerstenzang as Corporate Director of E-Commerce
• Benchmark Hospitality International Promotes Tade Allen to Director of Sales & Marketing for The Founders Inn & Spa
• Sharon Mock, President of the Daytona Beach Area CVB Recipient of the Hospitality Leadership Award from the Hotel & Lodging Association of Volusia County

• A Picture's Worth More Bookings; Leverage Photography and Rich Media to Increase Online Revenue
• M Resort, Spa and Casino Selects Suite of Solutions from Agilysys; Las Vegas Resort to Implement Property Management, Procurement, Spa Solutions
• WWA's Waterpark Resort Development & Expansion Workshop Early-Bird Registration Ends September 26th; The waterpark resort is the fastest-growing segment of the waterpark industry-come learn why at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas!
• Big Changes Proposed to the ADA May be Very Expensive and Cause More Litigation for the Hotel Industry / Jim Butler
• The Sage Resort, A 260 unit Condo Hotel Project in Orlando, Florida, Goes into Chapter 11
• City of Columbus, Georgia Wins Suit Against Expedia Over Lodging Taxes; Expedia Argued Complaint Was Moot As it No Longer Listed Columbus Hotels on its Web Site
• The Hyatt West Hollywood Undergoing Transformation to the Andaz West Hollywood, Global Hyatt's First Andaz in the U.S.
• Jumeirah Group Appointed by Timbers Resorts to Manage the Jumeirah Botany Bay Resort on St. Thomas Island, US Virgin Islands
• RockResorts Selected to Manage The Mansfield Inn at Stowe, Vermont; Project to Include Residences, Luxury Tents
• Top Quality Service Relies on Service...  Not Services / Lic. Rodrigo Alvarez y Jiménez
• Mubadala Development Company, an Affiliate of the the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Acquires 50% of Kor Hotel Group; Expect to Grow the Viceroy and Tides Brands Internationally
• Revelstoke Mountain Resort in British Columbia Chooses Signature RFID by VingCard to Secure the Nelsen Lodge; First Phase of High-end Ski Resort to be Outfitted with Contactless RFID Electronic Locks
• The Plasencia Group Advises on Sale of Historic Sagamore Resort for $88 million
• Choice Hotels Working with Ridgeline Hospitality to Build 118-suite Cambria Suites in Fort Worth, Texas
• Developer Bernard Wolfson Buys Prime Miami Brickell Site Formerly Planned for a Condo Tower; Will Build a 221 room Hampton Inn & Suites
• Franchisee Prime Holding Modifies the Under Construction Holiday Inn Express San Jose, Costa Rica to Become a Hotel Indigo
• Finca Cortesín, a New Hotel and Golf Resort Off the Coast of Southern Spain Opening October 2008
• Russ Mitchell Named Director of Sales & Marketing For The Westin South Coast Plaza

• City of Somerville, Massachusetts Releases Request for Qualifications for Davis Square Hotel; Hotel and Parking Garage to be Developed on One or More Surplus City-Owned Parcels
• Delivering World-Class Service Part 3: Company Service Standards / Bryan K. Williams
• As Much as Any Place in Asia, the Marriott in Islamabad Was Home - Letter from South Asia
• Who Was Behind the Islamabad Marriott Blast?
• $7.5 million Gift from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Allowing Chicago's DePaul University to Open a School of Hospitality Leadership In its Business School
• Owner Bentley-Forbes Planning a Retooling of the 55 story Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta to Free Up Space for a Lxury Hotel
• Asbestos Woes Close the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Boston - Peabody
• Cordish Co. and Kansas Speedway Joint Venture Awarded Rights to Develop $705 million Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at the Kansas Speedway Track in Kansas City, Kansas
• Chattanooga Adding at Least Six New Hotels with Almost 700 rooms Withing the Next Two Years
• Sator's Private Equity Fund Investing €30 million in the Baglioni Hotel Group; Roberto Polito Will Continue to Lead the Portfolio of 14 Hotels
• The Fairmont Dallas Pyramid Restaurant Reopens with Classic Dishes Infused with Modern Twists; Executive Chef jW Foster Installs Herb and Vegetable Garden on the Hotel's Terrace Level
• Piedmont Hospitality and Alex. Brown Realty, Inc. Joint Venture Completes $4.0 Million Renovation of Holiday Inn in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia
• Former Amerisuites Transformed into the First All-suites Indigo Branded Concept; The Hotel Indigo Chicago-Vernon Hills Owned by Florida Capital Real Estate Group and Managed by Lane Hospitality
• Hurricane Ike: Challenges and Opportunities? / Harry Nobles
• Habits of Highly Successful Revenue Managers - New Habits for '08 and '09; Web Cast September 26, 11:00am MDT
• Rocco Forte Collection Appoints Henning Mattheison as General Manager and Tanja Pfifers Director of Sales & Marketing at The Augustine, Prague, Czech Republic
• Life Resorts and Hoang Tra Travel and Trading Co. Co-developing a 182-room Resort on Danang's China Beach in Vietnam
• Pinehurst Resort Appoints Thierry Debailleul to Executive Chef

• Where are Indoor Waterpark Hotels and Resorts Headed? / Rajesh Shah
• My Definition of Hospitality. What's Yours? / Dr. John Hogan
• Singaporean Based KOP Capital Invests US$250 Million in Stein Group International; Plans to Expand in Luxury Hotels
• Opinion: City Owned $450 million Convention Center Hotel in Downtown Dallas Deserves a Lively Debate
• Jim Abrams Is Inducted Into the California Hotel & Lodging Association Hall of Fame
• SoftHotel Signs AutoClerk® as Value-Added Reseller
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts and The John Buck Company Open aloft Cool Springs, Tennessee
• Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Makes Three General Manager Moves

September 18, 2008

• TravelCLICK Wins 16 International WebAwards for Outstanding Achievement in Website Development; Unprecedented number of awards gives TravelCLICK the leadership position in web design and web direct bookings for the hotel industry
• Hoteliers Grapple with the Variations in Spa Financial Reporting / John Korpi
• Fort Lauderdale Denies Plat Change Necessary For Developers to Build a Value Place Hotel
• Meet the Hotel Guest of 2020 / Jitendra Jain
• Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority Approves Plans for a 196-room Embassy Suites Near the OU Medical Center - But Want Stucco Facade Replaced with Masonry
• Hammes Company Acquiring the Edgewater Hotel in Downtown Madison, Wisonsin; Plans to Expand and Refurbish
• Houston Eateries Fire Up Following Hurricane Ike
• Kansas City Paying $36,000 for Consultants Recommendations on How a 1,000 room Convention Hotel Should be Developed and Financed
• Crescent Hotels & Resorts Opens Highmark, Steamboat Springs' First All-Suite Hotel
• Wadhwa Developers Signs Langham Hotels International to Operate 180 room Langham Place Koregaon Park in Pune, India
• Owned by Foshay Hotel LLC, W Minneapolis-The Foshay Features Manny's Steakhouse, Prohibition Bar and the Only Observation Deck in Minneapolis
• Delco Development Breaks Ground on a Starwood Branded 154 room Aloft Hotel in Mount Laurel, New Jersey
• Jonathan Wise Appointed President and General Manager, Nicole Wise Named General Manager and VP Development, Taunovo Bay Resort, Fiji
• HEI Hotels Appoints Joyce Lyle-Freeman General Manager of the Crown Plaza San Antonio Hotel-Riverwalk
• Jennifer Johnson Appointed Director of National Sales for Destination Hotels & Resorts Washington D.C. Office

• Accor Hospitality Signs Agreement with TravelCLICK for Electronic Marketing and Market Intelligence Solutions; Agreement brings proven suite of Distribution Management, Market Intelligence and GDS Media Solutions to over 4,000 hotels in 100 countries
• Landry's Restaurants, Inc., the Owner of Several Hotels, Restaurants in Galveston, "Not the Same Company" Following Hurricane Ike; Jobs of 3,000 Employees in Question
• Three Hotel Monacos -- in Denver, Chicago and Salt Lake City Acquired by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC for Approximately $190 million or $313,000 per Key; Kimpton Remains Manager
• A Member of the Colorado Delegation to the GOP Convention Describes Losing $50,000 in a  Hotel Room Tryst
• Garfield Traub Development and Armada Hoffler Chosen as Finalists to Develop a 700 room Convention Center Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Hotels at Las Vegas's CityCenter Setting the Guest Room Technology Bar a Bit Higher then Dial-up Internet Access and Free Movies
• Affiliate of Ocean Properties Ltd. Acquires the 330 room Sagamore Resort on Lake George, Bolton Landing, New York
• The Rajawali Group and Starwood Open The St. Regis Bali Resort; The 121 Suite and Villa Property Located in Nusa Dua On the Southern Tip of Bali
• Hospitality Technology Company MSI Successfully Adds Windows Vista Platform to Property Management Software; MSI continues to deliver leading-edge property management solution for clients
• Related WestPac Names Jud Hawk General Manager of Aspen/Snowmass Hospitality
• Sage Hospitality Names Brian L. Throne as Vice President Financial Services

• Revenue Management in Small and Independent Hotels; A Hands-on-approach
• Leading Management Company Selects FlyteBoard to Serve Air Travelers at 'A' Location Hotels in Virginia and DC; New guest amenity provides competitive advantage in hot market
• Local Internet Marketing Strategies for Franchised Hotels; Complement the Brand's Efforts and Capture Local Internet Revenue Opportunities / Max Starkov and Mariana Mechoso
• Hotel Union to Push for Legalizing Casino Table Games at Greenbrier Resort, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; Believes Effort Will Help Insure Jobs at the Resort
• A Group, Known as Citizens Against the Taxpayer-Owned Hotel, Rises Up to Put a Stop to Dallas' Plan to Finance a $400 million Convention Center Hotel
• Two Brothers Working to Restore Peoria's 3rd Largest Hotel, the Ramada Inn and Conference Center, to its Former Grandeur
• Dollars Generated by the San Diego Convention Center Reaches All Time High in 2008; Hosted 234 Events in the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2008
• Habits of Highly Successful Revenue Managers - New Habits for '08 and '09; Web Cast September 26, 11:00am MDT
• American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation Names the 2008 Hospitality Students Receiving Scholarships from Four Donor Programs
• Hotel Assets Group, LLC Sells Equity Stake in Company to Cassidy Pinkard Colliers
• Destination Hotels & Resorts and LRA Worldwide Partner on a Guest Experience Diagnostic Program
• California Lodging Industry Association Recognizes Joie de Vivre and its Founder, Chip Conley with its 2008 Outstanding Lodging Property and Chairman's Awards, Respectively
• VingCard Helps "Give Kids The World"; Leading Electronic Lock Provider Contributes to Florida-based Foundation For Children with Life-threatening Illnesses
• Developed and Owned by Nueterra Real Estate Development, LLC, the Suburban Extended Stay Hotel in Bentonville, Arkansas Will Be Managed by The Generation Companies
• Benchmark Hospitality International Names Wende Blumberg General Manager for Mission Inn Resort & Club, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida
• HEI Hotels & Resorts Appoints Joseph White General Manager  of Detroit Metro Airport Marriott
• Crestline Hotels Appoints Justin J. Presnol as General Manager for the Hilton Garden Inn in Downtown Detroit

• City of Somerville, Massachusetts Releases Request for Qualifications for Davis Square Hotel; Hotel and Parking Garage to be Developed on One or More Surplus City-Owned Parcels
• Bray & Gillespie Including Subsidiary, Oceans Resorts, Files Chapter 11 Blaming the Economy and Legal Battles for Defaulting on $400 million in Debt 
• Press Statement by the Governor of The Turks and Caicos Islands Including Report from The Turks & Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association "Largely 'Business as Usual' for the Majority of its Member Hotels and  Resorts" following Hurrican Ike 
• Five Star Development Considering the Marriott Brand Edition for Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona; Edition is the Product of an Odd Collaboration of Studio 54 Co-founder Ian Schrager and Marriott Chairman Bill Marriott 
• Developer Mark Kinser Commenses Construction on the Two Tower, Six story, 241 Unit Condominium Hotel, The Colosseum in Blacksburg, Virginia 
• Hotel Franchise Companies Performance Appraisal Report, and a Down-to-earth Assessment of the Hotel Capital Markets / Stanley Turkel
• Ming's, a Popular Palo Alto, California Restaurant, Planning to Add a 160 room Hotel
• Sage Hospitality Resources Management Chooses ProfitSword to Provide Business Intelligence Software to its Portfolio
• John Q. Hammons' Opens the 283 Suite Embassy Suites® Murfreesboro, Tennessee Ahead of Schedule; The 28,800-square-foot Mirabella Grand Ballroom is the Third Largest in the Greater Nashville Market
• Owner Marian Ilitch Completes $300 million Expansion of the MotorCity Casino Hotel; Expects the 400 room Hotel and Entertainment Center to Help Make Downtown Detroit a Destination for Leisure and Business Travelers
• Driftwood Hospitality and its Investment Fund RodBlu Open the 122 room Hotel Indigo Miami Dadeland, formerly a Ramada Limited
• Hotel Internet Marketing Company VIZERGY®  Celebrates 10 Years of Profitability
• Carnival Cruise Lines Bring SAS Onboard for Marketing Automation; SAS serves up deepened customer insight for effective customer interactions, powers cruise vacation leader to improve yield
• TIG Global to Assist One of Europe's Most Famous Hotels, Gran Hotel La Florida; TIG Global Launches Integrated and Multi-Lingual Online Marketing Efforts to Reach the World
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 81 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Tina Denfeld Named Regional General Manager for the Winterhaven and Blue Moon Hotels in South Beach Miami
• The JW Marriott New Orleans Appoints Etienne "ET" Tardy as Director of Sales and Marketing

• Developer Richard Curto Delays Plans for a 122-room Hyatt Place and a 102-room Hyatt Summerfield Suites in Downtown Milwaukee
• Court Will Get Trademark Fight over Plaza Name in Las Vegas; Case Piqueing Interest in Las Vegas, Europe and Israel 
• The City of Houston Is Selling the 1,203 Hilton Americas-Houston; Average Occupancy Up to  70% Since Opening in 2003
• The Mirage's 19 year-old Volcano Getting a $25 million Facelift
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Report Performance of its Peninsula Hotels Somewhat Mixed for the the Six Months Ended 30 June 2008;  Downturn in the US Economy Felt Most at The Peninsula New York, Whose RevPAR Decreased by 15%  / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Principles for Success as a Hotel Manager: 6 Observations on Finding and Employing Problem Solvers / Dr. John Hogan
• Who Should Train Your Employees? / Harry Nobles
• Distinguished International Hotels, Residences and Resorts Chooses Cendyn For Their Interactive Marketing Services
• Jim Sullivan, Lodging Development Chief at Marriott International, to Retire; Tony Capuano to Become Development Head
• Hilton Hotels Promotes Daniel Hughes to Senior Vice President, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America
• Capella Hotels and Resorts Names Romana Heeg General Manager of Capella Ixtapa
• Nigel Badminton Takes Over as Hotel Manager of The New York Palace, a Recent Addition to the Dorchester Collection
• Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia Appoints Fredrik Blomqvist as Hotel Manager
• Chef Anthony Meidenbauer, Former Executive Sous Chef at the Wynn, Opening a Restaurant Called LBS: A Burger Joint (as in pounds) at the Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa, Las Vegas

• How does Revenue Management Work in Small and Independent Hotel Chains? Special Interview with Elizabeth Churchill, VP Sales and Marketing, Aqua Hotels and Resorts
• Tough Sledding Ahead for Hotel Industry / Karen L. Johnson
• Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Sales People - Accelerated Sense of Urgency / Carol Verret
• Hurricane Ike tosses Caribbean tourism for a Loop: Tourist Facilities in Grand Turk, Salt Cay and South Caicos Badly Damaged, Cruise Lines Redraw Caribbean Itineraries
• Brookfield, Wisconsin  Convention and Visitors Bureau May Dissolve; Executive Director and Sales Manager Resign
• Consultants Tell City of Albuquerque it Can Support a New 550-room Downtown Convention Hotel if New Events Center is Built
• Robert DeVoe Retiring -  Long Term General Manager of the Portola Hotel and Spa at Monterey Bay, California
• New Edition of "International Hotels: Development and Management" Explores Global Issues
• Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Partners with UniFocus for Guest Feedback; Canada's Newest All Season Mountain Resort Selects GUESTScope�
• Splendia.com Expands Ultra Luxe Offering with UltraDirect®
• Industry Leaders Make Breakthrough in In-room Mobile Media Viewing; KoolConnect Creates Convenient TV-Screen Prompts To Enhance the Ease of Use of TeleAdapt's Passive MediaHubs
• Four Points by Sheraton Opens Newly Built 150 room Hotel in Manhattan's SoHo District
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Alex White Director of Recruitment
• Anthony J. Burke Appointed Executive Chef at Lake at Lanier Islands Resort, Georgia

• Sea Island Resorts Selects TIG Global to Strengthen its Online Presence; TIG Global Unveils New Website and Online Marketing Plan to Increase Resort's Revenue
• San Francisco Marriott Adds Efficiencies to Busy Concierge Operations with GoConcierge; System Has Immediate, Positive Impact on Guest Experience
• Interview: Belinda Yeung, COO, Hong Kong-based Regal Hotels / Murray Bailey, Travel Business Analyst
• The Hotel Decor at-Home Trend Growing; A Night's Stay at One Your Favorite Hotels Goes a Long Way Toward Designing Your Interior
• Florida Hotel Executives Say this Year's Hurricane Season So Far Hasn't Approached the Marketing Disaster Brought on by the 2004 and 2005 Hurricane Seasons
• The $180 million 556 room InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Intends to Sell Itself as Downtown Luxury at Suburban Prices
• The Turks and Caicos Islands Report Extensive Hurricane Damage
• Starwood and Claret Capital Complete Renovation of the St. Regis Washington, D.C., Includes an Alain Ducasse Restaurant - Adour
• Mike Paulin, Owner & CEO of Honolulu's Aqua Hotels & Resorts Creates Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) to Attract and Keep the Best Hospitality Employees
• SAGU, LLC. and Hotel Equities Open the 70 room Country Inn & Suites in Albany, Georgia; Beth Britto Opening GM
• Atlanta's hotel midtown Selects Luxe Worldwide Hotels For Exclusive Representation: Ideal Destination for Business & Entertainment
• Not Just for Meeting Rooms Anymore, Event Technologies Move Beyond Four Walls to Make Guestrooms, Public Spaces 'Rock'
• CARE® Online Program Streamlines Alcohol Service Training
• Butte, Montana Community Leaders: Unexpected Closure of the 146 room Copper King Hotel and Convention Center Doesn't Mean Economic Downturn
• LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels Converts to MTech's HotSOS to Manage Guest Services; Leading resort and hotel company's services-management upgrade will generate benefits on corporate as well as property level
• Good Morning America & Entertainment Tonight Veteran Partners with VFM Interactive
• Crestline Appoints Tim Bailey as General Manager for the Westin Virginia Beach Town Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Alex Gregory Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the Royal Palms Resort and Spa, a Destination Hotels & Resorts Property in Phoenix, Arizona

• Starwood Hawaii Resorts First To Appear in New ResortPort� Program; Starwood Hawaii Content Now Available on Thousands of Agency Websites Reaching Millions of Consumers
• City of Somerville, Massachusetts Releases Request for Qualifications for Davis Square Hotel; Hotel and Parking Garage to be Developed on One or More Surplus City-Owned Parcels
• 5 Questions Hotel Owners Need to Ask Before Selecting a Brand; Brands are proliferating rapidly, offering more choices -- and challenges --for hotel owners / Robert E. Braun
• The Hottest Spot for New Hotels Outside the Middle East's Dubai - Panama; Some Dubbing the Tropical Nation the "New Miami"
• National Pest Management Association Claims Bedbug Surge of about 70% in the Past Five Years; Experts Unsure About the Cause, The Six-legged Bloodsuckers Will Infest a One-star or a Five-star Hotel Just as Quickly
• Deutsche Bank Takes Over Full Ownership of the Partially Built 2,998 unit Cosmopolitan on the Vegas Strip; Contracts with Related Cos. to Finish the Development of the 3.9 billion Project
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise Owner of the Comfort Inn and Suites Fort Madison, Iowa
• UrbanAmerica Selects Pyramid Hotel Group to Manage the 1,102 room International Plaza Resort & Spa in Orlando, Florida
• The 2008 Republican National Convention Brought 45,000 Visitors to Minneapolis Saint Paul; More Facts and Figures
• Expansion Plans for the Hotel del Coronado, a San Diego National Historic Landmark, Altered by a Small but Active Earthquake Fault
• Driftwood Hospitality Management Completes $5.7 Million Renovation at the 179 room Sheraton Bellevue Hotel in Seattle
• Jerry Gibson Named Hilton's Area Vice President of Hawaii and Managing Director of Hilton Hawaiian Village® Beach Resort & Spa; Follows Gerhard (Gary) Seibert, Who is Retiring after a 35-year Career with Hilton
• Davidson Hotel Company Appoints Bernard M. Murphy as Senior Vice President-Business Development

September 5, 2008

• Meeting Traveler Magazine Announces 2009 Private Meetings Summit
• Departing President and CEO of the Wyndham Hotel Group, Steven A. Rudnitsky, to Get $2.2 million Severance
• Following Multi-million dollar Renovation, Joie de Vivre Hospitality Opens the Waterfront Hotel in Oakland's Jack London Square; JdV Will Reprise its First Successful Restaurant Miss Pearl's Jam House at the Hotel
• UK Restaurateur Roger Myers Selects Kor Hotel Group to Reposition and Manage the Jalousie Plantation in St. Lucia; Resort Will Close, Receive $100 million Redesign/Improvements and Reopen as the The Tides Sugar Beach in 2010
• Unlike Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Hurricane Gustav Caused More Disruption than Destruction to the Gulf Coast Casino Industry
• Las Vegas Sands Signs Starwood Hotels & Resorts to Operate the St. Regis Residences at the Venetian Palazzo; The $600 million Tower Located Between the Palazzo and Venetian Resorts Will Contain 398 Luxury Condos
• Dubai Real Estate Giant Sobha Group Planning to Own and Develop Hotels Under the Brand Sobha Hotels in Dubai, India, Oman and Zanzibar
• Rosewood Appoints Michael Casey as Managing Director and Sharon Myers Director of Sales & Marketing for Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park, California
• JC Resorts seeking a Sales Manager for the Rancho Bernardo Inn. Requires 3-5 years experience selling high-end full services hotels. Up to $90K compensation potential

• Are Tour Operators Equipped with the Resources to Overcome the Added Cost of Distributing Through Travel Agents? Travel Distribution Summit Special
• Delivering World-Class Service Pt. 2: Personal Service Standards / Bryan K Williams
• Megaresort Planned for Mesa, Arizona; DMB Associates, Inc. and Gaylord Entertainment Sign Agreement to Build the Largest Destination Resort and Convention Center in Arizona
• TriYar Hospitality Prepares to Open the 224-room W Scottsdale; Seeks to Be a Hip Destination for the Young and Wealthy
• Celebration of Excellence to Honor Distinguished CHA and MHS Designees
• Starwood Hotels Signs Deals to Operate Two W Hotels in the UK, 160 room W in Manchester and a 194 room W in London
• Carol Verret & Associates Announces Training Solutions for a Difficult Economy
• Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces Opening Two New Luxury Lodges in India, the Pashan Garh in Panna National Park and Banjaar Tola in Kanha National Park
• Hotels Unlimited, Inc. and The Tajfel Group Complete Renovation and Branding of the Former Freehold Gardens Hotel to Radisson Hotel in Freehold, New Jersey
• Outrigger Enterprises Appoints Teri Orton as General Manager of the Former OHANA Islander Waikiki; Will Lead Property through Multi-million dollar Redesign and Repositioning as a Luxury Suite Hotel
• Mortenson Construction Helps Make the Tulalip Tribes' Vision a Reality with the On-time Completion of the $130 million Expansion of Tulalip Resort Casino in Washington State
• Daniel A. McCue Named Chief Financial Officer of Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino, Mescalero, New Mexico
• Roderick A. Jao Appointed Sales and Marketing Director for the Affinia Chicago

• Minnesota's Landmark Saint Paul Hotel Relies on Maestro ResEze to Increase Online Reservations & Revenue; AAA Four Diamond Historic hotel leverages 21st Century real-time Web booking system with integrated yield management to optimize rates and occupancy
• 10 Hotel Sales Action Steps to Succeed in Today's Competitive Marketplace / Dr. John Hogan
• Best and Worst of Hotels; Cleanliness, Quiet and Customer Service Top Three Issues for Travelers
• The Whys and Wherefors of Getting Comped at a Casino Hotel
• The Top 10 Hippest Hotels for the Fashion Foward in the World
• NHH Hotels & Resorts Appoints Ernest Catanzaro as General Manager of the Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Roswell and Executive Vice President of Operations for NHH Portfolio
• Driftwood Hospitality Salutes RTM for Managing HSIA, eMarketing and HDTV; Expert in outsourced technology consulting and management delivers actionable results and cost savings to owner/operator of 44 hotels; Through RTM, Driftwood's brand.com websites exceed year over year brand averages and provides a high ROI
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Advises in the Sale of Red Roof Inn Properties in Independence, Missouri, Columbia, Missouri and Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Newmarket International Realizes Record Growth; Expands Operations Worldwide; Leading hospitality software provider moves into brand new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building
• Broadcast Real-time Flight Information on Your Guest TV Network and Lobby Displays
• For sale - 180+ room, franchised hotel. Located near Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Private beach access, pool, restaurant. $19.5M
• Matthew E. Avril Named President of Starwood's Hotel Group, Will Oversee Starwood's Nine Hotel Brands; He Succeeds Matt Ouimet
• Departing from Traditional Textbooks, the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Publishes a Novel about the Hotel Industry Written by a Former Hotel Executive
• Top 10 Group Events September 30, 2008 - North America & Two Selected Markets: Dallas and Tampa/St. Peterburg / Knowland Group
• Related WestPac Transforming Snowmass, Colorado into One of the Finest Resort Experiences in the World;  Base Village Adds New Accommodations, Dining Outlets
• Kuoni Destination Management Taps Pegasus Solutions for Worldwide Distribution Management
• Failed Integrity Bank of Alpharetta, Ga, Linked to the Troubled Royal Palm Hotel in South Beach, Miami
• Spelling Trouble for Hotels - Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Will Have 94,160 (-9.6%) Fewer Seats in September 2008 Compared to a Year Ago
• Jesse Souza Appointed Executive Chef of LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, Naples, Florida

• Hoteliers Benefit from Industry Expertise at SynXis; Business travel experience recognized with Laura Thompson's Certified Corporate Travel Executive designation at NBTA's Annual Conference
• Except for First Floor Flooding the 11 Biloxi Casinos Spared Major Damage from Hurricane Gustav
• Hurricane's Effect Isn't Expected to Extend to the Republican National Convention's Economic Impact on the Twin Cities
• Oklahoma Developer Paul Coury Contributes a Lot More than Just his Name to the Coury Collection of Hotels
• Some Hotel WebSite Designers, Don't Know� What They Don't Know / Neil Salerno
• Myrtle Beach Hoteliers Fret Over City Efforts to Stop Bike Rallies
• EastEdge Partners is a hospitality specialist in Japan sourcing for and advising foreign clients wishing exposure to the attractive Japan market, which may be otherwise difficult to access for foreign firms. Deals range from small boutique resort to large business and city hotels
• Competing Against Yourself: Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson #13 from Olympic Gold Medalist Phelps / David Brudney 
• Owners of the Comfort Suites Hotel in Blaine, Minnesota Facing Foreclosure Proceedings; Construction Delays Blamed
• Minneapolis, St Paul Hotels Scramble as Republican National Convention Guests Alter their Schedule
• Convention Attendance is Down But the Gaylord Texan and the Arlington, Texas Convention Center Are Expanding while Irving, Texas Has Decided to Build its Own Facility
• ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Encourages Hotels to Prepare for Hurricanes and Other Disasters; VingCard, Elsafe and TimeLox offer disaster preparation tips and post-disaster support for hotel customers as Gustav threatens the Gulf Coast
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 98 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Rosie Bumbrey Sets the Pace for Longevity, Has Worked in Housekeeping at the Days Inn-Fredericksburg (VA) North for 35 Years
• WORLDHOTELS Selects OPERA Property Management System as Preferred Technology for Its Member Hotels
• MTech, White Lodging Develop TACT to Tackle and Track Guest-Service Issues; Industry's leading innovator in technology works side-by-side with leading management company to provide its hotels with quality guest service
• Markus Kosch Named General Manager of Hilton Hefei in China Replacing Luc Bollen
• Accor Appoints Four New Executives and Strengthens Executive Committee
• Jennifer Croce Appointed Director of Conference Services for Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence in Bethesda, Maryland

1. Steve Porter, President of the Americas Region for InterContinental Hotels Group, Dies at Age 53 
2. 10 Hotel Sales Mistakes to Avoid in Today's Competitive Marketplace / Dr. John Hogan
3. Thousands Converge on the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, Florida for the World's Largest Swingers Party and Adult Expo 
4. Major Changes to the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry, Tenth Edition 
5. Principles for Success As a Hotel Manager: Maintaining Relationships Throughout the Organization / John Hogan 
6. The Schlesinger Family Forms the Obadon Hotel Group to  Operate Four Recently Acquired Hotels in South Florida 
7. Boyd Gaming Halts Construction of  the Partially Built $4 billion Echelon Project on the Las Vegas Strip Blames Current Economic Conditions,  Suspends Quarterly Dividend
8. The $301 million 757 room Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel Opens; City Owned Hotel Will Delight or Infuriate, Depending on One's Perspective 
9. Hotel Guest Dies after Falling Off 10th Floor Balcony at the Hotel Blue in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 
10. Is Your Hotel Ready for the Downturn / Brenda Fields
11. Keeping Positive: New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals / David M. Brudney
12. Anatomy of an Internet-Savvy Hotel Manager / Neil Salerno
13. The Challenges and Opportunities for Independent and Boutique Hotels in a Difficult Economy / Carol Verret
14. Unhappy Investors Filing Lawsuits Against Florida Condo-hotel Developers; Some Unit Values Decline 25% Plus in Last Year 
15. Several Gaming and Construction Executives Working on the $2.5 billion Revel Hotel & Casino Project in Atlantic City Killed in Minnesota Plane Crash 
16. Caribbean Hotels Face Several Threats In 2008 
17. Trend to Eliminate Telephone Books from Hotel Rooms Growing - Brands Starting the Process Include Hyatt, Kimpton, Omni, Westin and Sheraton 
18. Meeting Planners Taking a Harder Look at Second and Third-tier Convention Destinations 
19. California Court of Appeals Ruling Favors Employers in Lawsuit Over Meal Breaks: Decision Says Employees Not Owed Meal Time for Every 5 Hours of Work 
20. The Meridian Las Vegas Operated Illegaly as a Hotel;  Owes $568,000 in Past Due Room Taxes 
21. Owners of the Posh Sagamore on Lake George, Bolton Landing, NY Pursuing Possible Sale of 350 room Resort to Ocean Properties Ltd.; Resort Has Struggled with Heavy Debt 
22. Gencom Group Spending $600 million in its Renovations to Guarantee The Ritz-Carlton in Rancho Mirage, California Is a Five Star Destination in the Desert 
23. Best Practices on Monitoring Hotel Review Sites; An Action Plan for Monitoring and Responding to Internet Chatter about Your Hotel / Max Starkov and Mariana Mechoso
24. Dolce International Transforms to Dolce Hotels and Resorts; Along with a New Name Dolce Undertakes Sweeping Design and Operational Changes
25. Profit Optimization Is Everyone�s Job / Doug Kennedy

• Opinion: Wooden Hotel Room Keys Are Stubborn. They Splinter. They Break. Too Fragile!
• The Lodging Ledger - Fewer Asset Listings and Less Debt Availability Trim Transaction Activity, Lodging/Residential Development Evolution
• Shangri-La International's CEO Giovanni Angelini Steps Down for Medical Reasons; Madhu Rao Appointed Managing Director and CEO and Greg Dogan to Chief Operating Officer
• Seneca Gaming Corp. Suspends Building the $333 million Buffalo Creek Casino in Buffalo, New York; Sites Slumping Economy
• Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Loses License to Operate as a Crowne Plaza; Dave Hockenberry Departs as General Manager
• Hotel Investor Survey Mid-Year 2008; Hotel Capitalization Rates Continue to Soften, Slowing Growth Expectations Are Taking Root
• Is your hotel for sale? Does the price reflect a cap rate or yield above 7%? If your hotel is profitable, in a good condition and with prospects then we may have a serious buyer for you
• Hotel waterfront sites available along shores of Lake Huron and the St. Clair River. Financial incentives available for hotel/waterpark/convention center development
• Competition Mystery Shopping; 2009 Sales and Marketing plan- Utilizing both the telephone and the Internet (RFP Mystery Shopping) to provide the information required to create a superior competition analysis section of a Sales and Marketing Plan
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Opens Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel; First Hilton Brand Hotel in Russia's Capital City
• Concord Hospitality Opens a "New Look" 120-room Springhill Suites in Waukegan, Illinois; Concord Co-designed the Brand's Contemporary, Boutique-style Redesign in Partnership with Marriott
• To Recognize the Importance of Professional Certification in the Hospitality Industry the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Hosting Breakfast to Honor Distinguished Certified Hotel Administrators and Master Hotel Suppliers
• EMCVenues To Host "MEET New Jersey 2008"; Meeting Education Event To Benefit All Meeting & Event Planners, Oct. 29th, 30th
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System has been selected for the 2,674 room Wynn Las Vegas Hotel
• UNIGUEST Joins HTNG as a Platinum Member in Support of Next Generation Technologies for the Hotel Industry
• VFM Interactive to Power DerbySoft's Media Distribution
• Joseph Duperre Named General Manager of the Chattanooga Marriott at the Convention Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Shaner Hotel Group Names Cindy Robinson as General Manager of the Soon to Open Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites in Plant City, Florida
• Nicole Boosembark-Baker Named Food and Beverage Director at the Statler Hotel on the Cornell University Campus, Ithaca, New York
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Lance Dorsey Director of Facilities at The Chattanoogan in Chattanooga, Tennessee

• Japan's Granvia Hotels Switches to SynXis Distribution Services; West Japan Railway's Hotel Group Cites Extensive International Functionality as Top Reason for Switching to the RedX� Distribution Management System
• Best Western International Provides Further Details Concerning the Breach of its Central Reservations System
• New York City, Hands-down, the Most Popular Destination for the Upcoming Labor Day Weekend / Priceline.com Survey of Top 50 Labor Day 2008 Destinations
• California Court of Appeals Ruling Favors Employers in Lawsuit Over Meal Breaks: Decision Says Employees Not Owed Meal Time for Every 5 Hours of Work
• Harrah's Will Own 40% of $535 million Resort to be Built 15 Miles South of Wichita, Kansas; Plans Include a 175-room Hotel, an 18-hole Golf Course and Convention Facilities
• The Starmack Group Wins International Resort Group Account; BlueBay Hotels & Resorts Selects Leading Hospitality Agency For Global Branding Program
• Noble Investment Group Opens the  400-room Raleigh Marriott City Center; The Public and Private Project Is Attached to the Raleigh Convention Center
• Colorado Springs City Council Pursuading John Q Hammons to Build Second Hotel in the City
• Wichita City Council Providing $25 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds for Drury to Buy and Renovate the Bankrupt Broadview Hotel; Property Would Re-open as Top of the Line Drury Plaza Hotel
• The New $250 million Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel Set to Open on the Boulder Strip in Las Vegas
• Carlson Hotels Adds 17 Properties to its Portfolio During June and July 2008; Ten Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Opened in the United States
• Black Gaming, Operator of Three Hotel-casinos in Mesquite, Nevada, Posts $20.3 million Loss for 2nd Qtr; Eliminating Departments, Reducing Management Salaries and Conducting Layoffs Not Enough
• Executive Team Appointed for the Soon to Open 283-suite Embassy Suites® in San Marcos, Texas

• It's Not Too Late to Register for the Wi-Fi for Hotel & Conference Centers Webinar on August 28th - To Register for the Free Webinar
• Gencom Group Spending $600 million in its Renovations to Guarantee The Ritz-Carlton in Rancho Mirage, California Is a Five Star Destination in the Desert
• Atlantic City Bets that Lavish Hotel Rooms and Spas Will Attract Vacationers Outside the Casino Crowd
• Opened in 1990 The 770 room Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan Finishing a $85 million Renovation and Gaining a New Name - The Broadway 49 - Times Square; Adds Butler Floor
• Wedge Adventure Resorts Wants to Build a $60 million Multisport Resort in Council Bluffs, Iowa; Would Include a Giant Ski Slope with an Indoor Waterpark and a 12-story Tower Combining a Hotel and Condominiums
• Darpan Management Planning a $12 million 110-room Four Points by Sheraton in Columbus, Ohio; Airport Property Will Be One Four Points New Prototypes
• Baltimore's Largest-ever Public Investment, the 757-room Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel, a Critical Advantage in Boosting Convention Center Business
• Face. Voice. Email. Text. Why Your Communication Tools Fail to Communicate / Michael Duffy
• Horst Schulze to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit Set for January 26-28, 2009 in San Diego
• The New Conrad Shanghai Set to Become Architectural Landmark in Shanghai, Very Contemporary But Unmistakably Chinese
• Biltmore Farms Hotels Installing a Solar Water Heating System Atop its New Hilton Asheville;  System Will Provide the 165-room Hotel with Over 2,000 Gallons of Hot Water a Day
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Takes Over Management of the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, California; Peter Walterspiel Appointed General Manager
• The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Receives Initial Grant from the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation in the Amount of $1.3 million for the $5.8 million Culinary Business Learning Lab Revitalization Project
• Hotel Room Rates in the Metro Orlando Area Dip -- 1st Time Since 2003
• The International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® Names the Finalists for the Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design
• West Paces Hotel Group Reopens the 236 room Hotel at Auburn University Following Extensive Renovations
• Hotel Developer David Parmley Opens the 133 room Hampton Inn & Suites at the University of Missouri - Columbia
• Brad Wilson Named Chief Operating Officer of the Denihan Hospitality Group and its Portfolio of 12 Hotels

• Best Western International Asserts No Evidence to Support Sensational Claims Concerning a Security Breach of Central Reservations Customer Records
• Jancik Arts International Unveils Innovative Art Glass Technique at HD Boutique Show in Miami; Faux Casted Glass Radiates Contemporary Feel, at Affordable Cost
• Sir Rocco Forte, Steve Rushmore and S. Truett Cathy to be Inducted into the Hospitality Hall of Honor at University of Houston's Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management
• The Tiger Woods Dubai Taking Shape - Al Ruwaya Golf Course, the First Signature Course by Tiger Woods, a Luxury Hotel, and Residential Units Comprising Palaces, Mansions and Villas
• Singapore Adds another National Heritage Icon; Ascott transforms 1950s heritage building into premium serviced residence with modern comforts
• A Destination Development Plan Which Delivers on the Promise - The Oregon "Q Care" Program / John R Hendrie
• Programs, Speakers Set for HTNG's 2008 Asia-Pacific Conference September 22 and 23, 2008, at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel
• Night Front Desk Clerk Slain in Robbery at Holiday Inn Express in Richfield, Ohio
• The Meridian Las Vegas Operated Illegaly as a Hotel; Owes $568,000 in Past Due Room Taxes
• Industrial Realty Group Adding a 125-room Wyndham Hotel as Part of the $900 million Goodyear Headquarters Complex in East Akron, Ohio
• Interstate Hotels to Manage Newly Built 102-room Best Western Bowery Hanbee Hotel in Lower Manhattan/Chinatown in New York City; Hotel Owned by Ben Wong, Founder of Wok and Roll Restaurants

• Wi-Fi for Hotel & Conference Centers Webinar on August 28th - To Register for the Free Webinar 
• During the First Week of the Olympics Beijing Hotel Occupancy Rates Down in All Categories with the Exception of Five-star Hotels / Beijing Tourism Bureau
• Rosario Resort and Marina on Orcas Island Will be Auctioned Off to the Highest Bidder, Regardless of Price, by Owner Olympus Real Estate Partners
• 10 Hotel Sales Mistakes to Avoid in Today's Competitive Marketplace / Dr. John Hogan
• Gatehouse Capital's $145 million Kimpton Hotel Project in Milwaukee Being Targeted by Unite Here's Demands
• Word of Mouse Made Simple - Avalon Report offers FREE Web 2.0 webinars in the coming weeks! 
• ARAMARK Selected to Manage Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center, in Washington, DC
• The Reinvented Courtyard at Baltimore Washington International Airport Sports the Brand's Latest Extreme Lobby Makeover
• Though its 33 Rooms have Been Modernized Through the Years, the 75 Year Old Lord Culpeper Hotel Retains a Sense of the Past in Downtown Culpeper, Virginia
• Jeremy Marquard Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the Rio Mar Beach Golf Resort, Casino & Spa, A Wyndham Grand Resort in Puerto Rico

• "Changing the Perception About Revenue Management Within an Organisation is a Slow Process" -  Revenue and Pricing Strategies in Travel Special
• $136,500 For One Night or Fourteen, You Choose
• Drury Development In Early Stages of Planning Two 345-room Hotel Towers That Would Overlook Forest Park in St. Louis; One Would be a Drury Inn & Suites and the Other a More Upscale Drury Plaza Hotel
• Caribbean Hotels Face Several Threats In 2008 / PKF
• To Stop Financial Losses, Owners Have Shuttered Spokane, Washington's Historic Hotel, The Ridpath;  May Attempt to Re-open as a Clarion Franchise
• Lake Lanier Islands Resort Completes First Phase of Multimillion Expansion, Transformation; the Former Emerald Pointe Hotel & Conference Center Rebranded to Legacy Lodge & Conference Center
• In 1985 Starwood Hotels Opened its First Hotel in China, the Historic Great Wall Beijing Sheraton Hotel, Now Starwood Operates 43 Hotels with 57 Properties Scheduled to Open
• Jesse James, Founder of a Profitable Internet Dating Site, Planning A Luxury $450 million Resort On Pristine Oceanfront Land on Savaii Island in Samoa
• Historic Pier House Resort, Key West, Florida Receiving a $10 million Renovation
• Hospitality World Welcomes B&W's Zeppelin; High-Performance Powered iPod Speakers Check Into High-End Hotels
• PM Hospitality Strategies Installs ProfitSage Business Intelligence Software Throughout Company Portfolio of Hotels
• Government of Dominica Supports Eco-Lodge Project Proposed by Distinguished International Hotels, Residences and Resorts
• Drury Hotels Renews with Pegasus Solutions through 2010
• The Final Component of  $132 million Gambling and Entertainment Complex Opens in Bangor, Maine - the 152 room Hollywood Slots Hotel
• Hilton Anatole Hotel Names Jay Best Director of Sales & Marketing
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Brent Haste Director of Corporate Accounting

• Multifamily Housing Organizations Maintain Momentum; Revenue Management Strategies and Technologies Make Good Partners in Today's Economy
• Holiday Inn Select Rosemont Installs FlyteBoard and FlytePass To Serve Business Travelers; Flyte Systems airline information products fill the 'travel confidence' gap
• Younan Hospitality Group Wins All Claims in Suit Against Falcon Physician Reviews; Jury Finds Falcon Breached its Group Room Contracts with the Holiday Inn Select in North Dallas, Awards Hotel Operator Damages of $850,500
• In Hindsight the 2007 U.S. Lodging Industry Looks Great / Robert Mandelbaum
• Ways to Identify and Build Repeat Guests / Dr. John Hogan
• Embassy Suites to Open 62 Hotels in Next Three Years; Development Pipeline Fueled Design Option III Prototype and Flying Spoons
• A Prominent Church Decides its Not Financially Feasible to Own and Operate the Lancaster Inn, in Lancaster, Ohio; Drops Plans to Transform it into a Conference Center and Resort with an Attached Water Park
• Meeting Planners Taking a Harder Look at Second and Third-tier Convention Destinations
• A $780 million Financing Package Finalized for a World-class Casino Facility in Pittsburgh; Expected to be Pennsylvania's Most Profitable
• Green Hospitality Management Co. LTD Planning to Develop Nine Ramada® and Days Inn® Branded Properties in Japan
• Fairmont Adds Executives to its Expanding Operations in Asia; David Roberts Promoted EVP, Operations, Asia Pacific of Fairmont Raffles Hotels International
• Wyndham Hotel Group Appoints Andrew Dufty as Vice President of International Marketing

• Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Selects Agilysys Point-of-Sale Solution; London Hotel Implements InfoGenesis POS� by Agilysys to Streamline Food and Beverage Operations
• Delivering World-Class Service: Function vs. Purpose / Bryan K. Williams
• National Real Estate Development Company Concentrating on Resort Properties in Search of Chief Financial Officer
• Update on the Efforts of Christian Right Organizations to Persuade Marriott International to Stop Offering Pay-per-view Adult Movies in Hotel Rooms
• Best Practices on Monitoring Hotel Review Sites; An Action Plan for Monitoring and Responding to Internet Chatter about Your Hotel / Max Starkov and Mariana Mechoso
• AmericInn® Lodging System Seeking a Buyer; Currently Owns and Franchises 216 Hotel Properties
• Dolce International Transforms to Dolce Hotels and Resorts; Along with a New Name Dolce Undertakes Sweeping Design and Operational Changes 
• R.D. Olson Development Completes Acquisition of the Timber Cove Inn on the Northern California Coast; Plans Complete Refurbishment, Appoints Pacifica Hotel Company as Manager
• Magnuson Hotels, a Provider of Reservation Management Services to Independent Hotels, Claims its Fastest Growing Segment is Ex-Westerns, or Former Best Western Owners Seeking Relief from Franchise - Brand Fees
• NAI BT Commercial's Scott Griemsmann Announces Sale of Two Hotel Sites in California and Arizona: Huntington Hotel Group Acquired ±3.5 Acres in Campbell, California from Sand Hill Property Co. for Development of New 162-Room Hotel & Apple REIT Eight Acquired 128-Room Hilton Garden Inn in  Tucson, Arizona from Sunway Hotel Group
• OUTRIGGER HOTELS Takes Control of Web 2.0 by Selecting Avalon BUZZ Report, the Leading Hotel Solution 
• Last Days to Register for Preparing for an Economic Recovery Web Cast; Preparing for an Economic Recovery -- Trends and Tactics for Hotel Sales and Revenue Managers
• Dallas CVB and UniFocus Expand Partnership; "Big D" Convention-Visitor Bureau Targets "WOW" Factor with SERVICEScope®
• HEI Hotels & Resorts Completes $20 million Renovation of Vermont's Iconic Equinox Golf Resort and Spa - Joins Starwoods Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts
• Real Estate Developer OliverMcMillan Signs Kimpton Hotels to Operate a New Hotel at the Historic Guasti Mansion and Winery in Ontario, California
• First Bristol Corporation Sees "Green" Developing a Hampton Inn & Suites Within a Historic Providence Landmark; Elaine Murphy Overseeing Sales and Marketing
• Chick Armstrong Appointed Senior Vice President of Franchise Development at NYLO Hotels 
• Hilton Hotels Announces Appointment of Mark Komine as Senior Vice President of Sales and Commercial Development - Americas; Rob Scypinski Promoted to Vice President of Sales - Americas
• French Chef Rene Bajeux the Newly Appointed Executive Chef at Cap Juluca, Anguilla, British West Indies

• The $301 million 757 room Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel Opens; City Owned Hotel Will Delight or Infuriate, Depending on One's Perspective
• Long Time Scottsdale Hotelier Ray Silverman Dies at 94; Owned Chaparral Suites Resort and Conference Center
• Owners of the Posh Sagamore on Lake George, Bolton Landing, New York Pursuing Possible Sale of 350 room Resort to Ocean Properties Ltd.; Resort Has Struggled with Heavy Debt
• High Peaks Resort, Formerly the Lake Placid (NY) Hilton, Reopened Following Multi-million Dollar Renovation by its Owner, Lane Hospitality 
• The Providence Group, LLC Lands Contract to Provide Management Services for the Sleep Inn and Suites, Etowah, TN
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 119 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Angie Belknap, Director of Revenue Management at the Radisson Ft. McDowell Resort & Radisson Poco Diablo Resort, Recipient of the 2008 HSMAI Revenue Idol Award
• Having Bought the Fayetteville, North Carolina Landmark for $1.9 million, John Chen Slowly Converting the Prince Charles Hotel Back to its Original Elegance
• U.S. Border Governors Urge Homeland Security to Remove Obstacles to Mexican Travel and Help Grow Inbound Mexico Tourism
• Davidson Hotel Company Appointed Manager of the 341-room Sheraton Orlando-Downtown Hotel and the 332-room Miami Mart Airport Hotel
• Benchmark Hospitality Names Charles Reece General Manager for Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Itasca, Illinois
• Richard Cimilluca Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at The Palace at Somerset Park, Somerset, New Jersey
• Kelli Cartmill Named Director of Sales for the Homewood Suites by Hilton Ithaca Located in Lansing, New York

• TravelCLICK's Rapid Growth Continues with Two New Additions to its Executive Team - Andy Mantis and David Sjolander
• Some Dallas City Officials Want the Proposed 1,200 Convention Center Hotel Structure to Be an "Iconic" Building; Cost Might Rise from $330,000 per Room to around $380,000 a Room to Avoid a Boxy Looking Building
• Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Rethinks the $890 million Renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center
• Houston Area Hotel Occupancy Slips as its Daily Average Room Rate Increase
• Lower Hotel Occupancy Forces Cuts at the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau 
• Five Oklahoma City-area Hotels Held Up During Last 48 Hours
• Robert Mullock Acquires the 132 Year Old Chalfonte Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey for $3 million; May Add a Few Creature Comforts - Air Conditioning and More Private "Facilities"
• Aimbridge Hospitality Contracted to Manage Dallas-area Summerfield Suites Hotels for RLJ Real Estate Fund III
• Robert O. Forcier Appointed Chair of Mitchell College's New Hospitality and Tourism Program; Bachelor Degree Program Complements Connecticut's Boom in Tourism
• Developer George Gilbert Wins City Approval for a 95 room Comfort Inn in Mesa, Arizona
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Robert Villalta Director of Operations at Naples Bay Resort, Naples, Florida

• Priceline, Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity Discuss The Future of Online Travel in Las Vegas
• The Schlesinger Family Forms the Obadon Hotel Group to Operate Four Recently Acquired Hotels in South Florida
• Profit Optimization Is Everyone's Job / Doug Kennedy
• Preparing for an Economic Recovery -- Trends and Tactics for Hotel Sales and Revenue Managers
• It Was a Sprint as InterContinental Raced to Open Seven Branded Hotels in Beijing in Time for the Olympics
• Jack DeBoer, the Father of the Extended-stay Hotel Concept, Wants to Bring 30 Value Place Hotels to South Florida
• First New Build Hyatt Place Hotel Opens in Malta, New York; 120 room Property Owned by Malta Hospitality, LLC and Operated by InterMountain Management, LLC
• 2008 IH/M&RS Will Focus "Going Green" with Keynote and Seminars
• ASSA ABLOY Hospitality North America Chosen as Associate Member of ASFONA
• Kite Properties Breaks Ground on 85-Room Hampton Inn in Okeechobee, Florida
• Accor North America Selects VFM Interactive to Distribute Rich Media Tours for Motel 6  Locations
• Former Starwood Executive, Tina Edmundson, Joins Marriott to Head Company's Lifestyle Brands; Will Focus on Renaissance and Edition
• Juliet Hodge Joins TTI to Streamline Customer Relations, Quality Control; As Hotel Relations Manager, Hodge to serve as liaison between TTI and hotels to streamline communications and assess need for new guest-service technologies
• Pete Wood Named Assistant General Manager of the Wyvern Hotel in Punta Gorda, Florida

• Maestro PMS Enables 4+ Star Luxury Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa Deliver Impeccable World-Class Personal Service; Historic Hotels of America-Preferred Hotels guest-centric property leads spa boom, gives staff 360-degree view of guest at every touch point with integrated Maestro Suite of modules
• Upscale Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa Supercharges Concierge Services; Guest services keep pace with the Twenty-First Century at historic Arizona luxury destination
• AH&LA's Chairman Tom Corcoran Identifies the 3 Most Pressing Issues Facing the Lodging Industry Today; Including the Deceptively Named Employee Free Choice Act, Which, If Enacted, Would Deny Workers the Right to Vote on Unionization by Secret Ballot / Jim Butler
• The Greenbrier Resort Pushes Wireless Carriers to Camouflage Antennas; An Unsightly Tower vs an Eastern White Pine
• Tourism Touch and Go for Wisconsin Resorts: Navigating an Empty Lake Delton and High Gas Prices
• Summer of Discontent Continues for Atlantic City Gaming Industry, as 11 Casinos Report a 6.6% Decrease in Gambling Revenue in July from a Year Ago
• Hotel Butlers - Lynch or Lynchpin? / Steven Ferry
• City of Boston Signs Off on Two New Hotels, a 153-room Courtyard by Marriott and a 121-room TownePlace Suites by Marriott, Planned for Site Near Downtown's North Station
• Crow Holdings Selects Aimbridge to Operate the Doubletree Hotel Houston Intercontinental Airport
• Pacific Star Signs Pan Pacific Hospitality Pte Ltd to Manage the 148 unit Pan Pacific Serviced Suites in Bangkok, Thailand
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System Has Been Selected for the 370 room Tulalip Resort Casino
• HEI Hotels & Resorts Promotes Anthony R. Rutledge to Chief Financial Officer
• Maryann White Named General Manager of The Westin New York at Times Square
• Alan Paris Named Hotel Manager and Vice President of Residence Club Operations at Tucker's Point Club
• Ted Teng Replacing Paul McManus as President and CEO of The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd.
• JC Resorts seeking a Director of Sales for the Temecula Creek Inn golf resort in Temecula, California. Requires a minimum five years experience in sales in the hotel industry

• Despite the Economy, Hotel Customer Satisfaction Improves in First Half of 2008, Reaching 5-year High 75% of Airlines Decline in Customer Satisfaction / Market Metrix Announces Second Quarter 2008 Hospitality Index Results
• Hotel Transaction Activity Loses Momentum during First Half of 2008; Debt Markets and Economic Outlook Weigh on Pricing
• Understanding the Exchange Rate Impact on the Lodging Industry / Jim Butler
• India Grapples with Shortage of Branded Hotel Rooms; High Interest Rates and Surge in Construction Costs Delay Hundreds of Announced Hotel Projects
• Genesis U.S.A. Development, LLC Sweetwater Project in Decatur, Alabama Poised for Renegotiation; John Q Hammons Out of Project
• The HSMAI Foundation Creates the Mike Dimond HSMAI Foundation Scholarship Fund, in Memory of the Hotel Marketing Executive Who Passed Away at the Age of 67
• American Resort Management, LLC Appointed to Manage the Sheraton Independence Hotel in Independence, Ohio
• Resource Technology Management Asks: Are You Tuned-In to HDTV? Expert in outsourced technology consulting and management helps hotels convert from traditional TVs to high-definition flat screens to meet brand standards and remain competitive in the market
• New Generation Hospitality Completes Conversion of the The 112-room Somerset to the Hotel Indigo in Basking Ridge, New Jersey
• Hotel Franchisor Companies Ignoring Critical Franchising Issues, Marriott Leads the Way with Aggressive Environmental Strategies / Stanley Turkel
• Jackson-Shaw Selects Concord Hospitality to Operate Two Marriott Branded Properties in the Dallas Area
• Uniguest - Future 50 Winner; Award identifies and recognizes 50 fastest-growing, privately held companies in Middle Tennessee 
• 30 Speakers Lined Up for the Hispanic Hotel Owners First Hotel, Development and Investment Conference Set for  October 8-10, 2008 in Miami
• Luc Bollen Named General Manager of Hilton Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
• Four Seasons Resorts Lana`i Names Three to Executive Team
• Jamie West Named Executive Chef at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai, California
• Robert Bates Appointed Executive Chef for The Ellington, a New Boutique Property in Leeds, England

• Steve Porter, President of the Americas Region for InterContinental Hotels Group, Dies at Age 53
• Anatomy of an Internet-Savvy Hotel Manager / Neil Salerno
• Many Similarities - Five Nights at Four Different Inexpensive Branded Business Hotels
• Challenges Mount to Fill the 1,200 New Hotel Rooms in Downtown Minneapolis
• Developer Richard Kessler May Drop All Condos from its Grand Bohemian Hotel Project in St. Petersburg, Florida 
• Family's Commitment to Service propels one of the Nation's Largest Food, Beverage & Laundry Vendors to National Prominence in its 20th Year
• August Hotels & Properties: New Global Lifestyle Hotel Concept to be Launched in China & Vietnam
• Highly Respected Hotel and Luxury Residential Real Estate Development Company in Miami Searches for an Executive Vice President
• "If you know the enemy (Hotel Competition) and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles." / Jay Delerno
• La Quinta Inns & Suites Achieves Record Growth in First Half of 2008; Highlights include more than 70 new franchise agreements, a burgeoning pipeline and the highest percentage of new construction properties opened in the first half of any year
• Seton Hill University Contracts with Local Courtyard by Marriott to House 48 Students for a Semester
• Manfred Pieper Named General Manager of the Conrad Bangkok
• Matthew Vesely Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing, The Resort at Singer Island in Palm Beach County, Florida 
• Mark Wilson Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing of The Roosevelt in New Orleans 
• Larry Luteran Elevated to Senior Vice President of Group Sales and Industry Relations, Hilton Hotels Corporation 
• Barcelo Hotels & Resorts Appoints Judith M. DeLibro as Sales Manager for the Northeast United States

• Major Changes to the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry, Tenth Edition
• Keeping Positive: New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals / David M. Brudney
• The New Yorker Hotel's Renovation Focused on Reclaiming its History; The 43-story Hotel Boasted Many Extremes When it Opened 79 Years Ago
• Detroit Tourism Discouraged by Mayor's Jailing
• Former Director of Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center in Downtown Detroit Pleads Guilty to Accepting a $100,000 Kickback from a Convention Center Contractor
• McSam Hotels and Packard Hospitality Open The Holiday Inn Fresno Downtown Following a $6.5 million Renovation
• Starwood Opens an aloft Hotel at the Philadelphia International Airport; Will Be Priced Higher than Two Other Branded PHL Airport Hotels, the Four Points and Sheraton Suites
• Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. 2nd Qtr 2008 Net Loss Widens to $29.8 million Compared to a Net Loss of $13.5 million in the Same Quarter Last Year; Net Revenues Decreased 4.8%
• Morgans Hotel Group Reports 2nd Qtr 2008 Net Loss of $730 thousand Compared to a Net Income of $841 thousand in the Prior Year; Revenues Decreased to $81.3 million from $82.7 million in the Prior Year
• Packard Hospitality Group, LLC. Takes Over Management of Northwoods Resort at Big Bear Lake, California
• GenaRes Worldwide Reservation Services Appoints VFM Interactive As Their Exclusive Provider of Rich Media Production and Distribution Services
• Trust International's New Client Mantis Collection the First to Implement Major Internet Booking Engine in South Africa
• Wyndham Appoints Leadership Team for the Recently Acquired Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites Brands; Roy Flora Named President of the Brands
• Windsor Hospitality Group Appoints Bill Upshaw as the Company's New Chief Operating Officer
• Concord Hospitality Appoints Nick Kellock Chief Operating Officer, Formerly a Senior VP at Marriott 
• Vincent Piro and Jordan Cooper Join Millennium Biltmore Hotel and Millennium Hotel Cincinnati, Respectively
• SoftBrands Appoints Jo Masters Senior Vice President of Its Hospitality Business
• Ingvar Herland and P.T. Wong Appointed to Executive Positions at the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Hong Kong

• Principles for Success As a Hotel Manager - Maintaining Relationships Throughout the Organization / Dr John Hogan 
• Casino Hotel Operators Wield Strategies and Technology to Tame a Softening Market; Savvy revenue managers increase 'cash' customers, leverage revenue optimization technology to minimize the downturn's effect
• The Sands, Stardust, Dunes All Torn Down - Yet the Legendary Riviera Hotel and Casino Enjoyed its Best Year in the Property's 53 Year History Last Year
• Hotel Guest Dies after Falling Off 10th Floor Balcony at the Hotel Blue in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
• Orient-Express Hotels Reports Second Quarter 2008 Net Income of $19.4 million vs $19.7 million in Previous Year; RevPAR up 16%
• Gaylord Entertainment Reports Second Quarter 2008 Net Income of $8.8 million on 36.4% Revenue Growth; Sees Definite Bookings for all Future Years Decrease 17.6 percent / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Hotel Renew, Honolulu's First Luxury Designer Boutique Hotel, Selects Luxe Worldwide Hotels For International Representation
• Shell Vacations Hospitality Selects Market Metrix for Customer and Employee Feedback Solutions; Vacation Ownership Developer Uses Intelligence to Yield Continuously Improving Satisfaction
• New Castle Hotels & Resorts Launches GUESTScope� Satisfaction Survey in All Independent Properties
• Back of the House Operations Need Help!
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Reports Second-Quarter 2008 Net Income of  $134K Versus Previous Year Loss of $611K; RevPAR Up 4.0% for All Managed Hotel Properties / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Hilton Garden Inn Opens First Hotel in England; Owned by a JV Between Oxford Hotels and Gleeson Building Ltd. the 155 room Hilton Garden Inn Luton North Built Using an Off-site Modular Solution
• Hilton Hotels and the Beijing Macau Development Company LTD Open the 2550 room Hilton Beijing Wangfujing

August 5, 2008

• Over 300 Senior Executives Already Confirmed to Hear the Latest Revenue Boosting Ideas at the Travel Distribution Summit - To View the Attendee List Click Here 
• New Management Company Makes Its Mark by Executing on Upscale Service, Unique Amenities and Maximized ROI; Rolls Out Flyte Airline; Information Systems Across Portfolio to Serve Business Guests, Differentiate Properties
• Trend to Eliminate Telephone Books from Hotel Rooms Growing - Brands Starting the Process Include Hyatt, Kimpton, Omni, Westin and Sheraton
• The Challenges and Opportunities for Independent and Boutique Hotels in a Difficult Economy / Carol Verret
• Unhappy Investors Filing Lawsuits Against Florida Condo-hotel Developers; Some Unit Values Decline 25% Plus in Last Year
• The Biggest, Most Expensive Resort and Casino Ever Built in New Mexico, the Hilton Santa Fe Golf Resort & Spa at Buffalo Thunder, A High-stakes Venture for the Pojoaqe Pueblo
• A Rundown of the Old and the New, the Changed and the Untouched in Atlantic City
• Great Wolf Resorts Second Quarter 2008 Net Loss Widens to $4.1 million Compared to a Net Loss of $1.7 million in the Year Earlier; Actively Pursuing Three Proposed Projects in Connecticut near Foxwoods, at the Mall of America®, Bloomington, Minnesota and Lake Lanier, near Atlanta, Georgia
• SAS Acquires Software Firm IDeaS; Market-leading revenue-management software for hospitality sector expands SAS' portfolio of industry-specific solutions
• The CZH Hospitality Group Announces "The CZH Total Analysis" - A Program to Maximize Restaurant/Hotel Food & Beverage Operations and Profitability
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $23 million Financing of Albuquerque Grand Airport Hotel
• Lodgian Reports 2008 2nd Qtr Net Income of $6.37 million Compared to Net Loss of $263 thousand in the Prior Year; Corporate Overhead Reduced $2.2 million in Quarter, Nine Hotels Classified as Held for Sale
• FFC Capital Corporation Signs Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage Four Hyatt Place Hotels; The Texas Properties Recently Converted from AmeriSuites - go to
• The New Candlewood Suites Prototype Design Opens in Sheridan, Wyoming; First Major Design Change in 12 Years
• Ted Bearor, Kevin Phenegar and Karen Watson Fill Three Key Executive Positions at The Sagamore, Bolton Landing, New York

August 4, 2008

• Is Your Hotel Ready for the Downturn / Brenda Fields
• Carl Stanley Remembers the Hotel Del Monte - the Son of the Hotel's Longtime Manager, Carl Stanley, Grew Up on the Hotel's Grounds in Monterey, California
• After Spending Millions, Owner Douglas Da Silva Keeps Doors Shuttered on the Artisan Hotel in Downtown, El Paso, Texas
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Takes Minority Ownership Interest in the Former Radisson Plaza Hotel Lexington; Kentucky; Planning a $13 million Renovation and Rebranding to Hilton
• Hamister Group and Ciminelli Development Co. Seeking City of Buffalo Approval to Build a Hilton Branded Hotel on City-owned Land  Along the Erie Basin Marina
• Grand Forks, North Dakota Hotel Market Remains Strong as Favorable Exchange Rate Lures Canadian Shoppers
• Hotel A.G., a Hotel Brokerage Company Sells the Hilton Garden Inn (Savannah International Airport) Savannah, Georgia
• PKF Conducting Study of Hotel Spas Analysis Focuses on Revenues, Expenses, and Profits
• PolyU's Hong Kong Tourism Forecasting Report Examines Two Major Source Markets  - Mainland China and Taiwan
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 105 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• IHG ANA Hotels Group Appoints Three General Managers for Hotels in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area
• Tom Huegel Joins Hotel A.G., A Hotel Brokerage Company

August 1, 2008

• Boyd Gaming Halts Construction of  the Partially Built $4 billion Echelon Project on the Las Vegas Strip; Blames Current Economic Conditions, Suspends Quarterly Dividend
• Thousands Converge on the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, Florida for the World's Largest Swingers Party and Adult Expo
• Hotel Management Agreements - Indemnification Provisions / Jim Butler and Robert E. Braun
• With the NBA coming to Oklahoma City, the Colcord Hotel's NBA-Sized Beds May Pay Off 
• Two Boise Hotel Projects Still in the Works: a John Q Hammons Hotel as Part of New Convention Center and an aloft Branded Hotel Combined with a Whole Foods Grocery
• Market Metrix Launches Employee Metrix Express�, an Affordable Alternative to Capture Feedback and Create an Engaged Workforce
• Wyndham Worldwide 2nd Qtr Net Income Rose to $98 million from $96 million a Year Ago; Net Revenues Up 3% to $1.1 billion / Hotel Brand Operating Statistics
• McKibbon Hotel Management Opens the 171 room Hilton Garden Inn Tampa Airport/Westshore; Stormy McNeil the Opening General Manager
• Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto Opens Second Wasabi Restaurant at a Taj Hotel - the Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi
• John Q Hammons Rounds Out Executive Team at the Soon to Open 283-suite Embassy Suites® Norman - Hotel & Conference Center
• Horseshoe Bay Resort & Horseshoe Bay Resort Marriott Appoints New Sales & Marketing Team

1. Illusionist Criss Angel Plans Implosion Stunt at Clearwater, Florida's Famed 9-story Spyglass Resort on the Gulf of Mexico
2. PKF Study Finds U.S. Hotels Extremely Vulnerable To Sharp Declines In Airline Capacity
3. Starwood Abandons the Fort Lauderdale Hotel Market 14 Months after Opening the St. Regis Fort Lauderdale Resort, Cites Contract Dispute with the Castillo Grand Ownership Group
4. Kept Captive by Hotel Guest for 8 Months, 17 Women 'Freed' from the Most Luxurious Hotel in Brussels
5. Top Customer Satisfaction Rankings Reported by J.D. Power - The Ritz-Carlton, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hyatt Place, Drury Inn & Suites, Microtel Inns & Suites and Homewood Suites / Hotel Guests Are Considerably Less Satisfied in 2008
6. TripAdvisor Exposes the Top 10 Clothing-optional Resorts
7. Hotel Revenue Management in a Stagnant Economy / Neil Salerno
8. Marriott International Inc. Reports a 24% Decrease in 2nd Qtr Net income,  $157 million from $207 million a Year Earlier / Hotels Outside the U.S. Had Strong Revenue Growth in the Quarter, with Some Deterioration in the U.S / Hotel Operating Statistics
9. Principles for Success As a Hotel Manager - Understanding the Organization / Dr. John Hogan
10. Stevan Porter, President of the Americas for InterContinental Hotels Group, Steps Down for Medical Reasons; Richard Solomons Appointed Interim President
11. Many Las Vegas Condo Buyers in Sinking Boat: Units That Sold for $1.4 million Are Now $700,000
12. Principles for Success As a Hotel Manager - Motivating the team / Dr. John Hogan
13. Many South Padre Island Hotels and Restaurants Suffer Major Damage from Hurricane Dolly; Bahia Mar Resort Hit Hard
14. Emergence of Adventure Sports Resorts; Why Are Hotel Waterparks Getting Bigger? 10 Trends Point the Way to Future Resort Development / Jeff Coy
15. Alleging Racial Bias, New Jersey Couple Sue Clarion Hotel in Scranton, Pennyslvania; Claims Front Desk Clerk Told Them "Get out of my hotel"
16. Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Signs Agreement with Castillo Grand, L.L.C. to Assume Management of The St. Regis Fort Lauderdale
17. Construction Beginning on the Great Orlando Wheel; Iconic Observation Wheel, Similar to the London Eye, Going Up Adjacent to the Orlando - Orange County Convention Center
18. Marketing & Revenue Management Plan 2009 - Succeeding in a Difficult Year / Carol Verret
19. 101 Top Hotel/Resort Suites of the Year / Most Expensive Suite On the 101 Top Suites Is in Geneva Switzerland, the $52,000/night Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson
20. As Major Hotel Companies Are Reporting Gloomy News -  It�s Time to Do Something! / Rick Welch
21. Principles for Success As a Hotel Manager - Using your management style effectively / Dr. John Hogan
22. Indoor Waterparks: Surfing a Wave in North America in �08 / David J. Sangree
23. Affiliates of Ginn Resorts Negotiating with Credit Suisse to Restructure $675 million Loan Involving Private Club Communities being Developed and Operated by the Ginn Resorts in North Carolina, Florida and Bahamas
24. Nu Hotel - Downtown Brooklyn's First Boutique Hotel Opens on Smith Street; Designer Hammocks in Select Rooms
25. Phoenix / Scottsdale Hoteliers Worry if Current Occupancy Slump Will Continue into Winter Season

July 31, 2008

• Property Management Software Company MSI Empowers over 550 Best Western Properties with Increased Brand Support; MSI is First to Deliver Gold Crown Club International (GCCI) Loyalty Program Integration
• A Few Complaints Leads to Major Investigation into Price Gouging at Wyndham and Choice Branded Hotels in Farmington, New Mexico
• Owners of Three Bears Hotel and Lodges & Conference Center in Warrens, Wisconsin Threaten Closure if a New Owner or Partners Not Found
• A Big Boost to New York City in an Economic Slowdown are the Foreign Tourists with Favorable Exchange Rates Storming into the City
• Alliance Hospitality Management  seeking a Vice President of Business Development. Requires proven track record and experience with growing a portfolio of third party management contracts for hotel management company
• Hilton Cebu's Chief Engineer Antonio Dizon Creates Simple Invention that Reuses Water Used to Cool Ice Machine Compressors; System Now Adopted as Part of Hilton Hotels Group's Best Practice for all Hotels
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise Owners of the Holiday Inn - Hays, Kansas
• Wischermann Partners, Inc. Open the 150 room Newly Constructed Sheraton St. Paul Woodbury Hotel
• Sunstone Hotel Investors Completes Conversion of the 480 room Wyndham Greenspoint to the Hilton Houston North
• Ascott Wins Guide Award for Excellent Performance in Vietnam for Fifth Year
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts and ADNEC to Introduce the First Element Hotel in the Middle East; Extended-stay Brand is to Become a Part of Abu Dhabi's US$2.3 billion Capital Centre
• Pegasus Solutions Named Platinum Sponsor of First World Tourism Investment Summit in Busan, South Korea
• Kurt Steeber Named Executive Chef at Ventana Inn & Spa, Big Sur, California

July 30, 2008

• SynXis Invests Millions to Support Customer Growth; Technology enhancements position SynXis to continue 30% growth trajectory
• Does Recording Calls in a Hotel Call Center Violate PCI Security Rules?
• New Study Details Hotel Occupancy Taxes in Top 50 U.S. Destinations
• Principles for Success As a Hotel Manager: Communicating with Clarity and Candor / Dr John Hogan
• The Rezidor Hotel Group Grows to 350 Hotels in Operation and Under Development in 53 Countries; Seeking Balanced Growth Across Russia, the Middle East, Nordics and Western Europe
• Performance Hospitality Group Transforming the 12-story Maclellan Building in Downtown Chattanooga to a 120 room Hotel Indigo
• PKF Capital has been retained to identify qualified hospitality parties who can execute a quick acquisition and subsequent conversion of an existing operating office building in the Dallas Central Business District that is deemed suitable for hotel conversion
• Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. seeking two Regional Business Development Managers for the Washington, DC and Florida markets. Will sell Milestone products and services to hotels, brands, management companies and ownership groups
• Hilton Garden Inn Goes Beyond the Proverbial Egg-white Omelet with the "BIG DAY Breakfast"� Menu
• Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa Completes $28 million Eco-friendly Guestroom Renovation
• Thayer Lodging Partners with UniFocus for Higher Return; SERVICEScope® Ensures Perception Matches Dazzling Experience
• Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Takes Over Management of the Former Omni Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City; The Site Was Headquarters of America's Central Intelligence Agency During the Vietnam War
• Hollander Investments Completes $3 million Renovation and Conversion of the Holiday Inn Portland-Downtown Convention Center to the Crowne Plaza Brand
• The Lancaster County Convention Center and Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square Represent a $170 million Cornerstone to the Revitalization of Downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Bukhamseen Group Signs InterContinental Hotels Group to Operate a New InterContinental Hotel In Downtown Kuwait 
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise Owners of the Holiday Inn - Salina, Kansas
• Daniel Edward Craig Parlays Career as a Hotel Executive into a Second Career as a Novelist, Releases New Book "Murder at Hotel Cinema"
• Patrick Mossu Appointed General Manager of Le Richemond in Geneva; Formerly Served as General Manager of the Grand Hotel Kempinski Geneva
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Michael Hager General Manager of Stonewall Resort, Weston, West Virginia
• Tom Tillman Named Director of Sales and Marketing at the WaterColor Inn and Resort, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

• TravelCLICK Hosts Industry Trend Webinar; First Half of 2008 Global Hotel Performance: Finding the Way Forward on August 6th
• Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc.'s Social Media Blog For Ginn Reunion Resort Wins Multiple Awards
• Top Customer Satisfaction Rankings Reported by J.D. Power - The Ritz-Carlton, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hyatt Place, Drury Inn & Suites, Microtel Inns & Suites and Homewood Suites; Hotel Guests Are Considerably Less Satisfied in 2008
• The Science of Hotel Sales - The Benchmarking Imperative for Success in a Difficult Economy / Carol Verret
• Washington State Hotel Owner, Mike Hollander, Balances Hotel Business with Charitable Organization
• Hotel Developer Optimism Now Waning; Lodging Econometrics Reports U.S. Mid-Year Total Construction Pipeline at New Peak Levels, But Appears to Be Cresting
• Historic Renaissance Hotels & Resorts Have Played a Major Role in the History of U.S. Politics
• Hotel Franchiser Choice Hotels Reports 2nd Qtr 2008 Net Income of $27.0 million, Down from $28.6 million in the Same Quarter a Year Ago; RevPAR Expected to Decline Nearly 4% in 3rd Quarter 
• Santa Fe Tourism: Bureau Chief Keith Toler's Success Depends on New Santa Fe Community Convention Center's Business
• Tristar Worldwide Chauffeur Services is Named Preferred Ground Transportation Supplier for RADIUS Travel Agencies
• Tod R. Chambers Named General Manager of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Formerly the Fairmont New Orleans
• Robert Schrader and Teri Morales Appointed General Manager and Director of Sales Respectively at the The Platinum Hotel and Spa, Las Vegas

• With Nearly Every Major Airline Cutting Service to Orlando - Central Florida Tourism Looking at All Aspects to Maintain Growth in Visitor Numbers
• Phoenix / Scottsdale Hoteliers Worry if Current Occupancy Slump Will Continue into Winter Season
• London-based Dorchester Collection Takes Over Managament Contracts for The New York Palace in New York and the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles
• Auberge Resorts Signs Management Agreements to Operate Rancho Valencia Resort and Spa in Rancho Santa Fe, California and the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla, California
• The No. 1-Selling Menu Item at the The Historic Trempealeau (Wisconsin) Hotel is the Walnut Burger; the Meatless Patty so Flavorful the Majority of Consumers Are Carnivores
• The Pueblo of Pojoaque and Hilton Hotels Corp. Set to Open the 390 room Hilton Santa Fe Golf Resort & Spa North of Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Hyatt Regency Coral Gables Undergoing a $10 million Transformation
• Does "Green" Marketing Mean Going Into the Red? / Michael Duffy
• Arizona Biltmore Sets Eco-Friendly Standards with All-Encompassing Green Program
• Hotel AG, a Hotel Brokerage Company, Engaged to Sell the Residence Inn/ Springhill Suites Development in Myrtle Beach South Carolina
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise Owners of the Holiday Inn Express - Salina, Kansas
• The School of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Offers Assistance in the Tourism Recovery Efforts in the Earthquake Stricken Area in the Province of Sichuan
• VFM Interactive Announces Expansion of Hotel Team; Highly regarded industry veterans, Darlene Rondeau and Susan Tennant, to help grow VFM's hotel media production and distribution business
• Air Arabia, the Largest Low-cost Carrier in the Middle East, Building a 300-room Budget Hotel at the Sharjah International Airport;Rotana Hotels Will Mange the Air Arabia Centro Hotel
• Douglas R. Korn Appointed General Manager THE US GRANT, a Starwood Luxury Collection Hotel, in Downtown San Diego
• The Mississippi Gaming Destination, Pearl River Resort, Appoints Top Executives Including Dale Hipsh as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
• Dave Mudge Appointed Executive Chef at the Regal Sun Resort, Orlando
• Andrew Dale Named Director of Catering for The Heldrich, New Brunswick, New Jersey

• 101 Top Hotel/Resort Suites of the Year; Most Expensive Suite Is in Geneva Switzerland, the $52,000/night Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson
• Many South Padre Island Hotels and Restaurants Suffer Major Damage from Hurricane Dolly; Bahia Mar Resort Hit Hard
• Principles for Success As a Hotel Manager - Using Your Management Style Effectively / Dr John Hogan
• Hotel Indigo in Ontario Described As Not a 'Beige Box' Lodging
• Offering a New Model of Sustainable Hospitality The 77 room Ambrose, Santa Monica, California Earns LEED-EB Green Building Certification
• The 1,663 room Atlanta Marriott Marquis Completes $138 Million Transformation - Showcases 'M.i. Great Room' 
• The 1400-room Hilton Orlando Tops Off,  First Hotel Connected to the Orange County Convention Center
• The Blackstone Group Completes $12 million Renovation of the The Key Largo Grande Resort & Beach Club and Branding to Hilton
• The Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group Arranges Financing for Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park
• Brian Rosenberg Appointed Executive Vice President at Alrose Hotel Group
• Luis Aloma Appointed General Manager of Hyatt Regency Miami
• Dick Schroen and Ron Wojcik Appointed Operations Executives with Alliance Hospitality Management LLC
• Rob Cote Named General Manager and Carolyn Cudd Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the aloft Charlotte Uptown
• David Cole Appointed Pre-Opening Director of Sales and Marketing at the JW Marriott Chicago, a 610-room Hotel Being Developed Within the Landmark Daniel Burnham Designed Office Building at 208 S. LaSalle Street

July 24, 2008

• Insights and Advice from Tom Baltimore, President of RLJ Development, LLC / Jim Butler
• Affiliates of Ginn Resorts Negotiating with Credit Suisse to Restructure $675 million Loan Involving Private Club Communities being Developed and Operated by the Ginn Resorts in North Carolina, Florida and Bahamas
• Starwood Reports Second Quarter 2008 Net Income Fell 27.6% to $105 million from $145 million; International Results Were Solid, Significant Drop in United States Performance / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Metro Orlando's June 2008 Hotel Occupancy of 70.4% Down 5.1% from June 2007
• Vision Hospitality Spending $24 million to Transform the 1972-era Clarion Hotel in Chattanooga into a Doubletree
• Midas Hospitality the Lead Developer for a 88 unit Staybridge Suites in Wichita, Kansas
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Reports 2nd Qtr 2008 Net Income to Common Shareholders Increased to $20.5 million Compared to $19.4 million in the Previous Year; Total Revenues Increased to $201.3 million from $184.7 million
• The First Phase of a $27 million Restoration Now Complete at the 306 room Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago
• The 119-room Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver Expected to Open in Early 2009; First North American Hotel for Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
• Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau Delivers Healthy Return-on-Investment in the Past 12 Months, Books 768,000 Hotel Room Nights for Future Years
• Amidee Capital Group Seeks City Incentives to Restore the Former 193 room Ramada Niagara Hotel in Niagara Falls, New York
• STR Provides InnLink Central Reservation Service Customers with STAR Report
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Promotes Four Within Development Team Supporting the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico
• Hotel Operator Outrigger Promotes Dan Wacksman to Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing
• Tom Santora Joins Omni Hotels as its New Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Sales

• Join the Inn Crowd - About 20 Small Inns for Sale on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Enhancing your Service Touchpoints: Live Webinar / Bryan K. Williams
• Fowler Hospitality Planning 3 Hotels, 385 rooms in Mount Pleasant, the Metro Charleston, South Carolina Area
• Steve Wynn, the 66-year-old Founder of Wynn Resorts Ltd., Not Dismayed by Troubles Befalling Las Vegas; The 2,034 room Encore Expecting Up to 65,000 Job Applicants
• Tours Give Glimpse of History at the Biltmore Hotel, a Storied Name in Miami Luxury Hotels
• As Major Hotel Companies Are Reporting Gloomy News -  It's Time to Do Something! / Rick Welch CHA, CHME
• Marriott Building Aggressive Environmental Strategy to Green its Meetings
• Benchmark's Turtle Bay Resort A "Top 25 Hotel in Hawaii for 2008" According to Travel + Leisure Magazine
• Vantage Strategy Consulting Expands Operations into Two Top-Tier Leisure Markets
• Web-Based Property Management System MyHMS Named Preferred PMS for America's Best Franchising, Inc.: Including America's Best Inns & Suites and Country Hearth Inns & Suites
• DiamondRock Hospitality Company Reports 2nd Qtr Net Income of  $21.8 million up from $20.5 million in the Preceding Year Quarter. RevPAR Increased 1.5%  at its Twenty Hotels in North America / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Members Have Acquired or Began Development on 48 Hotel Projects in Last 12 Months
• ABA Development Breaks Ground on 151-room Hyatt Place in Roseville, California
• Ameristar Casinos Names Chet W. Koch SVP & General Manager of Ameristar Kansas City

• Softscribe® Inc. Renews Five Existing Hospitality Clients; Trust, Partnership, Futuristic Thinking and Increased Sales Cited as Renewal Reasons
• Scout Real Estate Capital Begins Demolition of the Wyndham Beach Resort in Bermuda With Plans to Build a $300 million Resort and Residential Village
• Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Signs Agreement with Castillo Grand, L.L.C. to Assume Management of The St. Regis Fort Lauderdale
• Chambers Bay, a New Robert Trent Jones II Designed Public Course Near Tacoma, Washington, Exploring Feasibility of Adding a Hotel
• Illusionist Criss Angel Plans Implosion Stunt at Clearwater, Florida's Famed 9-story Spyglass Resort on the Gulf of Mexico
• Marriott Signs Four Agreements with Expectations to Triple its Lodging Presence in Mexico
• California Based Business Releases Self Service Shipping Centers for Hotels; Allow guests to prepare and ship packages without staff assistance
• Chinese Millionaires Want to Help Philadelphia Expand its Convention Center, but the Center's Board Wants No Part of Borrowing the $73.5 million at 2.5%
• Doubletree Hotel Developer Wants to Get Guest Room Design Right - Builds $500,000 Prototype of Hotel Rooms for a New 398 room Doubletree in Kunshan, China
• InterContinental Hotels Group Expands Career Development Program by Giving Latin America Hotel Employees the Opportunity to Attend The Panama International Hotel School
• Split Rock Resort & Golf Club in the Pennsylvania Poconos Opening a $19 million 53,000-square-foot Indoor Waterpark
• The Silcon Group Set to Open a 100 room Indigo Hotel Within the New Carriage City Mixed-use Building in Downtown, Rahway, New Jersey
• Belfast's Malone Lodge Selects Visual One Solutions by Agilysys; Boutique Property Implements Property Management, Sales & Catering Solutions
• Vail Resorts Names Derek Koenig New Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

July 21, 2008

• Smart Solutions for the Luxury Market in a Changing Economy / Bridgette Parent
• State of Ohio Seeks to Establish Bedbug Legislation;  Program Would Educate Hotel Owners About the Difference Between Bedbugs and Other Types of Vermin So They Can be Treated Appropriately
• Shubh Hotels Intends to Complete $25 million Renovation of the 713-room Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel; Some Problems Surface with Delinquent Hotel/motel Taxes and Filing of Mechanic's Liens
• The City of Grand Prairie, Texas Renews Search for Wildflower Resort Developer; The Latest Developer, Mercantile Capital Group, Backs Out Despite Paying $50,000 to Negotiate With the City
• Liquidity and Risk - "The Party's Over" / Scott Smith MAI
• The Gant Opened as Aspen's First Condominium Property in 1973; A Front Desk, Concierge Services and Housekeeping Were Monumental Additions
• Aztec Arranges $28 million Construction Loans for Courtyard and Residence Inn in San Antonio, Texas 
• Al Fahim Group Signs Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Capital Group to Develop a USD 680 million Baccarat Hotel and Residences at Dubai Pearl
• The Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association Books 451,608 Room Nights through 2017; Record Numbers Attributed to City-owned 757-room Hilton Set to Open in August, 2008
• The Knot and Newmarket International Join Forces; New Enhancement to Vendor Profile on TheKnot.com Provides Users Immediate Response from Event Venues through Newmarket MeetingBrokerSM Partnership
• The St. Regis Beijing Completes $27 Million Restoration; Previously Known as the Beijing International Club Until it was Branded St Regis in 2000
• The Betsy in Miami's South Beach Set to Reopen Following a Complete Renovation in the Fall of 2008
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 93 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Sage Hospitality Selects Shakir Hussain as General Manager at Chicago's Blackstone, A Renaissance Hotel

• Hotel Lessons Learned Growing Up In Kennedy Craft Shop / Doug Kennedy
• Some Survivors Tell their Story for the First Time On the 27 year Anniversary of the Skywalks Collapse at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency
• After 14 years Aramark Ousted As Concessionaire at the Hynes and South Boston Convention Centers
• Principles for Success As a Hotel Manager - Motivating the Team / Dr. John Hogan
• Anchorage Hospitality LLC Building a $20 million 165 room Crowne Plaza in the Mid Town Area, Anchorage
• The Long Vacant International Hotel in Downtown El Paso On Schedule to Reopen as 210-room Hilton DoubleTree
• Kasterlee Limited Gains Exclusive Right to License and Develop Choice's Clarion Brand in the United Kingdom, Germany and Russia
• China's Prestigious New World Hotel Group Selects Luxe Worldwide Hotels For International Representation: Major Signing Ceremony in Hong Kong
• Valencia Group Sponsors the Retail Destination of the Year Award at the World Retail Awards 2008 in Palau Nacional, Barcelona
• Pierre Zreik Appointed General Manager of The Allison Inn & Spa Set to Open in 2009 in the Oregon Wine Country
• TCK Group, Vietnam's First International Hotel Consultancy Group Has a New Chief Executive Officer
• Stephanie Hinckley Named Director of Sales & Marketing for Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa
• Jay Rasulo, Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Named the 2008 Inductee into the Travel Industry Hall of Leaders
• Randy Bayard Named General Manager of the Vero Beach Hotel & Club, Vero Beach, Florida
• Dolce International Promotes Paul C. van Wijk to Senior Vice President of Operations, North America .and Xavier Louyot as Marketing and Public Relations Director, Europe
• Vista Inns Commitment to PCI Compliance supported by InnLink and Innformation Systems
• Tech Company takes on Interior Decorating; MSI and Ronald McDonald House at Phoenix Children's Hospital Working together to provide a loving, safe environment for the families of sick children
• Ocean Properties, Ltd. Names Kara Greer Director of Sales & Marketing for Northern New England
• Personality Hotels Appoints Dayna Zeitlin as Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing

• Revenue and Pricing Strategies in Travel Special
• Stevan Porter, President of the Americas for InterContinental Hotels Group, Steps Down for Medical Reasons; Richard Solomons Appointed Interim President
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Signs Agreement with Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company to Re-develop the Former Home of the Majestic Hotel in Paris, France into a Peninsula Hotel
• Hotel Revenue Management in a Stagnant Economy / Neil Salerno
• Many Las Vegas Condo Buyers in Sinking Boat: Units That Sold for $1.4 million Are Now $700,000
• The Active Role of the Butler in Today's Hotel Industry / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
• Remembering Jack Craver; World Record-Setting Hotels; At Last: A Major Gaming Facility in the Catskills / Stanley Turkel
• Millennium Hotels and Resorts Partners with UniFocus for Employee Engagement Initiative; UniFocus New Standard for Employee, Guest and Meeting Planner Feedback
• eXceed Hospitality Asset Advisors Chosen to Asset Manage The Mayflower, Washington, DC - A Renaissance Hotel
• Hospitality Management Enterprises Adds the Ramada Overland Park Kansas Property to its Management Portfolio
• Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Reports Net Income Up $45 million to $199 million for the 2nd Qtr 2008 But Decreased $86 million to $262 million for Year-to-date 2008; Full-year Comparable Hotel RevPAR Projected to be Between Positive 1% and Negative 1% / Hotel Operating Data
• Hart Hotels and Krog Corporation Joint Venture Open the $14 million Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel in New York's Finger Lakes Region
• President/CEO of Choice Hotels and Wyndham Hotel Group to Speak at the 12th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership/Multicultural Tourism Summit
• ProHost® Backbar Mobiles From Hostar Are a Popular Way to Reduce Work Related Injury, Control Inventory, and Deliver Product in an Attractive and Streamline Fashion
• Developer Michael Earl Planning a $11.4 million 108 room TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Omaha, Nebraska
• Roland Fasel Appointed General Manager of The Dorchester, London
• Barcelo Hotels & Resorts Appoints Claudio Zboznovits as Vice President of Sales & Marketing Director for the U.S. and Canada
• Susan Foresman Appointed General Manager of the University Plaza Hotel in West Lafayette, Indiana
• Miguel David Appointed Director of Catering Sales at Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina
• Doubletree Portland's Ongoing Process of Improving Operations and Conserving Resources Recognized by AH&LA

July 15, 2008

• Jekyll Island Club Hotel Focuses on Future and Growth Empowered by Scalable Maestro PMS Suite; Maestro's robust internet functionality, single-image database, supported by Diamond Plus Service impresses historic luxury destination resort operators
• Starwood Abandons the Fort Lauderdale Hotel Market 14 Months after Opening the St. Regis Fort Lauderdale Resort, Cites Contract Dispute with the Castillo Grand Ownership Group
• Lodgian Shuttering the French Quarter Suites Hotel in Memphis for Good; Hotel Had Steadily Declined with Little Upkeep
• Does a Sports Figure's Name on the Restaurant Marquee Guarantee Success? Apparently Not
• TripAdvisor Exposes the Top 10 Clothing-optional Resorts
• The Three-tower Development on Miami's Biscayne Bay Known as Icon Brickell Topped Off; A Boutique Hotel, Viceroy at Icon Brickell, Will Occupy 9 Floors with 100 Units
• Pre-Show Report: International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, November 8-11, 2008, New York City
• LRA Worldwide to Conduct Brand Assurance Program for aloft Hotels; Philadelphia Based Consulting Company Expands its Global Quality Assurance Program for Starwood Hotels & Resorts
• Women Take All the Top Positions at the NYLO Providence/Warwick Including Christine Nevers as General Manager
• Thousand Line Up at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit On First Day People Could Apply in Person for about 250 Jobs
• InterContinental Hotels Group Bolsters Asia Pacific Marketing & Sales Team with Seven Executive Hires; Jonathan Mills Appointed VP of Sales, IHG Asia Pacific
• Following an Extensive $40 million Renovation Jamaica's Rose Hall Resort & Spa Joins Hilton Hotels & Resorts
• Portfolio Hotels & Resorts to Manage Seven Gables Inn in Pacific Grove, California
• The St. Regis Bali Resort Unveiling English-style Butlers to the Island's Hospitality Industry
• Janis Clapoff Appointed Managing Director at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa in Ojai, California
• David Feder Appointed General Nanager of the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura, Florida
• Gail Chapelsky Appointed General Manager of the New L'Hermitage Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia

• Savan Vegas Hotel & Casino in Laos Selects Agilysys Solution Suite; New Casino-Hotel to Implement Property Management, POS, Inventory & Procurement 
• Alleging Racial Bias, New Jersey Couple Sue Clarion Hotel in Scranton, Pennyslvania; Claims Front Desk Clerk Told Them "Get out of my hotel"
• The Projected Cost of Expanding the Pennsylvania Convention Center Approaching $100 million Over Budget; Will the Cost Outweigh the Benefit
• Just Four Years after Opening, the $800 million Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Considering Doubling the Size
• Key West Inn Brand a Popular Choice in Slowing Economy
• Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates Expected to Open Two Dozen 5-star Hotels Within the Next Five Years
• Following Complete Interior and Exterior Renovation a Former Holiday Inn Reopens as Crowne Plaza in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
• HFTP Assistant Controllers Conference Set for August 24-25, 2008 in Westlake, Texas
• Trust International Supports Asia-Pacific Travel Boom With Area-Specific Products and Services
• Maybourne Hotel Group Offers Enhanced Service to Travel Agents; Pegasus Provides Commission Processing to Renowned London Properties
• William Justus Appointed Executive Chef at Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints El Hassan Erroudani Director of Food & Beverage at The Heldrich, New Brunswick, NJ
• Marcus Lund Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at The Point Orlando Resort

• Morrissey Hospitality Prepares The Hotel Minneapolis - a Doubletree for Opening; Innovative Outreach Provides Locals a Preview Taste
• Nu Hotel - Downtown Brooklyn's First Boutique Hotel Opens on Smith Street; Designer Hammocks in Select Rooms
• Gutted to the Concrete Shell Following Katrina, The Gulf Towers in Biloxi Receiving a $25-30 million Makeover to a Non-gaming 195 room Four Points - by Sheraton Hotel
• Entering 80th Anniversary, Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina Undertakes Multi-million dollar Update to Facilities and Service
• Georg R. Rafael Named the 2008 Recipient of the "International Hotelier Global Citizen" Award
• ETA Star Property Signs Starwood's St. Regis Brand to Operate a 220 room Hotel and 80 Branded Residences within Dubai's Starhill Towers & Gallery Project
• Nogales, Arizona Landmark, the Americana Motor Hotel Sold for about $3.5 million; New Owner Michael Clausen Expects to Spend $1 million on Upgrades
• Celebration of Excellence to Honor Distinguished CHA and MHS Designees
• PolyU Study Finds Understanding Hong Kong Market Segments Key to Boosting Repeat Visits
• Luxury Eco Retreat Opens in Borneo Malaysia; Gayana Eco Resort Has 44 Rooms All Located Over Water
• The Historic Hotel Pattee of Perry, Iowa, Will Re-open Following Acquisition by Affiliates of Leisure Hotels & Resorts; Ralph Armenta Appointed General Manager
• Hard Rock Hotels Selects MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution for Central Solutions
• Langham Hotels Appoints Stephanie Mehail to Hotel Manager at The Langham, Huntington in Pasadena and Hans Schaepman Promoted to Hotel Manager at The Langham, Boston

• Marriott International Inc. Reports a 24% Decrease in 2nd Qtr Net income, $157 million from $207 million a Year Earlier; Hotels Outside the U.S. Report Strong Revenue Growth in the Quarter, Some Deterioration in the U.S / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Atlantis Rising; A trio of experienced hospitality leaders join Atlantis Hospitality Group - a new consulting firm dedicated to providing cost-effective solutions to specific hotel operational needs
• At Least 10 Hotel Robberies Have Occurred in the Milwaukee Area in the Last Six Months
• Rough Ride for Casino Resorts in Reno - Gaming Revenue Has Declined 11 of the Past 15 months
• Kansas City Star Opinion: City Hall Officials Need to Think Twice Before Subsidizing a New 1,000-room Hotel in Downtown Kansas City
• One Man's 30-year Quest to Develop a Hotel on the Richardson Bay Shore Near Sausolito, California Is Simmering Again
• National Hospitality Holdings Acquires Doubletree Hotel Atlanta/Roswell and Embassy Suites Pittsburgh-International Airport Hotel
• LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels Brands the Saratoga Hotel & Conference Center to The Saratoga Hilton
• The 246 room Magnolia Hotel Denver Completes $7 million Renovation; Adds Complimentary Buffet Breakfast and Evening Happy Hour
• Amsterdam Hospitality Completes Redesign and Expansion of the 135 room Marcel at Gramercy Hotel in Midtown Manhattan
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System has been selected for the 705 room Tokyo Disneyland Hotel
• Aimbridge Hospitality Takes Over Management of the Quality Hotel and Conference Center in Metairie, Louisiana
• Benchmark Hospitality International's Cheyenne Mountain Resort Named One of the "Best Companies to Work For in Colorado"; Only Hotel on List
• Hotel Occupancy in Dubai Down by 10% Compared to Last Summer; Tourists from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Increasingly Choosing Destinations in the Far East
• Mitch Mehr Joins Destination Hotels & Resorts as Vice President of Food and Beverage Operations 
• Moses Qidwai Appointed General Manager of The Radisson Hotel Fort Worth South
• Hotel Developer CSM Corporation Appoints John Ferrier to Director of Architecture and Luke Hedberg to Real Estate Development Manager

July 9, 2008 

• Pebble Beach Company Selects Eatec Solution from Agilysys; Inventory and Procurement Solution Implemented at Company's Three Resort Properties
• The Related Group Cancels Sales Contracts for the Planned Viceroy Condo-hotel Tower in South Beach, Will Partner with Orient-Express on a $150 million Hotel Project on the Site
• City of Mountain View, California Launches Search for a Hotel Developer; Talks with Google Fizzle for a Planned Luxury Resort 
• Principles for Success As a Hotel Manager: Understanding the Organization / Dr. John Hogan
• Orient-Express Hotels Establishes a 50/50 Strategic Partnership with The Related Group to Develop Hotels in South Beach Miami, Cartagena, Colombia, and Panama City, Panama
• PKF Study Finds U.S. Hotels Extremely Vulnerable To Sharp Declines In Airline Capacity
• Last Chance to Register: CVCT Webcast: Marketing & Revenue Management Plan 2009
• Interesting business opportunities available for hotels and golf courses in Spain (Marbella and Costa del Sol). For more info go to
• Pegasus and Travelport GDS Announce Exclusive Agreement to Help Boost Hotel Commissions Earned by Travel Agencies; New Arrangement Offers Reduced Pricing for Commission Processing, Reconciliation and Tracking for Galileo-connected Travel Agents
• The Terrace Hotel, Lakeland, Florida Only the Third Hotel to be Designated Both a Historic Hotel of America and a Preferred Hotel Group's Preferred Boutique
• The 230 room Burj Al-Fateh Hotel Opening in Khartoum, the Capital of Sudan
• Born as a 12-room Hunting Lodge in 1925, Mexico's Legendary Rosarito Beach Hotel Becomes A 500-Room Resort
• Four Hotel Projects Expected to Add about 302 Rooms to the 5,100 rooms in Rochester, Minnesota, Now Minnesota's Second Largest Hotel Market Following Minneapolis with 8,000 Rooms
• Ray Hammer Appointed General Manager and David Swift Director of Sales and Marketing at the Recently Reflagged 1,840-room Sheraton Dallas Hotel
• Suzee Warren Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Mission Inn Resort & Club, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida
• Michelle Rini Named Food & Beverage Director of Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Berkeley Marina

July 8, 2008

• Owner Mike McAdams Turns a '40s-era Fishing Camp into the Award Winning Lake Austin Spa Resort
• Competing Against 3,000 Marriott Branded Hotels Worldwide, the Greenbelt Marriott Hotel Named "Hotel of the Year" for 2007
• Hokkaido's Resort Area of Niseko Experiencing Growing Demand for Deluxe Hotels Including Resorts from Hilton Hotels Group and West Paces Hotel Group
• Thai Hotels Association Frets About Political Uncertainity; May Lose Tourists to Singapore and Malaysia
• Reservations About Your Reservations? Consider Reliability and Response / Tim Unwin
• Noble Investment Group Acquires the Hyatt Valencia and Santa Clarita Conference Center in Los Angeles County
• The Santa Monica Landmark, Hotel Shangri-La, Reopening After a $30 million Refurbishment
• Leisure Sports Inc. and R.D. Olsen Open the Second Renaissance ClubSport Property in Aliso Viejo, California
• American Hotel Development Partners Planning a New Build Holiday Inn at Alafia Crossing, Tampa, Florida
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies to Present at MICE Asia 2008 in Kuala Lumpur
• Shanghai Baolian Real Estate Company Ltd. Signs 10-year Agreement with Wyndham Hotel Group to Operate a 337-room, 15-story Luxury Hotel in Shanghai
• Solare Hotels & Resorts Opens the Chisun Grand Nagasaki; Solare's Mid Scale Brand, Chisun Grand, Reaches Five Properties
• Heddes Bouw BV Signs Domina Hotel Group to Operate the Domina Hotel & Conference Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• DiamondRock Hospitality Company Names Mark W. Brugger Chief Executive Officer
• John Billings Named Executive Chef and Assistant Director of Food & Beverage for Benchmark's Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Itasca, Illinois

July 7, 2008

• How are Travel Companies Lowering Distribution Costs, Selling Ancillary Products and Maximizing Revenues in an Uncertain Market?
• Live Webinar: Enhancing your Service Touchpoints / Bryan K. Williams
• aloft Brand Expected to Reinvent the Select Service Market; Out: Traditional Furniture and Polyester Comforters on the Bed. In: Custom Furniture and Duvets on the Bed
• Kept Captive by Hotel Guest for 8 Months, 17 Women 'Freed' from the Most Luxurious Hotel in Brussels
• Fate Remains Unclear as Price Tag Rises from $181 million to $247 million for Proposed 600 room Portland Convention Center Hotel
• State of Illinois Sells the Holiday Inn in Collinsville; State Owed $32 million and Getting Back $10.4 million
• The Mescalero Apache Tribe Wrestling with $200 million Debt, Interest Payments and Capital Improvements at the Three Year Old Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino near Ruidoso, New Mexico
• VISTA® Hospitality Gets to Know Its Customers at Annual Conference; Annual event convenes in Nashville to build on momentum for continued brand growth, camaraderie and focus on creating new heightened industry standards for fair franchising
• Hard Rock Hotel and Casino counts on SAS® for Patron Value Optimization; Sustaining profitability and growth in the gaming industry with data integration, business intelligence and analytics software
• LodgeWorks Building a 163-suite Hotel Sierra Adjacent to theTime Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Two-year, $20 million-plus Renovation of the Palmetto Building in Downtown Columbia, South Carolina Results in 135 room Sheraton Hotel
• Macau Set to Be Medical Tourism Destination; 50 Doctor Medical Clinic Opening at the The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel
• Shangri-La Building a 500 room Hotel at The Bonifacio Global City in Manila
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 92 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Fire Update: Big Sur Tourism Area Hotels, Attractions & Restaurants Open with No Damage
• Christopher Carey, Executive Chef at The Goodstone Inn & Estate, Middleburg, Virginia to Cook Dinner at the James Beard House, New York 
• Kevin Brett Appointed General Manager of the Conrad Cairo
• Park Plaza Hotels Appoints Wilfried Persevalle as Regional Director of Sales & Revenue UK and Marieke de Witte as Human Resources Manager Benelux

• Construction Beginning on the Great Orlando Wheel; Iconic Observation Wheel, Similar to the London Eye, Going Up Adjacent to the Orlando - Orange County Convention Center
• Lodging Econometrics' Europe Construction Pipeline at a Cyclical High of 1,031 Projects/172,815 Guestrooms; Emerging Countries Are a Major Development Focus
• Profile: Steve Shalit - Vice President and Managing Director, Trump International Hotel & Tower, Las Vegas
• 21 Sickened at Crowne Plaza-Cabana in Palo Alto, California; County Health Investigating Cause, Hotel Dclared Safe
• Steve Wynn Names Tim Poster and Tom Breitling Senior Vice Presidents of Strategy and Development
• Benchmark Hospitality Promotes Greg Parsons to Vice President, Overseeing Properties in the Midwest, South and Eastern United States
• Enna Goodsby Appointed General Manager, Shilo Inn Suites Hotel, Killeen, Texas

• Emergence of Adventure Sports Resorts; 10 Trends Point the Way to Future Resort Development / Jeff Coy
• Balance of Power in Hospitality Capital Planning / Tina McCrossan
• Owners of Northern Bay Golf Resort & Marina Located Near Wisconsin Dells, Wisonsin File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Condos Not Selling
• Downtown Chicago Hotel Occupancy Dipped to 65.2% During the First Five Months of 2008, from 67.4% in the Year-earlier Period
• The University of North Carolina Selects Destination Hotels & Resorts to Manage the Carolina Inn and Rizzo Conference Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• The Adelphi Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York  for Sale: Asking Price is $7,785,000 for the 39 room Hotel Built in 1877
• Viking Hospitality Fund Developing its Second Hotel, a 124 room New Hampton Inn & Suites in Rochester, Minnesota
• The Top 10 Castle Hotels in Europe / TripAdvisor
• John Q. Hammons Opens the 257-suite Embassy Suites® Omaha/La Vista - Hotel & Conference Center in La Vista, Nebraska; The Opening Marks Hammons' 203rd Hotel in 50 Years
• PAR Springer-Miller Announces PABP Validation
• Trust International Marks Successful First Half of 2008 With 7 New Clients and Increased Hotel Booking Volume
• Prestigious Properties Ltd. Selects Wyndham Hotels to Manage a  251-unit Resort at Pirate's Bay on the West Coast of Grand Turk Island
• Pestana Hotels and Resorts Selects MICROS OPERA Reservations System to Create a Single Image Inventory Solution
• Pegasus Solutions Names Ric Leutwyler President of Representation Services
• The Former Ramada Inn at Amoskeag Falls in Manchester, New Hampshire Receives $3 Million Renovation and Conversion to the Clarion Brand
• Spiridon Sarantopoulos Appointed General Manager of the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

• Indoor Waterparks: Surfing a Wave in North America in '08 / David J. Sangree
• Elite Meetings International Announces Magazine Distribution Agreement with Hudson News at Major US Airports; Elite Meetings magazine to arrive on newsstands July 1
• Dealerless Poker - Casinos reduce risk with automated table games / Bill Geoghegan
• Marketing & Revenue Management Plan 2009 - Succeeding in a Difficult Year / Carol Verret
• Sasada International LLC, Selects Aqua Hotels & Resorts to Provide Management Services for Park Shore Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu
• New Castle Hotels & Resorts Chooses American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute for Supervisory Training
• Dan Hermes Fine Art Moving Digital Paintings Awarded by Hospitality Design Magazine and the International Interior Design Association
• Starwood Hotels' Newest Brand - the Extended Stay ELEMENT, Opens First Property in Lexington, Massachusetts, Adjacent to a 136 room aloft
• In Saudi Arabia, Nowhere to Go but the Palace of the Orient, an Ultra-luxury Hotel Matching Dubai's Burj al Arab
• The Proposed 200 room Lafayette Tower at Raleigh's New Convention Center Tangled Up by the Credit Crunch
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited Makes General Manager Appointments; Paul Tchen Named Opening GM at the Peninsula Hotel in Shanghai
• Gary S. Thulander Named General Manager of the Cap Juluca Resort, Anguilla, British West Indies
• Scot Toon Appointed General Manager at the Gayana Eco Resort, Borneo Malaysia