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 Satisfact