1. Former Manager of the Restaurant at the Hilton Minneapolis Files Discrimination Lawsuit;  Alleges She Was Fired After Complaining about Hotel Executives' Wild Party
2. A Husband and Wife Suing United Airlines for Negligently Overserving Wine During a Flight; Claims Drinks Caused Domestic Violence After Plane Landed 
3. PKF Forecasts 7.8% RevPAR Decline for U.S. Hotels in 2009;  Will be the Fifth Largest Annual Decline Since 1930, No Relief Until Second Quarter of 2010 
4. Update from Raymond Bickson, the Managing Director  of Taj Hotels, as of 1.00 pm IST, December 1, 2008 
5. Dealing With the Economic Downturn: 10 Ideas for Hotels and Resorts / David J. Sangree
6. The Struggling Daufuskie Island Resort and Breathe Spa Lays Off Almost All Employees;  Owners Bill and Gayle Dixon Trying to Sell Parts of the Sprawling Resort 
7. 5-star Hotels Becoming Out of Bounds for Casual Visitors 
8. Benchmark Hospitality International�s Top Five Dining  Trends for 2009; Plus Five Cocktail Trends 
9. Why the 105 Year-old Taj Mahal Hotel Survived
10. Resort Developer and Operator Ginn Cos. Unable to Refinance $675 million in Debt, Files Chapter 7; Will Liquidate Tesoro Development in Port St. Lucie and Quail West, near Naples, Florida 
11. Disaster Management Plan for the Hospitality Industry /  Avantika Singh
12. Orlando Hotel Jobs at Risk as November 2008 Occupancy Falls to 53% 
13. New CEO of Choice Misses an Opportunity; Lost and Forgotten Hotels; Little Known Hotel Facilities in New York / Stanley Turkel
14. Prior CNL Executives Form Legacy Hotel Advisors; Strategic Focus on Hotel Repositioning and Complex Transactions To Drive Value during Turbulent Economy 
15. Developers of Hilton Garden Inn in Lynchburg, Virginia Sell the 126 room; Hotel for $15.5 million ($123 K per room) Just Six Months After Opening 
16. Park City, Utah is on the Verge of Becoming Opulent - a St. Regis and Waldorf-Astoria Set to Open in Early 2009 
17. Planning in a Challenging Economy - Fundamentals of Hotel Sales Planning  / Dr. John Hogan
18. Contrarian Strategies for Hotel Sales Departments to Thrive in an Economic Downturn / Carol Verret
19. The 2,034-room Encore Opens as Las Vegas Resorts Face Declining Customer Spending and Visitor Numbers
20. San Antonio Critics of Hotel Builder, FaulknerUSA, Warn Fort Lauderdale Officials 
21. Restructuring Distressed Condominium Hotel Projects /  Jim Butler and Peter Connolly 
22. Six Acres in the Heart of Yountville, California Home to a New Luxury Inn and Spa; The 62-room Bardessono Hotel Being Built Using an Organic Approach and Materials of the Region 
23. When the Loews Miami Beach Opened in 1998, Miami Officials Hoped More Luxury; Hotels Would Follow: A Decade and Three Ritz-Carltons Later, a Hotel Boom Coming to an End 
24. Plans for the $200 million Ritz-Carlton Timeshare and Condominium Resort on Miami Beach Unravel; No Debt Financing Available 
25. Park Hyatt Named "Best Hotel Chain in the World" and Emirates Named the "Best Overall Airline in the World" by Business Traveler Magazine 

• Restructuring Distressed Condominium Hotel Projects / Jim Butler and Peter Connolly
• Las Vegas Room Rates for New Year's Eve Are As Low as They've Been in Recent Memory
• Resort Developer and Operator Ginn Cos. Unable to Refinance $675 million in Debt, Files Chapter 7; Will Liquidate Tesoro Development in Port St. Lucie and Quail West near Naples, Florida
• Some Bright Spots in a Tough Year for Atlantic City Resort Casinos
• Once 'Shameful', Being a Chef Now Acceptable in Amman, Jordan - One of the Oldest Inhabited Cities in the World
• Kalahari Resorts Confident a $230 million Financing Package Is Imminent for 700 room Resort in Fredericksburg, Virginia
• State of South Carolina Fines Daufuskie Island Resort $6,900 for Failing to Pay 69 Laid-off Employees $130,000 In owed Vacation Time
• Despite Economy, Upstate New York Hotels Renovate - to Capture Larger Share of Smaller Pie
• Profile: Japanese Hotelier Naoki Yamanaka, President Shiki Resorts Co.
• Number of Foreign Visitors to Japan Plunges Nearly 20% in November 2008
• Todd Cleveland Named General Manager for Hilton Garden Inn North Alpharetta, Georgia
• M Hotel Singapore Appoints Alice Ee Executive Assistant Manager in Sales and Marketing

• NRA's Top 10 Hot Trends in the 2009; Restaurant Industry Expected to Post Modest Sales Growth in 2009 as it Copes with the Weakest Economy in Decades
• Knowland Signs 1,500th Client;  2008 sees fourth consecutive year with over 100% growth for innovative hotel sales and marketing firm
• When the Loews Miami Beach Opened in 1998, Miami Officials Hoped More Luxury Hotels Would Follow: A Decade and Three Ritz-Carltons Later, a Hotel Boom Coming to an End
• SAXA Planning a $200 million Hotel and Convention Center near Arizonal State University in Tempe 
• Hotel Occupancy Drops Sharply in New Mexico; Albuquerque at 48.9% and Santa Fe at 44.3% During November 2008
• Japan Association of Travel Agents Claims Macau is Only Overseas Destinations Seeing Increases in Japanese Visitors Over the Last Two Years
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 81 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch Completes Final Phase of a $50 million Renovation
• GS Development LLC Building a 192-suite Version 3 Embassy Suites by Hilton in Kennesaw, Georgia; Hotel Will Have an On-site, In-house Ruth's Chris Restaurant

• Orlando Hotel Jobs at Risk as November 2008 Occupancy Falls to 53%
• Expanding Eco-Education; Pineapple Hospitality teams with BITAC to bring green solutions to one of the industry's premier educational events
• Sheila Crump Johnson Aims to Make a Splash in High-end Hospitality Business; Woodlands Resort and Inn Holds Both AAA's Five Diamond and Mobil's Five Star Distinctions for Lodging and Dining
• Tom Wolfe, Chief Concierge of The Fairmont San Francisco, Recognized for his Visionary Achievement as the First Concierge in the United States
• The 2,034-room Encore Opens as Las Vegas Resorts Face Declining Customer Spending and Visitor Numbers
• Steigenberger Hotel Group Hopes to Sharpen the Brand Profile; Dynamic Approach to the Future
• Joint Venture of LeFrak Organization and Melvin Simon & Associates Prepares the 429 room Westin Jersey City Newport for Opening in February 2009
• Owners and Developers of the Hotel, Setai San Diego  Change Name to Sè San Diego
• The Seventh Tower on the Grounds of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Opens,  the 38 story Grand Waikikian Timeshare Tower
• Michelin Guide 2009 Recommends Cosmopolitan Hotel Hong Kong As One of Most Comfortable Hotels
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hosts the Fifth China Tourism Forum; Professor Zhang Guangrui Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Tourism Education and Research in China
• TynanGroup  Appoints Alex Stanford Director of Renovations

• The Biggest Food Story of 2008 - Decidedly the Rise in Food Prices / Annual Food Editor Survey
• Chains Use Power Reporting and Dashboards for Better Decisions from 'Big Data'; The 'why' behind the numbers - Execs use new 'guided ad-hoc reporting' to manage by exception
• Advance Reservations Needed to Enter: The Tata Group Re-opens High-rise Wing of the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel and the Oberoi Group Reopens the Trident
• Fire Completely Destroys 70-room Comfort Inn Near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Likely Cause an Exhaust Fan in Guest Room Bathroom
• Trends in the Conference Center Industry; New Supply of Conference Centers Greatly Restricted / Dave Arnold
• Hilton Hotels Signs Management Agreement with Diyar Al Bahrain, to Open the Conrad Hotel in the Kingdom of Bahrain
• With SAS® Predictive Analytics, Group RCI Offers Best Vacations to Millions; RCI Uses SAS to Forecast Demand, Predict Time-share Values
• Columbus, Ohio Hotel Reborn:  Westin's Great Southern Updated Without Neglecting its Character, History
• The Conrad Hong Kong Appoints Lucinder Ng as Director of Sales & Marketing

• Menzies Hotels Switches to SynXis to Increase Revenue Through Online Distribution; UK-based chain using the RedX Distribution Management System as its single source of distribution
• MSI Surrounds itself with Great Hospitality Solutions Minds First Annual Consultant Roundtable is a Huge Success
• Gansevoort Hotel Group to Operate the 91 room Gansevoort Turks & Caicos, a Wymara Resort in Turks & Caicos Islands
• Developers of Fort Wayne, Indiana Homewood Suites Facing Multimillion-dollar Choices to Correct Staggering Series of Contractor Blunders
• Donald Trump Suing Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Claims Unfairly Denied a Casino License in Philadelphia
• Donald Trump Files $100 million Lawsuit Against the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Claims City Forced Him to Perform Unnecessary and Unreasonable Geologic Studies for Proposed Houses at the Trump National Golf Club 
• Sheraton Dallas Undergoing $90 million Renovation, Roughly $50,000 a Room
• High Point, North Carolina's Largest Hotel to Drop Radisson Name; 252 room Hotel Opened as a Radisson 25 Years Ago
• CARINO Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Announces Addition of New Chain Code "UN" in 2009 for Member Hotels; Luxury Hotel Group Will Now Track Sources of All Reservations, Provide Maximum Revenue/ Exposure for Properties
• Managing Cost and Risk, While Abroad: How to Create a Sound, Effective International Ground Transportation Program / Mike Fogarty
• Hotel Butler (A Santa´s Elf) / Mariana Stachuk
• Trust International Rolls Out Voyager|CRS 14 with Enhanced Rate Loading, Reporting, Currency Converter and Communication Tools to Improve Efficiency
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Wins Five Prestigious HSMAI Adrian Awards
• The Element Hotel in Lexington, Massachusetts - the First Starwood Hotel to Earn Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Program
• PolyU's School of Hotel and Tourism Management take part in Virtual College Fair in Second Life
• Agenda Set for the Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Annual Food & Beverage Conference, February 15-17, 2009 in Hershey, Pennsylvania
• "Out of the Panic and into Opportunities of a Lifetime" Is Theme  for the 19th Annual Meet the Money® Conference Hotel Financing Summit Set for May 5-7, 2009
• Interstate Hotels Appoints Management Teams for Hyatt Place Hotels in Austin, Grand Prairie, Houston and San Antonio, Texas
• Chicago's Blackstone, A Renaissance Hotel Names Ozgen Cevik Assistant Manager

• Asia Pacific Hotels Explore Best Practices in Internet Marketing at TravelCLICK's Global Seminar Series
• The Knowland Group Acquires Denver Area Market Research Firm; Acquisition provides 10+ years of data to be used to test proprietary data-mining and micro-targeting techniques
• Atlantic City Hotels and Casinos In the Midst of its Biggest Workforce Reduction in Recent Memory
• Despite High Interest Rates, Nasty Recession and a Lack of Political Support - Portland, Oregon's Plans for a $227 million Convention Center Hotel Live On
• San Francisco's Hotel Owners Approve Room Revenue Tax Increase; Based on Proximity to Moscone Convention Center the Existing 14% Hotel Room Tax Grows to Either 15% or 15.5%
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Pioneering a New Brand Extension; Future Sites for Ritz-Carlton Reserve Include Thailand, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos and The United Arab Emirates
• Paradisus Luxury Resorts Creating a Resort within a Resort - The Reserve -  at its Punta Cana and Palma Real Properties in Dominican Republic
• Alot of Unknowns as Edmond, Oklahoma Officials Ponder a $51 million Hotel/Convention Center Project
• CARINO Collection Announces Companywide Name Change, Repositioning and New Brand Identity; Luxury Hotel Group Makes Changes As Part of New Key Growth Initiatives for 2009
• Former Kessler Collection Executive, Mary C. Kenny, Launches Marketing and Public Relations Consulting Firm
• Darren Law Appointed President and CEO of North Island Development, Developers of Palmera de Cabarete, Dominican Republic; 138-suite Luxury Resort and Spa to Open in 2011
• Intelity's ICE Debuts at Diamondhead Beach Resort; ICE, an In-Room Virtual Concierge and Back-End Monitoring System, Rolls Out in 124 Room Vacation Ownership Property
• Addax Holdings Ltd., Owned by Bazarian International Financial Associates, Signs Global Hyatt to Operate a 100 room Park Hyatt Being Developed in St. George's, Bermuda
• The Former Hyatt Regency St. Louis at Union Station Receiving $20 million Renovation and Conversion to the St. Louis Union Station Marriott
• Dunn Hospitality Group Proposing $18 million Renovation of the Riverpark Grande, a Vacated Historic Bradenton, Florida Hotel
• Peter Kacheris Named Managing Director for The Waldorf=Astoria Orlando and Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
• H.S. Wright III and Kate Janeway to be Honored at Seattle Hotel  Association's 12th Annual "Evening of Hope" Benefit
• Chuck Moran Named General Manager for Courtyard by Marriott In Cromwell, Connecticut
• Richard M. Brown Appointed Western Regional Director of Franchise Sales and Development for Boomerang Hotels
• Carlos F. Melgar Named Hotel Equities Corporate Controller

• The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Selects Software Suite from Agilysys; Visual One Solutions by Agilysys Implemented at Five Williamsburg, Va. Properties
• Personality Hotels' Guest Loyalty Program Now Powered by GuestWare; System Makes it Easy to Deliver 'WOW' Experience to Perks Members
• The Struggling Daufuskie Island Resort and Breathe Spa Lays Off Almost All Employees; Owners Bill and Gayle Dixon Trying to Sell Parts of the Sprawling Resort
• Planning in a Challenging Economy - Probing Hotel Expenses / Dr John Hogan
• 2009 Tourism Preview: Orange County, California Bracing for a Decline of 2% to 3.5% Visitors in 2009 / Sandi Cain
• Unless Corks go the Way of Rotary Dial Phones, You Will Still Need a Corkscrew to Open Wine Bottles - Question Is: Which One to Buy?
• A Husband and Wife Suing United Airlines for Negligently Overserving Wine During a Flight; Claims Drinks Caused Domestic Violence After Plane Landed
• Cripple Creek, Colorado Raising Betting Limit from $5 to $100; Likely to Make Cripple Creek More of a Destination, Leading to New Hotels and Casinos
• Ascott Awarded Contract To Manage Another Premier Serviced Residence In Beijing; Ascott expands presence in China with Ascott Beijing Raffles City in iconic development Raffles City Beijing
• Schweitzer Mountain Resort Taps UniFocus for Employee Engagement Initiative; Favorite Ski Resort for Pacific Northwest Selects UniFocus' STAFFScope�
• Pertlink to Manage the Hospitality Technology Forum @ HOFEX 2009 Scheduled for May 7th 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center
• Elsafe's NEW Sentinel II Proves: 'Not All In-Room Safes are Created Equal'
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System has been selected for the 227 room Jumeirah Living, World Trade Center, Dubai
• Seeking a small ( 20 to 40 keys ) hotel/motel in the greater Miami/Fort Lauderdale area. Buyer is a European, would be live-in owner/operator. Seller financing preferred but not necessary
• HEDNA Elects Four New Board Members for 2009; Melanie Ryan of Orbitz Worldwide Elected President
• Hilton Hotels Signs Agreement with Shanghai New Union Building Co Ltd to Manage the 266 room Waldorf Astoria Hotel on the Bund in Shanghai
• Carlson Hotels Appoints Shelly Irrgang and Lynn Messman to Sales Leadership Posts for Radisson Hotels & Resorts and Country Inns & Suites By Carlson, Respectively

• Softscribe® Inc. Signs Hawaiian Mahogany Inc.; Softscribe to Provide Green Marketing and Internet Public Relations, Carbon Credit Promotion to Hoteliers for U.S.-based, Award-Winning, Pioneering Tree Farm
• Contrarian Strategies for Hotel Sales Departments to Thrive in an Economic Downturn / Carrol Verret
• Federal Appeals Court Ends Paid Breaks for Hotel Housekeepers in Chicago;  2005 Law had Required 2 Paid 15-minute Breaks
• FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. Suspends 15 cent Quarterly Common Dividend to Preserve Capital
• The $90 million, Multi-year Renovation of Detroit's Landmark Hotel Fort Shelby Produces 203-all Suite Doubletree Hotel
• What to Do? Improve Guest Services or Upgrade Facilities / Harry Nobles
• "Out of the Panic and into Opportunities of a Lifetime" Is Theme for the 19th Annual Meet the Money® Conference; Hotel Financing Summit Set for May 5-7, 2009
• Former Frontier Owner Phil Ruffin Enters Agreement to Acquire Treasure Island Hotel & Casino for $775 million from MGM MIRAGE
• Hotels Bracing for New Year's Eve Onslaught of Cigarette Smokers; Party Goers Lose Inhibitions and Are More Likely To Light Up In Non-Smoking Rooms
• Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Selected to Manage Pinheirinho, a Hyatt Golf and Beach Resort, Including Park Hyatt Além-Tejo on Portugal's Alentejo Coast
• Middle East Hotel Brand Selects TIG Global to Grow its Hotel Chain Empire; TIG Global to Launch Strategic Online Marketing Campaign to Capture Market Share
• Joie de Vivre Names Tina Harlow General Manager of Ventana Inn & Spa in Big Sur, California
• Carlson Hotels Appoints Stephanie Beyer Vice President of Human Resources
• Westin Galleria Dallas Expands Management Team; Andrea Sorensen Promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing
• Angela Blackstock Named Director of Sales for Millennium Harvest House Boulder in Colorado

• Disaster Management Plan for the Hospitality Industry / Avantika Singh
• Global Marketing: Does One Size Fit All? / Brenda Fields
• Stillwater, Oklahoma Happy to be Home of Joe Martin, the 2009 Chairman of the American Hotel & Lodging Association
• $102 million Project in Downtown Peoria, Illinois Includes Building a 200 room Marriott Hotel that would Connect to the Hotel Pere Marquette
• San Antonio Critics of Hotel Builder, FaulknerUSA, Warn Fort Lauderdale Officials
• Education is Preparing HR Practitioners to Better Weather Economic Storm
• When the Going Gets Tough, Hotel eMarketers Play Harder / Jitendra Jain
• Hsyndicate.org Publishes 2009 Lodging and Hospitality Calendar of Events; Find out where and when hospitality professionals meet in 2009! 
• Getting Value as If You're a Tourist in New York
• Northwest Indiana Riverboat Casino Revenue Up 5.1% in November, 2007 - Increase Driven by the $500 million Horseshoe Casino in Hammond Expansion
• MarketTools Honors Newmarket International with CustomerSat ACE Award for Excellence in Customer Service; Leading sales and catering software provider is recognized for the third year in a row with prestigious award for its customer support and services
• Historic Fort Shelby Hotel Reopens as the Newly Remade Doubletree Guest Suites Fort Shelby, the Latest of Several New or Reborn Hotels Downtown Detroit
• Plans for Two West Haven, Connecticut Hotels Stalled
• Michael Maguire Named Executive Chef at the Gayana Eco Resort, Borneo Malaysia

• Developers of Hilton Garden Inn in Lynchburg, Virginia Sell the 126 room Hotel for $15.5 million ($123 K per room) Just Six Months After Opening
• Nevada Policy Research Institute Report Cites Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority for Lax Oversight; Effectiveness of the Cheeky Slogan "What happens here, stays here" Could be Fading
• Plans for the $200 million Ritz-Carlton Timeshare and Condominium Resort on Miami Beach Unravel; No Debt Financing Available
• Park Hyatt Named "Best Hotel Chain in the World" and Emirates Named the "Best Overall Airline in the World" by Business Traveler Magazine
• HEDNA's Winter Meeting Wrap-up; Unique Global Identifiers (UGI) and its Impact on the Distribution Industry Studied
• CNL Lifestyle Properties Acquires Mount Sunapee Ski Resort, Okemo Mountain Resort and Colorado's Crested Butte Ski Resort for $132 million
• Aramark and Unite Here Reach Tentative Contract Agreement for Major Wage and Health-care Hikes for 300 Workers at Hynes and South Boston Convention Centers; Taxpayers Expected to Pay for Much of the Increase
• Roberts Hotels Group, the Nation's Largest African-American Hotel Group, Will Operate Close to 1,000 Choice Hotel Rooms
• Marriott Begins Replacing 24 million Plastic Key Cards with Those Made of 50% Recycled Material
• Sheraton Hotels Commences $70 million Renovation of the 1,225 room Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Colorado's Largest Hotel
• Mac Haik Enterprises Selects Aimbridge Hospitality to Manage the Houston Embassy Suites-Energy Corridor
• Steakhouses at Seven Chicago Area Casinos: How good are they?
• Executive Chef Anthony Dawodu Goes with Steakhouse Concept at Caneel Bay's Turtle Bay Estate House
• No Offers Made on the $6 million Copper King Hotel and Convention Center in Butte, Montana; Owner Begins Preparation for Liquidation and Demolition
• Vijay Dandapani Promoted to President of Apple Core Hotels
• Michelle Davis Named Director of Revenue Management for Hospitality Ventures

• Six Acres in the Heart of Yountville, California Home to a New Luxury Inn and Spa; The 62-room Bardessono Hotel Being Built Using an Organic Approach and Materials of the Region
• Green Up Your Training: Improving Performance and Saving the World
• Planning in a Challenging Economy - Fundamentals of Hotel Sales Planning / Dr. John Hogan
• The Siegel Group Acquires The Mount Charleston Hotel Located Near Las Vegas, Nevada; Planning to Reposition and Renovatethe Log-built Hotel
• McKibbon Hotel Group Opens Third Hotel at Avion Park Westshore, the 144 suite Homewood Suites by Hilton Tampa Airport/Westshore
• Ground Broken for $172 million St. Regis Resort and Residences Bahía Beach, Puerto Rico; Project Developers are BBP Partners, LLC, Composed of Interlink Group, LLC and Muñoz Holdings, Inc.
• Frank I. Wolfe Accepts HFTP's Offer to Remain as CEO through 2012, a Job He Has Held Since 1994
• Dorchester Collection Appoints Alberto del Hoyo to Regional Director for West Coast USA and Timothy Lee to General Manager at Hotel Bel-Air
• Sage Hospitality Named Michael Lyman as Director of Marketing and Revenue Strategy For Chicago's The Blackstone-A Renaissance Hotel
• Heather Passe Appointed Vice President of Customer Relationship Management for Carlson Hotels Worldwide

• Columbia Hospitality Selects Maestro PMS as Standard System Across all Properties; NORTHWIND surpasses other vendors with Maestro Diamond Plus Service, multi-property ASP capability and strong security
• New Caribbean Luxury Destination Reaches for the Stars with High-Touch Service; Beachfront Resort Implements Concierge Assistant to Supercharge Guest Care
• Does this Sound Like One of Your Loans? You Made a $100 million Loan on a Luxury Hotel When the Hotel was Appraised at $130 million. Today, this Hotel Would Sell for $65 million
• The Restaurant Cipriani London Will have to Change its Name; High Court Rules the Use of the Cipriani Name Infringed the Orient-Express Trademark for the Hotel Cipriani in Venice
• Jointly Striving for Guest Satisfaction: The Butler and the Concierge / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
• New CEO of Choice Misses an Opportunity; Lost and Forgotten Hotels; Little Known Hotel Facilities in New York / Stanley Turkel
• Brian Obie Building Downtown Eugene's First New Hotel Since the 272-room Hilton Eugene was Completed 26 Years Ago
• Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau Acts Fast to Implement Meeting Planner Incentive Program to Lure Groups for 2009 and 2010
• Luxury Condos Lopped Off Proposed Soleil Center in Raleigh, North Carolina; a 300-room Westin Hotel Being Redesigned to Add Condos Late
• Setai San Diego Partners with UniFocus to up 'Wow' Factor; UniFocus Business Intelligence Brings Together All Survey Analytics
• Aimbridge Hospitality and Joint-Venture Partners Hillwood, Champ Hospitality, and JF Capital Partners Open its Third Aloft Hotel in Frisco, Texas
• Trianon Palace Versailles Joining The Waldorf=Astoria Collection
• The American Hotel & Lodging Association Now Accepting Property and Employee Nominees for the 2009 Stars of the Industry Awards
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Richard Pauley, Director of Sales and Marketing for The Chattanoogan, Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Christopher Meyers Named Executive at Chef Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center, Glen Cove, New York

• Roger Sonnabend, Executive Chairman of the Board - Sonesta Hotels, Dies at 83
• Stop the Presses: Smoke-free lodgings on the rise / With the number of smoke-free lodgings growing at a record rate, FreshStay.com sets a goal to grow to 10,000 non-smoking properties before the end of 2009
• PKF Forecasts 7.8% RevPAR Decline for U.S. Hotels in 2009; Will be the Fifth Largest Annual Decline Since 1930
• The Expansion of Convention Center Space Nationwide Makes Discounting Quite Common; Now With the Economy in a Tailspin Cities Are Rolling Out Freebies
• John Q. Hammons Embassy Suites Hotel in Olathe, Kansas to Include 80,000 sq ft of Convention Space; Project Will Receive a 10-year, 100 percent Property Tax Abatement, Along with all Revenues it Generates from the City's Transient-guest Tax for 20 Years
• Dodge City, Kansas Solidifies Role as the Pioneer for State-owned Casino Gambling in Kansas; Dirt Work Starts on $90 million Casino and Resort Project
• Foxwoods Plays a Strong Hand with SAS and Netezza; Netezza Data Warehouse -- Appliance Running SAS® Customer Intelligence Software Helps North America's Largest Casino Better Understand Its 40,000 Daily Customers
• Cornelia Zicu Joins Red Door Spas as Worldwide Chief Creative Officer
• Max Starkov of Hospitality eBusiness Strategies to Receive "Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing" 2008 Honor At HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala Annual Gala Dinner to be Held Jan. 26 in New York City
• For La Quinta, Cleaning Up After Smokers Is Now Easy and Cheap; Room Shocker Allows Buffalo Airport Facility To Erase Odor In 5 Hours For About $20
• Roy Cowdrey, Long Time Maitre d' at the Cape Cod Room in Chicago's Drake Hotel, Dies at 76 
• The Atlantic Hotel Implements MICROS OPERA; First Small Luxury Hotels of the World property in Europe to install two-way interface to SLH's Central Reservation System
• Curacao Tourist Board, San Diego North CVB, CVBreps.com, and Longmont Area Visitors Association Select TIG Global as their DMO Internet Marketing Partner
• Hutton Hotel, Nashville Honored with Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd Ranking
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Randy P. Taormina and Anna D. Lyons to General Manager Positions

• Benchmark Hospitality International's Top Five Dining Trends for 2009; Plus Five Cocktail Trends
• Following $150 million in Repairs and Renovations, the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Prepares for Re-opening; Structural Damage Caused by Earthquake on Oct. 15, 2006, Caused Prince Resorts Hawaii to Close the 43-year-old Landmark
• International Speedway Corp. and Cordish Co. Withdraw Plans for Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at Kansas Speedway; Will Recover $25 million Application Fee
• During Last 30 years, City of Buffalo Poured More than $65 million intoFive Downtown Buffalo Hotels, an Average of  $50,000 per room; The Strategy Has Produced a Lot of Red Ink
• Red Door Spas Opens at the Willard Intercontinental in Washington, D.C.
• CARINO Collection Announces New Senior Staff Appointments; Luxury Hotel Group Adds Key Executive-Level Positions to  Spearhead New Initiatives in Sales, Marketing and Reservations
• Pollution Prevention in the Hospitality Industry: How Managing the Environment Can Help Your Bottom Line / Free Workshop Set for January 7, 2009 in New York
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 60 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Shanna Bright Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Apple Tree Group's Properties in Vietnam
• One&Only Resorts Appoints Shaun Landing as Director of Sales & Marketing for One&Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives
• InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Makes Four Key Executive Appointments; Eric Fettke Named Executive Chef

• IACC Summit Explores Evolving Trends, Best Practices, and Strategies Affecting the Meeting Experience of the Future
• Jack DeBoer Honored - Pioneer in Creating Four Hotel Brands, the Free Breakfast
• The Current Recession is Painful But Brings a Dose of Reality to Capital Markets - In 2006-2007 Hotel Owners Were Borrowing 80% Loan to Value at Just 110 Basis Points over Treasury Rates!
• Stranded Tourists in Thailand Receive 2,000 baht (US $56) Per Day from the Government to Defer Lodging Costs
• Vagabond Inns Reaches 50 Years of Operations; Started with the Vagabond Inn San Diego (Chula Vista) in 1958
• Great Wolf Lodge Preparing its Eleventh Resort for Opening in Concord, North Carolina;$120 million Lodge Will Hire 500 Pack Members
• The Cost of Developing an 18-hole Golf Course Up 20% in the Past Three to Five Years for Europe and the Middle East; China Top Location for Most Golf Course Development in the Next 10 Year
• Amari Hotels & Resorts Chooses EZYield.com Channel Management Solution; Worldwide customer support and advanced technology place EZYield.com above competition for leading Thai hotel  company
• MultifamilyRevenue.com Website Delivers Clear Evidence that Revenue Management Software Boosts Apartment Net Operating  Income; Website is free source for reliable revenue management information to drive higher profitability for multifamily operators
• Sheraton Readies the 30-story 281 room Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa; Nha Trang Bay Emerging as Major Beach Resort with International Appeal
• True North Management Group Completes Renovation with New Name - University Plaza Hotel, Formerly the University Inn-Conference Center & Suites in West Lafayett, Indiana
• Curtis G. Reitz and Weylan Rhame Appointed to GM Posts at Embassy Suites Tulsa and Hilton Houston Southwest, Respectively
• Sage Hospitality Names Dani Stern General Manager at the Westin Westminster in Colorado

December 3, 2008

• 5-star Hotels Becoming Out of Bounds for Casual Visitors
• Uniguest Introduces First Internet Kiosk Installation of the New HP Touchsmart All-In-One PC
• The Common Sense Approach to Understanding a Condo Hotel Industry Formula for Success
• Legacy Property Group Appoints Gemstone to Operate the 110-room Glenn Hotel in Downtown Atlanta
• Fort Hays State University Creates Hospitality Management Program to Support State of Kansas' $5.6 billion Tourism Industry
• Tourism Training Schools In Thailand Have Flourished, but for New Graduates, the Job Outlook is Dim
• Online Purchasing Company Started by ex-PurchasePro Execs Now Bankrupt
• ReservHOTEL International Joins Forces with Rate Tiger; Hoteliers Maximizing Online Revenue
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Wins Five Prominent Interactive Media Awards including Best in Class; Luxe Worldwide Hotels' New Brand Website Honored as "Best in Class" in Travel and Tourism 2008
• Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization Lectures at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management
• HSMAI's DFW Chapter Appoints 2009 Board of Directors; Windy Barnard Elected 2009 Chapter President
• Marco Novella Appointed Managing Director Baglioni Hotel London and Head Openings for Baglioni Hotels
• Timothy Sofield Appointed Sales Manager at Benchmark's The Heldrich, New Brunswick, New Jersey

• Fontainebleau Resort Miami Beach Selects IDeaS Revenue Management System
• Hotel Industry Veteran Rick Henrikson Joins the Atlantis Hospitality Group
• Are Restaurants and Hotels Ready for Prime Time?
• The Reluctant Tourists: Mayo Clinic Makes Rochester, Minnesota a Magnet for Millions
• Why the 105 Year-old Taj Mahal Hotel Survived
• Park City, Utah is on the Verge of Becoming Opulent - a St. Regis and Waldorf-Astoria Set to Open in Early 2009
• Best Western International Elects New Board Officers; Bonnie McPeake, Owner of Best Western Pinehurst Inn in Southern Pines, N.C., Named Chairwoman
• Prior CNL Executives Form Legacy Hotel Advisors; Strategic Focus on Hotel Repositioning and Complex Transactions To Drive Value during Turbulent Economy
• Hotel Sales and Revenue Management Marathon - Updates of The 3 Most Popular Web Casts in 2008 Scheduled for Dec. 9, 2008
• The Maine Innkeepers Association Recognizes Accomplishments of Members; Laura Honey of Fisherman's Wharf Inn, in Boothbay Harbor Named Innkeeper of the Year
• In Kansas City The President, Which Reopened in January 2006 After a $45.5 million Renovation, Hitting Stride with 3rd Qtr 2008 Occupancy of 76.1%
• Fashion Designer, Giorgio Armani and Developer Emaar Properties Begin Construction on the Armani Hotel Milano
• Global Software Applications, the Foremost Provider of Business Center Solutions to the Hotel World, Celebrate the Recent Acquisition of Flight Time TV
• InnLink Central Reservation Service and Innsoft Inc. Announce New CRS/PMS Interface
• Mounir Sami and Jonathan Pace Appointed to GM Positions at Corinthia Hotels in Malta
• Brent C. Jackson Promoted to General Manger of the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Front Royal, Virginia

• Update from Raymond Bickson, the Managing Director of Taj Hotels, as of 1.00 pm IST, December 1, 2008
• Terror Strikes: The Indian Hotel Industry's 9/11 / Manav Thadani
• Dealing With the Economic Downturn: 10 Ideas for Hotels and Resorts / David J. Sangree and Joseph Pierce
• Former Restaurant Manager at the Hilton Minneapolis Files Discrimination Lawsuit; Alleges She Was Fired After Complaining about Hotel Executives' Wild Party
• Hotwire.com Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Independent Travel Web Sites for a Third Consecutive Year; Market Share Among Independent Travel Web Sites Remains Flat
• Two Attackers Checked in to Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Four Days Prior to Assault, Stocked Up
• Joe Molinaro, Founder of Molinaro Koger and Hotel Investment Pioneer Passes Away at age 86
• Distressed Warner Robins, Georgia Hotel Accepts Qualified Bids December 12, 2008, for Public Auction December 19, 2008
• Second Suit Filed in Best Western Allentown Inn & Suites Death and Sicknesses: Carbon Monoxide
• Funding Pulled: Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau Shifts from Public to Private Funding
• Newmarket International to Host 6th Annual User Conference
• Golden Tulip Opening Hotel in Delft, the Netherlands, with Interiors Entirely Furnished by IKEA Furniture
• Michael Pitstick and Steven Falciani Promoted to Regional Vice President of Operations for Dow Hotel Company
• New World Inn & Conference Center, Columbus, Nebraska Adds $1.1 million Pirate-Themed Indoor Water Park
• School of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to Host Fifth China Tourism Forum; December 13-14, 2008 in Huangshan, Anhui Province, China
• Gina M. Kunst Named General Manager of the Holiday Inn, New London, Connecticut 

Top 25 Articles - November 2008

1. Marriott�s New Sales Force Strategy / Nina Vetter
2. The Perfect Storm is Coming -- The Employee Free Choice Act; Unionization by "Card Check" / Marta Fernandez
3. The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Names the Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing for 2008
4. Six Hotels Achieve 2009 AAA Five Diamond Status For the First Time; Complete List of 103 Hotels and 59 Restaurants
5. Speed Bumps in the Road to Bankruptcy for Hotels and Resorts / Robert B. Kaplan
6. Spokane's Hotel Davenport Hires New Financial Controller;  He Cashes Check, Vanishes
7. Does Your Hotel Website Really Produce Sales? Can Revenue Management Make a Difference? / Neil Salerno
8. Revolutionary Bedbug Protection Technology Unveiled as Hotel Industry Faces New Threat of Government Intervention into the Bedbug Crisis
9. St. Louis Renaissance Hotel Owners Paint a Candid, Unattractive Picture, of Their Trophy Hotel as it Soon Skips an Interest Payment on its $98 million Bond Debt
10. The Million Dollar Hotel Marketing Idea that�s Been Staring You in the Face / Jitendra Jain
11. TripAdvisor�The Best Thing Since Peanuts; Learn How to Use It / Neil Salerno
12. The Upside of a Downturn; The need to cut costs creates push to consider alternatives
13. Socialites, A-listers Jetting in to Help Miami Beach's Iconic Fontainebleau Hotel Celebrate Its Renovation in Decadent Style
14. The Westin Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale Names Four to Executive Positions
15. Business Goes On...Hotel Sales Tips for an Uncertain Market / Leora Lanz
16. Enthusiastic and Sincere Attitudes Will Pay Off For Hotel Salespeople / Dr. John Hogan
17. Do You Know the 8 Dos and Don'ts of Handling Troubled Hotel Loans? / Jim Butler
18. Joseph Moffa, President of Omni Hospitality, Sentenced to One Year Probation and 30 Days Community Service  for Allowing a Bulldozer to Groom Waterfront at the Cherry Tree Inn in Traverse City Michigan
19. The First New Luxury Hotel Built in Beverly Hills in More than 16 Years, the 201 room Montage Beverly Hills Opens
20. Gone to the Dogs...Pet-friendly Accommodations: Revenue Producer or Marketing Farce? / Amanda Repert
21. The Luxury Fractional Segment Likely to be the First to Rebound from the Current Real Estate Morass
22. Bank of Scotland Takes Over Management of Four Lyle Anderson Cos. Resort Developments - Superstition Mountain near Phoenix, Las Campanas in New Mexico, Hokuli'a in Hawaii and Loch Lomond Golf Club in Scotland
23. Workouts and Special Servicing for Hotel Mortgage Loans: What Is So Different About Troubled Hotel Loans / Jim Butler
24. Boyd Gaming's $4.8 billion 5,000-room Multiple Hotel Development, Echelon, Going Nowhere Fast
25. How Much Are Hotel Guests Worth? Customized service and the value of loyalty for life / Osvaldo Torres

• A Message for Hoteliers: Giving Thanks - and Not Just One Day Each Year! / Dr John Hogan
• The Rainmaker Group, Leader in Profit Optimization Software, Opens Regional Office in Singapore; Expands Global Presence, Hires Managing Director Vivek Bhalla to Bring 'Total Customer Value' Revenue Strategy to Casino Hotels and Gaming in Asia Pacific Market
• Precise Hotel Collection Selects SynXis as Distribution Partner for Branding Across Multiple Channels; Property bookings increase up to 26% after switching to the RedX Distribution Management System
• Sports Tourism Accounts for More than 50% of All Hotel Stays in Owensboro, Kentucky
• Three "Keys to Survival" for Vacation Ownership Developers in Challenging Times / David Sudeck
• The Greater Miami Tourism Bureau Plans a Rare Advertising Campaign this Winter; Winter Season Usually So Popular it Goes Without Any Extra Promotion 
• Las Vegas Hotel Unions Believe Nearly 10%  of its 60,000 Members Have Been Laid Off or Had Hours Reduced 
• Investor Group Makes Pitch to Locate Illinois' Tenth Casino in Waukegan; Tells Illinois Gaming Board Waukegan Site Would Generate More Tax Revenues than Rosemont or Des Plaines
• Jerry Dubbs Dies at Age 83; He and His Family Transformed Izatys into One of the Largest Year-round Resorts in Minnesota 
• Intrawest Appoints Frank DeBerry to President and Chief Operating Officer at Mountain Creek in New Jersey
• The Fawaz Alhokair Group Signs Starwood to Manage Three New Hotels in Saudi Arabia
• Craig Kennedy, Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport, Awarded the Stephen Bollenbach Family Scholarship in 2008

• Yosemite National Park Permanently Closing About a Third of the 600 Accommodations at Curry Village After Repeated and Sometimes Deadly Rockslides
• InterContinental Wien Adds Efficiencies to Seven Departments with Help of GoConcierge; Guest Experience Enhanced with Web-based System
• Former President Bill Peeper of the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau Received $744,441 at Retirement
• Marin Convention and Visitors Bureau New Branding Statement - "Marin, Just a Little Out There."
• Orlando Area Hotels Suffer Fifth Consecutive Month of Year-over-year Declines for Occupancy 
• At a Renovation Cost of $9.8 million Larkspur Hotels Transforms San Franciso's Former Monticello Inn to Hotel Abri 
• The DSF Group and Kimpton Prepare the $50 million Lorien Hotel & Spa in Alexandria, Virginia for Opening
• American Liberty Hospitality Secures $30 million Construction Financing for a 262-room Embassy Suites Hotel at George R. Brown Convention Center in Downtown Houston
• Recap: Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Hotel, Development and Investment Conference; Raul Leal Named Hispanic Hotelier of the Year
• Outrigger Enterprises Completes $3 million Renovation of the Best Western The Plaza Hotel Located Near the Honolulu International Airport
• Recap: Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Hotel, Development and Investment Conference; Raul Leal Named Hispanic Hotelier of the Year
• Rita Healy Appointed Hotel Manager for the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club, Aventura, Florida
• Hotel Equities Names Sal Capriola the Director of Training
• Delmi Rencinos and Paul Schultz Recognized with Hurricane Ike Hero Awards by the Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston
• Knud Svendsen Named Vice President, Sales and Revenue Management at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, LLC
• Esther Lin Named General Manager of the Year For Pride Hospitality

• Airport Hotels: On-Site Locations Yield Premium Performance / Hans Detlefsen
• Spokane's Hotel Davenport Hires New Financial Controller; He Cashes Check, Vanishes
• Sniff. Sniff. Scents - New Trend in the Hotel Biz
• Remarks by Stephen Holmes, Chairman and CEO, Wyndham Worldwide at the PhoCusWright Conference, Hollywood, California
• Reduce Lost Business; Increase Revenues by Measuring the Response Time and Quality of RFPs
• South Florida Hotels Seek to Fill Dates with Conferences in Economic Downturn; Some Corporate Groups Canceling at Luxury Resorts Fearing Bad Publicity
• Vista Hospitality Acquiring the Select Inn Brand from Privately Owned Select Franchising, Inc. of Fargo, North Dakota
• M@R Hospitality Completes $5 million Conversion of the Best Western Eden Park Hotel to the Holiday Inn Express LaGuardia Airport
• David Kloeppel Named President of Gaylord Entertainment
• The Ninth and Newest Property in The Peninsula Hotels' Portfolio Fronts the Historic Bund, The Peninsula Shanghai 
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 56 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• CN Hotels Building a 125-room Courtyard by Marriott in Downtown Wilmington, North Carolina
• The Rivanna Resort & Golf Club Under Construction in Palmyra, Virginia; Mark Glickman Appointed General Manager
• Mike Case Named General Manager of The JW Marriott Denver

• Speed Bumps in the Road to Bankruptcy for Hotels and Resorts / Robert B. Kaplan
• The Upside of a Downturn; The need to cut costs creates push to consider alternatives
• Great Addresses Chooses Advantage Reserve to Provide Toll-Free Call Center Support; TravelCLICK's iHotelier CRS Utilized to Access 'Live' Room Inventory
• Joseph Moffa, President of Omni Hospitality, Sentenced to One Year Probation and 30 Days Community Service for Allowing a Bulldozer to Groom Waterfront at the Cherry Tree Inn in Traverse City Michigan
• New Data! Mining A Hotel's Operating Statement / Robert Mandelbaum
• Hoteliers Must Remember the Lessons of Reasonable Care! / Dr. John Hogan
• Dallas City Council Endorses Omni Hotels over Marriott to Operate $500 million Convention Hotel Project
• LodgeWorks Plans to Open Four Avia Hotels in 2009; Funding Secured Prior to Tightening of Credit Markets 
• Slumping Economy Forcing Atlanta Hoteliers to Lower Room Rates, Add More Packages
• Shamin Hotels Opens its 4th and 5th Hotels at the Richmond International Airport - 130 room Hilton Garden Inn and a 143 room Holiday Inn
• Highgate Holdings Begins Second Phase of $30 million Transformation at Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco
• Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Signs Agreement to Operate a 198-room Hotel Within a Planned a 53-story Hotel and Residential Complex in Atlanta
• Benchmark Hospitality Chefs to be Featured at Acclaimed James Beard House, New York; Forth Consecutive Year Chefs Invited to Cook the "Benchmark Holiday Dinner"
• Gaming Revenues Fell 4.6% in the 3rd Qtr 2008 in the 12 States with Commercial Casinos; Any Time Smoking is Banned, Gaming Revenues Fall 
• Davidson Hotel Company Completes $20 million Renovation at the Holiday Inn Stamford Downtown
• HEI Hotels & Resorts Appoints Brian MayerSenior Vice President of Operations

• The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Names the Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing for 2008
• SynXis Chooses HBSi Demand Gateway Connectivity Platform Increasing Distribution Exposure for More Than 8,500  Hotels and Resorts Worldwide
• Milesone Launches Graviti�; Hotel Industry's First Integrated Social Media Optimization Plan
• Gaylord Entertainment Nixes Plans to Develop a Resort in Chula Vista, California, as it Reaffirms Plans for Similar Resort in Mesa, Arizona
• Harrahs Drops Plans for $535 million Resort Near Wichita, Kansas; Cites Economic Conditions and Disruption of Financial Markets
• Dolce Hotels and Resorts Names Steven A. Rudnitsky President and Chief Executive Officer
• 31 New Hotels and Restaurants Accepted into Relais & Chateaux
• PKF Capital Hotel Realty Marketing the Marriott Norwalk For Sale
• Pacifica Capital & Brokerage, Inc. Arranges Purchase Financing for Oregon Hotel
• Educational Institute, FreemanGroup Partnership Focuses on Training and Measurement Solutions
• Seattles's Historic Lorraine Hotel Sold for $3.1 million; Likely to be Renovated into a Hostel or Hotel
• Intelity's ICE, the Edge a Timeshare Needs to Score Sales Conversions
• Medical Tourism: Are Major Changes in Health Care Afoot?
• Bharat Hotels' Selects Trust International as Enterprise CRS for  Worldwide Distribution Channels for The Grand Group/Lalit Hotels
• Millennium and Copthorne Appoints Clement Teo General Manager of M Hotel Singapore
• Brian Jago Named Director of Marketing and Sales and Dan Sierka as Director of Sales at Sheraton Universal, Universal City, California
• Janis C. Parry and Steven T. Patton Appointed National Sales Managers at Wyndham Rio Mar in Puerto Rico
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Lillian Murphy Controller At Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor, New York

• Starwood Caribbean Resorts Join Passport Online's ResortPort� Program; Content Now Available on Thousands of Agency Websites
• Softscribe to Sponsor Youth Birding Competition for 4th Consecutive Year; Committed to Helping Young People Build Lifelong Learning Habits and a Respect for Nature, PR Firm Helps Georgia DNR Program Soar
• Six Hotels Achieve 2009 AAA Five Diamond Status For the First Time; Complete List of 103 Hotels and 59 Restaurants
• MGM Mirage Chief, 65 Year Old Terry Lanni, Retiring; Flap Over Academic Credentials No Bearing On Decision to Retire
• Work Could Stop on the Nearly Finished 400 room Greektown Casino Hotel; Michigan Gaming Control Board Seeks to Yank the Bankrupt Casino's License, Appoint a Conservator to Run the Casino and Order a Sale of the Property 
• The Luxury Fractional Segment Likely to be the First to Rebound from the Current Real Estate Morass
• E-Guide Services, Inc. Contracts Accor North America, Motel 6 and Studio 6
• Twenty One Campgrounds and RV Resorts Earn "A" Grades in Consumer Satisfaction Survey of Independent Parks
• Increase Profits by Mentoring Directors of Sales
• The First New Luxury Hotel Built in Beverly Hills in More than 16 Years, the 201 room Montage Beverly Hills Opens
• Joie de Vivre Hospitality Nears Completion of Transforming Dowdy Sacramento Office Building to the Haute Citizen Hotel
• In Tiny Ignacio, Colorado the State-of-the-art 146 room Sky Ute Casino Resort and Conference Center Opens 
• Bunkhouse Management L.L.C. to Provide Management for the Belmont Hotel in Dallas' Oak Cliff  District; Susan Alarcon Appointed General Manager
• Las Ventanas al Paraíso, A Rosewood Resort for 8th Straight Year Is the Only Property in Los Cabos to Earn AAA's Five Diamond Rating
• Joie de Vivre Promotes Ingrid Summerfield to President, Reporting to Founder Chip Conley
• Benjamin Rafter named President and CEO of Aqua Hotels & Resorts and it's Portfolio of 12 Waikiki Hotels
• Key West Inns Attributes Booking Engine and Website Developer for Increased Reservations
• TynanGroup Appoints Siemianowski Vice President Overseeing Projects in the Southwest Region

• The Rainmaker Group, Microsoft Team to Leverage Future Products for Gaming Hospitality Operators; Partnership Will Enable Operators to Extend Enterprise Data beyond Revenue Management
• TripAdvisor. . The Best Thing Since Peanuts; Learn How to Use It / Neil Salerno 
• IH/M&RS 2008 Post Show Report: 1,250 Exhibitors Attracts 34,050 Registrants
• Don't Fake Your Smile: Hospitality Workers' Personalities Influence Rates of Job Burnout
• Sheraton Hotel North Houston Reopens with All 200 Employees after Water Damage from Hurricane Ike
• Texas Attorney General Charges Two Franchised Hotels with Price Gouging During Hurrican Dolly
• Developer Randy Salvatore Acquires the Hotel Portion of the Stamford, Connecticut YMCA; Plans to Convert Into a 99-unit Comfort Inn & Suites
• Akron, Ohio's Lost Landmark: The 11-story Hotel Howe Was Tallest at Opening in 1915
• The Recently Opened Sheraton Hotel Stockton and Currently the Waterfront Hotel Stockton Will Fly the Lexington Flag
• 'HR in Restaurants' Sessions Promote Leading, Training During Tough Times at 3rd Annual HR in Hospitality� Conference
• Guest-Tek Selected for Membership in Avaya DevConnect Program; Network of companies creates innovative, IP-enabled Intelligent Communications applications that extend the value of multivendor networks
• Hotel Students at University of Nevada, Las Vegas Educated with the MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution
• The Historic Morrison-Clark Hotel in Washington D.C. Should Follow Campaign for Change

• Mexico's Growing Trend: Master-Planned Resort-Residential Communities / Luigi Major
• Mount Airy Casino Resort Suing Software Firm Specializing in the Gaming and Hospitality Market; Claims Information Management System it Purchased Didn't Work as Promised
• St. Louis Renaissance Hotel Owners Paint a Candid, Unattractive Picture, of Their Trophy Hotel as it Soon Skips an Interest Payment on its $98 million Bond Debt
• AH&LA Issues Guide On How to Green Hotel Properties Effectively, Sets Minimum Environmental Guidelines
• Focus Hospitality Services Opens the $20 million Holiday Inn IPFW & Coliseum; Will Provide Classroom for Hospitality Program Students at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
• BayStar Hotel Group Developing a $29 million new-build Hotel Indigo in Downtown Tampa, Florida
• Concord Hospitality Currently Has 15 Hotels Under Construction, Aggregating  2,146 rooms and Valued at $350 million
• Lake George, New York Area Resorts Shut Down or Shorten Winter Schedules to Cut Costs
• Sage Hospitality Selected to Manage the Proposed Westin Hotel at Sacramento International Airport
• INNCOM Makes Leading Technology Firm its Authorized Dealer in New Zealand; Agreement with Auckland-based Brantas International Technology enhances INNCOM's global visibility with a strong South Pacific marketing presence
• Joe Martin Takes Role of 2009 American Hotel & Lodging Association Chairman John Campbell Elected Secretary/treasurer, Will Serve as Chairman in 2011
• Seven Design Firms Receive IH/M&RS Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design; Roger Thomas Named Designer of the Year
• Hunter Hotels Appoints Lee Hunter Chief Operating Officer
• Neal J. Wavra Named Food & Beverage Manager at The Goodstone Inn & Estate

• TravelCLICK Wins 10 W3 Awards for Creative Excellence in Website Design; Dominating win reinforces TravelCLICK's leadership in hotel and lodging emarketing
• Milestone Internet Marketing wins W3 Silver Award for Hotel Website Design and Promotion
• Special implications of "the downturn" for Vacation Ownership: Strengths and Vulnerabilities You Should Consider For Your Project / David Sudeck
• Business Goes On... Hotel Sales Tips for an Uncertain Market / Leora Lanz
• San Jose's 14 Major, Full-service Hotels Report 59% Occupancy, Down from 66% in October 2007 
• Hotel Sales and Revenue Management Book 2.0 -- The Book Is Here!
• Downturn Dilemma; How to save money on training without sacrificing performance
• Socialites, A-listers Jetting in to Help Miami Beach's Iconic Fontainebleau Hotel Celebrate Its Renovation in Decadent Style
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise Owner of Red Roof Inns North Kansas City, MO and St. Paul  Woodbury, MN 
• Le Grand Lodge Mont-Tremblant Receives Their 4th Award This Year
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 85 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database / November  2008

• Gone to the Dogs...Pet-friendly Accommodations: Revenue Producer or Marketing Farce? / Amanda Repert
• PGA Resort Scores an Eagle on Airline Flight Information Service for Guests; Real-time flight departure information adds greater guest convenience and increased club business
• Does Your Hotel Website Really Produce Sales? Can Revenue Management Make a Difference? / Neil Salerno
• A Major Financing Problem Halts Construction of the $30 million Landmark Hotel in Charlottesville, Virginia
• The Million Dollar Hotel Marketing Idea that's Been Staring You in the Face / Jitendra Jain
• Need to Know Revelations from Zagat's 2009 U.S. Hotels, Resorts & Spas Survey
• VIZERGY® Honored with Prestigious Adrian Awards; Company Wins Seven Awards, Including Two Gold, from Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) for Best in Web Marketing
• Intelity Introduces ICE, the Hotelier's Solution to Increase Revenue and Decrease Expenses While Maintaining Service; ICE is the Guest Services Solution Designed for Hoteliers, by Hoteliers
• Newmarket International Launches New Delphi in the Classroom Program; Leading hospitality software vendor brings world class product and training to universities worldwide
• Benchmark Hospitality International Selected As A  "Best Company to Work for in Texas for 2009"
• Supranational Hotels Selects Pegasus' RezView® NG; Group Signs More than 1,200 Properties with Industry Leader for Complete Distribution
• Kimpton Set to Open the 411 room EPIC Hotel in Downtown Miami
• Simon F. Cooper Named 2008 "Corporate Hotelier of the World" by Readers of HOTELS Magazine
• EMCVenues To Host "MEET USA-West 2008"; Meeting Education Event Benefits Meeting/Event Planners, Dec. 3 - 4
• The June 2009 HITEC Set For Anaheim Extends Exhibit Hall Show Hours, Adds New Closing Reception

• Agilysys Announces Next Release of Stratton Warren System; Industry's Leading Inventory & Procurement Solution Includes Electronic  Invoicing, Budget Tracking, Enhanced Security and More
• The Perfect Storm is Coming -The Employee Free Choice Act - Unionization by "Card Check" / Marta Fernandez
• WSG Development Company Set Opens the $500 million Canyon Ranch Miami Beach; A room at $650 and a Diagnostic Session at $3,400
• Tropicana Entertainment Issues Preliminary Business Plan that Would Serve as a Basis for a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization
• Enthusiastic and Sincere Attitudes Will Pay Off For Hotel Salespeople / Dr. John Hogan
• Hoteliers Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode Restore 200-Room Residential Hotel in NYC's West Village; 50 sq. ft. Rooms Start at $99
• Intrawest Joint Venture Set to Open First Phase of Honua Kai Resort & Spa on Ka'anapali Beach, Maui
• Lane Hospitality Adept at Providing Third-party Management Services in Challenging Economic Cycles
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. Report Net Loss in the 3rd Qtr of 2008 of $32.2 million Compared to Net Loss of $48.5 million in the Prior Year 3rd Qtr, Suspending Several Projects, Seeking $2 Billion in New Capital; Hotel Operating Statistics
• USTA Selects TimeLox to "Serve" Its Security Needs; Hospitality Security Leader Provides Electronic Locks for USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
• TIG Global Named the Exclusive Internet Marketing Partner for Prestigious InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam; TIG Global Launches New International Website to Reflect Mix of Classic Elegance and Modern Luxury
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Wins Six W3 Awards
• INNCOM and LodgeNet Delivering Advanced Guestroom Control Systems Over the LodgeNet Interactive TV Solution
• Destination Earth Creates a Baseline Standard of Sustainable Practices for Destination Hotels & Resorts Properties; Eco-Friendly Practices Part of Company Culture
• Rezidor and Westmont Hospitality Renovating the Ambassador Hotel, Paris; The 296 room Hotel Will be Flagged Radisson Ambassador Hotel, Paris Opéra
• Monica Neumann Appointed General Manager of the Regent Palms Turks and Caicos on the Island of Providenciales

• Marriott's New Sales Force Strategy / Nina Vetter
• Navigating the Complex World of Hotel Loyalty Programs
• Eight IH/M&RS Exhibitors Honored with Editors' Choice Awards; LG Electronics' ART COOL Picture Named Best of Show
• Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston Names Five Nominees for Special Hero Award for Extraordinary Actions During and After Hurricane Ike
• Matt Cutts, the Google Guy, Shares Insights on Smart Strategies and Analytics for Improving Hotel Web Site Performance
• When in Doubt, Always Make That Call: New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson #14 / David Brudney
• Allergy-friendly "Pure Rooms" First to Sell Out on Any Given Night at the Nylo Hotel in Warwick, Rhode Island
• Planned Closing Of the Goodwin Hotel A Discouraging Blow for Hartford, Connecticut
• Downturn Pushes Monterey, California Hotels to Roll Out the Incentives
• Crown Realty & Development Opens the 253 room InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa; $300 million 5 Year Project Expected to Elevate the Phoenix / Scottsdale Resort Market
• Cavallo Point Lodge in Sausalito, California Named Preferred Hotel Group's Hotel of the Year
• Dinah's Garden Hotel in Palo Alto, California Completes Renovation, Emphasizes Dramatic Antique Works of Art
• The Cranley Hotel in Central London Joins Distinguished International Hotels, Residences and Resorts
• Trust International and Kiwi Collection Partner for Luxury Hotel Rate Distribution and Reservations
• 20,000 ZigBee RF-Online Rooms and Counting: TimeLox Installs DC-One ONLINE at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas
• InnPoints to Demo New Reservation Technology at IH/M&RS Booth 3180: Web-Based Property Management System and Central Reservation System on Display
• VFM Leonardo Appoints Jeff Thomas as Vice President Global Distribution
• EZYield.com Appoints Richard Dunbar as Director of Website Relations
• CTC Names INNCOM Among Six Fastest Growing Connecticut Companies in Energy/Environmental Technologies
• Benchmark Hospitality International Named the "Hispanic Hotel Management Company of the Year" by the Hispanic Hotel Owners Association
• Hotel Association of Greater Dallas Recognizes Thirteen Top Performers; Mark Brooks Named General Manager of the Year in the Full Service Hotel Category
• Sage Hospitality Names Steven Marx as Chief Operating Officer of Sage Hotels; Will Oversee a Portfolio of 52 Hotels

• Orient-Express Signs Five-Continent Deal with TravelCLICK to Use Its Suite of eCommerce and Market Intelligence Solutions; Agreement positions the company's 41 hotels to book more room nights through electronic channels
• Do You Know the 8 Dos and Don'ts of Handling Troubled Hotel Loans? / Jim Butler
• AT&T Inc. Acquiring Privately-held Wayport, Inc. for Approximately $275 million in Cash
• Unleash the Potential! Recognize the True Value of Your Front Line Sales People / Dr. John Hogan
• Referendum Passes to Allow Guests at The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia to Gamble; Greenbrier Management Remains Silent on Any Plans for a Future Casino
• Revolutionary Bedbug Protection Technology Unveiled as Hotel Industry Faces New Threat of Government Intervention into the Bedbug Crisis
• VingCard Outpacing Industry in RFID/NFC Skill: Displays Electronic Lock Advancement for Remote Hotel Check-in/Check-out at IH/MRS
• Web2.Opalooza
• KTN Announces Private Reservations Webinar Series For Individual Hotels/Call Centers
• INNCOM Enhances its 'Glass Series' Thermostat, Switch and Tabletop Controller to be More Interactive and Customizable; INNCOM's new Glass Series Room Automation Devices are customizable and add a "light" touch for heightened guest satisfaction, ambiance and energy savings
• Eden Roc, A Renaissance Beach Resort & Spa Completes $200 million Renovation and Expansion
• Legacy Property Group Appoints Sage Hospitality to Manage the Newly Renovated Doubletree Hotel Atlanta NE/Northlake in Tucker, Georgia
• The Los Angeles Chapter of HSMAI Names Michael D'Amodio the Top Los Angeles Hotel Leader
• Shaukat Wadiwalla Appointed General Manager of the 233-room Renaissance Fort Lauderdale in Florida
• Rezidor Names Carina Williamson and Pascal Gadet to GM Posts for Missoni Branded Hotels in Edinburgh and Kuwait City
• Lynn S. Mohrfeld Named President & CEO of California Hotel & Lodging Association, Replacing the Retiring James Abrams
• Dan Shaughnessy Named New Director of Sales and Marketing for Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa, Hollywood, California
• Travis Blaney Appointed Director of Food and Beverage at Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• NORTHWIND-Maestro Continues Expansion to Maximize Services, Global Headquarters Moves to Larger Offices; Advanced technology and Diamond Plus Service provide solid foundation for continued growth
• Relais & Châteaux Strengthens Competitiveness of its Members by Switching to SynXis' RedX Distribution Management System
• Telkonet Helps Cut Guest Room Energy Costs in Nevada Motels with Sure Bet Program; Americas Best Value Inn (ABVI) in Las Vegas on target to realize energy savings of 260,000 KW hours per year, as the 7th smaller hotel to benefit from Telkonet's in-room energy management solutions for the Sure Bet Program
• Northland Investment Corp Plans to Close the 124-room Goodwin Hotel in Downtown Hartford, Connecticut; Bought the Hotel in 2005 for $41 million, Offers to Lease the Hotel to UNITE HERE Local 217 for $1 a Year
• Bank of Scotland Takes Over Management of Four Lyle Anderson Cos. Resort Developments - Superstition Mountain near Phoenix, Las Campanas in New Mexico, Hokuli'a in Hawaii and Loch Lomond Golf Club in Scotland
• FelCor Reports 3rd Qtr 2008 Net Loss of $51.3 million Compared to Net Loss of $1.7 million in Prior Year; Plans to Retool Hotel-level Cost Structures, Limit Capital Expenditures to Critical Items 
• Great Wolf Resorts Reports 2008 Third Quarter Net Income of $2.2 million Compared to Net Income of $1.8 million in the Prior Year's Third Quarter; Mid-week Group Business and 'stay- cation' families Provide Boost / Hotel Operating Statistics
• In a Stumbling Economy the Worst-case Scenario for Casino Gambling in Kansas is No Casino Gambling in Kansas
• Fort Lauderdale City Commissioners Approve Plans for The ELAD, a 256-room Hotel with 41 Condos
• WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort Hotels Selects Hotel Technologies as Exclusive Provider of Digital Alarm Clock Radios; iHome® and Timex to be featured in 27,000 Disney guestrooms
• At 2008 IH/M&RS, HFTP to Display GUESTROOM 20X Technologies Along with Two Hospitality Technology Education Sessions
• Le Meurice Paris Tunes In to iHome®; At the forefront of design, comfort and technology, guests of the Parisian Palace now wake to their personalized and preferred iPod music
• Phillip G. Coffey Named General Manager of Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center near Washington, D.C., the Largest Combined Hotel and Convention Center on the East Coast
• Kim Schaefer Replacing Randy Churchey as Great Wolf Resorts Chief Executive Officer
• The Westin Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale Names Four to Executive Positions
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Ernesto Velázquez Area Director of Revenue Management

• The 7 Principles of EngageMe is Now Available! / Bryan K. Williams
• Workouts and Special Servicing for Hotel Mortgage Loans: What Is So Different About Troubled Hotel Loans / Jim Butler
• Five Years in the Making, Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences in Seattle Opens
• Alluring Descriptions Are Key to Converting Hotel Reservation Callers / Doug Kennedy
• Tucson Hotel Occupancy Lower Every Month in 2008 when Compared with the Same Month in 2007; Speedy Turnaround Not Predicted
• SBE Opens the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills Featuring a Philippe Starck Design and Culinary Program by Chef José Andrés
• To Build a $550 million Convention Center Hotel, Dallas to Pay $25 million More on Convention Center Debt
• Orient-Express Hotels Reports Third Quarter 2008 Net Earnings of $6.4 million Compared with Net Earnings of $22.6 million in the Third Quarter of 2007; Plans to Build $46 million  New York Hotel Delayed, Suspend Quarterly Dividend Payments
• Affiliate of Ramkota Companies, Inc. Obtains $76 million Term Loan to Refinance Existing Debt and Make a Distribution to Equity Holders
• Joint Venture between Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Ideurban Consultores Open the 120 room St. Regis Punta Mita Resort, Mexico
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Named to Manage Freestyle Park Resort Hotel in Moscow; Futuristic Resort to Feature Indoor Ski Slope, Entertainment, Retail, Movies, Restaurants
• Affinia Manhattan Boosts Guest Satisfaction, Revenues with Fax/Copier/Scanner from TTI; Provider of self-service business center technologies to showcase its solutions at IH/M&R Show Nov. 8-11 in New York, Booths 3053
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System has been selected for the 1000 room Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
• EZYield.com To Present Industry Leading Hotel Channel Management Solution at 2008 World Travel Market
• Michael Rawson Appointed President of GFI Development Company, the Owners and Developers of The NoMad Hotel in New York City
• Andrew Hernandez Named Director of Rooms for Benchmark's Chaminade Resort & Spa in Santa Cruz, California

• Superior Service Has a New Name, Michael Crain; MSI hires Leading Customer Service Author to Lead Associates and Call Center
• Owner Earlon McWhorter Donating the 60 room Victoria Inn to Jacksonville State University in Anniston, Alabama
• Boyd Gaming's $4.8 billion 5,000-room Multiple Hotel Development, Echelon, Going Nowhere Fast
• Hotel Construction Booming in Pittsburgh, 17 Hotels Are Under Construction or Planned
• Orlando Based Resort Builder Land Resource LLC Files for Chapter 11
• How Much Are Hotel Guests Worth? / Osvaldo Torres
• Developers and Hoteliers Behind the Grace Bay Club in Turks and Caicos Planning to Expand Brand
• Roomlinx Completes Crowne Plaza Install; Reflagged, remodeled Crowne Plaza Glen Ellyn-Lombard brings Roomlinx' interactive Media, Entertainment & Business Solution to all guestrooms
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise Owner of the Howard Johnson Hotel Omaha, Nebraska
• Trust International's Best of Breed Products/Services and Commitment to Asia Leads to Expansion in Market; Trust underlines APAC  importance with Customer Conference and Advisory Board for the first time in Asia and successful showcase at ITB Asia, Oct 22-24
• KoolConnect Reduces Cost of Industry-leading HDVOD Solution; System now offers not only the greatest array of guest features in in-room entertainment, but also the most-lucrative business models and highest returns to host properties
• Starwood Sales the 219-room Turnberry Resort, Ayrshire, Scotland, to Leisurecorp, the Dubai World company, for approximately USD$100 million
• Ashley R. Goddard Named Executive Chef at the Hilton Singapore

Top 25 Read Articles - October 2008

1. What Does the Current Financial Crisis Mean to Us in the Hospitality Industry? /  Jim Butler
2. What's Hot in Future Travel Trends and Destinations - 2009 TripAdvisor-Survey
3. Conde Nast Traveler Names Top Hotels and Resorts Around the World that Manage to Exceed our Expectations 
4. The Cost of a Filled Room / Bill Geoghegan  
5. The MICHELIN Guide New York City 2009 Gives 3 Stars to Four Restaurants, 7 Restaurants Receive 2 Stars 
6. Guest's Fight with Hotel over Missing Clothes Offers Lesson  
7. PKF Revises Forecast to Reflect Acceleration of Economic Downturn 
8. Cracks Beginning to Show in the Multibillion-dollar Las Vegas Convention Industry 
9. Where Do Obama / McCain, Stand on Tourism-related Issues? 
10. The Next Big Development in Hotel Revenue Management / Neil Salerno
11. Bringing Out The Best from Our Most Negative Hotel Guests -  Brings Out The Best In Ourselves / Doug Kennedy
12. The MICHELIN Guide San Francisco 2009 Gives 3 Stars to One Restaurant, 6 Restaurants Receive 2 Stars 
13. �Selling Into� a Bad Economy �  Overcoming Fear and Stealing Share / Carol Verret
14. Brochures - 14 Serious Mistakes / David Kan
15. Hilton Corporation Recognizes the Best 2007  Hotel Developers for its Full-Service Brands 
16. The Largest U.S. Hotel Real Estate Investment Trust, Host Hotels & Resorts, Reports  3rd Qtr Net Income Fell 44% to $54 million form $97 million a Year Ago / Hawaii Properties Report Decline in Business / Hotel Operating Data 
17. 5 Future Developments that Will Revolutionize Online Hotel Marketing / Jitendra Jain
18. South Florida's Priciest Hotels Must Now Consider a World of Declining Fortunes 
19. Hotel Jobs at Risk: Credit Crunch Likely to Impact Human Resource Continuity  / Jeff Ross
20. AAA Hands Out Five Diamonds to Five Arizona Hotels
21. There's Cash Under Your Mattress ; Hotel Executives Have Fiduciary Responsibility to Owners, to Maximize Potential Revenue of their Inventory 
22. Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. President Simon Cooper Conveys to Paradise Valley, Arizona Naysayers - "No Residences, No Ritz" 
23. As a Consequence of Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Moonlight Basin, a New Ski Development Near Big Sky, Montana, Forced to Layoff Employees, May Not Open for the Winter Season 
24. Understanding the Value and Power of Breakfast / Dr. John Hogan
25. Philip Anschutz, the Denver, Colorado Billionaire,  Acquires Xanterra Parks & Resorts 

• Breaking Ground on the $420 million Waldorf-Astoria Hotel & Residences in Philadelphia Dependent on Pre-Selling a Certain Number of the 136 Condos Included in the Project
• Jacksonville, Florida Hotel Occupancy Through July, 2008 Was 65%, a 6% Drop from Privious Year; Average Room at $82.04
• Developer Wins Kansas City, Missouri Approval for a $123 million Apartment, Hotel Project Near the Country Club Plaza; The Aloft Hotel is Slated to be Replaced by a Homewood Suites by Hilton
• H2Oooohh!, a $22.1 million Indoor Water Park, Opens at Split Rock Resort in Pennsylvania's Poconos
• LTD Management Company, L.L.C. Opens The Courtyard Newport News Airport; First Courtyard to Feature New Exterior Look, New Lobby and Guest Room Design
• 2009 Projection For Boston/Cambridge Hotels Shows a Drop of 4 points to 72% and and Average Room Rates Decline of 4% to $202.94
• The Historic 267-room Le Méridien Piccadilly, London to be Sold Subject to a Management Agreement with Starwood and Will Continue to Operate as a Le Méridien
• The Samsung Digital Lab for Hospitality Technology Established at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Provides Students the Latest Technology Available in the Industry
• Riu Hotels & Resorts Investing $25 million in the Remake of Riu Palace Tropical Bay in Negril, Jamaica
• Michael Nagel Appointed General Manager of Hilton Beijing
• Jonathan Crook Named General Manager of The Peninsula Manila

• TravelCLICK Hosts Webinar on Third Quarter 2008 Global Hotel Performance; Webinar focuses on "Lessons Learned - Preparing for 2009"
• Home Sweet Hotel; Living in a Hotel Not as Glamorous As it Sounds / Daniel Edward Craig
• LE Reports The United States Lodging Construction Pipeline at 5,652 Projects / 740,272 Rooms; Financial Crisis Impacting Development and Transactions
• AAA Hands Out Five Diamonds to Five Arizona Hotels
• Limited Service Hotels�Get in the Internet Game! Who can do it & how can you pay for it? / Neil Salerno
• In Raleigh, North Carolina, 500 Vie for Renaissance Hotel's 200 Positions; $8- to $14-an-hour Jobs Look Good
• Members Sue Daufuskie Island Resort Over Possible Loss of Member Privileges
• Wyndham Worldwide Posts 3rd Qtr Net Income Up 21% to $142 million Compared to $117 million in the 3rd Qtr Last Year / Hotel Brand Operating Statistics
• Mariner Commercial Properties, Brook J. Lenfest and Gatehouse Capital Announce Plans for the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel and Residences Philadelphia
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System has been selected for the 453 room Westin Book Cadillac Detroit
• The Providence Group, LLC Completes Consulting Engagement with The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel; The Premier Resort is Well Known as the "First In Nation" Electoral Site
• Warwick Offers a "Touch of Excellence" to Agents; Pegasus to Provide Commission Processing for Signature Hotels, Resorts and Spas
• Joint Venture Selects Hilton to Manage a 500-room Resort on China's Tropical Island of Hainan; The Hilton Qing Shui Bay Resort & Spa is Scheduled to Open in 2012
• Shular Companies Opening a "Next-generation" $18 million Holiday Inn in Gulfport, Mississippi
• Marshall Management, Inc. Adds Three to Executive Team; Expansion Highlights Marshall's Growing Influence in Hotel Management Industry
• Pamela M. Feick Named Director of Sales and Marketing The Pierre, New York City
• Wyndham Promotes Don Li to Regional Vice President of Development in China and Japan

October 29, 2008

• E-site Marketing Wins 2008 Best Hotel and Lodging Website Award; Performance is key; award winning site sees more than 50% increase in Web site traffic
• Fourteen Hotels Add Flyte Systems Live Airline Information to Serve Travelers; Increasing demand reflects growing guest expectations, immediate ROI
• 10 Green Ways to Deal with a Tough Economy; Pineapple Hospitality offers numerous products and services to enhance your guest experience and lower operating costs
• Vacation Ownership Properties 101: What are they? How do they work? How are they regulated? / David Sudeck
• Defining Hospitality - Readers Respond with their Insights / Dr John Hogan
• Where Do Obama / McCain, Stand on Tourism-related Issues?
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Sells Four Hotels for $148 Million; Represents a Price of Approximately $130,000 per Key
• Sun Hung Kai Properties and Starwood Open the 393 room W Hong Kong; Hotel Features Innovative Design in a Warm, Whimsical Style
• Red Roof Inn Offers Franchisees Who Invest in New-build, NextGen Prototype Construction a Bundled Package of Incentives
• New Feedback System Speaks Volumes for Guest Satisfaction
• Newmarket International's David Miller Selected to Present at DevLearn 2008
• PSAV Leverages its Broad Footprint to Make 'Green' Meetings, Environment Greener; Becoming a "locavore" by working with a local event technology partner reduces the carbon emissions footprint for the community
• TynanGroup Appoints Phil Becker Vice President for its Hospitality Projects in the Southern California
• Cesar Nunez Named Spa Manager of Saltwater Spa at Casa Dorada Los Cabos, Resort & Spa
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Appoints Matthew Richardson as Global Head of Architecture, Design and Construction Phil Keipper Promoted to Senior Vice President, Architecture and Construction - The Americas; Habib Enayetullah Joins as Senior Vice President, Real Estate and Asset Management
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Announces Executive Leadership Appointments and Structural Changes to Support New Three-Year Strategic Plan
• Wendy Worley Appointed Director of Sales for the The Magnolia Hotel Omaha

• A Hoteliers How-To Guide to Online Advertising and Media Buying
• Vail Resorts Selects Inventory and Procurement Solution by Agilysys; Premier Resort Company Implements Stratton Warren System 3.0 with Enhanced Features, Functionality
• Six Destination Hotels & Resorts Properties Streamline Guest Service Operations with GoConcierge; Web-Based System Adds Efficiencies to Multiple Departments
• 'Selling Into' a Bad Economy - Overcoming Fear and Stealing Share / Carol Verret
• New Motel 6 Room Design Includes No Carpet; A More Hygienic Laminate Flooring Replacing Carpet at Property New Builds and Retrofits
• PKF Revises Forecast to Reflect Acceleration of Economic Downturn
• Choice Hotels International Inc. Reports a 6.5% Decline in Third Qtr Net Income of $35.9 million Compared with $38.4 million a Year Earlier; Higher Operating Costs Wipes Away a 9.2% Increase in Revenues
• Great Wolf Lodge in Centralia, Washington In Property Tax Dispute; Resort Owned 51% by the Chehalis Tribe and 49% by Great Wolf Resorts
• Choice Hotels Ascend Collection Program Targets Historic, Boutique and Unique Independent Hotels
• Saving Clients Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars - HotelTraining.com Celebrates Ten Years
• RTM Asks: Are You Reaping Returns, Results from Your Outsourced Technology Partner? Reducing corporate overhead by outsourcing specialty areas is a great way to save time and money - But can you measure the results?
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Partners with The Tides Inn Chesapeake Bay Virginia; HeBS to increase direct online bookings and boost Internet marketing presence for The Tides Inn
• Hotel Occupancy in Kansas City Down Sharply in September - Down Only Slightly for the Year 2008
• Raul Leal, Named Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Hotelier Of The Year
• Waterford Hotel Group Associates Honored by Connecticut Lodging Association; General Manager Chuck Moran Named as President of Association
• Jeremy McCarthy, Director of Spa Operations at Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Named Vice Chairman of the International SPA Association's Board of Directors

• There's Cash Under Your Mattress; Hotel Executives Have Fiduciary Responsibility to Owners, to Maximize Potential Revenue of their Inventory
• Meetings & Conventions Magazine Joins Meeting Traveler's Private Meetings Summit
• Sands Abruptly Stops Construction of Hotel, Events Center and Shopping Mall at the Sands Casino Resort Project in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Casino Construction Continues
• The Owner and Management Company in a Tiff at Downtown Toledo's Crown Plaza Hotel
• Brochures - 14 Serious Mistakes / David Kan
• Think Tanks Focusing on the Spa Industry Show Students that Spas Have Become a Necessity Rather than an Option for the Lodging Industry
• HRI Lodging Re-flagging the 251-room Chateau Sonesta in New Orleans to the Chateau Bourbon, A Wyndham® Historic Hotel
• Scottsdale's Camelback Inn, a JW Marriott Resort & Spa, Finishes $45 million Renovation; Renewal Project Balances Storied Past with Relevance for the Future, Adds BLT Steak
• Hostmark Hospitality Group Selects ReviewAnalyst to Monitor Social Media Content
• Utell® and Rate Tiger Team to Make Hotels More Competitive;  New Market Insight Suite Competitive Intelligence Tool Offers Rate Benchmarking and Channel Management
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 81 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database- go to
• HITEC Selects Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida for 2010 Exposition and Conference
• Travel Green Wisconsin's Top-rated Lodging Establishment is the Pinehurst Inn in Bayfield, Wisconsin; Being Green and Still Have All the Luxuries
• Benchmark Appoints Gregory Allowe Managing Director at Naples Bay Resort, Naples, Florida

• Hilton Corporation Recognizes the Best 2007 Hotel Developers for its Full-Service Brands
• Same Man Suspected in a String of 8 Tacoma-area Hotel Front Desk Robberies
• Ski Industry in Colorado is Bracing for a Chilly Financial Season
• Vintage-feeling Plaza to Aim for Newer Look; The 1,037 room Budget-priced Downtown Las Vegas Hotel May Also Get New Name
• Owned and Developed by Triyar Companies, LLC, the 224 room W Scottsdale Opens; A Modern Mixed-use of Lodging, Residential, Dining, Spa, Retail and Entertainment
• Tropicana Entertainment Asks New Jersey Casino Control Commission to Regain Operating Control of its Casino and Resort in Atlantic City; Seeks to Reverse the Property's 48% Decline in Gross Operating Profits
• Fairmont Adding 3,700 Guestrooms as it Opens Eleven Hotels in 2008/09
• Historic Hotel Palace Re-opens under Kempinski Management in Portoro�, Slovenia
• Utah Hospitality LLC Breaks Ground on a $15 million Complex in West Valley City, Utah; Project Includes a 94-room Holiday Inn Express, a 97-unit Staybridge Suites, and an Indoor Waterpark
• Martin Rinck Appointed President, Hilton Hotels Corporation - Asia Pacific
• André Balazs Properties Appoints Glyn Aeppel as Chief Investment Officer
• Embassy Suites - Loveland, Colorado Names Executive Team; Tom Dwyer Opening General Manager
• Stan Turner Named General Manager at the Hilton Asheville, North Carolina
• The International Association of Conference Centers of North America Elects New Officers; Tom Cappucci Serves as President

• Cracks Beginning to Show in the Multibillion-dollar Las Vegas Convention Industry
• Keeping Up with Our Always Connected Guests Requires Hotels to Move from Self Service Applications into Multichannel Applications / Alon Kronenberg and Amitava Chatterjee
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts 3rd Qtr Net Income Down 12% to $113 million Compared with $129 million in Prior Year 3rd Qtr; Slowing Travel Demand to be Offset by Cutting Costs and Scaling Back Expenses at Owned Hotels
• Industry Leaders Lauded During Hospitality Hall of Honor; Annual Induction Ceremony Recognizes Masters of Luxury Hotels, Consulting and the Chicken Sandwich
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Reports 3rd Qtr Net Income to Common Shareholders of $12.5 million, a 38% Drop from the $20.2 million Reported in 3rd Qtr 2007; Reduces Dividend as the Lodging Industry Faces Declining Trends
• Wells Fargo Arranges $128.7 million in Construction Financing for JBG Companies Renaissance and Residence Inn Hotels at the Potomac Yards Project in Arlington, Virginia
• Hotel Staffs that Speaks Several Languages - A Major Asset
• Tim Allen, Chairman of the Board for Angel Fire Resort, Passes Away; Instrumental in the Purchase and Rescue of the New Mexico Ski Destination Resort in 1996
• Exhibit in the Technology Innovation Center at the 2008 IH/M&RS - A Kiosk for Three Full Days at Special Price of $2,800
• Tourists Unwittingly Support Cruel Bullfighting Industry
• Managing Cost and Risk, While Abroad: How to Create a Sound, Effective International Travel Program / Mike Fogarty
• Americas Best Value Inn to Further Enhance Online Presence with Rich Media from VFM Interactive -  VFM to produce and distribute new rich visual content for all ABVI properties
• Owned and Operated by G&W Hotel Invest Srl the 240 room Doubletree by Hilton Milan Opens; Doubletree's First Hotel in Continental Europe
• VSi Recruits Industry Veteran Richard Reyer for Western Regional Sales; With 30 years of experience, Reyer will open doors to new customers for the leader in automated business centers and guest-services technologies
• 1924 Detroit Landmark Re-opens Following a Comprehensive $200 million Renovation; The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit Now a Fully Restored, Iconic Building
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System Has Been Selected for the 1,373 room Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai
• An Increase in Philadelphia Hotel Tax from 7% to 8.2% Likely to Help Fund the the Expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center
• The PA Tourism & Lodging Association Holding Fourth Annual Sales & Marketing Conference December 11, 2008 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Alex Cabañas Vice President of Development and Strategy
• Golden Tulip Signs Contract to Operate the Mercure Porto Bali in Angra Dos Reis, Brazil; Will Rebrand Golden Tulip Porto Bali

• SMART Conference to Help Hoteliers Maximize Revenues; Strategic Marketing Alliance of Revenue Technologies (SMART) provides an in-depth look at the benefits of revenue technology convergence
• Bringing Out The Best from Our Most Negative Hotel Guests - Brings Out The Best In Ourselves / Doug Kennedy
• The Use of Voice & Data Protocols Opens Whole New World of Communications within the Hospitality Industry / Bill Peters
• New Hotel and Convention Center in Boise Hits Snag: The Illness of Developer John Q. Hammons Will Delay Project, City May Seek a New Hotel Partner 
• Orlando-area Hotel Occupancy Rate Fell More than 10% in September 2008, 45.9% Compared with 51.1% in September 2007
• Vote Shoots Down Proposed 17-story, 154-room Medium-priced Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach; Project Attemped to Cram Too Much into a Sliver of Land 
• La Quinta Continues Record Growth to Close the Third Quarter of 2008 - Highlights include 45 hotels opened year to date, more than 100 agreements signed, more than 250 properties in the pipeline, and continued strong RevPAR growth
• The Kempinski Hybernská Opens in Prague, Czech Republic; Sedat Nemli the General Manager
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Tackles Web 2.0 with Avalon BUZZ Report
• True North Development Group Signs Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Operate the 106-room TownePlace Suites/Albany Empire State Plaza
• Morgans Hotel Group Names John 'JP' Oliver Regional Vice President of Miami and General Manager of Delano in South Beach
• Guy Hutchinson Appointed General Manager of the Hilton Shanghai
• Timeshare Lawyer David Sudeck Joins JMBM
• Aqua Hotels & Resorts Appoints Rose Kemna and Leonor Wong to Director of Sales and Director of Guest Relations, Respectively

• How to Turn Mandatory PMS Upgrade into Golden Opportunity; Vendor stability, service and support become savvy hotel operator's 'flight to quality' - Maestro� leads the industry with 30 years of hotel technology experience and Diamond Plus Service
• 100-Year Commitment to Impeccable Service Keeps the Legend Alive at The Grove Park Inn; The Concierge Assistant system enables historic property to meet 21st century guest expectations; contributes to a 97% guest satisfaction rate
• Hotel Waterpark Resorts Construction Report: Fall 2008; Bank crisis results in fewer loans, openings and ground breakings / Jeff Coy and Amanda McDaniel
• Following Default on a $250 million Loan, Judge Orders Receiver to Take Over Management of the Tamarack Resort in Idaho
• Still No Michelin Three Star Restaurant in Los Angeles; Las Vegas Garners One Three-star Restaurant - Joel Robuchon at MGM Grand
• Five Future Developments that Will Revolutionize Online Hotel Marketing
• GFI Development Company Renovating a Twelve-story Office Building Built in 1903 to a 160 room Hotel;  The NoMad Hotel Expected to Bring New Identity to Historic NYC District "North of Madison Avenue"
• Previously Troubled Hampton, Virginia Hotel Receives $3.5 million in Improvements from New Owner MHI Hospitality, and New Flag - Crowne Plaza
• Historic Benbow Hotel and Golf Course Near Eureka, California Listed for Sale at $13.25 million
• Newmarket International's Director of Educational Development to Facilitate Discussion on eLearning at MPI Meeting
• EZYield.com Sales Heat up as Travel Markets Cool; Global economic downturn affects hotels' bottom lines, accelerating demand for third party distribution channels
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Announces the 2009 Benchmark Survey; Survey to Measure Hotel Internet Marketing Strategies, Budget Planning and Best Practices
• Schahet Hotels Opens Two Properties in Indianapolis's Park 100 - a 121-room Holiday Inn Express and a 110 room Hampton Inn
• Habits of Successful Hotel Sales People Web Cast - Focus, Engage and Close! Web Cast October 24, 2008, 11:00am MDT

• Hoteliers Underestimated 2007 Profits; Will They Lowball 2009? / Robert Mandelbaum and Steven Nicholas
• Hiring & Engaging a World-Class Team / Bryan K. Williams
• Rethinking the Cost of an Occupied Hotel Room / Bill Geoghegan
• Accor Coping with Short-term Headwinds; Implements Immediate Actions: a EUR75-million Cost Cutting Program, a EUR100 million Reduction in Hotel Renovations and a EUR 100 million Reduction in Capital Spending
• Looking Back: The Tacoma Hotel, Once the Finest Hotel North of San Francisco, Reduced to Ash in 1935 Fire
• Renovation of Tampa Icon, the Floridan Hotel, Costing 'Millions, Millions'
• The Legendale Hotel Beijing, Owned, Designed and Run by Macau Citizens, Expected to Become a World-class Brand
• Newmarket International Launches Certification Program Regionally; Certified Newmarket Systems Analyst (CNSA) Course Helps Professionals Fully Leverage Delphi for Maximum Benefits
• 'HR in Hotels' Sessions to Stress Building Loyalty and Managing Talent at 3rd Annual HR in Hospitality� Conference
• Dan Hermes' Moving Digital Paintings exhibit at the Boston Design Center with Diana Levine Fine Art
• The Chartres Lodging Group Receives the Doubletree Developer of the Year Award for the $21 million Redevelopment of the Doubletree Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile
• Telkonet Wins Energy Management Contract with Columbia Sussex Hotel Group; Selected as part of national chain's green initiatives based on the system's flexibility, ease-of-use, and scalability
• West Baden Springs Hotel Pampers Guests as it Did in Early 1900s
• Oklahoma's Soon-to-be Largest Casino is Thriving; WinStar World Casino Adding a 400 room Hotel, Doubling Casino Space

• SynXis Drives Distribution for its Customers with Direct Connects to Qunar.com and Wego.com; Asia Pacific customers benefit from Channel Connect with increased exposure to target markets
• Conde Nast Traveler Names Top Hotels and Resorts Around the World that Manage to Exceed our Expectations
• J.D. Power and Associates 2008 European Hotel Guest Satisfaction Survey Ranks Steigenberger Hotels, Crowne Plaza, Dorint Hotels and Premier Inn Highest in Guest Satisfaction in Their Respective Segments
• Top Five Misconceptions of the Condominium Hotel Industry / Provident Hotels & Resorts
• Condo Buyers Struggling to Secure Mortgages at Trump International Hotel & Tower and Palms Place - Hotel & Spa in Las Vegas; Lenders Seeking 50% Down, Some Condos Worth Less Today than When Contracts Were Signed
• Mortgage Holder Forecloses on Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Foreclosure Seen as good News by Local Leaders
• Noble House Reopens  the 406 room Riviera Resort & Spa;  Noble Spends $70 million to Reinvent the Classic Mid-century Style of the Resort Built in 1958
• My Dream Hotel? / Harry Nobles
• Pushing the Upper Limits of Price and Luxury, The Nines, a $137 million, 331-room  Hotel in Downtown Portland Opens
• The $65 million Honey Creek State Park Resort Opens with 105 Guest Rooms, a Water Park, an 18-hole Golf Course and a Convention Center; The Destination Resort is Owned by Owned by the State of Iowa's Department of Natural Resources
• King Street Enterprises Selects Hyatt Hotels & Resorts to Operate and Manage the 394-room Hyatt Regency Toronto;  The Former Holiday Inn On King Undergoing a Multi-million dollar Conversion
• Category 2 Hurricane Omar Soaked St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands on October 15 but Generally Spared the Island
• More than 200 First-time Exhibitors Sign Up for the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, November 8-11, 2008 in New York City
• Trust International Establishes Interface with Booking.com
• Pegasus Solutions Appoints Industry Veterans to Key Management Positions
• Wickens Group Signs Sage Hospitality to Manage Three Hotels in Michigan
• Wavestone Properties Appoints Sonesta International Hotels to Operate the 249 room Miami Sole on the Ocean Condo/Hotel
• Matt Balcik and Christy Little Appointed General Manager and Sales & Marketing Manager Respectively at Peter Island Resort in the British Virgin Islands

• TravelCLICK Broadens Its Internet Marketing Footprint in the United Kingdom, Delivers £3.3 Million of Incremental Revenue from PPC; Prima Hotels signs on for website redesign; Feathers Group launches new TravelCLICK-built group website and merchandising platform
• Foxwoods Installs The Rainmaker Group's revolution Revenue Management System; Largest casino in North America uses Rainmaker to optimize profitability at 4 hotels with 2,221 rooms
• Owners of Farmington, New Mexico Hotel Spending $63,000 to Zap Bed Bugs
• Edgar B. Stern Jr., the Developer of Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain Resort, Dies at 86
• Habits of Successful Hotel Sales People Web Cast - Focus, Engage and Close! Web Cast October 24, 2008, 11:00am MDT
• Roster of Chefs Announced at Wynn's Encore; Five Chefs to Open Five Signature Restaurants
• Vail Resorts' Design for Ever Vail Base Village Resort Development Receives 'Platinum' Rating by U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Neighborhood Development Program
• Texas' First Aloft Hotel Now Open in Las Colinas; Las Colinas is first of three Aloft hotels to open in Dallas over next 40 days under Aimbridge Hospitality management
• Libra OnDemand launches Hospitality CRM and Events Management SaaS Solution
• Market Metrix Selected by Cherokee Nation Casinos to Measure Employee Satisfaction
• Pegasus Exceeds $26 Million in Renewed Business for Q3; Strong Results Reinforced by New Total of 5,200 RezView® NG Upgrades
• hotelbook.com Reports 21% Increase in Revenue; Utell Consumer Site Also Realizes Better Booking Rates
• Jackson-Shaw Appoints Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 322 room Hampton Inn Tropicana in Las Vegas; It Is the Largest Hampton Branded Hotel in the World
• Property Logic Signs Golden Tulip Hospitality Group to Operate the 234 unit Tulip Residenced within the Le Jardin de Fleur Resort Development in Saidia, Morocco
• The Ramada Mall of America - Formerly Known as the Thunderbird Hotel and Convention Center, Competes Extensive Renovation
• David Ippersiel Appointed  Executive Assistant Manager in Charge of Sales & Marketing at Indigo Pearl, Nai Yang Beach, Phuket, Thailand
• Jale Aksoy as General Manager for the Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront Resort in Singer Island, Florida
• Edward Reynado Selected to Present Student Membership Plan to AH&LA Board; Will Outline Outreach Plan for 2009 Implementation
• Michael M. Tobin Joins HVS Executive Search

• eMarketer of the Year, TIG Global, Receives Additional International Honors; All TIG Global Partners in the 2008 WebAward Competition Recognized for Outstanding Website Design
• Addition of 1,600 New Properties Prompts New Position at SynXis; Jennifer Ranno promoted to Vice President of Accounts to support growing customer base and continue revenue growth of current customers
• The Next Big Development in Hotel Revenue Management / Neil Salerno
• Family of a Hotel Manager Shot to Death File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Marriott International Inc. and Choice Hotels International Inc. - Claims Hotel Chains Failed to Address Security Issues
• Bill Baxter Takes on Ownership and Renovation of the Historic Wort Hotel in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Built in 1941, The Wort on Track for AAA Four Diamond Status
• Embassy Suites Determines Traditional 7 story Atrium Proves to be a Cost Burden for Developers; Opts for New Three and One-half story Atrium with Smaller Building Footprint
• Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Provides $14 million Refinancing Loan for Red Lion's 181-room hotel in Bellevue, Washington
• The MICHELIN Guide San Francisco 2009 Gives 3 Stars to One Restaurant, 6 Restaurants Receive 2 Stars
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Launches New Website: www.Luxehotels.com
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies (HeBS) Announces Luxe Worldwide Hotels New Website Launch
• New MICROS Operetta is a True "Off-the-Shelf" PMS Solution for Hotels with Standard Technology Needs
• Joint Venture Between American Hotel Development Partners and Glenmont Capital Management, LLC Open the Candlewood Suites Hotel Columbia/Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Ribbon Cut by Country Music Star Charlie Daniels
• The Volatile Political Situation, Hotel Oversupply and Heavy Competition Emerge as Major Concerns for Thailand's Hotel Industry
• Jeff Senior Elected Chairman of HSMAI's Global Board of Directors
• Melvin Lim Appointed General Manager of the Orchard Hotel Singapore

• Vermont Hotelier Pleads Guilty; Had Hired Illegal Immigrants, Lied in Bank-loan Documents
• Hotel Jobs at Risk: Credit Crunch Likely to Impact Human Resource Continuity / Jeff Ross
• Caruso Plan for New Hotel in Montecito on Site of Miramar Hotel Wins Approval from Montecito Planning Commission
• McKinney, Texas' Long-awaited Convention Center and Westin Hotel Project is Over Budget and Behind Schedule; Developer Requests Additional $5 million from the City
• Newlyweds Got Unruly Over Hotel Mistake, Then Cited with Public Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct
• Atlantic City Casinos' Biggest Monthly Decline since 1978: Revenue in September, 2008 Off 15.1% 
• MSI releases HotelEXPERT v. 6.0, Feature-Rich Windows Web-based Version
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 61 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• New Executive Committee appointments for HFTP; Jules A. Sieburgh, CHTP, Installed as HFTP Global President
• Outrigger Enterprises Group Names Darren J. Edmonstone as Senior Vice President - Asia
• The Carlsbad (CA) Convention and Visitor's Bureau Awards 2008 Manager of the Year to Carl Holmes of West Inn & Suites
• Striebel Projektmanagement and Dolce Hotels & Resorts Break Ground on the $70 million Dolce Munich
• Riyada International Hotels and Resorts Opens the 998 room Ramada® Makkah Ajyad St in Mecca, Saudi Arabia; The Largest Ramada Hotel in the World

• The Largest U.S. Hotel Real Estate Investment Trust, Host Hotels & Resorts, Reports 3rd Qtr Net Income Fell 44% to $54 million form $97 million a Year Ago; Two Hawaii Properties Report Decline in Business / Hotel Operating Data
• Madison Capital Management, a Firm Specializing in Distressed and Special Situation Financial Assets, Acquires $45 million Loan for W South Beach Hotel & Residences Under Construction in South Beach, Florida
• Guest's Fight with Hotel over Missing Clothes Offers Lesson
• Understanding the Value and Power of Breakfast / Dr John Hogan
• Employees of the Quality Inn and Days Inn in Dothan, Alabama are Picketing, Complaining They are Not Getting Paid
• The Renovation Cost of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans Expected to Exceed $135 million - One of the Largest Private Investments in Downtown New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina; Originally Opened in 1893 as the Grunewald, the Hotel Inspired Arthur Haley's 1965 Novel "Hotel"
• Rune Venaas Named President of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality, Inc.
• NHH Hotels & Resorts Appoints Tom Spoto as General Manager of the Embassy Suites Hotel- Pittsburgh International Airport
• City of Atlantic City Expected to Delay Casino Smoking Ban; Fearful Ban Will Further Drop Casino Revenues Resulting in Major Layoffs

• Seventh Mountain Resort, Located near Bend, Oregon Settles Legal Battle with Condo Owners
• As a Consequence of Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Moonlight Basin, a New Ski Development Near Big Sky, Montana, Forced to Layoff Employees, May Not Open for the Winter Season
• In Chapter 11 Detroit's Greektown Casino Seeks a Buyer; Owes $755 million to Banks, Bondholders and Former Owners
• Four Weeks After Ike - Southeast Texas Hotels Are Full and Will Be for a While
• The Folly Beach, South Carolina Holiday Inn Receiving a $5.5 million Renovation; Possibly a New Brand
• Murphy's Laws Can Be Infallible in the Hotel Industry / Osvaldo Torres Cruz and Mariana Stachuk
• RPR Development, LLC Breaks Ground on the 150 room Regent Puerto Rico Located within the Resort Community of Palmas del Mar
• Construction at Salamander Resort & Spa, Middleburg, Virginia, the Signature Project from Sheila C. Johnson's Salamander Hospitality, On Track for a 2010 Opening
• The Former Patio Hotel in Aberdeen, Scotland Converted to the Doubletree by Hilton Aberdeen City Centre
• Marcus Hotels and Resorts Re-launches Resort Suites Scottsdale as Xona Resort Suites Following a Multi-million-dollar Renovation
• Lilian Hui Lai-ha, Purchasing Manager of Sheraton Hong Kong, Recognized for 30 years of Service
• Golden Tulip Hospitality Group Signs Agreement to Operate the 100 room Tulip Inn Etoy, Switzerland
• IACC and AH&LEI Develop Partnership with Focus on Education
• Provenance Hotels Promotes Howard Jacobs and Bashar Wali Promoted to President and Chief Operating Office and Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Respectively
• Brian S. Cunningham Appointed President, Boutique Hotels & Resorts International

• How Maestro PMS with Integrated Channel Management and 'Web Connection' Suite Can Drive Hotel Profitability Even in a Down Economy
• Flyte Systems Partners with Digital Signage Provider DisplayIQ, Installs Live Airline Information at 2 Hotels; Enhance guest service: operators add airline information to digital signage systems
• Jury Decides There's Room for Two Plaza Hotels in Las Vegas
• South Florida's Priciest Hotels Must Now Consider a World of Declining Fortunes
• City "Branding" Essential Ingredient for Attracting Tourism Dollars; Cities Spend Thousands for Logo Development and Research
• Kor Hotel Group Opening the 77 room Loden Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Ocean Properties Completes $15 million Conversion of the Holiday Inn Logan Airport to the Courtyard by Marriott at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts
• LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels Concludes a 220-million dollar Refurbishment of the Boca Raton Resort & Club; Expects to Join Waldorf=Astoria Collection® in 2009
• Knoxville's Downtown Holiday Inn Select May Be Sold, Will Pursue Doubletree Brand Following a Renovation
• Oregon Wine Country's First Destination Hotel, The Allison Inn & Spa, Expects to Be Open Mid-2009
• Aloft Montreal Airport Installs Sentinel Advanced In-room Safes from Elsafe; New Property Selects Highly Secure, UL-Listed Safes from Industry Leader
• Pegasus and Worktopia® Boost Small Meetings Market; Universal Meeting Solution Integrates with UltraDirect®  to Further Automate $175 Billion U.S. Meeting Space
• Aloft Montreal Airport Selects TimeLox to Provide Guestroom Security; Newly Opened Starwood Property Equipped with Dual-Card Locking System
• Executive Team Named for the $150 million Setai San Diego
• TynanGroup, Inc Promotes Brian Nystuen to Senior Vice President, Phoenix Hospitality Division
• Tao Development Group and Hospitality Management Corporation Open the 106 room La Quinta Inn & Suites in Olathe, Kansas

• Plaza versus Plaza: Closing Arguments in Trial Over Rights to the Plaza Name
• Philip Anschutz, the Denver, Colorado Billionaire, Acquires Xanterra Parks & Resorts
• "A Bakers Dozen" of Strategies for Hotel Restaurant Managers / Dr. John Hogan
• The Michelin Guide New York City 2009 Gives 3 Stars to Four Restaurants, 7 Restaurants Receive 2 Stars 
• New Hotel/Luxury Condo city center of Seattle with views to the water/mountains/sunsets/ferry traffic has an opportunity for an equity partner to participate from the ground up
• DiCosimo Family Nears Completion of 58-story Addition to the Hilton Hotel Complex at Niagara Falls; The DiCienzo Family May Top it With a 59-story Hotel Nearby
• Before Designs Finalized, the 1,005-room JW Marriott Hotel Forges Ahead in Indianapolis
• Sage Hospitality Selected to to Manage the Development of Two Hotel Properties in West Palm Beach, Florida
• Riverwalk Casino Hotel Selects Agilysys Property Management Solution; New Vicksburg Property Implements Industry-Leading Lodging Management System® 
• PSAV and X2O Media Win 2008 Content Award from Digital Signage Expo East
• Choice Hotels Australasia Acknowledges Top Performing Individuals and Hotels; Hotels in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Tamworth Named Peak Performers for 2008
• Peter Bowling Appointed General Manager of Capella Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
• Robert Logan Appointed General Manager at Sandy Lane Barbados
• John Luckett Named General Manager at The Bohemian Hotel Asheville at Biltmore Village
• Jacqueline Lewis and Jesse Bush Appointed General Manager and Director of Sales Respectively at the Courtyard by Marriott in Stuart, Florida

• Texas Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against the Hotel Nacogdoches in Nacogdoches and the Super 8 Brookshire Motel near Katy, Texas for Price Gouging Following Hurricane Ike
• What Does the Current Financial Crisis Mean to Us in the Hospitality Industry? / Jim Butler
• Notes on Hawaii on the Back of an Airline Boarding Pass / David M. Brudney
• Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. President Simon Cooper Conveys to Paradise Valley, Arizona Naysayers - "No Residences, No Ritz"
• Sunstone Hotel Investors seeking a Vice President Design and Construction. Responsible for managing the Design and Construction Department - including coordination and oversight of all capital expenditures for Sunstone. More info
• Police Execute Search Warrants at the Closed Executive Inn, Paducah, Kentucky: State Insurance and Labor Departments Join Paducah Police Department in Investigating Hotel Owner Bhupinder Singh
• Gatehouse Capital Corp Delaying for at Least One Year Construction on the 184 room Kimpton Palomar Project in Milwaukee
• In Orange County, California - Hotel Sales Shrunk in the First Half of 2008 Due to the Credit Crunch; Valuations Holding Up
• Professional Development Program Helps Managers Prepare for Recertification
• The Beekman Tower Hotel Becomes a Member of Luxe Worldwide Hotels
• Molinaro Koger Arranges Financing for €141 Million Acquisition of Hotel Prince de Galles, Paris
• Hotel AG Completes the Sale of the 7 Property Select Service Hotel Portfolio
• TTI WebScan System Interfaces to MyHMS PMS from InnPoints Worldwide; TTI Technologies International imports text and images from passports and driver's licenses directly to the MyHMS property-management system from InnPoints
• McLaren International Distributes MTech's HotSOS, Expanding HotSOS Support in Asia and Oceania
• Noble Investment Completes Conversion of the AmeriSuites in Schaumburg, Illinois to Hyatt Place Chicago/ Schaumburg; Jason Dinkins Named General Manager
• Carino Collection Continues Growth in 2008 Adding Fifteen New Members Across the Globe
• Pegasus Upgrades 4,700 Properties to RezView® NG; Upgrades Continue as Central Reservation System Passes Implementation Midpoint
• The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Appoints David Laval as the Executive Chef
• Remembering John Curry; Hotel Owners Have The Power / Stanley Turkel
• Sage Hospitality Appoints Frederick Kleisner II as General Manager of the Nines in Portland, Oregon
• Hersha Hospitality Management Names Michael W. Murray as Chief Operating Officer
• Geraldine Dobey Named General Manager  at the Hilton Arc de Triomphe Paris
• Tarver King Named Executive Chef at The Goodstone Inn & Estate
• Michael Wilganowski Appointed Executive Chef at The Osprey at Beaver Creek, A RockResort

October 1, 2008

• The Rainmaker Group 5th Annual Client Steering Committee Meeting Taps Financial Analysts for Revenue Think Tank; Wall Street analysts urge adoption of technology to drive greater revenue - go to
• Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. Wins 5 WebAwards for Excellence in Internet Marketing for Hotels - go to
• A Brilliant Economic Strategy or a Downtown Boondoggle - the Proposed Dallas Convention Center Hotel Project Meets Stiff Opposition
• Seeking Las Vegas Style Gambling, Owners of Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Put Money into The Committee for Critical Challenges; Committee Amassing Expertise for a Gambling Initiative
• What's Hot in Future Travel Trends and Destinations: 2009 TripAdvisor Survey
• Complete Seminar Lineup - 2008 IH/M&RS - November 8-11, 2008 New York City
• Towne Park Announces the Acquisition of Mile Hi Valet Services
• Hotel Developer Misses Financing Deadline for Proposed Marriott in Downtown Escondido, California
• Lodging Capital Partners Launches Financing Platform; Industry Veteran Ian Davis Tapped to Lead Effort
• NEW Online Assessment Tool Prepares Candidates for CHA Exam
• Vikram Chatwal Hotels Renames the Quality Hotel Times Square-New York City to Stay 
• Trust International Secures New Contract With Motel One Chain, Escorts Budget Niche Leader Into CRS Arena
• The San Jose Convention and Cultural Facilities, Managed by Team San Jose, Inc. Surpasses Revenue and Hotel Booking Goals in Fiscal Year 2007-08;  From Hotels to the Convention Center, San Jose is Going Green