1. Top Ten Historic Hotels According to AAA's 65 Full-time Inspectors
   
2. Which Hotel Markets are Worst and Which Will be the Best?; Recap Steve Rushmore NYU Presentation / Jim Butler
   
3. User-generated Reviews Are Exploding! It Used to Be That an Unhappy Hotel Guest Would Tell 3 Others, Now They  Tell 3 million (With Less Effort) / Jonathan Barsky, Lenny Nash
   
4. Dana Point's St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort Set for Auction on July 7, 2009; Owner Makallon Resorts LLC Stopped Making Mortgage Payments Earlier this Year
   
5. The "W" Hotel Is the Talk du Jour / Bob Rauch
   
6. Sunstone to Forfeit the 258-room W Hotel San Diego to Lenders, May Pursue Similar Options with Other Mortgaged Hotels
   
7. The New 'Tipping Points' in the Planners Decision Process - You May be Surprised! / Carol Verret
8. In California, 175 Hotels are in Default / Report from Atlas Hospitality Group
   
9. Seattle Judge Orders Expedia to Pay Consumers $184 Million for Repeatedly Breaching its Contractual Obligations to Consumers by Charging  Service Fees Under False Pretenses
   
10. Fontainebleau in Las Vegas Files for Bankruptcy $2.9 billion Resort Project Shut Down, Victim of Cost Overruns, Depressed Condominium Market, Skittish Lenders
    
11. U.S. Lodging Turning Point Arrives But Growth Remains on Distant Horizon; New Expectation Is for RevPAR to Decline 17.5% in 2009, Followed by Another 3.5% Decline in 2010 / PKF
    
12. Russian Billionaire Telman Ismailov, Launches $1.65 billion Turkish Resort; Mardan Palace Hotel
    
13. $490 million Hydropolis Undersea Resort and Hotel Soon to Open in Dubai; $5500 per Night Offers Missile Defense System as Security
    
14. Beating Negative Hotel Reviews: An Action Plan for Proactive Reputation Management / Josiah Mackenzie
    
15. 5 Creative Steps Hotels Are Taking To Beat The Recession / Neil Salerno
    
16. Four Season's Tiff with Broadreach Capital Underscores Luxury Hotels' Predicaments in a Dismal Economy
    
17. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Appoints Four to General Manager Posts
    
18. Sound Bites from NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference / Jim Butler
    
19. Susan Thronson, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Marriott International Named as New HSMAI Foundation Chair
    
20. Ten Reasons to Use Social Media for Launching a Hotel / Susan Deluzain Barry
    
21. Yellowstone Club Founder Tim Blixseth Speaks Out; Alleges that His Ex-wife Hosted Lavish Parties and Flew Her Housekeeper on Private Jets   While Stiffing Creditors
    
22. What's Happening on the Hotel Job Front? / Frank Speranza
    
23. What Happened to Rate Parity? Rate Integrity?
    
24. Destination Hotels & Resorts Opens the $480 million Oceanfront Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, California; Possibly the Last Hotel to Be Built Right on the Pacific Ocean
    
25. A Hotel Sales and Marketing Action Plan that Will Yield Immediate Results - Fishing where the fish are / Rick Welch

• Targeting Global Travelers:  A Guide for International Website Optimization
• CetraRuddy Hospitality Group to Oversee Development of CassaNY, a 50 Story Hotel-Condominium Project Set to Rise on West 45th Street, New York City
• Meeting Planners Pressured by Management, Customers and Members / David M. Brudney
• Keep it Cheap: With Economy Sagging, Las Vegas Hotels and Casinos Offer Bargains Despite Claims that "The Worst is Behind Us"
• Unified Resorts, Ltd. and Sagewood Investments, LLC Planning a 140 room St. Regis Hotel in Downtown Hamilton, Bermuda
• Amenities at the Touch of a Screen: theWit Hotel Opens with Cutting-Edge Self-Service Technology from NEC; Upscale boutique hotel in Chicago utilizes NEC's integrated communications solutions to create a unique guest experience
• ONE Hospitality System Seeking Hotels, Resorts and Conference Centers with an Offer of Free Software to All Candidates Who Install ONE PMS and ONE CATERING Within the Next 6 Months
• For sale - classic Tahoe lakeview lodge. The Cedar Glen Lodge sits on 1.9 acres, has 31 units and includes a swimming pool and  5-bedroom lake view home. Price reduced from a previous escrow price of $3.4  million to $1.87 million
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Advises in the Sale of America's Best Inn - Des Moines, Iowa
• South Fork Lodge Keeps Guests Flying High; UniFocus' GUESTScope™ Shows What Hooks Customers, World-Class Fly-Fishing Lodge Selects GUESTScope to up "Wow" Factor
• Cvent Announces Strategic Partnership with Starwood Hotels; Hotels Leverage Online Advertising to Capture Meeting Planner Audience
• Chicago's theWit Hotel Taps MTech, DOCOMO for High-tech Solutions
• The Generation Companies Awarded Management Contract for New Suburban Extended Stay Hotel in Jacksonville, North Carolina
• In Singapore the Construction of the Marina Bay Sands Three Hotel Towers Reaches the 55th Floor
• Penta Hospitality LLC, Owners of Rebranded Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Greeley, Colorado Optimistic Despite Hotels Previous Struggles
• Burt Cabañas Leads the Construction of Habitat for Humanity NWHC House for the Romero Family in Houston
• Southwest Florida Area Hotels Urge Guest Participation in Water CHAMP: Conservation Aids in Ease of Drought and Saves Hoteliers Money
• InterContinental Hotels Group Restructures and Streamlines its Asia Pacific Region
• Intrawest Appoints Scott Russell to Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Destin, Florida
• The Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston Elects Jim Mills, GM of The Houstonian Hotel as its 2009-2010 Board of Directors Chair
• Wendy Zapach Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing of Tucker's Point Hotel & Spa, Tucker's Point Club, Bermuda
• McKibbon Hotel Management Selects Cara Hardin & Emily Johnson-Truitt as Management Team for New Aloft Tallahassee Downtown Hotel
• International Hotel & Restaurant Association to Support "dotHOTEL"; Top-Level Domain (.hotel) for the Hotel Industry Seeking ICANN Registration

• IDeaS Revenue Optimization Brings Accuracy and Consistency to Forecasting and Reporting with IDeaS V5i Forecasting Solution
• Building a Team of "Living It" Employees / Bryan K. Williams
• In California, 175 Hotels are in Default / Report from Atlas Hospitality Group
• Five Things That Players in the Hotel Industry Can do Until the Recovery / Ken MacKenzie
• John Merkin, IHG's SVP Holiday Inn Brands, Discusses the Major Upgrade Campaign Currently Underway for the 57-year-old Holiday Inn Hotel Chain
• Curtis O. Baney Dies at 84; Longtime Bend, Oregon Hotelier, Founded Oxford Inn & Suites
• Premier Resorts of Utah Provides Financial Statement: Deer Valley Lodging had only $700K in Assets to Pay Back $12.5 million, Question Remains: "Where Did the Money Go?"
• International Hotel & Restaurant Association to Support "dotHOTEL"; Top-Level Domain (.hotel) for the Hotel Industry Seeking ICANN Registration
• Perseverance In the Face Of Adversity. Timely Lessons / John Davies
• HITEC 2009 Addressed Difficult Hospitality Technology Issues; Attendance Down 28%
• Highly Regarded Hotel Asset Management Firms Converge to form Strategic Alliance
• Trust International Partners with Agilysys for Richer PMS Interface
• Greg Bryan, GM of the Best Western Grand Canyon Squire Inn in Tusayan, Arizona, Receives the 2009 AH&LA Lawson A. Odde Award
• Stay Now, Pay Later; Arizona Resort Possibly First in U.S. to Offer Monthly Installment Billing
• Debate Continues Over Plans to Increase Hotel Space by 2000 Rooms in North San Jose, California
• One Person Drowns in Pool at International Plaza Resort & Spa, Orlando, Florida
• Benchmark Hospitality Establishes the Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship In Partnership with The James Beard Foundation
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 61 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• The Wort Hotel in Jackson Hole, Wyoming Named by AAA as a Top 10 Historic Hotel in United States

• VIZERGY® Webinar - Internet Marketing: Are You Doing the Basics?; Free Expert Advice from the Leaders in Search Marketing
• Pittsburgh Hilton Owner Shubh Hotels LLC's Woes Keep Escalating; Problems Not Limited to the Pittsburgh Hotel
• 10 Reasons Why Australia Will Soon Get Its First Hotel Indoor Waterpark / Jeff Coy, ISHC
• Financial Mindset for 2010! / Paul West
• Rate Integrity in a Down Market
• AH&LA Honors Ten Hotel Employees at Annual Stars of the Industry Awards; Randall Williams First Recipient of the Stevan Porter Emerging Hospitality Leader of the Year Award
• AH&LA Recognizes 11 Hotels for Innovative Environmental, Service, and Diversity Programs
• Educational Institute Honors Leaders in Hospitality Training and Education;.Jonathan M. Tisch the 2009 Recipient of the Arthur Landstreet Award
• Glendon Carty of Anguilla Named "Chef of the Year" at the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association "Taste of the Caribbean" Culinary Competition; Paul Peterson, St. Maarten/St. Martin, Named "Bartender of the Year"
• $178 million the Final Tally for the Lancaster County Convention Center and the 300 room Marriott at Penn Square; Includes Project's Defense Against 12 Lawsuits
• Hotel Delinquencies Predicted to Exceed 8% by Year End and Other Observations for Hotel Lenders and Hotel Owners / Jim Butler
• Cvent CEO Reggie Aggarwal Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award Winner in Greater Washington; Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in IT Services Category
• Guest-Tek Installs High-Definition In-Room Entertainment System at the Radisson Hotel Saskatoon
• West Inn & Suites Selects OPERA Xpress and OPERA Business Intelligence Suite
• Understanding Values: The Challenge to Identify and Keep Them During Tough Economic Times / Dr. John Hogan
• Owners of Atlanta's Legendary Clermont Motor Hotel Work to Avoid Foreclosure
• Owner Ram A. Prasad Files Bankruptcy Protection for The Ramada Inn Mirage, St. Petersburg, Florida
• PHI Properties Inc. Completes Conversion of the Travelodge Niagara Falls to the Baymont Brand's First Property Outside the U.S.
• Karen Butler Named Drector of Sales and Marketing at the Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Stephan Faessler Appointed Director of Food and Beverage at the Mövenpick Hotel Saigon

• EasyRMS Partners with EZYield.com to Provide Direct Distribution of Optimized Pricing to Online Channels
• Win the Ultimate (Technology) Make-Over!; Vendors call on hoteliers to share their greatest needs
• The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, Completes $40 million Restoration, its Largest Transformation in More Than a Century
• Consolidated Resorts, Owners of the Time share Tahiti Village Resort in Las Vegas, Files for Bankruptcy Protection
  
• David Kloeppel Replacing the Departing John Caparella as Gaylord Entertainment's Chief Operating Officer
• Developer Cleveland Dilbert Opens the Alexander Hotel on Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands Archipelago
• The City of Eugene, Oregon Provides a Five-year $500,000 Business Development Loan for Developer Brian Obie's Proposed $10 million Hotel in Downtown Eugene
• Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys Hotel Markets See Some Recovery in May, 2009; In the Miami Area Rates and Occupancy Drop by Double Digits
• Hotels Across Utah Filled 54.9% of Their Rooms During May, 2009, Down from 62.2% a Year Earlier
• SKIGEE for guest SMS - now available online! SKIGEE - the first practical SMS application for hotels
• Hilton Selects Cvent Supplier Network as New Lead Channel For Group Business
• With the Help of TimeLox,Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. Has the Lock on Creating Efficiency; Luxury Property Maximizes Productivity through Use of the Leading Wireless RF Online System
• Trust International Signs Deal With Rate Tiger To Connect Hotel Brands with 400+ Travel Channels Worldwide
• SoftBrands Introduces New Products, and Customer and Business Partner Initiatives at HITEC 2009
• Luxury Link Announces World MasterCard® Partnership
• Pegasus Solutions and VFM Leonardo Form Strategic Partnership; Pegasus Chooses VFM Leonardo's VScape® Digital Asset Management System to Power All Visual Content for ODD and Content Hub
• Innisfree Hotels, Inc. and Affiliates Sign Franchise Agreement for a 127 room Hyatt Place® at the Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport
• Sholeh Kia Appointed General Manager at Downtown Orlando's Grand Bohemian Hotel
• Matthew W. Schuyler Joins Hilton Hotels Corp as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

• Pegasus Solutions Teams with Rubicon to Launch New MarketVision Competitive Intelligence Reporting:  Visit HITEC Booth #1054 or twitter.com/pegexec, Hotel Users Switch to MarketVision to Take Advantage of Pre-eminent Market Intelligence
• MSI Increases Mobility for Hoteliers and Guests through iPhone & iTouch; Shaping Technology through forward thinking leadership
• EZYield.com Expands Technology Offering and Global Presence with Acquisition of HotelProphets; Strategic acquisition deepens scope of proven channel management platform, creating a two way hotel distribution product
• Cheeca Lodge & Spa Selects Software Suite from Agilysys; Resort to Implement Property Management, Point-of-Sale, Guest Marketing Solutions
• What Happened to Rate Parity? Rate Integrity?
• A Hotel Sales and Marketing Action Plan that Will Yield Immediate Results / Rick Welch
• Top Ten Historic Hotels According to AAA's 65 Full-time Inspectors
• PATA Official Urges Hawaii Tourism to Begin a Focus on China Market
• Hilton Vancouver Washington, Vancouver's City-owned Downtown Hotel, Struggles with Profits 36% Below Projections for First 5 months of 2009
• More than 2,000 Applicants Show Up for Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel's 200 New Housekeeping Jobs
• Activision TV, Inc., Introduces Patented Interactive, All in One, In-Room System; Fusion of the Computer, Internet and TV Initially; Targeted To Hotel, Restaurant and Related Industries
• Peabody Praises Libra OnDemand as 'Best' System to Manage Guest Data; 'Software as a Service' sits on the salesforce.com platform, offers the four-star, five-diamond convention center hotel the finest business-analytics tools
• Roomlinx made a Part of IBM's "Hotel-in-a-Box' solution; Roomlinx is an approved Supplier of Interactive TV to Intercontinental Hotels Group
• ZDirect, Inc. Awarded Patent Covering Widely Used Online Email Marketing Technology
• Hotel Chateau Chamonix Selects MICROS Hosted Operetta and MICROS's Web Suite to Manage Its Hotel Operations
• Datavision Business Intelligence Offered in an Affordable Software-as-a-Service Model
• Hyatt Customer Satisfaction Scores Reach All-time High; Newmarket International technology changes culture and improves servicing of groups, meetings and events
• Utell® Hotels & Resorts Signs Up Hundreds of New Members in 2009: Visit HITEC Booth #1054 or twitter.com/pegexec, Around the Globe, 471 Hotels from 65 Countries Have Selected Utell Since the Beginning of the Year
• Libra OnDemand adds MSI to its Growing List of CRM Channel Partners; New Software as a Service sits on the salesforce.com platform, offering the finest business-analytics tools for Guest Profiling, Loyalty & Rewards, and Sales & Catering
• Datavision Announces Business Intelligence System Built on the latest Microsoft Technologies; Datavision's best-of-breed Business; Intelligence System now utilizes Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Silverlight
• Guest-Tek and MGM Sign Multi-year Agreement
• Last Days to Register - Opportunities in Hotel Revenue Management - The Uncertain Summer of 2009 - Web Cast June 26
• MICROS Debuts Its Latest Point-of-Service Technologies at HITEC
• Vern Bienfang, Server at the The Northland Inn in Minneapolis, Recipient of the Benchmark Hospitality International Chairman's Award of Excellence
• Simon Lee Appointed Food & Beverage Manager at the Prince Hotel, Hong Kong
• Randall King Promoted to Vice President of Marketing & Revenue Development for Dow Hotel Company

• EasyRMS Continues to Grow Strongly During Difficult Economic Times…
• MSI Innovates Hotel Guest Service; MSI Showcases Hospitality Technology Applications on Microsoft Surface Technology at HITEC 2009
• The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Selects Rainmaker Group Revenue Management; Morgans Hotel Group taps Rainmaker for Total Customer Value profit optimization at its Las Vegas casino hotel
• Denihan Hospitality Group and Cendyn Empower Guests to Create Their Ultimate Stay Experience; Powered by Cendyn's eConcierge™ System, My Affinia Guests Plan and Customize Their Stay In Advance of Arrival
• Beating Negative Hotel Reviews: An Action Plan for Proactive Reputation Management
• What Hotels, If Any, Will be Able to Improve Their Profits in 2009? / Robert Mandelbaum
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments - WHI Places $16.5 Million First Mortgage Debt Facility and Negotiates Discounted Payoff of Existing Loan
• Focus on Eating Local and Fresh Produce Creating Budding Partnerships Between Local Farmers, Hotels and Restaurants in South Florida
• Faded Northern Hotel in Downtown Billings, Montana Starting to Shine with New Ownership; Resuscitation Involves Blending its Western History with High-tech
• InnLink Central Reservation Services launches Windsurfer CRS platform; InnLink launches Windsurfer CRS, a Central Reservation System, built for today and the future on Microsoft .Net
• Management of the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort in Destin, Florida Pumped About the Resort's 25th Anniversary
• InnLink Launches New Brand, InnVite
• New York City's Hotel Wales Multi-million Dollar Renovation to be Completed by August 2009
• Hilton Waikoloa Village Adds New Marketing Executives; Frank Menchen Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing
• Luís Fernandes Appointed CEO of the VILA VITA Parc Resort in Porches, Faro, Portugal
• Josef Forstmayr, Managing Director at Round Hill Hotel & Villas in Jamaica, Named  President - elect for the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association
• Jennifer Collins Appointed Senior Vice President at Lodging Capital Partners

• Gold Key Solutions Launches Web-based Concierge Assistant; CA Web enables brands to boost guest service across multiple properties, gather preference information to drive more effective marketing
• Cendyn and Arcaneo Partner to Create Next-Generation Meeting Venue Sourcing Solution for the Hospitality Industry
• Planting Seeds of Sustainability; Pineapple Hospitality pledges to donate $1 for every attendee at upcoming AH&LA events, helping fund the Nature Conservancy's tree-planting initiatives in the Amazon
• TravelCLICK Helps Hotels Harness the Power of Social Networks; New Social Marketing Optimization service builds community and creates customer connections
• Sunstone Hotel Investors Sell the 292 room Marriott Riverside, California for Gross Proceeds of $19.3 Million
• Considering Options for Dealing with Troubled Hotel Assets; The Operative Word for the Hotel Industry Today Is "Reset"
• Phelps Portman Nashville, LLC Chosen to Develop, Design and Construct a 1,000-room Hotel in Downtown Nashville; Represents a Major Step in Moving the Convention Center Complex Forward
• Oceanside, California City Council Approves Developer S. D. Malkin's $209 million Beach Resort
• AH&LA Seeks to Ease Hotel Credit Card Compliance Burdens; Letter to Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council Outlines Important Changes to Help Safeguard Guest Data and Reduce Compliance Costs
• China Huaming Signs Shangri-La Hotels to Operate a 400 room Hotel in the Park Huaming Business Center in Moscow
• Mankoff Development Gains Approval for Planned 112 Room Hotel in Hamden, Connecticut
• Luxury Link Joins Saks Fifth Avenue for Special Event; Event Provides Maximum Exposure for Luxury Link and Enhances Visibility for its Client Partners
• Uniguest™ to Showcase HP TouchSmart PCs at HITEC® 2009; Announcing a complete line of Self-Service Boards™ utilizing the HP TouchSmart platform
• SoftBrands Strengthens Relationship With Westmont Hospitality Group
• Guest-Tek Installs Converged Networks at Hyatt Vacation Club
• The Ramada Plaza Hotel in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Sold to Fine Hospitality Group
• Support Growing for Developer Steven Beemsterboer's Vision of Eco-Hotel Atop Mt. Washington in Pennsylvania
• Clearwater Beach, Florida's Development Board Approves Plan for Developer Uday Lele's 88-room Hotel on Clearwater Beach
• EMCVenues To Host MEET USA-MidAtlantic 2009; Accredited Washington, DC-area Educational Conference Free to Meeting & Event Planners, Press
• Lexington Downtown Hotel & Conference Center Continues with $13 million Renovation of its 367 Guest Rooms; Concept to Include Kentucky's Equestrian Heritage
• Waterford Hotel Group Appoints Gregory Smith as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance

• How Spas Can Avoid a Financial Decline in 2009 / Dr. Judy Singer
• Sabre Appoints Felix Laboy President of Sabre Hospitality Solutions; Stephen Fitzgerald Named Chief Operating Officer
• The Rainmaker Group Showcases Profit Optimization Solution in Microsoft Booth at HITEC; Revenue management leader and Microsoft Certified Partner will give profit optimization tutorial in Microsoft Booth 674
• Bright Spots in Travel Landscape; Some of Delaware North's Hotels are Bucking the Trend
• Hotel Indigo San Diego Invests Over $300K in Local Arts Scene; One-of-a-Kind External Glass Sculpture by Lisa Schirmer to Decorate San Diego Skyline
• PETA Targets Seattle's Pike Place Market; Claims  Fishmongers Tossing of Dead Fish Is a "Celebration of Cruelty to Marine Animals"
• New Reduced Price - Exceptional Value-added Full-service Hotel Acquisition and Turnaround Opportunity - DFW Airport Market - Irving, TX / Offered Exclusively by PKF Capital
• B.I. Or Not To B.I? Ask Yourself These Questions . . Before you choose a technology solution that will affect your company for years to come, ask some tough questions of your Business Intelligence vendor
• Toscana Country Club, MTech Team to Maintain True Luxury Experience; Alliance signals MTech's deeper surge into the management company arena as an approved preventive-maintenance solution
• Sophie Grigg Appointed Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer for Lorica Solutions, Don Jensen Joins Company as Vice President of Sales
• RateTiger to Present at HITEC 2009 Roundtable
• INNCOM Teams with Best of Breed Providers to Enhance In-Room Automation Services; Company's Integrated Room Automation System ties energy-management services to IP-telephones and in-room entertainment systems
• Starwood Convention Collection Unveils New Website for Group, Incentive and Meeting Travelers; Powered by Elite Meetings International, the Redsigned Site Features a New Online Booking Tool and Cost-Saving Offers and Rebates
• The Athenaeum Hotel on London's Piccadilly Completes £ 7 million Refurbishment
• Hart Hotels Opens Candlewood Suites in Amherst, New York
• Sheila Johnson's Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club Collaborates with Tampa Bay Entities to Launch Innisbrook Leadership Institute
• Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Appoints Roger Swadish General Manager for Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino

• Shanty Creek Resorts Increase Website Bookings, Boost ADR with Maestro Multi-Property, Multi-Module PMS with Integrated 'Web Connection' Real-Time Guest Self-Serve Tools
• Flyte Systems Unveils Enhancements to FlyteTouch Airport Information Product Line at HITEC 2009 Enhanced FlyteTouch gives travelers real-time airport flight status, boarding passes, local weather, traffic and safety information for total traveler service
• Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. Launches eBuzz Connect; Online Social Media Management for the Hospitality and Travel Market
• Four Fundamental Practices to Help Hotel Companies Weather the Current Downturn / Gerald P. Chase, President of New Castle Hotels & Resorts
• Extended Stay America's Chapter 11 One of the Largest Commercial Real Estate Industry Defaults in Years
• The Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino Near Ruidoso, New Mexico Defaults on $200M Bond Issue, Operations to Continue Uninterrupted
• $490 million Hydropolis Undersea Resort and Hotel Soon to Open in Dubai; $5500 per Night Offers Missile Defense System as Security
• Zagat Survey Reports Sobering NYC Nightlife - Still The Big Apple Is a Great Place to Party
• City of Owensboro Begins Liquidation of Former Executive Inn Hotel on June 18 To Make Way for Impending Demolition; Sale of Entire Hotel Inventory Will Be Open to the Public
• Libra OnDemand Intros 'Customer Portal' CRM Tool for Pre-, Post-Stay Interaction; Leader in Customer Relationship Management empowers guests to personally control their hotel experience and update their contact info, preferences, loyalty points
• EZYield.com and Cendyn Agree To Technology Partnership
• Mohonk Mountain House Taps UniFocus for Time & Attendance "Smart Clock" Technology; New Web-based Technology Provides True Daily Punch Control
• Connecting Hoteliers and Travelers through Social Networking; HotelLounger.com launches the first ever Social Network for the Hotel and Travel Industry
• Eco-friendly Initiatives at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown: Growing Chilies, Okra, Mint, Peppers and Herbs On its Rooftop Garden, Replacing 24,500 Light Bulbs Using CFL or LED Technology
• The JW Marriott Hotel Miami Receives 'Hotel of the Year' Award From Marriott International
• Hotel Construction in Central and Eastern Europe: Plenty of Room for Development
• The International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® Solidifies Marketing Partnership with Bed and Breakfasts, Inns and Guesthouses International
• InterContinental San Juan, Puerto Rico Unveils its Environmental Education Program on World Sea Turtle Day
• Holiday Inn Gateway Hotel & Suites, Williamsburg, Virginia Honored with Regional Awards by InterContinental Hotels Group
• Michele Reing Joins Interstate Hotels & Resorts as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller
• Kerrington L. Hing Appointed General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton Club, Aspen Highlands

• SNAP To It: A New Program Launched by Carlson Hotels Breaks the Property System Paradigm / Paula Winkler
• Business Intelligence: "Essential for Today's Hospitality Environment"; Top companies rely on BI systems to spot unnecessary costs, solve problems quickly
• Charles Town Races & Slots Selects Procurement Solution from Agilysys; Property Implements Stratton Warren System by Agilysys to Manage Inventory, Control Costs
• Columbus Wins Expedia Lawsuit: Georgia Supreme Court Rules Online Travel Service Should Pay Lodging Taxes
• Global Hotel Brand Ranking 2009: Best Western, Holiday Inn and Comfort Inns & Comfort Suites Make Up the Top Three
• Which Hotel Markets are Worst and Which Will be the Best?; Recap Steve Rushmore NYU Presentation / Jim Butler
• 5 Creative Steps Hotels Are Taking To Beat The Recession / Neil Salerno
• South Florida Hotels get Creative to Keep Travelers Coming: Niche Features to Lure Specific Market Groups
• Developer Ron Jury's Proposal for Kansas City Convention Hotel Project has Interesting Story
• A Young Crew of German Friends, All New to the Hotel World, Developing the 119 room Michelberger Hotel in Berlin; A Cosmopolitan, Street-savvy Hangout Handcrafted for the Social City Traveller
• MGM MIRAGE and New Giza for Real Estate Development Company Announce Agreement to Include 550-room MGM Grand Resort at Development Outside Cairo Near Egypt's Famous Pyramids
• Personal Stories of Delivering Hospitality and Pride / John Hogan
• Quorum Hotels & Resorts to Assume Management of Sheraton Pleasanton, Pleasanton, California
• Dallas City Council Committee Recommends $514 million Bond Plan for Hotel
• InnPoints Worldwide and EZYield.com Complete Interface; Seamless interface enhances hotel channel management capabilities
• "It's Time to Dump that Dinosaur!" UniFocus' Time & Attendance Makes Quantum Leap; Web-based Technology for True Daily Punch Control; Integrated Smart Clock, Payroll Processing and Dynamic Reporting
• ZDirect's eCRM platform launched by Orient Express - North America
• RateTiger Retains Integration Leadership With 400 Actual Connections; RateTiger leads with largest number of website integrations
• Uniguest to Touch the Future Now
• Pennsylvania Moves Closer to New Casino Legislation; Table Games on Menu
• The Roosevelt New Orleans Being Reborn as Waldorf Astoria Collection Property
• Lancaster County Convention Center & Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square to Open at Long Last in Pennsylvania
• ASAP Hospitality Opens Country Inn & Suites, East Manatee, Florida
• Jeffrey McIver Appointed General Manager at The BALSAMS Grand Resort Hotel, New Hampshire
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Cheryl Ferguson, CMP, Director of Sales and Marketing at Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas

• hotelSystemsPro Announces hotelWebSpace to Drive Traffic to Websites Via Internet Prospecting; hotelSalesPro Sales System Goes Wireless - Easy Access from Popular Mobile Devices
• Dangerous Hotel Search Engine Optimization Myths Exposed /Josiah Mackenzie
• Ace Hotel & Guest-Tek Create Custom Video-on-Demand System
• Yellowstone Club Founder Tim Blixseth Speaks Out; Alleges that His Ex-wife Hosted Lavish Parties and Flew Her Housekeeper on Private Jets While Stiffing Creditors
• Stuart Dean Asks: ‘Have You Tested the Metal of Your Hotel?’; Leading restoration and maintenance company suggests scheduled maintenance for removing scratches, eliminating wear and tear damage and restoring architectural metal to its original luster
• Which Training Plan is Right for You? / Harry Nobles
• Starwood Capital Acquiring Golden Tulip Hospitality; the Golden Tulip Brands to be Integrated with Starwood Capital's Budget Hotel Division - Louvre Hotels
• Marriott's Highest Honor, the Partnership Circle Award, Presented to Eleven Select-service and Extended-stay Franchise Owner Groups
• Radisson Fort McDowell Resort & Casino, Scottsdale, Arizona Honored With Radisson Hotel's, "Hotel of the Year Award"
• New Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) Resources Fit Needs of 21st Century Hoteliers
• Uniguest™ Acquires Dynamic Digital Designs™
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments - WHI Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof Inn Memphis East
• New Council Formation, Hospitality Technology Strategic Initiatives Council (HTSIC) Focuses on Future of Hospitality Technology
• Personality Hotels Unveils Hotel Frank and Hotel Vertigo, San Francisco, California Following $15 million Renovation
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 64 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Eight Hotels Australia Unveils Diamant Hotel Sydney's Luxury Penthouse Suite
• Adam Goldstein of Royal Caribbean, the Late Stevan Porter of Intercontinental Hotel Group and Andrew Taylor of Enterprise Rent-A- Car to be Inducted into U.S. Travel Hall of Leaders
  
• Lodgian Names Daniel E. Ellis President and Chief Executive Officer; Peter T. Cyrus Resigns as Interim President
• Daniel Hostettler Named Managing Director of the Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island
• Jay Heidenreich Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, California
• Penny Herring Announced as Director of Sales & Marketing for Holiday Inn Northwest/Sea World Area, San Antonio, Texas

• Rainmaker Revenue Management Installed by William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Nation's top gaming hotel school to incorporate Rainmaker revenue management in class instruction
• Dana Point's St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort Set for Auction on July 7, 2009; Owner Makallon Resorts LLC Stopped Making Mortgage Payments Earlier this Year
• U.S. Lodging Turning Point Arrives But Growth Remains on Distant Horizon; New Expectation Is for RevPAR to Decline 17.5% in 2009, Followed by Another 3.5% Decline in 2010
• Fontainebleau Owner Jeffrey Soffer Working to Restart Las Vegas Project Before Problems Spill into South Florida
• Dallas City Council Prepares to Allow Staff to Sell Revenue Bonds to Fund Planned Dallas Convention Center Hotel
• Malaysia-based Genting Company Buys 3.2 percent of MGM Mirage
• A Look at California Law Governing a Hotel's Use of Security Guards
• Save Costs, Increase Internet Uptime and Bandwidth with WAN Optimization and Redundancy - A Guide for the Hospitality Industry / Marc Goodman
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Opens the $480 million Oceanfront Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, California; Possibly the Last Hotel to Be Built Right on the Pacific Ocean
• ACE DuraFlo®, ePIPE® team nominated for National Medal of Technology and Innovation
• HMP Properties Chooses Knowland Group's READERS™, Dynamic hotel group finds cutting edge service helps increase group sales!
• At HITEC, VSi Introduces Guest Technologies that Increase Service, Reduce Labor costs; Vertical Systems Inc. unveils advances in touch-screen and self-service technology to put guests in control of information and improved service
• San Marcos, California City Council Poised to Buy Back Stalled Marriott Hotel, then Lease it to Palmetto Hospitality
• The Menu at Xanterra's Lake Yellowstone Hotel Stresses Sustainable Fshing, Farming and Ranching Practices
• Alphy Johnson Named as Chief Operating Officer at Candela Hotels
• Hay Creek Hospitality Names Bernie English General Manager of the Orchards Hotel, Williamstown MA
• Jenn Schram Named Director of Revenue Management at Lancaster County Convention Center and Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square

• 10,000 Hotels Now Benefitting from SynXis' Distribution Solutions
• Aptech Computer Systems Launches Enhanced Innvue for Data Consolidation across Diverse Multi-Property Systems; Next-generation solution provides centralized web-based  data capture, eliminates manual spreadsheet processes
• Fontainebleau in Las Vegas Files for Bankruptcy; $2.9 billion Resort Project Shut Down, Victim of Cost Overruns, Depressed Condominium Market, Skittish Lenders
• The Fontainebleau Las Vegas Bankruptcy Filing a Big Setback for Florida Developer Jeffrey Soffer
• It Used to Be That an Unhappy Hotel Guest Would Tell 3 Others, Now They Tell 3 million (With Less Effort); User-generated Reviews Are Exploding! / Jonathan Barsky, Lenny Nash
• Total Revenue for the 35,000-plus Hotel Rooms in Downtown Chicago Plunged 25% During First Four Months of 2009 Compared with the Same Period Last Year
• Hotels Keep Customers Happy Despite Cuts in Staff and Service -- Market Metrix Announces First Quarter 2009 Hospitality Index Results
• Highgate Holdings Completes $30 Million Renovation at Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco
• Clear Sky Software Provides Interface to Major Food Distributor
• Travelscream Partners With AOL Travel to Provide Targeted Travel Deals, Destination and Lifestyle-targeted Offers Provide Easy Booking For Consumers
• KoolConnect Technologies To Exhibit With Alcatel-Lucent At HITEC 2009 Industry Leaders Bring Converged Network and State-of-the-Art Triple & "Quadruple" Play Solutions to Hospitality
• Wrinkled Clothing No Longer a Worry - Omni Hotels' Loyalty Program Adds Complimentary Pressing
• Hospitality Management Holdings (HMH) Coral Hotels & Resorts Sign New Partnership with Trust International; HMH Consolidates Distribution, Reservations, Channel Management, CRM with Trust International's integrated CRS/CRM solution
• Sage Hospitality Resources Expects the Courtyard Marriott - Portland City Center to Be One of Marriott's Most Unique and Creative Properties
• Owner of Randzz Restaurant & Pub in Suffolk, Virginia Might Choose Closing Rather than Pay ASCAP $14,000
• Concord Hospitality Opens Three Texas Properties, Four More Scheduled By Year's End
• Michelle Ford and Cyrille Stegmann Appointed to Pre-opening Management Team at the Life Resort Danang, Viet Nam
• The Hotel at Auburn University Names Arif Kor as Executive Assistant Manager of Food and Beverage

• PM Hospitality Strategies Increases Customer Satisfaction with Web-based Technology; Direct relationship between guest problem resolution and repeat business
• Ten Reasons to Use Social Media for Launching a Hotel / Susan Deluzain Barry
• Grappling with China’s Social Media Puzzle
• Sunstone Hotel Investors Attribute Size of Mortgage, Recession and Competition As Reasons to Walk Away from Ownership of W San Diego
• The "W" Hotel Is the Talk du Jour / Bob Rauch
• Opportunities in Hotel Revenue Management - The Uncertain Summer of 2009 / Carol Verret Web Cast on June 26, 2009
• East Hartford, Connecticut Hotel Developer, First Merchants Group, Eyes Lucrative Niche Market
• West Virginia's Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center's Hotel Plans Move Forward, Will Face Annual Penalty of $2.5 million if Not Complete by August 2010
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies (HeBS) and ZDirect Announce Strategic Partnership in eCRM Technology and Solutions
• Roomlinx Seeks Qualified Hotels to Install Interactive TV & VOD at no Cost
• What is your definition of leadership? / Dr. John Hogan
• LodgeNet's New Hospitality Business Model Gaining Momentum With Hoteliers, Over 5,000 Rooms Contracted Under Hotel Investment Model in First 5 Months of 2009
• New $9 million Holiday Inn Express and Suites Opens in Mountain Iron, Minnesota; The 79-Room Hotel is First Structure to be Built as part of Planned 47-acre Development
• Asia Pacific Hotel Construction Pipeline / Q1 2009
• Bahrain and Gulf Coast Hospitality Industry Could Create 1.5 million Jobs Over Next Four Years
• Benchmark Hospitality International Promotes Tom Cross to Resort Manager For Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's North Shore
• Milestone Internet Marketing seeking a Regional Business Development Manager for the Mid Atlantic, Washington DC area. Responsible for selling Milestone products and services to hotels, brands, management companies and ownership groups. Requires proven sales skills with current relationships in the lodging industry a strong plus

• Choice Hotels Selects hotelSystemsPro as Qualified Vendor; hotelSalesPro sales and catering, and hotelServicePro property maintenance and guest service, implemented by Cambria Suites properties
• Sunstone to Forfeit the 258-room W Hotel San Diego to Lenders, May Pursue Similar Options with Other Mortgaged Hotels
• St. Louis Hotels: Riding out the Economic Storm / Daniel McCoy
• Four Season's Tiff with Broadreach Capital Underscores Luxury Hotels' Predicaments in a Dismal Economy
• The Mandarin Oriental Dellis Cay in the Turks & Caicos Islands Completes First Year of Construction, Expects to Open Mid 2010
• The Greenbrier's New Casino to go Underground; Second Bunker to be Built
• Las Vegas Numbers for April, 2009 Compared to Previous Year: Convention Attendance Down 23%, Number of Trade Shows and Meetings Down 29.7% and the Average Room Rate Falls 31% to $94.08
• City Council Support Declining for $67 million Downtown Escondido, California Marriott Hotel Project
• The Lane Group Announces New Marketing Analysis Tool!; Don't let your marketing investments go to waste. Get a second opinion on your marketing investment
• FDIC Dissolving Bank that Was Financing the Stalled Landmark Hotel, Charlottesville, Virginia 
• 14th Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference Set for May 4-6, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
• UNLV's Hotel College Graduates First 41 Students at its Singapore Campus
• Agenda and Keynote Speakers Set for CHART Hospitality Training Conference - Cleveland, Ohio, July 25-28, 2009
• IHG Signs Agreements for Five New Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express Hotels Throughout Brazil
• Hotel Altstadt Vienna Signs Affiliation Agreement with Warwick International Hotels
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Greg Champion Chief Operating Officer
• Marshall Hotels Names Four to Regional Director Positions: Jeff Day, Carol Bullock-Walter, Scott Becque & Pennie Oliver 
• Davidson Hotel Company Promotes Steven A. Margol to Chief Investment Officer
• David Ragland Appointed General Manager for the 158 room Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport, Maryland

• Sound Bites from NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference / Jim Butler
• Five Questions for Eva Zeigler, W's Global Brand Leader
• DYL Development Group Opens the 517 room W Fort Lauderdale; Hotel Features Interiors by Clodagh, F&B Outlets by Stephen Starr and Rande Gerber
• Lack of Financing Puts Brakes on a $40 million Full-service Resort and Conference Center next to the Center Valley Golf Club near Allentown, Pennsylvania
• RevPAR Takes Dive in Boston and Cambridge, Sinks 28.5% to $136 from $191 in April 2008
• Developer of High End Motorcoach Resort in Red Lodge, Montana Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Robert Trent Jones Owed $655,000 for Golf Course Design
• Vida Group N.V. Expects 350 room Hyatt Regency Curacao and Pete Dye Golf Course to Open in Early 2010
• Meeting and Event Planners Turn to Social Networks that Build Upon Personal Relationships
• Holland & Knight and HVS Host Nationwide Roundtables on Hospitality Industry Workouts
• Outrigger Appointed Manager for Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas in Phuket, Thailand
• Kempinski Hotel Aqaba, Red Sea Jordan Opens; Alejandro Bernabe the Opening GM
• Guest-Tek Partners with White Lodging as Preferred HSIA Vendor to Upgrade 27 Properties to its OneView Internet Platform
• Marriott Opens the 400 room Courtyard by Marriott Waikiki Beach, Formerly Known as the Wyland Waikiki
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Appoints Four to General Manager Posts
• HVS Hotel Management seeking one or more Asset Managers (VP, SVP or EVP, depending on experience). Responsible for helping grow the Asset Managment business and developing portfolio/asset business plans including financial planning, CapEx, rebranding, expansion, operations and disposition strategies. Requires a minimum 10-15 years of hotel industry experience with expertise in real estate, finance, budgeting, and operations.

• Franchisors, Owners, Operators: Questions You Always Wanted to Ask About Social Media / Julie Keyser-Squires, APR
• United Auto Workers Union Claims Atlantic City Casinos are Stalling Negotiations, Launch Media Blitz
• Stock Island Properties Proposed 300 Room Hotel in Safe Harbour, Florida Deal Nixed Over Land Use Clash with U.S. Navy
• S.D. Malkin Properties Poised to Build Oceanside, California's Long Proposed $209 million Beachfront Resort
• Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center Convention Base Strong, Nashville Plans $635 million Convention Center to Compete
• What's Happening on the Hotel Job Front? / Frank Speranza
• Is Hospitality For Hotels Only? / Harry Nobles
• Hotel Real Estate Owners Face a Brave New World / Rick Swig
• Build a new Salt Palace? Earl Holding, Owner of Grand America and Little Americas Hotels, Salt Lake City, Utah Offers Land
• Long Island Hotels Report 10 to 15% Vacancy Rate for U.S. Open Due to Lack of Corporate Sponsorships
• Historic Hotel Theresa: the Waldorf of Harlem; Make Mandatory Arbitration Illegal / Stanley Turkel
• Graves 601 Hotel Empowers Consumers with First in Industry "Place a Bid!" Room Rate Opportunity
• CARINO Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Announces Beechwood Hotel to Adopt New GDS Chain Code; Worcester, MA Boutique Hotel to Take New Code "UN" as part of Luxury Hotel Group's Effort to Track Sources of All Reservations, Provide Maximum Exposure for Properties
• Luxury Marketing Partners International Named as Agency for Scrub Island Resort, The Inn at English Harbour; Public Relations & Marketing Firm Specializing in Luxury Hotels and Resorts Welcomes Two New Clients to Roster
• Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. Enhances Its Google Certifications
• Cam Troutman Named Vice President and Officer of Aptech Computer Systems; Extends to the next generation Aptech's commitment to service and long-term partnership with hospitality industry clients
• New Owners, Armenco Holdings to Spend More than $100 million on Tropicana Transformation
• In Memoriam: A Tribute to Bob Zappatelli, Benchmark's Vice President of Food and Beverage, 1959 - 2009
• Colorado Hotel Owner Andria Lewis Honored as "Woman of the Year" by Choice Hotels for Achievements and Leadership
• Louis DeNaples' Casino License Reinstated After Perjury Charges Dropped by Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
• Hotel Brands on the Increase in Greece; Findings of the 2009 Greek Hotel Branding Report / Dr Dimitris Koutoulas
• Embassy Suites Social Media Web Site Adds Expert Bloggers, Switches from Flash to HTML 
• Metropolitan Hotels S.A Under License Agreement to Open 163 Room Hilton Garden Inn Panama City, Panama

• Maestro Client Resort At Port Ludlow Named to Prestigious Condé Nast 'Gold List Top; Guest-centric Maestro Property Management System empowers luxury boutique Resort's award-winning personal service; real-time ResEze booking engine to fuel its booming website reservations success
• Discover the Secrets to Differentiating Your Hotel in the Online Marketplace
• Developer Larry McNair Jr. of Greenville, South Carolina Proposes $80 million Green Diamond Project, Site to Include Golf Course and Hotel
• Proposed Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center in Arlington, Texas Gets $8 million Tax Boost
• Let's Be Honest, Does Your Hotel's Website Suck?  / Neil Salerno
• Pow Wow Wows Miami Visitors
• Choice Hotels Awards Eight Elite Franchisees with Top Honors; Champ Patel, Champion Hotels, Named Top Developer of the Year
• Connecticut Avenue Partners LLC, Owners of Days Hotel in New Bern, North Carolina File Bankruptcy Forcing Hotel Closure 
• Empire Properties and Raleigh, North Carolina City Council Part Ways on Lafayette Project
• Mercury Hotels International Creates a Membership Model, Rather than a Franchisee/franchisor Model for its Four Hotel Brands; Cloud 9 Inn, Mercury Inn & Suites, Mercury Grand, and Mercury Hotels & Resorts
• Maxim Hotel Brokerage Closes Four Hotel Transactions in May
• Examining "Why Do We Really Do What We Do?" / John Hogan
• Resorts World at Sentosa - Singapore's Only Island Integrated Resort, Selects MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution for its Seamless Online Reservation System
• MMI Hotel Group Completes Renovations at Cabot Lodge Jackson North in Ridgeland, Mississippi
• The Irvine Company Completes Two Year Renovation of the Island Hotel Newport Beach, the Former Four Seasons Hotel, in Newport Beach, California
• Through the Eyes of a Hotel Butler: Achieving Guest Satisfaction  / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
• Crissa Group Announces Launch of First New Hotel in New Kingston, Jamaica in Nearly 40 Years: The Spanish Court Hotel
• Shaun Ng Opens Holiday Inn Express Properties in Regina and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
• Scott Grigelevich Promoted to Director of Sales at The Lenox Hotel, Boston
• Arlene M. O'Malley Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for The Magnolia Hotel Houston
• Luca Depalo Appointed Chef at Starwood's Cervo Hotel in Porto Cervo, Italy

• Seattle Judge Orders Expedia to Pay Consumers $184 Million for Repeatedly Breaching its Contractual Obligations to Consumers by Charging Service Fees Under False Pretenses
• The New 'Tipping Points' in the Planners Decision Process - You May be Surprised! / Carol Verret
• Meeting Planners and Hotel Suppliers: Let's Be Fair / David Brudney
• Sonesta International Hotels Developing a Domestic Hotel Franchise Program 
• The Secret to Hospitality Property Management Success
• Creative Spa Concepts Offers an Alternative to Daily Management Services
• Developer Dilip Patel Issued Criminal Summons Over Alleged State Building Codes, Claims Chinese-Made Drywall Used in Chesapeake Hotel Project
• Tucson, Arizona Hotels to Fight $1-a-Night City Bed Tax Hike: Planned Increase Would Make Tax Highest in Western US
• Developer Don Glassie Putting Finishing Touches on The Strand in NYC;  Gene Kaufman the Architect for the 177 room Property to be Operated by Atlantic Stars Hotels & Cruises
• Speedway Investment Group Proposes $50 million Sports, Tourism Destination for Derita, North Carolina
• New Technology on TAP for Savannah, Georgia Visitors
• The InterContinental Regency Bahrain Multi-million dollar Renovation to Proceed Without Closing as Originally Planned
• Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa Completes Renovation
• Desires Hotels Expands, Creates New International Division, Gary Sims Joins as Executive Vice President/Partner
• Wyndham Appoints Ken Greene and Michael Poynter to Oversee Efforts Outside of the Americas

• How to Stand Out, Inspire and Motivate the Online Travel Shopper
• Uniguest's SecuredAdvantage™ Now Offered in Nashville Airport Marriott on HP TouchSmart PCs
• The Role of a Dedicated Conference Center in the Post Global Economic Crisis Climate / Eric Terry
• Hotel Transactions: Investors are Feeling the Heat at the Prospect of a Lodging Economy Turnaround / Bryan E. Younge  -
• Terminating Hotel Management Agreements When Things Don't Work - Not Easy, but Not Impossible Either / Jim Butler -
• Front Desk Training Is The Key To Capturing More Walk-In Business / Doug Kennedy
• Arbitration Hearing Between Owners of Aviara Resort and Four Seasons Hotels Conflict Delayed Until Mid-June
• Fort Wayne, Indiana City Officials Probe White Lodging Services use of Local Contractors on 250 Room Courtyard by Marriott
• Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Develops New Interior Prototypes for the Hawthorn Suites and Wingate Brands; Hawthorn Suites Logo Updated
• Three General Managers Provide Sage Advice for Wannabe Hoteliers
• Belmonte's Hospitality Solutions LLC Settles 500th Franchise Negotiation; Amidst a down economy, more and more franchisees are turning to the 35-year hospitality industry veteran to achieve harmony with franchisors and keep their flags flying high
• Jed Heller, President of The Providence Group, Invited to Participate as a Panelist for the IMN U.S. Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum
• eRevMax Group Acquires Simple Distribution from Rate Reports; Channel management specialist further expands portfolio to help small  hoteliers sell rooms online
• Hotel AG Puts Multiple Hotels Under Contract and Lists Full Service Hotel in New Jersey
• Next Version of GUESTROOM 20X Debuts at HITEC 2010
• Is Your Hotel Pool Safe?  Responsibility for Safety Lies with Pool Operators; Orange County, Florida Health Department on Track for Inspections
• Russian Billionaire Telman Ismailov, Launches $1.65 billion Turkish Resort; Mardan Palace Hotel
• New Trend? IFA Hotels & Resorts and Nakheel Hand Over Keys to Residential Buyers of the Golden Mile, Palm Jumeirah
• Hotel Equities Recieves Marriott's Partnership Circle Award for Second Time
• Hotel Equities Celebrates Grand Re-Opening of the Hampton Inn, Dalton, Georgia
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 41 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Hay Creek Hospitality Announces Dean P. Andrews; Former Senior Executive of Orient Express Hotels, Ltd, as a New Principal Partner
• The Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, CA Appoints Jorgen Christensen, Director of Sales & Marketing & Jim O'Connell, Director of Sales
• Tabitha Lesh and Reece Jahn Awarded the Outstanding Student and Leader Award for 2009 Spring Graduates of the School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University
• Susan Thronson, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Marriott International Named as New HSMAI Foundation Chair

1. Battle Lines Drawn at the Four Seasons Aviara Resort; Four Seasons Erects Barricades and Checkpoints to Thwart the Hotel Owner's Move to Install Dolce as New Management
2. Owners of the Carlsbad, California Four Seasons Resort Aviara Move to Oust Four Seasons as Management Company
3. West Virginians Now Learning Who Jim Justice, the Buyer of the Greenbrier Resort, Is
4. The Greenbrier Sold for $20.1 million?
5. The Top Ten Hotel Groups in the World, IHG Retains Top Spot Surpassing the 600,000 Room Mark
6. Owners Broadreach Capital Partners and Maritz, Wolff & Co. Name Dolce as the New Management Company of the Former Four Seasons Resort Aviara
7. When Does the Hotel Industry Recover?
8. The Greenbrier's New Owner Does Not Want Confrontation with Marriott
9. Four Seasons Responds to False and Defamatory Statements
10. Is It Time to Buy Hotels?
11. Chef Salaries Drop for the First Time in Four Years
12. Motorcycle Rally Anger Boils Over in Myrtle Beach, SC; Hotels Lost Millions
13. 28% of Group Sales Inquiries Are Lost, Ignored or Abandoned
14. Walt Disney Co. Buys Land for Future Resort Hotel at National Harbor near Washington, DC
15. Former Doorman of Indianapolis Westin Hotel Meets with President Obama to Discuss Hotel Unionization
16. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What Heads Above the Rest® April 2009
17. 2009's Top 10 Hotel Investment Trends and Challenges Released by The Lodging Industry Investment Council (LLIC)
18. The 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards - the Complete List of Winners
19. The Jim Justice - CSX Greenbrier Deal; All the Details
20. The New Normal – What Does the New Normal Look Like for Hotel Sales and Revenue Management
21. Marriott International Withdraws Opposition to the Sale of Greenbrier, Agrees to Market the Resort; Marriott Expects the Justice Family to be Great Owners for The Greenbrier
22. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA City Council Holds Key to $480 million Terranea Resort's Future
23. Condo Buyers of Trump International Hotel & Tower, Fort Lauderdale File Suit Against Donald Trump & Developer for Alleged Misrepresentation
24. Sunstone Hotel Investors Selling the 274-room Marriott in Napa, California for $36.0 million
25. Innkeepers' Legal Duties in Dealing with Infectious Diseases

• Have You Answered the Call for Mobile? E-site Marketing and SynXis mobile solutions offer a simple approach
• Identify Your Hotel's Unique Attributes and Stake Your Claim in the Marketplace
• Flyte Systems Installs Live Airline Information at LAX Airport Parking Complex; Full-service parking company WallyPark adds FlyteBoard real-time airline info display for travelers
• Dallas Officials Keep Wary Eye on Dallas Convention Center Hotel Foes
• Purchase Negotiations for Trump Marina Casino Came to Standstill after Shooting of Taj Mahal Casino Manager
• Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What
• $18.4 million Friday Gross for Sands Casino, Bethlehem, PA Far Exceeds First Days of State's Seven Other Casinos
• York County, PA Commissioners Propose Raising Hotel Tax: Hotel Managers May Support if Tourism Promoted
• Pieter Knot Named General Manager at Marriott's Frenchman's Cove on St. Thomas, U.S.V.I
• Michael Hess Named General Manager for New Aloft BWI Airport- Linthicum Hotel

• Will Mobile Change the Way Your Customers Search for, Buy and Enjoy Your Hotel Product?
• Focus on Labor: Hoteliers Use Business Intelligence to Spot Unnecessary Expenses;  Operators integrate data from time/attendance systems, PMSes to control their largest variable expense 
• Aloft Hotel in Downtown Dallas Banks on Convention Center Business
• What Kinds of Public-Private Hotel Projects Are Underway Now and What Kinds of Public Financing Are Available Now to Build Hotels / Catherine Holmes
• Developer Nick Massad Commences Construction on $55 million 262 unit Embassy Suites Near Houston, TX Convention Center
• Environmentalists and a Doppler Radar Tower May Block Controversial 10 Story 350 room Hotel on Edge of Florida Everglades
• Historical Memorial Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Begin Transformation into Parq Central; a 74 Room Boutique Hotel
• Cindy Estis Green to be Inducted into HFTP's International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame
• Silver Lining in Tough Times: Travelers Say Economy, More Than Environment, is Making Them Waste-Conscious  But "Green Habits" Slip on the Road, Says New Survey
• 400 Registrants Participate in the "Virtual" 9th Annual Resort Conference; The PGA National Resort to Host Conference in 2010
• Tourism Slump May be Easing for South Florida Hotels: April was a Rough Month but Better than March, Adding to Hopes that Slump has Hit Bottom
• Roomlinx Selected as the U.S. Finalist in Global Business Planning Competition: Denver Company to Compete in Wales, U.K.; Earns Free Business-Class Trip to Wales for Week of Strategic Counsel, Networking
• HeBS Awarded "Best in Class" Interactive Media Award for Outrigger Lodging's Grafton on Sunset Hotel Website
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments - WHI Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof Inn Westport, St. Louis
• Eight Benchmark Hospitality Properties Receive Top Level Sustainability Recognition from International Association of Conference Centers; Benchmark's Wingspread, Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece, Achieves Sole Platinum
• Bakersfield, California's Landmark Padre Hotel Owners Seek $1.8 million Federal Loan
• Delivering Hospitality and Pride / Dr. John Hogan
• The Integration of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts and Parkroyal Hotels & Resorts Concludes with Renaming Hotel Plaza Limited as Pan Pacific Hotels Group Limited
• South Central Gaming Partners Third Company to Win Sumner County, Kansas Endorsement for Mulvane Casino
• Kevin Croke, Director of Sales and Marketing at The Roosevelt Hotel NYC, Named Sales and Marketing Executive of The Year by HSMAI
• Eldorado Hotel & Spa Appoints Wendy McGowan as Nidah Spa Director

• Eye on Innovation:  Flow-Through Business Analysis
• Discover the Secrets to Differentiating Your Hotel in the Online Marketplace
• The Top 10 Hotel Groups in the World; IHG Retains Top Spot Surpassing the 600,000 Room Mark
• Pennsylvania's Hotel Hershey Unveils $70 million "Grand Expansion"
• Rancho Palos Verdes, CA City Council Holds Key to $480 million Terranea Resort's Future
• New Greenbrier Owner, Jim Justice to open $20 million 'Monte Carlo-Style' Casino
• What is My Hotel Worth Today? / H. Keith Thompson
• North Carolina's Pinehurst Resort Completes $15 million Renovation
• Foreclosure Stops a Planned $10 million Renovation of the Former Delavan House Hotel in Delavan, Wisconsin
• Deer Valley, Utah: The Next Big Project: Snow Park Village
• Las Vegas Sands Corporation Sued Over Gaming License Acquisition in Macau
• Hotel Explosion Along U.S. 19 Corridor in Port Richey, Florida Welcomed
• Pacific Grove, CA Luxury Hotel Plans Back on Track; Developer Nader Agha Revisits Proposal for Historic Holman Building
• Crescent Hotels & Resorts Selects ProfitSword's Web-based ProfitSage Business Intelligence Software for Operations & Reporting
• Spectrum Ventures and Gateway Hospitality's Iredell County, North Carolina Hotel Projects Surviving Downturn
• Utah's Premier Resorts Bankruptcy Remains Unresolved
• Club and Hotel Controllers Conference Searches for Solutions to Hospitality Industry Issues
• Joseph A. McInerney Recieves Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association's 2009 J. Patrick Leahy Lifetime Achievement Award
• Jim Morrissey Named General Manager of Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville, TN
• Swissôtel Merchant Court, Singapore Appoints Andy Yeo as Executive Chef
• Four Students of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Gain Participation at the First World Tourism Forum in Lucerne, Switzerland For Their Papers Relating to Tourism and Mobility

• 2009 Private Meetings Summit Proves Meeting Business is Still Out There
• The Jim Justice - CSX Greenbrier Deal;  All the Details
• Is It Time to Buy Hotels? / Jim Butler
• A.L. (Tom) Giannopoulos to be Inducted into HFTP's International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame
• Kansas City, Missouri City Council Hears Proposal for 1,000 Room Downtown Hotel; Estimated Project cost of $300 million
• The Arlington (Texas) Convention & Visitors Bureau Unveils a New Brand: "and the crowd goes wild"
• Choice Hotels Recognizes 14 Franchised Properties as 2009's Inn of the Year
• Willaimsburg, VA Tourism Committee in Dispute Over How Web Site Promotes Hotel Bookings
• Microtel Sale Proves Lodging Transaction Market Still Active
• Some Mexican Resorts Offer 'Flu Free Guarantee"
• Station Casinos SEC Filing Shows Sharp Decline in Value of Maloofs' Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas
• Taj Hotels Opens the The Vivanta by Taj in Panaji, Goa, India; The Name Vivanta is Drawn from Vivacity, Vividness & 'Bon Vivant'
• Alrov Properties, Tel Aviv Israel, reports a 48% Jump in First Quarter Revenue; on Schedule for June opening of Jerusalem's Mamilla Hotel
• Stan Brown Resigning as President of RockResorts and Vail Resorts Lodging Company
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Names Karl Kruger Vice-President, Managing Director of Riviera Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, CA
• Sheldon Suga Named Managing Director of Hawks Cay, Duck Key, Florida

• Hoteliers Most Concerned with Return on Investment on Precious Marketing Spend; SynXis Revenue and Distribution Summits focus on best practices during a down economy
• How to Stand Out, Inspire and Motivate the Online Travel Shopper
• When Does the Hotel Industry Recover? / Jim Butler
• Developer Nick Cazana $78 million Knoxville Plaza Concept, Including a 200 Room Hotel, Subject to Design Review Board and... Financing
• Motorcycle Rally Anger Boils Over in Myrtle Beach, SC; Hotels Lost Millions
• Marriott Awards Eight Employees with Company's Highest Honor; Kauai Marriott Resort Recognized for Community Service
• American Colony to Build Jerusalem Hotel on Historic Site in Jerusalem's German Colony Neighborhood
• Oceanfront, Virginia Hampton Inn to Open - Guest-Free?
• The Fairmont Washington, D.C. is Abuzz With 105,000 Permanent Guests; Hotel's Rooftop Beehives Enhance Culinary Program and Help the Environment
• Act As if You Are Number Two / Dr John Hogan
• Incentive Available to Hotels Interested in Recycling Outdated Two-way Radios; Two-Way Radio Communications Company Offering Reusable, Affordable Technology
• Carino Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Announces Launch of New website, www.CarinoHotels.com <http://www.CarinoHotels.com>; Luxury Hotel Group's New Site Showcases Member Hotels with Streamlined Design, Consumer Booking Capability and Unique Marketing & Advertising Opportunities
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments - WHI Advises in Sale of the Holiday Inn - Salina, Kansas
• The End of the Hotel Bathtub? Also, New York's Essex House / Stanley Turkel
• E United Group Appoints InterContinental Hotels Group to Manage the 650 room Crowne Plaza Kaohsiung E-Da World in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• B. F. Saul Company - Hotel Division Wins Marriott International's 'Spirit to Preserve' Award for Environmental Initiatives
• Towneplace Suites by Marriott Tampa Westshore/Airport Presented with Marriott's Select Service Opening Hotel of the Year Award
• Destination Beach Resort & Spa Co. Optimistic for Future of its Koh Samui, Thailand Hotel 
• Marriott International Honors Waterford Hotel Group with Spirit to Serve Award for Community Service
• Jean Pierre Chaumard Named General Manager of Royal Mansour Marrakech; New Moroccan Property to Open November 2009
• Warren "Waddy" Francis Appointed General Manager at Ladera Resort, St. Lucia, West Indies
• Vietnam's Nam Hai Resort Appoints Ashish Deva Executive Chef 
• Linda J. Snell, CHA, Named Regional Director of Sales for Hospitality Ventures
• RGH Hospitality Appoints Linda Pavlik Director of Sales for the Hilton Garden Inn, Poughkeepsie/Fishkill, NY

• Bluebuzzard's ProposalPath Launches Next Gen of Sales Tools Complete with Hoover's Business Insight: Sales Directors Buzzing about Unique Tool that's Producing Powerful Stand-out Proposals
• Shuttered Tamarack Resort, Boise Idaho May Have "Ray of Hope"; Resort's Developer has Potential Buyer Pending Outcome of Mediation
• Embassy Suites Shrinking its Standard Two-room Guest Suites into One-room Units; For New Construction Up to 20% of the Guestrooms May be One-room Allowing Lower Construction Costs
• The World Health Organization Pandemic Alert is Currently at Phase 5 - with Level 6 Officially Representing a Pandemic; WHO Terminology and its Classification System Under Review to Avoid Unnecessary Alarm
• Football Legend Sam Huff Hopes to Play a Marketing Role at The Greenbrier; Resort's New Owner, Jim Justice, Hasn't Returned His Calls
• Post Show Review: Hospitality Technology Forum @ HOFEX 2009
• Analyzing the Tax Implications of the Stimulus Legislation; Tax Breaks Not Large, Few Will Benefit Hospitality Industry
• Crescent Hotels & Resorts Adds the 428 room Adolphus Hotel in Dallas to its Portfolio
• Destination Hotels & Resorts to Manage Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa, Phoenix, AZ: Receiver Douglas Wilson Companies Will Continue to Oversee Resort
• Is Leverage Dead or Just Deadly -- a Controversial New Investment Reality Nay be Taking Hold
• Sunstone Hotel Investors Selling the 274-room Marriott in Napa, California for $36.0 million
• Le Germain Calgary Chooses VISIONLINE and Signature RFID by VingCard®; Leading Hospitality Security Provider to Equip New Mixed-Use Development With Cutting-Edge Contactless RFID Locks and Wireless RF-online System
• SKIGEE - the first practical SMS solution for hotels - SKIGEE empowers hotels to reach 4 billion mobile users worldwide
• Get More with 'Wire Less!' VISIONLINE by VingCard: Wireless RF-online Standalone Electronic Locks with RF-online Elsafe In-room Safes Under Same Platform
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System Selected for the 517 room W Fort Lauderdale
• W Hotels to Unveil the New W Barcelona Showcasing Soaring Architecture and Iconic Design by World-Renowned Architect Ricardo Bofill
• Key Hotel and Property Management Seeks Approval for 110 Room Hampton Inn & Suites in Toledo, Ohio; 2nd Hotel yet to be Named
• Butte Hotel Group Looks to Develop a Multi-million Dollar Upscale Hotel and Conference Facility in Butte, Montana
• How is Utah's tourism doing? Internet Key to Success
• MGM Mirage Agrees to Manage Three Hotels in Dubai for Developer Pearl Dubai
• Yuma, Arizona Voters Support Hospitality Tax by Nearly 2 to 1 Margin; Tax Levied on Hotels, Restaurants and Bars, is Expected to Raise $4.5 million this Year
• Paul Kirwin Named President and Chief Operating Officer by Northcott Hospitality, Veteran Hotel Industry Executive Joins AmericInn Management Team as CEO Angeloni Confirms Intent to Retire in 2010
• Chef Gray Kunz to Open Café Gray Deluxe at Hong Kong's The Upper House
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Robin Krawczyk as General Manager for the Courtyard by Marriott Jacksonville Butler Boulevard
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Denise Benoit Marketing Director for Lansdowne Resort

• TravelCLICK Hosts Webinar on First Quarter 2009 Global Hotel Performance: Creating Opportunity in Uncertain Economic Times
• Marriott International Withdraws Opposition to the Sale of Greenbrier, Agrees to Market the Resort; Marriott Expects the Justice Family to be Great Owners for The Greenbrier
• Walt Disney Co. Buys Land for Future Resort Hotel at National Harbor near Washington, DC
• Former Doorman of Indianapolis Westin Hotel Meets with President Obama to Discuss Hotel Unionization
• Getting Back to the Basics Part II: Case Studies & Best Practices from the 'Hotel Internet Marketing Trenches' / Max Starkov and Mariana Mechoso
• Pow Wow in Miami: U.S. Sellers Meeting with 1,500 Travel Buyers from 70 Countries, Hoping to Book $4 billion in Business
• The 297 room Ramada Plaza in Downtown Macon, Georgia to be Sold Under Foreclosure; Hotel Built in 1970 as the Macon Hilton
• South Central Gaming Partners Offers to Build 180 Room Hotel Along with $225 million Casino in Wichita, Kansas, Plans to Pay for Project with Cash
• All the Hotel's a Stage / Jitendra Jain
• EZYield.com Adds Marketing Reach To High Tech Hoteles' Expansion; Spanish hospitality group grows two-brands with one technology -
• Strategic Alliance Between Concord Eastridge and PKF Consulting Target Hotels Caught in Downturn
• TTI Technologies Int'l is Looking Good! New Web site is icing on top of the guest-services company's rebranding; Corporate growth, new marketing directive has industry clicking to learn more
• CHA Hotels Chooses Knowland Group Services; Dynamic hotel corporation sees value in cutting edge sales solutions!
• Accor's Mercure Adds Renowned Treetops Resort & Spa to Hotel Network, Rebranding as Mercure Port Douglas Treetops Resort takes Accor past 20,000 Room Mark in Australia
• Minor International Plans Purchase of Properties on Koh Samui, Thailand
• Cape Cod, Massachusetts Board Approves Proposed 132 Room Hilton Garden Inn
• International Association of Conference Center Members Commit to Code of Sustainability
• A Baker's Dozen of Fundamentals for Retaining Quality Staff / Dr John Hogan
• Benchmark Hospitality Adds Mary Watson-DeLauder as Chief Wine Officer for the Global Company
• Corinne Whittington Named National Sales Manager for The Westin Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale and the Sheraton Yankee Clipper Hotel
• Montage Hotels & Resorts Names Craig Strong Executive Chef of Studio at Montage Laguna Beach, CA

• More detailed data on the behaviour of North American online travel consumer now available; Making fact based online marketing decisions is vital in hard times, when every marketing dollar counts the more you know about your customer the more likely you are to survive and thrive
• J.W. "Bill" Marriott Tells Wake Forest University's Business Graduates "Don't be Afraid to Get Your Hands Dirty," and "Learn the Business from the Bottom Up"
• Condo Buyers of Trump International Hotel & Tower, Fort Lauderdale are Told Hotel May Not Open: Future of Project Depends on Them Closing on Unit Sales; Pending Lawsuits Provide Little Incentive
• Are You Hoping Guests Won't Notice the Jack-hammering in the Lobby? A Case Study for Hotels / Daniel Edward Craig
• Navy Helicopter Pilot, Paula Coughlin-Puopolo, Owns a Piece of Las Vegas History; It was 18 Years Ago the Las Vegas Hilton Hosted the Tailhook Convention
• MGM Mirage's Sale of 143 Million Shares of Stock Provides Time to Address Leverage and Liquidity Issues
• Las Vegas Sands Corporation to Eliminate up to 4,000 Macau jobs on Cotai Strip in an Effort to Right-size the Operations
• American Hotel & Lodging Association Members Highlight Business Travel Challenges at Senate Committee Hearing; Senate Examines 'Tourism in Troubled Times'
• INNCOM and Enseo Debut Interactive Guestroom Control Systems Via TV; Joint solution unveiled at HD Expo in Las Vegas enables guests to change room temperature, light settings and more
• Hotel AG Is Set to Close Transaction on Hampton Inn & Suites in Rochester, MN
• Built on Steel, Betting on Casinos: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Prepares for Image Shift with Opening of $743 Million Sands Casino Resort
• Station Casinos Expects Extension from Lenders to Negotiate Bankruptcy
• Through the Eyes of a Hotel Butler: Mastering Guests' Information / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 62 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Set to Open the 142 room Shangri-La Villingili Resort and Spa on Villingili Island in the Republic of Maldives; Property Includes 16 Ttree House Villas
• South Florida's Boca Raton Resort & Club Joins the Waldorf Astoria Collection
• Delaware North Companies Acquires the 123 room Holiday Inn West Yellowstone
• Hans Mulders, a 35-Year Lodging Veteran Named as General Manger to Dolce's Seaview Resort Near Atlantic City, NJ

• What's Hot: Total Profit Optimization. What's Not: Room Rate Optimization; Experienced gaming and hospitality companies use the Total Customer Value approach to maximize profitability for the enterprise, not just the rooms division
• Condo Buyers of Trump International Hotel & Tower, Fort Lauderdale File Suit Against Donald Trump & Developer for Alleged Misrepresentation
• Not Just any Hotel Will Do - Owensboro, Kentucky EDC Seeks Developer for $80 million Redevelopment Plan Geared Toward Conventions
• Some Question If Judge Will Dismiss Greenbrier's Bankruptcy Case; The Key is What Do the Creditor's Want
• Sheldon Adelson Looks Ahead to Opening of $743 million Casino in Bethlehem, PA With No Regrets Despite a New Worth Loss of $22 Billion
• Proposed $270 million Sale of Trump Marina Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City to Coastal Development Near Death
• Carino Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Announces The Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa to Adopt New GDS Chain Code; Dallas Hotel to Take New Code "UN" as part of Luxury Hotel Group's Effort to Track Sources of All Reservations, Provide Maximum Exposure for Properties
• Swire Hotels Set to Open Second Hong Kong Hotel; EAST a 345 Room Lifestyle Business Hotel
• $4 million Conversion Marks Crowne Plaza's Fifth Hotel in Philadelphia Market; The Former Holiday Inn Select in Bucks County Is Owned and Managed by Hermani Hotels LLC
• Toni Knorr, General Manager of The St. Regis San Francisco Honored with The Peter Goldman Award of Excellence
• Stephen Bello, a 22-Year Lodging Veteran to Manage Dolce's Lakeway Resort in Austin, Texas
• Desires Hotels Appoints David Moth to Director of Operations
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Shane Bruns Director of Food and Beverage for Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas
• John and Lindy Rydman Donating $250,000 to the University of Houston Hilton School of Hotel and Restaurant Managment

• Publish Once, Distribute to Many; Customers of E-Site Marketing and SynXis benefit from a content management tool that goes beyond Website into social media
• Even in Tough Economy, Guest Satisfaction Remains Rock Solid at InterContinental San Juan Resort & Casino; Web-based GoConcierge Helps Keep Operations Efficient, Consistent
• Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Refutes the False and Inflammatory Rhetoric Being Disseminated by Lawyers for the Owners of Four Seasons Resort Aviara
• The First Best Western Atrea Hotel, an Upper Midscale Prototype, Opens in San Antonio; Atrea Hotels Can Be Built at a Cost of $85,000 to $90,000 per Key
• Summer Leisure Travel Outlook Remarkably Stable in Down Economy; Research Shows Americans' Travel Intentions, Spending Expectations Same or Better than Last Year
• PKF Hospitality Research Reports Good News, Bad Numbers for 2008; Expects Fixed Costs to be a Problem in 2009
• Ceebraid-Signal, Developer of Omphoy Ocean Resort, formerly the Palm Beach Hilton, Defies Tight Spending Trend Investing $724,000 for each of the 134 Rooms Inn & Spa
• Florida East Coast Realty Poised for June 2009 Construction of Sonesta Mikado Hotel Miami, a 40 Story Mixed Use Hotel
• Konoba and Boutique Hotels, in Istria, Croatia: Different Styles, Same Aims / Barry Napier
• NEW Infinity II by Elsafe Resets Standards for Peak In-Room Safe Design and Functionality; Elsafe's Exclusive Anti-tamper and Anti-cloning Technology, UL Certification, Design, Optional Gold-Finish, Ergonomics, Functionality, and RFID/NFC and RF-Online Compatibility Set It Apart from the Competition
• Vacant Rooms? It's Time for Timex! Affordable, dependable alarm clock radios from Hotel Technologies are making a difference to travelers and bottom lines
• Updating a Classic: VingCard Introduces RFID Compatibility for its Classic Lock; The Industry's Leading Provider of RFID Locking Solutions, Including Signature RFID Locks, Now Offers Thousands of Properties Worldwide the Benefits of Contactless RFID Technology
• Development of Internet Initiatives Aimed at Tourism Professionals Helps Raise Optimism for Rhode Island's $6.8 billion Tourism Industry
• Noble Prepares the 220- room Marriott City Center Hotel in Macon, Georgia for Fall 2009 Opening; David Rosenberg Named General Manager and Pat Horan Named Director of Sales
• Hospitality Ventures Chooses Knowland Group's Reader Board & Sales Platform Services
• HFTP Asia Conference Searched for Solutions to Asia Marketplace Challenges
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Names Brett Schoenfield General Manager of the Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, Vail, Colorado
• Aimbridge Hospitality Appoints Faisal Kamal General Manager and Tom Martone DOS for Embassy Suites Houston-Energy Corridor
• Betty Lim Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at Hard Rock Hotel Penang, Malaysia
• Savannah Area Tourism Leadership Council Honors Cindy Johnson of Savannah Marriott Riverfront & Bill Wade of Courtyard by Marriott Historic District for Exemplary Service in Hospitality Industry

• Maestro PMS 'Web Connection' Suite Adds Powerful New eMarketing Tool to Drive More Hotel Website Bookings, Increase Online Reservations and Reduce Costs
• Online Shoppers Influenced by Website User Experience: TravelCLICK Again Honored by Web Marketing Association for Best Web Interactive Application, Hotel and Lodging Industry
• West Virginians Now Learning Who Jim Justice, the Buyer of the Greenbrier Resort, Is
• Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Jump-Start U.S. Economy, Attract Millions More International Visitors Travel Promotion Act Estimated to Create $4 Billion in Economic Stimulus; No Money Required from American Taxpayers
• Marriott International's Global Headquarters Building and 30 of its Hotels in Development Expected to Achieve LEED(R)Certification
• Accor Focusing On the Battle for Revenue in Hotels - Launching Major Super Sale Promotions at Cut-rate Discounts
• $174.4 million Lancaster, Pennsylvania Convention Center & Hotel Opening Delayed Once Again, 10 Year Wait Drags On
• Developer Shantu Patel Planning a Hyatt Place Hotel in Oceanside, California
• "With Love, Philadelphia XOXO" is Part of a $2.5 million Drive this Summer as New Tourism Push
• O'Rourke Hospitality Shapes The Green Team, Inc.'s Identity and Web Presence To Reach Hotel Decision Makers
• Travel Tripper to Showcase Tools that Attract, Convert and Enable Web Bookings at 'Travel Distribution Summit Europe 2009'
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Launches Mobile Web Sites; Information on More than 30 Properties in the Collection Now Available on Smart Phones
• Warwick International Completes Renovations at the Warwick Melrose Dallas, No Two Guest Rooms Are Exactly Alike
• Sheraton South Padre Island Beach Hotel and Condominiums Reopens 10 Months After Hurricane Dolly
• Cambria Suites Green Bay Awarded Hotel of the Year at Choice Hotels Annual Convention
• Kjell Olsson to be Honored as 2009 CHTP of the Year at HITEC
• Marshall Hotels Promotes Three Executives including Ben Seidel to Chief Operating Officer
• Sage Hospitality Names Ed Baklor to Divisional Vice President Over the CoCo Key Brand
• Edward A. Mady Appointed General Manager for The New York Palace
• Andrew Hendrian Joins The Leela Palace Kempinski Bangalore as General Manager
• Danna Holck Appointed General Manager of the 600-room Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Resort in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
• Brett Boreing & Linda Poole Named to Lead the Sales, Marketing & Catering Efforts at Austin's Historic Driskill Hotel

• Eye on Innovation: Amenity Audits Boost Incremental Revenue in Multifamily Housing
• 28% of Group Sales Inquiries are Lost, Ignored or Abandoned
• EPEAT-Certified "Green" Public Computer Kiosks Made Easy by Uniguest ™; Environmental Ratings Program Helps Hoteliers Choose Green
• Battle Lines Drawn at the Four Seasons Aviara Resort; Four Seasons Erects Barricades and Checkpoints to Thwart the Hotel Owner's Move to Install Dolce as New Management
• The Greenbrier Sold for $20.1 million??
• The Greenbrier's New Owner Does Not Want Confrontation with Marriott; Promises to Hire Back Furloughed Workers, Plans to Build a $20 million Casino
• The New Normal - What is It and How It Impacts Hotel Sales and Revenue Managers - Web Cast May 15
• San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Reports Visitor Spending Up 3.3% for 2008
• Kansas Officials Endorse $240M Casino Proposals After Groups Add Hotels
• Expotel Hospitality Secures Management Contract for the 128 room Maison St. Charles Hotel & Suites, New Orleans
• KoolConnect Offers High End Guest Self-Service at Jumeirah Essex House on HotSOS Platform; System allows guests to order popular amenities and services from guestroom TV
• INNCOM to Showcase Green Solutions for Energy, Cost Savings at HD Expo; INNCOM's Glass Series room controls converge energy management, guestroom automation and customized guest interfaces into elegant designs / Visit Booth #4957
• ZDirect's Dynamic Survey Engine drives Golf Insider's social networking platform
• Real Estate Veteran Richard Bosworth Joins Canyon Capital Realty Advisors as Senior Director
• A First Person's Perspective of their Experience at a Hotel that Has a Properly Integrated Dynamic Digital Signage; Hotel Lobbies, Meeting and Guest Rooms - How They Can Work for You / Andrew Hoffman
• Sheraton Tucson Hotel Staff Adopt Fort Lowell Elementary School, Tucson, AZ Volunteering Time and Money Creating Community Partnerships
• Navy Exchange Service Command Recognizes Navy Lodges, Managers For Outstanding Guest Service; Navy Lodge Hawaii Named 2008 Carlson Award Winner in the Large Lodging Category
• Loews Miami Beach Hotel Takes Two Key Awards at Loews Hotels National Meeting, "Hotel of the Year" & Debbie Castillo "Marketer of the Year"
• New York City's GEM Hotel Collection Appoints Javier Egipciaco & Ashley Grogg as General Managers for Chelsea & Midtown West Properties
• Outrigger Enterprises Group Names Roy Cordeiro - Director of Sales & Marketing for Courtyard by Marriot Waikiki Beach and Patsy Narimatsu - Director of Sales & Marketing for Outrigger Beachfront Properties
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Jeremy Allen General Manager for the Hilton Garden Inn Blacksburg, VA

• Customer Acquisition Should be Focused as Close to the Point of Purchase as Possible: Interview with Wyndham Hotel Group on Adjusting Their Marketing Strategy
• Elite Meetings Alliance Brings Together Top Meeting and Hotel Professionals: Despite Challenging Times, Strong Interest in Meetings Reported
• Owners of the Carlsbad, California Four Seasons Resort Aviara Move to Oust Four Seasons as Management Company; Claims Four Seasons Has Demonstrated Complete Lack of Concern for the Owner, Wasting Many Millions of Dollars Each Year
• Owners Broadreach Capital Partners and Maritz, Wolff & Co. Name Dolce as the New Management Company of the Former Four Seasons Resort Aviara; Four Seasons Refuses to Acknowledge Termination - or Relinquish Control of the San Diego Resort
• A Publicly Owned $500 million Dallas Convention Center Hotel Now Primed for Construction; Dallas Voters Reject Initiative Designed to Block the Hotel
• $500 million Dallas Convention Hotel Victory Still Facing Obstacles: Unfavorable Municipal Bond Markets
• Jim Justice, Head of the Justice Family Group, Puts Cash Down on the Greenbrier Resort; Marriott Maintains its Deal with CSX is Still on the Table
• The 26th Annual National Travel and Tourism Week to Focus on Establishing Travel as a Solution to America's Economic Challenges: This Year's Theme - "Travel Matters"
• Got Revenue?  Want more business?  Find Out Why You May Be Losing Business to Your Competition
• Hotel AG Negotiates Contract for Baton Rouge SpringHill Suites
• The $240 million 525-room Sheraton in Downtown Tucson Poised for Spring 2010 Construction Start
• The Broadmoor's $18.5M "Cottage" Expansion Caps Hotel's $300M Evolution
• HEI Hotels & Resorts Completes $7 million Renovation of the Le Meridien Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Soneva Fushi Resort by Six Senses and Rocco Forte Hotels / Editorial by Murray Bailey
• Park Plaza Hotels Launch New Website for Lifestyle Brand, art'otel Original Art, Unique Hotels, artotels.com
• HITEC 2009 Offers Solutions to Combat Rough Times
• The Third International Forum on China Hotel Brand Development, Co-hosted by Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management, Draws 500 Participants from Around the World
• Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Names Craig Poole, GM of Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport, the 2009 General Manger of the Year
• Hotel Equities Appoints Jeff Shockley as Director of Financial Analysis and Owner Relations
• HFTP Appoints Lisa Funk, CPA, CHAE as Global Secretary

• 2009's Top 10 Hotel Investment Trends and Challenges Released by The Lodging Industry Investment Council (LLIC)
• Despite Lower Rates, Major Global Hotel Brands Have No Plans to Compromise Service or Scale Back Amenities
• Three Hyatt Regency Long Beach Employees Suing the Hotel Alleging Violations in Pay for Hours Worked, Not Allowing Meal Breaks and Minimum Wage
• J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr., Named First Recipient of the Cornell Icon of the Industry Award; the Annual Icon of the Industry Awards Dinner Set for June 2, 2009 Expected to Be the Biggest Event on the Hotel School's Calendar
• AH&LA Sets Agenda for Summer Summit June 23 - 24, 2009 in Chicago; Hospitality Leaders to Develop Economic Recovery Strategies, Future AH&LA Initiatives, and Recognize Outstanding Hotel Properties and Employees
• How Important is Service? Very! / Harry Nobles
• Aimbridge Hospitality and The Wiens Group Open Aloft Broomfield Denver Hotel; Lifestyle hotel deviates from traditional Aloft prototype; Facility offers meeting facilities, main street retail and Kevin Taylor restaurant
• The Greater New York Chapter of the HSMAI Recognizes Eight Individuals for Excellence; Takis Anoussis, GM, Helmsley Park Lane Named Hotel General Manager of the Year
• Carl A. Boger Jr the First Recipient of the Clinton L. Rappole Endowed Chair at University of Houston's Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management; The Chair Position Enhances His Ability to Conduct Research in Spa and Wellness Management
• Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville Installs SpaSoft® at its Luxurious Poseidon Spa Spa Management Software Powers Newest Kessler Collection Boutique Hotel
• MSI and MeetingMatrix International Inc. Sign Alliance Agreement; WinSAM plus MeetingMatrix, a complete solution for your meeting and event needs
• Middle Tennessee Hospitality Championship Planned for November; The Green Team, Inc. Continues To Hold Title Sponsorship
• Ascott Awarded Contract to Manage New Premier Serviced Residence in Shanghai near Xintiandi; Ascott expands presence with 282-unit Ascott Shanghai, bringing its portfolio
• 3CX Checks in with Hotels Worldwide to Halve Phone Bills; New 3CX VoIP Phone System for Hotels slashes phone bills using VoIP and eliminates PBX maintenance and expansion costs
• Trust International Forms Strategic Partnership with TIG Global for Web Services and Online Marketing
• Dolce Appoints Three Senior Executives; Peter Strebel - Chief Revenue Officer, Richard Maxfield - Chief Operating Officer and Sarah Woodfin Wynn - General Counsel
• Hilton Hotels Promotes Carsten Schieck to Regional General Manager Maldives
• Choice Hotels International Opens 52 New Hotels in April
• New Castle Hotels & Resorts to Manage Holiday Inn, Albany, New York
• Global Hyatt Awards Carlos Morales 2008 Director of Food & Beverage of the Year
• Paul J. Gusst Appointed Executive Chef for the Lancaster County Convention Center and Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square
• The School of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Staging The Sixth China Tourism Forum in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

• Harrah's Cherokee Casino Hotel: A Winner with Total Customer Value; Property leverages revenue management software to strengthen marketing promotions, maintains leadership in Harrah's portfolio
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Unveils New Website, Introduces Transcendent; Focus is On Enhanced Preventive Maintenance, Asset Management Software
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Reports a Net Loss of $12.5 million for First Quarter 2009; RevPAR Drops 19.1% Compared to Same Prior Year Period
• Aqua Mountain Resort Suspends Plans for $50 million Water Park Hotel in Garrett County, Maryland
• The 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards - the Complete List of Winners
• Kansas Officials Ponder the Lack of a Hotel in Three Proposals for a "Destination Casino"
• Tourism to Atlantic City Bucks National Trend: Showed Growth In 2008 with Rail Travel and Hotel Bookings Up Some Sectors as Much as 21% in First Quarter 2009
• Miami-Dade County's March, 2009 Hotel Tax Receipts Down 22.2% from Prior Year; Has the Bottom Been Reached?
• Cayman Islands Air Arrivals for the 1st Qtr 2009 Down 14% Over the Same Period in 2008; Cruise Arrivals Down 15.9%
• The New Normal - What is It and How It Impacts Hotel Sales and Revenue Managers Web Cast May 15, 2009
• Developer LodgeWorks Details Plan for Six Story Boutique Hotel in Downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Roomlinx' Interactive TV is Free to Guests at Kessler's Grand Bohemian Asheville, NC; Roomlinx completes Interactive TV installation in all rooms
• Terre Haute, Indiana's New $1.8 million Convention & Visitors Bureau Set to Open June 1, 2009
• Wilmington, North Carolina City Council Agrees to $5 million Convention Facility Expansion
• The Eastover Resort and Conference Center, Lenox, Massachusetts to Close
• GUESTROOM 20X Educates Hospitality Professionals in Hong Kong
• HSMAI'S Affordable Meetings® West Offers Educational Sessions on Service, Value
• Jonathan Brashier Recognized by Marriott International as the 2008 SpringHill Suites Opening Hotel General Manager of the Year
• Kurt Zuger Appointed Executive Chef for the Westin Westminster in Colorado
• The Dow Hotel Company Names Joseph G. Coursolle General Manager of the Hilton San Antonio Hill Country Hotel and Spa
• Profile: Ron Fineron, Executive Chef at the Doubletree Hotel in Downtown El Paso, Texas

• Expansion in 2009: Hotel Equities' Strategy for 100% Growth by 2010; Web-based System Unifies Sales Management for Properties and Flags
• Rivers Casino Selects Stratton Warren System from Agilysys; New Property to Implement Industry-Leading Inventory and Procurement Solution
• White Lodging Reduces Maintenance Labor Costs by 25% via PMWorks Intelligent Scheduling Algorithm; MTech's flexible preventive-maintenance solution adjusts staff schedules at the corporate level to match reductions in occupancy at the property level
• Quarantined Hotel Guest, Leslie Carr, Blogs from His Hotel Room at the Metropark Hotel Wanchai Hongkong
• To Get More Bookings - Work With - Not Against Your Central Reservations Providers / Doug Kennedy
• MGM Mirage Reports 2009 1st Qtr Revenue Down 19.3% and Earnings Off 12.5% Compared with Prior Year; Results Include $190 million Pre-tax Gain on the Treasure Island Sale
• Morgans Hotel Group Records Net loss of $10.6 million in the 1st Qtr of 2009 Compared to a Net Loss of $7.5 million in the Year Earlier; RevPAR Tumbles 36 percent / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Great Wolf Resorts Reports 2009 First Quarter Net Loss of $5.6 million, More than Double Compared to the Same Period a Year Earlier; Occupancy Drops from 65.2% to 61.5% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Mexico City Restaurants Allowed to Reopen on May 6; Restaurant Owners Still Irked
• San Antonio Hoteliers Implement Proactive Measures to Counter Media Hype Concerning Flu Viruses
• 10 Year Wait Continues for $174.4 million Lancaster, Pennsylvania Convention Center & Hotel Opening
• Customer Relationship Management Requires a Blending of High Tech and High Touch for Optimal Results / Dr. John Hogan
• Denver Based Magnolia Hotels Choice of ZDirect Pays Dividends!
• Real Hotels & Resorts Partners with UniFocus for SERVICEScope® Mystery Evaluations; Evaluations Target Changing Perceptions in Today's Economy; Ensures Service Standards Reflect Highest Perceived Value
• INNCOM Leads New Florida Resort to Coveted LEED Certification; INNCOM EMS plays key role in Sandpearl Resort's successful effort to become one of the first resorts to attain 'green' designation
• Audiovisual Capabilities Light Up Clients; Denver Hotel Boardroom Creates 'Wow Factor' With Latest Technology
• Ballantyne Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina is a 'Resort' No More: Maintains Luxury Amenities, Adjusts Name to Cope with Stigma of Corporate Lavishness
• Crescent Hotels & Resorts Adds Eight Management Contracts, Including the 430-room Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts to Manage Emaar Residences at the Fairmont Makkah, Saudi Arabia
• Tulip Inn Hawar Beach Resort, Manama, Bahrain to Undergo $3 million Renovation
• Staybridge Suites and Holiday Inn and Suites, a $15 million Waterfront Development in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Set to Open Despite Economic Climate 
• Ameristar Casinos, Las Vegas, Nevada Reverses First-quarter Loss, Reinstates Dividend
• Hilton Signs Management Agreement with Mohamed Ahmed Ali Hassan Ruqait for a Doubletree Branded Hotel in Ras Al Khaimah U.A.E.
• Langham Hotels Opens First Boutique Hotel - The Langham, Yangtze Boutique, in Shanghai;  Stefan Heintze the Opening General Manager
• Rocco Forte Collection Assumes Operations of The Augustine, Prague, Czech Republic
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Linda Cahue as Director of Sales & Marketing for the Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel
• Choice Hotels Names Michael Murphy Senior Vice President of Global Sales

• Chef Salaries Drop for the First Time in Four Years 
• Innkeepers' Legal Duties in Dealing with Infectious Diseases / James Abrams - go to
• Great Wolf Resorts Sells Interest in Wisconsin and Ohio Properties, Both Resorts Will Continue to Operate as Great Wolf Lodges Under a License and Management Agreement  - go to
• Deer Valley Resort Enters the Property-Management Business: The Park City, Utah Resort Sees it as Best Solution to Difficult Times - go to
• The Dutch Hotel Group citizenM Opens 2nd Hotel, the 215 room citizenM Amsterdam City, the Netherlands - go to
• The Hotel Group Celebrates Opening of Doubletree Cleveland Downtown/Lakeside After $15 million Renovation - go to
• Federal Regulators Close Doors on Atlanta Based Silverton Bank, Stalling the Unfinished $23.7 million Landmark Hotel, Charlottesville Virginia - go to
• Hotel AG Announces Sale of an Approved Candlewood Suites Development - go to
• MTech and Ascom (US), Inc. Partner to Provide Two-way Integration with HotSOS - go to
• Torgerson Properties Opens Hampton Inn Fairmont, Minnesota - go to
• Ramada Brand Continues Middle East Expansion with Two New Hotels Ramada Plaza Kuwait City and Ramada Hotel and Suites Amman, Jordan - go to
• Proposed $27 Million Convention Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico set for Annexation Vote by City Council - go to

• The Rainmaker Group Approved as Microsoft Certified Partner; Certification strengthens revenue management leader's partnership with Microsoft
• Time for Hotel Sales Professionals to Lobby Meeting Planners / David M. Brudney
• The New Normal - What Does the New Normal Look Like for Hotel Sales and Revenue Management / Carol Verret
• The Big CityCenter Project in Las Vegas Secures New Pact Between Dubai World and MGM MIRAGE; Dubai World Dismisses Lawsuit Against MGM MIRAGE
• The W is Going Where No Fort Lauderdale Hotel has Gone Before; Targeting Affluent Hipsters, the 517 room W All about Being a Playground on the Beach
• Flu Epidemic Leads To Sharp Decrease in Cancun Convention Business; A Knowland Group Survey Finds Cancun Hotels Experiencing a 36% Average Drop in Business Due to the Flu Epidemic
• Choice Hotels 2009 Q1 Net Income Declines Slightly from $16.3 million to $18.6 million in the Prior Year Same Quarter; Domestic RevPAR Down 10.3% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Radisson Hotels Recognizes Top-performing Hotels, Managers and Employees; Angela Maria Gomez Named 2008 General Manager of the Year
• Stuart Dean, GlasWeld Form Strategic Alliance to Bring Glass Restoration to Hospitality
• Hotel Equities to Develop Hampton Inn & Suites in Marathon Key, Florida
• Mobile Technologies are Key to Expanding Electronic Distribution, Attendees Learn at HEDNA's Spring Conference
• Pirate Exhibitor Prevention Maintains HITEC 2009's High-Value
• Embassy Suites Opens 200th Property, Minneapolis - Brooklyn Center Featuring Milestone Design Option III Prototype & Flying Spoons
• Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Announces Recipients for the 2009 Spirit of Hospitality Awards
• Comfort Inn & Suites of Pottstown, Pennsylvania Completes $1.5 Million Dollar Renovation
• Jon McGuan Named General Manager for The Atlantic Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Announces Janelle Cram as Director of Sales and Marketing

Top Read Articles - April 2009

1. Starwood Sues Hilton and Two Former Starwood Executives for Corporate Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition; Lawsuit Alleges 100,000 Files Looted From Starwood Computers by Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani 
2. In Today's Economy Is the Hotel Industry Being Too Polite? Survival Tips for the Bold & Shameless Hotelier / Daniel Edward Craig
3. Nine Reasons Why Some Hotels Are Getting More Bookings From The Internet / Neil Salerno
4. An Iconic Story About a "Bedbug Letter"; An Instructive on the Importance of Treating People with Respect and Dignity / Jim Butler
5. The Hottest New Hotels, Restaurants, Spas, and Night Clubs in the U.S. as Determined by Condé Nast Traveler
6. Hilton Subpoenaed Over Starwood Trade Secrets; Temporarily Suspends Development of the Denizen Hotels Brand
7. Marriott to Discontinue Automatic Morning Deliver of Newspapers to Full-service Hotel Guestrooms; Newspaper Distribution will be Reduced by About 50,000 Papers Daily, Guests Must Now Request a Free Morning Paper
8. The New Hotel Sales and Revenue Management Metrics - This Could save Your Job! / Carol Verret
9. The World's Top 10 Eco-friendly Hotels as Determined by TripAdvisor Editors and Travelers 
10. Solid Sales and Marketing Fundamentals Can Improve Hotel Performance in Tough Times / John Davies
11. The Wilshire Grand Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles to Be Knocked Down; Korean Air and Thomas Properties Group Plan a Billion Dollar Redevelopment of Site with 700 room Luxury Hotel, Office and Condominiums
12. Travel is Changing … What Will Hotels Do to Keep-Up? / Neil Salerno
13. Now Guests Can Party Like Rock Stars, with Less Mess: When You've Got $40 million to Renovate a Party Hotel, what Do You Spend it On? Not reading lamps. Clevelander Hotel Guests in Miami, FL Tend to Break Those 
14. From Record Highs to Historic Lows - Las Vegas Room Rates Droping Fast
15. The Greenbrier's 9 Unions Representing 909 Employees Must Strike a Deal with Marriott - or Face an Uncertain Future
16. Terminating Hotel Management Agreements Without Liability / Jim Butler
17. Comment Cards – Why They Are Not Much Better Than Nothing – Here, Please Take the Sleeves Off My Vest! / Ragsdale Hendrie
18. The Role of Hotel Brands in the War of Survival / Bryan E. Younge
19. Rosewood Hotels and Stanford University Opening the 123 room Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park, California 
20. Kessler’s Newest Boutique Hotel, The Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville, Opens; Executive Team Lead by John Luckett 
21. The Greenbrier Resort Files U.S. Bankruptcy Court Papers Detailing Assets Totaling $141.7 million, Liabilities of $107.4 million
22. They're Still Expensive, But New York City Hotels Are Cutting Prices Well Below 2008's Average of $310
23. The Vegas Fontainebleau Sues Bank of America, JPMorganChase for Reneging on Construction Loans to Finish the $3 billion 3,800 Casino/Hotel; Suit Claims the Banks Were Recipients of Bailout Money Making the Withheld Money More Egregious
24. Auction of Cal Neva Resort on Lake Tahoe Has No Bidders
25. U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Decelerating Rapidly; LE First Quarter 2009 Results

April 30, 2009

• Hotels Are Using Business Intelligence To Do More Than Survive the Recession; Marriott Signs Agreement with TravelCLICK for its Hotelligence® Solution to Focus on Market Growth Opportunities
• Jancik Arts International Breaks Glass Ceiling with New Collection of Hand-Designed Faux-Casted Offerings at HD 2009 Expo, Vegas - Booth # 6353; Contemporary Glass Art Technique, More Affordable, Sustainable & Safer
• Starwood Hotels Reports Sharp Drop in 1st Qtr 2009 Net Income - $6 million vs $32 million in 1st Qtr Last Year; Worldwide RevPAR Down 23.5% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• New Jersey Casino Commission Approves Tropicana Casino Resort Sale With $200 million Credit Bid
• A Proposed 10-story 350 room Hotel in Sunrise, Florida Gains the Ire of Environmentalists
• Tradition at Chalfonte Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey Has a Waiting List - of Volunteers
• Update: World Health Organization Advises No Restriction of Regular Travel or Closure of Borders
• Istraturist Expansion Right on Target in Umag, a Coastal City in Istria, Croatia
• EZYield.com And Genares Form Technology Partnership
• World-Renowned Arizona Resort Chooses INNCOM EMS as Key Piece in Renovation; Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch installs INNCOM's e4™ Smart Digital Thermostats with EMS option, reaps rebate from local utility company
• The ProHost® Housekeeping System Has Been Selected for W Hoboken's 225 room 40 Condominium Property
• Guest-Tek to Provide High Speed Internet Service  and Support for 68 Hotel Properties
• Distinguished® International Hotels, Residences and Resorts Welcomes Glasson Hotel and Golf Club in Ireland
• HITEC 2009 Online Buyer's Guide Provides Easy Access to Trade Show
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Signs 23 New Properties in the First Quarter of 2009
• EM Properties Ltd and Intermountain Management Open the 89 room Fairfield Inn & Suites in East Peoria, Illinois 
• Joel Heberlein Named "Hotelier of the Year" by The Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association
• Meryl Kirschenberg Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco and Area Director for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Northern California
• HMC Appoints Marshall Tullos General Manager for the Holiday Inn Northwest/Sea World Area in San Antonio, Texas

• Improving the Lifetime Value of a Customer: Interview With Ted Schweitzer, VP eCommerce, La Quinta
• Guest Check Continuing into Third Season Offering Inspection Services for Nantucket Island Resorts, Nantucket's Premiere Hotel Collection
• For 1st Qtr 2009 Wyndham Reports 11% Drop in Revenue But Registers a Net Income of $45 million, Up from $42 million a Year Earlier / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Hotel 57 in Manhattan Receives $40 million Makeover and Joins Marriott's Renaissance Brand; Originally Opened in 1923 as the Allerton Hotel for Women
• Five Caribbean Nations (Anguilla, Antigua, St Lucia, Montserrat, and The Cayman Islands) Experiencing Double-digit Tourism Declines
• Andy Dolce Presented with International Association of Conference Centers First Global Distinguished Service Award
• Quality Inn and Suites Green Tree Hotel, Victorville, California Facing Foreclosure
• On Tuesday, April 28 Officials in Mexico City Order that City's Restaurants to Suspend Sit-down Service
• Tourism Taking a Hit in Mexico
• ZMail Messaging Now Available for Mobile Devices, by ZDirect, Inc.
• Scott Ingwers Named Managing Director of Trump International Hotel & Tower Waikiki Beach Walk; Formerly Hotel Manager of The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui
• Kor Appoints Michael Lorenz and Michael Doneff to Vice President of Sales and Vice President of Marketing Respectively
• RGH Hospitality Appoints Brenda Edwards General Manager for the Hilton Garden Inn, Manchester, New Hampshire
• Benchmark Appoints Elizabeth Oliver Controller at Naples Bay Resort, Naples, Florida

• Maestro Users Cavallo Point and Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa Honoured By Condé Nast Traveler ‘Hot List’ Ultimate Insiders Guide to the Newest & Hottest Hotels; Guest-centric luxury hotels use Integrated Maestro Property Management System to automate award-winning operations, boost web bookings and maximize profits across all channels 
• Mandarin Oriental New York Receives the 2,000,000th Quality Track Mystery Call
• Owners of the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Miami Suing Fairmont Hotels Claiming Mismanagement of the Property Following a $133 million Renovation
• U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Decelerating Rapidly; LE First Quarter 2009 Results
• The Role of Hotel Brands in the War of Survival / Bryan E Younge
• Website Content Management For Hotels…Boon or Boondoggle? / Neil Salerno
• Sol Melia´ Prepares its Hotels in Mexico for Swine Flu; Prevention Protocol is Put Into Action
• Riverside County California Report Shows 14% Drop in Hotel Stays Freeze on Business Travel Cited
• TTI Expands Global Reach by Partnering with CMS to Resell Scanners in India; As TTI’s international partner in India, CMS will help hotel operators save time and money securing and sending guest information to proper authorities
• Carino Hotels & Resorts Announces Sorrento Hotel First Member to Take New UN GDS Chain Code; Seattle Hotel First to Take New Code “UN” as part of Luxury Hotel Group’s Effort to Track Sources of All Reservations, Provide Maximum Exposure for Properties
• The Beach House in the Maldives, Asia Pacific to Join the Waldorf Astoria Collection 
• "The White House" Hotel in Old Windsor, England, Opens Following Principal Hayley's £8.1 million Renovation in Beaumont Estate 
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Selects Dolce and Troon to Manage the 297 room Seaview Hotel and Golf Resort in Galloway, New Jersey
• Thomas Pauly Appointed General Manager of the Kahala Hotel & Resort, Honolulu, Hawaii 
• HSMAI’s Revenue Management & Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Set for June 25, 2009 in Anaheim, California, Co-Located with Annual HITEC Exposition 
• High School Hospitality Students from North Conway, New Hampshire Take the Title in the Sixth Annual AH&L Educational Institute National Lodging Management Program

April 27, 2009 

• The Rainmaker Group Announces revolution 1.6 Revenue Management; #1 Leader in Total Customer Value Revenue Management Implements Promoted Demand and Multiple Forecasting Models
• Advocates and Opponents of a Dallas Convention Center Hotel in Final Stretch of Debate 
• Now Guests Can Party Like Rock Stars, with Less Mess: When You've Got $40 million to Renovate a Party Hotel, what Do You Spend it On? Not reading lamps. Clevelander Hotel Guests in Miami, FL Tend to Break Those
• Developer Tom Becnel Negotiating with Intrawest to Acquire the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Destin, Florida
• American Hotel & Lodging Association Sends Letter to President Obama Opposing Government Business Travel Cutbacks, Reductions Hurt Administration's Goals of Saving Jobs and Revitalizing the Nation's Economy
• Dominican Republic Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia, Presents Eco-tourism and Infrastructure Developments at the 2009 Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange
• The Artmore Hotel: A New Incarnation of the Former Granada Suites Hotel in Midtown Atlanta
• Sales and Marketing Become Keys to Success for Fairfield County, CT Hotels as They Experience Decline in Corporate Business
• A Hospitality Butler With a Political Statment to Make (At Least Until Butler Programs are Re-instated/Beefed Up Again) / Steven Ferry
• Renovations/Site Evaluations: How to Plan, Budget and Complete a Renovation in a Cost and Time Efficient Manner / Bernie Otis
• Annual "White Apron Competition" at Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro,GA Announces Winners: Surprise Ingredient - Bananas
• Hotel AG Advises LNR Property Corporation in Sale of Independent Hotel in Fairborn, Ohio
• In the U.S. 18 Hotels Have Earned LEED Certification, of Those Six Are in California
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 54 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• HFTP's Growing East-Asia Network Continues Its High Value Education Standards in Singapore
• Annual "White Apron Competition" at Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro,GA Announces Winners: Surprise Ingredient - Bananas
• Werner H. Graef Named President and General Manager of The Woodstock Inn & Resort in Vermont
• Intrawest Appoints Andy Wirth, Rob Perlman and Jesse True to Key Leadership Positions at its Colorado Mountain Resorts: Steamboat, Winter Park and Copper Mountain Resorts
• Christopher Newbery Rejoins Luxury Indian Hotel Group as General Manager at the Leela Kempinski Mumbai, India
• Catherine Walker to Act as Interim President and CEO for Seneca Gaming Corporation During Continued Shakeup of Seneca Nation Casino Operations in Buffalo NY

April 24, 2009 

• AboutAnywhere.com Launches Pay Per Click Advertising for its Hotel Partners; Will Supercharge Efforts to Connect Hotel Partners with Consumers
• The Vegas Fontainebleau Sues Bank of America, JPMorganChase for Reneging on Construction Loans to Finish the $3 billion 3,800 Casino/Hotel; Suit Claims the Banks Were Recipients of Bailout Money Making the Withheld Money More Egregious
• Hoteliers Challenged to Use AH&LA Guidelines to Ttrack and Improve their Green Business Operations
• Marriott Reports 2009 1st Qtr Loss of $23 from Continuing Operations, Compared to Prior Year Income of $122 million; RevPAR Decline Almost 20% Worldwide
• Host Hotels & Resorts Posts 2009 First Quarter Net Loss $60 million Compared to Profit of $63 million Prior Year; Total Revenue Drops 16.2% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Ironstate Holdings Opens the 225 room W Hoboken and The Residences at W Hoboken; The EMM Group to Operate the The Chandelier Room, a Destination Hotel-Lounge
• Six Hotels In the Works in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area 
• Developers Dream to Spend $80 million to Overhaul Buffalo's Statler Tower to a Mix Used Hotel, Office Ends in Bankruptcy
• EZYield.com And SynXis® Announce Technology Partnership Program
• Can U-Tube It Better?-EI Contest Seeks Video Spoofs to Promote New Line-Level Training Program
• Benchmark Hospitality International Recognizes Top Sales Executives for the Year
• Opened in 1972, the 947 room Hyatt Regency Houston Completes $40 million Transformation
• Summit Development Acquires the Sombrero Resort and Marina and the Mangrove Marina in the Florida Keys; Plans Major Renovations
• The Prototype Guestroom for Home2 Suites by Hilton Utilizes a  70% Recycled Modular Carpet Tile Flooring
• HSMAI Honors Chapter Excellence at Annual Leadership Conference, South Florida Chapter Awarded 2008 Chapter of the Year Honors
• Peter Simoncelli, General Manager of the Westin River North Hotel, Named Chairman of the Board of the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association
• Scot Toon Appointed General Manager at Paresa Resort, Kamala Beach, Phuket, Thailand
• Elizabeth Dexter Named National Sales Manager of the Regent Bal Harbour
• The Dorchester, London, Appoints Four to Executive Positions
• Stephane Becht Appointed Executive Chef at The Pierre, New York City; Hotel to Re-Open June 2009 Following a $100 million Renovation

April 22, 2009 

• Softscribe Achieves Record 10th Year; Fiscal Year 2008 Sales Up 33%, Revenue 41%
• Hilton Subpoenaed Over Starwood Trade Secrets; Temporarily Suspends Development of the Denizen Hotels Brand
• Repeated Roadblocks Stymie Developer Bob Thurston Efforts to Build a 100 room Hotel in Downtown, Tacoma, Washington 
• Utah Office of Tourism Allocates $250,000 to the Salt Lake City CVB to Assist in Hosting the Influential Meeting Professionals International Convention Scheduled for July 11-14, 2009
• A Planned $34.5 million Embassy Suites Near Houston's Convention Center Could be First Project Eligible for 7-year Giveback of Hotel Occupancy Tax; Public Incentive Designed to Increase Hotel Construction Within 5 Blocks of Convention Center
• Green Groups Don't Have To Sleep on Dirty Sheets - Even on Earth Day; Knowland finds planners can't enforce acceptance of environmentally friendly practices
• Martel Resorts Planned $300 million Destination Resort in Northeast Mississippi in Early Approval Stages for Obtaining a Liquor License in the Dry County of Tishomingo
• Hotel Bankruptcy Issues -- Special Purpose Entities Getting Approval to File Bankruptcy
• Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Endows $2 million to Scholarship Program at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
• Recession Prompts Nemacolin Woodlands Resort to Reconsider Bid for Casino License from Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
• Orbitz Claims it Is Only Major Online Travel Company to Show Base Hotel Rate, Taxes & Fees and Total Room Price per Night Upfront on the Initial Search Results Page
• Historic Pierpont Inn in Ventura, California Acquired by Investment Group Headed by Grace S. Ahn
• Olympia Development Prepares to Open 102 room Hampton Inn in Nashua, New Hampshire; Kevin Walker the Opening GM 
• Crestline Appoints Kevin F. Catrambone to General Manager, Hampton Inn Parsippany, New Jersey
• The Connecticut Lodging Association Selects Ginny Kozlowski as the Executive Director

April 21, 2009 

• Softscribe Inks Joint Venture with LEAP Integrated Marketing Solutions in Singapore; Expands Internet Public Relations and Marketing Services to Asian Markets to Support  Clients' International Growth
• They're Still Expensive, But New York City Hotels Are Cutting Prices Well Below 2008's Average of $310
• A Turf War Could be Brewing Over Whether there's Room for Two New Hotels in South Norwalk, Connecticut
• Travel is Changing . . . What Will Hotels Do to Keep-Up?
• Staff Who Become Legends, Celebrating the Art of Fine Hospitality Within Dorchester Collection
• Starwood's Element the First Hotel Brand to Mandate All its Hotels Pursue the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification
• During March, 2009 Hotel Occupancy at Utah's Mountain Resorts Was 59.6%, Off  of 71.5% Pace a Year Earlier
• ZDirect's Client Base Surpasses 1700 Hotels with Dayton House
• TripAdvisor Takes On Burgeoning Chinese Travel Market with Beijing Based www.daodao.com
• Last Days to Register "Hotel Sales Basics: The Basics Have Changed" Web Cast April 24
• Seattle's Fairmont Olympic Hotel Applauds ACE DuraFlo® ePIPE® for Efficient and Timely Restoration
• Do You Know Where Your Customer Is? Or Knowing Where Your Business Originates / Dr John Hogan
• Noble Investment Group Makes Upgrades, Adds 'Regency' Designation for the Hyatt Regency Valencia and Santa Clarita Conference Center in Valencia, California
• The Sheraton Columbia Town Center Hotel in Columbia, Maryland is Reinvented Following an Extensive $12 Million Transformation
• Solare Hotels & Resorts Will Open the Budget Branded Chisun Hotel Within the Loisir Hotel & Spa Tower in Naha, Okinawa
• Jan Pfeiffer Appointed Executive Chef for the Wyndham Rio Mar in Puerto Rico
• SoftBrands Appoints Erik Munoz Vice President of Sales, Asia Pacific

April 20, 2009 

• Expedia Vows Less Florida Marketing if State Raises Web Agencies' Hotel Taxes; Expedia Claims $20 million Spent During Last Year on "Florida-specific" Advertising
• Point by Point: Key Issues in the Debate for a City-Owned $500 million Convention Hotel in Dallas, Texas
• Vail Resorts Reports Room Bookings for the 2008-2009 Ski Season Down 12.8% Compared with the Same Period Last Year
• Hotel Values Decline - Have Your Property Taxes Gone Down? / Charlotte Kang
• Omaha Officials Happy with Performance of the 5 Year Old City-owned $71 million Hilton Omaha; The 450 room Hotel Ran 75.1% Occupany in 2008
• Hotel AG Highlights Latest Exclusive Engagements
• PGA Retains Three Oaks Hospitality
• Hotel AG Structures Sale of Historic French Quarter Hotel
• Conventions.net Rolls Out our "Don't' Sweat the Summer" Promotion; Designed Specifically For the Hotel and Resort Industry
• Founder and Former CEO of Travelocity, Terry Jones, to Open HITEC 2009
• Trust International Adds Wego and Make My Trip as Partners to Expand Internet Distribution for the Asian & Indian Markets
• How To Cope with a Complete Paradigm Shift in the Hotel Industry? Attend Meet the Money® May 5-7, 2009 in Los Angeles
• Hotel San Rocco - Family Run, Sophisticated Boutique Hotel in Croatia
• HITEC 2009 Addresses the Latest Technology Trends and the Economy
• Aroma Hotels Acquires the 198 room Holiday Inn I-95, Fayetteville, North Carolina for $8.25 million

April 17, 2009 

• In the Economic Downturn Destination Websites Become Even More Important -Interview with Shelli Johnson, Chief Strategist, Yellowstone International and NationalParktrips.com
• Starwood Sues Hilton and Two Former Starwood Executives for Corporate Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition; Lawsuit Alleges 100,000 Files Looted From Starwood Computers By Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani
• Hearing-Impaired Cook at Bethesda Marriott Suites Rises Above his Handicap to Serve up Signature Marriott Quality
• Since Filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy In Early 2009 Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. Continues Operating its Three Casinos in Atlantic City; Company Had Total Debts of About $1.74 billion on Dec. 31, 2008
• Utah Hotel & Lodging Association Names 26 Year Old Michael Johnson as Executive Director; An Early Task - Establishing a Twitter Account for the Organization
• Exhibitors, Planners Optimistic at HSMAI'S Affordable Meetings® Mid-America
• HITEC 2009 Exhibit Hall Offers Solutions to Bottom Line
• Montage Beverly Hills Awarded Gold LEED Certification for Environmental Excellence, an Achievement Earned by Only 18 Hotels Worldwide
• Understanding What We Measure and Making it Count! Strategies for Hotel Controllers
• Accor Plans Additional Cost Savings As 1st Qtr Revenue Falls 9.6% from a Year Earlier; Room Occupancy and RevPAR Down Across All Brands
• It's No Mystery that Hotelier Daniel Edward Craig Draws from Real Life in His Fiction Mystery Book - Murder at Graverly Manor
• Kimpton's Hotel Vintage Plaza in Portland Completes $4 million Renovation; New Design Theme Visually Illustrates Hotel's Commitment to Oregon's Wine Industry
• Prime Holding Opens the 100 room Hotel Indigo in San Jose, Costa Rica
• The Reefs Club, Bermuda's Newest Residence Club, scheduled to open July 2009, Nagma Walker Appointed General Manager

April 16, 2009 

• Best Western Atrea Hotel and Suites in Lackland, TX selects MSI's PMS & POS; West Hospitality Limited and MSI: Uncompromising choice for guests and technology
• In Orange County, California, the Flash Point for the AIG Effect, Hotels Bear Brunt of Meetings Drop; Convention Attendance Steadier / Sandi Cain
• Hotel Borrower Dilemma: the Note Is in Default or Coming Due; Helping Borrowers Create Value with Distressed Hotels / Jim Butler
• Waterfront Place Hotel Taps UniFocus for MEETINGScope™ and GUESTScope™; Happier Guests and Meeting Planners Draw Money to the Bottom-Line: UniFocus' Advanced Survey Analytics ups Wow-Factor
• The Town of Taos, New Mexico Sues Best Western Kachina Lodge for Unpaid Lodging Taxes: Suit Claims City Attorney Violated Law by Negotiating Nearly $300,000 Down to $11,250
• Memphis Hoteliers Ponder the Loss of a 50,000 Attendee Religious Convention to St. Louis
• Destin, Florida Gives Preliminary Approval for 313-unit Crystal Beach Resort Development -- Sort of. Maybe. Perhaps.
• The Greenbrier's 9 Unions Representing 909 Employees Must Strike a Deal with Marriott - or Face an Uncertain Future
• The Hottest New Hotels, Restaurants, Spas, and Night Clubs in the U.S. as Determined by Conde Nast Traveler
• Kor Hotel Management Appoints Rob Henderson as Director of Sales and Marketing for Viceroy Snowmass

April 15, 2009 

• Condé Nast Johansens Selects SynXis as the  Preferred Technology Partner for its Exclusive Hotel Collection of Over 1,300 Properties
• Choice Hotels' Comfort Suites and Cambria Suites Brands Benefit from Going 100% Smoke-free and Joining the FreshStay.com Network
• Creator of Las Vegas Ad Slogan Seeks New Deal; "What happens here, stays here" Considered One of the Best Advertising Tag Lines in Recent Decades, Up There with "Where's the beef" and "Just do it"
• Red Roof Has Eight NextGen New Build Properties Under Construction with 25 Locations Under Contract
• Generate More Revenue By Making Training Everyone's Job / Doug Kennedy
• "A Bakers Dozen" of Strategies for Hotel Controllers / Dr John Hogan
• The St. Regis Atlanta Opens; Located in Buckhead, the 151 room Hotel is Owned by SR Hotel Development Company and Designed by Hirsch Bedner Associates
• VP of Entertainment, Michael Greco, Aims to Make Palms Resort and Casino the Go-to Place for Las Vegas Nightlife
• EasyRMS to take Revenue Management Education Seminars to Sydney and Melbourne, Australia
• Swire Hotels Opening the 117 room Upper House in Hong Kong; Café Gray Deluxe Marks the Return of Chef Gray Kunz to Hong Kong
• Series of Events Give Disadvantaged Women Professional Skills and Networking Opportunities to Succeed in Lodging Industry
• LQ Management L.L.C. Completes Conversion of the Jewish Federation Building in Downtown Chicago to a 241 room La Quinta Inn & Suites
• Leisure Real Estate Advisors, LLC Continues Growth; David Jones Appointed Investment Associate to the Kansas City Office
• Pam Patoine Named" General Manager of the Year" by National Hotel Management Firm Courtyard Concord Manager Recognized as Top Performer
• Interstate's Crossroads Division Names James DeLorge II General Manager of the Year
• Waterford Hotel Group Honors Top Performers at Annual Business Meeting, Hotel Team and Associate of the Year Among Awards Presented

April 14, 2009 

• Build Profitability in 2009: Maestro PMS Proactive Yield Management Enables Operators to Thrive in Challenging and Competitive Marketplace; Effective real-time Yield Management is essential to manage RevPAR intelligently and deliver maximum profits across all channels
• Quality Track to Celebrate 2 Million Mystery Shop Calls
• Tampa and San Antonio Are Two Cities with the Largest Hotel Rate Reductions When Compared to the Same Time Last Year / Hotwire Survey
• Hotel Sales Basics - The Basics Have Changed  - Web Cast April 24, 2009
• The Greenbrier Resorts Bankruptcy So Far Not Affecting the CSX Owned Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa
• It's Time to Seek Advice from a Hotel Internet Specialist When…  / Neil Salerno
• Boom Turns to Glut for Providence, Rhode Island Hotels
• Radisson LAX Signs Union Contract with UNITE HERE Local 11, Becoming Fourth LAX Hotel to Become Union on the 'New Century' Blvd
• Cvent Partners with Hyatt to Increase Group Business to Hotels; Hyatt Promotes Complete Portfolio on Cvent Supplier Network
• ZDirect Releases Innovative "On-Demand" Filters for Hoteliers
• Essential Amenities -- Our Brands and Your Guests...PERFECT TOGETHER!
• Distinguished® International Hotels, Residences and Resorts Chooses Advantage Reserve for Its Reservations & Revenue Management
• Transformation of the Shelton Towers Hotel; One Hotel's Fate 119 Years Ago / Stanley Turkel
• IH/M&RS Opens 2009 Gold Key Awards Competition for Excellence in Hospitality Design; Designers of hotels, restaurants, clubs, conference centers, spas encouraged to enter the competition
• 'Faces of Travel' Highlights Workers Affected by Assault on Business Meetings- Travel Industry Launches Nationwide Hunt for New Spokespeople
• Thomas Varley Named 2009 University of New Hampshire Hospitality Alumnus of the Year
• Marriott Names Amy C. McPherson President and Managing Director of European Lodging
• Diego Heredia Appointed General Manager of Viceroy Palm Springs

April 13, 2009 

• Online Seminar: The Secrets to Extracting More Value from Your Hotel's Listings on OTAs and Third-Party Travel Sites. Learn How to Better Merchandise Your Hotel Online - April 14th, 2009
• Marriott to Discontinue Automatic Morning Deliver of Newspapers to Full-service Hotel Guestrooms; Newspaper Distribution will be Reduced by About 50,000 Papers Daily, Guests Must Now Request a Free Morning Paper
• An Iconic Story about a "Bedbug Letter"; An Instructive on the Importance of Treating People with Respect and Dignity / Robert Braun
• When the Boom Goes Bust, South Beach Hotelier Louis Taic Adapts
• Greek Isles Hotel & Casino, the Former Debbie Reynolds Hotel, Enters Chapter 11; Defaults on a $56 million Loan
• Marriott Increases Group Business on Cvent Supplier Network; New Partnership to Promote Marriott Hotels with Meeting Planners
• Prokapital, the Holding of Domina Vacanze and Domina Hotel Group, Opens the $27.8 million Domina Inn Milano-Fiera near Milan, Italy
• A $10 million Project Will See the President, a Former Mississippi River Cruise Ship, Morphed into a Floating Hotel and Conference Center on a Lake in St Elmo, Illinois
• If You Use the Internet to Promote Travel to Canada, Enter the 2009 Canadian e-Tourism Awards
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 60 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Austrian Guido Schwengersbauer Finds Success with the 16 room Casa Romantica La Parenzana, a Most Unusual Hotel in Istria, Croatia
• Carlson's Country Inns & Suites Reognizes the Washington Dulles International Airport Property as the 2008 Hotel of the Year; Diane D'Amico, GM of the Country Inn & Suites in  Pineville, Louisiana Honored as General Manager of the Year
• Ocean Properties, Ltd. Opens the 100 unit Residence Inn by Marriott in Auburn, Maine
• HFTP Asian Conference Addresses Important Asian Marketplace Issues
• Hospitality Management Corporation Names the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as the Property of the Year

April 10, 2009 

• Solid Sales and Marketing Fundamentals Can Improve Hotel Performance in Tough Times / John Davies
• Tourism Safety & Security 2009 Set for May 7th in Anaheim, California; Conference will address hospitality health, safety, and other timely topics
• Understanding ADA Implications When Renovating or Repositioning your Hotel / David Sudeck and Marty Orlick
• Attention All Hotel Owners in the Mid-Atlantic or South East experiencing financial difficulties!!  Is it time for an equity partner?  If yes, please call in confidence Richard Squier 305-371-2900
• April Fool's Hotelicopter Takes Off as New Web Site Allowing Users to Find Hotels at the Best Available Rate
• Northern California's Konocti Harbor Resort Has Liquor License Suspended for 32 Days
• Auction of Cal Neva Resort on Lake Tahoe Has No Bidders
• Sheldon G. Adelson, Chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., Tells the Texas Legislature He is Willing to Invest More than $2 billion in a Destination Casino Resort in Texas
• Third-party Management Company StepStone Hospitality Formed; Company is a Sister Organization to hotelAVE
• Leela Hotels, Palaces & Resorts Investing $300 million in Three New Indian Hotel Properties; Opens the 322 room Leela Kempinski Gurgaon, Delhi N.C.R, India
• A Long-term View Underpins Marriott's Confidence in the Future of its Business in Saudi Arabia; Nine New Marriott Properties Scheduled for the Kingdom
• The Siegel Group Nevada Selects MICROS OPERA Lite for Two Newly Acquired Casinos
• John Q. Hammons Opens the 263-suite Embassy Suites in Loveland, Colorado; Tom Dwyer the Opening GM
• Various Travel Deals Available for Those Traveling to 2009 HITEC in Anaheim, California
• Andy Dolce, Founder and Chairman of Dolce Hotels and Resorts, to Share Entrepreneurial Vision With Cornell Hotel Students

April 8, 2009 

• Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. Wins Best Hotel and Lodging Website Award
• Online Seminar: The Secrets to Extracting More Value from Your Hotel's Listings on OTAs and Third-Party Travel Sites. Learn How to Better Merchandise Your Hotel Online - April 14th, 2009
• Nine Reasons Why Some Hotels Are Getting More Bookings From The Internet
• Chapel Hill, North Carolina Hotel Shelved - Not for Issues of Financing Rather Neighborhood Opposition
• Second Professional Property Management Company, David Holland's Resort Lodging in the Park City and Deer Valley Utah Area, Fails to Make On-time Payments to Condominium Owners
• Leisure Hotels Expands Receivership Services for Distressed Hotel Assets; A One-Stop Resource with a 20-Year Track Record of Stabilizing and Operating Troubled Assets
• Ascott Celebrates 25 Successful Years at The Top; Unprecedented grand prize rewards one lucky customer with free stays for the next 25 years; customers also enjoy 25% off rates in over 25 cities and more
• Cameron Holdings Hotel Management Transforming a Property in Shanghai's Historic Shiliupu District into a Boutique Hotel, The WaterHouse at South Bund
• Maistra Ltd. Opens the Euro 27 million Hotel Monte Mulini on the Adriatic Coast in Rovinj, Croatia
• Strong Line-up of Industry Exhibitors Anticipated for HOFEX 2009, Hong Kong May 6-9, 2009; Agenda Set for The Hospitality Technology Forum on 7th May 2009
• Teague Hunter Named One of "Ten to Watch" at HotelWorld Global Hospitality & Design Awards Ceremony
• Jay Green, Phoenix Convention Center Director, Retiring

April 7, 2009 

• Lodgian Increases Deal Closing Effectiveness with Multi-Property Sales System; Web-Based Sales & Catering Software Automates 39 Properties
• Hermani LLC Implements Aptech's Profitvue Back Office Accounting System for Multiple Properties; Effortless installation, ease of use enables more efficient accounting processes
• A Proposal for a 1,000-room Hotel Overlooking the Salt Palace in Downtown Salt Lake City Raises Hope, Eyebrows
• The New Hotel Sales and Revenue Management Metrics - This Could save Your Job! / Carol Verret
• Some Say an Increased Hotel Room Tax to 17% Would Not Hurt Indianapolis's Reputation as a Low Cost Host for Conventions and Meetings
• Spas & Hotels: Compatible, Marketable & Profitable / Judith L Singer
• Hainan Baolian City Company Ltd. Building a 1000 room Ramada Hotel and Suites in Bo'ao, Hainan, China
• Alliance Announces a Margin War Against the Large OTAs
• Niagara County Community College's New $15 million Hospitality and Tourism School in Downtown Niagara Falls Could Be Up and Running in Four Months
• Nordic Hotels, Stockholm Selects ZDirect to Drive its eCRM Initiatives
• Jed Heller, President of The Providence Group, Invited to Participate as a Panelist for the Information Management Network (IMN) Distressed Hotel Symposium
• Konoba-style Hotels and Agri-tourism Important Component of National Tourist Plan for Istria, Croatia; A Visit with Ipsa Olive Oil
• Hay Creek Hospitality Completes a Restaurant Transformation at the Orchards Hotel in Williamstown, Massachusetts; Appoints Chris Bonnivier to Executive Chef 
• Benchmark Execs Alex Cabañas, Ellen Sinclair and Dave Vogt Elected to IACC Board of Directors
• Dow Appoints Donna Rios to General Manager of the 353-room Hilton Bellevue in Washington

April 6, 2009 

• SynXis to Provide REDX Distribution Management System for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
• Webinar: How to Better Merchandise Your Hotel Online; Learn the Secrets to Extracting More Value from Your Hotel's Listings on OTAs and Third-Party Travel Sites, April 14th, 2009
• The World's Top 10 Eco-friendly Hotels as Determined by TripAdvisor Editors and Travelers
• Terminating Hotel Management Agreements Without Liability / Jim Butler
• Comment Cards - Why They Are Not Much Better Than Nothing - Here, Please Take the Sleeves Off My Vest / Ragsdale Hendrie
• The Greenbrier Resort Files U.S. Bankruptcy Court Papers Detailing Assets Totaling $141.7 million, Liabilities of $107.4 million
• Detroit's Greektown Casino Has Been Days Late and Millions of Dollars Short; Owes Creditors and Lenders $777 million
• Hotel Construction Booms in Mesa / Chandler, Arizona; Many Projects Received Financing Commitments Before Lending Dried Up
• Scrapping the $77 million Westin Hotel at Sacramento International Airport's New Terminal Ripples Through Economy
• Landmark Clearwater, Florida Resort, The Belleview Biltmore, Awaits 3-Year $100 million Restoration
• Look Who's Talking! Meet the Money® 2009, May 5-7, 2009 at the Sheraton Gateway LAX
• It is a Delightful Time to be a Traveler Looking for Lodging; Bad Business Climate Means Good Hotel Rates
• High-end Motor Coach Resort Developer, Jeanne Rizzotto, Sued for $200K

April 3, 2009 

• The Wilshire Grand Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles to Be Knocked Down; Korean Air and Thomas Properties Group Plan a Billion Dollar Redevelopment of Site with 700 room Luxury Hotel, Office and Condominiums
• In Today's Economy Is the Hotel Industry Being Too Polite? Survival Tips for the Bold & Shamelesse Hotelier / Daniel Edward Craig
• The Parent Company of the Riviera Hotel Casino, Las Vegas and Riviera Black Hawk Casino in Colorado Facing Bankruptcy; Fails to Make Interest Payments on a $245 million Credit Facility
• Tucson's Lodge on the Desert Completes $15 Million Expansion and Renovation; 69 Guest Rooms Added
• Rochester, New York's  Largest Conference Center and Hotel Completes $6.5 million Renovation and Conversion to the Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside
• Obaluxe Hotel Advisors Assumes Management of the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Boca Raton, Florida
• Through the Eyes of a Hotel Butler:  Guest Satisfaction Measurement - Checkmarks on an Opinion Survey Versus Spoken Words
• SMS/World XA Online Booking Engine, PAR Springer-Miller Powers Web Reservations with New Integrated Module
• IHG Names Chris Jones as General Manager and Pat McTigue as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter
• Supertel Hospitality Names Kelly A. Walters President and CEO, Replacing Paul J. Schulte
• Carlson Hotels Promotes Ed Holliday to  Vice President of Development for Carlson Hotels Worldwide - Mid-East United States

April 2, 2009 

• Five Diamond Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas Romances Guests with High Tech Concierge System; The Concierge Assistant Streamlines Stellar Customer Service for Ultra Luxury Resort
• The Ninth Annual Resort Conference Decides to Go Virtual, Cancels On-site Conference in 2009 but Offers A Webinar Series to be Offered Free to the First 100 Qualified Resort Professionals 
• Home2 Suites by Hilton Outlines More Design and Sustainability Details for Future Developers
• Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, with 780 hotels Around the World, Forced to Seek Protection from its Creditors
• From Record Highs to Historic Lows - Las Vegas Room Rates Droping Fast
• Platinum Ridge Properties Puts Five Hotels, All with Ground Leases with the Columbus (Ohio) Regional Airport Authority, Up for Sale: Comfort Suites, Baymont Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn and Concourse Hotel & Conference Center
• The 179 room City Center Hotel - Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Formerly Park Plaza Hotel) Scheduled for Auction May 14, 2009
• 1958 MSU Hotel School Alumnus, William Clithero, the First and Original Sparty - the Mascot of Michigan State University
• Rezidor Hotel Group Develops Career Development Programme for Supervisors; In 2008 Rezido Appointed 100 General Managers of Which 23 Were Promoted from the Mentor-Mentee Programme
• Hyatt Hotels Opens the 296-room Hyatt Regency Ekaterinburg, Russia's Fourth Largest City; The Hotel is the Second Hyatt Branded Property in Russia
• Oxford Capital Group and Partners Bricton Group and Gettys Open the $50 million-plus 225 room Hotel Felix Chicago
• IHG, Currently With 11 Hotels in India, Has 31 Management Contracts in the India's Pipeline
• Asaad Farag Appointed General Manager of the Corinthia Hotel St Petersburg, Russia
• Luis Bruno Appointed Director of Culinary Development at the Hilton Jackson, Mississippi; Formerly the Executive Chef at the Mississippi Governor's Mansion
• Cindy Lew Named Director of Marketing at the Don CeSar Beach Resort, A Loews Hotel, in St. Pete Beach, Florida

April 1, 2009 

• World's Busiest Airport: Hotel Guests Staying near Atlanta's ATL Value Flyte Systems Live Airline Information; NextGen travelers insist on airline flight displays and boarding pass printing
• Aliante Station in North Las Vegas Selects Software Suite from Agilysys; New Hotel Casino Implements Property Management, Point-of-Sale, Guest Marketing Solutions 
• Rosewood Hotels and Stanford University Opening the 123 room Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park, California
• Desires Hotels and Owner Joe Edwards Open the Stylish 125 room Moonrise Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri
• Personality Hotels Completes $2 million Restoration of the Kensington Park Hotel, San Francisco
• Pinnacle Advisory Group Updates 2009 Projections for Boston and Massachusetts
• The American Hotel & Lodging Association Recognizes Matthew Schwarz As an Outstanding Hotel Supplier
• Educational Institute, FreemanGroup Collaboration Results in New "Train, Retain, Assess, and Certify" (TRAC) Program for Line-Level Skills Training
• A Different Appraisal of Our Biggest Challenges in 2009 / Dr John Hogan
• Kessler's Newest Boutique Hotel, The Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville, Opens; Executive Team Lead by John Luckett
• Restaurateur Mark Croce in Design Stage for 65 room Luxury Hotel in Downtown, Buffalo, New York
• Sage Hospitality Appoints Robert Cartwright General Manager at The Blackstone- A Renaissance Hotel, Chicago
• The Boulders Resort in Carefree, Arizona  Joins the Waldorf Astoria Collection