Top
25 Read Articles - September 2009
- Hilton
Changes Corporate Name and Logo
- Skyrocketing
Hotel Default Rates - More Storm than Tsunami / Karen Johnson
- Hotel
Marketing in 2010: Perception Trumps Positioning / John Davies
- Editorial:
Hyatt Treated 100 Housekeepers Shabbily When it Fired Them -- But the
Response from the Governor of Massachusetts Is Way Over the Top
- Does
"End of the Recession" Mean "Recovery"? Not for Luxury Hotels! / Jim
Butler
- Hyatt
Recognizes and Regrets that They Did Not Handle All Parts of the Boston
Housekeeper Layoffs In a Way that Reflects the Organization's Values;
All Affected Housekeepers At the Three Hyatt Hotels Will be Offered New
Full-time Positions in the Boston Market
- New
Hotel Owner Riles Hispanics; Owner of Whitten Inn in Taos, New Mexico
(the former Paragon Inn) Tells Workers to Change Names, Speak English
Only
- The
Year-old Nikki Beach Resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands Shuttered;
Leeward Resort Ltd., Owner of the Property, Enters Receivership
- A
26-page Manual,"H1N1 Influenza Management in Hotels," Provided by
AH&LA
- Managing
Revenue by Market Segment - The Recovery Challenge for Sales and
Revenue Managers / Carol Verret
- Patricia
Jenkins Named as Director for Greenbrier in Quest to Restore Resorts
Five Star Status
- Affiliate
of Barclays Capital Quietly Repossess the Fairmont Orchid Resort on
Hawaii's Big Island; Westbrook Partners LLC Paid $250 million for the
540-room resort in 2005
- Las
Vegas' CityCenter Begins to Fill 12,000 Permanent Positions; Represents
Nation's Single Largest Employment Opportunity
- The
Hotel Owner's and Hotel Lender's Dilemma: Sell Now or Sell Later? How
Long Does it Take to Market a Hotel Today? / Jim Butler
- New
York Hotelier Andre Balazs Prepares to Sell South Beach, Florida's
Raleigh Hotel; Intends to Focus on Expansion of Standard Chain
- Prince
Resorts Hawaii to Terminate Management of the Maui Prince Hotel; Lender
Wells Fargo Seeking a Receiver
- LEADERSHIP:
The Basis for Management / William P. Fisher PhD.
- The
Securities and Exchange Commission Files Fraud Lawsuit Against Chicago
Hotel/Condo Developer Robert Falor, Alleging He Stole $4.6 million from
Investors in Three Hotel Projects
- Hotel
Common Sense - A Hotelier's Self - Assessment Quiz / Dr John Hogan
- Condominium
Owners in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Receive Letter from
Premier Resorts International Advising Unable to Pay Rental Pool
Proceeds for July and August Rentals
- Orlando-area
hotels Have Worst August in at Least 22 Years - 58% Occupancy
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors Hands Back to Lenders Another Hotel, the 299-room
Marriott Ontario Airport; Stops Making Payments on the $26 million
Mortgage
- Bedbug
Infestations Continue to be Source of Irritaion for Hoteliers; Any
Hotel Can Be a Victim, From Five Star to No Star
- Hotel
Common Sense - A Message to General Managers on Creating Successful
Sales Management for 2010 / Dr John Hogan
- You
Need to Reset Your Exit Strategy / Jim Burr
September 30, 2009
- WNW
Hospitality Experiences Success with Aggressive Online Marketing; WNW
generates significant increase in group leads in first few months
- Opening
the Door to Green; Pineapple helps the hospitality industry unlock
sustainability with Green Earth Green-Key cards, key packets and key
sleeves
- SpeedRFP™
is Introduced at the 2009 Motivation Show; Representatives of Elite
Meetings International, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, APEX and the
Meeting Planning Community Unveil a New, Commission-Free, Portable
Online RFP System
- What
Happened at the Phoenix lodging Conference? Can We Find a Black
Swan? / Jim Butler
- Nikko
Hotels Provides Business Etiquette Tips for the International Traveler;
Unraveling Cultures with Unfamiliar Social Etiquette
- Recap
of 2009 HFTP Annual Convention & Tradeshow
- The
U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism Department Spending $6 million on a CNN /
CNN Headline News TV Advertising Campaign
- Hotel
Technologies® Reports No Recession on Guests' Expectations;
Designer, developer of iHome and state-of-the-art intelligent
electronic products and patented technologies for hotels and resorts
helps hoteliers stay in tune with guests' demands in preparation for
recovery
- Three
Oaks Hospitality Hospitality Bucks the Trend by Adding New Golf Club
Management Arm; Golf Operations veteran Greg French will head up new
division
- Protect-A-Bed®
Sponsors Bed Bug Educational Session; Seminar teaches hotel owners and
operators importance of bed bug management
- EZYield.com
Gains Followers in The Holy City and Beyond; Charlestowne Hotels uses
channel management technology to reach the masses
- Book
More Reservations with a Powerful Brand Optimization Strategy
- Aztec
Group, Inc. Negotiates a Joint Venture for the Ownership of the Ocean
Sands Resort & Spa in Pompano Beach, Florida
- Roomlinx
Launches Interactive TV in Mexico at Luxury Resort; Roomlinx Completes
Installation at Casa Dorada Resort & Spa
- Titan
Hospitality Group Completes $10 million Transformation and Rebranding
of the Former Radisson Plaza Hotel in Rochester, Minnesota to
Doubletree Hotel Rochester/Downtown
- Pravin
Patel Completes $5 million Renovation on a Shuttered 40 Year-old Hotel;
Will Re-open as the 100-room Best Western Portage Hotel and Suites in
Portage, Indiana
- Tallahassee
Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Has New Moniker and New Director:
"Visit Tallahassee" Headed by Lee Daniel
- Miami's
Landmark Raleigh Hotel Acquired by Brilla Group and AJ Capital Partners
- Maui's
Newest Resort, Honua Kai Resort & Spa is Serious about
Sustainability; Environmental Programs Appeal to Ecologically-Minded
Guests Visiting Honua Kai
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Names Ted Jacobs Vice President Brand Design
- Erik
Mrdak Named Director of Food & Beverage for Oasis Hotel Near
Montgomery, Alabama
- The
Curtis Hotel in Denver Appoints Bruce Mangual as Director of Catering
and Rick Oberdahlhoff as Director of Sales and Marketing
September 29, 2009
- Become
a Fan, MSI Launches its Fan Page on Facebook; If you haven't seen MSI
lately, you haven't seen MSI
- SynXis'
Distribution Marketing Solutions Help Westcord Hotels Launch New Brand
- Homeowners
Near the Shuttered Tamarack Resort in Idaho Take Legal Steps in Hopes
of Opening the Ski Area and Lodge
- Lenders
for the Stalled Fontainebleau Las Vegas Want to Oust Developer Jeffrey
Soffer from the Bankrupt Project and Have the Court Sell the Unfinished
$3 billion Venture
- Don't
be Invisible Online - Learn which Websites Travelers Use to find Hotels
and be Seen!
- Resort
Operator Six Senses Set to Manage a Resort Built on an Islet on the
Northwest Coast of Sri Lanka; Six Senses Hideaway at Dutch Bay Being
Developed by Joint Venture Between Six Senses and Swarna Dweep, an
Investment Vehicle
- 5-Star
Employees - Part 3 / Bryan K. Williams
- Thayer
Lodging Completes a $70 million Renovation to the Marriott Miami
Airport Campus; The Three Marriott Properties are the Miami Airport
Marriott, the Courtyard Miami Airport South, and the Residence Inn
Miami Airport South
- Taiwan
Voters' Reject Gambling Bill Killing Navegante Group's Plans for
600-room Hotel and 130,000-square-foot Casino in Penghu, Taiwan
- Hotel
Common Sense - The Most Important Words for the Workplace / Dr John
Hogan
- New
on VTV Channel: eBusiness for Hoteliers - How to Motivate the Content
Sensitive Traveler
- NHH
Hotels & Resorts Announces Completion of $8 Million Renovation at
Embassy Suites Pittsburgh-International
- Certified
Food & Beverage Executive (CFBE) Program Features New Format, New
Content
- Trust
and HotelREZ Launch "Dream" CRS: CentralREZ
- Real
Estate Developer Tai Hung Fai Enterprise Co. Ltd, Building a 150-room
Hotel Indigo in Hong Kong
- Hilton
Akron/Fairlawn Makes History - the Only Hilton Franchise to Reach
40 years in Business Under the Same Continuous Ownership
- The
Hotel Group (THG) Opens the 165-room Crowne Plaza Anchorage-Midtown
- Kinseth
Hospitality Opens Two New Hotels in Lincoln, Nebraska; The Hampton Inn
& Suites Northeast I-80 and Residence Inn South
- Pan
Pacific Hotels Group Names David Wong as Vice President, Technical
Services
- Choice
Hotels Names Todd Davis as Chief Technology Officer
- Hospitality
Management Corporation Names Management Team For New Candlewood Encino
Commons in San Antonio, Texas
- Penn
National Gaming Names John Osborne General Manager of Hollywood Slots
Hotel & Raceway in Bangor, Maine
- Rex
Warren Joins the Faculty of The Hospitality College at Johnson &
Wales University Providence Campus
September 28, 2009
- Move
to TravelCLICK Yields High Returns for Joie de Vivre Hotels' Internet
Marketing; Advertising Campaign Delivers Up to a 20-to-1 ROI
- Softscribe
Inc. Signs Ilan Lael Foundation; James Hubbell and family pioneer
"beauty as a door to change," green construction through straw bale
techniques
- Hyatt
Recognizes and Regrets that They Did Not Handle All Parts of the Boston
Housekeeper Layoffs In a Way that Reflects the Organization's Values;
All Affected Housekeepers At the Three Hyatt Hotels Will be Offered New
Full-time Positions in the Boston Market
- Massachussetts
Governor Reviewing Hyatt's Offer to Laid Off Housekeepers; Wants to
Ensure the Workers Feel the Proposal is Fair
- Bob
Stupak 1942-2009: Las Vegas Icon Defied the Odds: Colorful Gaming
Entrepreneur's Exploits Made Headlines Over and Over Again
- The
Widewaters Group Selects Access Hotels & Resorts to Operate the
Woodcliff Hotel & Spa in Fairport, NY and the Brookwood Inn in
Pittsford, NY; Graham Asher to Manage the Two Hotels
- Choice
Hotels Offers Perspectives on Boutique and Lifestyle Trends, Extended
Stay Lodging and Efficient Property-Level Operations
- The
Bankrupt Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa Has at Least One
Qualified Potential Buyer
- Hilton
Worldwide Prepares to Open Waldorf=Astoria Orlando: Many Threads Woven
into the Bonnet Creek Hotel that Tie it Undeniably to its New York
Namesake
- Blackstone
Group a Suitor for Sea World Parks in Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego
- Hostmark's
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza is the Largest LEED® Gold Certified Hotel in
the World
- Royal
Caribbean Boosts Haiti's Tourism Comeback Efforts with $55 million
Private Investment, the Largest Investment in Haiti Tourism in Decades
- Undisclosed
Renovations Under Investigation at Paris Las Vegas: Whistle-blower
Prompts 20 Notices of Violation
- Desert
Rock Enterprises Raises Ownership of Golden Gate, Las Vegas to 60%,
Derek Stevens Approved to Become Chief Operating Officer
- Madison
Capital Management & New Castle Hotels & Resorts Name Cynthia
Stanley as General Manager of Holiday Inn Albany
- Robert
Dmuchowski Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Dolce Valley
Forge, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
- Sachiko
Takahashi-Soong Named Associate Director of Sales for Rosewood Little
Dix Bay, BVI and Jumby Bay, a Rosewood Resort in Antigua
September 25, 2009
September 24, 2009
September 23, 2009
- Smoky
Mountain Resorts Selects Maestro Multi-Property PMS & ResWave
Booking Engine for 7 Flagged and Independent Hotels to Maximize RevPar
& Cross Selling Online; Hosted ASP PMS, ResWave Online Booking,
Condo-Timeshare on one database at all properties to ensure optimized
rates, accurate inventories, and management controls
- Japan's
Largest Global Hotel Chain, JAL Hotels, Switches to SynXis for Complete
Distribution Services
- Hilton
Changes Corporate Name and Logo
- Ongoing
Dispute with Owners of 234 Condos Over Maintenance Costs Causes The
Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, Longboat Key, FL, to Suspend Hotel
Operations
- What
Can a Blog do for my Hotel? The General Manager from Hawthorne Hotel
Shares Insight!
- A
Message to General Managers on Creating Successful Sales Management for
2010
- Senate
Passes Travel Industry Promotion Bill / Christopher T. Cardinale
- Foreclosure
Filed on Premier Resorts in South Carolina; Premier Resorts Owes $6.75
million, Cancelled as Property Managers at Barefoot Resort
- Hotel
Indigo Downtown Baton Rouge Riverfront Construction Begins; Renovation
of Former Hotel King to be Completed Fall 2010
- INNCOM
Bolsters Sales Force with Addition of Three Executives; Leader in
energy-management systems and products looks to the future by ramping
up sales effort to meet hotel-industry demand for cost savings
- MTech,
runtriz Partner to Speed Guest Service, Response Via iPhone, Blackberry
and more; Equipped with their favorite touch-screen device,
guests/staff use mobile technology to request/deliver services from
virtually anywhere
- HSMAI'S
20th Annual Affordable Meetings® National Event Caps Successful
Year of Making Connections
- Sage
Hospitality Selected to Manage 110-room Glenn Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
- Kinseth
Hospitality Companies Completes Multi-Million Dollar Renovation for
Brand Relaunch of Holiday Inn Bloomington Airport, Minneapolis
- According
to Industry Experts, Shift4's 4Go(TM) Significantly Reduces PCI Burden
While Increasing Ease of Compliance
- The
Westin Resort, Aruba Names Richard Roy General Manager
- Benchmark
Hospitality Names Wesley A. Rosati Executive Chef of Lansdowne Resort
in Lansdowne, Virginia
September 22, 2009
- VIZERGY®
Enhances its Long-standing Google Qualified Company Status; Company's
Entire Search Marketing Team now Google Qualified
- Treasure
Island Selects Comprehensive Software Suite from Agilysys; Hotel to
Implement Property Management, Inventory and Procurement, Guest
Marketing, Document Management Solutions
- Milestone
Internet Marketing Hotel Websites Continue To Win Awards
- Meeting
Professionals, Elite Hotels Unite at the Fall 2009 Elite Meetings
Alliance (EMA) - As the Travel Industry Comes Back, Hospitality Execs
Rally Support, Book Meetings and Demonstrate the Value of Sustainable
Business, Conducted in Real Time
- Hotel
Owners - Now Is the Time to Review and Reset Your Exit Strategy / Jim
Burr
- Orlando-area
hotels Have Worst August in at Least 22 Years - 58% Occupancy
- Plans
for Convention Center Hotel -- a Project Eyed by Portland Politicians
for 20 Years -- Are Officially Dead
- Hotel
Management Strategies For Tough Times
- A
Proposal to Build a 254-room, Lego-themed Hotel at the Legoland
California Amusement Park Wins Early Support from Carlsbad Planning
Commission
- San
Diego's Handlery Hotel and Resort Closing for Three Months to Undertake
a $4 million Renovation, its First Complete Makeover in More than 50
Years
- Penn
National Gaming Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Bankrupt Las Vegas
Fontainebleau Project
- Hotel
San Carlos Enhances Security, Guest Loyalty Program with TTI's
Scan2PMS; System imports text and images from passports and driver's
licenses directly to the hotel's property-management system to
instantly ID guests, stop charge-back claims and capture missing data
from third-party reservations
- Hostmark
Hospitality Group Adds Four Points by Sheraton and Holiday Inn Express
in Saginaw, Michigan to Management Roster
- 301
Room Traders Hotel in Abu Dhabi Implements an Effective Cost Savings
Strategy
- Last
Days to Register -- Habits of Highly Successful Revenue Managers -- The
Game has Changed - Web Cast September 25th, 2009
- Trust
International Helps Hotels to Maximize Yield with IDeaS Best Available
Rate Recommendations; WORLDHOTELS affiliate hotel Grand Elysee Hamburg
among the first to use enhancement
- A
Three-fold Strategy; Croatia-based Laguna-Novigrad d.d. Operates Two
Hotels and Campsites
- Starwood's
Fifth Element Hotel Opens - Element Denver Park Meadows; 123-room Hotel
Owned by Medical Hospitality Group and Managed by InterMountain
Management, LLC
- Accor
Concludes Sale of 158 hotelF1 Properties in Budget Segment in France
for EUR272 million (US$402 Million)
- Hard
Rock International Opens Hard Rock Hotel and Cafe in Penang, Malaysia
- Hilton
Pittsburgh Work to Resume After G-20 Summit, Funds Secured for
Completion
- Meisel
Capital Partners Selects Small Luxury Hotels of the World Brand for the
Santa Maria Suites Resort, Key West, Florida
- Ramirez
Organization Opens a $12 million 152-room Holiday Inn Express in
Guadalajara, Mexico
- Hilton
Hotels Names John Vanderslice as Global Head of Luxury and Lifestyle
Brands
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Sherri Griffin Wright as Director of
Sales for the Courtyard by Marriott & Residence Inn Hotels in
Aberdeen, Maryland
- Elio
Arrabito Named Director of International Sales for The Roosevelt Hotel,
New York City
September 21, 2009
- TravelCLICK
Wins "Best Hotel and Lodging Website" in 2009 International WebAwards;
Record 20 Awards underscores TravelCLICK's position as the premier
digital agency for the hotel industry
- New
Hotel Owner Riles Hispanics; Owner of Whitten Inn in Taos, New
Mexico(the former Paragon Inn) Tells Workers to Change Names, Speak
English Only
- Las
Vegas' CityCenter Begins to Fill 12,000 Permanent Positions; Represents
Nation's Single Largest Employment Opportunity
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors Hands Back to Lenders Another Hotel, the 299-room
Marriott Ontario Airport; Stops Making Payments on the $26 million
Mortgage
- Ten
Years After Completion, the Economic Projections for The Hawai'i
Convention Center Fall Significantly Short
- The
Connell Company Selects Davidson Hotel Company to Manage the Planned
244-room Westin Berkeley Heights in Eastern New Jersey
- Hyatt
Place in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Prepares to Open; A Scaled-back
Version that Literally Was Shaped by the Credit Crunch
- Service
Blunders and Fixes - Exclusive Webinar: How to avoid some of the most
common customer service mistakes to boost revenue
- Introducing:
CoMMingle Social Media Marketing Agency for Hospitality
- New
VTV Episode: The Traveler's Road to Decision
- The
Delta Queen, the Last Overnight Passenger Steamboat in the Country, is
the Newest Hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Eight
More Individuals Charged with "False Shuffle" Cheating Scheme at
Casinos; To Date, 31 Defendants Have Pleaded Guilty
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 86 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts/JHM Hotels' JV Management Company to Open Four
Points(R) by Sheraton in Jaipur, India; First Duet India Hotels'
Investment Property in India, JHM Interstate Hotels India to Manage
- Caesar's
Dealers and Harrah's Entertainment Still Without Union Contract After
Nearly 2-Years; Dealers Take to Streets in Protest
September 18, 2009
- The
Securities and Exchange Commission Files Fraud Lawsuit Against Chicago
Hotel/Condo Developer Robert Falor, Alleging He Stole $4.6 million from
Investors in Three Hotel Projects
- Insights
on the New CMBS Rules - Dawning of a New Era, or Error of a New
Dawning? Implications for Troubled Hotel Loans / Jeff Steiner and Jim
Butler
- Prince
Resorts Ends 23-year Relationship As the Operator of the Maui Prince
Hotel and Makena Golf Course; Incoming Benchmark Hospitality Renames
Property the Makena Beach and Golf Resort
- Research
Comminssioned by the U.S. Travel Association Proves Business Travel
Drives Revenue, Profit Growth; 50 Page Report Available for FREE
- Understanding
the Facts for Effective Hotel Sales Management / Dr John Hogan
- Law
Suit Attacks State of North Carolina's Aid to Johnson & Wales
Culinary School in Charlotte; Claims $10 million Grant Does No Qualify
as an Economic Incentive
- Eight
Locations Under Consideration For a Publicly Financed 1,000-room Hotel
in Downtown Kansas City
- Understanding
Online Travel Shoppers: How Smart Hoteliers are Engaging Today's
Travelers and Driving More Bookings
- Optimus
Seeks Hotel Investments
- HREC
Arranges Sale of Park Ridge Hotel -King of Prussia, PA
- Trust
International's Customer Care and Consultation Delivers Bottom Line
Results for Customers
- 125-room
Park Hyatt Included in US $860 million Cockleshell Bay Development in
St. Kitts
- Gaming
Board Official Offers 'Preventive' Tips in Response to Problems that
led to Planet Hollywood Resort's $500,00 Fine for not Exercising Proper
Oversight of the Prive Nightclub
- Travelport
GDS and VFM Leonardo Extend their Relationship to Include Worldspan;
New exclusive agreement will enable Worldspan users to access the same
visual hotel content as Galileo users
- Hampton
Hotels Heads to Mayberry to Fix Up The Andy Griffith Show's Old City
Jail
- Developer
Stuart Bornstein Seeks Approval to Build a 132-room Hilton Garden Inn
in Hyannis, Massachusetts
- 1,600
Union Workers at Pittsburgh's Major Hotels Caught in a Dispute Between
Two Rival Unions
- After
Decade Long Decline, Detroit's Convention Business Expected to Fully
Recover by Next Year
- Hilton
Ontario Airport Hotel, Ontario, California Completes Multi-Million
Dollar Renovation
- SoCal
Hospitality, LLC Opening a $22 million Holiday Inn in Lake Forest,
California
- Unite
Here Rejoins AFL-CIO After Four-Year Absence
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Assumes Management of Resort in Makena, Maui
- Hostmark
Hospitality Group Adds Four Points by Sheraton and Holiday Inn Express
in Saginaw, Michigan to Management Roster
- Shaner
Hotels and Prime Group Open New 126-Room Hampton Inn & Suites in
Homestead, Florida
- The
InterContinental San Juan to Begin Renovation of Casino Enhancing Guest
Experience
- Robin
Korman Named to Lead Wyndham Rewards Loyalty Program
- Pan
Pacific Hotels Group Appoints Lloyd Daser as Area Vice President,
Malaysia and General Manager of Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur
- William
J. Sander III Named General Manager of The Seagate Hotel & Spa in
Delray Beach, Florida
- InterContinental
San Francisco Appoints Thane Kuhlman as Director of Food & Beverage
- Bruce
Jones Named as Executive Chef for Hyatt Regency Tamaya, New Mexico
September 16, 2009
September 15, 2009
- TIG
Global Releases Second Report in Destination eMarketing Best Practices
Series; 'Social Media and the DMO Marketer- Part II', Now Available to
the Public
- Revenue
Management Leader Rainmaker Group Signs Teaming Agreement with QL2;
Agreement formalizes 4-year relationship with QL2 to provide gaming
industry competitive data for Rainmaker profit optimization clients
- Harrah's
Buying Some of Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino's $860 million
Debt: A Strong Signal for Possible Takeover
- 3
Hotel Internet Marketing Tactics From Outside the Box
- Hotel
Liability -- Have You Checked Your Parental Release Forms Lately?
Florida Supreme Court Invalidates Parental Release Forms
- U.S.
Flagship for Taj Hotels, The Pierre On New York's Central Park,
Re-Opens Following $100 Million Renovations Program; 189 Redesigned
Residential-style Guest Rooms
- Closed
Nearly 30 Years, Historic Mayo Hotel in Downtown Tulsa Prepares to
Reopen Following a $40 million Renovation
- The
Final $10 million Piece of Financing for the $232 million W Hotel
Boston Preventing Sawyer Enterprises from Completing the Hotel/condo
Development
- i-Meet
Announces Social Media Supplier Listings; Online Community Moves
Forward With Web 2.0 Tools for Suppliers
- Service
Blunders and Fixes - Exclusive Webinar: How to avoid some of the most
common customer service mistakes to boost revenue
- Hotel
Branding and Product Specialization / Dr. Gabor Forgacs
- Say
Goodbye to Dying Media with an Effective Online Marketing Campaign
- EMCVenues
To Host MEET USA-East Coast 2009; Accredited Educational Conference is
Free to Meeting & Event Planners, Media
- NHH
Hotels & Resorts Announces Completion of Multi-Million Renovation
at Doubletree Hotel Atlanta/Roswell-Alpharetta
- New
Company Creates Groundbreaking Niche for Top Hotels; Luxury Guest
Services improves upon the guest experience and creates new revenue
stream with custom in-room services tailored to match your hotel's brand
- Habits
of Highly Successful Revenue Managers - The Game has Changed! Web
Cast September 25th, 2009
- Finca
Cortesín, Member of Distinguished® Hotels Named to
Condé Nast Traveler's 2009 Hot List
- AboutAnywhere.com
Announces a Next Generation OTA Business Model and Improved Website for
Booking Hotels Online
- MTech
Turns Control4 Platform into Hotel Profits; Guest self-service improves
service levels and saves labor dollars
- New
VTV Episode: The New Luxury - Merchandise, Don't Sell
- Lodge
at Primland Opens; Headed by GM Brooks Bradbury, the 26-room Lodge Is
the Centerpiece of the Primland Resort Located in Virginia's Blue Ridge
Mountains
- A
Resort City, "China Vegas", Envisioned for Inner Mongolia in the
People's Republic of China
- THG
Named 'Developer of the Year' by Hilton Hotels Corp. for Doubletree;
Recognized for the multi-million dollar renovations and reflagging of
Doubletree Hotel Cleveland Downtown/Lakeside and Doubletree Arctic Club
Seattle
- Colin
Gold Named General Manager of The Trump International Beach Resort,
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
- Preferred
Hotel Group Names Peter M. Kressaty as Regional Director, Florida
- Timothy
Rutland Appointed Executive Director of Sales & Marketing at The
Balboa Bay Club & Resort, Newport Beach, California
September 14, 2009
- The
Year-old Nikki Beach Resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands Shuttered;
Leeward Resort Ltd., Owner of the Property, Enters Receivership
- Luxury
Link Partners with Orient-Express; Two venerable luxury brands unite to
bring unique travel experiences to the discerning traveler
- How
to Edit, Export, & Upload Your Hotel Videos - Easy Technical Tips
- Resorts
Casino Hotel, Atlantic City's First, Can't Make Payments on its $360
million Mortgage; Lender Wells Fargo Bank Expected to Gain Control of
the Resort
- The
Late Billionaire Didier Primat's Family Completes the Rugged and Ritzy
26-room Lodge at Primland in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains; The Quest
Is On for Diamond Status
- Despite
Historic Visitor Declines, Some 15,600 Hotel Rooms Are Under
Construction in Las Vegas
- Florida's
Orange County Convention Center puts Faith in New 1,400-room Hilton
Orlando as Catalyst for Growth
- CityCenter's
Aria and Vdara First Las Vegas Hotels to Achieve LEED(R) Gold
Certification; ARIA Resort Now World's Largest LEED(R) Gold Certified
Building
- Tony
Potter, CEO of Corinthia Hotels, Recaps the Group's Growth Pattern, New
Positioning and Objectives
- Smart
Meetings Magazine Celebrates Successful Signature Events with Launch of
New Series
- The
InterContinental Hotels Group Signs Deal with Thai Conglomerate, Thai
Chareon Corporation, to Convert and Rebrand Four of its Hotels;
Includes Conversion of the 367-room Hyatt Adelaide to the
InterContinental Adelaide
- Tog
Hotels Finishing a $14 million Renovation and Conversion of the Former
Hampton Inn in Downtown Dallas to a 300-room Crowne Plaza
- Developer
Reviving Plans for a Resort near South Point in the Ka'u District of
the Big Island; 10 Year Project Envisions 36 Hole Golf Course, 950
Hotel/Condominium Units
- The
Summit Group Completes $6 million Renovation of Former AmeriSuites;
Rebranded as Springhill Suites by Marriott, Flagstaff, Arizona
- Singapore
Sees Double-digit Growth in Tourist Arrivals from Middle East
- HFTP
Honors Agnes DeFranco and Stephen LeBruto with the Paragon Award
- The
Ritz-Carlton Destination Club, Introduced in 1999 as a Fractional
Second Home Alternative, Evolves into a Home Club Membership Program
and a Deeded, Points-based Portfolio Membership Program
- Siena
Research Poll Shows Strong Opposition for Convention Center in Albany,
New York
- Melissa
Stiltz of Marriott Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego Receives Roger J. Dow
Sales Excellence Award
- Vail
Resorts Names Paul G. Toner Senior Vice President & Chief Operating
Officer of RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality
- Matthew
Sparks Appointed Senior Vice President of Development for the Wyndham
Hotels and Resorts® Brand
- LaSalle
Hotel Properties Names Michael D. Barnello Chief Executive Officer,
Replacing the Retiring Jon E. Bortz
- Phillip
Yates named Executive Head Chef for Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake
City, Utah
September 11, 2009
September 10, 2209
- Is
the GDS Still a Good Investment for Hotels?TravelCLICK Webinar Will
Answer This Question and Provide Insight on the Evolving Role of the
Travel Agent Channel and Effectiveness of GDS Promotion
- Elite
Meetings International Achieves Unprecedented Growth - In Less Than a
Year, EMI Doubles the Size of its Advisory Board, Quadruples Website
Traffic and Cements New Corporate Relationships; Hyatt, Starwood Execs
Are Added to the EMI Advisory Board
- Hong
Kong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd. Closing Hotel Operations at the 97-room
Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, California; Company Has No Plans to Sell
or Redevelop the Hotel
- A
Hotelier's Self-Assessment Quiz
- 360
Hotel Group Planning a TownePlace Suites with 83-rooms and SpringHill
Suites with 121-rooms in One Building; Bellingham, Washington Property
Would be First to Put These Two Marriott Brands in One Building
- Hawaii
Hotels Report July Occupancy 70.3%; Kaua'i Saw the Largest Drop
in Occupancy of 8.7% to 66%
- Begun
in 2008, the Holiday Inn "Refresh" Will be Completed by Late 2010; Cost
of Remake Averaging $100,000 to $200,000 per Hotel
- Harrah's
Entertainment Plan to Issue $720 million in Secured Notes to Decrease
Debt Load has Analysts Split
- Libra
OnDemand Partnership Brings 'Sulcus OnDemand' CRM to Spain; Based in
Barcelona, Sulcus Hospitality Group becomes Libra OnDemand's newest
channel partner; Sulcus calls deal win-win for companies, clients and
guests alike
- Roomlinx
Success Making Headlines; Hoteliers' positive results with Roomlinx
leads to increased media coverage
- LMP
International Named As Agency for Lighthouse Bay Resort, Hotel Carl
Gustaf; Public Relations & Marketing Firm Specializing in Luxury
Hotels and Resorts Welcomes Two New Clients to Roster
- U.S.
Senate Passes Travel Promotion Act; The Act Creates a Public-private
Campaign to Promote the United States as a Destination at No Cost to
U.S. Taxpayers
- The
Eldon Luxury Suites Opens in Washington, DC; The 50-suite Property
Operated by Key Management Group, LLC
- A
Brand Devalued Struggles to Regain Its Prestige / Ragsdale Hendrie
- Rialto
Property Partners Opens Hotel Indigo Athens; The First LEED Gold
Property in Athens, Georgia
- Choice
Hotels International Opens 38 New Hotels in August
- Fifth
Annual Iron Range Housekeeping Olympics to Be Held at AmericInn Lodge
& Suites in Virginia, Minnesota
- IHG
Merges Its Latin American, Caribbean Region under the Leadership of
Alvaro Diago
- Europe's
Rocco Forte Collection Names New Senior Management at Hotel de Russie,
Hotel Savoy, and Brown's Hotel
- Las
Vegas Sands Executive Jeff Burge Hired by Cosmopolitan as Chief
Financial Officer
September 9, 2009
- Award
Winning Luxury Taboo Resort & Spa Supercharges Online Revenue:
Guests Book Rooms, Upsell & Personalize Their Stay Direct on Hotel
Website / Resort leverages Maestro PMS integrated booking engine,
dynamic packaging, real-time yield management - forecasting a 30%
revenue increase with website guest and group self up-sell and lower
cost per reservation direct bookings
- VIZERGY®
Webinar - Free Advice from Hotel Internet Marketing Leaders; Social
Media - How do I know where to start?
- Pricing
To Profit / Rick Swig
- New
York Hotelier Andre Balazs Prepares to Sell South Beach, Florida's
Raleigh Hotel; Intends to Focus on Expansion of Standard Chain
- Bedbug
Infestations Continue to be Source of Irritation for Hoteliers; Any
Hotel Can Be a Victim, From Five Star to No Star
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appointed to Operate Maui Prince Hotel
- Crescent
Hotels & Resorts Takes Over Management of Two Hotels in St. Paul,
Including the 470-room Crowne Plaza St. Paul-Riverfront
- First
Bank Appoints GF Management to Reopen and Operate the Lexington Plaza
Waterfront Hotel in Stockton, California
- Content:
The Key to Hotel Bookings - Complimentary Webinar September 10th; Learn
about the Five Pillars of Effective Travel eBusiness and how hotel
content plays a significant role in driving bookings
- The
New Peninsula Shanghai Has Selected McLaren International's Pre-eminent
Guest Incident Tracking and Workflow Automation Solution HotSOS
- d2o®
consulting adds Benchmark Hospitality to Client Portfolio for New
Performance Management Intelligence "PMI"; Dramatically Integrates
Rooms, F&B and Other Revenue Forecasting of Daily Labor
Productivity, Food Cost Control
- TTI
Centralizes Business Center, Concierge Services by Opening Internet
Cafe; Hotels that can't afford Concierge or Business Center services
can now send guests to a convenient Upper Westside/Manhattan locale
- Whiteboard
Labs Taps TurnHere to Power MotionNotes with Video
- New
VTV Episode: VIDEO - Visual Content Decisions - What? How Much? Why?
- Poor
People Skills & The Wealthy / Steven Ferry
- Slump
in Tourism Industry Forces at Least 22 Bangkok, Thailand Hotels Up For
Sale
- Another
Local Government Joins Tax Movement Against Online Hotel Booking
Agencies
- Dial
Realty and Kinseth Hospitality Open 82-Unit Hampton Inn and Suites,
Lincoln, Nebraska
- Sir
Michael Kadoorie, Chairman, The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, to
Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Hotel Investment Conference Asia
Pacific
- Carol
Bullock-Walter Appointed Vice President of Field Sales for Dolce Hotels
and Resorts
September 8, 2009
- EnterprisePM
Finds Paradise at Maho Bay Camps & Resort
- Verve
Hospitality Group Selects Solution Suite from Agilysys; Three New
Restaurants Implement Point-of-Sale, Inventory and Procurement Systems
- Is
Your Hotel or Resort's E-mail Inbox An Untapped Distribution Channel? /
Doug Kennedy
- Florida's
Orange County Convention Center Facing $18 million Deficit Due to
Double Digit Plunge in Convention-Goers
- Valencia
Group Prepares the Italian-inspired 244-room Hotel Sorella in West
Houston's CityCentre for Opening
- Coalition
Led by Unite Here Sues City of Long Beach, California over Lodgwork's
Proposed Hotel Sierra Project
- Noble
Investment Group Opens the 220-room Marriott Macon City Center Hotel,
Noble Also Assumes Control of the Wilson Convention Center, the City
Auditorium and the Macon Coliseum
- Hotel
Developer BPJ Group Selects Alliance Hospitality to Manage Four Holiday
Inns in Central Wisconsin
- A
26-page Manual, "H1N1 Influenza Management in Hotels," Provided by the
AH&LA
- 357-room
JW Marriott Miami Marquis Hotel Being Developed by MDM Hotel Group, LTD
in Downtown, Miami; Will Include Daniel Boulud's DB Bistro Moderne
- EliteMeetings.com
Wins Gold in the 2009 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 77 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Hospitality
Management Corporation Takes Over Management of the 218-room Crowne
Plaza Hotel Oklahoma City
- Key
Management Group Names Albert Laclé Chief Executive Officer
- Greg
Gooding Named General Manager of International Plaza Resort & Spa,
Orlando, Florida
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Senior-level Revenue Management
Executives
- Glen
Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center Names Alfred Leuthold Director
of Sales & Marketing
September 3, 2009
September 2, 2009
September 1, 2009
- How
Can Independent Hotels Combat Budget and Resource Restraints? Interview
John Enright, Executive Director - Revenue Account Management,
Preferred Hotel Group
- Home
of 'The Best Job in the World', Hamilton Island Switches to SynXis and
Sees Immediate Results; SynXis goes 'Down Under' - enters the
Australian market
- Prince
Resorts Hawaii to Terminate Management of the Maui Prince Hotel; Lender
Wells Fargo Seeking a Receiver
- Former
Pontchartrain Hotel in Detroit is Shuttered Again; Lender Foreclosed on
Owner Shubh Hotels
- WCI
Communities Has Deal to Sell the Resort at Singer Island to Urgo Hotels
- Does
"End of the Recession" Mean "Recovery"? Not for Luxury Hotels! / Jim
Butler
- eMax
Makes Internet Marketing Affordable
- Open
Hospitality and InnLink Join in a New Partnership to Address Complete
Internet Solutions for Hotels
- Classic
British Hotels Implements RTSuite To Manage Online Sales; Hotelier
chooses RateTiger for online distribution
- Study
Determines 2008 Republican National Convention Generated a total Direct
and Indirect Economic Impact of more than $168 million for the
Minneapolis Saint Paul Area; 12,000 Hotel Rooms Were Booked in 100
Hotels
- Educational
Institute Hosts Celebration of Excellence Breakfast to Honor
Hospitality Industry Leaders; Peter Greenberg, "America's Travel
Expert," Slated to Give Keynote
- The
Light Group Announces Line-Up of Food and Beverage Venues at ARIA
Resort & Casino at CityCenter, Las Vegas
- Hilton
Orlando Adds Three Chefs to Serve Under Executive Chef Thierry
Meissonnier; Louis Martorano, Mike Broderick and Thomas Richard Huebner
- Sage
Hospitality Appoints Robert Cartwright General Manager, Ryan Buck
Director of Sales and Matt Balcik Hotel Manager at The Blackstone
Hotel, Chicago
- David
Martin Appointed General Manager for the Faculty House of Columbia
University, New York City
Top 25 Read Articles -
August 2009
- Hotel
Selling: Grab the Low Hanging Fruit / John Davies
- Family
Caught with 63 Towels from Sheraton Moriah Eilat Hotel: "We didn't
steal - we just took the towels like everyone else."
- TWITTER
or Not to TWITTER; Time waster or lead generator? / Cindy Estis
Green
- Fired
at 67, The Former Director of Sales at a Columbia Sussex Owned Hotel
Wins Age-discrimination Suit; Jury Awards $420,000 in Damages
- An
Incident Involving a Prankster, a Guest and an Employee Occurred at the
Homewood Suites by Hilton Lexington, Kentucky; Might be Connected to
International Prank-Calling Ring
- The
Coeur d'Alene Resort Site of Two Deadly Falls from the 12th Floor
- So
You Want to Work in Hotels ... / Daniel Edward Craig
- Want
a $10 Buck Room, How About One-cent Room? Some Orlando Hotels Slashing
Rates
- PKF
Hospitality Research Predicts Nine Consecutive Quarters of Declining
Lodging Demand Will End in the Second Quarter of 2010; More Guests in
2010 - But with a Catch
- Hotel
Common Sense - A Sales Self-evaluation Test for General Managers / Dr.
John Hogan
- Hotel
with the "est" Factor - A List of Record-Breaking Hotels
- Pritzker
Family Politics Likely Driving Hyatt's IPO
- The
Hotel Door Peephole vs the Reverse Peephole Viewer
- Lenders,
Here's Why Mothballing a Hotel Can be a Very Bad Idea / Jim Butler
- Opened
a Year Ago, the $180 million InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Files
Chapter 11
- Jim
Justice, The Greenbrier's New Owner, Hardheaded Enough to Believe
He Can Turn the 635-room Resort Around
- Corus
Bank Initiates Foreclosure Proceedings Against the Just Opened $480
million Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
- Former
General Manager, Patrick Holley of Days Inn, Daytona Beach Shores,
Florida Charged with Embezzlement of $640,000
- Ten
Years After Introducing the Heavenly Bed, Westin Takes Another Look at
Travelers' Sleep Habits
- The
Greenbrier and Marriott Fail to Reach a Marketing Agreement; New Owner
Jim Justice Pays Agreed Upon $7.5 million Break Up Fee
- Attorneys
Representing the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa Withdraw Claim of
Rape Victim's Negligence
- Mobil
Travel Guide Brand Will Become the Forbes Travel Guide; Mobil's Four-
and Five-star Awards for Hotels, Restaurants and Spas will Become
Forbes Awards
- Marriott
Resorts Launch Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Campaign for25
Free Trips to Hawaii
- Sandals
Resorts International Purchases the Recently Shuttered Four Seasons In
Great Exuma, Bahamas; Following a Refurbishment Will Be Called Sandals
Emerald Bay,Great Exuma, Bahamas
- 5
Ways Hotels can Improve and Track Return on Investment from Twitter -
Oh wait, there is no investment!
August 31, 2009
- The
Hotel Door Peephole vs the Reverse Peephole Viewer
- Fired
at 67, The Former Director of Sales at a Columbia Sussex Owned Hotel
Wins Age-discrimination Suit; Jury Awards $420,000 in Damages
- Florida
Hotel Inspectors Lack Teeth in Punishing Dirty, Sloppy Hotels
- The
State of Florida Is Changing its Bedbug Inspection Procedures
- New
York's Aqueduct Casino Bids Becoming Fierce and Furious; Stakes are
High Amongst Gamings Biggest Players
- '70s-style
Poconos Honeymoon Resorts are Kitschy, Romantic -- and Endangered
- Accor
Rebranding the Former Grand Mercure La Veranda Resort and Spa to La
Veranda Resort and Spa Phu Quoc, a Member of MGallery Collection of
Hotels
- Bosideng
Holdings Limited Appoints Regal Hotels International to Manage a Five
Star Hotel in Dezhou, Shandong Province, China - Regal Kangbo Hotel
- MAVERICK
Asset Management: Answering Hotel Owners'/Lenders' "Questions of Pain"
- New
VTV Episode: How to Know Where the Fish Are
- Shaun
Ng Opens New 103-Room Holiday Inn Express® in Swift Current,
Saskatchewan
- RDA
Hotel Management Co. Committing $800,000 to Convert the Four Points
Sheraton in Fairlawn, Ohio to a Doubletree Hotel
- Chlorine-free
Pool? Check. Organic On-site Pantry? Check. Starwood's Element Brand
Promotes a Balanced Lifestyle with a Number of Programs
- Supertel
Hospitality Names Connie Scarpello as Chief Financial Officer and Steve
Gilbert as Chief Operating Officer
August 28, 2009
August 27, 2009
- Softscribe
Inc.'s Operations Director Debbie Reale Earns Advanced SEO
Certification; 'Search is the new homepage;' Softscribe's Reale
optimizes clients' online presence for more business leads
- Will
Google Caffeine Affect my Hotel SEO?
- To
Create Momentum When Opening a New Hotel, Tell a Good Story
- The
Fontainebleau Miami Beach Has Nearly $65 million in Unpaid Contractor
Bills a Year after the Resorts Grand Opening
- Foxwoods
Resort and Mohegan Sun Agree To Pay State of Connecticut $25 Million to
Settle Lawsuit Over Free Slot Play
- Developer
Patrick Conley Says "Enough"; Plans to Abandon Vision of Hotel and
Marina On Providence Waterfront Due to Bureaucratic Red Tape
- Delaware
North Cos. Expected to Take Over Operations of the Queen Mary Hotel,
Docked in Long Beach, California
- The
120-room Former Rodeway Inn and Suites in Petersburg, VA Auctioned for
$600,000, that's $5,000 per Room
- The
Ahwanhee Hotel in Yosemite National Park Evacuated As Falling Rocks
Endanger Hotel
- Hotel
Abrego Becomes Newest Portfolio Hotels & Resorts Property to Adopt
EZYield.com Channel Management Solution; After extensive renovation and
expansion, boutique hotel's management implements proven EZYield.com
technology to help drive online reservations
- Preferred
Hotel Group Selects VFM Leonardo as Exclusive Provider of Visual
Content Distribution Services; Member properties of Preferred Hotel
Group's brands to use VFM Leonardo's VScape® and VBrochure™
products exclusively to distribute photos and rich media
- The
Tides Inn is seeking a Director of Sales for its remote office in
Washington DC. Requires 5+ years of group sales experience at high end
properties and familiarity with the Washington DC and Virginia markets
- American
Hotel & Lodging Association Fall Conference Offers Educational
Programming, Networking Events, Specialized Committee Meetings
- Hispanic
Hotel Owners Association Re-concepts its Annual Convention into a
series of Regional Events; First Meeting to Be Held September 21 in
Phoenix, Prior to Lodging Conference
- AAA
Projecting Late Labor Day to Affect Travel and Hospitality Industries
by 13% Decline
- Summit
Hotels & Resorts to Debut Verdanza Hotel, Formerly Holiday Inn, San
Juan
- Delays
in Government Formation Damaging Lebanon's Hospitality Industry:
Construction of a Grand Hyatt, a Four Seasons Hotel and a Kempinski
Hotel and Resort Have Questionable Opening Dates
- Tom
Lettero Named President and CFO for Cannery Casino Resorts
- Jennifer
Williams Named as Director of Sales and Marketing for Watercolor Inn
and Resort, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
August 26, 2009
- Three
New Ways for Hotels to Drive Demand and Increase Occupancy through
Multi-Channel Growth; TravelCLICK Announces Strategic Initiatives with
Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Expedia, and Hickory Travel Systems
- Mastering
The Art of Hotel Revenue Management; The Mission / Neil Salerno
- The
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels 2009 Half Year Operating Results;
Peninsula Hotels Record a 22% Drop in Revenue as Compared to the First
Six Months of Last Year / Key Statistics for the 9 Hotels
- A
Baker's Dozen of Strategies in Maximizing Leads and Attendee Sales
Potential at your Hospitality Trade Show Booth / Dr John Hogan
- Team
Led by R. Donahue Peebles Commits to "Community First" in Hiring for
Proposed Half Billion Dollar MGM Grand at Aqueduct Located in the
Borough of Queens, New York City
- Homewood
Suites by Hilton Enters 20th Year with Nearly 300 Properties; Opened
its First Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska on August 23, 1989
- A
Foreclosure Complaint Filed Against Makena Hotel LLC, the Owner of the
Maui Prince Hotel
- Red
Roof Opens First NextGen Property; Beaumont, Texas Hotel is the First
to Feature Red Roof's NextGen Exterior Design and Technologically
Advanced Interiors
- Hotel
Investor Survey Mid Year 2009 - Hotel Capitalization Rates Show Further
Weakness, But Change in Parameters Slows Somewhat / Jeffrey H.
Walker
- StarCite
Partners With VFM Leonardo to Enhance Online Meetings Marketplace With
Rich Hotel Visual Content; VFM Leonardo to be Exclusive Provider of
Rich Content Showcasing Hotel Properties to Corporate Buyers Within
StarCite's Online Marketplace
- Developer
Ash Israni of Pacifica Cos. Indefinitely Postpones Plans to Build a
Luxury Resort in Imperial Beach, California
- $3.8
million Judgment Awarded Against Former King's Inn, Montgomery, Alabama
for 2007 Pool Drowning
- Foxwoods
Development and Lakes Entertainment Gain Approval From Kansas Lottery
Commission for Mulvane Casino
- The
Steven Kent Inn Joins Rodeway Inn on Foreclosure Auction Block,
Petersburg, Virginia
- Tampa,
Florida Hotel Rates 21% Lower than a Year Ago; Four-star Hotels Priced
as Low as $64
- Concord
Hospitality in a Joint Venture with Aztec Group and Mercury Investments
Adds 88-Room, All-Suite Ocean Sands Resort & Spa, Pompano Beach
Florida to Portfolio
- Agnelo
Fernandes Named as President for Jade Resort Residences & Beach
Club, Costa Rica, Launching Lifestyle Development Brand and First
Property in Costa Rica
- Bellstar
Hotels & Resorts to Manage Mountain Spirit Resort and Spa,
Kimberley, British Columbia
- Kelly
Fogarty Named Director of Sales and Marketing for The Beverly Garland
Holiday Inn, North Hollywood, California
August 25, 2009
- FY2010
Federal Per Diems Reflect Weak Economy; The Standard Continental U.S.
(CONUS) Per Diem Rate for Lodging Remains the Same as Last Year at $70
per Night.
- Wet
'n' Wild Phoenix Selects Point-of-Sale Solution by Agilysys; Water Park
Implements InfoGenesis™ POS by Agilysys to Enhance Efficiency and Guest
Service
- Jim
Justice, The Greenbrier's New Owner, Hardheaded Enough to Believe He
Can Turn the 635-room Resort Around
- Mobil
Travel Guide Brand Will Become the Forbes Travel Guide; Mobil's Four-
and Five-star Awards for Hotels, Restaurants and Spas will Become
Forbes Awards
- Orlando-Area
Hotel Occupancy Slips Below 70% to Lowest Rate on Record for Month of
July
- Developer
Earl Barrs' Seeking to Build a Pair of Hotels with 300 rooms near the
Wilson Convention Center in Macon, Georgia
- Stanford
Hotels Rebrands the Sheraton Gateway San Francisco Airport to the
Hilton San Francisco Airport
- New
VTV Episode: Online vs. Offline Marketing
- GBCblue
Selects SolutionIP™ Software for its Business Center Computing Systems
and New Hospitality Portal
- The
ProHost® Housekeeping System Has Been Selected for the 433 Room Bay
Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort
- The
20% Solution -- Managing the Sales Effort for Recovery in 2010 Web Cast
- Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies to Present at EyeforTravel's Mobile Strategies for
Travel USA Conference
- EZYield.com
Solves Hotel Rate Parity Challenges with Advanced Markup Engine
Technology and Companion Reporting Tool; Proprietary distribution
technology simplifies the execution of multi-channel online revenue
management strategies for global hotel clientele
- VFM
Leonardo Chosen as Exclusive Provider of Hotel Visual Content for
Concur's Corporate Travel Booking Solutions; Largest distributor of
visual content for hotels worldwide expands relationship with Concur
making their photos, virtual tours and video available to thousands of
corporate customers
- The
Mayo Selects PAR Springer-Miller's SMS|Host® Hospitality Management
System; Landmark Property to Implement PAR's Fully-Integrated
Hospitality Solution
- American
Express Reports Q2 Business Travel Monitor Results for North America;
Hotel Rates Show Modest Decrease in Q2 2009
- Seagate
Hospitality Group Set to Open the 162-room Seagate Hotel & Spa in
Downtown Delray Beach, Florida
- Florida's
Annual Tourism Conference Cheered the Hope That Things Aren't Getting
Worse; Steep Hotel Discounts Giving Way to Stability
- Savera
Hospitality LLC Opens 112-Room Candlewood Suites in LeRay, New York
- Long
Beach Island, New Jersey Targets Younger Crowd for Tourism with Use of
Social Networks
- Craig
Sacco Named General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences,
Lake Tahoe
- Carla
Dunn Named Vice President, Global Sales for Wyndham Hotel Group
- Sharon
Adam Appointed Director, Sales and Marketing at Hotel Wales, New York
City
August 24, 2009
- Want
a $10 Buck Room, How About One-cent Room? Some Orlando Hotels Slashing
Rates
- Don't
Hide From Trip Advisor Reviews!
- Man
Suing Milford, Connecticut Hotel for $15,000 Over Bed Bug Bites
- Baltimore
City Officials Less Certain the City-owned 757-room Hilton Baltimore
Convention Center Hotel Will Turn a Profit in the Time Frame Originally
Projected
- Caribbean
Tourism Hit Hard By Recession; On Grand Bahama Island the Port Lucaya
Resort & Yacht Club Ceasing Operations
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts Acquires the 353-room Hanover Marriott in
Whippany, N.J., from Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. for $27 million;
Hotel to Undergo $20 Million Renovation
- Hotel
Common Sense - Increasing Traffic at your Hospitality Trade Show Booth
- Randy
Smith, Founder of the STAR Program, to Receive ALIS Lifetime
Achievement Award
- Owned
by Affiliates of Colony Capital, the Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort
Defaults on its Mortgage
- Station
Casinos Patriarch Frank Fertitta Jr. Dies at Age 70
- How
to Make Sense and Dollars from Social Media. Online Seminar
- Molinaro
Koger Sells Four Hotels for Host Hotels & Resorts
- EZYield.com
Growing as U.S. West Coast Hotels Add Channel Management Technology;
Hospitality travel executive Karen Martin appointed to West Coast sales
team
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 53 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Developers
Lee Hindin and Reza Fakhrieh Set Out to Emphasize Luxury at the Dakota
Mountain Lodge, A Waldorf Astoria Branded Resort in Park City, Utah
- Study
Released by American Journal of Public Health Suggests Separate Casino
Smoking Sections Ineffective
- Noble
Investment Group Completes $9 million Renovation of Marriott Kansas
City Country Club Plaza Hotel
- May
I See Your Wine List? Oenophile Event Planners Offer Advice in Knowland
Survey
- Despite
the Economy, Hotel Construction Not Slowing Down in Odessa, Texas
- Ronald
Taylor Named Regional Director of Sales for Windsor Hospitality Group
August 21, 2009
- Mobile
Marketing & Distribution Strategy in Hospitality: the Future is
Already Here / Max Starkov
- Sandals
Resorts International Purchases the Recently Shuttered Four Seasons In
Great Exuma, Bahamas; Following a Refurbishment Will Be Called Sandals
Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas
- 2008
- Good News, Bad Numbers; Fixed Costs A Problem In 2009 / Robert
Mandelbaum
- The
Yellowstone Club Proving to Be One of the Largest and Most Complex
Bankruptcies in Montana History
- Hawaii
Hotels Suffer 5th Straight Month of Record Low Occupancy: Grim Data
'Completely Unprecedented'
- The
Hotel Tax Collection Battle Between Municipalities and Online Booking
Companies Wages On Across the Country in Both State and Federal Courts
- General
Manager Michael McMahon Preparing the 250-room Dove Mountain
Ritz-Carlton Near Tucson for Opening
- Egypt's
Tourist Conglomerate, Travco Group, Acquires Germany's Family Owned
Hotel Group, Steigenberger
- Error
Updating Rates Online Can Cause Significant Loses in Revenue; A human
Error at a Venice, Italy Hotel an Eye Opener
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments - WHI Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Value
Place - Nellis Air Force Base located in Las Vegas, Nevada
- PSAV,
HEI Enter Long-term Event Technology Agreement
- Key
West Inns, Inc. Renews Contract with InnLink, LLC, Extending a 16-year
Successful Relationship
- WORLDHOTELS
Selects VFM Leonardo as Exclusive Solution to Manage and
Distribute Hotel Visual Content
- PSAV
Underscores Flexibility at 2009 Solheim Cup; Company's unique structure
allows it to provide excellent presentation at high-profile event for a
highly competitive cost
- Exterior-Corridor
Hotel Properties; Blackstone Denies Hilton Breakup / Stanley Turkel
- Canyon
Capital Realty Advisors Completes Foreclosure on the Greek Isles Hotel
and Casino in Las Vegas; Intends to Keep the Property Open While
Assessing its Future
- Real
Estate Developer Territoria Group Opens the 196 room W Santiago; W
Hotels First South American Property
- Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts Opens the 563-room Shangri-La Hotel, Ningbo
- Hotel
Equities and Kite Properties, LLC Open 83-Room SpringHill Suites in
Vero Beach, Florida
- HVS
Hotel Management Appoints Terry Bickhardt as Co-President
- US
Hotels Appoints Paul Hanley Chief Executive Officer; Will Oversee its
Portfolio of Seven Hotels and New Development Beyond
- The
Seattle Hotel Association Appoints New Board of Directors; Julia
Schroeder Elected President
- John
A. Girard Named General Manager of Regal Kowloon Hotel, Hong Kong
- Mark
Kitchen Appointed General Manager at the Pink Sands Resort, Harbour
Island, Bahamas
- Pan
Pacific Hotels Group Names Danny Lingham as General Manager of Pan
Pacific Serviced Suites Bangkok
- Hilton
Orlando Appoints Thierry Meissonnier as Executive Chef
- Konstantin
Elser Appointed Executive Chef at the Mövenpick Hotel Saigon
- Felix
Mulero Named Food & Beverage Director at the InterContinental San
Juan Resort & Casino, Puerto Rico
- Hilton
Kuala Lumpur Appoints Chandra Mohan Arunasalam Chef de Cuisine for
Studio, its Dining Centre that Houses Five Restaurants
August 19, 2009
- New
Distribution Management Tool Connects Directly to Expedia; VIZERGY®
offers new tool linking hoteliers to over 70 Expedia affiliated sites
- IDeaS
Revenue Management System Further Expands in Resort Segment with
Addition of Grove Park Inn
- Dallas
Secures Commitments From Investors to Buy $479.8 million in Bonds for
the Convention Center Hotel; $300 million of the Bonds Obtained from
the Federal Stimulus Package
- Opened
a Year Ago, the $180 million InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Files
Chapter 11; From the Outset the 556 room Hotel Unable to Meet the Debt
Service on $158 million
- 5-Star
Employees - Part 2 / Bryan K. Williams
- Hooters
Casino Hotel Rolls Snake Eyes, Future Remains in Doubt
- The
51-room Lotus at Diamond Head, Formerly Known as the W Honolulu-Diamond
Head, Sold at Auction to Unity House, a Nonprofit Labor Welfare
Organization, for $8.5 million
- Marriott
Resorts Launch Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Campaign for 25 Free Trips
to Hawaii; Expects the Social Media Campaign to Take on a Life of its
Own
- Greater
Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau Reports 25% Decrease in Single
Quarter Tax Revenue as Convention Attendance Remains Down
- Mechanic's
Lien Filed Against the Just Opened $65 million, 202-room Hotel Monaco
in Baltimore
- VFM
Leonardo to Power Visual Content Management and Distribution for
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts; Rosewood Hotels & Resorts adopts
VScape® Digital Asset Management System to efficiently manage and
deliver hotel visual content to online channels
- Intelity
Partners With MTech to Improve Guest Services for Customers; Hoteliers,
guests get better services from interfaced ICE, HotSOS tools
- 20
Reasons to Attend Affordable Meetings® National; Second Keynote
announced on "Dominating Through Technology"
- VFM
Leonardo Selected to Exclusively Manage and Distribute Visual Content
for La Quinta Inns & Suites; VFM Leonardo's VScape® Digital
Asset Management System adopted by limited service hotel chain to
manage visual content and seamlessly distribute to electronic
distribution channels
- Emaar
Hospitality Group Adding Two Dubai Hotels to its Address Hotels +
Resorts Portfolio
- Helmuth
Heise, Founder and Developer of Western Maryland's Wisp Ski and Golf
Resorts, Dies at 81
- BBL
Hospitality Opens 127-Room Hilton Garden Inn Troy, New York; Setting
Sights as Tourist Destination
- Holiday
Inn Malé, Maldives Appoints Brett Wilson as General Manager and
Nabeel Abdulla as Director of Sales and Marketing
August 18, 2009
- Concierge
Assistant Meets the Ultimate Guest Service Challenges of The World;
Five-Star luxury 'Hotel on Water:' residents of The World receive
personal attention in hundreds of global ports
- Flyte
Systems Adds Cleveland Airport Hotel Property to Growing Customer Base;
Holiday Inn Express Brookpark Installs Flight Information and Boarding
Pass Printing as "Key Differentiators"
- TravelCLICK
Hosts Webinar on Second Quarter 2009 Global Hotel Performance:
Preparing Hotels for the Long Road Back
- Attorneys
Representing the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa Withdraw Claim of
Rape Victim's Negligence
- Ten
Years After Introducing the Heavenly Bed, Westin Takes Another Look at
Travelers' Sleep Habits
- Selling
Hotel Rooms: Is the Process Really that Unique? / David Brudney
- Lender,
Gramercy Investments, Set to Auction the 341 room Sheraton Hotel in
Downtown Orlando
- Six
Months Before Miami Hosts the Super Bowl, the NFL is Canceling Some
Hotel Reservations, Corporations Scale Back Lavish Plans
- Destination
Hotels & Resorts and Odyssey Teams Announce Partnership to Offer
Conference Clientele Innovative, Life Changing Team Building Experiences
- This
Week on VFM Leonardo's VTV: "The New Luxury - Experience, Not Status"
with Bonnie Knutson, Professor at the Michigan State University School
of Hospitality Business
- Taj
Opens First Resort Hotel Under New Brand, the Vivanta by Taj - Coral
Reef, Maldives
- Frasers
Hospitality Pte Ltd to Manage 90 unit Fraser Suites Serviced Residences
in New Delhi, India Property to be Developed by IFCI Infrastructure
Development Limited (IIDL)
- Dirk
De Cuyper Appointed General Manager of Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the
Bund
- Design
Hotels Promotes Bernd Neff, Sascha Wolff and Arno Schwalie to Executive
Positions
August 17, 2009
- Knowland
is 2nd Fastest Growing Company in the Travel Industry According to Inc.
Magazine; Innovative company is ranked 222nd overall fastest growing
company in the U.S.
- Geoff
Freeman of the U.S. Travel Association Will Deliver the Keynote Address
at the Fall EMA, September 13-15; Elite Meeting Alliance (EMA) to
Feature Leading Industry Speakers - Focus on Building Business in the
Current Economic Climate
- So
You Want to Work in Hotels / Daniel Edward Craig
- Former
General Manager of Days Inn, Daytona Beach Shores, Florida Charged with
Embezzlement of $640,000
- Online
Reviews - Getting Real Travel Experiences in Real Time from Real People
- At
72, Stu Blumberg, President of the Greater Miami & The Beaches
Hotel Association, Makes No Apologies for Speaking Up, Stirring the Pot
- Debt
Hangs Over Group of Profit Reports: Black Gaming, Planet Hollywood
Resort and Hooters Hotel Attempting to Restructure Debt
- Sundance
Institute Gets into the Lodging Business: New Service to Link Festival
Attendees to Hotel Vacancies
- City
of Tucson, Arizona Forced to use Taxpayer Funds to Pay for Convention
Center Hotel Design; $80 million from December Bond Sale Gone
- Sink
or Swim for the UK Hotel Industry?; 2010 Set to Be Even Tougher
- AboutAnywhere.com
Introduces a Fresh Concept in Online Hotel Bookings, Featuring Free
Listings for Hotel Partners
- CNL
Lifestyle Properties Appoints Omni Hotels to Manage the Mount
Washington Resort located in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
- Regency
Hotel Management Appointed Receiver for the 136 room Hotel Ivy, One of
the Toniest Hotels in Minneapolis
- S'mores
for Kids! On Short Notice The Summit Hotel at the Big Sky Resort Hosts
the Presidential Family
- One
Hotel is Under Construction While another Enters Receivership in
Downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Latin
America Construction Pipeline for the 2nd Qtr 2009; Latin America in
the Midst of a New Hotel Openings Surge that Began in 2008
- Pre-Show
Report: International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, November 7-10,
2009, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
- HSMAI
University Fall Webinar Line-up to Focus on Business Development and
Current Economic Climate
- Kolkata,
India Hotels Swing into Action to Contain Swine Flu
- Fred
Hazzan Named Controller for The Hamister Group's Portfolio of Ten Hotels
August 14, 2009
- PKF
Hospitality Research Predicts Nine Consecutive Quarters of Declining
Lodging Demand Will End in the Second Quarter of 2010
- 5
Ways Hotels can Improve and Track Return on Investment from Twitter -
Oh wait, there is no investment!
- Hotels
with the 'est' Factor -- A List of Record-Breaking Hotels
- Law
Enforcement Authorities in New York Have Created Website to Help Solve
Slaying of Fontainebleau Hotel Heir Ben Novack, Jr.
- Number
One Food Show on TV, Bravo's "Top Chef", Selects The M Resort Spa
Casino in Las Vegas as the Production's On Site Studio
- Indianapolis
Hotel Tax Will be one of Nation's Highest at 10%
- City
of Escondido, California Rejects $2.7 million Loan Request from Hotel
Developer for a Springhill Suites Marriott
- Hotelier
Tran Group, LLC is Turning Empty Downtown Baltimore Buildings into
Price-Conscious Destinations with Investment of $39 million for Three
Business Class Hotels
- Merani
Hospitality Receives Unusual Tax Break for Development of Two Buffalo,
New York Hotels
- California-based
LA Koreana Inc to Purchase Queen Kapi'olani Hotel and Mililani Golf
Club in Honolulu
- Cayman
Brac's Divi Hotel Not for Sale; Owner Divi Tiara Corporation Plans to
Redevelop
- The
AH&LA 2009 Stars of the Industry Award for Special Events-Ongoing
for a Large Property Awarded to The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds
Plantation, Georgia
- Fianna
Oklahoma, LLC and Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Open 244-room Wyndham
Garden Hotel Oklahoma City Airport
- Tanayong Plc
Plans to Invest $2.3 billion Baht in Five Hotels to be Managed by
Absolute Hotel Services in Thailand
- Fayez
Iskander's Former Holiday Inn in Tarboro, North Carolina Becomes Best
Western
- The
Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia Appoints Iman P. Butler as Director of Sales
and Marketing
August 13, 2009
- Helen
E. Wallace Joins TravelCLICK as Chief Financial Officer; Company
expands leadership as it positions for next level of growth
- A
Sales Self-evaluation test for General Managers
- Public
Weighs in on Point Molate $1.2 billion Casino Proposal in Richmond,
California
- Stamford
Marriott Claims Woman Was Negligent in Her Own Rape; Hotel Being Sued
by Woman Raped in its Parking Garage
- Developer
Marlon Phoenix Seeking Memphis City Approval for 298-room Hotel Across
from FedExForum
- AH&LA
Recognizes Jim Durbin, GM of the San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter,
with the 2009 Outstanding General Manager of the Year, Large Property
Award
- Ghost
Sightings Still Going Strong! Strange and Annoying Occurrences Part of
the Historic Appeal at Punderson Manor Resort & Conference Center
in Ohio
- Hospitality
Upgrade Magazine Reports Record-Breaking Attendance for Annual Meeting
of Hospitality Industry's Top Technology Leaders; The eighth annual CIO
Summit will be held September 9-11, 2009 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Two
Hotel Transactions Close in One Week for Busy HREC Team
- IHG
Selects Newmarket International's Hospitality Solutions to Drive
Revenue Growth, Customer Satisfaction at Properties Worldwide;
Newmarket International's MeetingBroker Lead Management Solution and
Delphi.Net Sales and Catering Applications to help maximize sales
performance across the global IHG enterprise
- innRoad
and InnLink CRS Join Forces to Centralize Global Distribution, Web
Bookings and Hotel Operations; Unique single platform enables
independent hoteliers to compete more cost-effectively for customers
- Slump
Hurts LakeTahoe Tourism Industry; Reno-Tahoe International Airport
Passenger Count Down 19.4% Through June
- Hotel
Tax Revenue for Monterey County Declines 11.6%; Pebble Beach, Carmel
Valley and Big Sur Hotels Provide the Biggest Hit
- Rivers
Casino Nets $1.29 million in Eighteen Hours, Third Highest Opening Day
in Pennsylvania History
- Magnolia
Hotels Secures Management Contract on Historic LaSalle Hotel in
Bryan/College Station, Texas
- Pan
Pacific Hotels Group Appoints Mark Losi and Ian Ekers to General
Manager Posts
- Bill
Dowling Named Director of Sales & Conference Services for
Soon-to-Open Oasis Hotel Near Montgomery, Alabama
August 12, 2009
- Award
Winning 4-Diamond Luxury Stephanie Inn Implements Integrated Maestro
PMS to Centralize and Automate High-Touch Service; Stephanie Inn
marries personalized guest service with high-tech Maestro system to
enhance guest history tracking, boost profits and reduce cost with
increased efficiencies
- Four
Points by Sheraton Columbus Ohio Airport Among First to Open with
High-Definition Satellite TV; Broadband Hospitality Provides Complete
TV, Internet Package
- Hospitality
Industry Hall of Honor to Induct Best Western Founder, M.K. Guertin and
Houston Restaurant Family, the Pappas Brothers
- PMWorks
Adds Efficiency, Capital Savings for Hotels; Preventive maintenance
solution from MTech is helping to keep property service and product
levels high while saving on equipment repair and replacement costs
- Trump
Jr. Throws Party for Buyers at Trump Tower in Waikiki Despite Ongoing
Legal Battles Between Buyers and Developer Irongate Capital
- The
Mindset of the 2010 Business Plan - Survival Mode or Recovery Mode? /
Carol Verret
- Increasing
Your Hotel's Website Position on Google Does not Have to Break the Bank
- Mastering
The Art of Online Sales Through Hotel Website Content
- The
Fairmont San Francisco Restoring its 6,000 sq ft Penthouse Suite;
Spanning the Entire 8th Floor of the Main Building the Nightly Room
Rate Will be $15,000
- Uday
Lele's Clearwater, Florida Condo Tower/Hotel Projects Facing
Foreclosure; Claims Being Duped by Lehman Brothers
- Las
Vegas Visitor Volume Falls for 13th Month in a Row
- Prepping
Future Chefs: Four Postsecondary Culinary Schools in Las Vegas Offer
their Own Little Niches
- It
Is All About the Culture -- the Service Culture / William Orili
- Augusta,
Georgia Could Lose $25 million Planned Hyatt if City Commissioners
Don't End Stalemate Over Events Center
- C.W.
Clark's Planned 196-room Marriott Hotel in Escondido, California Could
be Resurrected
- Sporting
Events Continue to Help Hotels Through Tough Times in Kentucky
- Following
in the Footsteps of Several other U.S. Presidents, President Obama and
his Family will Visit Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon
- The
ProHost® Housekeeping System Has Been Selected for the 408 room W
South Beach
- Developer
David Masse Continues Renovation Program at the Holiday Inn Select
Boston/Woburn
- The
Hilton Asheville Details Steps of its Claim Toward Eco-Stewardship;
Atop the Hotel is One of North Carolina's First Hotel Solar Water
Heating Systems
- From
Wags to Riches; Former Shelter Dog Lands Top Spot as Director of Pet
Relations at Kimpton's Oceanfront Vero Beach Hotel & Spa
- Magnolia
Hotels Gains Approval to Manage LaSalle Hotel & Cafe, Bryan, Texas
- Jesta
Group, Groupe Canvar and Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Open 486-room
Wyndham Montréal Aéroport
- Alliance
Hospitality and Armada Hoffler Joint Venture Open the 137-room
Hilton Garden Inn Blacksburg, Virginia
- Hilton
Hotels Names Aaron Radelet Vice President, Global Communications and
Public Relations
- David
Taylor Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing The Ritz-Carlton New
York, Central Park
- Wyndham
Hotel Group's Tracy Plumstead Appointed to Chair Educational
Institute's Certification Commission
August 11, 2009
- Twitter
or Not to Twitter; Time Waster or Lead Generator? / Cindy Estis Green
- Resorts
World at Sentosa Selects Software Suite from Agilysys; Singapore
Mega-Resort Implements Point-of-Sale, Materials Management Solutions
- Victor
Vesnaver Joins Senior Management at PAR Springer-Miller Systems
- Practical
Alternatives to Hotel Closings - Intense, Pro-active Asset Management
- The
Spring and Summer Not Kind to the Delano Hotel, a Miami Market Leader,
as Occupancy Drops 20 Points
- Pro
Golfers In the Twin Cities for the PGA Championship Pass Up Hotels in
Favor of Private Homes
- Family
Caught with 63 Towels from Sheraton Moriah Eilat Hotel: "We didn't
steal - we just took the towels like everyone else."
- Despite
New Casino Openings, Atlantic City Casino Revenue Down 12.7 % in July
- Morgans
Hotel Group Reports a 2nd Qtr 2009 Net Loss Attributable to Common
Stockholders of $10.1 million; RevPAR Decreased 39.5% Compared to the
2nd Qtr 2008, Occupancy Drops by 12.5% / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Kemper
Development Company Completes $185 Million Expansion of the Hyatt
Regency Bellevue; Adds 351 Room Tower and 60,000 square feet of Event
Space
- InterContinental
Hotels Reports a 2nd Qtr 2009 Net Loss of $56 million Compared with a
Net Income of $101 million in the Year-earlier Period; Total Revenue
Off 27.2%, Global RevPAR Declined 18.6%
- Hotels:
How to Make Social Media Make You Money
- Boston
Harbor Hotel Puts Best Foot Forward with Stone and Brass Restoration
from Stuart Dean; Hospitality's leading restoration and maintenance
company suggests scheduled preventive maintenance for hard-surface
stone and restoring finishes on precious metals
- Leverage
Blended Search and Boost your Hotel's Search Ranking Position
- This
Week on VFM Leonardo's VTV: Experiential Marketing - What It Is and
Isn't; Educational video blog featuring weekly interviews with hotel
and travel industry experts launches new episode
- Zhejiang
Huafon Real Estate Development Co. Ltd Signs Hilton to Manage a 300
room Hotel within the Dicara Golden Tower in Qianjiang New City of
Hangzhou
- Halim
Group Advancing Plans for a $260 Redevelopment Proposal for Melbourne's
Hotel Windsor, Australia's Only 19th Century Grand Hotel
- Four
Seasons Resort Hualalai Completes $40-million Enhancement, New Suites,
Expanded Spa and Beachfront Dining
- Riviera
Holdings Continues Talks with Creditors as $13.5 million Loss Reported
- Marin
County, California Traffic Impacts Studied for Proposed Redevelopment
of 85 Acre Richmond Hotels/Casino
- Distinguished
International® Hotels: Packages to Europe Starting at $170
- Douglas
Dreher Appointed CEO of The Hotel Group
- Thirty-Five-Year
Hospitality Professional, Clyde Guinn Named President of Days Inn by
Wyndham Hotel Group
- Michelle
Santiago Fuller Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Hilton
Bellevue in Washington by The Dow Hotel Company
- Martin
Armistead to Lead EMEA Development for Wyndham Hotel Group
August 10, 2009
- Bank
Files a $51.9 million Foreclosure Action on the 284-room Lake Lawn
Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin
- The
Coeur d'Alene Resort Site of Two Deadly Falls from the 12th Floor
- Three
Hotels Defy Economy, Open in Downtown Long Beach, California
- Mexico
Hit Hard in Terms of Tourism Demand Over the Past Three Months But a
Sharp Rebound in Tourism Activity Likely Over the Next Two Years
- Caribbean
Hotel Profits Hit Hard by Economic Recession
- Web
Site Lets Home Owners Turn Homes into Hotels
- The
Owner of the Historic Prince Charles Hotel in Downtown Fayetteville,
North Carolina Faulted for Hotel's Decline
- 500
Rutgers Students To Live for a Semester in 250-rooms at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel in Somerset, New Jersey
- Hotel
Common Sense -Effective Sales Management: Short and Long-term Planning,
Forecasting, and Expense Budgeting / part 2 of 2 / Dr John Hogan
/ August 2009
- Greenwood
Hospitality Group Launches Investment and Management Firm
- Ariane
Systems Group Awarded Government Funding to Develop Mobile
Self-service Platform for Hospitality Industry
- CARINO
Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Announces Hotel Berlin, Berlin to Adopt
New GDS Chain Code; Four-Star Property to Take New Code "UN" as part of
Luxury Hotel Group's Effort to Track Sources of All Reservations,
Provide Maximum Exposure for Properties
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 115 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Through
the Eyes of a Hotel Butler: Creating Points of Remembrance for the
Hotel Guest / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
- After
a Fifteen-Year Run, Ruth's Chris on Flamingo in Las Vegas Closing; Loss
of 400 Conventions and a 48% Decline in Business to Blame
- Trump
Entertainment, Which Lost Out on a Bid for a Philadelphia Casino
License in 2006, Slams Proposed Change to Casino Law in Pennsylvania
- Two
Hoteliers in Bar Harbor, Maine Pull A Lot of Clout with the City's
Lodging Business
- Trinity
Hotel Investors Selects Sage Hospitality to Manage Three Branded
Seattle Hotels
- Marshall
Hotels & Resorts, Inc. to Manage The Inn at Pocono Manor in
Pennsylvania
- Ron
Lamers Appointed General Manager of The St. Regis, Houston
- John
Johnston Appointed President, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, also,
Nicholas Emery Named General Manager of Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Richard T. Kolinsky as General Manager
for the Hilton Garden Inn & Homewood Suites Hotels Baltimore,
Maryland
- Matt
Brody of JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa Begins Third Term on
MPI Board of Directors
August 7, 2009
- Pritzker
Family Politics Likely Driving Hyatt's IPO; Hyatt Has Sterling Balance
Sheet, No Need to Raise Cash
- An
Incident Involving a Prankster, a Guest and an Employee Occurred at the
Homewood Suites by Hilton Lexington, Kentucky; Might be Connected to
International Prank-Calling Ring
- Former
Amfac Exec Robert Svoboda Dies at 83; Had Vital Role in Creation
of First Hotel Timeshare, the Hilton Hale Kaanapali in the Mid 1960s
- Sheraton
Kansas City Sports Complex Hotel Evicts 48 Chaperones and Members of a
Youth Dance Team Over Noise Complaints; Director of the All Black Team
Plans to Sue for Discrimination
- Owners
of the to be Auctioned Hawthorn Suites Hotel in Chelmsford,
Massachusetts File an $8 million Lawsuit Against UMass Lowell for
Allegedly Reneging on Deal to Lease Hotel for Student Housing
- Retired
Vice President of Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell Speaks on
Leadership and Management Competency
- Foxwoods
Resort Casino Settles Personal Injury Suit Over a Valet-parking
Accident for $2.9 million
- High
End Downtown Minneapolis Restaurants Suffer from Economy and Location;
Four Closed in Two Months; Two Others File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- Designed
by Architect Cesar Pelli, the 189 room St. Regis Mexico City Opens
- Dakota
Mountain Lodge & Golden Door Spa Opens in Park City, Utah; First
Ski Property for The Waldorf Astoria Collection
- Travel
Technology Group and Ambassadors Merge to Form the Most Experienced
Partner in Event Housing Management; Two Industry Power Houses Come
Together to Redefine Event Housing Management
- 300-room
Oasis Hotel at Victoryland, Near Montgomery, Alabama to Open November
1, 2009; Rusti Price Named General Manger
- HFTP
Announces New Schedule for 2010 Annual Convention & Tradeshow
- Jean-Georges
Vongerichten Opening a Market by Jean-Georges at the W Boston Hotel
- Ridge
Road Group LLC Opens Doors of Staybridge Suites, Buffalo, New York
- A
Joint Venture by Junior Patel, Hammond Patel and Neil Patel Open the
61-room Comfort Suites, Sybene, Ohio
- While
Ameristar Casinos Strengthened its Balance Sheet, Profits Still Fall 16
Percent
- Jeffrey
Poirot & Jenna Arin Named General Managers for AKA Central Park and
AKA Times Square, a Division of Korman Communities
- Global
Spectrum Names David Hicks as General Manager for Las Cruces, New
Mexico Convention Center
- Benchmark
Hospitality Names Jill Hare-Lewandowski Director of Sales for Eaglewood
Resort & Spa, Itasca, Illinois
- Marco
Capocci Appointed Hotel Manager at the Baglioni Hotel London
- Juan
Carlos Gonzalez Appointed Director of Travel Industry Sales for the
Regent Palms in Turks and Caicos
- Cathy
Hsu, Associate Director and Professor of the School of Hotel and
Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Recipient of
the John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement Award
August 6, 2009
August 5, 2009
- Baltimore,
Maryland's Building Boom Ends for New Hotels: BWI Aloft is County's
18th Hotel Since 2002 and Could be the Last One for Years
- The
Only Differentiator Left in the Guest Experience Is Service
- The
Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles to Close September 30, 2009, Will Undergo
a Major Refurbishment
- Maximize
Your 2010 Marketing Budget with an Online Marketing Strategy; Your
Internet Presence is Responsible for 30 to 50 Percent of your
Property's Revenue
- A
91% Decline in Wynn Resorts Profits are no Cause for Concern: Still
Produce a Profit and Company Shares Surge After Report
- Top
10 Group Events for North America and the Selected Market -
Philadelphia for Month of June 2009 / Knowland Group
- Peoria's
$102 million Public/private Marriott Hotel Project Remains in Financing
Limbo
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Moves to a 2nd Qtr Loss of $6.7 million from
a Profit of $100,000 in the Year-earlier Period; RevPAR Falls
21.4% to $81.81 at Managed hotels During the 2nd Qtr / Hotel Operating
Statistics
- CARINO
Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Announces Amalfi Hotel Chicago to Adopt
New GDS Chain Code; Chicago 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
- Cap
Juluca Selects UniFocus' GUESTScope™; Top-Ranked Caribbean Resort
Treats Guests like Royalty: UniFocus' Advanced Survey Analytics Relate
Satisfaction to Bottom-Line
- Forestdale
Hotels Installs RateTiger to maintain rate parity and reservations on
Expedia
- Distinguished
International® Hotel Members Offer Array of Promotions &
Packages
- Lawsuit
Settlement of $42.5 million Plays Factor in Las Vegas Sands Net Loss
- HSMAI
and Dragon Trail Organize First Travel and Tourism Social Media Boot
Camp in China - Set for August 17, 2009 in Beijing
- Salamander
Resort & Spa, Opening in March 2011, Continually Looking for
Innovative Ways to Enhance Guest Experience, While Maintaining
Sensitivity to the Environment
- Realstar
Hospitality Opens 90-Room Days Inn Hotel in Grande Prairie, Alberta,
Canada
- John
Q. Hammons Appoints Executive Team for the 230-room Marriott
Bloomington - Normal Hotel & Conference Center; Jeff Pritts Named
General Manager
- Chuck
Sullivan Joins Hilton as Senior Vice President Global Online Services;
Joins Hilton from Chrysler Group LLC., Where He Was Head of Marketing -
Delivery
- Best
Western Promotes Mike Durazo to Director, Online Client Solutions,
Hires Lawrence Cuculic as Vice President, General Counsel
- Paul
Owens Appointed Executive Chef at the Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada
August 4, 2009
- Lenders,
Here's Why Mothballing a Hotel Can be a Very Bad Idea / Jim Butler
- Dismissal
of Bankruptcy for Upscale Vineyards Resort, Yakima, Washington Would
Mean Foreclosure; Creditor Stark Onshore Master Holding Seeks to
Collect $12.9 million Delinquency
- CityCenter
Debut Draws More Interest than MGM's $212.6 million Quarterly Loss
- City
of Owensboro, Kentucky Receives Five Proposals for $20-$30 million
Downtown Hotel Venture
- Driftwood
Hospitality Management Appointed by Receiver to Manage Guest Suites of
Boca Raton and Radisson Hotel & Suites - Dallas Love Field Airport
- Aimbridge
Hospitality Expands Portfolio with Two New Management Contracts;
Aimbridge continues aggressive growth despite troubled economy
- Last
Days to Register - Social Networks as a Hotel Sales Tool - Web Cast
August 7, 2009
- Distressed?
Looking to Maximize Revenue? Champ Hospitality LP is Leading the Way;
Led by veteran hoteliers Joe Champ and Charlie Maas, the hotel
development services and consulting group unveils a "Revenue
Maximization Plan" for Special Servicers, Owners and Lenders
- Tristar
Hotel Group Offering Revenue Management and Online tools for Struggling
Hotels; Ownership and management company develops online 'RM3' revenue
management service and 'HMOnline.com' training and resources for any
hotel looking to increase revenues, improve operational efficiencies,
and enhance guest satisfaction
- PSAV
Partners to Launch 'Tradeshow on Demand'; Leading event-technology
company partners with creative production company to allow the
broadcasting of expos and conventions worldwide in order to expand the
reach and increase exhibitor and attendee value
- Roomlinx
Completes Seven Hotel installations in Eight Weeks With Interactive TV;
Rapidly Expands in Chicago, including theWit and Second Kessler Property
- Travelscream
Names Former Google Sales Leader Carrie Fabris as Vice President, Sales
- VFM
Leonardo Expands VNetwork™ to Include Gekko.com; The largest
distributor of visual content for hotels worldwide expands distribution
network to enable hotels to display their photos in front of more
prospective guests online on unique hotel recommendation website,
Gekko.com
- Hotel
Common Sense - Effective Sales Management: Short and Long-term
Planning, Forecasting, and Expense Budgeting / Dr John Hogan
- Canyon
Capital Realty Advisors to Put Cal Neva Resort, in Lake Tahoe, Once
Owned by Frank Sinatra, Up for Sale
- Integrated
Capital LLC Completes $20 million Renovation for Marriott in Overland
Park, Missouri
- Accor
Asia Pacific Expansion Continues with Five New Pullman Hotels in China,
Thailand and Vietnam
- Langham
Hotels International Signs Management Contract with Bangkok Mass
Transit System to Manage Two New Properties; The Langham and Langham
Place to be Introduced Simultaneously in Thailand
- Sunstone
Hospitality Management Contracts with Pinnacle Hotels to Manage
Doubletree Hotel Austin - University Area
- Great
Wolf Resorts Reports 2nd Qtr 2009 Net loss of $5.7 million Compared to
a Net Loss of $4.1 million for the Same Period a Year Earlier / Hotel
Operating Statistics
- Hotel
Equities Celebrates Grand Opening of the Courtyard by Marriott-Buford,
Georgia
- Delhi
Based Business Parks and Town Planners to Build 500-Room Hotel for
Hyatt India Consultancy in Noida, India
- The
Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Singapore Completes Year-Long 'Earthcheck'
Assessment Provided by the Non-profit Organisation, EC3
- Chris
Hettinger Named Executive Chef at Tarrytown House Estate and Conference
Center, Tarrytown, New York
August 3, 2009
- VIZERGY®
- One of the 50 Fastest Growing Private Companies in NE
Florida; Hotel Internet Marketing Company Honored for Rapid Growth
- Chip
Conley, Founder of Joie de Vivre Hotels, Has Built Empire by
Working to Make People Happy
- Hotel
Selling: Grab the Low Hanging Fruit / John Davies
- The
Greenbrier and Marriott Fail to Reach a Marketing Agreement; New
Owner Jim Justice Pays Agreed Upon $7.5 million Break Up Fee
- The
Extended Stay Hotel Brand, Staybridge Suites, Taps Students at the
Savannah College of Art and Design to Create a New Look for its Rooms
- Conde
Nast Publications Sues the Turks and Caicos
Tourist Board Seeking to Recover Over $1 million dollars in Unpaid
Advertising
- The
Bank Foreclosing on Downtown Stockton's Lexington
Plaza Waterfront Hotel Putting the Hotel Up for Public Auction; The
Former
Sheraton, Built in 2007, Cost $62 million
- The
Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club Near Phoenix Set For
Auction August 11; Hosted the LPGA Safeway International Tournament for
Five Years
- Computer
Illustrations of Dallas' New 1,000 room Convention Hotel Do
Not Dazzle Some Architecture Critics
- Pacifica
Capital & Brokerage, Inc. Arranges Purchase Financing for
Ramada Plaza Hotel
- Seeking
position as a Front Office Manager: Previous experience with
Kempinski and Starwood hotel chains. Speak fluent Russian and German.
Bachelor degree in Hospitality Management
- VFM
Leonardo Launches VTV
- The
$15 million Sale Transferring Ownership of the 252-room Doubletree
Hotel from the Procaccianti Group to the UMass Building Authority
Completed; UMass Lowell Plans to House up to 350 Students in th
Renovated Hotel
- UniFocus
Now on Twitter; Follow Us Today! Twitter Presence Grows
Awareness of How Hoteliers are Building Value
- TG
Renovations Surpasses $700 million in Hospitality Work; Industry
Experts Forecast Increased Demand for Hotel Renovation Services
- IDM
Group Takes on Expanded Day-to-day Management of The Delafield
Hotel in Delafield, Wisconsin
- True
North Hotel Group Opens Four Marriott-branded Hotels; All Financed
Before the Recent Financing Fiasco
- Duane
Schroder Appointed Director of Operations for the Mystic Marriott
Hotel & Spa in Groton, Connecticut
- François
Sigrist as General Manager of Parkroyal Penang in
Malaysia
- Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Stephen Weber Director of Sales at the
Downtown Conference Center in Manhattan
Top
25 Read Articles - July 2009
- Former
Marriott Director of Finance, Shannon Harp, Charged with Wire
Fraud Involving $2 million Theft
- A
Response to the News about Starwood's Discounting Strategy: Filling
Rooms at Any Cost Is Not The Answer To Our Problems
- Ben
Novack Jr., C.E.O. of Convention Concepts Unlimited, Found Dead in
His Hilton Hotel Room in Rye Brook, New York
- Prank
Call Convinces Hotel Guest to Do $5K in Damage; Similar Pranks
Reported Across the Country
- Social
Media: Marketing Magic or Madness / John Davies
- Five
Alternatives to Discounting Prices
- New
Wedding Trends for 2009 Impact the Way Couples Plan Their Big Day;
Hilton Family of Hotels Launches Wedding Resource
- Warrant
Reveals New Details in Mysterious Slaying of Convention Planner
Ben Novack Jr.
- Global
Update: Who's Where and Doing What / July 2009
- When
the Recovery Comes, What Will it Look Like for the Hotel Industry?
/ Jim Butler
- Front
Desk Hotel Training Can Generate Future Business / Doug Kennedy
- Social
Media for the Savvy Hotel Sales Manager / Susan Deluzain Barry
- In
Many U.S. Markets Hotel Room Prices for Groups versus
TransientTravelers Are Upside Down, a Phenomenon that's Unsustainable
- $500
million W Hotel Set to Open in South Beach, Florida, For $12,000 a
Night You Too Can be "Wowed"
- But
What Keeps Them Coming Back? One Couple Dines at the Democracy
Grille in the Bethesda Marriott Suites Seven Days a Week for Four years
- or
1,460 Meals
- Value
Place - A Hotel / Apartment Fusion The Value Place Franchise
Model is Carving a Distinctive Niche in the Extended-stay Hotel Market
- Founders
of Hotels.com Launch New Hotel Booking Site; Getaroom.com
Provides Benefits of Opaque Pricing without Keeping Travelers in the
Dark
- Marketing
& Revenue Management Plan 2010 -- The Most Difficult Plan
You Will Ever Do
- Orlando-Area
Hotels Reel From Year of Bad News, Recovery From Worst
Downturn for US Hoteliers in Decades Nowhere in Sight
- Placing
the TripAdvisor Review Widget on Your Hotel Website: a Good or
Bad Move? / Max Starkov
- 5-Star
Employees / Bryan Williams
- St.
Regis Monarch Beach Taken Over by Citigroup; Resort Where AIG Held
Sales Junket Is Foreclosed, Will Continue Operations Under St. Regis'
Management
- Despite
Deep Discounts on Room Rates, Hawai'i Hotel Occupancy During
May 2009 the Worst Since at Least 1987
- Las
Vegas Nightclubs Suddenly Find that Benign Neglect of their
Customer's Behavior May Affects their Bottom Lines
- A
Perfect Sellout for a Hotel Is Similar to a Perfect Game in Baseball;
Perfection Requires Entire Team Effort / Gregg Marzano
July 30, 2009
- JDA
Software and QL2 Announce Teaming Agreement to Provide Solutions that
Combine Revenue Optimization and Real-Time Market Reference Data;
Highly Competitive Retail, Hospitality, Rental Car, Passenger Rail and
Airlines Industries to Benefit from Alliance
- Six
Reasons Your Revenue Management System Isn't Working / Jean Francois
Mourier
- Hotels
Show Renewed Interest in Life Science Industry Meetings / David M.
Brudney
- Old
Fashioned Face-to-face Contact During the Greenbelt Marriott's Lobby
Tradition Hour Helps Keep Rooms Full
- To
Make Hotel Training Work, Make It Fun! / Doug Kennedy
- Coastal
Marina L.L.C. Files Suit in Attempt to Recover $17 million Deposit for
Trump's Atlantic City Casinos
- Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid Continues Fight Against "Destination
Discrimination"
- Jakarta
Bombings Fail to Discourage Tourists from the UAE
- Kimpton
Hotels & Restaurants $65 million, 202-Room Luxury Hotel Monaco
Baltimore Opens in Baltimore, Maryland
- Nakheel
Hotels Opens the W Washington D.C.; W's Edgy Design Style Super-imposed
on the the Former Hotel Washington Building, Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Opens the J&G Steakhouse
- Owners
Andre Surreys and Ron Sutherland Appoint Grace Bay Resorts to Manage
the $80 million Veranda Resort & Residences in Providenciales,
Turks and Caicos
- Building
a New Era in Hospitality Education: Kirkwood Community College's Lee
Belfield Embraces Host of Opportunities and Challenges as New $24
million Teaching Hotel Emerges in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Choice
Hotels Reports Second Quarter 2009 Net Income of $25.5 million Just
Slightly Lower than $27 million Earned in the Same Quarter Last Year,
Total Revenue Fell 14% to $143.3 million / Brand Operating Statistics
- Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies (HeBS) Announces Hotel Indigo New York
City-Chelsea Website Launch
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments - WHI Selected to Advise in the Sale of the
American Inn and the American Motel Located in Greater Kansas City
- The
ProHost® Housekeeping System Has Been Selected for the 298 room
Westin Fort Lauderdale
- TeleAdapt
Becomes Associate Member of Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG);
Membership Opens Doors for More Wireless Multi-Media Technology in the
Hotel Room
- Benchmark
Says The Northland Inn Will Remain Open for Business
- Baltimore,
Maryland's Hotel Projects Look Bright for Future
- One
of Australia's Most Iconic Properties, Cradle Mountain Lodge, Joins
Accor's MGallery Collection
- Noble
Investment Group Completes Comprehensive Upgrade of the Hilton
Birmingham Perimeter Park in Alabama, $7 Million Enhancement Includes
the Addition of Steele's Restaurant
- Unsightly
and Unfinished Pittsburg Hilton May be Cloaked for G-20 Summit in
September
- Pittsburg
Hilton Hotel Owners Shubh Hotels LLC Apologize for Delay in Finishing
Addition
- Lexington,
Kentucky Hotels Expand and Renovate for World Equestrian Games
- Value
Place Opens First of Five Planned Properties in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Dr.
Michael Olsen and Professor John Drysdale to Receive Lifetime Academic
Achievement Awards From The School of Hospitality Business Alumni
Association at Michigan State University
- Caribbean
Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST) Re-Elects Sir Royston O. Hopkin
as Chairman for Fourth Consecutive Term
- Committed
to the Environment, Naya, the InterContinental San Juan's Adopted Sea
Turtle, Swims for a Cause
July 29, 2009
- AboutAnywhere.com's
Hotel Partners Now Tweet
- Complete
Rankings for Customer Satisfaction Across Six Hotel Segments; Despite
Industry Downturn, Satisfaction With Hotels Increases According to J.D.
Power and Associates
- Warrant
Reveals New Details in Mysterious Slaying of Convention Planner Ben
Novack Jr.
- Parent
Company of Station Casinos Files Chapter 11; Owners Colony Capital and
the Fertitta Family Seek to Restructure $5.7 billion in Debt
- When
the Recovery Comes, What Will it Look Like for the Hotel Industry? /
Jim Butler
- Northland
Inn, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Moves Closer to Foreclosure; Benchmark
Hospitality Appointed Receiver
- Carlson
CEO Hubert Joly Takes Over Leadership of Carlson Hotels Worldwide,
Replacing Jay Witzel; Thorsten Kirschke Named Chief Operating Officer
of Carlson Hotels - Americas
- Wyndham
Worldwide Reports a 28% Drop in 2nd Qtr 2009 Net Income - $71
million down from $98 million a Year Earlier; RevPAR Falls 14.7%
Systemwide / Hotel Brand Operating Statistics
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Along With Owners, Amana Hospitality, LLC, Open
Re-Branded and Newly Renovated Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport
- Frasers
Hospitality Pte Ltd Sets Pace with First Vietnam Property, 170-Unit
Fraser Suites Hanoi; Lakeside Property Sets New Standards in Serviced
Apartment/Extended Stay Sophistication
- Davidson
Hotel Company to Re-Open and Manage Oxford Development Company's
Renovated Doubletree Pittsburgh/Monroeville Convention Center Hotel in
Pennsylvania
- Hotel
Common Sense -Recognizing There is More than One Approach to Ongoing
Success in Building Revenues
- McLaren
International Distributes Libra OnDemand in Asia Pacific; "Best of
breed" technology provider McLaren International will bring leading
Customer Relationship Management tools to hotels across the Asia
Pacific region
- Dan
Graveline, Executive Director of Georgia World Congress Center to Retire
- Some
Worry that "Hotel Mania" in Madison, Wisconsin Could Have Downside
- Dayton
(Ohio) Convention Center Feeling Economic Pinch as Groups Cut Back on
Convention and Conference Spending
- Provost
Groups Purchase Agreement Boosts Hopes for Convention Center Hotel in
Kennewick, Washington
- Pinnacle
Entertainments Sale of Rival Stock Ameristar Generates a Profit Report
of $4.7 million for Second Quarter
- West
Broad Village Aloft Hotel Owners Win Round in Court Against Site
Developer
- For
Hotels in Sarasota Springs, New York, Race Season Could be Winner:
Rooms Hard to Find as Occupancy Rates Rise Along with Prices
- John
Campbell Named Food and Beverage Director for Dorchester Collection's
New Country House Estate and Spa, Coworth Park, UK
July 28, 2009
- "OTA's
Should Earn Their Commissions Just Like a Traditional Travel Agent
Does" AboutAnywhere.com on the Hotel-OTA Relationship
- Executive
Summary of the 2nd Qtr U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline; Cancellations
and Postponements at Record High of 507 Hotels/76,726 Rooms
- Owners
of the Soon to Open Aloft Hotel in Richmond, Virginia Take to Court the
Site Developer for Not Completing Access Roads and Parking Garage
- "Times
are Tough - We're Tougher"; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tourism
Officials Plan for Tough Fight with New Campaign Report
- Prince
Hotels Ordered to Pay $290 million yen (US $3.067 million) for Refusing
Teachers Union Annual Meeting at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa
- Opened
in 1964, the Honolulu's Legendary Kahala Hotel Completes $52 million
Renovation
- Carlson
Hotels Adds 33 New Properties Spanning 13 Countries in the Second
Quarter of 2009
- Social
Networks as a Hotel Sales Tool - Web Cast
- Travel
Tripper Helps San Francisco's Parc 55 Drive Revenues Amidst Tough
Economy; RezTrip™ Booking Engine leverages downtown hotel's own website
to drive production by more than 46%, revenues by more than 33%
- PSAV
Partners With X20 Media to Bring True End-to-End Digital Signage
Solution to Hospitality Industry
- McLaren
International Distributes Libra OnDemand in Asia Pacific; "Best of
breed" technology provider McLaren International will bring leading
Customer Relationship Management tools to hotels across the Asia
Pacific region
- Eldorado
and Silver Legacy Hotel Casinos Use NEC's Hospitality Solutions to
Enhance Employee and Guest Experiences; Nevada resorts create a
positive environment for guests and staff through seamless
communications integration
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Successfully Appeals NYSE Ruling, Scheduled to
Resume Trading on Wednesday, July 29, 2009
- Meetings
& Events Industry Leader Joins PSAV; Darren Temple to serve as
Executive Vice President of Global Sales
- Michael
Gallegos and Raul Leal Elected to Hispanic Hotel Owners Association
Board of Directors
- 20
Reasons to Exhibit at HSMAI'S Affordable Meetings® National and
Event Technology Expo™
- Recession
Slows Seaside, California's Hotel and Commercial Development to a
Trickle
- North
County Development, LLC to Present Plans for 376 Acre Casino/Hotel
Complex in St. Louis, Missouri
- Overton
Hotel & Conference Center Staff in Lubbock, Texas Prepare for "Soft
Launch" as Center Nears Completion
- McKibbon
Hotel Management Set to Open the Aloft Tallahassee Downtown; Cara
Hardiman the Opening GM
- Yasmeen
Sarwar Named Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Grace Bay
Resorts, Turks and Caicos
July 27, 2009
- hotel
SystemsPro Announces Account Saturation Tool to Increase Revenue and
Focus Sales Activity on Top Accounts; hotel SalesPro's New
Web-Based Sales Tool Automates the 80/20 Rule for Streamlined Account
Qualification and Management
- A
Perfect Sellout for a Hotel Is Similar to a Perfect Game in Baseball;
Perfection Requires Entire Team Effort / Gregg Marzano
- Hotel
Loyalty Programs: Persistence Pays Off When Denied an Automatic Upgrade
- Regent
Out at Bal Harbour, Florida Condo-hotel, the 124 room Hotel Renamed One
Bal Harbour Resort & Spa
- Unfinished
Microtel Inn & Suites Owner, Jim Sayed, Learns What Happens When
the His Bank Lender Fails
- National
Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers are Urged
to "Buy Now" Although Financing May be Difficult to Obtain
- 490-Room
Paradise Tower Opens at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas: Yale Rowe,
General Manager States Hotel Near Capacity for Summer
- Home2
Suites by Hilton Identifies the Locations of the First 50 Signed
Franchise Applications
- iStar
Financial Appoints Aqua Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 350 room
Hilton Kauai Beach Resort
- How
Highly-Effective Hotel Managers Communicate
- With
An Exptected Completed Value of $160 million, Royal Reef Resort at
Sandy Point, North Caicos Reportedly for Sale for $37 million
- 6
Years Later, Pickets Stand Firm: About Half of the Congress Plaza Hotel
Workers in Chicago, Illinois Refuse to Give Up Fight
- Stalled
Landmark Hotel Developer, Halsey Minor, Charlottesville, Virginia
Speaks Out Against Bank Subsidiary, Specialty Finance Group
- Hotels
Hope Pranks Don't Fool Guests in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Structural
Construction Inspectors for Harmon Hotel at CityCenter in Las Vegas Hit
With Suspensions; Botched Inspections Result in 20 Floors of Hotel to
Not be Built
- Summit
City Holdings Outlines Preliminary Plans for $163 million Hotel,
Waterpark and a Possible Casino in Downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana
- In
Madison, Wisconsin Four Hotel Projects Are Postponed or Scrapped While
Three Hotels Overcome Obstacles and Open
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 40 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Recession,
Identity and the Art of War / Jitendra Jain
- Knowland
Begins Service in Dubai; Fast-growing Firm Expands Service to Middle
East
- World
Wide Fund for Nature Lends Financial Support to "Green" Thai Hotels in
Effort to Aid Tourism Slump
- Shangri-La's
Villingili Resort and Spa in the Maldives Opens; Jens Moesker the
General Manager
- Justin
D. Shelton Appointed President of Springwood Hospitality LLC
July 24, 2009
- Clean
Up Your (Server) Room! And find some immediate cost saving hiding in
plain sight / Lyle Worthington
- Pittsburgh
Officials Pull Troubled Hilton Hotel's Building Permit
- Alleged
Fraudster Allen Stanford's Stake in Luxury 245-Room Hotel Sorella in
Houston, Texas Likely to Be Sold; Unable to Make Capital Call for
Continued Construction
- The
Outlook For Hotel Investments / Scott Smith
- Observations:
Atlas Hospitality Group 2009 Mid-Year California Hotel Sales Survey /
Jim Butler
- Mount
Holly Partners LLC, the Promoter Developing Utah's Elk Meadows Ski Area
Into an Exclusive Resort, Filed for Chapter 11; Had Business Plan
Similar to that of the Yellowstone Club in Montana and Estimated to
Cost over 3.5 billion dollars
- Prive'
Nightclub at Vegas's Planet Hollywood Resort Being Forced to Close for
Failure to Abide by the Duties of a Liquor Licensee; County's License
Denial Came Hours After the Resort Paid a $500,000 Fine to State Gaming
Regulators for Failing to Maintain Sufficient Control Over the
Nightclub and Lounge
- Bank
of America Prepares to Open the 146 room Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte;
Bank Expects Half of the Rooms to Be Occupied by Employees, Vendors
- Richard
Kessler Opens The Bohemian Hotel Savannah Riverfront, its the 2nd
Kessler Hotel in His Hometown
- Benchmark
Hospitality International a "Top 100 Privately Held Company in
Houston"; In the Top 50, according to the Houston Chronicle
- EZYield.com
Taps Apical Resource Group LLC for Recruiting Services; Apical's
ability to provide executive level qualified candidates continues for
hospitality technology leader
- SDI
and TeleAdapt Sign New Distribution Agreement; TeleAdapt is now a
distributor of iHome for the EMEA hospitality market
- American
Hotel & Lodging Association Releases New Card Check Educational
Video for Industry Employees
- Ocean
Hospitalities Appointed Receiver for the Day's Inn in Watertown, New
York
- Howard
Dudley's $5 million Restoration of Liberty Hotel is Elegant Reminder of
Cleburne, Texas' Past and Family's Hope for Future
- Baltimore,
Maryland Hotels Appealing to Eco-Conscious Travelers
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts to Operate Joshi Hotel Group's Just Opened
TownePlace Suites Bethlehem/Easton, Pennyslvania
- South
San Francisco Voters to Decide on Proposed Hotel-Tax Hike
- Sanford,
North Carolina Welcomes Dipak Patel's New Comfort Suites Hotel
- Caroline
Czirr Named Corporate Director of Sales for Magnolia Hotels
July 23,2009
- New
Technology Enhances Advertising to Travel Agents Who Book $8 Billion in
Hotel Revenue; Tools by TravelCLICK and DoubleClick/Google enable
dynamic rate update and measure the true reach of online ads targeted
to travel agents
- TIG
Global Launches New Series of Reports on Destination eMarketing Best
Practices; First Report, 'Social Media and the DMO Marketer', Now
Available to the Public
- Orlando-Area
Hotels Reel From Year of Bad News, Recovery From Worst Downturn for US
Hoteliers in Decades Nowhere in Sight
- Indian
Hotels, Owners of Taj Brand Raise Top Brass Salaries by 20 to 30
Percent, Aim to Retain Talent
- Weighing-in
On Hotel's Use of The TripAdvisor Tools / Neil Salerno
- Starwood
Posts 2nd Qtr 2009 Net Income of $134 million, Includes a One Time $120
million Tax Benefit, Compared with $105 million a Year Earlier; REVPar
Fell 25% in North America and 30% Internationally / Hotel Statistics
- Alaska's
First Crowne Plaza Opens as First Full-Service Hotel Owned by Anchorage
Hospitality, LLC, and Sixth Anchorage Property Managed by The Hotel
Group
- Hotel
Common Sense - A New Look at Awards and Recognition / Dr John Hogan
- LaSalle
Hotel PropertiesNet Income for 2nd Qtr 2009 Drops 60% to $8.2 million
from $20.5 million in the year-ago Period; RevPAR was $134.15, a
Decrease of 22.6% While Occupancy Fell 7.9% to 74.7%
- Glenwood
South Hospitality Seeks Rezoning for Proposed 157-Room Hampton Inn in
Raleigh, North Carolina
- Opinion:
Let it Go, City of Paducah, Kentucky Should Refocus, Recruit New Hotel
- Towne
Park Acquries Avascend Healthcare Hospitality Based in Overland Park,
Kansas
- Trust
International Implements Trust|Connect PMS Interface with protel for
New Customer Classical Hotels
- Carlsbad,
California City Council Approves 215-Room Hilton Hotel Project, the
First in Beachfront Region
- Wood
River, Illinois City Council Approves Funding for Aventurs Development,
LLC's Proposed Development of 100-Room Holiday Inn Express
- ZMC
Hotels Restructures Management Team for Duluth, Minnesota Based
Operator of 30 Hotel Properties
- Hilton
Americas-Houston Becomes First Green Seal Certified Property in Texas
- Hilton
Hotel & Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview Opens its Doors on Major
Expansion Changing Niagara Falls' Skyline
- Kinseth
Hospitality Companies Assumes Management of Three Hotels, Including
Kings Pointe Waterpark Resort in Storm Lake, Iowa
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Bob Boyle Regional Director of
Operations
- Steven
Peterson Joins Hilton Hotels Corporation as Corporate Chef - Americas
July 22, 2009
July 21, 2009
- Softscribe
Inc.'s First Users Group Reveals Keen Tech Vendor Appetite for Social
Media; Meetup of 30 people during HITEC represented 100% client
attendance
- St.
Regis Monarch Beach Taken Over by Citigroup; Resort Where AIG Held
Sales Junket Is Foreclosed, Will Continue Operations Under St. Regis'
Management
- Apex
Enterprises Proposes a $100 million Mixed Use Project to Include
300-room Hotel on Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin
- Mortgage
Holder, Shorebank Pacific, Receives No Bids at Forecloser Auction of
the Columbia Gorge Hotel; Bank Now Considering a Managment Company to
Reopen Historic Hotel in Hood River, Oregon
- The
Murder Investigation of Convention Planner Ben Novack Jr. Looks at a
Strange Home Invasion Reported to Police in 2002
- Development
Team Assembled to Build a Resort on a Secluded Island in Panama, the
Resort at Isla Palenque
- 90%
of United Auto Workers Dealers From Bally's and Caesars in Atlantic
City, New Jersey Authorize Strike
- Marriott
International Signs Management Agreement with Binh Minh Import Export
Production and Trade Company, Ltd. to Open Its First Hotel in Hanoi,
Vietnam; 450-room JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi to Open in 2012
- A
Smaller Downtown Sacramento Hotel Plan May Compete for City Tax Breaks
with Luxury Hotel Proposal
- Marshall
Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Adds Five Management Contracts Including the
244-room Four Points by Sheraton Midtown-Times Square
- Expotel
Hospitality Signs Management Contract with CLP Development Company to
Operate the Future 142-room Crowne Plaza in Downtown Chattanooga,
Tennessee
- With
Sagging Finances Continuing Due to Poor Economy, Yet Another City
Ponders Hotel-Tax Increase
- Xotels
chooses ZDIRECT as eCRM Solution for its European Hotels
- Think
Your Hotel Building Construction Means You Can't Offer Your Guests
Wireless?
- Seven
Multifamily Housing Operators Tap Rainmaker LRO TM Revenue Optimization
System; The economy may be down, but interest in lease-rent revenue
optimization system is up
- Days
Inn Brand Now Present in all 50 States with Opening of Days Inn Maui
Oceanfront
- The
Soon to Open $56 million Marriott Hotel and Conference Center Previewed
by Normal City, Illinois Council Members
- Mohegan
Sun Places Bet on Table Games: Casino at Pocono Downs Will Expand
Beyond Slot Machines Once Legislation Passes
- HSMAI
Aims to Establish Sydney Chapter
- David
Overton, Founder & CEO of The Cheesecake Factory, Named as 2009
Recipient of Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers' (CHART)
Commitment to People Award
- Robert
Webb Joins Hilton Hotels Corporation as Chief Information Officer
- Adriano
Vences Named New Resident Manager for Marco Polo Hong Kong Hotel
July 20, 2009
- Legendary
Luxury Hotel Leverages the Power of TravelCLICK's New Service to Build
Communities on Facebook and Other Popular Sites; The Ritz London
Selects TravelCLICK to Optimize Social Marketing
- A
Response to the News about Starwood's Discounting Strategy: Filling
Rooms at Any Cost Is Not The Answer To Our Problems / Jean Francois
Mourier/Bruno Perez
- In
Many U.S. Markets Hotel Room Prices for Groups versus Transient
Travelers Are Upside Down, a Phenomenon that's Unsustainable
- White
House Letter Should Put to Rest Notion that Government Workers Should
Avoid Las Vegas
- Las
Vegas Nightclubs Suddenly find that Benign Neglect of their Customer's
Behavior May Affects their Bottom Lines
- But
What Keeps Them Coming Back? One Couple Dines at the Democracy Grille
in the Bethesda Marriott Suites Seven Days a Week for Four years-or
1,460 Meals
- 5-Star
Employees - Part 1 / Bryan K. Williams
- Expanding
The Convention Center in Philadelphia to 1,000,000 Sq Ft on Budget at
$786 million; Group Bookings in 2011, 2012 and 2013 Looking Good
- $275
million Indianapolis Convention Center Expansion Progresses on
Schedule; Will be Nations 16th Largest Convention Center Complex
- The
462-room Trump International Hotel Waikiki Beach Walk Opening Late Fall
2009; Includes Laurent Tourondel's BLT Steak
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Signs Agreement with BIA Acquisitions to Manage
203-Room Holiday Inn Laredo Civic Center in Laredo, Texas
- The
Historic Green Park Inn in Blowing Rock, North Carolina Set for Public
Auction on July 30, 2009; Once a Summer Getaway in the Blue Ridge
Mountains for Anyone who Could Afford It
- Some
Criticize Escondido, California's City Council for Withdrawal of
Support for $60 million Marriott Hotel Project
- City
Officials in McAllen, Texas Pursue Low-Interest Loans to Assist Two
Developers to Build Embassy Suites and a La Quinta Inn Hotel at McAllen
Convention Center Site
- Concord
Hospitality Secures $10.8 million Loan to Build a 124-room Courtyard by
Marriott in Washington, Pennsylvania
- CLP
Development Plans $24 million Crowne Plaza Hotel for Downtown
Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Rafiki
Hotels Plans to Reopen 156-Room Howard Johnson Inn in Burlington, Iowa
- Sanguine
Hospitality and Hotel MK Sign Doubletree by Hilton Franchise Agreements
in the UK Cities, Bristol and Milton Keynes
- Kempinski
Hotel Adriatic Set to Open with Michael Sorgenfrey as the General
Manager
July 17, 2009
- Five
Alternatives to Discounting Prices
- Global
Update: Who's Where and Doing What
- The
Public Financing Component Approved for a $537 million 1,167- room
Marriott Marquis at the Washington D.C. Convention Center
- Biloxi,
Mississippi Coast Casinos Foresaw Economic Crisis, Made Adjustments
- Marriott
Statement Concerning the Bombings at the Ritz-Carlton and the JW
Marriott in Jakarta as of 6:30 AM Eastern time, July 17 2009
- Construction
Begins On The Brando, a 47-room Resort on Marlon Brando's Private
Island, the French Polynesian Atoll of Tetiaroa
- Hilton
Hotels Corporation Recognizes Top Developers for Full-service Hilton,
Doubletree and Embassy Suites Hotels
- Hyatt
Regency Crown Center Hotel's Skywalk Disaster Memorial Fund Gains
$25,000 Financial Boost
- Meeting
Planners International Praises Salt Lake City, Utah Following World
Education Congress Convention: Success Tied to Hospitality and
Creativity
- GKF
Group Aligns with Wyndham for Two Grand Cayman Properties; The Grand
Caymanian Resort Branded a Ramada While Plans Progress to Build a
Wyndham Branded Resort at Crystal Harbor
- Ruptured
Pipe Floods Mezzanine at New Omni Fort Worth in Downtown Fort Worth,
Texas
- Wyndham
Hotel Group Names Marc Greenberg General Manager of the Year for its
Hawthorn Suites Brand; Awa Njie Named Count on Me! Service
Representative of the Year
- Greenbrier
Resort to Offer Limited Gambling in September Prior to New $25 million
Underground Casino Opening in April 2010
- Destination
Kohler Installs New Two-Way Interface Between PAR Springer-Miller's
SMS|Host® and TravelCLICK's iHotelierSM; Kohler Augments Onward
Distribution with New Interface
- Accor:
First-Half 2009 Revenue Down 8.1% Like-for-Like
- First
Hospitality Group Assumes Management of the 232-room Chicago South Loop
Hotel
- Ilikai
Hotel Union Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify Wage and Benefit Agreement;
No Word on When Hotel Will Reopen
- Tata
Group Restructuring Budget Hotel Brand Ginger in India
- Kevin
Thorstenson Named as VP of Hotel Operations for Thunder Valley Casino,
the 400-Room Hotel Scheduled to Open Summer of 2010 near Sacramento
- Michele
Pajot Named General Manager for Newly Renovated Gaithersburg Marriott
Washingtonian Center, Gaithersburg, Maryland
- HFTP's
Annual Convention & Tradeshow "New to Industry Education
Scholarship" Deadline is August 1, 2009
- Bill
Caraway of The Hamister Group Elected to Serve on Pennsylvania Tourism
& Lodging Association Board
July 16, 2009
- AboutAnywhere.com
CEO to Participate with Expedia, Orbitz and Starwood in Major Industry
Event in September 2009
- Getting
"Face Time" at Trade Shows Just Became Easier Elite Meetings
International Set to Partner with Top Meeting Industry Partners to Roll
Out its FaceTime™ Appointment Scheduler at High-Traffic Shows
- Marriott
Reports 2nd Qtr Profit of $37 million, Down 76% from a Year Earlier;
Revpar Falls 23.6% in 2nd Qtr / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Social
Media: Marketing Magic or Madness / John Davies
- Hotel
Common Sense - Using Business Social Networks Productively
- Guests
Often Violate Some Form of Pool or Beach Etiquette; Number 1 Annoyance
- Hogging Poolside or Beachside Chairs
- Mold
Hazard Forces Court Appointed Receiver to Close the Financially
Troubled 130-room Eagle Creek Resort in Findlay, Illinois
- Water
Crisis in Mumbai, India Prompts Supply to 5-Star Hotel Pools and
Bottled Water Plants Be Cut
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Has Strong First Half of 2009; Adds 21
Properties, Executes 36 Contracts
- A
Hyatt-Woodbine Development Corp. Partnership Building a 214-room Hyatt
Place in Sugar Land, Texas
- Luxury
Link Presents the "Uncompromising Vacation Getaway"; One lucky contest
winner will receive a 4-night luxury trip for two at a Destination
Hotels & Resorts property
- Spectrum
Gaming Group Study Sheds Light on Connecticut Gambling: Casinos Created
Wealth, but State has Done Poor Job in Managing Industry
- The
162 Room Reef Resort in Cayman Islands Takes PRIDE in its Customer
Service Training Program
- The
79 Room Siena Hotel in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Sold to Annika
Hotels; $3 million in Upgrades Planned
- Vick
Patel Breaks Ground on New Cave City, Kentucky Hotel: Sleep Inn &
Suites to Replace Comfort Inn that Burned Down
- Motel
Enterprises Set to Open Oconee County, Georgia's First Hotel; a 99-Room
Springhill Suites by Marriott
- The
Founder of Leela Hotels, Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair, to Receive the
Hall of Fame Award at Annual Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI)
- Langham
Hotels International Signs Management Contract with Gurich Company in
Koh Samui, Thailand to Open Designer Boutique Resort in November 2009
- Swire
Hotels Appoints Executive Management for The Upper House, in Pacific
Place, Hong Kong; Dean Winter Named General Manager
- Chef
Romuald Feger Joins The St. Regis San Francisco As Executive Chef
Overseeing Culinary Operations for the 260-Room Hotel and Vitrine
Restaurant
July 15, 2009
- NORTHWIND
Expands Presence in the West; 25 Luxury Properties Go With
Guest-Centric Maestro Integrated Property Management System to
centralize management controls, provide personalized guest experiences
and maximize online revenue with guest self-serve
- Concierges
Bid Farewell to Log Books at The Dorchester; GoConcierge Makes It
Easier to Provide Efficient, Personalized Luxury Service
- TravelCLICK
to Share Keys for Boosting Electronic Revenue at HEDNA's Annual ASPAC
Meeting; Paul Southey, TravelCLICK's Vice President of Asia Pacific,
will present strategies hotels have used to outperform the market by
34% in the region
- Former
Marriott Director of Finance, Shannon Harp, Charged with Wire Fraud
Involving $2 million Theft
- Prank
Call Convinces Hotel Guest to Do $5K in Damage; Similar Pranks Reported
Across the Country
- Integrated
Capital LLC Completes $20 million Modernization of the Marriott
Overland Park, Kansas Including the Three Zone MI Greatroom
- Online
Travel Agencies (OTAs): Will They Survive the Removal of Airline Ticket
Booking Fees? / Max Starkov
- Developers/Proprietors
TriStar Capital and RFR Realty Open the 408-room W South Beach, Miami
Beach; Hotel Expected to Serve as the Flagship for the W Brand
- Brown
Hotel Group, Inc. - BHG Selected to Facilitate the Sale of Best Western
Laguna Brisas Spa Hotel, Laguna Beach, California
- EMCVenues
Partners with Cvent to Relaunch VenueFinder; Significantly Enhancing
Sourcing for Meetings
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments - WHI Selected to Advise in the Sale of the American
Inn and the Interstate Inn in Denver (Wheat Ridge), Colorado
- Hersha
Hospitality Trust Sells Three Hotels - Mainstay Suites and a
Comfort Inn in Frederick, Maryland and a Four Points in Revere,
Massachusetts
- Two
Franchise License Agreements Signed in Tanzania for Doubletree by
Hilton Hotels in Dar Es Salaam and Zanzibar, Africa with Opulent Hotel
Group
- Online
Merchandising: What is it and How Can You Use it to Your Advantage? Six
simple ways hotels can use online merchandising to their advantage /
Paolo Boni
- Cotton
Center Hospitality and Henderson Hospitality Open 125-Suite Homewood
Suites by Hilton® in Phoenix, Arizona
- Jon
Simons Appointed to American Hotel & Lodging Association's Manager
of Government Affairs
- Sebastian
Goldmann Appointed Food & Beverage Manager at the Hilton Chongqing,
China
July 14, 2009
- How
Will Fast Growing Mobile Browsing Affect Your Travel Sales; US Mobile
web browsing is experiencing phenomenal growth with an increase of
almost 62% during 2008
- Clevelander
Hotel, Essex House Select Solutions by Agilysys; South Miami Beach
Hotels Implement Property Management, Point-of-Sale Systems
- The
Hyatt Regency Grand Cayman Remains Shuttered and in Ruins Nearly Five
Years after Hurricane Ivan; Insurance Dispute Continues, Government
Tells Owners to Re-open by Year End
- Irongate
Capital, the Developer of Trump International Hotel & Tower
Waikiki, Hit by Two Lawsuits by Buyers Wanting to Get Out of their
Purchases
- Ben
Novack Jr., C.E.O. of Convention Concepts Unlimited, Found Dead in His
Hilton Hotel Room in Rye Brook, New York; Son of Ben Novack, Who Built
the Fontainebleau
- Create
a Profitable Spa by Capitalizing on Concepts / Mindy Terry
- Blooming
Business: Columbus, Ohio's Largest Convention May Leave Unless More
Hotel Rooms Sprout Nearby
- Bisono
Enterprises Signs Rockresorts to Manage Resort Operations at the
Balcones Del Atlantico in the Dominican Republic
- Long
Beach, California Redevelopment Agency Looking for Developers to Revive
104-Year-Old Downtown American Hotel
- priZem
Hospitality Solutions Increases Financial Reporting Power by Partnering
with Jet Reports
- Intelity's
ICE is Welcomed into Boutique Hotels Throughout the U.S.
- Holiday
Inn Laguna Hills Sold
- Last
Days to Register - Marketing & Revenue Management Plan 2010 -- The
Most Difficult Plan You Will Ever Do
- Webinar:
Online Experiential Marketing - Learn how to make online
experiential marketing work for your hotel with helpful tips from the
experts in a one hour webinar on July 15th 2009 at 1:00 PM EDT
- Roomlinx
Proprietary Ad Platform Generates Additional Revenue for Hotels
Nationwide; Roomlinx Leverages In-Room Entertainment for Value-Added
Offerings
- Conditions
for Hotel Industry "RESET" May be Coming into Alignment / Jim Butler
- The
Holder of Two Mortgages Totaling $940,000, Boulder Dam Credit Union
Just Starting to Deal with the Boulder Dam Hotel Closure, Boulder City,
Nevada
- Ramsfield
Hospitality Finance Completes $5 million Refurbishment of the Former
Honolulu Prince; the 135 room Hotel Rebranded Aqua Waikiki Pearl a
Member of the Aqua Boutique Brand
- HSMAI'S
Affordable Meetings® National Celebrates 20 Years; Welcomes
Jonathan
Tisch as Keynote Speaker; Annual Conference and Exposition Features
Second Annual Event Technology Expo, 42 In-Depth Educational Sessions
and New Electronic Matchmaking Service "networkNow!"
- HFTP
Seeking Nominations for Paragon Award
- Tim
Tindle Appointed General Manager, Pan Pacific Vancouver
- Dorene
Miller Appointed Director of Catering and Convention Services for
InterContinental San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Grand
Pacific Resort Services Appoints Patrick Fernane as Director of
Inventory Management and Owner Services
July 13, 2009
- iStar
Financial Plans to Re-open the Ilikai Hotel as Soon as Possible Under a
New Management Team and a New Contract with UNITE HERE Local 5
- Time-share
Owners Wait on Sidelines of Aviara Dispute with Effects Expected to be
Minimal; Four Seasons and Hotel Owner Remain Quiet
- Placing
the TripAdvisor Review Widget on Your Hotel Website: a Good or Bad Move?
- According
to Fitch Ratings CMBS Delinquency Index Results 13 Hotel Loans Totaling
$596 million Defaulted Including $190 million Pointe South Mountain
Resort in Phoenix, AZ, $117 million Loews Lake Las Vegas in Las Vegas,
NV, and $100 million Dream Hotel in New York, NY.
- Mandarin
Oriental Adds Swank to Strip: Nongaming Hotel at CityCenter Las Vegas
Touts Top Amenities & Service
- Attention
Hoteliers! Beat the Recession with Top Hotel Reservation &
Marketing Tools!
- The
Wait is Over: TeleAdapt Announces MediaHub HD™ is Now Shipping; New
MediaHub HD Features a Single HDMI Cable Connection to the TV and
Bluetooth® for Wireless Audio Streaming, a First in In-Room
Entertainment
- In
Hot and Dry Death Valley, The Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort
Learns How to Reduce Water Usage and Generate Electricity
- A
$107 million Grand Plan for the Edgewater Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin
- San
Diego's 210 Room Hotel Indigo Looks to Growth Despite Economic
Uncertainty
- Parkcrest
Development and USA Hospitality Urge City to Move Quickly or Risk
Losing $91 million Hotel Financing Deal, Sacramento California
- Complimentary
tele-seminars with Bryan K. Williams in July!
- ConferenceDirect
Selects Cvent Supplier Network as Hotel RFP Platform
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 51 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Entire
Contents of 112 Year Old Belleview Biltmore Resort Hotel to be Sold in
Clearwater, Florida
- Historic
Boulder Dam Hotel Forced to Close Doors in Boulder City, Nevada
- Escondido,
California City Councilman Sam Abed says Redevelopment Windfall Could
Revive Downtown Marriott Hotel
- Dover,
New Hampshire's Microtel Inn and Suites Auction Sale Tops Original
Purchase Price
- Starwood
Hotels Demonstrates Four Points by Sheraton's Redesigned and
Contemporary New Look at the Just Opened Four Points by Sheraton San
Antonio Northwest Owned by Galo Properties and Managed by DePalma Hotel
Corp.
- Sensorial
Experiences Are Aimed at Enhancing Guest Satisfaction at the
InterContinental San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Barb
Ward Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at the Renaissance Hotel
and the Residence Inn at The Depot, Minneapolis
- Kerry
Mitruska Named Senior Sales Manager for Naples Bay Resort, Naples,
Florida
July 10, 2009
- Internet
Marketing Seminars Help UK Hoteliers Navigate a Complex Environment;
TravelCLICK educates hoteliers on how to attract and convert online
shoppers in today's economy
- Pros
and Cons: Purchasing Hotel Branded Keyword Terms in Paid Search
Marketing On the Main Search Engines Google, Yahoo / Max Starkov
and Evan Rosenblum
- Value
Place - A Hotel / Apartment Fusion; The Value Place Franchise Model is
Carving a Distinctive Niche in the Extended-stay Hotel Market / Laurel
A Keller
- Social
Media for the Savvy Hotel Sales Manager / Susan Deluzain Barry
- The
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Buffalo, New York in Receivership: Owner NS
Partners Failed to Pay Over $2 million in Taxes and Debt
- Capella
Pedregal, a Dramatic, 66-room Cliffside and Beachside Resort and Spa,
Prepares to Open in Cabo San Lucas
- HFTP's
2009 Annual Convention & Tradeshow September 16-19 at Green Valley
Ranch and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Roberts
Hotel Group Opens the Hotel Indigo St. Louis Central West End Following
a $10 million Renovation of the Historic Bel Air West Motel
- Convention
Attendance Plummets in May by 33% in Las Vegas
- Embassy
Suites Opens for Business in $85 million Avant Project in Buffalo, New
York
- The
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Has Spent about $7 million on Bankruptcy
Lawyers and $5 million on Art
- Thai
Hotels Association Seeks to Repeal Alcoholic Beverage Ban Imposed
During Long Holidays
- Wyo
Gaming Seeking a License to Run a 12,000 Sq Ft Gambling Floor Inside
the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Reading, Pennsylvania
- Artisan
Downtown Hotel's Opening Scheduled at Opportune Time for City of El
Paso, Texas
- America's
Best Franchising and InnPoints Worldwide Continue Reservation
Relationship
- The
Historic Belleview Biltmore Resort in Clearwater, Florida Undergoing a
Multi-million dollar Restoration; Liquidation Sale to be Conducted by
NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc.
- Lessons
on Brands and Discounting / John Hogan
- Canadian
Hotel Investment Market Expected to Recover in 2010; Six in ten
respondents expect a clear sign of recovery by 2010
- Alliance
Hospitality Management Chosen to Open and Operate New Courtyard by
Marriott, Clarksville, Tennessee
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts Names Jennifer Richards General Manager of the
Hilton Indianapolis North
- Tom
J. Krooswijk Joins Hotel de l'Europe in Amsterdam as General Manager
- Rudy
Rodas Appointed General Manager of the New Pan Pacific Xiamen, China
- Luz
Chatman Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the Sofitel San
Francisco Bay
July 8, 2009
- TravelCLICK
Ranks 35 on Crain's Fast Fifty: 14,000 customers worldwide leverage
award winning solutions; hotels get major ROI lift when combining
strategies
- Lifestyle
Hotels: Gotta Have Soul / Daniel Edward Craig
- iStar
Financial Confirms Closing of Ilikai Hotel Operations in Waikiki,
Hawaii; Condos & Time Shares Not to be Affected
- Founders
of Hotels.com Launch New Hotel Booking Site; Getaroom.com Provides
Benefits of Opaque Pricing without Keeping Travelers in the Dark
- Starwood
Signs an Agreement to Sell the W San Francisco for $90 Million; Retains
a Long-term Management Contract
- Rival
Casinos, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, Band Together to Launch Campaign to
Lure Gamblers: Betting on Teamwork
- Chesapeake,
Virginia Developer Dilip Patel Ordered to Tear Out Chinese Made Drywall
From Near Complete Comfort Inn & Suites
- City
of Pompano Beach Employees' Retirement System Files Suit Against
Synovus Financial Corporation, Claims Firm Did Not Disclose Losses
Connected to Sea Island Company, Owners of The Cloister & The Lodge
at Sea Island, St. Simon, Georgia
- Unless
Radar Facility is Moved, FAA Will Block Development of Oceanfront
Convention Center Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Biloxi,
Mississippi's Palace Casino Plans Expansion To Restore Resort to
Four-Star Status Prior to Hurricane Katrina
- San
Bernadino County Leads California in Hotel Foreclosures, States Numbers
Have Spiked 184% in Past 60 Days Reports Atlas Hospitality Group
- Bonds
Sale May be Used to Help Fund Bridget Chisholm's Proposed 300 Room
Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina
- LRA
Worldwide Launches the Guest Experience "Emotional Audit" ™; Tool
Allows Luxury, Upscale Hotel Brands to Measure Emotional Connection to
the Guest
- Northstar
Travel Media Teams with Travelscream for New Agent Deals Distribution
Platform; In a groundbreaking content redistribution model, hotels
deliver "Travel Deals" to agents via Northstar's websites
- New
Castle Hotels & Resorts Expands Partnership with UniFocus for
Employee Engagement; Leading Hotel Manager/Developer Selects UniFocus'
STAFFScope™
- Rees
Jones Designs First Golf Course for Waldorf Astoria Brand; The Waldorf
Astoria Golf Club Will Serve as an Amenity for the 497-room
Waldorf=Astoria Orlando and the 1,000-room Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
- Following
a Multi-million dollar Renovation the Iconic Sheraton Yankee Clipper
Hotel in Fort Lauderdale Will Reopen as The Sheraton Fort Lauderdale
Beach Hotel in January 2010
- $6.5
million Accista Spa Opens at Hyatt Regency Monterey as Part of $60
million Renovation of Monterey, California Hotel
- Tel
Aviv's Oldest and First Hotel to Reopen as a 42 Room Boutique Hotel;
Architect Meira Mor States "The Hotel Will be One of Tel Aviv's Most
Prestigious Hotels."
- Hilton
Names Andrew Flack as VP of Global Brand Marketing
- Massimiliano
Perversi Appointed General Manager of the Carlton Hotel Baglioni, Milan
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Monica Smiley Director of Sales
& Marketing for Costa d'Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Florida
- HSMAI
Announces 2009 Adrian Awards "Call for Entries", Entry Submission Opens
July 15 in Competition Honoring Travel Marketing Excellence
July 7, 2009
- Internet
Marketing Seminars Help UK Hoteliers Navigate a Complex Environment;
TravelCLICK educates hoteliers on how to attract and convert online
shoppers in today's economy
- Gaylord
Opryland Expects $220K in Annual Housekeeping Savings, Better Guest
Service Via MTech's REX; Operating on the Apple iPhone/iPod touch
platform, MTech's new Room Expeditor tool helps turn Opryland's 2,881
rooms faster and provide room customization
- Indoor
Waterpark Resorts Supply and Demand Mid-Year 2009 Update / David J
Sangree
- The
Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain On Track for Fall 2009 Opening; GM Michael
McMahon Aims to Achieve AAA's Five Diamond Rating for the 250 room
Tucson Resort
- The
Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association Reports Future Year
Group Bookings Are Up, But 2009 Hotel Occupancy Falls to 55.7% through
May
- Ron
Scott of Spartanburg Hospitality Management Sets Sights on Spicing Up
Old 224 Room Country Hearth Inn in Spartanburg, South Carolina
- South
Korea Based Consus Asset Management Pledges More Than $91 million to
Build 409 Room Downtown Sacramento, California Hotel
- As
Recession Drags on, Hotels Like Value Place Become Homes for Families
Struggling to Survive
- Historic
Green Park Inn in Blowing Rock, North Carolina on Auction Block
- New
Owners Plan to Invest $100 million to Renovate the 1,876-room Tropicana
Las Vegas with a South Beach Miami Theme
- Marketing
& Revenue Management Plan 2010 -- The Most Difficult Plan You Will
Ever Do
- Guest
Complaints Are Just Feedback / Kevin Stirtz
- 10
State Lodging Associations Honored by American Hotel & Lodging
Association for Outstanding Leadership and Growth
- Rivers
Casino Debuts in Pittsburgh with MICROS's 9700 Hospitality Management
Suite
- Aimbridge
Hospitality Appoints Richard Sprecher to Vice President, Business
Development
- Three
Oaks Hospitality Names Brian Friederichs as New Sales Manager
- HITEC
Advisory Council Begins Planning HITEC 2010 in Orlando, Florida
- Dr.
Marc Faber to Provide Keynote Address at the 20th Annual Hotel
Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP)
July 6, 2009
- Despite
Deep Discounts on Room Rates, Hawai'i Hotel Occupancy During May 2009
the Worst Since at Least 1987
- Front
Desk Hotel Training Can Generate Future Business / Doug Kennedy
- End
of an Era: The Bizarre Membership Requirement for Getting a Drink in
Utah Repealed
- Global
Hyatt Corporation Changes Name to Hyatt Hotels Corporation
- Hutchison
Whampoa Parts Ways with Starwood; Rebrands Westin Our Lucaya Resort on
Grand Bahama Island to Radisson at Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort
- New
Survey Claims the Added Value Provided by Hotel Brand Loyalty Programs
Remains a More Critical Factor in Hotel Selection than Price of the Room
- The
Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University Releases Study
Showing Price Cutting Not Advantageous
- HEDNA's
Annual Asia Pacific Meeting to Focus on Strategies to Help Hoteliers
Boost Revenue Via Electronic Distribution / July 23, 2009 in
Singapore
- Recap:
HSMAI's Revenue Management & Internet Marketing Strategy
Conference; Mark Robertson Named HSMAI Revenue Management Professional
of the Year
- Marriott
Resorts in Hawai'i Planning a Sales Blitz in Japan with a Seven-day Bus
Campaign
- IACC
Global Convenes to Navigate the Perfect Storm of Meetings Industry; 2nd
annual European conference to "explore the role of conference centers
in turbulent times"
- Thayer
Lodging Group Opens 163 Suite Residence Inn as Part of Marriott Miami
Airport Hotel Campus
- Terranea
Resort Hotel Tax to Appear on November Ballot in Rancho Palos Verdes,
California
- Marriott
Hotel's Renovations Exemplify Salt Lake City's 'Downtown Rising' Amid
Challenging Times
- Hotel
Operators in Omaha, Nebraska Protest Cuts From Tourism Promotion Budget
- Starwood
Capital Group Signs Binding Agreement to Purchase Golden Tulip
Hospitality BV
- City
of Amsterdam Signs Agreement with Park Plaza Hotels to Develop an
art'otel in the City's Iconic Former Kadaster Office
- Hilton
Hotels Opens the Doubletree by Hilton Qingdao/Chengyang in the Shandong
Province of China
- IFA
Hotels & Resorts Acquires Additional Stake in Boschendal, South
Africa
- Blue
City Company 1, Developers of Al Madina A'zarqa, Oman Jordan Signs
Agreement to Develop Five Star Beachfront Property with
Intercontinental Hotels Group
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Brian West Executive Chef at Hotel
Contessa, San Antonio, Texas
- HomeAway
Hires Former Opodo France Chairman of the Board, Petra Freidman as
President of HomeAway Europe
July 2, 2009
- IDeaS Revenue
Optimization and Multi-Systems Inc. Complete Certified System
Integration
- Financing
a Hotel is a Tough Job, "Not for the Squeamish" says Bridget Chisholm
of Urban Hotel Group
- Lodgian, Inc.
Obtains Extensions on $71.6 million of its Mortgage Debt; Ceases
Mortgage Payments on the Holiday Inn Phoenix West with Hopes to Return
the Property to the Lender on a Consensual Basis
- $500 million
W Hotel Set to Open in South Beach, Florida, For $12,000 a Night You
Too Can be "Wowed"
- Los Angelians
Are Going Out Less, Ordering Fewer Drinks, Watching Prices More / Hotel
Bel-Air Wins for Top Appeal / Zagat Nightlife Survey
- Beachtree
Properties Select Aqua Hotels & Resorts to Rebrand the 53-room
Hotel Molokai
- Orchid
Resorts & Escapes Now Featured on LuxuryLink.com; Luxury Link and
Orchid Resorts & Escapes Team Up to Bring More Exceptional
Properties to the Sophisticated Traveler
- Pinnacle
Realty Investments Represented Owners of Sheraton Newton Hotel, Newton,
Massachusetts, Hotel to be Rebranded as Crowne Plaza
- Board of
Directors Elected for Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association;
James Purdum, Penn State Hospitality Services, Named Chairman
- "It's Not
Just a Renovation! It's a New Hotel"; Hotel Abrego Opens in Monterey,
California
- Starwood
Hotels Plans Entry into Bermuda With St. Regis Bermuda
- Former
Radisson Hotel, High Point, North Carolina Officially Becomes Best
Western
July 1, 2009
- Glenn
Fogel from Priceline, SVP of Lodging for Expedia and CMO from Orbitz to
Speak at the Travel Distribution Summit, Sept, Chicago
- $75
million Hotel Proposal by Urban Hotel Group Gaining Momentum with
Greensboro, North Carolina Offcials
- Developer
Hollander Investments Unveils Plans for Two Hotels on Tacoma,
Washington Waterfront
- New
Wedding Trends for 2009 Impact the Way Couples Plan Their Big Day;
Online wedding planning is a growing trend
- Through
the Eyes of a Hotel Butler: Small Details - Big Degree of Difference /
Osvaldo Torres Cruz
- Hawaii
Tourism Responds Swiftly to Challenges; Hawaii Tourism Authority
Approves $3.4 million for Marketing in Japan, North America, Australia
and New Zealand
- Hotel
Indigo Opens in Central West End, St. Louis, Missouri Despite Delays
and Disputes Following $17 million Renovation
- Drury
Hotels Wins Grudging Approval from Santa Fe's Historic Design Review
Board of its Plans for Redevelopment of the St. Vincent Hospital
Property to a Hotel
- A
Common Sense Review Process for Capital Investments / Dr. John Hogan
- Roomlinx
Wins Global Business Planning Competition in Wales, U.K.; Denver-based
hospitality company wins one year of free office space and support
package to expand into Europe
- Engaging
Service: 22 Ways to Become a Service Superstar / Bryan K. Williams
- EZYield.com
and SoftBrands Commence Offering of Integrated Software Suite Through
New Global Technology Partnership
- Travel
Intelligence Group Partners With RateTiger to Enhance Competitive
Positioning; Online travel provider benchmarks rate parity
- priZem
& Aprinda Join Forces to Stimulate Hotel Revenues and Accurately
Create Financial Awareness!
- Double
JJ Ranch, Waterpark and Golf Resort, Western Michigan’s Four Season
Destination Resort, Under New Ownership and Management
- Discounted
Rates Fuel a Very Busy Fourth of July Weekend for Miami, Fort
Lauderdale Hotels
- Clayton,
New Mexico Community Implement Efforts to Save Landmark Eklund Hotel
After Closing Due to Foreclosure
- Travel
Systems Expert Flo Lugli Named as Executive Vice President of Marketing
for Wyndham Hotel Group
- Tamir
Kobrin Appointed General Manager at the Leela Palace Kempinski Udaipur
in Rajasthan, India
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