** Top 25 Read
Articles - March 2010 **
- Andrew
(Randy) Kwasniewski, President of Morgans Hotel Group Las Vegas and COO
of the Hard Rock Hotel Inc., Dead at 56
- Sea
Island, Georgia's Crown Jewel of Coastal Resorts, Sinks In a Sea of Red
Ink
- Updates
on Six Major Las Vegas Projects That Now Sit Behind Padlocked Fences -
Will They Be Built Out or Be Torn Down
- Las
Vegas Pool Scene Becoming a Dominant Marketing Factor in the Summer;
Las Vegas Hotels Try to Top Each Other
- The
Top Ten U.S. Hotels that Provide a Connection with Classic Movie
Scenes; The Fairmont San Francisco Ranked #1
- Boutique
Hotels: Have They Gone Too Far? / Harry Nobles & Lisa Jackson
- Revenue
Management: Tactical Discounting / Dr. Gabor Forgacs
- Kitchen
Baker at the Westin Hotel in Times Square Awarded $3 million by a Jury
Because of Hidden Camera Installed Near His Workstation in Retaliation
for Discrimination Complaints
- Union
Workers Taken by Surprise as Westin Providence Hotel Owner Imposes 20%
Pay Cut and Increases Employee Health Care Contribution 43%
- U.S.
Hotels Should Enjoy Double-digit Revenue Growth by 2012 According to
PKF Hospitality Research
- Some
Cash-hungry Hotel Operators Embracing the Revenue Generating Tactics of
the Airline Industry
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors, Inc. Promotes Seven Key Executives Following
Transformational Year
- Despite
Profitable Operations, Lender's for Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort &
Spa, Ponte Vedra, Florida Abruptly Pursue Foreclosure Proceedings
Forcing Owners RQB Resort LP and RQB Development LP to File Chapter 11
Banruptcy Protection
- Owner
Philip Pilevsky and Operator Morgans Hotel Group Fending Off
Foreclosure Proceedings at the 309-room Shore Club Hotel in Miami
Beach; Once Valued at $176 million, Latest Appraisal at $86 million
- Three
of the World's Largest Chains, Starwood, Marriott and Hyatt, Now Offer
Free Internet Access to their Elite Members; Will InterContinental and
Hilton Follow?
- On
the Rocks - Observations on How the Economic Meltdown Will Affect Hotel
Management Contracts / Richard Warnick
- 2009:
Another Year That Confirmed the Internet as the Only Growth Channel in
Hospitality
- Benchmark
Hospitality International's Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2010
- LA
Times Travel Writer Christopher Reynolds Writes About His Favorite 14
Hotels
- Where
Is Your Desk? - In the Lobby… Where it's Been Since 1991 / John Hogan
& Richard Harris
- Tips
for Managing Online Hotel Reviews: An Interview With TripAdvisor /
Daniel Craig
- Green
Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson, Nevada Saddled with $750 million of
Debt May Soon be in Default, in Danger of Being Foreclosed
- Dallas-Fort
Worth Commercial Foreclosures for April Top $1 billion Including the
Element Hotel and Four Seasons Resort & Club
- The
Peabody Hotel Group Promotes Several Executives In its Hotels Division
- Social
Media for Hotels: Taming the Beast / Daniel Craig
March 31, 2010
- Positive
Signs for the Hotel Industry; Hotels See Online Growth, even though
Recession Still Brings Caution
- The
Pegasus View February 2010: Business Travel Recovery Indicated by Hotel
Booking Volumes, Net Revenue and Average Daily Rates; North America
business travel booking volumes show strong performance while other
regions return increases in length of stay and average daily rates
- Uncovering
America's Quirkiest Hotels; Preciously Peculiar Properties
- Baha
Mar Resorts, Ltd. Finalizes Agreements with Chinese Banking and
Construction Partners for Development of Multi-Billion Dollar Baha Mar
Resort in Nassau, The Bahamas
- Tucson
Convention Hotel Venture: Question the Assumptions, Examine the
Forecasts, Guard Against Over-optimism and Prepare for Worst-case
Scenario
- Talisker
Acquires the 170-room Waldorf Astoria at The Canyons in Park City, Utah
- Hawaii
Visitor Arrivals Posts a Gain in February; Receives Boost from Japan
and Canada Visitor Increases
- Federal
Judge Orders Owner of Honolulu's Pacific Beach Hotel to Bargain with
the Union in Good Faith and Reinstate Five Laid-off Workers
- Hawai'i
Supreme Court Ruling Paves Way for Gratuities Lawsuit Against Four
Seasons to Proceed
- Libra
OnDemand Ensures Future Revenues for Hoteliers by Keeping Their Guests
on Cloud Nine
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Opens Its 1000th Hotel - the 250-room Sheraton
Qiandao Lake Resort in China
- Hotel
Investment Conference Asia Pacific Recognizes Edmond Ip with the 2010
HICAP Trailblazer Award
- Developer
of $250 million Waveyard Water Park Resort in Mesa, Arizona Proposes
Opening Project in Phases; Financing Challenges and Current Tourism
Slump to Blame
- Wesley
Hotels Opens its Second Indigo Hotel in Nashville; the 96-room Hotel
Indigo Nashville Downtown Is a Conversion of Two Historic Downtown
Buildings
- Southwind
Hospitality Takes Over Management of the Howard Johnson Inn &
Suites in Jacksonville, Florida
- The
Rocco Forte Collection Prepares to Open its First Property in
Middle East, the 281-room Abu Dhabi Hotel to Open in Fall 2010
- The
JW Marriott Hotel Miami Appoints Carlos Rodriguez as Director of Food
and Beverage
- Lisa
DeSantis Named Director of Sales for Homewood Suites by Hilton Ithaca,
Located in Lansing, NY
March 30, 2010
- Conde
Nast Gold List Barnsley Gardens Resort GM Scott Mahr Shares Success
Tips After Being Named Outstanding GM by the GHLA; Credits Staff and
Integrated Maestro PMS for Supporting Award-Winning Guest Service,
Productivity and Revenue at Luxury Preferred Boutique Hotel Group
Property
- Where
Is Your Desk? - In the Lobby… Where it's Been Since 1991 / John Hogan
& Richard Harris
- Hotels
and the ADA: When Disabled Hotel Guests' Needs Go Beyond the Norm for
Typical Guests, What Do Hotel Owners and Managers Have to Do? / Martin
Orlick
- Barry
Sternlicht's Investment Firm Bidding to Acquire the Riviera Las Vegas
Hotel and Casino by Forcing the Property's Holding Company into
Bankruptcy
- Launched
in 2009, Home2 Suites by Hilton, Fastest Growing Brand in Hilton
History with 60 Approved Franchise Agreements and an Additional 30 in
the Pipeline
- The
Forge, a Miami Beach Landmark, Reopens Following a Massive $10 million
Renovation; Owner Shareef Malnik Tries to Blend 40 Year History with a
New Vision for the Future
- Xanterra's
Environmental Preservation Programs are Highly Creative, a Necessity
When One's Operations Are in Remote Yellowstone National Park
- The
Next Best Thing in Hotel Marketing … A New Tool To Harvest Referral
Business / Neil Salerno
- New
Fairmont Pittsburgh Hotel Opens; Len Czarnecki, General Manger
- Southern
California Hotels Seeing Occupancy Gains, but Room Rates Remain at
Bargain Levels
- Hotel
Okura Selects Signature RFID by VingCard® to Preserve Its History
and Secure Its Future; Amsterdam Property Chooses Leading Hospitality
Security Provider for the Ultimate Security in Its Newly Renovated
Property
- The
225-room Ramada Plaza in Winter Haven, Florida Among Three Florida
Hotels to be Auctioned on April 19 and 20, 2010
- Developer
Ron Jury Strengthens Plan for a Convention Hotel Complex Incorporating
the Historic Power and Light Building in Downtown Kansas City
- True
Homestead and Fafard Development Look to Amesbury, Massachusetts for
New Build of a 92-room Hampton Inn
- City
of St. Louis to Bid for Missouri Gaming License as First Step in
Replacing Lost Revenue and Jobs from President Casino's Closure
- Marc
Langevin, GM of The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas, Elected Chairman of the
U.S. Virgin Islands Hotel and Tourism Association
- Carlson
Hotels Appoints Kerstin Poetzsch to Develop Leisure Sales for its Asia
Pacific Properties
- Terry
Dembowski Named Director of Sales and Marketing at the 214-room Dolce
Hayes Mansion, San Jose, California
- Betsie
Elwood Appointed Sales Manager and Kara Sugiyama Catering Sales Manager
at the Hilton Garden Inn in Monterey, California
March 29, 2010
- Marriott
International Adds Two Brands to Pegasus Solutions’ Global Commission
Processing; Marriott ExecuStay and Autograph Collection Hotels and
Resorts Included in Contract Expansion
- Advantage
Reserve Executes Call Center Agreement with TRAVELCLICK®; Company
Becomes a Preferred U.S. Provider for eCommerce Leader
- Some
Cash-hungry Hotel Operators Embracing the Revenue Generating Tactics of
the Airline Industry
- Not
Getting Killed in Mexico: Priceless; Drug Violence in Mexico Has More
Spring Breakers Choosing Las Vegas as their Destination
- Boutique
Hotels: Have They Gone Too Far? / Harry Nobles & Lisa Jackson
- New
Proposal for Atlantic City's Boardwalk Bounceback Stirs up Protests
Within Casino Industry
- Sonnenblick-Del
Rio Development Wants to Build a 125-room Hilton Hotel and Convention
Center on the Pullman Campus of Washington State University
- Auction
Set for the 201-room Full service Holiday Inn In Downtown Sheffield,
Alabama; To Be Sold to the Highest Bidder, Regardless of Price
- Hotel
Workers Union, UNITE HERE, Steps Up Boycotting Effort Against 8 Hotels
Owned by Columbia Sussex
- Six
Tucson Community Leaders Expected to Help the City Decide Whether to
Build a Downtown Convention Hotel Have Personal Financial Ties to that
Decision
- Hotel
Technology Next Generation Recognizes Members Dayna Kully & Sue
Zloth for Outstanding Leadership
- Resort
Data Processing, Inc. automates Fairmont Heritage Place destinations
with the powerful and flexible 'RDPWin' Property Management Software.
Installation Includes 'Private Residence Club' and 'Activity &
Concierge' Modules
- Defero3
to Provide Hosted Voice Solution to Another Kinseth Hospitality
Property; Defero3's Unique Voice Service Solution Saves up to 35% Over
Traditional PBX
- Knowland
Increases Headcount by 26% for Launch of Business Development Suite;
Innovative business development company as seen on MSNBC, BusinessWeek,
Fox Business LIVE
- Oman's
Rapidly Growing Tourism Sector to be Highlighted at Arabian Hotel
Investment Conference (AHIC) 2010
- Lebanon's
Mid-range Hotels See 40% Increase in Room Rates in 2009
- AMResorts
and Secrets Resorts & Spas Opens First Jamaican Property, 350-suite
Secrets Wild Orchid Montego Bay; Entrance into New Destination, Creates
Jobs and Supports Tourism Development
- Naman
Hotels Opens the 127-room Hyatt Place® in North Charleston, South
Carolina; Represents the Hyatt Brand's 150th Opening in Less than 4
Years
- Developer
and Borough Settle Dispute Over Start of Hotel Construction Clearing
Way for $60 million Wrightstown, Pennsylvania Project to Move Forward
- South
Carolina Hotels Going Green to Save Green
- Stephen
Roughley and Aimé Barroyer Appointed Respectively as General
Manager and Executive Chef at The Oitavos, a New Destination Resort and
Spa Located near Cascais, Portugal
- Benchmark
Appoints Dida Hernandez Director of Food and Beverage for Turtle Bay
Resort on the North Shore of Oahu
March 26, 2010
March 24, 2010
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Leverages Business Intelligence to Analyze
Operations, Increase Profitability; Corporate Executives Have Daily
Performance Reports at 8 a.m. for 400 Properties
- Mandarin
Oriental Hotel Group Selects InfoGenesis™ POS Solution from Agilysys;
Point-of-Sale Solution Implemented at New Properties in Barcelona and
Las Vegas
- Marketing
to Changes in Consumer Behavior - It's No Longer 'One Size Fits
All' / Carol Verret
- Want
to Increase Revenues and Have Positive Hotel Reviews? Is Your Hotel
Staff Trigger-Proof? / Gay Lynn Williamson-Grigas
- Extended
Stay Working Feverishly to Emerge from Bankruptcy; Seeks Court Approval
for a $905 million deal with Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Capital Group
- Proposed
Legislation May Allow Casinos to Build with Fewer than 500 Hotel Rooms
in Atlantic City; Hard Rock Would Want to be the First to Build a New
Boutique Hotel Casino in Atlantic City
- Mortgage
Holder, Gramercy Investment Trust of New York, Takes Control of the
391-room Crowne Plaza Hotel in Niagara Falls, New York
- The
Owners of the Westin Diplomat Suffer Setback to Redevelop their
Underused Golf Course in Hallandale Beach by Adding a Hotel and 1,000
Residences
- Travelocity
Now Offers Opaque (or Unpublished) Hotel Deals Without the Hassle of
Bidding
- Mayflower
Park Hotel, Seattle WA; ePIPE® Restoration - 10 Years Later And No
Umbrella Required
- Highgate
Holdings to Brand its 1,011-room Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco a
Wyndham®
- AH&LA:
A Glimpse at What Healthcare Reform Means to Your Business
- Bayview
Hospitality Inc. Opens Dual-Branded Property at Toronto Airport - a
Homewood Suites by Hilton and a Hampton Inn by Hilton and Are Joined by
a Shared Common Area, Pool and Fitness Center
- Kimpton
Opens the 261-room Hotel Palomar Chicago; Evolved Boutique Concept
Features Art Theme, Rooftop Indoor Pool
- State
of New Jersey May Withold $300 million in Tax Breaks from the
Unfinished $2 billion Revel Casino in Atlantic City Due to the Projects
Use of Chinese Made Construction Materials and a Big Investment Made by
Morgan Stanley
- Economist
Indicates Nation Recovering From Recession More Quickly than Las Vegas
as Spending Remains Stifled
- MICROS
OPERA Interfaces with RateTiger's Channel Manager; Hotels will manage
rates, availability, inventory and reservations directly from the
MICROS OPERA Property Management System or from MICROS OPERA Central
System and myfidelio.net
- Uniguest™
Recognized by Entrex PCI with Top Ten Growth Award; Fourth quarter year
over year growth of 91% in a slow economy
- HFTP
Announces Microsoft as Patron Sponsor of GUESTROOM 20X
- The
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Grants to the Cornell School of Hotel
Administration $1 million to Establish Scholarship Fund for
Undergraduates
- John
Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts Wrapping up $2 million Renovation of
Holiday Inn, Joplin, Missouri
- PKF
Consulting Hires Tom Lewerenz
- Knowland
Group CEO Michael K. McKean Named to Editorial Board of Hotel Business
Review; Leading Hospitality Trade Publication Taps Knowland Group CEO
for Editorial Leadership
- White
Lodging Names Mark Aftanski to Lead Illinois Select Service Hotels as
Regional Vice President
- Red
Lion Hotels to Appoint Harry Sladich Executive Vice President-Sales and
Marketing
- Tropicana
Las Vegas Appoints Joni M. Peru Vice President of Sales
- Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Jacqueline Humes Controller for Marenas Resort,
Miami
- Bobbie
Singh-Allen Named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
for the California Lodging Industry Association
March 23, 2010
- Don't
Lose Your Edge. Attend the TRAVDEX travel technology trade show in
Atlanta May 5 - 7
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Leverages Business Intelligence to Analyze
Operations, Increase Profitability; Corporate Executives Have Daily
Performance Reports at 8 a.m. for 400 Properties
- Destination
Toledo Selects TIG Global as its Exclusive Travel Internet Marketing
Partner; TIG Global to Grow Destination's Brand and Web Presence via
New, Cutting-Edge Website
- Red
Lion Hotels Corporation seeking two Directors of Lodging Development
responsible for regional development of new franchises for Red Lion
Hotels
- Dallas-Fort
Worth Commercial Foreclosures for April Top $1 billion Including the
Element Hotel and Four Seasons Resort & Club
- Chinese
and South Korean Visitors to Hawai'i Are Asking: "Why no gambling?"
- The
Great Debate: Internal vs. External Revenue Management Operations /
Jean Francois Mourier
- Hotel
Developer Wants to Build $60 million Project in Tiny Town Near Yosemite
National Park; Includes Two Hotels, Conference Center,Indoor Water Park
- CBRE
Hotels' Debt & Equity Finance Specialists Advise on Restructuring
and Sale of Le Meridien Cancun Resort and Spa
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Advises in the Sale and Debt Placement of the Holiday
Inn Express - Salina, Kansas
- Elite
Meetings Creates Two Tiers for Elite Certified Hotels, Which Will
Soon Number More Than 1,400 on www.EliteMeetings.com; Elite
Properties Are Now Categorized as Platinum and Gold, to Provide Even
More Options and Information to Support Meeting Professionals
- Best
Western's Renovated French Property Chooses Classic RFID by
VingCard® Upgrade Kit; Leading Hospitality Security Provider to
Secure Best Western Hôtel de la Paix
- Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies (HeBS) Wins Big in the IAC Awards
- George
Strauss Joins UniFocus as VP Casino Sales; Development Team Expands to
Accommodate Growth - UniFocus Expands Sales Reach to Casino Industry
with Web-Based T&A, LMS
- ASFONA
Chooses The Loyalton Group as Associate Member; Scott Kurtz of The
Loyalton Group welcomed as Honorary Board Member of the Association of
Starwood Franchisees & Owners - North America
- VIDEO:
Overcoming eBusiness Challenges
- New
HFTP Conference Focused on the Growing Demands of Hospitality
Professionals
- Medical
Tourism Expected to Increase with U.S. Health Reform; In 2007 an
Estimated 750K Americans Sought Medical Care Outside of U.S. - Number
Expected to Increase to 6 million in 2010
- Salt
Lake City's Convention Hopes Rising Following Tough Year: Loss of
Corporate Meetings Hurt 2009 Projections
- Large
Convention Centers in Las Vegas Protest Plan to Raise Fire Inspection
Fees by 10 Times Current Amount
- Alternate
Downtown Hotel Plan Emerges in Peoria that Would Slash in Half the
Amount of Public Financing Needed
- CHI
Hotels & Resorts and Wyndham Hotel Group to Open New 200-room
Wyndham Cardiff in the Capital of Wales
- Stratosphere
Owners Cut Losses by 30 percent Through Debt Restructuring Posting a
$21.8 million Loss
- Guyana's
First Casino Opens in The Princess Hotel Although Guyanese Residents
Are Banned From Gambling
- Dan
Scott Appointed General Manager and Craig Davis as Food and Beverage
Director for Shore Lodge and Whitetail Club in McCall, Idaho
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Suya I. Davenport Director of Sales
for Naples Bay Resort in Naples, Florida
March 22, 2010
- Proven
MarketVision Hotel Competitive Intelligence Platform from Pegasus
Solutions Yields Significant Returns for Hotels; Launched a year ago,
properties worldwide realize revenue-driven results
- Westin
Atlanta Airport Provides Valuable Travel Services That Add Revenue;
Westin At The World's Busiest Airport Earns Four Diamonds Specializing
in Serving Travelers
- U.S.
Hotels Should Enjoy Double-digit Revenue Growth by 2012 According to
PKF Hospitality Research
- Imagining
the Hotel of the Future / Terence Ronson
- UNITE
HERE Questions Why Chesapeake Lodging Would Take On Ownership of
Boycott-laden Hyatt Regency Boston
- Minnesota
Legislators Reject "Clean Hotel" Bill; Proposed Law Would Have Banned
State Workers from Staying at Hotels with Pay-per-view X-rated Films
- Keys to
Success - A Fresh Look at the 4 Ps of Marketing or An Unlikely Salute
to Collin Raye / Dr John Hogan
- Cosmopolitan
of Las Vegas Owner Settles Trademark Dispute with Cosmopolitan
Magazine; Some Speculation that Hilton Hotels Corp. May Operate the
2,995 room Property Under the Conrad or Hilton Brand
- Pompan
Hospitality Global, Inc. Introduces an Innovative Consulting Consortium
Model
- Act
Now Before It Is Too Late! Reserve Your Place at Meet the Money®and
Book a Room at the Hotel While There Is Still Space!
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 99 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- ICG-Castleton
Holdings Teams with Capella Hotels to Redevelop a Five Story Commercial
Building in Washington, D.C.; Construction Expected to Start in 2011 on
the 48-room Capella Georgetown
- With
Financing Secured, Gary Matthews Plans for Peoria's $102 million
Downtown Marriott Project Falling Into Place
- Largest
Single Project Ever for Downtown Long Beach, California Gets First
Okay; Project Includes 400-room Hotel and 27,000 sq ft Conference Center
- Naman
Hotels Opens New 127-room Hyatt Place in North Charleston, South
Carolina
- Benchmark
Hospitality Presents the Chairman's Award of Excellence to Mike
VanDuzer, Director of Facilities at Cheyenne Mountain Resort
- The
Savannah Area's Newest Hotel, Embassy Suites Savannah-Airport Opens;
Gautham Shetty Leads as General Manager
- U.S.
District Court Judge Approves Class-Action Status in OTA Lawsuit
Affecting 59 Counties in Florida
- Todd
Mallen Appointed General Manager of Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort &
Spa in Osoyoos, British Columbia
- Waterford
Hotel Group Names Missy Stoner as General Manager for Homewood Suites
by Hilton, Ithaca, New York
March 19, 2010
- Revenue
Management: Tactical Discounting / Dr. Gabor Forgacs
- Hotel
Alden in Downtown Houston Acquired by Northwood Investors; Hans Schmitt
Appointed General Manager and Managing Partner
- Chesapeake
Lodging Trust Acquires the 498-room Hyatt Regency Boston for $112
million, or Approximately $225,000 per Key; Hyatt Continues as Operator
- Barton
G. Weiss Completes the Transformation of the Former Residence of
Fashion Designer Gianni Versace to The Villa By Barton G., The Villa
Includes a 10-suite Hotel (Rates Start at $2,100) and an Old-world Fine
Dining Restaurant
- Latitude
Management Real Estate Investors, Inc. Completes $4.5 million
Conversion of the Former Radisson Austin North to Holiday Inn Austin
Midtown
- Majesty
Hospitality's Unopened Sleep Inn & Suites, Norman, Oklahoma Facing
Foreclosure Proceedings
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Adds Deloitte University to Management
Portfolio; New Learning and Leadership Development Facility to Open in
2011
- InnLink
announces first comprehensive solution for properties leaving or
transitioning from a franchise - BridgeLink
- The
Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida the First Property to
Become Part of the Autograph Collection, the New Marriott Brand for
Independent Hotels
- Cayman
Islands Officials Hold Exploratory Talks with Cuba & Sol Melia
Hotels to Form Tourism Partnership
- Penn
State Hotel and Restaurant Society Elects New Slate of Officers; 2010
Winter Board Meeting Charts Course for the Future
- Leonard
D. Richman, Chairman of IRMCO Properties and Management Corp.,
Dies at 88
- Carlson
Hotels Appoints Peter Feran General Manager of the 142-room Radisson
Hotel Brunei Darussalam, Located in Bandar Seri Begawan, the Capital
City of Brunei
- Dorchester
Collection Appoints Lisa Lernoux-Dock as Director of Sales for New
Country House Hotel, Coworth Park
- Gilt
at The New York Palace Hotel Names Stephane Lacroix as General Manager
- Tom
Gilliland Named Assistant General Manager of the Gaithersburg Marriott
Washingtonian Center near Washington DC
March 18, 2010
- Cendyn
Increases Online Business for Galt House Hotel with Advanced Website
Design and Marketing; 1,290-room Convention Property Implements eBooker
Online Reservations and EZYield.com Rate Optimization; Increases Online
Visibility 184 Percent to Sell More Rooms and Services
- Are
You Using the Power of Video to Fill Your Hotel Rooms? - Register for
this Complimentary Webinar to Learn What Every Hotelier Needs to Know
about using Online Video to Appeal to Different Generations of Travel
Shoppers
- UK-Based
Hotel Group Increases Bookings and Average Rate Using Sabre Hospitality
Solutions' Reservation Technology; Red Carnation Hotel Collection
increases call center bookings by over 50 percent after expanding
relationship with Sabre Hospitality Solutions
- On
the Rocks - Observations on How the Economic Meltdown Will Affect Hotel
Management Contracts / Richard Warnick
- Hotel
Spas: An Examination on How the Economic Recession Has Impacted Hotel
Spas / Gabrielle Lerner
- Union
Workers Taken by Surprise as Westin Providence Hotel Owner Imposes 20%
Pay Cut and Increases Employee Health Care Contribution 43%
- New
Jersey Gaming Regulators Successful in Forcing MGM Mirage Out of
Atlantic City; State Releases Exhaustive 74-page Report Detailing Pansy
and Stanley Ho Links to Organized Crime
- Seattle
Hoteliers Angry with Lawmakers Who Have Diverted Hotel-tax Accounts of
$80 million to Help Balance the State Budget Rather then for Convention
Center and Tourism Promotion
- Owners
Abruptly Close the 80-room Savannah Lakes Resort on Lake Thurmond in
McCormick, South Carolina
- INNCOM
Automated Guestroom Systems Play Lead Role in LEED Certification at
Bardessono; Napa Valley's Bardessono luxury boutique and spa becomes
third hotel in the world to receive this prestigious recognition
- Luxury
Link Releases 2010 Consumer Survey Results; Online Luxury Hotel Deal
Expert's Annual Survey Reveals Preferences, Travel Booking Practices
and Most Sought-After Destinations of More Than 6,000 Travelers
- StarCite
Partners With EveryScape To Provide Rich Visual Experience For StarCite
Online Marketplace Properties; WebScapes Empower Meeting Planners with
Additional Information and Offer Suppliers Added Opportunities to
Showcase Location
- Mehta
Family, LLC Prepares to Open a 310 studio Staybridge Suites in New York
City's Times Square
- Claiming
to Be the World's Largest Hospitality Exhibition, Hotelex Shanghai
2010, Set for March 29-April 1at the Shanghai New International
Exhibition Center
- Driven
By Dubai's Vibrant Hospitality Industry, the UAE Has 52,566 Hotel Rooms
in Active Pipeline
- Best
Western Business Travel Advisory Board Finds Increase in Business
Trips, New Growth Opportunities in 2010
- AH&LA
Recognizes Bhupen Amin of Lotus Hotels & Investments with State
Leadership Award
- Broughton
Hospitality Names Jim Sichta as Chief Operating Officer
March 17, 2010
- Independent
Hotels and Resorts Attract Guests, Increase Revenue Using Social Media
and E-Marketing to Promote Direct Website Bookings, Loyalty;
Personalized Service, Engaging Guests in the Era of Internet &
Social Marketing Proves a Winning Strategy for Independent Hoteliers to
Outshine Large Chains
- New
Survey Provides Hoteliers Insight on Industry Trends; HSMAI and
VIZERGY® Partner to Create Best Practices for Hoteliers
- Aqua
Hotels and Resorts Collaborates with Milestone Internet Marketing and
Launches Newly Revamped Portal Website for Aqua Managed Hotels
- Update
on South Florida Projects Branded with the Trump Name
- New
Technology is Cool, But Don't Forget Hotel Marketing Basics /
Neil Salerno
- LA
Times Travel Writer Christopher Reynolds Writes About His Favorite 14
Hotels
- AH&LA
Expresses Strong Opposition to Draft Legislation Known as the "Internet
Travel Tax Fairness Act" / Issues Brief and Talking Points
- Hawai'i's
Popularity Rising with South Korean Tourists: TV Home-Shopping Show
Selling up to 800 Vacation Packages an Hour
- Macau
May Take Back Cotai-Strip Land Designated for Casino Development and
Use for Social Housing
- Lodgian
Receives Audit Report Identifying Matters that Raise Substantial Doubt
About the Company's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
- Waves
of Job Seekers Descend on the Soon to Open $140 million Ocean House in
Watch Hill, Rhode Island
- Planning
Board in Bar Harbor, Maine Rejects Developer's $12 million Luxury Hotel
Proposal
- EZYield.com
Delivers Time Saving Channel Management Solution For Rembrandt Hotel
& Towers Bangkok; SaaS platform enables efficient Internet business
model for luxury 407-room property in Thailand
- eRevMax
Launches RateTiger Academy; eRevMax and XOTELS partner to develop
knowledge for hoteliers in changing markets
- onPeak
Appoints Glenn Feder as Executive Vice President of Sales & New
Business Development; Key Addition Made to the onPeak Executive Team
- LodgeNet
Joins AAHOA as Founding Platinum Member; Offers High-Quality, Value
Priced Free-To-Guest, Broadband Internet and Professional Services to
AAHOA Members
- Zermatt
Resort & Spa Near Park City, Utah Delinquent on Taxes; Company
Confident of Future with New Leadership Team
- Alaskan
Travel Officials Expecting 140,000 Fewer Cruise Visitors This Year
- WNW
Hospitality Group Recognizes its Best of the Best Winners 2009; Gus
Szkotnicki Awarded General Manager of the Year
- The
Radisson Albuquerque Earns Proclamation from New Mexico Governor Bill
Richardson on Opening of First Indoor Waterpark in New Mexico
- Laurus
Corporation Completes the Acquisition of Le Meridien Cancun
- Hotel
School Alum Tom Thomas Advises MSU Students, Named Honorary Faculty
- The
Peabody Hotel Group Promotes Several Executives In its Hotels Division
- Benchmark
Appoints Heidi Krause Controller at Makena Beach & Golf Resort, Maui
March 16, 2010
- TRAVDEX,
your competition knows about it - do you?
- Luxurious
Jumeirah Carlton Tower 'Revolutionizes' Concierge Operations; Web-based
GoConcierge Makes it Easy to Deliver Personalized Experience
- Luxury
Link Launches New Family Travel Deal Site; Aggregating the Best Deals
in Family Travel, FamilyGetaway.com Makes Memories for Families and
Saves Them Up To 65% Off
- Mastering
Internet Marketing in 2010: Results of the 4th Benchmark Survey on
Hotel Internet Marketing / Max Starkov, Mariana Mechoso Safer and Evan
Rosenblum
- The
Unfinished Trump International Hotel in Fort Lauderdale Faces
Foreclosure; The 298-unit Project Also the Target of Lawsuits Filed by
Disgruntled Condo Buyers Seeking Refunds
- MGM
Mirage and Perini Building Co. Disputing $492 million in Construction
Bills; Contractor Filing Liens Against CityCenter Owners
- Customer
Demand for Environmental Design has Developers Embracing Green Building
Practices - Side Benefit is Improved Bottom Line
- Kansas
City Hoteliers Weather 52.3% Occupancy During 2009, Hoping for 55% in
2010
- HSMAI
Greater New York Chapter Reports on NYC Hotel Business, Revenue
Management as a Discipline
- Accessed
Values of Hampton, Virginia Hotels Tumble; Valuation of the 295-room
Embassy Suites Falls from $46.2 million in 2009 to $32.4 million
- The
Becnel Family Completes Acquisition of Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort
from Intrawest; Includes the Management Contracts for the Two Sandestin
Marriott Properties in Destin, Florida
- InnPoints
Connects Hotels Directly With Expedia
- Skyware
Hospitality Solutions and Sensible-Rez Announce Strategic Partnership;
Partnership Brings Leading Web Based Technology Solutions to the UK
Market
- Hilton
Garden Inn Honors Top Hotels of 2009; the HGI Salt Lake City/Downtown,
Utah Awarded Top Hotel of the Year
- LE's
Asia Pacific Hotel Construction Pipeline Summary; China's Economic
Growth Makes it a Top Priority for Global Hotel Companies and
Their Higher-end Brands for Both New Construction and Reflagging
- InterContinental
Hotels Group Named Best Global Web Site of 2010
- Hard
Rock Hotel Posts Lowest Revenues Since 2004 Despite Reducing Losses by
34%
- Developer
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Tops Off All Three of the 27-story Towers
of its St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort; Plans Include 205 Hotel
Rooms, 270 Residences and 37 Hotel Condominium Suites
- Unlicensed
Dealer Training Schools Springing Up in Pennsylvania; Schools and
Curriculum Approved by Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board the Only Route
for Jobs at Table Game Sites
- Pinnacle
Entertainment Names Anthony Sanfilippo President, Chief Executive Officer
- InterContinental
Hotels Group Appoints Gerardo Murray as Regional Vice President, Sales
& Marketing, Mexico
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Michael Broadhurst as General Manager for
the Hotel Derek, Houston, Texas
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Michael Lee Director of Sales &
Marketing at Makena Beach & Golf Resort, Maui
March 15, 2010
- Knowland
Hires Brian Marriott as Director of Communications; Former presidential
appointee brings proven record to innovative business development firm
- Three
of the World's Largest Chains, Starwood, Marriott and Hyatt, Now Offer
Free Internet Access to their Elite Members; Will InterContinental and
Hilton Follow?
- Will
They Be Built-Out or Be Torn Down - Updates on Six Major Las Vegas
Projects That Now Sit Behind Padlocked Fences
- Want
to Produce Better Hospitality Leaders? Hire Teachers / Joseph M Gravish
- High
Room Rates at Some Hotels Hurting San Diego's Chances of Holding on to
Comic-Con, the Largest Comic Book Convention in the World
- Work
Begins to Replace Atlanta's Westin Peachtree Plaza 6,350 Windows; Some
Boarded Windows a Reminder of Freak Tornado Two Years Ago
- Owner
Severs 30- year Relationship with Holiday Inn; Former Holiday Inn
Rebrands as The Mankato City Center Hotel, Mankato, Minnesota
- Legal
Battle Between Owner and Management Company Looms Over The Banyan Tree
Al Areen, in the Kingdom of Bahrain
- OTO
Development and Hyatt Hotels Open Hyatt Summerfield Suites™ Fort
Lauderdale Airport-South; Hotel Joins Adjacent Hyatt Place® to
Complete the Hyatt's First-Ever Joint Development
- The
Vacation Exchange Giant, RCI, Developes a Series of Online Technology,
Product and Service Enhancements to Maintain Growth
- Key
Hotels Group s.r.o. and Hilton Worldwide to Open First Doubletree by
Hilton in Norway
- Guest
Satisfaction - February 2010 Chatter Guard Benchmark Report Is Released
- VIDEO:
7 Steps to Successful Travel eBusiness – A Holistic Approach
- Jennifer
Ranno Joins iBAHN as Vice President, Americas Sales; Ranno Brings Deep
Hospitality Experience and Successful Sales Leadership
- John
Keells Hotels Heralds the Arrival of Chaaya Blu Trincomalee in May 2010
- Park
Plaza Hotels Opens its Seventh art'otel in Europe, the 218-room
art'otel cologne in Germany
- Waterford
Hotel Group Recognizes 2009 Top Performers; Juanita Smith, Hilton
Hartford Room Attendant, Named the Associate of the Year
- MGM
Mirage Reaches Settlement Agreement with Atlantic City Regulators to
Sell Borgata Stake: Analysts Forecast MGM Could Get $400 million to
$500 million Through Sale
- Wynn
Las Vegas and Dealers Union Close to Contract: Duration of Contract
Remaining Issue
- Clean
the World Foundation and Florida Hoteliers Give New Life to Used
Toiletries and Help Our Planet
- Hong
Kong Polytechnic University Tops Off its Unique Teaching Hotel and New
Home for the School of Hotel and Tourism Management
- T.R.
Reddy Plans $5 million Renovation for Vacant Hotel to Become Holiday
Inn Express, Augusta, Georgia
- Nelum
Gunewardane Appointed as Hotel Manager at InterContinental Mark Hopkins
San Francisco
- Key
Management Group Names Larry Regan Chief Financial Officer
- Peter
Schiess Appointed General Manager of the 211 room Radisson Plaza Resort
Phuket Panwa Beach, Thailand
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Scott D. Sopher Executive Chef at
Naples Bay Resort in Naples, Florida
- HRI
Properties Appoints Michael Scatoloni as Director of Sales for Hilton
Garden Inn Richmond Downtown
March 12, 2010
- Leonardo
Hotels Chooses Hotelligence360™ Business Intelligence by
TRAVELCLICK® - Major European hotel chain sees opportunity to
improve financial performance through use of revolutionary new
web-based application
- Movenpick
Hotels & Resorts Sets on New Booking Engine "Guest Connect" ;
Personalised, user-friendly and functional: the state-of-the-art
internet booking engine Sabre Hospitality Solutions' "Guest Connect" of
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts meets the demands of the guests -
with a personal touch
- Webinar:
Selling Hotel Rooms to the Video Generation, March 23rd, 2:00pm
Eastern/11:00am Pacific; Register for this Complimentary Webinar to
Learn What Every Hotelier Needs to Know about using Online Video to
Appeal to Different Generations of Travel Shoppers.
- Owner
Philip Pilevsky and Operator Morgans Hotel Group Fending Off
Foreclosure Proceedings at the 309-room Shore Club Hotel in Miami
Beach; Once Valued at $176 million, Latest Appraisal at $86 million
- WARNING
TO HOTELS... Don't Use Free Link Shortening Services in Your Marketing
- Kitchen
Baker at the Westin Hotel in Times Square Awarded $3 million by a Jury
Because of Hidden Camera Installed Near His Workstation in Retaliation
for Discrimination Complaints
- Florida
Legislators Ponder Multibillion dollar Casino Resorts; Las Vegas Casino
Execs Make Pitch to Open 6 Resorts
- It
is Time to Register - Meet the Money® 2010 Marks its 20th year of
Providing a Major Gateway of Hotel Finance
- Alliance
Hospitality Management seeking a President. Primary responsibilities
include operations of the entire company and the selling of management
services to owners. Requires minimum of ten years of experience
in hotel operations with high-level corporate responsibilities
- Coroner
Says Hard Rock Executive Randy Kwasniewski Death Was Suicide
- Do
the Radisson Franchisees Agree with Carlson's billion-dollar Makeover
Program? At Last: A Win-Win Victory for Tourism; Congratulations to the
Harris Rosen Foundation / Stanley Turkel
- Interstate
Stockholders Approve Merger with 50/50 Joint Venture Between Thayer
Lodging Group and Jin Jiang Hotels; Interstate Will Delist Common Stock
from the New York Stock Exchange
- Construction
of the New Dallas Convention Center Hotel Prompts Memories of 33 Years
Ago when Across the Street the Construction of the Reunion Hyatt Was
Taking Place
- San
Francisco CVB Releases 2009 Tourism Figures; Visitors to San Francisco
Down 5.8%, Visitor Spending Down 7.8% from 2008
- O'Rourke
Launches Smartstay iPhone App to Open Mobile Channel for Hotels
- UniFocus
Launches Global Online Training Initiative; Self-Paced Learning
Environment Utilizes Interactive Real-Life Scenarios
- Benchmark
Hospitality Responds to Haitian Earthquake By Encouraging and Matching
Employee Donations; Benchmark Family Touched in a very personal way by
Earthquake
- Trust
International Launches Trust|Mobile Fully Integrated Mobile Portal for
Hotel Bookings at ITB Conference
- The
Snyder Family Plans to Spend $30 million Redeveloping Tulsa's Former
City Hall into a 200-room Hotel
- Saunders
Hotel Group Nearing Completion of a Multi-million dollar Eco-driven
Renovation at the Comfort Inn Logan Airport; 90+ Green Practices Are in
Place
- Agenda
Set for the HSMAI Resort Business Summit & Customer Connection, May
3-4, 2010, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Summit Will Focus on Resort
Marketing
- The
Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners Recommend that the
Related Companies, L.P. Develop the 400-room Palm Beach County
Convention Center Hotel in West Palm Beach, Fla. Using the Hilton
Hotels Brand
- Do
you really need new Customers? What Hospitality Businesses can learn
from Retail / Ragsdale Hendrie
- Salt
River Devco to Build First Marriott Branded Hotel on U.S. Tribal Land -
156-room Courtyard by Marriott to Open Near Scottsdale, Arizona in 2012
- Tulsa's
$38 million One Place Development Approved; Mixed-use Project to
Include Hotel
- Vermont's
Stowe Mountain Resort Becomes First in North America to Earn Audubon
Sustainable Community Certification
- Florida
International University School of Hospitality Students Honored by
Barilla and Buckhead Beef of Florida at 2010 South Beach Wine &
Food Festival; Barilla Best FIU Student Chef Award, 2010 Presented to
Rachel Reppert
- Giovanni
Viterale Named General Manager for The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
- Gary Ma
Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Saigon's Caravelle Hotel
- Kerry
Stebbins Named Director of Business Development for Tapestry Resorts,
the Hospitality Management Division of ResortCom International
March 10, 2010
- Over
USD $9.5 billion Generated in Hotel Room Revenue as Record Numbers of
Hoteliers Select Newly-formed Sabre Hospitality Solutions in 2009;
Sabre Hospitality Solutions Helps Customers Grow, Succeed
- Andrew
(Randy) Kwasniewski, President of Morgans Hotel Group Las Vegas and COO
of the Hard Rock Hotel Inc., Dead at 56
- Hawaii
Hotels Report 66.5% Occupancy January, Up 3.4% from January 2009, But
Average Room Rate Down 10.4%
- Carl
Icahn Makes His Case for Taking Over Trump Casinos
- Israeli
Investment Company, Mishorim, Acquires the 298-room Le Méridien
King Edward in Toronto for $48 million (C$ 52 million)
- Turks
& Caicos Hotel Association Honors Pierre Beswick as "Hotelier of
the Year" and Stan Hartling, Developer of Sands at Grace Bay Resort,
With the Lifetime Achievement Award
- Amble
Resorts Signs West Paces Hotel Group to Manage Panama Resort Project:
Isla Palenque
- Hospitality
Conversations: Property Improvement Plans or PIPS / Dr John Hogan
- Tapestry
Resorts - Is the New Name for the Hospitality Management Division of
ResortCom International
- Resort
Renovations, New Flights Expected to Boost Tourism in Saint Lucia
- Scott
Mahr, Barnsley Gardens Resort's General Manager, Recipient of the
Outstanding General Manager by the Georgia Hotel & Lodging
Association
- Massachusetts
Lodging Association Honors 2009 Stars of the Industry Award Winners
- The
Storied Empire Ballroom at the Grand Hyatt New York Undergoes $12
million Renovation; Known Previously as the Commodore Ballroom Built in
1917
- Roomlinx
to Sell to Resort and Timeshare Industry; Becomes Member of American
Resort Development Association; Roomlinx attending 2010 ARDA Convention
March 15-17 in Las Vegas
- Trust
International Hotel Distribution Success and Expansion Momentum
Accelerates in 2010; Maistra Hotels and Resorts and Jurys Inn newest
hotel customers implemented in 2010
- Suitability
of ACE DuraFlo ePIPE® for Protection of Drinking Water Pipes
Verified by Finland's VTT Technical Research Center
- Utell®
Hotels & Resorts Celebrates 80 Years of Innovation; World's Leading
Hotel Representation Service Marks Unprecedented Anniversary with
Distinguished Additions to International Portfolio
- Greektown
Casino Receives 5% Tax Rollback Providing Boost for Emergence From
Bankruptcy
- Nevada
Resort Association President Bill Bible Resigns, Nominated to Become
MGM Board Member
- Marriott
International Launches Courtyard by Marriott, Gurgaon - Its First in
the National Capital Region of India
- DP
Hotels and Choice Hotels International Open 119-suite Cambria Suites,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Hilton
Worldwide and High for Touristic Projects Enter Into Management
Agreement for Hilton Heliopolis, a New Build in Cairo, Egypt Scheduled
to Open 2014
- Red
Lion Hotels Appoints Richard P. Carlson as Vice President - Lodging
Development
- Strategic
Hotels & Resorts Names Diane M. Morefield as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
- Dolce
Hotels and Resorts Appoints Judson L. Hawk, III General Manager of its
Aspen Meadows Resort in Colorado
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Libby Woltering Director of Sales for the
Holiday Inn SunSpree Virginia Beach
March 9, 2010
- TRAVELCLICK®
Delivers Global Sales Support and Marketing Services with Launch of
Global Hotel Services; London-based Grange Hotels First to Leverage
High-Value Services
- REX
Room Expeditor from MTech Named 'Most Innovative Hospitality
Technology' by HTNG
- A
Year after Opening, the $120 million Four Seasons Hotel and Private
Residences in Downtown Seattle Facing $34 million in Liens Filed by
Contractors for the Project
- Then
and Now, Greater Fort Lauderdale's New Rites of Spring: From Drunken
College Spring Breakers to Chic Visitors
- Social
Media for Hotels: Taming the Beast / Daniel Edward Craig
- Group
Business Comeback in the Cards / David M. Brudney
- Should
My Hotel Use Facebook Ads?
- Palm
Springs Reinvents Itself With $180 million in Hotel Renovations
- Outrageous!
The Cure for the Post Recession Blues! / Carol Verret
- Palm
Beach County Will Try Again to Pick Developer for a 350-room Hotel
Adjacent to Convention Center; In Running Are the Related Companies,
FRI Investors Inc., Shiraz Inc. and Acquest Realty Advisors
- Starwood
to Add 50 New Hotels in Europe, Africa and the Middle East by 2012 and
Debuts Sheraton Brand in Slovak Republic
- The
Carlton Hotel, a Landmark in the City of Atascadero, California Sued
Over Alleged Labor Code Violations, Including Failure to Pay Wages
- Marriott
Planning to Double European Portfolio by 2015; Current Pipeline has
Nearly 30 Projects Including Renaissance Moscow Monarch Center Hotel to
Open 2010
- Revinate
Launches Social Media Solution Exclusively for Hotels; Service will
revolutionize how the hospitality industry engages with online review
and social media sites such as Twitter, Expedia, Facebook and
TripAdvisor
- The
Americana at Brand and The Grove Tap runtriz™ to Give Residents,
Patrons One-Touch Access to Smart Living, Shopping
- PKF
Capital Arranges Sale of Lodi Inn in Lodi, California
- VIDEO:
Page Position: How to Optimize Conversions Online Using OTAs
- Grand
Dame of Historic New Orleans French Quarter, Hotel Monteleone, embraces
ZDirect leading eCRM technology
- EZYield.com
Signs Global Corporate Agreement with Mövenpick Hotels &
Resorts; Confidence, integration and customer service cited as
technology benefits for four and five-star luxury boutique portfolio
- Libra
OnDemand CRM Platform Certifies Compliance with Safe Harbor Privacy
Framework; SaaS-based CRM technology solution leverages the online
privacy protection and data security certification of Salesforce.com
- MTECH's
REX Room Expeditor wins Most Innovative Hospitality Technology
Award for 2009; Hotel Technology Next Generation Also Names Runners-up
- Knowland
Database Exceeds 300,000 Groups with Booking Needs; Massive Database
puts Thousands of Customized Leads at Clients' Fingertips
- Carl
Icahn Completes Restructuring Tropicana Entertainment Inc., Eliminates
$2.5 billion Indebtedness, Renews Gaming Licenses in Five States,
Successfully Emerges From Bankruptcy
- Sunburst
Hospitality Sells Vista on Courthouse Apartments for $85 Million,
Intends to Invest Proceeds in Hotels
- Agenda
Set for the AH&LA's Legislative Action Summit March 15-16,
Washington D.C.; Summit To Conclude With AH&LEF Dinner Tribute
Honoring Stewart Bainum, the Founder of Choice Hotels International
- Hong
Kong Entrepreneur George Wong Opens the 60-room Hotel Éclat in
Taipei, Taiwan
March 8, 2010
- Sea
Island, Georgia's Crown Jewel of Coastal Resorts, Sinks In a Sea of Red
Ink
- 2009:
Another Year That Confirmed the Internet as the Only Growth Channel in
Hospitality / Max Starkov
- If
the Country Had Banks that Were too Big to Fail, then the City of
Hartford Has a Hotel that is Too Well-sited to Fail
- South
Florida Starting to Court the Next Big Thing in Tourism: Visitors from
China!
- The
46-story Silver-glass Trump SoHo™ New York Scheduled to Open in April
2010
- The
Former Brickell Avenue Inn Completes Conversion to The Hotel Urbano in
Downtown Miami; Donna Candreva the Opening GM
- Pacifica
Capital & Brokerage, Inc. Secures New Source For Fixed Rate Hotel
Financing
- The
Providence Group, LLC Engaged to Manage the Historic Emerson Inn by the
Sea in Rockport, MA
- Destination
Hotels & Resort Evolves Revenue Optimization Program to Grow
Associates and Instill New Practices that Garner Significant Returns
- Intelity's
ICE Wins at Hotel Technology Next Generation Event
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 88 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Connecticut
Conference on Tourism Summit Aims to Build on 2009 Success: Organizers
Call Event "Rallying Cry for Industry"
- OTO
Development's Once Stalled 122-room Marriott Residence Inn, San Marcos,
California Now Slated for August Opening
- Buffalo
Ventures, LLC Opens 102-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton in Bozeman,
Montana
- Arabian
Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) 2010 to Examine Investing
Intelligently in Morocco
- The
Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts Names Rajiv Kaul as President
- IACC
Americas Sends Two Champion Chefs to International Cooking Competition
March 5, 2010
- Las
Vegas Pool Scene Becoming a Dominant Marketing Factor in the Summer;
Las Vegas Hotels Try to Top Each Other
- Riverside
City Council Approves $20.6 million Loan Developers for a 125-room
Hyatt Place Hotel in Downtown Riverside, California
- President
Obama Signs Travel Promotion Act Into Law - Implementation Phase Now
Begins; One Step is Creation of the Corporation for Travel
Promotion Entity to be Managed by Commerce Department
- The
Developers of the Hampton Inn & Suites on Georgia's Jekyll Island
Take Green Practices to the Next Level
- Atlantic
City Retooling Image: Wooing Visitors with Modernization and Wow Factor
- It's No Longer Just a Gaming Destination
- With
Expansion of the 297-room Thunder Valley Casino Nearly Complete Hiring
Begins for 600 New Jobs; One of the Biggest Economic Boosts in the
Sacramento Area Since the Recession Began
- Hotel
Capitalization Rates Stabilize / Jeffrey H. Walker
- Island
Hospitality seeking a Regional Director of Operations for its
Hilton-branded, select service hotels. Requires 2 years experience as a
Regional Manager in the Hospitality industry and Hampton Inn brand
experience
- For
Q4 2009, the Total Hotel Construction Pipeline for Europ, Middle East
and Africa Stands at 1,373 projects, a Decline of 22% Since the Q2 2008
Peak
- Nasty
Union Divorce in Philadelphia Fuels Lawsuit Against Aramark Corp
- The
114-room Candlewood Suites in Tallahassee, Florida Opens; Owned by
Lakeshore Hospitality and Managed by Generation
- Hotel
and Gaming Entrepreneur Solomon Kerzner to be Recognized with Cornell's
2010 Hospitality Innovator Award
- National
Competition Allows Future Hospitality Leaders to Shine
- Five
Points Hospitality Plans for an Embassy Suites and Conference Center in
Fayetteville, North Carolina Not Moving Foreward
- Wilbert
Mason Appointed General Manager at Peter Island Resort & Spa in the
British Virgin Islands
- InterContinental
San Juan Resort & Casino Names Ruben Alvarez, Maria Pia Carpenter,
Sylma Priegues & Carlos Ortiz to Executive Sales Appointments
- Rowland
C. Cheeks Appointed Senior Sales Manager at Cheyenne Mountain Resort,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
March 4, 2010
- Carlson
Sets New Strategy for its Radisson Brand: New Guest Room Concepts, New
Restaurant Concepts and New Service Concepts
- The
Beach House Maldives Completes US$58 million Renovation Project, Joins
the The Waldorf Astoria Collection
- Battle
Over Richmond, California's $1.2 billion Point Molate Hotel-Casino
Proposal Intensifies
- Classic
Hotel Bars with Classic Cocktails? Not Quite
- ING
Clarion to Brand Doral, Florida's The Blue as "Hyatt Miami at The
Blue"; Selects Davidson Hotel Company to Manage the 240-room Condo-Hotel
- Country
Inns & Suites By Carlson(SM) Achieves the 500 Hotel Milestone with
Plans to Open an Additional 250 Hotels Globally by 2015
- Steve
Wynn Seeks 51% Majority Stake In Foxwoods Stalled Casino Project;
Gaming Board Continues to Levy $2K Per Day in Fines
- Pittsburgh
Hilton's Restructured Ownership Group to Invest Additional $6 million
in Project; Vows Work to Restart Within 30 Days
- HFTP
Seeking Out Members for Officer and Director Positions on its 2010-2011
Board of Directors
- HVS
Hotel Management Introduces New Service: The Hotel Situation Analysis SM
- The
Dow Hotel Company Expands Into Third-Party Hotel Restaurant Management;
Embassy Suites Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Converts
Restaurant to Proprietary Basil's Kitchen Brand
- Beau
Rivage Golf & Resort in North Carolina Planning a $10 million 80
room Hotel and 350-seat Banquet Hall
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Names Vasant Prabhu, Current Chief Financial
Officer, as Vice Chairman
- New
Castle Hotels, Irene Dixon, of Hilton Garden Inn in Norwalk Named
Director of the Year for all Hilton Garden Inns Worldwide
- GF
Management Appoints Fred Grabosky and Jeff DeLong to Regional Vice
President of Operations Posts
- David
Marion Appointed Executive Chef at The Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys,
Baltimore, Maryland
March 3, 2010
- Despite
Profitable Operations, Lender's for Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort &
Spa, Ponte Vedra, Florida Abruptly Pursue Foreclosure Proceedings
Forcing Owners RQB Resort LP and RQB Development LP to File Chapter 11
Banruptcy Protection
- Are
You In The Cloud? CRM Technology For Travel: The Time is Now For Cloud
Computing / Gregg Hopkins
- Venices's
Hotel Cipriani Successful in Trademark Battle; The Cipriani Family,
Owners of the Cipriani Restaurant in London, Must Change its Name by
April 24, 2010 and Pay Penalties Totaling US$ 11.5 million
- Does
Anyone Remember When A Suit Came With Two Pair Of Pants? Isn't That
Like A Hotel Offering 3 Nights For The Price of 2? / Neil Salerno
- Hilton
Worldwide and Consorcio Hotelero S.A. de C.V. Enter Into Mangement
Agreement for New Doubletree by Hilton, Merida; First Hilton Worldwide
Hotel in Yucatán Capital of Merida Due to Open in 2011
- Marriott
International in an Agreement with Beaches for Hotels & Spas P.S.C.
to Open First JW Marriott in Jordan; 264-room JW Marriott Hotel Aqaba
to open in 2013
- Financially
Troubled Hartford Hilton Owners, The Waterford Group, City of Hartford
and Union Reach Deal to Avert Closure of 392-room Hotel
- Developer
Turner Woodard Acquires the 99-room Canterbury Hotel in Downtown
Indianapolis; Aims to Revive the Hotel into an Updated Version of its
Storied Self
- Queen
Mary, the Retired Cruise Ship Turned Tourist Attraction and Hotel
Docked in Long Beach Harbor Since 1967, Receiving a Long-overdue
Makeover
- Pan
Pacific Hotel Group Selected to Rebrand and Manage the Le
Méridien Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort in Bali, Indonesia; The
278-room Resort Will be Rebranded Pan Pacific Nirwana Bali Resort on 1
April 2010
- HITEC
2010 to Discuss How to "Tweet Up" Potential Customers
- The
Pegasus View January 2010: Leisure Travelers Regain Confidence,
Boosting Booking Volumes Beyond 2009, 2008 and 2007 Levels
- Hotel
da Rocha Locks Up Prestige with VISIONLINE and Signature RFID by
VingCard® and SENTINEL II by Elsafe®; Portugal's New
Development Selects Combination of Locking Solutions from
VingCard Elsafe
- FaceTime
Appointment Scheduler is Now Available to Meeting Professionals,
Suppliers, and Conference Organizers Worldwide; After Connecting
Record Numbers of 'MeetDifferent' Attendees, Overwhelming Demand Spurs
Elite Meetings to Release its FaceTime Scheduling Technology as a
Universally Available Solution for Organizing Appointments at Meetings
and Conferences
- Uniguest
Donates $10,000 for College Scholarships at Recent Gala
- EZYield.com
Launches Enterprise Reservation Delivery SaaS Platform at ITB Berlin;
Seamless hotel reservation delivery solution introduced to the global
hospitality industry as a complete two-way data communication platform
- North
Point Hospitality Celebrates Grand Opening of Fifth Savannah, Georgia
Hotel; The 120-room Hampton Inn & Suites Savannah Midtown
- A
Pennsylvania Judge Upholds Facts in Wrongful Death Suit of Teen Against
Hospitality Group Services, Owners of Ramada of Historic Ligonier
- Eastover
Resort and Conference Center, Lenox, Massachusetts Sold to HG October
Mountain LLC; Following Renovation Will Operate as Eastover Hotel and
Resort
- North
San Diego's Valley View Casino Hotel Under Construction but Downsized
to 108-room and $72 million Price Tag, Reduced from 161-room and $85
million
- Kerzner
International Appoints Bruce Himelstein as Chief Marketing Officer
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Keith F. Hansen as Corporate Vice
President of Hotel Accounting & Finance
- Markus
Schale and Terry Dowsett Appointed to General Manager Posts with Aqua
Hotels & Resorts
- Sage
Hospitality Resources and Legacy Property Group Appoint Nanci Sherman
to Oversee Operations of the 110-room Glenn Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia
March 2, 2010
- IDeaS
Revenue Optimization Appoints Fabian Specht as Regional Managing
Director, EAME
- What
Hoteliers Need to Know Now About PCI Compliance; Softscribe President
Michael Squires Details Action Items on Company’s New Blog
- Open
Letter and FAQ Posted by Wyndham Hotels to Guests Who May Have Had
Their Credit Card Details Compromised Following Intervention by a
Hacker in late January, 2010
- The
2009 Hotel Price index Reveals U.S. Hotel Room Prices Fell 14% During
the Last Half of 2009 Compared Same Period in 2008; Hotels.com Study
Discloses Most Expensive Cities in the U.S.
- Investment
Decision Criteria for the Gaming Industry - Time to Revisit and Review
/ Stephen Sherf
- President
Bill Clinton, Leaders of the Travel Industry, Celebrities Join to do
MASSIVEGOOD; Save lives with a simple click when you travel
- Las
Vegas Sands to Resume Work on 300-room Hotel; CEO Sheldon Adelson Also
Denies Reports of Bethlehem Casino Being for Sale
- The
Imperial Casino Hotel in Cripple Creek, Colorado Shuts Down, 44
Employees Out of Work
- LaSalle
Hotel Properties Acquires the 237-room Sofitel Washington, DC for $95
million
- Speakers
Set for KPMG's Seventh Annual Golf Business Forum at Belek, Turkey, May
12-14, 2010; This Year's Theme: 'Rethink, Redesign, Reposition the
Global Golf Industry'
- VIDEO:
The Role of OTAs in the Travel Planning Process
- London’s
Cavendish Hotel selects ZDirect eCRM platform to increase loyalty and
generate online business
- Skyware
Hospitality Solutions Opens Florida Office; Calls on Industry
Professional Bob Coyne for Business Enhancement Program
- New
Owners Sonesta International Hotels See Promise in Former Sheraton
Hotel in Downtown Orlando
- Through
Joint Venture, K Hotels and Europe's JJW Hotels & Resorts Join
Forces
- Two
Downtown Riverside, California Hotels Opposing $20 million Loan for New
City Financed Hyatt Place
- Stefan
Winistoerfer Appointed General Manager at The Swissôtel
Métropole Geneva
- Luciano
Lussardi Appointed General Manager at The Rocco Forte Collection's
Verdura Golf & Spa Resort in Sicily
- Outrigger
Names TJ Oesterling General Manager of The Kapalua Villas and Dina
McCallion to Director of Sales - Maui, Outrigger Condominium Collection
- Tropicana
Las Vegas Appoints Donna Marcou-Stafford Vice President of Leisure Sales
- Tropicana
Las Vegas Appoints Brandie Feuer as Director of Marketing &
Innovation
- Grand
Pacific Resort Management Promotes Guy Hall to Area Manager, Overseeing
Carlsbad Seapointe Resort and Coronado Beach Resort
March 1, 2010
- The
Top Ten U.S. Hotels that Provide a Connection with Classic Movie
Scenes; The Fairmont San Francisco Ranked #1
- YOTEL
Founders and IFA Hotel’s & Resorts to Open First U.S. YOTEL -
Slated to be the Largest Hotel Opening in Manhattan in 2011 with 669
Cabins
- Joie
de Vivre Installing Mini-desktop Computers Attached to Flat Screen TV's
in All 200 rooms at its Citizen Hotel in Sacramento
- The
iPad Is Coming to a Hotel Near You (part two) / Terence Ronson
- Steve
Wynn's Deal to Save Foxwood's Philadelphia Casino Project Could Also
Prove to Be a Massive Blow to Atlantic City's Fortunes
- Maloofs
Renegotiating $380 million Loan on The Palms Las Vegas Hotel and
Casino; Some Speculate Harrahs Targeting The Palms for Takeover
- Green
Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson, Nevada Saddled with $750 million of
Debt - May Soon be in Default, in Danger of Being Foreclosed
- Tranche
Warfare: The Coming Litigation Among Stakeholders in CMBS Loans;
Hotels' Distress Lead CMBS Delinquencies To Record Level / Jim Butler
& Jeff Steiner
- Managing
the Intricate Challenge of Today's Hospitality Leadership / Dr. John
Hogan
- Quality
Inns in Stillwater and Ponca City, Oklahoma - Scheduled for Absolute
Auction April 2, 2010
- Ralph
Burnet Named as Starwood Hotels & Resorts 2009 Developer of the Year
- American
Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Expands Into Qatar; Casabella
Hospitality Management, Doha has been appointed Master License of
Hospitality Education Programme (HEP)
- Luis
Emmanuelli and Best Western International Open 136-room Best Western
Pichi’s Hotel Convention Center and Casino, Puerto Rico
- Carlson
Hotels Completes $22 million Renovation of The Radisson Plaza-Warwick
Hotel Philadelphia
- Hilton
Garden Inn Survey Reveals Americans Consider Value and Comfort Most
Important When Choosing a Hotel Before a “Big Day”
- Scott
Blalock Named General Manager of the Year for 2009 by Indiana Hotel and
Lodging Association
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Names Nikki Henderson as General Manager for the
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Duane Gauthier General Manager for the
Sheraton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors, Inc. Promotes Seven Key Executives Following
Transformational Year
- Benchmark
Appoints Ray Guyton Director of Sales for Hotel Granduca, Houston
- Joan
Ferraro, CMP, Joins Millennium Bostonian Hotel as Director of Sales
& Marketing
- Chef
Alain Ducasse to Open miX on the beach at W Retreat & Spa Vieques
Island, Puerto Rico
** Top 25 Read
Articles - February 2010 **
- The
Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas Informs 340 Employees that it Will Close on
May 2, 2010; Village Hospitality LLC Concludes Funding Operations No
Longer Economically Viable
- What's
the Secret to Achieving Top Ranking on TripAdvisor? / Daniel Craig
- Las
Vegas City Leaders Blast Obama Stating "He is Not Really Welcome in
this City Until he Straightens This Out." in Response to Presidential
Comment
- What
to Do When Things Go Wrong in a Hotel / Daniel Craig
- InterContinental
Takes Aim at Hilton's Loyalty Program Members with Bold Move to Entice
Customers
- Details
Emerge How Orbitz.com was Defrauded of Nearly $850,000 by Two
Victorville, California Hotels
- Starwood
Removing the Sheraton flag from the 665-room Sheraton Manhattan at
Times Square; The Hotel Will Remain Open as an Independent Property
While the Company Decides What to Do with It
- The
Mansion on Peachtree, A Rosewood Hotel and Residences Sold in
Foreclosure; The Atlanta Building Sold for $66.1 million Against an
Estimated $197.4 million in Total Loans
- In a
Move that May Stave Off Foreclosure, La Costa Resort and Spa's $380
million Debt Sold to KSL Captial Partners for an Estimated $120 million
- Patron
Upset at Fort Worth Hotel, Valet Parking Firm and Insurance Company for
All Passing the Buck on Stolen Car
- Hersha
Hospitality Trust Acquires Three Newly Opened Hotels in New York City
for $165 million / $284,000 per Key
- Nobody
Asked Me, But No. 61 / The Plaza and the Pierre; La Quinta's Backward
Step / Stanley Turkel
- Windsor
Capital Group chosen to manage new build, 403-room Embassy Suites hotel
at Denver Convention Center, slated to open December 2010
- Great
Service Happens Because You Want it To, Not because You've Been Told
To/ Bill David
- The
Former Maui Prince Hotel Scheduled for Public Foreclosure Auction in
April, 2010; Resort Previously Acquired in 2007 for $575 million
- Transient
Occupancy Taxes and On-Line Travel Companies: The Long Awaited City of
Anaheim Case Provides a Huge Blow to Local Governments
- The
InterContinental New York Times Square, at 607-rooms, Will be the
Largest New-build Hotel Opening in the New York City Market Since 2002
- ALIS
Brings Optimists to Earth. Hotel Lenders Make New Evaluations. Sell Now
and Avoid the Traffic Jam! / Jim Butler
- Steve
Wynn Stepping in to Salvage Stalled Foxwoods Casino Project
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Increasing Global Footprint with Plans to Open 14
New Westin Hotels in 2010
- Hotel
Maintenance Staff Can Be Ambassadors of Hotel Hospitality / Doug Kennedy
- Strategic
Revenue Management / Dr. Gabor Forgacs
- runtriz™
Delivering Mobile Guest Facing App for SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills;
Branded "GoSLSHotel," the smartphone application puts all hotel
services at guests fingertips; runtriz™ becomes a valuable tool for
hearing impaired travelers, Green initiatives
- Generational
Issues in the Hospitality Industry - a Moving Target / Terence Ronson
- Going
with GOPPAR? Not so fast, RevPAR is still the best metric for revenue
managers / Jean Francois Mourier
February 26, 2010
February 25, 2010
- Sonesta
Hotels Announces Expansion Plans for 2010
- Strategic
Hotels & Resorts 4th Qtr 2009 Net Loss Narrows to $72.19 million
from $285.08 million Last Year; During the fourth quarter, the company
closed on the sale of the Renaissance Le Parc hotel in Paris and the
Four Seasons Mexico City to Improve corporate liquidity
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Posts 4th Qtr 2009 Loss of $60.4 million Compared to a
Loss of $98.1 million in the Prior Year Period; Total Revenues Drop to
$219.1 million, compared to $249.0 million in the Year-ago Period /
Hotel Operating Statistics
- W
Chicago City Center and Sheraton on the Park Sydney first in Starwood's
Portfolio to Utilize Cisco TelePresence for Virtual Meetings; Provides
life-like, High Definition, Conferencing Facilities Allowing
Participants to Meet their Colleagues Across a Virtual Table
- On
Revenue Growth of 15% to $56.3 million, Great Wolf Resorts Records a
Net Loss for 4th Qtr 2009 of $11.7 million Compared with a Loss of
$36.5 million a Year Ago / Brand Operating Statistics
- Harrah's
Posts 4th Qtr Profit of $298.3 million but Revenues Declined 7.9
percent to $2.1 billion, Down from $2.28 billion Posted the Same Time
in 2008
- The
New Trump International Hotel Waikiki Beach Walk Remains Mostly Empty
Due to Financing Issues; Resolution Appears Close
- Marshall
Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Adds 10 Management Contracts in 2009; First
Contract of 2010 - 118-room Cavalier Inn on the University of Virginia
Campus in Charlottesville
- Owners
of The Diplomat Golf Resort & Spa in Hallandale Beach, Florida
Seeking Zoning Change to Develop 500-unit Hotel
- Greektown
Casino-Hotel Settles Disputes with City of Detroit Clearing Way for
Emergence from Bankruptcy
- Revenue
Managers Gain More Flexibility With RateTiger iPhone App; Hotel Online
Channel Management Goes Mobile
- Provident
Hotels & Resorts Reaches Two-Year Milestone Using the EZYield.com
Channel Management Solution; Advanced channel management technology
creates time efficiencies that fuel growth for Florida-based hotel group
- VFM
Leonardo Powers Visuals of Hotel Wedding Venues on OneWed; VFM Leonardo
Enhances Wedding Venue Research and Selection Process for Engaged
Couples on OneWed with Hotel Visual Content.
- VingCard
and Aloft Hotels Partner to Run First Smart Check-In Program; RFID
Keycards from VingCard Allow Guests to Skip the Check-In Desk and Go
Directly to Room Upon Arrival
- Mandarin
Oriental Hotel Group Installs PAR Springer-Miller’s SMS|Host®
Hospitality Management System into Four Additional Properties; Elbow
Beach, Bermuda, is 24th Mandarin Oriental Hotel to Implement PAR’s
Guest Centric Solution
- Pinnacle
Entertainment's $375 million River City Casino Wins Approval from
Missouri Gaming Commission Clearing Way for Opening
- Station
Casinos and Key Creditors Reach Reorganization Agreement
- Athens
Based Grace Hotels Adds Poseidonion Hotel in Spetses; Shall Now be
Known as Poseidonion Grace
- The
Peabody Hotel Group Promotes Gregg Herning to Vice President of Sales
and Marketing and Monte Hansen Named General Manager for 418-room The
Peabody Little Rock
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Sandy Walding Controller for Hotel
Granduca, Houston, Texas
- Jens
Heier Appointed Executive Chef of Amari Orchid Pattaya, Thailand
February 24, 2010
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- 'Lost
Decade' in Overseas Travel to U.S. Cost 440,000 Jobs and $500 Billion
in Spending; Nationally Coordinated Travel Promotion Campaign Needed to
Save U.S. Jobs, Help Spur Economic Recovery
- Credit
Suisse and Other Lenders Take Ownership of Turtle Bay Resort from
Former Owner Oaktree Capital Management LLC; Benchmark Hospitality
Continues as Manager
- Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA): How Proposed Revisions May Affect Your
Timeshare Projects / David Sudeck and Jim Abrams
- Steve
Wynn Stepping in to Salvage Stalled Foxwoods Casino Project
- Las
Vegas Sands Corp. to Debut First Phase of $5.5 billion Marina Bay Sands
in Singapore
- New
$140 million Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, Rhode Island Preparing for
Tsunami of Job
Hopefuls: Expecting as Many as 1,000 to Apply for About 160 Positions
- Passage
of Travel Promotion Act Expected to Bring Thousands of Jobs to Nevada
- Downtown
Marriott Hotel Project "Developer's Fee" Raising Eyebrows in Peoria,
Illinois
- Hotel
Boom on Horizon Near Mohegan Sun Arena and Casino
- OpenWays
Presents its iPhone Application to Bypass Front Desks and Open Room
Locks; Mobile solution provider that developed the world's first crypto
acoustic solution for check-in/out and room access via any guest's
mobile phone announces new services to further enhance operations and
guest services.
- Jurys
Inn Opts to Private Label With Trust International for Hotel
Distribution
- SpaSoft®
Once Again Achieves PA-DSS Validation; New Version 3.2 validated as
compliant with the Payment Application Data Security Standards
- Transfer
of Knowledge was a Central Theme for EHTEC 2010
- Construction
Set to Begin on Arcola, Illinois' 60-acre $30 million Green Mill
Village Resort
- Loews
Hotels Appoints Robert L. Nee and Mark Lindsey to Director of Marketing
Positions at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel and Loews Ventana
Canyon in Tucson, Respectively
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Names John Davies Vice President Marketing
- Frank
Poe, Former Director of the Dallas Convention Center, Appointed
Executive Director for the Georgia World Congress Center and Georgia
Dome
- Key
Sessions and Speakers Set for HTNG's 6th Annual North American Meeting,
March 1-3, 2010 in Orlando
- Chef-Instructor
Michael Moran a Calm Presence as Students Prepare for Florida
International University's South Beach Wine & Food Festival
February 23, 2010
- Profitable
Business Strategies “Beyond PMS” is Focus of NORTHWIND-Maestro 2010
Users’ Conference; Interactive Event Offers Independent Hotel &
Resort Operators Profitable Web Best-Practices, Performance Strategy
Sessions, Social Media Training & Hands-On Labs
- Going
with GOPPAR? Not so Fast, RevPAR is Still the best Metric for Revenue
Managers / Jean Francois Mourier
- Electronic
Marketing…The Great Hotel Equalizer …And You Can Do It Without Going
Broke / Neil Salerno
- Hilton
Minneapolis Orgy Lawsuit Filed in December 2008 Quietly Settled
- An
"Undercurrent of Anger" Exists Within Utah's Lodging Community Toward
the Idea of a $300 million Headquarters Hotel Near the Calvin L.
Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center
- Delta
Group Selects Rosewood Hotels to Manage the Hotel Georgia in Vancouver,
Canada; Opened in 1927, the Historic Property Undergoing a Full
Restoration Scheduled to Reopen in 2011
- Owner
Ralph Burnet Selects Starwood's Le Méridien Brand for the 60
room Chambers Hotel in Downtown Minneapolis
- IHG
Opens More Than One Hotel Every Day in 2009; A Record 439 Hotels
Globally
- Four
Sites in the Final Mix for a 1,000-room Convention Hotel in Downtown
Kansas City
- South
Florida Hotels Finally Hit Bottom this Winter and Have Begun a Recovery
from the Brutal Downturn
- Utah
Hotels Seeing Rates and Occupancy Percentages Bouncing Back After Tough
2009
- VIDEO:
What Travel Shoppers Want
- Vernon
Manor Hotel to undergo Major Redevelopment - Liquidation Sale to be
conducted by NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc.
- Loyalty
Programs Deliver More Hotel Guests; Oberoi Hotels and Resorts Rated #1
in Guest Satisfaction for 2009 --Market Metrix Announces Annual2009
Hospitality Index Results
- Marriott
Secures Prestige with Help from VingCard Elsafe®; One of
Venezuela's Newest Properties Chooses Leading Hospitality Security
Provider to Install VISION, Signature RFID and Infinity II
- New
Online Assessment Tool Prepares Candidates for CFBE Exam
- Web
Cast – Revenue Management & Social Networks - Last Days to
Register
- Historic
Hotel Bethlehem Successfully Completes Conversion to Skyware’s Next
Generation PMX Front Office System
- EZYield.com
Introduces Alfredo Moreno de la Santa as European Sales Representative;
Online Travel Industry veteran to lead EZYield.com’s expansion in
Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Morocco
- New
Spa Director Highlights Artisanal Treatments At Re-envisioned Holistic
Spa Marquis, Los Cabos’ Only Member of Leading Spas of the World
- Dubai's
422-room Grosvenor House Joins Starwood's Luxury Collection Hotels
& Resorts; Opened in 2005 as the Le Meridien Grosvenor House Hotel
- South
Carolina's Supreme Court Next to Hear Case in Ongoing Hotel Tax War on
OTA's
- Delaware
North Investing $20 million in Renovation of Gideon Putnam Hotel,
Saratoga Springs, New York
- Erie
County, Pennsylvannia Getting Serious About Late Hotel Tax Payments;
Wants Motel Owner to Pay Up or Face Felony Criminal Charges
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Michael Blaksteen Director of Food
& Beverage for Makena Beach & Golf Resort, Maui
- Jeff
Holland Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at CordeValle, A
Rosewood Resort Located in San Martin, California
- Crowne
Plaza Today New Delhi Okhla, Appoints Barun Jolly as General Manager
February 22, 2010
- Hoteliers
Turn to Revenue Specialists to Boost Returns in a Soft Economy; Rise in
hotel revenue management support in 2009 as IDeaS Advantage records
double digit growth, works with number of new partners worldwide
- Bluebuzzard
Integrates Top Social Media Tools with its Popular Online Proposal
Solution; ProposalPath opens new channel of capturing group leads
through social media sites Twitter and Facebook
- Lodging
Interactive Enables ROI tracking of Facebook & Twitter Hotel
Bookings
- Hotel
Maintenance Staff Can Be Ambassadors of Hotel Hospitality / Doug Kennedy
- Alliance
Hospitality Management seeking a President. Primary responsibilities
include operations of the entire company and the selling of management
services to owners. Requires minimum of ten years of experience
in hotel operations with high-level corporate responsibilities
- The
Tibbetts Family Completes Rebuilding the Brac Reef Beach Resort in the
Cayman Islands, Resort Was Destroyed During Hurricane Paloma in 2008
- The
Robust Asian Economy Spurs Vegas Strip Baccarat Revenue; 90% of
Baccarat Gamblers from the Far East
- Concord
Hospitality Adds 12 Properties in 2009, Expects Minimum of 20 Percent
Growth in 2010; Adds 8 in January, Including First Hyatt and
InterContinental Hotels Branded Properties
- Lamont
Companies Completes 84-room Hampton Inn and a Connecting Event Center
with 27,000 sq ft in Aberdeen, South Dakota
- The
Developer of a Controversial Ski Resort in the Catskills, Near the
Belleayre Mountain Ski Center, Reduces the Project's Total Lodging
Units from 772 to 629
- Signature
Development Unveils $35 million Plan to Revive and Transform Buffalo,
New York's Hotel Lafayette; Plans Include 35-suite Boutique Hotel
Operated by Hamister Group
- AAA
Parking Lands Second Coconut Grove-Brickell Avenue Hotel Parking
Operation
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 92 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Hotel
Guests, Hotel Owners Ponder Effects of Kansas Suspending its Lodging
Inspection Program Because of Budget Cuts
- Arbitration
Panel Orders Developer of the Ivy Hotel + Residence in Downtown
Minneapolis to Pay $7.1 million to General Contractor and
Sub-contractors Who Were Wrongfully Terminated from the Project
- Occupancy
Rate at Beirut. Lebanon Hotels Was 73% in 2009, Up from 55% in 2008
- Wyndham
Worldwide's Exchange & Rentals(SM) Unit to Acquire United Kingdom's
Holiday Brand, Hoseasons Holdings, for Approximately $60 million
- Buffalo
Restaurateur Mark Croce's Downtown Buffalo Hotel Project Receives a
$1.35 million Grant from the State of New York's Empire State
Development Corporation
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Ian P. Heffron as General Manager for The
Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C.
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Scott M. Weber as General Manager for the
Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Conference Center
February 19, 2010
- Hotel
Technology Next Generation's (HTNG) Board of Directors Further
Strengthened with Two More Major Hotel Chain CIO's
- In
a Move that May Stave Off Foreclosure, La Costa Resort and Spa's $380
million Debt Sold to KSL Captial Partners for an Estimated $120 million
- Patron
Upset at Fort Worth Hotel, Valet Parking Firm and Insurance Company for
All Passing the Buck on Stolen Car
- Generational
Issues in the Hospitality Industry - a Moving Target / Terence Ronson
- The
Recession Is Over!* Now What? *Maybe / R. Mark Woodworth
- U.S.
Bankruptcy Court Judge to Deliberate Competing Plans for Trump
Entertainment Resorts Inc. Emergence From Bankruptcy; In Opposing
Corners Stand Trump and Icahn; One Hates to Lose the Other Loves a
Bargain
- Pacifica
Cos. Receives Approval from City of Ventura, California for a 152-room
Hyatt Place
- The
U.S. Travel Association Fears Full Enforcement and Lack of Education
Surrounding New Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Could
Cost U.S. $3.2 billion in Business in First 12 Months
- New
Report by Government Finance Group Contradicts Previous Study on
1000-room Fort Lee Army Hotel; New Study Predicts Threat to Private
Sector Hotels and Loss of Jobs in Region
- Wynn
Macau Opens Its Most Ambitious Restaurant: "Golden Flower" - Executive
Chef Liu Guo Zhu Brings His Top Seven Apprentices
- HFTP
Seeking Nominees for the Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame; The
Association's Highest Level of Recognition Recognizes Innovative
Individuals Behind Technology-driven Developments in the Hospitality
Industry
- Travelocity
Data Shows International Travel Spike with Mexico Destinations Up 25%
- McLaren
Technologies expands services into Africa installing Jazz call
accounting and DuVoice into Doubletree by Hilton properties
- UniFocus
Expands Global Footprint for Watson, R.M.™; NEW for 2010:
Multi-Language Support, Upgraded Schedule Editor
- For
Second Consecutive Year, Benchmark Hospitality International Named A
"Best Company to Work for in Texas"; Ranked #15 on the Statewide List
for 2010
- Online
updates predicted to grow to half a billion; RateTiger publishes
channel management data
- Access
Hotels & Resorts Adds THE WILSHIRE - Los Angeles to Portfolio
- Developer
Craig Clark's Plans for $60 million Marriott in Downtown Escondido,
California Springs Back to Life
- Whitten
Hospitality Opens 83-room Best Western Fort Smith Inn & Suites,
Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Richard
Farrar, VP of Owner & Franchise Services for Marriott
International, Captures the Attention of MSU Students in The School of
Hospitality Business
- Stefan
O. Huemer Appointed General Manager at InterContinental Los Angeles
Century City
- Choice
Hotels International Promotes Mark Pearce to SVP, International Division
- Joe
Andrick Promoted to Area Manager by True North Hotel Group
- Noble
House Appoints Rosanna Harrison to Director of Catering at the
Portofino Resort & Yacht Club, Redondo Beach, California
- White
Lodging Named to Training Magazine's Top 125; Honored As One of the Top
Companies Worldwide Providing the Best in Employee Development
February 17, 2010
- MSI
hires Well-Known Industry Executive Maureen Kieffer as Chief Operations
Officer
- Agilysys
Forms Partnership with TimeManagement Corporation; TMx™ Labor
Management Solution Now Integral Piece of Comprehensive Hospitality
Systems from Agilysys
- How
to Use Data to Increase Your Profitably in A Changing Business
Environment; Leading Hotel Management Firm Uses BI Tools for Smart
Revenue Management Decisions
- To
Grow Online Sales - Forget Facebook and Twitter, Rather Focus on
Payment Systems / Ken Smith
- Buying
Smart in a Tough Economy; Accurately Assessing Hotel Values in the
Current Market a Difficult Task / Earle Wason
- Affiliate
of Credit Suisse Awards Coral Hospitality the Management Contract for
the 334-room Gansevoort South Hotel Miami Beach
- Hawaii's
Hotel Industry had Dismal 2009: New Report From Hospitality Advisors
LLC Cites Revenue Losses at $741 million and Occupancy Rates at Lowest
Since at Least 1987
- Harrah's
Cherokee Casino and Hotel in North Carolina Progressing on $633 million
Expansion; Adding 532 Hotel Rooms, 3,000-seat Events Center, Spa, Shops
- Red
Lion Hotels 4th Qtr Loss More than Doubles; Net Loss of $8.7 million
Compares with a Year-Ago Loss of $3.9 million, Revenue for Qtr Drops
14%; RevPAR Off 7%
- Fully
Stock Your Hotel's "Reputation" Toolbox
- VIDEO:
Untapped Online Opportunities
- Increase
Hilton Scorecard Quality Score Ratings with Effective Website Marketing
- Destination
Hotels & Resort Honors Sales & Marketing Leaders at Annual
Conference; Annual Event Designed to Educate and Motivate Sales Leaders
- Peoria
Hotelier Wonders if Timing is Right for the City of Peoria to Issue
Bonds to Help Finance a $100 million Project that Includes Renovation
of the Hotel Pere Marquette and a New Hotel Tower
- Dallas-Fort
Worth Sees Commercial Property Foreclosures Surge: The Largest is Four
Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas at $183 million
- The
Middle East's Action Hotels On Track for 14 Mid-scale Hotels Throughout
Region by 2012
- Leland
C. Pillsbury Receives ISHC Pioneer Award; Pillsbury's Accomplishments
Range from Launching New Hotel Brands, to Pioneering Revenue and Yield
Management Systems, to Creating a Global Internet Marketing Company
- HSMAI
Brings Together Hotel Chief Marketing Officers to Explore "The New
Normal" in Lodging
- Through
Use of Federal Way, Washington's Designation as "Regional Center" by
the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, Developer Steve Smith and
Partners Hope to Build $225 million Sky Hotel and Residences
- Casino
MonteLago to Close; Impending Shutdown of the Ritz-Carlton Lake
Las Vegas Became the Final Straw for Property
- Ice
Sculptors From Michigan, Representing the U.S.A. and the American Hotel
& Lodging Educational Institute, Competing at Vancouver's Winter
Games Cultural Olympiad
- Nicole
La Valette Named Director of Sales and Marketing for The Ritz-Carlton
New York, Battery Park
- The
Magnolia Hotel in Downtown Denver Names Sarah Louise Holtze to Hotel
Manager
February 16, 2010
February 15, 2010
February 12, 2010
- Transient
Occupancy Taxes and On-Line Travel Companies: The Long Awaited City of
Anaheim Case - Is it Good News or Bad News for Hotel Operators / Rob
Nicholas
- FOUNDATION
LogicSystems Installs Their Linen & Uniform Control Software
Systems at the New Fairmont Pacific Rim Using the New Fujitsu UHF RFID
Tracking Technology; Accurate Inventory Control Leads to Huge Cost
Savings / February 2010
- Flyte
Systems In-Room Flight Information Aids Travelers at Snow-Bound Crowne
Plaza Dulles; Historic blizzard conditions have snowbound guests
watching flight updates from the safety of their rooms
- Lehman
Brothers Suing Jeffrey Soffer to Cover a $168 million Loan He
Personally Guaranteed for the Failed Fontainebleau Las Vegas
- Marriott
Reports 4th Qtr Net Income of $106 million Compared with a Loss
of $10 million a Year Earlier Marriott's Worldwide RevPAR Fell 13.1%,
For the Full Year, Marriott Posted a Loss of $346 million
- Loews
Atlanta Receives Up to 10,000 Applications for 250 Jobs
- Local
Hoteliers File Lawsuit to Stop Public Financing for Downtown
Greensboro, North Carolina Hotel Project
- Choice
Hotels Posts 4th Qtr Net Income of $23.6 million Compared to $18.7
million a Year Earlier; RevPAR Falls 14%, For the full year, Net Income
was $98.25 million
- For
Sale: Located on Lake Tahoe's North Shore - the Cedar Glen Lodge.
Includes 2-acres, 31-units, 5-bedrm home. Newly priced below acquisition
- Elite
Meetings International (EMI) Holds its First Offshore Elite Meetings
Alliance (EMA); Meeting Professionals and Hotels Come Together in
Honolulu to do Business, Exchange Ideas
- Hotelier
Liz Lambert of Bunkhouse Management Acquires the Havana Riverwalk Inn
in Downtown San Antonio; Renovations Underway on the 1914 Building
Which Is On the National Register of Historic Places
- College
of Coastal Georgia in Brunswick Gets Hospitality Program: Degree Will
Include Culinary Arts and Hotel Operations Tracks
- Gaming
Revenues in Nevada Fell 10.4% in 2009, the Largest Single Year Decline
in State History
- Feasibility
Report Projects a 69% Occupancy in the First Year of Stabilized
Operations after Opening in 2012 for the Proposed $180 million Tucson
Convention Hotel
- The
Former North Edmonton Inn & Suites Completes Conversion to Holiday
Inn Express Edmonton, Alberta
- Great
Wolf Resorts Names Mike Lusky General Manager at the Great Wolf Lodge,
Grand Mound, Washington
- Andaz
West Hollywood Names Melvin Guerrieri as Director of Sales and Marketing
- Desires
Hotels Appoints Carey Rushatz as New Director of Sales and Marketing
for Hotel Mela in New York City
- The
Wilderman Group Appoints Jeannie Green General Manager at Richmond Hill
City Center, a Conference Center Located in Richmond Hill, Georgia
February 11, 2010
- TRAVELCLICK®
Hosts Webinar on Fourth Quarter 2009 Global Hotel Performance: The Road
to Recovery in 2010
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Increasing Global Footprint with Plans to Open 14
New Westin Hotels in 2010
- Hersha
Hospitality Trust Acquires Three Newly Opened Hotels in New York City
for $165 million / $284,000 per Key
- Intrawest
to Sell Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort to Developer Tom Becnel;
Agreement Includes Management Contracts for The Marriott Residence Inn
and The Marriott Courtyard, Both in Sandestin, Florida
- Preservationists
and Owner Michael Rosenfeld Reach Agreement to Save The Century Plaza
Hotel From Demolition After Being Placed on List of America's Most
Endangered Historic Places
- Pennsylvania
Tourism Groups Turn to Punxsutawney Phil and Texting After a 65% Budget
Cut - Result - "It Worked Well"
- Outsourcing
Leaders Pair to Form Sole Turnkey Parking and Housekeeping Alliance in
the Hospitality Industry
- Windsor
Capital Group chosen to manage new build, 403-room Embassy Suites hotel
at Denver Convention Center, slated to open December 2010
- The
Rainmaker Group and AMSI Launch eSite Interface with LRO Multifamily
Revenue Optimization; Partnership Delivers Automated Revenue Management
Tools to Millions of Units in the Multifamily Housing Industry
- Concierge
Assistant System Delivers Five-Star Resort Treatment to Hospital
Patients; Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies Leads the Trend
in Ultimate Patient Care
- Summit
Management's New 131-room Courtyard by Marriott in Downtown Memphis
Honors History with an Urban Spin
- Aztec
Group, Inc., Mercury Investment and Concord Hospitality Enterprises
Company Open The Residence Inn Fort Lauderdale Pompano Beach
- Valleydale
Hospitality Opens 113-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton in Hoover,
Alabama; Property to be Managed by Triad Property Management
- David
W. Davis Named General Manager of the Atherton Hotel and Ranchers Club,
Operated by the School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration at
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
- Philip
J. D'Amico Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at the Rio Mar
Beach Resort and Spa, A Wyndham Grand Resort in Puerto Rico
- Dr
Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism
Organisation, Appointed Hong Kong PolyU Adjunct Professor
February 10, 2010
February 9, 2010
February 8, 2010
February 5, 2010
- The
Mansion on Peachtree, A Rosewood Hotel and Residences Sold in
Foreclosure; The Atlanta Building Sold for $66.1 million Against an
Estimated $197.4 million in Total Loans
- Starwood
Removing the Sheraton flag from the 665-room Sheraton Manhattan at
Times Square; The Hotel Will Remain Open as an Independent Property
While the Company Decides What to Do with It
- Details
Emerge How Orbitz.com Was Defrauded of Nearly $850,000 by Two
Victorville, California Hotels
- Foreign
Workers Suing Orlando Hotels - Swan, Dolphin and Westin Imagine for
Wages Not Paid to Them by Their Labor Sub-Contractor Which Closed
During a Visa Fraud Investigation
- Starwood
Reports $107 million Net Loss for 4th Qtr 2009 Compared to Net Income
of $79 million in the 4th Qtr 2008; Takes $362 million Impairment
Charge Related to Starwood Vacation Ownership World Wide RevPAR Down
7.9% / Hotel Operating Statistics
- What
to Do When Things Go Wrong in a Hotel / Daniel Edward Craig
- 2010
Outlook - LE's Canada Construction Pipeline
- The
$160 million Financing of the 532-room Hilton Columbus (Ohio) Downtown
a Mix of Local Equity and Build America Bonds Enabled by the 2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
- Orlando
Hotelier Harris Rosen Builds Prototype of Little House He Wants to Send
to Haiti; His Team Expects to Build 25 Homes to Start and Envisions
Haiti Villages of about 200 Homes Each
- The
Management Company that Operates the Hilton Hotel in San Gabriel,
California to Pay $500,000 for National Origin Bias and Sexual
Harassment; EEOC Said Hotel Refused to Hire Non-Chinese Banquet
Servers and Subjected Women to Verbal Abuse
- Costa
Rica's Tourism Outlook? Depends on Who You Ask
- Room
Mate Hotels Optimizes Online Bookings with RateTiger; Global hotelier
benefits from channel management software
- Elite
Meetings International (EMI) Adds Two Sales Directors and Promotes a
Third; As EMI Increases its Suite of Products to Support Meeting
Professionals and Hotels, it Bolsters its North American Sales Team
- India's
Government to Issue Code of Conduct for "Safe and Honourable Tourism" -
Objective is Protecting Women and Children From Human Trafficking and
Pornography
- THG's
$15 million Renovation of the 289-room Crowne Plaza in Billings,
Montana Honored by IHG as 2009 Renovation Award Winner -
- Andaz
WeHo, the Reinvented Hyatt on Sunset Strip, Recognized for
Architecture, Design
- Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts Signs Agreement to Manage a 469-room Hotel in
Chongqing in Central-western China
- Lane4
Property Group's Proposed $35 million Mixed Use Project in Kansas City,
Kansas Gaining Momentum
- Lala
Enterprises Preparing to Open 122-room Holiday Inn, Meridian,
Mississippi
- Robert
Lagerwey Appointed General Manager of Capella Singapore
- Rene
Zimmer Appointed General Manager at the Finca Cortesin Hotel, Golf and
Spa on the Costa del Sol of Southern Spain
- Langham
Hotels International Appoints Nadine Schaperdot Director of Sales for
Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- Veteran
Hotelier Jon D. Kennedy Joins GrandStay Hospitality as Senior Vice
President of Franchise Development
February 3, 2010
- IDeaS
Sets Industry Standard with 20 Years of Revenue Management Experience
- Free
Group-Pricing Webinar; In less than 15 minutes see how GroupMetrix can
transform your group pricing strategy, help you close more group sales
and increase profits
- Victorville,
California Hotel Owner Ashka Patel Arrested, Accused of Scamming
$848,000 from Orbitz.com
- U.S.
Travel Association Fears that up to 2,200 Foreign Travelers Per Day to
the U.S. Could Be Kept Off Inbound Flights Due to New Security Rule;
Lack of Education for Registration Under the Electronic System for
Travel Authorization to Blame
- Las
Vegas Leaders Blast Obama Stating "He is Not Really Welcome in this
City Until He Straightens This Out." in Response to Presidential Comment
- Sausalito's
Landmark 63-room Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa Sold at Foreclosure for
$11.4 million; SIMA Corporation's Winning Bid $1 Above Minimum
- Orange
County's (Orlando) Hotel Tax Collections Up in December, Breaks an
18-month-old streak of Consecutive Year-over-Year Declines
- Hotel
Social Media Perspective
- Developer
RJ York Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Had Proposed a 245-room Westin
Hotel as Part of $100 million Development in Clayton, Missouri
- Battle
Over Atlantic City's Proposed $2 billion 1,900-room Revel Casino Heats
Up: Union Vows Legal Challenge
- Atlas
2009 Year End Hotel Survey . . . and What it Means / Jim Butler
- Delaware
North Companies Bucks Lodging Downturn; Outperforms the Lodging Market,
Acquires Properties in 2010
- HSMAI's
53rd Adrian Awards Honors Top Companies and Individuals in Hospitality
Advertising, Public Relations and Web Marketing
- The
InterContinental New York Times Square, at 607-rooms, Will be the
Largest New-build Hotel Opening in the New York City Market Since 2002
- The
First of Four Hotels Opens in the Marriott Place Complex, a $450
million, 1,626-room Real Estate Bet that Could Make or Break the
Downtown Indianapolis Lodging Market
- Best
Western International Selects VFM Leonardo to Manage and Distribute
Hotel Visuals; VScape® Digital Asset Management System is Selected
by Best Western to Efficiently Manage and Distribute Hotel Photos
Online. VFM Leonardo also Named the Preferred Distributor of Rich Media
for Best Western Properties
- Service
Superstars: Work like you own it! / Bryan Williams
- Quick
'Critical' Tips and Latest Trends in E-Mail Marketing; Re-cap of
presentation 'Critical Email Prospecting Strategies for 2010'
- The
Hotel ZaZa Brand Has Inside Track On a Hotel Project in Downtown Park
City, Utah
- Barceló
Hotels & Resorts Closes 2009 with Addition of Six Properties and
Strong Positioning within the Medium/High Market Segment
- U.S.
Travel Association CEO Roger Dow States Industry Needs to Work Harder
to Convince Americans on Importance of Industry
- Harrah's
Entertainment May Enter Macau Gaming Market by Purchasing Third-Party
Ownership Interest in the City of Dreams and the Altira Macau
- Les
Clefs d'Or Gather in Lisbon for 57th International Congress; Emphasis
on Reinforcement of and Enhanced Value for Guests
- Mövenpick
Hotel Saigon Chooses to Close for Five Months for an Accelerated USD
$15 million Renovation
- Americas
Best Value Inn Claims to be First National Hotel Chain to Implement
Biodegradable Bathroom Amenities System-Wide
- For
the Third Time Foreclosure Proceedings Initiated Against Grand Soleil
Casino Resort, Natchez, Mississippi
- Newmarket®
International Welcomes Paul Barron as Vice President Global Accounts;
Focus Will Be on Driving Revenue and Profitability for Customers
- HRI
Properties Appoints Tony Welch General Manager of Hilton Garden Inn
Convention Center in New Orleans
- Shangri-La
Hotels Appoints Denny Ma as Director Global Accounts and Nick Berry as
Director of Sales and Marketing in Sydney
- Noble
Names Ty W. Brassie Director of Sales and Marketing at the Riviera
Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, California
February 2, 2010
- TRAVELCLICK®
Names Joie de Vivre Hospitality as 2009 eMarketer of the Year;
California's largest boutique collection honored for creative
combination of marketing strategies-driving an over 50 percent increase
in web business
- runtriz™
Delivering Mobile Guest Facing App for SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills;
Branded "GoSLSHotel," the smartphone application puts all hotel
services at guests fingertips; runtriz™ becomes a valuable tool for
hearing impaired travelers, Green initiatives
- Loews
Ventana Canyon Drops "Resort" from its Name; The 'r' Word Tends to
Carry with it a Stigma with Potential Corporate and Government Business
- Strategic
Revenue Management / Dr. Gabor Forgacs
- The
Reset Button --- Innovation for Hotel Sales in 2010! / Carol
Verret
- ALIS
Brings Optimists to Earth. Hotel Lenders Make New Evaluations. Sell Now
and Avoid the Traffic Jam! / Jim Butler
- Managing
Hotel Revenue and Everything That Drives It; Five Considerations Worth
Repeating / Neil Salerno
- Harrison
County, Indiana Searching for Conference Center and Hotel Developer for
Public-private Partnership
- VIDEO:
Increasing the Relevance of Your Hotel's Content Using Personas
- TTI's
New FLEXIBLE Business Center Options Helps Hoteliers Balance Guest
Service and Operations; Provider of self-service business solutions is
redefining the guest experience by offering flexible packages to fit
every hotel's unique setting
- The
Rainmaker Group Appoints Ash O. Bell Vice President of Multifamily
Sales; Industry leader tapped to grow LRO sales, support Rainmaker's
multifamily operator client base
- Hyatt
Regency Clearwater Beach Resort Opens as Centerpiece of Beach Walk - a
$30 million Revitalization Project
- Dayton
Airport Hotel's 40 Year History Had Twists and Turns; A
Multimillion-dollar Renovation Halted, Abandoned
- Japan
a Magnet for Kobe-born Swiss Hotelier, Martin Fluck, the Country
Manager of Oakwood's Japan Operations
- The
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Planning a $98 million Hotel and Convention Center
Adjacent to its Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona
- Distrikt
Hotel, an Ascend Collection Opens in Midtown Manhattan with Design
Inspired by the City of New York
- Hotel
Equities Awarded Management Contract for the 150-room Hotel Indigo
Atlanta Downtown, Created by Renovating the Historic Carnegie Building
- Thierry
Kennel Appointed General Manager at Four Seasons Hotel and Private
Residences, Denver
February 1, 2010
- Knowland
Group Introduces Business Development Suite for Hospitality Industry;
Cost-saving Package Brings Knowland Products Together to Support
Business Development Process from Start to Finish
- Lender
Eurohypo AG Appoints Warnick + Company to Asset Manage the
InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Paradise Valley, Arizona; The 293
room Resort Opened in 2008 at a Cost of $330 million
- Owners
of The Barton Hill Hotel & Spa in Lewiston, New York Fight to
Prevent NY Department of Taxation from Seizing Hotel
- A
Closed Side Entrance at the San Jose Fairmont Prompts Comments About
the Transients in Downtown San Jose
- Q
and A with Stephanie Haynes, Head of the Hotel & Lodging
Association of Greater Houston
- Las
Vegas Embodied the Motto "If You Build it, They Will Come", Recession
Forged New Motto "If You Slash Prices, They Will Come"
- Dean
White, the Founder of White Lodging, Personally Donates $5.4 million to
the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association
- Wichita
City Council Members Struggle with Complicated Tax Incentive Package
that Could Lead to a $12 million Marriott Fairfield Inn and Suites Hotel
- Kyo-ya
Hotels & Resorts Planning to Upgrade and Add 410 Condo/Residential
Units to the Existing 508-room Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa; The
Sheraton Maui Was Built by Sheraton Corp. in 1963, then the First Hotel
at Ka'anapali Resort
- The
Evolution of Best Practices in Hospitality and Tourism (part 2 of
2) / Dr. John Hogan
- The
City of Amarillo, Texas Searching for a Convention-Hotel Developer for
Public-private Partnership
- KoolConnect
Implements HDVOD & Interactive TV In Four More Prestigious Hotels;
Company's Intrigue® solution now entertaining guests at Hyatt's
Andaz Wall Street in New York City, the Dana Hotel and Spa in Chicago,
Aloft Abu Dhabi in the UAE and the Banyan Tree Resort in Acapulco,
Mexico.
- SIMACT
and Choice Hotels Remain On Track to Open a 32-room Comfort Inn and a
120-room Ascend Collection member Hotel in Jacmel, Haiti
- After
15 years St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Voters Approve Pursuit of $500 million
Gaming Resort in Monticello with Empire Resorts
- Card
Dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino Approve First Labor Contract Becoming
the Largest Group of Dealers Under a Union Contract in the U.S.
- Choice
Hotels in Partnership with Hotel System® Continues European
Expansion with Entrance Into Poland by Adding Six Properties; Clarion
Hotel Grand Baltic Resort & Spa Leading the Way
- China
Airlines Ltd. Subsidiary Rebrands its Holiday Inn Waikiki Hotel to
Ramada® Plaza Waikiki in Honolulu
- Michael
Shindler Named Executive Vice President, Hotels and Casinos, for Hard
Rock International
** Top 25 Read
Articles - January 2010 **
- San
Francisco's Heritage Marina Hotel Claims the Title of America's
Dirtiest Hotel; TripAdvisor Identifies the 10 Grmiest U.S. Hotels
- With
Levity, Here's My List of Predictions for Trends in the Hotel Industry
in 2010 / Daniel Edward Craig
- Dan
Brannan, General Manager of The Heritage Marina Hotel, Offers Response
Concerning the Inaccurate Information by TripAdvisor.com in Their "10
Dirtiest Hotels in America"
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors Provides Business Update - Forfeits Additional 11
Hotels to Mass Mutual, Holder of $246 million Loan on the Hotels;
Expects a $83 million Impairment Charge Related to the Forfeitures
- The
iPad is Coming to a Hotel Near You! / Terrence Ronsen
- TripAdvisor
Identifies the Top 10 Celebrity-owned Hotels in the World
- 4
Changes in Consumer Behavior & The Revenue Opportunities for Hotels
/ Carol Verret
- Billionaire
Carl Icahn Wins Permission to Buy Bankrupt Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Paying 8 cents on the Dollar for the $2 billion Already Spent: Response
From Jeff Soffer - The Financial World Turned on Me
- Paralyzed
Guest Files Federal Lawsuit After Being Banned from an Akron, Ohio
Hotel for Soiled Linens Accident Claiming a Violation of Americans with
Disabilities Act
- HSMAI
Names the Top 25 Minds in Hospitality and Travel Sales and Marketing;
Winners to be Honored at Adrian Awards Gala
- Hotelier's
2010 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions / Max Starkov & Mariana
Mechoso Safer
- Families
of 4 Young Women Want Answers About the Days Inn Fire that Caused their
Daughters Death; Incense Left Burning by a Motel Employee and Absence
of Fire Sprinkler System Likely Contributors
- Three
New Luxury Hotels Face Tough Debuts in Los Angeles; The JW Marriott Los
Angeles, The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles and W Hollywood Hotel &
Residences
- Hawaii
is Far from an Economic Paradise: Plunge in Tourism Unglues the State's
Finances
- Marriott's
Global Reservations System and Strong Ecommerce Platform Attracts Seven
Kessler Hotels to be First to Join Marriott's New Brand - The Autograph
Collection
- Burj
Dubai, the World's Tallest Building and Home to First Armani Hotel Opens
- Four
Failed Luxury Resorts Accuse Credit Suisse of a Predatory Lending
Scheme, Money Laundering and Naked Greed; Tamarack, Lake Las Vegas, The
Yellowstone Club and the Ginn Sur Mer Resort Seek Billions in Damages
- Revenue
Management: Dynamic Pricing / Dr. Gabor Forgacs
- Google
Real Time Search Integration & Hotel Social Media Marketing
- The
Americas Lodging Investment Summit Recognizes Two of Hospitality's Most
Significant Deals During 2009
- Year-end
California Study Counts 62 Hotel Foreclosures and 306 Hotel Defaults;
RevPAR for California Estimated to be Down 19% Compared to 2008
- U.S.
Bank NA Files Foreclosure on the Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas,
TX; Seeks Repayment of a $183 million Loan on the Resort
- Nobody
Asked Me, But No. 60 / Independence for Independents? Rebranding and
Rescaling; Ascend by Choice; Autograph by Marriott; Magnuson
Alternative to Franchising; Independent Collection by Hersha / Stanley
Turkel
- Applying
Five Tenets of Hotel Sales and Marketing in These Tough Times / David
M. Brudney
- A
Restaurant Critic's Most Memorable Dining Experiences of 2009
January 29, 2010
- 12
Creative Ways to Cut Hotel Meeting Costs / Dawn M. Barclay
- Schlitterbahn
Moving Forward with the Schlitterbahn Boutique™ Hotel and Conference
Center and Waterpark, a $75 million Project Located North of Austin,
Texas
- Bogus
IRS Agent Stiffs the Inn Marin Hotel in Novato, California for $55K
- Does
Social Media Make Your Head Hurt? Here Are a Few Helpful Resources for
Hotels / Daniel Edward Craig
- For
a Decade, the Al Hamra Hotel Had Been the Hub of News Outlets in
Baghad; Its Large Swimming Pool Glimmered Like a Sapphire
- HSMAI
Names the 2010 Americas Board of Directors; David Atkins Will Serve as
Chairman
- Wall
Financial Corporation Opens the 176-room Westin Wall Centre, Vancouver
Airport, in Richmond, British Columbia
- If
Passed, Dealers Union Contract for Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand
at Foxwoods Will be First in Country Under Tribal Law; MGM Grand
Dealers Urging Rejection
- Intelity
To be First in Hospitality iPad Revolution With ICE Canvas
- The
Pegasus View December 2009: Bookings in Both GDS and ADS Exceed 2008
and 2007 Volume; With +15.35% Increase in GDS and +22.49% Jump in ADS
Net Bookings Over 2007, Report Highlights Importance of Raising Rates
Lowered to Drive Demand in 2009
- Hospitality
Only Bright Spot in Jobs Growth for Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Small
Utah Convention Centers to be Stripped of Liquor Licenses in 2011
- The
Grinnell Group Awarded a Contract to Build a $6 million 79 unit Best
Western/Atrea Hotel in Lacey, Washington
- Capt.
C.P. Krishnan Nair, Chairman of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
Awarded "Hotelier of the Century" by The International Hotel and
Restaurant Association
- Dantes
Hospitality Completes Conversion of the Former Ramada Plaza to the
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Hamilton, Ontario
- Kinseth
Hospitality Companies Names Carl Deeken, Connie Schlichting & Rob
Hayward as General Managers of the Year; Sales Director of the Year
Awarded to Jackie Oliver
January 28, 2010
January 27, 2010
January 26, 2010
- TRAVDEX
explained. Your competition knows about it - do you?
- DLA
Piper 2010 Hospitality Outlook Survey
- Families
of 4 Young Women Want Answers About the Days Inn Fire that Caused their
Daughters Death; Incense Left Burning by a Motel Employee and Absence
of Fire Sprinkler System Likely Contributors
- Utah
Hotels Finish 2009 with Statewide Occupancy at 56.9% Down from 63.7% in
2008
- Starwood
Hotels Focusing on International Growth and Conversion Opportunities
with Majority of 2010 Activity Happening in the Asia Pacific
- Washington
State University in Pullman Seeking Proposals from Hotel Developers for
a $25 million Campus Hotel
- Indianapolis
Metro Hotel Occupancy at Lowest Level in Six Years; 2009 Occupancy Was
52.9%, off 7.8% from 2008
- Positive
Outlook Evident at First 2010 ASFONA Board Meeting; Economic recovery,
ramped up sustainability initiatives, and changes to Starwood's North
American operations management structure headline the year's first
ASFONA Board of Directors meeting
- Militants
Bomb 3 Baghdad Hotels Killing 31; The Babylon Hotel, the al-Hamra Hotel
and the Sheraton Baghdad (not part of the Sheraton brand) Were Popular
with Businessmen and News Agencies
- Choice
Hotels International Opens 524 Hotels Representing More Than 43,000
Rooms in 2009
- NHH
Hotels & Resorts to Manage the Luxurious Highmark Ski Resort in
Steamboat Springs, CO; Growing hotel management company also launches
NHHhotels.com for its services
- Hotel
Management Company Delivers a "One, Two Punch" on World's Most Visited
Travel Website; Two Hotels Under Management Of Charlestowne Hotels,
Inc. Win Top Spots in Eighth Annual Traveler’s Choice Awards on Trip
Advisor
- Keen
Partners Announces Strategic Investment by Affiliate of Hayman Woods;
Appointment of Hendriksen as Head of Hotel Acquisitions
- 63%
of Event Planners Surveyed Prefer Conan over Leno to Headline their
Next Event; The Knowland Group, a hospitality industry data firm,
surveyed planners from across the nation to get their take on the late
night talk show battle
- Dubai-Based
InfoScape Technologies Brings Middle East Presence to MTech's HotSOS
and REX Products; InfoScape to help hotels in the region improve
service and reduce operating costs with MTech technology
- CARINO
Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Celebrates Successes, Announces Plans for
2010 at 8th Annual Global Conference; Brand Standards at luxury hotel
group scheduled for implementation in Q1, 2010
- 2010
"Most Excellent Resort" and "Most Excellent Spa" Awarded to Grand Velas
Resorts in Riviera Nayarit and Riviera Maya By Condé Nast
Johansens Luxury Hotel Guide
- Desires
Hotels Selected to Provide Hotel Services for The Cliffs Ocean Resort
Set To Open in 2011 on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic
- InterContinental
Hotel Group Opening its First Hotel Indigo® in Asia Pacific in May
2010 at Shiliupu Dock at the Southern end of The Bund in Shanghai
- Fernando
Cuéllar Named General Manager for Hilton University of Houston
Hotel and Conference Center; Will Oversee Student Leadership Program at
Conrad N. Hilton College
- Thomas
Legner Appointed Hotel Manager for Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, D.C.
- Benchmark
Names Maria Corona Director of Sales for Marenas Resort in Sunny
Isles Beach, Florida
- Leigh
Ann Waters Named Director of Sales of the 371-room Westin Atlanta
Perimeter North
- The
Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, Appoints Dan Egan as Director of
Sales, Bill Hedgepeth as Director of Catering & Convention Services
& Joan Pata and Ryan Litsey as Senior Convention Sales Managers
January 25, 2010
- Knowland
Group Launches Target Net Business Development Tool for Hospitality
Industry; Affordable and User-Friendly SaaS Model Allows Hotel Sales
Teams to Quickly and Efficiently Drive Sales
- Dan
Brannan, General Manager of The Heritage Marina Hotel, Offers Response
Concerning the Inaccurate Information by TripAdvisor.com in Their "10
Dirtiest Hotels in America"
- Innocent
Ignorance or Crime and Punishment: The Perils of Duplicate Hotel Web
Content / Max Starkov
- Kyo-ya
Co., Ltd., Owner of Four Sheraton Hotels in Waikiki, Gearing Up for a
$1 billion Upgrade Project That Includes the First New Oceanfront Hotel
Along Waikiki Beach in More than 30 Years
- Marriott's
Global Reservations System and Strong Ecommerce Platform Attracts Seven
Kessler Hotels to be First to Join Marriott's New Brand - The Autograph
Collection
- Hilton
Worldwide Opens More Properties in Last Two Years Than Any Other
Equivalent Period in Its 91-year History; Currently Has Over 3,500
Hotels with 585,000 Rooms - 900 More Hotels in Pipeline
- The
Evolution of Best Practices in Hospitality and Tourism / Dr. John Hogan
- Houston
is Latest City to Lose Battle in OTA's Hotel Occupancy Tax War; Judge
Agrees with the Online Services That They Are Not Hotels and Their Fees
Not Subject to Hotel Taxes
- MGM
Mirage's Plans for IPO on Hong Kong Stock Exchange Could Hasten Their
Exit in Atlantic City Gaming Market
- The
Saint Paul Hotel Has Occupied a Top Position Among Midwest Hotels for a
Full 100 Years
- KTN
Announces A New Approach To Remote-Based Hotel Reservations Training
- Seminole
Hard Rock selects SAS® data mining to boost gaming revenue;
Powerful, customizable SAS provides maximum value to sophisticated, new
users alike
- Hotels
Book More Government Business With Innovative Link2Brand Service
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 70 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Definition
of Tourist: New Tourist Spending Studies are $2.6 billion Apart
- These
Are the Final Days for the Dayton Airport Hotel, an Operation that
Dayton International Airport's Management Considers to be a Money-loser
and No Longer Wants
- Leisure
Hotels & Resorts Rebrands the Former Resort & Yacht Club at
Toad Cove as 'Camden on the Lake Resort, Spa & Yacht Club', Lake of
the Ozarks, Missouri; Michael Capps Named General Manager
- South
Carolina's Unemployment Rate Reaches 12.6 percent With Job Losses in
Tourism Industry Leading the Way
- Michael
Nazzal Opens Newly Renovated 210-room Ramada Hotel and Suites Amman as
First Ramada Brand in Jordan
- David
Martens Appointed Complex General Manager for Starwoods Two Resorts on
Maldives, W Retreat & Spa - Maldives and the Sheraton Maldives Full
Moon Resort & Spa
- Broughton
Hospitality Appoints Charlie Robles to Area Manager for Three Hotels in
the Palm Springs, California Vicinity
January 22, 2010
- San
Francisco’s Heritage Marina Hotel Claims the Title of America’s
Dirtiest Hotel; TripAdvisor Identifies the 10 Grimiest U.S. Hotels
- Applying
Five Tenets of Hotel Sales and Marketing in These Tough Times / David
Brudney
- Plenty
of Room at the Inn for Hotel CRM Systems / John K Higgins
- Innkeepers
USA Trust Discontinues Debt Service Payments on its Hilton Hotel in
Ontario, California; May Transfer Ownership of the 309-room Hotel Back
to the Lender
- Orlando
Hotels Endure Worst Year in Decades with Occupancy Barely Above 60% and
REVPAR Down 12.7%
- Lodgian
Enters Into Definitive Agreeent to be Acquired by Lone Star for $270
million
- Hersha
Hospitality Management To Add Four New Properties Via Third-Party
Management/Joint Ventures; Includes Full-service, Extended-stay and
Select-service Hotels
- Homewood
Suites by Hilton Re-Opens in La Quinta, California; Property Shuttered
for 5 Months Over Financing Issues, Same Owners Bring in New Management
Company, Vesta Hospitality
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Donates 30 Vacations to Families throughout
the United States; 250 Respond in Nationwide Family Vacation Initiative
with Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- Sage
Hospitality Selects the Doubletree Brand for its 336-room, Pop
Culture-themed Curtis Hotel in Downtown Denver
- Intrawest
Comments on Innacurate Media Reports Regarding Properties; Company
Insists its "Business as Usual"
- Colorado
Springs, Colorado Hotel Occupancy Rates Drop to 56.6% Hitting A Record
Low
- Suenos
Hospitality and Chocie Hotels Open 134-suite Cambria Suites Hotel in
Oklahoma City
- CapStar
Hotel Company Promotes Gary Klett to Vice President of Development
- Todd
Yamaoka Named Manager of Four Seasons Resort Lana'i, The Lodge at Koele
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts Promotes Steve Mendell to President, Acquisitions
and Development
- Christopher
T. Bracken Named Director of Sales and Marketing at The Portofino Hotel
& Yacht Club in Redondo Beach, California
- Waterford
Hotel Group Names Kristi Herr as Director of Sales for Courtyard
Norwich and SpringHill Suites Waterford
- Sage
Hospitality Promotes Exexutive Chef Kurt Zuger to Also Serve as
Director of Food & Beverage for Colorado's Westin Westminister
January 21, 2010
- VIZERGY®
President & CEO Joe Hyman Earns Prestigious Honor; Named one of
HSMAI's "Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales & Marketing"
- Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts Takes a Look at its History and a Look to the
Future
- TripAdvisor
Identifies the Top 10 Celebrity-owned Hotels in the World
- Owner
Henry Kallan Leverages Social Media For Four New York City Hotels;
HKHotels Focus Efforts on TripAdvisor, Facebook, Yelp, Twitter, and
Google Maps to Drive Significant Business
- Charles
"Chuck" Feeney Recipient of the 2010 Cornell School of Hotel
Administration's Icon of the Industry Award
- Having
Submitted the Only Qualified Bid at $156.6 million, Carl Icahn Could be
Awarded Fontainebleau Ownership
- Former
Pomona, California Hotel Manager Admits to Nearly $300,000 Theft
- AloftSM
Abu Dhabi Introduces the Wireless Stereo to the In-Room Entertainment
Centre; Hotel is First in the UAE to Install MediaHub HD™ with Stereo
Bluetooth® for wireless music streaming
- Hyatt
Regency Greenville Guests Embrace New iPhone Travel App Built on
GBCblue's Mobile GORION Platform; GORION App Increases Ticket Orders,
Traffic at Hyatt Regency Greenville's Guest-Services Portal
- Tradyso
selects RateTiger for automated channel management; RTConnect helps
Spanish CRS to connect to global demand
- Elite
Meetings International Announces Mark Ley as Director of Marketing;
Sales and Marketing Executive to Spearhead Building Communities and
Social Networks Around EMI's Suite of Products, Services and Events
- Mövenpick
Hotels & Resorts Merchandises Hotels Online with VFM Leonardo’s
VBrochure Online Merchandising System; Upscale hotel management company
uses VBrochure to better merchandise its hotels online with visual
content across the largest network of travel intermediaries and websites
- Sixty
Developers, Hoteliers and Contractors Take a New Look at Jekyll
Island's Immediate Redevelopment Goal - a 300-room Full-Service Hotel
by Early 2012
- HEDNA
Elects its 2010 Board of Directors Including Two New Members -
Cynthia Castillo and Thomas Magnuson
- Hoteliers
Danny and Carla Lafayette Receive the Norbert X. Dowd Award; Maine's
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce's Highest Award
- Legacy
Hospitality LLC's Plans for 139-room Hyatt Place Back on Track with
Augusta's TEE Center Moving Forward
- Florida's
Harbor Beach Marriott Looks Forward to One VIP Visit in Particular Each
Year: Bill Marriott Jr. Who's Likes Include Room Service Hot Dogs and
Keeping the Shade Away
- Carlson
Hotels Worldwide Appoints Kaaren Hamilton as Vice President, Global
Sales - North America
- Trigild
Names Randy Hulce Managing Director for Hotels
January 20, 2010
- TRAVELCLICK®
Launches Revolutionary Business Intelligence Application;
Hotelligence360™ set to radically transform hotel performance
management and dramatically improve profitability for hoteliers
- Paralyzed
Guest Files Federal Lawsuit After Being Banned from an Akron, Ohio
Hotel for Soiled Linens Accident Claiming a Violation of Americans with
Disabilities Act
- Philadelphia
Hoteliers Step Up in Aid for Haiti Earthquake Victims
- Whose
Hotel Reviews Do You Trust? Those Written by the Expert Travel Writer
or By the Ordinary Traveler
- Delegation
of Members of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association Visit India
to Explore Hotel Deals
- Kalahari
Resorts Plans for a $260 million Resort near Fredericksburg, Virginia
Receives Big Boost with Approval of $25 million Tax-exempt Bond Issue
- Disney
Officially Names New Family Destination Resort on O'ahu; Aulani, a
Disney Resort & Spa, Ko Olina, Hawai'i
- The
Siegel Group Acquires the Foreclosed Artisan Hotel, a 64-room Boutique
Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
- RWN
Development Group to Re-open the Once Endangered Baltimore Landmark,
Hotel Brexton, Originally Built in 1891, Following a $4.5 million
Renovation
- Once
Vilified Penn National Now Being Praised for Move of Casino to West
Side of Columbus
- Destination
Hotels & Resorts Creates Green Meetings Platform; New Program
Creates Standards for Meetings at Destination Properties
- Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies Unveils its Latest Web 2.0 Application: A
Multi-Channel Interactive Scavenger Hunt for the City of Indian Wells
- RIHGA
Royal Hotels Shifts to Trust International With Implementation of
yourVoyager CRS; RIHGA Royal Hotels in Japan integrates latest
distribution technology
- The
world’s best Channel Management company flourishes from the world’s
best golfer
- Pegasus
Solutions Aligns and Expands Management Team for Targeted Growth in
2010; Appointments Reinforce CEO’s Corporate Vision and Dedication to
Product Innovation
- Founder
of MHI Hospitality Corporation Edgar Sims, Passes Away at 81-years of
Age
- North
Point Hospitality Opens Fifth Savannah, Georgia Hotel; The 120-room
Hampton Inn & Suites Savannah Midtown
- OTO
Development, LLC and Hyatt Hotels Open 149-room Hyatt Place® Fort
Lauderdale Airport-South; Adjacent Hyatt Summerfield Suites™ to Open in
Early March
- Larkspur
Hotels & Restaurants Completes Renovation of the Best Western
Truckee Tahoe Lodge
- Market
Street Partners LLC Could Receive $3 million in Tax-Exempt Bonds for
Renovation of Former Billy's Ritz Restuarant into a 25-room High End
Hotel, Roanoke, Virginia
- Ron
Burgett Joins AmericInn's Parent Company Northcott Hospitality as
Executive Vice President of Development
- Biswajit
Chakraborty Appointed General Manager of The Leela Kempinski Mumbai,
India
- Elegant
Hotels Group Names Andy Howard as General Manger for Tamarind Cove
Hotel, Barbados
- Industry
Veteran Peter Strebel Rejoins Omni Hotels & Resorts as New Area
Managing Director
January 19, 2010
- Award
Winning Independent Luxury Resorts Favor Integrated Maestro PMS to
Streamline Operations, Keep Guests Returning, Increase Direct Sales and
RevPAR; Leading High-Touch Resorts Rely on Maestro All-In-One Solution
to Maximize Efficiency, Reduce Booking Costs and Increase Revenue;
Guests Self-Serve Online to Personalize and Up-sell Their Stay
- Bacara
Resort & Spa Maximizes Potential of GoConcierge; Web-based System
Adds Efficiencies to Multiple Departments of Luxury Property
- Milestone
Internet Marketing Wins Multiple Adrian Awards: eBuzz Connect
Hotel Online Reputation Monitoring Tool Wins Silver in Web Applications
Category
- Veteran
Meeting Planner Provides Top 10 Tips for Reducing Meetings Costs in 2010
- Once
the Favored Refuge for Tourists and Diplomats, the Majestic Hotel
Montana Haiti Reduced to a Pile of Rubble; Some Fear 200 Guests Still
Missing
- Developer
Luke Brugnara, Who was Denied a Gaming License in 2001, Submits "All
Cash" Bid for Fontainebleau -Will Pay up to $200 million for Project
- The
Berger Company Inc. and Crow Holdings Select Aimbridge Hospitality to
Manage the Windsor Court Hotel New Orleans Following Hotel Purchase
From Orient-Express Hotels
- What's
the Link Between E-Mail Marketing and Social Media? How your hotel can
blend both tactics for stronger messaging in 2010
- Interface
Between TTI Scan2PMS and Amadeus Delivering Enhanced Guest Service;
Hotels using the Amadeus PMS can now easily interface to Scan2PMS from
TTI Technologies; Solution imports information from passports and
driver’s licenses directly to the Amadeus PMS
- Intelity
Creates Affordable ICE Mobile iPhone Application For Hotels
- Last
Days to Register 4 Changes in Consumer Behavior & The Revenue
Opportunities for Hotels
- VIDEO:
To Merchandise or Not
- Florida
Resident Files First Lawsuit Related to 2008 Monte Carlo Fire Which
Resulted in $100 million in Damages
- Denihan
Hospitality Group to Open The James New York in SoHo Summer 2010
- AH&LA
Accepting Seminar Proposals for the 2010 International Hotel/Motel
& Restaurant Show; Industry Experts Encouraged to Submit Timely
Topics for Consideration
- Universal
Parks and Resorts Complete Agreement for 1,100-acre Universal Studios
Korea in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province; Expect to Break Ground Next
Year on $3 billion Development
- Plans
for a New Luxury Hotel to Replace Hotel Tanios, Which was Destroyed
Twice During the 1975-1990 Civil War, in Sidon, Lebannon Facing
Complications
- The
Inn at Walnut Bottom in Cumberland, Maryland Closing Citing Government
Interference as Factor
- Dolce
Hotels and Resorts Appoints Kate Ashton Vice President, Global
Operations
January 18, 2010
- Blue
Lagoon Cruises Selects TRAVELCLICK® as eCommerce Outsource Partner
in Helping Convert Online Shoppers to Onboard Cruisers; Fiji-owned
luxury boutique island cruise operator to leverage the power of
TRAVELCLICK's Digital Agency and iStay® booking engine to increase
web traffic and bookings
- InfoWorld
Names Pegasus Solutions’ RezView® NG Among Top IT Projects of 2009;
Next generation CRS represents only hospitality technology solution on
revered list
- The
Knowland Group Hires Bill Cushard as Chief Learning Officer: Former
E*Trade Learning & Development Director brings proven record
- Three
New Luxury Hotels Face Tough Debuts in Los Angeles; The JW Marriott Los
Angeles, The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles and W Hollywood Hotel
& Residences
- PolyU
Unveils Name of its Teaching and Research Hotel; Hotel ICON Redefines
Standards in Hospitality and Hotel Management
- Revenue
Management: Dynamic Pricing / Dr. Gabor Forgac
- Choice
Hotels Unsure of Future of Two Recently Announced Haiti Projects; Too
Soon to Know if Projects Will Move Forward
- Business
is Bad - Real Bad - With 10,700 Rooms to Fill and Little Convention
Activity Philadelphia Hotels Wage Price War
- Hawaii
Timeshares Weather Storm: Occupancy at Hawaii Timeshares Outpace Hotel
Occupancy 88% to 75%
- It's
a Terrific Time to Be a Consumer: Hotels Willing to Deal
- Finch
Group Confirms Purchase Agreement of 266-room Sea Crest Oceanfront
Resort and Conference Center, Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Scouts
Capital, Deal Aims to Revive Resort
- Minnesota
Lodging Association Names Hilton Minneapolis Its 2009 "Large Property
of the Year" and the AmericInn Lodge & Suites North Branch Its 2009
"Small Property of the Year"
- Guest
Satisfaction - December 2009 Chatter Guard Benchmark Report Is Released
- Directors
of Red Lion Hotels Remove Anupam Narayan as Chief Executive Officer; No
Reason Given
- Torgerson
Properties Adds Two New Homewood Suites, One in New Brighton and One in
St. Louis Park, Minneapolis for a Combined Cost of $34 million
- Bank
of America Files Foreclosure Notice on G Lobos LLC, Owners of Building
that Houses 395-room Hyatt Regency Albuquerque - Hotel to Remain
Unaffected
- Subcontractors
in O'Fallon, Illinois File Lawsuit for $900,000 for Unpaid Work on
Regency Conference Center and Hilton Garden Inn Hotel; City Blames
South Dakota Based Pro Built Managment Who Refuses to Negotiate
- Hawaii
Hotel & Lodging Association Names Housekeeper Leticia Gamiao from
the Aqua Waikiki Wave the Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year
- Hilton
Signs Two Franchise Agreements for Doubletree Hotels in Turkey -
Istanbul and Cappadocia
- Roger
Corwin Appointed General Manager of the SeaCrest Resort, Pismo Beach,
California
- Sage
Hospitality Appoints Susan Lee Furbay Vice President of Acquisitions
and Business
- Swissôtel
Merchant Court, Singapore, Appoints New Food & Beverage Manager,
Aznan Bin Mohamed Shariff and Executive Chef, Robert Chan
January 15, 2010
- TRAVELCLICK®
Receives an Unmatched Seven Adrian Awards for Excellence in Web
Marketing; Panel of judges announced for TRAVELCLICK's eMarketer of the
Year award
- US
Bank NA Files Foreclosure on the Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas,
TX; Seeks Repayment of a $183 million Loan on the Resort
- Lenders
to Lodging Industry Must Come Out of Their Foxholes / Rick Swig
- EZYield.com
Provides Lifeline for Strategy Shift at Mexico's Camino Real Hotels
- Penn
National Bows Out of Bidding for Shuttered 3,889-room Fontainebleau;
Auction Price to Start at $156.6 million - Analysts Believe $1.5
billion Needed to Complete Project
- Starwood
Hotels and Resorts Enter Into Agreements to Introduce The Luxury
Collection Brand to China; The Astor Hotel Tianjin and The Malus Sanya,
a New-Build Resort
- HFTP
Seeking the Latest and Near-future Technologies for the Next Version of
GUESTROOM 20X
- The
Green Team and PointSource Services, LLC Alliance Brings "Virtual
Corporate Office" Resources to Hotel Operators and Management Companies
- Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies (HeBS) Wins the Prestigious "Best in Class"
Interactive Media Award
- LodgeNet
Announces New Value-Priced Offer for Select / Limited Service HSIA
Installation and Support; New-for-2010 Offer Reduces Equipment and
Support Costs Without Sacrificing Quality
- MMI
Hotel Group Completes $11 million Conversion of the 317-room Holiday
Inn Jacksonville Airport Hotel to the Crowne Plaza Brand
- Minnesota
Lodging Association Selects Dave Brott as "2009 Hotelier of the Year"
and Inducts Doug Anderson into the Minnesota Hospitality Hall of
Fame
- Provident
Management Corporation Completes a Multi-million dollar Renovation at
the Sailport Waterfront Suites, Tampa; Expects to Open in 2010 The Blue
Rose, a 1,500 unit Condominium Hotel, in Orlando
- Hyatt
Opens the 253-room Andaz Wall Street in New York City
- Marriott
Vacation Club Opens the 19-story, 91-unit Oceana Palms on Singer
Island, Florida
- Expotel
Hospitality Appointed to Manage the 220-room Four Points by Sheraton
New Orleans Airport Hotel
- The
Coalition for Working Families of Monterey and Santa Cruz, Sponsored by
Unite HERE, Drops Objection for Lotus Management's Proposed
Watsonville, CA 106-room Holiday Inn Project
- American
Hotel Development Partners Open Holiday Inn Express and Suites Savannah
Midtown, Savannah, Georgia
- Daniel
Braun Appointed General Manager at the Castle Hill Inn and Resort,
Newport, Rhode Island
- The
Inn at Lost Creek in Telluride, Colorado Names Noel Daniel as Inn Keeper
- Elegant
Hotels Group Promotes Nicole King To Director of Sales North America
- "Advertising
Works and Good Advertising Works Even Better"- "Utah -- Life Elevated"
Campaign Generated $700 million in Tourism at a Cost of $3.2 million
January 13, 2010
- The
Knowland Group Hires Bill Cushard as Chief Learning Officer
- Throughout
2010, Fairmont Expects to Open Seven Hotels Around the Globe
- India's
Shortage of Hotel Rooms and Spike in Occupancy Rates Prompt Global
Luxury Chains to Seek Partnership Opportunities
- Kingdom
Holding Company Expects its 8th Four Seasons, the 230-room Four Seasons
Beirut, to Cost $146 million
- Buyers
Intend to Return the Shuttered Nevele Grande Resort in New York's
Catskills to it Former Glory
- The
Successful Holiday Villages Concept, Found Across Europe, Proceeding
with Plans for a $205 million Holiday Village in Elkhart, Indiana
- Graves
Hospitality Joins Wyndham Hotels and Resorts with Graves 601 Hotel in
Minneapolis Renamed as Graves 601 Hotel, Wyndham Grand
- Peoria
Area Hotels Experiencing Toughest Winter in 10 Years; Running Less than
50% Occupancy
- Choice
Hotels International to Acquire Remaining 60% Ownership of Choice
Hospitality India; Growth in Market to be Focus
- Chicken
Soup for Your Hotel - Hotel sick? We can help make your hotel
well by increasing RevPAR at a very affordable price.
- Montage
Beverly Hills Among First to Benefit from MTech/MICROS OPERA
Integration; Linking MTech's HotSOS with the MICROS OPERA PMS creates a
seamless service-oriented architecture in which guest requests are
quickly satisfied
- Crowne
Plaza Houston Reliant Park / Medical Center Hotel Launches their
Independent Website with eMax Hotel Internet Marketing
- Officials
are "Cautiously Optimistic" for Island Tourism in 2010 Following the
Caribbean Hotel Association's (CHA) Caribbean Marketplace in Puerto Rico
- Libertador
Hotels Signs Franchise Agreement with Starwood's Luxury Collection for
its 120 room Hotel Paracas in Paracas, Peru
- OTO
Development Opens the 122-room Hyatt Place in Garden City, New York
- Laurus
Corporation Signs American Property Management Corp to Manage the
Villaitana Resort in Costa Blanca, Spain
- John
Q. Hammons Opens 228 room/suite Courtyard by Marriott® in Allen,
Texas
- Torgerson
Properties Opens Two Homewood Suites by Hilton hotels in the
Minneapolis Area - St. Louis Park and New Brighton
- The
Malcolm Bryant Corporation Selected as Developer for Proposed $20
million Hampton Inn and Suites, Owensboro, Kentucky
- Roger
Michel, Executive Chef of Westin Savannah Harbor Resort Awarded the
Order Merit Agricole from the French Ministry of Agriculture
- Bandera
Hospitality Names Howard Jacobs as Director of Sales and Marketing for
the Holiday Inn Resort in Palm Springs
- Nashville
Airport Marriott Names Amanda Sensibaugh as Director of Marketing
- White
Lodging Names Andy Crowel General Manager and Amber Thomas Director of
Sales for New Courtyard Downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana
January 12, 2010
- Prestigious
Langham Hotels International to Switch to Sabre Hospitality Solutions
for its Comprehensive Distribution Solutions
- Royal
Caribbean International Selects Agilysys for Document Management
Solution; Cruise Line's Newest Ship to Use Electronic Waiver, Signature
Capture Technology
- 4
Changes in Consumer Behavior & The Revenue Opportunities for Hotels
/ Carol Verret
- Orient-Express
Hotels Acquiring Two Luxury Hotels on Island of Sicily; Paying a
Combined price of $117 million for the 83-key Grand Hotel Timeo and the
78-key Villa Sant'Andrea
- With
Levity, Here's My List of Predictions for Trends in the Hotel Industry
in 2010 / Daniel Edward Craig
- Caribbean
Hotel & Tourism Association Names Richard J. Doumeng the 2009
"Caribbean Hotelier of the Year"
- The
Four Seasons Opens in Beirut, Lebanon after Ten Years in Planning and
Five Years Under Construction; Opening General Manager Stefan Simkovics
- Ernst
& Young Survey Shows Occupancy at Beirut Hotels at 72% in First 10
Months of 2009: Beirut Posts Region's Third-Highest Rate After Abu
Dhabi, Cairo
- Kelly
Capital and Hyatt Hotels to Debut Andaz San Diego, Formerly the Ivy
Hotel
- Professional
Convention Management Association to Conduct $600,000 Study to Document
National Economic Impact of Meeting Industry
- Laura
Bajkowski to Receive "Top 25" Honor at HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala;
Winners Honored at Reception and On-stage February 1, 2010
- EZYield.com
World Tour Rolls Into Madrid for FITUR 2010
- Boarding
Pass printing kiosks are a NECESSITY in today’s hotels; 250,000
boarding passes are printed monthly from hotels offering Uniguest’s
Airline Check-In Board kiosks.
- VIDEO:
The Billboard Effect: Why hoteliers need to think of OTAs as marketing
vehicles versus reservation engines
- Penta
Hospital's Clarion Hotel and Conference Center Employees in Greeley,
Colorado Walk Off Job After Not Being Paid - Hotel Slated for Public
Auction in April
- Pioneer
Urban Land and Infrastructure Ltd Selects Carlson's Regent Brand for
its Hotel and Residence Development in Gurgaon, India
- Fairwood
Capital, LLC Acquires the 144-room Hampton Inn & Suites Memphis
Beale Street from Peabody Place Hotel Company; Peabody Hotel Group Will
Continue to Manage the Hotel
- The
Inn at Pocono Manor Names Robert Sighinolfi General Manager
- Louis
Martorano Named Executive Chef at the 1,400-room Hilton Orlando
- Matthew
Martinucci Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at the Parc 55
Hotel in San Francisco
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Promotes Bruce Nelker and Shaun Kirby to Senior
Vice President of Operations; Additionally, Al Wiles, Terri Ryan and
Carol Simon Named to Regional Management Positions
- Crestline
Appoints LaJeune Marbury and Mark Swetman to Director of Sales &
Marketing Posts
- Hospitality
Management Corporation Appoints Rose Marie Harris to Corporate Director
of Sales
- JW
Marriott Starr Pass Resort, Tucson, Arizona Opens "Competition-Style"
Barbeque Restaurant with Executive Chef Chris Brown at the Pit
January 11, 2010
- Cendyn
Adds ‘Customer Order Center’ Online Food and Beverage Ordering to
eMenusTM; Starwood Hotels Chooses Customer Order Center to Enable
Meeting Planners to Create Group Menus Online and Increase Staff
Efficiency
- Google
Real Time Search Integration & Hotel Social Media Marketing
- Year-end
California Study Counts 62 Hotel Foreclosures and 306 Hotel Defaults;
RevPAR for California Estimated to be Down 19% Compared to 2008
- Ethics?
That's Human Resources - I'm Busy with Guests!
- Hotel
Hospitality Lessons Learned From Moscow, Russia
- North
Dakota Not All About Oil and Wheat - Tourism is Number Two Industry in
State with Hotels Experiencing 73% Occupany Rates with New Hotels on
the Horizon
- City
of Witchita, Kansas Considering Financial Backing of the Marriott Hotel
at WaterWalk with $2.5 million in Guest Tax Revenue and $12 million in
Industrial Revenue Bonds
- Tulsa
Convention Center Completes $50.5 million Renovation Including 30,000
square-foot Ballroom
- The
Providence Group, LLC Engaged to Manage The Regency Lodge in Omaha,
Nebraska
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 48 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Texans
Credit Union Selects Aimbridge Hospitality to Manage The Plantation
Golf Resort & Spa in Crystal River, Florida
- Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts Unveils Industry's First Multilingual Interactive
Mobile Website
- Oklahoma
City Chef Ryan Parrott Keeps Balance Between Family, Restaurant and
Twitter
- Court
Narrows Scope of Trump's $100 million Lawsuit Against the City Rancho
Palos Verdes, California
- New
Yorks Empire State Development Corp. to Provide $2 million to Merani
Hospitality to Aid in Development of $15 million Refurbishment of
Condemned Former Fallside Hotel Near Goat Island
- Langdale
Company and Choice Hotels Complete Transition of Comfort Inn to Clarion
Inn Conference Center, Valdosta, Georgia
- Debra
Shinn Appointed General Manager at the Amara Hotel, Restaurant and Spa
in Sedona, Arizona
January 8, 2010
- TRAVELCLICK®
Opens New Location in Baltimore, Maryland; Expansion supports increased
global demand for Digital Agency services in the hospitality
industry
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors Provides Business Update - Forfeits Additional 11
Hotels to Mass Mutual, Holder of $246 million Loan on the Hotels;
Expects a $83 million Impairment Charge Related to the Forfeitures
- Marriott
International Updates Fourth Quarter REVPAR Predictions; While Down Up
to 16%, Fourth Quarter Still Better Than Expected
- Atlanta
Goes to Work on its Sales Pitch; Trying to Define Itself with a Simple
Slogan or Nickname
- Hurricane
Insurance Settlement Remains Unpaid for the Owner of the Abandoned
Hyatt Regency Grand Cayman; In its Heyday the 289-room Resort Was One
of the Trendiest in the Cayman Islands
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Ends 2009 With Strong Growth, Exceeding
Expectations; Brand Adds 81 New Hotels in 23 States, Executes 55
Contracts Internationally and in the U.S.
- Ohana
Hotel Co. LLC Selling Hotel Hana-Maui, Hawai'i to Unidentified Buyer;
200 Employees Receive Notice They May Lose Jobs
- JDM
Partners, Led by Jerry Colangleo, Acquire the Wigwam Golf Resort
& Spa Located in Phoenix
- Florida
Capital Land Corporation Selects Lane Hospitality to Manage Hotels in
Kentucky and Connecticut
- Lakitira
Hotels Group Signs Franchise Agreement with Hilton's Doubletree Brand
for its Just Opened Resort on Kos Island in Greece
- Following
10 years of U.S. Hotel Franchise Absence, Choice Hotels International
and Owners, SIMACT, a Group of Haitian-American Investors to Build Two
New Hotels in Jacmel, Haiti - Belle Rive, an Ascend Collection and Cap
Lamandou a Comfort Inn
- Global
Hotel Alliance Adds Tivoli Hotels & Resorts as Its Latest Member;
Enters Portugal & Brazil With Highly Reputed Regional Brand
- Jekyll
Ocean Oaks, LLC Opens New 138-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Jekyll
Island, Georgia as First New Hotel to the Island Since 1974; New Castle
Hotels & Resorts to Operate Hotel
- American
Properties Realty and Hersha Hospitality Management Through a Joint
Venture Open New Element Hotel, Starwood's Eco-Friendly Brand in Ewing,
New Jersey
- Nemacolin
Woodlands Resort Will Apply for Pennsylvania Casino License
- With
Pennsylvannia's Increasing Casino Presence, Odds Are Against Atlantic
City: Revenues at New Jersey Casinos are Plummeting
- Rebuilding
Our Brands After Being Whacked in the Last Year / John Ragsdale Hendrie
- Omni
Hotels Appoints Ed Netzhammer General Manager for the 1,000 room Omni
Hotel Dallas; Harold Queisser Named Marketing Director
- Philip
Cham Appointed General Manager at the GEM Hotel Chelsea in New York City
- The
Westin Resort, Aruba Names Bill Thompson as Director of Sales and
Marketing
- Richard
A. Cimilluca Named Director of Sales at Hamilton Park Hotel &
Conference Center, Florham Park, NJ
- Kimpton's
Hotel Palomar Atlanta Midtown Names Mireille Dizard the Director of
Sales and Marketing
- Five
Benchmark Hospitality International Chefs Featured at New York's
Renowned James Beard House
January 7, 2010
- New
Internet Tool Makes Hoteliers' Lives Easier; VIZERGY®'s My Web
World® Undergoes Major Enhancement
- TRAVELCLICK®
Opens New Location in Baltimore, Maryland; Expansion supports increased
global demand for Digital Agency services in the hospitality
industry
- Hospitality
Upgrade Magazine Preparing for Highly Anticipated Sixth Annual
Executive Vendor Summit - A Must Attend Event for Hospitality
Technology Vendor Executives
- Micros
Systems Inc. Acquires TIG Global LLC for an Undisclosed Sum
- Logjam
Between Hotel Union and Two Providence Hotels; Negotiations Stall Over
Wage Reductions, Increase in Health Care Premiums by $300, Hotel
Flexibility with Hiring Subcontractors and Managers Performing Union
Work
- Accounting
Manager Accused of Embezzling $74,000 from the Divi Carina Bay Beach
Resort, St. Croix USVI; Insists She Was Going to Pay it Back
- Rayhaan
Hotels & Resorts Opens its Flagship Alcohol-free Hotel, the
482-room Rose Rayhaan by Rotana in Dubai; Also Claims to be Tallest
Hotel in the World at 72 Storeys
- Suning
Real Estate Development Company and Hyatt Hotels Sign Management
Agreements for Three New Hotels in China's Jiangsu Province
- EHTEC
2010 to Highlight Important European Hospitality Technology Issues
- New
Media Transformed the Obama Campaign, Can it Transform Your Hotel? Dan
Siroker Shares Lessons Learned From the Unprecedented Campaign
- Complimentary
resources from Bryan K. Williams and B.Williams Enterprise! Begin 2010
with a focus on world-class service.
- Research
and Markets Adds Hotels Market Report Plus 2009 For United Kingdom
Hotel Performance
- A
Restaurant Critic's Most Memorable Dining Experiences of 2009
- Kinseth
Hospitality Companies in Partnership with Hillcrest Development and
Hotel Source, Inc. Assumes Management of Three Hotels
- Convention
Planners Convention in Dallas Could Determine if New $500 million
Convention-Center Hotel Becomes a Magnet for Meetings as Supporters
Promised or a Ghost Town as Opponents Predicted
- Hotel
Owners in Oceanside, California Push for Plan to Impose New Tax on
Themselves; Goal is to Puts Heads in Beds
- Benchmark
Hospitality Names Alex Cabañas and Ellen Sinclair to
Senior-level Positions
- Paul
C. Pebley Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the JW Marriott
Marquis Miami and Hotel Beaux Arts Miami
- Nabil
Moubayed and Denise Schultz Appointed General Manager and Director of
Sales and Marketing Respectively at Kimpton's Hotel Palomar Chicago
- Outrigger
Enterprises Promotes Teri Orton to Vice President, Condominium Resort
Marketing
January 6, 2010
- Top
5 “Most Important Priorities in 2010” for Independent Hoteliers - PCI
Compliance, Direct Website Bookings for Lower Costs, Total Guest
Experience to Boost Loyalty, Yield Management to Maximize Revenue and
Social Marketing are Essentials for Success
- Pond
Bay Club, the $100 million Fractional Ownership Resort Under
Construction on St. John, USVI, Halts Construction as Developer and
Bank Sue Each Other
- DST
Realty, a Part Owner of the 983-room Marriott in Downtown Kansas City,
Pitches Bold Ideas to Build a Neighboring 1,000-room Convention Hotel
- The
Kohler Company Owns Host Hotels at Two Major Golf Events in 2010: the
Old Course Hotel in St. Andrews, Site of the British Open and The
American Club at Whistling Straits, Site of the PGA Championship
- Independence
for Independents? Rebranding and Rescaling; Ascend by Choice; Autograph
by Marriott; Magnuson Alternative to Franchising; Independent
Collection by Hersha / Stanley Turkel
- Artisan
Hotel in Las Vegas Facing Foreclosure Proceedings, Owner Douglas Da
Silva Requests the El Paso Artisan Hotel be Allowed to Continue
Operations Under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
- HSMAI
Names the Top 25 Minds in Hospitality and Travel Sales and Marketing;
Winners to be Honored at Adrian Awards Gala
- Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies (HeBS) Dominates Again in HotelMarketing.com’s
Most Popular Articles of 2009
- Uniguest™
is Helping Hotels Solve Issue of Providing Guests With Reliable Local
Area Information; Uniguest’s QuickScoop™ and Concierge Station™ provide
hotel guests with both pre-printed guides and a self-service kiosk, all
at no cost to the hotelier
- Key
Construction Completes Eleven Hotels in 2009
- Elite
Meetings International Names Carol M. Lynch Director of Planner
Communications; Seasoned Sales and Planner Relations Executive will
Expand Program of Meeting Planner Outreach, as EMI Brings SpeedRFP,
Other Innovations into 2010
- Bandera
Hospitality Awarded Management Contract for Holiday Inn Resort, Palm
Springs, California
- Kusum
Hospitality Opens the $8.1 million, 106-room Staybridge Suites on
Memorial Road in Oklahoma City
- Jörg
Krauss Appointed General Manager at Swissôtel Düsseldorf /
Neuss
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Nikolaus P. Braun Director of
Information Technology
- Michael
Barrett Named as Director of Marketing and Sales for The Renaissance
Providence Hotel
- Personality
Hotels Appoints Marilyn Perry as National Sales Director
- Chef-Instructor
Michael Moran Leading Students in Preparation of Florida International
University's 2010 South Beach Wine & Food Festival
January 5, 2010
- Cendyn’s
eProposal™ Sales Solution Achieves 10-Years of Helping Hoteliers Close
More Business; 29,000 hospitality sales professionals use eProposal to
increase sales
- Four
Failed Luxury Resorts Accuse Credit Suisse of a Predatory Lending
Scheme, Money Laundering and Naked Greed; Tamarack, Lake Las Vegas, The
Yellowstone Club and the Ginn Sur Mer Resort Seek Billions in Damages
- Hotelier's
2010 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions / Max Starkov & Mariana
Mechoso Safer
- Starwood
Hotels Completes Sale of Bliss Spas to Steiner Leisure for $100 Million
- A
Hotel Prepares for the Winter Olympics / Daniel Edward Craig
- A
Funny Thing Happened On My Way To The Hotel Business / Neil Salerno
- Ashford
Hospitality Closes $19.7 Million Refinancing of Hilton El Conquistador
Hotel, Tucson, Arizona
- Benchmark
Appointed Operator of the Hotel Granduca Located in Houston's Galleria
District
- Hampton
Hotels Named in the Top 5 of 500 Franchises Ranked for 2010 by
Entrepreneur Magazine
- Glodow
Nead Communications Names Hwee Peng Yeo To Head Agency’s New
International Office in Singapore; Former Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Executive to Lead Asian Market Development For Leading U.S. Public
Relations Agency
- Aimbridge
Hospitality Awarded Eight Management Contracts in 2009; Dan Williams
Promoted to VP of Development and Kevin Dingle Promoted to Director of
Development as Company Prepares for Growth
- Doral
Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort, Appoints Paige Koerbel as
General Manager
- Bill
Linehan Appointed Chief Marketing Officer for Richfield Hospitality
- Dave
Cocks Named Managing Director of the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle,
Washington
- Jeff
Webb Appointed the General Manager of the Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys,
Baltimore Maryland
- Hotel
& Lodging Association of Greater Houston Names Stephanie Haynes
President, Replacing the Retiring Joan Johnson
- Sonesta
International Opens the 127-room Sonesta Hotel in Cusco, Peru
- Hotel
Concepts Preparing to Open 132-room Fairfield Inn and Suites in
Bremerton, Washington
January 4, 2010
- Hawaii
is Far from an Economic Paradise: Plunge in Tourism Unglues the State's
Finances
- Publicly
Financed $180 million Convention Center Hotel in Downtown Tucson Not
Penciling Out...
- Investor
Carl Icahn Offers to Loan Trump Entertainment Resorts $45 million and
Provide Equity Investment of $80 million to Take Over Bankrupt Casino
Company
- Court
Orders The Ritz Historic Inn In Ocala, Florida to Auction; Highest
Bidder, Regardless of the Amount, Will Own the 36-room Hotel
- Burj
Dubai, the World's Tallest Building and Home to First Armani Hotel Opens
- Metro
Atlanta Hotel Occupancy Forecasted to be 53% in 2009, One of the City's
Lowest Ever Recorded; Sports Related Hotel Occupancy Takes On Bigger
Role
- Group
Led by Nicholas Cazana Acquires the Holiday Inn Select in Downtown
Knoxville, TN; $4.5 million Renovation Scheduled for the 37 Year-old,
293-room Hotel
- The
State of Virginia the First Southern State to Ban Smoking in
Restaurants and Bars; Now Many Restaurants Are Happy!
- Downtown
Chattanooga Has $79 million in New Hotels On the Drawing Board
- Bountiful,
Utah Area Leads the State in 2009 Hotel Occupancy at 63%; Government
and Military Travel Helped Buffer the Region
- Chef
Converting Old Cannery into Eco-friendly Resort in Point Roberts,
Washington
- Destroyed
by Hurricane Ike, the Famed Balinese Room May Seek New Home On
Galveston Land Rather than on a Galveston Pier
- Seven
Year-old 8% Hotel Tax for Expansion of Virginia's Richmond Coliseum
Successful, Yet no Funds Remain for Expansion
- Tucson's
241- room Westward Look Resort Completes $14 million Renovation
- Urban
Hotel Group and Elm Street Center Reach Agreement for Development of
200-room Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Restaurant
Trend in Boston this Past Year - Discounted Prix Fixe Dinners and
"Small Plates"
- Niki
Parris Named Regional Director of Sales for The Hamister Group, Inc
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