** Top 25 Read
Articles - June 2010 **
- EZYield.com
Delivers Rate Parity Overnight to Postcard Inn; Florida beach resort
achieves competitive rates across all OTA’s in just one day using
EZYield.com’s channel management technology
- Hotel
Wars: Drama and Intrigue Behind the Starwood Lawsuit Filed Against
Hilton
- Steve
Wynn Sets the Bar for Pool Clubbing; Opens the Over-the-top-Decadent
$70 million Encore Beach Club and Surrender Nightclub
- The
Miami International Hotel Housekeeper Who Turned in $6,000 in Cash
Receives Ourpouring of Phone Calls and Donations for Her Good Deed
- The
Peabody Orlando Launches National Search For New Duck Master; Do You
Have What it Takes?
- Police
Order the Hilton Chongqing Hotel to Suspend Operations Because of Gang
Involvement and Prostitution; Hotel Opened in 2002, Managed by Hilton
Worldwide and Owned by Kingrun Real Estate
- Biggest
Changes to Disney Theme Parks Dress Code in a Decade: Women No Longer
Have to Wear Pantyhose, Men Now Allowed to Wear Untucked, Casual Shirts
- Ensuring
the Perfect Sell Out: When All You Have Left Is All You Have Left,
Don’t Say “All I Have Left Is…” / Doug Kennedy
- About
that Item You Left in Your Hotel Room … / Daniel Edward Craig
- Barry
Sternlicht's Starwood Capital and Hersha Hospitality Partner to Build
Premier Hotel Management Company; Starwood Capital Will Contribute
Capital, Deal Flow and Enterprise-building Resources
- Train
Your Hospitality Team To Say “YES!” To Guest Complaints / Doug Kennedy
- The
Plaza, New York City, Now Offers iPads in All Guest Rooms with Virtual
Concierge
- It's
Official: The Ritz-Carlton Dearborn to be Rebranded as The Henry,
Joining Marriott International's Autograph Collection
- John
Pritzker's Geolo Capital Taking a Majority Stake in Joie de Vivre's
Business, Exptects to Fund the Brand's Expansion Outside of California;
Chip Conley Remains Actively Involved as CEO
- BentleyForbes
Loses The Las Colinas Four Seasons; the Lenders Themselves Buy Property
at Auction for $122 million
- Jimmy
Buffett Won't Let a Little Oil Stop Him from Opening his Margaritaville
Beach Hotel in Pensacola, Florida
- The
Swarovski Crystal Empire Celebrates Grand Opening of Sparkling Hill
Resort and Wellness Center Hotel with Dancers, Symphony, Celebrities,
VIP’s; Fairy Tale Festivities and Dazzling Hospitality Highlight
History Making Debut of Brilliant European-Inspired Luxury Wellness
Destination
- Four
Tampa Bay Area Hotels Seek Bankruptcy Protection
- Four
Seasons is Now the Park Hyatt Aviara; Changeover Follows a Months-long,
Acrimonious Dispute Between the Hotel Owner, Broadreach Capital
Partners, and the Hotel's Longtime Operator, Four Seasons Hotels and
Resorts
- A
Hotel Checklist for the Leisure Market /Jil Larson
- Destination
Hotels & Resorts Reacts Swiftly to Credit Card Interception
- Sam
Nazarian's Company, SBE, to Take Over and Finish Stalled Hotel in
Hollywood, California; SBE Will Operate the Hotel for CIM Group Which
Bought the Unfinished Hotel for $15.8 million in February, 2010
- San
Diego Hotel Operator, 5th Avenue Partners, Files for Bankruptcy
- Benchmark
Hospitality's Top Five U.S. Dining Trends for 2010
- Simple
Fixes to Increase Direct Bookings
June 30, 2010
- Culture
and Demographic Impact on Guest Satisfaction / Patrik Hellstrand
- Zagat
Surveys New York City Nightlife for 10th Year; Pegs the Outdoor Bar -
230 Fifth - as the Most Popular
- Ponte
Vedra, Florida Officials Greet Sawgrass Marriott's Extension to Get
Finances in Order with Cheer & Skepticism
- 13-Year
Moratorium on New Hotel Builds Extended in Florida Keys - Could Remain
in Place Until 90% Occupancy Rate is Achieved
- Revived
Oasis Hotel Project in Port-au-Prince is Latest Sign of Renewal; The
International Finance Corporation to Provide $7.5 million to Developers
to Restart Construction
- Sonesta
International Hotels Acquiring the Restaurant and the Condo Rental
Program at the Sonesta Bayfront Hotel in Coconut Grove, Florida
- HITEC®
2010 Attended by 4,500 Hospitality Professionals; HITEC 2011 Set for
June 20-23, 2011 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas
- The
IRS Alleging the Miccosukee Tribe Used Armored Vehicles to Deliver up
to $10 million in Cash from its Miccosukee Resort & Gaming Hall to
Hundreds of Indians Without Anyone Reporting the Money as Taxable Income
- ADA
Enforcement Sweeps Hit the West Coast; Exactly What Does this Mean to
the Lodging Industry? / Jim Butler
- InterContinental
Hotels Group Currently Operating 131 Hotels (45,940 rooms) in China
with a Further 146 hotels (47,848 rooms) in the Development Pipeline
- Desires
Hotels to Open Cassa Hotel and Residences in New York City August 2010
- Get
Personal with Your Email List
- Defero3
Inc. Partners with Pinnacle Communications to Offer its Hosted
Hospitality Voice Solution
- Cedar
Rapids Clarion Hotel Co-developer Jack Zazza Dies at 89
- Sheraton
Nha Trang Hotel & Spa Adds a Cooking School As a Showpiece to its
Culinary Options, the First Purpose-built Cooking School in Vietnam
- Shangri-La
Hotels Building Hotels in the Bohai Bay Port Cities of Qinhuangdao,
Tianjin and Tangshan
- Thomas
Puccio is Named New General Manager of the Allegria Hotel in Long
Beach, N.Y.
- The
Inn at Pocono Manor Names Jonathan P. Quidore Director of Food &
Beverage
June 29, 2010
- Market
Analysis and Sales Office Audit - Look Beyond the Obvious in Turnaround
Situations / Carol Verret
- A
Hotel Checklist for the Leisure Market / Jil Larson
- PKF-Hospitality
Research Releases Hotel Horizons® Forecast Accuracy Assessment;
Lessons Can Be Applied To 2011 Budgeting Process
- McWhinney
Signs License and Management Agreement with Great Wolf Resorts for a
600 suite Lodge with 100,000 sq ft Indoor Water Park in Garden
Grove, California
- Business
Travelers Rank Adjusting Travel Plans, Making Dinner Reservations and
Checking into Hotels as Three of the Top Must-have Mobile Applications,
According to Omni Hotels Survey
- Developer
of Albuquerque's Former La Pasoda Hotel, Now Known as Hotel Andaluz,
Vincent Garcia, Facing Federal Charges for Bank Fraud & Money
Laundering
- San
Diego Hotel Operator, 5th Avenue Partners, Files for Bankruptcy
- Extreme
Budget Brand easyHotel Opens First Venture Outside Europe; easyHotel
Dubai, Jebel Ali Offers No Frill Rooms at US $27
- Owners
of the 263-room Holiday Inn on Grand Island, New York Drop Bankruptcy
Filing Allowing Foreclosure Action to Proceed; Auction of Property is
Likely
- Saudi
Arabia's Tourism Authority Sets New Classification Standards for Hotels
- Brand
Awareness in Visual Times; Video Interview with Trust International’s
Managing Director, Richard Wiegmann, on How to Attract and Win
Customers in the Hypercompetitive Shopping Environment.
- The
Grove (UK) installs Datavision Business Intelligence System; Datavision
to consolidate information from PMS, POS, Spa, Golf, Dining, and Sales
& Catering at The Grove, a luxury hotel near London
- AHLEI's
New Video On Demand Service Offers Convenience, Affordability
- GR8
Leisure Concept Opens 225-room Hotel Soul, Suzhou, China with MIRACLE
Desgin Motif
- Thailand
Offers Tourism Perks for All: Tax Incentives for Hotels &
Travellers Aimed at Aiding Struggling Tourism Sector Following
Political Unrest
- Opinion
Polls Gauging Support for Proposed $70 million Downtown Escondido,
California Marriott Vary Widely
- Montana's
Ad Campaigns Go Viral, Upping Expectations for Tourist Season
- Benchmark
Appoints David Kohlasch General Manager for Lansdowne Resort in
Lansdowne, Virginia
- Chris
Harrington Appointed General Manager at Park City, Utah's The Lodge at
Stillwater and the Owner Rental Program at Shadow Ridge Resort &
Conference Center
- Dorchester
Collection Appoints Marie-Laure Akdag as Hotel Manager at the 45 Park
Lane, London
- Linda
McGill Named Director of Human Resources at The Inverness Hotel in
Englewood, Colorado
- Damien
Craft Named Director of the Spa at Sawgrass for Sawgrass Marriott Golf
Resort & Spa in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
June 28, 2010
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June 24, 2010
- Marriott
Changes its Time-share System, Shifts from Weeks to Points;
Designed to Increase Flexibility for Time-share Owners
- Former
President Jimmy Carter Cuts the Ribbon at the Grand Opening of the
Historic Best Western Windsor Hotel in Americus, Georgia
- We
Need the Jobs! Construction Workers Urge the City of Tucson to Start
Building the $190 million Hotel Planned Next to the Tucson Convention
Center
- For
the First Time in 30 years, a New Hotel is Planned for Downtown Akron,
a 10 story Marriott Courtyard
- Doubletree
Recognizes Top Hotels for Outstanding Achievements in 2009; Highest
Overall Hotel Performance Awarded to Doubletree Hotel Naples, Florida
and Doubletree Guest Suites Anaheim, California
- The
Changing Landscape in Global Hospitality Education and Training / John
Hogan
- Droid
Does . . . REX: MTech adds Android Device Support to its Room Expeditor
Tool; REX already running on iPod Touch and iPhone
- Que
Huong Liberty Building a 300-room Accor Branded Pullman Hotel in Ho Chi
Minh City
- Dave
Nolan, Current Head of Toledo, Ohio CVB, Moving to Tulsa to be Senior
Vice President of VisitTulsa
- Terra
Resort Group Assumes Management of Topnotch Resort and Spa, in Stowe,
Vermont
- Kendall
College Hospitality Management Students Can Earn an Advanced
Certificate in International Hospitality Management from Switzerland's
Glion Institute of Higher Education
- Piyasombat
Property Co. Building a 188-room Hotel Indigo in Bangkok's Wireless
Road District
- Pan
Pacific Hotels Group Appoints Dean Schreiber Senior Vice President of
Operations
- Hard
Rock International Names Nelson Parker Head of Development, Americas
for Hotels & Casinos
- Leticia
Gamiao, Housekeeper at Aqua Waikiki Wave Hotel, Captures Award
for AHLA Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year - Medium-size Property
June 23, 2010
- Choice
Hotels Scandinavia AS Implement EasyRMS' Full SaaS RM Solution
Throughout Multi-Brand Portfolio; their solution to benefit Clarion,
Quality and Comfort hotels in Denmark, Norway and Sweden; a total of 51
properties to be implemented over the next 12 months
- hotel
SystemsPro Partners with Four Winds Interactive to Enable Hotel Sales
Offices to Instantly Update Group Information and Promotions; hotel
SystemsPro digital signage interface delivers seamless updates of
on-property marketing messaging for increased efficiency
- The
Pegasus View May 2010: Bookings Growth Translates to Expected
Revenue Increases of +30% Through September, Double-digit growth in
booking volumes evidenced for both GDS and ADS
- Pebblebrook
Hotel Trust Acquires the 416-room Sir Francis Drake Hotel for $90.0
million; Kimpton Continues as Manager of the Downtown San Francisco
Hotel
- Hotel
Management Agreement Performance Standards and Why they Matter / Jim
Butler and Robert Braun
- The
Plaza, New York City, Now Offers iPads in All Guest Rooms with Virtual
Concierge
- It's
Time For Hoteliers To Sharpen The Saw; A Common-Sense Approach to
Renewal / Neil Salerno
- Introducing
Orion by VingCard Elsafe, a Revolutionary New Wireless Energy
Management Solution; New Orion by VingCard Elsafe Can Operate with
VISIONLINE to Offer the Maximum in Guest Safety and Comfort, Plus
20-40% in Energy $avings Annually to Help Hotels Worldwide Go Green
- HotSOS
on Your iPhone/iPod Touch? There's an App For That
- 'Touch
Concierge' Navigation System from PSAV Unveiled at HITEC; Available for
PSAV and non-PSAV locations, the easy to navigate touch application
gives guests access to restaurants, nightlife, shopping, local
events and services in the surrounding area with information and
directions uploaded to their cell phones
- White
Lodging Revving Up Mobile Services with runtriz™ at Westin Austin
at The Domain; Service runs on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry,
Palm Pre and more to supply travelers visiting the high-tech,
high-entertainment area of Austin with fingertip access to services
- Runtriz
Releases Version 2.0 of Hotel Evolution Adding Flexibility, Scalability
and Compatibility; Service runs on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and
desktops to provide even easier customization of administrative tasks
and flexibility, multi-language support for guests
- Pegasus
Solutions Introduces Descriptive Content Updates to GDS; Service
Established to Help Travel Retailers Better Merchandise Hotels
- TTI
Technologies Expands Scan2PMS to include Traveler's Visa, Business
Cards and OFAC Compliance Capabilities; Using OCR technology, TTI's
Scan2PMS solution can now upload travel Visa's and Business Card
information to the hotel PMS; Solution helps hotels to be compliant
with OFAC regulations / Visit Booth 559 at HITEC to learn more
- Cenium
Bringing 'Power of One' to Hospitality via Commanding Sales Force;
Visit Cenium in Booth ONE-29 (129) at HITEC to meet the Cenium team and
discover how Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is changing the face of
software for hospitality
- Trust
International Upgrades TrustConnect RMS Interface to IDeaS to Generate
Additional Revenues for Hotels; THON Hotels among first to benefit from
new functionality
- PSAV
Expands to Limited Service Market with Complete Technology Bundle;
Equipped with a new bundle of products and services, the leading event-
and entertainment-technology company is now available as a
single-source nationwide provider for smaller hotels that don't
traditionally have onsite AV operations
- Shift4
Corporation to Waive Start-Up Fees for Gift Card Services to New and
Existing Customers
- Timbers
Resorts Assumes Control Over Operations and Management of Former Vail
Plaza Hotel & Club, Now Re-named The Sebastian; Michael Oprish
Appointed General Manager
- HFTP's
GUESTROOM 20X Integrates the Most Current Technology Into the Guestroom
- Carla
Milos Appointed General Manager of the 140-room Terme di Saturnia Spa
& Golf Resort in Saturnia, Italy
June 22, 2010
- EasyRMS adds more
than 200 new hotels to its portfolio in past 12 months
- Cendyn
Launches Video Sales Presentation Service for eProposal at HITEC;
Cendyn Partners with Vipe Inc. to Deliver Personalized Videos to
Increase Sales for its Thousands of eProposal Users
- Agilysys
Announces Availability of the Guest 360™ Solution; Next-Generation
Property Management System Takes Revolutionary Approach, Designed to
Give Hotels a Competitive Advantage
- Aptech
Announces Next Generation Accounting Solution at HITEC; 21st Century
Web-based System to Carry the Hospitality Industry to Next Decade of
Accounting
- Police
Order the Hilton Chongqing Hotel to Suspend Operations Because of Gang
Involvement and Prostitution; Hotel Opened in 2002, Managed by Hilton
Worldwide and Owned by Kingrun Real Estate
- Now
Could be the Best Time for Hotel Lending in 20 Years; What are
Hotel-specific Issues Confronting Lenders? / Jim Butler and Guy Maisnik
- Orlando-area
Hotels Finish May, 2010 at 57.8% Occupancy, 1.2% More than Same Month a
Year Ago; the Average Daily Rate Was Down 11%, to $88.39, Compared with
$99.43 in May 2009
- Four
Seasons is Now the Park Hyatt Aviara; Changeover Follows a Months-long,
Acrimonious Dispute Between the Hotel Owner, Broadreach Capital
Partners, and the Hotel's Longtime Operator, Four Seasons Hotels and
Resorts
- Less
than a Year after Opening, the Luxury Hotel El Colibri & Spa in
Cambria, California Goes into Bankruptcy
- Cancer
Claims Developer Ron Boeddeker at Age 71: Transcontinental Corp. Chief
Instrumental in Construction of Lake Las Vegas Community and Waikoloa
Beach Resort in Hawaii
- Doubletree
Guest Suites Addresses its Revenues and Expenses with priZem's Business
Performance Tools Solution
- Uniguest™
Introduces Hardware Agnostic Interactive Software Platforms at HITEC;
Next Generation Software Platforms for Business Centers, Digital
Signage, PC/iMac/iPad/Mobile Device Concierge Applications, Remote
Printing and More - All From One Vendor
- InnLink
introduces the Vortex of Change
- Roomlinx
Reaches Preliminary Agreement to Acquire Canadian Communications;
Roomlinx to enhance current hotel services and programs
- Lodgenet
Unveiling Envision At HITEC 2010; Connects TV to the Cloud: Delivers
Rich Web Media, Powerful Guest Apps and Robust Hotel Marketing
Capabilities - Two Flexible Platforms: Digital Video (DV) and
IPTV including IP over Coax
- Greenwich
Hospitality Group Opens the The Delamar on Greenwich Harbor in
Southport, Connecticut
- Hilton
and Marriott Recognize Several Windsor Management Services Employees
- Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Agreement to Operate a Hotel
Currently Under Construction in the Ukrainian Capital of Kyiv
- Knowland
Nominated for 2010 NVTC Hot Ticket Award Featured Among Top Competitors
in Northern Virginia
- LodgeNet
Names David Goldstone Vice President, Sales and Hotel Relations;
Newly Created Position to Manage Integrated Sales and Hotel Relations
Groups
- Stephane
C. Masson Named Vice President, Global Procurement for Marriott
International, Inc.
June 21, 2010
- EasyRMS
Adds 75 NH Hotels To Growing Property Portfolio; Implementation of
their Internet Product Suite across Europe and North America
within the NH Hoteles property portfolio signifies another successful
step for global RMS provider
- The
Five Key Trends in Revenue Management for Hoteliers Worldwide; New
report from TRAVELCLICK® and HSMAI provides insights for improved
financial performance
- MSI's
Self-Service Point of Sale Solution, Place Point Expands to iPad /
iPhone / iPod Touch Devices; Mobility and Versatility Allow Hoteliers
to Enhance Guest Service
- Hospitality
Upgrade Releases Summer 2010 Digital Edition
- Making
Workers Feel Appreciated - Marriott Extends the Temporary Suspension of
the 30-hour Work Week Requirement for Health Care Benefits
- Waterpark
Resorts Supply and Demand 2010 Update / David J. Sangree
- Business
Travelers, the Kind who Fill Hotel Rooms Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday and Don't Mind Paying Full Price, Returning in a Big Way
- Sam
Nazarian's Company, SBE, to Take Over and Finish Stalled Hotel in
Hollywood, California; SBE Will Operate the Hotel for CIM Group Which
Bought the Unfinished Hotel for $15.8 million in February, 2010
- City
of Redondo Beach, California Approves its First Newly Constructed
Hotels - a Marriott Residence Inn and Hilton Garden Inn - in More than
two Decades
- Hotel
Profiles: an Online Database of Operating Hotels with Accurate and
Complete Information on Each Property
- American
Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Honors 2010 Leaders in
Hospitality Training and Education
- ProfitSword
Announces the Development of a New Ad-Hoc Reporting Tool for the
ProfitSage Database
- Full
Service Social Media Marketing Agency For Hospitality Is Launched
- Smartstay
Leads the Hospitality Mobile Platform with Branded Hotel Apps in Five
Countries; Visit O'Rourke Booth #1234 at HITEC 2010
- TTI
Technologies Delivering Windows 7 to Hotel Business Center Customers;
Giving guests access to the same operating system that they use at home
or in the office is now quick and easy when partnering with TTI; Visit
TTI in Booth 559 at HITEC
- PAR
Springer-Miller Systems Releases New
SMS|GlobalGuest Module; Luxury Hotel
Chain Operationalizes Guest Data with PAR Springer-Miller’s
Newest
Solution
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 107 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Uniguest™
Continues Expansion of Kiosk Division; Purchases Showcase Technology's
U.S. Kiosk Locations
- Executive
Chef jW Foster of The Fairmont San Francisco Establishes Honey Beehives
in the Hotel's Culinary Garden; Expects to Produce 250 Pounds of Honey
a Year and Support the Declining Bee Population
- h2hotel
Opens in Healdsburg, California Just as Occupancies and Rates Start to
Rise in Sonoma Wine Country
- Located
at the Southern Tip of Japan, the Club Med Kabira Beach One of 80 Club
Med Resorts in 25 Countries
- Capital
Hotel Management (CHM) Forms CHM Partners to Acquire Hotels, Roger
Clark Joins as Managing Partner
- AHLEI
Names 2010 CHA and MHS Emeritus Recipients
June 18, 2010
- The
Breakers Leverages "21st Century Web CRM" for Five-Diamond Service
Standards; CRM Tracks Guest Preferences, Supports Personalized Service
and One-to-One Marketing
- MSI
Integrates RateTiger's Rate Shopper into WinPM
- GoConcierge.net
Celebrates Decade of Adding Efficiencies to Guest Service Operations;
Company Tops 500 Installations in More Than 35 Countries
- Sabre
Hospitality Solutions Becomes the Provider of Choice for Hotel Chains
Seeking Experience and Results; 53 private label GDS chain codes using
the SynXis CRS
- The
Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills Bets on Studio to Attract
Hollywood Crowd
- Ensuring
the Perfect Sell Out: When All You Have Left Is All You Have Left,
Don't Say "All I Have Left Is…" / Doug Kennedy
- The
Savoy, A Fairmont Hotel, Closed in December 2007 for Complete Building
Restoration Scheduled to Reopen
- Let's
Go Shopping: Hotel Retail Operations Contribute to Income and Guest
Service / Robert Mandelbaum
- Starwood's
Specialty Select Brands (Aloft, Element, and Four Points by Sheraton)
Awaken a Category that Wasn't Necessarily Known for Originality
- Atlanta
Area Occupancy at 57% for April 2010 Compared to 53% a Year Earlier;
Uptick Follows Two Years of Doldrums
- Work
Crews, Tourists Coexist on Gulf Coast Beaches
- Highgate
Holdings in Partnership with Ashkenazy Acquisitions Corporation and
Crown Acquisitions Acquire New York's Knickerbocker Hotel; Plans for
Extensive Redevelopment Initiative are Underway
- Keeneland
and The Greenbrier Resort Create a Marketing Partnership to
Cross-pollinate Patrons
- The
Union at Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago Wants Gaming Commission to
Investigate the Casino's Strategy of Relying on More Part-time Workers
to Boost Profitability
- Free
HITEC 2010 iPhone App and Mobile Solution Available Now
- Amadeus
Showcases Hotel IT Commitment at HITEC 2010
- In
Biloxi a Four Points by Sheraton Opens On the Site of a Former
Condominium Building Damaged by Hurricane Katrina
- Starwood
Hotels Le Méridien Tahiti and Le Méridien Bora Bora
Launch Multi-million Dollar Series of Renovations
- Clouds
Loom Over Washington's Canoe Ridge Vineyard: Winery's Owner, Beverage
Giant Diageo, Shutting Down Tasting Room, Speculation Exists that More
Changes are on the Way
- Donald
Ponniah Takes Over as Head of the 600-room Grand Traverse Resort &
Spa in Northern Michigan
- Jeff
Michie Named General Manager at the Horizon Casino Hotel in Vicksburg,
Mississippi
June 17, 2010
- 2-Minute
Video Report - Rainmaker Casino Industry Snapshot to June 2010; 2010:
U.S. Revenue Inches up, Macau Zooms Ahead
- White
Paper Reveals Key Internet Marketing Strategies; HSMAI and VIZERGY®
Help Hotel Executives Gain Valuable Insight
- The
"Hole" in Whole Hotel Revenue Management; Please visit us at HSMAI's
Revenue Management & Internet Marketing Strategy Conference. June
21, 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
- MSI
Completes Purchase of REMco Software; Creating one world-class,
hospitality software and services organization dedicated to empowering
the lodging industry
- Cendyn
and TripCraft Partner to Market Hospitality's Newest Enterprise Mobile
Platform to Increase Bookings; TripCraft's Integration to Cendyn's CRM
Suite Enables Hotels to Manage Entire Mobile Customer Engagement
Process via TripCraft's Easy-to-Use Dashboard
- The
Hilton Los Angeles Airport Accused of Circumventing L.A.'s Living Wage
Law: Lawsuit Alleges Hotel Maintains a Dual and Unequal Payment System
by Paying Contracted Housekeepers Less
- AH&LA
Honors Hotels with Stand-out Initiatives in Good Earthkeeping, Guest
Relations, Community Service, Special Events, Diversity, and Technology
- AH&LA
Recognizes Thirteen Hotel Employees for their Exceptional
Accomplishments, Service, and Leadership in the Lodging Industry
- Hilton
Omaha to Undergo $35 Million Expansion; Project to Include 150 New
Guest Rooms, a Second Ballroom
- Fairfield
Inn & Suites by Marriott Upgrades its Complimentary Breakfast with
More Hot Choices and Healthier Options
- Apple
Core Hotels Takes its Mid-town Manhattan Red Roof Inn Independent with
an Extensive Transformation to nyma, the new york manhattan hotel
- Mobile
Marketing Stream Gets All Charged Up; MobileAdPower Moves Mobile
Marketing Front & Center
- LodgeNet
Helping Hoteliers Make the Most of Their IP Dollars with Bandwidth
Aggregation Solutions; Enhanced Performance, Redundancy Contribute to a
Better And More Productive Guest Experience; Relationships with
Velocity and FatPipe Networks Offer Hoteliers the Flexibility Of a
Cap-Ex or Leased Business Model
- EZYield.com
to Showcase Enterprise Reservation Delivery SaaS Platform at HITEC
2010; Seamless hotel reservation delivery solution provides complete
two-way data communication platform
- Libra
OnDemand Powers Premier Hotels' Loyalty Program Upgrade; Luxury hotel
group uses Software-as-a-Service platform to build guest relationships,
streamline operations.
- To
Tweet or Not to Tweet; Skyware Hosts Dynamic Focus Group Discussions
& All You Need to Know for a Successful Twitter Profile at HITEC:
Skyware offers Social Media Integration Tools that Enables Independent
Hoteliers to Further their Brand and Enhance Reservations Production
Through Twitter and Facebook
- PSAV's
'All Access Pass' HSIA Application Introduced at HITEC; By offering a
highly flexible configuration, PSAV simplifies options for universal
log-in across meeting rooms, guestrooms, and public spaces while
preserving critical meeting room revenue
- INNCOM,
SAFLOK Continue to Lead Industry in Integrated Wireless Room Security
and Automation Systems for Bottom-Line Performance and Superior Guest
Satisfaction; Adoption of the RF interface from INNCOM in-room digital
thermostats to SAFLOK locks continues to grow; RF communication from
the lock to the thermostat each time the door is opened results in
improved energy management and a reduction in operating expenses for
properties
- Pedro
Mandoki Presented with the American Hotel & Lodging Association
Lawson A. Odde Award
- Beleaguered
Owners of Hotels, Restaurants May See the End to Serial ADA
Cookie-cutter Lawsuits in California
- New
Century Investments Planning an $18 million Aloft hotel for Oklahoma
City's Deep Deuce
- The
Hilton Lexington/Downtown Appoints 3 Execs Including Emily Boling Lynn
to Director of Sales & Marketing
- Berinder
Thind Named the Director of Finance at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
June 16, 2010
- Getting
Social at HITEC: Maestro PMS Unveils ResWave Direct Website Bookings
Using Social Media and Mobile; Maestro's Integrated Real-Time ResWave
Booking Engine Enables Independent Hoteliers to Drive Reservations from
Twitter and Facebook as well as iPad and Other Mobile Devices
- Flyte
Systems Launches its FlytePad Mobile-Ready Airport Information Service
at HITEC; Real-time flight information via iPad gives hotel guests
added confidence and convenience anywhere on property
- Using
Video to Engage and Interact with Online Travel Shoppers -
Complimentary Webinar; Three Industry Experts will reveal the Steps to
Using Online Video to Increase Sales Conversions
- Sharing
Hotel's Wi-Fi Without Paying Twice
- Biggest
Changes to Disney Theme Parks Dress Code in a Decade: Women No Longer
Have to Wear Pantyhose, Men Now Allowed to Wear Untucked, Casual Shirts
- City
of Fort Lauderdale Negotiating a Deal with Schlitterbahn to Develop a
$110 million Resort and Waterpark, Proposal Involves No Public Tax
Dollars
- Wynn
Resorts Ltd. Restoring Nearly 3,700 Workers Back to Full-time, a
Reversal of Decision 18 Months Ago
- The
Historic Alaska Building in Downtown Seattle Converted to a 262-room
Courtyard by Marriott
- Wyndham
Hotels Opens the 308-room Wyndham Garden® Hotel Philadelphia
Airport, a Renovation of the Former Quality Hotel
- Smaller
Independent Hotels Should Think "Big" / Neil Salerno
- Power
Selling Summer School -- Group Business by Market Segment Webinar
Series - Presented by Carol Verret & Friends
- Parrotheads,
or Fans of Jimmy Buffett, Ready to Flock to the Margaritaville Beach
Hotel in Pensacola Beach, Florida
- ZDirect
launches "Mobile Passport" eCRM Platform; Functionality to be showcased
at HITEC 2010, June 21-24 in Orlando, FL
- RateTiger's
online channel management iPhone App now @App store; Room and rate
distribution goes mobile
- INNCOM
Debuts Wireless RF Touchscreen Bedside Controls at HITEC; New,
affordable, customizable radio-frequency touch screen controller puts
ALL guest services at arms reach
- Front-Desk
Bypass Cell Phone Solution: OpenWays Announces First Pilots at a
Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express Hotel; OpenWays and IHG will pilot
a new cell-phone-based front desk bypass solution that offers guests
the option to use their personal cell phone as a mobile room key
- TTI
Business Center is Booming at Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare; As part of
the property's multi-million dollar renovation, operators of the
Chicago landmark hotel migrated to TTI's Business Center solution and
now usage rates are up 50 to 100 percent, with guest satisfaction at an
all time high; Visit TTI in Booth 559 at HITEC
- PCH
Hotels Chooses Guest-Tek HSIA for Every Property in Their Portfolio
- CHI
Hotels and Resorts Signs 20-year Management Agreement for Two Golf
Resorts on the Island of Sicily, Italy: Corinthia Taormina Golf Resort
and the Wyndham Catania Golf Resort
- Developer,
Espacios Urbanos S.A., Signs IHG to Operate a 280-room InterContinental
Hotel in Cartagena, Colombia
- Bashar
Walie Promoted to President of Provenance Hotels and its Portfolio of
14 Properties
- Jesse
Souza Appointed Executive Chef for The Portofino Hotel & Yacht
Club, Redondo Beach, California
June 15, 2010
- Viewpoint:
Hotels, Guests Shift to Behavioral eAdvertising / Charles Deyo
- Hershey
Entertainment & Resorts Puts Data Gathering and Consolidation
Online for 200+ Profit Centers; Hospitality Leader Tracks the "Real
Numbers" Daily With BI System for Solid Management Decisions
- Elfiq
Networks Announces Two New Groundbreaking Models; The new LB-800E and
LB-1600E introduce an unprecedented price performance ratio to
eliminate downtime and bring a new level of bandwidth management
efficiency for hospitality properties
- Chinese
Conglomerate Fosun International Acquires a 7.1% Stake in Club
Mediterranee; Fosun Aims to Open Five Club Med Resorts in China by 2015
- Grupo
Mariana and Wyndham Worldwide Form Strategic Alliance for Development
of $30 million, 330-room Wyndham Mariana Resort & Casino in
Nicaragua
- Chicago's
Attempts to Shed Image of High Cost Travel Destination Made More
Difficult as State and City Tack on More Fees and Taxes to Visitors,
Already the Highest of Any Major City in the U.S.
- The
Future of Revenue Management / Jean Francois Mourier
- Richfield
Hospitality and Shelbourne Falcon Investors Acquire the 279-room
Renaissance Syracuse Hotel; Plans $5 Million Renovation Conversion to
Crowne Plaza Brand
- Two
Developers Respond to State of Connecticut's Request to Build and
Manage a Destination Resort on the Site of the Former Sunrise Resort
- Southwest
Missouri Lodging Association Cites 12 Grievances with the Joplin CVB
- KoolConnect
and Deuromedia Align To Introduce Canvís, A Revolutionary New
In-Room Entertainment Solution; New solution includes 3-D, TrueWeb TV
browsing with Hulu and YouTube and other new features
- The
PLC, the Preeminent International Sales and Marketing Partner for
Visionary Hotel Companies, Expands Its Operations to Ten Key Markets
Around the World
- Uniguest™
Signs Qualified Vendor Agreement with Choice Hotels
- EZYield.com
Delivers Rate Parity Overnight to Postcard Inn; Florida beach resort
achieves competitive rates across all OTA's in just one day
- 'The
Power of One' is Here! Enterprise Resource Planning from Cenium One
Database. One Solution. All Microsoft. Visit Cenium in Booth
ONE-29(129) at the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition &
Conference (HITEC), June 22-24 at the Orange County Convention Center
in Orlando
- TrackIT
App for iPad Enhances Package Tracking 'On the Fly'; Tablet computer
from Apple Inc. provides a shortcut to locating, delivering and billing
for guest parcels; Visit Booth No. 1122 at HITEC
- Guest
Satisfaction - May 2010 Chatter Guard Benchmark Report Is Released
- Shaner
Hotel Group Updates Loan Acquisition Program; Seeks to Acquire up to
$500 Million in Hotels by Year-end
- Ganesh
Investments LLC Receives City Approval for a 88-room Hampton Inn Near
the Oxford (MS) Conference Center
- Sunway
Hotel Group Opens the 100-room Hilton Garden Inn in Bartlesville,
Oklahoma
- Visit
Jacksonville (FL) Lays Off Three Execs Due to Budget Cuts; The Agency
Operating this Year on a $4 million budget from Bed Taxes Plus a
One-time $875,000 Rainy Day Reserve Account
- HEI
Hotels Promotes Three to General Manager Posts: John Peart, Kelly
Martin Cuff and Ryan Sistare
- BayStar
Hotel Group Promotes Terry Sam to General Manager of the Hotel Indigo -
St. Petersburg Historic Downtown District
- Edward
Busch Named General Manager of the Residence Inn by Marriott in
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
June 14, 2010
- hotel
SystemsPro Showcases Mobile Technology at HITEC - Announces
iPad-Enabled hotel ServicePro and hotel SalesPro Solutions; hotel
SystemsPro Launches Easy-to-Use Mobile, Browser-Ready Solutions that
Increase Revenue, Improve Operating Efficiency
- Improve
Guest Satisfaction and Reduce Energy Costs with Control4 Suite Systems
In-Room Control; See how at HITEC 2010, Booth #309
- Open
to all HITEC attendees IDeaS Shares Hospitality Revenue Management Best
Practices through a live Theatre Series
- Immutable
Laws of Lodging Investment / Richard Warnick
- Is
Harrah's Getting Ready to go Public Again?
- Fred
Kleisner Certain He Got the Right Guy with Right Focus to Run the Hard
Rock Las Vegas Hotel; Joe Magliarditi Understands the Culture of Hard
Rock
- The
Miami International Hotel Housekeeper Who Turned in $6,000 in Cash
Receives Ourpouring of Phone Calls and Donations for Her Good Deed
- The
National Labor Relations Board Issues a Complaint in Favor of the Union
on 13 Charges Levied against Remington Hotel Corp., Which Manages the
Sheraton Anchorage Hotel
- John
Q. Hammons Proposed 14-story Embassy Suites Hotel Adjacent to
Wilmington, North Carolina's New Convention Center Has Many Hurdles to
Clear, Including Finding Financing for the Estimated $50 million Project
- Wisconsin
Developer Wants a County in South West Michigan to Issue Taxable Bonds
to Help Finance a $250 million Resort with Water Park, Indoor Skiing
and a Convention Center
- ISHC
Now Accepting Nominations for the 2011 Pioneer Award
- AHLEI
and ISPA Offer Online 'Risk Management for Spas' Course
- The
Elite Meetings Spring 2010 EMA Shines; Deals Get Done, EMI's SpeedRFP™
and FaceTime™ Appointment Scheduler Draw Praise - Terranea Resort
Provides the Perfect Backdrop in a New Day for the Meetings Industry
- Debuting
at HITEC 2010… VingCard Elsafe Reveals Revolutionary Way for Hotels to
Not Only "Go Green," but Also Ensure Guest Satisfaction and Comfort;
New Wireless Solution from Global Leader in Hospitality Security
Increases Guest Comfort, Saving Hotels' Energy and Money
- No
One Had the $4 million Needed at a Courthouse Auction to Save the
Oyster Bay Inn in Bremerton, Washington from Foreclosure
- City
of Boulder's Take from Occupancy Taxes Dropped by 13.5% in 2009, But
Hotels and Attractions Showing Plenty of Optimism for 2010
- Fire
at the Chase Suite Hotel in Tampa Causes Estimated $1 million in
Damages; No Injuries
- El
Cortez Hotel & Casino, Turning 70, Calls on Local Designers to
Compete in Contest to Redesign the Hotel's 600 sq ft Suites
- Windsor
Capital Group Names Robert Kisabeth General Manager for New Embassy
Suites Denver-Downtown Convention Center
June 11, 2010
June 10, 2010
- Content
Managed Mobile Websites Change the Game for Hoteliers; VIZERGY®
Helps Hoteliers Stay Ahead of the Curve
- Jekyll
Island Authority Approves $75 million of Private Development for Two
New Hotels; Jekyll Ocean Oaks & Phelps Development Each Chosen for
New Build of Hotel Projects
- The
Proposed Seven Hills Beach Resort with 780 rooms on St. Croix Would be
Largest Resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Pricing
Beyond the Compset - And other new pricing strategies that really work
/ Jean Francois Mourier
- World
Center Hotel Opens at World Trade Center; First New Downtown Hotel to
Overlook the Developing World Trade Center
- The
Peabody Orlando Launches National Search For New Duck Master; Do You
Have What it Takes?
- Choice
Hotels Awards Ten Franchisees with Elite Honors; Overall Developer of
the Year Recipient - Brendan Gilyan, Owner of the Comfort Suites,
Arlington, Texas
- HVS
Executive Search presents Top-Performing CEO Award to Jeffery Boyd of
priceline.com and Stephen Holmes of Wyndham Worldwide &
Top-Performing Board Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
- Ameristar
Casino Kansas City Adding a 100-room $14 million Addition to its
Existing 184-room Hotel
- Experience
Plug & Play Connectivity and Wireless Music Streaming at iBAHN's
iSUITE Demo Guestroom; Five-Star Mock-Up Room Demonstrates to Hoteliers
Next Generation In-Room Entertainment Connectivity That is Easy to
Understand for their Guests
- Coming
to HITEC 2010… VingCard Elsafe Revolutionizes Green with a Whole New
Degree of Innovation; New Wireless Online Solution from Global Leader
in Hospitality Security Helps Hotels "Go Green" for Guests
- Maxwell
Hotel in Seattle Understands the Value of Housekeeping Operations
- The
128-room Residence Inn Opens Adjacent to the Portsmouth (NH) Harbor
Events and Conference Center
- City
of Irving, Texas Searching for Additional Sources to Cover the $126
million Debt for the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas
- The
Henry, Formerly The Ritz-Carlton Dearborn, Will Join the Autograph
Collection by Marriott
- Midas
Hospitality Breaks Ground on New Fairfield Inn & Suites, Paducah,
Kentucky
- John
Trudeau Appointed Director of Operations at the 406-room Riviera Palm
Springs
- Preferred
Hotel Group Promotes Lindsey Ueberroth to President, In a Planned
Succession Intended to Sustain the Family-owned Company's Legacy
- The
Westin Lake Mary, Orlando North Appoints Fiona O'Connor as Director of
Sales and Marketing and Christina Crowley as Associate Director of Sales
- Springwood
Hospitality Appoints Brett Sechrist GM for Country Inn & Suites
Hershey At The Park
June 9, 2010
- The
Rainmaker Group Implements Revenue Management at Two Seminole Hard Rock
Hotels and Casinos; Rainmaker Delivers Total Customer Value Profit
Optimization for High-Occupancy Casino Properties
- IDeaS
Extends Global Leadership Reach with EyeforTravel Partnership
- Aptech
Celebrates 40th Anniversary - Propelling Hospitality from Mainframes to
Cloud Computing; "We Have Your Back and Do What It Takes to Make You
Successful:" Jay Troutman, president of Aptech Computer Systems
- First
Properties for EDITION Hotels, the Ian Schrager and Marriott
Collaboration, to be in Waikiki Beach and Istanbul
- Hyatt
Hotels First Annual Meeting as a Public Company is Closed to the Media
- Mississippi
Tourism Officials Claim Reservations at Gulf Coast Hotels Down 50%
- 21c
Museum Hotels Partnering with the Walton Family to Build a $28 million
Hotel in Downtown Bentonville, Arkansas
- Embassy
Suites Business Travel Survey Discloses a Savvier Business Travel
Mindset; Young Professionals Turn to Technology for Travel
- Carlson
Hotels Achieves Key Milestones During First 100 Days of Ambition 2015
Growth Plan; Obtains Commitments from 50% of the Existing Radisson
Franchisees to Align with the New Upscale Standards
- Milestone
Internet Marketing seeking a Regional Business Development Manager for
the Mid Atlantic region. Requires proven sales skills with current
relationships in the lodging industry. Bachelors degree or equivalent
needed with 5-10 years of relevant experience
- Free
Forward-Looking Compset Group Rate Reports; Complimentary one-month
trial GroupMetrix subscription for the first 50 responders
- Last
Days to Register - Power Selling Summer School -- Group Business by
Market Segment Webinar Series
- Social
Media Education - Your First Line of Defense
- Act
Now to Secure Your Future, Hotels Told in New Industry Report; Guest
experience, globalization, brand value and speed to market are the four
key drivers transforming the future of hotels according to a report
commissioned by Amadeus
- Sale
of Oklahoma's Bricktown Hampton Inn for $32 million to Apple REIT a
Reflection of Strong Market Performance Since Opening in 2008
- Session
Topics and Industry Participants Set for One Day Hotel Technology
Conference at the Venetian Macau, June 17th 2010
- Southern
Ventures Corporation Selects Hotel Equities to Manage its 102-room
Hampton Inn & Suites in Navarre, Florida
- Vail
Resorts Reports 2010 3rd Qtr Net Income of $72.8 million Compared with
$61.6 million in the Prior Year, RevPAR, Rose 0.2 percent
- Xanterra
Completes Comprehensive Renovation of the Historic Western Cabins at
the Zion Lodge; Built in 1927 by the Union Pacific Railroad, the Cabins
are on the National Registry of Historic Places
- Bernd
Kuhlen Named General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay,
California
June 8, 2010
June 7, 2010
- IDeaS
Revenue Optimization Appoints Rupert Gutteridge as Regional Director of
Sales, EMEA
- John
Pritzker's Geolo Capital Taking a Majority Stake in Joie de Vivre's
Business, Exptects to Fund the Brand's Expansion Outside of California;
Chip Conley Remains Actively Involved as CEO
- Barry
Sternlicht's Starwood Capital and Hersha Hospitality Partner to Build
Premier Hotel Management Company; Starwood Capital Will Contribute
Capital, Deal Flow and Enterprise-building Resources
- Simple
Fixes to Increase Direct Bookings
- Wyndham
Hotel Group to Acquire Tryp Hotel Brand From Sol Meliá for
Approximately $43 million; 91 Hotels to be Rebranded as Tryp by
Wyndham®
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Launch Hotel Profiles: an Online Database of Operating
Hotels with Accurate and Complete Information on Each Property
- New
Research from Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), Shows Hotels are
Ready for Shared Technology Services
- Public-Private
Financing Still Works for Hotel Developments / Catherine De Bono Holmes
- Sterling
Sleep Systems Honored with IIDA Award of Excellence at 2010 HD Expo;
625 Imperial Pillow Top Mattress Recognized in Case Goods &
Freestanding Furniture Category
- Once
again… VingCard Elsafe Delivers Innovation to the Hospitality Industry
with the Introduction of New Wireless Solution; Global Leader in
Hospitality Security and Creator of VISIONLINE, Unveils a New
Major Evolution That Dramatically Reduces Hoteliers' Operating
Costs
- The
Knowland Group Releases Oil Spill Survey Findings Following Memorial
Day; Increased Cancellations, Increased Impact as Spill Magnifies
- Pegasus
Solutions Recognized by CIO Magazine as one of 2010 CIO 100 Award
Honorees; Global leader represents only hospitality technology provider
on prestigious list
- The
Leading Hotels of the World Upgrades to customized LEO yourVoyager
Reservation System
- Thai
Tourism Steadies, Readies Itself for Bounce-back; Strategies Studied on
How to Communicate the Facts and Salve the Country's Wounded Image
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts Acquires Le Méridien Dallas North, its
Fourth Hotel Acquisition of 2010
- Hyatt
Hotels Corp Signs Management Agreements for Three Andaz Properties in
China, India and Turks and Caicos
- Bellstar
Hotels & Resorts Acquires Solara Resort & Spa; Plans to
Complete Luxury Full-Service Resort in the Canadian Rockies
- MPI
and The School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University Offering the Global Certificate in Meetings and
Business Events II Programme for Meeting Event Professionals
- William
Hurley Appointed General Manager for the Hotel Equatorial Penang,
Malaysia
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Promotes Sean McCurdy to Vice President-Strategic
Accounts & Global Sales
- Gold
Key/PHR Promotes Robert M. Howard to Chief Investment Officer; D. Brian
Carson Joins Company As Chief Financial Officer
- Maxime
de La Grange Sury Appointed Director of Food and Beverage at the
InterContinental Chicago
June 4, 2010
June 2, 2010
- The
Swarovski Crystal Empire Celebrates Grand Opening of Sparkling Hill
Resort and Wellness Center Hotel with Dancers, Symphony, Celebrities,
VIP’s; Fairy Tale Festivities and Dazzling Hospitality Highlight
History Making Debut of Brilliant European-Inspired Luxury Wellness
Destination
- Analysis
of Group Proposals Indicate Market Improving; Review of 1,200 group
proposals show future rates and occupancy up, discounting down
- Power
Selling Summer School -- Group Business by Market Segment Webinar
Series Presented by Carol Verret & Friends
- Hotel
AG Sees Economic Conditions Improving for Hotel Transactions
- A
Tale of Two Strategies; Contrasting boutique and chain hotel revenue
management approaches / Jean Francois Mourier
- BentleyForbes
Loses The Las Colinas Four Seasons; the Lenders Themselves Buy Property
at Auction for $122 million
- It's
Official: The Ritz-Carlton Dearborn to be Rebranded as The Henry,
Joining Marriott International's Autograph Collection
- Train
Your Hospitality Team To Say "YES!" To Guest Complaints / Doug Kennedy
- Service
Superstars Part 2: Treat them like they own it! / Dr. Bryan K. Williams
- Small
Hoteliers in Tampa Bay Area Taking it on the Chin with Bankruptcy
Filings Rising
- West
Paces Hotel Group Partners with UniFocus
- Destination
Hotels & Resorts First Multi-Property Resort Management Company to
Unveil Integrated Condominium/Private Home Online Booking Engine and
Reservations System; Customers Can Select Individual Units, Book
Directly on the Web and Receive Immediate Confirmations
- Progress
Report - the $450 million Renovation and New 750-room Tower at The
Peabody Orlando
- Hilton
Hotelier Bruce Thompson Rallies Community to Build Oceanfront Park for
the Disabled; Virginia Beach Park Is First Of Its Kind In The U.S
- Co-owner
of Tampa's Landmark Mise en Place Restaurant Hopes to Grow Tourism in
Tampa and the U.S.!
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts Opens Second Property in Zimbali, South Africa,
the 154-room Fairmont Zimbali Resort
- Indiana's
Ameristar East Chicago Casino Hotel to Undergo a $4.2 million Upgrade
Despite Tough Economic Times
- Corinthia
Hotels Appoints Ken Dittrich to General Manager of the Corinthia Hotel
in St. Petersburg, Russia
- James
F. Pedone Named Executive Director of Sales and Marketing at La Quinta
Resort & Club in La Quinta, California
- Heather
Tutor and Tom Martone Join The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center
as National Sales Managers
- Tallahassee's
Hotel Duval Appoints Pam Monnier as Director of Meetings and Special
Events
June 1, 2010
- The
Rainmaker Group Takes Leadership Position at HSMAI Revenue Management
& Internet Marketing Strategy Conference; Rainmaker Supports Annual
HSMAI Revenue Management Event with Sponsorship, Industry Speakers
- Group
Led by Centerbridge Partners Win Auction for the 680-chain Extended
Stay, Inc.; Bid for $3.925 billion Beats Out Group Led by Starwood
Capital Group
- Steve
Wynn Sets the Bar for Pool Clubbing; Opens the Over-the-top Decadent
$70 million Encore Beach Club and Surrender Nightclub
- Intrawest
Sells its New Jersey's Mountain Creek Ski Area to the Operators of
Neighboring Crystal Springs Resort
- The
Pros and Cons of a Hotel Blog: A Retrospective / Daniel Edward Craig
- A
Group Led by Wells Fargo Bank Submitted Highest Bid of $55 million at
Foreclosure for the Makena Beach and Golf Resort on Maui; Wells Fargo
and Group of Lenders Were Owed more than $192.5 million by the Former
Owners
- The
1,658- room Tropicana Las Vegas Adopts New South Beach Miami Motif; New
Owners Hope $165 million Renovation Will Capture Money Crowd
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts and Hempel Properties Enter Joint Venture to
Purchase The Hotel Minneapolis, Property Will Transition to Marriott's
Autograph Collection
- Fight
Over Benefits Escalates Between Sheraton Anchorage Hotel and UNITE Here
Local 878; Union Seeking 48% Increase in Health and Welfare Payments
- Historic
Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island Re-Opens Following $140 million
Rebuild and Restoration
- Belmonte
Adds Two New Divisions to Hospitality Solutions LLC Offering Discount
Real Estate, Broker and Insurance Services for Hotels and Restaurants
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 83 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Judge
Gives Preliminary Approval for Auction of Station Casinos Properties:
In Complex Reorganization Plan Eleven Casinos to be Offered as One
Entity; Fertitta Gaming to Bid $772 million
- Vail
Resorts Inc. Acquiring Mountain News Corp., a Provider of Snow Sports
News and Snow Reports to More than 1,200 Web Sites
- Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts Will Own and Operate a 350-room Resort in Lhasa,
Tibet China
- Waterford
Hotel Group Appoints Brian Guernier as Executive Vice President,
Development
- Berryfield
Hotels Appoints David Monroe to Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing,
and E-Commerce
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Rosie Bailey Stevens as Director of Sales
& Marketing for the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia
** Top 25 Read Articles -
May 2010 **
- Best
Practices for Responding to Online Hotel Reviews - Part 1 / Daniel
Edward Craig
- As
Part of Sheraton Hotels & Resorts $6 Billion Revitalization Effort
and Enhancement of Global Portfolio, Brand Will Remove Eight Additional
Hotels that Don’t Meet New Brand Standards
- Bottoms
Down: New PKF Survey Results Show Hotel Profits Declined a Record 35.4
Percent in 2009; Greatest Annual Decline Since Tracking Began in the
1930's
- Hotels
Ratcheting Up Hidden Fees; Generating Piles of Cash at Little Extra
Cost!
- Nashville's
Gaylord Opryland Resort, Which Sits Adjacent to the Cumberland River,
Suffers Severe Flood Damage; the 2,881 room Hotel Likely to be Closed
for Several Months
- Few
Luxury Hotels Take the Extreme Action of Closing, Like the
Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas; Owner Deutsche Bank's Plans Unclear for
349-room Resort
- LA
Times Travel Writer, Christopher Reynolds, Spends a Night at the J.W.
Marriott Hotel and a Night at the Ritz-Carlton - Two Hotels that Share
a Downtown Los Angeles Building
- Landmark
Decision by Arbitration Panel on Aviara Resort / David M. Brudney
- In
Florida, 120 Hotels and Six Restaurants Have Filed Claims with BP Over
Oil Spill
- Marriott
Recognizes Eight Employees with its J. Willard Marriott Award of
Excellence
- Hotel
Workouts, Hotel Bankruptcies, Hotel Receiverships -- Great New Resource
for Troubled Hotel Assets / Jim Butler
- Consumer
Reports Hotel Survey Ranks Ritz-Carlton, Homewood Suites, Renaissance,
Drury Inn & Suites, and Microtel Inn & Suites Among the Top
Chains for Their Price
- Felony
Apartment Decorating: Hotel Security Guard Steals $50,000 Worth of
Hotel Furniture, Rugs, Television Sets, Electronics, Paintings and
Tools for His Apartment
- Director
of Finance for the Valley Forge CVB Admits to Writing $775K in Checks
to Self
- Greenbrier
Resort Casino Construction Costs Quadruple to $80 million after
Doubling Size of Facility; Casino Scheduled to Open Prior to July's PGA
Tournament; Large Group Bookings at Resort Up 400%, Addtional 400 Staff
Needed Prior to Opening
- Expedia's
2010 Insiders' Select® Rankings Reveal World's Best Hotels for
Value and Quality; Includes Properties from 1,022 Cities Worldwide
- Worst
Crisis Ever for Thai Tourism Industry; Bangkok's Top Hotels Including
the Dusit Thani, Four Seasons and Grand Hyatt Erawan Closed
- TripAdvisor
Names World's Best Travel Spots with 2010 Travelers' Choice Destination
Awards; 576 Destinations Honored Based on Opinions of Millions of
Travelers
- Best
Practices for Responding to Online Hotel Reviews - Part 2 / Daniel
Edward Craig
- Does
My Hotel Really Need a Mobile Strategy?
- Hospitality
Industry Targeted by Data Thieves - Protect Your System to Avoid the
Malware Nightmare / Eduardo Perez
- What
is really happening with the recovery and how will it affect the hotel
industry? Insightful perspectives from the experts at Meet the Money /
Jim Butler
- Distressed
Hotels: Picking Up the Right Pieces / Jim Burr
- 24
Ziplines Open in USA in 2010; A New, Less Expensive Way to Add the WOW
Factor to Resorts, Parks / Jeff Coy and Amanda McDaniel
- Loud
Music (Noise Pollution?) at CityCenter's Aria Casino and Public Areas
Gets an Editorial Rebuke
May 28, 2010
- A
Breakfast Conversation with Michel Rey, General Manager of The Baur au
Lac, Zurich, Switzerland / Andreas Augustin
- The
Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok Forecasting Revenue Drop of 25% for the Year
Because of 7-week Shut Down Due to the Political Violence
- Denver-based
Amstar Acquires the Hotel Hana on the Island of Maui and The Crossings,
a 70 room Destination Resort in Austin, Texas
- Anthony
A. Falor Named Chair of the American Hotel & Lodging Educational
Foundation Fund Development Committee
- Arson
Charge Filed Accusing Wisconsin Man for Setting Multiple Fires that
Destroyed His Resort in 2004
- Delaware
North Acquires Yellowstone Park Hotel and the Gray Wolf Inn &
Suites in West Yellowstone, Montana
- Kent
State Univeristy's Plans for Hotel and Conference Center Move Forward
Following Property Exchange with City
- Coeur
d'Alene Casino to Undergo $75 million Hotel and Resort Expansion,
Worley, Idaho
- The
Pegasus View April 2010: Global GDS Revenue Rises 34.3% Over 2009;
Booking Volume Increase of 27.4% and Growth in ADR of 5.5% Reconfirm
Business Travel Recovery
- Elite
Meetings International (EMI) Announces Expansion in Europe at IMEX -
Alda D. Egurrola-Wienke is Appointed Regional Director -- European
Platinum and Gold Hotels will be added to www.EliteMeetings.com; A
European Board of Advisors (EMAB) is formed to Evaluate and Rate
Properties
- Hawai'i's
Tourism Numbers Rise 1.9% in April, the Fourth Straight Month of Gains
- Stuart
Newmark Named General Manager for The Westin Lake Mary, Orlando North
- Benchmark
Hospitality Names James T. Franklin General Manager for Marenas Resort,
Miami
- Hotel
Equities Names Richard Welch General Manager for the Courtyard by
Marriott in McDonough, Georgia
- Aqua
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Jernell Mendonca, General Manager and
Luana Kekaula-Castillo, Sales Manager for Maile Sky Court, Waikiki
- Joe
Vanden Heuvel Appointed Associate Director of Sales for the Hyatt
Regency Houston
May 27, 2010
- TIG
Global Unveils New Website for Beaches of South Walton; New Website
Increases Awareness of Destination's 15 Unique Beach Communities
- Aptech
Launches EV Lite, a New Cost Effective, Web-Based Operational Reporting
Solution for Multi-Property Operators; EV Lite Automates Data
Gathering, Delivers Performance Reporting, Identifies Exceptions to
Increase Profitability
- Does
My Hotel Really Need a Mobile Strategy?
- The
Developers and Owners of Flatotel International Indicted and Charged
With Tax Fraud
- Housekeeper's
Workload a Big Issue Behind the 3-hour Work Stoppage at the Hyatt
Regency Chicago
- Some
Florida Hoteliers See Reservations Weakening for July and August; BP
Delivers $25 million to Florida to Fund Extensive Tourism Marketing
Campaign
- The
Mayor of Mexico's Resort City of Cancun Under Arrest, Charged with Drug
Trafficking, Money Laundering and Organized Crime
- Shuttered
Since 2006, The Lady Luck Hotel & Casino in Downtown Las Vegas May
Yet Be Renovated
- For
Prime Hotel Group, Efficiency Equals EZYield.com; From proactive
customer service to detailed allotment activities and yields,
EZYield.com leads to easier revenue management for Miami Beach
properties
- Shell
Vacations Chooses ZDirect to Boost Revenue in 2010
- City
of Rosemead, California Prepares to Sell Troubled Hotel to Chinese
Investors
- Peoria's
Downtown Marriott Hotel Project a Go!
- MGM
Mirage Aims to Settle Claims for Work on CityCenter; Schedules Meeting
Open to All Subcontractors Who Worked on Project
- Susan
Kaui Koehler Appointed as the Embassy Suites-Waikiki Beach Walk's New
Director of Sales and Marketing
- The
Edgewater Hotel, Seattle, Names Sarah Kiepe Director of Sales and
Marketing
- Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Michele Brumblay Director of Catering &
Conference Services at Makena Beach & Golf Resort, Maui
May 26, 2010
May 25, 2010
- DiamondRock
Signs Agreement to Purchase the 821-room Hilton Minneapolis for $155.5
Million
- Bangkok
Update: Most Hotels Near the Former Anti-government Rally Site Are
Ready to Resume Normal Operations
- Update
On Oil Spill: Louisiana Office of Tourism Reassures Visitors and
Potential Visitors There Is No Need to Change Travel Plans
- "Clean-Beach
Guarantees are Definitely a New Twist in the World of Travel" as Gulf
Coast Vacation Resorts Head Off Oil Slick Worries
- PKF
Hospitality Research Updates Forecast to Show U.S. RevPAR Growth of
1.7% in 2010 While Profits Will Contract 1.4%
- Hilton
Worldwide Signs Management Agreement With Dead Sea Resorts PSC For New
Build 285-Room Hilton Dead Sea Resort & Spa in Jordan Overlooking
the Dead Sea; Hilton Will Also Operate Existing King Hussein Bin Talal
Convention Centre
- Next
Step for Proposed $315 million, 1,000-room Convention Hotel in Kansas
City is for the City to Issue a Request for Proposals from Developers
- Latino
Hotel Association Formed to Advance Worldwide Hispanic Ownership,
Leadership and Business Interests in Hotel Industry; Founding Sponsors
and Supporters Include Hilton, Hyatt, Wyndham, InterContinental Hotel
Group Carlson, Choice, Marriott, and Starwood
- StarCite
Announces Online Community Powered by i-Meet; Launch of Social Media
Platform Available to Meeting Planners and Suppliers; New Partnership
Connects Customers and Embraces Open Communication
- EZYield.com
Signs Exclusive U.S. Distribution Agreement with Hotel Market Analytics
Innovator, iNNtelligenz; Leading global distribution technology
provider announces new partnership with market intelligence provider
- Kessler
Hotels Sign Third Hotel to Install Roomlinx iTV; Roomlinx to install
iTV, and FTG to the Doubletree Castle Hotel, Orlando
- Hostmark
Improves Value to Assets Using ProfitSword Business Intelligence
- HeBS
to Address Mobile Marketing at HSMAI Conference; Max Starkov of
Hospitality eBusiness Strategies to present on mobile marketing at
HSMAI's Revenue Management & Internet Marketing Strategy Conference
on June 21, 2010 in Orlando, FL
- Utah's
Lodging Sector Appears to be Stabilizing: Two Month Trend in Booking
Increases Promising
- Crescent
Hotels Appoints Jim Sega, General Manager and Tony Aslanian, Director
of Sales and Marketing at the 712-room Hilton Pittsburgh
- Tim
Bugas Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at The Omni Bedford
Springs Resort & Spa in Pennsylvania
- Didier
Pouzier Appointed Executive Chef at Mandarin Oriental, Miami
May 24, 2010
- HITEC
Exhibitors -- Exclusive Video Opportunity; Technology Companies Have
Opportunity to Produce Their Own Videos at a Fraction of the Cost
during HITEC with the Help of Hospitality Upgrade and Realview TV
- Zermatt
Resort in Utah Not Sold, Not Bankrupt; New Funding Held Up by Incorrect
Room Numbering Scheme!
- 400
Requests for Proposals Sent Out to Find Developer to Design and Build a
500 room Convention Center Hotel in Pittsburgh
- Cape
Cod Legend - The Sandpiper Beach Inn in Harwichport, MA Declares
Bankruptcy
- A
Whole Lot of Like: What Facebook's "Like" Button Can do For Hospitality
Brands
- UNITE
HERE Local 5 Files Lawsuit Challenging the Adequacy of an Environmental
Impact Statement For the Proposed $700 million Redevelopment of the
Princess Kaiulani and Moana Surfrider hotels in Waikiki
- Marriott
International Signs Seven Hotel Management Agreements in China, Expects
to Have 60 Hotels in China by Year End 2010; Also, Marriott Invests
$500,000 Seed Money to Support a Vital Water Conservation Program
in the Mountains of Southwest China
- Marketing
to Chinese Consumers: Dragon Trail Wins 2010 CTW Chinese Tourists
Welcoming Award in the Product Innovation Category; Prestigious Award
recognizes a new innovative and ground-breaking approach to building
brand awareness and generating sales by leveraging Internet
Technologies and Social Media Marketing for travel and tourism
companies entering the complex China Market
- Carlson
Hotels to Open 75 Properties in Asia Pacific by 2013 and Launch 18 New
Hotels This Year; Currently has 43 Radisson Hotels Under Development in
Region
- Five
Wineries in the Temecula, California Area Planning to Build Hotels;
More Lodging Will Draw More Visitors
- Eight
Years Later the Minneapolis Convention Center Finds $211 million
Expansion Has Not Paid Off: 2009 Revenues Covered Only 49% of its Costs
Compared With as Much as 84% Before Expansion as well as Booking Only
50% of Space Compared to Previous Rates of 70%
- Editorial:
Kansas City Must Protect Taxpayers in Considering New $315 million,
1,000-room Convention Hotel
- There's
Plenty to Enjoy at Orlando's New Hotels, the Area Now Has about 115,000
Hotel Rooms
- Brayford
Hotels and Hilton Worldwide Through Franchise Agreement to Build New
115-room Doubletree by Hilton in Lincoln, United Kingdom
- 80-year-old
Robles Del Rio Lodge in California's Carmel Valley Destroyed by Early
Morning Fire
- Dolce
Hotels and Resorts Appoints Stephen Prakash to General Manager of
Seaview, a Dolce Resort, near Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Winnie
Low Named Executive Assistant Manager of the 653-room Orchard Hotel,
Singapore
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Katherine A. Saad as Director of Sales
& Marketing for the Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront Resort, Singer
Island, Florida
- Florida
International University School of Hospitality Enjoys Another Savory
Success at the 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival;
$2 Million Raised for FIU School of Hospitality
May 21, 2010
- IDeaS
Partners with JackRabbit Systems, Inc. to Provide Easy-to-Use Lodging
and Availability Search Engine; New BookDirectTM system improves
website functionality and usability to enhance the traveler's experience
- Distressed
Hotels: Picking Up the Right Pieces / Jim Burr
- Hospitality
Upgrade Magazine Expects Record Attendance Numbers at Highly
Anticipated Ninth Annual CIO Summit; The CIO Summit will be held
September 8-10, 2010 at the Omni San Francisco Hotel in San Francisco,
California
- The
Federal Government Seizes $850,000 from Very Reliable Services Which
Misled Hundreds of Foreign Workers Brought to Orlando Illegally to Work
for Such Hotels as Gaylord Palms Resort, Walt Disney World's Swan and
Dolphin and the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
- The
77-room Oyster Bay Inn and Restaurant in Bremerton, Washington is in
Foreclosure, Auction Set for June 11, 2010
- LA
Times Restaurant Critic, S. Irene Virbila, Visits the Recently Opened
Culina Inside the Four Seasons Beverly Hills Hotel
- Taxes,
Deficits and Policy; Summarizing Recent Federal Legislation Impacting
Hotels / Kevin F Reilly
- How
to Find the Right Manager to Effectively Lead Your Hotel / Dr John Hogan
- The
U.S. Virgin Islands Enjoy Big Boost in January-February Tourism Numbers
- The
Arizona Board or Regents Likely to Approve $23 million in Bonds to
Construct 130-room Hotel at the University of Arizona Science and
Technology Park in Tucson
- Covering
the Full Spectrum of a Complex Work Environment, HFTP Sets the
Education Schedule for 2010 Annual Convention & Tradeshow Oct 11 -
14 in San Diego
- OpenWays
Mobile Phone Front Desk Bypass Solution Selected for Guestroom 20X at
HITEC; Attendees of the 38th Annual Hospitality Information Technology
Exposition & Conference will have an opportunity to check into a
virtual hotel, bypass the front desk, and open their room door securely
using nothing but their cell phone -- any mobile device, any carrier
works!
- PSAV
and The Disney Event Group Collaborate to Design World's Widest Single
Blended Video Display System; Larger than a football field, the
360-degree blank-canvas look, including 315-feet of projection surface,
wraps an entire ballroom to create an immersive environment for meeting
delegates
- INNCOM
EMS Assists in Saybrook Point Inn & Spa Achieving Green Lodging
Award; Saybrook is the first hotel in Connecticut to win this award,
presented by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and
the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism
- Uniguest™
and Thinix® Form Strategic Partnership; Partnership will bring next
generation of products and services to lodging, healthcare and
restaurant sectors
- Roomlinx
Selected by Hyatt after Extensive RFP; Roomlinx to provide iTV, HSIA
and FTG to new Andaz 5th Avenue in New York City
- Nine
Destination Hotels & Resorts Properties Selected Among the World’s
Best Hotels on Expedia Insiders’ Select List
- ‘Creating
a ‘Social Media Committee’ – High Level Positions are a Must’: An
Interview with Antonio Batanero, Senior Director Distribution and
Digital Marketing, Sol Meliá
- The
North Central Group, Owner and Operator 28 Hotels, Earns 22 Awards from
Hilton® and Marriott® During 2009
- LaTour
Hotels and Resorts to Manage Dewa Phuket Resort
- Anthony
S. Nieves, SVP - Supply Management for Hilton Worldwide, Recipient of
the J. Shipman Gold Medal Award; A Recognition of His Efforts for the
Advancement of Purchasing and Supply Management
- John
Oakley Named Director of Sales and Marketing At InterContinental
Houston Near The Galleria
- Susan
M. Sanders named Vice President, Strategic Planning & Human
Resources for Hospitality Ventures
- Midas
Hospitality Appoints Robert Willard SVP-Operations and Kurt Furlong as
SVP-Sales & Marketing
- New
Castle Hotels & Resorts Appoints Rachel M. Alcaro Director of Sales
for the Craftsman Inn and Conference Center in Fayetteville, New York
May 19, 2010
- TRAVELCLICK®
Hosts Webinar on First Quarter 2010 Global Hotel Performance: Creating
Competitive Advantage Within Social and Mobile Media Channels
- Free
Forward-Looking Compset Group Rate Reports; Register by May 21st for a
complimentary one-month trial GroupMetrix subscription
- Suquamish
Clearwater Casino Resort Selects Agilysys Software Suite; Resort
Implements Property Management, Point of Sale, Guest Marketing Solutions
- All
of Florida Has Been Bracing for Headlines That Finally Hit: Oil Found
on a Beach in Key West Throwing Florida's Tourism Into Crisis Mode
- Nick
Price, CIO/CTO of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, to be Inducted into
HFTP's International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame
- Posh
30-room Mayflower Inn and Spa in Washington, Connecticut Facing
Foreclosure, Defaults on $21 million Mortgage
- Ohio
Supreme Court Upholds Right of a Hotel Customer to Sue for Additional
Money Damages for Fraud and Breach of Contract In Case of Bogus
Occupancy Taxes Charged to Room Bill
- Cost
Reduction Co. saves 10-20% on all your hotel expenses, excluding
payroll and debt. We have negotiated national contracts with hundreds
of top tier vendors. Take advantage of our bargaining power
- Four
Seasons in China: Opening Two New Hotels in Hangzhou and Guangzhou in
2010 with Nine Additional Properties in Development
- Chatham
Lodging Trust Enters into Contract to Acquire Four Hotels; Properties
Include a Residence Inn by Marriott® in Westchester County, N.Y., a
Hampton Inn & Suites® in Houston and a Courtyard by
Marriott® and a SpringHill Suites by Marriott® in Pennsylvania
- Clock
is Ticking - Developers of The Cambria Suites Hotel in Roanoke Must be
Ready for Customers by Thursday Night or Lose $1 million in Grants
- The
Knowland Group Releases Follow-Up Oil Spill Survey Findings; Effects of
Oil Spill on Hospitality Industry Mirror Oil Slick's Slow Crawl
- Sky
Ute Casino Resort Bets on KoolConnect To Upgrade Their Guests’ In-Room
Experience; One of Colorado’s finest attractions wins big with new HD
in-room entertainment and interactive services solution from the
industry leader
- Boomerangs'
GuestHouse International & Settle Inn launches ZDirect eCRM
Solution to Generate Immediate Revenue
- Trust
International Completes Implementation of yourVoyager CRS with All
Customers in Record 8 Months
- With
Final Hotel Plans Approved by Marriott and Financing in Place,
Developer Gary Matthews Confident City of Peoria Will Approve a New
Marriott Courtyard be Built and the Marriott Pere Marquette Will be
Renovated
- Commonwealth
Hotels Opens New Hyatt Place and Hyatt Summerfield Suites in
Warrenville, Illinois
- Davidson
Hotel Company to Manage the 403-room Radisson Hotel Bloomington by Mall
of America
- HSMAI
Los Angeles Chapter Elects Pamela Hirneisen President for the 2010-2011
Term
- The
Seattle Hotel Association Appoints New President - Howard Cohen, VP and
General Manager of Clise Properties - Hotel Division
- Spring
2010 Graduates of Michigan State's School of Hospitality Business Hear
Kellogg Hotel's General Manager Joel Heberlein Speak; Student Remarks
Given by The School's Outstanding Senior Alexandra Clark
- Springwood
Hospitality Names Stephanie Shelton as Corporate Director of Sales
- Cindy
Stephens Torian Appointed Director of Convention Services at the
Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana
May 18, 2010
- Treasure
Island Las Vegas Selects Rainmaker Revenue Management to Optimize
Profitability for 2,900-Room Casino Hotel Operation; Treasure Island
Taps Rainmaker for Total Customer Value Profit Optimization, 2-Way
Agilysys Integration
- Aptech
Releases Comprehensive Accounting Enhancements in New Profitvue
Version; User-Driven Upgrades Strengthen Hospitality Industry's Leading
Enterprise Accounting System
- China
Outpaces Europe & U.S. on Economic Optimism According to New Marist
Poll/Marriott Hotels & Resorts Global Business Survey
- Executives
at the Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel In Shock After Hotel Targeted in
Grenade Attack
- Worst
Crisis Ever for Thai Tourism Industry; Bangkok's Top Hotels, Including
the Four Seasons and Grand Hyatt Erawan Closed
- In
an Effort to Aid Tourism Promotion During Oil Spill Crisis BP Gifts
Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida's Tourism Panels $70
million Collectively
- U.S.
Department of Commerce Reports that International Visitors to the U.S.
Up 22% in February 2010, the Fifth Straight Month of Increases;
Spending at $10.5 billion for the Month
- Mythbusters,
Part 2; The Truth About Automatic Channel Management, Booking Pace and
Inventory Control / Jean Francois Mourier
- HotelandTravelindex.com
Identifies 102 Hotels with it Highest Grade - Superior Deluxe
- Best
Practices for Responding to Online Hotel Reviews, Part 2 / Daniel
Edward Craig
- Next
Generation Hotel Revenue Management - Profit Management 3.0 / Neil
Salerno
- 24
Ziplines Open in USA in 2010; A New, Less Expensive Way to Add the
WOW Factor to Resorts, Parks / Jeff Coy and Amanda McDaniel
- INNCOM
Introduces NEW MODular Guest-Facing DEVice for Guestroom Controls with
an Artistic Flair at HD Expo 2010; Modeva™ is an elegantly designed,
easy to use lighting, drape, and amenities control system that provides
an unrivaled guestroom management experience; It allows guest control
of multiple loads from many locations
- Pirate
Exhibitor Prevention Maintains HITEC 2010's High-Value
- Libra
OnDemand Launches New Corporate Web Site on Force.com Platform; New
Libra OnDemand Web site leverages the power of Force.com to provide
increased functionality and interactivity for hospitality clients
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Ramada Omaha
- Maximize
Room Revenue with a Free Hilton Opportunity Scorecard Review
- Educational
Institute Develops Online Training for Wyndham General Managers
- Marketing
& Technology Group Acquires HOTELS Magazine
- Penn
State’s School of Hospitality Management Names Smith Travel
Research President, Mark V. Lomanno as Conti Professor
- Fifteen
Hospitality Students Receive $1,000 Scholarships from the Hotel &
Lodging Association of Volusia County (Daytona Beach)
- Phil
Ray Named General Manager of the Indianapolis Marriott Hotel Downtown
- Beth
Hogberg Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hotel
Indigo-Atlanta Downtown
May 17, 2010
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Launch Hotel Profiles: an Online Database of Operating
Hotels with Accurate and Complete Information on Each Property
- Tennessee
May Offer Tax Breaks for the Opryland Hotel Which Suffered More than
$50 million in Flood Damage
- Paragon
Gaming, Owned by Diana Bennett, the Daughter of Las Vegas Pioneer
William Bennett, Wins Rights to Build $450 million hotel-casino Complex
in Vancouver, British Columbia
- In
Florida, 120 Hotels and Six Restaurants Have Filed Claims with BP Over
Oil Spill
- Loud
Music (Noise Pollution?) at CityCenter's Aria Casino and Public Areas
Gets an Editorial Rebuke
- MGM
Mirage and Perini Building's Legal Battles Continue; MGM Claims Perini
Mismanaged and Performed Defective Construction Work on CityCenter
Project
- EDITORIAL:
Kansas Citians Once Again Debating How Much Public Money Should be
Funneled into Helping Build a $300 million, 1,000-room Downtown Hotel
- For
Q1 2010, the Total Hotel Construction Pipeline for the Americas Stands
at 590 projects, a Decline of 38% Since the Q1 2008 Peak; Development
Concentrated in Canada, Brazil and Mexico
- Best
Western Finally Makes a Move; Cuba: The Caribbean's Hottest Destination
/ Stanley Turkel
- Guest
Satisfaction - April 2010 Chatter Guard Benchmark Report Is Released
- Following
$9 million Renovation, Willow Valley Associates to Operate Former
Willow Valley Resort as Doubletree Resort Lancaster/Willow Valley in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvannia
- Inland
American Lodging & Alliance Hospitality Open 130-room Aloft Chapel
Hill, Adjacent to the University of North Carolina Campus
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 79 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Rotana
Hotel Management to Open Three New Hotels in Abu Dhabi's Capital
Centre: The Four Star 300-room Capital Centre Rotana, the Budget
300-room Centro Capital Centre and the Four Star 200-room Capital
Centre Arjaan
- Abundant
Snowfall Helps California's Ski Resorts to Draw 7.5 million Visitors Up
from 6.7 million Last Season; Mammoth Mountain Extends Ski Season Until
July 4
- Hooters
Casino Hotel Unable to Service its $163 million in Debt; Q1 2010
Revenues Drop 15.4% to $11.3 million from $13.3 million in the Year
Earlier
- Pinnacle
Entertainment Names Kim Bailey Ginn as Senior Director of Marketing for
New Baton Rouge Casino Resort
May 14, 2010
- Announcing
StayHIP™—The First Bookable Mobile Application for Boutique Hotels;
New, easy-to-book application from TRAVELCLICK® and Mobiata targets
trend-savvy travelers in search of a unique hotel experience
- Measuring
the Lodging Business Interrupted by a Catastrophic Event / Robert
Mandelbaum
- Baltimore
Hoteliers Vehemently Oppose Proposed 2.5% Increase of Hotel
Taxes; With Revenue Declines of 22% a Tax Increase Could "Kill This
Industry"
- Marriott
Recognizes Eight Employees with its J. Willard Marriott Award of
Excellence
- Recap
Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference: Robert Crandall,
Former CEO of American Airlines, Provides Frank and Honest Assessment
of the Issues Facing Caribbean Tourism; CSHAE Elects 2010-2011
Leadership
- Hotelex
Shanghai 2010 Draws 885 Exhibitors and Attendance of 43,288; 2011 Expo
Set for March 29 to April 1 at the Shanghai New International
Expo Center
- India's
Hotel Chains Raising Room Rates by 10-12% as Corporate Clients Resume
Travel Spending
- Leela
Hotels Building its Future on the Luxury Premium Category - Most
Ambitious Project to Date, the 260-room Leela Palace Kempinski New Delhi
- The
Fullerton Bay Hotel, the Sister Property to the Historic Fullerton
Hotel Set to Open in June 2010; the 100-room Property Built on the
Water of Singapore's Marina Bay
- The
Former Settle Inn Converted to Park Inn Houston North Hotel &
Conference Center
- Morrissey
Hospitality Companies (MHC) Launches Hotel F & B Consulting
Practice; With Three-Decades of Innovative Hotel F & B Management
Experience, MHC Offers Hotel Brands and Owners Innovative Ways for
Building Hotel Revenues
- HFTP
New England Hotel Chapter Awards Scholarships to Two Students in the
University of New Hampshire Hospitality Management Program
- Lodging
Hospitality Management Finalizing Plans to Purchase and Renovate St.
Louis' Cheshire Lodge - an English Tudor-Style Inn
- Mark
Feldman Appointed Director of Sales at Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel,
California
- Clift,
a Morgans' Hotel in San Francisco, Appoints Kevin Busch as Director of
Marketing
- Tapestry
Resorts Appoints Ken Owens to Managing Director of Travel Escapes Club
- Hilton
Americas-Houston's Assistant Catering Director Matthew Finnan
Recognized by Hilton Worldwide's Circle of Excellence Program
May 13, 2010
- TIG
Global Launches Full-Scale International Online Marketing Campaign for
Capital Region USA; Translated Website and Online Marketing Efforts
Support CRUSA's International Expansion
- Accor
Hospitality Simplifies Travel Agency Shopping with Sabre Hospitality
Solutions’ Direct Connectivity
- Innovation
and Business-Building to Take Center Stage at Elite Meetings
International's Spring 2010 EMA - May 16-18 at Terranea Resort; Elite
Meeting Alliance (EMA) to Feature One-on-One Business Building,
Educational Sessions and Hands-on Introductions to Elite Meetings'
Industry Leading Technologies, SpeedRFP™ and FaceTime™
Appointment Scheduler
- Hotels
Ratcheting Up Hidden Fees; Generating Piles of Cash at Little Extra
Cost!
- Felony
Apartment Decorating: Hotel Security Guard Steals $50,000 Worth of
Hotel Furniture, Rugs, Television Sets, Electronics, Paintings and
Tools for His Apartment
- Central
Florida Hotel Owners Doing a Better Job than Their Peers Across the
U.S. at Keeping their Properties out of Trouble with Lenders
- Director
of Finance for the Valley Forge CVB Admits to Writing $775K in Checks
to Self
- Magellan
Development Signs Pact with Carlson Hotels For Radisson Blu Hotel in
Aqua Tower at Lakeshore East, Chicago
- Newspaper
Editorialize that Something Must be Done -- and Quickly About
Conditions at its Local Convention Center Hotel
- Experience
Wireless Music Streaming for Hotels At HD Expo, Booth #566; TeleAdapt
Proves to Hoteliers and Designers that Bluetooth Audio Playback is
Going Mainstream Among Travellers
- A
Free, Practical Guide for Hotel Lenders, Hotel Owners and Hotel
Investors
- The
Housekeeping Operation is the Engine that Drives Your Profitability
- Davidson
Hotel Company Opens Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh/Monroeville Convention
Center
- Teri
and Andrew Nowak Embrace their Entrepreneurial Spirit, Acquire the St.
George's Caye Resort in Belize
- Dan
Hotels to Purchase the 505-room Jerusalem Regency Hotel on Mount
Scopus, Jerusalem for $47 million
- Marriott
International Opens New Development Office in Brazil; Appoints
Guilherme Cesari Vice President of Development
- Choice
Hotels Names Amish Naik as Vice President, Global Development
Operations and Planning
- Donn
Thompson of the Holiday Inn Select Grand Rapids, Michigan Named White
Lodging's "General Manager of the Year"
- Paragon
Hotel Company Names Ryan Tilden as General Manager for Hampton Inn -
Alliance Business Park Anderson, South Carolina
May 12, 2010
- NORTHWIND
Launches Maestro Self-Service Touch Screen Kiosk to Improve Guest
Experience, Reduce Costs; Maestro Easy to Use Check-In Kiosk Meets
Emerging Guest Demands for More Freedom, Faster Service, and Allows
Front-Line Staff to Focus on Value-Added Guest Interactions
- Dynamic
versus Static Hotel Reviews: The Immediacy of Social Network Reviews /
Carol Verret
- With
10 Years Under its Belt, and Having Seen a Bit of Everything, Inn
Development & Management Group Offers its Top 10 Predictions for
Boutique Hotels
- Charolotte's
Largest-ever Convention, the National Rifle Association, Expects to
Draw 70,000, Pump $20 million into Local Economy
- Hotels
Broadening Signature Drink Menus; Concocting Signature Concoctions
Likely Good for the Bottom Line
- InterContinental
Hotels Group Reports 1st Qtr 2010 Profit of $54 million, Up 50% from
Previous Year $27 million; Global RevPAR Up for the First Time in 18
Months with Asia Leading the Rebound
- Hotel
Technology Next Generation Creates New Standard Interface
Specifications for Kiosks, Payment Systems and Distribution
- New
York's Grand Island Holiday Inn Owners, American Hospitality LLC, File
for Bankruptcy Following Foreclosure Proceedings, Seeking Removal of
Receiver
- Judge
Approves Plan for Auction to be an Option for Bankrupt Daufuskie Resort
& Breathe Spa Should Efforts to Sell Resort Fail
- Los
Cabos' "Hotel with a Heart" Ranked as One of World's Best Hotels on
Expedia® Insiders' Select™ List
- Hyatt
and Immobiliare Real Estate Development Sign Agreement for Hyatt Place
in Panama City
- Developer
Seeks to Build 10-story Boutique Hotel in the Historical Heart of
Downtown West Palm Beach; Will Need City to Lift 5-story Cap on
Buildings
- Seattle
Tourism Took a Hit in 2009, Will it Rebound in 2010?
- Commonwealth
Hotels Opens New Hyatt Summerfield Suites Denver Airport
- North
Point Hospitality Opens Three Hotels in Second Half of 2009; Portfolio
Now Includes Nine Hotels with 1177-rooms
- Abjar
Hotels International LLC Scheduled to Open 252-room Ramada Jumeirah
Dubai Fourth Quarter 2010
- The
128-room Hampton Inn Indianapolis Completes Multi-Million Dollar
Guestroom Renovation
- MHR
Development to Build "Green" 143-room Holiday Inn, Bay St. Louis,
Mississippi
- Preliminary
Site Approval Given to Trinity Development & Management for New
100-room Courtyard by Marriott, Spring Lake, North Carolina
- Simon
J. Hulme Named 2010 CHTP of the Year
- Henry Perez, RRP,
Named General Manager of Hilton Grand Vacations Club at the Hilton
Hawaiian Village
- Barceló
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Magda Hanna as Director of Meetings &
Incentives for West Coast and the Pacific Northwest Region
May 11, 2010
- Greenbrier
Resort Casino Construction Costs Quadruple to $80 million after
Doubling Size of Facility; Casino Scheduled to Open Prior to July's PGA
Tournament; Large Group Bookings at Resort Up 400%, Addtional 400 Staff
Needed Prior to Opening
- Sabre
Hospitality Solutions Selected by Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants for
Comprehensive Marketing and Distribution
- Finalization
of the $102 million Marriott Hotel Project in Downtown Peoria Still Has
Hurdles to Clear
- New
Report Suggests Proposed $192 million Sheraton Convention Center Hotel
in Downtown Tucson Will Need Taxpayer Subsidies to Pay for Itself and
Pledge the City General Fund Would Pay Off Construction in Case of
Default
- American
and British Investors Acquire London's St. Ermin's Hotel; Affiliates of
Amerimar Enterprises, Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Gracemark
Investments, Purchase the Classic 275-Bedroom Hotel in the Heart of
Westminster
- Historical
Pricing Is History, Well, Not Exactly; Examining the Role Historical
Hotel Room Pricing Should Be Playing in Pricing Strategies / Jean
Francois Mourier
- Hawai'i
Hotels Report First Profits in Two Years: RevPAR Rose to $122 in March
Following 24 Straight Months of Losses
- Sunstone
Reports 1st Qtr 2010 Loss of $26.3 million Compared with a Prior-year
Profit of $876,000; RevPAR Falls 6.5% with Occupancy Rising to 67% from
65.6%
- Hard
Rock Hotel Posts $26.5 million First Quarter Loss - a Slight Increase
From the $24.3 million Loss Same Time Last Year
- Hersha
Hospitality Trust Increases Hotel Ownership in Manhattan by Acquiring
Holiday Inn at Wall Street for $34.8 million / $308,000 Per Key
- Auberge
Resorts, ALHEL and GIM Desarrollos, Through Joint Venture to Open New
50-Suite Luxury Resort in Mexico's Riviera Maya at Kanai
- Madison
Hospitality Group, LLC Acquires Thumper Pond, a Golf Destination Resort
in Ottertail, Minnesota
- OpenWays
Opening Doors to Gen Y Travelers Wishing to Bypass Front Desk; Allowing
guests to check-in remotely by equipping door locks to open via any
cell phone is ideal for attracting this green-conscious,
tech-dependent, instant gratification generation
- The
Chase Park Plaza hotel in St. Louis, Missouri seeking a Front Office
Manager. Requires 3-5 years hospitality management experience in a high
volume, four-diamond, full service hotel. Prior experience with HOST
and Springer-Miller Systems a plus.
- Green
Light Given for Construction of $120 million, 1,000-room Fort Lee Hotel
to Begin This Summer
- Ferrado
Garden Court LLC Completes $9 million Renovation on Palo Alto's 62-room
Garden Court Hotel
- City
of Sunrise, Florida Considering Approval of 350-room Marriott to be
Built on Edge of Everglades Amid Objections from Environmentalists
- Ground
Contamination May Force Move of Planned 150-room Hampton Inn &
Suites in Owensboro, Kentucky to Another Location
- Lisa
Haynes Named Corporate Director of Human Resources for Wedge Hotels
Corporation
May 10, 2010
- The
Legal Wrangling Drawing to a Close for Hundreds of Investors in H's
Resort and Beach Club; Never-built Condominium Project in North Myrtle
Beach Felled by Developer Greed During the Overheated Real Estate Boom
- Promises
Made, Promises Delivered; The Ten Year Old Savannah International Trade
& Convention Center Has Bright Future in Furthering Local Economic
Development
- Hilton
Embracing 'Games-Players' in its Loyalty Rewards Programs - Stepping up
Creativity and Addressing Weaknesses
- Study
Predicts Expanding the Tucson Convention Center and Building a Luxury
Hotel, at a Combined cost of $210 million, Would Add About $37 million
a Year in New Revenue to Tucson's Economy
- Guy
Mitchell, the Developer Who Poured millions into the Royal Palm Hotel
in Miami's South Beach Before Losing it to Bankruptcy, Indicted on
Federal Bank Fraud Charges
- Romzap,
Ltd Seeks to Build 57-story Hotel Overlooking Horseshoe Falls in
Canada; Opponents Claim Building So Near the Falls Will have Profound
Implications for the Natural Environment
- Lodging
Enterprises the Nation's Largest Provider of Accommodations to the U.S.
Rail Industry, Opens 28th Oak Tree Inn in Comfort, West Virginia
- Not
as Much Fun in Wisconsin Last Year - Amid a Weak Economy, State Tourism
Spending Fell in 2009 by $1 billion or 7.8%: Modest growth Expected for
2010
- The
Dallas Fort Worth Airport Marriott South Sees Higher Demand with
Opening of Cowboys Stadium
- Environmental
Groups Suing the St. Regis Princeville Resort on Kaua'i, Claiming the
Resort's Lights Contribute to the Deaths of Seabirds
- Toftrees
Golf Resort and Conference Center in State College, Pennsylavania
Re-opens Following Extensive Renovations
- California
Poised for Tourism Rebound of 3% in 2010 and 4% in 2011 Predicts the
Travel and Tourism Commission
- Hawaiian
Airlines to Fly New Daily Tokyo Route from Haneda Airport; Tentative
Decision Would be Timely for the Visitor Industry
- Waterfront-Hotel
Developer Loses $1.35 million Tax Credit for Lack of Progress on $14
million Hotel and Conference Center: With Project at a Standstill the
City of Plattsburgh, New York Hopes to Regain Control of Property
- Aloft
Chapel Hill Opens Adjacent to UNC Campus; 130-room Hotel Developed by
the Inland American Real Estate Trust and Managed by Alliance
Hospitality
- Encore
Hospitality Opens the 125-room D'Iberville Courtyard by Marriott in
Gulfport-Biloxi Metropolitan Area
- Pinnacle
Names Geno M. Iafrate to SVP and General Manager of the 1,000 room
L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Marsha L. Twiss, CMP, as General Manager
for the Fairfield Inn & Suites, Virginia Beach
May 7, 2010
- Sabre
Hospitality Solutions and Carlson Hotels Improve Agency Booking Process
Using New Direct Connect Technology
- Newmarket
International and Elite Meetings International Partner to Enable Direct
Online Connectivity between Hospitality Venues and Meeting Planners;
SpeedRFP™ to Integrate with MeetingBrokerSM and Directly Connect to
Leading Sales and Catering Solutions Offered byNewmarket International
- The
2010 Lodging Industry Investment Council Top Ten: Annual Survey of
Lodging Investment Trends
- What
Is Really Happening with the Recovery and How Will it Affect the Hotel
Industry? Insightful perspectives from the experts at Meet the
Money
- Hotels
Coping with Gulf Oil Spill Despite Looming Concerns Over Long-Term
Impact; Knowland finds 35 percent of hotels surveyed have had
cancellations due to spill
- The
Palace at Playa Grande, Dominican Republic Touts Access Hotels &
Resorts Focus on Independent Brand Concepts
- Hassan
Allam Properties Developing the 600-room Baia Bianca Resort in Sharm el
Sheikh, Egypt
- Kansas
City Downtown Convention Hotel Steering Committee Selects the Power
& Light Site; Next Step Will Be to Move Forward with an RFP Process
for Developers
- It's
the Size of Your Idea, Not the Size of Your Budget / Dr John Hogan
- The
Pegasus View Special Edition: Pegasus Solutions Issues a Special Report
on the Impact of the Icelandic Volcano Eruptions on European Hotel
Volumes - Out of the Ashes of Eyjafjallajokull Comes Brief Benefit to
Hotels As European Net Revenue Explodes as High as 120% over 2009
- Whiteboard
Labs Launches Their New CRS Windsurfer and T.U.B.E The Ultimate Booking
Experience
- INNCOM
Helps La Quinta Save on Energy in Environmentally Friendly Way; With
INNCOM Energy Management Systems installed in more than 23,000
guestrooms, La Quinta properties enjoy 'Triple Win' status
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Scores a Perfect Ten . . . and then does One
Better!; Eleven Hotels & Resorts Achieve Four Diamond Status in 2010
- Industry
Veteran Joins PSAV to Direct Global Event Technology Sales Effort;
Laurie Knapp joins PSAV as VP Global Sales; Brings 20+ years of hotel
sales experience to leading supplier of audiovisual event technologies
- Finding
Ways to Meet Consumers in Emerging Spaces: Loyalty-based CRM can't
simply be pushed from a brand; it has to be pulled through from
associates: An Interview with John Gardner, President & CEO,
Integrative Logic
- AAA
Parking Racing with Kenny Wallace
- NFL
Players Union Sends Letters Hinting at Boycott of Three Major
Indianapolis Hotels During Combine Due to Labor Practices
- Robin
Graf Named General Manager for Kauai Beach Resort in Lihue, Kauai
- Benchmark
Names Creston Woods General Manager for Deloitte University, a $300
million 800-room Learning Center, Under Construction in Westlake, Texas
- Innisfree
Hotels Appoints Charlie Allen General Manager of the 206-room Holiday
Inn Resort in Pensacola Beach, Florida
- Rio
Mar Beach Resort and Spa, A Wyndham Grand Resort Appoints Keith Kirsten
Director of Sales and Lori Alstrom National Sales Manager
- Michael
Aldrich Named Director of Sales at The Omni Mount Washington Resort in
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
- Judy
Esterbrook Named the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Embassy
Suites Denver-Downtown Convention Center
May 5, 2010
- Hospitality
Industry Targeted by Data Thieves - Protect Your System to Avoid the
Malware Nightmare / Eduardo Perez
- Technology
Changes at the Speed of Light, so Must Your Knowledge; VIZERGY®
Webinars - Free Hotelier Education from the Leaders in Search Marketing
- Best
Practices for Responding to Online Hotel Reviews / Daniel Edward Craig
- Revenue
Management: Back to Basics / Jean Francois Mourier
- As
Part of Sheraton Hotels & Resorts $6 Billion Revitalization Effort
and Enhancement of Global Portfolio Brand Will Remove Eight Additional
Hotels that Don’t Meet New Brand Standards
- Family
Owned Magnolia Lodging Weathering the Economic Upheaval with
Extended-stay Hotels
- Alrov
Properties and Lodgings Acquiring the Luxury Paris Hotel - The Lutetia
for €145 million ($188 million)
- Florida's
$60 billion Tourism Industry Awash in Worry, Fears
- Gulf
Coast Oil Spill Could Point Tourists to Myrtle Beach Area as Local
Chambers of Commerce Field Calls from Worried Vacationers
- The
Former Skyline Hotel And Conference Center Completes $4 million
Renovation and Re-branding to the Crowne Plaza Cleveland South -
Independence
- John
Washko, SVP of Sales and Marketing at The Broadmoor, Recognized
as HSMAI's Resort Marketer of the Year
- URGO
Hotels Opens a Dual-branded Building Containing a 112-room Hilton
Garden Inn and an 87-unit Homewood Suites in Rockville, Maryland
- JHM
Interstate Hotels Adds Two India Hotel Contracts: a Luxury Resort in
Jaipur and a Ramada in Amritstar
- DFW
Airport 140-room Select Service Renovated Hotel For Sale
- The
Pegasus View March 2010: Future Bookings through GDS are Up Five of
Next Six Months, Confidence in Hotel Demand Turns a Corner; GDS and ADS
bookings for Q1 2010 outpace comparable periods for 2009, 2008 and 2007
- National
Hospitality Holdings LLC Successfully Completes $1.4 billion, 32 Hotel
Advisory and Asset Management Assignment; NHH remains the preferred
advisor, asset manager and management company of choice
- HITEC
2010 Offers a Quick "Download" on the Latest in Hospitality Technology
- Santa
Catalina Island Company Set to Open Following Renovation of the 71-room
Pavilion Hotel and Descanso Beach Club on Catalina Island
- Hollander
Hotel Group Gains Approval for Go-ahead on $17.5 million Marriott Build
Along the Thea Foss Waterway, Tacoma, Washington
- Hill
Air Force Base Selects Utah's The Canyons Ski Resort as Future Location
for Public-Private Venture of a Commercial Hospitality Development
- Stan
R. Soroka Appointed Hilton Worldwide’s Area Vice President - Florida
& Hilton Grand Vacation Resort Operations
- Joseph
Smith Joins Chesapeake Hospitality as Executive Vice President,
Responsible for Owner Relations and New Business Development
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints David Kipfmiller as General Manager and
Pamela McDonald as Director of Sales for The Hilton Garden Inn Downtown
Detroit
- Benchmark
Names S. Drew Toth Director of Sales & Marketing for the Villas of
Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Florida
May 4, 2010
- Marcus
Hotels and Resorts Select EasyRMS as Revenue Management Partner; New
deal sees two prestigious properties implement EzRMS™ SaaS Solution
- Consumer
Reports Hotel Survey Ranks Ritz-Carlton, Homewood Suites, Renaissance,
Drury Inn & Suites, and Microtel Inn & Suites Among the Top
Chains for Their Price
- Luggage
Fees Top Consumer Reports' National Survey of Travel Gripes Along with
Rude Staff, Pricey In-Room Hotel Snacks and Chintzy Hotel Bedding
- Nashville's
Gaylord Opryland Resort, Which Sits Adjacent to the Cumberland River,
Suffers Severe Flood Damage; the 2,881 room Hotel Likely to be Closed
for Several Months
- Gaylord
Entertainment Reports a Net Loss for the 1st Qtr 2010 of $1.85 million
Compared to Net Income of $3.52 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR
Decreased 0.6% / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Hotel
Workouts, Hotel Bankruptcies, Hotel Receiverships -- Great New Resource
for Troubled Hotel Assets
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Q1 2010 Net Loss Widens: $72.1 million Compared to a Net
Loss of $30.7 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR for its 83 Hotels
Decreased 0.5% for the Quarter / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Ocean
Properties Ltd. Invests $20 million in Renovations at The Sagamore
Resort on New York's Lake George; Pace of Reservations Exceeds Last
Summer
- Expedia's
2010 Insiders' Select® Rankings Reveal World's Best Hotels for
Value and Quality; Includes Properties from 1,022 Cities Worldwide
- TripAdvisor
Names World's Best Travel Spots with 2010 Travelers' Choice Destination
Awards; 576 Destinations Honored Based on Opinions of Millions of
Travelers
- Multi-Property,
Multi-Brand Hotel Owner Using TTI's Scan2PMS to Protect Assets; Local
law enforcement commends hotels for digitally copying guest IDs
- Libra
OnDemand Personalizes The Surrey’s Guest Data; Actionable data empowers
employees at intimate property in Manhattan’s Upper East Side
- Signs
of Economic Recovery for Cheektowaga, New York as Construction of $4.5
million Courtyard by Marriott Set to Begin
- Oil
Spill Already Hurting Florida's Panhandle Tourist-based Economy
- Oil
Spill on the Minds of Those in the Florida Tourist Industry
- As
if Out of a Michael Crichton Novel, Hotel Managers Must be Vigilant in
Fighting the Global Resurgence of Bedbugs and Watch for Signs of
Infestation Daily
- Peter
J. Bonell Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Paradise Point
& Spa Located On San Diego's Mission Bay
- MGM
Grand Chef Claude Le Tohic Named Best Chef: Southwest at Annual James
Beard Foundation Awards Ceremony
May 3, 2010
- Bottoms
Down: New PKF Hospitality Research Survey Results Show Hotel Profits
Declined a Record 35.4 Percent in 2009; Greatest Annual Decline Since
Tracking Began in the 1930's
- Few
Luxury Hotels Take the Extreme Action of Closing, Like the
Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas; Owner Deutsche Bank's Plans Unclear for
349-room Resort
- LA
Times Travel Writer, Christopher Reynolds, Spends a Night at the J.W.
Marriott Hotel and a Night at the Ritz-Carlton; Two Hotels that Share a
Downtown Los Angeles Building
- Wynn
Still Has Big Plans for Macau; Strategy Calls for a Third Resort in
Macau Which Would Include a Corporate Headquarters
- Landmark
Decision by Arbitration Panel on Aviara Resort / David M. Brudney
- Choosing
the Right Technology to Impact the Botton Line! / Paul West
- Train
Your Reservations Sales Team To Offer More Than "Website Inventory
Search Support" / Doug Kennedy
- DLA
Piper Report Reveals Middle Eastern and North African Hoteliers Look to
the UK for Growth
- Starwood
and Belbadi to Debut W Hotels Worldwide in the UAE in 2013 with the New
W Abu Dhabi Hotel
- Cost
Reduction Co. saves 10-20% on all your hotel expenses, excluding
payroll and debt. We have negotiated national contracts with hundreds
of top tier vendors. Take advantage of our bargaining power
- Natasha
Le Roux named ZDirect’s Director of Sales, Americas / ASPAC
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 105 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Two
Near-by Hotels, Hotel Figueroa and the Former Holiday Inn, Respond
Differently to the Opening the New Marriott and Ritz-Carlton in
Downtown Los Angeles
- HAIYI
Hotels and Management Group Acquire and Assume Management of Three San
Francisco Hotels; Best Western Americania Hotel, Best Western Carriage
Inn and the Good Hotel
- Ideas
Surrounding the Miami Beach Convention Center Expansion Include
Demolition of The Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach and Replacing
it with a Hotel has Drawn the Ire of Thousands
- Court
Orders Auction of the Former Lee's Inn in Seymour, Indiana; Auction for
70-Room Inn Set for May 18, 2010
- Arabian
Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) attracts over 600 hotel industry
professionals from 42 countries
- Holiday
Inn Mumbai International Airport Appoints Yazad Marfatia as Director
Sales and Marketing, Stephen DSouza as Food & Beverage Manager
& Antony Page as Executive Chef
** Top 25 Read Articles - April
2010 **
- Free
Breakfasts Don't Cut it Anymore; Extreme Hotel Discounts Reflect the
Desperation of an Industry
- Steve
Wynn Shocks Philadelphia by Terminating Casino Project
- In
California 79 Hotels Fall into Foreclosure During First Three Months of
2010; Lenders Seek to Keep Hotel Doors Open
- Hilton
Cuts Debt by Almost $4 billion through a Restructuring
- Hotel
Waterpark Construction Report: North America Eight Hotel Waterparks
Coming in 2010 / Jeff Coy and Amanda McDaniel
- 7
Steps to Position Your Hotel in the New OTA Environment / Tim Coleman
- Hotel
Pricing in a Convalescent Economy: Hitting the Reset Button /
KristieWhite
- Broadreach
Capital Partners and Maritz, Wolff & Co. Select Hyatt to Brand and
Manage California's Four Seasons Aviara Resort; Soon to be Park Hyatt
Aviara Resort
- Federal
Jury Awards $200K to Guest of The Venetian for False Imprisonment by
Secuity Officers
- Sage
Hospitality Recognizes Top Properties and Employees from its 54 Hotels
- Dearborn,
Michigan Hotel to Lose Ritz-Carlton Name in Sale; New Owners Planning
Significant Renovation, Intend to Keep the 308-room Hotel a Leader in
the Marketplace
- Schlitterbahn
Development Group Has Eyes on Fort Lauderdale, Florida for a $110
million Water Park-Hotel-Sports Destination
- Zap
the Gap! How to Manage, Train and Maintain Your Sanity With The New
Millennium Generation / Meagan Johnson
- Sales
Leadership Tips for Hotel Managers / Daniel Edward Craig
- An
Open Letter to Hospitality Students in their Junior Year; Or Thoughts
on how to prepare for Graduation / Dr. John Hogan
- Seven
Starwood Hotels Under The St. Regis, W Hotels, and The Luxury
Collection Brands Top 2010 Conde Nast Traveler Hot List
- Washington
Holdings Takes Control of the St. Regis Monarch Beach in a Deal
Estimated at $235 million; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Continues as
Operator
- Grand
Hyatt New York's New Grab-and-Go Restaurant Concept - Market - Meant to
Reinvent Hotel Room Service
- Hollywood,
Florida Commissioners Vote Unanimously to Approve Plans for a $100
million Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville Resort; Planet Hollywood the
Second-place Finisher
- The
Developer of the W Hotel & Residences in Boston Files for Bankruptcy
- F
& B as a Driver of Revenue and Guest Experience: A Roadmap to
Luxury Hotel Success
- Arbitration
Panel Issues Ruling in Dispute Between Broadreach Capital Partners and
Four Seasons Hotels Limited Regarding Four Seasons Resort Aviara; Both
Parties Contributed to Demise of Business Relationship, Management
Agreement Should be Terminated
- Ask
Me What I think of the iPad and I Would Say - Ay Caramba! / Terence
Ronson
- Starwood
Hotels Completes Sale of Two W Hotels in Manhattan - The Court and
Tuscany for $78 Million to St. Giles Hotels, LLC
- Sale
Prices and Brands; Historical Trends in Hotel Sale Prices / Scott Lewis
& Hans Detlefsen
April 30, 2010
- Hotel
Management Agreement Terminations -- Is There a Better Way? / Jim Butler
- Current
State of the Hospitality Workplace: Addressing Mistrust of Senior
Management, Direct Supervisors / Rick Garlick
- Zap
the Gap! How to Work with Multiple Generations / Meagan Johnson
- Chesapeake
Lodging Trust Acquiring the 188-room Hilton Checkers Los Angeles and
the 153 room Courtyard Anaheim at Disneyland Resort for $71 million,
Approximately $208,000 Per Key
- Grand
Hotel on Mackinac Island Continues a Grand Tradition: Dan Musser III
Determined to Help Hotel Thrive in its 124th Season
- United
States Hotel Construction Pipeline Executive Summary - Q1 2010
- How
to Keep the PASSION in Your Career / Dr John Hogan
- Sol
Melia Sells The Paradisus Riviera Cancun In Preparation for Two New
Flagship Paradisus Resorts in Mexico, the 534-suite Paradisus Playa del
Carmen and 325-suite Paradisus Xaman
- Hilton
San Diego Bayfront Launches Guest-Services Portal for the iPhone, iPad
and Guest Laptops on GBCblue’s ORION, GOrion Platforms; Hilton San
Diego Bayfront Offers Guests in Odysea Lounge iPads With New Portal;
Looks to Hand Out iTouches Poolside This Summer
- Leveraging
the “always on, always tethered” Nature of the Mobile Device; An
Interview with Bill Keen, Director of Product Development,
InterContinental Hotel Group
- International
Tourism: First Results of 2010 Confirm Upward Trend as Reported by UNWTO
- State
of Illinois Deliberating New Rules for Chicago's McCormick Place: Goal
to Provide Basic Set of Rights for Trade Shows and their Exhibitors
Aimed at Cost Reduction
- Chad
Baylor Named General Manager for the Comfort Inn & Suites, York,
Pennsylvania
- Catherine
Kent Appointed Director of Hotel Sales at the Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston
April 29, 2010
April 28, 2010
- Marco
Polo Hotels Sees Benefits Following Implementation of IDeaS V5i Revenue
Management Solution; Leading provider of revenue management solutions
in place to help Marco Polo achieve improved market position through a
renewed focus on revenue and pricing optimization
- Developers
for Long Beach, California's Proposed $362 million Seaside Village
Project Believe Suggested Scaling Down of Plans Would Kill the Project
- Harrah's
Entertainment Mum About Rumors that the 2,530-room Rio Hotel-Casino Up
for Sale in Las Veags, Nevada
- Harrah's
Reports a First Quarter Loss of $195 million, a 47.4% Loss
Increase from Same Time Last Year: Debt Repayment, Revenue Declines
Taking Toll on Operator
- Utah's
Summit County Officials Say Air Force is Eyeing Hotel Site at The
Canyons: The Question is What at the Canyons? New, Old, 1000-rooms or
Two? No One Has a Clue
- A
Cautionary Tale: Kansas City Convention Hotel Supporters Encouraged to
do Homework Before Jumping on Bandwagon
- Hawai'i's
Visitors Rise in March by 9.3% Over Last Year; Increased Spending of
Nearly $100 million Boosts Hiring and Eases 6.9% Jobless Rate
- David
Smith, a Former Biologist and General Manager for the Element by
Westin, Las Vegas, Going for Green
- White
Lodging's Renaissance Boulder Flatiron Hotel Earns Event Management
Team of the Year for Marriott & Renaissance Brand
- Travel
+ Leisure and Luxury Link Announce Partnership with the Launch of
Vacationist; New Website Provides Limited-Time Invitation-Only Offers
at Top Hotel Properties
- UniFocus'
MEETINGScope™ Quantifies Revenue at Risk
- Skyware
Hospitality Solutions partners with TTI’s Scan2PMS to help hotels
automate the guest ID process at check-in.
- Trust
International to Launch ‘yourVoyager CRS’ and Trust|Mobile At Arabian
Travel Market 2010; Trust International announces new client wins and
showcases an impressive portfolio of sophisticated reservation and
distribution technologies at ATM 2010
- HITEC
Adds Two New Microsoft IT Training Sessions Partnering with Datanamics
- World's
First Armani Hotel Unveiled in Burj Khalifa, Dubai
- Commonwealth
Hotels to Manage Homewood Suites by Hilton and Hyatt Place, Lexington,
Kentucky
- Best
Western Promotes Ron Pohl to Senior Vice President, Brand Management
and Member Services
- The
Dow Hotel Company Names Kevin Schjei General Manager of Crowne Plaza
Lake Oswego in Suburban Portland
- Waterford
Hotel Group Names Mark Lombardi as Director of Sales for Residence Inn
Marriott and Holiday Inn Express, Southington, Connecticut
April 27, 2010
- Two
Leading Independent Multi-Property Companies with 11 Resorts Select
Integrated Maestro Enterprise PMS Suite and Expand Guest Self-Serve
Online; Maestro Centralized Single-Image Database Drives Increased
Cross-Selling, Efficiency, 360-Degree Guest Service & Increases
Direct Web Bookings for Lower Cost
- 2009:
The Year in Review From the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries;
2009 was the Most Difficult Environment for the Tourism Industry Since
9/11
- A
Social Media Refresh for Hotels; How to Manage Social Media Rather than
Allowing it to Manage You / Daniel Craig
- Tipping
Your Cap (Rate) - Why hotel owners need to pay attention to RevPAR /
Jean Francois Mourier
- Default
Notice Filed Against The Ritz-Carlton Highlands at Lake Tahoe; Bank of
America States the Hotel is Late on $19 million in Payments on Loans
Totaling $157 million
- Is
Hotel Packaging Becoming A Lost Art? / Neil Salerno
- Opportunities
and Pitfalls in Buying Debt on Timeshare, Fractional or other Vacation
Ownership Projects / David Sudeck
- A
Smart Choice for Hotel Investment: The City of Philadelphia Supports
Hotel Development and Renovation Projects through Public Financing, Tax
Credits, and Many Other Programs
- Choice
Hotels Posts 1st Qtr 2010 Profit of $15.8 million; RevPAR Falls
10.3% with New Unit Growth Up 2.9%
- The
Rainmaker Group Announces LRO Portal for Enhanced Visibility into
Community and Portfolio Performance Data; LRO Web-Portal Tools Deliver
Drill-Down Data Visualization Technology for Managers and Corporate
Executives
- Hotels
Generate Higher Revenues and Lower Costs With Intelity's ICE TV
- Knowland
Expands into Mainland Europe; Innovative hotel business development
firm to launch service with multiple clients in Paris, Barcelona,
Munich, Frankfort, and Brussels
- Lodging
Interactive Wins Top Honors at 2010 Interactive Media Awards Winning
Multiple Design Awards
- TTI
Adds to National Sales Team as Demand Rises for Business Solutions, ID
Scanners; With hotels nationwide vying to add Flexible Business
Centers, ID/Passport Scanners, Concierge Services and more, TTI secures
PJ Calihan for VP National Sales
- Digital
Signage Expo 2010 Honors PSAV and X2O Media for 'Excellence in Content
Design'
- Starwood
Hotels Awards The Westin Galleria Dallas as "North America Westin Hotel
of the Year"
- Las
Vegas Sands Opens Marina Bay Sands in Singapore
- Guenter
H. Richter, CHA, Appointed Managing Director Of The Setai Fifth Avenue,
A Capella Managed Hotel
April 26, 2010
April 23, 2010
- Sale
Prices and Brands; Historical Trends in Hotel Sale Prices / Scott Lewis
& Hans Detlefsen
- Making
Meetings Work - A Step by Step Guide / Robert Woods & Florence
Berger
- Marriott
International Reports 1st Qtr 2010 Profit, Reversing a $23 million Loss
Last Year; Net Income of $83 million on Revenue Increase of
5% to $2.63 billion / Key Lodging Statistics
- Quorum
Hotels Reflags 272-room Quorum Hotel-Tampa to the Wyndham Tampa
Westshore
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors Successfully Repays Debt for Marriott Rochester Mayo
Clinic and Kahler Inn & Suites; Plans for Major Upgrade of the
Kahler Grand Hotel Underway, Rochester, Minnesota
- Seven
Starwood Hotels Under The St. Regis, W Hotels, and The Luxury
Collection Brands Top 2010 Conde Nast Traveler Hot List
- Utah
Lodging Industry Reports Suggest an Upswing with Occupancy Levels
Rising - Caution Urged as Rates Remain Down
- Bloomington
Hospitality Group's Holiday Inn Express, Bloomington, Illinois Facing
Foreclosure Despite Owners Claim of Honest and Diligent Efforts to
Settle Debts
- Intelity
Announces Vice President of Hospitality Sales
- Ireland’s
Carton House selects ZDirect’s eCRM platform to grow customer
satisfaction and market share.
- Hostmark
Hospitality Group Adds Properties through Distressed Asset Program
- New
‘First Impressions’ Video from Educational Institute Makes Lasting
Impression on Front Desk Employees
- Los
Cabos Resort Conquers Culinary Competition with Multiple Food &
Beverage Awards; Marquis Los Cabos Receives 6th Annual Five Star
Diamond Award for Quality, 6th Annual Distinctive H Award for
Cleanliness and a Master Sommelier Certification
- Social
Technologies and Cost Efficient Planning Hot Topics at HSMAI’s
Affordable Meetings® Mid-America
- Federal
Register Notice Published for Invitation for Those of Interest to Serve
on Board of Directors for the Corporation for Travel Promotion
- Texas
Hotel & Lodging Association Names 2010 Officers and Board; Barron
Hobbs, GM of the Hilton College Station & Conference Center,
Elected Chairman of the Board
- Hospitality
Management Corp Hosts Annual GM/DOS Conference; Full-Service Property
of the Year Awarded to the Astor Crowne Plaza, New Orleans
- Hilton
Worldwide Appoints Alan Roberts as Vice President of Brand Performance
and Support for Hilton Garden Inn
- Wayne
H. Schneider Appointed General Manager of Fashion 26 - A Wyndham Hotel,
in New York City
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Names Renato De Pirro Executive Chef for
Hotel Granduca, Houston
- Black
Point Inn, Scarborough, Maine Appoints Alfred Hynes as Executive Chef
and Lisa Baratta as Food & Beverage Manager
April 21, 2010
- TIG
Global Releases Third Report in Destination eMarketing Best Practices
Series; 'Microsites, Mobile, and Apps', Now Available to the Public
- Arbitration
Panel Issues Ruling in Dispute Between Broadreach Capital Partners and
Four Seasons Hotels Limited Regarding Four Seasons Resort Aviara; Both
Parties Contributed to Demise of Business Relationship, Management
Agreement Should be Terminated
- Broadreach
Capital Partners and Maritz, Wolff & Co. Select Hyatt to Brand and
Manage California's Four Seasons Aviara Resort; Soon to be Park Hyatt
Aviara Resort
- AH&LA
Hosting a Webinar on May 12, 2010 to Explain How the New Healthcare
Reform Law Passed by Congress Will Affect the Lodging Businesses
- Bizzi
& Partners and Capella Hotels Developing The Setai Fifth Avenue, A
Capella Managed Hotel, Slated to Open November 2010 in Midtown Manhattan
- MGM
MIRAGE Proposing to Rebrand as MGM Resorts International to Better
Represent Global Presence and Maintain Connection to Historic Past
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Forms Strategic Alliance with International Hotel
Investments Ltd (IHI Ltd) to Establish Platform for European Expansion
- Florida's
Sagamore Hotel Files Countersuit in Effort to Block Auction; Claims
Being Duped Into Halting Loan Payments Which Set Stage for Foreclosure
- How
is the Volcano Disruption of European Air Traffic Hurting the Hotel
Industry? Counting the Cost; Day 6 of the crisis: a snapshot of
reservation activities at Trust International – a leading hotel
reservation system provider for international hotel groups
- Lowes
Makes Atlanta Debut with AAA Parking
- Steve
Wynn's 414-suite Encore at Wynn Macau Opens
- Hyatt
Hotels & Resorts Opens 142-room Park Hyatt Jeddah-Marina Club and
Spa, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Wisconsin's
Village of Menomonee Falls Approves $17.7 million Public Loan to
Lodging Investors of Menomonee Falls LLC for Conversion of Former Falls
Inn Into a 135-room Radisson Hotel
- Clarendon
Properties Begins New Build of 98-room Hampton Inn & Suites,
Swansboro, North Carolina
- Hollander
Investments Upgraded Plans for Proposed Marriott Along the Tacoma,
Washington Waterway to go Before Economic Development Committee
- Rochester
Lodging Group's Proposed Holiday Inn Express in Rochester, Minnesota
Gains Council Approval
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Opens New Home Office in The Woodlands, Texas
- Viktoria
Riley Named Director of Sales & Marketing at the Sheraton Phoenix
Airport Hotel Tempe
April 20, 2010
- MSI
and Nova Plus Reach Five Year Milestone; Associates & Clients
Agree: Commitment and Dedication Make for a Strong Partnership
- The
Jazz Age Hotel Normandie in Los Angeles May Roar Again as 'Pot-tel';
Real Estate Investor John Evangelista Hopes to Turn the 106-room Hotel
into America's First Pot-friendly Hotel
- What
Color Is the Threat Level at Your Hotel? The Likelihood of a Cyber
Security Breach Is as Real As it Gets / Terence Ronson
- Hilton
Worldwide Unveils “LightStay” Sustainability Measurement System; 2009
LightStay Results Show Significant Reductions in Energy, Water, Carbon
and Waste with an Estimated $29 million Savings in Utility Costs Alone
- The
Volcanic Ash Threatening to Choke Jetliner Engines Already Choking
Daily Flow of Vacationers to Orlando
- Gilles
Arditi's Hotel Management Firm, Southwind Hospitality, Makes Best
of Horrible Hotel Climate
- Agenda
Set for the AH&L Annual Summer Summit June 15-16, 2010 in
Scottsdale, Arizona
- Make
each touchpoint memorable: Cha-Ching! / Dr. Bryan K. Williams
- OpenWays
Selected by Microsoft® to Join Its BizSpark™ Start-Up Program;
Developer of the world's first crypto acoustic solution for
check-in/out and room access via any mobile phone to receive full
Microsoft marketing support, tools, licensing, and global visibility
- Ultra-Luxury
Beachfront Resort Now Offering runtriz™-Driven Guest Services; Santa
Monica’s famed Shutters on the Beach hotel responds to guest requests
with one touch, thereby redefining the luxury experience
- NYU
Tisch Center's Lalia Rach to Get Her "Just Desserts" at 2010 NYU
Hospitality Conference; Loews CEO Jonathan Tisch to Host Roast and
Fundraiser Honoring Longtime Dean of NYU's Hospitality Programs, June
7, 2010
- William
Westerman, Chairman and CEO of Riviera Holdings Corp., Dead at 78
- W
Hotels Partners with Design Miami/ Basel; Designers of the Future Award
Renamed "W Hotels Designers of the Future Award"
- Station
Casinos' Owners and Some of its Lenders Plan to Submit a $772 million
Bid to Acquire a Majority of Station Casino's Assets Held in Bankruptcy
Court
- Michael
Henningsen, Director of Hotel Operations for the Plamondon Hospitality
Partners, Recipient of State Leadership Award for Maryland from the
National Hotel & Lodging Association
- W
Hotels Appoints Coetzer Deysel as General Manager of W Retreat - Koh
Samui, Thailand
April 19, 2010
April 16, 2010
April 15, 2010
April 14, 2010
- NORTHWIND
Partners With Shift4® To Provide Maestro Users Secure, Cost-Saving
Payment Card Processing; Shift4 Interface Enables Maestro Users to
Utilize Any Bank or Payment Processor for Lowest Cost Card Services
- Icahn
Trumped in Fight for Three Atlantic City Casinos; Federal Bankruptcy
Judge Rules in Favor of Bondholder Proposal
- The
Telephone Is Your Hotel's "Storefront Window" / Doug Kennedy
- SHM
Oversees Conversion of the Former Radisson Stapleton to the Holiday Inn
Denver East-Stapleton
- Butler
National / Boot Hill Casino & Resort in Dodge City, Kansas
Accelerate Plan to Develop and Operate First Class Hotel with Vista
Host, Inc.
- After
Just Opening a 101-room Hampton Inn & Suites, Developer Andy Patel
Aggressive on Tulsa Hotel Market with Four New Properites in the
Pipeline Including Starwood's Aloft Brand
- LodgeWorks
L.P. Opens the 151 room Hyatt Place in Downtown Madison, Wisconsin
- Going
for a South Beach Miami Theme, $165 million Renovation Begins on
Tropicana Las Vegas
- Austin
Hospitality Launches Non-Profit Entity - Hotels for Hope; Dedicated to
Enriching the Lives of Children
- Mike
Gadbury joins EasyRMS as Director of Strategic Sales Development; Mike
Gadbury, formerly of IGS, VisualOne and SoftBrands, joins EasyRMS'
Senior Management team to continue to drive expansion throughout EMEA
- EZYield.com's
SaaS-based Solution Compatible with iPhone and Other Popular Smartphone
Browsers; Hoteliers need no special application in order to access the
industry's leading Web-based channel management and distribution
technology solution
- Marriott
Chooses Diverse Protection from VingCard Elsafe® for Its Latest
Property in Colombia's Cultural Center; Property Selects Leading
Hospitality Security Provider to Install its Signature by VingCard and
SENTINEL II by Elsafe Systems for a Combination of Security and Design
- Educational
Institute's Hospitality iCoach Brings Training Tips to Your Phone
- Franchise
Termination Fee Negotiations Company Extending In-Demand Services to
Fast Food and Restaurant Chains; Fair franchising advocate with 35-plus
years of hospitality experience helping foodservice owners to keep,
improve their franchises while lowering costs
- Rodney
Ito Promoted to Area Director of Operations for Marriott International
in North Asia, Hawaii and the South Pacific
- The
Generation Companies Opens the 118-key Homewood Suites by Hilton in
Mayfaire, North Carolina; Jason Smith the Opening GM
- Can
Airlines Learn From Hotels? Also - Memo to Ian Schrager / Stanley Turkel
- Marriott
International Names Brooke Stall the General Manager of the Year for
its TownePlace Suites Brand
- Toya
Frazer-Ellis Appointed Director of Catering & Conference Services
at Caneel Bay, A Rosewood Resort on St. John, U.S.V.I.
- Marriott
International Names Ditie Seydou the 2009 Systems Manager of the Year
April 13, 2010
- Zap
the Gap! How to Manage, Train and Maintain Your Sanity With The New
Millennium Generation / Meagan Johnson
- hotel
SystemsPro SalesPro Solution Helps Buffalo Lodging Increase Sales and
Profitability; Even Non-Tech Savvy Salespeople Sell Better with Mobile
Handheld Solution
- First
Quarter 2010 Report Shows 106 San Francisco Bay Area Hotels in Default,
Up 10.4% from Q4 2009
- Ask
Me What I think of the iPad and I Would Say - Ay Caramba! / Terence
Ronson
- It
Takes Attitude, More Than An Economic Turnaround, For Hotels To Recover
From The Recession \ Neil Salerno
- Kessler's
Grand Bohemian Hotel Orlando and Bohemian Hotel Celebration Newest to
Join Marriott Brand, the Autograph Collection
- Wyndham
Hotels & Resorts Opens New 280-room Fashion 26 - A Wyndham Hotel in
New York's Chelsea District
- Mason-Dixon
Selects Penn National Gaming to Develop and Manage $75 Million Resort
Project, Cumberland, Maryland
- Federal
Jury Awards $200K to Guest of The Venetian for False Imprisonment by
Secuity Officers
- VSi
Taps Industry Experience Adding Alan Gregory as Management Team Member;
With nearly 20 years of experience in operations and providing hotels
with world class service, management team addition provides unique
prospective to client needs
- Intelity's
ICE Offers Real-Time Solutions to Generation Y Travelers
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof Inn
Chicago-Lansing, Illinois
- Lodging
Interactive Launches Chatter Guard Lite Social Media Sentiment
Monitoring For Hotels
- Last
Days to Register: 2.0 Your Hotel Sales Processes by Market Segment
Series - The Corporate Market Webinar April 16
- CRM
Technology for Travel: Know Your Customer / Gregg Hopkins
- Hotel
fees in Revenue Management; Hotels follow the airline industry into the
‘fee’ era… and that’s not bad for revenue managers, says REVPAR GURU
- Palo
Alto City Council Gives Nod to 147-room Hotel at Site of Ming's
Restaurant - Downside? Access to Ming's Absent for a While
- Hemisphere
Management Set to Build Two Marriott Properties, Watertown, NewYork
- Five
Points Lodging LLC's Attempts to Finance Purchase of Days Hotel in New
Bern, North Carolina Souring Due to Economy and Poor Location
- Caribbean
Hotel & Tourism Association Recognizes Frank and Haydee Rainieri of
Puntacana Resort & Club in the Dominican Republic with the Bill
Bissell Lifetime Achievement Award
April 12, 2010
- Notes:
From an IT Service Shop - The Latest Virus Threats: Antivirus Soft,
Internet Security 2010 / Geoff Griswold & Bert McDonold
- Free
Breakfasts Don't Cut it Anymore; Extreme Hotel Discounts Reflect the
Desperation of an Industry
- Blindsided
by Wynn's Departure, Foxwoods Investors Have no Contingency Plan and
are Exploring Options
- Operationally,
North Texas Hotels Setting Plans for the 45th Super Bowl, Feb 6, 2011;
Hotels Can Set their Prices for NFL Block Rooms May 1
- During
Downturn San Diego Hotel Owners Face a Delicate Balancing Act in
Calculating When and How Much to Invest in Restorations
- Bankruptcy
Judge Converts Idaho's Tamarack Resort from Chapter 7 to Chapter 11;
Action May Speed a Sale and Provide More to Creditors Owed $314 million
- Drury
Hotels Begins $26 million Renovation of the The Broadview Hotel in
Downtown Wichita
- Charleston's
Upscale Condos Could Get New Life as Niche Boutique Hotels
- Distinguished
Revenue Management Panel Discusses Early 2010 Trends and Shares Its
Vision for the Coming Year
- Manhattan
Hotel Supply Growth to Continue Through 2010
- Monarch
Secures Exclusive Agreement with Comphy to Make Eco-friendly Line of
Bed Linens Available to Global Hotel Market; 100 percent recyclable
sheets added to MONARCH ECO line, providing hotels with sustainable
linen solution and significant energy savings in laundry operations
- Thailand
Tourism Losses Approach 35 billion Baht (US $1.1 billion) Due to Anti
Government Protests; Some Wonder Why Thais Insist on Being So
Self-destructive
- Developers
for Chisholm Creek Casino Resort Kills Mulvane Casino Project
- Affiliate
of Wheelock Street Capital Acquires the 403-room Radisson Hotel in
Bloomington, Minnesota; Davidson Hotel Company Appointed Manager
- Greater
China Hospitality Limited Branding Four Hotels Under Construction in
China with the Wyndham Brand
- The
Saint Paul Hotel, at Age 100, Remains a Focal Point for the City's
Social and Political Lives
- Choice
Hotels President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen P. Joyce Named
National Chairman of U.S. Travel Association
- Newport
Harbor Corporation Promotes Casey Riley to Chief Operating Officer,
Overseeing all Dining and Hotel Operations
- Castle
Hill Inn & Resort Names James Cuccia Food & Beverage Manager
- Castle
Hill Inn & Resort Names Lindsey Struck Rooms Division Manager
April 9, 2010
- Hilton
Cuts Debt by Almost $4 billion through a Restructuring
- Steve
Wynn Shocks Philadelphia by Terminating Casino Project
- Howard
C. Donnelly, Former Waikiki Hotelier and Co-Founder of School of Travel
Industry Management at the University of Hawai'i, Dead at 90
- Hawai'i
High Court Rules Turtle Bay Resort Expansion Requires New Environmental
Impact Statement Allowing Opponents Opportunity to Block Development of
Five Hotels
- Hawai'i's
Hotel Occupancy Rises for Third Straight Month; Decline in Room Rates
and RevPAR Slows
- Quorum
Hotels & Resorts Assigned to Operate the 357-key Fremont Marriott
Silicon Valley
- Following
$10 million Renovation Wickens Group to Open Former Hotel Baronette as
Baronette Renaissance Detroit-Novi Hotel
- Acquired
at Auction, New Owners of the 35-room Colonial Inn of Martha's Vineyard
in Edgartown, Massachusetts Planning to Make Improvements
- Starhotels
Presents Newly Renovated Properties in Milan, Venice, Paris, Trieste
and New Yorks The Michelangelo
- ITB
Berlin Attendees Flock to OpenWays' iPhone App for Front-Desk Bypass,
Acoustic Room Keys; Attendees at world's largest trade show for the
travel industry flocked to see world's first crypto acoustic solution
for check-in/out and room access via any guest's mobile phone; OpenWays
was one of 11,127 companies from 187 countries that exhibited at the
record-breaking event
- EasyRMS
Moves Successfully Into Beirut - New deal sees expansion of existing
global portfolio client in new ME territory
- VIDEO:
Improving Your Presence Online
- HFTP
Presents Leadership and Career Insight to University of Houston
Hospitality Students
- Lease
Crutcher Lewis Files Suit for $24 million Against Developer of
Seattle's Four Seasons Hotel
- Italian
Chef Churns Out Pasta with $20,000 Machine; It's Worth the Dough
- Adrian
Gonzalez Appointed Director of Operations at the Omni Bedford Springs
Resort & Spa in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains
- The
Tarrytown House Estate in New York's Westchester County Names Joseph P.
Gorey as the Hotel's Director of Sales and Marketing
- LXR
Resorts Appoints Jason McKee Director of Area Sales for South Seas
Island Resort Located in Captiva, Florida and the Sundial Beach &
Golf Resort Located in Sanibel, Florida
April 8, 2010
- Hospitality
and Travel Professionals Receive New e-Marketing Resource; TIG Global
Provides Educational, On-Demand Internet Marketing Tips to Hospitality
Professionals
- B.
F. Saul Company Hotel Division Drives Increases Guest Satisfaction with
hotel ServicePro Solution; Maintenance and Guest Service System
Automatically Translates Messages into Spanish and Other Languages for
Quick, Accurate Response that Boost Service Levels
- 7
Steps to Position Your Hotel in the New OTA Environment / Tim Coleman
- Increased
Awareness Causes Reduced Support for the Occupancy Tax Legislation;
HEDNA Retracts Support for the Internet Travel Tax Fairness Act
- The
Sprawling 500-room Friar Tuck Resort, Spa and Convention Center in
Catskill, NY Closed by Mortgage Holder; Bank is Seeking a Buyer
- Hollywood,
Florida Commissioners Vote Unanimously to Approve Plans for a $100
million Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville Resort; Planet Hollywood the
Second-place Finisher
- Priceline
Led All Online Travel Agencies In Traveler-Generated Hotel Reviews
Posted In 2009; 'Guests-Only' Policy Enhances Quantity, Quality of
Priceline Hotel Reviews
- Hyatt,
Marriott and InterContinental Major Players in Adding 58,000 Hotel Room
to India's Capacity During the Next Five Years
- Editorial:
Report From New Jersey Regulators Blasts MGM Mirage on Handling of
Pansy Ho Investigation / Jane Ann Morrison
- U.S.
Department of Commerce Reports that International Visitors to the U.S.
Up 10% in January 2010, the Fourth Straight Month of Increases;
Spending at $10.3 billion for the Month
- Uniguest™
CEO Continues to Educate Hotel Industry On Public Computer Security
Risks; “Are you properly protected?” – Lodging Magazine April Issue
- Campbell
Lodging, Inc. Chooses eMax Hotel Internet Marketing for Guaranteed 10x
ROI on Independent Websites
- EZYield.com
Adds Oswald Lares to Sales Team as International Clients Fuel Growth
Curve; Focus turns to French speaking territories as many independent
hotels look to EZYield.com for their distribution technology needs
- EoN
Resorts and Partner Mubadala Development Company Building 61-room
Viceroy Maldives on the Island of Vagaru
- The
Old Central Library on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam to be Redesigned
as a Hyatt Branded Andas Hotel
- Sands
Casino Resort Bethlehem Resumes Construction on its 300-room Hotel, Now
Scheduled to Open in May of 2011
- Sands
CEO Sheldon Adelson Admits If He Had to Decide Today He Wouldn't Build
a Casino In Bethelehem
- Ted
Teng Appoints Deniz Omurgonulsen as Vice President of Membership for
The Leading Hotels of The World, Ltd.
- Philip
Silberstein Returns to Carlson Hotels as Executive Vice President of
Full Service Development, the Americas
- Shelley
Rapier Appointed Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Bridlie
Hospitality Management
- White
Lodging Appoints Shannon Linahan to Regional Director of Sales and
Marketing
- New
Delhi's Crowne Plaza Okhla Appoints Execs Including Biswajit
Chakravarty as its Director Sales and Marketing
April 7, 2010
- Washington
Holdings Takes Control of the St. Regis Monarch Beach in a Deal
Estimated at $235 million; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Continues as
Operator
- Miraval
Arizona Selects Comprehensive Solution Suite from Agilysys; Resort
Implements Property Management, Point-of-Sale, Guest Marketing Systems
- B.
F. Saul Company Hotel Division Readies for Q3 Upturn; Eyes Higher
Service Levels and Guest Service Scores for 18 Hotels
- Stadium
Closing Hurts; Hotels Near Texas Stadium in Irving Look for New Playbook
- Schlitterbahn
Development Group Has Eyes on Fort Lauderdale, Florida for a $110
million Water Park-Hotel-Sports Destination
- F&B
as a Driver of Revenue and Guest Experience: A Roadmap to Luxury Hotel
Success / Bill Morrissey
- SIMA
Management Corp. Selects Terra Resort Group to Run the Casa Madrona
Hotel & Spa in Sausalito, California; Affiliate of SIMA Acquired
the 63-room Hotel as Part of Foreclosure Sale for $11.4 million
- Reccession
and Tough Lending Market Forcing Hart Hotels to Allow Their Amherst
Holiday Inn to go Into Foreclosure; Value of Property has Declined 50%
Since Refinancing in 2007
- Barcelona
Hotel Group and Dow Hotel Co. Plan to Acquire up to $450 million in
Hotel Assets Over the Next 12-18 Months
- Grupo
Habita and Architect Fernando Romero Open Acapulco's Former Hotel Boca
Chica, the 1950's Payground of the Hollywood Elite
- Chicago
Took Smallest Hit in Weak Convention Market with 7% Decrease While
Orlando and Las Vegas Experienced a 21% and 30% Dive
- 2.0
Your Hotel Sales Processes by Market Segment Series - The Corporate
Market Webinar April 16
- Ipswitch
and LodgeNet Bring Groundbreaking Monitoring Solution to Hospitality
Industry Networks; New Redundancy and Unix/Linux Functionality,
Upgrades to Existing Modules Now Available
- Newmarket
International Receives 2009 MarketTools CustomerSat Achievement in
Customer Excellence (ACE) Award; Prestigious Award Recognizes Leaders
in Using Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) to Increase Customer
Satisfaction and Improve Business Results
- Veteran
Hotel Real Estate Executive Mark Rousseau Joins Molinaro Koger
- An
Open letter to Hospitality Students in their Junior Year / Dr John Hogan
- With
Morgan Stanley Pulling Out, Unite Here Local 54 Union Saying No Dice to
Revel Casino $300 million Tax Break
- Changing
Courses, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Now Looking to Private Investors for
Hotel Conference Center: Plan Would be Supported with Sales and Hotel
Tax Breaks
- Religious
Officials Have Faith They Can Aid Fired Housekeeping Staff at Boston's
Hyatt Regency
- Kinseth
Hospitality to Manage the AmericInn Lodge & Suites in Muscatine,
Iowa
- Carlson
Hotels Recognizes Four Hotels for Outstanding Performance; Its First
Global Hospitality Awards
- Eric
Danziger Recognized by the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association
International with the Award for Lifetime Contribution in the
Hospitality Industry
- Kirk
Drusch Awarded Wisconsin's State Leadership Award by the American Hotel
& Lodging Association
- The
Langham Huntington in Los Angeles Appoints Rebecca Huetter Director of
Sales & Marketing and Tony Pope Director of Food & Beverage
- Christophe
Depuischaffray Appointed Executive Chef for the InterContinental San
Francisco
April 6, 2010
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- Hotelier's
Web Analytics Action Plan: Turning Knowledge into ROI-Focused,
Action-Oriented Results / Jason Price and Mariana Mechoso Safer
- Waterpark
Construction Report: North America; Eight Hotel Waterparks Coming in
2010 / Jeff Coy and Amanda McDaniel
- Mythbusters:
RevPAR Guru debunks common myths about revenue management systems /
Jean Francois Mourier
- Hilton
Hawaiian Village's Planned Two-Tower 550-room Expansion to Be Devoted
Entirely to Timeshare Units Seeing Route as Faster Growing Segment of
Lodging Industry
- Jeffrey
Ornstein Briefs Mid East Hotel Leaders on 'Hospitality Industry Mega
trends' in Doha, Qatar; Fashion Now Drives Hotel Concepts and Design
- In
South Florida, the Hotel Industry May Be Drifting Away from the Tennis
Court Amenity, Replacing Courts with Spas, Restaurants
- Jim
Justice, the owner of The Greenbrier, Adds Second West Virginia Resort
to his Holdings - The Resort at Glade Springs
- The
Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles Opens, Javier Cano General Manager - Downtown
Los Angeles' First Five-Star Hotel Marks Completion of $2.5 billion
L.A. LIVE Sports, Residential and Entertainment District
- The
414-room Loews Hotel Atlanta Opens; First New Build for Loews in Over
Five Years and Brands First Property in Georgia
- Osborn
Securities Opens Three Hampton by Hilton Hotels in United Kingdom;
Birmingham, Braintree and Shrewsbury Properties Add More than 500 Rooms
to Portfolio
- RDA
Hotel Management Co. Opens Akron's First Doubletree Hotel Following
Extensive Renovation
- VIDEO:
How Not to be Invisible Online
- Civil
Action Against Former Employee Thomas Pullen and PureHD Inc.
- Nevada
Gaming Stocks Showing Improvement: Applied Analysis Gauge Shows 61.4%
Year Over Year Gain Since March 2009
- Recap
- IACC's 29th Annual Conference; Joe Sebestyen Recipient of the Mel
Hosansky Award for Distinguished Service
- Hotelphilosophy
Opens the Maison Moschino, a 65 room Hotel Converted from an 1840's
Railway Station in the Heart of Milan
- The
400-unit Reunion Resort and Club, Located in Orlando, Now Branded a
Wyndham Grand Resort
- Nicholas
Carson Assumes the Role of Chair of the Hotel Association of Canada
Board of Directors
- Judie
Ritter Named General Manager of Homewood Suites, Virginia Beach,
Virginia
- The
Hotel of South Beach, Owned by Goldman Properties, Converts Adjacent
Apartment to a 20 room Additon Bringing the Hotel's Total Room Count to
73
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