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** Top 25 Read Articles -  December 2010 **

  1. What We as Hoteliers Can Learn from Southwest Airlines - Confidence! / Jil Larson
  2. Five Ways to Drive Rate over the Next 12 Months / Nick Graham
  3. Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace Luxury Hotel Says It Regrets Attempts to Overload Tradition with $11 Million Christmas Tree
  4. What If A Hotel Brand Could Ask The Same Question Southwest Airlines Asks In Their New Ad? / Doug Kennedy
  5. Blackstone Group Names Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage 13 Properties Adding 5,466 Rooms to Portfolio
  6. Judge Slaps $800,000 Judgement on Owner of the Kahala Hotel & Resort Over Service Fees Charged for Food and Beverages
  7. Free Wi-Fi or Bust - A Rebuttal / Matt Harvey
  8. The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Preparing for its Debut, Could be at Forefront of a Trend; Las Vegas Casinos Linking up with Hotel Chains to Build Customer Base
  9. Ian Schrager Confirms Sale of His Interests in Gramercy Park Hotel; Plans to Create Two New Brands for His Private Hotel Company, SCHRAGER HOTELS
  10. Three San Diego Hotel Properties that Were Returned to Lender by Sunstone Hotel Investors Now Up for Sale
  11. Los Angeles' Slow Trickle of Bedbugs Could Turn Into a Flood
  12. Is the Hospitality Industry Ready for ERP? / Terry Price
  13. Hilton Worldwide and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Reach Settlement Agreement Putting an End to Espionage Lawsuit; Detailed Terms of Settlement Remain Confidential
  14. New York Times: Hotel Sector May Lead Economic Recovery / Jim Butler
  15. Leisure and Business Travel Outlook for 2011: Brighter Days Ahead for U.S. Travel Industry But Value Remains In Vogue For Both Leisure And Business Travelers
  16. Aspen Hotel Management Group in Partnership with AEW Capital Management Acquire San Francisco's Hotel Frank, Hotel Metropolis and Hotel Vertigo
  17. The 272-room Capital Plaza Hotel in North Raleigh, North Carolina Set for Auction Potentially Putting an End to its Tortured History
  18. New Cornell Hospitality Study Indicates, In Hotel Acquisitions, Private Firms Yield the Most Value
  19. Las Vegas Welcomes the New Cosmopolitan, But Will Enough Spenders Come?
  20. Hotel Sales Professionals: Would You Buy What You Are Selling? / David M. Brudney
  21. Craig Thompson, General Manager at Portland, Oregon's Hotel Monaco, Described as a Great Boss, Has a Simple Philosophy: "Being a Good Boss Isn't About Writing Great Reports, It's About Understanding People"
  22. Four Basic Hotel Electronic Marketing Tools to Use in 2011 / Neil Salerno
  23. Contrllong Costs: It's Time to Begin Cutting Expensive Amenities / Rick Welch
  24. The Guest vs. Profit / Alan E. Young
  25. PKF-Hospitality Research's December Hotel Horizons® Shows U.S. Lodging Demand Growth at 7.8% for 2010; Combined with Rise in Occupancy Rates, RevPAR Gain Forecasted at 5.6% Increase for Year

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** Top 25 Read Articles -  November 2010 **
  1. Forbes Travel Guide, Formerly Mobil Travel Guide, Announces its 53rd Annual Four-and Five-Star Winners Among Hotels, Restaurants and Spas
  2. TripAdvisor Reveals the World's Top 10 Infamous Hotels; From Rock ‘n’ Roll Riots to Criminal Scandals – Hotels That Will Go Down in History
  3. Hilton Worldwide Cuts 101 Jobs in its Memphis Operations Centers as Part of Restructuring and Outsourcing Plan
  4. What Is A Fair Price? - And Who Gets to Decide? What Customer-centric Lodging Revenue Managers Need To Know / Dr. David Hayes and Allisha Miller
  5. The Average Selling Price per Hotel Room Jumps to $107,988, an Increase of 86% When Compared to the 2009 Year-end Total of $58,190; LE's US Hotel Transaction Trends Report for 3rd Quarter 2010
  6. Hyatt Corporation Fails Mediation with Hawthorn Master Licensee who Claims $500 million in Damages
  7. Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 70: John Q. Hammons, Impertinent Question, Quote of the Month / Stanley Turkel
  8. Free Wi-Fi or Bust - It's Free at McDonalds, Why Pay for it at a Hotel? Telecom Revenue Drops to Record Lows for Myrtle Beach Hoteliers
  9. No Show – No Problem; Hotels Profit from Attrition and Cancellation Income / Robert Mandelbaum
  10. Seven Destination Hotels & Resorts Properties Listed Among the Best of the Best in North America by the Readers of Conde Nast Traveler; Destination’s Stowe Mountain Lodge Makes the Top 100 in the World List
  11. Hersha Development and Hyatt Hotels Enter into Agreement for Two New Build Properties in Union Square and Midtown, New York
  12. Major global study into the future of the hotel industry; A gaze into the future of what travellers’ hotel experience will be like in 2020
  13. Hyatt Hotels Affiliate Sells Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay for $58.5 million
  14. Growing Your Hospitality Career Up - Part 1 / Kathleen Hogan
  15. Does your property’s Facebook page merely exist?
  16. Distressed Hotels: Adding Value / Jim Burr
  17. Where’s the Money for Hotels and Waterparks? A Developer’s Guide to New Ideas, Feasibility & Funding / Jeff Coy
  18. Dr. Kiran C. Patel, Who Last Month Described Himself as a "Fool" for Sinking So Much Money into the Former Hilton Pittsburgh, is Prepared to Give a Little More
  19. Hotel  Lawyer: Checklist for Negotiating Hotel Management Agreements/Hotel Operating Agreements; The HMA PRO™ Checklist / Jim Butler
  20. It’s all about the mix when quoting groups and meetings
  21. Profitability Essentials: How to Help Your Hotel Department Heads ‘Think like a CFO’; Provide Managers Daily Visibility into Department Budgets and They Will Manage to Achieve Profitability Targets / Young N. Nguyen
  22. Trump's Name is Off of what was to be the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Fort Lauderdale Further Complicating Foreclosure Proccess
  23. How To Maintain A Happy And Motivated Hospitality Team / Caroline Cooper
  24. Training Your Team To Master “Channel Conversion” Techniques / Doug Kennedy
  25. A Positive Spin on Negative Reviews / Daniel Edward Craig

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** Top 25 Read Articles -  October 2010 **
  1. Fallout Begins After a Hostess at Wolfgang Puck's Restaurant Atop Dallas' Reunion Tower Turns Away WWII Veterans over Dress Code
  2. Charlie Sheen Trashes Guest Room at The Plaza Hotel in NYC; Hotel Security Estimate the Damage at $7,000
  3. Former Hilton Bankruptcy Case Turns Ugly; Aimed to Discredit Current On-Site Manager a Previous Bribery Attempt was Revealed
  4. Following Extensive Research Hilton Creates New Brand Logo and Name for DoubleTree by Hilton (Currently Doubletree)
  5. Food and Dining Trends in Restaurants and Hotels for 2011
  6. Marriott Takes Over Management of the Westin City Center in Dallas; Nour Laasri Named General Manager
  7. Steve Joyce, CEO of Choice Hotels International, Featured on CBS TV Show "Undercover Boss"; Surprising Results as Joyce Goes Undercover at Two Orlando Hotels - The Econo Lodge Inn & Suites and the Comfort Suites Downtown
  8. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Unveils New Guestroom Designs for Westin and Sheraton Hotels; Westin Guestrooms Embrace Natural Elements, Sheraton Introduces a Classical Revival Scheme and Residential Feel
  9. Walking After Midnight: How to Avoid Being Bumped from Your Hotel / Daniel Edward Craig
  10. Conde Nast Traveler Selects the Top Hotels, Resorts; The Number One Property in the World  with a Perfect Score is Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
  11. Report Details the Top Five Cities in North America Where Hotel Rates Have Dropped the Most and the Top Five Cities Where Hotel Rates Have Experienced the Biggest Price Increase; Hotwire Hotel Rate Report for October 2010
  12. Social Media Rock Star: An Interview with the Roger Smith Hotel / Daniel Edward Craig
  13. The Hotel Sales Office of 2011 –  4 Processes to Fuel Recovery / Carol Verret
  14. Among the Package of 14 Hotels that Blackstone Group Has Bought from Columbia Sussex in Exchange for Acquiring its Debt is the 758-room Sheraton City Center in Philadelphia
  15. B Ocean Fort Lauderdale Set to Open Under Management of Davidson Hotel Co.; the 42-year-old Former Holiday Inn is Being Resurrected Following a Shutdown from Hurricane Damage and a Shrinking Tourism Market
  16. The Gig: General Manager of the 54-story Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott Hotel Complex in Downtown Los Angeles
  17. Why Hotels Get the Last Word in Online Reviews: An Interview with TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer / Daniel Edward Craig
  18. How to Make 2011 Suck Less -- A Look Back at 2010 / Dr. Diana Driscoll
  19. New Bidder Emerges for Bankrupt Sea Island Company Sending Sale of Resort to Auction
  20. Distress Continues for Hotels and Commercial Real Estate: New Data Suggests 8 year Downturn, Dismal Prospects and Increased Foreclosures / Jim Butler
  21. Maritz, Wolff & Co and the Ritz-Carlton Chain in a Management Contract Dispute Over Minimum Profit Levels at the Ritz-Carlton St Louis
  22. After Three Years of Hard Work, The Savoy, A Fairmont Managed Hotel, Reopens; The most ambitious hotel restoration in history is complete
  23. Wrapped in a Complicated Ownership Mess, The W Atlanta-Downtown Hotel Taken Back by its Senior Lendor
  24. The Art and Science of Killer Sales Prospecting / Brenda Fields
  25. How to Get a Great Hotel Operator / Jim Butler and Robert E. Braun

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