**Top 25 Read
Articles - March 2012**
- Train
Your Hotel Team To Use The Language Of Hospitality: Part One /
Doug Kennedy
- Trump's
Tower of Trouble: Anatomy of a Financial Fiasco
- Prospecting
Doesn't Have To Be a Dirty Word! / Gary R. Hernbroth
- How
to Lose Friends (Employees) and Repulse People (Everyone Else) /
William P. Fisher, Ph.D.
- 10
New Changes to Facebook Business Pages & How Hotels Can Prepare
- Conrad
Hotels & Resorts Opens the 463-suite Conrad New York in NYC's
Battery Park City Neighborhood
- Letter
Left by Tom Sponseller, Former CEO of South Carolina Hospitality
Association, Claims Employee's Gambling to Blame for $480,000 in
Missing Money
- Princeton
Ends Investments In HEI Hospitality Citing Business Considerations
- Pool
Lift Deadline Looming - Are Hotel Pools Accessible to the Disabled?
Industry Lobbyists Insist Guidelines Have Been Unclear and in Some
Cases Financially Onerous / Lori Weisberg
- 5
Things to Remember when Buying Hotel Notes / Jim Butler
- The
Problem With Social Media For Hotels
- 740-Room
Luxury Hotel in Phoenix Seeking New General Manager; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 260 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes
in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- Prank
Calls Once Again on the Rise: Hotel Guest Duped into Unleashing Flood
from Sprinklers
- HVS's
Annual Hotel Development Cost Survey Results 2011-2012 / Elaine Sahlins
- Top
Five E-mail Do's and Don'ts / Jim Hartigan
- The
2012 Do's & Don'ts of Hotel Distribution / Max Starkov & Lauren
DeGeorge
- Apollo
Global Management to Acquire Great Wolf Resorts for $703 million
- The
World’s Worst Tourists? Americans Agree, It's Us
- ADA
Defense and Compliance Lawyer: More clarification or confusion on March
15 ADA standards? / Jim Butler
- LaSalle
Hotel Properties Acquires the 335-room Hotel Palomar in Washington, DC
for $143.8 million
- The
Impact of the Rising Cost of Gas: Why It's Different This time! / Carol
Verret
- Forensic
Audit of South Carolina Hospitality Association's Books Reveal Funds
Equalling Nearly $500K Cannot be Accounted For; No Link to Tom
Sponseller Found
- Mobile
Marketing & Mobile Distribution Channels: Maximizing Your Options;
Hotel-Online 3Qs Series on Best Practices in Hotel Marketing and
Operations
- Miami
Continues to Appeal to Hotel Investors - 2011 Year in Review / Andy Reed
- Hersha
Hospitality Management (HHM) and The Procaccianti Group (TPG) Resolve
Lawsuit; Following Open Discussions, Claims Against TPG have been
Voluntarily Dismissed
March 30, 2012
- IDeaS
Revenue Solutions Expands Partnership with The Cornell University
School of Hotel Administration; IDeaS doubles number of scholarships in
2012 to advance the field of revenue management in hospitality
- VIZERGY®
Wins Best Hotel and Lodging Website in Internet Advertising
Competition; Company Receives Other Honors for Independent Resort and
Full-Service Brand Websites
- Landmark
Luxury Property 'The Hotel' Brussels is First in Belgium to Adopt
Mobile Key by OpenWays; Highest building in Brussels is bristling with
technology, including offering OpenWays' smartphone apps to allow
guests to bypass any front desk line and get straight to their rooms
without delay
- Rainmaker
Profit Optimization Solution Chosen by Revel Entertainment Group, LLC.;
Atlantic City's Newest 1,800-room Resort Will Leverage Rainmaker’s
revolution system for Total Customer Value Profit Optimization
- AAA
Parking Awarded Embassy SuitesTampa - USF/Busch Gardens Contract
- $2
Billion of Lending Power Poised to Jumpstart Transactions
- Welcome
to the iHotel - Hotel Lobbies go Digital
- Red
Lion Hotels Authorizes Exploration of Strategic Alternatives to
Maximize Shareholder Value; Considerations Include Potential Sale of
the Company or a Strategic Combination with a Third Party
- $92.8
million Pere Marquette Hotel Project May Finally Be Underway in Peoria,
Illinois; Deadline Met for Required Paperwork
- Hyatt
Place Brand to Debut in Puerto Rico with the 156-room Hyatt Place
Bayamón and El Tropical Casino; Under Development by an
Affiliate of Island Hospitality Partners with Q1 2014 Opening Planned
- Sunflower
Hospitality and Choice Hotels Break Ground for a 122-suite Cambria
Suites Hotel in Miami, Florida; Planned Completion of the $16 Million
Project for Summer 2013
- Marriott
International Hosts First Global General Managers Conference in Five
Years; Future Innovation and Growth Plans Presented to 1,300 Attendees
of the "Brand New World Conference"
- EB-5
Lawyer with the Latest Wrinkle in EB-5 Financing for Hotels - the
Tenant Occupancy Issue / Catherine Holmes & Victor Shum
- Leisure
Real Estate Advisors LLC, Arranges the Sale of Two Additional Bank
Owned Hotels
- HeBS
Digital Wins Big with Two 'Best of Industry' Advertising Competition
Awards
- Lodging
Interactive Launching Affordable 'Hotel Website Solutions'; New service
offering web design, hosting, maintenance, SEO, performance analytics
and guest reviews with no upfront costs, just a low monthly fee, will
debut at the AAHOA Annual Convention in May in Booth #124
- INNCOM
Blends Interactive, Eco-Friendly In-Room Controls with Stylish Design
at Grand Hyatt DFW; INNCOM's sleek, stylish and energy efficient
bedside control units and wall switches were customized to meet hotel
design specifications
- VingCard
Elsafe's Orion Energy Management System Wins Prestigious Star Award
From Top Hotel Magazine; PMS-integrated guestroom monitoring technology
honored as best in class by readers of Germany's leading hotel trade
publication
- Working
on Mobile Offerings Based on Your Customers' Behavior / Ristesh Gupta
- While
Macau has Surpassed Las Vegas as Generator of Gaming Revenue, Las Vegas
has Ace in the Hole Against Macau, it's a Better Tourism Draw
- The
pentahotels brand Expands its Presence in Asia and Targets Expansion to
80 Locations Globally by 2020; Growth Spearheaded by New World
Hospitality, its Hotel Management Company
- Pyramid
Hotel Group and Starwood Open the 493-room Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort
and Spa Through a Renovation and Re-branding of the Henderson, Nevada
Resort
- Renaissance
Hotels to Expand Global Portfolio in 2012; Nine International Openings
Planned Growing the Collection to 160 Hotels Worldwide
- The
209-key Park Hyatt Hyderabad Opens in India
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 85-room Khyber Mountain Resort and
Spa in Kashmir, India; Under Development by Pinnacle Resorts to Open
Winter 2012
- George
Mason University Selects Crestline Hotels & Resorts to Manage The
148-room Mason Inn Conference Center & Hotel in Fairfax, Virginia
- Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 180-room Courtyard by Marriott at
Kamala Beach in Phuket, Thailand; To be Rebranded as the
Swissôtel Resort Phuket Beginning April 1, 2012
- Mark
Weiner Named as Vice President of Global Sales and Customer Care for
Choice Hotels International
- Benchmark
Hospitality Names Mark Hagerman as General Manager for the 84-room
Willows Lodge in Woodinville Wine Country near Seattle, Washington
March 28, 2012
- J.D.
Power & Associates Recognizes Ritz-Carlton, Drury Inn & Suites,
Four Seasons, Hotel Indigo and Hampton Hotels as Customer Service
Champs; Pivotal 5 'P's - People, Presentation, Price, Process and
Product used in Selection Process
- The
Problem With Social Media For Hotels
- Construction
to Begin on $172 Million Marriott Hotel Complex in Downtown Los
Angeles, California; 23-story Tower to House the 174-room Courtyard by
Marriott and the 218-room Residence Inn by Marriott Under One Roof
- Hersha
Hospitality Management (HHM) and The Procaccianti Group (TPG) Resolve
Lawsuit; Following Open Discussions, Claims Against TPG have been
Voluntarily Dismissed
- MGM
Resorts Drops $600 million Brimfield Resort Proposal; Will Look
Elsewhere in Western Massachusetts for Resort Development
- Inland
American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Acquires Five Hotels in Five States
Totaling 2,302 rooms for $393.1 million
- Host
Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Closes on Sale of the San Francisco Airport
Marriott to Inland American Lodging Group for $112.7 million
- Salamander
Hotels & Resorts' CEO and Founder Sheila C. Johnson recognized
among Washington, D.C.'s 10 Most Powerful Women by ELLE magazine;
According to industry survey, Johnson's D.C. area-based Salamander
group also ranked as the third fastest-growing hotel management company
in the country
- Meet
the Money® Conference to Focus on Finding Solutions, Sourcing
Capital and Creating Value
- Brilla
Group Closes the First Colombian Private Equity Fund Dedicated to
Hotels & Resorts; Fund will Invest in Luxury Hospitality Assets in
the Colombian Caribbean Corridor Region
- Hyatt
Affiliate Signs Management Agreement with Hotel De La Paix, Co., Ltd to
Rebrand the Hotel De La Paix Siem Reap in Cambodia to Park Hyatt Siem
Reap; Hotel to Close June 30th, 2012 for Renovations and Rebranding to
Reopen Q1 2013
- Four-star
Luxury, History and Sustainability Blend to Create Memorable Guest
Experiences at Britain's Imperial Hotel
- Top
Five E-mail Do's and Don'ts / Jim Hartigan
- Hilton
Midland Plaza in Texas to Convert to Doubletree by Hilton Brand; To
Undergo Extensive Renovation and Rebrand as the Doubletree by Hilton
Midland Plaza
- Prank
Calls Once Again on the Rise: Hotel Guest Duped into Unleashing Flood
from Sprinklers
- Digital
Signage Expo's (DSE) Digital Engagement Platform is Portal for 2012
Show Photos, Session Handouts & More
- Deadline
Extended to 18 April 2012 to Enter the UK's Considerate Hoteliers
Association (CHA) "Annual Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards
2011/12"; Celebrates the Best in Environmental, Sustainable and
Socially Responsible Performance and is Open to All UK Hotels and Small
Accommodation Operations
- Las
Vegas Nightspots Through the Years: Those that Left an Impression and
Why
- U.S.
Travel Association President and CEO Testifies in Support of Jobs
Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act; Urges Expansion of Visa
Waiver Program to Simplify Process for Visitors to the U.S. without
Compromising Security
- The
Joule, Dallas in Texas Moves into Phase II of a Two-Year Long $78
Million Renovation and Expansion
- Former
Cambria Suites in Pueblo, Colorado to Re-open as SpringHill Suites by
Marriott; Owned and Managed by AAA Hotel Developers
- Swiss-Belhotel
International Opens the 108-room Swiss-Belinn SKA Pekanbaru - Riau,
Indonesia
- Leonardo
Hotels to Manage the 22-suite Alden Luxury Suite Hotel in Zurich,
Switzerland; New Hotel Manager to be Olivier Rappai
- JW
Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, California
Completes $25 Million Renovation; 844 Guestrooms Revitalized, New
Dining Options Created
- Denihan
Hospitality Group Appoints Dani Elhachem as Vice President, Operations
- Hotel
Equities Names Brad Rahinsky as Vice President of Operations
- Castle
Resorts & Hotels Welcomes Chef Khamtan Tanhchaleun to Lead the Food
and Beverage Team at Hilo Hawaiian Hotel in Hilo, Hawaii
March 27, 2012
- Building
Your Brand: How a Small Investment Can Yield Positive Results
- NORTHWIND
Announces Mobile-Optimized Online Group Management Tools That Enable
Guest Self-Serve, Simplify Meeting Planner Experience, and Have Big
Impact on Bottom Line
- AH&LA
Supports Legislation Providing a One Year Delay for the ADA Pool Lift
Requirement; Additionally Will Allow Use of Portable Lifts and Sharing
Lifts Between Pools
- DiamondRock
Hospitality Completes Sale of 3-Hotel Portfolio to Inland American for
$262.5 million
- Oklahoma
City's Downtown Sheraton Hotel Steals Local Hotel Spotlight to the
Delight of General Manager, Matt Cowden, as it Hosted the President of
the United States
- Hotel
Price War Erupts on Samui, Thailand; Imbalance Between Hotel Room
Supply and Number of Tourists Not Due to Tourist Demand, but the
Limited Number of Flights and the Costly Fares to the Island
- Revenue
360 - Sales, RM and Social Media Integrated Approach for Leisure;
Webinar April 4 / Carol Verret
- Service
Excellence 101: Earn Your Customers' Confidence and Reap the Rewards /
Bryan K. Williams
- Hotel
Giants Bet Big on Sanya Tourism in China's Southern Hainan Province;
Luxury Hotel Growth Not Deterred by Recent Concerns of Over-Development
or Tourist Potential Boycott Due to an Overcharging Scandal
- Conversions
and Adaptive Reuse Projects Enhance Global Growth as Aloft Brand
Spreads to New Markets Worldwide; Aims to Open 70th Hotel in 2013
- Sonoma
County, California Hotels Record Best Performance in 6 Years for
February 2012 with Occupancy up 8%, ADR 3.4% and RevPAR 12%
- Travel
Spending in Michigan Up by 7.8% in 2011 Due to 'Pure Michigan' Branding
and Rebounding Economy; Outlook for Another 6% Rise for 2012
- Las Vegas
Sands Facing New Lawsuit Over the 78% Stock Price Decline in 2008
- InnLink
Announces Integration with RateGain's Competitive Rate Intelligence
Solution
- February
Sets Records for Average North American Hotel Rates; Distribution
Channels Realize Rate Increases as Leap Year Drives Global Booking
Volumes
- Travel
Tripper's RezTrip Booking Engine Expands Booking Opportunities with
Multilingual Capabilities
- Top
Ten Search Engine Marketing Do's and Don'ts in 2012 / Tara Rattigan and
Toby Tornay
- Embassy
Suites Hotels' Survey Reveals Business Travel is on the Rise With 46%
of Frequent Travelers Preferring More Space to Spread Out During their
Stay and 70% Wanting Free Breakfast
- Construction
Begins Again at the Island Inn in Friday Harbor, Washington on San Juan
Island; New Rooms Set to be Complete by May 15, 2012 for a Total of 16
Accommodations
- National
Conference Center White Paper Explores "Technology's Secret Potential
to Empower Participants and Make Meetings Better"
- The
Atholl, a Four Suite Hotel, to Open May 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Sage
Hospitality Honors Top Performers at 2012 Leadership Conference; The
Oxford Hotel in Denver, Colorado Earns Hotel of the Year, Leader of the
Year Awarded to Kim Corrigan and David Marsh
- W
New York Completes Redesign of Meeting and Event Space; Plans for Lobby
Renovation to Occur Later in 2012
- James
Sabatier Named President and Chief Operating Officer of Destination
Hotels & Resorts
- Rossi
Ralenkotter, CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority,
Calls for National Agenda to Strengthen Meetings Industry; Commences
Term as Chair of the U.S. Travel Association
- Select
Registry Names New Board of Directors and Welcomes New President Ellen
Grinsfelder, Owner/Innkeeper, Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls, Logan, Ohio
- Modus
Hotels Hires Mark Morris as Executive Vice President of Acquisitions
- John
Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts Completes New Management Team for the
University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Springfield, Missouri;
3 New Members of the Executive Line-Up will Join Recently Appointed GM
Robert Henley
- Don
Fraser Appointed as General Manager of the Paramount Hotel in New York
City
- Chef
Matthew Gray Named Executive Head Chef for La Torretta Lake Resort and
Spa in Houston
March 26, 2012
- Trump's
Tower of Trouble: Anatomy of a Financial Fiasco
- VingCard
Elsafe Awarded U.S. Patent for VISIONLINE Wireless RF-Online Networking
Solution; U.S. Patent Office confirms innovation of proprietary
wireless networking platform that connects electronic devices and
disparate systems within the hotel environment
- Letter
Left by Tom Sponseller, Former CEO of South Carolina Hospitality
Association, Claims Employee's Gambling to Blame for $480,000 in
Missing Money
- Grand
Hotels have to Stay True to their Heritage; Stephen Alden, CEO of
Maybourne Hotel Group, Discusses the Operation of Three of London's
Iconic Hotels
- Mid-Atlantic
Gaming Poised For Growth: Market Outlook 2012 / Emily Sze
- Cosmopolitan
of Las Vegas Posts First Profit of $72.6 million in 4th Quarter 2011
Thanks to a Special Tax Benefit
- European
Design Firm Proposing 300-room Resort on Top of Old Bahia Honda Bridge
Overlooking Florida's Lower Keys
- 225-room
San Diego Sheraton Hires New General Manager; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 228 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes
in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- MGM
Designer Provides a Glimpse of How Las Vegas Resorts Plan Room
Renovations
- Renaissance
Hotels to Open the 181-room Renaissance Hotel in Santiago, Chile in
2013; To be Operated by Administraciones y Operaciones Hoteleras Hotech
S.A. Under an Agreement with Altamira Grupo Inmobiliario
- Joint
Venture Between Shashi Corporation and Somera Capital Management to
Open the 123-room Aloft Cupertino in California in Summer 2013
- Hotel
AG Brokers Sale of Holiday Inn Express Atlanta (Buckhead), Georgia
- New
Jersey Offering Hotels Incentives to be More Eco-friendly; State
Department of Environmental Protection Offering Energy Audit to 120
Hotels with Some Receiving Assistance in Implementing Changes
- The
Bankruptcy Sale of the 87-room Days Inn on Maui, Hawaii Draws Several
Interested Parties
- HSMAI
Revenue Optimization Conference (ROC) to Focus on the Evolution of
Revenue Management; To Occur June 25, 2012, Co-Located with HITEC in
Baltimore, Maryland
- Multi-Million
Dollar Renovation and Re-flagging Project Launched at 254-room Snowmass
Resort in Colorado; The Former Silvertree Hotel & Conference Center
will Become The Westin Snowmass Resort in Winter 2012
- The
91-room Holiday Inn Express San Diego South - National City Opens in
California Through a Renovation and Re-flagging of the Former Comfort
Inn; Owned by SD Plaza One LP and Managed by Excel Hotel Group
- Hay
Creek Hotels Selected to Manage the Historic Eagle Mountain House &
Golf Club in Jackson, New Hampshire; Originally built in 1897, the
property is scheduled to receive a multi-million dollar renovation
- Gettysburg
College Chooses Waterford Hotel Group to Operate the 119-room Historic
Gettysburg Hotel
- $65
Million Transformation Nearly Complete for the 1,260-room Hyatt Regency
Atlanta in Georgia
- The
255-room DoubleTree by Hilton Carson in South Bay of Los Angeles
Completes Property-wide Renovation
- Richfield
Hospitality Names 2011 President's Circle Award Winners Recognizing
Their Top Achievers
- Robert
Ferree Joins Marshall Hotels & Resorts as Vice President of
Operations
- Silviya
Stankova Promoted to General Manager of the 110-room Courtyard Detroit
Pontiac/Bloomfield in Michigan
- The
Dow Hotel Company Appoints Alex Petrollini, CHA, as General Manager of
the 227-room Hilton San Antonio Hill Country Hotel and Spa in Texas
March 23, 2012
- Miami
Continues to Appeal to Hotel Investors - 2011 Year in Review / Andy Reed
- VingCard
Elsafe Completes RFID Locking System Interface with SKIDATA Access
Control Solutions; Complete line of industry leading RFID hotel locking
solutions now compatible with leading ski resort access control
technology
- Is
the Sky the Limit for the Cloud Computing?
- Santa
Rosa County, Florida Officials Work to Create Incentive Package to
Encourage Development of Navarre Beach Hotel; Aiming to Fill Void Left
by 2004 Hurricane Ivan Destruction of the Holiday Inn
- Clang,
Clang for a Miami, Florida Convention Center; The Recent Sounds of
Construction and Development to Turn Miami into a Natural Destination
for Groups to Convene With No Current Convention Venue Available
- Ken
Fujiyama, Owner of Hilo, Hawaii's Naniloa Volcanoes Resort Misses
$250,000 Semi-Annual Rent Payment for the Resort while Facing
Foreclosure for his Nani Mau Gardens Event Venue
- Kyo-ya
Hotels & Resorts Hoping to Build the First New Waikiki Oceanfront
Hotel in Over 30 Years; Public Hearings set on Hotel Plan
- Hospitality
Properties Trust and Sonesta International Hotels to Open the 340-room
Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island in South Carolina
- Japanese
Leisure Hotel Asset Class Poised for Transformation; Discussed at
Recent Seminar on "The Changing Face of Japan's Highest Yielding Real
Estate Sector" Co-Hosted by Alchemy Japan and Bloomberg L.P.
- Las
Vegas Tourism Improvements Boost Revenue for American Casino &
Entertainment Properties LLC, Owners of the Stratosphere, Reporting a
Loss of $7 million for 4th Quarter 2011 Compared to a Loss of $17.4
million in Same Year Ago Period
- Sofitel
Luxury Hotels Debuts its First Property in Abu Dhabi with the 282-room
Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts Opens the 258-room Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv in
Ukraine
- The
243-room BEST WESTERN PREMIER F1 Hotel Opens at The Fort - a New
Lifestyle Destination in Manila
- Hilton
New Bern/Riverfront Hotel in New Bern, North Carolina to be Renamed
Doubletree by Hilton New Bern/Riverfront Hotel
- Newest
Walt Disney World, Florida Hotel, the Nearly 2,000-room Art of
Animation Resort, to Complete all Phases of Development Ahead of
Schedule; More Rooms to be Available for Summer 2012
- Downtown
Omaha, Nebraska Hilton Omaha Completes $37 Million Dollar Enhancement
Project Adding a New Ballroom and 150 Guest Rooms for a New Total of 600
- Owned
by RLJ Lodging Trust and Managed by White Lodging Services, the
Residence Inn Houston Sugarland in Texas Completes Renovation; Public
Spaces and all 78 Suites Revitalized
- Richard
"Rick" Evanich Appointed as General Manager of the 188-room Waldorf
Astoria Chicago in Illinois
- Central
Florida Hotel & Lodging Association to Host Bacchus Bash 2012: A
Street Party Fundraiser Benefiting Hospitality Education; April 13,
2012 at Orlando Premium Outlets
March 22, 2012
- Royal
Park Hotel in Detroit Selects MICROS eCommerce Services|TIG Global for
Strategic Internet Marketing Services
- Regatta
Travel Solutions Taps Room Key Executive
- Network
With the Hotel Industry's Top Hotel Deal Makers
- Commerce
Department Reports Tourism Spending in U.S. Surged 8.1% in 2011 to $1.2
trillion
- Pittsburgh
Hotels Acheive Highest Occupancy Rates in a Decade Closing Out 2011 at
68.2%
- How
to Negotiate a Hotel Management Agreement. 10 Tips for a Smoother
Process / Jim Butler
- Select
Service Hotel Portfolio Sales Projected to Double in 2012 According to
Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels; Buyers and Sellers to Capitalize on the
Sector's Robust Recession Comeback
- Hilton
Worldwide and Schiphol Real Estate to Develop a 433-room Hilton Hotels
& Resorts Hotel at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; The New Hotel,
Expected to Open in 215, Will Replace the Current Hilton Property
- Courtyard
by Marriott to Replace Holiday Inn in Woodland Hills, California; New
Owner, Wolff Urban Development, Has Closed the 122-room Property for
Extensive Renovations to be Re-Opened as a Courtyard
- Marriott
International's Certified Wedding Planners Share the Latest Trends In
Destination Weddings
- Intelity's
ICE Now Supports All Western and Character-Based Languages; ICE Guest
Services Management Solution Brings More Value to Hotels and Guests
With Multilingual Capability
- University
of Rijeka, Croatia, is New Educational Institute Global Academic
Program (GAP) Partner School
- Shift4
Corporation Announces Birdies4Shriners Fundraiser
- Carefree
RV Resorts to Implement Resort Data Processing Property Management
Software
- AAHOA
Members to Receive Aid Via New Lodging Interactive Membership; New
programs and financial models for web design, web optimization and
content management to be introduced in 2012 for Asian American Hotel
Owners Assn. members; Visit Lodging Interactive at the AAHOA Convention
in Booth No. 124
- Converging
Social & Mobile: Why 2012 is going to be 'The Year of SoLoMo' Part
II / Margaret Mastrogiacomo & Ritesh Gupta
- Grand
Velas Riviera Nayarit Receives Sixth Consecutive AAA Five-Diamond
Award; Restaurants - Frida, Lucca and Piaf - Take Home AAA Four-Diamond
Award for Fine Dining
- Wali
Hotels & Resorts Chooses The Rezidor Hotel Group to Operate the
Okoume Palace Hotel in Libreville, Gabon, Africa; To Undergo Extensive
Renovation and, Starting in September 2013, a Dual Branding as the
330-room Radisson Blu and the 140-room Park Inn by Radisson
- HRI
Properties and Hyatt Hotels Corporation Open the 170-room Hyatt Place
New Orleans/Convention Center in Louisiana
- Westin
Hotels on Track to Hit 200th Hotel Milestone; Set to Add 11 New Hotels
in 2012, Driven by Surge in Demand Across Asia Pacific
- Renovations
and Re-Design Completed at the 222-room Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront
Resort near Palm Beach, Florida, Owned by Host Hotels and Managed by
Crestline Hotels & Resorts
- RLJ
Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Renovations of the
112-room Courtyard by Marriott Sugar Land in Stafford, Texas
- A
Full Exterior Renovation Tops off 2009 Interior Upgrades Completed at
the 130-room Pullman Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Pullman,
Washington Managed by The Hotel Group
- Upgrades
Completed for the 78 Suites and Public Spaces of the Residence Inn
Chicago Southeast/Hammond in Hammond, Indiana; Owned by RLJ Lodging
Trust and Managed by White Lodging Services
- The
303-room Hilton Hotel & Conference Center in College Station, Texas
Nears Completion of a $5 million Redesign; Owned by Encore Hospitality
- Sierra
Land Group and Embassy Suites Hotels Name Management Team for the
300-suite Orlando - Lake Buena Vista South Hotel; A September 2012
Opening is Planned for the All Suites Hotel
- George
Nickels Appointed as Director of Catering and Conference Services for
the 201-room Montage Beverly Hills in California
- Francesca
Speroni Named as Spa Manager at Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa,
Set to Open on the Amalfi Coast in Italy in May 2012
March 21, 2012
- Hotel
General Managers - Have Your Say!; Researchers at the Ecole
hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland Seek Input Regarding
the Role of Today's General Managers
- Viewpoint
- Why Your CFO Cares About Automated Laundry Operations; Running the
Numbers Shows Bottom Line Impact of Manual Laundry Inaccuracies
- Prospecting
Doesn't Have To Be a Dirty Word! / Gary Hernbroth
- A
Far Cry from the Original $3.8 billion Project with 5,200 Hotel Rooms,
Genting Group Downsizes Plans for Resorts World Miami
- Opened
in 1892, Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey to be Managed by
Jumeirah Group; Will Be Known as Pera Palace Hotel, Jumeirah Under New
Management Agreement with Demsa Group
- Joe
Andrick Named Residence Inn General Manager of the Year for 2011 by
Marriott International; Andrick is General Manager of the Overland
Park, Kansas Residence Inn by Marriott Managed by True North Hotel Group
- Red
Lion Hotels Offers Risk Free Meetings with Zero Attrition to Planners
through 2012
- Carlson
Reports Revenue Increase of 13% in 2011 to $38 billion and Strategic
Progress Made Across Its Businesses as Part of Ambition 2015 Goals
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Unveils New Logo and Website as Part of Global
Rebranding Initiative
- Long
Delayed 203-room Embassy Suites in Chattanooga, Tennessee Finally in
the Works as Part of the Mixed-use Waterside Development
- EliteMeetings.com
Relaunches with Bold New Look, Fresh Content, and Record Number of
Meeting Planner Reviews: For a Growing Community of Meeting
Professionals, the Redesigned Site Will Make Working with Top-Rated
Hotels Easier and More Efficient Than Ever
- Chalking
Out Your Appropriate Mobile Strategy as a Travel Company; an Interview
with Nathan Clapton of TripAdvisor / Ritesh Gupta
- Shift4
Joins Microsoft Partner Network
- Mohegan
Sun Selects Infor CRM to Enhance Customer Service and Help Increase
Revenue; Infor10 CRM Enterprise Suite Enables Unified Desktop and Data
Access for More Personalized Guest Experience
- Taking
the 'Bull' out of Booking Events, imbookin.com Debuts as the Internet's
Most Comprehensive Venue Booking Site
- Builder,
Norwich Partners, Details its $50 Million Plan for a 135-room Boutique
Hotel at the Seaport Square Project in Boston, Massachusetts
- Destination
Marketing Association International (DMAI) Expands Membership to
Welcome National, Provincial and State Destination Marketing
Organizations
- Alrov
Luxury Hotels to Open the 129-room Amsterdam Conservatorium Hotel in
April 2012; Extensive Renovations Completed of the 1897 Building Which
Served as Amsterdam's Music Conservatory
- Elleair
Hawaii Chooses Aqua Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 147-room Maui
Beach Hotel on Maui, Hawaii
- The
Westin Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California Enters into Final Phase
of its $25 Million Transformation and Unveils Newly Designed Meeting
and Event Space
- The
202-room Beach House, a Holiday Inn Resort, Opens on Hilton Head
Island, South Carolina After a $5 Million Renovation and
Rebranding of the Former Holiday Inn Oceanfront
- RLJ
Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Renovations at Two
Austin, Texas Properties; Courtyard's New Business Lobby Concept is
Unveiled at the 102-room Courtyard Austin Northwest/Arboretum and the
110-room Courtyard Austin South
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Names Vincent Gillet as Global Brand Leader for W
Hotels Worldwide and Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Appoints Willem Plegt as General Manager of the
355-room Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa
- Georgia's
Destination Resort, Sea Island, Names Alex Gregory as Director of Sales
and Marketing and James Gibson as Director of Operations
- Waterford
Hotel Group Promotes Nikki Schwarz to Sales Manager at the 91-room
Homewood Suites by Hilton in Ithaca, New York
March 20, 2012
- GB
Lodging LLC Acquires Historic 5 Beekman Street in New York City; To Be
Transformed into a 297-room Thompson Boutique Hotel Operated by Commune
Hotels & Resorts
- VFM
Leonardo Launches Next Generation Mobile Website Solution for Hotels;
Announcing VFM Leonardo's Next Generation VPowered Mobile Hotel Website
- A Complete Multi-Media Driven Mobile Optimized Hotel Website included
with the VBrochure Ultra Premium Online Merchandising System
- Dover
Downs Hotel & Casino Selects Rainmaker revolution Profit
Optimization Solution; Delaware's Largest Casino Hotel Will Use
revolution to Optimize Profits and Maximize Total Customer Value Across
its Operation
- McLaren
Implements Technology 'Jazz' Up At Conrad Hong Kong Hotel
- Grand
Hyatt Hong Kong Teams With McLaren Technologies For New Tech and Task
Management Upgrade
- By
the Numbers - Learning to speak the language of management and drive
training program value! / Jim Hartigan
- Moody's
Analysts Optimistic For Hotel-Casino Business Conditions on the Las
Vegas Strip; The 4.3% Rise in 2011 Visitor Volume Over 2010 Resulted in
Visitor Number Close to 2007 Peak
- Auction
Seems Likely for Downtown Charlottesville, Virginia's Lankmark Hotel;
Competition is Heating Up with Multiple Parties Interested -
- The
Hotel at Arundel Preserve Utilizes UniFocus Survey Feedback to
Establish Service Standards
- InnLink
CRS Wins Stevie Award for Hospitality Sales and Service; InnLink
Recognized with Marriott for Excellence in Customer Service
- How
Good Is Your Hotel's Social Media? Lodging Interactive subsidiary
helping hotels increase rankings on review sites and search engines,
plus increase fan base on social networks
- Las
Vegas' Original Casino, The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, Undergoes
First Major Expansion in 50 Years
- Two
New Courtyard by Marriott Hotels Open in France; The 123-room Courtyard
Montpellier and 113-room Courtyard Paris Boulogne
- The
Silver Legacy Resort, Opened 17 Years Ago, Meant to Reinvigorate Reno,
Nevado's Gambling Industry, Nears Financial Disaster as Northern
California Indian Casinos Continue to Grab Market Share
- Ark
Partners Chooses Denihan Hospitality Group to Manage The 126-room
Mansfield and The 50-room Franklin in New York City; Brings Denihan
Collection in Manhattan to 11 Boutique Luxury Properties
- U.S.
Bank Forecloses on the 312-room Wolf Road Holiday Inn in Albany, New
York, Owned by Madison Capital Management
- Choice
Hotels International Appoints Alexandra Jaritz and Michael Murphy as
Company Officers
- Leonides
(Nini) Thomas, Room Attendant at Navy Lodge Corpus Christi, Texas,
Named by the Navy Lodge Program as its Associate of the 4th Quarter 2011
- Students
in Michigan State University Chapter of Club Managers Association of
America Attend CMAA World Conference and Bring Home Two Awards; Club of
the Future Competition for Event Planning and Student Membership Growth
Award for the Highest Percentage of World Conference Attendees
March 19, 2012
- Free
Webinar - 'Driving Hotel Reservations with Integrated Marketing'; How
Your Hotel Can Capitalize on the Complex Online Travel Shopping Process
- Complimentary
Webinar March 21: Learn How to Tell Your Hotel Story on Social Media
Channels; Take 45 Minutes Next Wednesday to Join VFM Leonardo and Two
Storytelling and Marketing Experts to Learn How to Tell Your Hotel
Story on Social Media Channels.
- Tobago
Tourism Board and Hotel Association Sign with Regatta Travel Solutions
- Kathleen
Taylor, President and CEO of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Named
Recipient of the 2012 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award
- PKF
Hospitality Research Forecasts RevPAR for U.S. Hotels to Rise 5.8% in
2012; Stage Set For Increased Capital Investment
- Average
Hotel Room Rates Rose 5% in 2011 in North America, According to the
Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI)
- Feud
Brewing Over Future Marketing of San Diego Convention Center, Set to
Undergo a $520 million Expansion / Lori Weisberg
- ADA
Defense Lawyer: What does the ADA pool lift compliance extension mean
to you? / Jim Butler
- IHG
Launches HUALUXE Hotels and Resorts, an Upscale International Brand
Designed for the Chinese Traveler
- Train
Your Hotel Team To Use The Language Of Hospitality: Part One / Doug
Kennedy
- United
Artists Theatre Hotel to Start Construction in Fall 2012; Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 154 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Improve
Guest Experience with Responsive Design Email Marketing; Libra OnDemand
announces 'Responsive Design' email marketing for the hospitality
industry, with customized displays on mobile and tablet devices
- Harmon
Hotel Tower in Las Vegas Seems Doomed to Demolition; The Likely Result
of Recent Court Hearings as Sparring Between MGM Resorts and Perini
Building Co. Continues
- Atlantic
City's First New Casino in 9 Years, the $2.4 Billion Revel, Set to Open
April 2nd; Casino and Hotel Design with Wow Factor in Fantasyland
Architecture, Glitzy Attractions and Beach Inspired Party Vibe
- Relationship
First: The Secret to Successful Hospitality Partnerships / Bill Caraway
- Travel
Websites Predict a Change to Connecticut's Hotel Tax Law will Hurt
Tourism; New Tax on Travel Website Revenue Could Result in Increased
Connecticut Room Rates, Sending Visitors Elsewhere
- HISJ
Holdings, Owner of the 169-room St. Joseph, Missouri Holiday Inn, Files
for Bankruptcy
- World
Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Research Shows Brazil as the
Fastest Growing Travel and Tourism Economy in Latin America with Growth
Forecast of 7.8% for 2012
- Conrad
Hotels & Resorts Opens the 463-suite Conrad New York in NYC's
Battery Park City Neighborhood
- The
58-room Holiday Inn Express-Chillicothe Opens in Ohio; Owned by Jairam
LLC and Managed by Alliance Hospitality
- The
Presidio Trust and Waterford Hotels and Inns Completes Renovation of
the Inn at The Presidio in San Francisco, California
- RLJ
Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Renovation of the
85-room Courtyard by Marriott in Hammond, Indiana
- David
Schmidt Becomes Executive Chef for the 218-room Enchantment Resort in
Sedona, Arizona
March 16, 2012
March 15, 2012
- Grand
Millennium Kuala Lumpur Debuts Integrated Facebook Hotel Booking
System; Fans can now book comfortably within the Facebook environment
with Sabre Hospitality Solutions' innovative social network technology
- Webinar
March 21: Learn How to Tell Your Hotel Story on Social Media Channels;
Take 45 Minutes Next Wednesday to Join VFM Leonardo and Two
Storytelling and Marketing Experts to Learn How to Tell Your Hotel
Story on Social Media Channels.
- Fort
Lauderdale, Florida Condo-Hotel that was to Bear Trump Name Sold at
Foreclosure Auction; Final Price Tag: $100 -- Plus $165.6 Million in
Debt - No Takers Due to Pending Lawsuits and High Cost of Future
Development
- Hotel
Prices Tumble Across Asia in 2011 as Global Economy Falters, Some as
High as 27%
- Prominent
240-room Central Peoria, Illinois Hotel Up for Auction in Foreclosure
Proceedings for $4.5 Million Debt
- Financing
New Hotel Development Today: Finding the right 'regional center' and
negotiating terms for your EB-5 financing / Jim Butler
- Positive
Outlook Described at Bahrain's Gulf Hotels Group Annual Meeting; Growth
Predicted for the Company and the Bahrain Hotel Industry in General
- PT
Stareast Sejahtera Breaks Ground on the Grand Lagoi Project and its
196-room Swiss-Belhotel Lagoi Bay in Bintan, Indonesia; To be Managed
by Swiss-Belhotel International
- General
Manager Jacqueline Lewis and Her Team at the 120-room Courtyard by
Marriott in Stuart, Florida Honored with the Diamond General Manager of
the Year and Diamond Circle Award by Marriott International
- Club
Magnolia Partners with Blueprint RF to Provide Secure WiFi for Masters
Week in Augusta
- Japan's
Prince Hotels and Resorts Trades Private Label for Utell®; Premier
Asia-Pacific Brand Migrates 11 Properties to Pegasus Solutions'
RezView® NG CRS
- FARROW
Commercial Construction Completes Three Hospitality Industry Renovations
- Washington
State Convention Center Names PSAV® Presentation Services Preferred
Event Technology Provider; Due to its expansive portfolio of
presentation technologies and worldwide expertise, PSAV® will
support the largest meeting/expo facility in the state
- Ariane
Systems' Allegro V6 Mobile Check-In/Out Wins Prestigious Star Award
From Top Hotel Magazine; Hotel industry's most advanced self-service
platform honored as best in class by readers of Germany’s leading hotel
trade publication.
- Agenda
Topics and Speakers Set for Hotel Technology Next Generation's (HTNG's)
Conference to Occur in Chicago April 2-5, 2012
- Pennsylvania
State-wide Tourism Summit Agenda to Include Representatives from Google
and Brand USA; April 30 -May 2, 2012 Event Entitled "Together for
Tourism"
- Caribbean
Tourism Officials Welcome Recent World Travel and Tourism Council
(WTTC) Research Confirming the Damaging Effect of Air Passenger Duty to
the Tourism Industry Hoping the UK Treasury will Consider Reform
Regarding Duty on UK-Caribbean Travel
- The
108-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Awarded Opening General Manager of the Year and Opening Hotel of the
Year for 2011 for the Marriott Brand; Developed and Owned by BDK
Associates and Managed by Hotel Equities
- Urgo
Hotels Assumes Management of the 94-room Whiteface Lodge Resort in Lake
Placid, New York
- RLJ
Lodging Trust and Interstate Hotel & Resorts Complete Multi-Million
Dollar Renovation and Renaming of the 160-room Hilton Garden Inn Los
Angeles/Hollywood in California
- Multi-Million
Dollar Renovation Project Complete for the Renaissance Asheville Hotel
in North Carolina Managed by Windsor Management Services
- Stephen
Pettibone Appointed as Vice President of Investor Relations for
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
- Ron
Gebhardt Named as Director of Sales for the 240-room B Ocean Fort
Lauderdale in Florida
March 14, 2012
- Jumpstart
Hotel Transactions
- Nicaraguan
Tourism Institute Selects Regatta Travel Solutions to Power
NicaraguaTourism.us
- 5
Things to Remember when Buying Hotel Notes / Jim Butler
- The
Impact of the Rising Cost of Gas - Why It's Different This time! /
Carol Verret
- Daily
Housekeeping - Keep it or Skip it - Benefits of Going Green for the
Earth and the Bottom Line / Roland Leiser
- James
Dale, Senior Catering Director at the Grand Hyatt New York, Receives
Donald N. Pritzker Award for Excellence
- Brazilian
Real Estate Company EmCorp Enters Agreement with Wyndham Hotel Group to
Develop Super 8 and Wyndham Garden Brand Offerings in Brazil; Plans for
3,000 Rooms by 2014 with Deals Currently Finalized for Five Super 8
Hotels
- Downtown
Las Vegas Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel to Become the D Las Vegas;
Extensive Renovations Underway to be Completed in Fall 2012
- Google
Idea's Jared Cohen to Speak at HITEC 2012 Closing Keynote Session
- Concept
Amenities, a Global Leader in Environmentally Responsible Guest
Amenities, Launches New Website as Part of Corporate Re-branding
- Ultimate
Luxury Meets Optimal Connectivity with guestLINK at the Waldorf Astoria
- Sydney's
Exclusive Casino, The Star, Gets an Innovative Upgrade With guestLINK
- Hay
Creek Hotels Enters Alliance with the New 56-room Roundhouse at Beacon
Falls Hotel in Beacon, New York; Currently Under Development in Two
Historic Mill Buildings to Open Summer 2012
- New
Organizational Structure Created for The Adriatic Luxury Hotels Group
Through the Merging of Two Management Companies, Excelsad.o.o. and
JadranskiLuksuzniHotelid.o.o.
- Chef
Charlie Palmer Introduces the 79-room Mystic Hotel and Burritt Tavern
in San Francisco; Renovations of the Victorian-era Building are Underway
- Andrew
Quinto Recognized for Three Hospitality Industry Achievements; Elected
to the Under 30 Council of The American Hotel & Lodging Association
and to the Connecticut Lodging Association's Board of Directors While
also Achieving CHA Designation
- Kai
Speth, General Manager of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, to Take
Over as Area General Manager for Vietnam Adding Oversight
Responsibilities for Sofitel Plaza Hanoi and Sofitel Saigon Plaza
- Martha
Hampton Appointed as General Manager of Casa San Agustin, a 31-key
Boutique Hotel in Cartagena, Colombia
- Amanda
Morrison Named as Manager of Conference Services and Events for Hotel
Duval in Tallahassee, Florida
March 13, 2012
- Knowland
Wins Gold at Sales & Customer Service Awards; Knowland Sales Team
Bests Hospitality Industry Leaders to Win Sales Department of the Year,
Client Care Wins Bronze for Customer Service Department of the Year
- Norwegian
Cruise Line Selects Agilysys DataMagine Solution; Document Management
System Streamlines Operations on Newest and Largest Ship
- Apollo
Global Management to Acquire Great Wolf Resorts for $703 million
- Hearing
Underway to Decide Fate of Never-Occupied $279 Million Harmon Hotel in
Las Vegas; MGM's Request to Demolish Structure Supported by Engineer's
Testimony that a Quake or Fire Could Topple the Building Due to
Construction Defects
- How
Social Media Savvy is Your Hotel's General Manager? / Daniel Edward
Craig
- Action
Plan to Ensure Your Hotel Website is ADA-Compliant / Gabriel Aponte
- Global
Hotel Recovery In 2011 Signals Growing Market Confidence; Strength in
the business travel market helps drive up global average room rate by
4% in 2011, according to new Hotels.com Hotel Price Index
- After
a Four Year Delay, Owners of Harbor Cove Marina on Park Point in
Duluth, Minnesota, Finalizing Plans to Add a $5 Million, 55-room Hotel
- Board
Member Kazuo Okada Files Counterclaim Against Wynn Resorts Disputing
Validity of Share Redemption at a Discount
- Legal
Wrangling Continues as Wynn Resorts Says it's Eager to Fight Okada's
Counterclaim
- Roomlinx
Signs Master Agreement with Hyatt to Install Roomlinx's Integrated
Hotel Technologies into Hyatt Hotels and Resorts in North America
- Host
Users Group Introduces New Board Members
- 9th
Annual Lodging Management Program International Competition Draws Top
Hospitality Students to Orlando
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the DoubleTree
Suites by Hilton, Omaha Nebraska
- Ringhotels
130 Members Switch to Trust International Using DIRS21
- Prestigious
Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Casino Resorts to Advance Technology
Portfolio with MICROS Simphony Enterprise Solution in the Cloud
- Occupancy
Growth Occurring for Houston Area Hotels Resulting in New Hiring and
Renovations According to Poll Conducted by Hotel & Lodging
Association of Greater Houston
- Caribbean
Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) in Conjunction with the
Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and Jamaica to Host Caribbean
Tourism Summit June 15-16, 2012 in Jamaica
- Owned
and Managed by OPA Hospitality, the 109-room Holiday Inn Express &
Suites Houston North Intercontinental Opens in Texas Through a
Reflagging and Renovation of the Former Guesthouse Inn & Suites
- Platinum
Hotels and LodgeStar Investments Open the 90-suite Homewood Suites by
Hilton in Fort Worth, Texas
- Cadillac
Jack's Gaming Resort in Deadwood, South Dakota Joins the Ascend
Collection from Choice; The 103-room Property is Operated by ISIS
Hospitality
- MFM
2000 Motel Inc. Choses Gateway Hospitality Group to Manage the 119-room
Hilton Garden Inn Newburgh/Stewart Airport in New York
- Hank
Stackhouse Assumes Role as New Chair for Hotel Association of Canada
- Robin
Pence Appointed as Vice President of Public Relations for Choice Hotels
International
- Fairmont
Chicago, Millennium Park Welcomes Mark Huntley as the New General
Manager and Regional Vice President
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Appoints Rob Smith as General Manager of the
Radisson Plaza Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Rick
Corcoran Becomes General Manager of The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn
& Spa in California
- Benchmark
Hospitality Names Ana Fonseca as Director of Sales & Marketing for
the 124-room ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa in Miami Beach, Florida
- Will
Lustberg Appointed as Chef of The Waldorf=Astoria's Famed Steakhouse,
Bull & Bear, in New York City
March 12, 2012
- Travel
Employment Outpaces Rest of U.S. Economy by 34%; More than Half of the
Travel Industry Jobs Lost During Recession Have Been Recovered
- Anguilla
Hotel & Tourism Association Signs with Regatta
- Out
of Space with More Business than it Can Handle, Three Rivers Convention
Center Officials in Kennewick, Washington Seek Help
- Dubai
Ranks Top in the World in January 2012 for Hotel Occupancy at 86% and
RevPAR at $232.70
- Hotel
Capitalization Rates Flatten at Strong Levels, According to USRC Hotel
Investor Survey / Jeffrey H Walker
- Shuttered
for Twelve Years, New Tax Deal Could Pave Way for Demolition and $170
million Rebuild of Montecito, California's Miramar Hotel
- Wolfgang
Puck Lands at Historic Hotel Bel-Air; At Long Last Hotel has a Serious
Restaurant with Seriously Good Food
- 740-Room
Luxury Hotel in Phoenix Seeking New General Manager; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 260 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes
in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- The
Mansion on Peachtree in Atlanta, Georgia to be Rebranded as a Mandarin
Oriental; The 127-room Hotel and 25 Private Resident Development to be
Managed by Mandarin Oriental Effective May 2012
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts Acquires the 228-room Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn
& Spa, a Property Managed by Fairmont Since 2002, from Crescent
Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership
- Rayadah
Investment Company Partners with IHG to Open Two New Hotels in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia; The 225-room Hotel Indigo Riyadh KAFD and the 218-room
InterContinental Riyadh KAFD
- Xi'an
Haoxianglai Investment Holding Co. Selects Wyndham Hotel Group to
Manage the 565-room Wyndham Grand Xi'an South Under Construction in
China's Shaanxi Province
- Hospitality
Softnet, Inc. Officially Endorses the Wounded Warrior Project
- HFTP's
2012 Club and Hotel Controllers Conference to Focus on Bringing Balance
to the Workplace; To Occur with HITEC, June 25-27 in Baltimore, Maryland
- Boston
Based Boylston Properties Tearing Down Ace Ticket Storefront to Make
Way for 175-room Marriott Residence Inn Near Fenway Park
- Cowtown
Proved to be a Popular Hotel Destination in 2011 with Occupancy Up 8%
and RevPAR Increasing 11% Over 2010
- Residence
Inn by Marriott Unleashes New Campaign, "It's Not a Room. It's a
Residence"; Spotlights Extended Stay Guest's Need for Room to Work,
Play and Chill
- Cairn
Hotel Group to Launch Renovation and Expansion of the Historic Royal
British Hotel at Princes Street in Edinburgh, Scotland; When Complete
the 1820s Hotel Will Become an 81-room Upscale Boutique
- TVHG
Budget Group Beheer BV (TVHG) and Interstate Hotels & Resorts Open
the 252-room Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam-Sloterdijk Station in the
Netherlands
- Global
Hospitality Management and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Open the
204-room Park Inn by Radisson in Fresno, California
- Taj
Hotels Resorts and Palaces Opens Vivanta by Taj - Bekal, a Spa Resort
in North Kerala in India
- Hotel
Association of Canada Hall of Fame Awards of Excellence Presented in
Categories of Humanitarian, Human Resources and Energy & Environment
- Frederick
W. Julius, III Named Vice President of Operations for The Wilderman
Group
- Dolce
Hotels and Resorts Appoints Karine Pinson as Vice President of Sales,
Europe
- Benchmark
Hospitality Promotes Jacqueline Humes to Area Director of Finance;
Responsible for both the 124-room ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa,
Miami Beach and the 160-room Marenas Resort, Sunny Isles Beach, North
Miami in Florida
- Ludek
Louda Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for the 372-room
InterContinental Prague in the Czech Republic
March 9, 2012
- Forensic
Audit of South Carolina Hospitality Association's Books Reveal Funds
Equalling Nearly $500K Unaccounted For; No Link to Tom Sponseller Found
- Hospitality
Properties Trust to Invest $165 Million in Renovations to 77 Staybridge
Suites and Candlewood Suites Hotels Owned by HPT and Managed by IHG
- Expedia
Overhauls its Hotel Reviews Feature; Consumers Can Now Sort Verified
Reviews by Shared Interest
- Wanted:
Developers, Designers for Houston, Texas Convention Hotel; Houston
First Corp. Seeking Proposals from Developers and Designers Who Could
Build, Own and Operate the Planned Hotel with at Least 1,000 Rooms
- Built
in 1891, the Iconic 60-room Nantucket Hotel & Resort, Reborn After
Multi-Year Rebuild Nears Completion; Owners, Mark and Gwenn Snider, to
Welcome Summer 2012 Guests to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
- LaSalle
Hotel Properties Acquires the 335-room Hotel Palomar, Washington, DC
for $143.8 million
- Don't
Throw Service into the Penalty Box! Lead the Way to Winning Results and
Guest Scores! / Roberta Nedry
- Deadline
Approaching: Hotel Pools Must Have Disabled Access; The Latest
Americans with Disabilities Act Regulations Take Effect on March 15,
2012
- Pacifica
Hotel Company Acquires The 127-room Belamar Hotel in Manhattan Beach,
California; Plans $500,000 Investment Over Next Three Years for
Property Upgrades
- World
Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Predicts Travel and Tourism to
Exceed 100 million Jobs and US$2 trillion GDP in 2012
- U.S.
Department of Commerce Report Shows 2011 International Visitation to
the U.S. Sets New Record; Top Inbound Markets Continue to be Canada and
Mexico
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Launches LQ-Instant Hold, Travelers May Now
Reserve Rooms On-The-Go Using Just a Phone Number
- Constance
Hotels Chooses Trust International as CRS, Distribution Partner;
Signing Ceremony at ITB Berlin
- SuiteLinq
Taps the Talents of Steve Geltman to Drive Content and Sponsorship
Sales for its All-In-One Digital Content, Connectivity & Commerce
Platform
- How
Good is Your Hotel's Online Reputation? Lodging Interactive Sites 5 Top
Reasons Why Hoteliers Should Add a Guest Review System to their Website
- Las
Vegas Visitor Traffic Sees Slight Uptick in January 2012 over 2011
Despite One Less Weekend in the January 2012 Calendar
- HSMAI
Greater New York Chapter Awarded for Excellence and Innovation with
HSMAI's "Chapter Best of the Best Awards"
- Hyatt
to Re-flag Avia Hotels in Napa, California and Savannah, Georgia as
Andaz Napa and Andaz Savannah
- Jumeirah
Group Opens Three Newest European Properties in Rome, London and
Mallorca; The Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto, the Grosvenor House
Apartments by Jumeirah Living and the Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel &
Spa
- Amanresorts
to Open Amanzoe in Summer 2012 on Greece's Peloponnese Peninsula
- Tropicana
Las Vegas Clubs Under New Ownership for the Third Time in a Year; ONE
Group to Rebrand Nightclub and Dayclub
- TradeWinds
Island Grand in St. Pete Beach, Florida Completes $20 Million Guest
Room Renovation
- Courtyard
by Marriott Miami Aventura Mall Completes Brand Refresh with Updated
Lobby, Bistro and Meeting Rooms
- Turnberry
Associates Completes Courtyard Orlando Downtown Brand Refresh
- 7
Days Group Holdings Limited Appoints Yuezhou Lin Chief Operating Officer
- Adrian
Bradley Appointed as Chief Financial Officer for Jumeirah Group
- Kerzner
International Appoints Jennifer Glaisek Ferguson as Senior Vice
President of Global Communications and Public Relations
- Brett
Forshag Joins HRI Lodging as Vice President of Sales
- Dora
Rodriguez Named as Transient Sales Manager the Newly Rebranded 334-room
Hyatt North Houston in Texas
- Greater
Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors Elects David
R. Giblin 2012 Chairman
March 7, 2012
- Knowland
Hires Veteran Chief Operating Officer; Former Barclaycard U.S. Vice
Chairman & COO brings proven leadership record in rapid growth
organizations, enterprise sales and data-centric, customer driven
innovation to the travel industry
- Pegasus
Solutions First to Offer Hotels Responsive Design for Mobile; Hotel
Customer Realizes Half a Million USD through iPad Bookings Alone in
January 2012
- HVS's
Annual Hotel Development Cost Survey Results 2011-2012 / Elaine Sahlins
- ADA
Defense and Compliance Lawyer: More clarification or confusion on March
15 ADA standards? / Jim Butler
- 2011
a Record Year for California Hotel Sales Totaling More Than $5.3
billion, Eclisping Previous Record Set in 2006 / Lori Weisberg
- Embassy
Suites Hotels Salutes Best-in-Brand for 2011; Robert Kisabeth Awarded
The Hervey Feldman Award - General Manager of the Year
- Wyndham
Hotel Group Launches the Super 8 Brand in Germany; Development
Agreement with Tristar Hotel GmbH and Colliers Hotel GmbH Calls for a
Minimum of 10 Super 8 Properties in Germany Over the Next Five Years
- Flughafen
Zurich AG Selects Hyatt for Two New Hotels at Zurich Airport's New
Mixed Use Development Known as The Circle; The 250-room Hyatt Regency
and the 300-room Hyatt Place Hotels to Open in Early 2017
- VTB
Arena Park and a Hyatt Affiliate Enter Management Agreement for the
297-room Hyatt Regency Moscow Set to Open in Russia in 2015
- Jupiter
CY LLC Gains Approval for Development of $20 million Courtyard by
Marriott in Abacoa, Florida
- Sonnenblick-Eichner
Company Arranges $17,500,000 of First Mortgage Financing for the
Doubletree By Hilton Hotel Dallas-Campbell Centre
- Pegasus
Solutions Expands Voice Services Offering; Hotel Customer Realizes
Additional $11.6M USD in Revenue
- RateGain
integrates with reconline AG to enable distribution on all 4 GDSs
through ChannelGain; RateGain's channel management solution now offers
online inventory distribution functionality to all 4 GDSs to its
subscriber hotels.
- StarCite,
Part of Active Network, and Worldhotels Announce New Partnership;
Worldhotels' Participating Properties to Increase Their Meetings,
Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions Business (MICE) Through
StarCite's Global Supplier Marketplace
- Targeting
Ancillary Revenue Growth in a Feasible Way / Ritesh Gupta
- Hunter
Realty Represents Summit Hotel Properties in $22.1 Million Acquisition
- Agenda
Set for the Young Hoteliers Summit 2012 to be Held in Lausanne,
Switzerland, March 19-21, 2012; To be Attended by 54 Students from 19
International Hospitality Schools and Industry Leaders
- Business
Travel is Picking Up While Leisure Travel is Expected to Remain Static
According to the 2012 Hotel Association of Canada's Canadian Travel
Intentions Survey
- Love
of One's Fellow Man in the Experiential Hospitality / Osvaldo Torres
Cruz
- KPM
Hotel Group Moves Closer to Development of $17 million Springhill
Suites by Marriott in Downtown Bloomington, Indiana with Plans Approved
- Santa
Cruz, California's Former University Inn & Conference Center Will
Reopen as Hotel Paradox After Owners, BPR Properties, Complete
Multimillion Dollar Remodel
- Las
Alamandas in Costalegre, Mexico Completes Major Renovation
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Appoints General Managers for Key Dubai Properties;
Khazza Khamis for the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Downtown and Rob
Collier for the Radisson Blu Residence, Dubai Marina
- Keith
Hardie Named as General Manager for the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel
& Towers in Bangkok, Thailand
- Adam
Dyke Appointed as General Manager for Wynyard Hall Country House Hotel
in the Tees Valley in England
- Salamander
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Mary Hutchcraft as Director of Sales and
Marketing at Reunion Resort, Part of Orlando's Grand Golf Resorts of
Florida
- Ana
Montano Becomes the Director of Food & Beverage at the 393-room
Hyatt Regency Louisville in Kentucky
March 6, 2012
- Softscribe
Inc. and UK-Based Johnson King Form Alliance: 'Global Reach: Branding
Without Borders' Supports Clients with International Strategy
- Free
Webinar - 'Facebook Timeline for Brands: How Hoteliers Can Take
Advantage': What You Need to Know to Make the Switch and Optimize Your
New Page
- Vail
Resorts Reports Net Income of $46.4 million for 2nd Qrt. Fiscal 2012,
Down 15% From 2nd Qrt. Fiscal 2011; 14.6% Decline in Skier Visits
Offset by 13.5% Increase in Season Pass Revenue
- California's
San Diego and Riverside Counties Hotel Sales Rocketed Upward in 2011;
San Diego Sales Volume Ballooned to $1.9 billion, Up from $247 million
and Riverside Rose to $100 million from $23.6 million in 2010
- CBRE's
Manhattan Hotel Real Estate Winter 2012 Snapshot Forecasts Continued
Strength in Operating Metrics; New Supply Can be Absorbed as Occupancy
Remained Constant at 84% in 2011
- Mexico
City Hotels Rebound with Double-Digit Growth Forecast According to
Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels
- The
2012 Do's & Don'ts of Hotel Distribution / Max Starkov & Lauren
DeGeorge
- Study
Supports the $900 Million Proposed Project for an Expanded Convention
Center in Baltimore, Maryland; The Addition of an 18,500 Arena and a
500-room Sheraton Hotel Would Transform the City
- Despite
Euro-Zone Crisis, Starwood Sees Increased Demand for Growth and Plans
to Open 25 New Hotels in Europe Within Four Years; Recent Growth in
Luxury Room Count Seems to Defy Global Economic Climate
- Wyndham
Hotel Group Unveils New Room Concept for its Super 8 Brand in Europe
and the Middle East; Modular Construction will Allow for More
Economical Hotel Development
- Sticking
to Target Group's Preferences While Improving Customer Cross and
Up-Sell / Ritesh Gupta
- Yellow
Dog Software Provides Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas with Retail Inventory
Management
- Lucky
Thirteen for Grand Pacific Resort Management (GPRM); Resort Timeshare
Management's 'Best Kept Secret' Dominates Industry Award Program
Nominations
- Occidental
Grand Xcaret Announces 'First Club' Opening; Personal Butler Fulfills
Requests for Emergency Piña Coladas on the Beach
- PSAV
Wins Bronze Stevie® Award in 2012 for Sales & Customer Service;
The leading supplier of audiovisual and event technologies is hailed
for its efforts to continually improve customer satisfaction
- More
Details Emerge of Phantoms' Allentown, Pennsylvania Arena, Offices,
Hotel Project as the Allentown Commercial Industrial Development
Authority Works to Identify a Developer; Current Cost for Plan
Estimated at $158 Million
- Turkish
Brand Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International Enters Management
Agreement with Apeas Engineering and Consultation for 10 New Brand,
Dedeman Park Hotels, Over Next Five Years; First Up is the 120-room
Dedeman Park Denizli in City of Denizli, Southwestern Turkey
- Borgata Hotel
Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Undergo $50 million
Room Redesign Project
- After
Two Years of Flying High, Orlando Visitor Growth Expected to Taper Off
this Year
- Judge
Halts Foreclosure Auction of Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel in Texas Giving
the New Owner, Vestin Orignations of Las Vegas, Time to Find Financing
- Agnelo
Fernandes, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Terranea Resort in
California, Recognized by HSMAI as One of the "Top 25 Most
Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing"
- Owner,
VVA Hotels Pvt Ltd, and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Open the 162-room
Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai City Centre in India
- Laurus
Corporation Completes Acquisition of the 130-room Ramada Suites Hotel
at New Orleans Airport in Louisiana
- Miramar
Group Unveils Name of First Small Designer Lifestyle Hotel with the
91-key Mira Moon Set to Open in Hong Kong in December 2012
- Driftwood
Hospitality Assumes Management of the 215-room Hartford Plaza Hotel in
East Hartford, Connecticut
- Richfield
Hospitality Assumes Management and Launches New Marketing for Casa
Moderna, the 56-room Miami, Florida Boutique
- Officially
Opened by JFK in 1963, Washington, D.C.'s Historic 356-room Madison
Hotel Completes $20 million Restoration; Owned by Jamestown and Managed
by Destination Hotels & Resorts
- American
Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Recognizes Peter H. Mason,
CHA and Executive Vice President of Konover Hotel Corporation, for
Achieving 25 Years as a Certified Hotel Administrator
- Stuart
Williams Named as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for
The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
- SBE
Hotel Group Names Management Team for the SLS Hotel South Beach in
Miami Beach, Florida; General Manager Albert Mertz, Director of Sales
& Marketing Gregg Karasik and Director of Food and Beverage C. Luke
Mathot
March 5, 2012
- Sabre
Hospitality Solutions Releases Innovative New Version of its Guest
Connect Booking Engine; Versatile, scalable and social - just a few of
its highlights
- Pool
Lift Deadline Looming - Are Hotel Pools Accessible to the Disabled?
Industry Lobbyists Insist Guidelines Have Been Unclear and in Some
Cases Financially Onerous / Lori Weisberg
- 10
New Changes to Facebook Business Pages & How Hotels Can Prepare
- Fairmont
Pittsburgh's Success Brings with it Success for Other Downtown Hotels
- Revel's
$2.9 Billion Megaresort in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Undergo $12.4
Million Project Adding 309 Rooms in Order to Meet Threshold
Requirements in Relation to Casino Floor Space
- Planning
Underway for Lone Star Court Hotel in Austin, Texas; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Add/Update 178 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Isle
of Capri Casinos Enters Definitive Purchase Agreement to Sell Isle
Casino Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi to Golden Nugget Biloxi, Inc. for
Approximately $45 million
- South
Carolina Hospitality Association Begins Process of Rebuilding and
Restoring Credibility While Probe into Missing Funds Continues
- Magnolia
Finest Corporation Limited and Hilton Worldwide Enter Management
Agreement to Welcome First Waldorf Astoria in Southeast Asia; The
170-room Waldorf Astoria Bangkok to Open in Thailand in 2015
- Southampton
Row Hotel LLP Rebrands London's 225-room Hesperia London Victoria to
DoubleTree by Hilton London-Victoria; Managed by Crimson Hotel Group
- Shanghai
Jin Cang Mandarin Hotel Ltd. Selects Interstate China, a Joint Venture
Between Interstate Hotels & Resorts and Jin Jiang Hotels, to Manage
Shanghai's 514-room JC Mandarin Hotel
- Communicating
with Your Customers / Jim Hartigan
- Commemorative
Earth Day Key Cards Now Available to Hoteliers; Sustainable Wood Hotel
Key Cards Send Positive Message about Environment
- eRevMax
International Appoints Michael McCartan to CEO; Global software and
services house, owner of RateTiger, restructures for new growth
initiative
- Debra
Golden Leads Hospitality Softnet's Teleprospecting Services for
National Brands, Individual Hotels, and CVB's
- Trust
International is 1st Independent CRS to Offer the Functionalities to
Support Hotel ADA Compliance
- Growth
Trends Continue for the Caribbean; Expedia Data Shows a 12% Increase in
Room Night Bookings to the Region During Q4 2011
- Agenda
Set, Registration Open for 34th Annual NYU International Hospitality
Industry Investment Conference; Program Highlights Include Governor
Chris Christie, NBC News' Chuck Todd, Giants of Real Estate Panel and
Industry CEO Line-up
- Palm
Beach County Florida's Workforce Alliance Launches HOST - Hospitality
Occupation and Service Training - To Find and Train Local Residents to
Fill Hospitality Jobs; Four Year Goal to Eliminate Foreign Guest
Workers at Hospitality Venues
- Makyol
Construction Industry Tourism and Trading Co. Inc. and Starwood Hotels
Debut the 259-room Le Meridien Istanbul Etiler in Istanbul, Turkey
- Sands
China Ltd and Hilton Worldwide to Open the World's Largest Conrad
Hotel; The 636-room Conrad Macao, Cotai Central to Open Next Month in
Macao
- Richland
Hospitality Starts Construction of $6.5 Million 90-room Marriott
TownPlace Suites Hotel in Richland, Washington Resuming the Stalled
Project Planned in 2008
- Davidson
Hotels & Resorts and Owner, Crow Holdings Capital Partners,
Complete Mutli-million Renovation of the 496-room Hilton Alexandria
Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia
- Regent
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Peter Finamore as Senior Vice President
of Operations
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Names Pre-Opening Team of Steve Buckler as General
Manager and Macaire Matchett as Director of Sales for the 204-room
Hyatt Place Braintree in Braintree, Massachusetts
- Tim
Bugas Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing for The 483-room
Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia
- Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Perry Kokotis as Executive Chef for Chicago's
World of Whirlpool, a Brand and Product Experience Conference Center
March 2, 2012
- The
World’s Worst Tourists? Americans Agree, It's Us; New LivingSocial
Survey Finds Americans Think We Are World's Worst Travelers; 78 Percent
of Americans Have Visited At Least One Foreign Country; 40 Percent Have
Stolen from Hotels
- California's
Grande Colonial Hotel Selects VingCard Elsafe RFID Locks For Security
Upgrades; Four Diamond Award-winning resort extends longtime
association with VingCard Elsafe by installing next-generation
technology.
- Hersha
Hospitality Trust Acquires Philadelphia's The Rittenhouse Hotel
- Princeton
Ends Investments In HEI Hospitality Citing Business Considerations
- Mustering
Military Demand in Southeastern Hotel Markets: Military Installations
are Impacting Hotel Demand and Average Rates / Heidi Nielsen
- Trading
Improvement Boosts European Hotel Values with Further Growth Forecast,
According to HVS's Annual Hotel Valuation Index
- Single
Asset Deals Accounted for 60% of Total Hotel Investment Volumes in 2011
Across EMEA According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels' Hotel Investment
Highlights Report
- Pam
Richardson, California Hotel & Lodging Association 2011 Chair, is
Honored with 2011 State Leadership Award by the American Hotel &
Lodging Association
- Leisure
Hospitality Founder, Robert Patel, Says, "I'm Done!" - The Hotel
Developer Pulls Out of the $8.5 Million Hampton Inn and Suites Project
in Claremore, Oklahoma Citing Difficulty Working with the City
- Carlson
Wagonlit Travel Reports Record Performance in 2011 with Sales Volume
Growth of 15.2% to $28 billion
- Groupize,
A New Small Group Travel Planning and Booking Site Launches
- Guest-tek's
OneView HSIA Platform Records Over Half A Million Logins In A Single Day
- Shift4
Continues Expansion into Online Payments with Magento Integration
- Pennsylvania
State-wide Tourism Summit Planned to Work Toward a Stronger Voice for
the Industry with State Government; April 29-May 2, 2012 Event to
Include April 30th Rally at State Capitol
- Elara,
a Hilton Grand Vacations Club, Debuts Center Strip in Las Vegas Through
a Rebranding of the 1201-unit Planet Hollywood Towers by Westgate
- Former
Best Western-Red Rock Inn in Gallup, New Mexico Becomes Days Inn and
Suites Hotel; Owner, Bajrang Corporation, Plans Three Phase Property
Improvements
- The
70-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott to Open in Grand
Junction, Colorado; Owned and Managed by Main Street Management
- Driftwood
Hospitality to Manage the 200-room Holiday Inn San Jose Downtown -
Aurola in Costa Rica
- $7
Million Renovation of 38,000 Square Feet of Meeting and Banquet
Facilities Unveiled at Chicago's 752-room Westin Michigan Avenue
- Sixteen
Suites and Connecting Rooms Receive $3.4 Million Upgrade at the
172-room Hyatt at The Bellevue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- The
200-room Courtyard Orlando Downtown in Florida Completes Renovation to
Public Spaces
- Dolce
Hotels and Resorts Names David Anderson as Managing Director, Europe
- Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Bibiana Galindo as Controller for the 160-room
Marenas Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
March 1, 2012
- IDeaS
Revenue Solutions Announces Intuitive, Affordable Pricing System for
Limited-Service Hotels; New system enables busy general managers to
effectively manage pricing in just a few clicks per day
- How
to Lose Friends (Employees) and Repulse People (Everyone Else) /
William P. Fisher. Ph.D.
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 86; Choice’s Settlement with AAHOA; Don’t Demolish
the Javits Center; NYC & Company’s Successful Marketing Strategy;
Quote of the Month / Stanley Turkel
- PCMA's
Successful Experiment With Hybrid Meetings / David Brudney
- The
Future is Mobile but it Has to be Integrated Across the Business; An
Interview with Bill Keen, Director of Mobile Solutions at IHG
Group
- Redevelopment
Plan for Hyde Park Corner in London, England to Include Super-luxury
Hotel as Centerpiece
- Developers
Unveil Rendering of Proposed Hardeeville, South Carolina Casino
Complex; The Complex within the Hilton Head Lakes Development would
Include a 400-room Hotel and Conference Center
- Talks
Underway to Add a 175-room Hotel to the $158 Million Hockey Arena
Sports Complex Under Development in Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Hyatt
Affiliate and Hyundai Development Company Enter Management Agreement
for the 268-room Park Hyatt Busan to be Developed in South Korea;
Slated for a 2013 Opening
- United
Capital Corp. Acquires the 254-room Ocean Place Resort & Spa, Long
Branch, New Jersey; Property to Undergo $15 million Renovation
- Sofitel
Luxury Hotels Opens the 238-room Sofitel So Bangkok in Thailand
- Francis
Ford Coppola's Palazzo Margherita Opens in Bernalda in Southern Italy
- Oberoi
Hotels & Resorts Rated #1 In Guest Satisfaction For 2011;
Rebounding Economy Boosts Customer Service Levels Across Industry;
Market Metrix Announces Annual 2011 Hospitality Index Results
- Hunley
Hotel Scores a Hole-in-One with Infor10 SoftBrands HMS in the Cloud;
Deployment of Hotel Management System (HMS) Set to Boost Visibility and
Profitability for Luxury Hotel & Golf Venue
- Lodging
Interactive Launches 'InnterACT' Website Analytics & Social Tool;
With Lodging Interactive's InnterACT portal, hoteliers can access
real-time analytics, archived reports and search engine ranking PLUS
monitor their social media presence
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Holiday Inn
Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas
- HSMAI
Honors Pegasus Solutions with Gold Adrian Award
- TourOnline
Under Contract with Trust International; With TourOnline, Trust
International gains a dominant player in the German hotel industry as a
new customer.
- The
Moran & Bewley's Hotel Group Invests in Technology Upgrade
- Managing
Social Media: In Pursuit of Happy Guests In Real-Time
- Hersha
Hospitality Trust Closes on Sale of Two Connecticut Hotels; The Holiday
Inn in Norwich and the SpringHill Suites in Waterford were Each Sold
for $5.5 Million to Limited Liability Companies Affiliated with
Starwood Capital Group
- AH&LA
Launches Women in Lodging Connect Competition in Honor of National
Women's Month; WIL State Chapters Challenged to Rally the Most New
Members by June 1, 2012
- Strand
Development Opens and Will Operate Under a Long Term Contract the
49-suite Affordable Suites Hotel in Augusta, Georgia
- Sheraton
Safari Hotel and Suites in Orlando, Florida Completes $25 million
Transformation and Becomes the 490-room Sheraton Lake Buena Vista Resort
- Paul
Bazzano of Millcraft Industries Awarded Regional General Manager of the
Year Northeast & Eastern Canada by Hilton Garden Inn
- Denihan
Hospitality Group Names Danette Opaczewski Executive Vice President,
Operations
- Karambir
Kang Named General Manager of Taj Boston & Area Director, Taj
Hotels - The Americas
- Reed
Kandalaft Appointed as Hotel Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles
at Beverly Hills in California
- Outrigger
Hotels and Resorts Names Apichart Asa as General Manager of the
Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas in Thailand
- JRK
Hotel Group Appoints Chad Olson as General Manager for the 182-room
Villa Florence Hotel in San Francisco, California
- Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Colleen Pace as Director of Sales for the 316-room
Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Park
Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa in Colorado Names James Steinbach as
Director of Group Sales and Rowland Cheeks as Senior Sales Manager
- Beth
Lukens Joins Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina in the British
Virgin Islands as Group Sales Manager
- Peppers
Beach Club & Spa in Palm Cove, Australia Names Vanessa Grace as
Executive Chef
**Top 25 Read Articles -
February 2012**
- David
Lewin, General Manager of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, Shares
Lessons Learned in a Lifetime of Hospitality
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Releases Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2012 As
Observed by its Properties
- Tom
Sponseller, CEO of South Carolina Hospitality Association, Found Dead
- ADA
Defense and Compliance Lawyer Advisory: DOJ Clarifies March 15, 2012
Mandatory Pool Lift Requirement! (Uh-oh!) / Jim Butler & Martin
Orlick
- The
5 Golden Rules of Social Media ROI / Marco Saio
- Investors
Suing Over Losses at the Stalled $2.9 Billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Project Discover Internal Documents Detailing Alleged Cost Overrun
Cover-Up of Up to $450 Million
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors Re-Positioning to Higher-end Properties? Two California
Hotels, the San Diego Marriott Del Mar, and the Del Mar Hilton on the
Market / Lori Weisberg
- People
Depend On You For Their Safety: Department of Homeland Security
Releases Free Online Risk Self-Assessment Tool (RSAT) for Convention
Centers & Lodging
- Prism
Hotel & Resorts Selected to Takeover and Manage a 12-Property,
1877-room Hotel Portfolio
- Changing
of the Guard at Marriott, a Q & A with Bill Marriott and Arne
Sorenson; Their Transition and the Importance of the South Florida
Hotel Market
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Acquires Iconic New York City Knickerbocker Hotel for
$115 million; Also Marketing 16 Non-Strategic Hotels to Support
Portfolio Repositioning Strategy and Strengthen Balance Sheet
- Heirs
to Murdered Hotelier, Ben Novack Jr., Sought in Effort to Wrestle
Estate From Novak's Wife, Who Stands Charged for Arranging His Death
- Cap
Juluca Resort on Anguilla, British West Indies to be Sold at Public
Auction
- Can
TripAdvisor Transform Itself From an Industry Foe to an Industry
Friend? / Max Starkov
- IHG
Launches EVEN Hotels; First Mainstream Hotel Brand Focused on Wellness
- New
Jekyll Island Convention Center, to be Completed on Schedule and Under
Budget, to Provide Powerful Economic Boost for Georgia and its Golden
Isles; Historic Levels for Bookings Projected for 2013 and Beyond
- Hersha
Hospitality Completes Sale of 14 Non-Core Properties Generating Net
Proceeds of $40.5 Million; Part of an Ongoing Portfolio Transformation,
Four More Sales to Close by End of Q1 2012
- The
Peabody Ducks Are Marching with a New Duckmaster; Anthony Petrina Steps
into the Role at The Peabody Memphis in Tennessee where the Tradition
Began 70 Years Ago
- FBI
Tips for Hotels: How to spot terrorists and what to do / Jim Butler
- JW
Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona Avoids Auction
Block, for Now, as Lenders Do Battle
- Hilton
Worldwide Re-Brands the Elysian in Illinois as the Waldorf Astoria
Chicago
- Century-Old
Building in Downtown Los Angeles Set to go From Drug Den to Luxury Inn;
Developers Plan a $25 Million Rebuild for a 45 to 60 Room Boutique Hotel
- Noble
Investment Group Acquires the Hotel Midtown in Atlanta and the Holiday
Inn Memphis East to be Redeveloped as the Hyatt Atlanta Midtown and
Memphis Marriott East; Noble has made $350 million in new investments
over the past 12 months, increasing owned portfolio by 14 hotels
- Bringing
Out The Best In Guests, Brings Out The Best In Frontline Colleagues /
Doug Kennedy
- Bad
Timing Rubbed Out Hotel Dreams for a Pair of Tucson Real Estate
Investors
February 29, 2012
- Tom
Sponseller, CEO of South Carolina Hospitality Association, Found Dead
- Independent
Operators and Hotel Groups Seeking Cloud-Based PMS to Lower Costs,
Increase Productivity, Improve Guest Service Select Maestro by
NORTHWIND; Cloud-Platform Maestro (SaaS) Frees Up Staff, Provides PCI
Compliant Secure Environment, Reduces Hardware Expenses and Drives
Profitability
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Posts 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $42.8 million Compared to
Net Loss of $103.1 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR for its 43
Hotels Increased 4.8% for the Quarter / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Hospitality
Properties Trust Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $30.7 million
Compared to a Net Loss of $100.4 million the Year-Ago Qtr.; RevPAR
Increased 6.9%
- Morgans
Hotel Group Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $20.4 million Compared to
a Loss of $9.5 million Same Year Ago Qtr; System Wide RevPar up 4.1% /
Hotel Operating Statistics
- DiamondRock
Hospitality Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $4.9 million Compared to
Net Income of $1.9 million for Comparable 2010 Period; Revpar Increased
6.2%; Sale of Three Non-Core Hotels Expected to Close Q1 2012 / Hotel
Operating Statistics
- Red
Lion Hotels Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $20.2 million Compared
with Net Loss of $7.1 million Same Period 2010; RevPAR Decreases .9%
- Columbia
Pacific Opportunity Fund, the Largest Shareholder of Red Lion Hotels,
Urges Sale of the Company
- Summit
Hotel Properties Reports 4th Quarter 2011 Net Loss of $2.4 million
Compared to a Net Loss of Approximately $14.0 million Same Period Last
Year; RevPAR Increased 3.6%
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Partners with Local Hotel Operator, Grupo TAO,
to Expand in Colombia; Plans to Break Ground in Medellin for the First
of Three New Hotels in the Country
- ADA
ALERT - A Call to Action Before the March 15, 2012 ADA Deadline / Jim
Butler
- American
Hotel & Lodging Association Presents 2012 John Whitaker Award to
James G Weitkamp, Vice President, Harbor Linen, LLC; State Leadership
Awards Presented to Members of Each Partner State Association in
Recognition of Their Assistance with AH&LA Programs
- Rapidly
Shrinking French Hotel Supply in 2012; MKG Hospitality States it's
Urgent to Sound the Alarm When the Situation is Going From Worse to
Worst at an Accelerated Pace
- Meet
Industry Experts on the Future of Hotel Website Design / Erica Garza
- ResortCom
International Receives Rewards; Pioneer Company in Shared Ownership
Industry Acknowledged for Excellence with Finalist Nominations
- Made
Only of Data, Mobile Key by OpenWays is 'Key' to a Greener Earth; There
are no keycards greener than the OpenWays Crypto Acoustic Credential
that enables hotel guests to unlock their rooms via mobile phone
- EI
Updates Certified Hospitality Educator Workshop
- Summit
Hotel Properties Completes Acquisition of Two Birmingham, Alabama
Hotels; Transactions Close for the 130-room Hilton Garden Inn Liberty
Park and the 95-room Hilton Garden Inn Lakeshore
- The
World's Top Concierges Gather in London for the 59th International
Congress of Les Clefs d'Or Concierges; Discuss the Impact of Social
Media, the Expanding Global Markets and the Escalating Demand for
Personalized Services
- Hilton
Worldwide Signs Management Agreement with Dandong Huilong Industrial
Development Co for the 190-room Hilton Garden Inn Dandong in North
China; Construction to Begin in March 2012 for a March 2014 Opening
- New
Hilton Hotel Slated for Hyannis, Massachusetts with the 160-room
DoubleTree by Hilton to Open by Late April 2012 through the Renovation
and Rebranding of the Former Radisson
- Home2
Suites by Hilton Breaks Ground for the 78-suite Home2 Suites in
Huntsville, Alabama; The Brand's First Dual Build Property will Share
the Site with the 97-room Hampton Inn & Suites
- RIU
Hotels & Resorts and the Tikida Group to Develop the 444-room Riu
Palace Tikida Agadir in Morocco
- W
Hotels Debuts in France with the Opening the 91-room W Paris -
Opéra; Owned by Meridia Capital and Designed Inside an Historic
1870s Building
- Lark
Hotels, a Collection of Atlantic Shore Boutique Hotels Launches, in New
England with Four Historic Properties in Three Seaside Locations
- Gateway
Hospitality Group Names George Iannacone as Regional Director of
Operations & Development
- Mark
Plonkey Appointed as General Manager for the 110-room Hotel Teatro in
Denver, Colorado
- Kimberly
Wilson Appointed as General Manager for the 650-room Harbor Beach
Marriott Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- McKibbon
Hotel Management Names Catherine Harris as General Manager for the
115-room New-build Aloft Hotel Asheville Downtown in North Carolina to
Open in August 2012
February 28, 2012
- KeyLime
Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort Named 2011 eMarketer of the Year for its
Creative Connections with Today's 'Always On' Consumer;
TravelClick® hotel customers take home thirteen Adrian Awards for
excellence in digital marketing
- Maryland
Live! Casino Selects Agilysys Stratton Warren System; Property to Use
Inventory and Procurement System to Automate Processes, Reduce Costs
- HSMAI's
55th Annual Adrian Awards Event Honors Top Individuals and Companies
for Achievements in Hospitality Advertising, Public Relations, and
Digital Marketingl
- Homewood
Suites Names Top Performing Hotels of 2011; Homewood Suites by Hilton
Mobile-East Bay/Daphne in Alabama Receives 2011 Connie Award
- It's
Official: Trump to Buy South Florida's Doral Golf Resort for $150
million and Spend Another $150 million Renovating Hotel and Golf Courses
- IHG
Launches EVEN Hotels, the First Mainstream Hotel Brand Focused on
Wellness
- Tiered
Pricing and Yield – Key Drivers of Extended Stay Success / Mark Lynn
- GlobeSt.com
Interviews JMBM's ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyers: Hotels Handle
Pool Lift Regulations / Jim Butler
- Dedicated
to Social Media, Part II: InterContinental Hotels Group / Daniel Edward
Craig
- European
Hotel Transactions on the Rise with Improved Trading Performance but
Still Well Below the Peak of 2006
- Interstate
China Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 850-room DoubleTree by Hilton
Shanghai-Pudong in China, Formerly the Sofitel JJ Oriental Hotel and
Owned by Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels
- Marriott
International Retains LRA Worldwide for Global Quality Assurance Audit
Program; Decision marks the first time entire Marriott portfolio will
be served by one partner
- Blueprint
RF Welcomes Lee Dickens as CIO; Increased concentration on Data aligns
company for future initiatives
- STAFFScope
Helps Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau Achieve Top 40 Places to
Work Listing
- SoftBrands
Delivers Increased Speed and Agility to the Hospitality Industry;
Enhancements to Infor10 SoftBrands HMS Change the Way Hotel Companies
Work with Event-driven intelligence and Social Monitoring execution
- InnLink
Launches New Brand and Suite of Destination Booking Solutions - VisitUs
- PSAV®
Aiding in Downtown Las Vegas Revitalization, Supporting Events that
Attract Meeting Planners and 'Wow' Participants; PSAV® Presentation
Services partners with MEET Las Vegas, the Plaza Hotel and Casino, and
the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health to electrify
events
- Newmarket
International Receives 2012 MarketTools Ace (Achievement In Customer
Excellence) Award; Prestigious Award Recognizes Leaders in Using
Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) to Increase Customer Satisfaction
and Improve Business Results
- Merchant
Link and Transaction Resources Team Up to Streamline and Secure
Payments for Ski Resorts; New Partnership Allows Ski Resorts to Manage
All Payment Transactions from Any Point-of-Sale Across the Resort
- Vision
Hospitality Group Starts Construction on the 134-room Hampton Inn &
Suites in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Opening Planned for Spring 2013
- The
National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia Offers Five Tips for
Planning Government Meetings
- Richard
C. Kessler Describes Expansion Plans for The Kessler Collection within
the Next Three to Five Years in Key U.S. Cities
- Wyndham
Hotel Group's Microtel Brand to Become Microtel Inn & Suites by
Wyndham; Rebranding Strategy Taking Advantage of Wyndham Brand's
Recognition
- Accor
Tailors Mercure for China with the Launch of 'Mei Jue' Brand; A
Tailor-Made Grand Mercure for the Chinese Upscale Market
- Ascend
Collection from Choice Debuts in Central America while Continuing North
American Expansion with Two New Canadian Properties; The Gran Hotel in
Costa Rica, the St-Christophe Hotel & Spa in Quebec and the Hidden
Valley Resort in Ontario Join the Portfolio
- The
395-room Courtyard by Marriott Ottawa East to Open in Canada; Owned and
Managed by Bona Building & Management
- The
Hotel Group's Lara Latture Named One of Nashville's Most Influential
Women; A Finalist in the Nashville Business Journal's 2012 Women of
Influence Awards Program, Latture Was One of 31 Women Recognized for
Making an Impact in Nashville
- Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Kanwaljeet 'Rikki' Boparai as General Manager for
the 124-room ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa in Miami Beach, Florida
February 27, 2012
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Releases Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2012 as
Observed by its Properties
- The
Stafford London by Kempinski Exceeds Guest Expectations with Help of
GoConcierge; Web-based Application Adds Efficiencies to Concierge,
Other Departments
- A
Hotelier's Viewpoint on the Current Status of the Flash Sales Model
- Cap
Juluca Resort on Anguilla, British West Indies to be Sold at Public
Auction
- Trump
Edging Closer to Purchase of South Florida's Doral Golf Resort, Home of
the Blue Monster; Expected to be Lone Suitor of 692-room Property with
Bid of $150 million
- With
the Loss of Dennis Gomes, Atlantic City's Resorts Casino Hotel Must
Determine Who Can Successfully Continue to Implement Gomes' Turnaround
Plans
- New
General Manager at New Jersey Sheraton; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral
Have Updated 306 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in
Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- Amenity
Dispensers Answer $176 Million Question / Ray Burger
- Tax
Fight Over Online Hotel Bookings, an Issue Popping Up Nationwide with
Varying Results, Heads to Court in Portland, Oregon; City Officials
Believe the Sites Have Underpaid Lodging Taxes Totaling $5 to $8
Million to Date
- La
Quinta is the Decade's Fastest Growing Select Service; According to
Smith Travel Reaserch, La Quinta's Worldwide Growth Exceeds its Nearest
Competitor by More than 250% in the last ten years -- and in domestic
growth by more than 25% in the last five years
- MICROS
Offers its Customers a Greater Level of Security When Processing Credit
Cards; Enhanced security is now available for MICROS OPERA and MICROS
RES Customers with P2PE and Tokenization
- SBA
Reviewing North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Hotelier's History of
Problem Loans; Inquiry as to How Mike Mishra Received Stimulus Plan
Funds After Defaulting on Prior Loans
- Shangri-La
Debuts in Sri Lanka Breaking Ground on Two Properties; Work Begins on
the 315-room Shangri-La's Hambantota Resort and Spa and the 661-room
Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo
- Joie
de Vivre Hotels to Open the 184-room Hotel Lincoln in Chicago,
Illinois; Owned by AJ Capital Partners and Centrum Properties
- Holiday
Inn Continues Expansion in Argentina with the Opening of the 114-room
Holiday Inn Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Airport; Owned and Managed by Granados
Hermanos SRL
- Choice
Hotels Opens 5,000th Domestic Franchised Property with the Opening of
the Comfort Suites in Katy, Texas
- The
370-room Hilton Dalian Opens in Dalian, China
- Agenda
Set for the 16th Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment
Conference (CHTIC); To Occur April 24 - 26, 2012 in San Juan, Puerto
Rico
- Costa
Magoulas, Dean of Daytona State College School of Hospitality &
Culinary Management, Named American Culinary Federations Southeast
Region Chef Educator of the Year
- Choice
Hotels International Appoints Barbara T. Alexander to its Board of
Directors
February 24, 2012
- Resorts
Casino Hotel CEO, Dennis Gomes, Dies at age 68
- TalkHotels.com:
A Free Network for Hospitality Professionals; Share ideas, ask
questions, meet hospitality professionals from around the world, find
vendors and local service providers. Free iPhone app available for
download!
- FBI
Tips for Hotels; How to spot terrorists and what to do. / Jim Butler
- Orient-Express
Hotels Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $9.1 million Compared to a Loss
of $15.3 million Same Period 2010; Revenue up 9% to $107.6 million,
Same Store RevPAR up 11% in US Dollars
- Hersha
Hospitality Reports 4th Quarter 2011 Net Loss of $2.8 million Compared
to a Net Loss of $8.8 million in the Year-Ago Quarter; RevPAR up 8.8%
- Hersha
Hospitality Completes Sale of 14 Non-Core Properties Generating Net
Proceeds of $40.5 Million; Part of an Ongoing Portfolio Transformation,
Four More Sales to Close by End of Q1 2012
- The
5 Golden Rules of Social Media ROI
- Pennsylvania's
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem Lauded as Model of Success by the State's
House Gaming Control Committee Chairman; Resort Sited as a Good Working
Concept for Others to Aspire to
- Closing
on the East Peoria, Illinois Redevelopment Agreement for $92.8 Million
Marriott Hotel Project May Need Yet Another Extension; City Council
Insisting that Closing will Occur Prior to March 30, 2012
- Tropicana
Las Vegas Reports 4th Quarter 2011 Revenue Soars but Higher Expenses
Result in a Net Loss of $11 million for Quarter
- Global
Business and Leisure Hotel Rates Continue Climb; Bookings ease off 2011
levels as rates in both channels increase +3.8% and +7.0% respectively
- The
Knowland Group Begins Service in Vienna; Comprehensive, Next-Day Field
Research Now Being Delivered to Austrian hoteliers
- Cvent
Announces Corporate Meetings Summit; CEO of Concur Technologies to
Keynote the Event; Followed by a Live Videocast of Hotel Executives
Sharing Insider Negotiation Tips and Strategies for Meeting and Travel
Professionals
- Northwest
Hotel Investment Forum Plans a Meet The Brands Panel for its Spring
2012 Meeting
- The
U.K.'s North East Hotels Association Honors Winners of their Excellence
Awards; Victoria Paterson of Matfen Hall in Northumberland Named the
Industry's Rising Star
- Rezidor
to Open the 249-room Radisson Blu Hotel Conakry in the Republic of
Guinea in 2014
- The
218-room Enchantment Resort in Sedona, Arizona to Debut its $25 Million
Transformation in Spring 2012
- White
Lodging and RLJ Development Complete Renovation of the 156-suite
Residence Inn Chicago Oak Brook in Illinois
- Louvre
Hotels Group Expands to Russia and Algeria with the Tulip Inn and
Golden Tulip Brands
- Jim
Donald Named as Chief Executive Officer for Extended Stay Hotels
- Jacques
Hamou Appointed as General Manager for the 393-room St. Kitts Marriott
Resort & Royal Beach Casino on the Caribbean Island of St. Kitts
- Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Jeff Wardlaw as General Manager for the Hotel
Contessa in San Antonio, Texas
- Brent
R. Gresham Appointed as General Manager of the French Quarter Inn in
Charleston, South Carolina
- Bryan
Franz Named as Executive Chef for the 250-room Northern Quest Resort
& Casino in Spokane, Washington
February 23, 2012
- Do's
and Don'ts for Travel Campaigns on Facebook
- High-Tech
Innovation Defines Luxurious ARIA Resort & Casino, Even in Its
Uniform Department Operations; ARIA Uses RFID Tracking for 125,000
Uniforms for Staff of 8,000
- LaSalle
Hotel Properties Posts 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $.6 million Compared
to a Loss of $17 million in the Prior Year Quarter: RevPAR Grew to
$140.10, an Increase of 5% / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Chatham
Lodging Trust Posts 4th Quarter 2011 Net Loss of $6.2 million Compared
to Net Loss of $.3 million Same Period 2010; RevPAR Increased 5.7%;
Outlines Strategic Plans to Increase FFO by Approximately 50% in 2012
- Strategic
Hotels & Resorts Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $15.9 million
Compared to Net Loss of $134.8 million Same Period 2010; U.S. Same
Store RevPAR increases 10.1%
- Century-Old
Building in Downtown Los Angeles Set to go From Drug Den to Luxury Inn;
Developers Plan a $25 Million Rebuild for a 45 to 60 Room Boutique Hotel
- Philadelphia
Mayor Nutter Calls for a New Anchor Hotel to Serve the Expanded
Pennsylvania Convention Center; Looking to Augment Recent Growth
Resulting from City Investment of $71 Million in Hotel Development by
Another 1,000 Rooms
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Selects the 248-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Amsterdam
as its 2011 Global Hotel of the Year
- U.S.
Employee, Kareem Cole, Selected as Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group's 2011
Global Employee of the Year; Chosen from More than 80,000 Employees,
Cole is the Guest Services Agent at the Country Inn & Suites by
Carlson Stone Mountain in Georgia
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts' Fund III Acquires and Brands 154-room Hotel Le
Meridien Arlington in Virginia; Jon Coleman Appointed as General Manager
- With
a Global Pipeline Fueled by Demand in Emerging Markets, Sheraton to
Open 20 Hotels in 2012; Among them will be Starwood's Largest Hotel in
the World, the Nearly 4,000-room Sheraton Macao
- Heirs
to Murdered Hotelier, Ben Novack Jr., Sought in Effort to Wrestle
Estate From Novak's Wife, Who Stands Charged for Arranging His Death
- After
Years of No New Construction, North Carolina's Triangle Region Sees
Several Hotels Projects Breaking Ground
- IHG
Launches Caribbean Destination Portal; Site Provides One-Stop Access to
Special Hotel Packages in the Caribbean
- Register
Now and Save for Meet the Money® 2012. Early Registration Expires
on Feb 29th
- Innovation
in Travel: Meet 5 New Companies Who Are Stepping Out of The Box in 2012
- Lodging
Interactive, CoMMingle Recognize Excellence with Director Promotions;
Alicia Pavignano promoted to Lodging Interactive Director of Client
Services; Rosella Virdo advanced to Director of CoMMingle Social Media
Marketing
- Hunter
Realty Shepherds Sale of Hotel Midtown - Atlanta in Complex
Transaction; Hotel to Convert to Hyatt Brand
- Shearings
Holidays Checks In for Growth with SoftBrands; SoftBrands Classic
Starlight Set to Help UK Tour Operator Open New Markets and Drive Down
Operational Costs
- South
Florida Tourism off to Good Start in 2012 with Occupancy Over 79%, a 6%
Increase Over 2011, and RevPAR Up 16%
- The
Hamister Group Selected as Preferred Developer for Proposed $22.5
million Hotel Development in Niagara Falls, New York
- Chesapeake
Hospitality Adds the 189-room Crowne Plaza Wilmington North in Delaware
to its Management Portfolio
- Hotusa
Group Enters a Joint Venture with Nobile Hotéis for the
750-suite Eurostars Brisas Do Lago Under Construction on Paranoa Lake
in Brazil
- Accor's
Pullman Hotels Expands in Europe with the Pullman Munich in Germany and
the Pullman Eindhoven Cocagne in The Netherlands
- The
Hotusa Group's Eurostars Hotels to Manage a New 323-room Hotel Under
Development in the BD Bacatá Project in Bogotá, Colombia
- TownePlace
Suites Celebrates Growth with Designation of its 200th Hotel with the
91-suite TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Monroe, Louisiana; Managed by
InterMountain Management
- Hampton
Hotels Opens the Hampton Inn by Hilton Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico
- JW
Marriott Atlanta Buckhead in Georgia Unveils $12 Million Renovation to
its 371 Guest Rooms and Public Spaces
- Relais
Châteaux Property, the 49-suite Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa
in Rancho Santa Fe, California Undergoes Six-Month $20 Million
Renovation
- The
Westin Hefei Baohe Welcomes New General Manager Douglas Ariza-Giammaria
- The
49-suite Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in Rancho Santa Fe,
California Names Nicole Sharp Director of Marketing and Tracy Schwartz
Catering & Conference Sales Manager
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Brother Luck Executive Chef for
Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas
- Guy
Santoro Named as Executive Chef for the 189-room St. Regis Mexico City
in Mexico
February 22, 2012
- TalkHotels.com:
The First Network for Hospitality Professionals. Registration is FREE
and Takes Less Than 60 Seconds to Begin Networking with Professionals
From Around the World
- MGM
Resorts International Reports Q4 2011 Net Loss of $113.7 million
Compared to Loss of $139.2 million Prior Year Quarter; Domestic RevPAR
Increased 10%
- Sunstone
Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $43 million Compared to $30.4
million Same Period Prior Year; RevPAR Grows 5.9%
- Can
TripAdvisor Transform Itself From an Industry Foe to an Industry
Friend? / Max Starkov
- Bad
Timing Rubbed Out Hotel Dreams for a Pair of Tucson Real Estate
Investors
- The
Ethics of Disaster Tourism: What is the right thing to do?
- Analysts
Weigh in on Wynn Resorts Fight with Board Member Kazuo Okada
- Hilton
Worldwide Plans 500 New Restaurants Globally in Three Years; Launches
HiltonRestaurantConcepts.com Creating Partnership Opportunities for
Restaurateurs
- IHG
and Bangladesh Services Sign Management Agreement for the
InterContinental Dhaka in Bangladesh; The Current Ruposhi Bangla Hotel
Will Close for Renovation and Re-Branding to Re-Open as the
InterContinental in 2014
- New
Castle Hotels & Resorts and Jekyll Landmark Associates, Owners and
Co-Developers of Georgia's Jekyll Island Redevelopment, to Break Ground
on the 200-room Westin Jekyll Island; Anticipated Opening in
February 2014
- Season
Pass Price Positioning for Outdoor Waterparks / David J. Sangree, MAI,
CPA, ISHC
- LRA
Worldwide's 'Competitive Competencies' Puts Innovative Spin on
Benchmarking; Provides Hotel Brands with Fresh Competitive Performance
Data
- PSAV
Named Finalist in 2012 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer
Service; For the second consecutive year, the leading supplier of
audiovisual and event technologies is hailed for its efforts to
continually improve customer satisfaction
- U.S.
News & World Report Names 19 Benchmark Hospitality Hotels &
Resorts to 'Best Luxury Hotels List' for 2012
- HFTP
Begins Development of a Global Hospitality Accounting System Users Guide
- Digital
Signage Expo (DSE) 2012 to Showcase the World's Newest Digital Signage
Technology
- JT
Hospitality Rebrands to Commune Hotels; Represents the Merger of
Thompson Hotels and Joie de Vivre
- IHG
to Create 3,000 Jobs in the UK by 2015 and Launches its Hospitality
Training Academy in London in Partnership with Newham College
- Vail
Resorts to Acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe, California;
Adding a Third Resort to its Tahoe Region Portfolio
- Hilton
New York JFK Airport Opens Through the Renovation and Reflagging of the
356-room International JFK Airport Hotel
- Bavaria
Hotels International to Open its Second Property in Eastern Africa's
Republic of Djibouti with the 48 Chalet Bavaria Mountain Resort Set to
Open in the Village of Day in April 2012; The Bavaria Les Acacias Hotel
Opened in Djibouti in 2011
- The
124-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott to Open in Draper, Utah; Owned
and Managed by the Woodbury Corporation
- The
Wilderman Group Selected to Manage the LeGrand Center, the New $19
Million Conference Center in Shelby, North Carolina
- Seneca
Gaming Corporation Celebrates Topping off of New Hotel Tower at Seneca
Allegany Casino & Hotel; $53 Million Project on Track to Add 200
Rooms to the 212-room Resort in Salamanca, New York
- $5.8
Million Renovation Underway for the 393-room Hyatt Regency Louisville
in Kentucky
- Four
Seasons Resorts Maldives at Kuda Huraa Welcomes Tulio Hochkoeppler as
New General Manager
- Timbers
Resorts Names Daniele Sera as Executive Chef of Castello di Casole in
Tuscany, Italy
February 21, 2012
- Police
Search Continues for Lobbyist, Tom Sponseller, CEO of South Carolina
Hospitality Association, Missing Since Saturday
- Evision
Worldwide Revives Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel’s Website with
Stellar Images and Informative Blog
- The
Mark Anthony Group of Companies Selects Cenium's ERP Solutions;
Complexity of hospitality division to regular business operations made
Cenium the only solution tailored to meet operations intricacies
- Choice
Hotels Posts 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $24.8 million Compared to $24.1
million Same Year Ago Period; Domestic RevPAR Increases 7.8%, Full Year
Net Income was $110.4 million / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Hotel
Market Intelligence Report: Downtown Brooklyn, New York / Marina
Kazartseva
- MGM
Resorts International Enters Joint-Venture with Suning Real Estate
Group for Development of 200-room Suning Bellagio Shanghai Bund Hotel
in Shanghai, China
- Hyatt
Affiliate to Develop 159-room Hyatt Place Omaha Downtown/Old Market in
Nebraska; Opening Planned for 2014
- Differentiating
Your Property: Catering to Specific Clientele No Novelty for Las Vegas
Casinos
- TripAdvisor
Business Survey Reveals U.S. Hotels Optimistic for 2012 Economy; Data
Indicates that One-Third of U.S. Travelers have Plans for Increased
Travel Spending in 2012
- While
Remaining Cautious About the 2012 Economy, 50% of British Hoteliers
Expect to be More Profitable in 2012 According to TripAdvisor Business
Survey
- The
Hospitality Partners, a Leading Independent Multi-Property Company with
3 Resorts, selects Skyware’s Integrated Enterprise PMS Suite and Online
Centralized Booking Engine
- AAA
Parking Serving Embassy Suites Montgomery
- The
Liquidation Sale of the Fort Lee Regency Hotel Opens Thursday, February
23rd at 10:00 a.m. Sale Conducted by NCL/ National Content
Liquidators, Inc.; Everything Must Go!
- SpeedRFP
2.0 Allows Hotels to 'Sell Direct' to Buyers, and Consolidate and
Manage all Group Bookings in One Place; Introducing a Single
Cloud-based RFP System for Selling to Corporate, Leisure, and even
Wedding Customers
- Hunter
Realty Brokers Sale of Hampton Inn, Duncan, Oklahoma; Savvy
Investors and Precise Marketing Strategy Contribute to Quick Sale
- Luxury
Property and Residences at Trump International Hotel & Tower®
Toronto Debut with MICROS OPERA and MICROS POS; MICROS expands
partnership with top-tier hotel brand, TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION, to
provide a superior guest experience across properties
- The
Beach House, a Holiday Inn Resort - Hilton Head Island to Open in South
Carolina Through a Conversion and Renovation of the 202-room Holiday
Inn - Hilton Head; Owned by Integrated Capital and Managed by
Hospitality Ventures Management Group
- Starwood's
Element Brand Debuts in South Florida with the Opening of the 209-room
Element Miami International Airport
- New
Jekyll Island Convention Center, to be Completed on Schedule and Under
Budget, to Provide Powerful Economic Boost for Georgia and its Golden
Isles; Historic Levels for Bookings Projected for 2013 and Beyond
- Extensive
$17 Million Transformation Has Begun for the 460-room DoubleTree by
Hilton Pittsburgh-Green Tree in Pennsylvania
- TradeWinds
Sandpiper Suites on St. Pete Beach, Florida to Become First Guy Harvey
Outpost Resort in U.S.; The Rebranded 211-room Property will Remain
Owned and Managed by TradeWinds Island Resorts
- Prism
Hotel & Resorts Selected to Takeover and Manage a 12-Property,
1877-room Hotel Portfolio
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Selected by United Way to Manage the Loudermilk
Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia
- Elaine
Driscoll, Lead Concierge at the Westin Imagine Orlando, Named 2011
Concierge of the Year by the Central Florida Concierge Association
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Names Kevin McGowan Recipient of the Bob
Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship; Presented Annually in Partnership
with The James Beard Foundation, New York
- Paula
Zahn to Emcee the Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Awards Gala
Helping to Honor the Tisch Family, the 2012 Recipients of the Cornell
Icon of the Industry Award
February 20, 2012
- Wynn
Resorts Forces Out Largest Stakeholder, Kazuo Okada, Buying His 20%
Stake Following Bribery Accusation and Year Long Internal Investigation
- Will
Meetings Market Recovery Continue In 2012? / Robert Mandelbaum
- European
Debt Crisis Could Cripple U.S. Business Travel According to New Report
by Global Business Travel Association Foundation
- Differentiating
Your Organization's Culture / Dan Kutis
- Canpartners
Realty Wins Right to Take Over Hooters Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas with
$60 million Credit Bid
- Rosen
Hotels Debuts New Employee Medical Center; Having Saved $215 million
Over Two Decades, Hopes Others Will Consider Concept
- Improving
Customer Service with Competency Models / Jim Hartigan
- Dedicated
to Social Media, Part I: citizenM Hotels / Daniel Edward Craig
- Construction
for Grove City, Ohio Marriott Could Begin This Spring; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Add/Update 211 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Sheraton
Fort Worth Hotel & Spa in Texas Owned by Presidio Hotel Group
Posted for Foreclosure by Dougherty Funding
- Travelodge,
Owned by Dubai International Capital, Restructures Debt; Financing
Provided by New York-based Hedge Funds, Avenue Capital Group and
GoldenTree Asset Management
- DoubleTree
to Debut in Thailand with the Signing of Management Contract with TCC
Land to Operate a DoubleTree in Bangkok
- Cayo
Cascabel, LLC and Slip Knott, LLC Propose Land Swap with the State of
Florida to Develop Resort Hotel near Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve on
Tampa Bay
- Hotel
AG Expands its Debt Platform for Hotel Financing and Refinancing
- EasyRMS
Appoints Aamir Shaheen as Director of Finance
- Time
Hotels to Further Increase eBusiness with Better Channel Management;
French hotel group improves sales and distribution channels with
RateTiger
- The
Liquidation Sale of the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Opens Thursday,
February 23rd at 10:00 a.m. Sale will be Conducted by NCL/ National
Content Liquidators, Inc.
- Entry
Deadline Approaching for Hotel Technology Next Generation's (HTNG) Most
Innovative Hospitality Technology Award; Entry Deadline is February 24,
2012
- Joie
de Vivre Hotels to Assume Management, Renovate and Rebrand Waikiki's
Seaside Hotel
- 93-room
Expansion Project to be Launched for Patriots Point Hotel in
Charleston, South Carolina
- Work
Begins on 30-room Muskogee Inn Suites in Oklahoma as City Council
Approves Required Variance; Adjacent 69-room La Quinta Inn
Project to Start Soon
- Champaign,
Illinois City Council to Consider Providing Tax Incentives for
Development of a $28 million 150-room Hotel
- Macdonald
Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 32-room Country House Hotel at
Donnington Grove Country Club in Newbury, Berkshire, England
- Swissôtel
Chicago in Illinois Undergoing Extensive $10 Million Renovation; Intent
on Maintaining Environmental Responsibility in Creating New Space
- Multi-Million
Dollar Renovation Completed for the 176-room Courtyard San Diego Old
Town in California; Owned by Affiliates of Clearview Hotel Capital and
Managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts
- White
Lodging Completes Renovation of the 78-suite Residence Inn Merrillville
in Indiana
- Radisson
Hotel Salt Lake City Completes Renovation Showcasing Brands New Urban
Room Style
- Orient-Express
Hotels Appoints Richard M. Levine as Chief Legal Officer
- MetWest
Terra Hospitality Names Greg Hanss as Vice President of Sales &
Marketing
- White
Lodging's Brandon Frederick Promoted to Director of Model Hotel
Implementation; Newly Created Position Designed to Help Train
Properties To Become Model Hotels
- Jason
Kern Appointed as Director of Sales, Groups for the Shores Resort &
Spa in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida
February 17, 2012
- Top
Ten Hotel Groups in Europe with Accor Continuing to Lead According to
MKG Hospitality
- Digital
Signage Expo (DSE) 2012 Early Registration Discounts Extended Until
February 22nd
- VFM
Leonardo Helps Hotels Target Business Travelers; VFM Leonardo Expands
its Network of Meeting Planner and Corporate Self-Booking Tools and
Sites to Enable Hotels to Better Merchandise their Properties to the
Corporate Travel Segment.
- Marriott
4th Qtr 2011 Net Income Drops to $141 million Compared to $173 million
in the Year-Ago Quarter Due to One-Time Charge for Timeshare Spin-off;
REVPAR Climbs 6.3%, New Rooms in Pipeline Over 110,000
- Hyatt
Hotels Reports 4th Qrt. 2011 Net Income of $52 million Compared to $6
million Same Period Last Year; RevPAR Increased 6%
- Re-branding
in the Google Era - Try Finding the Website for LVH (Formerly the Las
Vegas Hilton) Using Google; It Won't be as Easy as you Think
- Senate Panel
OKs Bill Proposed by the Florida Restaurant and Lodging
Association to Slash Hourly Wages for Servers, Bartenders, and Others
who Rely Heavily on Tips
- Concord
Hospitality Committs $355 Million in Active Development on 15 Hotels in
2012
- Arco
Buijs to Step Down as CEO of Steigenberger Hotels AG
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group to Rebrand All 13 Radisson Edwardian Hotels in the
United Kingdom and Manchester to the Radisson Blu Brand
- Midway
Through its 5-Year Ambition 2015 Strategy Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
Continues to Meet Key Objectives; New Name Represents Persistence to
Strategy for Brand Clarification Rather than Change of Course
- TRYP
by Wyndham Hotel Brand Debuts in New York City with the 173-room TRYP
New York City Times Square South
- Mosaic
Company Selects Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage its 228-room
Streamsong Resort Project Under Development in Central Florida
- IHG
Signs Management Agreement with Petersburg City for the 173-room
InterContinental St. Petersburg to Open in 2016 in Russia and
Celebrates Opening of InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya
- Hyatt
and Central Embassy Sign Management Agreement for the 222-room Park
Hyatt Bangkok to be Developed in Thailand
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of The Q Hotel and
Spa, Kansas City, Missouri
- Caesars
Entertainment's Gary Loveman to Open HITEC 2012
- Guest-Tek
Starts The New Year Off In The Right Direction By Topping Forbes
Magazine's Recent Article Detailing The Top Ten Most Anticipated Hotels
To Open In 2012
- AH&LA
Recommendations on the Top Five Things You Should Know About the New
2010 Americans with Disabilities Act
- Viceroy
Hotel Group Rebrands Two Tides Properties, the The Jalousie Plantation
and Tides Zihuatanejo, as Viceroy Hotels and Resorts
- Northwood
Hospitality to Debut The Revere, Following a $27 million Transformation
of the Former Radisson and Stuart Street Playhouse in Boston's Theatre
District
- Have
Legislative Challenges? Send American Hotel & Lodging Association
(AH&LA) Your Stories
- HSMAI
Extends New MEET Format to All 2012 Events; Janine Driver, of Body
Language Institute, to Keynote Series
- The
Loyal Behavior of the Guest in the Experiential Hospitality / Osvaldo
Torres Cruz
- Driftwood
Hospitality Returns to New York Adding the 312-room Holiday Inn Albany
Airport - Wolf Road to Portfolio
- Front
Office Supervisor Dan Taylor and Breakfast Concierge Sandy Leggore
Recognized as 2011 Employees of the Year by Carlson Hotels
- Choice
Hotels Names Simone Wu as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and
Corporate Secretary
- Hilton
Worldwide Appoints Sherry Romello as Senior Director, Hilton Meetings
& Product Management
- Fabrice
Moizan to Become General Manager of Hotel Fouquet's Barrière in
Paris, France
- James
Gelfand Named Director of Sales & Marketing for the 408-room
Turnberry Isle Miami in Aventura, Florida
- Thomas
J. Egan Appointed Director of Sales for the 2,000-room Orlando World
Center Marriott in Florida
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Brian Mulhall as Director of Sales
for the 295-room Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca, Illinois
- Ryan
Stracko Appointed as Executive Chef for the 237-room Inn at Pocono
Manor in Pennsylvania
- Hyatt
Regency San Francisco Airport in California Names Justin Kaufman as
Banquet Sous Chef
- Kevin
W. Luque of Kingston Resorts in Myrtle Beach Named Best Seafood Chef in
South Carolina
- David
Scott Named as Lecturer for The Hotel School Sydney in Australia
February 15, 2012
- Misconceptions
About Efficiency Initiatives and Impact on Customer Satisfaction Deters
U.S. Hoteliers from Investing in Energy Management
- Five
Hotel Companies Streamline Management Processes with Aptech's Business
Intelligence and Enterprise Accounting; Multi-Property Clients Prefer
Aptech for Ease of Use, Performance Metrics, and Automated Data
Downloads
- City
Council Terminates Agreement with Developer for Hyatt near the Virginia
Beach Convention Center Leaving the Door Open for Future Hotel Proposals
- Having
Beat 2011 Profit Forecast for London, Hotel Giant, IHG, Goes for
Olympic Gold with More than 50 London Hotels and 80% Booking Already
for the Games
- Jaspers
Enterprises Inc., Owner of Four Missouri Hotels, Files for Bankruptcy
- Starwood
Opens the 377-room St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort in Abu Dhabi; The
First of Three St. Regis Hotels Planned to Open in the Middle East This
Year
- Gran
Melia Hotels & Resorts to Open the 116-key Gran Melia Rome Villa
Agrippina in Italy
- Cornell
Center for Hospitality Research Finds Hotel Industry Split on Value of
Using 'Flash Sales'
- HeBS
Digital Launches Landmark Sixth Annual Benchmark Survey on Hotel
Digital Marketing Strategies
- Construction
to Begin on 192-room Homewood Suites in Nashville, Tennessee Under
Development by RMR Investment Company and Vista Host
- Cosmopolitan
in Las Vegas, Reporting Smaller Casino Revenue, Reduces Staff Minimally
- Hospitality
Companies Turn to SoftBrands for Hotel Management; Strong Momentum
Builds for SoftBrands HMS as National Hotels Invest in Complete,
Innovative Solution that Delivers Increased Efficiency and Personalized
Guest Services
- Uniguest
and Ascension Software Announce Strategic Alliance to Enhance
Guest-Facing Technologies
- Lodging
Interactive Launches Vanity URL Service for Google+
- American
Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Partners with Interstate
Hotels & Resorts for Employee Development
- Guest-tek
Announces Promotion of Suneil Aggarwal to Interim Chief Operations
Officer
- Granite
State Contract Furnishings Completes Christie Lodge Refurbishment;
American Products Support 'Mountain Contemporary' Theme
- Charlestowne
Hotels Announces Stunning 2011 Financial Results; Grows Clients'
Revenue at Double the U.S. Average
- Post
Valentine's Day Employee Engagement Message from Dr. Love...
- The
99-suite TownePlace Suites by Marriott to Open in Bridgeport, West
Virginia in Early March 2012; Owned and Managed by Baywood Hotels
- Buffalo,
New York to Have its First Marriott with the 96-room Courtyard by
Marriott Under Development by Buffalo Lodging
- California's
138-room Avia at Long Beach Reflags as the Hyatt The Pike Long Beach
- Renovations
Complete at the 86-room Aspen Wye River Conference Center in
Queenstown, Maryland Owned by the Aspen Institute and Managed by
Marriott Hotels & Resorts
- Destination
Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 296-room Lansdowne Resort in
Leesburg, Virginia
- Choice
Hotels Promotes Sarah Searls to Vice President of Business and Analytic
Services
- L'Auberge
Del Mar in California Names New Sales Team; Robert Harter, Jeffrey
Livingston, Christina Benson and Lindsey Dollahon Join the 120-room
Resort Managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts
- Rick
Blackburn Named Executive Director of Sales and Marketing at the
796-room La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST in California
- Anthony
Zamora Appointed as Executive Chef for the 463-suite Conrad New York
- SMG
Completes Management Team for McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois
February 14, 2012
- Personality
Hotels Move to the Cloud with the ATRIO Guest Experience Management
Platform
- Is
Los Angeles County Ripe for Hotel Development? / Jamie Schwartz &
Leah Dauer Murphy
- IHG
Reports Preliminary 2011 Financial Results with a 26% Growth in
Operating Profit to $559 million Compared to $444 million in 2010;
Global RevPAR Up 6.2%
- Host
Hotels Reports Net Income of $16 million for 4th Quarter 2011 Compared
to Loss of $6 million for Same Period 2010; RevPAR Up 5.9% / Hotel
Operating Statistics
- MGM
Resorts International Reports CityCenter Ends 2011 on Upswing; Revenue
Up & Losses Down; Plans to Pay Off Some Debt with Issuance of $240
million in New Notes
- TripAdvisor
for Destination Marketing Organizations / Daniel Edward Craig
- Wheelock
Street Capital Acquires the 380-room DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel
in Houston, Texas
- Gamblers
Fleeced out of Millions in Bogus Casinos Set Up in Suites of Several
Top Hotels in Macau
- Singapore's
Mega-Resort, Resorts World Sentosa, to Open Two New Hotels; The
172-room Equarius and the 22 Beach Villas Bringing the Resort Hotel
Total to Six
- Marcus
Hotel's Peggy Williams-Smith to Receive 2012 Wisconsin Business Hall of
Fame Peak Performer Award
- DSE
2012 Hardware, Software & Connectivity Seminar Program to Identify
& Clarify Newest Technology Options
- Ciena
Hotels & Suites Sees Mobile Key by OpenWays as Key Differentiator
for New Brand
- SuiteLinq
Now Delivering Digital Content, Connectivity & Commerce on One
Enterprise-wide, Modular Platform
- Trust
International Launches Chinese Language Central Reservation System for
Hotels; Latest Asian Language Version of yourVoyager CRS Confirms
Increasing Investment in China
- The
Sale of the Seaside Hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii Owned by United Airlines
is Pending; Upon Closing it Would be the First Non-Distressed Hotel
Sale in Waikiki in the Improving Market
- White
Lodging on Track with Construction and Convention Bookings for the
1,000-room JW Marriott Austin in Texas; Opening Planned for Early 2015,
First Convention Contract Signed for November 2015
- Fujita
Tourist Enterprises to Rename Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so
and Chinzanso to Hotel Chinzan-so Tokyo; Management to be Streamlined
by Combining the Two Properties
- Starwood's
Aloft Brand Debuts in Latin America with Opening of Aloft Bogota
Airport in Colombia and Aloft San Jose in Costa Rica
- Choices
Hotels Europe Adds the 85-room Clarion Collection Etoile Saint Honore
in Paris to its Portfolio
- Gemstone
Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the 143-room Copley Square
Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts
- R.D.
Olson Construction Begins Extensive Renovation at the Hyatt Regency
Long Beach in California
- $8
Million 31-room Expansion Nears Completion at the Hotel Amarano Burbank
in California Operated by OLS Hotels & Resorts
- Henry
Walther Appointed General Manager of the 220-room Presidente
InterContinental Cozumel Resort & Spa in Mexico
February 13, 2012
- Changing
of the Guard at Marriott, a Q & A with Bill Marriott and Arne
Sorenson; Their Transition and the Importance of the South Florida
Hotel Market
- The
Saint Lucia Tourist Board and Saint Lucia Hotel & Tourism
Association Launches Enhanced Booking Engine System by Regatta Travel
Solutions
- SEC
Looking into Wynn's Casino License in Macau and its $135 Million
Donation Pledge to the University of Macau
- Kerzner
Enters into Agreement with Hainan Gezhouba Industrial Company Limited
to Develop and Manage the First One&Only Resort in China; Early
2014 Opening Planned for the 180-room Resort in Sanya, Hainan, China
- Supporters
of William and Punch Resort Development in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin
Islands Show Frustration with U.S. Federal Agencies Seen as Obstructing
Permit Process; Resort Development is Seen as a Lifeline as the Island
Braces for the Loss of 2,000 Jobs with an Upcoming Oil Refinery Closing
- Jamaica's
Ambassador to the United States Asks Marriott to Consider Jamaica as a
Viable Option for Development of High-end Hotels
- Chilling
Out at Quebec's Hotel de Glace: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience Not
Designed for Those Seeking Action or Comfort
- New
Management/General Manager for Charlotte Holiday Inn; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 210 Hotels
in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or
Ownership
- The
Plasencia Group Analysis Shows Tampa, Florida Ready for Lodging Growth
- Mystic
Mountain Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Destroyed by Fire; Worst
Blaze Firefighter Has Seen in 22-Years
- Creating
Social Media Champions and Success Stories with a Meticulous Approach;
Interview with Diego Sartori of CitizenM Hotels / Ritesh Gupta
- Fairmont
Designs Joins The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium (HSPC);
Fairmont Designs partners with 27 other industry leaders to establish
the Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Index (HSP Index) as the de
facto scorecard for FF&E/OS&E sustainability performance.
- Hotel
Facebook Management for $250 a Month
- EQUIVENTURE
Hospitality Leisure Group Capital Brings Capital Placement Services to
Hospitality Leisure Sector; Resort Real Estate Veteran John Schopfer
becomes Managing Partner
- Grand
Pacific Resort Management Completes First Phase of Color Code Training
- 'Guest
Service Gold' Now Available in Spanish
- Hotel
Indigo Debuts in Continental Europe with the 81-room Hotel Indigo
Berlin Centre Hardenbergstrasse in Germany; Owned by Azure Properties
- The
327-room DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia-Valley Forge Opens in
Pennsylvania; Operated by CHG Valley Forge LP and Managed by Dolce
Hotels & Resorts
- Wyndham
Hotel Group Adds the 241-room Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and
Spa in Tucson, Arizona to its Portfolio
- Starwood's
The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts Debuts in Australia with the
Addition of Lilianfels and Echoes Resorts in Blue Mountains
- The
92-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott to Open in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Owned and Managed by Hawkeye Hotels
- The
Hyatt Summerfield Suites Managed by White Lodging Services Become HYATT
House in Austin, Houston and Colorado Springs as Part of Company-wide
Rebranding
- Noble
House Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the 156-room Pelican
Grand Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Woodside
Hotels Selected to Operate the 48-room Hotel Drisco in San Francisco,
California
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Appoints Scott Deibert as Vice President of
Strategic Sourcing, Americas
- Todd
D. Scholl Named as Director of Sales for the Elms Hotel & Spa in
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
February 10, 2012
- Chartres
Lodging Group and Apollo Global Real Estate Management Partner and
Purchase the 480-room Novotel New York Times Square; Plans Call for
Complete Renovation of Property, Accor to Remain as Operator
- The
Peabody Ducks Are Marching with a New Duckmaster; Anthony Petrina Steps
into the Role at The Peabody Memphis in Tennessee where the Tradition
Began 70 Years Ago
- Winning
Hand Goes to Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas as Nation's Most-Popular 5-Star
Hotel for Valentine's Weekend According to Priceline.com Survey
- Board
Member Kazuo Okada Gains Favorable Ruling in Case Against Wynn Resorts
Over Right to Inspect Business Documents
- David
Lewin, General Manager of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, Shares
Lessons Learned in a Lifetime of Hospitality
- U.S.
Issues Warning on Travel to Mexico Yet Resort Areas such as Puerto
Vallarta Remain Safe for Tourists
- Bahrain
Hotel Room Bookings Plummet by 50% in the Last Year Due to Unrest
- Cruise
Industry Associations Adopt New Muster Drill Policy; Best Practices
Identified Through Operational Safety Review in Response to Concordia
Incident
- Revel
Entertainment Group to Open its $2.4 Billion Megaresort in Atlantic
City, New Jersey Ahead of Schedule; The First New Casino in the Area in
Nine Years Will Welcome Guests on April 2, 2012
- Innovative
Hotel Technologies Sought for Newest Version of GUESTROOM 20X;
Submission Deadline for Technologies is March 1, 2012
- 'Desert
Cool' and a World of Opportunity Greet Planners and Hotels at the Elite
Meetings Alliance (EMA), at Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa; 'All
Systems Go' for 2012 - as Elite Brings Buyers and Suppliers
Together to Book Business, Share Knowledge and Reflect on Community
Responsibility
- Knowland
Expands Service to Australia; Comprehensive, Next-Day Field Research
Now Being Delivered to Sydney Hoteliers
- 3
Easy Steps to Booking More Rooms This Summer / Joy Gendusa
- Hotel
Association of Canada Commitmed to Expanding Tourism from China;
Creates Hospitality for Chinese Guests Update
- Multi-million
Dollar Renovations Complete for the 218-room Bourbon Orleans Hotel in
New Orleans, Louisiana
- The
400-room Dallas Marriott City Center in Texas Unveils Complete Makeover
- Dorchester
Collection Appoints John Scanlon as Hotel Manager for The Dorchester in
London, England
- Michelle
Le Sage Appointed as Hotel Manager and Sarah Henderson Named Rooms
Division Manager for the 100-room Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada; Hotel Nears Reopening Following its $52
Million Rebuild
- Langham
Hospitality Group Appoints Anita Hemrajani as Director of Global Sales
- MICE
- International
Association of Conference Centers Names Murray Hall as Canadian
Conference Center Chef of the Year; Set to Compete in IACC's Ninth
International Copper Skillet Competition
- Serene
Sanders Appointed Spa Director of Mii Amo at Enchantment Resort in
Sedona, Arizona
February 9, 2012
- Devising
Travel Marketing Strategies Based on the Strength of the Devices /
Ritesh Gupta
- Odawa
Casino Resort Installs InvoTech GIMS RFID Uniform Tracking System; New
High-Tech Uniform Management System Helps Move Native American Company
Forward; Reduces Costs in Non-Revenue Producing Department
- ADA
Defense and Compliance Lawyer Advisory: DOJ Clarifies March 15, 2012
Mandatory Pool Lift Requirement! (Uh-oh!) / Jim Butler & Martin
Orlick
- Bringing
Out The Best In Guests, Brings Out The Best In Frontline Colleagues /
Doug Kennedy
- JW
Marriott Marquis Dubai Set To Be World's Tallest Hotel at 1,164 feet
When Doors Open to Guests in Q4 2012
- Roger
Greene, General Manager of the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland/Twinsburg,
Honored With the 2011 Barbara Bejan General Manager of the Year Award
- Embassy
Suites Hotels Honors its Top 10% of 2011 Based on Quality Assurance
Audit and Guest Satisfaction Scores; Nebraska's Omaha-La Vista Hotel
& Conference Center Tops List for Third Consecutive Year
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors Re-Positioning to Higher-end Properties? Two California
Hotels, the San Diego Marriott Del Mar, and the Del Mar Hilton on the
Market / Lori Weisberg
- Chesapeake
Lodging Trust Rebounds to Profit in Q4 2011 Recording Earnings of $2.9
million Compared to a $1.5 million Loss in the Same Quarter 2010
- The
650-room Old Lady Luck Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas Currently Gutted and
Undergoing $100 Million Renovation is Slated to Reopen in April 2013 as
the Downtown Grand
- Summit
Hotel Properties, Inc. Enters Purchase Agreement for the 130-room
Hilton Garden Inn, Birmingham, Alabama for $11.9 million
- Tropicana
Entertainment Weighing Strategic Alternatives to Maximize Value for its
1,001-room River Palms Casino in Laughlin, Nevada
- The
Ogden Marriott Hotel in Utah Up for Auction; Taxable Value Listed at
$8.3 Million
- Rapidly
Expanding Soluxe Hospitality Group Taps Trust International's
Distribution for International Presence
- Homewood
Suites by Hilton Increasing Canadian Footprint by 30%; to Open First
Properties in Alberta and Adds Two New Dual-Branded Hotels to Market
- The
219-room DoubleTree by Hilton Portland Maine Opens in the Redesigned
Former Wyndham; Property is Owned by VanEastland
- R.D.
Olson Development Opens the 130-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in San
Juan Capistrano, California
- Hyatt
Hotels and Southern States Management Open the LEED Certified 132-room
Hyatt Place West Raleigh/RBC Center in North Carolina
- Accor
Opens its 150th hotel in Brazil with the 166-room Novotel Porto Alegre
Aeroporto; Aiming at a Network of 250 hotels in Brazil by 2015
- Sandos
Hotels & Resorts Prepares to Open the 214- room Sandos Cancun
Luxury Experience Resort, Formerly Under Starwood's Le Meridian Flag
- Cayuga
Sustainable Hospitality Adds the 40-room Hotel Grano de Oro in San
José, Costa Rica to its Portfolio
- The
Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia Launches $25 Million Transformation
to be Complete Summer 2012
- MJS
Hotels Launches Phase Two of Renovation for the Nautical
Beachfront Resort in Lake Havusu City, Arizona
- Sandor
Winkler Named as Chief Operating Officer for Palace Resorts
- Andre
Zotoff Appointed as General Manager for The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in
British Columbia, Canada
- Boniene Scroggs
Named Director of Sales and Marketing for The Kirkland Center at the
National Labor College in Maryland
- Rodger
MacDonald Named Director of Marketing and Robert Hickcox Named Director
of Safety & Security for the 1,240-room Hilton Waikoloa Village in
Hawaii
- Kara
Owen Named as Director of Group Sales for the Skamania Lodge in
Stevenson, Washington Managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts
February 8, 2012
- ASFONA
2012 Associate Board Members Meeting Addresses Outlook for North
American Hotel Market; STR research and continued growth of Starwood
Hotels & Resorts' brands indicate positive outlook in 2012
- NORTHWIND
Maestro Expands Professional Services to Achieve Greater Profits and
Productivity for Independent Operators; Maestro Professional Management
Strategies and Online Marketing Services Designed for The Unique Needs
of Independents Create More Efficient Operations and Optimize Revenues
- BrightEdge
and VIZERGY® Partner to Offer the Hotel Industry’s Leading SEO;
VIZERGY One of the First Hospitality Digital Marketing Companies to
Utilize BrightEdge
- Trump
Organization Selected by General Services Administrationas as Preferred
Developer for Renovation and Conversion of Washington D.C.'s Old Post
Office Into a 250-room Luxury Hotel
- Wyndham
Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $56 million Compared to $78 million
for Same Period 2010; RevPAR Increased 5%
- Noble
Investment Group Acquires the Hotel Midtown in Atlanta and the Holiday
Inn Memphis East to be Redeveloped as the Hyatt Atlanta Midtown and
Memphis Marriott East
- Hilton
Garden Inn Congratulates Top Hotels of 2011 and Names the Hilton Garden
Inn Salt Lake City/Downtown in Utah as the 2011 Hotel of the Year and
Connie Award Winner
- Caesars
Entertainment Corporation's Initial Public Offering Lists 1.8 Million
Shares Priced at $9.00; Gross Proceeds to be About $16 Million
- Hotel
Association of New York City and the New York Hotel Trades Council,
AFL-CIO Reach Early Agreement that will Impact as Many as 30,000
Unionized New York City Hotel Workers
- The
Procaccianti Group Completes the Acquisition of the 365-room Holiday
Inn Baltimore Inner Harbor in Maryland
- Hilton
Worldwide Signs Development Agreements for Four New Hotels in Turkey
Bringing its Pipeline in the Country to 13
- Marriott
International Debuts in Gabon with Signing of Management Agreement with
Prime Hospitality for Two Hotels in Libreville; The 250-room Marriott
Hotel and the 40-unit Marriott Executive Apartments
- Raleigh,
North Carolina to Issue Request-for-Proposals for Development of Hotel
Near Convention Center
- The
Saint Hotel in New Orleans and Two Miami, Florida Hotels, the Blue Moon
and the Winter Haven, Join Marriott's Autograph Collection
- Amadeus
Appoints Ex-Wyndham CIO Jeff Edwards to Lead Rapidly Expanding Hotel
Division
- Resort
Data Processing Customers Top Conde Nast’s List of Top Hotels
- SkyWire
Media and WebmasterRadio.FM's 'Mobile Presence' Set to Reconnect with
Listeners Starting Wednesday February 8th; Taking over the weekly
hosting duties in this returning radio series will be two sales and
marketing executives from the mobile solutions provider, Nicole Hurley
and Joe Walczak.
- How
Travel is Getting to Grips with New Mobile Technology and NFC in 2012 /
Marco Saio
- Hotel
SEO: Menace or Opportunity? / Pedro Colaco
- InterMountain
Management to Develop Two New Hotels in Lakewood, Washington; Openings
Planned for Late 2013 for the 109-room Courtyard by Marriott and a
101-room TownePlace Suites
- Video:
German Hotelier of the Year 2012 Awarded to Dietmar Muller Elmau, Owner
of Schloss Elmau
- Former
Atlantic City, New Jersey Hilton Renamed as the Atlantic Club Casino
Hotel; New Marketing Strategy Launched Targeting Local Customers
- Avia
The Woodlands in Texas Reflags as the Hyatt Market Street, The Woodlands
- The
Kessler Collection and Creator Richard C. Kessler Pioneering Boutique
Luxury Hotels with an Eye on Design, Rare Art and Emerging Jewelry Lines
- The
213-room DoubleTree by Hilton Panama City Opens in Panama Operated by
Blue Star Hospitality
- Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts to Open the 230-key Swissôtel Dresden Am
Schloss in Dresden, Germany
- HSMAI
Names 2012 Americas Executive Committee and Board of Directors; The
Peabody Orlando's Barb Bowden Named as Board Chair
- Leigh
Hitz Promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Stout Street Hospitality
- Waterford
Hotel Group Names Sean Riccard as General Manager and Sue Gallogly as
Director of Sales for the 92-room Courtyard by Marriott in Warwick,
Rhode Island
- Noble
House Hotels & Resorts Names Luis Pous as Corporate Chef Overseeing
all Culinary Operations
- Carlos
Bueno Appointed as the Director of Food and Beverage for The Boston
Harbor Hotel in Massachusetts
February 7, 2012
- Investors
Suing Over Losses at the Stalled $2.9 Billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Project Discover Internal Documents Detailing Alleged Cost Overrun
Cover-Up of Up to $450 Million
- Digital
Signage Expo (DSE) 2012 Early Registration Discounts to Expire February
15th
- Gaylord
Entertainment Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $5.1 million Compared
to Loss of $32.5 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR Increased
10.4% / Hotel Operating Statistics
- American
Gaming Association Report Shows Commercial Casinos Remain a Driving
Force in U.S. Economy; Economic Impacts of Casino Industry Equivalent
to 1 Percent of U.S. GDP
- Hilton
Worldwide Re-Brands the Elysian in Illinois as the Waldorf Astoria
Chicago
- Miami-Dade
Florida's Hotel Rebound Hits a Plateau in December 2011 Though the
Month Remains the Best December on Record for Hotel Tax Collections
- Tampa,
Florida Area Hotel and Motel Industry Revenue Grew by Nearly 11% in
2011 over 2010; 2012 Prospects Look Promising As Well
- The
Ascott Limited to Assess OpenWays Mobile Key Front Desk Bypass at
Citadines Apart'hotels in Lyon and Cannes, France
- Lodging
Interactive, CoMMingle Adds Google+ Service to Enhance Hotels' Social
Media Strategies
- UniFocus
Partner, The Heathman Hotel, Honored With Spot on TripAdvisor's 2012
Top 25 List
- Evision
Worldwide CEO Vikram Singh to Moderate Two Panels at Travel
Distribution World Asia 2012 in Singapore
- Percipia
Networks Adds Seasoned Veteran to Its Sales Force and Opens Additional
Chicago Location
- Santa
Monica's Eco-Friendly Shore Hotel Opens with INNCOM in Every Guestroom
- HAAGA-HELIA
University of Applied Sciences Is EI's Newest Global Academic Program
(GAP) Partner School
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof Inn -
Southfield, Michigan
- Employee
Engagement - The Doctor is IN... / Tommy Taylor
- Souris
Valley Suites Hotel in Minot, North Dakota Undergoing Expansion to Add
46 Suites to Current 89; Owned by Bakken Hospitality and Managed by
Dora Hospitality
- The
130-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites Atlanta Downtown Opens in
Georgia Following $7 Million Upgrade and Conversion from the Centennial
Inn Atlanta Hotel; Property is Owned by Jay and Nat Patel and Managed
by Luckie J. Management
- Viceroy
Hotel Group Adds the 165-room Cassa Hotel in New York City to its Urban
Retreat Collection
- Acquired
by an Entity of Starwood Capital at Sherriff's Sale, Historic Yorktowne
Hotel in York, Pennsylvania Now Managed by Hersha Hospitality
- Highpointe
Hotel Corporation Chosen to Manage the Recently Renovated 91-room
Hampton Inn & Suites in St. Petersburg, Florida
- Macdonald
Hotels Adds the 48-room Haycock Hotel in Wansford, England to its
Portfolio
- Stout
Street Hospitality Names Jim Finnegan as General Manager and Jasper
Verlaan as Director of Sales for the 246-room Magnolia Hotel Denver in
Colorado
- Stuart
Weintraub Named as General Manager for the 100-room Richmond Hotel in
Miami, Florida
- Grace
Bay Resorts Names John Vasatka as General Manager for The 168-room
Veranda Resort in Turks and Caicos
February 6, 2012
- Sabre
Launches Industry's First Eco-Certified Hotel Program; Company-wide
program includes Travelocity, Sabre Red Workspace, Travelocity Business
and Sabre Hotel RFP
- Starwood
and Host Hotels & Resorts Launch the $65 Million Transformation of
the 774-room New York Helmsley Hotel in Preparation to Fly the Westin
Flag in Spring 2012
- JW
Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona Avoids Auction
Block, for Now, as Lenders Do Battle
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 85; Praise for President Obama's Travel &
Tourism Strategy; Proposed Queens Convention Center is a Poor Idea;
Hotel Rooms and Floors Created Just For Women; Quote of the Month /
Stanley Turkel
- People
Depend On You For Their Safety: Department of Homeland Security
Releases Free Online Risk Self-Assessment Tool (RSAT) for Convention
Centers & Lodging
- Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania Hotels Offer the Lap of Luxury; The High Life Can by
Yours, For a Price
- Owner
of Le Rivage Hotel in Sacremento, California, Captain's Table Hotel
LLC, Files for Bankruptcy Protection to Stave Off Foreclosure Auction
- Expansion
for Indian Springs Resort & Spa in Calistoga, California Will Start
This Summer
- Customer
Service WOW Stories to Inspire Your Team! / Bryan K. Williams
- Hotel
AG Sells Two Hotels in the Last Week
- Intelity
Co-Sponsors Pebble Beach National Pro-Am; ICE Arrives On The California
Coast. Thousands Cheer.
- Hotelier,
Vinod K. Kasan, Plans to Build a 138 to 150-room Holiday Inn Near the
McAllen Convention Center in McAllen, Texas
- Harry
Stinson, Owner of the Hotel Niagara in Niagara Falls, New York, Shares
his $20 Million Plan to Refurbish and Re-Open the Hotel
- Shangri-La
Hotels Enters Agreement with Faisal Bin Qassim Al-Thani & Sons
Holding Company to Manage the 272-room Shangri-La Hotel, Doha and the
238-room Traders Hotel, Doha; Both Hotels are Scheduled to Open in
Doha, Qatar in 2013
- Prestige
Hospitality Group to Manage the 117-room Radisson Hotel in Carteret,
New Jersey
- The
Peabody Little Rock Hotel in Arkansas Reopens its Premium Club Level
after Nearly Three Years; With Gradual Economic Recovery Guest Demand
for Premium Service Returns
- White
Lodging Completes Renovation of the 130-suite Residence Inn Chicago
Naperville/Warrenville in Illinois
- Waterford
Hotel Group Names Management Team for the 125-room Courtyard by
Marriott Currently Under Construction in Coatesville, Pennsylvania;
Appoints Paul Jensen as General Manager and Sharlene Lloyd as Director
of Sales
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Miguel Diaz as Director of Sales and
Marketing for 159-suite Marenas Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
- Susan
Corrigan Named as Director of Sales for the 237-room Inn at Pocono
Manor in Pennsylvania
- Halekulani
Corporation Names Terry Hamada as Director of Food and Beverage at
Halekulani in Waikiki, Hawaii
February 3, 2012
- Grand
Hyatt San Francisco Offers Eco-Friendly Rooms, High-Tech Security From
VingCard Elsafe; Comprehensive renovation of luxury Union Square hotel
includes installation of VingCard's Orion energy management system,
RFID locks, Elsafe safes and VISIONLINE access control system.
- Starwood
Reports Net Income 4th Qtr 2011 of $167 million Compared to $339
million Same Period 2010; Worldwide System-wide RevPAR Up 5.8% /
Systemwide Hotel Statistics
- Las
Vegas Sands Corporation Reports 4th Qtr. 2011 Net Income of $320.1
million Compared to $273.0 million Same Period 2010
- Wynn
Resorts Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income of $190.5 million Compared to
$114.2 million Same Quarter 2010 Driven by Revenue Increases of 9.1% in
Macau Operations and 7.2% in Las Vegas Operations
- South
Beach, Florida Hotel, Formally Known as Gansevoort, Acquired by
Starwood Capital Group, LeFrak Organization and Invesco; Beachfront
Hotel to Undergo $100 Million Renovation; Will be Named The Perry South
Beach Until Re-launch and Re-branding in 2013
- Memories
Shared as After 14 Years, Las Vegas Nightclub, Studio 54, in the MGM
Grand Nears its Closing Date
- Hyatt
and Naseel Holding Company Enter Management Agreements for Three New
Hotels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Agreements for Park Hyatt
Riyadh, Grand Hyatt Jeddah, and Hyatt Regency Jeddah Bring Total to Six
Hotels Under Development in Saudi Arabia
- Three
New European Hotels Join the Courtyard by Marriott Portfolio in France,
Poland and The Netherlands
- Tampa,
Florida Hotels and Republican National Committee Still at Odds Over
Booking Fee to be Paid by Hotels; Debate Regarding Room Rates Eases as
Hotels Agree to Lower Charges
- Schlitterbahn
on South Padre Island, Texas Ungoing Transformation; Property to Become
Schlitterbahn Beach Resort, to Include a 222-room Hotel Conncected to
Water Park
- European
Hospitality Results for 2011 Lie Somewhere Between Satisfaction and a
Question Mark; European Union Averaged 5.5% RevPAR Growth
- Planning
for Search Marketing in 2012 as a Hotel Marketer; Interview with James
Harrower of Hilton Worldwide / Ritesh Gupta
- Red
Lion Hotels Partners With Concept Amenities to Create Memorable Guest
Experiences
- Educational
Institute Becomes New Sponsor for EUHOFA International
- StreamCo
LLC Acquires Hotel Management Firm, Afton Hospitality
- Louvre
Hotels Group Actively Pursues its Development Worldwide with 62 New
Hotels Opened in 2011 and 170 Hotels in their Pipeline
- HSMAI
Greater New York Chapter Calls for Nominations for the Annual
Hospitality Awards of Excellence Program
- Registration
Now Open for 34th Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry
Investment Conference
- Leisure
Hotel Group Acquires Closed Red Lion Hotel in Concord, California;
Renovations Underway
- RIU
Hotels & Resorts to Open the $140 Million 562-room Riu Palace
Peninsula in Cancun, Mexico
- The
125-suite DoubleTree by Hilton Saltillo Opens in Mexico; Operated by
American Hotel Group
- Following
a Multi-Million Dollar Renovation, the 41-room Hotel Indigo Santa
Barbara Opens in California; Owned by Santa Barbara Beach House Hotel,
LP and Managed by Courtland-Dane Management Group
- Tampa
Airport Marriott in Florida Completes $9 Million Renovation Project
Transforming its 298 Guest Rooms and Public Spaces
- Voyages
Indigenous Tourism Australia and the Indigenous Land Corporation Begin
Extensive Renovation Project for Ayers Rock Resort in Australia
- Marshall
Hotels & Resorts Adds Six Management Contracts; Closes Out 2011
with 19 Additions to Management Portfolio
- Hilton
Worldwide Appoints Johannes Van Der Putten as Vice President for Africa
& Indian Ocean
- Jim
Mikula Appointed Managing Director of Hotel Madeline Telluride &
Inn At Lost Creek in Telluride Colorado
- Palace
Resorts Names New Executive Marketing Team
- Roger
Soane Named as General Manager for the 77-room Nita Lake Lodge in
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
- Bernie
Sefcik Named as Director of Sales for the 2,000-key Borgata Hotel
Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey
February 1, 2012
- IDeaS
Revenue Solutions Honored with 'Allied Vendor of the Year' Award from
Minnesota Lodging Association; IDeaS recognized for its revenue
management services and products
- Rainmaker
Offers RateGain's Rate Shopping Solution to its Casinos and Resorts
Customers; Revenue Management Leader Partners with RateGain as Reseller
to Offer Competitive Price Intelligence Data to its Vast Customer Base
in Cities like Las Vegas and Macau
- Luxury
Communication International to Provide Hosted Enterprise Email Service
to Noble-Interstate Management Group Selected Properties
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Acquires Iconic New York City Knickerbocker Hotel for
$115 million; Also Marketing 16 Non-Strategic Hotels to Support
Portfolio Repositioning Strategy and Strengthen Balance Sheet
- Starwood
Preferred Guest Survey of 9,900 Global Travelers Reveals Loyalty to
Frequent Traveler Programs Beyond Reason; Fear of Losing
Loyalty-Program Status Looms Larger Than Lost Luggage, Missed Flights
- Starwood
Reinvents Hotel Loyalty Landscape with First-of-Its-Kind Benefits for
Global Mega Travelers; Services Aimed at Small but Powerful Group, the
2% of Travelers Who Drive 30% of the Company's Profits
- Brand
USA Marketing Budget to Grow by $21 Million as Marriott, Disney and
Best Western Make Multimillion Dollar Commitments to be Matched by
Federal Funds
- Unite
Now Union to Picket Hyatt Regency Indianapolis Claiming Hyatt is
Replacing 20 Subcontractor Employees
- Generational
Similarities - Cravings that Need to be Fed / Tommy Taylor
- U.
S. Department of Commerce Figures Show Travel and Tourism-related
Exports have Increased, on Average, More than $1.5 billion a Month in
2011; When Year-end Results Compiled Tourism Industry Exports will Set
all-time Record for the Year
- 24th
Hunter Hotel Investment Conference Set for March 18-20 in Atlanta;
'Take Charge, Move Forward!' Theme Reflects Attitude of Hotel Owners;
Tom Corcoran (Felcor) and David Morris (Kiplinger Editor) are Keynote
Speakers, H.P. Rama to be Honored for Excellence and Inspiration
- Lead
Me: Help Me to Become More Than I Realize I Can Be / Bryan K. Williams
- Yellow
Dog Software Provides Resorts World Casino with Retail Inventory
Management
- Harmony
Hospitality and Wilmington, North Carolina City Council Negotiate Terms
for Development of a 194-room Embassy Suites Hotel; Plans Moving
Forward Based on Recent Compromises
- Cafaro
Company, Owner of the Eastwood Mall in Youngstown, Ohio, Proposes
Building 100-suite Hotel and Conference Center at the Mall with
Anticipated Opening in Early 2013
- Strand
Development Plans to Expand 70-plus Hotel Portfolio Further into U.S.
Midwest and West Coast within Three to Five Years
- New-Build
$52 Million Holiday Inn New York City Midtown Opens in New York; Owned
by Chesapeake Lodging Trust and Managed by Real Hospitality Group
- Former
Wyndham Garden Hotel Becomes the 224-room DoubleTree by Hilton New York
- Times Square South in New York City
- Davidson
Hotels & Resorts Opens the 335-room Hyatt North Houston in Texas;
Completing a ReFlagging of the Former Crowne Plaza Houston Greenspoint
- Mövenpick
Hotels & Resorts to Manage its First Hotel in Paris, Currently a
Courtyard by Marriot, Property to Undergo Mutli-million Renovation
- The
316-room Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana Completes $22
Million Property-wide Restoration
- Waterford
Hotel Group Honors Company's Top Performers for 2011; Tara Capiello,
Restaurant Supervisor at the Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa in Groton,
Connecticut Named Associate of the Year
- Cindy
Mastrella Named General Manager of the 85-room Spruce Point Inn in
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
- Dorota
Antoszkiewicz Named as General Manager for the 7-villa, 16-suite Las
Alamandas in Costalegre, Mexico
- The
National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia Names Joni Mamana as
Senior Sales Manager
- Chef
Charlie Palmer and The Joule in Dallas, Texas Appoint New Executive
Chef Team; Michale Sindoni Named Executive Chef for the Hotel and Joel
Harrington Named Executive Sous Chef of Charlie Palmer at the Joule
**Top 25
Read
Articles - January 2012**
- Business
Traveler Sues Starwood Hotel Chain for Negligence after Man Claiming to
be her Husband is Given the Key to her Room and Joins her in Bed
- HSMAI
Names the Top 25 Minds in Hospitality Sales and Marketing for 2011;
Winners to be Honored at Reception and Adrian Awards Gala February 27,
2012
- Sex
for Sale in Las Vegas and The Consumer Electronics Show / Terence Ronson
- What
Is The Difference Between Hospitality Excellence and Mediocrity? / Doug
Kennedy
- Where
Does the President of the United States Stay While in Las Vegas? The
Eco-Chic Element of Course
- Shale
Natural Gas Fueling Pennsylvania Hotel Industry
- Hotel
Lawyer in Los Angeles: ALIS - What's the commotion all about? Closing
the conference hotel to outsiders. / Jim Butler
- Hotel
Giants Work Together to Launch RoomKey.com, an Innovative New Hotel
Search Engine
- Why
2012 is Going to be 'The Year of SoLoMo' (Social, local, and mobile /
Ritesh Gupta
- With
Improved Occupancy, Focus Turns to Pricing in 2012, According to PwC US
Lodging Industry Forecast
- TripAdvisor
Reveals World's Best Hotels with 2012 Travelers' Choice Awards; 10th
Year of Awards Honors the Most Outstanding Properties, Now Expanded to
30 Countries and 8 Regions Worldwide
- Hilton
Worldwide Becomes Fastest Growing Major Hotel Company; Planned Openings
Include Pipeline of Over 860 Hotels
- What
Began as a Simple Question has Changed the Lives of People Around the
World; After 10 million Bars of Soap, Clean the World is Just Beginning
- Winter
Season Loss of $13 million Forces The Greenbrier Resort to Lay Off 100
Employees to Offset Loss
- Olivia
Brown, General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Receives 2012 Trumpet Award for Outstanding Achievement
- Why
are San Diego Hotels Lagging in Revenue Growth Compared to Other Metro
Areas? / Lori Weisberg
- Loews
Hotels Appoints Paul W. Whetsell as President and Chief Executive
Officer
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Relocates Worldwide Headquarters to Stamford,
Connecticut; Brings More than 800 Jobs to the State
- Litigation
and Disputes Between Hotel Owners and Operators are on the Rise? Why? /
Jim Butler
- Recent
hotels.com Amenities Survey Finds Free Wi-Fi is the Make it or Break it
Factor in Hotel Booking; Respondents say most luxury items aren't worth
the hype, the bathroom phone remains untouched and most guests don't
steal from their rooms
- A
Look at What's Trending in Travel for 2012 - Sleeping with Chickens?
- Hyatt
Rebrands 38 Hyatt Summerfield Suites and 15 Hotel Sierra Hotels to
HYATT house Brand
- Lasalle
Hotel Properties Closes on Acquisition of The 934-room Park Central
Hotel in New York City for $396.2 Million
- Video:
PKF's Hotel Horizons Market Update; Five Reasons for Optimism in 2012
- While
Nevada's Gaming & Tourism Economy is Improving, Two More Southern
Nevada Hotels Default on Debt; the Loews Lake Las Vegas Hotel in
Henderson and the JW Marriott Las Vegas Casino Resort in Summerlin
January 31, 2012
- TravelShark
Launches People-powered Hunt to Find Charity Partners for New
Photo-sharing App TravelSharkPix; Video campaign calls for users to
submit their favorite non-profits to receive charitable donations from
TravelSharkPix
- Sofitel
Selects Luxury Communication International as Preferred Supplier for
Latest Digital Signage Technology
- After
Evaluating Strength of Accolades and Ratings Received from Major Travel
Publications for 1,548 Luxury Hotels, U.S. News & World Report
Names 2012 Rankings of the Best U.S. Hotels
- New
York City Sets Record with $3.5 Billion in Hotel Transactions in 2011,
a 150% Increase Over 2010; Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Predicts New York
Deal Volume Will Continue to Lead U.S. Cities in 2012
- Chesapeake
Lodging Trust Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire the 185-room Hyatt
Place New York Midtown, Currently Under Development, for $76.5 million,
or Approximately $414,000 per key
- New
360 Degree Survey by TripAdvisor Shows 54% of Travelers Have Canceled
Reservations Because They Found Better Amenities Elsewhere; Wi-Fi is
Most Importnat in U.S. While Turndown Service is Thing of the Past
- Guest
Who Stayed at Luxor Las Vegas in December Dies of Legionnaires'
Disease; MGM Resorts Installing Secondary Water Treatment Systems in
All its Hotels to Protect Guest Safety
- Rolling
Out the Red Carpet for Chinese Tourists / Erin Kim
- Is
it Time to Return to the Use of Travel Agents Over Online Booking when
Planning More Complicated Adventures? Just One of Twelve Helpful
Travel Tidbits for 2012 Provided Here
- What
All Hotel Owners Should Know in 2012
- Online
Travel Companies Will Pay Nearly $2 million to Palm Beach County in
Settlement of Hotel Tax Dispute
- Wynn
Resorts Brings in Big Gun, Robert Shapiro, to Fight Lawsuit Over Use of
Funds Filed by Director Kazuo Okada
- THE
OUT NYC Chooses Travel Tripper as its Hotel Booking Engine Provider
- Libra
OnDemand Expands Crew in the Cloud with Additions to Communications and
Professional Services; New Additions Will Expand Professional Services
and Provide Valuable Marketing and Online Community Insight to Clients
- Online
Guest Reviews Gaining Momentum; Independent Hotels Now Validating
Comments, Controlling Reputations with Online Tool
- Guarded
Systems Names Ian Brown as CEO; Recognized industry leader with proven
track record in developing High Speed Internet Access Gateways will set
the direction for the company's new market debut of the XcessPro Multi
Services Controller
- Guarded
Systems Introduces Hospitality's Most Robust Internet Gateway for 2012;
Today the Atlanta-based company is offering a full-service solution
that combines an Internet Gateway, Firewall, WAN Load-Balancing and
Traffic Shaping into one appliance, compete with PMS interface and
24/7/365 in-room support
- No
Need to Fret for the State of Hawaii Tourism with Recent Rebounding;
7.3 Million Visitors for 2011 Represent a 4% Increase over 2010 with a
15.6% Spending Increase
- Beside
the Imperial Palace, Palace Hotel Tokyo To Debut May 2012 Following
U.S. $1.2 billion Investment in Mixed-Use Development; New 290-room
Property Succeeds Hotel Teito and Palace Hotel
- Choice
Hotels and Sunflower Hospitality to Develop the 122-room Cambria Suites
in Miami, Florida; Anticipated Opening for Summer 2013
- Travelodge
to Open 41 Hotels in 2012 Throughout the United Kingdom with 11
Properties in London
- Akaryn
Hospitality Management Services to Open its 4th Property with the
52-key Akaryn Samui in Koh Samui, Thailand
- Taj
Hotels Resorts and Palaces Open the 181-room Vivanta by Taj - Begumpet,
Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh
- In
Response to Growing Fitness Trends Westin Hotels & Resorts Launches
Global Roll-out of New Fitness Studios; Invests More than $37 Million
in New Fitness Offerings
- Tim
Walker Rejoins Island Hospitality Management as President to Spearhead
Company's New Growth Strategy; Plans to Double Managed Portfolio Size
within Five Years
- Oregon's
Lodge at Eagle Crest and Lodge at Running Y Ranch are Added to Holiday
Inn Resorts Portfolio; Owner, Northview Hotel Group, has Invested $6
Million in Recent Renovations of Both Properties
- 30th
Edition of Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association's Marketing Event,
Caribbean Travel Marketplace, Sees 17% Increase in Buyer Companies; New
Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives Board of Directors
Named
- The
Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Publishes the 2012
Pennsylvania Meetings Profile; Outlines Important Facts About 390
Organizations that Hold Meetings in the State
- Oscar
Henquet Named as General Manager of the Bedford Post Inn in Bedford,
New York
- Chartres
Lodging Group Restructures Executive Team to Support Recent Company
Growth and Expansion Plans for 2012
- Chef
Richard Rosendale of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
Wins The Prestigious Bocuse D'or USA Finals
- Chef
Derin Moore, Certified Master Chef, Named Executive Chef for the
408-key Turnberry Isle Miami in Florida
January 30, 2012
- Hotelier
Harris Rosen's Philanthropic Vision Continues; Plans for Little Haiti
House Close to Reality as Part of Answer to Lift Haiti Out of Ruin and
Poverty
- Dubbed
One of the Nation's Most Intensive Hubs, Event Planner, Kimberly
Ritter, With the Help of St. Louis Area Hotels, Combating Sex
Trafficking of
Children
- The
Luxury Resort and Hotel Group, GHM, Launches its Third Decade with
Worldwide Expansion Plans; Current Projects include China, Switzerland,
Hawaii and the United Arab Emirates
- Last
Days to Register: High Tech - High Touch - From Prospecting to Close;
Webinar February 2, 2012 / Carol Verret
- Access
Point Financial Secures Credit Facility with Wells Fargo Capital
Finance Remaining on Track to Place $1 Billion in Loans for Hoteliers
by 2015; Company Formalizes Relationship with IHG and Starwood Owners
- Hilton
Worldwide and PT Nurtirta Nusa Lestari Sign Management Agreement to
Open the 261-room DoubleTree by Hilton Jakarta-Diponegoro in Indonesia
in 2014
- Marriott
to Open the 171-room Courtyard and the 157-suite Residence Inn in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Both Hotels are Owned by The Mitchell Group
Alberta
- Recognizing
the Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity, Hotels and Businesses in
Indianapolis, Indiana are Going All Out for Super Bowl Crowd
- New
General Manager Appointed at Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta,
Georgia; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 257 Hotels in the
Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or
Ownership
- Hotel
AG Brokers Sale of Holiday Inn Express in Houghton, Michigan
- 2012
Shaping Up to be a Big Year for Conventions and Trade Shows in Las
Vegas, Nevada
- Hospitality
Conversations: Today's Most Pressing Legal Issues for Hotel Owners and
Managers! / Dr. John Hogan
- Centerra
Development to Build an 80-room Hotel in South Heart, North Dakota this
Spring
- The
U.S. Department of Commerce Releases Details for the FY 2012 Market
Development Cooperator Program Grant Award Competition; Grant
Applications Due February 21, 2012
- TripAdvisor
Reveals Asia's Best Hotels with 2012 Travelers' Choice Awards; 16 Asian
Countries Recognized by TripAdvisor Travellers
- The
28-room Island Inn & Suites in Piney Point, Maryland Joins the
Ascend Collection from Choice Hotels
- Hans
Schuler, Chairman and CEO of Schuler's Restaurant & Pub in
Marshall, Michigan, Named National Restaurateur of the Year by
Independent Restaurateur Magazine
- Hospitality
Ventures Management Group Names Current GM of The Shores Resort &
Spa in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, David Rijos, as Area General
Manager for New Independent Brands; Rijos Assumes Oversight of the
International Palms Resort and Conference Center in Orlando and Cocoa
Beach, Florida
- Sage
Hospitality Names JoAnn Elston as Sales and Marketing Leader for 2012
for its Team Denver Business Group
January 27, 2012
- Need
a Hotel in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl? Good Luck! Some Rates Soar
Up to 1758% Over the Norm
- PwC
US Predicts Indianapolis' Surrounding Regions to Benefit From $150
million in Direct Spending Generated by Super Bowl XLVI
- Where
Does the President of the United States Stay While in Las Vegas? The
Eco-Chic Element of Course
- Crowne
Plaza Near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, One of 17 Hotels
Owned by Columbia Sussex, Facing Foreclosure
- Kansas
City Area Hotels Post Record 2011 with 6.6 million Room Nights Sold;
RevPAR & Occupancy Also Gain Ground
- Hotel
Selling's 'S' Factors: Six Serious Selling Sins & Sound (Rx)
Solutions / Ed Iannarella
- EzRMS
successfully implemented at One King West Hotel & Residence in
Toronto
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Launches 'BE', A Private Label Chain Code for
Travel Professionals
- The
424-room W Seattle in Washington and Owner, Host Hotels & Resorts,
Launch Multi-Million Dollar Renovation; First Floor Public Spaces
Closed with Unveiling Planned for March 2012
- Former
Madison Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama to Undergo $5 million Overhaul and
Rebrand as a 130-room DoubleTree Hotel
- New,
LEED Pursuing $43 Million Boston Hostel Expected to Open in April
- IHG
Unveils the 271-suite Crowne Plaza Suites Tequendama Bogota in
Colombia; The Second Crowne Plaza Owned by Sociedad Hotelera Tequendama
in Colombia
- Worldhotels
Adds Three Properties Owned by the Chambers Group to its Portfolio; The
100-room Designhotel Elephant in Prague, the 72-room Lux11 in Berlin
and the 88-room Weinmeister also in Berlin
- Hyatt
Regency Indianapolis in Indiana Completes $20 Million Renovation of its
499 Guestrooms and Rooftop Restaurant
- The
San Juan Marriott in Puerto Rico Unveils its Newly Renovated Lobby and
Bar; Completing a 4 Year Project with Earlier Upgrades to Guestrooms
and Restaurants
- Central
Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Presents its Golden Pineapple
Awards Recognizing Hospitality Employees for their Superior Service;
200 Employees Nominated, 9 Collegiate Scholarships Presented to
Employee Family Members
- John
Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts Appoints Robert Henley as General
Manager of University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center Springfield,
Missouri
- John
Yeadon Named Director of Sales and Marketing of the 533-room Hyatt
Regency Minneapolis in Minnesota
- The
Peabody Little Rock Hotel in Arkansas Appoints Denise Evans as
Executive Meeting Manager and Erika Farrell as Catering Sales Manager
- Vincent
Muraco Appointed Executive Chef, Andaz 5th Avenue, New York City
- San
Francisco Travel Association Names Jon Ballesteros to New Vice
President, Public Policy Position
January 26, 2012
January 25, 2012
- Final
Version of Distribution Channel Analysis: a Guide for Hotels Now
Available Courtesy of American Hotel & Lodging Association and STR;
Report Published by HSMAI Foundation
- Revel
Selects InvoTech GIMS Ultra-High Frequency RFID Uniform Tracking
System; Revel's Opening Features Atlantic City's First UHF-RFID Uniform
System
- Crowne
Plaza Philadelphia Downtown Sees Instant Results with VIZERGY®; New
Independent Website and Digital Marketing Services Keys to Success
- Blackburn
Inn Associates to Invest $28 Million to Renovate and Turn Three
Buildings into the 102-room Blackburn Inn & Spa in Staunton,
Virginia; To be Managed by Charlestowne Hotels Inc.
- Hyatt
Rebrands 38 Hyatt Summerfield Suites and 15 Hotel Sierra Hotels to
HYATT house Brand
- High
Tech - High Touch - From Prospecting to Close; Webinar February 2, 2012
/ Carol Verret
- The
Easy Button, the Big Easy and an Easy-Bake Oven / Jim Hartigan
- Based
on the Success of Hotel Zero Degrees in Stamford, Connecticut,
Developer Proposes a Second Boutique Hotel with the 96-room Hotel Zero
Degrees in Norwalk, Connecticut
- eforea:
spa at Hilton Launches to Franchise Hotel Owners; More Than 90
Locations Currently in Development for Global Spa Concept
- Global
Study Released at the World Economic Forum, Reveals Importance of
International Travel in Stimulating the Economy and Breaking Down
Cultural Barriers; Global Travel Considered More Important than the
Internet, TV/movies, or Political Diplomacy
- Carlson
Wagonlit Travel Publishes Trends and Priorities for 2012 Based on
Survey of 290 Travel Managers; Travel Managers Continue to Focus on
Cost Control
- Hilton's
Memphis, Tennessee Based Division was Key to Hilton Worldwide's Growth
in 2011; Division is Responsible for 2,707 Hotels with a Slate of
Nearly 600 More in the Works
- IHG
Appoints Robert 'Bob' Morse as Senior Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer for the Americas Region
- Survey
of Expedia Consumers Reveals That Hotels Can Drive Growth Through
Sustainability But Consumer Benefits Are Critical; More than 60% of
consumers will give better ratings to hotels with high indoor air
quality, LEED certification, and programs in place to improve energy
efficiency, conserve water and recycle
- Elite
Meetings International (EMI) Appoints John Washko Vice President,
Sales & Marketing; Industry Sales and Marketing Veteran Will Lead
the Company’s Growth and Sales Teams as EMI Prepares New Product
Roll-Outs
- Centric
Hospitality Group Celebrates CARINO Hotels and Resorts 10th Anniversary
in New York; Annual Conference Presents New Developments for 2012 and
Leading Industry Experts
- Hotel
Technologies Debuts Award-Winning iHome® Executive Workstation at
CES 2012
- Educational
Institute Offers Savings on Hospitality Management Courses
- Summit
Hospitality Group Proposes Extended-stay Hotel for Downtown Raleigh,
North Carolina
- The
Future of a Revenue Manager 2.0 - Part Human, Part Computer, All
Profits / Jean Francois Mourier
- The
59th International Congress of Les Clefs d’Or Concierges to be Held in
London January 27 to February 1, 2012
- The
Lodging Unlimited Group of Companies Appointed Receiver for Country
Hearth Inns & Suites Hotel in Indiana
- Worldhotels
Opens the 252-room Worldhotel Grand Winston The Hague - Rijswijk in The
Netherlands
- Alliance
Hospitality Assumes Management of the Hampton Inn West Jefferson in
North Carolina
- The
Croatian Resort, Dubrovnik Sun Gardens Resort, Owned by iO Adria
Limited, Joins The Registry Collection Exchange Program, Part of the
Wyndham Worldwide Family of Brands
- The
508-room Hilton Miami Airport Hotel in Florida Completes $15 Million
Renovation
- Dr.
Ray Schmidgall of The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State
University Honored with the University of Delaware Michael D. Olsen
Research Achievement Award
- S.
Lee Bowden, CHA, Named General Manager of the 216-room Omni Bedford
Springs Resort & Spa in Bedford, Pennsylvania
- Zachary
Frangos Appointed as General Manager for The 33-suite Sky Lodge in Park
City, Utah
- Sage
Hospitality Hires Jennifer Long as Director of Interactive Marketing;
Promotes Katherine Davis to Public Relations & Social Media Manager
- Colan
Vance Named Director of Food and Beverage at Round Hill Hotel and
Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Janaury 24, 2012
- ALIS
UPDATE: Optimum Hotel Brokerage Posts Record Sales in 2011; Distressed
Hotel Assets Drive Deal Volume
- Embassy
Suites Boston Logan Airport Selects Flyte Systems for High-Tech
Pampering of Modern Travelers; FlyteBoard 'Total Travel Information'
Center Treats Guests to Convenient Real-Time Flight Information,
Property Events, News, Weather
- Tom
Walker Returns to The Rainmaker Group to Help Drive Revenue and
Profitability for Casino Hotel Operators; New Director of Sales is a
Seasoned Hospitality Revenue Management Professional with a Balance of
Chain Operations and Enterprise Technology Experience
- The
Americas Lodging Investment Summit Presents Annual Awards for the Most
Influential Hotel Industry Deals in 2011; Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
- Hilton
Worldwide Becomes Fastest Growing Major Hotel Company; Planned Openings
Include Pipeline of Over 860 Hotels
- Starwood
Says Hotel Conversion Opportunities in North America Expected to Rise
in 2012 with Uptick in Portfolio Transactions
- Choice
Hotels Launches Plan to Redefine and Redesign its Comfort Brand Family
- Pebblebrook
Hotel Trust's 2012 Outlook Shows Expectations of Increase in RevPAR of
8% to 10%
- Accor
Completes Another Record Year of Expansion in Asia Pacific; Adds 67
Hotels in the Region and Acquires Mirvac Hotels & Resorts
- United
Artists Building, the Historic Los Angeles Theater and Office Complex,
to be Turned into 180-room Boutique Hotel; Owned by Greenfield Partners
and Operated by Ace Hotel
- The
Adirondack Park Agency Grants Permits to Lussi Family for a 97-room
Hotel on Mirror Lake in Lake Placid, New York; Plans to Break Ground
with Spring Thaw with Targeted 12 Month Construction
- Global
Leisure Hotel Rates Increase Record +8.3% in December; Pegasus
Solutions Reports Global Corporate Rates Climb +3.2%
- Got
Meetings? Go Global! PSAV is At Your Service...Everywhere
- The
Wilshire Grand Hotel Raving about Lodging Interactive's Guest Review
System
- Real
Hospitality Group Expands Portfolio in New Year, Opening the Holiday
Inn Midtown Manhattan; New York City's First New Hotel Opening for
2012, owned by Chesapeake Lodging Trust
- Towne
Park and Gaylord Hotels Extend Partnership
- Voting
Opens For Best Mobile in Travel Initiatives
- Hospitality
Sector Recovery Set to Continue in 2012, Despite Ongoing Global
Economic Uncertainty According to Global Hospitality Insights Report
Released by Ernst & Young
- DLA
Piper 2012 Hospitality Outlook Survey Reveals 'Strong' Appetite for
Deals; Near-Term Deal Flow Expected to Continue, Led by Private Equity
Investors
- InSite
Group and Cube Capital of London Acquire the 394-room Royal Plaza Hotel
in Orlando, Florida with Plans for Property-wide Renovation
- Purchase
Plan Proposed by Virginia Hotel Fund for the Unfinished Landmark Hotel
in Charlottesville, Virginia with Plans to Complete Project; Federal
Bankruptcy Court Approval Required - Hearing Set for March 19th
- Hilton
Atlanta Airport Hotel in Georgia Completes $20 Million Makeover of its
507 Guestrooms
- RIU
Hotels & Resorts Unveils $12 Million Renovation of the 362-room Riu
Naiboa Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- The
Connecticut Lodging Association Recognizes Exceptional Lodging
Employees with their Stars of the Industry Awards
- Buffalo
Lodging Associates Appoints Jo-Anne Azevedo as Regional Revenue Manager
- Jean
Spaulding Named Director of Sales & Marketing for the 720-room Omni
Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in Florida
- Lesliann
Kuhn Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing for The Fairmont
Vancouver Airport in British Columbia, Canada
- Andre
Mros Named as Director of IT for the Longboat Key Club & Resort on
Longboat Key, Florida
January 23, 2012
- OpenWays
Announcing: Mobile Key DUAL© with Pure NFC™ in Cooperation with
Nordic Choice Hotels, NOKIA and NXP; The best of mobile technologies
are now combined to offer hoteliers the most advanced front desk bypass
solution that is 100% deployable today, 100% future proof, 100%
compatible with the major electronic locks and 0% dependent on Mobile
Phone Operators/Carriers
- Hotel
Managers Labor To Control Labor / Robert Mandelbaum
- With
Improved Occupancy, Focus Turns to Pricing in 2012, According to PwC US
Lodging Industry Forecast
- Quick!
Can You Pass This 3-Question ADA Pop Quiz? / Jim Butler
- Bankrupt
M Waikiki LLC, Owner of the Modern Honolulu, Proposes Reorganization
Plan
- A
Colorful History and Vacant Since 2007, Lincolnwood, Illinois' Derided
Purple Hotel May Yet End Up in the Pink
- What
Do Travelers Want? Setting Hotel and Travel Marketing Priorities in
2012 / Daniel Edward Craig
- Developer
Plans to Turn Beverly Hills, California Apartment Complex Purchased for
$85 Million into a Luxury Extended-Stay Hotel; To be Called AKA Beverly
Hills
- Boutique
Hotel Still in the Works in Tucson, Arizona
- Driftwood
Hospitality Signs Two New Management Agreements and Launches Renovation
Projects at Five Properties; To Manage the Holiday Inn Express
Tampa-Brandon in Florida and the Courtyard by Marriott Dallas NW Hwy.
at Stemmons/I-35E in Texas
- Summit
Hotel Properties, Inc. Completes Acquisition of the 150-room Courtyard
by Marriott, Atlanta, Georgia; Hearing Portion of Arbitration Involving
Choice Hotels Also Completed, Now Awaiting Decision
- Fitness
Ridge Worldwide and Grand Heritage Hotel Group Form Joint Venture to
Build Fitness Ridge Resorts, a Global Brand of Health and Wellness
Resorts
- Lender
Seeks Receiver for Crowne Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Stating Owners Owe $28.8 Million on Defaulted Mortgage
- Starwood
Closes 2011 Adding the Most New Hotel Rooms in Its History; Momentum
Continues with 80 New Hotel Openings Scheduled in 2012
- Hotel
AG Brokers Sales of Two Hotels
- VingCard
Elsafe Widens Lead In RFID Locking Systems Technology With Speed, Range
Enhancements; Next-generation technology advancements nearly double
reading speed and distance of industry leading RFID locking system
- Alliance
Hospitality Surpasses Industry Expectations with Fiscal Performance
Released in 2011 Financial Results; Portfolio of Alliance Hospitality
managed hotels surpasses results of competitors with 19.8 percent
higher growth in revenue per available room for the year and exceeds
U.S. Average RevPAR Growth by 18.3 percent
- Korean
Hospitality Provider Named First Certified Guest Service Partner
- Springwood
Hospitality to Build 108-roon Fairfield Inn & Suites Near Hershey,
Pennsylvania
- Marriott
International to Open Three Hotels in Sochi, Russia, Site of the 2014
Winter Olympic Games; To be Managed by Interstate Management Services
- DoubleTree
by Hilton to Debut in Japan as Hilton Worldwide and ASV Investment Co.
Sign Management Agreement to Open the 228-room DoubleTree by Hilton,
Naha in mid-2012
- The
179-room Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory to Open
in Georgia through a Makeover of the Former Holiday Inn Decatur
Conference Center; Property to be Managed by Noble-Interstate
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts to Acquire the 200-suite SpringHill Suites by
Marriott Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey
- Seeking
Financial Incentives from the City, Lawyer for the Troubled Hotel
Arizona in Tucson Outlines Proposal for Private-Public Partnership for
the Property
- Stoneleigh
Hotel & Spa in Dallas, Texas Joins Luxe Hotels Portfolio; Property
Managed by CAM Hospitality
- Two
Major Hotels on Track to Open in 2012 in Columbus, Ohio - The 122-room
New Albany Courtyard by Marriott and the 522-room Hilton Columbus
Downtown
- DoubleTree
by Hilton Completes Multi-Million Dollar Renovation and Opens the
248-room DoubleTree by Hilton Washington DC-Silver Spring in Maryland;
Owned by Milestone Hotel Partners and Managed by Milestone Hospitality
Management
- Dolce
Hotels and Resorts Names Gary Hwang as Manager of Acquisitions,
Feasibility & Investment Analysis to Support North American
Development Efforts
- Hotel
Equities Promotes Angela Raub to Vice President of Business Development
- Sales
Team Expanded at The Chattanoogan Hotel in Tennessee, Operated by
Benchmark Hospitality International; Traci Parker Promoted to Senior
Sales Manager, 3 Sales Managers Hired
- Buffalo
Lodging Associates Appoints Amy Buzzell as Director of Sales for the
121-room Courtyard by Marriott Providence/Lincoln in Rhode Island
- Plans
for the Young Hoteliers Summit 2012 Include Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
as the Challenge Provider for the Event; To Occur March 19-21 in
Lausanne, Switzerland
January 20, 2012
- 2011's
Most Noteworthy Hospitality Investment Deals and Executives to be
Honored at Americas Lodging Investment Summit
- Hotel
Lawyer in Los Angeles: ALIS - What's the commotion all about? Closing
the conference hotel to outsiders. / Jim Butler
- Carlson
and Rezidor Establish the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group with Goal to
Generate $400 Million in Additional Revenue by 2015
- Ian
Schrager and Marriott International to Open Five New EDITION Hotels in
Gateway Cities; New York, Bangkok, Abu Dhabi, Los Angeles and Gurgaon,
India
- President
Obama Takes Actions to Increase Travel and Tourism in the United
States; Launches Initiatives Aimed at Improving Secure Visa Processing
and Better Promoting the U.S. as a Tourism Destination
- Coinciding
with Presidential Visit, U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson
Welcomes 32 New Travel and Tourism Advisory Board Members
- Could
$538 in Unpaid Utilities Throw Wrench into Plans for $16.5 Million
Redevelopment of California's Historic Hotel Fresno?
- Qualia
Development and Louvre Hotels Group Sign Agreement for the Development
of Golden Tulip Across Poland; 7 Projects Planned for a Total of 1,000
Rooms to Open Between 2012 and 2016
- Loews
Hotels & Resorts Focuses on Growth with New Leadership and More
Than $500 Million in Discretionary Capital Committed to Acquisition and
Development
- AAA
Adds Nine Hotels and Seven Restaurants to Five Diamond List for 2012;
An exclusive 179 establishments across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the
Caribbean attained the travel authority's highest property rating.
- Lightstone
Group and Sage Hospitality Sign Development Deal for the 366-room
DoubleTree by Hilton Boston-North Shore; To Open in Q3 2012 Following
$10 Million Renovation and Reflagging of the CoCo Key Hotel & Water
Resort in Danvers, Massachusetts
- New
Owners, Southwest Value Partners, Win Court Approval for Westin La
Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona and the Westin Hilton Head
Island Resort & Spa on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on
Reorganization Plan to Emerge from Bankruptcy; Will Infuse $60 million
in Equity Into the Hotels
- The
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, Ohio, Searching for Business
Partner for the Development of a Full-Service Hotel on Zoo Property
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Super 8 Hotel
in Wakeeney, Kansas
- South
Florida Hotels Receive their 2011 Report Card and the Grades Look Solid
- RockBridge
Launches Preferred Equity Investment in the 329-room Wynfrey Hotel in
Birmingham, Alabama; Hotel to Undergo Multi-million Renovation and
Reflagging as The Hyatt Regency Birmingham - The Wynfrey Hotel
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Acquires the 300-room Crowne Plaza Columbus North
Hotel in Ohio Through a Joint Venture with Waramaug Hospitality; Hotel
to Undergo $5.25 Million Dollar Renovation
- IHG
to Open the 270-room Crowne Plaza Semarang in Indonesia Owned by the
Golden Flower Group
- St.
Regis Hotels & Resorts Celebrates the Opening of The St. Regis Bal
Harbour Resort & Residences
- DoubleTree
by Hilton New Orleans and Hilton New Orleans Riverside Wrap Up
Extensive Property Enhancments as Part of Three-year, $3 billion, Plan
for Global Property Renovations Currently Underway with the Flagship
Brand of Hilton Worldwide
- Barceló
Bávaro Palace Deluxe in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Completes
$330 Million Dollar Renovation
- RLJ
Lodging Trust Completes Three Hotel Conversions, the Hilton Garden Inn
Pittsburgh University Place, Hilton Garden Inn Durham, and Embassy
Suites West Palm Beach-Central for Approximately $24 million
- White
Lodging Assumes Mangement of the Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco
Airport, its First Property in California; Owned by Apple Real Estate
Investment Trust
- MetWest
Terra Hospitality Adds Downtown San Francisco Boutique, the 91-room
Hotel Abri, to its Management Portfolio
- David
Duncan Named President of Denihan Hospitality Group
- Aqua
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Stephen Keller as Corporate Controller
- Canyon
Ranch Names Tracey Latkovic as Vice President of Sales
- GLM
Names Penny Sikalis as Vice President, Business Development
January 18, 2012
- Meeting
the Expectations of Last Minute Mobile Bookers; Customer expectations
are driving changes in the online travel business. / Ritesh Gupta
- Uniform
Tracking Guru FOUNDATION Logic Systems Finishes 2011 Strong by
Installing Their Uniform Management Software at all Ameristar Casinos,
Horseshoe Hammond Casino, The Star Casino Australia, University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center and Vail Resorts
- Antigua
Hotels & Tourist Association to Launch OTA with Regatta
- TripAdvisor
Reveals World's Best Hotels with 2012 Travelers' Choice Awards; 10th
Year of Awards Honors the Most Outstanding Properties, Now Expanded to
30 Countries and 8 Regions Worldwide
- Hotel
Management Contract Disputes: Importance of 'Fiduciary' Duties in
Owner-Operator Lawsuits / Jim Butler
- Los
Angeles City Council Votes to Provide Financial Assistance for
Developer, Williams/Dame & Associates, for Proposed 392-room
Marriott Near L.A. Live Entertainment Complex; Other Recent Assistance
Packages have Been Offered for the Reconstruction of the Wilshire Grand
Hotel and a Stalled Grand Avenue Project
- Potawatomi
Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Plans 382-room $97.5 Million Hotel
- Three
Years Later and No Dirt Turned, $800 million Gaylord Resort Still Part
of Mesa, Arizona's Plans
- Owner,
Sage Hospitality, and Starwood to Open the 481-room Westin Cleveland
Convention Center in Ohio; The $64 Million Renovation and Conversion of
the Former Crowne Plaza will Open in Summer 2013
- Jumeirah
Group Enters Management Agreement for New Build Resort on Island of
Bali, Indonesia; Expected to Open in 2015, Will be Known as Jumeirah
Bali
- Eric
Danziger and Mary Gendron to Receive HSMAI Lifetime Achievement Awards
at HSMAI's Upcoming Adrian Awards Gala
- White
Paper for Defining Boutique and Lifestyle Lodgings Released Today to
Members; The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association Moves Forward
in Developing a Universal Standard for Boutique & Lifestyle Hotels
- Sceptre
Hospitality Resources Chooses Whiteboard Labs Windsurfer Reservations
Platform
- New
Edition of Hotel Investments Book Debuts at ALIS Conference
- Hunter
Realty Sells Record 54 Hotels in 2011; $4 Billion in Broker Opinion of
Value Reports, Predicts Active 2012 for Hotel Industry
- Jason
Price of HeBS Digital to Receive 'Top 25' Most Extraordinary Minds in
Travel Industry at HSMAI'S Adrian Awards; HeBS Digital Honored a Second
Time in Three Years
- Knowland
Begins Service in Dublin, Ireland; Comprehensive, Next-Day Field
Research Now Being Delivered to City's Hoteliers
- KPM
Hotel Group Proposes 150-room Hotel for Bloomington, Indiana
- A
157-unit Hilton Garden Inn Planned for the Scharbauer Sports Complex
Area in Midland, Texas
- DoubleTree
by Hilton Adds Two New UK Locations in Manchester and Leeds; Former
Mint Hotels are Converted to the 285-room DoubleTree by Hilton
Manchester - Piccadilly and the 333-room DoubleTree by Hilton Leeds
City Centre
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Relocates Worldwide Headquarters to Stamford,
Connecticut; Brings More than 800 Jobs to the State
- UK
Hotel Brand, Premier Inn, Opens Three New Hotels in Warwick, Coventry
and Camborne in England
- MIG
Real Estate to Renovate and Convert The 87-room Point Inn & Suites
in Jackson, Wyoming and the 119-room Hotel Highland in Phoenix, Arizona
to the Hampton Inn Brand
- Historic
Grayl's Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida Closing for $6 million Extreme
Makeover
- Alliance
Hospitality to Manage the 156-suite Comfort Suites Atlanta Downtown
Convention Center in Georgia
- The
412-room Boston Marriott Long Wharf in Massachusetts Completes Four
Year $30 Million Renovation
- The
Alden Beach Resort & Suites in St. Pete Beach, Florida Rebrands as
Alden Suites, A Beachfront Resort; Launches New Name, Logo and
Messaging with New Website Coming Soon
- Midas
Hospitality, LLC Selected to Operate the 78-room Hampton Inn - Duncan,
Oklahoma
- Erik
Dombroski Named as Director of Sales for the Topnotch Resort & Spa
in Stowe, Vermont
- Scott
Thomas Dolbee Named as Executive Chef for the 120-room L'Auberge Del
Mar's KITCHEN 1540 in Del Mar, California
- Chef
Jérôme Chautard Appointed as Executive Sous Chef for VIE
Hotel Bangkok and its VIE Wine and Grill Restaurant in Thailand
January 17, 2012
- Guest-Centric
Maestro PMS Selected by 3 Multi-Property Groups and 6 Independent
Operators for Peak Efficiency, Enhanced Guest Experience and Increased
Direct Sales; 9 High Touch Properties Choose Maestro Integrated PMS,
Sales & Catering, Yield Management, Business Intelligence, ResWave
Booking Engine, and Condo & Spa
- Whiteboard
Labs And R&D Intelligent Hospitality Set To Launch HotelIQ
- Evision
Worldwide Launches Free Online Marketing Budget Tool for Hotels
- Hotel
Spas Lag in Industry Revenue Recovery, But May Outpace Hotel RevPAR
Growth Over the Next Few Years According to New Study by PKF Consulting
- Direct
Sales: "Give 'em the old razzle dazzle, Razzle Dazzle 'em" / Brenda
Fields
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 84; EB-5 Visa For Immigrant Investors; The Pistilli
Lecture; A NYC Hotel Bargain; 'Built To Last'; Quote of the Month /
Stanley Turkel
- Shangri-La
Implements Sustainable Seafood Policy and Discontinues Use of all Shark
Fin Products in 72 Hotels and Resorts
- Hyatt
Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois Launches Multi-Million
Expansion and Renovation Project; Owners, Metropolitan Pier and
Exposition Authority, to Invest $110 Million in the Project to be
Completed in 3 Phases
- Rezidor
and Al Jassim Group to Open the 270-key Hotel Missoni Doha in Qatar in
Late 2015
- Americas
Best Value Inn Adds 127 Hotels in 2011 to Surpass the 1,000 Mark
- Hotel
AG Closes Five Transactions in Last Three Weeks
- Optimum
Hotel Brokerage Sells Spencer Suites; Connecticut REO Property Sold for
California Bank
- PSAV
Provides Audiovisual Support to Worldhotels Annual Conference in London
- Leisure
Real Estate Advisors LLC, Announces the Sale of Three More Bank Owned
Hotels
- Lodging
Interactive, CoMMingle Capitalizing on 10 Years of Success
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof Inn -
Memphis East, Tennessee
- Cornell
Center for Hospitality Research Presents New Reports on Distribution
Strategies for Restaurants and Financial Strategies for Hotels
- IHG
Reorganizes Regional Reporting Structure Effective from the Results for
2011 to be Reported on February 14, 2012
- Best
Western Opens First 'Plus' Hotel in Russia with the 84-room BEST
WESTERN PLUS Spasskaya Hotel in Tyumen in Siberia
- Rezidor
Opens the 197-room Park Inn by Radisson Lübeck in Germany through
a Rebranding of the Former Mövenpick Hotel Lübeck
- Huntington
Hotel Group to Manage a Dual-Branded Hotel Project in Jacksonville,
Florida; The Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton
Jacksonville Downtown Southbank
- Grand
Luxxe Resorts Completes Expansion Projects at their Mexico Resorts in
Nuevo Vallarta and Riviera Maya; Now Providing a Total of New 315
Suites at the Two Resorts
- $13
Million Renovation Unveiled at the 311-room Courtyard Kaua'i at Coconut
Beach on Kaua'i, Hawaii; Owned by Joint Venture of Behringer Harvard
and JMI Realty and Managed by Davidson Hotels & Resorts
- The
Mountain Club on Loon, the New Hampshire Hotel Resort and Spa at the
Base of Loon Mountain Ski Resort, Completes $9 Million Renovation
- Union,
Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Reach Agreement on Five-Year Contract for
Shuttle Drivers, Bellmen
- IHG
Names Pascal Gauvin as Chief Operating Officer for India, Middle East
and Africa Region
- Gemstone
Hotels & Resorts Names John Plunket as Executive Vice President,
Development and Acquisitions
- Anantara
Hotels, Resorts & Spas Appoints Michel Koopman as Director of
Operations for the Middle East
- Monty
S. Levy Elected President of the Atlanta, Georgia Hospitality Alliance
- Charles
de Foucault Appointed as General Manager of One&Only Le Saint
Géran in Mauritius
- Scott
Robison Named Director of Sales and Marketing at the 463-room
Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii
- International
Association of Conference Centers Names Charles J Chambers USA
Conference Center Chef of the Year; Set to Compete in IACC's Ninth
International Copper Skillet Competition
January 16, 2012
- What
Began as a Simple Question has Changed the Lives of People Around the
World; After 10 million Bars of Soap, Clean the World is Just Beginning
- Litigation
and Disputes Between Hotel Owners and Operators are on the Rise?
Why? / Jim Butler
- Are
Hotel Groups Ready for Total Transparency in Traveler Reviews? / Daniel
Edward Craig
- San
Diego's Manchester Hyatt was Priciest U.S. Hotel Sale in 2011 at $570
million / Lori Weisberg
- In
Illinois, Nearly 300 Public & Hotel Pools Remain Closed, Some Stuck
in Regulatory Purgatory, While Trying to Implement Federal Regulations
Designed to Reduce Risk of Drowning
- New
General Manager Named at Hyatt Regency Long Island; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 166 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes
in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- What
do Travel Agents Think? Poll Reveals Their Choices for Best Hotels,
Cruises and More
- Winter
Season Loss of $13 million Forces The Greenbrier Resort to Lay Off 100
Employees to Offset Loss
- Public-Private
Partnerships: A Strategy to Minimize Public Subsidies / Hans Detlefsen
- Grand
Velas Resorts Receive AAA Five Diamond Again in 2011; 'Beyond All
Inclusive, Beyond All Compare' Resort Selected Among Top Resorts by
American Automobile Association
- EasyRMS
successfully deployed EzRMS at The Crane, a Caribbean's premier
residential resort
- Hilton
Worldwide Signs Management Agreement with Mohamed Ruqait Real Estate
for a Second DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab
Emirates; The 309-key DoubleTree by Hilton Resort Marjan Island
Expected to Open Early 2014
- Rezidor
to Debut in Qatar with the Q3 2012 Conversion of the Ramada Plaza Doha
to the 583-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Doha
- Three
New Hotels to Open in Downtown Orlando, Florida in the Next Two Years;
A 118-room Starwood Aloft, a 155-room Cambria Suites and a 100- to
150-room Hotel to be Developed by Rida Development
- Golden
Nugget Casino in Atlantic City Banking on Positive Reaction of Guests
to $150 million Renovation
- Observation
in the Experiential Hospitality / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
- FairBridge
Hotels International Adds Three New Properties; The FairBridge Inn
Express in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the FairBridge Hotel Executive Plaza
in Wheeling, Illinois and the Dumont Inn in Sacramento, California
- Masako
McCarter, of The Royal Hawaiian, Awarded Outstanding Lodging Employee
of the Year by the Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association; 24 Other
Honorees Recognized
- Robert
Bray Appointed as General Manager for the 1,329 -room New Orleans
Marriott in Louisiana
- The
Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain in Colorado
Makes Four Sales Team Appointments; New Roles for Meredith Brewer,
Kelly Hansen, Lisa Smith and Tom Kiddoo
- Michele
Frank Named as Director of Sales & Marketing for the 481-room
Westin Resort & Casino on Palm Beach in Aruba
- Tom
Bolman, Executive Vice President of the International Association of
Conference Centers, to Retire at the End of 2012
January 13, 2012
- Video:
PKF's Hotel Horizons Market Update: Five Reasons for Optimism in 2012
- Hotel
Foreclosures and Defaults in San Diego County Easing; 2011 Saw a 54.8%
Decline in Defaults / Lori Weisberg
- Recent
hotels.com Amenities Survey Finds Free Wi-Fi is the Make it or Break it
Factor in Hotel Booking; Respondents say most luxury items aren't worth
the hype, the bathroom phone remains untouched and most guests don't
steal from their rooms
- Capital's
Taj Manshingh Hotel in New Delhi, India May Come Up for Auction in
2012, if so Starwood Hotels Intends to Bid
- Petersburg,
Virginia Enters Economic Development Partnership with Virginia State
University for Possible $50 Million Hotel and Conference Center
Development
- Eight
Years after Paying $40 Million for Clearwater Beach, Florida Property,
Kiran Patel, Still Devoted to Completing his Stalled Clearwater Beach
Resort & Hotel Megaproject; Plans to Begin Building by 2015
- Don't
Stop the Carnival (with apologies to Herman Wouk) / Michael W. Sansbury
- What
are Today's Most Pressing Issues for Hospitality Business Owners and
Managers? / Dr. John Hogan
- Humberto
Lopez Company, HSL Airport Hotel LLC, Buys Clarion Hotel in Tucson,
Arizona for $4.5 Million with Plans for Conversion to a Best Western
- Langham
Hospitality Group Signs Management Agreement with Xiamen Huiguangyuan
Langham Place Hotel Management for the 330-room Langham Place, Xiamen
to Open in China in Late 2012
- Xanterra
South Rim Restores and Reopens the Historic Red Horse Cabin at South
Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona for Overnight
Accommodations; Built in 1890 it has been Closed to Guests for More
than 40 Years
- Costa
Rica Enjoys a 70.6% Hotel Occupancy Rate for 2011, a 4% Increase
Compared to 2010
- Kalahari
Resort Selects Crestron DigitalMedia for Digital AV Upgrade; Ohio
Resort and Convention Center Unveils Building Expansion and Digital
Technology Makeover at Grand Opening Event
- Global
Industry Study Reveals How New Technologies and Social Change will
Combine to Transform Travel by 2020
- Waterford
Hotel Group Opens The Lord Jeffery Inn in Amherst, Massachusetts
Following its Multi-Million Dollar Renovation; The Historic 49-room Inn
is Owned by the Amherst Inn Company
- Residence
Inn Brand Introduced in the United Kingdom with the Opening of the
107-room Residence Inn Edinburgh in Scotland; Owned by Gladedale
Ventures Limited
- Canyon
Ranch Hotel & Spa in Miami Beach, Florida Joins The Leading Hotels
Of The World
- The
100-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott Dallas Richardson/Plano to Open
in Texas; Owned by Lowen Shiloh and Managed by Lowen Hospitality
Management
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Adds Santa Fe's Eldorado Hotel & Spa to
Management Portfolio
- Enchantment
Group to Manage ZaSpas at Hotel ZaZa in Dallas and Houston, Texas
- Olivia
Brown, General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Receives 2012 Trumpet Award for Outstanding Achievement
- Luxe
Worldwide Hotels Names Enric Garcia of Hotel Roger de Lluria, as its
2011 General Manager of the Year
- Provenance
Hotels Appoints Tim Block as General Manager of the 130-room Hotel
deLuxe in Portland, Oregon
- Luis
A. Mendez Appointed as Director of Meetings and Incentives for El
Dorado Spa Resorts & Hotels and Azul Hotels by Karisma, a Hotel
Collection Operating Properties throughout the Riviera Maya, Mexico
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts Managers-In-Training Program Promotes Five
Participants to Hotel Executive Committees
- The
School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Names the
2011-2012 Scholarship Award Winning Students
January 12, 2012
- Guestroom
Entertainment: IPTV, is it for Your Property? What Exactly is it
and What are Some of Your Options with Craig Ziegler: Hotel-Online 3Qs
Series on Best Practices in Hotel Marketing and Operations
- The
Hotel Modern New Orleans Selects Agilysys Solution Suite; Boutique
Hotel Selects Agilysys for Property Management, Point-of-Sale Systems
- Prestigious
Trapp Family Lodge Trusts VIZERGY® to Improve Online Marketing;
Hotel Internet Marketing Company Expands Presence in Northeast
- California
Hotel Foreclosures Leap 66.7% in 2011
- The
157-room Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana, Being Developed by Buckingham
Companies and Dolce Hotels and Resorts, to be Named The Alexander
Honoring the 1820's Architect who Spearheaded the City's Plan
- Starwood
Hotels Aggressively Expanding its Footprint in India with Plans to Open
20 New Hotels by 2015; Opens New Regional Office in Gurgaon to Support
Rapid Growth
- Hyatt
Introduces Hyatt House Brand in India with Agreement for Hotel in
Mumbai; Continues India Growth in 2012 with Opening of Six New Hotels
in Bangalore, Chennai, Hampi, Hyderabad, Pune and Raipur
- Four
Seasons Hotels and Resorts Unveils New Website and Inaugural Luxury
Trend Report
- SpringHill
Suites Brand to Debut in New York City with the New-Build 173-room
SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York City/Manhattan Midtown to Open
in 2013; Owned by Partners Hidrock Realty and Robert Finvarb Companies
- MGM
Resorts and Developer David Callahan to Make Bid for Casino in
Brimfield, Massachusetts
- SkyWire
Media, Inc. enters into agreement with KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark
Resort for PMS and POS integration and Mobile Marketing
- LVH-Las
Vegas Hotel & Casino Doubles Down on Sustainability; The new LVH
Project Green Team greens the guest amenities...
- New
Orleans Hotel Collection Selects Knowland's Target Net; Ground-breaking
sales
& catering platform chosen for usability, accessibility, customer
service
- Lodging
Interactive Podcast Reveals What's Hot in Social Media & Marketing
- 350
Room Holiday Inn Select For Sale in North Dallas; Offered Exclusively
by Colliers International Hotels
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of Red Roof Inn -
Chicago, Lansing, Illinois
- RoomKey.com
Adds Best Western International as its Inaugural Commercial Partner
- AH&LA
Now Accepting Seminar Proposals for 97th Annual International Hotel,
Motel & Restaurant Show (IHMRS) 2012
- Cornell
University Executive Summit at the National HR in Hospitality
Conference to Combine Mobile Technology and Social Media to Incorporate
Electronic Voting by Participants; Attendees will Select Topics
to be Presented by Casting their Votes
- The
261-room Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto to Open in
Canada; Owned and Developed by Talon International and its Affiliates
- Carlson
Opens the 290-room Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Water Park in
Albuquerque, New Mexico Owned by Pacific Pearl Hotel Management
- Tides
Riviera Maya in Mexico Completes Major Renovation and Rebrands as
Viceroy Riviera Maya
- Guoman
Hotels Restores The 346-room Grosvenor in London to its Victorian
Splendor as it Completes Extensive Interior and Exterior Renovation
- The
Northland Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Completes Exterior Renovations and Launches Second Phase of its $24
Million Renovation; Managed by StepStone Hospitality, to Become
Minneapolis Marriott Northwest During Summer 2012
- CAM
Hospitality Advisors & Management Adds Five Contracts for Full
Service Hotels and Resorts; Properties in Dallas, Framingham (Near
Boston), Orlando, Pittsburgh and Santa Fe
- Brian
Stark Elected to The Marcus Corporation Board
- The
Presidio Trust and Waterford Hotels and Inns Appoint Terry Haney as
General Manager of the Inn at The Presidio in San Francisco, California
- Greystone
Hotels and OSM Investment Company Appoint Debra Rosenberg Matsumoto as
General Manager for The Hotel Wilshire, the Recently Debuted 74-room
Boutique Hotel in Los Angeles, California
- International
Association of Conference Centers Appoints Sarah Vining as the Sixth
Board Associate; Will Represent Generation X/Y on the Board of Directors
January 11, 2012
- KABA
Delivers on Hyatt's Commitment to Guest Safety and Convenience; KABA
Lodging Implements Guest Keycard ID Synced to Elevators in the Newly
Renovated Hyatt Regency New Orleans
- TravelShark
Wins a Prestigious Gold Adrian Award for its Viral Video Repositioning
Campaign; Dynamic online travel startup nabs a Gold Advertising Adrian
Award from leading industry marketing association for grassroots
campaign
- The
5 Most Important Requirements for Successful Staff Tech Training; Cover
These Essential Points with Your Vendor's Training Chief Before
Instruction Starts; Researched by Jeff Welles, Vice President of
InvoTech Systems
- Hotel
Giants Work Together to Launch RoomKey.com, an Innovative New Hotel
Search Engine
- Google
Tries to Make Search More Social
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts Share Predictions for Wedding Tips and Trends in
2012
- 12
Communications Resolutions for 2012 / Jim Hartigan
- Prudential
Real Estate Investors and Lodging Capital Partners Joint Venture
Acquires the 291-room Austin Four Seasons in Texas
- Taj
Hotels Resorts and Palaces to Open Two Hotels in China's Kunming Expo
Garden
- RHW
Management Inc. and Nor'wood Development Group to Build an $8.5
million, 82-room Holiday Inn Express in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Intelity
- Changing Hospitality In An Instant; The award-winning hospitality
solutions provider introduces ICE Instant allowing hoteliers to name
their own price for customized apps
- Looking
for an Exciting Challenge and Workplace? EasyRMS is now Recruiting;
Positions include Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Sales
Manager & Revenue Management Consultants
- Equinox
Payments, Voltage Security and Merchant Link Partner to Bring
Cutting-Edge Point-to-Point Payment Encryption Solution to Secure
Payment Data; Columbia Sportswear Company leads the innovation and
serves as pilot implementation partner across nationwide retail network
- Hilton
Worldwide Signs Management Agreement with Obeikan Real Estate
Development Company for the 210-room Hilton Riyadh King Fahd Road to
Open in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2014
- Wyndham
Hotel Group to Expand in India; Developing a 120-room Ramada Resort and
Launching Howard Johnson Brand with 3,000 Rooms in 35 Properties by 2017
- Marriott's
Autograph Collection Adds The Carlton Hotel in New York City to its
Portfolio; The 317-room Property is Managed by Gemstone Hotels &
Resorts
- 10
Indianapolis Hotels Named in Lawsuit for Hourly Workers Alleging
Failure of Employer, a Contracted Staffing Company, to Pay Overtime
- Miami-Dade
Hotels: What recession? November Hotel Taxes Up 47%
- Consumer
Travel Trends for 2012: Israel, Indonesia, London and More
- Host
Hotels Extends Management Agreement with Crestline Hotels & Resorts
for the 222-room Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront/Palm Beaches Resort in
Florida; Property Completing Multi-Million Dollar Renovation
- Ascott
Secures Management Contract for the 288-unit Citadines Marvell Surabaya
Scheduled to Open in Indonesia in 2014
- Great
Hotels of the World Member WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Centre
Invests $20 Million to Add 21 Meeting Rooms; Becomes Largest Hotel with
Meeting Capacity in Istanbul
- The
107-room Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge in Colorado Unveils $2 Million
Renovation
- Wisconsin
Hotel & Lodging Association Names Jake Knox as Director of
Development
- White
Lodging Appoints Gary Gergely as General Manager of the 64-room Hampton
Inn in Merrillville, Indiana
January 10, 2012
- Business
Traveler Sues Starwood Hotel Chain for Negligence after Man Claiming to
be her Husband is Given the Key to her Room and Joins her in Bed
- Grenada
Board of Tourism and Grenada Hotel & Tourism Association Launch New
and Improved Booking Engine System By Regatta Solutions
- HSMAI
Names the Top 25 Minds in Hospitality Sales and Marketing for 2011;
Winners to be Honored at Reception and Adrian Awards Gala February 27,
2012
- HVS'
2011 U.S. Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) Shows Significant Increases in
Transaction Dollar Value Over 2010; First Half Alone Had an Increase of
180% Over 2010; Buyers with Cash Encouraged to Buy Now
- U.S.
Leisure Employees Should Receive a Nice Pay Increase in 2012; WageWatch
Releases Its 2012 Lodging Industry Wage Forecast
- Shale
Natural Gas Fueling Pennsylvania Hotel Industry
- 2011
Was a Fine Year for French Hospitality: The Year-in-Review of the
French Hotel Industry by MKG Group
- Chatwal
Hotels and Resorts to Develop 52 New Boutique Hotels in India in the
Next Five Years
- Plans
for a 129-room Courtyard by Marriot Hotel Adjacent to Darden
Restaurants Headquarters in Orlando, Florida have Stalled; Darden
Seeking New Developer for Project
- Judge
Approves Gaming Executive Ronald Johnson as Receiver to Oversee
Operations during Foreclosure Proceedings for the 2,950-room Las Vegas
Hotel & Casino in Nevada
- Owned
and Managed by SSN Hotels/Ruchi Land Development, the 131-suite
SpringHill Suites by Marriott to Open in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
- EasyRMS
signs further 100 properties with NH Hoteles
- Valet
Parking Leader, Towne Park, Selects UniFocus' Watson, R.M. Solution for
Workforce Management
- Adare
Manor Named One of the "World's Best Hotels" Condé Nast
Traveler's Gold & Platinum Lists
- Travel
Tripper Unveils Mobile Booking Engine
- Merchant
Link Named Best Channel Vendor by Business Solutions Magazine
- Lodging
Interactive Offers 5 Tips to Making Web Strategies 'Fresh'; With the
recent roll-out of Google's 'Freshness Update,' hotels can maintain a
high search ranking if they follow five steps outlined by hospitality's
social media marketing agency
- The
Park Hyatt Brand Debuts in China with the Opening of the 236-room Park
Hyatt Ningbo Resort and Spa
- LaTour
Hotels and Resorts Opens Celeste Beach Residences, Resort & Spa in
Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
- The
Hotel Group (THG) Completes Conversion of the Holiday Inn Santa Fe in
New Mexico to the 130-room Doubletree by Hilton Santa Fe; Property
Renovation has Begun and to be Completed Early in 2012
- Hotel
Equities Assumes Management of the 79-room Cayo Grande Suites Hotel in
Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
- The
90-room Courtyard by Marriott in Brunswick, Georgia to Launch Major
Renovation to Lobby and Guest Room Refresh
- Carlson
Hotels Appoints Vasso Zographou as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer for Asia Pacific
- Edward
Rohling Joins Pillar Hotels & Resorts as Chief Business Development
Officer
- Kirk
S. Pederson Appointed Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating
Officer of Chartres Lodging Group
- Langham
Hospitality Group Appoints Fiona Szeto as the Director of Public
Relations (Asia)
- David
Man Appointed as Executive Chef and Joseph Orichiella Named Food and
Beverage Director for the 295-room Island Hotel Newport Beach in
Newport Beach, California
- Enchantment
Group Names Julia Thorn as Director of Communications
January 9, 2012
- The
Siegel Group Nevada, Inc. Acquires the Former Atrium Suites Hotel In
Las Vegas for $4.2 million; Property Was Foreclosed Upon in July 2011
with a $66 million Encumberance
- A
Look at What's Trending in Travel for 2012 - Sleeping with Chickens?
- $632
for a Room in Las Vegas? Must be Time for the Consumer Electronics Show
Where Some Rates are More than Eight Times the Norm
- Three
New Hotels Adding 550 Rooms in 2012 to Increase Competition in Downtown
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- New
Hotel Rooms for Central Florida Expected to Outpace Demand Slightly in
2012
- Las
Vegas Isn't Likely to Boom Again in 2012, but There's Reason for Hope
- Developer
for Hyatt Place Augusta to Select Architect
- Rezidor
Hotel Group Undergoes Corporate Reorganization Separating
Responsibilities for Core Brands and Creating New Area Structures for
Europe, the Middle East and Africa
- Sheraton
to Open the 289-room Sheraton Reserva do Paiva Hotel and Convention
Center in Brazil in Q1 2014; Project being Developed by the Portuguese
group Promovalor and the Brazilian group Odebrecht
Realizações Imobiliárias
- RB
Capital to Build Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's First Holiday Inn Express
with the 200-room Holiday Inn Express Bukit Bintang Slated to Open in
2015
- Cvent
and Mexico Meetings Network Partner to Drive Meetings Business to
Mexico; Partnership has Raised Awareness of Mexico as a Meetings
Destination and Increased the Flow of Group Business to the Country
- Beacon
South Beach Hotel Achieves Certified Guest Service Property Status
- Leonardo
Hotels to Open the 213-room Superior Leonardo Hotel Vienna in Austria;
Owned by IMMOFINANZ Group
- Jose
Mari Del Rosario's Paramount Property Management Bets Big on
Philippine Budget Hotels with Development of the Microtel Brand
throughout the Region
- White
Paper Examines How Conference Centers are More Conducive to Learning
- Nothing
Sluggish About 2012 Visitor Count for Central Florida
- U.S.
Travel Association Analysis Shows Travel Employment Rebound in December
with the Travel Industry Creating Jobs at a Faster Rate than the Rest
of the Economy
- The
194-room Embassy Suites West Palm Beach-Central Opens in Florida;
Managed by Windsor Management Services
- Langham
Hospitality Group Signs Agreement with Greenland Group to Open the
214-room Eaton Luxe, Xinqiao, Shanghai in China
- Canada's
Sandman Hotel Group Opens its First UK Property with the 175-room
Sandman Signature Hotel in Newcastle, England
- Louvre
Hotels Group Actively Pursues its Development in France; Opening 28 New
Hotels in France in 2011
- White
Lodging Appoints Dale Nysetvold as General Manager at the Courtyard by
Marriott Fort Wayne Downtown
- Lasalle
Hotel Properties Elects Jeff Foland, Executive Vice President of United
Airlines and President of Mileage Plus Holdings, to its Board of
Trustees
January 6, 2012
- TIG
Global Sweeps W3 Awards, WebAwards, and Davey Awards Earning Top Honors
as Interactive Agency; Agency Takes Home Twelve Prestigious Awards for
Continued Excellence in Web Design and Online Marketing
- Mobile
Key by OpenWays Named 'Top Innovation' by Lodging Magazine
- New
York Governor Cuomo Strikes Deal with the Genting Group for $4 Billion
Aqueduct Race Track Convention Center in Queens, New York but May be
Colliding with State Laws Controlling the Competitive Bidding Process
- Global
Hotel Transaction Volume Forecasted to Hold Steady in 2012 with
Worldwide Levels to Once Again Reach $30 billion According to Jones
Lang LaSalle Hotels Annual Hotel Investment Outlook 2012 Report
- With
Exploding Competition from Macau and Singapore and the Possible Spread
of Gaming to Miami and Boston, the Increasingly Complex Global Gaming
Industry Does not Signal the End of Las Vegas but Rather Creates
Opportunities for Global Gaming Networks
- While
Nevada's Gaming & Tourism Economy is Improving, Two More Southern
Nevada Hotels Default on Debt; the Loews Lake Las Vegas Hotel in
Henderson and the JW Marriott Las Vegas Casino Resort in Summerlin
- Building
Housing the Former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Which Served as
Inspiration for the Empire State Building, May be Converted Into an
Upscale Hotel by Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels
- Kerzner
International Appoints Alan Leibman as Chief Executive Officer, Sol
Kerzner to Remain as Chairman
- Hotel
Developer Chosen to Turn 107 Year Old Former Tampa, Florida Courthouse
into a Boutique Hotel; Development Services Group Proposes a 110 Room
Property Preserving the Unique and Historic Architecture
- What
Exactly Do Hotel Concierges' Do? Some Requests in San Diego Hotels Can
be Quite Unusual / Lori Weisberg
- Your
Room is Ready; Just Pick a Hotel: An Interview with Steve Shalitof
Leawood, Complex Manager for Westin Crown Center and Sheraton Kansas
City Hotel at Crown Center
- Complimentary
Teleseminar with Dr. Bryan K. Williams! 10 Things To Improve Service In
Your Business
- Foxwoods
Resort Casino Partners with UniFocus to Conduct Comprehensive
GUESTScope Satisfaction Survey; Partnership Reinforces North America's
Largest Resort Casino's Commitment to Five Star® Service
- St.
Regis Hotels & Resorts Opens the 100-Story St. Regis Shenzhen
Becoming Starwood's Tallest Hotel Worldwide and One of the Tallest
Buildings in China; The 297-key Hotel Occupies the Top 28 Floors
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the 473-room Pheasant Run
Resort in St. Charles, Illinois
- Courtyard
by Marriott Unveils its New Lobby and Room Design with the Opening of
the 100-room Courtyard Boone in North Carolina Owned and Managed by
Poteat Hospitality Association
- Hilton
Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort Completes $45 Million 800-room
Rainbow Tower Renovations
- The
Historic Hotel del Coronado Unveils its $8 Million Dollar Renovation of
its 368 Rooms and Suites
- Great
Hotels of the World Completes $5 Million Renovation of its New Member
Property, Acanto Boutique Hotel in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
- The
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square in California Unveils its New
Pacific Conference Center with Completely Redesigned Meeting Rooms
- Jerry
Keyes Named Statewide Hotelier of the Year by the Illinois Hotel &
Lodging Association
- Carlson
Appoints Scott Meyer as Interim Leader, Midscale Brands, Carlson
Hotels, Americas
- Choices
Hotels Appoints John Tague to its Board of Directors
- William
J. Sander III Named Executive Vice President and Director of Operations
of Seagate Hospitality Group in Delray Beach, Florida in Addition to
Remaining as General Manager of The Seagate Hotel & Spa
January 4, 2012
January 3, 2012
- 7
Days Group Holdings Limited Completes Acquisition of Hunan Huatian Star
Hotel Management Limited Gaining 100% Ownership in 21 Huatian Star
Hotels in 12 Cities in China
- China
Lodging Group Makes Management Change and Reaffirms Expansion Plan for
2012; Executive Chairman Qi Ji to take on the CEO Role Replacing Tuo
Zhang who will Serve as Vice-chairman of the Board and Consultant to
the Company
- Budget
Hotel Chain Tune Hotels to Expand in the United Kingdom to Capitalize
on Growth Opportunity in the Country; The Budget Hotel Industry in the
UK Currently Represents 15% of Total Rooms as Compared to 33% in the US
- What
Is The Difference Between Hospitality Excellence and Mediocrity? / Doug
Kennedy
- The
Resolution Solution - 5 Simple Revenue Management Resolutions for 2012
/ Carol Verret
- Why
are San Diego Hotels Lagging in Revenue Growth Compared to Other Metro
Areas? / Lori Weisberg
- Maldivian
Government to Reconsider Decision on Order to Close Spas in Resorts
Following Protests from Tourism Sector
- Houston
Officials to Unveil Sweeping Development Plan for Convention District;
Primary Focus Includes Hotels, Amenities and Expannded Convention Center
- The
Debate is on - Should Virginia Beach, Virginia Taxpayers Invest $67
Million Toward the $109 Million Convention Center Hotel Project?
City Council to Vote on the 361-room Hyatt Regency Project on January
24 after Further Study
- Tourists
Continue to Flock to Berlin, Germany Resulting in Growth in the Number
of Investor-Funded Hotel Construction Projects; Berlin has Become
Europe's Third Most Popular Destination After London and Paris
- Tourists
to Emerald Coast, Florida Come Back in Record Numbers for 2011
Following Disastrous 2010
- Yellow
Dog Software Provides Resort at Squaw Creek with Inventory Management
- Affiliate
of HSL Properties, Owners of Hotel Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, Acquires
La Placita Village Complex Next to the Tucson Convention Center
Reviving Development Possibilities for the Area
- Marriott
to Open 123-room Fairfield Inn & Suites Hotel in San Diego,
California Completing an Extensive Renovation and Rebranding of the
Former Holiday Inn Express; Owned by Affiliates of Clearview Hotel
Capital and Managed by Interstate Hotels and Resorts
- MetWest
Terra, New Owners of the Toll House Hotel in Los Gatos, California,
Take Over Operations and Promise to Work with Local Community on Issues
that May Affect its Neighbors
- Pinnacle
Advisory Group Remains Optimistic about the Boston/Cambridge Lodging
Market for 2012
- Spencer
Inn & Suites in Manchester, Connecticut Sold; Property Now Owned by
Gary Patel with Plans to Convert to Studio 6 Franchise
- Development
Plans for 120-room Hotel in Bemidji, Minnesota Progressing;
Construction Should Begin in the Spring
- The
Cleveland Airport Marriott in Ohio Unveils its $22 Million Renovation
- IDM
Hotel Management Group Hires Jamie Dressel as Field Services
Coordinator to Assist with Growing Portfolio of Midwest Boutique Hotels
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Gina Danze as Director of Sales for the
Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile in Illinois
- W
Hotels Worldwide Appoints Katie Donald Director of Sales and Marketing
at the 225-room W Hoboken in New Jersey
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