**Top 25 Read
Articles - June 2012**
- Agilysys
Announces Availability of New Mobile Point-of-Sale Solution; Agilysys
InfoGenesis Mobile POS System Introduced at HITEC 2012
- Infor
Introduces New Mobile Application for the Hospitality Industry; Infor10
HMS Hotel Check-In Enables Hotels to Improve Front and Back of House
Processes
- Infor
Solidifies Leadership Position in Hospitality Technology; Combination
of Infor, SoftBrands, EasyRMS Finalized, Creating a Single Provider of
Integrated Property Management and Extended Business Applications for
the Hospitality Industry
- How
Hotel Owners and GMs can Change 'The Top 10 Reasons Why Hotels
Underperform' - Part 2 / Tom Costello
- How
To Convince Callers Who Are Looking Online To Book Directly / Doug
Kennedy
- Arne
Sorenson, Marriott International President and Chief Executive Officer,
Discusses Plans to Acquire Gaylord Hotels on CNBC's Squawk Box
- How
Hotel Owners and GMs can Change 'The Top 10 Reasons Why Hotels
Underperform' - Part 1 / Tom Costello
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Closes on Sale of Six Hotels, a Portfolio of 1,527 rooms,
for $103 Million
- Gaylord
Opryland Gets Rocked with an Explosion; No One Injured and Normal
Operations Resumed
- 'Cyber
Accessibility' is the New Frontier for ADA Lawsuits. Your Next DOJ
Investigation or ADA Class Action Could be Just a Mouse Click Away! /
Jim Butler
- Trump
Organization Closes on and Assumes Management of South Florida's Doral
Golf Resort & Spa; $200 million to be Invested Renovating Hotel and
Golf Courses
- 2011
Construction Report North America; 26 Hotel Waterpark Resorts Opened in
2011 in USA / Jeff Coy
- Three
Reasons Your Business Needs Direct Mail and Pay Per Click Marketing /
Joy Gendusa
- Gaylord
Entertainment Agrees to Sell the Gaylord Hotels Brand and Manangement
Company to Marriott International for $210 million Cash; Gaylord to
Maintain Ownership of its Properties and will Reorganize as the Only
Lodging REIT Focused on Group-Oriented Destination Markets
- Sage
Hospitality Gears Up for Growth with Three New Development &
Acquisitions Team Hires; Looking for Acquisition and Repositioning
Opportunities with Plans to Invest $1.2 Billion over the Next 24 Months
- The
Cost Of Guest Loyalty / Robert Mandelbaum
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors Enters Into Agreement to Sell the 284-Room Marriott Del
Mar for $66 Million; Completes Acquisition and Re-Branding of the
417-room Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile
- Mesa,
Arizona's Hopes Dim for Long-Delayed $800 million Gaylord Resort
Following Sale of Brand to Marriott
- MGM
Resorts International Expected to be Named as Operator of Proposed
Luxury Casino at Baltimore, Maryland's National Harbor
- Loews
Hotels & Resorts to Acquire the 632-room Renaissance Hotel &
Spa in Hollywood, California from CIM Group; To Rebrand as the Loews
Hollywood Hotel and Begin $26 Million Renovation in Late 2012 with
Completion in Summer 2013
- Is
Your Revenue Management System Up To 21st Century Data Demands? What
You Need To Know About Next Generation Revenue Management To Stay
Competitive / Don Wilson
- Google
Places Goes SoLoMo - What Does it Mean for Hoteliers? / Daniel Morosi
- Karolin
Troubetzkoy, Owner, Anse Chastanet & Jade Mountain Resort in St.
Lucia, Named Caribbean Hotelier of the Year
- Driftwood
Hospitality Management Embarking on Extensive Renovation of Three
Properties Recently Acquired Through Apollo Joint Venture
- From
New York City to New Orleans, Seattle to San Diego, W Hotels Unveils
Significant Renovation Plans for North American Portfolio
June 29, 2012
- Wynn
Resorts Board Members to be Questioned in Litigation with Japanese
Billionaire Gaming Figure Kazuo Okada; Judge Rejects Okada Request to
Block Wynn Resorts Deposition
- Report
on Russia's Tourism Industry from Hilton Worldwide Indicates Incoming
Tourist Expenditure Could Double to $15.3 Billion by 2016 Provided
Planned Infrastructure Changes are Implemented; Hilton's Pipeline for
the Country Includes 28 Hotels
- AH
& LA Urges GSA to Keep Current Methodology for Calculating Per Diem
Rates for Government Travel; Requesting that Members Contact Congress
to Prevent Possible Per Diem Rate Reduction
- Wounded
Warriors Honored With A Day Of Fishing, Sailing, & Boating / Bob
McNally
- Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts to Increase Presence in Australia with Acquisition
and Management of the 191-room Traders Hotel, Brisbane
- citizenM
Hotels to Debut in London, England with the July 4th, 2012 Opening of
the 192-room citizenM hotel in the Bankside District
- Tampa,
Florida Partnership Between Bern's Steak House and Mainsail Lodging and
Development to Break Ground on $32.5 Million Boutique Hotel in Fall
2012; The 145-room Hotel, Named the Epicurean, will be Part of
Marriott's Autograph Collection
- Hawkeye
Hotels to Build 112-room Residence Inn by Marriott in Champaign,
Illinois; May 2013 Opening Planned
- The
450-room Westin Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California Completes $25
Million Property-Wide Renovation
- CSM
Corporation Appoints Bill Upshaw as New President of Lodging and
Residential
- David
Rebich Rejoins Waterford Hotel Group as Chief Financial Officer
- Waterford
Hotel Names Joanne Minas as General Manager of the 120-room Courtyard
by Marriott in Norwich, Connecticut
June 28, 2012
- Kaba
Lodging Congratulates Honeywell and INNCOM; New business Agreement
Powers Online Technology For The Hospitality Industry
- Revel
in Atlantic City Selects Comprehensive Agilysys Software Suite;
Destination Resort Implements Systems for Property Management, POS,
Self-Service
- As
Overhaul of Chicago's McCormick Place Nears Completion, the Owning
State-City Agency Must Become Financially Self-Sufficient by Mid-2014
for Success
- Hilton
Worldwide and Inveravante Sign Agreement to Open Two Hotels in Tangier,
Morocco; Openings Planned for the 182-room Hilton Tanger City Center
Hotel & Residences in Spring 2015 and the 323-room Hilton Garden
Inn Tanger City Center in December 2014
- Rezidor
to Open the 122-room Park Inn by Radisson Odintsovo Greater Moscow in
Russia in Q3 2012
- Suburban
Collection Showplace, the Novi, Michigan Exhibition and Conference
Center, to Open an On-Site 126-room Hyatt Place in Spring 2013
- The
197-room InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort Opens in Vietnam
- Intelity
and Evolve Guest Controls Announce Strategic Partnership
- Educational
Institute Welcomes New Global Academic Partner in Estonia
- Sonnenblick-Eichner
Company Arranges $42,000,000 of First Mortgage Financing for The
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Digital
Alchemy and GCommerce Solutions announce the Hospitality Marketing
Exchange: a digital marketing conference in partnership with Google and
the Hotel at Arundel Preserve.
- Smith
Micro and Guest-tek Deliver Seamless Mobile Video Experience to Hotel
Guests
- UniFocus
Survey Solutions the Perfect Fit for Ojai Valley Inn & Spa
- AHTEC
@ FHC China 2012 - China's Premiere Hospitality Technology Education
Conference is Confirmed for November 2012
- Rezidor
Opens the 170-room Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Ajaccio Bay in Corsica
- Plains
Management Group to Break Ground on Two 121-suite Extended Stay Hotels
in Kansas; Openings Slated for Q4 2013 for the Dodge City and Garden
City Properties
- The
186-room Four Points by Sheraton Opens in New Orleans' French Quarter;
Multi-Million Dollar Renovation and Re-branding Complete for the Former
Ramada Property Known as The Inn On Bourbon
- Managed
by Pinnacle Hotels USA, the 220-room Four Points by Sheraton San Diego
Downtown Opens in California Following Hotel Conversion
- Hostmark
Hospitality Group to Take Over Management of Appleton, Wisconsin's
Radisson Paper Valley Hotel as Part of Transition Plan for the
Property Currently in Default
- HSMAI
Names Melissa Graves as Revenue Management Professional of the Year and
Agnelo A. Fernandes as Resort Marketer of the Year
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Phillip Starling as General Manager
of Naples Bay Resort in Naples, Florida
June 27, 2012
- Modern
Independent Hotel Websites Drive Results… and Awards; VIZERGY Websites
Recognized by Interactive Media Awards
- AMResorts,
one of the largest luxury leisure resort companies in North America
selects EzRMS full product suite for all 30 properties; New partnership
sees all 30 luxurious properties implementing EzRMS Revenue Management
Solution
- Hotel
Rates Paid for Vacations in May Exceed 2011 for All Global Regions;
Report from Pegasus Solutions Suggests More Rate Growth Ahead for Summer
- Sabre
Hospitality Solutions First CRS to Go Live with Room Key; Sabre SynXis
CRS hotel partners receive additional exposure and reach through new
hotel search engine
- Open
Sales Positions: Can You Afford Them? / Bill Scanlon
- The
Federal Trade Commission Sues Wyndham Worldwide Over Data Breaches
- Hilton
Worldwide to Launch Conrad Hotel Brand in South Africa with the
Conversion of the 78-suite Pezula Resort & Spa Owned by Alderney
Establishment; Conrad Pezula Resort & Spa to Complete Rebranding in
November 2012
- Marriott
International Debuts in Azerbaijan, the 243-room JW Marriott Absheron
Baku; Opened Under a Management Agreement with Yeni Absheron Oteli LLC
- Newmarket
International Announces a Customizable Facebook App for Hospitality
Businesses
- Infor
Introduces New Mobile Application for the Hospitality Industry; Infor10
HMS Hotel Check-In Enables Hotels to Improve Front and Back of House
Processes
- The
Life and Times of a Guest Request with Intelity's ICE Technology; Take
a walk through the process of fulfilling a guest request with the
award-winning ICE Technology
- Destination
Hotels & Resorts Leverages Newmarket International Hospitality
Relationship Management Platform to Manage Its Portfolio of Properties
- InnLink
CRS Expands, Launches TravLynx as Parent Brand; Celebrates 20 Years of
Leading Hospitality Solutions, Expands Technology, Partnership Programs
for the Hospitality Industry
- TravLynx
Joins Shift4 as a 4Res Launch Partner; First Solution and CRS to Offer
Tokenized Reservation Data to the Market to Simplify PCI Compliance for
Hotels
- Smith
Micro Helps Allin Interactive Launch VIDIO Multi-Platform Streaming for
the Hospitality Industry; Mobile video technology developed for the
Cruise Ship industry now available onshore
- Fighting
for Your Property's Stars / Jean Francois Mourier
- Transparency
in Global Real Estate Markets Increases, Aiding Investors and
Occupiers, According to Jones Lang LaSalle
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 106-room Sonesta ES Suites Charlotte
in North Carolina
- Developer
Rick Caruso Wins Montecito, California Hotel Tax Break; Could be Worth
$15 Million Toward the Demolition of the Miramar Hotel and Resort
Development on the Site
- Major
Expansion Launched for San Francisco, California's Moscone Convention
Center; 25-Year Master Plan Developed to Boost Tourism, Attract
Conventions, Events to City
- South
Shore Bemidji, Minnesota Plans Advance for the 121-room Country Inn
& Suites; Construction Plans to Begin Next Month with Expected
Opening in April 2013
- Charles
Snyder Appointed to the Acquisitions and Development Team for New
Castle Hotels & Resorts
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Steven DeFelice as Director of Sales
& Marketing for Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas
- Frederic
Calvez Named as Executive Assistant Manager and Food & Beverage
Director for the Hyatt at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California
June 26, 2012
- Infor
Solidifies Leadership Position in Hospitality Technology; Combination
of Infor, SoftBrands, EasyRMS Finalized, Creating a Single Provider of
Integrated Property Management and Extended Business Applications for
the Hospitality Industry
- Agilysys
Announces Availability of New Mobile Point-of-Sale Solution; Agilysys
InfoGenesis™ Mobile POS System Introduced at HITEC 2012
- Pegasus
Solutions Introduces Pegasus Connect; New Solution Suite Allows Hotels
to Pick and Choose Services to Fit Any Online Marketing or Distribution
Need
- VingCard
Elsafe Introduces 'Essence by VingCard', the World's First Invisible
Door Lock; World leader in hotel locking solutions once again
revolutionizes the hotel industry with debut of the ultimate in
minimalistic locking solutions.
- Join
the Revolution with Knowland at HITEC; Innovative software company will
be showcasing Knowland data, SaaS, Target Net at booth #2456
- Cendyn's
CRM eInsight Continues to Evolve with Cutting-Edge Enhancements
Adapting to Hotels' Needs; Visit Cendyn and Learn More at HITEC 2012 -
Booth 413
- How
Hotel Owners and GMs can Change 'The Top 10 Reasons Why Hotels
Underperform' - Part 2 / Tom Costello
- New
Survey Reveals that Eight Out of Ten American Companies are Present on
Facebook but High Usage Does Not Imply True Integration
- The
National Conference Center Releases White Paper on Meeting Planners and
the Service Experience; Survey Reveals Conference Planning Managers as
one of the Most Valued Services a Venue can Provide
- Top
Destination Leaders Gather for Inaugural Destination CEO Roundtable
Hosted by the U.S. Travel Association
- Aimbridge
Hospitality Retained to Manage Six Platinum Equity Hotels Totaling
1,527 Rooms
- Host
Hotels & Resorts to Develop Three New Hotels; Enters Agreement for
a Novotel and an ibis Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Through a
Joint Venture with White Lodging will Develop the Hyatt Place
Nashville/Downtown in Tennessee
- Intelity
and Newmarket International Forge Partnership for Meeting & Event
Focused Hotels; First of its kind solution delivers unprecedented
service options to meeting planners and attendees plus hotel staff
- Intelity
Announces Partnership with Swisscom Hospitality; Award-winning ICE
technology will now be integrated with Swisscom Hospitality in-room
televisions worldwide
- Great
Wolf Resorts Chooses Blueprint RF's Advanced Network Solution
- Occidental
Vacation Club Wins TripAdvisor Awards of Excellence; Six Occidental
Properties Win Prestigious Recognition From the World's Largest Travel
Website
- PAR
Springer-Miller Systems Names Pegasus Solutions As Preferred
Central Reservations Provider
- Towne
Park Builds On Record Growth, Adds 30 New Clients to Portfolio Since
January
- Aston
Hotels & Resorts to Deploy MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution at 27
Properties; Hawaii-based hotel and resort group selects technology
partner with integrated solution for managing properties and condo
ownerships
- Crestron
Showcases Complete Integrated Hospitality Solution at HITEC 2012;
Crestron Delivers an Unparalleled Guest Experience Managed by the Help
Desk
- HAMA
Chooses Educational Institute as Certification Partner
- Shift4
Announces the Ultimate Solution for Hospitality Payment Security
- The
138-key Courtyard Maui Kahului Airport Opens in Maui, Hawaii; Owned by
R.D. Olson Development
- Holiday
Inn Express Maceio Ponta Verde Opens in Brazil; The New-Build, 160-room
Hotel is Owned and Managed by MC3 Imóveis Ltda.
- Hilton
Worldwide and Ramtron Australia Pty Ltd to Open Australia's First
DoubleTree Property with the 164-room DoubleTree by Hilton, Karratha
Scheduled to Open in Mid-2014
- Solís
Hotels & Resorts and Owner Jiachuang Investment Group to Develop
the 260-key Solís Guangzhou in China
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 106-room Sonesta ES Suites St. Louis
in Missouri
- Work
Begins on the 53-room Boutique Hotel Florence Seen as Linchpin for
Revitalization of Florence, South Carolina
- HHM,
Hersha Hospitality Management, Completes Renovation of Three HYATT
House Properties in Maryland, New Jersey and California
- Stefan
Schaer Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing for The Alpina
Gstaad in Switzerland; Part of a $337 Million Development, the 56-key
Hotel is Slated to Open in December 2012
- Lesly
Connolly Hired as Director, National Associations for The 483-room
Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia
- Dorchester
Collection Appoints Brian Hughson as Executive Chef for Coworth Park in
Ascot, England
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Richard Potts as Executive Chef for
the 55-room Sorrell River Ranch Resort & Spa in Moab, Utah
June 25, 2012
- EasyRMS
Launches Latest Innovation Ez-LITE, Making Revenue Management Easier
Than Ever! Ez-LITE is a revolutionary Cluster Revenue Management System
specially designed for limited service Hotel Chains
- Top
2012 PMS Trends: NORTHWIND Showcases Guest Loyalty for Independents,
Maestro Cloud and Mobile, Direct Web and Social Media Booking at HITEC;
Maestro PMS Innovations Build on Reliable, Fully-Integrated
Single-Image Database Platform to Drive Revenue, Create Cost Savings
and Optimize Productivity
- VingCard
Elsafe and Lutron Collaborate to Offer the Hotel Industry a Fully
Integrated Light Control and Energy Management Solution; Industry
leaders collaborate to help hoteliers maximize energy efficiency,
ensure guest comfort and enhance the guest experience through complete
room control solution
- You
Are Cordially Invited... At HITEC Come to the Kaba booth #2013 and
Shake Hands with Live Mobile Guest Key Technology
- OpenWays
Launches NFC Integration with Mobile Key DUAL - 100% Operating with Any
Mobile Phone Deployable TODAY
- Guestware
Launches Next-Generation Guest Experience Management Software at HITEC;
already implemented at 40 properties worldwide
- How
Hotel Owners and GMs can Change 'The Top 10 Reasons Why Hotels
Underperform' - Part 1 / Tom Costello
- Hyatt
Affiliate Enters Management Agreement with Bienes y Comercio, S.A. for
a 297-room Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bogota, Colombia; Owned and Developed
by Organización Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo, it is Slated for
an Early 2015 Opening
- Property
Management Change at 303-Room Columbia, South Carolina Hotel;
Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 309 Hotels in the Last Two
Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- Developers
Break Ground on the 115-key Residence Inn by Marriott at Chicopee
Crossing in Massachusetts; The Hotel, Owned by BK Investments and
Managed by Waterford Hotel Group, is Set to Open by Early Fall 2013
- HOMI,
a Leading Mini Bar Management Firm, Seeking Experienced Sales Account
Managers
- Hotel
AG Closes 3 Transactions Last Week - Totaling 31 for the Year
- Allin
Interactive Introduces Integrated DigiHD ITV and DigiMobile Platform at
HITEC 2012
- Newmarket
International Announces that Starwood Hotels & Resorts has Selected
HIS PremiumView as Preferred Market Intelligence Solution
- Guarded
Systems Named HSIA Partner for National Purchasing Network
- Eleven
Wireless to Provide iMac Guest Computer Solutions in Many Hyatt Hotels;
Eleven's market-leading software powers Hyatt's adoption of in-lobby
Apple computers
- Eleven
Wireless Launches New ElevenOS Software; ElevenOS, hospitality's only
guest Internet platform, adds groundbreaking functionality
- Eleven
Wireless Appoints New Director; Leading Internet guest services
supplier appoints industry leader Don Semmler to Board of Directors
- guestLINK
Rebrands to G-LINK with Sleek Style and Powerful Connections; Newly
Redesigned Connectivity Panels Selected for GUESTROOM 20X® and
TechTours at HITEC® 2012 in Baltimore, Md
- MICROS
Continues to Prove Its Innovative Leadership with a Suite of
Cloud-based Products and Unparalleled Mobility; MICROS will demonstrate
the portfolio of offerings at HITEC, June 25 - 28, 2012 in Baltimore, MD
- FCS'
Solutions Integrate with Swisscom Hospitality to Deliver a Seamless
Guest Experience
- RedRock
Software Expands to Asia Pacific as RedRock Global Supply, Ltd in Macau
and Hong Kong
- PAR
Springer-Miller Releases Newest Update of ATRIO Guest Experience
Management System; Purpose-built for the Cloud System Increases Feature
Velocity
- INNCOM
to Unveil EVORA at HITEC; A New Guest Automation Experience
- Bartech
To Introduce Eco-Friendly Automatic Minibar Technology At HITEC;
Low-consumption compressor key to new hospitality amenity that
generates revenue while reducing hotel expenses
- Greg
Berman Appointed COO of RateTiger, eRevMax International RateTiger
recruits former COO & CTO of HBSi
- Chip
Conley Featured at Kendall College's Global Hospitality Spotlight
Series; Author and Joie de Vivre Founder Spoke at June 15th Event
Discussing "The Powerful Intersection of Psychology & Business"
- Kirk
Kinsell, IHG's President of the Americas, Discusses Hotel Growth in
Booming Areas
- Wave
Crest Hotels and Resorts Opens the 215-room Hilton Carlsbad Oceanfront
Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California
- RockBridge
and Musselman Hotels Open the 252-room Marriott Louisville East in
Kentucky After Investing $30 million to Transform the Former Park Inn
Hotel
- The
100-room Courtyard Miami Homestead to Open this Week in Homestead,
Florida, Owned by Prime Group and Managed by Shaner Hotels &
Investments
- Driftwood
Hospitality Management Portofolio Grows with the Addition of Three New
Management Contracts for a Total of 800 Rooms
- The
Eagle Has Landed! Landmark Liberty Golden Eagle Soars At Wyndham
Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center; Return of the
2500-pound Sculpture Caps $3 Million Renovation; Ceremonies Honor Armed
Forces
- Magnolia
Lodging Names Jay Lee as General Manager and Sue Groffie-Gregg as Sales
Manager for the 122-suite Home2 Suites by Hilton Set to Open in Frisco,
Texas in Fall 2012
- Timothy
H. Wolfe Hired as General Manager for the Westin Riverfront Resort
& Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain in Colorado
June 21, 2012
- TripCraft
Collaborates with Newmarket International to Deliver Industry Leading
Event & Guest Service Mobile Solutions for Hotels
- VingCard
Elsafe Solutions To Be Showcased In Futuristic GUESTROOM 20X at HITEC;
NFC Mobile Keys, Infinity II safes selected for inclusion in model
guestroom of the future at 2012 hospitality technology show
- Sabre
Hospitality Solutions Newest Booking Engine Delivers Real Results;
Hotels report increased conversion rates and revenue
- Cendyn
Redesigns its Dynamic eBrochure to be Even More User-Friendly and
Effective for Hotel Sales Staffs; Visit Cendyn and Learn More at HITEC
2012 - Booth 413
- MIWA
Unveils its Hotel Locks Integrated with Mobile Key by OpenWays; Leading
global electronic lock provider partners with OpenWays to bring Mobile
Key front desk bypass solution to leading hotel chains around the world
- HSMAI
ROC Attendees to Gain Fresh Insight Into Optimizing Group Business For
'A Better Way' To Forecast and Price Rooms For Groups
- Hilton
Brisbane Continues Upgrade Theme with HotSOS Technology 'Refurb'
- Legendary
Service Ethic Inspires HotSOS Solution at the Sofitel Legend Metropole
Hanoi
- Cenium
to Showcase BI, Mountain Operations and Service Management Modules at
HITEC 2012; Flexible and Integrated Applications for Every Level of
Your Enterprise
- HotelMarketData
Launches Free Quote System to Connect Hotel Operators with over 1,500
Construction, FF&E, Business and Technology Suppliers; Hotel
operators can connect to hotel suppliers for a fast, free quote on a
wide range of hotel products and services
- DO's
and DON'Ts of Hotel Technology v4 / Terence Ronson
- Hersha
Hospitality Acquires the 228-room Holiday Inn Express in Midtown
Manhattan; Purchases Remaining Interest from Joint Venture Partner for
$10 Million, a Total Acquisition of $87.5 Million or $383,772 per key
- PKF
Lodging Forecast for U.S. Remains Strong Despite Lingering Levels of
Uncertainty
- Hallandale
Beach, Florida City Officials Give Go Ahead for a $90 Million 31-story
Hotel/Condo Development
- EB-5
Lawyer Alert #3: Update on California TEA designation procedure. What's
the problem in California! / Jim Butler, Catherine DeBono Holmes and
Victor T. Shum
- Salamander
Hotels & Resorts Plans August 2013 Opening for the 168-room
Salamander Resort & Spa Under Development in Middleburg, Virginia
- Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts Expands Portfolio in Turkey with Two New Hotels to
Open in Bodrum in 2013 and 2014; Owned and Being Developed by Cagdas
Holding
- Hyatt
Hotels Breaks Ground for the 159-room Hyatt Place Omaha Downtown/Old
Market in Nebraska
- ZDirect
Now Helps Guests Check in Faster with OpenWays Mobile Technology
- Shift4
Announces New Point-to-Point Encryption Capability
- Customer
is Key to Continuous Improvement in Hotel Accounting, Business
Intelligence and Productivity Tools; M3 Hotel Accounting hosts 2012
Partners' Meeting to provide feedback and share best practices
- UniFocus'
GUESTScope Delivers Superior Corporate Level Intelligence With
Innovative Dashboard
- Clear
Sky Software Helps Houston Hotel Control Beverage Inventory and Lower
Beverage Costs
- SuiteLinq
Engaging Guests, Driving Revenues with Q | Mobile
- Bittel
Americas Raising the Bar for In-Room Connectivity with Debut of
MediaFi2 at HITEC; Bittel's next generation connectivity panel is
streamlined, HD compatible and feature optional Bluetooth; LaQuinta Inn
San Jose Airport is one of many customers raving about Bittel solutions
- Drowning
in a Sea of Social Media Mayhem? 'CoMMingle Social+' Comes to the
Rescue; Lodging Interactive and its subsidiary CoMMingle are unveiling
a new service called 'CoMMingle Social+' that extends a hotel's social
presence to all channels outside of the norm, working in collaboration
with the hotel to ensure complete coverage
- Enrich
Your HITEC Experience by Visiting NHK WORLD TV; Research shows that
when it comes to IT spending in 2012, guestroom technology is topping
the charts
- Greater
Philadelphia Tourism 2012 Report Reveals a Record 38 million Domestic
Visitors to the Region in 2011; Themed "The Art of Collaboration," the
Annual Report Emphasizes the Importance of Partnerships for Success in
Philadelphia's Tourism Industry
- HKHotels
Changes Name to Library Hotel Collection and Debuts New Websites for
NYC Properties; Brand Repositioning Completed in Anticipation of Two
New Properties to Open Within the Next Three Years
- Wyndham
Hotels and Resorts Opens the 152-room Wyndham Garden Fallsview Niagara
Falls in Ontario Owned by Canop Investments
- Centerstone
Hotels Opens the 59-room Centerstone Inn in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the
Former Comfort Inn; Brand Growth Planned with Agreements Underway in
Illinois, Ohio, Florida and California
- Arnold
Palmer's Palmer Hospitality Opens its First Hotel with the 109-room
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Latrobe in Pennsylvania
- Chesapeake
Hospitality Adds Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City in Oklahoma to its
Management Portfolio
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 112-room Sonesta ES Suites
Schaumburg in Illinois
- Dorchester
Collection Launches Enhancement Projects for Several of its Properties;
Upgrades in the Works for Hotels in London, Paris, Switzerland and
Beverly Hills, California
- Omni
Hotels & Resorts Completes Multi-Million Dollar Renovation of Five
Floors of Suites at the Omni Austin Hotel in Texas; Total Number of
Suites Increased to 392
- HEI
Hotels Promotes CFO/General Counsel Anthony Rutledge to Chief Executive
Officer
- Kerzner
International Appoints Peter Bowling as Managing Director of
One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos, Mexico
- Michael
Gordon Named as General Manager for the Barnsley Gardens Resort in
Adairsville, Georgia
- Audrey
Laurent Named as Director of Sales of The 135-room Bowery Hotel in New
York City
June 20, 2012
- Maestro
PMS Enterprise Business Intelligence Drives More Profitable Decisions;
Empowers Multi-Property Groups to Manage Their Business at Higher
Level, with Precision
- Aptech
Takes Business Intelligence to Next Level with Versatile Cloud-Based
System that Adapts to all Mobile Platforms; Leading Hospitality
Companies Implement Mobile Strategy; Install Advanced Execuvue BI with
Aptech Hosting
- Heritage
Hotels & Resorts Realizes 23% Increase in GDS Revenue Year-to-date
with Pegasus Solutions – See how at HITEC booth #1213
- IDeaS
Revenue Solutions Showcases Affordable Pricing System at HSMAI and
HITEC Conferences; New system enables busy general managers at
limited-service hotels to effectively manage pricing in just a few
clicks per day
- Gaylord
Opryland Gets Rocked with an Explosion; No One Injured and Normal
Operations Resumed
- Request
for Proposal - Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Kovalchick
Convention and Athletic Complex Seeks Adjacent Select-Service Hotel
Development
- Caribbean
Governments Killing The Hotel Sector 'Golden Goose' / Robert MacLellan
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors to Acquire the 357-room Hilton Garden Inn Chicago
Downtown/Magnificent Mile for $91.75 million or Approximately $257,000
per key
- Four
Seasons and Bright Start to Develop the 237-room Four Seasons Resort
Dubai at Jumeirah Beach in the United Arab Emirates; H&H Investment
and Development Appointed as the Development Manager
- Gwinnett
County, Georgia Commissioner's Financial Interests and Former
Commissioner's Bribery Conviction Could Nix $57 million Proposed Hotel
Deal
- Village
Board in Arlington Heights, Illinois Approves $250 Million
Redevelopment Project; Work to Begin in Summer 2013 on the Five Year
Project which Includes Two New Hotels Totaling 350 Rooms
- Hotel
Mobile Marketing & Distribution Do's and Don'ts / Max Starkov
- Sheraton
New Orleans Hotel in Louisiana Launches $45 Million Renovation, Slated
for 2013 Completion
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Advises in the Sale of 5 Red Roof Inn Hotels:
Chicago-Hoffman Estates , Chicago-Northbrook, Detroit-Troy, Detroit-
Madison Heights and Detroit-Farmington Heights
- Hotel
Concepts–Brilliant Adopts Hotelier-Friendly Subscription-Based Pricing
Model for iTesso
- Optimum
Hotel Brokerage Sells First Mortgage Notes on Two New Jersey Hotels;
Limited Service Hotel Notes Sold for Regional Bank
- Roomlinx
Featured in Recent Lodging Cover Story on Hyatt's In-room Technology
Transformation
- City
Lines Up New Trade Shows for Chicago's McCormick Place as Work Rules
Ease Further; Latest Changes Improve Outlook for Future Bookings
- Karolin
Troubetzkoy, Owner, Anse Chastanet & Jade Mountain Resort in St.
Lucia, Named Caribbean Hotelier of the Year
- Gary
Sain, Formerly the President and CEO of Visit Orlando, to Receive
Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Travel
Marketing Executives
- CHTA
Honors Stars of the Caribbean Hospitality Industry; Kendra Daniel Named
Caribbean Tourism Employee of the Year
- New
150-room Hotel and Golf Cottages Proposed for Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Near Charleston, South Carolina
- IHG
partners with Grupo Presidente to Open the 111-room Presidente
InterContinental Santa Fe in Mexico City, Mexico
- Rezidor
to Open the 170-key Park Inn by Radisson Riyadh Al Sahafa in Saudi
Arabia in 2014
- Luxe
Hotels Welcomes the 170-room Luxe Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa in Dallas,
Texas Through a Re-Branding of the Landmark Property Managed by CAM
Hospitality Management
- The
Liaison Capitol Hill, an Affinia Hotel, in Washington, D.C. Completes
$6 Million Renovation of its 343 Guestrooms
- Zie
Zie Senzaki Hired as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for
Provenance Hotels
- Refinery
Hotel to Crown the Millinery District in New York City; Randy Taormina
Named as Opening General Manager with Fall 2012 Opening Planned
- Magnolia
Lodging Names Gayle Wilkinson as General Manager and Julie Vogel as
Director of Sales for the 117-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton
Dallas/Frisco in Texas
- Alexander
Bakanov Appointed General Director of the 144-room AZIMUT Moscow
Tulskaya Hotel in Russia
- Michael
Mustafa Named as Director of Sales & Marketing for the 1,572-room
Hilton Anaheim in California
- Samuel
G. Gacos Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Saigon's
Caravelle Hotel
- Eaton
Smart, Hong Kong Names Kitty Tang Director of Food and Beverage
June 19, 2012
- Cendyn
Wins Four Prestigious 2012 Interactive Media Awards For Website Design
and Development; Visit Cendyn at HITEC 2012 – Booth 413
- InvoTech
Launches Handheld Wireless UHF-RFID Linen and Uniform Reading at HITEC;
Wireless GIMS Reader Provides 'Instant Inventory' Capability; Cuts
Labor and Cost for Bulk Linen and Uniform Processing
- Kaba
Inks Chain-wide Deal with Sun Suites for ILCO RFID Electronic Locks;
Exceptional Support, Reliable Technology are Deciding Factors for ILCO
Decision
- Is
Your Hotel Facing Death by Data? Evision Worldwide CEO Vikram Singh
addresses analytics at HSMAI Revenue Optimization Conference in
Baltimore
- Morgans
Hotel Group Forms Partnership with Hivernage Collection to Expand into
North Africa; Will Unveil Two Properties in Marrakech, Morocco - The
73-room Delano to Open in September 2012, and a Mondrian-Branded
Property to Open Late in 2013
- Hard
Rock International Enters Agreement with Aabar Properties for the
Development and Management of the 378-room Hard Rock Hotel Abu Dhabi in
the United Arab Emirates
- Starwood
Capital Group and Toll Brothers to Develop a 200-room 1 Hotel and
Residential Complex at Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York
- Request
for Proposal - Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Kovalchick
Convention and Athletic Complex Seeks Adjacent Select-Service Hotel
Development
- Developer
John Dewberry Wins Auction Bid of Landmark Hotel in Charlottesville,
Virginia for $6.5 million; Hints at European Subtlety in its Future
Design
- Rosewood
Hotels & Resorts to Debut in China with the 279-room Rosewood
Beijing to Open in Summer 2013; Marc C. Brugger Appointed as Managing
Director for the Hotel
- Ryan
LaRoche, Executive Chef of NoMI, at Hyatt's Flagship Chicago Park Hyatt
Hotel Rises from Dishwasher to Elite Michelin Guide Chef
- Five
Star Adare Manor Announces New Lifetime International Golf Club
Membership; Acclaimed Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Course
- ContactPoint,
Maker of LogMyCalls, Announces Partnership with Kennedy Training
Network; KTN to offer call auditing, assessment, and coaching to its
client base through LogMyCalls
- Rick
Reilly Named Vice President, Account Strategy for LRA Worldwide, Inc.
- Delta
Hotels and Resorts Pilots OPERA 9 MICROS's Next Generation Cloud
Technology; Longtime customer implements OPERA 9 Room Reservation
Services module
- LINQ360
Partners Showcasing Technology Collaboration at HITEC
- SuiteLinq
Forms Global Alliance with Swisscom Hospitality Services; Swisscom
Hospitality to sell, service and maintain SuiteLinq's dynamic,
enterprise-wide digital guest amenities platform across EMEA and
Asia-Pacific, plus support SuiteLinq in the Americas
- New
Research Finds Rate Parity is still the Biggest Dilemma for Hoteliers;
Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne reveals an ongoing struggle to
maintain rate parity forcing hotels to rethink their distribution mix
- It's
Time to Make History with DigiValet, the Next Digital Benchmark for
In-Room Convenience
- Urbana,
Illinois City Council Gives Final Approval on Lincoln Hotel Deal
- Hyatt
Sees Strong Growth in Korea's Inbound Tourism and Responds with New
Park Hyatt in Busan Overlooking the Gwangan Bridge; Potential for Other
Hyatt Brands Being Considered
- Guangzhou
Grandview Enterprise Co. and Marriott International Open the 319-room
Guangzhou Marriott Hotel Tianhe in China
- The
Rezidor Hotel Group to Open the 163-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Kyiv Podil
in Ukraine in Q4 2012
- Holiday
Inn Express Debuts in South East Asia with the Holiday Inn Express
Bangkok Siam in Thailand
- The
Best Western Plus Denver International Airport Inn & Suites Hotel
Opens in Colorado; Completes the $1.5 Million Renovation and Rebranding
of the Former Ramada Inn Denver International Airport
- THG
Celebrates Grand Opening of DoubleTree by Hilton Santa Fe
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 93-room Sonesta ES Suites Houston in
Texas; Rebranding of the Current Staybridege Suites Houston Galleria to
Occur on August 13, 2012
- Naples
Hotel Group to Manage the New Hampton Inn and Suites Under Development
in Orlando, Florida
- The
467-room Radisson Blu Sobieski Hotel, Warsaw in Poland Launches
Extensive Renovations
- The
1,908-room Hilton San Francisco Union Square Completes $53 Million
Redevelopment Project Transforming 550 Guest Rooms and Function Space
- Choice
Hotels International Names Louise Slark as Vice President, Compensation
and Benefits
- Veteran
Disney Executive, George Aguel, Moves to New Role; to Focus Exclusively
on Corporate Sponsorships and Third-party Operators for Disney's Theme
Parks Worldwide
June 18, 2012
- Is
Your Revenue Management System Up To 21st Century Data Demands? What
You Need To Know About Next Generation Revenue Management To Stay
Competitive / Don Wilson
- hotel
SystemsPro Launches Group Revenue Optimization Tools at HITEC;
Sales Teams Increase Revenue with Cloud-Based hotel SalesPro's
Optimized Group Price-Setting Module
- In-Room
Technology is Changing Hotel Landscape / Terence Ronson
- The
Cost Of Guest Loyalty / Robert Mandelbaum
- Request
for Proposal - Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Kovalchick
Convention and Athletic Complex Seeks Adjacent Select-Service Hotel
Development
- Peterson
Companies and MGM Resorts International Enter Agreement to
Develop a $600 million Resort Casino at National Harbor in Prince
George's County, Maryland
- Even
with a Letter of Intent in Place for National Harbor Casino,
Unless Maryland Lowers Egregiously High Tax Rate on Gambling Revenue,
MGM will not Participate
- Extended-Stay
Irvine Hotel in Design Phase; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Add/Update 145 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Colony
Palms Hotel in Palm Springs, California with Historic Past
Linked to Mobsters and Movie Stars Acquired by Woodridge Capital
Partners Through Joint Venture with Affiliate of Oaktree Capital
Management for $15 million
- 'Right
Amount of Wrong' Ads Prove to be Highly Effective for the
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
- VingCard
Elsafe To Make Hotel Security and Design Issues 'Vanish' With
New Electronic Lock To Be Unveiled at HITEC 2012; Revolutionary new
lock redefines the essence of hotel security, minimizing design,
installation and maintenance challenges
- Welk
Resorts Earns 2012 ACE Employer of the Year Award from The
American Resort Development Association
- Azerbaijan
Tourism Association Recognizes Certified Hospitality
Trainers
- Roomlinx
Transforms In-Room Entertainment Experience at Hyatt Regency
Denver Tech Center; Innovative interactive TV replaces traditional
Video on Demand
- TRUMP
HOTEL COLLECTION Utilizes MICROS OPERA and MICROS POS at its
Newly Acquired Property, Doral Golf Resort & Spa; Luxury resort
operator expands partnership with hospitality technology provider for
word class solutions, operational consistency, and global support
network
- Josepf
F. Forstmayr, President of CHTA, Opens the CHTA Caribbean
Tourism Summit Reinforcing the Need for Crucial Air Access and
Affordability for the Region
- TMI
Hospitality Acquires the Cambria Suites Hotel in Maple Grove,
Minnesota
- Big
Horn Resort in Billings, Montana Plans Expansion of its Convention
Facilities by 57 Percent
- Courtyard
By Marriott Debuts in Saudi Arabia with the Opening of the
286-room Courtyard Riyadh Diplomatic Quarter
- Swiss-Belhotel
International Opens the 93-room Swiss-Belinn Pangkalan
Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Rezidor
to Debut in Ivory Coast with the Opening of The 252-room
Radisson Blu Hotel Abidjan Airport Scheduled for Q3 2014
- Spike
Ehrhardt and Sons Open New Candlewood Suites in St. Joseph,
Missouri; Matt Murray Opening General Manager
- IHG
Appoints Douglas Martell as Vice President, Operations for South
West Asia to Head the Region Following the Retirement of Chris Moloney
- Rik
Blyth Appointed as General Manager of the Renaissance Chicago North
Shore Hotel in Illinois
- The
126-key Maritime Hotel in New York City's West Chelsea Neighborhood
Names Matt Moore as General Manager and Callan Polmer as Director of
Sales and Public Relations
- Michael
Wilding Appointed as General Manager of the 317-room DoubleTree
by Hilton Alana Waikiki in Hawaii
- Katie
Verbano Hired as Sales Manager for The 917-room National
Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia
- Linda
Vaskovsky Named as Sales Manager for the 1,014-room Buena Vista
Palace Hotel & Spa in Orlando, Florida
- David
Enkaoua Named Food & Beverage Director for Le Meridien Bora
Bora in French Polynesia
June 15, 2012
- MGM
Resorts International Expected to be Named as Operator of Proposed
Luxury Casino at Baltimore, Maryland's National Harbor
- 'Key'
Questions to Consider When Shopping for Future-Proof Locking Solutions
with Mobile Phone-Based Front Desk Bypass in Mind
- Yelp
Begins Featuring Content on Bing Local Search Pages
- U.S.
Judge Rejects Request to Stop Asian American Entertainment's Lawsuit
Against Las Vegas Sands
- Request
for Proposal - Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Kovalchick
Convention and Athletic Complex Seeks Adjacent Select-Service Hotel
Development
- Legal
Dispute Between Kazuo Okada and Wynn Resorts Heats Up; Okada Asks Court
to Restore His Status as Largest Wynn Shareholder
- The
Beverly Hills Hotel to Undergo Centennial-year Property Wide
Restoration in Phased Stages with Completion Slated by 2015
- $10
Million Renovation and Reflagging of the CoCo Key Hotel & Water
Resort to the 366-room DoubleTree by Hilton Boston-North Shore in
Danvers, Massachusetts Kicks Off
- Leisure
Real Estate Advisors LLC, Announces the Sale of the Best Western
Holiday Manor Hotel - McPherson, Kansas
- Shift4
Announces Sponsorship of PGA Tour Player Scott Piercy
- Recap:
HEDNA's Spring Conference Explored E-Distribution Strategies, Social
Media and Innovation; Hot Topics Included Keeping Your Business Focused
on People, not the Channel and Why Every Hotel Needs a Mobile Booking
Strategy
- Three
Bidders Emerge for Virginia's Stalled Landmark Hotel Auction
- Richard
Doumeng, Managing Director of Bolongo Bay Beach Resort and Incoming
President of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA)
Plans to Reinvigorate and Reinvent the Association
- Hilton
Worldwide Prepares to Open Hilton Hotel Wembley Directly Opposite
Wembley Stadium in London; Jack Nicholas Opening General Manager
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Enters Management Agreements for Three New Radisson
Blu Properties in China; All Expected to Open in 2014
- Garrison
Investment Group Selects Aimbridge Hospitality to Manage the Columbia
Marriott in Columbia, South Carolina
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 118-room Sonesta ES Suites Columbia;
Rebranding of the Current Staybridge Suites Columbia, Maryland to Occur
on August 9, 2012
- Northern
Hospitality, LLC to Develop and Manage New GuestHouse International Inn
& Suites in Glendive, Montana
- Swift
Hospitality Group and Choice Hotels International Open the 111-room
Cambria Suites Hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota
- RCI,
Wyndham's Exchange & Rentals Division, Adds More than 40 Affiliated
Properties to Exchnage Network in First Quarter of 2012
- Hyatt
Regency Minneapolis Completes $25 million Renovation
- Holly
Waterbor-Breuche Named General Manager of New Boutique Hotel, The Quin,
Set to Open this Winter in New York City
- Windsor
Management Services Names New General Managers and Sales Leadership
Staff at Multiple Properties
- Anne
Frye Named as Director of Sales & Marketing for the 150-room
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Denver Downtown; Scheduled to Open August
2012, Managed by Sage Hospitality Resources
June 14, 2012
- PAR
Springer-Miller Partners with Clubessential To Expand Online Owner and
Member Presence
- Prologic
First® Debuts Comprehensive Integrated Hospitality Suite to North
American Market at HITEC 2012; Visibility of Data Across the Enterprise
Empowers Seamless Guest Experience and Unparalleled Management
Efficiency in over 700 Hotels
- Labor
Leaders Cry Foul on Hoteliers' Complaints of Labor Issues Making
Bookings at Pennsylvania Convention Center Difficult
- Los
Angeles City Council Approves $67.3 million Subsidy for New Downtown
Marriott Hotel Amid Criticism from Nearby Competitors
- For
Hotels, Winning at the Reputation Management Game Means Taking a Team
Approach / Daniel Edward Craig
- Is
the Gaming Product and Value Becoming Diluted? How to Keep Ahead
of the Curve / John Hendrie
- Request
for Proposal - Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Kovalchick
Convention and Athletic Complex Seeks Adjacent Select-Service Hotel
Development
- Downstream
Casino Resort, West of Joplin, Missouri, to Build $50 million, 152-
room Hotel
- Enseo
And Intelity Announce ICEbox, an In-Room Entertainment and Customized
Guest Services Experience; Intelity's ICE Enabled on Enseo Platform,
Expands Market Reach for Both Companies
- Educational
Institute Honors 2012 Leaders in Hospitality Training and Education
- Industry
Rebound Reflected Through Increased Interest in M3's Hotel Accounting,
Business Intelligence and Productivity Tools; M3 Hotel Accounting
provides users with a performance edge in hotel accounting and analytics
- Green
Initiative at Coast Chilliwack Hotel's Prestons Restaurant Supported by
UniFocus' GUESTScope Survey Solution
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Advises in the Sale of Ramada-Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- Hospitality
Grapevine Adds Ho'olei at Grand Wailea to Roster of Exclusive
Hospitality Employee Travel Deals
- B4Checkin
Adds Montreal's Prestigious Le Crystal Hotel & Spa to Growing
International Client Roster; Custom booking engine improves guest
experience and makes online reservations easy and profitable for the
five-star Montreal property
- SuiteLinq
Showcasing Hospitality's Most Complete On-Site + Mobile Content,
Connectivity & Commerce Tools at HITEC; Visit SuiteLinq in Booth
#1835
- NXTV
Quadriga Supports Networking Capabilities with New Specialist
'QNetworks' Team; See NXTV Quadriga at HITEC Booth 2428
- Foie Gras
Ban in California Has Gourmet Chefs Up in Arms
- With New
Hotels Still Being Added, Recovery Slow for Wichita Hoteliers
- Craig
Road Suites LLC to Open New SpringHill Suites by Marriott in North Las
Vegas; Managed by Sunway Hotel Group
- Aimbridge
Hospitality Selected to Rebrand and Manage Breezes Runaway Bay Beach
and Golf Resort in Runaway Bay, Jamaica
- Darden
Restaurants Inc. to Cut Ties to Florida Restaurant and Lodging
Association
- What
Chefs Think of Your Food Shots at Their Restuarants
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Names Tom Purcell Controller at Costa d’Este
Beach Resort, Vero Beach, Florida
- Jeffrey
Rudder Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for the Omni Bedford
Springs Resort & Spa in Bedford, Pennsylvania
June 13, 2012
- Real
Estate Professional Provides Advice to Market in Ailing Economy;
Anwar Elgonemy suggests ways for the real estate market to achieve
long-term success in bestselling new book, 'Skin in the Game: The Past,
Present, and Future of Real Estate Investments in America'
- Flyte
Systems Launches EventBoard at HITEC; EventBoard Merges Property
Information with Weather, News, and Real-Time Airline Flight Schedules
in One Flat Panel Display
- TripCraft
Launches New Mobile Spa Application
- Infor
Expands Hospitality Offering with Acquisition of Easy RMS;
Leading Cloud-based Revenue Management System Helps Hotels Maximize
Guest Revenue and Profit
- Orient-Express
Hotels Enters Agreement to Sell The Observatory Hotel in
Sydney, Australia
- Las
Vegas Sands President and Chief Operating Officer, Michael Leven,
to Remain at the Helm Under New Contract Through 2014
- The
LOVE Business / Bryan K. Williams
- Joe
Martin, Owner and Operator of Stillwater Hospitality, Honored with
AH&LA Lawson Odde Award
- Alexandria
Resort in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Placed in
Receivership, Remains Open for Business
- Newmarket
International, Inc. Acquires MeetingMatrix
- Rosen
Hotels & Resorts Selects Percipia Networks for Additional
Properties
- Crestron
Finds Suite Spot in the LINQ360 Innovation Center in Las
Vegas, Powered by Microsoft; Hotel Industry Providers Partner to Create
Technology Think Tank
- Lodging
Interactive Giving Hoteliers Control Over Hotel Website Content
- Bartech
Automatic Minibar to be Featured in HFTP's GUESTROOM 20X at
HITEC 2012; Revenue-generating guest amenity selected for inclusion in
model guestroom of the future at upcoming hospitality technology show
- Hotel
Concepts-Brilliant's iTesso Offers Hospitality Operators A True
End-To-End Cloud-Based Management Solution
- VingCard
Elsafe Unveils Top-Opening Drawer Safe Line, Zenith by Elsafe;
Designed for guest convenience, attractive new safes are big enough for
notebook computers and can be installed in desks
- PSAV
Praised by Video Production Peers with Nine Telly Awards
- Pegasus
Solutions Names Chris Wichers Chief Sales Officer; Open
Hospitality Executive Vice President Brings Rich Depth of Hotel
Experience to New Role
- NHK
WORLD TV Offering Important Business Intelligence to HITEC Goers
- Accor's
Mercure Brand Debuts in Russia with the Opening of the 109-room
Mercure Arbat Moscow; Owned by ARD and Operated by Accor
- The
94-suite SpringHill Suites Las Vegas North Speedway to Open this
Month in Nevada; Owned by Craig Road Suites and Managed by Sunway Hotel
Group
- Owner,
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, Selects Davidson Hotels & Resorts
to Operate the 270-room DoubleTree by Hilton Bethesda-Washington D.C.
- Bernard
Lackner Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Fisher Island
Club off the Coast of Miami, Florida
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Ed Riley as General
Manager for Costa d'Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Florida
- Catherine
McKenna, CMP, CMM, Appointed as Director of Sales, North
America, for Two of Ireland's Hotel & Golf Resorts, Adare Manor and
The K Club
- Courtney
Van Amburgh Hired as the Marketing and Social Media Specialist
for the 448-room Westin Galleria Dallas in Texas
- Derek
Damon Named as Food & Beverage Director at the 156-room
Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
June 12, 2012
- Kaba
Lodging and Loews Hotels & Resorts Sign Exclusive 3-Year Preferred
Vendor Agreement
- The
Peabody Orlando Hotel Expands with Cloud-Based Performance Management
Solution From d2o; Nation's #1 Meeting Hotel to Find Hidden Profit by
Streamlining Business Processes
- Webinar
- Time to Learn: How You Can Use Facebook Timeline to Tell Your Hotel's
Story; Take 45 Minutes to Learn How to Leverage Facebook Timeline's New
Features to Maximize the Impact of Your Facebook Page
- Mohegan
Tribal Gaming Authority's $45 million Pennsylvania Hotel and Convention
Center Project Could Break Ground this Year; Mohegan Sun to Secure
Financing, Build, Own and Operate the Facility
- Amid
Downtown Los Angeles Revival, Williams/Dame & Associates, Builder
of Proposed 23-story Marriott, Seeks Tax Subsidy of up to $67.3 million
- RLJ
Lodging Trust Acquires the 278-room Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco
Oakland/Bay Bridge in California; Purchase Price of $36.2 Million or
About $130,000 per key
- Morgans
Hotel Group to Expand its Hudson Brand Globally with Opening of London,
U. K. Property; Enters Management Agreement for a 200-room Boutique
Property, the Hudson London, Scheduled to Open Early in 2015
- Noble
House Hotels & Resorts Gains Significant Ownership Stake and Plans
Multi-Million Dollar Update of the Riviera Palm Springs Resort in
California
- Village
of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin to Begin Foreclosure Proceedings Against
Radisson Hotel Owners, Lodging Investors of Menomonee Falls LLC
- Indiana
University of Pennsylvania's Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex
Seeks Adjacent Select-Service Hotel Development
- FCS
Unicorn Solution Now Rated "Avaya Compliant"
- Santika
Indonesia Hotels & Resorts Maximizes the Billboard Effect Through
RateGain
- ProfitSword
Rebrands to Emphasize Position as Leader in Hospitality Business
Intelligence Applications
- Enter
the New Age of Two-Way Communication with DigiValet, Hospitality's
Coolest Way to Get to Know Your Guests
- Pegasus
Solutions Names Steve Lapekas CIO; Lapekas Reassumes Leadership of
Information Technology Initiatives After Two Years as Executive Vice
President of Corporate Business Development
- GuestWare
Seeking Sales Account Managers
- HFTP
and HCAA Hong Kong Form Strategic Alliance to Increase Educational
Opportunities for Hospitality Professionals Worldwide
- PolyU
Offers Ph.D. Scholarship and Executive-in-Residence Programme to
Officials of UNWTO Member States
- Eastland
Park Hotel in Portland, Maine Sued for Allegedly 'Skimming' Tips;
Banquet Servers File Class Action Suit
- Global
Business Travel Association (GBTA) Report Predicts Recovery in North
Europe and Continued Trouble in the South During 2012, but Higher
Levels of Business Travel Spend Across all Europe in 2013
- IHG
Opens the Holiday Inn London Stratford City and the Staybridge Suites
London Stratford City Occupying a Single Building in London, England;
The Hotels are Owned by a Joint Venture between Cycas Hotel Partners
and Patron Capital and Operated by Cycas Hospitality
- HHM,
Hersha Hospitality Management, Completes Renaming and First Phase of a
$3.7 Million Renovation for the 152-suite Capitol Hill Hotel in
Washington, D.C.; Renovations Scheduled for Completion in Early 2013
for the Former Capitol Hill Suites
- Owned
and Managed by Ehrhardt Hospitality, the 108-suite Residence Inn by
Marriott Springfield South to Open this Month in Illinois
- The
147-room Courtyard by Marriott Bucharest to Open in Romania in Early
2014, Under a Management Agreement with Gica Popescu Hotels SRL
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group, in Partnership with Bestech Hospitalities, Opens
the 214-room Radisson Blu Hotel Nagpur in India
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 120-room Sonesta ES Suites Malvern
in Pennsylvania; Rebranding of the Current Staybridge Suites Malvern to
Occur on August 6, 2012
- Michael
Everett Joins Sage Hospitality as Chief Investment Officer
- Kevin
Abramowicz Appointed General Manager of The Legian Bali on Seminyak
Beach, Indonesia
June 11, 2012
- 2011
Construction Report North America; 26 Hotel Waterpark Resorts Opened in
2011 in USA / Jeff Coy
- Travel
Tripper's RezTrip Now Interfaces with Maestro Property Management System
- Philadelphia
Hotel Operators Criticize Slow Pennsylvania Convention Center Bookings;
One Group Cites Labor Issues as Reason for Cancellations; Significant
Changes in the Work Rules and Attitude of the Labor Force Need to Occur
- Trump
Organization Closes on and Assumes Management of South Florida's Doral
Golf Resort & Spa; $200 million to be Invested Renovating Hotel and
Golf Courses
- 130-Room
Boutique Hotel in Atlanta Hires a New General Manager; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 164 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes
in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- Having
Fun with Summer Cocktails to Float Your Boat; Stripping Away the
Seriousness with an Anything Goes Approach
- Nobu
Hotel Caesars Palace Reveals Hotel Design for the 181-room Hotel Set to
Open in Las Vegas Late in 2012
- 2012
W Hotels Designers of the Future Awards Reveal Innovative Works at
Design Miami/ Basel
- Erie,
Pennsylvania Hotel Market Poised for More Growth with Several Projects
Currently in Planning Stages
- With
no New Hotel Openings Since 2009, Gates are now Open as Boston Readies
for Many New Hotels
- VingCard
Elsafe To Unveil the Essence of Minimalistic Lock Design at HITEC 2012;
How minimalistic can an electronic lock be? World leader in hotel
locking solutions will unveil the answer and once again set the trend
in minimalistic hotel security design with new electronic locking
concept
- Construction
is Underway for Two Extended-stay Hotels in Bowling Green, Kentucky;
The 127-site Staybridge Suites Will Open in November 2012 while the
101-suite Marriott TownePlace Suites will be Complete in mid-2013
- Grover
Beach, California Moving Forward with Plans for 150-room Grover Beach
Lodge and Conference Center
- Guy
Harvey Outpost Hotel Brand Launches its First Florida Resort this
Summer with the 211-room Trade Winds Sandpiper Hotel and Suites on St.
Pete Beach
- Fueled
by Recent Luxury Travel Trends, The Luxury Collection Hotels &
Resorts Continues Global Growth; Opening Ten Hotels & Resorts in
Asia Pacific within Twelve Months, On Track to Surpass 90 Hotels by 2016
- Owning
Company, Troyer Corp., and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Open the 75-room
Country Inns & Suites By Carlson in Dover, Ohio
- Late
June Opening Scheduled for the 100-suite TownePlace Suites by Marriott
in Midland, Texas, Owned and Managed by Texas Western Hospitality
- Four
Seasons Hotels and Resorts to Manage the 65-casita Encantado Resort in
Santa Fe, New Mexico
- RCI,
Expands Relationship with AMResorts, Adding Eight New Unlimited
Vacation Club (UVC) Properties in Mexico and the Dominican Republic to
its Network of Affiliated Resorts
- Tracy
Walker Named as General Manager of the 2,860-room Hilton Hawaiian
Village Waikiki Beach Resort in Hawaii
- Hotel
Matilda in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Enters Partnership with Chef
Enrique Olvera for the Operation of the Hotel Restaurant and Lounge;
Revamped Dining Experience to Launch June 21, 2012
- William
Stringfellow Appointed as Executive Chef for the 393-room St. Kitts
Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino on the Caribbean Island of St.
Kitts
- Peter
Dickinson Appointed as Director of Food and Beverage for the 151-room
National Hotel Miami Beach in Florida
June 8, 2012
- Employers
Can Win National Labor Relations Board 'Tug of War' / Charles A. Conine
- Google
Places Goes SoLoMo - What Does it Mean for Hoteliers? / Daniel Morosi
- With
Boston Out as a Possible Expansion Site, Las Vegas Sands Looking to New
York City
- Hallandale
Beach, Florida Residents Rooting for Proposed $90 million, 31-story
Hotel/Condo Project; City Commissioners Agree to Allow Developer
Related Group to Design Project
- Principal
Owner, James Heyden, of Financially Troubled Radisson Hotel in
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Temporarily Barred by a Judge from Being on
Hotel Property and Using Any Assets Pledged to Obtain Loan for Project
- Positive
Outlook for Hotel Performance in Latin America, According to Jones Lang
LaSalle Hotels' Latin America Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey; Markets
in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile Rank Most Optimistic for
Investment Outlook
- Hospitality
Union UNITE HERE Pushing for Laws in Atlantic City to Protect Casino
Workers; Claims Efforts Prompted by Hiring Practices at the Revel
Casino Hotel
- ZMC
Hotels Drops Plan for New Hotel in Duluth, Minnesota Amid Opposition to
Zoning Changes; City's Chief Administrative Officer Stated this
Experience Reinforces Negative Impressions that Duluth is not a
Welcoming Place for Developers
- Three
Reasons Your Business Needs Direct Mail and Pay Per Click Marketing /
Joy Gendusa
- Joining
Forces Initiative Teams with Omni Hotels & Resorts for Military
Employment; Three-Year Plan Transitions Veterans from Military Service
to Service Sector
- The
Opening of the 140-room SLS Hotel South Beach in Miami, Florida Marks
the Debut of sbe Hotels on the East Coast; The Former Ritz Plaza Hotel,
an Historic Art Deco Building, has been Transformed, Including a New
Addition of 10 Villas
- A
Brand Debut in Mississippi and 10th U.S. Property, the 100-suite Home2
Suites Biloxi North/D'Iberville Opens; Owned by Thomas Properties
Mississippi and Managed by Global Management and Investment
- Disney's
New Art of Animation Resort Hotel Immerses Guests in Details of Disney
Films
- Marriott
International and Grupo Diestra Open the 221-room JW Marriott Mexico
City Santa Fe in Mexico
- Redondo
Beach, California's Portofino Hotel & Yacht Club Launches New Name;
Now Known as The 161-room Portofino Hotel & Marina, it Remains the
Only True Waterfront Hotel in Los Angeles
- Amy
Simchak, CHA, Elected to Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association Board
- Benchmark
Hospitality Promotes Danna Holck to Vice President and General Manager
for Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu, Hawaii
- JoAnn
Elston Promoted to General Manager of The Curtis - a Doubletree by
Hilton in Denver, Colorado; The 336-room Hotel is Managed by Sage
Hospitality
- Dorchester
Collection Appoints Rachel Angell as Performance Improvement Manager;
New Role Created to Analyze Guest Data to Identify Opportunities for
Service Improvement for Each Hotel
- The
St. Regis New York Appoints Trine Ackelman as Director of Sales &
Marketing
- Eduardo
Vuolo Named as Executive Chef for the 55-room Hotel Caesar Augustus on
the Isle of Capri, Italy
June 7, 2012
- Pegasus
Solutions Names David Millili Chief Executive Officer; Chief Web
Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Open Hospitality Division
Assumes Lead Role
- InvoTech
Appoints International Hospitality Industry Veteran Oswald Lares
Director of Sales; Company Poised for Leap in US and Global Growth on
Strength of UHF-RFID Linen/Uniform Tracking Solution
- YOTEL
and The John Buck Company Form Partnership Targeting $250 Million North
American Equity Fund; Goal Set to Acquire and Develop Over $650 Million
Worth of YOTEL Hotels in North America within Five Years
- U.S.
Hotel Transaction Volume Reaches $5.1 Billion Thus Far in 2012;
According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels' Database Average Price Per Key
for Single-Asset Transactions Rises 5% on Full-Year 2011 Levels
- Mohegan
Sun at Pocono Downs Casino in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Closer to
Building Hotel; Expecting to Break Ground Later this Year on the $40
Million, 238-room Hotel
- Homewood
Suites Signs Agreements for Three New Hotels in Canada; Brand to Open
First Property in Manitoba and Two More in Ontario
- No
Opening Publicized but Job Postings Hint that Floridan Hotel is About
to Open in Tampa, Florida after Years of Renovation
- Bringing
an L.A. Vibe, New 140-room SLS Hotel Opens on South Beach in Miami
Beach, Florida
- English
Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues is Enhancing their Guest
Communication Program by Using ZDirect's eCRM Platform
- LRA
University Graduates 400th Consultant; Quality Assurance Industry
Leading Training Program Concludes International Sessions in EMEA and AP
- Leisure
Real Estate Advisors LLC, Announces the Sale of Two More Bank Owned
Hotels
- Does
Your Mobile Presence Measure Up to Guest Expectations? Five Top Tips to
Fill the Mobile Gap by Driving Loyalty, Increasing Direct Revenues and
Reducing Costs; Use these Top Tips as a guide and visit OpenWays in
Booth #2315 at HITEC / Andrew Sanders
- Jennifer
Wheaton, Marketing Manager for the California Hotel & Lodging
Association, Honored with Emerging Leader Award by California Travel
Association
- What
the Butler Saw and Heard / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
- Family
Holidays Poised for Strong Growth in Asia Pacific According to Family
Travel Survey Conducted by Turner Media Solutions and Holiday Inn
Hotels & Resorts
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts and TVHG Budget Group Beheer BV Open Third
Netherlands Hotel, the 80-room Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam-South, as
Part of a Nine Hotel Portfolio Currently Under Development
- Owned
and Managed by Chase Hotel Group, the 152-room Fairfield Inn &
Suites by Marriott to Open in Long Island City, New York in August 2012
- The
102-suite SpringHill Suites Scranton Wilkes-Barre to Open this Weekend
in Moosic, Pennsylvania; Owned by Keystone Hotel Partners and Managed
by Keystone Hotel Management
- Davidson
Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the Re-branded 417-room
Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile; Owned by Sunstone Hotel Investors,
Hotel to Undergo a $25 million Renovation
- Hotel
Equities Chosen to Manage the Country Inn & Suites Hotel in Tucker,
Georgia
June 6, 2012
- Crisp
Messaging Speeds Sales of InvoTech Inventory Control Systems; Global
Leader in Linen and Uniform Tracking Systems Wins New Contracts,
Doubles Inquiries driven by Integrated PR and Branding
- Multiple
Properties, Multiple Flags: Texas Western Uses Cloud BI to Automate
Data Gathering, Analysis and Reporting for 53 Hotels; Central Data Hub
Reduces Accounting Staff, Eliminates Technology Responsibility
- Arne
Sorenson, Marriott International President and Chief Executive Officer,
Discusses Plans to Acquire Gaylord Hotels on CNBC's Squawk Box
- Nevada
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Who Should Receive the $100 million
Remaining from the $156 million Bankruptcy Auction of the Stalled $2.9
billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas Resort
- Boston's
Suffolk Downs, in Partnership with Caesars Entertainment, Unveils Plans
for $1 billion Entertainment Mecca Consisting of a Casino, 300-room
Hotel and Ten Restaurants
- Suffolk
Downs' $1 billion Resort Plans Being Met with Strong Opposition
- Sunstone
Hotel Investors Enters Into Agreement to Sell the 284-Room Marriott Del
Mar for $66 Million; Completes Acquisition and Re-Branding of the
417-room Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile
- How
to Finance Hotel Development in 2012....Alternate financing for new
hotel construction in a brave new world / Jim Butler
- How
To Convince Callers Who Are Looking Online To Book Directly / Doug
Kennedy
- Survey
Discussing Future of Meetings Highlights Key Themes of Technology and
Social Media; HSMAI Foundation Partnered with Maritz Research to
Release Findings
- Vail
Resorts Reports Fiscal 2012 Third Quarter Net Income of $79.6 million,
a 3.5% Increase Over the Prior Year; Despite a Decrease in Snowfall
Lift Ticket Revenue Increased 0.7%
- Developers
Team Up on 23-story Hotel Project Near Seattle, Washington Stadiums;
Plan to Break Ground in Summer 2013 on Second Phase of Stadium Place, a
Complex Estimated to Cost More than $300 Million
- After
More than a Decade of Attempts for $138 Million Planned Resort Complex,
Sheriff's Sale Closes Book on Failed River Buff Resorts in Clayton
County, Iowa
- Oak
Creek, Wisconsin may Rescind Financial Support for the 107-room
Sheraton Four Points Hotel Project in Town as Developer, Greg Trapani,
is Named in Foreclosure Suit
- UniFocus'
GUESTScope Survey Solution Selected By Black Bear Casino Resort
- Crestron
Announces First LCD Display Featuring Crestron Connected™ Cloud-Based
Control System Connectivity; Mitsubishi Electric Visual Solutions
America Launches Energy-Saving LDT462V 46-Inch Digital Signage Display
- Palms
Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada to Begin $50 Million Renovation
Project; Public Spaces and the 428 Rooms in the Palms Tower to be
Remodeled
- Bartell
Hotels Begins $13 Million Expansion of Holiday Inn San Diego Bayside in
California; New 44,000 Sq. Ft. Building Opens Summer 2013 Bringing the
Guest Room Total to 291
- U.S.
Travel and Tourism Report Highlights 2011 Increased Spending of
International Visitors to the U.S. by 14% when Compared to 2010;
Previous Spending Record Set in 2008 Broken by $11.6 Billion
- Hawaii's
Economic Engine of Tourism Encouraging, However Isle Tourism Should be
Nurtured Carefully
- Orbitz's
Annual Insider Index Survey Reveals Americans will Spend More on Travel
this Year with Las Vegas Topping the List of Destinations
- Owner
of the 221-suite Blair House Suites Hotel Near the Las Vegas Convention
Center Files for Bankruptcy
- Work
on Colorado Springs, Colorado's 300-room Renaissance Hotel Project,
Stalled Since 2009, will Not Resume Until New Owner Found; Contractor,
Flintco Inc, Hopes to have Property Sold by Year's End
- Starwood's
Le Meridien Brand Debuts in Algeria with the Opening of the 296-key Le
Meridien Oran Hotel & Convention Centre Owned by Sonatrach
- Wyndham
Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific Adds Ramada Resort Phillip Island to its
Portfolio of South Pacific Resorts; A Rebranding of the Former All
Seasons Phillip Island Resort
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 140-room Sonesta ES Suites Somerset
in New Jersey; Rebranding for the Current Staybridge Suites Somerset
will Occur on August 1, 2012
- The
Current 124-room Staybridge Suites Princeton in New Jersey to Become
the Sonesta ES Suites Princeton on August 3, 2012
- Kura
Hulanda Resorts Enlists Sandton Hotels to Manage its Two Willemstad,
Curaçao Properties Which Will Rebrand as the Sandton Kura
Hulanda Hotel & Spa and the Sandton Kura Hulanda Lodge & Beach
Club
- Bradenton,
Florida's 'Pink Palace' Hotel to Be Restored to 1920s Era Feel;
Good-bye to Pink - The New 119-room Hampton Inn & Suites will
Replicate the 1925 Structure with Off-White Exterior
- Apple
Tree Group Names Axel de Boynes as Operations Manager for Laos
Operations
- Sage
Hospitality Names Kim Corrigan as General Manager for the 332-room
Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel in Illinois
June 5, 2012
- Cendyn
Announces Launch of a New Web Presence for La Posada de Santa Fe Resort
& Spa; La Posada de Santa Fe's New Website Features the Latest
Hotel Digital Marketing Initiatives and Trends
- hotel
SystemsPro Launches Advanced Mobile Sales System Platform at HITEC; For
Sales Teams On the Go – hotel SalesPro Mobile Puts Entire Sales Office
in the Palm of Your Hand for More Confident Deal Making, Shorter Sales
Cycles
- Cognitive
Ability - A Needlessly Elusive Asset / Jim Houran
- Orlando,
Florida Becomes First Destination to Top an Annual Total of 55 Million
Visitors; Record-Breaking 2011 Visitation Numbers Show an Increase of
7.2% Over 2010
- Driftwood
Hospitality Management Embarking on Extensive Renovation of Three
Properties Recently Acquired Through Apollo Joint Venture
- Eagle
Four Partners and Pacific Hospitality Group Acquire International Bay
Clubs, Inc., the Parent Company of The Balboa Bay Club & Resort and
The Newport Beach Country Club in California
- Owner
of Appleton, Wisconsin Hotels, the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel and the
Holiday Inn Neenah Riverwalk, Defaults on $27 Million Balloon Mortgage
Payment; City Planners Concerned about Possible Implications on Nearby
Proposed Exhibition Center Yet Business Continues as Usual During
Receivership Process
- JSK
Investments Receives Approval to Construct a Country Inn & Suites
and a Staybridge Suites in Schererville, Indiana
- Video
Case Study: Hotel Diva Moves to the Cloud with the ATRIO Guest
Experience Management Platform
- The
Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association Promotes
Sustainability Practices to Hotel Members and Suppliers; Hotelier and
Sustainable Hospitality Advocate Hervé Houdré Headlines
the Association's Sustainable Hospitality Council Luncheon on June 21st
at the InterContinental Miami
- Do
You Have Interest in Pinterest?
- Sandals
Resorts Relies on Guarded Systems for Wired/Wireless HSIA, Billing and
Control
- Top
5 Reasons Why Hotels Need to Add NHK World TV to the In-Room
Entertainment Line Up
- Educational
Institute and Rosen College of Hospitality Management Launch Global
Hospitality Leadership Academy for International Hotel Executives
- The
International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show (IHMRS) is Now Accepting
Entries for the 2012 Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality
Design; Entry Deadline is July 1, 2012
- The
175-room Courtyard Charlotte/Billy Graham Parkway to Open this Month in
Charlotte, North Carolina; Formerly a Holiday Inn and the Registry, it
is Owned and Managed by SREE Hotels, LLC
- Starwood
Hotels Opens the 180-room Sheraton Madrid Mirasierra Hotel & Spa in
Spain, Owned by Comercial Mirasierra Group
- 8Hotels
Chosen to Manage the 81-room Albany Hotel in the Melbourne, Australia
Suburb of South Yarra
- Daniel
Pirrallo Named as General Manager for the 188-room Sheraton Steamboat
Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- St
Giles Hotel New York Appoints Cesar Avery as General Manager Overseeing
it's Two Side-by-Side New York City Hotels - The 120-key Tuscany and
The 199-key Court
- Sean
Olmstead Named as Hotel Manager for the 792-room InterContinental
Chicago Magnificent Mile in Illinois
- Evolution
Hospitality Hires David Martinez and Promotes Matt Raine, Both to the
Role of Executive Vice President, Investments and Business Development
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Kini Parente as Director of Sales
& Marketing for the 62-room Bardessono in Yountville, Napa Valley,
California
- Dorchester
Collection Appoints Janice Snowden as Area Director of Sales and
Marketing for The Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air in California
- Angela
Cava Appointed as Director of Sales & Marketing at the 100-key
Hotel Madeline and the 32-suite Inn at Lost Creek in Telluride, Colorado
- Sean
Lynch Named as the Director of Sales and Marketing for the 188-room
Waldorf Astoria Chicago in Illinois
- Provenance
Hotels Hires Angela Mose as Director of Sales for the 163-room Hotel
Max in Seattle, Washington
- Erica
H. Perry Promoted to Group Sales Manager for the 315-room Westin
Imagine Orlando
- Gregory
Grohowski Named as Executive Chef for the 806-room Hyatt Regency Maui
Resort and Spa in Lahaina, Hawaii
June 4, 2012
- Loews
Hotels Chairman Jonathan M. Tisch Urges Travel Industry to Tackle
Infrastructure Challenge; Argues that innovative solutions and creative
partnerships can capture global travel's immense potential
- Mesa,
Arizona's Hopes Dim for Long-Delayed $800 million Gaylord Resort
Following Sale of Brand to Marriott
- Continued
Recovery in Hotel Room Demand Supports Expected Gains in U.S. RevPAR in
2012 & 2013, According to PwC U.S. Report
- Hotel
Rates for Business Travelers in North America Near Pre-recession Levels
Surging 9.3% in April
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 90; Governor Cuomo's March of Folly; Origin of
Memorial Day; Hotel History: Fisher Island Hotel & Resort; Quote of
the Month / Stanley Turkel
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Closes on Sale of Six Hotels, a Portfolio of 1,527 rooms,
for $103 Million
- MCR
Development Acquires Three Marriott and Hilton Hotels in Florida and
New Jersey for Approximately $40 Million
- From
New York City to New Orleans, Seattle to San Diego, W Hotels Unveils
Significant Renovation Plans for North American Portfolio
- Labor
Union and Travel Industry Leaders Unite to Oppose Proposed San Mateo,
California County Travel Taxes; Warn that Tax Hikes will Negatively
Impact Local Economy
- Planning
Underway for Renovation of the 1,886 room Orleans Hotel & Casino in
Las Vegas; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 126 Hotel Projects
to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
- HVS
Executive Search Presents Annual Top-Performing CEO Award to Monty J.
Bennett Of Ashford Hospitality Trust; Top-Performing Board Awarded to
Sunstone Hotel Investors
- Hotel
AG Closes Nine Hotel Transactions Last Week
- Travel
Tripper Moves Web Services to the Cloud
- Ciena
Hotels and Intelity Forge a Partnership; Intelity's ICE Will Serve
Guests at all Ciena Hotels and Suites
- Trust
International, Hoteliers See Q1 Growth Momentum Continue in Q2 2012;
Google and Ideal Interface Define Social Business as a Driving Force
for Increasing Conversions, Revenue for Hoteliers at Trust Customer
Conference
- ProfitSword
Surpasses 1,000 Hotels, Touting Innovation, Execution, Visionary
Clients and Exemplary Service and Support as Keys to Success
- Hotel
Transaction Market Heating Up; As the industry gathers in New York for
the 34th annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment
Conference, The Plasencia Group's transaction portfolio is proof that
the hospitality real estate market has turned around.
- Tourism
Tidbits - Developing a Tourism Continuity Plan / Dr. Peter Tarlow
- North
Point Hospitality Group Celebrates the Topping Out of the Dual Branded
Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton Atlanta Midtown in
Georgia; Final Beam Laid Completing the Highest Exterior Structure with
Opening Planned for Q1 2013
- B
Hotels & Resorts to Open New B Hotel in Downtown Disney Resort
Area, Currently Operating as the 394-room Royal Plaza; First b2 Hotel
to Debut in Downtown Miami at the Site of the Former Continental
Bayside Hotel; Both Properties to Undergo Renovation and Repositioning
- Trump
Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, the Scene of Two Fatal
Carjackings, to Invest $5 million to Improve Security in Parking Garage
and Casinos
- Owner,
SCH Partners, and Starwood Hotels to Open The 171-room Westin San Jose
in California Next Month
- Hilton
Worldwide and Daiman Landmark Hotel Sdn Bhd Sign Management Agreement
to Open the 365-room DoubleTree by Hilton, Johor Bahru in Malaysia in
Mid-2014
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 150-room Sonesta ES Suites
Parsippany in New Jersey; Currently Known as the Staybridge Suites
Parsippany
- Starwood
Hotels Opens the 90-room Four Points by Sheraton Colonia Roma in Mexico
City, Mexico; Owned and Managed by Sora Group
- The
119-suite Home2 Suites by Hilton Nashville/Vanderbilt Opens in
Tennessee; Developed by North Point Hospitality Group, Owned by Apple
REIT Nine and Managed by Vista Host
- The
Rezidor Hotel Group Opens the 189-room Radisson Blu Resort, Gran
Canaria on the Spanish Island of Gran Canaria
- The
DoubleTree by Hilton, New Bern, North Carolina Completes Full-Scale
Renovation Following Damage Sustained During Hurricane Irene in August
2011
- A
Multi-Million-Dollar, Hotel-Wide Renovation is Complete for the
148-room DoubleTree by Hilton Cocoa Beach in Florida
- Sage
Hospitality Gears Up for Growth with Three New Development &
Acquisitions Team Hires; Looking for Acquisition and Repositioning
Opportunities with Plans to Invest $1.2 Billion over the Next 24 Months
- Vito
Romeo Named as General Manager of the Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver in
British Columbia, Canada
- Pyramid
Hotel Group Appoints Paul Sacco as Senior Vice President of the
Business Development Team
- HFF
Hires Scott Hall as Managing Director in its San Diego, California
Office
June 1, 2012
- Gaylord
Entertainment Agrees to Sell the Gaylord Hotels Brand and Management
Company to Marriott International for $210 million Cash; Gaylord to
Maintain Ownership of its Properties and will Reorganize as the Only
Lodging REIT Focused on Group-Oriented Destination Markets
- VFM
Leonardo Announces Timeline Enhanced VBrochure Facebook Apps Suite;
Suite of Facebook Applications Redesigned to Maximize Impact of New
Facebook Timeline
- 'Cyber
Accessibility' is the New Frontier for ADA Lawsuits. Your Next DOJ
Investigation or ADA Class Action Could be Just a Mouse Click Away! /
Jim Butler
- Thayer
Lodging Group and Quest Hospitality Ventures Form New Venture Capital
Group, Thayer Ventures, to Raise Funds to Finance Hospitality
Technology Startups; Firm plans to invest in emerging technology
companies focused on transforming the $10 trillion global hospitality
industry
- Bob
Nelson, General Manager at Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel &
Conference Center in Richmond, Virginia Named 'General Manager of the
Year' by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
- North
American Corporate Hotel Rates Set New Year-over-year Growth Record;
Global and North American Leisure Rates Also Increase by Near-record
Margins over 2011
- Technology
Meets In-Room Cleaning - Best Western Launches Advanced Cleaning
Initiative; All North American Best Western Hotels to Begin Using
Hospital Cleaning Technologies such as UV Wands, Black Lights and Clean
Remotes
- HVS
and New York University Present The 2012 Manhattan Hotel Market
Overview; Despite the Largest Increase in Room Count in 24 Years,
Manhattan Remains Under-Supplied
- Hotel
Investment Sentiment Strengthens in Europe Despite Uncertainty;
According to Survey Conducted by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels 46% of
Cities Tracked Expected to Show Trading Performance Growth in next Six
Months
- Six
Questions Hoteliers Should Ask to Evaluate Sustainable Technologies /
Kevin Goldstein
- West
Hartford, Connecticut Seeking Proposals for Development of a 120-room
Hotel on a 4-acre Parcel
- Occidental
Vacation Club Reporting Membership is on the Upswing
- 8
Reasons Why a Mobile Key Front Desk Bypass Solution Aids Travelers'
Psychological Health; An article in Psych Central titled '8 Reasons Why
Waiting in Line Drives us Crazy' identifies key factors that make waits
seem longer; Mobile Key by OpenWays eliminates those eight factors and
more / Pascal Metivier
- Swiss
Belhotel International Hotels & Resorts Selects RateGain's
Competitive Rate Intelligence and Parity Audit Solutions
- Shift4
Obtains EMV Certification from Global Payments Canada
- Presented
Once Every Five Years, HFTP to Honor Three Hospitality Technology
Pioneers with the 2012 Hospitality Technology Award of Merit
- GUESTROOM
20X, the Futuristic Guestroom Featuring the Hospitality Industry's
Innovative Technologies, Exhibit to Debut at HITEC 2012 with Cisco as
Patron Sponsor
- Students
Eager for Global Career Opportunities, with Many Interested in China's
Booming Hospitality Industry According to Survey Conducted by Hilton
Worldwide and Les Roches Jin Jiang International Hotel Management
College Revealing Insights on Generation Y
- China
Lodging Group, Limited Completes Investment in Starway Hotels to Own
Majority Stake
- Loews
Hotels & Resorts to Acquire the 632-room Renaissance Hotel &
Spa in Hollywood, California from CIM Group; To Rebrand as the Loews
Hollywood Hotel and Begin $26 Million Renovation in Late 2012 with
Completion in Summer 2013
- RLJ
Lodging Trust Acquires the 226-room Courtyard New York Manhattan/Upper
East Side and the 187-room Residence Inn by Marriott Bethesda Hotel
Downtown in Maryland for a Combined Total of $146.5 Million
- GF
Management Affiliate, UPHIC Associates, LLC, Acquires the 174-room
Holiday Inn Charlotte University in Charlotte, North Carolina; To
Maintain the Holiday Inn Flag and Remain Open During a Scheduled $5
Million Renovation
- Finard
Coventry Hotel Management Closes on $16 million Purchase of the
292-room Providence Biltmore in Rhode Island; The Circa 1922 Hotel will
Remain Open During a $10 Million Renovation
- The
207-room Crowne Plaza Houston Galleria Area Opens in Texas; Owned by
Galleria Crowne Hospitality and Operated by Houston Hospitality Services
- The
Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts Reopens the 151-key Hotel
Alfonso XIII in Seville, Spain Following a $25 Million Restoration; The
First of Four Luxury Collection Hotels in Europe to be Restored &
Reopened in the Next 12 Months
- Owned
and Managed by InterMountain Management, the 91-suite TownePlace Suites
by Marriott to Open in Albuquerque, New Mexico in Late June 2012
- HHM,
Hersha Hospitality Management, Updates Brand Identity Coinciding with
the Introduction of its Full Service Division; Transformation Includes
New Logo and Redesigned Website
**Top 25 Read
Articles - May 2012**
- Train
Your Hotel Team To Use The Language Of Hospitality: Part Two / Doug
Kennedy
- The
Top 10 Hotel Groups in the World: 2012 Shows Few Changes; 2012’s
Ranking of Worldwide Hotel Groups and Brands; IHG Retains Top Spot in
Groups With Nearly 660,000 Rooms, Best Western Retains Top Spot in
Brands
- The
Cost of Luxury Leadership: General Manager Pay in North America /
Andrew R. Hazelton
- Wi-Fi
is the New Four-Letter Word for Hoteliers / Terence Ronson
- Knowland
Database Exceeds 170,000 Contacts; Massive database of groups includes
contact information for thousands of event planners
- When
a Negative Experience Occurs, Fix it Before Check-Out; Issue Resolution
and Current Room Amenities Most Important to Hotel Guests, According to
Latest "Experience Radar" Report Released by PwC for the Hospitality
Industry
- How
Can Hoteliers Take Full Advantage of Pinterest? / Erica Garza
- The
2012 Lodging Industry Investment Council Top Ten: Annual Survey of
Lodging Investment Trends and Challenges; "Hotel Investors Sluggishly
Move Ahead, Despite Worries and Uncertainty about US Economy"
- Do
You Hate the OTAs? / Jean Francois Mourier
- Dress
Code for Las Vegas Pool Clubs More Strict than Fine Dining Restaurants?
Ladies - Wear Your Heels and Do Your Hair - Gents - No Sneakers or
Sports Jerseys Allowed
- Hyatt
Realigns its Corporate and Regional Operations; Senior Management
Changes Include Harmit J. Singh, Current EVP & CFO Remaining with
Company Until End of 2012, Gebhard F. Rainer Will Assume Role of EVP,
CFO Effective August 15, 2012; New Global Operations Center to be
Established Overseeing Three Operating Regions
- Owners
of Four Upscale Hotels on Three of the Hawaiian Islands Consider
Selling Properties with Estimated Value Between $500 Million to $1
Billion; Local Analyst Sites Many Interested Investors for Island
Properties
- Thought
Dead, Travel Agents Rebounding in the $100 billion Travel Industry
Business as they Adapt to Tech-Savvy Generation
- Google's
Hotel Finder has Made Everyone Pay Attention
- Mixologists
Take Note: Cranberry is not Vodka's Best Friend; A Clear Trend Taking
Shape in Southern California's Craft Cocktails Scene
- AH&LA
Secures Extension for Existing Pool and Spa Lift ADA Compliance Date to
January 31, 2013
- Hospitality
Graduate Survey Results for 2012; Part Three - The Employer Perspective
/ Jeff Ross
- Greenbrier's
Jim Justice Enters Merger Agreement for Acquisition of the Nearby
Wintergreen Resort
- At
70-Years Young, White-Gloved Hotel Doorman Leroy Mickens II, Serves as
an Ambassador to His City; His Kind Words to Passersby Offers a Reason
to Smile
- Accor
Drops to 6th Place in the World Ranking Following the Sale of Motel 6
to Blackstone; Blackstone Becomes the Largest Hotel Owner in the World
with Direct Control of 850,000 Rooms
- Hard
Rock International to Open the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Aruba;
The Government of Aruba Selects Southwest Horeca Development to Build
the 310-room Beachfront Hotel
- An
Open Letter to the Industry on Funding for the Canadian Tourism
Commission Anthony P. Pollard, President, Hotel Association of Canada;
Canada’s tourism industry is in crisis; plain and simple
- Marriott
Awards Eight Employees With Company’s Highest Honor, the J. Willard
Marriott Award of Excellence
- Consumer
Reports Hotel Survey Ranks Ritz-Carlton Tops Once Again While Econo
Lodge and Americas Best Value Inn are Among Lowest-Rated Hotels;
Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham is Top-rated Budget Hotel
- With
Rooftop Bars Being the Latest Trend, Menin Hotels to Open Drumbar Atop
the Raffaello Hotel in Chicago, Illinois
May 30, 2012
- Mobile
Marketing & Mobile Distribution Channels: Debunking the Myths
Around Mobile Apps for Hotels; Hotel-Online 3Qs Series on Best
Practices in Hotel Marketing and Operations
- Profiles
in Success: Resorts for All Seasons: How Independent Operators Overcome
Seasonal Lull, Drive Business, Attract New Market Segments and Bring in
Big Profits Year Round
- Webinar
on Monday June 4th - Out with the Old, in with the New! getplanning
Revolutionizes the Event Planning Process Simply and Effectively! Learn
how to streamline the event planning process
- ADA
Compliance and Defense Lawyer: ADA Experts Discuss Hottest Issues
Facing the Hotel Industry Today / Jim Butler
- How
Quickly Can Your Hotel Staff React to a Guest Medical Emergency?
Tampa's Embassy Suites Marissa Mack's Quick Action Prevents Guest's
Death
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts and Manchester Texas Financial Group Enter
Agreement for New $350 million, 50-story Fairmont Austin Conference
Center Hotel in Austin, Texas Slated to Open 2015
- New
Hotel Group Sets Sights on Upscale Resort Development in China
Launching the Ahn Luh Brand; The Joint Venture Partnership Between the
Beijing Tourism Group and GHM with Investor, the Great Ocean Group,
Plan to Open First Property by 2015
- Final
Arguments End Over Financially Troubled 429-room Sheraton Fort Worth
Hotel; No Matter the Judges Decision Property will Likely go to the
Auction Block
- Accurately
and Automatically Update Your Food Product Costs with Clear Sky
Software's New Sysco Interface
- Merchant
Link Names Geoffrey Krieg Vice President of Product Management; Former
Director of Service Delivery Turns Attention to Expanding Security
Features and Payment Methods
- Educational
Institute Welcomes New Global Academic Partner in Russia
- Douglas
Rice, Executive Vice President and CEO of HTNG, to be Inducted into
HFTP's International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame; Induction to
Occur June 26, 2012 During HITEC 2012
- The
Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado Begins $60 Million Two Year
Renovation Project
- Supertel
Hospitality Completes Acquisition of 100-room Hilton Garden Inn,
Solomons Island, Maryland for $11.5 million as Part of Strategic
Portfolio Revamp
- The
Marti Group to Open the 270-room Marti Istanbul Hotel in Turkey in July
2012
- Boomerang
Hotels and TMG Group, LLC Break Ground on the 32-room Settle Inn &
Suites in Elkader, Iowa
- Pyramid
Hotel Group Adds Two New Resorts to their Growing Portfolio; To Manage
the 493-room Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa in Henderson,
Nevada and the 506-room Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa in
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 133-room Sonesta ES Suites Andover
in Massachusetts Through a Rebranding of the Staybridge Suites
Boston-Andover
- The
384-room Embassy Suites Washington D.C. Convention Center Completes
$7.5 Million Renovation; The hotel is Owned by the International Union
of Painters & Allied Trades Pension Fund and Managed by Hilton
Worldwide
- Marriott
Hotels & Resorts Completes Renovation of the 150-key Mallorca
Marriott Son Antem Golf Resort and Spa in Spain
- Marcus
Hotels & Resorts Completes Renovation of the 240 Guestrooms and
Public Spaces of the Hilton Madison Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin
- Hanover
Inn at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire Re-Opens on June 1, 2012,
Completing First Phase of Extensive Renovation Project with Joseph
Mellia as General Manager and Erin Bragdon as Director of Sales &
Marketing
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Dean Saltz as Controller for the
219-room Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Paul
Ruffino Appointed as General Manager of the 76-room Hotel BPM Brooklyn
in New York
- Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts Names Jan Chovanec as General Manager of
Swissôtel Beijing Hong Kong Macau Center in Beijing, China
May 29, 2012
- Metro
Hotels Sees Robust Results After Switch to Sabre Hospitality Solutions'
Comprehensive Distribution Solutions; Hotel group bookings jump 70
percent
- Kokua
Hospitality Selects VIZERGY as Digital Marketing Partner; Hotel
Management Company to Enhance Clients' Online Visibility and Revenue
- Riviera
CEO Andy Choy Takes a Gamble with "Classic" Casino as Others on the
Strip Publicly State they are Moving Away from Gambling
- Meet
the Marine Biologist Who Makes Seafood a Science at Wynn Las Vegas; One
of the Few in the World with a Job Like This
- Shrubs
- They're Not Just for Hiding In! What's Shaking in the Cocktail Scene?
- Greenbrier's
Jim Justice Enters Merger Agreement for Acquisition of the Nearby
Wintergreen Resort
- 300-room
Hilton Manhattan East Hires a New General Manager; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 315 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes
in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- InterContinental
Hotels Group Leaves Uzbekistan Hotel Market
- Days
Inn Hotel Brand Launches First Prototype in its 42-Year History;
Providing Franchisees with a Consistent Roadmap for Construction
- Revenue
Management and Customer Relationship Management - Use of Predictive
Analytics Can Lead to a More Dynamic Customer Experience and Maximize
Revenue / Dr. Gabor Forgacs
- Percipia
Networks and Datanamics, Inc. Join Forces to Create Strategic Alliance
Within the Hospitality Sector
- RateTiger
Restructures Sales and Support To Meet Greater Customer Service
Expectations
- Roomlinx
SmartEvent Provides Hosts a Better Way to Communicate with Attendees
During Events; Exclusive technology differentiates hotel venue, drives
revenue
- HeBS
Digital Wins 'Best of Show' Mobile Website for Loews Hotels in the
MobileWebAwards
- HotelLawyer.com
Launches; Portal to Knowledge for the Hospitality Industry; JMBM's
Global Hospitality Group of Hotel Lawyers Provide Comprehensive
Hospitality Resource
- Summit
Hotel Properties Completes Acquisition of Two Properties, a Hilton
Garden Inn and a Courtyard by Marriott; Also Completes Sale of Three
Properties in Twin Falls, Idado
- Ritz-Carlton
Hotel Company Opens the 97-room Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa in Japan
- Owner,
San Tan Center, LLC, Opens the 121-room DoubleTree by Hilton
Phoenix-Gilbert in Arizona
- 21-Story
Hotel Tower Included in Expansion Plans for Harrah's Rincon Resort
& Casino in San Diego County, California
- Funding
for a Proposed Five-Star Hotel in Grenada is Far from Being Reality
- At
Their Best, Toledo, Ohio Hotels Make You Feel at Home but Recent Review
Shows they Fall Far Short of Making You Feel Better than at Home
- Denihan
Hospitality Group Names Thomas Mathes as Regional Vice President
Operations, New York
- Shane
Weaver Joins Island Hospitality Management as Regional Director of
Operations
- Destination
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Frank Leone as General Manager of the
Newly-Branded MileNorth, a Chicago Hotel
May 25, 2012
- Dress
Code for Las Vegas Pool Clubs More Strict than Fine Dining Restaurants?
Ladies - Wear Your Heels and Do Your Hair - Gents - No Sneakers or
Sports Jerseys Allowed
- The
Impact of State Incentivized Tourism Development / Eric B. Hansen
- IHG
Chairman, David Webster, to Retire at Year-end, to be Replaced by
Patrick Cescau on January 1, 2013
- Owners
of Four Upscale Hotels on Three of the Hawaiian Islands Consider
Selling Properties with Estimated Value Between $500 Million to $1
Billion; Local Analyst Sites Many Interested Investors for Island
Properties
- Update
on California's EB-5 Policy Regarding Designation of Targeted
Employment Areas or TEAs / Jim Butler
- Orlando's
I-Drive Econo Lodge to be Gutted, Renovated, Renamed Avanti Resort;
Paramount Hospitality Management Chosen as Operator
- Operators
for Balitmore's City Owned Hilton Defend its Financial Position
- General
Manager, Victor Popp, and Staff of La Quinta Inn & Suites Paso
Robles in California Create their Own Boutique Wine; Handcrafted Wine,
From Harvest to Bottling, Launches in June 2012
- ProfitSword
Expands Solutions Offerings to Include 'ProfitPace' Sales Pace
Reporting - The Hotel Industry's First Multi-Brand, Multi-Hotel Pacing
Tool
- Dallas,
Texas Courtyard by Marriott Becomes the Final Roberts Company Hotel to
Seek Bankruptcy Protection
- Boutique
Hotel in Stone Harbor, New Jersey Breaks Ground at Site of Historic
Shelter Haven Hotel; The 37-room Reeds at Shelter Haven is Set to Open
Early in Summer 2013
- Thailand
Hoteliers Invest Over $260 Million in Myanmar Hotel Market, Offering
1,896 Rooms in 11 Hotel Brands
- After
a Three Month Closure and a $2.5 Million Renovation of its First Floor
Public Spaces, the 424-room W Seattle in Washington Unveils Dramatic
New Spaces
- Xanterra
South Rim Completes Extensive Renovations of the Thunderbird and
Kachina Lodges Located on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park
in Arizona
- Dolce
Hotels and Resorts Names Michael Moros as General Manager and Gary
Tarpinian as Director of Sales & Marketing of The Alexander Hotel
in Indianapolis, Indiana; To Oversee the Late 2012 Opening of the New
209-room Property
- Buffalo
Lodging Associates Hires Daniella Reategui as Area Sales Manager for
Hilton Garden Inn Orlando and Holiday Inn Express & Suites Nearest
Universal in Orlando, Florida
- Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Suya Davenport as Director of Sales &
Marketing for the 124-room ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa in Miami
Beach, Florida
May 24, 2012
- Hotel
Okura Switches to Sabre Hospitality Solutions for Distribution Services
and Global Reservation Center Support; New agreement also includes
renewal for recently acquired JAL Hotels
- Fujitsu
Frontech North America Selects InvoTech's Cloud-based RFID System for
its Solutions Center Grand Opening; Fujitsu Showcases Wireless GIMS
UHF-RFID Uniform, Linen, and Laundry System to exhibit its Washable
RFID tags
- When
a Negative Experience Occurs, Fix it Before Check-Out; Issue Resolution
and Current Room Amenities Most Important to Hotel Guests, According to
Latest "Experience Radar" Report Released by PwC for the Hospitality
Industry
- Consumer
Reports Hotel Survey Ranks Ritz-Carlton Tops Once Again While Econo
Lodge and Americas Best Value Inn are Among Lowest-Rated Hotels;
Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham is Top-rated Budget Hotel
- Google's
Hotel Finder has Made Everyone Pay Attention
- Successful
Joint Ventures for Hotel Development, Acquisition and Financing / Jim
Butler
- Beset
with Financial Troubles, Two High Profile Albany, New York Hotels Going
Up for Auction - 74 State and the Historic Cambridge Hotel
- What
May Seem Like a Small Piece of a Regions Economic Puzzle, Tourism is
the Little Engine that Could
- A
Whimsical Interview with Andrew Morrison, Executive Chef of the
Fairmont Pittsburgh, Downtown
- Expotel
Hospitality Ahead of the Curve - Embraces Fiber Optic Technology for
Hotel Portfolio
- Mintek
Mobile Data Solutions Announces New Hotel Enhancements and
Improvements; EAM CMMS Hotel Enhancements 2nd Quarter 2012
- Magnolia
Hotel Houston Achieves AAA Four-Diamond Rating for Three Years in a Row
- New
Educational Institute Online Program Teaches Revenue Management Concepts
- PSAV
Bringing Power to Presentations at The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel
Toronto; As a preferred partner with Starwood Hotels & Resorts,
PSAV is forging strong relationships at the property level and adding
to bottom line revenues
- Construction
has Begun for the $50 million Renovation of the 1,120-room Hyatt
Regency Dallas in Texas; Project Managed by Woodbine Development
Corporation, the Original Developer and Asset Manager of the Property
- With
Rooftop Bars Being the Latest Trend, Menin Hotels to Open Drumbar Atop
the Raffaello Hotel in Chicago, Illinois
- New
Study Reveals How Travelers Consume and Seek Out News; Travelers look
for all-in-one resource to stay connected
- Hospitality
Companies Target India's Super Luxury Segment; Tapping the Country's
Growing Number of High Net Worth Individuals and Companies Willing to
Pay for Luxury
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts to Manage The 187-room Marker Hotel in Dublin,
Ireland; Owned by Brehon Capital Partners and Midwest Holdings, the
Hotel Will Open Early in 2013 as Part of the Leading Hotels of the
World Family
- The
129-key Ritz-Carlton, Montreal in Quebec, Canada to Reopen Following
Extensive $200 Million Restoration
- Hilton
Worldwide Opens the 227-room DoubleTree by Hilton, Naha in Okinawa,
Japan
- A
July 2012 Opening is Planned for the 92-suite Residence Inn by Marriott
in Bismarck, North Dakota Owned and Managed by TMI Hospitality
- Green
Turtle Club in the Abaco, Bahamas' Green Turtle Cay Becomes Member of
the Expedition Properties Portfolio by Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts
- Hotel
Equities Names Kevin Butler as General Manager for the 108-room
SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Anish
Patney Appointed as General Manager of the 237-room Sheraton Hartford
Hotel at Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut; Managed by
Waterford Hotel Group
- Keith
Hill Named General Manager for the Oceanfront 50-room Timber Cove Inn
in Sonoma County, California
- John
Metz, Executive Chairman of Metz Culinary Management, Named as the
Walter J. Conti Professor of Hospitality Management in the Penn State
College of Health and Human Development
May 23, 2012
- Accor
Drops to 6th Place in the World Ranking Following the Sale of Motel 6
to Blackstone; Blackstone Becomes the Largest Hotel Owner in the World
with Direct Control of 850,000 Rooms
- Beverly
Hills Hotel Turns 100-years-old and Retains its Status as a Celebrity
Discreet Retreat
- The
'Dial High Club': 86% of Travellers Surveyed Say 'No' to Mobile Phone
Use on Planes Reveals Skyscanner
- Northview
Hotel Group and Five Mile Capital Partners Purchase The Sanderling
Resort & Spa in Duck, North Carolina
- City-owned
Hilton Baltimore Lost $11.5 million Last Year and Dipped into Reserves
to Pay its Debt Service
- Is
Your Hotel Protected if Disaster Strikes? Issues that May Arise in
Claims for Loss of Business Income / Stephen N. Goldberg and Jeremy M.
King
- From
Hospital to Hotel: Drury's Renovation of Old St. Vincent Hospital in
Santa Fe, New Mexico into a 182-room Hotel Underway
- Failed
Jekyll Island, Georgia Oceanfront Clarion Hotel Raises Concerns with
the Jekyll Island Authority; As Bank Offers Foreclosed Property For
Sale, Officials Want Assurances that New Owners Would Match Island's
Revitalization Vision
- Nexus
Companies and Evolution Hospitality Break Ground on the 159-room
Courtyard by Marriott Long Beach Airport in California
- Originally
Planned as a Franchise Agreement, Hilton Worldwide and J.G.J.
Proyectistas S.A.C. Enter Management Contract for New Build 207-room
Hilton Lima Miraflores, Hilton's First Managed Property in Peru
- HeBS
Digital Releases a Next-Generation Solution to Manage the Hotel's
Digital Content; HeBS Digital Announces its New CMS Premium (Content
Management System) to Manage the Desktop, Mobile and Tablet Website
- Guestware
Partners with Shiji Networks to Expand in China
- Is
Your Hotel Website Ready for Summer? Lodging Interactive offers web
design, hosting, maintenance, SEO, performance analytics, content
management and guest reviews with no upfront cost, just a low monthly
fee
- Nigel
Lobo Joins Prestigious Line-Up of Speakers at ACLUVAQ; Grand Pacific
Resort Management Vice President to Speak at Regional
Timeshare/Vacation Club Association of Quintana Roo
- Milestone
Internet Marketing Seeking SEO/SEM Specialist/ e-Strategist
- GOPPAR,
RevPAR, ADR, now NRevPAR? How about just making money?! / Jean Francois
Mourier
- Owned
by SP Hotels LLC, the 251-room DoubleTree by Hilton St. Paul Downtown
Opens in Minneapolis; A Redesign and Rebranding of the Former Hilton
Garden Inn St. Paul City Center Hotel
- The
City's First Waterfront Hotel, the 116-room SpringHill Suites by
Marriott Opens This Week in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Anantara
Hotels, Resorts & Spas to Open the 222-room Eastern Mangroves Hotel
& Spa in Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Hampton
by Hilton Signs Agreement with METRO Hotels for Two New Hotels in
Colombia; Construction has Begun on the 125-room Hampton by Hilton
Barranquilla and the 132-room Hampton by Hilton Cartagena Scheduled to
Open in Early 2013
- The
June 18th Opening of Dorset Square Hotel, Design Hotels New Member
Hotel in London, Marks Owners' Return to Past; Tim and Kit Kemp
Recently Reacquired the 38-room Property, their 1985 First Boutique
Hotel Venture
- The
39-room Boutique Hotel Aqua Opening in Fort Lauderdale, Florida's North
Beach Village Through a Makeover of the Former Angela's Beach Resort
- Hilton
Chicago Completes Phase One of a Four Phase $150 Million Renovation
Project
- Auberge
Resorts to Manage the 48-suite Pronghorn Golf Club & Resort in
Bend, Oregon Recently Purchased by The Resort Group
- Guenter
H. Richter, VP and Managing Director of The Setai, Miami Beach, Honored
with the 2012 Outstanding Industry Professional Award; Presented by the
New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York,
Department of Hospitality Management
- Great
Hotels of the World Expanding to the Americas, Opens New York Office
and Appoints Former Leading Hotels Executive Team to Lead the Way;
Marshall Calder Appointed as Managing Director, The Americas
- Carlson
Wagonlit Travel Appoints Floyd Widener as Senior Vice President Global
CWT Meetings & Events to Lead a Newly Created Global Organization
Helping Companies Better Manage their Worldwide Meetings
- Chad
Sorensen Named Principal of Warnick + Company's New office in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Chris Tanner as General Manager for the
92-room Courtyard by Marriott Suffolk Chesapeake and the 72-suite
TownePlace Suites Suffolk Chesapeake in Virginia
- BayStar
Hotel Group Appoints Ron Dye as Director of Sales for the 76-room Hotel
Indigo - St. Petersburg Historic Downtown District in Florida
- Norbert
Roesch Named Executive Chef for the 350-room Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf
Resort, Spa and Marina on the Island of Curacao
May 22, 2012
- MICROS
eCommerce Launches New Interactive Website for Global Hotel Alliance's
Loyalty Program, GHA Discovery
- Sands
Bethlehem Event Center Selects Agilysys Point-of-Sale Solution;
World-Class Entertainment Venue Implements Agilysys InfoGenesis POS
System
- Webinar
Tomorrow: Take Your Hotel Marketing Mobile; Take 45 Minutes to Learn
How to Market Your Hotel to Mobile Travelers from Two Expert Hotel
Marketers.
- Accor
Enters Agreement to Sell its United States Economy Hotels Division,
Motel 6 and Studio 6, to Blackstone Real Estate Partners for $1.9
billion
- Hospitality
Properties Trust and Wyndham Hotel Group Enter Agreement for the
Branding and Management of 20 Hotels; HPT to Provide up to $75 Million
for Refurbishment and Rebranding of the Hotels
- BC
LYND Hospitality Acquires the 103-year-old St. Anthony Hotel in San
Antonio, Texas with Plans for a $24 Million Renovation
- Strategic
Prospecting and Strategic Account Optimization / Carol Verret
- Hotel
Lawyer: Clarification on the DOJ's Amendment to the Pool Lift Extension
/ Jim Butler
- Headline
Grabbing Stories - Five Memorable Las Vegas Casino Heists
- The
200-room Quin Hotel to Open in New York City in the Redesigned Historic
Former Buckingham Hotel; Opening Planned for Winter 2012 Operated by
Highgate Hotels
- B
Hotels & Resorts Introduces b2 hotel Brand, a Value Oriented
Full-Service Hotel Concept
- What's
New in Food and Service Trends this Summer? Three Distinguished Chef's
Share Their Perspectives
- UniFocus
Unveils Innovative Mobile Applications
- KniTec
Brings Hotel Concierge into the Guest Room; Enhancing Guest Experience,
Generating Revenue for Hoteliers
- Knowland
Database Exceeds 170,000 Contacts; Massive database of groups includes
contact information for thousands of event planners
- HSMAI
Greater New York Chapter Presents 2012 Annual Hospitality Awards of
Excellence; NYC & Company Recognized for Significant Impact on
Tourism with the Frank W. Berkman Tourism Achievement Award
- PolyU's
11th Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism and
International Convention & Expo Summit 2012 Opens Today with More
than 250 Delegates Attending
- U.S.
Virgin Islands Reports 2011 Visitor Numbers Climb 5.4% While Hotel
Occupancy Rates Declined to 52.1%, Down from 57% in 2010
- Higher
Occupancy Rates Help Orlando, Florida Hotels Offset Occupancy Dip
- 2011
Overseas Visitation to U.S. States & Cities Estimates Released;
Subtle Shifts in Key Traveler Characteristics Noted
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 485-room Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
in Texas Through a Re-branding of the Current Intercontinental Hotel
Houston
- Hilton
Worldwide Opens the Dual Branded 187-room Hilton Bursa Convention
Centre & Spa and 107-room Hampton by Hilton Bursa in Turkey
- The
Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts Opens the 140-room Keraton at
The Plaza, a Luxury Collection Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia; The 80th
Luxury Collection Hotel Worldwide, it is the First of Four to Open in
Asia Pacific in the Next Six Months
- IHG
Signs First Hotel Indigo in Wales with the 92-room Hotel Indigo Queen
Street Cardiff to be Managed by Sanguine Hospitality Ltd
- Souris
Valley Suites Hotel in Minot, North Dakota Completes Expansion Adding
47 Suites for a New Total of 136 Suites
- Castille
Paris in France, Part of Starhotels Collezione, Completes Extensive
$25.5 Million Renovation Project; Launched in 2005, this Final Phase
Redesigned 40 Rooms in the Opera Wing
- David
Kirken Named General Manager of Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf
Astoria Resort
- Christian
Kuhn Named Vice President, Marketing for Homewood Suites and Home2
Suites by Hilton
- Crowne
Plaza Milwaukee West in Wisconsin Promotes Patrick Palmer to General
Manager and Welcomes Kris Mosier as Director of Sales
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Tim Sofield Director of Group Sales
for The Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey
- The
Wilderman Group Names Emily McGeorge Conference Planning Manager for
the Gastonia Conference Center in Gastonia, North Carolina
May 21, 2012
- Thought
Dead, Travel Agents Rebounding in the $100 billion Travel Industry
Business as they Adapt to Tech-Savvy Generation
- VIZERGY®
Wins Awards for Hotel Website Creativity; Hospitality Digital Marketing
Company Wins Summit Creative Awards in not so Ordinary Categories
- Taxes
and the Deficit; Recent Federal Government Legislation and the
Implications for the Lodging Industry / Kevin F. Reilly
- Temple
University Presents Results of Cape May Tourism Study; One Key to
Growth - Retain Loyal Customers and Court Their Kids
- Upgrades
Abound for the Austin, Texas Hospitality Industry; With Several New
Hotel Projects in the Works, Many Existing Properties Step up their
Games, Launching Renovation Projects
- Millennium
UN Plaza Hotel New York Launches Major Upgrade Initiative for Both of
its Towers; The First $30-million Phase will Debut a Transformed
154-room West Tower in September 2012
- Judge
Dismisses Two Shareholder Lawsuits Over Decline in MGM Resorts Stock
Price
- With
a Positive Outlook for the Hospitality Industry in the Middle East,
Movenpick Hotels & Resorts Plans to Launch 10 New Hotels in the
Region by 2015
- Hotel
Gold-Rush Starts in Seoul, Korea; Investor Interest Peeks as Demand for
Hotel Rooms is on the Rise with an Expected Need of 43,000 Rooms in
2012 with Only 28,900 Currently Available
- 186-room
Miramar Hotel Project in Montecito, California Moving Forward;
Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 120 Hotel Projects to the New
Hotel Construction Projects Database
- Hyatt
Affiliate Completes Acquisition and Rebranding of Former Hotel Nikko
Mexico to Hyatt Regency Mexico City; Hyatt Also Reveals Plans for Eight
New Hyatt-branded Hotels in Latin America
- Gaylord
Entertainment Awarded Tax Incentive Deal by the Colorado State Economic
Development Commission; the $800 million Gaylord Aurora Resort Project
Expected to Open mid 2016
- San
Diego Architectural Design Firm Pulls Together Team for "Hotel
Impossible"
- Hotel
AG Closes Five Hotel Transactions Last Week
- Educational
Institute Delivers Guest Service Gold Training to Orlando CVB
- Caribbean
Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) to Hold Caribbean Travel
Marketplace 2013 at Atlantis, Paradise Island, The Bahamas, January
20-22, 2013
- Cornell
Center for Real Estate and Finance Offers New Report Series; To Provide
Hotel Real Estate Indices and an Analysis of Gateway Cities
- The
San Antonio, Texas Vintage Hilton Palacio del Rio Gets a Thoroughly
Modern Makeover Complete with the Latest Smart Elevator Technology
- Tucson
Suites, LLC Opens the 204-room DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Tucson
Airport in Arizona; The Former Radisson Hotel has Undergone a Complete
Renovation and Rebranding
- The
75th Anniversary of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge Plays Role in
the Recently Completed Multi-Million Dollar Renovations at the 355-room
Radisson Hotel Fisherman's Wharf; Photographic Mural of the Golden Gate
Included in each Guestroom
- Originally
Opened in 1938, Silver City, New Mexico's Murray Hotel Set to Re-open
Following 7-year Renovation
- The
122-room Candlewood Suites Plano in Texas Completes Multi-Million
Dollar Renovation
- The
Generation of Emotional Values Through the Experiential Hospitality
Services / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
- David
Casey Joins The Setai, Miami Beach in Florida as Director of Sales and
Marketing
- Holly
Anderson-Bender Named Director of Sales for the 145-room Courtyard by
Marriott in Cromwell, Connecticut, Managed by Waterford Hotel Group
- Kelly
Cox Appointed as Revenue Manager of the 201-room St Julien Hotel &
Spa in Boulder, Colorado
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints David Cortijo as Director of Rooms
for 159-key Marenas Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
- FairBridge
Hotels International Appoints Skyler Reep as Relationship Revenue
Manager
May 18, 2012
- AH&LA
Secures Extension for Existing Pool and Spa Lift ADA Compliance Date to
January 31, 2013
- 2012
Annual Trends Survey Results; A Video Overview with PKF's Robert
Mandelbaum
- Hotel
Comp Set Analysis - Untapped Opportunity #1: Market Dynamics
- Good
Times Ahead or More Headwinds?
- An
Open Letter to the Industry on Funding for the Canadian Tourism
Commission; Anthony P. Pollard, President, Hotel Association of Canada;
Canada’s tourism industry is in crisis; plain and simple
- Mixologists
Take Note: Cranberry is not Vodka's Best Friend; A Clear Trend Taking
Shape in Southern California's Craft Cocktails Scene
- Choice
Hotels International Recognizes its Top Franchise Hotels & Owners
at 2012 Convention; "Woman of the Year" Awarded to Kitty Friere, Top
Hotels Awarded "Hotel of the Year," "Premier Alliance" and "Developer
of the Year" Recognitions
- Silver
Legacy Resort Casino in Reno, Nevada, Half Owned by MGM Resorts
International, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization
- The
National Conference Center Voices Concern Over Recent Vote by Congress
to Freeze Travel Spending in Reaction to GSA Scandal
- Mexico's
Visa Policy Generates 500,000 New Arrivals in Two Years - Can The
Caribbean Do The Same?; Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association to
Discuss Negative Effects of Over-Regulation of the Travel Industry at
Upcoming Summit
- Choice
Hotels Introduces Dual-Branded Combination Hotel Prototype for its
Sleep Inn and MainStay Suites Brands
- Cambria
Suites Launches New Food and Beverage Program; To Roll Out to 18
Properties by Fall 2012 Featuring American Comfort Cuisine Embracing
Food Trends Across the Country with Local Cuisine Included
- Congressional
Hearing Highlights U.S. Travel Industry as Key to Future Economic Growth
- TRUMP
HOTEL COLLECTION™ Installs EzRMS™ at its Two Most Recent Property
Openings; EzRMS™ is now deployed in all seven of TRUMP HOTEL
COLLECTION's luxury properties
- London
Meets Nashville at the James Beard House, NYC; Chef Hus Vedat of
London's Caxton Grill joins Chef Charles Phillips of Nashville's
Award-Winning 1808 Grille, in a Celebration of International Culinary
Diversity in America's Most Distinguished Kitchen
- Hotel
Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Releases Interface Specifications;
Sets Sights on Point-of-Sale Integration with PMS
- Comfort
Inn and Comfort Suites Brands to Debut New Design Package, Comfort
Truly Yours, with the Upcoming Opening of the Recently Converted
Spokane Valley Comfort Inn & Suites in Washington
- Marriott
International and Ethiopian Developer, Sunshine Construction, Enter
Agreement for Mangement of Two Properties Currently Under Construction;
Both Located in Addis Ababa
- Desarrollos
RDC, S.A. and Hilton Worldwide Sign Management Agreement for New Build
Embassy Suites by Hilton in Santo Domigo, Dominican Republic
- Owned
and Managed by 3H Group Hotels, the 116-suite SpringHill Suites by
Marriott to Open in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Ascend
Collection Launches New Marketing Message and Continues Growth with the
Signing of 13 New Portfolio Members
- Cornell's
Center for Hospitality Research Hospitality Tools Series Posts New
Items; A New Restaurant Table Tool, a Roundtable Discussion on
International Challenges and Opportunities, and a Profile of Schneider
Electric's Energy University
- The
Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa Valley, California Opens $40 million
Expansion; Introduces 165 New Rooms, Dining and Entertainment Options
and New Event Facilities
- The
Best Western Plus Antioch Hotel & Suites of Lake County, Illinois
Completes Re-Branding and Renovation
- Outrigger
Hotels and Resorts Names Hans S. Weger as Chief Financial Officer;
Following the December 2011 Retirement of Melvyn Wilinsky
- Andrew
Neubauer III Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at The
251-room Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation in Georgia
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Mary Crisman-Portobanco Director of
Human Resources for Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas
May 16, 2012
- At
70-Years Young, White-Gloved Hotel Doorman Leroy Mickens II, Serves as
an Ambassador to His City; His Kind Words to Passersby Offers a Reason
to Smile
- Sandals
Resorts International Optimizes Profitably with Big Data; World Famous
Luxury Resort Chain Puts KPIs for 22 Entities Under a Microscope Daily
- Summit
Hotel Properties Reports 1st Quarter 2012 Net Loss of $3.9 million
Compared to a Net Loss of Approximately $7.8 million Same Period Last
Year; RevPAR Increased 6.1%
- Supertel
Hospitality Reports 2012 First Quarter Net Loss of $4 million Compared
to Net Loss of $3.7 million in the Same Quarter 2011 / Operating
Statistics for 97 Hotels in 23 States
- Tom
Sherwood, Atlantic City's Diving Horse Developer, Hoping to Build $123
million, 183-room Hotel and Indoor Waterpark in Marina District
- Online
Advertising: It's not the tool but what you do with it that counts /
Ritesh Gupta
- One
Year After it Closed, Can Sahara Site Become a Symbol of Las Vegas'
Rebound?
- Marriott
International Signs its 250th Hotel in Asia with the Renaissance Bo'ao
Resort & Spa to Open in China in 2015; Robust Growth for Marriott
to Continue in Asia with China as the Strongest Driver
- Regal
Hotels International Signs Agreement with Xi'an Xianyang International
Airport Co., Ltd. to Develop the Regal Airport Hotel in Xi'an, China;
The 300-room Hotel will Open in Q2 2014
- Does
Guest Review Management Really Pay Off?
- Digital
Alchemy CRM Lets Madison Concourse Hotel Connect With Guests Quickly,
Personally; Comprehensive cloud-based CRM module turns guest
communications into hospitality gold for upscale Wisconsin hotel.
- Roger
Smith Hotel Drives Mobile and Facebook Bookings with Pegasus Solutions;
Midtown Manhattan Boutique Leverages Open Hospitality's OpenFlex and
OpenView
- Stalled
Georgetown, Texas 200-room Hotel and Conference Center Project Back on
Track
- Sacramento
Area Hotels Surpass 70% Occupancy Threshold for March Coming in at 72.1%
- Improvement?
Yes. Contentment? Not Quite. Boise, Idaho Placing its Focus on Tourism
- To
Entice and Enlighten Guests Sheraton Hotels Partners with Wine
Spectator Magazine to Launch Sheraton Social Hour, A Premium Wine
Program Featuring Curated Wine Menus and Wine Tasting Events Rolls-Out
to More than 240 Hotels around the World
- Hyatt
Foundation and Beijing Municipal People's Government to Co-Host 2012
Beijing Architecture Forum; Coinciding with the "Pritzker Architecture
Prize" will Include Debates on Contemporary Architectural Issues by
Leading Architects and Pritzker Prize Laureates
- Summer
Travel Outlook Brightens - New Survey Reveals Record Gains in Leisure
Travel Intentions; 64% of 2,200 U.S. Adults Surveyed Plan Leisure
Travel During the Next Six Months
- Spending
by International Visitors to the U.S. Surges by $1.5 Billion in March,
a 13% Increase Over March 2011
- Hersha
Hospitality Management Diversifies Portfolio with 21 New Management
Contracts in the Past 18 Months; Includes Strategic Expansion into
Florida and West Coast
- Huntington
Hospitality Management Chosen to Manage the Residence Inn Airport Miami
West/Doral Area in Florida
- New
Orleans Hotel Collection Reopens the Audubon Cottages in New Orleans,
Louisiana after Completing Multi-million Dollar Renovation
- Philip
Mengel Named Interim CEO of Orient-Express Hotels while Search
Continues for Permanent CEO; Bob Lovejoy to Remain Chairman of the Board
- Keoni
Boyer, Chef Concierge at the 186-room Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC,
Accepted into Les Chefs D'or Organization
- WNW
Hospitality Appoints Judith Kalfon as General Manager of The 163-room
Heritage Hotel in Southbury, Connecticut
- White
Lodging Names Denise Milroy as General Manager for the 94-room
Fairfield Inn & Suites in Hammond, Indiana
- Juan
J. Garcia Appointed as Area Director, Sales and Marketing for Hiltons
of Washington, D.C., Representing the Capital Hilton and the Washington
Hilton
- Debra
Blake Joins Mckibbon Hotel Management as Director of Sales for the
Hyatt Place Atlanta/Duluth/Johns Creek in Duluth, Georgia
- The
Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri Hires Kyle S. Lipetzky as
Executive Chef
May 15, 2012
- Cendyn
Wins Four Esteemed Awards for Superior Website Design and Social Media
Marketing; Cendyn Earns Coveted Communicator Awards for Creative
Achievement with the National Hotel, Trump Hotel Las Vegas, Crescent
Hotels & Resorts Canada and Hay Creek Hotels
- Maestro
Launches the New Face of Hotel Operations; Mobilizes Staff with Xpress
iPad Check-In to Extend a Great Customer Experience; Enables Staff to
Get Out From Behind the Desk and in Front of Guests for the Ultimate in
Personalized Service and Upsell Capability
- Omni
Hotels & Resorts to Pilot Rainmaker's New GroupREV Group
Forecasting and Pricing Product; Adding More Science to Group
Forecasting and Pricing Will Benefit Luxury Hotel, Meeting Planners and
Consumers Alike
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 89; The Beat Goes On; Good News: U.S. Hotel Profit
Recovery; Surprise: Nearly Half of NYC Hotel Developments are Outside
Manhattan; Hotel History: The Mission Inn, Riverside, CA; Quote of the
Month / Stanley Turkel
- Indianapolis
City Leaders Submit Amendment Proposing an End to Contracts Between
Hotels and Temporary Staffing Agencies
- Noble
Investment Group Acquires the 148-room Hilton Garden Inn Boston Waltham
in Waltham, Massachusetts
- Al
Faisal Holding's ARTIC Subsidiary Enters Strategic Partnership with
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group and Magellan Development Group to Acquire
the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago, Illinois
- Marriott
Awards Eight Employees With Company's Highest Honor, the J. Willard
Marriott Award of Excellence
- Sale
of Great Wolf Resorts to Apollo Global Complete for Nearly $800 million
- Cosmopolitan
of Las Vegas Facing Wage & Overtime Lawsuit; Former Employee
Seeking Class Action Status
- Ameranth
Signs a New Patent License with Skywire Media Inc. for its Patented
21st Century Communications Web/Wireless Synchronization Inventions
- Hospitality
Softnet, Inc. Adds its 10th Course Installment to theCampus with the
Addition of a Double Lesson, Prospecting Skills. More Courses on the
Way.
- Blueprint
RF Appoints Kevin Bennett as Chief Financial Officer
- Does
Your In-Room Programming Speak to International Travelers? If your
hotel strives to provide the in-room entertainment services your guests
want, then it's time to add NHK World TV -- an HD and SD
English-language broadcasting service -- to your TV Channel lineup
- G1
Group plc Prepares for Further Expansion with MICROS; Scotland's
leading independent leisure operator selects market-leading MICROS
technologies for its growing portfolio of restaurants, bars, clubs,
cinemas and hotels
- HITEC
2012 Agenda to Tackle Gaming Industry Technology Issues; Gaming
Sessions to Occur the First Day of the June 25-28 Conference in
Baltimore, Maryland
- Agenda
Set for the Caribbean Tourism Summit June 15-16 in Jamaica; To Focus on
Crucial Air Access for Region, Culminates with CHTA 50th Anniversary
Golden Jubilee Gala
- RiverView
Terrace, the New Outdoor Waterfront Event Venue at Gaylord National
Resort and Convention Center Near Washington, D.C. Opens
- The
Rezidor Hotel Group to Open the 100-room Radisson Blu Resort,
Tsinandali in Georgia in 2014
- The
254-room Hyatt French Quarter Opens in New Orleans, Louisiana Following
an $18M Renovation to the Historic Hotel Property
- Fairmont
Raffles Hotels International Appoints Gao Zhi Xiong as Vice President,
Development, China; Responsible for Portfolio Growth in China Across
all Three FRHI Leading Brands
- Aqua
Hotels & Resorts Makes Key Appointments within their Operations
Group
- Lloyd
Williams Named General Manager of the 310-key Lansdowne Resort in
Leesburg, Virginia; Resort is Owned by LaSalle Hotel Properties and
Managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts
- Denver,
Colorado Boutique, the 109-room Hotel Teatro, Names Matthew Hamann as
Director of Revenue
May 14, 2012
- How
Can Hoteliers Take Full Advantage of Pinterest? / Erica Garza
- The
Golden Touch: hotel SystemsPro Congratulates 4 Award-Winning Directors
of Sales; Top Sales Professionals Demonstrate Community Involvement,
Association Leadership
- Deadline
Looms for Hotel Owners to Comply with Pool Accessibility Rules
- Polish
Hotel 2011 Market One of the Best Performing in Europe; Warsaw Hotels
Posting 8.3% Appreciation in Room Yield Over 2010 According to Jones
Lang LaSalle Hotels Poland Hotel Intelligence Report
- Riviera
Hotel in Las Vegas Reports Loss of $4 million During Q1 2012 Compared
to a Profit of $82.8 million in the Year-ago Quarter; Property to
Undergo $20 to $30 million Renovation
- Chattanooga's
New $40 Million Embassy Suites Could be Hamilton County, Tennessee's
Swankiest Hotel; Who Else Can Boast Room Service by Ruth's Chris
Steakhouse?
- New
Property Manager & General Manager for Chicago-area Holiday Inn
Express; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 200 Hotels in the
Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or
Ownership
- New
South Florida Hotels Range from Earthy to Ultra-luxe; Providing
Something for Everyone in a Market that Continues to Thrive
- Hilton
Worldwide Signs Management Agreement with Hoan Kiem Tourism &
Trading Company Limited for the 86-room Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi in
Vietnam; To Open Late in 2012, Marking the Debut of Hilton Garden Inn
in Southeast Asia
- Do
You Hate the OTA's - Part Deux? / Jean Francois Mourier
- Louvre
Hotels Group Expands Distribution Reach with Pegasus Solutions; Global
Chain's Three-year Renewal Adds Mobile App, MetaSearch Services and
TravelSky Connection to Expand Booking Opportunities for More Than
1,100 Properties
- MindClick
SGM Announces the Addition of Leading Hospitality Lighting Supplier Van
Teal to the HSP Index; With the addition of Van Teal Hospitality, the
HSP Index now includes participation from 15 supplier categories
- Orient-Express
Implements MICROS OPERA Sales & Catering Module for Its Hotels
Worldwide
- Yellow
Dog Software Announces Jay Livingood as New President; Experienced
Executive Well-Positioned to Drive Product and Company Growth
- Accor
Eyes 22 New Hotels in the Middle East and Africa Region; Plans to Add
5,598 Rooms in the Market by 2014
- Historic
Preservation Highlighted in Soon to Open Downtown Milwaukee 127-room
Hilton Garden Inn Hotel
- Spanish
Hotel Chain, IBEROSTAR Hotels & Resorts, Unveils New Hotel
Segmentation; Now Offers Four Property Segments Across its Resorts
Worldwide
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Manage the 146-room Sonesta ES Suites Orlando
in Florida through a Rebranding of the Current Staybridge Suites Orlando
- Jumeirah
Group Makes Four Appointments to its Worldwide Sales Team
- Mark
Schoenberg Appointed as Director of Food & Beverage of the
105-suite il Lugano in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
May 11, 2012
- Hotel
Lawyer from Meet the Money® - Lodging Industry Investment Council
(LIIC) Announces its Top 10 Challenges for Hotel Industry in 2012 / Jim
Butler
- Goulston
& Storrs Continues DC Office Expansion: Firm continues to hire from
AmLaw200
- Hospitality
Graduate Survey Results for 2012: Part Three - The Employer Perspective
/ Jeff Ross
- White
House's National Tourism and Travel Strategy is Blueprint to Expand
Travel to and within the United States; Improvements in Visa Processing
with Goal to Attract 100 Million International Visitors Annually by 2021
- Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts to Debut in the Middle East with the July 2012
Opening of the 1487-room Swissôtel Makkah in Saudi Arabia
- Driftwood
Hospitality Management Selected to Manage the 91-room Hampton Inn
Naples I-75 in Florida
- The
408-room Turnberry Isle Miami in Florida Joins Marriott's Autograph
Collection
- Israel's
Dan Hotels Completes Redesign of the Circa 1963 Dan Carmel in Haifa,
Israel
- Tucson,
Arizona's 80-room Flamingo Hotel May Get New Owner as its $1.9 Million
Debt Goes Up for Auction
- The
International Association of Conference Centers-The Americas Releases
White Paper from the 2012 Thought Leader Summit: Designing Meeting
Experiences for Tomorrow
- Centennial
Beverage Group Chooses Shift4
- Cornell
Center for Hospitality Research to Present 2012 Hospitality Research
& Analytics Award; Honor Recognizing Hospitality Industry Best
Practices Driven by Research and Analytics will be Awarded During the
Cornell Hospitality Research Summit in October 2012
- Rising
Star Award Presented at the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment
Summit to Maxence Bonnamain, Director of Las Casitas Villages at the El
Conquistador Resort in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
- Turnberry
Hotel Group Names Tina Kilner as Area Director of Revenue Management
and Leslie Weil as General Manager at the Hampton Inn Hallandale Beach
in Florida
- Charles
King Appointed as General Manager for the 170-room Stoneleigh Hotel
& Spa in Dallas, Texas
- BD
Hotels Names Scott Yo as General Manager of the 367-room Pod 39 Hotel
in New York City
- Regina
Wilson Named Director of Sales and Marketing at the Royal Orchid
Sheraton Hotel & Towers in Bangkok, Thailand
- Orient-Express
Hotels Appoints Kristyn Brinker as National Sales Manager for the
435-room Charleston Place Hotel in South Carolina
- Tracey
Sykes Hired as Sales Manager for the 92-room Holiday Inn Express &
Suites Park Place in Jackson, Tennessee; Owned by Park Place Hotel
Associates and Managed by Wilson Hotel Management Company
- The
Hotel at Auburn University in Alabama Appoints Seán Carney as
Executive Assistant Manager, Food and Beverage and Chef Marc Schulz as
Executive Chef
- Michael
Guy Appointed as Executive Chef for the 77-room Nita Lake Lodge in
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
- Radisson
Blu Le Metropolitan in Paris Appoints New Chef, Stephane Pitre
- Eric
Smith Appointed as Executive Chef of the 196-room Plantation on Crystal
River in Crystal River, Florida
May 10, 2012
- IDeaS
Expands Italian Footprint: Hotel Brunelleschi and Grand Hotel Minerva
Implement Revenue Management System; Hotel Brunelleschi sees transient
revenue uplift of 18.5%
- Webinar:
Take Your Hotel Marketing Mobile; Take 45 Minutes to Learn How to
Market Your Hotel to Mobile Travelers from Two Expert Hotel Marketers.
- Wi-Fi
is the New Four-Letter Word for Hoteliers / Terence Ronson
- Hawai'i
Tourism Authority to Issue RFI for Facilities Management and World-Wide
Marketing of the Hawai'i Convention Center
- Santa
Fe, New Mexico High-end Resorts Report Management Shake-ups; Cam
Hospitality Advisors & Management Takes Over for Bishop's Lodge
Ranch Resort & Spa and Benchmark Hospitality International Now
Manages the Eldorado Hotel & Spa
- Technology
Drives New Design Creation Platform for Hotel Owners by Hilton Hotels
& Resorts
- Meet
the Money® Conference Talks about Hotel Loans and Equity
Investment, Creating Value with Hotel Value-add and Repositioning,
Hotel Opportunistic Investment, Deal Making and Much More / Jim Butler
- Atlantic
City's Revel Casino Reports $13.4 million in Earnings in First Month of
Operations, Nowhere Near Borgata's $54 million; Kevin DeSanctis, Revels
CEO, Confident Numbers will Improve
- Hiring
Seasonal Employees - Look To Your Gut To Find the Right Fit! / Gary
Hernbroth
- Clean
the World's Shawn Seipler Reflects on IHG Deal, Nonprofit's Dramatic
Growth
- Wyndham
Hotel Group Enters Agreement with Hoteles Costa del Sol to Franchise
Three New Ramada Hotels in Peru
- Destination
Marketer Updates Brand to Reflect Company's Evolution
- Eleven
Wireless Names New Chief Technology Officer; Leading online guest
services supplier announces industry visionary Dan Lulich as new CTO to
lead company on next generation technology solutions.
- Underscoring
the Importance of the Hospitality Industry in the Middle East, Starwood
Holds its Annual Leadership Conference in Dubai, Hosting its Top 100
Global Executives; Plans to Temporarily Relocate Global Headquarters to
the Middle East in 2013
- Uzbekistan
Allocates $42 million for Construction of New $113 million Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Tashkent
- Lodging
Crisis in Mercer County, Virginia: What is the plan for off-road
visitors?
- Two
Additional Roberts Cos.' Hotels File for Bankruptcy Bringing the Total
to Six
- Plans
for Portland Maine's Eastland Park Hotel to Develop a Ballroom Stirs
Controversy; Expansion Creating Convention Center Opportunity for
Portland would Take Over Much of Public Park
- Sustainable
Living and Working are Central to the Vision for CityWay, the New
14-acre Neighborhood Development in Indianapolis, Indiana that Includes
the Alexander Hotel; LEED Certification is being Pursued for the
209-room Hotel Being Developed by Buckingham Companies and Dolce Hotels
and Resorts
- An
Open Letter to the Industry on the Preservation of Government
Conferences / Roger Dow, President, U.S. Travel Association
- Sandestin
Golf and Beach Resort in Destin, Florida to Open LeCiel, a Boutique
Hotel Located on the Site of the Former Bayside Inn; Opening to Occur
May 24, 2012
- Alliance
Hospitality Completes Conversion of 156-suite Downtown Atlanta
Landmark, the Connally Building, into a Boutique Hotel, the Fairfield
Inn & Suites by Marriott Atlanta Downtown
- Ruchi
Enterprises Opens TriBeCa Blu, a 70-room Boutique Hotel in New York,
New York
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Opens the 69-room Country Inn & Suites By
Carlson, Minot, North Dakota; Owned by Conar LLC, General Manager is
Chetan Patel
- Shawn
Hauver Named Vice President of Operations for Loews Hotels & Resorts
- Gerd
Knaust Appointed as General Manager of the Hilton Shanghai in China
- Two
Management Team Members Named for San Diego, California's Hilton Garden
Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton in Del Mar; Lori Bolton Hired as
Director of Sales, Bill Songer Promoted to Food & Beverage Manager
May 9, 2012
- Pegasus
Solutions and TravelSky Partner to Open Door to Chinese Hotel Bookings
for Starwood Hotels & Resorts; China's Global Distribution System
Also Accesses Pegasus Inventory of Nearly 100,000 Global Hotels in
Response to Rising Demand from China's Emerging Middle Class
- The
2012 Lodging Industry Investment Council Top Ten: Annual Survey of
Lodging Investment Trends and Challenges; 'Hotel Investors Sluggishly
Move Ahead, Despite Worries and Uncertainty about US Economy'
- House
Considers Stripping ADA Pool Lift Amendment Protection this Evening;
AH&LA Members Urged to Contact Congress Supporting Carter Amendment
- IHG
Reports First Quarter 2012 Profits of $118 million, up 5% from $112
million in the Year-Ago Quarter; Global RevPAR Up 7%
- Proposed
$220 Million Phenix City, Alabama Riverfront Project Would be One of
the Major Developments in the Southeastern U.S.; The Project which
Includes Two Hotels Promises to Create Thousands of Jobs and Turn the
City into a National Destination
- Historic
591-room Fairmont San Francisco Hotel in California Purchased by
Oaktree Capital Management and Woodridge Capital Partners for Nearly
$200 Million from Maritz, Wolff & Co.; Kingdom Holding Company
Retains its Interest, Fairmont to Continue to Manage the Iconic Hotel
- Miami
Hotel Real Estate is Hot, Hot, Hot; Hotel Sales in Miami Jumped 154
percent in 2011
- Development
of the Year Award for 2011 Presented at the Caribbean Hotel &
Resort Investment Summit; Secret Bay Dominica on the Caribbean Island
of Dominica, Developed by Secret Bay Development Limited Company,
Honored as the Winner
- Pedersen
Development Group Proposes Two Hotels for Golden Buff Lodge and The
Buff Restaurant Site in Boulder, Colorado; $80 Million Project Calls
for a 212-room Full-Service Hotel and a 137-room Extended-Stay Hotel
- Haiti
Intends to Rebrand Itself as Tourism Destination and Not Be Forgotten;
Hotel Development in Caribbean on Growth Path with 8,000 Rooms in the
Pipeline
- Building
a Sustainability Index for Hospitality Purchasing / JoAnna Abrams
- GuestWare
Seeking Sales Account Managers
- Educational
Institute's ADA Service Video Wins Bronze Telly Award
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments, Inc. Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof
Inn - Blue Ash, Ohio
- Vista
Capital Company Arranges $22 Million of Financing for Two
Select-Service Beachfront Hotels in Ocean City, Maryland
- South
Florida Tourism Industry Set Records in 2011 and is Growing Faster in
2012 than Expected, Poised for New Highs
- Hyatt
Introduces "Food. Thoughtfully Sourced. Carefully Served."; A Global
Effort to Provide Healthy, Sustainable and Responsible Food and
Beverage Options for Guests and Associates
- Westin
Hotels Launches Project Hive, a New Workspace Concept Re-inventing the
Business Center Model to Accommodate Today's Mobile Workforce; Global
Roll-Out Planned through 2013 for the Workspace Designed for Small
Impromptu Meetings That Can be Booked by the Hour, at a Moment's Notice
- Boomerang
Hotels Opens the 50-room GuestHouse International Inn & Suites in
Williamstown, West Virginia; The Former Independent Hotel is Owned and
Operated by M. A. (Mak) Kingson of 786 Hospitality Group
- Smugglers
Cove Resort & Spa on the Island of St. Lucia Joins RCI Network of
Affiliated Resorts
- Florida's
Boca Raton Resort & Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, Completes
Redesign of the 242 Guest Rooms and Suites in its 27-story Tower
- Amway
Hotel Corporation Appoints Kurt Slinglend as Chief Information Officer
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Amy Arbuckle to General Manager for the
285-room San Francisco Marriott Fisherman's Wharf in California
- New
Sales and Catering Services Executives Named for The 353-room Modern
Honolulu in Waikiki, Hawaii
- Dunton
Hot Springs, the Former Mining Ghost Town Turned Luxury Resort in
Colorado's San Juan Mountains, Appoints a New Culinary Team; Carrie
Eagle Named Executive Chef, and Daniel Sopiwnik Named Sous Chef
May 8, 2012
- Softscribe
Inc. Writing Shines with 2012 Communicator Award; 'Award of
Distinction' Honors Behavioral Targeted Advertising Viewpoint
- Hotel
Reviews: Introducing the Guest Review Rankings Report
- Larry
Steinberg Joins Agilysys as Senior Vice President of Technology
- Royal
Realties and Hyatt Hotels, Unable to Reach Mutual Agreement, Choose to
Terminate Management Contract of Michigan's Hyatt Regency Dearborn
- Penn
National Gaming to Acquire 500-room Harrah's St. Louis Gaming and
Lodging Facility in Missouri from Caesars Entertainment for $610 Million
- ADA
Compliance and Defense Lawyer Alert: Charles Schwab settles claim over
website accessibility / Jim Butler
- Wynn
Resorts Reports First Quarter 2012 Net Income of $140.6 million
Compared to $173.8 million Same Quarter 2011; Revenues Increased by
9.8% in Macau Operations and Declined 8.1% in Las Vegas Operations
- Gaylord
Entertainment Reports 1st Qtr 2012 Net Income of $6 million Compared to
Loss of $2 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR Increased 3.8% /
Hotel Operating Statistics
- Chatham
Lodging Trust Posts 1st Quarter 2012 Net Loss of $1.7 million; RevPAR
Increased 12.5%; Improved Adjusted FFO by 61.5%
- AWH
Partners, LLC, the Joint Venture of Winston Harton Holdings, LLC and
August Group Ventures, LLC, Acquires Mortgage on the 276-room Hilton
Jackson in Mississippi; Hotel to Remain a Hilton Property and Continue
to be Managed by AWH Partners Subsidiary Lane Hotels
- As
Expected Roberts Hotels Tampa LLC Files for Bankruptcy for the Comfort
Inn Hotel in Tampa, Florida which is Closed; This is the Fourth Hotel
Bankruptcy Filing for The Roberts Cos. Since December 2011
- FCS
Taps Technology Industry Leader as New CEO; Steven Weeks to lead global
growth for hotel technology provider
- Lodging
Interactive Wins Multiple Awards for Hotel Website Design
- Host
Hotels to Complete $7 Million Upgrade to Meeting Space at the 395-room
Indianapolis at Keystone Crossing in Indiana Aimed at Booking More
Corporate Hotel Clients
- Marriott
International Expands in Thailand with the Opening of Three New Hotels
Planned in 2012; The Rayong Marriott Resort & Spa, The Bangkok
Marriott Hotel Sukhumvit and the Marriott Executive Apartments Bangkok
- Sukhumvit Thonglor
- W
Hotels Worldwide Signs Agreement with Al Sharq Investment LLC to
Develop the 283-key W Dubai - The Palm; Set to Debut in Dubai on the
The Palm Jumeirah in 2016
- Americo
Hospitality and IHG Open the New 83-room Holiday Inn Express in
Lafayette, Indiana; Hire Shannon Lowry as General Manager and Marissa
Troemel as Director of Sales
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Opens the 64-room Country Inn & Suites By
Carlson, Port Clinton in Ohio; Owned by Lodging Industry LLC
- Owned
and Managed by Texas Western Hospitality, the 120-suite Residence Inn
by Marriott Houston West/Barker Cypress to Open this Month in Texas
- The
341-room Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center in Georgia Wraps up
Multi-Million Redevelopment Project Revealing Redesigned Guestrooms and
Public Spaces
- RLJ
Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Upgrades at the
78-room Courtyard by Marriott South Bend/Mishawaka in Indiana
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Paul R. Giovanini, CHA, as General
Manager for the 150-room Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.
- Sandy
Pollard Appointed as General Manager for Cape Grace in Cape Town, South
Africa
May 7, 2012
- MICROS
Introduces New MICROS eCommerce Group; TIG Global is now MICROS
eCommerce
- High-Tech
Solutions Support Pedigree of Service at the InterContinental Singapore
Hotel
- Pan
Pacific Nirwana Bali Resort 'tees' up technology upgrade with McLaren
Technologies
- EB-5
ALERT: California's New TEA Approach will Discourage EB-5 Investment in
California / Jim Butler
- Historic
Tampa, Florida Courthouse, Site of John F. Kennedy Campaign Speech, to
be Reborn as Hotel; Development Services Group to Develop a 130-room La
Meridien in the 106-Year-Old Building with Completion Planned for 2014
- Provenance
Hotels and Woodbine Development Form Partnership to Purchase Portland's
Governor Hotel; Plans Call for Update/Renovation to Transition into the
Provenance Hotels Collection
- Children
of the Nations - Casa Bethesda and a Mission of Hospitality /
Gregg Hopkins
- Hospitality
Properties Trust Reports 1st Qtr. 2012 Net Income of $28.8 million
Compared to $45.6 million the Year-Ago Qtr.; RevPAR Decreased .5%
- Solís
Hotels & Resorts and Fantasia Holdings Group Co., Ltd, to Develop
the 300-key Solís Lake Tai, Suzhou in China; Opening Planned for
2013
- Travel
Industry Continues as One of the Prime Drivers of U.S. Economic
Recovery; Travel-Generated Employment Adds 48,700 Jobs in Q1 2012,
Contributing 6.1% of all Non-Farm Jobs Added During the Same Period
- HeBS
Digital to Present at EyeforTravel's Online Marketing Strategies for
Travel 2012
- HoneymoonWishes.com
Offers Brand New Revenue Stream for Resorts, Hotels and Cruise Lines;
With HoneymoonWishes.com's White Label Program, Hotel Properties and
Cruise Lines Worldwide Can Have Their Own Gift Registry and Increase
Wedding and Honeymoon Business
- Sonnenblick-Eichner
Company Arranges $29,200,000 of First Mortgage Financing for a
Portfolio of Four Hotels in California
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments, Inc. Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof
Inn - Sharonville, Ohio
- Waikiki,
Hawaii Hotel, Newly Dubbed "Modern Honolulu" Calms Image Amid
Bankruptcy; Owners, M Waikiki LLC, Create New Harmonious Atmosphere
which Belies the Behind-the-Scenes Turmoil and Bankruptcy Proceedings
that Owners Seem on Track to Emerge from in August 2012
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts Present Tips for Planners to Incorporate Spas on
the Meeting Agenda
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts to Open 40 New Hotels in the Middle East and North
Africa in the Next Five Years; Adding More than 13,000 Rooms by 2017
Representing 60% Portfolio Growth in MENA
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Silver Hotel Group Open the 131-room
Aloft Vaughan Mills in Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- The
125-room Courtyard Philadelphia Coatesville Opens in Pennsylvania Owned
by Coatesville Inn Associates and Managed by Waterford Hotel Group
- eforea:
spa at Hilton Continues Global Expansion, Debuts in Middle East with
the New Spa at the 309-room Hilton Doha in Qatar
- 87%
of Americans Surveyed Plan to Travel More This Summer with Value as Top
Priority for Hotel Selection; Free Breakfast Tops the List of
Recognized Good Value Items
- Cornell
Center for Hospitality Research Names 2012 Industry Relevance Award
Winners Recognizing Faculty who Have Created a Report or Tool that has
had a Significant Impact on the Hospitality Industry
- Michele
Mainelli Promoted to Vice President of Revenue Management for Island
Hospitality Management
- Aqua
Hotels & Resorts Makes Several Sales & Marketing Appointments
to Support the Company's Growth
- The
Wilderman Group Names Debi Harrill as Sales Manager at LeGrand Center,
the New Multi-Use, 44,000 Square-Foot Conference Center in Shelby,
North Carolina
- Hard
Rock International Appoints Jess Jorge Chavez-Munoz as Casino General
Manager at the 1,787-room Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana in
the Dominican Republic
May 4, 2012
- Hyatt
Realigns its Corporate and Regional Operations; Senior Management
Changes Include Harmit J. Singh, Current EVP & CFO Remaining with
Company Until End of 2012, Gebhard F. Rainer Will Assume Role of EVP,
CFO Effective August 15, 2012; New Global Operations Center to be
Established Overseeing Three Operating Regions
- The
Top 10 Hotel Groups in the World: 2012 Shows Few Changes; 2012’s
Ranking of Worldwide Hotel Groups and Brands; IHG Retains Top Spot in
Groups With Nearly 660,000 Rooms, Best Western Retains Top Spot in
Brands
- VFM
Leonardo Launches Two New Hotel Marketing Education Series on VTV
Channel; More Series. More Experts. More Topics. Industry Leading
Online Video Marketing Channel for Hotels adds eMarketing Minutes and
Virtual Roundtable Discussions to Already Popular One-on-One Interviews
- Train
Your Hotel Team To Use The Language Of Hospitality: Part Two / Doug
Kennedy
- Collaborative
Selling Necessary with Meeting Demand Returning / David Brudney
- DryDocks
World and Big Invest Consult Ink Deal for Development of Underwater
Hotels and Floating Cities in Dubai; Known as the Water Discus Hotel
Project, Plans are to Develop Concept Worldwide
- Summer
Pool Season Nearing as Pool Lift Battle Rages On: To Avoid Litigation,
Some Hotel Owners May Close Pools
- Sunstone
Reports 1st Qtr 2012 Loss of $21 million Compared to Income of $45.7
million Same Period Prior Year; RevPAR Grows 5.5%; Enters Agreement to
Acquire Chicago's 417-room Wyndham Hotel for $88.4 million; Will be
Rebranded the Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile; and The Blackstone Group,
as Seller, to Attain Approximately 5% Ownership Position in Sunstone
- Hyatt
Hotels Reports 1st Qrt. 2012 Net Income of $10 million Compared to $10
million Same Period Last Year; RevPAR Increased 8.3%
- MGM
Resorts International Reports Q1 2012 Net Loss of $203.3 million
Compared to Net Loss of $89.9 million Prior Year Quarter; Net Revenues
Increased by 51% to $2.3 billion; Domestic RevPAR Increased 3%
- Orient-Express
Hotels Reports 1st Qtr 2012 Net Loss of $16.2 million Compared to a
Loss of $13.6 million Same Period 2011; Revenue up 10% to $107 million,
Same Store RevPAR up 10% in US Dollars
- Red
Lion Hotels Reports 1st Qtr 2012 Loss of $6.6 million Compared with
Loss of $4.5 million Same Period 2011; RevPAR for Owned and Leased
Hotels Increased 7.3%
- Lowe
Enterprises Investors Acquires the 28-story, 213-room Affinia Chicago
Hotel from Denihan Hospitality; Destination Hotels & Resorts to
Assume Management and Implement Rebranding as MileNorth, a Chicago Hotel
- Hersha
Hospitality to Acquire the Bulfinch Hotel, its Eighth Hotel in the
Boston Market, for $18.2 million or $228,000 per key
- Boston's
Waterfront District: Harboring Potential for Hotels / Preston K. Puleo
and Brian F. Bisema
- Tourism
Tidbits - How Can Your Guests Be Sure They Are Safe? / Dr. Peter Tarlow
- The
April 2012 Elite Meetings Alliance (EMA) Draws 175 Industry Decision
Makers to the Brand-New Omni Dallas; 'Elite Quality' Shines Through -
in the Three-Day EMA Program, Technology Innovations and Business
Conducted among Prequalified Attendees
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Named a 2012 Technology Visionary; La Quinta
Wins Industrywide Award for Use of Cloud Technology to Improve
Efficiency and Reduce Costs
- InnLink
Establishes India Presence With New Distribution Partnership
- EasyRMS
launches Ez+PLUS, A new Service adding value to Revenue Management;
Ez+PLUS aims to help hotels achieve their goals in their Revenue
Management strategies
- An
Update: The Inn at Pocono Manor's Centennial Celebration of
Historic East Course
- Do
You Hate the OTAs? / Jean Francois Mourier
- Hospitality
Graduate Survey Results for 2012: Part Two - The Hospitality Graduate
and Student Perspective / Jeff Ross
- Las
Vegas Again Tops the Charts as No. 1 Trade Show Destination; 2011 List
Shows Las Vegas Hosted 55 of the Top 250 Trade Shows in the U.S. and
Seven of the Top 10
- Hard
Rock Hotels Entrance into Mexico is Part of Larger Global Expansion
Plans; Overseas Capital Currently More Abundant than in U.S.
- LinGate
Hospitality and Crestpoint Companies Break Ground for the 100-unit
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Easton in Columbus, Ohio
- Survey
Shows Proposed San Mateo County, California Tax Hike will Discourage
Travel to the San Francisco Bay Area, Severely Affecting Local Economy;
Travel Industry Urges Local Residents to Vote No on Measures T, U and X
- The
National Conference Center Reveals Five Secrets to Knock-Your-Socks-Off
Events
- Pennsylvania
Tourism & Lodging Association Names the Finalists and Recipients of
the 2012 Spirit of Hospitality Awards
- Part
of the Worldwide Brand Relaunch, the Newly Renovated 80-room Holiday
Inn Express Harrisburg-Hershey to Open this Month in Pennsylvania
- The
136-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton University City Philadelphia Opens
in Pennsylvania; Owned by Campus Realty Properties-V, LP and Managed by
Hersha Hospitality
- Summerville
Hotel Associates and Marriott to Open the 96-suite Residence Inn
Charleston North in South Carolina on May 9, 2012
- Carpenter
& Company to Open the 204-room Hyatt Place Boston/Braintree in
Massachusetts; The New Hotel, Managed by Interstate Hotels &
Resorts Worldwide, will Open May 15, 2012
- The
Rezidor Hotel Group to Open the 252-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Riyadh
North Ring Road in Saudi Arabia in Q1 2015; Owned and Being Developed
by Mafaz International Development Company
- Kevin
Kobishop Named Vice President of Operations for Wyndham Brand
- Denihan
Hospitality Group Opens San Francisco Office and Appoints Julie Purnell
as SVP, Acquisitions and Development to Lead Group's West Coast
Expansion Efforts
- Four
Seasons Hotel Chicago in Illinois Welcomes Michele Grosso as General
Manager and Michael Pedder as Hotel Manager
- Dorchester
Collection Appoints Klaus Kabelitz as General Manager of the 109-room
Le Richemond in Geneva, Switzerland
- Mandarin
Oriental Hotel Group Names Robert Lowe as General Manager and Kasia
Bronisz as Director of Sales & Marketing for Newly Re-branded
Mandarin Oriental Atlanta, Georgia
- Micah
Carter Appointed as Regional Sales Manager for the 598-room Hilton
Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa in Destin, Florida
- Matthew
Tobin Named Director of Sales and Groups and Patricia Pautynsky Named
Sales Manager for the 203-room Conrad Miami in Florida
- Nikolaj
Retpen Appointed as the Executive Chef of W Retreat & Spa - Maldives
May 2, 2012
- The
Cost of Luxury Leadership: Luxury General Manager Pay in North America
/ Andrew R. Hazelton
- Highpointe
Installs NextGen Business Intelligence; iPad-Ready BI Automates Data
Gathering, Analysis, and Report Distribution; Remotely Hosted 'Big
Data' BI Platform Safeguards Company Data, Frees Highpointe from System
Responsibility
- Hotel
Market Databook for New York Market Released by Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral; Features detailed profiles of 159 hotels in development
and 445 existing hotels
- Strategic
Hotels & Resorts Reports 1st Qtr 2012 Net Loss of $31.5 million
Compared to Net Loss of $35.4 million Same Period 2011; North American
RevPAR increases 9.4%
- Morgans
Hotel Group Reports 1st Qtr 2012 Net Loss of $14.3 million Compared to
a Loss of $32 million Same Year Ago Qtr; System Wide RevPAR up 4% /
Hotel Operating Statistics
- Chesapeake
Lodging Trust Posts Net Loss of $.8 million in Q1 2012 Compared to a
$1.7 million Loss in the Same Quarter 2011; RevPAR Increases 12.2%
- Hersha
Hospitality Reports 1st Quarter 2012 Net Loss of $10.7 million Compared
to a Net Loss of $14.6 million in the Year-Ago Quarter; RevPAR up 11.9%
- Caesars
Entertainment Loss Widens to $280.6 million Compared to $147.5 million
in the Year-ago Quarter as Cost of Interest on its $19.79 billion Debt
Rises
- Tropicana
Entertainment Loses $4.82 million in 1st Quarter 2012 Compared to a
Loss of $1.46 million for Same Period in 2011
- Vail
Resorts Reports Certain Ski Season Metrics for the Season-to-Date
Period Ended April 22, 2012; Despite a 50% Decrease in Snowfall, Skier
Visits Declined Only 12.6%, Lift Ticket Revenue 0.3%
- First
Things First - How to Start a Successful Mentoring Program / Bob Taylor
- Join
us at Meet the Money® in Los Angeles May 7-9, 2012. Get the latest
on debt and equity financing and what's up in the industry. / Jim Butler
- Hyatt
Affiliate to Acquire the 756-room Hotel Nikko Mexico from Japan-Mexico
Hotel Investment Co., Ltd. for Approximately $190 million; Property to
be Re-branded as Hyatt Regency Mexico City and Undergo a $40 million
Renovation
- Wynn
Macau Receives Formal Approval for Development of the Single Most
Important Project in the History of Wynn Resorts from Macau Government;
Paves Way to Break Ground on the 51-acre Site that will Include 2,000
rooms
- W
Hotel Planned for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Opening Estimated for
Spring 2014
- Construction
to Begin this Year on a 140-room Boutique Hotel, The Epicurean, in
Tampa, Florida; To Be Developed by Bern's Steak House Owner David Laxer
- Dallas/Fort
Worth Airport in Texas Unveils Plans to Build a Hyatt Place Hotel; The
$23 Million Hotel Project Would Begin the Southgate Plaza Mixed-Use
Development Near DFW's South Entrance
- Helping
Travelers Stay Connected with Convenience and Flexibility Hilton
Worldwide and USA TODAY Create Multi-Year Print and Digital Alliance
Offering Guests Exclusive Access to Online News with Additional Travel
and Entertainment Content
- Trust
Hospitality Expands in the Caribbean and Latin America with Seven New
Hotels and a Regional Office in Brazil; Managing Director Egbert
Bloemsma to Lead Office in Salvador, Brazil
- Starwood
Opens the 336-room St. Regis Doha in Qatar; Owned by Resorts
Development Company and Developed by Alfardan Group
- Kimpton's
242-room Hotel Palomar Phoenix at CityScape in Arizona to Open in June
2012
- Developed
by The Briad Group, the 120-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton Atlantic
City West / Egg Harbor Twp. Opens in New Jersey
- KSL
Resorts Officially Assumes Management of the 512-room Grove Park Inn
Resort & Spa in Asheville, North Carolina; $25 million Renovation
Planned for 2013
- Just
in Time for Summer the 171-room Hyatt Santa Barbara in California
Completes Renovation
- The
American Club Resort Hotel in Kohler, Wisconsin Completes Multi-Phase
Renovation to Guest Rooms and Common Areas
- HSMAI
Foundation to Award Scholarships to Students Pursuing Hospitality
Industry Degrees; Applications Due by June 15, 2012 for the
Scholarships which Have Been Awarded Annually Since 1983
- Cheryl
Martin Named as General Manager for Kimpton's 204-room FireSky Resort
& Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Nalin
Mandiratta Appointed as General Manager of the 282-room Soaltee Crowne
Plaza Kathmandu in Nepal
- Eduardo
Fernandez Named General Manager for the B Ocean Fort Lauderdale in
Florida
- Shaheryar
Adil Named New General Manager at Hyatt Regency Greenwich in Tandem
with Completion of $35 million Renovation
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Matthias Layton as Director of
Restaurants for the 219-room Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe, New
Mexico
May 1, 2012
- With
$300 Million of New Funding in Place, sbe and Stockbridge Capital Group
Set to Proceed with the $744 Million Redevelopment of the Closed Sahara
Hotel & Casino into the SLS Las Vegas; sbe Names Hospitality and
Gaming Industry Veteran Rob Oseland as President and Chief Operating
Officer of SLS Las Vegas
- Advantage
Reserve Certified by MICROS Systems for Two-Way Interface with OPERA
PMS; Company is First Voice Reservations Services Provider to Interface
with OPERA PMS
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Posts 1st Qtr 2012 Net Loss of $28.9 million Compared to
Net Loss of $31.7 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR for its 69
Hotels Increased 3.6% for the Quarter / Hotel Operating Statistics
- U.S.
Hotel Profit Recovery Shared by Nearly All Hotels with an Average of
12.7% Profit Growth According to New PKF Trends® Survey
- Three
Major Labor Unions Form Alliance to Pressure Revel Resort to Unionize
Work Force; Warned of Large Scale Protests if Efforts Fail
- Revoked
License for the Foxwoods Casino Project in South Philadelphia Could
Soon be Up for Grabs; Pennsylvania Legislators Seeking Approval for
Statewide Auction of the License with a Minimum Bid of $65 Million
- Top
Hoteliers at the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference Optimistic on
Growth of MEA Region; Between Four Groups Plans are to Boost Number of
Rooms by 80K
- Pace
of Branded Hotels' International Expansion to Reach New Focus and
Intensity in 2012 According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels; While Brazil,
Russia, India and China Remain a Key Focus, New Target Countries
Include Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Turkey and Vietnam
- 180-Room
Herald Square Hotel will Break Ground in Q2 2012; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Add/Update 85 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
- Hotel
Social Media Manager: A Day in the Life of the 'New' Hotel Job Option
- The
250-room Legoland Hotel Taking Shape in California Offers Glimpse of
Merlin Entertainments' Plans for Legoland Florida Hotel; The Lego
Themed California Property Slated to Open in Summer 2013, Plans for
Florida Hotel for 2014 or 2015 Opening
- Understanding
Smartphone Users' Behavior as a Luxury Travel Company / Ritesh Gupta
- RateGain
Awarded Qualified Vendor Status with Choice Hotels International
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Announces Thomas Busch As Director Of
Development For The Midwest; Hospitality Development Executive Joins
the Hotel Industry's Premier Franchise Sales Team to Lead La Quinta’s
Expansion in the Heartland
- ARAMARK
Conference Centers Chooses Knowland's Target Net; Management company
signs over 20 properties up for ground-breaking sales & catering
platform
- In
Run-Up To Olympics, Tune Hotels Finds London Success With Social Media
- AAHOA
Members Offered FREE Guest Review System from Lodging Interactive
- Shift4
Now Supports Google Wallet
- San
Diego's Coronado Hotels Undergoing Makeovers to Better Compete for
Group and Leisure Business / Lori Weisberg
- Atlantic
City Casino Hotels Following Revel's Lead, Renovating to Take Advantage
of Ocean Views
- Hard
Rock International to Open the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Aruba;
The Government of Aruba Selects Southwest Horeca Development to Build
the 310-room Beachfront Hotel
- Hilton
Worldwide Plans to Launch Eight Properties in the United Arab Emirates
by 2014 with 40 Properties in its Pipeline for the Middle East and
Africa Region
- Hilton
Hotels & Resorts Debuts in Qatar with the Opening of the 309-room
Hilton Doha
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts to Open the 252-room Fairmont Ajman in the United
Arab Emirates in Early 2013
- Worldhotels
to Open First Branded Hotel in the Philippines with the 401-key
Worldhotel and Residences Makati; Opening Planned for Q4 2013
- Choice
Hotels International Opens 46 New Hotels in Q1 2012; A 14% Increase
over Q1 2011
- The
127-room Mandarin Oriental, Atlanta Celebrates its Opening in Georgia;
Completing the Re-branding of the Former Mansion on Peachtree
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appointed by Host Hotels & Resorts to Manage
the 285-room San Francisco Marriott Fisherman's Wharf in California
- Campbell
Lodging Completes Renovation of the 112 room TownePlace Suites Rancho
Cucamonga/Ontario in California; Suites Redesigned for Self-sufficient,
Do-it-Yourself Travelers
- The
Buzz on the Street - 32,000 Guests Check in to the Hyatt Regency Jersey
City, New Jersey; Hotel Assists in State Pollination Initiative by
Installing Two Honeybee Hives on the Rooftop
**Top 25 Read
Articles - April 2012**
- Starwood
Promoting Internal Talent and Making Significant Organizational Changes
Following Planned Retirement of Key Leaders Matt Avril, Miguel Ko and
Denise Coll
- Pinterest
- The Value Of Pinterest to Hotel Sales & Marketing / Carol Verret
- Conde
Nast Traveler Unveils 16th Annual Hot List: 2012 List Features 121 New
Hotels and Resorts, 35 Spas, and 20 New Restaurants
- Ever
Stay at a Poorly Run Hotel? Meet the 'Fixer', Anthony Melchiorri, of
Hotel Impossible
- KSL
Capital Partners Enters Into Agreement to Acquire the Historic 512-room
Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in Ashville, North Carolina From an
Affiilate of Sammons Enterprises, Inc.
- FelCor
Lodging Trust to Sell Six Non-Strategic Hotels as Part of Repositioning
Strategy for $103.0 Million to an Undisclosed Buyer
- When
Quality Just Does Not Matter: You Can't Sell What People Don't Value /
David K. Hayes Ph.D., Allisha A. Miller, and Joshua D. Hayes, MA, Peggy
A. Hayes
- DOCOMO
interTouch Announcing 'FREEDOM CHECK IN' Powered by OpenWays Mobile Key
to Add Front Desk Bypass Solution to its Offering
- Walt
Disney World to Build Up the Less Glamorous 'Guts' of its 22,000 Hotel
Rooms
- Fontainebleau
Miami Beach Leaving Financial Woes Behind and Reaping Big Profits
Making About $80 million in Profit Off of $296 million in Revenue
During 12 Month Period Ending in March 2012
- A
Second Chance for an Historic Gilded Age Hotel - Plans Unveiled for
Restoration of the Circa 1897 Belleview Biltmore Resort Near
Clearwater, Florida
- Wyndham,
Through the Use of Technology, Rolling out Initiatives to Help
Hoteliers Reap Revenue
- Barry
Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, Launches Luxury
Hotel Brand, Baccarat Hotels & Residences
- Claiming
No Knowledge of Dissatisfaction with Performance, General Hotel
Management (GHM) Provides Statement on The Setai South Beach Owner
Takeover
- Hotel
Revenue Management: What You Probably Don’t Know About Rate Changes
- IHG
Works with Hospitality Experts to Identify Key Global Trends that will
Impact the Travel Industry for 2012 and Beyond
- Starwood
Hotels CEO, Frits van Paasschen, Talks About Global Opening Spree for
its Nine Brands and Why Miami Remains an Appealing Market
- Facing
the Real Possibility that Hotels will Close Pools and Spas Under the
Current ADA Pool Lift Requirement, AH&LA Testifies in Support of
Reasonable Pool Entry
- What
Does the Prototypical Visitor to Las Vegas Look Like? New Las Vegas
Convention and Visitors Authority Report Offers Snapshot
- Norfolk,
Virginia Developer, George Hranowskyj, Indicted in $11 million Federal
Tax Fraud Case Involving Historic Tax Credits Received for the James
Madison Hotel and Other Properties
- Third
Bankruptcy Action Filed for Roberts Brothers, Owners of 11 Hotels;
Filing for the 207-room Holiday Inn in Houston, Texas Could Signal
Additional Filings for Five Other Hotels in Atlanta, Dallas,
Shreveport, LA, Spartanburg, SC, and Tampa, FL
- Boston
Tops List of 30 Cities as Most Expensive for Lodging Costs
- 5
Steps to Manage Negative Guest Reviews Every Hotel Should Know
- Starwood
Hotels Completes Sale of the 275-room Atlanta Perimeter Hotel &
Suites to RockBridge Partners; Hotel to be Managed by Wischermann
Partners and will Fly Le Méridien Flag after Extenstive
Renovation
- Summit
Hotel Properties Cultivates and Improves Portfolio through Two
Acquisitions, Four Dispositions, and a Positive Resolution of
Arbitration with Choice Hotels
April 30, 2012
- A
Phased Approach to Investing in Hotel Environmental Performance / Kevin
Goldstein
- Evision
Worldwide CEO Vikram Singh Will Be Keynote Speaker at Arabian Travel
Market in Dubai on May 2, 2012; Expert, actionable advice on how hotels
can and should create a successful online revenue optimization strategy
- DiamondRock
Hospitality Reports 1st Qtr 2012 Net Income of $2.6 million Compared to
Net Loss of $11 million for Comparable 2011 Period; Revpar Increased
8.8%; Sale of Three Non-Core Hotels Completed / Hotel Operating
Statistics
- Global
Leisure Hotel Rates Set New Growth Record in March; Average Daily Rates
Climb +9.2% Over 2011 while North America Realizes Gains of +8.5%
- Kerzner
International Holdings Limited Completes Restructuring to Improve its
Capital Structure and Position it for Growth as a Global Management
Company; Brookfield Asset Management Fund Assumes Ownership of Bahamian
Assets, Ownership Interest in Dubai's Atlantis The Palm Sold to
Istithmar World, Kerzner to Continue Managing All of its Properties
World-Wide
- Scheduled
to Open in 2015, the 260-key Sheraton Erbil Hotel Marks Starwood's
Return to Iraq; Hotel Under Development in Partnership with BCD Co.
- IHG
and Muscat Golf Course Project LLC Sign Deal for 250-room
InterContinental Muscat Hills Golf Resort in Oman; Opening of the Hotel
and Club House Planned for 2015
- Marriott
International Focusing on Middle East and Africa with Planned Launch of
42 Properties Over Next Five Years
- The
Next Level in Service Excellence: Give. Share. Teach. / Bryan K.
Williams
- JMBM
is One of 20 Hottest Law Firms in the U.S. Per the National Law
Journal's Latest List
- Red,
White AND Blue a Hit with Canadian Travelers; U.S. Cities Top Canadian
Travelers' Lists with New York as the Number One Destination According
to Hotels.com
- The
Latest Trend Among Chefs: Food Tattoos - How About a Whimsical Onion,
Celery & Carrot?
- Occupancy
Rates at Atlantic City's Casino Hotels Remain Stable Despite 40% Drop
in Gambling Revenue From 2006 Peak
- Dreaming
of a Convention Center is Not Too Much to Hope For - It's Vital for
Greater Miami's Future
- Bahrain's
Tourism Industry Shows Strong Rebound with Occupancy Rates More than
Doubling in March 2012 Along with a 14.6% Increase in ADR
- Saint
Lucia Poised for Strong 2012 with a 20% Increase in Arrivals in Q1
2012; Tourist Board Describes Significant Island-Wide Travel Industry
Development with Increased Air Service to Island
- Hilton
Hawaiian Village Employee Accuses Unite Here Local 5 of Forcing Him to
Pay Unfair Union Dues
- Winston-Salem,
North Carolina Iconic Skyscraper, the Reynolds Building, May Find New
Life as Hotel; Developer, Reynolds and Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants
and Hotels, Enters Agreement to Study Feasibility of Project
- The
Rezidor Hotel Group to Open the 91-room Park Inn by Radisson Glasgow
City Centre in Scotland in Q1 2013
- The
99-suite TownePlace Suites by Marriott Denver Airport/Fitzsimons to
Open in Colorado
- Historic
Weekapaug Inn in Weekapaug, Rhode Island to Re-open in October 2012
after a $20 Million Transformation; Ocean House Management has Assumed
Management of the Circa 1899 Hotel which will Open as a Sister Hotel to
the Ocean House Inn in Watch Hill, Rhode Island
- Hotel
Equities Completes Renovation of the 118-room Hampton Inn
Jacksonville-I-95 Central Hotel in Florida
- White
Lodging Hires Joan Brady as the Director of Sales for the 172-room
Hilton Garden Inn Salt Lake City Airport Hotel in Utah; Scheduled to
Open in Q4 2012
April 27, 2012
- Choice
Hotels Posts 1st Qtr 2012 Net Income of $20 million Compared to $15.7
million Same Year Ago Period; Domestic RevPAR Increases 8.6% / Hotel
Operating Statistics
- Cabo
Villas Beach Resort & Spa Partners with Hospitality Digital
Marketing Leader VIZERGY®; Luxury Five Star Resort Seeks New
Website, Integrated Marketing and Increased Revenue
- Barry
Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, Launches Luxury
Hotel Brand, Baccarat Hotels & Residences; The 114-room Baccarat
Hotel & Residences New York to Open in 2014 with Properties Planned
in China, Dubai, Marrakech and Elsewhere
- Archipelago
Hotels and Resorts Launches New Luxury Brand, Datai Hotels &
Resorts; Plans to Expand within Malaysia and Internationally
- Accepting
the Hospitality Industry Leader of the Year Award from UNLV, Sheldon
Adelson States, 'Las Vegas is a Core Asset. I'm Never Going to Sell it.
If I Sell it, I'm Giving Away the Keys to My Kingdom.'
- Hospitality
Graduate Survey Results for 2012: Part One - The Hotel School
Perspective - What's Needed / Jeff Ross
- Hotel
Revenue Management: What You Probably Don’t Know About Rate Changes
- Is
the Social Concierge the Answer to Hotel Social Marketing? / Pedro
Colaco
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Signs Agreement with Al Habtoor Group to Manage
Three New Hotels Under Development in Dubai; The Three Hotels, a St.
Regis, a W Hotel and a Westin, will Add 1,675 rooms in Dubai, UAE
- Hyatt
Affiliate and Mohammed A. Al Swailem Co to Develop the 257-room Hyatt
Regency Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; A Q3 2013 Opening is
Planned
- Marriott
and Grupo Velutini to Open 131-room JW Marriott Hotel in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic in 2014
- Benchmark
Hospitality’s Turtle Bay Resort Named A "Top Hawaii Golf Resort" for
2012 by Condé Nast Traveler
- EasyRMS
appoints new Director of Sales UK & Ireland; A veteran in the
hospitality industry, with experience from both the airline and
hospitality industries, Mick will be responsible for the UK and Ireland
market
- The
Liquidation Sale of the Lexington Hotel in Phoenix Opens Thursday, May
3rd at 10:00 a.m. Sale will be Conducted by NCL/ National Content
Liquidators, Inc.; Three Weeks Only! Everything Goes!
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of Three Value Place
Extended Stay Properties
- Washington
State University Reaches Agreement with Stonebridge Companies to Build
and Operate an On-Campus, 127-room Marriott Residence Inn Which Should
Suit Adjacent Golf Course to a Tee
- Pineville,
Kentucky and Wasioto Hotel and Resort, LLC Work Toward Finalizing Deal
for a $14.3 Million 102-room Resort Hotel
- Hawaii's
Tourism Industry Anticipates a Healthy Summer Based on Recent Momentum;
With an Average Hotel Occupancy Rate Above 80%, March was the 23rd
Consecutive Month of Increased Spending and the Seventh Consecutive
Month of Increased Arrivals
- Tourism
Continues to Rebound in Tampa Area with a 5.5% Increase in Overnight
Visitors for First Three Months of 2012
- Marriott
International Opens the 211-room Renaissance Barcelona Hotel in Spain
Through a Renovation and Re-Flagging of The Diplomatic Hotel
- The
Former Legado Hotel in Gilbert, Arizona Rebrands as the DoubleTree by
Hilton Hotel Phoenix-Gilbert; August 2012 Expansion Project Planned
Adding 129 Rooms to the Existing 121
- The
Singapore Marriott Hotel Completes Extensive $28 Million Renovation
- The
Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) Applauds Canada's New Foreign Worker
Rules; New Regulations Improve Response Time for Requests within the
Temporary Foreign Worker Program
- Carlson
Rezidor Names Thomas J. Monahan as Executive Vice President Development
for Asia Pacific
- MGM
Resorts Appoints Bill Scott to Strategic Development Leadership Post as
the Senior Resident Executive for Greater China
- Owners
Mark and Gwenn Snider Appoint James Holmes as General Manager of the
60-room Nantucket Hotel & Resort in Massachusetts
April 26, 2012
- Preferred
Hotel Group Captures Mobile Audience with Sabre Hospitality Solutions'
Mobile Guest Connect Booking Engine; New technology will enhance mobile
booking experience for guests and provide a new marketing channel for
hotels
- Les
Hôtels JARO goes 'Contactless' with Kaba RFID Locks; Operators
Applaud Kaba's Advanced Technology Locks and Exceptional Service as Les
Hotels JARO adopts both RFID and Online Systems
- Rainmaker
Principal, Tammy Farley, Appointed to Board of Directors of
Make-A-Wish® Georgia and Alabama
- Starwood
Reports Net Income 1st Qtr 2012 of $128 million Compared to $28 million
Same Period 2011; Worldwide System-wide RevPAR Up 6.4% / Systemwide
Hotel Statistics
- Las
Vegas Sands Corporation Reports 1st Qtr. 2012 Net Income of $498.9
million Compared to $228.2 million Same Period 2011, an Increase of
118.7%
- Caribbean
Resort Development - Optimistic Yet Realistic Outlook / Robert MacLellan
- White
Lodging Services Corp. has Secured Financing to Develop its $275
Million 1,000-room JW Marriott Austin Convention Hotel in Austin,
Texas; Work to Begin in Mid-June 2012
- San
Diego Hotels Achieve Highest RevPAR Gains in California's Top Markets
During March 2012 Thanks to Spring Break / Lori Weisberg
- Treating
Guests As Friends In The Extended-Stay Industry / Michelle Shumate
- Seeking
Regional Business Development Manager (Central US)
- Key
Ownership Principal of Rivers Casino, Ira Schulman, Has Dubbed it a
"Terrible" Investment Claiming Loss in Equity of $200 million Since
Opening in August of 2009
- Nilhan
Hospitality Proposes the Development of $57 Million Marriott Hotel at
Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia
- Galaxy
Entertainment Group Begins Construction on Phase 2 of Galaxy Macau;
Will Double the Size of the Integrated Resort in Macau with the Opening
of The Ritz-Carlton and the JW Marriott Totaling 1,300 New Rooms
- Through
an Agreement with Real Hotels and Resorts, S.A. and Grupo Poma,
Marriott Hotels & Resorts to Open the 170-room Marriott Cali Hotel
in Colombia in 2014
- Construction
to Begin Q4 2012 on a 155-room Hotel Designed within the Nine Story
Office Tower that was Once the Cross County Hospital in Yonkers, New
York; Friend Development Group is Developing Hotel as Part of an
Extensive Renovation Project for the Circa 1954 Cross County Shopping
Center
- Tourism
Revenues for Greece Shrank by More than 35% in February Adding to the
Already Troubled Economy
- S
& S Management and Schippel Construction Break Ground on the
125-room Hilton Garden Inn at the Austin Landing Development in Dayton,
Ohio; A Second Hotel is Planned for the Project
- Salt
River Devco and Marriott International to Open the 158-room Courtyard
Scottsdale Salt River in Arizona
- Jumeirah
Group Debuts in Europe with the Opening of the 120-room Jumeirah Port
Soller Hotel & Spa in Mallorca, Spain
- The
79-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton Binghamton/Vestal Opens in New York;
Owned by Tom Bedosky and Managed by TJ LLC
- Hilton
Worldwide Opens the 160-room Hilton Garden Inn Los Angeles/Hollywood in
California; Owned by RLJ III - HGN Hollywood Lessee and Managed by
Interstate Hotels & Resorts
- Former
Holiday Inn Oceanfront in Hilton Head, South Carolina Re-opens as The
Beach House Following Rebranding and Renovation by New Owners,
Integrated Capital
- Navy
Lodge Program Names its 2011 Award Winners Highlighting Outstanding
Guest Service
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Stacy Martin as General Manager for
The 248-room Heldrich Hotel and Conference Center in New Brunswick, New
Jersey
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Appoints Harry Gorstayn as General Manager of the
Radisson Blu Mall of America; Scheduled to Open in Bloomington,
Minnesota in Spring 2013
April 25, 2012
- MaximRMS
Suite of Tools Support Multiple Facets of Hyatt’s Business
- hotel
SystemsPro Enhances Its hotel WebSpace Online Marketing Solution;
Analytics Track Page Views to Measure Landing Page Traffic; Enhanced
Custom Banner Options and Certified User Program Contribute to
Increased Online Bookings
- Wyndham
Reports 1st Qtr 2012 Net Income of $32 million Compared to $72 million
for Same Period 2011; System Wide RevPAR Increased 7%
- Host
Hotels Reports Net Loss of $2 million for 1st Quarter 2012 Compared to
Loss of $60 million for Same Period 2011; RevPAR Up 6.1%
- IHG
Works with Hospitality Experts to Identify Key Global Trends that will
Impact the Travel Industry for 2012 and Beyond
- Hotel
Labor Lawyer: California Supreme Court Finally Gives Employers Some
Good News in Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court / Jim
Butler & Travis Gemoets
- AWH
Partners, LLC, a Joint Venture Between August Group Ventures and
Winston Harton Holdings, Acquires Lane Hotels, Inc.; Acquisition
Provides Growth Capital for Lane Hotels
- Presented
for the First Time Since 2007, Rick Litchfield and Bev Davis,
Innkeeper/Owners of the Captain Lord Mansion in Kennebunkport, Maine
Recipients of Select Registry's Stafford Smith Award; The Award,
Given Only as Warranted, is Now in its 13th Year with Only Three Prior
Honorees
- Facing
the Real Possibility that Hotels will Close Pools and Spas Under the
Current ADA Pool Lift Requirement, AH&LA Testifies in Support of
Reasonable Pool Entry
- Orgwide
Services Selected as Winner in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards
- Japan's
Broadcasting Giant Coming to HITEC; NHK World, Japan's sole public
broadcaster, will debut its international news/lifestyle/entertainment
services at the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition &
Conference June 25-28
- Roomlinx
Interactive Program Guide Delivers a 'Better than Home' Experience
- Call
For Offers: Doubletree Suites by Hilton - Omaha, Nebraska Friday, May
11th , 2012 5:00 PM CST
- American
Casino & Entertainment Wins Coveted Green Award Ensuring that What
Happens in Vegas Doesn't Necessarily Stay in Vegas
- Dominican
Republic Ministry of Tourism Celebrates 8.4% Upswing in Visits in Q1
2012; Developments, Initiatives and New Hotels Announced at 2012
Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange
- Judge
Appoints Midas Hospitality as Receiver for the Comfort Inn in St.
Louis, Missouri; One of Several of the Roberts Cos. Hotels Nationwide
that are the Subject of Lawsuits
- After
Months of Controversy, Developer, Building and Land Technology, Gains
Approval to Build a 125-room Hotel Overlooking Stamford Harbor in
Connecticut
- Hyatt
Affiliate and Piccadily Hotels Private Limited to Open Two New Hyatt
Regency Hotels in India; The 452-room Hyatt Regency Gurgaon and the
167-room Hyatt Regency Ludhiana are Both Expected to Open During 2012
- Hilton
Garden Inn Expands Presence in Rome, Italy with the Opening of the
93-room Hilton Garden Inn Rome Claridge through the Re-flagging of the
Claridge Hotel
- Sage
Hospitality Names Jan Lucas as General Manager for the 196-room JW
Marriott Denver Cherry Creek in Colorado
- Kimpton's
242-room Hotel Palomar Phoenix at CityScape in Arizona Names Jim
Hollister as General Manager and Marty Bertone as Director of Sales and
Marketing
- Dominion
Grand Hotel Group Appoints Bernd Bohl as General Manager of the
Recently Acquired Huntingdon Hotel & Suites in Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada
- The
412-key Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa in South Carolina
Makes Several Key Sales Team Appointments
- The
203-room Conrad Miami in Florida Appoints Matthew Tobin as Associate
Director of Sales and Patricia Pautynsky as Group Sales Manager
- Kohler
Co. Appoints Richard Boyer as Executive Chef of The American Club
Resort in Kohler, Wisconsin
April 24, 2012
- Riviera
Hotel & Casino Improves Online Customer Experience with Evision
Worldwide
- Maine's
Oxford Casino Selects Solution Suite from Agilysys; New Gaming
Destination Implements Solutions for Procurement, Point-of-Sale
- Milestone
Wins Prestigious Awards for Outstanding Website Design and Internet
Marketing Strategies
- Walt
Disney World to Build Up the Less Glamorous 'Guts' of its 22,000 Hotel
Rooms
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Open the 445-room Sonesta Hotel Philadelphia in
Pennsylvania; The Rebranding of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Philadelphia
Downtown will Occur in June 2012
- Starwood
Hotels to Open the 138-room Element Harrison in Greater Newark, New
Jersey in Summer 2014; Owned and Developed by Harrison Hotel 1, an
Entity of Ironstate Holdings, and Managed by Crescent Hotels &
Resorts
- Noble
Investment Group Acquires the 226-room Courtyard by Marriott Nashville
Vanderbilt/West End Hotel in Tennessee
- Inland
American Lodging Advisor, New Owner of the 492-room Renaissance Austin
Hotel in Texas, Unveils "Pure Austin" Renovation Plans; Complete
Property Renovation to Begin in October 2012
- Reputation
Management Software Tools: Are They Enough?
- Clear
Sky Software Releases Interface to MICROS 9700 POS; New Interface
Streamlines F&B Management of Inventory and Sales
- Tops
in the Industry: Grand Pacific Resort Management Grabs Three Golds, 13
Silver and One ACE Award; Resort Timeshare Management's 'Best Kept
Secret' Dominates American Resort Development Association Awards
- eRevMax
Expands its India Presence with New Office in Bengaluru; Further
invests into the Indian market to meet growing client demand in APAC
region
- Holiday
Inn Express Hotel & Suites Marion, Illinois, to Open Doors with
Mobile Key by OpenWays; New construction hotel is scheduled to open in
early May with OpenWays' front-desk bypass option that enables
travelers to unlock their room doors via mobile device
- City
of Tucson Not Swayed to Offer Financial Assistance as HSL Properties,
Owner of the Deteriorating Hotel Arizona, Closes its Doors
- Georgia's
Jekyll Island Beach May End Up with a Third Hotel After All
- Florida
Counties Lose Another Round in Effort to Collect Hotel Taxes from
Online Travel Companies
- Hilton
Worldwide Signs Two Management Agreements to Operate Hotels in the
State of Queretaro, Mexico; The 102-room Hilton Garden Inn Queretaro to
Open Q3 2012 and the 92-room Hampton Inn by Hilton San Juan del Rio to
Open Q4 2012
- Embassy
Suites Hotels, MBM Hospitality and Five Points Hospitality Open the
165-suite Embassy Suites Fayetteville/Fort Bragg in North Carolina
- Boomerang
Hotels Opens the 35-room GuestHouse International Inn & Suites in
Bayou La Batre, Alabama Owned and Operated by Arun Mehta of J. A.
Hospitality
- The
442-key Thon Hotel EU, a Member of Great Hotels of the World's Premium
Collection, Opens in Brussels, Belgium
- Hotel
Equities Completes Renovation and Celebrates Re-Opening of the 208-room
Cabot Lodge Hotel in Gainesville, Florida
- OPUS
Vancouver Reinforces Technology is a Lifestyle, Not a Luxury with
Completion of Technolgy Renovation
- Burt
Cabanas, Chairman & CEO of Benchmark Hospitality International,
Receives Global Distinguished Service Award from the International
Association of Conference Centers
- Guenter
H. Richter, C.H.A., Appointed as Vice President and Managing Director
for The Setai, Miami Beach in Florida
- Swissotel
Hotels & Resorts Names Jack Breisacher as General Manager of
Swissotel Chicago in Illinois
- James
Gancos Becomes General Manager for the W Los Angeles - Westwood in
California
April 23, 2012
- Hoteliers
Maximize Demand with New Revenue Management Service from Southwind
Hotels and Resorts; Tampa Bay hospitality management firm offers hotels
complimentary 3-point analysis of demand health
- Vesta
Hospitality Installs FlyteBoard Airline Information Displays at Two
Properties; Vesta Upgrades Guest Experience at Properties by Providing
'Amazing' Travel Convenience
- Apollo
Global Management Ups Bid to $7.85 a Share for Great Wolf Resorts, KSL
Drops Out and Ends Bidding War
- Property
Manager Selected for LaGuardia Fairfield Inn; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 210 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes
in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- Westin
Hotels to Debut in the Dominican Republic with the 204-room Westin
PUNTACANA Resort; Starwood and Grupo Puntacana to Break Ground Summer
2012 with a Winter 2013 Opening
- Manila's
Department of Finance Plans to Convert Historical Philippine Post
Office Building into a 5-star Hotel; Working with the Developer who
Converted the General Post Office Building in Singapore into the
Fullerton Hotel
- Las
Vegas Sands Asks U.S. Court to Block Former Partner Asian American
Entertainment Corp.'s $375 million Suit in Macau
- Travel
Tripper's RezTrip Now Offers Email Retargeting of Abandoned Bookings
for its Hotel Partners
- Stop
The Presses! ICE Saves Tens of Thousands For Earth Day; Intelity's ICE
Replaces In-Room Printing.
- Yellow
Dog Software Provides The Nederlander Organization with F&B
Inventory Management
- Hotel
AG Closes Eight Hotel Transactions in the Past 40 Days
- Elite
Meetings International (EMI) Appoints Karen Cahill Chief Operating
Officer
- AmericInn
Designates Merchant Link Solution as Brand Standard for Payment and
Data Security
- Cvent
Reveals Top 100 Meeting Hotels in the United States
- Rome's
Hotel Dei Mellini Upgrades Website with Open Hospitality; 80-room
Property Also Leverages OpenView Booking Engine and Social Media
Marketing
- H2O
Ventures and World Hotels to Develop 401-room Hotel in Makati City in
the Philippines
- Chefs
to Square off in Las Vegas for Ultimate Food Fight at the Inaugural
World Food Championships Planned for November 2012
- PolyU
to Host 11th Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in
Tourism and International Convention & Expo Summit 2012
- American
Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation Funds New ADA Guide
- Pennsylvania
Tourism Industry to Commemorate PA Tourism Day with a Rally at the PA
State Capitol on April 30, 2012; Tourism Industry Leaders to Share
Personal Stories Relating to the Event's Theme, "I Am Tourism"
- Agenda
Set for the 17th Pan American Congress of Les Clefs d'Or
Concierges which will Focus on the Use of Technology and Social Media
to Enhance Guest Interactions; Jeff Arnold, Chairman of Forbes Travel
Guide, will Headline the Event to Occur April 26-29, 2012 in Las Vegas
- IHG
Partners with Clean the World to Recycle Hotel Soap and Amenities;
Participating IHG Hotels in the United States and Canada to Assist
Communities in Reducing Waste and Stopping the Spread of Preventable
Diseases
- Guangzhou
R&F Properties Development Co. and Marriott Open the 342-room
Renaissance Huizhou Hotel in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China
- Extensive
$5.8 Million Renovation Complete for the 393-room Hyatt Regency
Louisville in Kentucky
- Outrigger
Hotels and Resorts Names Loan Montgomery-Freitas as Assistant Resort
Manager at the Wyndham Vacation Resorts Royal Garden at Waikiki in
Hawaii
- Macdonald
Hotels & Resorts Hires Debbie Milburn as Head of Marketing and
Stephen Dodman as Revenue Director
- The
112-key La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla, California Hires Three New Team
Members; Stephanie Howard as Director of Sales, Andrew Mosblech as
Director of Food and Beverage and Tanya Schmidt as Beer Concierge
April 20, 2012
- Giving
And Taking of Credit at U.S. Hotels / Robert Mandelbaum and Alvin Minsk
- KSL
Capital Partners Ups Ante for Great Wolf Resorts to $7.25 a Share
- CityCenter
Dubbed a Financial 'Black Hole' in Amended Class-Action Lawwsuit Filed
Over Stock Losses
- Norfolk,
Virginia Developer, George Hranowskyj, Indicted in $11 million Federal
Tax Fraud Case Involving Historic Tax Credits Received for the James
Madison Hotel and Other Properties
- Marriott
Reports 1st Qtr 2012 Net Income of $104 million Compared to $101
million in the Year-Ago Quarter; REVPAR Climbs 6.8%, New Rooms in
Pipeline Over 115,000
- LaSalle
Hotel Properties Posts 1st Qtr 2012 Net Loss of $16.1 million Compared
to a Loss of $19.3 million in the Prior Year Quarter: RevPAR Grew to
$127.06, an Increase of 6.2% / Hotel Operating Statistics
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Reports Unprecedented Franchise Growth in
First Quarter; From Colombia to Canada, Coast-to-Coast in the U.S. La
Quinta Executes Nine Agreements, Opens Seven New Locations and Has 169
Hotels in the Pipeline
- Sheraton
Hotels and its Owners to Invest More Than $350 Million to Renovate
Flagship Properties Across the Globe; To Include a $160 Million Project
for the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
- W
Hotels Worldwide and Design Miami/ Basel Name the Winners of the 2012 W
Hotels Designers of the Future Award Honoring Tom Foulsham, Markus
Kayser, and Philippe Malouin
- Boston's
Revolutionary Spirit Inspires the Opening of the 325-room Revere Hotel
Boston Common in Massachusetts; Opened with a Vertical 24-story Catwalk
Fashion Show on the Anniversary of Paul Revere's Infamous Ride
- Doing
the Right Things Faster - Choosing how to deliver your training content
/ Jim Hartigan
- Jumeirah
Group Appoints Nicholas Clayton as Chief Operating Officer Following
Planned Retirement of Guy Crawford
- Roberts
Hotels Spartanburg LLC Files for Bankruptcy on its Clarion South
Carolina Hotel Marking the Second Filing in a Week of the Company's
Portfolio of Eleven Hotels
- Boston
Tops List of 30 Cities as Most Expensive for Lodging Costs
- 5
Steps to Manage Negative Guest Reviews Every Hotel Should Know
- Hotel
Technologies Debuts Digital Alarm Clock Radio with Bluetooth®
Speakerphone for iPod, iPhone and iPad
- Tim
Tata Joins Marketing Company Incite Response as Managing Director
- Amadeus
and Expedia Sign Multi-Year Agreement in North America; Partnership
strengthens Amadeus' footprint in U.S. and Canada
- James
Beard Foundation & Benchmark Hospitality Announce Applications Are
Open for the 2012 Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship
- South
Carolina Hospitality Association's Rachel Duncan Agrees to Plead Guilty
to Tax Evasion and Fraud
- Following
the Success of National and Mid-America Events, HSMAI to Debut HSMAI's
MEET West in Anaheim, California, May 30-31, 2012
- Hotel
to be Included in the First Phase of The Galesi Group's Waterfront
Development in Schenectady, New York
- Experienced
in Turning Around Distressed Casinos, Rory Lee Bedore Granted License
to Operate Struggling Westin Casuarina, Formerly Known as the Maxim
Hotel in Las Vegas
- Sonesta
International Hotels to Debut its Sonesta ES Suites Extended Stay Brand
with the Opening of the 141-room Sonesta ES Suites Burlington in
Massachusetts; Reflagging of the Current Staybridge Suites Burlington
to Occur in June 2012
- Best
Western Opens its First PREMIER Hotel in Brazil with the 150-key BEST
WESTERN PREMIER Majestic Ponta Negra Beach
- The
103-room Courtyard Lexington Keeneland/Airport to Open in Kentucky
Owned and Managed by TMI Hospitality
- The
Newly Constructed 120-room Four Points by Sheraton Kelowna Airport to
Open in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada in Spring 2013; Owned by
Argus Properties and Managed by Pacrim Hospitality Services
- Rezidor
and Olayan Real Estate Company to Develop the 350-room Park Inn by
Radisson Jeddah in Saudi Arabia; Opening Planned for Q4 2014
- The
Radisson Blu Hotel Cape Town in South Africa to Upgrade its 108 Rooms;
To be Complete by August 2012
- Outstanding
Award for Outstanding Effort - Mercedes Benz Awarded by Richfield
Hospitality to Jessica Craycraft and Meredith Harrell, Employees of The
Joule in Dallas, Texas as they Receive the Company's Top Honor
- Faces
in New Places at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts; Key Personnel
Appointments Made Around the Globe
- Vision
Hospitality Group Promotes Mike Ward to Corporate Director of eCommerce
and Hires Patty Martinez as General Manager of the Hampton Inn &
Suites Chattanooga/Downtown in Tennessee
- Marcus
Mueller Joins Luxe Hotels as General Manager of the 86-room Luxe Rodeo
Drive Hotel in Beverly Hills, California
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Karl Chase Director of Sales &
Marketing for The 248-room Heldrich Hotel and Conference Center in New
Brunswick, New Jersey
- Stephane
Lacroix Named as Director of Food and Beverage for the 103-room Hotel
Bel-Air in Los Angeles, California
- Carlson
Wagonlit Travel Makes Key Leadership Changes as it Streamlines
Organization by Combining North America and Latin America in One
Americas Region
April 18, 2012
- MaximRMS
Announces Expanded Relationship with Hyatt
- Maestro
PMS Selected by Two Multi-Property Hotel Groups and Five Independent
Resorts and Luxury Destinations to Increase Revenue, Supercharge
High-Touch Guest Service
- Pinterest
- The Value Of Pinterest to Hotel Sales & Marketing / Carol Verret
- From
Gang Member to Pastry Chef, Edward Martinez Found Sweet Salvation
- Parkway
Corporation, the Wurzak Hotel Group and Home2 Suites By Hilton®
Break Ground On Largest Hotel For The Brand To Date; New Property will
be Adjacent to the Newly Expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center
- Embassy
Suites Hotels, Chattanooga Hotel Property Investment and Legacy
Property Group Break Ground on Embassy Suites Chattanooga - Hamilton
Place in Tennessee; Opening Planned for Q2 2013
- SuperClubs
Sells the 266-room Breezes Runaway Bay in Jamaica to Sagicor Life
Jamaica; Hotel to Remain Open During Transition
- Hemingway,
Ltd., a Corportaion Owned by the Estate and Family of Ernest Hemingway,
and Trust Hospitality Launch Hemingway Hotels & Resorts; a Brand
Designed to Reflect the Distinctive Hemingway Lifestyle
- $25
Million Renovation for the 533-room Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in
Minnesota to Include Environmentally Sustainable Initiatives; Goal to
Reduce Ecological Footprint while Upgrading Property
- Image
Hospitality Scores Big with Guests
- HeBS
Digital Announces Loews Hotels Website Re-Launch
- Summit
Hospitality Group Chosen to Develop 140 to 154-room Residence Inn by
Marriott Near the Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Kimpton
Hotels & Restaurants Adds Washington, D.C.'s Donovan House to
Portfolio
- Resort
Developer Turns Red Tape into Green Housing/Lodging Business; Resort
living energy free off the grid anywhere. How one commercial real
estate developer turned obstacles into a new eco-friendly
housing/lodging business. / Jeff Coy, ISHC
- The
253-room Clarion Hotel Opens in Columbus, Indiana; Owned and Operated
by Michael Dora
- Rezidor's
President & CEO Kurt Ritter Honored as New Member of the British
Travel Industry Hall of Fame
- Choice
Hotels Promotes Stephanie Lykins to Vice President, Talent Development
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Steven M. Janoski as General Manager of
the 122-room Fairfield Inn and Suites Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach,
North Carolina
- Dietmar
Salat Appointed as Director of Operations for the 555-room Waikoloa
Beach Marriott Resort & Spa on Hawaii Island
- Daniel
Egan Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the 792-room
InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile in Illinois
- Gina
Sinatro Joins the 193-room One Ocean Resort & Spa in Atlantic
Beach, Florida as Catering Sales Manager
- Mark
L. Ching Appointed as Executive Chef for the 440-room Loews Coronado
Bay in San Diego, California
April 17, 2012
- Thompson
Hotels & Resorts Selects the IDeaS Revenue Management System for
Six of its Properties in the U.S.; Automated system increases
operational efficiency; complements Thompson’s ambitious growth plans
for 2012 and 2013
- Virtual
Roundtable on Social Media in Hotel Marketing - Your Guests Are Social.
Are You?
- Pegasus
Solutions Launches RezView® Intelligence; CRS-Integrated Tool
Offers Hoteliers Clear View of Reservation Performance and Opportunities
- Marriott
International to Sell ExecuStay Corporate Housing Brand to Oakwood
Worldwide; Eight-year Reciprocal Preferred Provider Agreement Signed by
Both Parties
- A
Second Chance for an Historic Gilded Age Hotel - Plans Unveiled for
Restoration of the Circa 1897 Belleview Biltmore Resort Near
Clearwater, Florida; New Owners, Belleview Biltmore Partners, Plan to
Revive the Biltmore's Exceptional Architecture and Design Features of a
Century Ago
- Third
Bankruptcy Action Filed for Roberts Brothers, Owners of 11 Hotels;
Filing for the 207-room Holiday Inn in Houston, Texas Could Signal
Additional Filings for Five Other Hotels in Atlanta, Dallas,
Shreveport, LA, Spartanburg, SC, and Tampa, FL
- Hotel
Website Analytics: Is There Such Thing as Free Lunch? A Comparative
Analysis of Adobe SiteCatalyst and Google Analytics / Adam Hammock and
Lindsay Denninger
- Making
the Most of M-Commerce as a Hotel Marketer / Ritesh Gupta
- The
Greater Miami and The Beaches Hotel Association Names Oberhausen
Marketing & Public Relations As Its Agency of Record
- For
Sale: 3 Acre, High Visibility Hotel Development Site in Broward County,
Florida
- Bittel
Americas' UNO Media 3 Combines Phone + Audio Player + Alarm Clock Radio
- Sheraton
Toronto Centre Tapping PSAV for Power Distribution, Event Technology;
As a preferred partner with Starwood Hotels & Resorts, PSAV is
forging strong relationships at the property level and adding to bottom
line revenues
- Access
Hotels & Resorts Announces Addition of Hotel Sax Chicago
- New
Tool from Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Helps Hotels
Communicate Their Green Story; Additional Reports Analyze Corporate
Strategies
- South
Beach Group Purchases the Former Croyden Arms in Mid-Beach Miami,
Florida for $6.75 Million with Plans for a $15 Million Renovation of
the Circa 1937 Vacant Building
- Anchoring
the Tokyo, Japan $1.2 Billion Mixed-use Development, the 290-room
Palace Hotel Tokyo to Open May 17th, 2012
- Dolce
Hotels and Resorts to Open the 111-room Dolce Hotel Vittel in France
Through the Renovation and Re-branding of the Hotel des Thermes with
Planned Opening for Late Summer 2013
- Kokua
Hospitality and Hyatt Hotels Open the Diamond Head Tower at Hyatt Place
Waikiki Beach in Hawaii; Joining the Pali Tower, the Diamond Head Tower
Opening Marks the Completion of the 426-room Hotel Project
- Ellen
Sinclair, Senior Vice President of Benchmark Hospitality International,
Honored with Hosansky Award by the International Association of
Conference Centers
- Vincent
Piro Joins Sage Hospitality as Division Vice President of Operations
for Premier & Lifestyle Portfolio
April 16, 2012
- VingCard
Elsafe Collaborates in Mobile Hotel Booking Functionality for
Automobiles; Technology allows drivers to reserve rooms while driving
and open guestroom locks with car keys.
- Conde
Nast Traveler Unveils 16th Annual Hot List: 2012 List Features 121 New
Hotels and Resorts, 35 Spas, and 20 New Restaurants
- Universal
Parks & Resorts Planning $2.8 billion Indoor Theme Park Dubbed
Galactica Park in Moscow, Russia; Project to Include 1,100 rooms with
Two Hotels
- Travel
Channels Hotel Fixer, Anthony Melchiorri, of Hotel Impossible, Works
His Magic at Miami's Penguin Hotel on South Beach and the New Yorker in
the MiMo District
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 88; California's Level Playing Field Act of 2012;
Rooftop Urban Gardening; Belleview Biltmore Hotel Reprieve; Quote of
the Month / Stanley Turkel
- Developer
for 178-Room Temecula Hotel Seeking Financing; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Add/Update 136 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- A
True Family Affair - Hard Work, Commitment, and $6 Million Investment
by Owners Bring Wildwood, New Jersey Boardwalk Motel Back to Life; The
Circa-1960 Shore Plaza Motel, Lost to Fire in 2005, to Re-Open as the
57-unit Shore Plaza Beach Resort in May 2012
- Need
to Hear a Cuckoo or See Three Magpies on your Wedding Day? Irish
Wedding Folklore Shared at Carlyle International's Resorts of The
Dromoland Collection in Ireland
- Marriott
International to Double Footprint in the Caribbean and Latin America by
2017; Plans to Add More Than 70 Hotels in the Region
- Hotel
Owner, Jim Graves, Throwing Hat into Political Arena Taking on Michele
Bachmann
- Technology
4 Hotels Appointed as Australian Channel Partner for Stark Service
Solutions, LLC
- Merchant
Link to Launch eCommerce Solution; Options to include hosted payment
page and encryption
- American
Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Partners with Pearson to
Distribute Educational Content to Industry Marketplace; Exclusive
Agreement Includes Higher Education and High School Materials
- Merchant
Link and XPIENT Solutions Partner to Offer Advanced Payment Security
Services to Restaurant Operators; Combined gateway, tokenization and
point-to-point encryption solution to be integrated into another major
point-of-sale system
- They're
back: Core Gamblers are Helping Las Vegas Gaming Industry Recover; Slot
Machine Win on the Strip Increased 10.3 percent in February 2012 -- the
10th Gain in the Past 12 Months
- The
340-room Renaissance Guiyang Hotel in Opens in Guiyang, Guizhou
Province China
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Opens the 195-room Radisson Blu Hotel Istanbul Asia
in Turkey
- Hilton
Worldwide Luxury Brands Appoints Stuart Foster as Vice President of
Marketing for Conrad and Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts
- Noble
House Hotels & Resorts Promotes Matthew Trahan to Vice President
and Regional Managing Director
- John
Panko Joins Richfield Hospitality as Vice President of Sales
- Vittal
Calamur Appointed as General Manager of The 353-room Modern Honolulu in
Waikiki, Hawaii
- HKR
International Limited (HKRI) Appoints Anne Busfield as General Manager
of the 325-room Auberge, Discovery Bay Hong Kong, Scheduled to Open in
Late 2012
- Orient-Express
Hotels Appoints Stephanie Mehail as General Manager of The 78-room Inn
at Perry Cabin in St. Michaels, Maryland
- The
Dow Hotel Company Names Sean Klos as Food and Beverage Director for the
Embassy Suites Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle,
Washington
April 13, 2012
- Important
Considerations when Purchasing Insurance to Protect Your Business
Against Hurricane-related Loss / John E. Heintz and Kenneth Berline
Trotter
- With
a Huge Grin on His Face, Developer Gary Matthews Officially Purchases
Hotel Pere Marquette Property in Peoria, Illinois; Construction to
Begin on the $92.8 million Project May 1 with a Planned Hotel Opening
March of 2013
- Unable
to Operate Newspapers, Bart Blatstein, Buyer of Philadelphia's Inquirer
Building, Changes Course with a Vision for a $500 million Casino Hotel
and Entertainment Complex on the Site
- Growing
Hotel Market Bodes Well for HEI Hotels & Resorts Despite Loss of
University Investors
- Lodging
Development Group Releases 2012 Manhattan Lodging Report; Projected
2013 openings on pace to approach 2010 peak of 5,500 new guest rooms,
64 properties, comprising 13,693 guest rooms, are under construction,
approved or in active permitting
- Like
a Proud Papa, Rocco Termini Shows Off Successes of $43 million
Restoration of Buffalo, New York's Hotel Lafayette
- EMEA
Hotel Investment Market During Q1 2012 Shows Strong Activity in London
and Paris; Overall EMEA Investment Volume 39 % Lower than Q1 2011
According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels
- Hyatt
Names Winners for Innaugural Hyatt Thrive Leadership Awards in
Environmental Sustainability and/or Community Engagement
- Nevada's
Gaming Control Board Issues Warning about Crime at Las Vegas' Newest
Hot Spots, Day Pool Parties
- Consumer
Confidence Up and So is Tourism in Pinellas County, Florida with a 7.1%
Increase in Visitors in First Months of 2012
- El
Conquistador Resort, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, in Puerto Rico Appoints
New Food & Beverage, Spa, and Revenue Management Directors
April 12, 2012
- Starwood
Promoting Internal Talent and Making Significant Organizational Changes
Following Planned Retirement of Key Leaders Matt Avril, Miguel Ko and
Denise Coll
- North
American Resort Deploys Cenium's End-to-End ERP Solution: Case Study
Reports That The Solution Increases Business by 30% in Two Short Years
- Hotels
and Resorts Adapting to New Facebook Timeline Layout; VIZERGY®
Offers New Timeline Products to Make Transition Easy
- Fourth
Venue Added to HELP Dine Around
- JMI
Realty in Partnership with Siguler Guff & Co. Acquire the Inn at
Rancho Santa Fe; Property Last Changed Hands in the Late 1950's;
Further Investment of $12 million for a First Phase Renovation Planned
/ Lori Weisberg
- Benchmark
Hospitality Adds The 105-key Inn at Rancho Santa Fe to its Personal
Luxury Resorts & Hotels Portfolio; New Owners of the Rancho Santa
Fe, California Property, JMI Realty
- Fort
Collins, Colorado Downtown Development Authority and City of Fort
Collins Issue RFP for Development of Full Service Hotel and Conference
Center for Downtown Fort Collins
- Philips
Media Suite Hotel TV Wins HTNG's 'Most Innovative Hospitality
Technology' Award for 2011; DirecTV and Fingi Claim Runner-Up Titles
- Sacramento,
California Airport Receives Approval to Move Forward with Plan to
Develop Two Midsize Hotels on Airport Property
- Lodging
Interactive Offering Free Mobile Website to NEW Customers Signing Full
Agency Services; Hoteliers who sign up for website design, SEO, social
media marketing and online reputation management from the start of the
AAHOA convention May 2 to the conclusion of the HITEC conference June
28 will receive the complementary service
- Fairfield
Inn Syosset NY Achieving Increases in Guest Satisfaction and Energy
Savings with INNCOM
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Quality Inn -
Westport, St Louis, Missouri
- Pennsylvania
School Wins Educational Institute's 2012 Lodging Management Program
International Competition
- Plans
to Renovate the Historic Silk Mill in Petaluma, California and Turn it
into a 70-room Hotel have been Abandoned; Owners Have Listed Building
for Sale
- Rezidor
to Open the 234-key Park Inn by Radisson Sousse in Tunisia Through
Renovation and Re-flagging of Existing Property Scheduled for
Completion in Fall 2013
- Hotel
Indigo Opens Second San Diego, California Property with the 94-room
Hotel Indigo San Diego Del Mar; Owned and Managed by Pacifica Host
Hotels
- Great
Hotels of the World Member Hotel Berlin, Berlin in Germany Completes
Major Renovation Project
- The
Experience Design and the Theater / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
- International
Association of Conference Centre's 2012 Copper Skillet Award Goes to
Sweden's Chef Johan Heibert of Villa Brevik
- Simon
Manning Appointed as Vice President - Sales and Marketing for Langham
Hospitality Group
- The
95-key Cypress Bend Resort & Conference Center in Many, Louisiana
Names Management Team; Appoints Bradley Anderholm as Vice President and
General Manager and Jeane Anderholm as Director of Sales & Marketing
- Lynn
Swann Named as Director of Marketing and Communications for The
483-room Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia
April 11, 2012
- Hyatt
Expands Revenue Management Capability with MaximRMS Technology
- The
PERRY South Beach Hotel, Resort and Spa Achieves Spectacular Online
Performance Thanks to Evision Worldwide
- World's
Largest Holiday Inn Debuts in Macao; IHG's 1,224 room Holiday Inn Macao
Cotai Central as Part of Sands China Ltd.'s Integrated Resort on the
Cotai Strip
- What
Does the Prototypical Visitor to Las Vegas Look Like? New Las Vegas
Convention and Visitors Authority Report Offers Snapshot
- Would
More Hotels Help Indianapolis Get a Second Super Bowl?
- After
a Record-breaking 2011, the Growth for U.S. Travel and Tourism Exports
Continues into 2012; U.S. Department of Commerce Report Shows
International Visitor Spending Increase of 7% in January 2012 Over 2011
- Are
You Ready To Rock? - Successful Group Projects in the Workplace / Tommy
Taylor
- Leading
Marketing Executives From Top Hotels, Airlines and Cruise Brands Set to
Share Online Strategies in Miami this June
- World's
Leading Hotel Real Estate Association Launches Industry's First
Professional Certification For Hotel Asset Managers; Renowned Hotel
Executives and Institutions Collaborate to Form Certified Hotel Asset
Manager (CHAM) Designation Under the Sponsorship of the Hospitality
Asset Managers Association (HAMA)
- Anantara
Welcomes the Brand's First property in Vietnam with the Newly
Transformed 89-key Anantara Mui Ne Resort & Spa
- The
All Inclusive Collection to Re-flag Mexico's Cancun Palace and Vallarta
Palace Resorts to Hard Rock Hotel Cancun and Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta;
Hard Rock Flag to Fly Beginning August 1, 2012
- Seattle
Company, Hotel Concepts, Plans to Build a 130-key Hilton Garden Inn in
Olympia, Washington and a Second Hotel Next Door; Completion for Hilton
Garden Inn Project Targeted for Year-end 2013 with Construction Start
of an Extended Stay Hotel Shortly Thereafter
- Plans
Approved for Proposed Hotel at Harbor Cove Marina on Park Point by
Duluth, Minnesota Planning Commission
- 125-
to 145-Room Hotel Proposed for Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- SJB
Companies and Marriott International Prepare to Open the 104-room
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Marietta, Ohio
- Owned
by Doloma Investments and Operated by Global Vision Hotels the New
Staybridge Suites in North Brunswick, New Jersey Opens; Rita Courville
General Manager
- Minnesota
General Managers, Melanie Tank and Keri Erickson, Recognized for
Outstanding Performance by Blue Sky Hospitality
- Ascend
Collection Creates Dedicated Membership Development Team with Industry
Veterans Bill Balletto, Joe Dreiske, Dennis Wynn and Jose Salvador
Icaza; Poised for Record Growth in 2012
- Isabelle
Birem Joins Accor as Senior Vice President Direct Sales
- Saun
Lightbourne Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing for the
179-room Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove, Florida
- Home2
Suites by Hilton Selects Mid-South Food Bank as Corporate Partner for
its Your2Hands Charity Program; Brand Team Members Donate 10,000 Meals
and Participate in Volunteer Activities
- Environmental
Tourism Leader, EarthCheck, Issues a Sustainability Challenge to School
Students; Interactive Educational Program Encourages Students, Teachers
and Parents to Achieve Household Sustainability
- Book
Chronicling Miami Beach, Florida - "South Beach: Stories Of A
Renaissance" - Celebrates First Anniversary
April 10, 2012
- DOCOMO
interTouch Announcing 'FREEDOM CHECK IN' Powered by OpenWays Mobile Key
to Add Front Desk Bypass Solution to its Offering; DOCOMO InterTouch
announces its strategic alliance with OpenWays
- Milestone
Launches eBuzz Connect 3.0 - next generation solution provides easy
compset performance index and more detailed analysis of reviews and
sentiment associated with the reviews
- '10
Local and Mobile Marketing Strategies to Put Your Hotel on the Map';
New Local and Mobile Marketing Whitepaper from VIZERGY®
- EasyRMS
Celebrates 1,000+ Clients!; EasyRMS now has ... been operating for over
13 years / ... almost 200,000 rooms being Yielded / ... more than 1,000
live hotels / offices and representatives in 12 countries ... clients
and operations in 67 countries!
- Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Announce Availability of the Hotel Market Databook for
Chicago and Los Angeles; Features detailed profiles of more than 1100
operating hotels and 110 hotels in development
- From
Prison Cells to Coffins in Crypts - Berlin Has Many Quirky Hotels
- KSL
Capital Partners Enters Into Agreement to Acquire the Historic 512-room
Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in Ashville, North Carolina From an
Affiilate of Sammons Enterprises, Inc.; $25 million Renovation Planned
for 2013
- KSL
Capital Partners Submits Offer to Acquire Great Wolf Resorts for $7.00
Per Share, Bidding War with Apollo Global Management Now Exists
- Pegasus
Capital to Acquire Six Senses Resorts & Spas; Transaction Expected
to Close within Three Months
- Summit
Hotel Properties Cultivates and Improves Portfolio through Two
Acquisitions, Four Dispositions, and a Positive Resolution of
Arbitration with Choice Hotels
- How
to Book Rooms Consistently and Stop Worrying about 'Slow' Seasons / Joy
Gendusa
- Will
the Hospitality Industry Tango with Tingo? / Max Starkov
- Leaving
the Light On for Half a Century - Motel 6 Celebrates 50-Year Heritage;
Hotel Chain Honors the Past with an Eye on the Future
- Hilton
Worldwide Signs Agreement To Make Safemark Systems A Preferred Guest
Room Safe Partner For International Portfolio
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Quality Inn,
Lee's Summit, Missouri
- FCS
Expands Presence in India with New Office in New Delhi; Hospitality
technology firm relocates India operations to prestigious DLF Towers
- Don't
Be Miss-Led, Technology 'Has Not' Changed the Way We Generate Revenue /
Bernard Otis
- 2012
International Pow Wow Heading to Los Angeles; $10 million in Direct
Spending Benefit and Over 1,500 Travel Business Operators Expected
- First
National Building in Downtown Lexington, Kentucky to Become a 21c
Museum Hotel
- The
Residence at Grand Luxxe and Grand Luxxe Spa Tower under Development in
Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Join The Registry Collection Portfolio
of Affiliated Resorts; Resorts to Open Q4 2013
- MTR
Gaming Group to Manage New Wyndham Hotel Group Property at Presque Isle
Downs & Casino in Erie, Pennsylvania; June 2012 Ground Breaking
Scheduled for the 100-room Baymont Inn and Suites with Opening Expected
for Spring 2013
- Lane
Hospitality Completes Renovation and Rebranding of Crown Plaza Clark in
New Jersey to New Holiday Inn Prototype; The 192-room Holiday Inn Clark
will Feature the Brand's New Hub Cafe Concept
- Golden
Nugget Atlantic City in New Jersey Nears Completion of its $150 Million
Renovation Project Transforming the Former Trump Marina; Grand Opening
Slated for April 26-29, 2012
- Select
Registry Distinguished Inns of North America Honors Peter Sharp, Owner
of the Fairview Inn in Jackson, Mississippi, as Innkeeper of the Year
for 2012
- Frank
Trampert Appointed as Managing Director of the Asia Pacific Region for
Wyndham Hotel Group
- Chip
Young Joins BC LYND Hospitality as Chief Operating Officer
- Scott
Perry Named as General Manager for the 150-room SpringHill Suites by
Marriott Denver Downtown at Metro State in Colorado; Scheduled to Open
August 2012, Managed by Sage Hospitality Resources
- Midas
Hospitality Appoints Amy French as Area Director of Sales - St. Louis,
Missouri
- Benchmark
Hospitality Names Myra Pasco as Director of Human Resources for the
316-room Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- The
Sheraton Hacienda del Mar Golf & Spa Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico
Appoints Jose Salvador Campuzano as Executive Chef for its De Cortez
Grill & Restaurant
April 9, 2012
- When
Quality Just Does Not Matter: You Can't Sell What People Don't Value /
David K. Hayes Ph.D., Allisha A. Miller, and Joshua D. Hayes, MA, Peggy
A. Hayes
- Sahara
India Pariwar Ltd. in Talks with Elad Properties Over Sale of
105-year-old Plaza Hotel in New York for $600 million; One Condition of
Deal is Termination of Management Contract with Fairmont Hotels &
Resorts
- Pebblebrook
Hotel Trust Makes First Purchase of the Year with Acquisition of the
108-room Hotel Milano in San Francisco, California for $30 Million; To
be Managed by Viceroy Hotel Group
- Starwood
Hotels Completes Sale of the 275-room Atlanta Perimeter Hotel &
Suites to RockBridge Partners; Hotel to be Managed by Wischermann
Partners and will Fly Le Méridien Flag after Extenstive
Renovation
- Miami
Group, Belleview Biltmore Partners, Enter Sales Agreement to Purchase
the Belleview Biltmore Hotel near Clearwater, Florida with Plans for
Property Restoration and a 153-room Addition
- Learning
From Hospitality - A First for the Automotive Industry, Lincoln
Automobiles Partners with Hospitality Masters , Les Clefs d'Or, (The
International Association of Hotel Concierges), to Transform the
Customer Experience
- 196-room
Denver Hotel Hires New General Manager; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral
Have Updated 196 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in
Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- Hot
Hotel Debate: Sides Argue Impact of Planned Downtown Savannah Hotels on
Proposed Convention Center Hotel
- Hyatt
International to Build $113 Million 294-room Hotel in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan; To be Complete by Year-end 2013
- Mining
Meets Modern as Downtown Colorado Springs Mining Exchange Building,
Built in 1901, Prepares to Open as Areas First Boutique Hotel, The
Mining Exchange, A Wyndham Grand Hotel
- Scott
Blalock, General Manager of the JW Marriott Indianapolis, Named GM of
the Year for the Americas by Marriott International and the Global GM
of the Year for the JW Marriott Brand
- Las
Vegas Gaming Industry Sees Profitability Making a Comeback
- Guest-tek
Launches myAway App on March 30th, 2012
- The
Liquidation Sale of the Sheraton Four Points Tucson Hotel Opens
Thursday, April 12th at 10:00 a.m. Sale Conducted by NCL/
National Content Liquidators, Inc.; Three Weeks Only! Everything Must
Go!
- Roomlinx
Names Frank Watervoort as Chief Information Officer
- Travelhorizons
Report Offers New Insight on US Travel; While Recovery Continues for
Business Travel Intentions, Americans Remain Tentative about Near-Term
Leisure Travel Plans
- The
Newly Constructed 184-room DoubleTree by Hilton Gurgaon-New Delhi NCR
Opens in India; Owned by JMD Group and Managed by Hilton Worldwide
- Crowne
Plaza Danbury in Connecticut Opens Following Renovation and Rebranding
of the Former 242-room Danbury Plaza Hotel
- TMI
Hospitality and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Open the 61-room Country
Inn & Suites By Carlson, Temple, Texas
- $20
Million Renovation Completed for the Stratosphere in Las Vegas;
Attracting Guests for More than Just the View
- The
317-room Sofitel Plaza Hanoi on West Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam Completes
Extensive Renovation
- RLJ
Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Renovation of Guest
Rooms and Public Spaces for Two of their Properties; Transforming the
134-suite Residence Inn Indianapolis Downtown on the Canal in Indiana
and the 114-room Courtyard by Marriott in Louisville, Kentucky
- Emmanuel
Guillard, Top Executive of Swiss-Belhotel International, Awarded
"Leader in Global Hotel Chain" in the Indonesia Travel Business Leader
Awards 2012
- Chris
Cahill Joins Las Vegas Sands Corporation for Newly Created Position of
Executive Vice President of Global Operations
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Marianne Alberti as General Manager for
the 175-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton in Washington, DC
- Benchmark
Hospitality Names Alex Morrison as Director of Revenue Management for
Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu, Hawaii
April 5, 2012
- McKibbon
Hotel Management Relies on Business Ethics, Award-Winning Sales Team to
Fill 65 Properties; Centralized Cloud-Based Sales System Conveys Best
Practices, Coordinates Cross-Market Strategies, Keeps Sales Team
Performing to Plan
- Revel
to Install InvoTech's GIMS UHF-RFID Linen Tracking System; Revel's
Opening Features High-Tech UHF-RFID Tracking for High-End Linens
- Silver
Reef Hotel Casino Spa Selects Cenium's ERP Solutions; Richness of
Product Suite and Industry Expertise Drive Decision to Cenium ERP
- Ever
Stay at a Poorly Run Hotel? Meet the 'Fixer', Anthony Melchiorri, of
Hotel Impossible
- FelCor
Lodging Trust to Sell Six Non-Strategic Hotels as Part of Repositioning
Strategy for $103.0 Million to an Undisclosed Buyer; Portfolio
Comprised of 1,527 Rooms
- Best
Western International (BWI) Plans Major Expansion in Indonesia; To
Boost Inventory from 535 Rooms to More than 2,500 by Year-end 2013
- Financing
Details Outlined for Hotelier Sam Nazarian's Plan to Redevelop and
Reopen the Closed Sahara Hotel-Casino as the SLS Las Vegas; If
Financing Successful for the $744 Million Project, Plans to Open in Q2
2014
- Opinions
of More than 1,000 Frequent Travelers Shared in Burba Hotel Network's
Hotel Insider Survey; A Surprising 87% Value Collecting Airline Miles
Over Hotel Frequent Stay Points
- AH&LA
Urges DOJ to Retract the Jan. 31, 2012 Pool Lift Requirements Document,
Stating that the DOJ Did Not Follow Proper Procedures when Altering the
Requirements; Over 1,200 Comments Filed in Favor of Delay and Portable
Lifts
- 2011
a Banner Year for Miami Tourism with Visitor Counts Up 6.7% and
Spending a Record $20.7 billion
- Trust
International Connects with Room Key as CRS Direct Connect
- Generation
Wins Consecutive Development Deal of the Year Award from Hilton
Worldwide
- Educational
Institute Adds New Risk Management Titles from Safety Source
- Technology
+ People = Reputation Management; Regardless the type of online
reputation management technology a hotel is using, CoMMingle will
provide the 'people' to respond to reviews
- Digital
Signage Expo 2012 Confirmed as Largest, Best Show Ever
- Marketing
Communications - The Way We Work Now / Anne Sweeney
- Auction
of Dunedin, Florida's Historic Fenway Hotel Delayed by Bank; Date to be
Re-set Once Property Value Assessment is Available and Bank Completes
its Own Corporate Merger
- Expotel
Hospitality Selected by Laurus Corporation to Manage the Ramada Inn and
Suites New Orleans Airport in Louisiana; The 130-room Property to
Reflag as a Holiday Inn Express and Suites by Q4 2012
- RLJ
Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Renovation of the
SpringHill Suites Austin North in Austin, Texas
- IHG
Appoints Larry Light as Global Chief Brands Officer
- Four
Seasons Hotel San Francisco in California Welcomes Loga Nathan as Hotel
Manager
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Marc L. Fournier as General Manager for
The 148-room Mason Inn Conference Center & Hotel in Fairfax,
Virginia
- White
Lodging Services Names Rob Kennehan as General Manager for the Embassy
Suites Tampa/Brandon Hotel in Florida
- International
Association of Conference Centers - Americas Presents Three
Scholarships to Deserving Hospitality Students, Emmanuelle Willis,
Serena Sun, and Shawna Haggerty
April 4, 2012
- Millennium
Hotels and Resorts increases revenue and bookings using Sabre
Hospitality Solutions distribution and marketing; Hotel company renews
long-term agreement setting the stage for growth in 2012
- Revel
Resort Opens with SuiteLinq; The 20-Acre, $2.4 billion Lifestyle Resort
on the Atlantic City Boardwalk is featuring the state-of-the-art
SuiteLinq interactive guest-services and entertainment platform
- Hospitality
Industry Veteran Tina Stehle Leaves Agilysys
- Fontainebleau
Miami Beach Leaving Financial Woes Behind and Reaping Big Profits
Making About $80 million in Profit Off of $296 million in Revenue
During 12 Month Period Ending in March 2012
- Poolside
Kitchen Turned Farm Benefits Guests and Saves on Food Costs for
Marriott Tampa Waterside
- Wine
by the Glass is a Tricky Proposition for the Consumer and the
Restaurateur; Ascribing to KISS Theory Can Benefit Both - Keep It
Simple, Sommeliers
- Video:
PKF's Hotel Horizons Market Update with Mark Woodworth
- Los
Angeles City Council Considering Granting Incentives to Local Hotels to
Encourage Modernization and Higher Pay for Workers
- Brazil's
Thriving Lodging Market Leading to Uptick in Investor Interest
- Paramount
Hospitality Management Gets Go Ahead for their Planned 112-room Hilton
Garden Inn in Knoxville, Tennessee; $600,000 Incentives Approved for
the Redevelopment of a Current Hotel
- Rocco
Forte Hotels Group Holds Critical Talks with Key Lender in Hopes to
Resolve Financial Woes
- New
Owner of the Hotel Pontchartrain in Detroit, Michigan in Negotiations
to Reopen the Closed Hotel as a Crowne Plaza; Adding the 413 Rooms to
the Market could Lure Convention Business to the City
- Wyndham,
Through the Use of Technology, Rolling out Initiatives to Help
Hoteliers Reap Revenue
- Microtel
Inn & Suites by Wyndham Unveils Rebranding Strategy
- Riviera
Holdings, Which Emerged from Bankruptcy in April 2011, Sees Losses
Widen to $15.9 million in 2011 Compared to a Loss of $13 million in
2010, Even Though Revenue Grew
- Hospitality
Softnet Expands Teleprospecting Services Internationally to Europe and
the Middle East
- Inn
at Pocono Manor Announces Centennial of Historic East Course: Holes
Designed By Legendary Donald Ross & William Flynn; Anniversary
Celebration for Golf Journalists and the Public
- HFTP
Offers a New Member Benefit - the HFTP Mobile App; Provides Easy Access
to Association Information and Global Events
- Parke
Hotel & Conference Center in Bloomington, Illinois Facing
Foreclosure on Mortgages Totaling $5.6 Million
- With
Debt Dwarfing Assets by More than a 2-to-1 Ratio, The Holiday Inn
Express Hotel and Suites in Brooksville, Florida Files for Bankruptcy
- The
202-room Aliante Station Hotel-Casino in North Las Vegas Emerges
Profitable from Bankruptcy Posting a $573,000 Profit During the Final
Two Months of 2011
- The
195-room Royal Sonesta Hotel Baltimore to Open in Maryland through a
Rebranding of the Intercontinental Hotel Baltimore
- Starwood
Hotels to Open Dual-Branded Ski Resort Complex in China; The 257-room
Westin Changbaishan Resort and the 296-room Sheraton Changbaishan
Resort to Welcome Guests in Summer 2012
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Expands India Hotel Portfolio to 13 with the
Management Transition of The Turtle on the Beach and the Estuary Island
Resort
- Starwood
to Reposition Four Points Property in Tucson, Arizona as Aloft Hotel;
The 150-room Aloft Tucson University will Open Early in 2013 Following
the Property Renovation and Conversion
- Second
New York City Pod Hotel, the 367-room Pod 39 to Open in June 2012
Launching a New Hotel Brand for Owner, BD Hotels
- TMI
Hospitality and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Open the 64-room Country
Inn & Suites By Carlson, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Hotel
Equities Selected to Manage the 99-room Hampton Inn Fairburn Hotel in
Metro Atlanta, Georgia
- Ektornet
US, Inc. Assumes Management of the 157-key La Posada De Santa Fe in New
Mexico
- A
$20 Million Renovation is Underway at the 299-room Omni Mont-Royal in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Caribbean
Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Enters Strategic Partnership with
Henkell & Co; Brings Henkell & Co Brands To Members' Wine Lists
- Felcor
Lodging Trust Promotes Jeffrey D. Symes As Senior Vice President, Chief
Accounting Officer And Controller
- Extended
Stay Hotels Appoints Thomas Seddon, Former Intercontinental Hotels
Group CMO, as Chief Marketing Officer
- Dorchester
Collection Names Arabella El Barkouki as Director of Sales and
Marketing of the 109-room Le Richemond in Geneva, Switzerland
- Amy
Colangelo Appointed as Spa & Recreation Director for The 212-room
Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida
April 3, 2012
- Starwood
Hotels CEO, Frits van Paasschen, Talks About Global Opening Spree for
its Nine Brands and Why Miami Remains an Appealing Market
- The
Aruba Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino Installs Flyte Systems'
FlytePass Airline Boarding Pass Printing; Aruba Marriott Provides
Travel Convenience; Guests Confirm and Prepare for Flights in the
Comfort of the Hotel with Greater Self-assurance
- Claiming
no Knowledge of Dissatisfaction with Performance, General Hotel
Management (GHM) Provides Statement on The Setai South Beach Owner
Takeover
- Sheraton
Hotels to Grow its Portfolio of Signature Hotel Spas Across Asia, the
Middle East and Eastern Europe; Will Double its Number of Shine Spas
with 23 Openings by 2015, 10 Slated for 2012
- Elbit
Imaging Sells Four Dutch Hotels to PPHE Hotel Group (Formerly Park
Plaza Hotels); Transferring Ownership of the Park Plaza Victoria
Amsterdam Hotel, the Park Plaza Utrecht Hotel, the art'otel Amsterdam,
and the Park Plaza Airport Hotel
- Supertel
Hospitality Enters Agreement to Acquire the 100-room Hilton Garden Inn
in Solomons Island, Maryland for $11.5 million or $115K per key
- Premier
Inn to Build 75 Hotels in India Over the Next Eight Years
- Budget
and Mid-range Hotels to Boom in Bangkok, Thailand in Response to
Oversupply of Luxury Hotel Rooms and Increased Client Demand for
No-frills Accommodations
- Hyatt
Hotels Honors Two Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles Executives
with Top Honors; Lisa Arias Named 2011 Director of Sales of the Year
and Chef Manfred Lassahn Awarded 2011 Chef of the Year
- Hotel
General Managers in Watertown, New York Welcome Increasing Competition
Even as Market Reaches Saturation Point
- Karen
Kjergaard promoted to Vice President of Recruitment and Training for
Hospitality Softnet, Inc.
- Shift4
to Provide Payment Gateway Services for Revel
- Four
Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Michigan, Set to Open New
Nine-story, 250-room Hotel Tower in June 2012
- Sunrise,
Florida Hotel Completes Renovation and Re-flagging, Opening as the
250-room DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sunrise - Sawgrass Mills; The
Former Crowne Plaza is Owned by Long Wharf Real Estate Partners and
Managed by StepStone Hospitality
- Sader
Hospitality Worldwide Awarded the Management Contract for Two Bunch
Palms Resort & Spa in Desert Hot Springs, California
- Kara
Brady of Konover Hotel Corporation (KHC) Recognized as 2011 Ambassador
of the Year by the Kansas City Kansas (KCK) Area Chamber of Commerce
- International
Association of Conference Centers Presents Education Awards for
Excellence; 2012 Award of Excellence Presented to Allen Morgan, the
Pyramid Award Given to Kristin Kurie
- Michael
Glennie Appointed President and Chief Operating Officer at Fairmont
Raffles Hotels International
- Hersha
Hospitality Management (HHM) Completes its Senior Leadership Team with
the Addition of Industry Veterans Simon Little, Scott Dahl, and Joann
Weber
- Sage
Hospitality Names Mike Case as General Manager for the 369-room Westin
Westminster in Colorado and Promotes Three Sales Team Members
- Aqua
Hotels & Resorts Makes Management Promotions within their
Operations Group Including Three New General Managers
- The
85-room Spruce Point Inn Resort & Spa in Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Names Edward Howes as Food & Beverage Manager, Jillian Johnson as
Sales & Catering Manager, and Mark Weinerth as Sous Chef
- Todd
Gillespie Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Skamania
Lodge in Stevenson, Washington; Managed by Destination Hotels &
Resorts
- Ellen
McGinnis Named Spa Director of Springs Eternal Spa at the 216-room Omni
Bedford Springs Resort & Spa in Bedford, Pennsylvania
- The
Wilderman Group Names Lauren Braxton as Sales Manager at Gastonia
Conference Center in Gastonia, North Carolina
April 2, 2012
- Regatta
Travel Solutions to Replace Expedia on VisitSeattle.org
- The
Other March Madness; As hotels gear up for the 2012 spring/summer peak
travel season the fundamentals of the hospitality industry remain
strong / Derek S. White
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 87; Expand the Javits Center Cost-Free; Is This the
Science or Art of Brand Management? Hotel Histories; Quote of the Month
/ Stanley Turkel
- What
is Behind the Gyrations of the World Economy and Where is It Going? /
Steven Ferry
- Carlson
Rezidor Hotel Group Enters Strategic Partnership with Bestech
Hospitalities Pvt Ltd to Focus on the Hotel Development in India
- Driftwood
Hospitality Management Acquires the 249-room Hilton Raleigh-Durham
Airport at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina; Its Third
Acquisition Under a Q3 2011 Joint Venture with Apollo Global Management
- New
Castle Hotels & Resorts Purchases the Algonquin Hotel & Resort
in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada in a Joint Venture
with Southwest Properties; Resort to Close in September 2012 for $20
Million Renovation and Rebranding to Marriott's Autograph Collection
Reopening in June 2013
- Last
Days to Register: Revenue 360 - Sales, RM and Social Media Integrated
Approach for Leisure; Webinar April 4 / Carol Verret
- General
Contractor Selected for Escondido Boutique Hotel; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Add/Update 163 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- Revel
Opens with High Hopes - and $1.1 billion of Debt on its Atlantic City
Casino; Credit Ratings Giant Warns of Vulnerability
- 2014
World Cup Fans will Flock to Brazil, Creating Concerns for the
Inadequate Hotel Bed Numbers; Development Urged to Continue with Two
Years to Prepare
- Knowland
Hires Travel Industry Veteran as Chief of Client Services; Alicia Moran
Brings 25 plus Years Improving Customer Experiences in the Group
Segment of the Hospitality Technology Industry
- Trust
International Extends Distribution Portfolio Via RateGain Partnership
- Pegasus
Solutions Appoints Craig Cartwright Vice President, CRS
- Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Contract with the
Litolier Group for a Flagship Project in India; The 300-room
Swissôtel
Grand Mumbai is Scheduled to Open in 2014
- Al-Jazeera
International Group (JIG) of Qatar Plans to Build Three Hotels in Saudi
Arabia
- International
Association of Conference Centers Releases Guide to Social Media for
the Hospitality Industry; Provides Detailed Look at 23 Social Media
Platforms
- San
Francisco Travel Association Releases Economic Impact Figures for 2011;
Visitors to San Francisco up 2.7%. Visitor spending up 9.8% from 2010
- Hilton
Head, South Carolina Beachfront Facelift Continues with Crowne Plaza
Overhaul and Rebranding; To Become Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island
and Launch Renovation of its 340 Guest Rooms
- The
Setai Resort & Residences in Miami, Florida is Under New
Management; Setai Owners LLC Selects Trevi Luxury Hospitality Group to
Operate the Property
- Marriott
International Opens the 288-key Courtyard Mexico City Airport in Mexico
- RLJ
Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Renovation of Guest
Rooms and Public Spaces for Two of their Properties; Transforming the
78-suite Residence Inn Indianapolis-Fishers in Indiana and the 66-suite
Residence Inn Austin South in Texas
- The
Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) and the Alberta Hotel & Lodging
Association (AHLA) Call on their Government to Address Labor Shortages;
Supporting Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
- Palace
Resorts Selects RCI, Part of the Wyndham Worldwide Family of Brands, to
Manage and Operate Customer Care, Reservations and Collections for its
Vacation Clubs
- Correction:
Benchmark Hospitality Names Matt Hagerman as General Manager for the
84-room Willows Lodge in Woodinville Wine Country near Seattle,
Washington
- Dorchester
Collection Appoints Denise Flanders as General Manager of Hotel Bel-Air
in Los Angeles, California
- Erich
Steinbock Appointed as Regional Vice President for Rosewood Hotels in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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