HOSPITALITY HEADLINES

• Developers break ground on hotel near Seminole Square (The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va.)
• Hotel Florence ushers in new downtown (Florence Morning News, S.C.)
• South Florida hotels, airports, ports expect to be busy for Memorial Day weekend (Sun Sentinel)
• BRIEF: Rio plans zipline ride between two towers (Las Vegas Sun)
• Red Rose Inn, other Madonia properties, to be auctioned to pay off debt (Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.)
• 24-karat iPad for guests at the Burj Al Arab hotel (Los Angeles Times)
• Main Street Odessa conducting study for hotel convention center (Odessa American, Texas)
• BRIEF: Developer Weiss plans hotel for vacant Wickford Elementary School (The Providence Journal, R.I.)
• (Updated 4:45 p.m.) New hotel to help bolster county's growing tourism industry (The Star, Shelby, N.C.)
• EDITORIAL: Tourism economic gold (Orange County Review, Va.)

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• LBA Hospitality Increases Business for 72-Property Portfolio with Web Booking Pages and Corporate Sales System; "Sales is All About Qualifying," LBA Combines Savvy Web Strategy and Centralized Account Management to Qualify and Close New Business
• Maestro Launches Big Data Mobile Business Intelligence and Performance Management Dashboards for Faster "Time to Information" Decisions; Maestro BI Gives Operators Real-Time On-The-Go Access to Comprehensive Performance Numbers for Single Hotels or Multi-Property Hotel Groups
• Real Hospitality Group Named Management Company for an Approximate Quarter Billion Dollar (Phase: I) Hotel Investment Fund Representing Only the First Phase of Hospitality Funding Ability. RHG to source deals and management for hotel investment fund in leisure destinations
• Hoteliers Beware! The Consequences of Overbooking - Reservation-Holders Booted Out on Jam-Packed Weekend
• Getting Your Tenured and Tired to Grow and Evolve / Gary Hernbroth
• Owners of Las Vegas' Golden Gate Hotel & Casino Hit Rock Bottom - Going Geothermal, Property Reduced Electrical Bills by 40% and Spends Zero on Hot Water
• Addressing the Social Side of Sustainability: Guidelines for the Hospitality Industry / Michael Estabrook
• Revel Emerges from Bankruptcy Under New Ownership; Shaves $1.5 billion in Debt Down to $272 million
• A Restaurateur's Guide to Successful Digital Marketing / Emily Ditman
• Company Headed by Texas Investor John Bushman Acquires the 500-room Crowne Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado for $14 Million; Plans to Reflag to Bushman's MCM Hotels Chain and Begin a Major Renovation
• University of Phoenix and American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Announce Educational Partnership; EI's 60th Anniversary Drives Focus on Education and Talent Development for Hospitality Workforce
• Kempinski Hotels Begin Deployment of Nor1's Data-Driven Upsell Solutions Across Brand Portfolio; Strategic Agreement to Heighten Guest Experience for Europe's Most Luxurious Hotels
• Digital Alchemy Continues Expansion into Spa Market with Debut of eClub Opt-In Client Messaging System; Customizable email subscription solution allows day spas and hotel spas to build and maintain targeted customer databases and effective eMarketing programs
• Hotel Clarence and The Red Mill Inn Select Infor Hospitality; Infor HMS Overhauls Hotel Management System for Improved Service to Guests
• PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. Awarded Gold and Bronze Distinctions for ATRIO® Guest Experience Management at 8th Annual 2013 "Hot Companies and Best Products" Awards Ceremony
• Hotel Pricing and Parity Analysis for the Week of May 13, 2013 in APAC Region
• Clear Sky Software's Beverage Inventory Management System Selected by Canadian Hotel
• Cityzenbooking Certified for eRevMax Channel Eco-System for Seamless Connectivity
• Early Easter Leaves Orlando Hotels with April Hangover as Occupancy Slides Downward 3%
• Circa 1898 Mansion at Judge's Hill in Austin, Texas, Once a Wedding Present, Gets a Makeover as Hotel Ella; Steve Shotsberger is Serving as General Manager for the Boutique Property
• Best Western International Enters Agreement to Take Over Management of the 189-key Green Hill Hotel in Myanmar's Largest City, Yangon; Best Western Becomes First U.S. Hotel Brand to Operate in Myanmar
• Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Contract with Shaanxi Puyu Industrial for the 350-room Swissôtel Xi'an; A 2016 Completion is Planned for the Hotel in Xi'an, the Capital of Shaanxi Province, China
• The 177-room Holiday Inn Express - New York Manhattan West Side Opens; Owned by GLSC 48 Special LLC and Managed by the Gemini Hospitality Group
• The 507-room Hotel Riu Yucatan, Mexico is to Reopen in July 2013 Following its $15 Million Renovation
• A June 2013 Opening is Planned for the 78-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Deadwood, South Dakota; Owned by Optima and Managed by ISIS Hospitality
• A Member of Design Hotels, the 215-room Mainport Opens in Rotterdam, Netherlands
• MGallery Collection Hotel Opens 118-room Hotel on the Island of Murano in Venice, Italy
• Red Carnation Hotels Adds Ashford Castle in Ireland to its Portfolio
• Midas Hospitality Hires Michael Heater as General Manager for the 97-room Candlewood Suites - Greenville, South Carolina; The Hotel is Currently Under Development with an October 2013 Opening Planned
• Benchmark Resorts & Hotels Names Tiera Steele Director of Revenue Management for Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico
• KSL Resorts Appoints Donna Smith as Director of Leisure and Travel Industry Sales and James Buck as Digital Marketing Manager for Two Properties; Responsible for The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina and The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia

• Eurasia Resorts International & Global Financial Trust Plan New Las Vegas Mega Resort; Project Concept to be Finalized in Q1 2014
• Adaco to Launch 'Analytics' for Adaco.Net at HITEC 2013; The global provider of SaaS-based procurement solutions is unveiling a new hospitality product that provides hoteliers with a three-dimensional view of their data and an unprecedented return on investment; Visit Adaco in Booth 309
• Sam Nazarian, Larry Levy and Bob Heyat Partner to Launch The Redbury Hotel South Beach; Set to Open Early Fall 2013, Marks the Debut of One of Los Angeles Hottest Hotel Brands in Miami
• Albuquerque, New Mexico's Hyatt Regency Downtown to Soon to be Under New Ownership and Local Control
• Urban Commons and Brighton Management Purchase the Embassy Suites in Palm Desert and the Radisson Plaza in San Jose, Both in California
• California Hotels Corporation to Develop 17-acre Hotel Project in Troy, Michigan; Expansion and Renovation Project of the 200-room Met Troy Hotel will Begin in June 2013 with Completion Planned for April 2014
• Fibra Inn, a Mexican REIT, Completes Acquisition of the 100-room Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara UAG Hotel with Plans to Add 99-Rooms; Group to Purchse Five Additional Hotel Properties
• Las Vegas Strip Culinary Union Preparing for Worst; With Contracts Expiring, Vote on Increasing Dues to Support Strike Funds
• Um, Could You Repeat That Please?; Listening Tips from a Once-Terrible Listener / Tommy Taylor
• Pegasus Solutions Reports that Global Corporate Bookings Set New Growth Record in April; +8.8% Increase Over April 2012 is Highest Year-over-year Increase Since August 2011
• iRiS Software Systems Reports Record Sales in Q1 and Expands Team Across the Globe
• Vista Capital Company Raises $32 Million of Financing for a Portfolio of Five Hotels in Arizona and Utah
• Duetto Launches New Product - Duetto Insight - a Revenue Management Solution Catering to the Unique Needs of Small and Limited Service Hotels
• Eleven Appoints Industry Veteran Cyndi Shepley as Senior VP of Sales
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $59,500,000 of Financing for The St. Regis Deer Valley, Deer Valley, Utah
• New London Office and EMEA Sales Director Boosts Intelity's Regional Presence; The company behind the most advanced guest service enterprise platform in the world sets its sights on Europe, the Middle East and Asia with further expansion in regional sales and support
• Educational Institute Honors Navy Lodge Training Programs for Excellence
• HOSPA and HFTP in Initial Discussions to Expand Association's Showpiece 'HOSPACE' Hospitality Conference and Exhibition
• U.S. Travel Industry Poised for Strong Summer According to Travel Industry Leaders; Panelists Discuss Tourism's Impact on the U.S. Economy and Changing Vacation Demographics
• The $41 million 200-room Westin Jekyll Island in Georgia Breaks Ground with a September 2014 Opening Planned; Under Development by Jekyll Oceanfront Hotel, a Joint Venture Between Leon N. Weiner & Associates, New Castle Hotels & Resorts and Other Investors
• Kaminski Hotels Opens the 678-room Grand Kaminski Hotel Shanghai in Pudding, Shanghai; Reflagging the Former Gran Meliá Hotel Shanghai
• The 127-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott Set to Open in Green Bay, Wisconsin in Early June 2013; Owned by Green Bay CS Hotel Group and Managed by HP Hotels
• Boston's Newest Boutique Hotel & Restaurant, The Boxer & Finch, Open; New Owner, Hersha Hospitality Trust, Completes Transformation of the 80-room Hotel, Formerly the Bulfinch Hotel
• The 61-room BEST WESTERN Pioneer Plaza Hotel Opens in Carbondale, Pennsylvania; Owned by Daniel Sinawa and Managed by Marshall Hotels & Resorts
• White Lodging Names Stan Iliev, Amy Davis, Kirsten Monsen, and Nicole Patterson as General Managers for Properties in Indiana, Nebraska, Colorado and Illinois
• Brent Truax Appointed as the General Manager of the 149-room Sierra Nevada Lodge in Mammoth Lakes, California
• Michael R. McMahon Named as Director of Sales and Marketing for the 740-key Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, in Phoenix, Arizona
• Daniel Keyser and Nancy Wilkerson Appointed to Top Sales Leadership Positions for Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Destin, Florida
• New Castle Names Jasmin Kobajica as Executive Chef/Director of Food and Beverage for The Algonquin Resort in New Brunswick, Canada; Currently Undergoing a $30 Million Renovation, the Hotel will Reopen in Summer 2013 as Part of Marriott's Autograph Collection

Top five viewed pages during April 2013

• 2013 World Rankings of The Top 10 Hotel Groups and Top 15 Brands; IHG Retains Top Spot in Groups With Nearly 660,000 Rooms; Holiday Inn & Holiday Inn Express Overtake Best Western for Top Spot in Brands
• Top 10 Trends of The Next Generation of Travel: The Millennials / Teresa Y. Lee
• TripAdvisor Caught Red-Handed; Glasgow's Bellgrove Hotel, a homeless shelter, finds itself in TripAdvisor's Top 100 best hotels in the United Kingdom / Georges Panayotis
• Identifying Meth Lab Red Flags / Alissa Ponchione
• Musical Chairs: A History Behind the LodgeNet Bankruptcy / Mark Haley