1. Hospitality Industry's Top 10 Thoughts for 2005 -  Ernst & Young LLP
2. The 25 Most Extraordinary Sales and Marketing Minds in Hospitality and Travel Named by HSMAI
3. Cost of Staying at Hotels in U.S. Rising Quickly, Report Says
4. I Would Like to See Your Hospitality Standards. Where Are They?  Anybody Seen Them? / John R. Hendrie
5. Workers Find Bags at Trash Bin near Charlotte, N.C., Airport 2 Weeks in Row
6. Website to Launch as the First and Only Hospitality Management Recruiting Solution Connecting Qualified Hospitality Management Candidates with Quality Employers
7. Benchmark's Top Ten Meeting Industry Trends for 2005
8. One of Accor's Pioneering Hoteliers Dies in Tsunami Disaster; Accor's Reggie Shiu amongst casualties in Khao Lak 
9. Next Generation Holiday Inn to Debut in Southeast New Jersey; Ninth Holiday Inn Prototype Celebrates Heritage and Innovation with Classic Holiday Inn Images, Updated �Great Sign� and Enhanced Guestrooms 
10. Goldman Sachs Investment Fund and Affiliates of Highgate Holdings Acquire 25 Hotels from Wyndham; 15 Hotels to Remain Wyndham Branded
11. Five Hotel Internet Marketing Myths � Busted! / Neil Salerno
12. Hotelier�s 2005 Top Ten Internet Strategy Resolutions / Max Starkov and Jason Price
13. Federal Appellate Court Ruling Means Women Can be Fired for Refusing to Wear Makeup; Bartender Refused to Wear Makeup Because it "Forced her to be Feminine" and Interfered With Her Ability to Effectively do Her Job
14. 18 Predictions About the Future of Hotel Waterpark Resorts / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
15. How Does Your Hotel Web Site Measure-Up? 2005 Will Be the Internet�s Most Productive Year so Far / Neil Salerno
16. Changing Your Rate Strategy to Improve Your ADR Today�s "Guaranteed Lowest Rate" on the Internet Now Viewed as the Hotel�s Published Rack Rate / Neil Salerno
17. Is it ROI, Return On Investment or  ROL, Return on Loyalty / Richard K. Hendrie
18. Hilton, Intercontinental, Starwood, Leading Hotels of the World, Aston Hotels and the Sol Group Corporation and Many More to Debate US Sales and Marketing Strategies
19. Indoor Waterpark Resorts Continue Impressive Growth in �05; A Viable Segment of the Travel Industry / David J. Sangree and Laurel A. Keller
20. The Differences Between Traditional Lodging Development and Condominium Hotel Development / John Montgomery and  Kevin Holt
21. Tiburon Hospitality Management Poised for Growth in 2005
22. Marriott Hotel Owners and Franchisees Investing $190 million in New Bedding; Claims New Bedding to be Cleanest and Freshest of Any Major Hotel Chain
23. New Owner Crown Realty & Development Corp Giving the Former Doubletree La Posada Resort, Scottsdale a Massive $185 million Facelift
24. Travelers Roll the Dice when Booking Rooms in Las Vegas
25. 2005 Hotel Investment Conference Announces Keynote Speakers

1. Room Rates Across the Top 50 Hotel Markets in the U.S. Will Increase by 3.7% in 2004; Five Highest and Five Lowest Average Daily Room Rate Hotel Markets in 2005 / PKF Consulting
2. Top Ten �Must Do's� for a Successful Luxury Hotel Opening / Karen Weiner Escalera
3. Hyatt Corporation Will Purchase the 143-unit AmeriSuites Chain from Affiliates of The Blackstone Group; Plans to Invest $150 million to Create New Brand Headed by Jim Abrahamson and Mike Leven
4. Catching the Buzz on Condo Hotels; A Roundtable Discussion / The Global Hospitality Advisor
5. Top Ten Global Issues and Challenges in the Hospitality Industry for 2005 / International Society of Hospitality Consultants
6. Outlook 2005: A Roundtable Discussion. Hotel Industry Fundamentals - Where have we been? Where are we going? / The Global Hospitality Advisor
7. Are You Being Out-Hustled By Your Competition? How to Dominate Your Hotel's Market Set / Neil Salerno
8. Why Are Some Hotel Companies Plagued By Management Turnover? Is This Systematic of Poor Performance? / Neil Salerno
9. Hotel Directors of Sales - The Qualities for Leadership and Success / Carol Verret 
10. WestCoast Hospitality Corp. Identifies the 11 Hotel Properties Being Sold
11. Are You Still Discounting? You Might Gain Some Occupancy, But Lose RevPar to Your Competition / Neil Salerno
12. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / December  2004
13. Hospitality Properties Trust Acquiring 13 Hotels for $450 million from InterContinental Hotels Group;  Includes 4 InterContinental Hotels
14. Are Your Guests Expecting Mediocrity with Your Hospitality Services? Move Your Level of Excellence to the Remarkable / John Hendrie
15. Noble House Hotels & Resorts Readying the Debut of The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida; The Former 212 room Hilton Receiving $20 million Transformation
16. Guest Services - A Tradition Diminished / John Hendrie
17. John Q. Hammons Hotels Rejects Barcelo Crestline Initial Acquisition Proposal; Receives Proposal from Another Party
18. Is a Pet Policy Enough? Best Practices for Inviting Pets into Your Hotel And Avoiding Litigation / Diana S. Barber 
19. Understanding the Recovery Occurring in the Meeting�s Market; Surveying the Meeting Planners / Robert Mandelbaum
20. Feud Among Pritzker Family Members May Be Nearing Settlement; Resolution Would Help Clear the Path to Take Hyatt Hotel Chain Public
21. The Secret to Getting More Web Site Bookings /  Neil Salerno 
22. The Momentum of Hotel Transactions in the Current Low Cap Rate Cycle / Anwar Elgonemy
23. A Bittersweet Wayne Huizenga Says Farewell to Boca Resorts; Will Pursue New Hotel Deals Through His Investment Company Huizenga Holdings
24. Just an Item on the Menu; the $10,000 Martini on the Rock
25. Hotel Owners: Better, Worse or About the Same?/ David M. Brudney

December 23, 2004

• Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners Acquires 50% Stake in Wyndham's Summerfield Suites Brand plus Six Hotels for $105 million
• Are You Being Out-Hustled By Your Competition? How to Dominate Your Hotel's Market Set / Neil Salerno
• Procaccianti Group the Winning Bidder for the Acquisition of the 364-room Westin Providence in Rhode Island; Company Plans to Spend Several Million to Upgrade and Add 200 New Guest Rooms
• Westin Providence Bids Ranged from $70 million to $96 million; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Has 45 days to Counter Offer Procaccianti's $95.5 million Offer
• WestCoast Hospitality Corporation Enlists Colliers International Hotels as its Broker for the Disposition of Eleven Properties
• FaulknerUSA Unanimously Chosen By San Antonio City Council to Build 1,000 room Convention Hotel; Commits $77.3 million to $215 million Project
• DiamondRock Hospitality Company Acquires the 189-room Hotel 5A in Midtown Manhattan for approximately $34.4 million
• Adding 928 Rooms and Suites to the Bellagio Entails More than Just Building a 33-story Tower
• Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb's Consulting Firm Issues 782-page Study Advocating 300 room Convention Center Hotel in Macon, Georgia
• Chicago Edges Out New York as the Top Spot for 2004 New Year's Eve Hotel Bookings
• Pierre Barthes Appointed General Manager at the Mandarin Oriental, Macau
• The Le Cordon Bleu Culinary and Hospitality Management School Providing $1 million in Scholarships to International Students Wishing to Study Hospitality in Australia

• Fairmont Joint Venture Acquiring the Monte Carlo Grand Hotel in Monaco; The 619-room Property Will be Flagged "The Fairmont Monte Carlo", Receive $50 million Renovation
• Guests Get Royal Treatment at the Don CeSar Beach Resort, a Loews Hotel; Concierge Operations Shine with Help from GoConcierge.net�s Web-based Solution
• Feud Among Pritzker Family Members May Be Nearing Settlement; Resolution Would Help Clear the Path to Take Hyatt Hotel Chain Public
• Club Med Continues Restructuring Challenge; Shedding Low-grade Villages and Polishing the Best
• Merger of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. Could be a Boon to Kansas City's Lodging Industry
• Dolce Sitges Opens Near Barcelona, Spain; Jose Francisco Jimenez the Resort's General Manager
• Greek Mythology (Macau) Entertainment Group Limited HKD600-million New Century Hotel & Casino Opens in Macau
• MeriStar Hospitality Sells Safety Harbor Resort and Spa on Tampa Bay
• Howard Karawan Named Divisional President/Managing Director of Kerzner's Destination Resorts
• Panos Panayotopoulos Appointed General Manager of Athenaeum InterContinental, Athens
• The Adam�s Mark Jacksonville Rebounds from Water Damage; All 966 rooms Ready for Gator Bowl, Super Bowl
• Pet Friendly Vacation Rentals Choose Dog Friendly Directory To Promote Properties

• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / December  2004
• San Diego's U.S. Grant Hotel to Close During $26 million Renovation; Expects to Re-open in Six Months as Member of Starwood's Luxury Hotel Collection
• Shangri-La Hotels Opens The Shangri-La Academy to Provide Chinese Students Hospitality Tools and Training; Anticipating 32 Hotels and 19,000 Employees by 2007
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Selling The 736 room Kowloon Hotel for HK$1.93 billion (approx $248 million USD)
• Bangkok's Leading Hotels Anxious to Raise Room Rates for First Time Since 2002
• The Passing of Julia Child the Nation's No. 1 Food-related Story in 2004; So-called "Cheeseburger Bill" at No. 10
• DiamondRock Hospitality Company Acquires the 276 suite Bethesda Suites Marriott Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland for Approximately $41.6 million
• Carlson Hotels Adds Nine New Properties to Global Portfolio
• WestCoast Hospitality Corp GMs and DOS Sleep In the Same Beds that Their guests Sleep In
• After Standing Vacant for 10 years, Charlotte's Old Convention Center Now in Hands of Developer; Mixed-use Project Envisioned
• In Hotel Online's Viewpoint Forum Andrea asks - The hotel I work for has decided to drop our hotel flag. Now as of Jan 01, 2005 we will be independent. I am seeking advice on what we should do to get ready for a change like this? We have most of the signage down. We are working on a website, and we have ordered non-logoed supplies. What else are we overlooking? Thanks for your help!! 

• Understanding the Recovery Occurring in the Meeting�s Market; Surveying the Meeting Planners / Robert Mandelbaum
• The Momentum of Hotel Transactions in the Current Low Cap Rate Cycle / Anwar Elgonemy
• The Rhode Island Convention Center Authority Ordered by Judge to Disclose the 15 Bidders for the Westin Providence
• FaulknerUSA Pledges $77.3 million to Develop $215 million San Antonio Convention Center Hotel; Eclipses Proposals from Hines and Related Lodging Group
• Developers Richard Sanders and John Tynan Open the 97 room Hotel Andalucia in Santa Barbara, California
• Plans for Riverhouse Resort with 102 room Hotel, 80 Condos and  38,000 sq ft Convention Center Wins Approval from City of Bend, Oregon
• $129 million Convention Center and Hotel in Lacaster, Pensylvania On Track for 2005 Groundbreading
• InnLink Chosen by Select Franchising, Inc. for Reservation Services
• Sierra Suites Latest Brand to Roll Out Comfy Beds; The Magic Sumber Bed
• Coast Casinos Direct Connects to Expedia and Hotels.com via Hotel Information Systems� epitome Interface to Save Time and Money
• InfoGenesis Further Distinguishes Itself by Earning Microsoft Competencies In Business Intelligence Solutions and Microsoft Advanced Infrastructure Solutions

• Hospitality Properties Trust Acquiring 13 Hotels for $450 million from InterContinental Hotels Group; Includes 4 InterContinental Hotels
• Great Wolf Resorts Inc. Raises $238 million with Successful Initial Public Offering; Plans to Open 10 Resorts Over Next Five Years
• Jean-Jacques Pergant Named President of Blackstone Affiliate Responsible for Operations of the Boca Raton Resort & Club; Josephe Berger Will Oversee Resorts Naples and Fort Lauderdale
• Cendant Hotel Group Integrates with Former Ramada International Employees to Create New International Structure
• Small Luxury Hotels Adds 53 New Members for 2005; Luxury Brand Marks Record Total with 329 Hotels in 57 Countries
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Readying the Debut of The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida;  the Former 212 room Hilton Receiving $20 million Transformation
• Richard C. Kessler Re-opens the 72-all Suite Beaver Creek Lodge in Colorado; 10th Hotel to Join the Kessler Collection
• Pennsylvania's New Gaming Control Board Gets First Lesson On Protecting Proposed 14 New Casinos; If You Don't Look for Corruption, You'll Never See It
• India's Hotel Management Graduates Attracted to Outsource Call Centers; Salary & Growth Prospects Much Better
• SECURE-RES Clients Experience Double-Digit Year-Over-Year Internet Revenue Growth
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Marriott Suites Hotel Bethesda
• Madelon Boom Named Chief Operating Officer for Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts Hotel Management Division
• Chester Deptula, GM of the Surrey Hotel in New York City, Named Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show for 2005
• The Historic Northern Hotel in Billings Now Branded a Clarion Hotel, Shaun Combs is the General Manager

• Wolff Urban Development Co. and Apollo Real Estate Advisors Receive City Support for $ 1 billion 1,200 room Hilton Hotel and Entertainment Center at the Staples Center; $160 million Public Subsidy Questioned by Downtown LA Hoteliers
• Las Vegas Sands Stock Price Jumps 61% on Opening Day; Confirms Strength Investors Have in the Gaming Industry
• Financial Audit at James Beard Foundation Concludes Former President Len Pickell Engaged in Improper Use of Foundation Assets for Personal Benefit
• Are Your Guests Expecting Mediocrity with Your Hospitality Services? Move Your Level of Excellence to the Remarkable / John Hendrie
• Baltimore Officials Select Clarke/HRI to Develop Boutique Hotel at Fells Point's Pier; The 145-room Will Be Managed by Kimpton Group
• Bankruptcy Judge Approves Interim Financing Plan for Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc.; Judge Urges a Committee of Shareholders be Formed to Scrutinize the Deal
• Prism Hotels Acquires the 280 room Radisson Memphis Hotel / $8 Million Renovation of the Hotel to Begin Immediately;  Patrick Jordan Named GM
• Intergroup Arranges $21 million Sale of 317-room Hilton Knoxville
• Elias Assaly Appointed General Manager of the St. Regis Hotel and Residences San Francisco; The 260-room Hotel and 102 Residences Set to Open in Summer 2005
• South Africa Hotels Desperate to Demonstrate Unrivalled Value for Money / Deloitte
• Host Marriott Enters Into an Agreement to Sell 85% of its Courtyard Joint Venture Interest for Approximately $92 Million; Proceeds Targeted for Luxury Hotel Acquisitions
• Richard Moore Scholarship Program Formed at Cornell Hotel School; Recognizes Dick Moore for the Contributions he Made to the Field of Information Technology
• Dalian Wanda Group Appoints Accor to Manage 453-room Sofitel Wanda Beijing
• Pegasus Solutions Renews Distribution Agreements With Marco Polo, Meritus, and Taj Hotel Chains

• Silverthorne, Colorado Officials Surprised by a Penny Stock Company's Public Announcement for a Luxury Condo-Hotel Resort
• Why Are Some Hotel Companies Plagued By Management Turnover? Is This Systematic of Poor Performance?
• The 966-room Adam's Mark Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida Suffers $2 million in Water Damage; Will be the Super Bowl Headquarters Hotel
• Andrew Cosslett Named Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group; Expert in Global Brand Management
• The Grand Canyon's El Tovar, One of the Original Great Lodges of the National Park System, Turns 100;  Key Influence in Opening the Southwest to Tourism
• Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Puts Out Request for Proposals for 200 room Hotel Adjacent to Manatee Convention and Civic Center
• Top Ten �Must Do's� for a Successful Luxury Hotel Opening
• Government Owned Great Eastern Hotel in Kolkata, India Readies for Privatisation; Leading International Hotel Chains Bidding
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Appoints Michael Larose GM and Amanda Reed DOS at the Corporate-owned Country Inns & Suites in New Orleans

• Softscribe Inc. Partners with PRWeb; Boosts Technology Client Sales to US Government, Hotel Markets via Blogs, RSS Newsfeed
• Winner�s Circle: Interstate Hotels & Resorts Teams with Trusted Suppliers to Deliver Security, Profitability to Owners
• The Fairhaven Village Inn, Like Many Small Hotels, Is In a Battle with A Major Online Travel Agency / Richard Zwicky
• Developer Jorge Perez Acquires the 598 room Sheraton Biscayne Bay for $94 million; Plans to Demolish Hotel, Build Mixed Use Project
• Accor and Club Méditerranée Identify Synergies and Priorities
• David Curell Named Managing Director of Joie de Vivre's First New Build Hotel - the 199 room Hotel Vitale, San Francisco
• James Sherwood of Orient Express Hotels to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin
• Profile: Dick Walsh, Executive Director of the Ontario Convention Center; Former California Angels  Executive VP and GM
• Pyramid Advisors LLC and the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund Plan $10 million Renovation of the former 303-room Adam's Mark Hotel in Columbia, South Carolina
• Michael F. Glennie Named Executive Vice President, Real Estate for Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
• The Peabody Hotel Group Completes $19 million Renovation of The Hilton Little Rock Metro Center; Its Second Hotel in Little Rock
• Foreign Tourists at All-time High in India; Hotels Hike Room Rates

• Room Rates Across the Top 50 Hotel Markets in the U.S. will Increase by 3.7% in 2004; Five Highest and Five Lowest Average Daily Room Rate Hotel Markets in 2005 / PKF Hospitality Research
• Mintek Announces First Industry Specific, Money Saving Asset Management Solution Exclusively for Lodging
• Investor Sam Nazarian Contracts with Philippe Starck to Design Miami's Ritz Plaza Hotel
• The Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center Performing Beyond Developer's Expectations -- Without Stealing Business from Dallas Hotels
• HTNG In-Room Technology Group Sets Goals for First Phase Deliverables; Deployment of Telephony, Entertainment Systems, and Guest Internet Access on a Common Network Infrastructure
• Asian Paper Products Firm Files Lawsuit Against Chinese Hotel Association; Napkins, Fax Paper Not Up to "Green hotel" Status According to Association
• San Diego Hotel Occupancy, Room Rates Up, But Not At Same Pace As Competition; Market Share Loss a Concern
• Amstar Group, Ltd., Owner of Doral Eaglewood Conference Resort & Spa, Appoints Benchmark Hospitality as Management Company
• David McMillan Named Chief Executive Officer of the International Hotel & Restaurant Association
• The Hotel Group Inc. Sells the 317-room Knoxville Hilton for $21 million; Offer Too Good to Pass Up
• Molinaro Koger Arranges Sale of the Renaissance Jamaica Grande Beach Resort
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges Financing for $130 million Caribbean Resort
• Condo Hotel Seminar Set for March 10-11, 2005 in Rancho Mirage, California / Condo Hotels - Why All the Buzz? What You Need to Know
• David Goldberg and David Pepper Elected to Senior Vice President Positions with Choice Hotels International, Inc.
• Cendant Completes Acquisition of all Ramada International; Appoints Reas M. Kondraschow as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, International
• HotelEXPERT XMfm. (Goodbye, old Engineering software.) Introducing Visuals-driven Engineering (VISE) Software
• Robert Fox Appointed Vice President of Human Resources for Carlson Hotels Worldwide
• Potomac Hospitality Services Recognized by Marriott ExecuStay as its Partnership Circle Award Winner
• Amal Benzari Appointed General Manager at Al Sondos Suites by Le Meridien in Dubai

• Hyatt Corporation Will Purchase the 143-unit AmeriSuites Chain from Affiliates of The Blackstone Group; Plans to Invest $150 million to Create New Brand Headed by Jim Abrahamson and Mike Leven
• FastBooking�s Booking Engine Adds Unique Revenue Generating Features to Sites for Fitzpatrick Hotel Group, Book Italy Hotels
• A Bittersweet Wayne Huizenga Says Farewell to Boca Resorts; Will Pursue New Hotel Deals Through His Investment Company Huizenga Holdings
• A Red Roof Inn Room for $319; Budget Hotels Entering New York City in Record Numbers
• Funded by Gaming Revenues a Multi-Tribe Coalition and Investment Firm Partner to Build $53 million Marriott Residence Inn in Sacramento
• O&S Holdings, LLC Building 200-room Westin Hotel and Conference Center in Huntsville, Alabama; Will Include 40 Privately-owned Residences
• Indian Employees at Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls Receive Preferential Treatment Over Hundreds of Non-Indian Employees; Tribe Owned Casino Exempt from U.S. Discrimination Law
• There's a Reason Why the Food is Always Good at the Beau Rivage; Hotel Converts Basement Space into "Cook and Chill" Food Processing Plant
• Thakral Holdings Appoints Accor to Manage the Former Sheraton Brisbane; Will Be Re-branded Sofitel
• The Secret to Getting More Web Site Bookings / Neil Salerno
• Sabre Holdings to Acquire SynXis Corporation for $40 million Cash; Will Broaden Range of Services for the Hotel Industry
• Carneros Holdings LLC Appoints the PlumpJack Group As Management Company for The Carneros Inn, Napa Valley
• European Hotel Industry Continues Recovery; Results for Corporate Hotel Chains by Country for the 12 Months through October 2004 / MKG
• Hampton Opens Five Hotels and Breaks Ground on 12 New Hotels in October and November 2004
• Marshall Management, Inc. Names David Lutz Vice President of Finance

• Turkish Developer Mehmet Bayraktar Preparing to Convert Watson Island into Miami's newest Resort, the 600 room Island Gardens
• John Q. Hammons Hotels Rejects Barcelo Crestline Initial Acquisition Proposal; Receives Proposal from Another Party
• Developers Preparing More than a Dozen Proposals for Hotels in the Seattle Area; Too Much Too Soon?
• City of San Antonio Selecting a Developer for $280 million, 1,000 room Convention Center Hotel
• United Management Adds $1 million Water Park to Grand Forks Holiday Inn; Developed with Little Guidance from Parent InterContinental Hotels Group
• Charlotte's Ballantyne Resort Signs Long-term Agreement with Starwood's Luxury Collection
• Alan L. Tallis Named President of La Quinta Franchising LLC and Baymont Franchising LLC
• Middle East Hotels Leap Forward with Double-digit Growth / Deloitte
• Fitch Ratings' Outlook for the U.S. Lodging Sector for 2005 is Positive
• The One-of-a-kind 63-room Mount Charleston Hotel near Las Vegas Acquired by Great American Capital for $4 million
• Maxim Hotel Brokerage, Inc. Arranges the Sale of the 60-room Holiday Inn Express � Green Valley, AZ
• Park Hyatt Chicago Chooses GuestWare to Power Call Center; Hotel is Seventh Hyatt Branded Hotel to Select Industry Leading CRM Solution
• Visual One Races Ahead at Woodbury Park
• JHM Hotels Acquires The Courtyard by Marriott Charleston Downtown/Riverview
• Randy Griffin Named Director of Marketing for the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois

• Catching the Buzz on Condo Hotels / A Roundtable Discussion - Global Hospitality Advisor
• Hotel del Coronado Taps LodgeNet for Single Source Solution; Interactive TV and High-Speed Internet Systems Enhance Historic Hotel With 21st Century Technology
• Hotel Owners: Better, Worse or About the Same? / David M. Brudney
• Internet Hotel Ratings Causing Confusion for Consumers; Some Ratings a Marketing Ploy
• Owner of Six Hotels, MHI Hospitality Looks to Raise $54 million with REIT IPO
• The Ida Cason Callaway Foundation Appoints Noble Management Group to Operate the Callaway Gardens Resort & Preserve; Foundation to Partner with Noble to �Reinvent� Callaway Gardens®
• Survey: Scalding Water Found in Nearly 90% of Hotel Rooms; Legionella also a Risk
• Following $35 million in Renovations, The Shangri-La Hotel in Cairns, Australia Completes Rebranding
• San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Concerned Over the Proposed De-funding of the Bureau
• Outrigger Hotels & Resorts Awarded Management Contracts for its Tenth Resort in the Australia and for its Third Resort in New Zealand
• Langham Hotels International Rebranding Sheraton Hotels in Australia and New Zealand, The Langham Hotel, Melbourne and Langham Hotel, Auckland
• Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts London-based partner, Park Plaza Hotels Europe, Opens The Park Plaza Belfast, Formerly The Fitzwilliam International Hotel Belfast
• Educational Institute�s New Food Safety Textbook Focuses on HACCP Process
• Norm Jenkins Named Senior Vice President for North American Lodging Development; Will Oversee Marriott's Diversity Ownership Initiative
• Hospitality Financier Edward Blum Joins Molinaro Koger
• Monterey Marriott Concierge Marie Lupo Receives Clefs d'Or Membership

• Hotel Directors of Sales - The Qualities for Leadership and Success / Carol Verret
• First Half 2004 Hotel Profits Solidify 2005 Outlook; Industry Still Lags Far Behind its Past Peak Performance in 1998 / HRG / PKF Consulting
• Are You Still Discounting? You Might Gain Some Occupancy, But Lose RevPar to Your Competition / Neil Salerno
• R. Donahue Peebles Sells The Royal Palm Hotel for $127.5 million; The Falor Companies Sixth Hotel Acquisition in South Florida
• Mexican Tourism Is On the Rise and So is Grupo Posadas Hotel Portfolio
• After 25 Years with Four Season's Chain, John Indrieri, GM of the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara, Retiring
• The Dusit Group Managed Royal Princess Narathiwat in Thailand Closing Permanently; Cites Unrest in the Southernmost Provinces
• Results of the French Hotel Industry in October2004 Boosted by 4 Star Paris Hotels / MKG
• Orient Express Hotels Expanding St. Martin's La Samanna with Full Ownership Villas
• The Clarion Santa Rita Hotel & Suites in Tucson Receiving $40 million Transformation into Boutique Hotel and Condos
• Arthur Nathan Appointed Senior Vice President-Chief Human Resources Officer for Wynn Las Vegas
• Vijay Dandapani Elected Chairman of the Hotel Association of New York City
• Executive Team in Place for the Opening of Danat Resort Jebel Dhanna
• Claudia Passamonti Named Director of Sales & Marketing at the Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove, Kimpton Hotels� First Florida Property
• TravelCLICK Appoints Jan Tissera President, TravelCLICK International

• WestCoast Hospitality Corp. Identifies the 11 Hotel Properties Being Sold
• Flagship Resort Properties Completes $14.5 million Renovation of the Former Carib Inn; Reopens as the 222 room Holiday Inn - San Juan
• Denver's Colorado Convention Center Completes $310.7 million Expansion; At 2.2 million sq ft, the Facility Able to Host 95% of the Country's Convention Business
• Gene Ammons Jr. Elected President of the Choice Hotels International International Operators Council
• The Former Renaissance Jamaica Grande Receiving Renovation; Will Re-open as 730-room Sunset Jamaica Grande
• Lowe Enterprises Investment Management Completes Acquisition of Miramonte Resort & Spa in Indian Wells, California; Plans $5 million in Renovations
• Mirage Trade & Export Selects Prollinx to Help Supply Upscale Clients in Remote Destinations
• MGM Grand Detroit Casino May Be Sold as Result of MGM MIRAGE Pending Merger with Mandalay Resort Group
• Potomac Hospitality Services Named Operator of Marriott ExecuStay Corporate Housing Business in Chicago through a Franchise Agreement

• Outlook 2005: Hotel Industry Fundamentals, Where have we been? Where are we going? / The Global Hospitality Advisor
• The "HIP" Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas Switches to SynXis for Distribution Management Services and Technology
• Philadelphia's 515-room Adam's Mark Hotel Shuts Doors in 60 Days; 21 Year Old Hotel May be Demolished
• Guest Services - A Tradition Diminished / John Hendrie
• The Hotel Industry Is Pinning its Hopes on Gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 � But Is it a Sure Winner? / HOTEL Asia Pacific
• "Boardwalk of Dreams," a Book About Atlantic City, Offers Lessons for Biloxi
• Just an Item on the Menu; the $10,000 Martini on the Rock
• Developer Jack Bortlea Building New Prototype for AmeriHost Inns, More "Upscale'' Inn Located Near Port Columbus International Airport
• Safe & Sound - Operators and Guests Sleep Easy with Green Suites International�s Organic Bedding and Bath Linens
• Best Western GB Recommends RATE TIGER Online Distribution Management Tool to Member Hotels
• TravelCLICK Launches ChannelManager in Europe; Increased Channel Support Enables Customers To Improve Their Online Revenue Stream
• Electrobug Appoints Bruce W. Mainzer to Head New North American Office; Electrobug Expands Rate Intelligence Services for U.S. and Canadian Hotels
• UK's Top Performing Hotel Markets / Deloitte
• Top 10 European Destination Markets Based on Electronic Room Nights During 3rd Qtr of 2004; Electronic Room Nights Up 10% for European Hotels
• The Elmhurst Group and Prospera Hospitality Giving the Former Ramada Plaza Suites a Complete Renovation; Rebranding into the Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh City Center
• Michael Gallegos, Co-founder of American Property Management Corp.,  Named National Recipient of the 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year

• WestCoast and Others Thinking OUTSIDE the �Box� in 2005; ID90.COM Helps Hotel Groups Establish Themselves Within the Travel Industry, Specifically with Airline Employees
• Top Ten Global Issues and Challenges in the Hospitality Industry for 2005 / International Society of Hospitality Consultants
• Is a Pet Policy Enough? Best Practices for Inviting Pets into Your Hotel And Avoiding Litigation / Diana S. Barber
• R. Donahue Peebles Poised to Sell the Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Resort to The Falor Companies; Sale Would Mark End of a High-profile Venture
• Derra Lee Edwards Nurtures Culture of Excellence for the 575 Employees at the Montage Resort & Spa; Hardest Concept to Teach? Grooming
• Convention Hotel Feasibility Study Demonstrates Need for a New 1,200-room Hotel near the Minneapolis Convention Center; Downtown Minneapolis' Inadequate Hotel Inventory Negatively Affects Future Convention Business
• Cendant Hotel Group Announces Quality Assurance Initiative; +GX or Positive Guest Experience
• Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Will Manage a New Hotel Under Development in Prague, Czech Republic
• Florida International University�s Classrooms Go Global; Hospitality Professionals Have Opportunity to Earn Master�s Degree from Home
• Hoteliers on Florida's Gulf Islands Report Varying Occupancies in October and November; Some Resort Owners Grateful Just to Be in Business
• The 249 room Ramada Inn KCI, near Kansas City International Airport, Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
• Broughton Hospitality Group Now Operating The Georgian Hotel, Santa Monica, California
• Bucuti Beach Resort Aruba and Best Western Premier Hotel Victoria, Freiburg, Germany Win the IH&RA 2004 �Innovation in Environmental Best Practice� Award
• Odyssey Glendale Hotel, LLC Acquires the 133-room Manchester East Hotel & Suites, Milwaukee; Plans Conversion to Radisson Hotel
• Passkey Releases Automated Rooming List Management Product; New Functionality Eliminates Manual Keying of Room Lists for Passkey Users
• Pegasus Solutions Expands Presence in China Through Electronic Hotel Distribution Agreement with Ctrip.com
• The Fairmont Orchid Goes Chemical-Free, Comprehensive Efforts in Housekeeping, Landscaping and Reef Protection
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Names Sean Worker Executive Vice President, International Operations and Development, Continental Europe

1. Zagat Survey 2005 - Top U.S. Hotel and Restaurant Ratings; Peninsula Chicago and Peninsula Beverly Hills Ranked #1 and #2
2. The 2005 Mobil Five-Stars Awarded to 31 Lodgings and 14 Restaurants
3. Five Hotels Added to AAA Five Diamond Winners for 2005; Complete list of 85 AAA Five Diamond Hotels
4. Overzealous Benihana Hibachi Chef at Center of $10 million Wrongful-death Suit; a Flying Shrimp Incident
5. 5 Star vs 5 Diamond: What�s the Difference? /  Harry Nobles & Cheryl Griggs
6. 2004 is the Year of Recovery the Travel Industry Has been Waiting For; Some Sectors Finally Exceeding 2000 Levels
7. Rescue from Mediocrity; The Decline of Service Etiquette - A Sequel / John Hendrie
8. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / November  2004
9. Miami's Five New Pricey Hotels Fail to Crack Mobil's Top Ranking
10. Steve Case, Co-founder of America Online, Increases Majority Ownership in Exclusive Resorts, Named Chairman of the Company
11. Hyatt International Appoints Six to Executive Posts
12. Perspectives on the Road to Recovery U. S. Lodging Industry 2005 - HRG / PKF Consulting
13. Unique, Unusual, and Not-to-be-missed - Fodor's Choice Hotels 2005; Fodor's List Answers the Question - What Really Makes a Hotel the Best?
14. Extended-stay Hotels Driven by Customers With Long-term Assignments and an Interest if Frugality; About 3 Extended-stay Properties Built for Every Traditional Hotel Between 2001 and 2004
15. Donald Trump Drives Trump Hotels and Casinos into Second Bankruptcy, Bondholders Get Haircut, Shareholders Almost Wiped Out; Trump to Collect a $2 million Yearly Salary
16. Hotel Sales Departments - Issues in Processes and Functionality / Carol Verret
17. MGM MIRAGE Planning New Megaresort on Las Vegas Strip, Consisting of 4,000-room Hotel/casino, three 400-room boutique hotels
18. Brand Enhancement: Invite Surprise and Delight Into Your Operation / Rick Hendrie
19. Marketing Hotel Websites to their Fullest; Lowest-Rate Guarantees, Booking Friendly,  Search Engine Friendly / Felix B. Laboy
20. Uncanny! Hotel Occupancies �Key Indicator� of Presidential Election Outcome / Hospitality Research Group
21. Hilton Hotels Corp. Considers Putting the Palmer House Hilton Up for Sale; Hilton Has Owned the 1,639-room Hotel Since 1945, May Seek up to $250 million
22. Wynn Resorts Intends to Expand Las Vegas Site; Adding $900 million 1,500 Suite Hotel Tower
23. Small Luxury Hotels Adds 53 Hotels from 22 Countries; A Tough New �Excel - or Exit� Regime Results in Departure of 30 Properties
24. Luxury Makes a Comeback in Travel / Karen Weiner Escalera
25. New Growth and Design Directions for Fairfield Inn by Marriott; Initiatives Include Eliminating 40 Underperforming Hotels by Year-end

November 30, 2004

• Other Revenue Is Good Revenue / Robert Mandelbaum
• Hallucinating for Profit  / Barry Williams, Independent Motel Operator
• The Top 10 Asia-Pacific Destination Markets for Total GDS Room Nights in Asia-Pacific in 2004 Q3; Electronic Room Nights Up 19.5%
• No Shortage of Takers for Condos on Top Floors of  New York's Plaza and St. Regis Hotels
• Vail Resorts Selling its Share of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Bachelor Gulch
• Erie Hoteliers Oppose Public Financing for Proposed 200 room Hotel at Erie's Planned Convention Center
• Holiday Inn Columbus (Ohio) East Planning a $32 million Indoor Water Park
• The Branding Story Behind IHG's Hotel Indigo
• Hilton Garden Inn San Leandro Achieved 20-Percent Increase in RevPAR Since Management Takeover by Richfield
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Achieves Online Milestone as Bookings on Its Brand Websites Exceed Call Center Volumes During Month of October
• The Timeshare Industry in California Made $3 billion Economic Impact on the State's Economy in 2002
• It�s a Hat Trick!  Three, Competing Resorts in Brainerd, Minnesota Choose Visual One Systems!
• Jerry H. Herman Resigning as President and CEO of Arlington Hospitality
• Timothy L. Loughman Named Managing Director for Winston-Salem Hotels and Convention Center Complex
• Michael Polese Appointed General Manager of the Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey
• Ella Messerli, General Manager of the Marquis Los Cabos Resort, Honored as �Maître Hotelier� by the Gastronomic Society La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs

• Worldwide Electronic Hotel Bookings Increase 5% in Third Quarter 2004; The Top Five Destination Markets for Total Third-party Web Room Nights
• Carlson Hotel's Regent Brand Tries for Comeback in Thailand Market
• Baltimore Development Officials Proposing 100% Financing for 750-room Hilton Adjacent to Baltimore Convention Center; Would Issue $290 million in Tax-exempt Revenue Bonds
• San Antonio's 225 Hotels Expect to End 2004 with Occupancy of 67% Compared with 66.9% Last Year
• Destination Hotels & Resorts to Acquire the Miramonte Resort in Indian Wells, California from Marcus Hotels
• WestCoast Hospitality Corporation Selling 11 Hotels; Will Use Proceeds to Make Improvements to 31 Red Lion Hotels
• Half of the Exhibit Space at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center, the Fourth Largest Convention Center in the Country, Booked for 2005
• Financier Richard Alter to Invest $400 million in Las Vegas Alexis Park Site, Plans 1,500-room Resort
• AFM Hospitality Issues 2003 Year End Results; Intends to Satisfy the Provisions of the Canadian Securities Commission and Cure Default of the Financial Statement Reporting Requirements
• Asia Gambling Group, Genting, Makes Big Move into British Casino Industry
• John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. to Re-Brand The Holiday Inn University Park Hotel in West Des Moines, Iowa, Under Sheraton Flag; Undergoes $3 million Renovation as Part of Conversion
• Emerson Inn & Spa Named 'Most Outstanding Inn' in North America by Conde Nast Johansens
• Scot Toon Appointed General Manager of Per Aquum Resort's The Fortress in Galle, Sri Lanka
• Kim Pang Named General Manager for Treasure Island Resort and Casino, Red Wing, Minnesota

• Post Show Report - The 2004 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show
• Moscow Based Hermitage Hospitality Plans to Develop 45 Days Inn Hotels in Russia Under a Master License Agreement with Cendant
• Two California Coastal Resorts, Newport Beach Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel Spending $100 million on Renovations
• Westin Hotel in Providence, R.I., Receives Bids from 15 Suitors
• San Antonio Mayor Wooing PGA Tour to Build Luxury Hotel, Golf Resort in San Antonio, Texas
• Newport Hospitality Group Building $13 million Hilton Garden Inn in Columbia, South Carolina
• Electrobug Launches Rate Change & Rate Parity Control, Offering Hotels "One-Click Rate Parity"
• Overzealous Benihana Hibachi Chef at Center of $10 million Wrongful-death Suit; a Flying Shrimp Incident
• Michael Glennie Stepping Down as President of Phoenix Resort Ltd., Operator of the Phoenix Seagaia Resort in Japan
• Our "Pick of the Month" / Harry Nobles & Cheryl Griggs

• Small Luxury Hotels Adds 53 Hotels from 22 Countries; A Tough New �Excel - or Exit� Regime Results in Departure of 30 Properties
• Vantis Launches �Package Select� Dynamic Online Booking Engine; Deerhurst Resort Guests Add Services and Amenities to Hotel Reservations from Deerhurst�s Website with Package Select
• The U. S. Department of Labor Sues Plumbers Union for Diverting More than $36 million in Employee Benefit Plan Assets to Renovate and Operate the Konocti Harbor Resort and Spa on Clear Lake in Kelseyville, California
• Orange County, California Hotel Sales are Back; Nineteen Hotels Changed Hands in the First Half of 2004, versus 13 a Year Earlier
• Hotel Performance Heats Up in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh / Deloitte
• Heritage Hotels and Resorts CEO Jim Long's Strategy - Buy Hotels Losing Money in Regions Rich with History
• Donald Trump Drives Trump Hotels and Casinos into Second Bankruptcy, Bondholders Get Haircut, Shareholders Almost Wiped Out; Trump to Collect a $2 million Yearly Salary
• Gaining a Resurgence in Popularity - "Flair Bartending"; Bartenders Learning New Moves and Perfecting Old Ones
• Amy McPherson Named Marriott's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Responsible for Marriott's Global Sales Efforts
• The Knowland Group Announces Entrance into the HSMAI Affinity Partner Program
• Two M3 Hotel Accounting Clients Team Up to Offer Enhanced Hotel Management Services
• Having Introduced Free Wired High-speed Internet Service in all Guest Rooms in 1999, Wingate Inn® Hotels Now Also Provides Free Wireless Internet Access in all Guest Rooms
• The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach Completes Repairs and Renovations After Hurricane Closure; 450 Employees Back to Work

• Rescue from Mediocrity; The Decline of Service Etiquette - A Sequel / John Hendrie
• Institute For Conflict Management, LLC Rolls-Out New Dispute Resolution Panel of Hospitality Industry Mediators, Arbitrators, And Issue Review Board� Panelists
• Steve Case, Co-founder of America Online, Increases Majority Ownership in Exclusive Resorts, Named Chairman of the Company; Names Management Team
• Hotels In India - Trends And Opportunity / Manav Thadani and Deepika Malkani - HVS
• Your Experience Is The Brand; Good Hospitality, Food and Service Are Merely Entry Points into Being Competitive / Rick Hendrie
• Caesars Tahoe Casino Resort to be Acquired by Columbia Sussex Corporation for Approximately $45 million
• Developer Ian Bruce Eichner Planning 2,400 key Condo-hotel Casino on Las Vegas Strip; The  Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino
• Nelda Rivas from the Holiday Inn Austin Northwest Receives the InterContinental Hotels Group 2004 Best of the Best Executive Housekeeper of the Year Award
• New 20 story 150 room Four Points by Sheraton Under Construction in Manhattan's Soho District; Starwood's 14th Branded Hotel In NYC
• Multi-million dollar Renovation of the Embassy Suites in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Embassy Suites - Phoenix Airport Completed
• Tim D. Smith Promoted to Vice President, Operations at Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at Yosemite
• The 70-room Le Meridien Tower, Kuwait, A Showcase for the Art+Tech Concept
• Jan Smits Promoted to Chief Operating Officer, South Asia for InterContinental Hotels Group
• Great Bay Beach Hotel & Casino, St. Maarten Undergoes $10 Million Renovation

• Market Metrix Announces Third Quarter 2004 Hospitality Index Results; Four Seasons, Midwest Airlines and Enterprise Rent-A-Car Take Top Industry Categories
• Business Travelers Frequent Online Travel Agencies, But Prefer Airline and Lodging Web Sites, According to Keynote Study; Often Use Online Travel Agencies as an Information Resource and then Proceed Directly to Specific Air or Hotel Web Sites
• American Property Management Corp's 150-room Albuquerque Wyndham Garden Hotel Dropping Brand Name; Seeks Originality with Independent Positioning as the Nativo Lodge
• The $25 million St. Julien Hotel & Spa Nearing Completion in Boulder; David Lurie the General Manager
• Federal Aviation Administration Rules John Q. Hammons' Proposed 10 Story Embassy Suites Too Tall for Omaha Airport Site
• Rio de Janeiro Hotel Occupancy at 53.3% Year-to-September 2004; Sao Paulo Occupancy Rate Just 46.1% / Deloitte
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires Chaminade; Benchmark Hospitality Named Manager of Resort & Conference Center in Santa Cruz
• Luxury Makes a Comeback in Travel / Karen Weiner Escalera
• Toftrees Resort and Conference Center Acquired by State College, PA Businessmen; Appoint Shaner Hotel Group to Manage
• Prospera Hospitality Forms Joint Venture with The Elmhurst Group; Elmhurst Investing $12 million in Transforming the Ramada Plaza Suites and Conference Center into the Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh City Center
• Sheraton World Resort Orlando to Install ExpressNet® AirLink; Over 1100 Guestrooms Plus Meeting Rooms Get Teledex High Speed Internet Solution
• Teledex Wins 2004 Editors' Choice Award at IH/M&RS for ExpressNet® AirLink; AirLink Voted Best New Technbology Product at Annual Trade Show and Conference
• Las Ventanas Again Only Property in Los Cabos to Receive 'Five Diamond' Rating; Acclaimed Resort Also Honored with Sunday Time's Far Flung Luxury Award
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Financing for Purchase of Austin, Texas Hotel
• HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Expands with Arrowhead Hospitality Group
• Thomas Arasi Appointed President of Portman Holdings, the Real Estate Development Division of the Portman Companies
• Patrick Kluck Appointed General Manager of the Carefree Resort & Villas, Carefree, Arizona
• HVM L.L.C., the Operator of Extended Stay Hotels, Provides Web Site with 650 Extended Stay Locations and Guarantees Lowest Rates on the Internet
• Swissôtel Hotels and Cornell University Collaborate to Develop Swissôtel  eUniveristy
• 2005 Board of Directors in Place for California Lodging Industry Association; Chair is Terry Westrope, VP of Administration and Finance, Sterling Hotels
• Five Suburban Extended Stay Hotels Open in the Eastern U.S.
• Paul Caccia Appointed Food and Beverage Director at the Four Points by Sheraton Denver Cherry Creek

• Perspectives on the Road to Recovery - U. S. Lodging Industry 2005 / HRG / PKF Consulting
• Occupancy in the Detroit Area Turning the Corner During First Six Months of 2004; Difficult Period for Michigan Northern Resorts
• HVS International Hotel Development Cost Survey 2004 / Canadian Lodging Outlook - September YTD
• Winston Hotels Finds Business Niche with Mezzanine Loans to Hotel Developers; New Direction May Lead to Up to $100 million in Outstanding Loans in Two Years
• The Falor Companies Select Kor Hotel Group to Manage the Tides Hotel, South Beach, Miami
• The Former Banque du Canada Building in Old Montreal Transformed Into the 152-room W Montreal
• Thistle Hotels Obtains Long Term Management of The Cumberland Hotel, London; The Former Le Meridien Hotel Will be Operated by Thistle Under New Deluxe Brand 'Guoman'
• Landmark Companies, LLC. Signs Dow Hotel Company to Operate the 371 suite Anaheim Marriott Suites; Steven G. Falciani Named General Manager
• The Radisson Hotel - New Orleans, Owned and Managed by Wyndham, Converting to Park Plaza Brand
• The ES Hotel in Rome Being Re-branded as the Radisson SAS Rome
• Four Points by Sheraton® Pittsburgh Retains Richfield to Reposition, Manage Property
• Morgan Stanley and Beal Bank Believe Trump's Three Atlantic City Casinos a Good Bet; Providing $600 million to Refurbish
• Pinnacle Realty Investments Continues to Execute on Behalf of its Clients Nationwide
• HSMAI Polling Senior Executives in the Hospitality and Travel Industry to Select 25 Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality Sales and Marketing
• ClubResorts Selects E-site Marketing as Website Development and Internet Marketing Partner
• Accovia Offers Dynamic Packaging Interface to Hotel Property Management Systems
• The Carino Collection Announces the Date for its Annual Meeting and Projects Another Year of Record Setting Growth
• Cendant Hotel Group Goes to the Web to Disseminate Franchise Information
• Jean Thomas Named Corporate Senior Vice President of Marketing for Cendant's Hospitality Services Division
• Katrina Carroll-Foster Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Opus Hotel, Vancouver
• Manchester United Selects InfoGenesis Technology Solution for Old Trafford Stadium

• Extended-stay Hotels Driven by Customers With Long-term Assignments and an Interest if Frugality; About 3 Extended-stay Properties Built for Every Traditional Hotel Between 2001 and 2004
• 5 Star vs 5 Diamond: What�s the Difference? / Harry Nobles & Cheryl Griggs
• Hilton Group to Sell 11 UK Hotels; Rationalising Portfolio with More Interest in UK City Centre Sites
• Key West Considers Moratorium Prohibiting Hotel to Condominium Conversion Projects; Need to Study Effects on Character of the Island
• Proposed Colorado Springs Convention Center Receives Mixed Views from Consultants
• IH/M&RS Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design; Best Hotel Design - KMD Mexico for W Mexico City
• Microsoft Smarter Hospitality Provides Comprehensive Solutions Framework to Enable Next Generation of Hospitality Innovation
• InterContinental Hotels Group Signs 100th Franchise Agreement in Mexico
• Preferred Hotels® & Resorts Worldwide Adds Six Independent Hotels to its Portolio
• Truition Signs Alliance Agreement with Leading Hotel and Hospitality Channel Integrator; Truition and Hotel Booking Solutions team to offer hospitality industry powerful tool to access new online sales channels
• Travel Writer Mary Gostelow Targets Affluent Travelers on Behalf of Luxury Hotels
• Peter Strebel Promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Cendant Corporation�s Hotel Group
• Mark Osterberg Appointed Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for La Quinta Corporation
• Jesse Frost Named Executive Chef for the Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa

• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / November  2004
• Brand Enhancement: Invite Surprise and Delight Into Your Operation
• Empire Resorts to Acquire Concord and Grossinger's Catskill Mountain Resorts and 72 holes of Golf; Consolidation of the Two Properties Provides Strategic Locations For Future Gaming and Resort Development
• Four Seasons George V, Paris Takes Top Position of Hotels Ranked by Senior Corporate and Financial Executives
• Chicago's Suburban and O'Hare Hotel Markets in a Rebranding and Remodeling Mode
• Stephen Bello, President of Classic Hospitality, Polishing Up Hotel Properties in Washington, D.C.
• 3H Group Hotels Planning a $5 million Country Inn and Suites in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Elsafe Asks: Are Your In-Room Safes REALLY Safe?
• The 201-room Tryp Reina Victoria Hotel, Madrid, Held by Sol Melia Under a Long-term Lease, Will Be Re-branded the Hard Rock Hotel Madrid
• The 2004 IH/M&RS Editors' Choice Awards Presented to Six Companies; Rational Cooking Systems Voted �Best of Show�
• Educational Institute Announces New Training and Education Advisory Council; Industry Leaders Will Guide Development of Hospitality Training Resources
• Sol Meliá Enjoys Positive 3rd Qtr Results in Spain and the Caribbean; Reports Profit of 65 million Euros
• Microsoft(R) Smarter Hospitality Receives Strong Partner Support Enabling Lodging and Foodservice Organizations Many Choices for Hospitality Specific Solutions
• Pegasus Solutions Brings Electronic Hotel Booking Service to New Trans-Atlantic Customers
• Ken Brown Joins VingCard Elsafe As SVP Marketing and Sales, North America

• Five Hotels Added to AAA Five Diamond Winners for 2005; Complete list of 142 AAA Five Diamond Hotels
• Circus Circus Adds Protect-A-Bed to 4,000 Beds; Ultimate Mattress Protection Provides Comfortable Sleep
• Tishman Realty Affiliates and JPMorgan Fleming Acquire the 362 suite Renaissance Chicago O'Hare Hotel; The Hotel Was Completed in 2003, But Never Opened Under Original Ownership
• Less than Four Years after Opening, the Earl Holding's Grand America Hotel Designated a Five Diamond Hotel by AAA
• Louis Cappelli, Who Bought the Bankrupt Concord Resort Hotel for $10.25 million in 1999, Hopes to Land an Indian Casino
• Barrick Gaming Corp. Acquiring the Golden Nugget Laughlin for $31 million from Poster Financial Group
• The 217-room Adam's Mark Clearwater Beach Will Reopen in 2005 as the Radisson Hotel Clearwater Beach; Currently Closed Because of Hurricane Damage
• David V. Shamoian Elected the 2005 Chairman for The Owners� Association of InterContinental Hotels Group
• Paul J. Sistare, C.H.A., President and CEO of Atlantica Hotels International Receives First ISHC Pioneer Award for Work in Latin America
• EcoRooms�: The 1st Logical Step Toward Jumping on the �Green� Bandwagon
• Washington Landmark, The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Selects Bartech Automatic Minibars
• Netsys-America Launches High-Speed Internet Access Initiative For Hotels, Motels, and Resorts
• The AAA Five Diamond Award Acheived by Twelve Southern California Hotels and One Restaurant

• Sol Kerzner, Chairman of the Board of Kerzner International, Named Corporate Hotelier of the World by HOTELS Magazine
• Cohorts and Harrah�s Are Founding Members of New DMA Hospitality Council; Cohorts� Fitzpatrick and Harrah�s Norton to Serve as Co-Chairs
• Unique, Unusual, and Not-to-be-missed - Fodor's Choice Hotels 2005
• Choice Hotels Emphasizes Hotel Ownership Opportunities for African American, Hispanic and Native American Developers; Minority Incentive Program Offers Up to $125,000 for Development of Choice Branded Hotel
• Visually Stunning Destination Resort Takes California Indian Gaming to Another Level - The $250 million 310 room Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa
• Unite Here Los Angeles Hotel Workers Call for Boycott of Nine Luxury Hotels as Contentious Labor Talks Continue
• Greater Wichita Convention and Visitors Bureau Takes Some Heat Over Grammatically Incorrect Slogan "Wichita -- We Got the Goods"

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• TeleAdapt Brings In-Room Revenue Generating Solutions to IH/M&RS 2004
• Comcast HospitalityONE To Feature An Expanded Portfolio of High-Speed Internet and Video Services at IH/M&RS
• Onity Set to Roll Out Revolutionary �Spread Spectrum� Wireless DDC Device-to-Device Networking in 2005
• Magnolia Hotels Advancing Their Sales Efforts with the Advanced Sales & Catering ASP Solution from Daylight Software
• Hotel Concepts Shows Versatility with Installation of Property Management System at The Penn Club of New York
• The Softwear Group Introduces Exciting New Line of Plug & Play Components Based on OpenTravel Alliance Schema
• HotelEXPERT XMfm. (Goodbye, Old Engineering Software) Introducing Visuals-driven Engineering  (VISE) Software
• Maestro� Brings Powerful E-Booking Tools to New York IH/M&R Show and Historic Hotels of AmericaAnnual Meeting

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• Hawthorn Suites Implements �Any Rate� Competitive Rate Shopping Program
• The Hard Fought Settlement Between the Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Hotel and Miami Beach Over Construction Costs May Be in Jeopardy
• Benchmark Appointed Operator of the 265 room Hotel Contessa, San Antonio; Appoints David G. Lagarce General Manager
• Portfolio Hotels and Resorts Launches as New Management and Consulting Company
• Myrtle Beach Hotels Rely on Staff to Commute from Up to 50 miles Away; Workers Come from a Nine-county Radius and Typically Don't Own a Vehicle
• Diamond Group and Apollo Property Partners Building 122-room Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn in the West Houston-Energy Corridor
• Restaurants are Going to the Dogs; BringYourPet.com adds Restaurants to their Pet Friendly Resource Directory
• DER Group Selects Pegasus Solutions� Electronic Distribution Services to Launch New European Travel Web Site

• Caesars Tahoe Becomes 100th Customer for Concierge Assistant Guest Services Software
• Asia Rising - RevPAR for Asia Pacific As a Whole During the First Half of this Year Soared 41% Compared to the Same Period Last Year / HOTEL Asia Pacific
• MGM MIRAGE Planning New Megaresort on Las Vegas Strip, Consisting of 4,000-room hotel/casino, three 400-room boutique hotels
• New Growth and Design Directions for Fairfield Inn by Marriott; Initiatives Include Eliminating 40 Underperforming Hotels by Year-end
• Former Mockingbird Hilton on Dallas' North Central Expressway Acquired; $80 million Renovation Planned to Convert Former Hotel and Site to a Kimpton Hotel and Condominiums
• Arquitectonica the Lead Architect for Downtown Phoenix's New Landmark, the 1,000 room Sheraton Hotel
• The Ultimate Anti-hotel; Intrawest Building Two New Private Residence Clubs in Tremblant, Quebec, and Sandestin, Florida
• Agon Hotels & Resorts Takes Over Management of the Astor Hotel, Philippines; Hotel to be Branded Best Western
• Dan Dick, GM of the Tundra Lodge Resort & Waterpark, Green Bay, Awarded 2004 Wisconsin Innkeeper of the Year
• Ground Broken for African American-Owned Wingate Inn® Hotel in Weldon Springs, Missouri
• The Royal Lagoon Hotel Dongguan Rebranded to Sofitel Royal Lagoon Dongguan
• Rocco Forte Hotels Appoints Stuart Johnson General Manager of Brown�s Hotel in London
• Hyatt International Appoints Six to Executive Posts
• VFM Interactive Releases PhotoFlicks®; Innovative Rich Media Turns Still Photographs into Audio-enhanced Slide Shows to Increase Hotel Bookings Online
• Savarino Construction Services Corp. Plans to Transform the  Corn Exchange Building in Downtown Buffalo to a 200-room, Upscale Ramada Hotel
• Travel and Tourism Leaders Focus on India - 5th Global Travel & Tourism Summit Set for April 8-10, 2005 in New Delhi, India
• Randy Parker Is New Director of Sales and Marketing at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii

• Maestro Property Management Suite Tapped by Two More Prominent Historic Hotels of America Properties
• Miami's Five New Pricey Hotels Fail to Crack Mobil's Top Ranking
• Butch Kerzner Growth Plans Include Government Partners to Expand Atlantis Theme to the Middle East, Asia and Beyond

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• The Softwear Group Introduces Exciting New Line of Plug & Play Components Based on OpenTravel Alliance Schema
• Daylight Software Marks its Tenth Consecutive Year of Growth with Solutions for Lodging, Conference Centers, Restaurants and Gaming
• Two Properties, One Database, Hotel Concepts� Property Management System the right fit for Bryce Canyons� Ruby�s Inn
• Onity Set to Roll Out Revolutionary �Spread Spectrum� Wireless DDC Device-to-Device Networking in 2005
• Comcast HospitalityONE To Feature An Expanded Portfolio of High-Speed Internet and Video Services at IH/M&RS
• TeleAdapt Bridges the Gap Between Wired and Wireless Networks

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• Evergreen Pte Ltd. Contracts with Four Seasons to Operate Hotel in Beijing; Stefan Simkovics Appointed General Manager of the 300 room Four Seasons Hotel Beijing Opening in 2005
• Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. Reports Net Loss for the 3rd Qtr of $3.1 million; RevPAR Up 9.2% Over Prior Year / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Fast-forward 25 years, Gordon �Butch� Stewart's Empire has Grown from One Sandals Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica to 18 Resorts on Five Islands
• Wichita Based LogeWorks LP Planning $19 million Sierra Suites Hotel in Long Beach, California
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells 350 Room Crowne Plaza® Hotel in  Hartford, Connecticut
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Renews and Expands Consulting Services for Historic Hotels of America®
• Carol Verret Consulting and Training for the Hospitality Industry presents "The Government Market" in Training Bytes: Skill Sets for Hunters series
• Wynn Resorts Intends to Expand Las Vegas Site; Adding $900 million 1,500 Suite Hotel Tower
• Kerzner International Ltd. Reports 3rd Qtr Net Loss of $11.2 million Due to Hurrican Frances, Year Earlier Posted Net Income of $6.5 million / Hotel Operating Performance
• Wyndham Reports 3rd Qtr Loss of  $15.6 million vs Loss of $89.1 for Prior Year; Total Debt Now $2.25 billion, a Reduction of $250.0 million from 2nd Qtr 2004 / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Hans Bratt Appointed General Manager Mayfair Hotel & Spa, Coconut Grove, Florida

• The 2005 Mobil Five-Stars Awarded to 31 Lodgings and 14 Restaurants; The Four Seasons Resort at Wailea in Maui Achieves 5 Star Rating for the First Time
• New York City's Hotel Rates Up Nearly 8% in September, 2004; Demand Soars, Expecting 82% Occupancy for the Year
• Ramada Repositioning Includes Termination of Thousands of Substandard Rooms; Improving Overall Product Quality a Priority to Ensure Brand�s Competitiveness
• Notice of Request for Qualification to Provide Management Services for Two Resorts and Golf Clubs
• Orient-Express Hotels Acquires El Encanto Hotel in Santa Barbara, California for $26 million
• Over the Next Three Years, the InterContinental, Mandarin Oriental and Regent International Hotel Chains Opening Hotels in Boston; Each Have a Luxury Condo Component
• The Establishment of a Land-based Casino in Downtown New Orleans Stands as Something of a How-not-to Lesson; Not Clear if Casino Lures Additional Conventions
• Opened in 1962, the Hyatt Newporter Receives $13 million Remodel; Owner Sunstone Gives the 403 room Hotel New Name - Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
• Tianjin Binhai Mass Transit Development Co. Ventures with InterContinental Hotels on the 250 room Holiday Inn Binhai Tianjin
• Westin Resort Macau Acknowledges Energy Management as a Hotel-wide Challenge; Hotel's Approach is Not "Cut, cut, cut" But rather  "Manage, manage, manage"
• Two of Lodgian's Florida Hotels Remain Closed Due to Hurricane Damage, the Holiday Inn Melbourne and the Crowne Plaza West Palm Beach
• Pegasus Solutions Introduces Weekly Hotel Commission Processing for Travel Agents
• Imperial Palace Biloxi Selects LMS Property Management System; Industry-Leading Software Streamlines Operations, Enhances Guest Service
• Eric Adame Appointed General Manager for Hotel ICON, Houston
• Charles Burton Named Hotel Manager and John Hoover Named Director of Food and Beverage at The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia
• Jeffrey Farina, Chief Development Officer, Benchmark Hospitality International, Elected President of the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC)

• Hilton Hotels Corp. Considers Putting the Palmer House Hilton Up for Sale; Hilton Has Owned the 1,639-room Hotel Since 1945, May Seek up to $250 million
• Grand Heritage Hotel Group, LLC Files Lawsuit Against  Distinguished Hotels, Ltd. to Halt Alleged Infringement on Grand Heritage Hotel Group's Trademark Rights in the United States
• No Detail Too Minor for General Manager Ronen Nissenbaum in Preparing the Opening for The 422-room, $115 million Buckhead InterContinental Hotel, Atlanta
• Super 8 is the World's Largest Budget Motel Chain; It Started 30 Years Ago with Two Guys In an Aberdeen, South Dakota Coffee Shop
• Opened in 1962, the Hyatt Newporter Receives $13 million Remodel; Owner Sunstone Gives the 403 room Hotel New Name - Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
• Advantage Gambler Wins $400,000 Judgment Against Imperial Palace, Las Vegas; Roughed Up for No Reason
• Singapore-based Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts Plans to Build 9 Properties Over Next Two Years; Dubai, Greece, Morocco, Mexico and China
• Gary Leopold and René A. Mack Recipients of HSMAI's Winthrop W. Grice Award for Public Relations and the Albert E. Koehl Award for Advertising and Marketing Excellence
• Martein van Wagenberg Appointed Managing Director of Little Dix Bay, A Rosewood Resort
• G. Michael Thomas Promoted to Regional Vice President, ClubCorp
• Justin Lanzkron appointed as Development Manager for Park Plaza Hotels Europe
• Xanterra Parks & Resorts Appoints  Hans Desai Vice President of Resorts
• Hyatt International Appoints Six to General Manager Posts
• Ely, Minnesota Resort Goes Wireless with StayOnline; Town�s First Wireless Venture + 3 Others for Madison Hospitality Group
• Inn on Bourbon Selects LMS ResNet Reservations Software; Web-Enabled System Offers Convenience and Efficiency
• Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Posts Net Loss of C$11.1 million Compared with a Profit of C$4.4 million in 2003; Worldwide RevPAR Up 14.6% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• John Q. Hammons Building Second Guest Room Tower at the Sheraton Hotel in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Florida Hotel & Motel Journal Article Recommends BringYourPet.com
• Michael J. Glick Appointed General Manager of the Publick House Historic Inn and Country Motor Lodge, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

November 4, 2004

• Atlantic City Casinos, Local 54 of Unite Here Reach Tentative 5 Year Agreement, Calls for Raises of 28.3% over Five Years
• FastBooking Celebrates 2,000th Customer Milestone with Installation of Industry Leading Internet Booking Engine at New York�s Hotel 5A
• Recent Occupancy, ADR Growth Still Do Not Spell Post-9/11 Relief; Total 2% revenue growth over four years has not kept up with national annual average inflation growth of 2.5% / Rick Swig
• Wynn Las Vegas Begins the Hiring Process for 9,000 Employees; $2.5 billion Project On Time and On Budget
• New Logo for Comfort Inn; Conveys Better Choice Hotels Midscale Brand�s Consistency, Quality and Service Attributes
• Hygienic Benefits of Disposable Pillowcase May Catch on With Hotels in Thailand
• Steve Belmonte Paves The Way For �Hotel Technologies� at IH/M&R Show; Bringing �the science of feeling at home� to hotels through intelligent electronic products
• Small Luxury Hotels of the World Sees 32% Increase in Revenue YTD;  6% Increase in Global ADR
• Larkspur Hospitality to Convert 5 Candlewood Suites Hotels to Its Proprietary Brand, Larkspur Landing, Home Suite Hotel
• MeriStar Reports 3rd Quarter 2004 Loss of  $27 million Compared with a Loss of $51 million  a Year Ago; Revpar Rose 7.6% to $70.13 / Hotel Operating Statistics
• The Coachella Valley Has More than 100 Golf Courses; Everyone's Trying to Up the Ante
• The Resort at Paws Up in Western Montana Plans June 2005 Opening; Long Time Caribbean Hotelier Jamie Holmes Appointed GM
• Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort Selects Property Management Software from Agilysys
• After One Year of Operation, Hyatt Regency Downtown Boston (formerly operated by Swissotel) Sees 18% Increase in Occupancy Over the Previous Year
• The Former Radisson O'Hare Rebrands to the Wyndham; Managed by Aimbridge Hospitality the 467 room Hotel Will Undergo $6 million Renovation

• Zagat Survey 2005 - Top U.S. Hotel and Restaurant Ratings; Peninsula Chicago and Peninsula Beverly Hills Ranked #1 and #2, Fitness Centers the Most Important Hotel Amenity, Italian is Americans' Preferred Cuisine
• GuestWare Partners with iPost to Add Personalized Direct E-mail Marketing to Industry Leading Guest Recognition Solution
• With 10,000 Casino Workers Going Into Fifth Week of their Walkout in Atlantic City, Some Hotels Advertising for Permanent Replacement Workers, Union Files 182 Unfair Labor Complaints
• Red McCombs, Owner of the Minnesota Vikings, Wins County Support for Village at Wolf Creek in Southern Colorado; Includes 1,200 Hotel Rooms, Would Be Larger than the Town of Aspen at Build-out
• 2004 is the Year of Recovery the Travel Industry Has Been Waiting For; Some Sectors Finally Exceeding 2000 Levels
• On the Drawing Boards - Thoroughbred Links, a Destination Resort with Golf Courses, Lodge, Condominiums and Homes Near Columbia, South Carolina
• More Money, per square foot, Is Spent in the Kitchen of a New Facility Than in Any Other Area; Always Design for Future Flexibility
• Per Aquum Resorts & Spas Signs Management Contract for The Fortress, a New Build Resort in Galle, Sri Lanka, Owned by Fortress Ltd.
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Signs Agreement to Manage the Historic Yorktowne Hotel in York, Pennsylvania
• Vail Resorts Case Study - InfoGenesis Solution Implemented
• FCC Adopts Rules for Broadband over Power Lines to Increase Competition; Telkonet Comments
• Paul Sant Appointed Executive Chef at Dolce Tarrytown House, Westchester County, New York

1. Wyndham Management Shake-up Part of Corporate "Right-sizing" Program; Departing Executives include Ted Teng, president and COO and Richard Smith, EVP and COO
2. Hotel Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2004 14 New Hotel Waterparks Open, 32 Under Construction / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
3. The GM'S Role in Revenue Management / Carol Verret
4. Offering Crushed Pepper Before Tasting the Entrée;  The Decline of Restaurant Service Etiquette / John Hendrie
5. The Blackstone Group to Acquire Boca Resorts in Deal Valued at $1.25 billion, including Debt
6. Barcelo Crestline Corporation Offers $64 million for John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc.; Combined Companies Will Have about 190 Hotels under Management and Be Renamed Barcelo Hammons Hotels and Resorts, Inc.
7. 2005 Hotel Budget Season / Robert Mandelbaum
8. Bringing Out the Best in People; Principles to Apply to the Team You Lead - the Front Desk,  the Housekeeping, Servers, the Kitchen / Chris Longstreet
9. David and Goliath: How Independent Hotels Can Successfully Compete with the Large Chains / Brenda Fields
10. Former Executives from Travelocity, Orbitz, Expedia Developing Online Travel Site
11. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / October  2004
12. Expedia Claims Consumers Don't Care How Much they Pay in Taxes and Fees,  It Is the Overall Total that Matters
13. Use Look-to-Book Ratios to Monitor Online Distribution Channels and Your Competitive Set / Paolo Torchio
14. Fifty-five Southern California Hotels Earn the AAA 2005 Four Diamond Award, Four Hotels for the First Time
15. The IRS Demanding $31.4 million in Retroactive Taxes from Nation's 2nd Largest Casual Dining Restaurateur; At Issue Is Reported Tips Made by Cash Customers, Compared with Tips Reported by Credit Card Paying Customers
16. Defining a Hotelier; The Hotel Professional Has Gone Through a Major Transition Over the Past 20 Years / Canadian Lodging Outlook
17. VIP becomes Vantis Corp - CEO Kelly Blake Reveals Why / Hotel Online One-on-One Audio Interview
18. Let�s Put Bush and Kerry Through the RFP Process / David M. Brudney
19. Marriott Honors Top Hotel Owner and Franchise Companies; Over 20 Companies Recognized for Hospitality Excellence
20. San Francisco Mayor Walks Picket Line at the Westin St. Francis; Reiterates Pledge to Divert City Business from the 14 Hotels Involved with Lockout
21. Interstate Hotels & Resorts Acquires Sunstone Hotel Properties, Inc., the Manager of  54 Hotels / Sunstone�s Senior Operating Team will Become Part of Interstate�s Operating Team
22. What Is a Waterpark --- Really?  Blending Swimming Pools, Amusement/Theme Parks, Hotels & Resorts Calls for New Definitions / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
23. Zagat Survey 2005 NYC Restaurants; Average Check Now at $37.45,  Only Four Restaurants Left Requiring Jackets and Ties, Gramercy Tavern Rated Most Popular Restaurant in NYC
24. National Trust Historic Hotels of America Adds 17 Hotels;  Wide Range of Architectural Styles,  All Deeply Rooted in History
25. Profile of the American Casino Gambler: Harrah's Survey 2004

• Marketing Hotel Websites to their Fullest; Lowest-Rate Guarantees, Booking Friendly, Search Engine Friendly / Felix Laboy
• John Q. Hammons Will Vigorously Contest Shareholder Suit Trying to Block Proposed Sale to Barcelo Crestline Corp; Claims Suit Is Premature
• Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc. Reports  3rd Qtr Loss Doubled to $25.1 million Compared with a Net Loss of $12.4 million a Year Earlier; Executive Vice President Scott Butera Promoted to President and COO
• Choice Hotels Reports 3rd Qtr 2004 Net Income of $24.9 million vs $24.3 million a Year Eealier; Adds Nearly 15,000 rooms to System During the Last Twelve Months / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Uncanny! Hotel Occupancies �Key Indicator� of Presidential Election Outcome
• Condo Hotel Seminar Set for March 10-11, 2005 in Rancho Mirage, California / Condo Hotels - Why All the Buzz? What You Need to Know
• InfoGenesis Solution Implemented; Case Study - Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach
• Smoking Ban in Dallas Hotel Meeting Rooms Stays; Dallas CVB Says Ban Not an Issue with Meeting Planners
• Mulpha Australia Ltd's Acquisition of Principal Hotel Group's Australian Properties Voted Deal of the Year at the 15th annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific
• The Hamister Group of Companies, Inc. Acquires First Two Hotels � Fairfield Inn and Suites and a Sleep Inn and Suites in Smyrna, Tennessee
• Garin Bethel Appointed Controller at the Westin Hotel and Conference Center, Westminster, Colorado
• Geoff Haviland New Executive Chef at the InterContinental London

• Vantis Partners with VFM Interactive to Offer Hotel Clients Rich Media Solutions; Stronger visuals will help improve hotels� visibility on the Internet and increase online bookings
• Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago Claims Agreements in Hand to Sell 75% of the 461 Condominiums and 227 Hotel-condo Units for a Combined $515 million
• Two Next Generation Holiday Inns Under Construction in Georgia; New Prototype Relies on Heritage and Innovation, Updated �Great Sign� and Kem�s Café, New Restaurant Concept Named after Kemmons Wilson, Features Comfort Food
• Valley Hospitality, Owner of the 177 room Columbus (GA) Wyndham, Considering Rebranding to Marriott...the New Telephone Directory Says So
• Gaylord Entertainment Reports 3rd Qtr Net Loss of $3.2 million; Opening of Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center Boosts Revenues / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Following an Amicable Resolution Le Marquis New York Changes Name to Hotel Chandler
• Singapore High Court Summons Starwood to Appear at Hearing Concerning Damages Awarded to Asia Hotel Investments Ltd
• The $289 million 949-room Augustus Tower Will Boost Caesar Palace's Room Count to 3,349; Part of a Refurbishing Plan for the 37-year-old Megaresort
• Developer of the Harlem Marriott Slashes 65 feet off the Height of the Proposed 51 story Skyscraper to Win City Council Approval
• Cornell University School of Hotel Administration Opens $16.2 million, 36,000 sq ft Beck Center; Named for Robert Beck, the Second Dean of the Hotel School
• Kentucky Seeks New Tourism Campaign Slogan; Will it Be "Kentucky: Unbridled Spirit" or "Kentucky: Limitless" or "Kentucky: Make History" or "Kentucky: Where Legends Are Born"
• Highland Hospitality Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2004 Net Income of $0.6 million; Added Nine Hotels During the Quarter
• The 352-room West Palm Beach Marriott Reopens; PBM Properties, LLC Completes Renovation and Conversion of Former Sheraton
• FelCor Sells North Dallas Crowne Plaza Hotel, Advised by Molinaro Koger
• WestCoast Hospitality Reports 3rd Qtr 2004 Net Income of $3.5 million, Occupancy Up Year over Year in Each of Past Ten Calandar Months
• Signature Hires Emily Adams as Regional Sales Manager

• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What October 2004
• Hotel Financing - Oxymoron or Reality? Robert Shiller, Colliers International / Including Q3 2004 Canadian Hotel Transaction Summary
• San Francisco Mayor Walks Picket Line at the Westin St. Francis; Reiterates Pledge to Divert City Business from the 14 Hotels Involved with Lockout
• The No. 1 Priority of Dallas Hotels Is Seeking Amendment to Smoking Ban in Hotel Meeting Rooms
• The Nassau Beach Hotel, Wyndham Nassau Resort and Radisson Cable Beach Resort May Be Anchors of New $1.2 billion Resort/Casino Development
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Acquires Sunstone Hotel Properties, Inc., the Manager of  54 Hotels; Sunstone�s Senior Operating Team will Become Part of Interstate�s Operating Team
• Fairmont Hotels Reports 3rd Qtr 2004 Net Income of $131.8 million Up from Year-ago Net Income of $11.6 million, Boosted by Sale of Two Hotels; RevPAR Up 17.1% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquires the 197-room Sheraton Annapolis for $18.0 million, or $91,400 per room
• City of McAllen Seeks Bids on  $50 Million Convention Center Complex
• HSA International Partners with Fraud Prevention Information Firm to Distribute First-Ever Fraud Awareness Training Program for Hospitality Companies
• Bill Murney Joins Molinaro Koger, Opens Firm�s Phoenix Office as Managing Director
• The Barbados Tourism Authority Appoints Stuart Layne to President and Chief Executive Officer

• David and Goliath: How Independent Hotels Can Successfully Compete with the Large Chains / Brenda Fields
• Going Beyond Search Engine Optimization; Converting Looks into Bookings / Bhanu Chopra
• The Falor Companies Positions Itself Quickly as a Leader in the Condo-hotel Industry; Will Close $1.2 billion in Hotel acquisitions by the End of 2005
• Lorenzo Creighton Eyes Past While Steering the Flamingo Hotel and Casino � Las Vegas
• Starwood and HP Pooling Resources to Build New Global Reservation System; Starwood Anticipates Savings of $15 million to $20 million Annually on its Technology Operating Costs
• Aztec Group Places $21 million Bridge Loan on the Breakwater/Edison Hotels on Miami Beach
• Kemper Development Company Selects Starwood to Manage 337-room Luxury Hotel in Bellevue, Washington Under its Westin Brand
• Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Selects 21 Companies to Participate in Designing the Future of Hotel Guest Room Technology
• The 20 Year Old Marriott Harbor Beach in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Receives Continuous Upgrading,  Totaling $38 million
• The Impact Group Planning to Raze the Days Inn it Owns In Tampa; Will Replace with 200 room Westin Hotel
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Add Six Properties to Portfolio of Brands During September, 2004
• Wyndham Completes Sale Six Hotels to Lone Star Funds and Three Hotels to Thayer Lodging Group
• Belmonte, Miller Earn Certification from Center for Public Resources Institute for Dispute Resolution
• Greystone Suites, LLC. Opens 81-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton in Columbia, SC, Raj Champaneri, General Manager
• Greater Charleston Hotel/Motel Association and Trident Technical College Receive HUD Grant to Train Entry Level Hotel Workers
• Jeff Tweed Joins Caribe Royale All-Suites Resort and Convention Center as Senior Sales Manager for the Southeast

• Destination Marketing � Internet Forums, Good or Bad, Reliable or Not / John Hendrie
• Hampton Hotels Will Reset 130,000 Bedside Clocks for this Sunday's Daylight Saving Time Switch;  Proprietary Radio Alarm Clock Will Save Thousands of Labor Hours with its Automatic Switch for Daylight Saving Time
• Marriott Honors Top Hotel Owner and Franchise Companies; Over 20 Companies Recognized for Hospitality Excellence
• Hilton Hotels 3rd Qtr Earnings Rose to $61 million from $34 million in the Year-earlier Period, RevPAR Increases 7.3% / Hotel Operting Statistics
• Houston Reinvents Itself as a Convention Destination; Until Recently Dallas Held the Edge when Bidding Against Houston for Major Conventions
• Following Unprecedented Hurricanes the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward Convention Center Will Offer Free Floor Space Rental for Groups Booking 600+ rooms During August and September, 2005-6
• Duane Hagadone Planning New Tower of 175 rooms for the Coeur d'Alene Resort
• Columbia Sussex Corporation Acquiring Bally's Casino New Orleans for $24 million; Plans Significant Improvements
• David Kemp Named Vice-president of Human Resources and Isaiah Wilson as Vice-president of Accounting at Noble Investment Group
• Foxhills Club & Resort Goes All the Way with Visual One
• Daylight Software to Showcase Latest Advanced Sales & Catering Software at Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals Annual Convention & Tradeshow
• La Quinta Opens First New Baymont Since its Acquisition of the Baymont Inns & Suites Brand; the Baymont Inns & Suites in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Pam Golding Leisure the First Specialised Fractional Ownership Company in Africa; Jose Ventura Named Managing Director

• Offering Crushed Pepper Before Tasting the Entrée; The Decline of Restaurant Service Etiquette / John Hendrie
• Age Discrimination Suit Filed Against Holiday Inn Express Hotels in Michigan for Turning Away People Who are Older than 18 but Under 21
• Majority of Trump Hotels Bondholders Approve Debt Restructuring Plan Allowing Donald Trump to Remain the Company's Chairman and Capitalize on the Trump Brand
• Sunstone Hotel Investors, Which Owns 77 Hotels, Files Plans for $400 Million; IPO Will Pay Off 
• $80 million of its Debt with Part of Proceeds
• Confrontation Between Striking Workers and Atlantic City Casino Hotels More Likely to Intensify than End Soon
• Hotel Workers from Local 26 Stage Sit In at Boston Hyatt Regency Hotel; "No Justice in San Francisco, no Peace in Boston"
• China Shines, with Promising Hotel Performance Results / Deloitte
• Four Seasons to Return to Seattle Market: Local Investors to Develop Luxury Four Seasons Hotel and Condos
• Intrawest and Aspen Skiing Win Approval for $400 million Development at the Snowmass Village Ski Resort
• Golden Nugget Selects Interactive Sites for Website
• Hotels, Conference Centers, CVB's See Increased Number of Meeting Planners at HSMAI's 2004 Affordable Meetings Events; Schedule Set for 2005
• Joe Kane, President of Days Inns Receives the Lodging Conference�s Above and Beyond Award

• The Blackstone Group to Acquire Boca Resorts in Deal Valued at $1.25 billion, including Debt
• The Likelihood that Any Single Hotel Will Be the Target of a Terrorist Act is Very Small Indeed; Deterring Terrorism in the Hospitality Industry / Steven Ferry
• 2005 Hotel Budget Season; PKF Offers Some Insight / Robert Mandelbaum
• Zagat Survey 2005 NYC Restaurants; Average Check Now at $37.45, Only Four Restaurants Left Requiring Jackets and Ties; Gramercy Tavern Rated Most Popular Restaurant in NYC
• Making Sure it Gets the Boutique Concept Right, InterContinental Hotel Group Opens First of the New Indigo Branded Hotels Just Down the Road from its Atlanta North American Headquarters
• Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission Investigating Kokudo Which Runs the Prince Hotels Chain
• NAACP Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with the Yachtsman Resort Hotel in Myrtle Beach Mandating Policy Changes, Discounts and a Monetary Settlement
• FaulknerUSA Drops Out of Oklahoma City's $46.4 million Skirvin Hotel Project
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies to Boost Phoenix Inn Suites Direct Internet Sales; Firm Delivers Direct Internet Distribution Strategies for Online Brand Building
• A Pressing Need for All Hotels - Cost Effective Advertising; Promote Your Hotel in National Travel Magazines with Certified Folder Display's Custom Publishing Division
• Starwood Hotels Net Income for the 3rd Qtr of 2004 Jumps to $107 million Compared to $48 million in the 3rd Qtr of 2003; REVPAR Worldwide Increased 12.3% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Rollout of Crowne Plaza's Holistic Approach to the Entire Sleep Environment Completed
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Reports 3rd Qtr Net income of $10 million vs $3.3 million in Prior Year 3rd Qtr; RevPAR Up 11.7% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Dorothy Dowling Named Senior Vice President, Marketing at Best Western International

• Use Look-to-Book Ratios to Monitor Online Distribution Channels and Your Competitive Set
• Universal Resorts Selects Maestro Enterprise Suite from NORTHWIND For Chain of 9 Luxury Resorts in The Maldives
• UNLV's Hotel School Conceptualizing a New Harrah Hotel College Academic Building, a Hotel, Timeshare and Conference Facilities
• Ravaged by Charley, the 100 room Holiday Inn in Punta Gorda, Florida to be Demolished
• Ironically, Lawsuit Filed Against Some Nevada Casinos for Card Counting; Computerized Card Counting System Boosts the House's Odds of Winning at Blackjack
• MGM Mirage Third-Quarter Profit Nearly Triples, $126.9 million Compared to Last Year $47.2 million; Planned Acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group On Track to Close in the 1st Qtr of 2005 / Hotel Statistics
• Intrawest Sets its Sites on Global Leisure and Travel Market; Crosses $1.5 Billion Revenue Milestone
• J/Brice Design International Completes a $6 million Extreme Makeover for Hilton Sonoma County in California�s Wine Country
• Glatting Jackson Celebrates Soft Opening of the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate
• Faulkner USA Properties of Austin, Texas, Pacifica of San Diego and SD Malkin of San Diego the Three Finalists for Resort Development in Oceanside, California
• The Tumas Group Developing 40million Euro Hilton Evian Resort & Spa in the Spa Town of Evian, France
• Marriott Golf Signs Agreement with GolfHero toProvide Online Reservations for Golf and Lodging
• Carol Verret October 22 WebCast; Learn how to Present Your Hotel Product so that you have Successful Closes every time!
• Michael Krouse Joins Interstate Hotels & Resorts as VP, Sales & Marketing, West Coast
• USATODAY.com lists BringYourPet.com As a Top Pet Friendly Lodging Resource
• Study Abroad Opportunities Available to Hotel Students at University of Delaware and Leeds Metropolitan University

• Melrose Taps Vantis For Revenue Management, Multi-Channel Reservations; Vantis Drives Private Label Chain Code for Melrose Hotel Company
• Holiday Inn Express Franchisees Endorse $20+ million Bathroom Makeover; Proprietary Showerheads, Curved Shower Rods, Upgraded Towels and New Line of Bath Amenities
• Dialing Room Service for a Venti Caramel Macchiato; Room Service Waiters at  Denver's Westin Tabor Center Learn a New Language - the Starbucks Menu
• Atlantic City, N.J., Casino Strike is War of Words, Different Worlds
• Panama Hotel Developer Herman Bern Building 300 room InterContinental Playa Bonita Resort on Panama's Pacific Coast
• The Holiday Inn Green-striped Towel Earns a Permanent Place in Americana; Tracing the  52-year History of Holiday Inn
• MeriStar Hospitality Re-flags the 503 room Holiday Inn O�Hare International to Crowne Plaza Chicago O�Hare;  Sixth Property Re-flagged by MeriStar in 2004
• Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau Wants Downtown Hotel with 800 rooms; Difficult to Compete with Tucson, Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City
• Bank Forecloses on One Year Old Hampton Inn, East Aurora, New York; Construction Cost Overuns Likely Cause
• It Wasn't Supposed to Happen this Way; Radisson on Okaloosa Island Closes After More than 50 years
• Scott Peterson's Murder Trial a Bust for Hotels and Restaurants in Redwood City, California; Reporters Renting Apartments
• BringYourPet.com Reports Significant Growth in 3rd Quarter of 2004
• Caesars Entertainment Applies Technology to Improve Financial Performance, Guest Experience
• Boykin Management Appoints David Pickens to the Position of Director of Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Barcelo Crestline Corporation Offers $64 million for  John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc.; Combined Companies Will Have about 190 Hotels under Management and Be Renamed Barcelo Hammons Hotels and Resorts, Inc.
• Defining a Hotelier; The Hotel Professional Has Gone Through a Major Transition Over the Past 20 Years / Mark Keith / Canadian Lodging Outlook - August 2004
• Best Western's Best of the Best Awards Recognizes 16 Best Western Hoteliers; Danny  Lafayette Receives the Best Western Legacy Award
• Hotel Market Snapshot � Vienna / HVS International
• Kansas City's 30,000 Area Hotel Rooms Running at 59% Through August, 2004; 60% for the Year Might be Within Reach
• The Procaccianti Group Acquires the Harvey Hotel DFW Airport in Texas; Will Invest $20 Million to Renovate and Re-Flag as Westin
• Sunburst Hospitality Awards Top-Performing Hotels; The Peabody Court Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, Named Full-Service Hotel of the Year
• Educational Institute Develops Training Program for Olive Garden Supervisors
• Belmonte Taps Veteran Hospitality-Law Expert; James C. Brashares Brings 30-plus Years of  Negotiating Experience to the Table as Newest Member of Hospitality Solutions LLC
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Sale of Albuquerque Hotel
• HVS and American Hospitality Mgmt Company Announce the Formation of HVS/American Mgmt. Co.
• Pegasus Solutions Extends Hotel Commission Processing Contract with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
• Hotel Rates for Both Mid-range and Upper-range Properties will Increase by 1 to 3% in 2005 / American Express Research

• Hospitality Solutions LLC Solves Dispute Between Big Chain and Small-Hotel Owner; Faced with Long, Costly Process of Possible Litigation, Florida Company Turns to Steve Belmonte to Hammer out a Happy Ending for all Parties
• After Thirty Years of Operation, the Hilton Sao Paulo Will No Longer Operate as a Hilton Hotel
• Let�s Put Bush and Kerry Through the RFP Process / David M. Brudney, ISHC
• Crown Realty & Development a Front runner for Redeveloping the Shuttered Mountain Shadows Resort in Scottsdale
• New Owner of  San Antonio's Downtown Fairmount Hotel Contracts with the Lancaster Group for Management, Renovation
• HSMAI Holding 3rd Hotel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference on Dec. 7, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA
• Educational Institute Offers Food and Beverage Training on DVD
• Molinaro Koger Advises FelCor on the Sale of the Harvey Hotel DFW
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments, Inc. Advises FelCor Lodging Trust in the Sale of the Holiday Inn-Mountainview in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Jeffrey Mayers Appointed General Manager for the 377-room Riverview Plaza Hotel in Downtown Mobile, Alabama
• Carol Eberhard Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside and the Pan Pacific Village Centre
• Boston�s Hotel Commonwealth Appoints Daniela B. Guccione to Assistant General Manager and Kelly A. Brooks as Director of Sales and Marketing

• Four Points by Sheraton Turns up the Heat in Hotel Bed Wars; Investing $13 million to Roll Out its Four Comfort Bed(SM) to 100-plus Properties in North America
• Profile of the American Casino Gambler: Harrah's Survey 2004
• Fifty-five Southern California Hotels Earn the AAA 2005 Four Diamond Award, Four Hotels for the First Time
• After Decade of Studies, City of Carlsbad Approves Grand Pacific Resort Inc.'s Plan to Build $150 million, Mediterranean-style Resort Complex
• Perception Of Atlanta's Downtown by Meeting Planners Hampering City's Efforts to Book Conventions
• Bringing Out the Best in People; Principles to Apply to the Team You Lead - the Front Desk,  the Housekeeping, Servers, the Kitchen
• Mandarin Oriental, New York Leads the Hotel Industry in Advanced In-room Technology
• MaMaison Residences, a Subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Orco Property Group, Opens the Pachtuv Palace in Prague, Czech Republic
• Broughton Hospitality Group Assumes Management of the Wine Valley Inn in Santa Ynez Valley, California
• The 101 room Shee Atika Hotel in Sitka, Alaska Has New Owners, New Name - The Westmark Sitka
• Best Western Rio Rancho Inn and Conference Center Out of Receivership; Acquired by Total Management Systems
• Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Comfort Inn Interstate in Ormond Beach, Florida
• Parker Purchasing Technologies Announces General Release and Deployment of Prollinx 3.0, the Easiest, Most Comprehensive Web-native Purchasing Software Available
• Thayer Interactive Group Becomes �TIG Global�; Internet Marketing Firm�s New Corporate Identity Underscores Breadth And Depth Of Services

• Owned by The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited and Mitsubishi Estate Company Limited the Peninsula Hotels� Eighth Hotel Under Construction,  the 315 room Peninsula Tokyo
• John E. Small, Chairman of ResortCom International, Excited About Future of Timeshare; Cites Market Response to Diverse Product Mix
• Host Marriott Reports 3rd Qtr Loss of $47 million Compared to Loss of $88 million in Prior Year 3rd Qtr; RevPAR Up 7.9% / Hotel Operating Data
• Starwood Hotels Reports 28 Hotels Open or Under Construction Throughout China
• The Abbey Resort & Spa on Wisconsin's Geneva Lake Temporarily Closing for Multi-million Dollar Tranformation into a Condo-tel
• Carlson Hotels Reclaims Master Franchise Agreement Held by AFM Hospitality for the Development of Park Plaza and Park Inns in Canada
• Without a Roof, Hutchinson Inn Owners Able to Sell  the Local Landmark's 1 1/2 Acre Beachfront on Hutchinson Island
• Hospitality Investors Hermantown LLC Opens 12th Hotel, the 82 room Country Inn & Suites North in Duluth, Minnesota
• Radisson Beach Resort on Okaloosa Island, Florida Sold, Will be Replaced by Condominiums
• Richard A. Smith Appointed FelCor's Chief Financial Officer and EVP
• Joseph Smith Named Chief Operating Officer for Boykin Management Company
• The Board of Directors of the International Association of Conference Centers of North America Elects New Officers; Benchmark's Jeffrey V. Farina Elected President
• San Jose Marriott and Wiotel Provide Interactive Hospitality Network for Guests
• Hotel Financial Strategies Arranges $41.5 Million Financing for Westin Hotel
• Great Chefs Slated for IH/M&RS Culinary Events � Michael Nischan, Alain Sailhac, Bill Telepan and Laurent Tourondel Among Presenters
• Hon-Dah Resort-Casino Selects Revelation POS from InfoGenesis
• Jeffrey Keeler Appointed Food and Beverage Manager for the Sheraton Steamboat Resort and Conference Center

• Wyndham Management Shake-up Part of Corporate "Right-sizing" Program; Departing Executives Include Ted Teng, President and COO and Richard Smith, EVP and COO
• The One&Only Sol Kerzner, Chairman of Kerzner International / Steve Shellum, HOTEL Asia Pacific
• Rolling in the D'oh! / Barry Williams Independent Motel Operator
• Doubletree Hotel - Bay City, Mich., Developed Under Nonprofit Ownership Model; The City of Bay City Serves as Sole Beneficiary of all Profits
• Caesars and Quintain in Joint Venture to Develop 400-room Luxury Resort and Casino in London, Adjacent to the Wembley National Stadium
• Omni Orlando Resort At ChampionsGate Opens On Time - Despite Florida Hurricanes; New 730-room Destination Golf Resort Stands as a Symbol of Resilient Florida Tourism
• Royal Garden Resorts Acquires 100% Ownership in the JW Marriott Phuket Resort
• InterContinental Hotels Group Signs 25 Management Contracts in the Asia Pacific Region Within the First Nine Months of 2004
• Former Executives from Travelocity, Orbitz, Expedia Developing Online Travel Site
• Philippe Attia Named Vice President, Operations Europe for Dolce International
• Guest Amenities, Furnishings and Bed Linens Top the Shopping Lists of Hoteliers Planning to Attend the 89th International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show
• TeleAdapt Expands Operations into Latin America with the Appointment of a New Business Development Manager

• Hilton Taba - Egypt - Statement / Hilton Group PLC
• Gemstone Resorts International, LLC Signs Three Management Contracts; Hotel Orrington in Evanston, Ill., the Lake Lawn Resort in Wisconsin, and the Westward Look Resort in Tucson, Arizona
• Tuscon Hotels Report August 2004 Occupancy at 64.4%, Inching Back To 2000 Levels
• Hotelier Murray Klauber Moving Forward on $400-million 450 room Hotel Conference Center Near Tampa's Port
• After Two Years of Declines, Hoteliers in Florence, Rome, Milan, Bologna and Turin All Experienced RevPAR Growth During the First Eight Months of 2004
• Marshall Management, Inc. Signs Seven Hotel Management Contracts with Two Separate Ownership Groups 
• Milestone Capital Corporation Acquires the 299 room Holiday Inn Harrisburg East Hotel; Plans $5.5 million Renovation
• Ramada Plaza Winston-Salem Gets New Owner, New Name; Sundance Plaza Hotel & Suites
• University of Delaware is conducting The Second Annual (2004) Food Service Network Security Survey!
• Brown Hotel Group Exclusively Represents Buyer & Seller on the Best Western Vineyard Inn, Lemoore, California
• Italian Hotel Chain Starhotels Makes Strategic Decision On  How to Manage Online Distribution Channels
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Financing for Purchase of Tampa-area Hotel
• Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey Buries Time Capsule;  50 Years from now Will Provide Glimpse into Services, Foods, Cultures of the One Year Old Hotel
• Larry Mullin Named Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer of Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa
• Fadi Touma Appointed General Manager of the Ocean Point Resort and Spa, Sunny Isles Beach Florida
• Manoj Kanwal Appointed General Manager of the Danat Resort Jebel Dhanna on the West Coast of Abu Dhabi

• Marriott International Inc. 3rd Qtr Earnings Up 42% to $132 million from $92 million in Prior Year; RevPAR Increased 8.3%, Occupancy Increased to 75% for North American Properties / Hotel Operating Statistics
• The Days Inn Airport in West Palm Beach Agrees to Pay $70,000 to Settle Price Gouging Allegations Following Hurricane Charley
• FelCor Lodging Trust & InterContinental Hotels, Partners on the Same Path? UNITE HERE Report
• Some 100 potential Buyers Expressing Interest in Acquiring the  308 room Doubletree Guest Suites® Boston
• Can Your Technology Change Your Business Process? / Luis DeSouza
• Dellisart Lodging Planning $66 Million of New Hotel Development Projects
• John Q. Hammons Developing European-Style, Luxury Hotel in Branson, Missouri; The Charlevoix at the Chateau Table Rock Lake; Enters Timeshare Sector with 200 two-bedroom Suites
• Hotels Across the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg Recorded Mixed Performance During the First Eight months of 2004
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies and Blue Square Studios Roll Out Internet Marketing Investment Survey for Hoteliers; Strategy to Develop ROI Benchmarks for Competitive Internet Marketing Investments
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Hyatt Hotel Orange County
• Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Bonaventure Resort & Spa - Weston, Florida
• Premier Hospitality Management Inc. Building 13th Hotel in Tulsa, 104-room Hilton Garden Inn
• Samir R. Wildemann Appointed General Manager of Pan Pacific Bangkok
• Jason Merrill Appointed Chef at The Jackson House Inn & Restaurant, Woodstock, Vermont

• Vantis: Hotelier's One-Stop Shop for Optimizing Revenue / Listen to Hotel Online's One-on-One Audio Interview with Kelly Blake, President and CEO of Vantis Corporation
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Grows Conference Center Niche Through Marketing, Services and Strong Financial Reporting; Utilizes Best of Class Back Office Supplier Aptech for Seven Conference Centers
• Kohler Co. Acuires the Old Course Hotel Golf Resort and Spa in St. Andrews, Scotland from the Kosaido Company of Japan
• Electronic Bookings for European Hotels Jumps 16.9% in Q2; The Top 10  European Destination Markets Based on Electronic Room Night Bookings During the 2nd Quarter of 2004
• Housekeepers, Bellmen, Waiters Are the Celebrities in Peninsula Hotels� Global Advertising Campaign
• Alticor, Which Owns and Operates the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Planning a 300-400 room Marriott in Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Atlanta's 92,000 Hotel Rooms Hoping for Strong 2005; Limited-service Hotel Performance Expected to be Stronger than Full-service Hotels
• Florida Tourism Problem; Survey Shows 1 in 4 Less Likely to Visit Florida Next July to September
• Chicago's McCormick Place Loses Nationwide Hardware Show to Las Vegas; 30 Year Run Peaked in 1999 with 67,634 People
• The IRS Demanding $31.4 million in Retroactive Taxes from Nation's 2nd Largest Casual Dining Restaurateur; At Issue Is Reported Tips Made by Cash Customers, Compared with Tips Reported by Credit Card Paying Customers
• With In-state Residents and Relief Workers Replacing Vacationers, Orlando Area Hotels Report August Occupancy Taxes Up 22% Over August 2003
• Maxim Hotel Brokerage, Inc. Arranges the Sale of the 120-room Hilton Garden Inn Rancho Mirage, CA
• Intrawest's Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort on Schedule with Multi-phase, $400 million Master Redevelopment Plan; 500 New Rooms in Pipeline
• La Quinta Streamlines Web Booking Process Based on Customer Feedback and User Testing
• Ed Dykes Joins Paramount Hotel Group as Vice President of Business Development

• National Trust Historic Hotels of America Adds 17 Hotels; Wide Range of Architectural Styles, All Deeply Rooted in History
• How to Master Your Next Disaster; Protect Your Guests, Educate Your Employees, and Limit Your Liability / Julia L. Rider
• Developer Ron Allred, Previous Owner of Telluride Ski & Golf Co., Focusing On $40 million Renovation and Expansion of Tubac Golf Resort, Near Tuscon
• Seven Hotel Developers Contacted by Portland Development Commission for Proposals and Financing Ideas for a 800 room Convention Hotel
• MeriStar Hospitality Acquires Interest in Radisson Lexington Hotel in Manhattan
• Electronic Hotel Bookings for Asia-Pacific Up 71.8% in Q2; The Top 10 Asia-Pacific Destination Markets Based on Electronic Room Night Bookings During the 2nd Quarter of 2004
• Lodgian Reports Six Hotels Sustained Hurricane Damage; Two, the Holiday Inn Melbourne, Fla.and Crowne Plaza West Palm Beach, Fla., Remain Closed
• Magna Hospitality Group, L.C. Completes $2.5 million Refurbishment of the historic Cartwright Hotel, San Francisco
• Asia�s Hard Rock Hotels Join Utell by Pegasus Portfolio for Global Marketing, Distribution and Representation Services
• Las Vegas Is the Number One Selling Destination for Japanese Tour Operators, 168,000 Japanese Visitors to Las Vegas in 2003
• Mariner's Ichiro Suzuki May Draw 8,000 Japanese Visitors to Seattle in 2005

• Vantis Launched from VIP International, Lexington Services; One-Stop Channel Marketing Powerhouse for Travel Industry Rolls Out New Name, Brand and Services
• Atlantic City Strike Enters Fourth Day; Hotels Closing Guest Room Floors, Not Able to Provide Housekeeping and Other Services
• Expedia Claims Consumers Don't Care How Much they Pay in Taxes and Fees, It Is the Overall Total that Matters; Stands Firm in Aftermath of InterContinental Pulling Hotels From Expedia Websites
• Major Hotel Chains Grew Internet Reservations by 28% in First Half of 2004 TravelCLICK Reports eTRAK Results from 30 Leading Brands
• Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Appointed to Manage the Mayfair House Hotel in Coconut Grove, Florida by Colony Capital, LLC and The Falor Companies
• After Subcontracting Out the Entire Housekeeping Department the Comfort Suites, South San Francisco Now Being Boycotted by UNITE HERE Local 2
• California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Passes, Vetoes Several Key Legeilative Initiatives Benefiting the California Lodging Industry
• Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Two Atlantic City Hotel-casinos Operating Under Contingency Plans After Union Members Walkout
• The Former Beaumont Hilton, Renamed MCM Elegante, Receiveing Up to $10 million in Renovations
• A $29 million Hotel and Water Park on Track in Amana, Iowa
• Recipes Developed by Radisson and the New England Culinary Institute Reflect Increasing Popularity of Low Carb Tortillas
• Hampton® Opens Nine Hotels in August and September 2004, Representing 923 New Rooms
• White Lodging Services Appoints Jon Peck as General Manager of the new 617-room Louisville Marriott Downtown
• Mark Plebanski Named General Manager of the Hampton Inn and Suites Lake Mary, Florida

• Hotel Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2004; 14 New Hotel Waterparks Open, 32 Under Construction / Jeff Coy & Bill Haralson
• What Is a Waterpark --- Really? Blending Swimming Pools, Amusement/Theme Parks, Hotels & Resorts Calls for New Definitions / Jeff Coy & Bill Haralson
• Condominium Hotels: The Latest Strategy for Hotel Waterpark Resorts / Jeff Coy & Bill Haralson
• The GM'S Role in Revenue Management / Carol Verret
• Falor Companies Completes $12 million Renovation the 243 room Read House; The 78 Year Old Chattanooga Hotel Will be Branded Sheraton
• The City-financed Myrtle Beach Radisson Plaza Hunting for a New GM for Second Time in Less Than a Year
• Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau Feeling Good About the Past, Number of Room Nights Booked Grows from 38,000 in 1984 to More than 500,000 Last Year
• Choosy GMs Choose Nature�s Mist: Optimize guest satisfaction and room cleanliness scores while flexing smoking/non-smoking room inventories to accommodate all guests and sell to the last room
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel and Tourism Management Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Names Ronald Kim Named Vice President Managed Development South Central Region; Becka Chester Named Vice President of Interior Design
• Visual One Marches on to Lumley Castle and Coombe Abbey
• TIA's Traveler Sentiment Index Up in Third Quarter; Consumers More Confident About Having Enough Money to Take Leisure Trips