1. Starwood to Debut New Brand to Compete Directly with Courtyard by Marriott and Hilton Garden Inn; The Design Work for the Yet to Be Named Brand Being Done by Same Team that Created W Hotels
2. Heavenly Beds Are Not the Only Weapons Being Wielded in the Hotel Wars
3. Top Five "Must Dos" to Raise Room Profitability; Revenue Management Viewpoint / Kelly Blake and Bonnie Buckhiester
4. Wyndham International, Inc. Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by the Blackstone Group for $1.15 Per Share or Approximately $3.24 Billion
5. Avoiding The Pitfalls of Condo Hotel Structuring; Steps To SEC Compliance / Peter Connolly
6. Starwood Targets Niche Markets to Increase Revenues, Brand Aswareness
7. Hotel Common Sense; �The Stranger within our gates� /  John Hogan
8. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / June  2005
9. Restuarants and Bars Operated by N9NE Group at Morongo Casino Resort Go Dark; Targeted the Wrong Crowd
10. Hilton Hotels Corporation Enters into a Master Licensing Agreement with Starbucks
11. Observers Say Blackstone Will Have No Problem Expanding Wyndham's Business through Franchise and Third-party Hotel Management Agreements
12. Revenue Management: Too Tactical and Not Strategic Enough; Highlights from HSMAI's Revenue Management Strategy Conference
13. A �Who�s Who� of Revenue Management Executives Headline the 2nd Annual HSMAI Revenue Management Strategy Conference
14. Group of Hoteliers File Lawsuit Challenging the Legality of 5% Hotel-room Tax Used to Fund a Competing, Publicy Owned Convention Hotel
15. Lead the Trend to Becoming Guest-Centric;  Demonstrating Behavior Not Normally Experienced by the Guest / John R. Hendrie
16. What Most Hotel-condo Projects Have in Common Is a Hotel Brand with Cachet
17. Questions Linger Whether the Pritzker Clan Agreement Will Remain Intact Over the Long Haul; Inside the Pritzker Family Feud
18. Kimpton Hotels Closes $157 Million Fund; Seeks to Double the Number of Kimpton-owned and Managed Properties
19. Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman Developer Wins $30 million Jury Verdict from Fluor Daniel Caribbean, Inc.,  the General Contractor for the Project
20. Hotels Increase Marketing Budgets by 6.1% in 2004; Hotels Continue to Shift Marketing Dollars from Advertising to Person-to-Person Selling / PKF Study
21. How to Make a Condo Hotel Deal � Part II / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik
22. Best Tip for Increasing Tips... Smile
23. The Former Marquis Resort in Palm Springs Reopening as Hotel Zoso
24. Hotel Operators Must Make Difficult Choices to Exploit their Most Profitable Asset: How They Get the Best Return on their Known Customers
25. Four Seasons and JMB Begin Process to Sell Ritz-Carlton Chicago; Upon Completion of a Sale, Four Seasons Will Cease Managing the Hotel

June 29, 2005

• New England Resort Becomes Second Shell Vacations Systems Franchisee
• GoConcierge Enhances Customer Service at Omni Hotels; Hotelier Selects Web-based Guest Services Solution to Add Efficiencies at 14 Properties
• East West Partners Developing 200 room Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa Near Beaver Creek Resort on Land Acuired from Vail Resorts
• More than 1,000 Attending Caribbean Hotel Association Conference in Miami; Positive News Prevails
• Great Wolf Resorts Joint Ventures with The Chehalis Indians to Build $80 million Indoor Waterpark Resort Mid-way between Portland and Seattle
• Stanford Hotels Corporation Acquires the Hilton Charlotte for $56 million; Hilton Brand to be Retained; Significant Investment Planned
• Eagle Hospitality Acquires the  299-suite Embassy Suites San Juan Hotel & Casino for $60 Million
• JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. Opens Five Asia/Pacific Hotels in 2005
• HREC Investment Advisors Announces Listing For Sale of St. Mary Lodge and Resort, Including 86 Acres of Land Adjacent to Glacier National Park, St. Mary, Montana
• The Grand Lake Lodge, the Only Private Complex within Rocky Mountain National Park, Likely to be Sold at a Substantial Price
• San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Appoints 2005-2006 Board of Directors; Rick Swig of RSBA & Associates Installed as Chairman
• Warner Consulting Group Introduces Telecom Management Program Saving Hotels Up to 60% on Telecom
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Celebrates 250th WinTrack PM Installation at Horseshoe Bay Resort Marriott
• Peppermill�s Wendover Properties Select LMS ARTS from Agilysys, Inc.; Industry-Leading System Chosen to Book Flights on Charter Airline
• John Q. Hammons Building a 125,000-square-foot Convention Center and Adding a 152-suite Tower to the Embassy Suites in Rogers, Arkansas
• Royal Media Hotels & Resorts Building the 259 room Royal Media Milan Hotel & Towers
• Ward Childs Named Senior Food and Beverage Director, Executive Assistant Manager at Grand Hyatt New York
• Signature Destinations Club� Names Jay Harbison as Vice President of Hospitality and Membership Operations
• Tracy Walker Named General Manager of Hilton Newark Airport
• Columbia Hospitality Names Greg Duff, Vice President of Development/General Counsel

June 28, 2005

• Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman Developer Wins $30 million Jury Verdict from Fluor Daniel Caribbean, Inc., the General Contractor for the Project
• Starwood Targets Niche Markets to Increase Revenues, Brand Aswareness
• Monterey County, California Hotels Accused of Price Gouging; Super 8 Rates Jump to $250 per Night for Race Weekend
• The Mitchell Companies Appoint Sol Meliá to Take Over Management of the Royal Palm a Crown Plaza Resort in Miami Beach; Property to be Repositioned and Rebranded to Meliá Royal Palm
• A False Start; Citing Sales Shortfalls, the Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach Wants to Cancel Contracts for Condo-hotel Units Sold
• Hotel Supplier Sites versus Online Travel Agents; The War Chronicles / Neil Salerno
• La Vegas Casinos Using Clandestine Evaluations To Improve Customer Service
• California Home to 56 Indian-owned Casinos
• Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Aligns With Environmental Media Association to Showcase Sustainability
• Accor Asia Pacific Appoints Four to GM Posts

June 27, 2005

• Hotels Increase Marketing Budgets by 6.1 Percent in 2004; Hotels Continue to Shift Marketing Dollars from Advertising to Person-to-Person Selling / PKF Study
• Lead the Trend to Becoming Guest-Centric; Demonstrating Behavior Not Normally Experienced by the Guest / John R. Hendrie
• Revenue Management: Too Tactical and Not Strategic Enough; Highlights from HSMAI's Revenue Management Strategy Conference
• DiamondRock Hospitality Acquires a 2,330 room Portfolio of Four Hotels for $315 million
• Summit Hotel Properties, LLC Acquires Four Limited-service Hotels for Approximately $18 million; Portfolio Grows to 60 Hotels in 21 States
• Anchorage Rushing to Build $93 million, 193,000 sq ft Convention Center; Hotel Room Tax Upped to 12% from 8% to Help Pay for Operations
• Starwood's Plan to Operate the Struggling Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel Under its Sheraton Brand Hits Snag Over a South Carolina Liability Clause
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Sale of Downtown San Diego Hotel
• Bartech Announces New Cocktail Mix Discount Feature, Unique Capability to Increase Sales and Build Customer Loyalty
• Best Western Partners with VFM Interactive in Unprecedented Rich Media Strategy
• Las Vegas Casino Investment in Spas Very Bullish
• Vail Resorts Closes on Sale of Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa for $62 million

June 24, 2005

• Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring the 410-room Wyndham Palm Springs for $57.0 million, Approximately $139,000 per Room
• Tourism Authority of Thailand Reports the Number of Tourists Visiting Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi Provinces has Dropped by 70% Compared Last Year; Hotel Occupancy Averaging 20%
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Sam Haigh President & Chief Operating Officer
• Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust Acquires the 351 room Hilton Glendale for $79.8 Million from Hilton Hotels Corporation; Hilton Will Continue to Manage the Hotel
• Amstar Group, LLC and Davidson Hotel Company Joint Venture to Acquire the 500 room Hilton Alexandria Mark Center for $93.1 million
• Regent International Hotels Appoints Tom Manno as Senior Director of Sales and Operations
• Bruce T. Fery Named EVP of Hotels for Earl Holding's Grand America Hotels and Resorts
• Marriott Closes Purchase and Sale Transactions with CTF, Walton Street Capital, Sunstone, and Tarsadia; Involves 29 Renaissance Hotels and three Courtyard Hotels
• CNL Hotels Completes $8 million Renovation of The 310-room BWI Airport Marriott
• Pacifica Companies Acquiring the 198 room Radisson in Stockton, California
• Unconventional Marketing and Advertising Campaign Clinches Five Awards for Hilton Kuala Lumpur
• AWI Gaming, Inc. Acquiring Sturgeon's Inn & Casino in Lovelock, Nevada
• Nicholas D. Davaz Appointed General Manager of Simpson House Inn, Santa Barbara, California

June 23, 2005

• What Most Hotel-condo Projects Have in Common Is a Hotel Brand with Cachet
• Tom Higgins, Former CEO of Best Western, Now in Charge of a Ministry Complex and Convention Center in High Point, North Carolina
• Bank Seeks Foreclosure on the 212 room Hotel Seagate in Downtown Toledo
• InterContinental Boston Hotel and Residences Subject of Call for Boycott from Local Hotel Union; The 424 room Hotel at Mid-point of Construction
• More Than 88% of Travelers Not Able to Let Go of Their Cell Phone, Laptop, or PDA While on Vacation / Travelocity Survey
• California Hotelier Terry Brown Gifts $1 million to San Diego State University's Hospitality and Tourism Management program
• Yvonne La Penotiere Appointed President of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, the Americas
• Larkspur Hospitality Acquires the Hyatt Sainte Claire in San Jose, California; Renamed The Sainte Claire, a Larkspur Hotel
• Barefoot Resorts, Ltd. Developing 114 room Mandarin Oriental Branded Resort on Secluded Barefoot Beach Area of Grand Cayman Island
• The Softwear Group Proudly Announces George A. Zugmier Joins Board of Directors
• SECURE-RES Appoints Two To Sales-Leadership Team
• Hotel Monticello of Georgetown, A European-style Luxury, Boutique Hotel, Sold by Molinaro Koger
• Harrison Conference Center and Hotel, Princeton Forrestal Center Announces Two New Management Team Members
• Clee Varon Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Deerhurst Resort, Muskoka, Ontario
• InterContinental Hotels Group Opens its 80th Staybridge Suites in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

• Millennium & Copthorne Hotels to Switch to SynXis; Worldwide hotel company will use SynXis RedX� for all of their distribution management needs
• New Lodgenet Agreements to Bring Digitally Delivered Widescreen Movies Plus High-Definition Video-On-Demand and Satellite Programming Through SIGNETURE HDTV SM Systems
• Wi-Fi Going from an Added Value to an Expected Amenity;  In 2002, 1,000 Hotels Were Equipped for Wireless Connection, Nearly 25,000 Hotels Expected to Offer Wi-Fi by 2007
• Two Time Share Resorts on Cape Cod Close Unexpectedly
• Three French Waiters Suing New York's "21" Club Claiming Age and Accent Discrimination
• Ohio State University Considers Renaming the 151 room Blackwell Hotel, Namesake, Roger D. Blackwell, Is a Convicted Felon
• Hawaii, Illinois, and Pennsylvania Have Biggest Budgets for Travel and Tourism Promotion; TIA Ranks All the States Budgets for 2005
• Resignation of Atlanta CVB Executive VP Carey Rountree Not Linked to Loss of  the 100,000 Attendee National Association of Home Builders
• Defender of the Environment, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to Deliver Keynote Address at the Caribbean Hotel Association�s Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference 2005
• Following a US $30 million Restoration, the 54 room Hotel Caruso in Ravello, Italy Re-opens
• Hotel Online's One-on-One Audio Interview - Terry Brown Discusses How the Softwear Group Has Expanded the Traditional Property Management Functions with Several New Concepts
• Domina Hotel Group, With a Portfolio of 49 hotels, Creates Four New Brands and New Corporate Identity
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Chooses Coyle Hospitality Group's New SpasQore Mystery Shopping Tool for its Growing World Class Spa Outlets
• Hotel Information Systems Unveils its New Internet Native Property Management System at HITEC 2005
• The 45-storey Grosvenor House West Marina Beach by Le Meridien Opens; Dubai Hotel Has 12 Restaurants and Bars
• New HotelEXPERT v.5.0 Actuates Guest History via �FUNDAMENTALS"
• BusinessJet Class Adds Guaranteed Aircraft Availability Pricing; Introduces one-way rates & advance purchase discounts to private jet charter
• Make Your Meetings "Commercial Free" with Interstate Hotels & Resorts
• Microtel Inns & Suites Building an 85-room hotel at Charles Pointe, a $750 million-plus Master-planned Community in Bridgeport, West Virginia
• Valencia Group Appoints Jason P. Melton as VP of Corporate Finance and John C. Boulware as Corporate Controller

• Luxury Cambridge Suites Toronto Chooses Viz-it Rich Media Solutions from Vantis to Increase Internet Sales; Show � Don�t Just Tell� Internet Marketing will Attract Guests with Visual Storytelling
• SIGNETURE HDTVSM Systems "Wow"ing Guests in Chicago and LA; Guests at Hard Rock Chicago and The Beverly Hilton Enjoying High-Impact Digital Picture and Sound in an Easy-To-Use High-Definition System
• San Remo Hotel in San Francisco Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Property Rights Case
• Osceola County Commissioners May Opt Not to Vote for Either Rival Proposal  from FaulknerUSA and Gaylord Entertainment to Build a Convention Center and Hotel
• Starwood Vacation Ownership CEO, Raymond L. Gellein Jr., Sees Lots of Potential Beyound the U.S.
• One-on-one Interview with Kimpton Hotels� Steve Pinetti One Highlight of HSMAI Annual Leadership Conference
• Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Making Significant Progress Towards its Objectives of Improving Systems Interoperability in the Hospitality Industry
• The Rihga Royal Now Operating as an Independent Hotel, Ends Affiliation with the J.W. Marriott Hotel Brand
• Owners of Nine of Colorado Spring's 10 Largest Hotels Spending Upwards of $80 million for Renovations, Meanwhile City Occupancy Fell  Last Year to a 13-year Low
• Richard Morgan, VP and Managing Director of Grand Hyatt New York, Honored with �Hotel Good Scout Award�
• Wynn Las Vegas, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau Select TravelCLICK�s iHotelier CRS Platform
• Passkey Adds Las Vegas Hilton to Rapidly Growing Roster of Passkey-enabled Hotels
• Charge your cellphone for FREE at the TeleAdapt Stand During the HITEC Show; Visit the TeleAdapt stand 941 for FREE cellphone re-charging
• Benchmark Hospitality Develops Unique Employee Recognition Program - "Best of the Best"
• Hotel Information Systems core Introduced at HITEC
• Mandarin Oriental, New York Accelerates Service with MTech�s HotSOS
• Driftwood Hospitality Management Appoints Three to General Manager Positions
• The Manor Club at Glen Cove Debuts at Long Island�s Harrison House 
• The Hotel Group Acquires the 203 room Hilton Suites Brentwood from Hilton Hotels Corporation for $6.5 million
• Accor Appoints Seven General Managers Across Asia Pacific

• Manugistics to Showcase Next-Generation Chain Group Pricing Technology / In the �Year of ADR,� Chain Hotels Capture More Group Business; Manugistics Centralized Solution Drives Higher Daily Rate
• SynXis and E-site Marketing Establish New Marketing Relationship; Hotel customers will benefit from award-winning revenue enhancing products and services
• Best Tip for Increasing Tips�Smile
• Revenue Management Systems -- Considerations for Evaluation / Carol Verret
• Highgate Holdings Brings in New Management, Plans Rebranding for the 310 room Wyndham in Arlington, Texas
• Rampant Optimism in U.S. Hotel Investment Arena / PKF
• Dow Hotel Company Purchases the 353-Room Doubletree Bellevue Hotel for Approximately $48.5 million; Plans Renovation and Conversion to Hilton Brand
• Three Generations of Luxury: Rosewood Celebrates 25 Years
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Finalizes Acquisition of  30-Hotel Portfolio for $465 Million from CNL Hotels & Resorts
• �You're Hired� Says the Trump Organization; Visual One�s Property Management System to be Installed at the New Trump International Hotel and Tower, Las Vegas, NV
• Marshall Management, Inc. Signs Management Contract for Tidewater Inn in Easton, Maryland
• EasyRMS Implements Fully Functional Upload Interface to NetRez CRS for Groupe Lucien Barrière � in Cooperation with IndeCorp, The Independent Hotel Corporation & The Leading Hotels of the World
• InnLink and The Rubicon Group Create Strategic Alliance for Revenue Management and Enhanced Inventory and Distribution Controls
• Omni Hotels Selects Nirvana Technology Real-time Online Booking Tool for New Spa Web Portal at Omni Interlocken Resort in Denver
• VFM Interactive Launches Vscape® � a Rich Media Distribution Solution Providing Unprecedented Control to Hotels
• John Q. Hammons to Develop a Major Hotel in Lawrence, Kansas
• Michael Koffler Moving as General Manager from the Hyatt Regency Monterey and Highlands Inn in Carmel to the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego
• Roberta Rinker-Ludloff Named Vice President Sales and Marketing for Conrad Hotels, North America
• Outrigger's Condominium Collection Appoints Key Executives; Charles Okazaki Named General Manager of the Outrigger Kanaloa at Kona

• SynXis RedX Distribution Management System Gains Momentum and Customer Approval
• Questions Linger Whether the Pritzker Clan Agreement Will Remain Intact Over the Long Haul; Inside the Pritzker Family Feud
• Ayres Hotel Group, with 16 European-style Boutique Hotels, Now a 100 year Old Family Business
• As Renovations Begin on the French Lick Springs Hotel and Resort, its Remodelers Have Turned into Treasure Hunters
• Developers Want to Turn the Former Crabtree Sheraton Hotel, Raleigh, Into a 40-story Glass Tower with a Luxury Hotel and Condominiums
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Sells Three Hotels to the RLJ Urban Lodging Fund, LP; Two Hilton Suites and One Embassy Suites for $72 million in Cash
• The Halekulani Works with a Fashion Designer to Turn a 2,135 sq ft Suite in to an Aesthetic and Emotional Experience
• New Hilton Vancouver, Washington, Owned by the City, Integrates Some of the Most Advanced Environmentally-friendly Features Found in the Hotel Industry Today
• Travelodge in Salina, Kansas Fined $8,000 for Operating a Continental Breakfast Service Without a Food Service License
• Hersha Hospitality Acquires the 188 room Marriott Courtyard-Boston/Brookline for $54.5 million
• Aloha Kapalua! � Visual One and the Kapalua Land Company Ink Agreement; Famous Maui, Hawaii resort selects the Visual One PMS, Golf, Retail, Back Office Accounting and Condominium Owner Management systems
• Electrobug & Pricing Intelligence Launch Unprecedented Combined Dynamic and Traditional Package Price Tracking
• Visual One to Feature V1Net at HITEC; Web based PMS Is On Show in Los Angeles
• Executive Hotel Management Rebrands the 197-room Radisson Knoxville to Crowne Plaza; Plans a $1.5 million Renovation
• Portola Plaza Hotel Experiences Rapid ROI with Blue Square Studios' Hospitality Toolkit and e-Marketing Services
• Developer Robert A. Rauch Opens Homewood Suites by Hilton in Del Mar, California
• Carol Daniel Joins Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants As Vice President, Restaurants
• Jan Chovanec Named General Manager of the Conrad Indianapolis

June 16, 2005

• 36-Property Hersha Hospitality Trust Selects Market Leader Aptech; Hersha taps top provider of business intelligence, multi-property accounting to increase timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting and analysis
• PMS Vendor Gains Edge with ZDirect Expert Email Solution; NORTHWIND helps client Seaside Properties leverage targeted email strategy from ZDirect to fill rooms for 8 condo hotels, cut marketing costs
• SynXis Reaches 7,000 Properties on its Reservation & Distribution Management System; Company shows its global strength by adding GDS connectivity services for Lindner Hotels
• Manugistics Senior Executives to Address Industry Professionals at HSMAI Revenue Conference and MIT INFORMS Event; Revenue Management and Pricing are Key Themes with Audiences at MIT and HSMAI
• Observers Say Blackstone Will Have No Problem Expanding Wyndham's Business through Franchise and Third-party Hotel Management Agreements
• Controlling the Path the Consumer Wishes to Take to Book a Room at Your Property / William D. Peters
• Two Year Old Union Strike Drags on at the Congress Plaza Hotel on Chicago's Michigan Avenue; Hotel Seeking a Contract that Matches its "Second-tier" Status
• Sandals Resorts Installs Execuvue Business Intelligence for its 20 Properties; Sandals Uses Execuvue to Standardize Multi-Currency Revenue Reporting and Performance Analysis Across Its International Resort Chain
• The Elysian Hotel and Private Residences, a $245 million Hotel and Condominium Development in Chicago, Anticipates 2007 Opening
• Sanibel Resort & Spa Management Team Cited for Leadership In the Conception and Launch of the Resort & Hospitality Management Degree Program at Florida Gulf Coast University
• NCR Spotlights Self-Service Technology at 2005 HITEC(r); NCR EasyPoint(tm) Xpress Check-In and ResortPort(tm) Kiosks deliver "innovation with experience" for hotels deploying self-service
• For the special HITEC edition of SIEGEL SEZ
• Radisson Hotel City Center in Tucson Gets in Room Duel with Rocket Scientists and Aviation Mechanics
• New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Sells the 257 room Radisson Bay Harbor Hotel in Tampa for $13.5 million
• John Q. Hammons Makes Surprise Donation of $800,000 to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
• Hotels Upgrading their Adaco Software
• Jeanine Rhea Appointed General Manager of the New 90-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Yuma, Arizona

June 15, 2005

• Six-Property Les Hotels Jaro Chain Selects Maestro Multi-Property PMS, Sales & Catering, CRO, and ResEze Internet Booking
• Industry First: The Concierge Assistant System Gains Real-Time Website Interface for Improved Guest Service
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions to Introduce WinTrack Work Order Kiosk at HITEC; Company Also to Feature Lodging Asset Management Suite at L.A. Event
• Hersha Hospitality Trust Forms Joint Venture with Waterford Hospitality Group; HT Acquires Preferred Equity Interest in Nine Marriott and Hilton Hotels
• John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. Announces Execution of Merger Agreement; CEO Hammons Keeps Equity Stake and Maintains Leadership Role Managing 64 Hotels
• Hotel Real Estate is Alive in 2005 / Scott Smith, MAI
• How to Make a Condo Hotel Deal � Part II / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik
• New Hotel Technology Surround Us; Yet Face-to-face Selling is Still Most Productive / Neil Salerno
• Robert Burns, Georg Rafael and Adrian Zecha to Be Honored at the Upcoming 16th Annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific; The Three Created Regent International in Early 70's
• Horst Schulze's West Paces Hotel Group Wins Management Contract for 120 room Hotel On Campus of University of Illinois

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• Ramesys Dominates as the leader of Web Based Property Management Systems (PMS) and Brings Latest Enterprise Offerings to HITEC
• Get More from Your In-Room Entertainment System with EXTENWAY
• PrinterOn Turns the Tables on Hotelier Attendees and Invites Them to 'Be the Guest at HITEC 2005 and Print from the Comfort of their Hotel Rooms to the PrinterOn Sponsored Printing Station

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• T.I. Resort LLC Selects Boykin Management Company to Operate the Bilmar Beach Resort in Treasure Island, FL.
• Developer Nick Desai Opens the 75 room Holiday Inn Express hotel in Windsor California
• GuestWare Unveils New SmartRunner for Pocket PC and Java-Enabled Cell Phones at HITEC; Application Adds Speed, Functionality to Industry's Leading Rapid Response System
• MICROS and Kinetics Reseller Agreement Is "Good News for Travelers Everywhere"; Kinetics hotel and airline self-service solutions now available for users of MICROS property management systems
• Kohler Co.�s Resort Group to Install Datavision's Business Intelligence Suite; Datavision to provide tools for revenue management, golf/spa analysis, labor control and CRM
• Pegasus Solutions Expands Presence in Asia-Pacific Region with Opening of a Beijing Office
• Colin Ankersen Appointed General Manager at Harrison Conference Center and Hotel, Princeton Forrestal Center
• Jim Bullock and Hal Powell Appointed to Regional VP of Sales & Marketing for Benchmark Hospitality

Pascal Metivier Appointed President of Assa Abloy Hospitality for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America

• Web Savvy Consumers Help Industry Marketers Gain Insight on e-Mail Marketing
• Top Five "Must Dos" to Raise Room Profitability / Kelly Blake and Bonnie Buckhiester
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Selects Aptech for 54-Property REIT; Execuvue business intelligence tool to automate consolidation of financial data from all Ashford hotels for faster, better decision making
• Wyndham International, Inc. Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by the Blackstone Group for $1.15 Per Share or Approximately $3.24 Billion
• Brand Equity: Raising the Flag / Theodore Noseworthy / Canadian Lodging Outlook - April YTD
• Fifty Questions to Ask Before Entering a Joint Venture / Steve Gold
• Ramada Brand Launches Second Phase of Repositioning
• Hotel Insurance Expense: Minor Cost, Major Concern; PKF Study Finds Premiums Doubled Since 1999
• Arte Nathan, SVP of Wynn Resorts Ltd., Learned Firsthand the Challenges of Supervising 9,500 Employees; the Largest "From-scratch Hiring" in Gaming History at the Wynn Las Vegas
• Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Selects Coyle Hospitality Group to Measure Global Performance of its Diverse Brands; Mystery Shopping Tools Innovative, Customizable and User-Friendly
• Musselman Kidwell Concepts Partners with BlueGreen Corporation to Prepare Managers for Upcoming Growth at Orlando Resorts
• White king Salmon, Sometimes Referred to as Ivory Kings, Fast Becoming the New, Gotta-have Salmon Dish in East Coast Restaurants
• One Year Old Danat Hotels & Resorts, Owned by Abu Dhabi-based National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels, Sets Strategy to Capitalise on the Government's Aim of Increasing Visitor Numbers
• Visual One Enters Egyptian Market; Visual One Systems Selected by Abercrombie and Kent Nile Cruises
• Executive Education Programs Hosted at ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Facilities Rank High in Financial Times' Top 50
• Elsafe Providing a 'Safe' Environment for Business Travelers and HSIA Users
• Hear Terry Brown Discuss How the Softwear Group Has Expanded the Traditional Property Management Functions with Several New Concepts on Hotel Online's One-on-One Audio Interview
• Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers Becomes First Hotel in Manhattan to Use Environmentally Friendly High Temperature Fuel Cell Technology; Direct FuelCell Power Plant Will Provide Roughly 10% of the Hotel's Electricity and Hot Water
• In Biloxi the Soon to Open Hard Rock Casino Draws 2,300 Applicants for Job Fair
• Noble Investment Group Names Jim Williams General Manager of its Winston-Salem Embassy Suites and Ron L. Stephens as Director of Marketing for its Winston-Salem Hotel and Convention Center Complex

• Luxury Marco Beach Ocean Resort Aims at 5th Diamond, Leverages The Concierge Assistant; Guest services streamlined by tapping guest histories to anticipate individual tastes, delights visitors
• Aptech Announces Targetvue; Automates Enterprise Planning and Budgeting; Targetvue is Newest Application for Driving Growth Goals, Profitability for Owners and Operators
• For Hoteliers Looking for Solutions to Their Declining Telecom Revenues, the Myriad Product Offerings May be Just What the Doctor Ordered
• Two Galveston Island Holiday Inn Franchisees Battle for Territorial Rights in Court
• Los Angeles Hotel Workers and Employers' Council Reach Tentative Agreement; Agreement Expires in November 2006
• Marathon Asset Management, LLC Takes Lead Equity Position in the 1,000 room Hyatt Convention Center Hotel in San Antonio
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• Get More from Your In-Room Entertainment System with EXTENWAY
• PrinterOn Turns the Tables on Hotelier Attendees and Invites Them to 'Be the Guest' at HITEC 2005 and Print from the Comfort of their Hotel Rooms to the PrinterOn Sponsored Printing Station
• Caring for Customers and Getting to be #1: Ramesys Reinvents its Approach and Notices Dramatic Results
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• Thriving New York City Nightlife Scene Surveyed by Zagat; Current Most Popular Nightspot Is a Restaurant with a Bar - Pastis; Shut Down - the Fabled Spectrum where John Travolta Danced in Saturday Night Fever and the Oak Bar at the Plaza
• Developer Marlin Torguson Planning the $500 million Bacaran Bay Casino Resort in Biloxi; First Biloxi Casino to Offer Condominium-hotel Lodging
• St. Julien Hotel & Spa in Boulder, Colorado Calls Construction Company's Claim Seeking $6.3 million in Damages for Unpaid Work Ludicrous
• Developer Gus Chafoulias Takes Back Control of the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Rochester, Minnesota; Lost Control of it More than 2 1/2 Years Ago
• New HotelEXPERT v.5.0 Actuates Guest History via "FUNDAMENTALS"
• UNITE HERE Members Vote to Strike at the Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley, California; Labor Dispute Goes Back to September, 2001
• Optims America and Carol Verret Launch the Revenue Management Accelerator Seminar in New York
• Signature Worldwide and Smith Travel Research Announce Alliance to Deliver Star Report Training
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Taps PRPRO to Market Its Representation Services for Independent, Luxury Hotels
• Tim Laib, Regional Director of Operations for Shilo Inns, Named a Winner of AH&LA 2005 Most Valuable Volunteer Awards

• Benchmark Going Strong with Maestro as Recommended Property Management Solution; Benchmark Hospitality Installs 12th Maestro System from NORTHWIND
• Hear Terry Brown Discuss How the Softwear Group Has Expanded the Traditional Property Management Functions with Several New Concepts on Hotel Online's One-on-One Audio Interview
• When "Selective Service" Means Superior Service / Wayne Goldberg, Executive Vice President of Operations, La Quinta Corporation
• Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Anticipates Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces as the New Operator and Lessee of The Pierre, Effective June 30, 2005
• About 120 Housekeepers, Cooks and Other Workers Began a Two-week Strike at the Hyatt West Hollywood
• April 2005 Occupancy Hit 84% for the Philadelphia Center City Hotels and 86% for Philadelphia Airport Hotels
• Coral Sands, a Hilton Head Island Time-share Company at the Center Consumer Complaints, Agrees to Measures Aimed at Helping Buyers Understand its Sales Contracts
• CSM Lodging Completes Renovation of the Former Holiday Inn West, Reopens as th Marriott Minneapolis West in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
• Vail Resorts and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Developing The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Vail, Approximately 108 Condominiums at the Base of Vail Mountain in LionsHead Village
• Owned by the Village of Schaumburg, the 500 room Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel Is Set to Open in Mid 2006; the Hotel and Convention Center is the Most Expensive Development Ever Taken on by the Village at $226 million
• Florida's Department of Environmental Protection Looking for More Hotels that Voluntarily Take Extra Steps to Recycle, Conserve Water and Electricity
• inter-touch To Lead in Next Generation Mobile Broadband Services for Business Travellers
• HSMAI's World Quest Agenda Includes International Protocol and Latest Trends in Planning International Meetings; Dates Set in Washington DC, NYC and Chicago
• Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach Redefines the Brand; Re-invented Room Designed by Michael S. Smith
• Bellstar Appoints Jackie Frederick General Manager for the Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort & Spa, Osoyoos, British Columbia
• Spokane Howard Johnson Inn's Fredrick Schoener Named Howard Johnson International's National Salesperson of the Year
• William F. Smith Named Managing Director of Acquisitions and Development for The Generation Companies, LLC
• For sale - 132 room Ramada Limited, Tucson, Arizona. Great opportunity for hands-on owner. Near proposed convention center

• Omni Hotels Reaps Revenue Increase with Manugistics and The Rainmaker Group; Powerful Centralized Automated Revenue Management Solution Maximizes Room Value While Recognizing Loyal Customers
• Group of Hoteliers File Lawsuit Challenging the Legality of 5% hotel-room Tax Used to Fund a Competing, Publicy Owned Convention Hotel
• British Company, Taylor Woodrow, Acquires the Clearwater Adam's Mark for $31.5 million; Plans to Demolish the 30-year-old Hotel and Build 113 Condominiums and a 78-room Hotel
• By 2007, China Will Replace the United States as the Largest Originator of World Tourists
• Crescent Hospitality Corporation Signs Three Management Contracts, Portfolio Grows to 25 Hotels
• Prescott Realty Group and Apollo Real Estate Advisors Planning to Spend $100 million on Adding a Condo Tower and Renovating The Stonleigh Hotel in Dallas
• Forbes Hamilton Management Company To Manage Executive Inn Rivermont, Owensboro, Kentucky
• Gwelo Developments Appoints Outrigger to Manage Multi-million Resort in Darwin, Northern Territory - The Outrigger Pandanas Darwin
• Accor Appointed Manager of the Former Corus Hotel Hobart; Will be Re-branded the Mercure Hotel Hobart
• Full Service Representation Firm for Unique Independent Hotels, Actually Sells Room Nights, Not Just a Brand or Image!
• Nirvana Technology Partners with Spa Finder to Provide First Web-Based Spa Services Reservation Program -- Consumers Can Book Treatments in Advance through Spafinder.com
• Prairie Realty Advisors Procures $155 million in Total Financing for 15 Hotels in Five States
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments, Inc. Advises FelCor in the Sale of the Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express-Moline, Illinois; Also Selected to Advise on Disposition of the 288-room Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center-Davenport, Iowa
• When Security Counts...Count On VingCard to Upgrade Your Electronic-Locking System
• Tom Nolan Promoted to Regional Vice President of ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
• Stuart Newmark Named Senior Vice-President of Operations, The Kessler Collection
• Lisa Giaimo Named Vice President of Sales and Marketing for CSM Lodging
• The Minister of Tourism, Malaysia, the Honorable Datuk Dr. Leo Michael Toyad, Leading a Mission to Canada and the USA
• Sergio Olmedo Named Head Chef at The Gran Hotel Sóller, Majorca

June 8, 2005

• Hotel Operators Must Make Difficult Choices to Exploit their Most Profitable Asset: How They Get the Best Return on their Known Customers
• Vantis Expands Relationship with SKYCITY Entertainment Group in New Zealand; SKYCITY Grand Hotel Selects Vantis for Internet, GDS, Voice and Booking Engine Services
• Heavenly Beds Are Not the Only Weapons Being Wielded in the Hotel Wars
• Developers Frank Leo and Gerard Kenny Sign Mandarin Oriental Group to Operate Hotel and Branded Residences in Proposed 90-story Tower in Chicago
• Singapore Expects to See Tourists Double in 10 years - But Will the Hotel Industry Be Ready?
• Starwood Signs Agreement with HEI Hospitality and Gatehouse Capital to Operate W Hotel & Residences in Hollywood, California
• Fairmont Hotels Installing Self-service Kiosks in All North America Hotels; Includes Guestroom Mapping and Airline Check-In Features
• Vatika Group Appoints Starwood to Manage Two Westin Brand Properties in New Delhi - the 300 room Westin New Delhi Hotel and the Westin Serviced Residences
• Will the Condominium Hotel and Fractional Ownership Concept Penetrate Europe, Middle East and Africa? / Jose Ventura
• Once Duluth's Most Elegant Hotel, the 1925-era Hotel Duluth May be Developed into a Sheraton Hotel and Condominiums
• Developer Giorgio Borlenghi Planning a Luxury Extended-stay Hotel, The Granduca, in Houston
• An Affiliate of Marcus Corp. Paid $21.9 million for the Wyndham Milwaukee Center Hotel, $3.5 million Higher Then What MeriStar Paid Five Years Ago
• Blue Square Studios Partners with Specialized Providers to Enrich Hospitality Toolkit with Destination Content, Spa Booking Engine and On-line F&B Service
• Spanish Hotel Chains Set-out Internet Distribution Strategy
• Rezidor SAS Plans to Open the 251 room Radisson SAS Hotel Dubai Media City in December 2005
• The Rodeway Inn Old Town Scottsdale Named Rodeway Inn of the Year by Choice Hotels, the Franchisor of the Brand
• With an Abundance of Independent Hospitality Businesses, The Whiteface Region in State of New York Creating a Local Brand "Forever Adirondack Quality Assurance"
• For Sale: Boutique hotel overlooking Acapulco, 10 units with a restaurant, Asking US$ 1,500,000

• Tiburon Hospitality Management Is Cashing In on Partnership with Huntington Financial
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Selects Aptech for 54-Property REIT; Execuvue business intelligence tool to automate consolidation of financial data from all Ashford hotels for faster, better decision making
• Siegel Sez and Jon Inge's Technology Newstand
• So, You Are Thinking About Attaching a Water Park to Your Hotel / Mark Moore
• Four Seasons, Gaylord Hotels, Walt Disney World Resorts and Courtyard by Marriott Most-favored Hotel Brands in Which to Hold Meetings / MeetingNews Survey
• Four Seasons and JMB Begin Process to Sell Ritz-Carlton Chicago; Upon Completion of a Sale, Four Seasons Will Cease Managing the Hotel
• The Procaccianti Group Acquiring Five-Doubletree Hotel Portfolio for $300 Million from GE Asset Management; Hotels Will Receive Multi-Million Renovations and Re-branding
• Hasu Shah, CEO of Hersha Hospitality, Named the Lodging Industry's Top Performing Chief Executive of 2004 by HVS Executive Search
• David Burroughs and W. Thomas Castleberry Inducted into the HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame
• Tom Civitano Recognized with TravelCLICK's E-Marketer Lifetime Achievement Award; Hyatt International Named E-Marketer of the Year
• The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Gifts $100,000 to the California Hotel & Lodging Association's "We Welcome Service Animals" Program
• Doubletree Hotels Adds Nine Properties,All Are Conversions; Approximately 25 Additional Doubletree Deals in Various Stages of Planning
• Hilton International Signs Two Management Contracts for Beijing, Conrad Beijing and Scandic by Hilton to Open in 2008
• Digital Alchemy's CRM Programs Leveling E- Marketing Playing Field for Hotels
• AnyRate Software Launches Enhanced Rate Search Technology
• Tampa Awarded 2009 Super Bowl Even though the City Doesn't Meet the Hotel Standards the NFL Requires of Host Cities
• InterContinental Hotels Group's Americas Region Hires Two VPs, Irene Hoek and Bill Bagwill
• The MainStay Suites Greenville, SC Named Inn of the Year for Choice Hotel's MainStay Suite Brand
• First Hospitality Group Opens 116 room Hilton Garden Inn St. Paul/Oakdale, Minnesota
• La Quinta Announces Agreement for First Property in Mexico - the Development of a La Quinta Inn & Suites in the city of Juarez, in the state of Chihuahua
• Omni/Dunfey Hotels Alumni Set November 2005 Reunion Dinner
• Procaccianti Group Puts the Shine Back on the Waterford Marriott Hotel in Oklahoma City
• Benjamin Brunt Named Vice President, Strategic Investments at Noble Investment Group
• General Manager sought for 62 unit Holiday Inn Express in Annawan, Illinois. Requires prior hotel management experience, Holidex/Pegasus preferred

June 6, 2005

• Starwood to Debut New Brand to Compete Directly with Courtyard by Marriott and Hilton Garden Inn; The Design Work for the Yet to Be Named Brand Being Done by Same Team that Created W Hotels
• Hilton Takes it to the Hilt with Brand-busting Kuala Lumpur Hotel / Steve Shellum
• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / June 2005
• Hotel Forecasting Methodology Improves Accuracy of Projections; Hotel Outlook's 2004 RevPAR Estimates for Top MSAs Were 99.9% on Target
• Poster Financial Group's Deal to Sell the Golden Nugget Laughlin Collapses
• Robert S. Snyder Acquires the 544 room Executive Inn Rivermont for $10.75 million; Wants to Add Indoor Water Park to Make Owensboro, KY a Tourist Destination
• Symon Bridle Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
• Hospitality "QED", That's Latin to Me! / John R Hendrie
• Rome Cavalieri Hilton Completes $45 Million Renovation
• The 9th Annual International Multicultural Tourism/Hotel Ownership Summit & Trade Show Set for July 20-23, 2005 in Miami Beach
• Ross Woods Named Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers New York Hospitality & Leisure Practice
• Electrobug Offers "Light" Versions of Rate Check for Small Independents
• TThe Quality Inn Northern Grand in Fort St. John, B.C. Named 2005 Canadian Hotel of the Year by Choice Hotels

June 3, 2005

• Hilton Hotels Corp. Initiates Distribution Standard and Online Accreditation Process for Third Party Online Travel Sites / Expedia.com and Hotels.com Are the First Fully Accredited Distributors, Hotwire.com, Priceline.com, and Travelweb.com Have Received Temporary Accreditation
• A Company with Slick Travel Web Sites, Including goalaska.com and travelalaska.net, Stiffing Customers and the Businesses Providing the Services
• Boykin Lodging Hires Investment Bank to Identify Alternatives for the Company
• Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, a Historic New Hampshire Resort, Acquired by Great American Life Insurance Company; Stephen Wright Appointed Managing Director
• City of Marietta Signs Remington Hotel Corporation to Operate the Marietta Conference Center & Resort
• Wynn Las Vegas Average Daily Room Rate Was $308 During First Month of Operation;  Revenues Exceeding Expectations
• Encore Hospitality, LLC, a Mississippi Developer of Limited-service Hotels, Obtains $85 million in Funding for Growth
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors to 'Market for Sale' the Radisson Riverfront and the Radisson City Center Hotels in Saint Paul
• Aztec Arranges the Historic Sale of World-Famous Fontainebleau Hotel, A Miami Beach Landmark
• Accor Adding Six New Properties in Thailand and Vietnam; New Southern Thai Resorts Show Confidence in Post-tsunami Recovery
• K Partners Hospitality Group LP Building a Hawthorn Suites Hotel Adjacent to the Laredo (Texas) Entertainment Center
• Wynn Resorts Las Vegas Selects PAR'S SpaSoft
• The 27-suite Kú Scheduled to Open this Fall on Anguilla
• Caribbean Hotel Association Study Concludes More than 188,000 Travel & Tourism Jobs Could Be at Risk Due to New United States Passport Regulation
• Kayak.com and TIG Global Announce Preferred Marketing Partnership; TIG Global to Advertise Across Kayak Network For More Than 100 Of Its Hotel Clients
• Thomas J. Voss, Formerly the GM of Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, Named Managing Director of Manchester Grand Resorts
• Hal L. Cook Named VP of Operations for Merritt Hospitality, LLC; Will Lead New Regional Team
• Nina Santellanes Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in New Mexico
• Donald Bremner Appointed Food and Beverage Manager for the InterContinental The Barclay New York

• Avoiding The Pitfalls of Condo Hotel Structuring ; Steps To SEC Compliance / Peter Connolly
• Marriott International Expects to Add 75,000 to 90,000 Hotel Rooms to its System Between 2006 and 2008, Will Have 75 Hotels in China within 10 Years
• Restuarants and Bars Operated by N9NE Group at Morongo Casino Resort Go Dark; Targeted the Wrong Crowd
• LaSalle Investment Management Acquires the 454 room Sofitel Silom in Bangkok for Approximately USD 29.4 million
• Loews Hotels Developing 400 room Resort at Lake Las Vegas Resort
• Reig Capital Puerto Rico, Inc. Developing the W Vieques - Martineau Bay, Located on the Island of Vieques
• Hotel Common Sense / �The Stranger within our gates�
• The Massachusetts Lodging Association To Honor Roger A. Saunders with The Hall of Fame Awards
• Intrawest Breaks Ground on Founders Lodge at Stratton Mountain, Vermont
• Developer Tom Becnel Begins Construction of The Palms of Destin Resort and Conference Center in Destin, Florida
• OZone Strategic Marketing, LLC Developing and Implementing Successful Revenue Growth Strategies for the Hospitality Industry Since 1999
• Thompson Calhoun Fair Closes Nine Hotel Transactions
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Enters into a Master Licensing Agreement with Starbucks
• George Markantonis to Succeed Paul O'Neil as President/Managing Director of Kerzner International Bahamas
• Board of Directors and Officers Elected for OpenTravel(TM) Alliance for 2005-2006

• Hosted Server PMS Solution Gaining Ground Reports Ramesys
• Despite Lack of Long-Term Data, Hotel Developers Favor Hybrid Projects; The Fractional and Condominium Component Not a Proven Solution to Development Prosperity / Rick Swig
• Kimpton Hotels Closes $157 Million Fund; Seeks to Double the Number of Kimpton-owned and Managed Properties
• Hotel Energy Costs; Not So Shocking News / PKF Hospitality Research
• The Internet...The Great Equalizer For Independent Hotels / Neil Salerno
• Combining Two Brands, Nickelodeon and Holiday Inn, the $110 million Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn(R) Opens in Orlando
• Unless You Operate a Business in a Very Remote Location, You Belong to the Amorphous "Brand-Scape" / John R Hendrie
• The Former Marquis Resort in Palm Springs Reopening as Hotel Zoso
• Executive Chef Roger Morgan Vows to Change Perception of Convention Food at the Connecticut Convention Center
• The Clearwater Beach Hotel Closes After Nearly a Century of Hospitality; To Be Replaced with the $140-million Sandpearl Resort
• Hotel Information Systems' epitome Enterprise Solutions Are Making an Impact in the Russian Hospitality Market
• A "Who�s Who" of Revenue Management Executives Headline the 2nd Annual HSMAI Revenue Management Strategy Conference
• Coyle Hospitality Group Launches Spa Division; Renowned Hospitality Firm Now Offers Their Unique Combination of Credibility, Market Knowledge and Experience to the Spa World
• HREC's Newly Created New York City Office Closes More than $150 million in Less than Five Months, Appoints Vice President
• Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) 70th Hospitality Training Conference Set for July 23-26, 2005 in Boston
• Northwest Hospitality Group Appoints Ted Capener Jr. as General Manager and Jacque Clark as Director of Sales for the Homewood Suites Salt Lake City

1. Newly-designed Hilton Technology Room a Laboratory for Gathering Customer Feedback; Helps Determine Which Pieces Appropriate for Full-scale Deployment
2. Computer Input Error Resulted in the Holiday Inn in the Walt Disney World(R) Resort Selling 1,208 Rooms for 93 cents Each
3. Accused of Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Customer, Judge Proposes Hyatt Regency DFW Hotel Be Fined $375,000 or Suspending Alcohol Permit for 75 Days
4. AAA Survey Identifies Top 10 Factors Travelers Consider when Choosing Accommodations / Location, Price, Discounts, Diamond Rating Top List
5. The 3-Ps of Successful Hotel Management / Bruce Wienberg
6. Ten Ways to Establish Yourself as a Hotel Industry Authority / Karen Weiner Escalera
7. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / May  2005
8. Serious About A Hotel Sales Career? Here are 10 Recommendations
9. Some Hotels May Be Doctoring Photos on Their Internet Sites
10. Some Reports That Wyndham International Inc. Might Be Up for Sale
11. Disconnect -- Aligning the Revenue Management and Sales Strategies / Carol Verret
12. Is the Sky Falling on the Convention Center Industry / Thomas Hazinski and Hans Detlefsen
13. Hotel Occupancy Recovery Not Enjoyed by All
14. Classy Clearance Sale Gives Public Chance to Own Piece of Plaza Hotel; Dinner Plates with Plaza Crest - $35 each
15. Marriott International Honors 13 Employees Out of a Worldwide Workforce of 133,000
16. Innkeepers USA Trust Believes a Hotel General Manager Misappropriated Approximately $430,000; Postpones Release of 1st Qtr Results Until Issues Are Resolved
17. Nearly 200 Employees of Four Seasons Resort Maldives Find Temporary Work at U.S. Four Seasons Properties
18. Two Labrador Retrievers and Six German Shepherds Key Components of Wynn Las Vegas Security Operations
19. Web Reservations are Still Not for Everyone In Fact, Not Even the Majority / Don Farrell
20. How to Increase Your Hotel's Internet Revenues
21. What Restaurants Do When There's a Fly (or Finger) in the Soup
22. Preparing for the Assault by Organized Labor on Hospitality / John R. Hendrie
23. Melvin Tennant, Director of San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Resigns Unexpectedly Following City Probe
24. Northwoods Resort in Big Bear Lake, California Part of Ponzi Scam; Unwitting Hotel Investors Hoping to Get 14 Cents Back on the Dollar
25. Business Travelers Cite "Value" When Selecting a Hotel as More Important Attribute then "Hotel Brand"

 

• NORTHWIND Delivers Maestro Profitability Tool Suite to Boost ADR, Drive Repeat Business; Properties Maximize All Areas of Hospitality Profitability
• Golf Industry Leaders Gather in Prague June 16-17, 2005; The Golf Business Forum Brings Together Professionals Involved in the Business of Golf
• While Global Hotel Chains Are Trying to Get to Grips with Third-party Online Providers, Smaller Hotel Groups and Independents Are Welcoming Them with Open Arms / Steve Shellum
• Online Travel Agents vs Travel Search � The Debate / Bhanu Chopra
• Fashion Designer Giorgio Armani and Mohamed Ali Alabbar Sign 'Armani Hotels and Resorts' Agreement for International Collection of Luxury Hotels and Resorts
• April Results for the European Hotel Industry: Best Monthly Performance in 5 Years
• John Q. Hammons Hotels Completes $8 million in Improvements to Fort Collins, Colorado Property; Rebrands 255 room University Park Holiday Inn to Hilton Fort Collins
• Broughton Hospitality Group Awarded the Management Contract for the Inn at East Beach, Santa Barbara, California
• Alfred D. Wiles Named GM and Peter J. Regan as DOS for the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington DC
• Scott Flexman Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Lansdowne Resort in Lansdowne, Virginia
• Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Names Phillip Murray, Historic Gettysburg Hotel, General Manager of the Yea
• Gregory Leinweber Appointed Director of Sales for the Mansion on Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia

May 27, 2005

• Recap: 5th Annual Resort Management Conference
• Hedge Fund Blackacre Institutional Capital Management May Buy Chicago's Palmer House for Upwards of $250 million
• Marriott International Honors 13 Employees Out of a Worldwide Workforce of 133,000
• L'Auberge du Lac's Opening Is a Milestone for Pinnacle; The Cost of the Hotel/Casino is Louisians's Second-most Expensive
• Fairfield Resorts Now Has 71 Resorts with Over 500,000 Timeshare Owners
• Portland Oregon Will Provide Sage Hospitality $13.9 million in Low Interest Loans to Transform Downtown Office Buildiong Into a Swank 334-room hote Hotel
• The IH&RA National Association Chief Executives Council Invites Expedia to Annual Meeting; Will Hear Expedia's Explanation of its Own Hotel Classification System
• InterContinental Hotels Group Opens Second Hotel Indigo - Chicago-Gold Coast
• The Marcus Corporation Plans to Acquire the Wyndham Milwaukee Center; Major Renovation and Repositioning Planned
• Premier Resorts Selected to Manage The Hotel Telluride in Telluride, Colorado; Tammy Burden Named General Manager
• Hotel Brandenburger Hof in Berlin, Germany Leaving Relais & Chateaux to Join Small Luxury Hotels of the World
• Emaar Properties Awards Accor the Management Contract for Novotel Hyderabad, the First New Build Novotel for Accor in India
• Cendant's Howard Johnson Brand New Initiatives Include High-speed Internet Service and Enhanced Bathroom Amenities
• TravelCLICK Names Robert Post as President and Chief Executive Officer
• The Radisson DFW South in Irving, Texas Named the Full-Service Property of the Year for Hospitality Management Corporation
• Sivica Hospitality Acquires the 123-room Hampton Inn-Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; Linda Williams-Thornley Named General Manager
• Fabio Gallo Named Vice President Director of Marketing, Sales and Brand Image for Domina Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

• Maestro Users Group Findings Spotlight Operator Objectives; Incubator for Best Practices; Owners, chain operators, property managers combine professional insights on industry direction, future
• Papal Transition - Impact on Daily Hotel Performance in Rome
• Waterford Development LLC Ordered to Redesign 17 Handicapped Accessible Rooms to Meet Connecticut Code at the Soon to Open 409-room Marriott Hartford Downtown
• Gaming Industry Chief Information Officers Form "Special Interest Group" Within the HTNG Organization; Will Address Interopoerability Issues Unique to Casino Hotels
• Crescent Real Estate and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC Break Ground on Texas' Only Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas
• The $365 million L'Auberge du Lac Resort Casino Opens in Lake Charles, Louisiana
• The 204 room Hilton Monterey Reportedly Sold for More than $20 million; MeriStar Hospitality Selling to Ocean Park Hotels
• Country Hearth Inns Opening 31 New Hotels in 2005; Mid-scale Chain Currently at 78 Properties
• Travelodge Brand Seeks Improved Results through Training, Revised Standards for the Breakfast Program and New Standards for Staff Uniforms
• MSI's Longevity, Success Paves Way for Internal Growth, Executive Promotions
• Raymond Vermolen Named Hotel Manager for the 686-room Hotel InterContinental The Barclay in New York
• Patricia C. Walsh Appointed Controller of Stonewall Resort, Weston, West Virginia
• Joe Massar Named Director of Sales and Marketing for The Melrose Hotel, Dallas
• Scot Hamilton Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing of LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort in Naples, Florida
• For Sale 5 star quality Caribbean resort/marina with considerable vacant acreage for future development

• President Bush's Push for Tax Reform; Any Impact on the Hospitality Industry? / Kevin F. Reilly, JD, CPA
• Taj Hotels Resorts May Replace Four Seasons as Operator of The Pierre; Indian Hotels Company, Which Runs the Taj Chain, Would Invest Up to $35 million to Renovate the 224 room Luxury Hotel
• Starwood to Sell Historic Hotel Danieli in Venice for Approximately $244 million; Retains Long-term Management Agreement
• Owners & Asset Managers: Need Expert Advice, Referral? Ask A Trusted Consultant / David M. Brudney
• Ramada Worldwide Providing Signage Incentive Program to Help Offset Franchisees' Cost of Replacing Property Signs to Conform with the Brand's New Logos
• Onnam Entertainment's First Casino Planned for Biloxi, a $250 million 500 room Resort
• The Former 217-room Adam's Mark Clearwater Beach Resort May be Leveled for Redevelopment
• Melvin Tennant, Director of San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Resigns Unexpectedly Following City Probe
• New U.S. Hotel Room Construction Should Reach 98,000 in 2005, Highest Level Since 2000 When Room Starts Were 120,000
• Bangkok Based Minor International Plc Planning on a US $21 million Project to Open Three Resorts in the Maldives
• Blue Square Studio Launches 2.2 Version of Rebranded "Hospitality Toolkit" at HITEC 2005
• Anthony Rodio Named President of the Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort and Spa
• John W. Maibach Appointed General Manager for the 84 room Black Point Inn on the Maine Coast

• Hi-Tech Hotel Installs Latest Entirety PMS from Ramesys
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 112 room Onyx Hotel for Approximately $28.6 million; Kimpton Continues to Manage the Boston Hotel
• Robin Brown, Who Spent 14 years as GM of the Four Seasons Hotel Boston, Creating a Buzz with His Involvement in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Residences, Boston
• Companies Vying to Win One of Singapore's Two Lucrative Casino Developments Will Need to Offer an Integrated Resort, Something Special and Original
• Vail Resorts Selling the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa for $62 Million; Retains 15-Year Management Contract
• Aqua Hotels & Resorts Enters Fourth Year of Business; Hawaii Chain Refining Key Amenities into the Seven Pillars of the 'Aqua Brand'
• Ten California Coastal Resorts Put Aside Competition, Band Together to Make Marketing Pitch
• Southwestern Pennsylvania's Summit Inn Placed on National Register of Historic Places
• After Five Years Championing the Hospitality Industry, Peter Ilchuk Stepping Down as President of the Lodging Association of the Florida Keys and Key West 
• Steigenberger Hotels AG will Manage the Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe in Dresden, Germany
• United Tribes Technical College Moving Forward with 250 room Hotel and 30,000 Sq Ft Convention Center in Bismarck, North Dakota; The Hotel Will Also Serve as a Classroom for Hotel Management and Culinary Students
• Travel Planners from the United Kingdom Provide Insight to Palm Springs Hoteliers to Attract Sun-seeking Brit Vacationers
• GolfHero Announces HOTELPAR Program; Online Golf Vacation Packages with Cutting Edge Technology
• Stephano Anamisis, General Manager of the Residence Inn by Marriott in Lakeland, Fla., Named LBA's GM of the Year
• Peter H. Mason Appointed the Division Director for Konover Hotel Corporation
• Steven Smith Named General Manager For Hyatt Regency Long Beach
• Hospitality ales professinal with 25 years experience in hotel sales & marketing seeking opportunities to provide "task force assistance" to quality hotel companies

• Lodgenet, HBO Sign Industry-First Agreement for HBO HD; Only Hotels With SIGNETURE HDTV Systems Will Offer a High-Definition Television Experience for Blockbuster Movies and Original Features from HBO HD
• A Partnership of Historic Proportions: Historic Hotels of America Selects Vantis as its New Partner in Reservations and Revenue Optimization
• Lodgenet LG Electronics to Deliver Industry's Most Complete HDTV Solution for Hotel Guest Rooms
• Sonesta International Hotels Corp. Enjoys 476% Stock Increase for Year Ended March 31, 2005; All Tied to One Transaction, a $400 million Florida Resort Project
• New Brand Requirements for Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites Focus on Breakfast, Bath and Bedding
• Chairman of the Langham Hotels International - Dr K.S. Lo Named Asia Pacific Hotelier of 2004
• Preparing for the Assault by Organized Labor on Hospitality / John R. Hendrie
• No Debuts and a Few Less Rooms Mark Hotel Scene in Orange Country, California / Sandi Cain
• How to Increase Your Hotel's Internet Revenue
• Milestone Internet Marketing Licenses Hotels to HTMLs(tm) Handbook To Best Western International (BWI) For Online Education
• Hotel Capitalization Rates Drop Further / Survey Winter/Spring 2005
• Guangzhou Cheng Jian Tian Yu Real Estate Development Company Limited Selects Starwood's Westin Brand for a 400-room Hotel in Guangzhou
• The Landis Group Opens the Residence Inn Princeton, New Jersey; Paramount Hotel Group Operates the Property
• Signature Worldwide Expands Global Presence with New Indian Licensee
• Alistair Ballantine Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing, the Americas for Orient-Express Hotels, Trains and Cruises
• Food & Beverage Director sought for Chicago 4 star hotel. $14 million in F&B revenue

• Northwoods Resort in Big Bear Lake, California Part of Ponzi Scam; Unwitting Hotel Investors Hoping to Get 14 Cents Back on the Dollar
• Nine Los Angeles Hotels Present Radically Restructured Economic Proposal to UNITE HERE Local 11; Offers a $1,000 Signing Bonus, Substantial Pay Hike and Free Health Care Aimed to Bring Stalled Contract Talks to a Quick Conclusion
• Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Reports March 2005 the Busiest Month Ever; 3.4 million Visitors, Citywide Hotel Occupancy 94.5%
• Classy Clearance Sale Gives Public Chance to Own Piece of Plaza Hotel; Dinner Plates with Plaza Crest - $35 each
• Choice Hotels Executes Four Contracts for its New All-Suites Brand, Cambria Suites
• Hosting The Byron Nelson Golf Tournament Is a Very Large Marketing Initiative for the Four Seasons Resort and Club at Los Colinas
• CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Reports 1st Qtr Net Income Was $9.0 million; RevPAR Up 11.6% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Congress Hall Resort Hotel Blends History and High Tech with StayOnline
• Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of Hotel Telluride in Telluride, Colorado
• Noble Investment Group Opens the Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk and Suffolk Conference Center in Virginia, a $30-million Public/private Project
• Mohonk Mountain House Receives the National 2005 Star of the Industry Award in Guest Relations from the American Hotel & Lodging Association
• Emmanuel Gardinier Named General Manager of Little Palm Island Resort & Spa

• Nearly 200 Employees from the Tsunami Danaged Four Seasons Resort Maldives Find Temporary Work at U.S. Four Seasons Properties
• Accused of Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Customer, Judge Proposes Hyatt Regency DFW Hotel Be Fined $375,000 or Suspending Alcohol Permit for 75 Days
• AAA Survey Identifies Top 10 Factors Travelers Consider when Choosing Accommodations
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Recognizes 2004 Development Awards; Lawrence Lui, Stanford Hotels Corporation Named Developer Of The Year for Hilton Hotels & Resorts Brand
• Plans Finalized for a $100 million Great Wolf Resort near Paramounts Kings Island near Cincinnati
• Developer Richard C. Kessler Planning New Grand Bohemian Hotel and Residences in St. Petersburg, Florida
• Hotelier Richard Kessler's Attention to Detail is Absolute; His Tastes Are the Kind Only a Lot of Money Can Buy
• Sandwiched Between Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City Hoping the Planned 300-room Sheraton Desert Cove Resort Will Make the City more of a Destination
• City of Anaconda, Montana Seeking Hotel Developer to Resume Construction of 40 room Resort Adjacent to the Jack Nicklaus Designed Old Works Golf Course
• Innkeepers USA Trust Acquires the 224-room Westin Governor Morris hotel in Morristown, N.J. for Approximately $35.1 million
• Hotel Occupancy Recovery Not Enjoyed by All
• National Park Service Selects Xanterra Parks & Resorts to Continue as Yellowstone Concessionaire For Another 5 Years
• Innkeepers USA Trust Reports 1st Qtr Net income of $2.1 million / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Macau's Greek Mythology Casino Reveals Its Expansion Plan
• True North Hotel Group Opens 121-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott and a Conference Center in Devens, Massachusetts
• Rocco Forte Hotels Will Lease from Frankonia Eurobau AG & Co.KG a Euro 71.5 million Hotel with 160 Rooms Under Constuction in Munich
• Wynn Las Vegas Selects Pegasus Solutions' Electronic Distribution Services to Reach Consumers and Travel Agents
• Ian Pullan is New General Manager at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii
• Gary Robinson to Head up the Flagship Restaurant Mezzanine in the Grosvenor House, West Marina Beach, Dubai by Le Meridien
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Danny Watts Director of Rooms at Stonewall Resort in West Virginia

• Yield-O-Matic(r) Launched New Version: YOM-2.0
• Some Reports that Wyndham International Inc. Might Be Up for Sale
• Caesars Entertainment, Inc. Selling the Reno Hilton to Grand Sierra Resort Corp. for Approximately $150 million; Plans to Reconstruct the Hotel to Resemble a Traditional Lake Tahoe Lodge with With One of the World's Largest Indoor Water Parks
• Ten Ways to Establish Yourself as a Hotel Industry Authority / Karen Weiner Escalera
• Once Again a New Brand Adorns a 381 room Hotel In Salt Lake City, Now it is a Radisson
• Developer Don Kenney Sales 5 Hotels Near Columbus, Ohio Airport for $29.5 million
• Gordon "Butch" Stewart Presented the Caribbean Hotel Association's 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award
• Fairmont Takes 15% Equity Interest in Joint Venture to Own and Manage Five Hotels in Kenya
• The 104-room Tucker's Point Hotel & Cottages Will be Bermuda's First New Luxury Resort in Over 30 years; Construction Cost Expected to be $800,000 per Room
• Developers of ChampionsGate Building a New Condominium Hotel; Omni Hotels Will Manage
• Northridge Capital, LLC Acquires the 58 room Hotel Telluride in Telluride, Colorado; Intends to Convert into Condo Hotel
• The Antonopoulos Group Completing $21 million Investment in the Le Place d'Armes Hotel & Suites, Montreal
• The Steigenberger Hotel Group Signs Management Contracts for Hotels in Norderney, Germany and Merano, Italy
• First Quarter 2005 Results Across China Show RevPAR Increased by 18% to US$70; Visitor Arrivals to Beijing and Shanghai Booming / Deloitte
• Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific Secures Two Management Contracts for New Radisson Branded Hotels in Fiji and Shanghai
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Sierra Suites® Portfolio
• TIG Global's New RFP Tracking & Reporting Captures More Meetings and Group Business for Hotel Clients
• USFS Selects MSI As Exclusive PMS Provider For Hawthorn Suites Hotels; Extended-stay hotels joining the US Franchise Systems family will be required to install WinPM
• Xinjiang Haotai Industry Development Co. Ltd Names Starwood to Manage the Sheraton Urumqi Hotel in China
• Noble House Hotels Names Stacy Martin as General Manager and Verdell Ekberg As Director of Marketing for The Shores Resort & Spa, Daytona Beach
• Ian Shub Appointed Central Reservations Manager for Shilo Inns
• Reservations Booked via choicehotels.com Averaging $1.3 million per Day in 2005
• Nashville Airport Marriott Completes $2.3 Million Hotel Renovation
• Director of Housekeeping sought for 4-diamond hotel in Colorado. The property has 292 guest rooms, 65 condominiums and in-house laundry

• Royal Holloway Reaps Huge Financial Benefits with Kx
• Innkeepers USA Trust Believes a Hotel General Manager Misappropriated Approximately $430,000; Postpones Release of 1st Qtr Results Until Issues Are Resolved
• All Grown Up in Anaheim; Tourism's Come a Long Way Since Disneyland Opened in the 1950s / Sandi Cain
• IndeCorp Undergoing Corporate Name Change to the Preferred Hotel Group; Adding the Boutique Brand
• S. D. Malkin and Interstate Hotels Selected to Develop 302 room Westin Resort in Oceanside, California
• The JBG Companies Names Crestline Hotels & Resorts as the Management Company for the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Formerly the Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC
• Market Metrix Announces First Quarter 2005 Hospitality Index Results; Customer Satisfaction with Hotels Drops for First Time Since 9-11, First-Ever Measure of Satisfaction With Vacation Clubs
• Hong Kong Tourism Officials Forecasting Over 27 million Visitors in 2006; Vastly Improved from 2003 with 15.5 million Visitors
• Accor Reopens the Sofitel Lisboa; the 171 rooms Transformed to Reflect Sofitel's Art de Vivre à la Française
• Construtora Sao Jose of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Named 'Developer of the Year' by InterContinental Hotels Group
• Timeshare Cash-Flow Modeling and Market Feasibility / Canadian Lodging Outlook - March 2005 Year-to-Date
• Las Vegas: Gambling. Orlando: Disney. New Orleans: Bourbon Street. Atlanta: Hmmm . . .
• Rockingham Asset Management LLC Planning a Sprawling Paradise of Golf Courses, Resorts and Marina Near Puerto Libertad in Sonora, Mexico
• A Wisconsin Icon, The Abbey Resort on Geneva Lake, Receiving New Look with $40 million Renovation
• Owned by the City of Vancouver and Clark County the $73.1 million Hilton Vancouver Washington and Attached Convention Center Nearing Completion
• Carol Verret Consulting and Training Adds "The Franchise Analyzer" to Suite of Hospitality Services
• BringYourPet.com Launches Monthly Marketing Campaign with Value Added Services
• Carson Valley Inn Selects Hotel Information Systems As Property Technology Provider
• Ted Arps Joins Davidson Hotel Company as Senior Vice President-Business Development
• TJ Angeleno Named General Manager of the Residence Inn by Marriott on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
• James E. Sichta Promoted to Partner & Vice-President-Operations at Broughton Hospitality Group
• Heather Nelson Appointed Director of Sales for WORLDHOTELS, Midwest Region

May 10, 2005

• Is the Sky Falling on the Convention Center Industry; A Critical Review of the Brookings Institution Research Brief on Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy / Thomas Hazinski and Hans Detlefsen
• Larkspur Hospitality Selects SynXis Distribution Management Products and Services
• Two Labrador Retrievers and Six German Shepherds Key Components of Wynn Las Vegas Security Operations
• Business Travelers Cite "Value" When Selecting a Hotel as More Important Attribute then "Hotel Brand" / 2005 National Business Travel Monitor
• Executives at HSMAI Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Urge Suppliers to Measure Customer Behavior; Identify Industry Need for More Universal Standards
• Kansas City the Nation's 13th Largest Casino Market
• Proposed $600 million Pigeon Falls Village in Tennessee Includes 3 Hotels with 400 room Each and 800 Condos
• Waterford Hotel Group Awarded Management of Clarion Inn & Suites Albany Airport; The Firms Portfolio Now at 28 Properties
• Serenata Product Release: New @folio Solution Enables Hotels to Send Their PMS Folios by Email; First Hotels to Install Serenata @folio Are the Four Seasons Hotels Ritz Lisbon and Sydney
• HREC Advises on Sale of The Gulph Creek Hotels Portfolio, Greater Philadelphia, in $92,000,000 Transaction
• Owned by the University of Victoria in British Columbia, the Swans Suite Hotel Completes Refurbishment
• Richard Benoit, IT Manager for the Gaylord Palms Resort, Will be Honored as the 2005 Certified Hospitality Technology Professional of the Year
• New Facility for MTech a Win for Employees, Customers and Community
• Historic Marriott Stone Mountain Inn Receives $630,000 Room Renovation; 40 Years of Hospitality in Stone Mountain Park, Georgia
• Hermann Simon Appointed Senior Vice President for Kuwaiti Based Refad Hotels & Resorts
• Gerold Held Appointed General Manager of the Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel, St.Petersburg, Russia
• The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Appoints Bob Pellegrinias as Vice President of Sales at the Boston Convention Marketing Center
• Marco Scherer Named Assistant General Manager for the Hotel Monaco in Chicago
• 4-Star San Francisco Business Hotel seeking cutting edge Executive Chef with French/Mediterranean and Bay Area cuisine background

• Computer Input Error Results in the Holiday Inn in the Walt Disney World(R) Resort Selling 1,208 Rooms for 93 cents Each
• Profile - Cyril Isnard, the Europe-trained General Manager of the San Jose Fairmont
• Hospitality Column: Branding is Buzz Word for Quality and Service / Carol Ruddick
• U.S. Hotels Staff Up - Rising Benefit Costs at Highest in 15 Years
• Gemstone Resorts International Selected to Manage the Casa Madrona in Sausalito and the Warwick (Soon to be Hotel ZaZa) in Houston
• Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Earns $5.2 million for 1st Qtr, Down from $8.7 million a Year-ago, Includes $2.3 million Foreign-exchange Loss; Six Consecutive Quarters of RevPAR Growth / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Prospective Buyers Have Reserved 100% of the 1,282 Condominium Units in Donald Trump's 64-story Trump International Hotel and Tower Proposed for Las Vegas
• Think Pet-friendly Hotels are a Recent Phenomena? National Trust Historic Hotels of America Has an Affinity for Animals
• Middle East Travel & Tourism Poised for Robust Growth in 2005; Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Beirut are Examples of Government Leaders Recognizing the Enormous Impact of Travel and Tourism
• First of its Kind Programme to Foster Next Generation of Hospitality IT Professionals in Hong Kong � CHIP (Certified Hospitality IT Professionals)
• Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc. Reports Net Loss for the 2005 1st Qtr of $45.4 million
• Heavlin Management Company Chooses ProfitSword to Provide High-tech Business Intelligence Solution
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Holiday Inn Express in Waterbury, Connecticut
• Visual One Systems Signs Agreement with Expedia and Hotels.com for a Two-way Direct Connect Interface; Seamless interface to be introduced in the Summer of 2005
• Pegasus Solutions Adds 150 European Hotels to Representation Service
• Melissa Trench Promoted to Director of Marketing for Couples Resorts, Miami Headquarters
• Hotel sales management professional seeks new challenging position. Previous experience includes Regional Sales Manager with LaQuinta Hotel Corporation and Area Director of Sales with Noble Hotels

May 6, 2005

• Wingate Inn Brand Aims to Sustain Competitive Edge; Enhancement Plan Includes Upgrading Bed, Bath, Shower, Complimentary Breakfast, Adds Muscle to Marketing Plans
• Rolling the Dice on Canadian Casino Hotels - Lyle Hall / Colliers International / Including Q1 2005 Hotel Transaction Summary
• Barry S. Sternlicht, Founder of Starwood Hotels, Fulfills Commitment to Stay through Transition Period; Will Now Focus on the Private Equity Firm Starwood Capital
• Embassy Suites Hotels Set to Open Six Hotels in Spring/Summer 2005; Four Hotels are Being Built by Mr. John Q. Hammons
• Customer Service - Panacea or Placebo / John R. Hendrie
• Developer Leon Cohen Considering Twin 110-story Towers in Downtown Miami with 500 Apartment-hotel Units and 1,000 Condo Units
• Hotel and Restaurant Workers at Caesars Entertainment's Four Mississippi Casinos Poised to Unionize; HERE Using "Card Check" Method of Certifying a Union
• Small Luxury Hotels Sees 14% Revenue Growth in 2005 First Quarte; Travel to France & Italy Rises
• Gupta Group and Choice Hotels Joint Venture to Develop Clarion and Sleep Inn Branded Hotels in India
• Arlington Hospitality Opens the AmeriHost Inn & Suites in Lansing, Michigan; Randy Paradine the Opening General Manager
• Hotelex Shanghai 2005 Draws 587 Exhibitors from 14 Countries and 27,139 Attendees from 69 Countries
• Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Radisson Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
• REVPAR International Opens Florida Office; New Location Will Meet Increasing Market Demand in the Southeast United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America
• Adaco Services, Inc. Adds Several New Hotel Clients in the U.S. and Around the World
• Ojai Valley Inn and Spa Selects PAR Springer-Miller Systems SMS|Host(r) Hospitality Management System
• TThe Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston Graduating 70 Seniors; Joseph Machicote Providing Commencement Address

FelCor Appoints Erik Nylen as Vice President of Capital Transact

May 3, 2005

• Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What / May 2005
• Ty Warner Closes Purchase of Miramar by the Sea, Located On one of the Most Valuable Beachfront Properties in California
• Food Service Ware Washing 201 / Lee Simon
• Five Key Executives Form Greater China Leadership Team for InterContinental Hotels Group
• RockResorts Awarded Management Contract for the 56-room Lodge & Spa at Cordillera in Vail Valley, Colorado
• Santa Fe Tourism Industry Slowly Rebounding; March Hotel Occupancy at 69%, Up 10% Over Last Year
• Charlotte's Half-booked Convention Center Loses Money Every Year; City Seeks $37.5 million for Expansion
• Kansas City's Landmark Restaurants Boast Decades of History; Abundance of Independent Restaurants Makes Kansas City Unusual
• Owner of Spokane's Davenport Hotel Building Adjacent Tower Adding 250 Hotel Rooms Plus Residences
• The AmericInn Annual Convention Draws 400 Franchise Owners and Managers; Scott Doble, Manager of AmericInn of Rochester, MN, Receives Annual Innkeeper's Award
• Hotel Auction: GE Capital (Lender) Orders Immediate Sale, Thursday, May 18th, 2005, Suggested Opening Bid of $985,000 for 84-Room Hotel (formerly Super 8) plus Personal Residence at 1042 West Main Street, Gaylord, Michigan
• Premier Hotel Management Group Chooses ProfitSword to Provide Business Intelligence Software to its Portfolio
• Bartech Develops Custom Minibar for the Famous Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
• Thomas Niles Appointed Executive Vice President of Development for The Procaccianti Group
• Domina Hotels & Resorts Launching Four New Hotel Brands Worldwide
• Rim Hospitality Adds 1,411 Rooms, Now Managing 28 Hotels
• Grenadian Hotelier Royston Hopkin Receives Knighthood Title from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
• Accovia Offers Blocked Space Allotments on Scheduled and Charter Flights
• Gold Key Solutions Joins with World's Most Prestigious Concierge Association for The Les Clefs d'Or USA's Pan American Congress in New Orleans
• TOP INTERNATIONAL Hotels and TOP City&CountryLine Hotels Choose RateTiger for its Hotels to Manage Extranet Websites
• Mammoth Mountain Ski Area chooses Visual One Systems; 820-unit hotel/condominium mega-resort will use PMS, S&C, Accounting and Condominium modules
• Affordable Meetings® West Show Featuring 240 Companies Representing Hotels and Resorts, Conference Centers, CVBs; June 15-16, 2005, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
• Sol Meliá Selects PegsTour®, Service Grows as More Wholesalers Seek Automated Hotel Reservations through Pegasus Solutions

May 2, 2005

• The 3-Ps of Successful Hotel Management / Bruce Wienberg
• Newly-designed Hilton Technology Room a Laboratory for Gathering Customer Feedback; Helps Determine Which Pieces Appropriate for Full-scale Deployment
• Serious About A Hotel Sales Career? Here are 10 Recommendations / Ed Iannarella
• Big Conventions Increasingly Asking for Incentives, Including Cash
• In 2004, Las Vegas Hosted 38 of the Nation's 200 Largest Trade Shows, Second-place Chicago Hosted 18 and Third-ranked Orlando Hosted 18
• Chicago Tribune Correspondent Vincent Schodolski Reviews the Wynn Las Vegas
• Remington Hotels Corp. Agrees to Pay the City of Marietta $2.3 million a Year to take over Marietta Resort and Conference Center
• Massive $145 million Renovation Nearing Completion for Ty Warner's Four Seasons Biltmore Resort in Santa Barbara
• A Proposed Downtown Colorado Springs Convention Center is Dead; Project Drew Criticism from Local Hoteliers
• The American Hotel & Lodging Association Outstanding Employee of the Year Awarded to Sarah Duffala, Employee with the Memphis Marriott Downtown
• Starwood Hotels and Lehman/Starwood Capital Joint Venture Propose to Acquire the Le Méridien Brand, Management and Franchise Business
• What Restaurants Do When There's a Fly (or Finger) in the Soup
• 'Hotel Doctors' Prescribe Cure for Poor Property Performance
• Hampton® Completes First Stage of "Make it Hampton," Upgrades Entire Hotels Portfolio
• Fred J. Kleisner the 2005 Recipient of the Arthur Landstreet Award; Honored for Impact on Education and Training in the Hospitality Industry
• Sami Zoghbi, Managing Director for Le Meridien Hotels in the Middle East, Acknowledges Gulf Hotels Most Profitable in Le Meridien's Network, Set to Expand Again
• The Historic Cornhusker Hotel Becomes a Marriott
• Visual One Selected for Park Hall Hotel, Leisure and Conference Centre
• MTech's PMWorks Earns Its 500th Customer and Continues to Help Hotels Automate Preventative Maintenance
• PAR's SMS|Host Hospitality Management System to be Installed at Tamarack Resort
• New BusinessJet Class Web Site is Insiders Air Charter Resource
• Hilton Listed in FT Best Workplace List 2005
• Dennis Szefel Will Act as President of Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts; Bruce Fears Resigns
• Pete Koerner Appointed Kimpton Hotel's National Director of Facilities
• Cristina Romero-Peri Returns as Director of Sales and Marketing at Las Ventanas al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort, Los Cabos
• Roland Zadra Elected President of Romantik Hotels & Restaurants; Urs Zurbriggen Appointed Vice President
• Shift4 Handles Over $1 Billion Worth of Transactions in March

April 2005 Top 25 Read Articles

1. The Most Expensive State for Vacationers is Hawaii at $518 per Day, The Least Expensive - Nebraska at $184
2. Owners of Downtown Hyatt Regency Upset About Convention Center Deal
3. Hotel Guests Not Picking Up the Phone / Robert Mandelbaum
4. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / April  2005
5. Mobil's 2005 America's Best Hotel and Resort Spas Includes 68 Properties with Three- Four- and Five-Stars
6. Now That Online Hotel Booking Is Here to Stay, New Challenges Emerge / Neil Salerno
7. Increase A.D.R. with Rate and Competition Analysis Pricing Model Designed By Revenue Source One
8. What Impact Are Search Engines Having on Hotel Distribution Online?
9. New Web Site Dubbed �Single Best Source� for E-Distribution Information, Services
10. Third-Party Booking Sites Still Dominate Internet Sales; Why Do So Many Consider this Bad / Neil Salerno
11. Hyatt Hotels Appointed Operator of the $1.5 billion Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip
12. Hotel Spa Survey Indicates 1 in 3 Guests Spend More on Spa Treatments than Hotel Dining
13. Do You Know Where Your Business Is Coming From?
14. Hotel Common Sense: Identifying Your Customers / John Hogan
15. Harrah's Casino, East Chicago, to Close Monday for Transition to New Ownership
16. Elad Properties Backs Down from Controversial Plan for the 805-room Plaza Hotel; Fewer Condos, More Hotel Rooms Provides Union with More Jobs Saved
17. Hospitality Column: Knowing Your Customers / Carol Ruddick 
18. Independent Boutique Hotels Can Compete With their Big Box Neighbors / Neil Salerno
19. The Warwick Hotel, a Houston Landmark, Sold to the Owners of the Hotel ZaZa in Dallas
20. Oh, What a Web We Weave! Pitfalls with Descriptive Language / John R. Hendrie
21. U.S. Hotels Break Three-Year Losing Streak; Unit-Level Profits Rise 11.4 Percent In 2004 / Mark Woodworth
22. Unable to Get Visas for Foreign Workers, The Broadmoor Hotel Enters Summer Season About 100 Employees Short; Locals Not Willing to Work for  $8 to $9.50 an Hour
23. Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center On the Verge of Losing its Biggest Trade Show, the National Assoc. of Home Builders in 2007 and 2008
24. The 21-story, 291-room Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Opens
25. Hyatt to Assume Management of Adam's Mark Jacksonville; Reflagged Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront  -- $10 Million Renovation Underway

April 27, 2005

• Ramesys' Solutions Enhance Business at Historic Sussex Hotels
• Hilton at Chicago Airport Provides Haven for Guests with Allergies
• United States Travelers to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean Will Soon Need Passports
• Harrah's, Caesars Complete Sale of Four Casinos to Colony Capital
• Business Travelers Feel Safe and Value Security Assurances
• UNITE HERE Proposes Corporate Governance Reform at Station Casinos
• HFTP to Hold Historic Meeting in Australia
• AAA Travel Renews Hotel Commission Processing Agreement with Pegasus Solutions
• Agilysys Announces Customized Hospitality Solution For IBM iSeries Platform
• Lauderdale Officials, Business Owners Not Thrilled About Hosting Meeting of the Organization of American States
• Myrtle Beach Hotel Board to Sell Unusable Items From Radisson During Switch to Sheraton
• Tourism Promotion Bill Will Help Market New Atlanta Aquarium
• Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Leads Booming Cruise Business in Pa.
• ASBTA: Travelers Booking Online Missing Out On Best Deals Travel Industry Has to Offer
• Ashford Hospitality Trust to Acquire 30-Hotel Portfolio for $465 Million
• InterContinental Hotels & Resorts' Summer Hot Happenings 2005
• Comfort Inn & Suites Hotel in Mt. Laurel Receives Gold Hospitality Award
• Hotel Auction. GE Capital (Lender) Orders Immediate Sale, Thursday, May 18th, 2005 Suggested Opening Bid of $985,000 (see terms of sale). 84-Room Hotel (formerly Super 8) plus Personal Residence with Separate Garage, All Situated on 4.3+/- acres. 1042 West Main Street, Gaylord, Michigan. Located at the intersection of I-75 and M-32

April 26, 2005

• U.S. Hotels Break Three-Year Losing Streak
• First Wi-Fi Symposium Sets Direction for Future of Wireless in Hospitality
• Goldilocks Rate: "How to Find It" / Jay Delerno
• MGM MIRAGE Completes $7.9 Billion Acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group
• Hotel Board Moves Closer to Sheraton Switch
• Last Seders Mark Closing of The Saxony
• Developer Demands Stall Civic Center Deal In Tallahassee
• Four Seasons Adopts the US Dollar as its Reporting Currency
• Converting, Refurbishing Dallas Grand Hotel Proving to be Difficult
• Arts, Sports battle for cut of Hotel-motel Tax
• Wynn Resorts Qualifies to Participate in Request for Proposal for Integrated Resort in Singapore
• Harrah's, Keppel Land Invited to Submit Proposals for Integrated Resort in Singapore
• Bartech Develops Custom Minibar for the Famous Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
• The Greenbrier Named to Top 10 List of Destinations for Board Meetings
• Designs of Hope Raises More Than $435,000 for UNICEF
• Industry Leader Joins Gaylord Opryland as Relâche Spa Director
• Thomas Gisler Named Executive Chef at Cornell University's Statler Hotel & J. Willard Marriott Executive Education Center
• Golden Tulip Announces Expansion Programme for Western Africa
• Shangri-La Group Opens its First Traders Hotel in India
• Best Western Napoleon Inn & Suites Joins the World's Largest Hotel Chain

April 20, 2005

• Caring for Customers and Getting to be #1: Ramesys Reinvents its Approach and Measures Dramatic Results
• The Landmark Hotel Jerome in Aspen Sold to the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort in Colorado Springs
• La Quinta Recognizes the Best of 2004; La Quinta Inn & Suites-Stockbridge, Georgia Honored for Receiving the Best Quality Control Score in the Company's History
• Downtown Kansas City, Missouri Hotel Changing Brand Name for the Fifth Time
• California Hotel Buying Seen Keeping Pace With 2004's Record; The Hotel Market is Sizzling Again / Sandi Cain
• How to Even the Playing Field, As Independents Suspiciously Eye the Chain Hotels / John R. Hendrie
• Fortune International and Sonesta Finalize Deal to Develop Five-Star Condominium Hotel in Key Biscayne; The Current Sonesta Beach Hotel Resort Will be Demolished in Fall 2006 
• National Association of Home Builders Paying $2.7 million to Get Out of Contract with the Georgia World Congress Center; Atlanta's Largest Trade Show Cancels 2007 and 2008 Events
• Benchmark Hospitality International Takes Over Management the French Lick Springs Resort
• SECURE-RES Helps Pacifica Hotel Company Achieve 120% Revenue Gain
• Founders Award Pays Tribute to Prof. Kaye Chon, Head of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel and Tourism Management
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies to Boost Suburban Extended Stay Hotels' Direct Internet Distribution; Service to Include Website Optimization and Direct Distribution and Marketing Strategy
• AMResorts Opens Three Mexico Resorts Under the New Brand - Dreams Resorts & Spas; The All-inclusive Resorts Accepted by Preferred Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
• The Outrigger Beach Club & Spa, Palm Cove is First Resort in Australia to be Awarded Five STARS Under AAA Tourism's New Resort STAR Rating System 
• Saudi Amjad Holding Company Names Rezidor SAS Hospitality to Operate the Radisson SAS Royal Suite Hotel in Jeddah
• MSI Is On The Move; Hospitality Technology Provider Plants New Roots to Prepare for Future Growth, Expansion of Products, and Larger Customer Assistance Center
• Christopher R. Alto Appointed General Manager at The Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C.
• Issam Nizam Named Director of Rooms for the Independent Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey
• HSMAI to Hold a Revenue Management Strategy Conference in Conjunction with HITEC 2005
• Seeking small to mid sized Caribbean resort or marina for a fully qualified client. Must be on an English speaking island with a stable, healthy and tourist friendly government

April 19, 2005

• Adding Tax-Payer Financed Hotels Not the Cure-all For Convention Centers
• Florida's Hurricane-battered Hotels Get Back on Their Feet
• Sierra Club Totally Opposed to Mark Bragg's Proposed $400 million Golf Resort in Palm Springs
• Government of Macau Gives Go Ahead for the $975 million 600 room MGM Grand Macau; The Resort Will be 50/50 Owned and Jointly Operated by Pansy Ho Chiu-king and MGM MIRAGE
• Hotel Performance in Macau Is On its Way to Winning the Jackpot
• Sands Resorts Holdings LLC. Appoints Boykin to Manage Five Condominium Resort Properties in Myrtle Beach
• Wyndham Investing $16.5 million in Upgrades to its Puerto Rican Casino Properties; Appoints Four Industry Veterans to Lead Casino Operations
• In Charleston, South Carolina, the $56 million Convention Center Seeks its Place Within a Glut of Meeting Space throughout the U.S.
• Grand Geneva Resort Boosts Direct Mail Response by 300%
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $68,500,000 in Financing for Two California Hotels
• Passionate About Personalised Service - Rocco Forte Hotels Allows Website Visitors to Speak Free to a Hotel Rep
• Ballymore Appoints Radisson Edwardian Hotels to Operate a 4-Star Hotel at New Providence Wharf
• Winning Brand Loyalty; Discerning Your Guest's Tribal Loyalties / Richard K. Hendrie
• MGM Mirage Inc., Reports 1st Qtr Net Income of $111 million, Up 5% Over Prior Year; Room Rates, Gaming Volume Surge Up / Hotel Statistics
• Orient-Express Reopens the Miraflores Park Hotel in Lima, Peru, Following a $4.6 million Renovation and Expansion
• La Quinta to Open Second New York City Property in Mid-May; New 100-Room La Quinta Inn Queens, New York City, is Located Less than Two Miles from Mid-Town Manhattan and Ten Minutes from La Guardia Airport
• The Sheraton Cleveland City Centre, Owned by Lehman Brothers, Reflagged - Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre
• Westmark Hotels Appoints Shelley McCool to Regional Sales Manager in Fairbanks
• Christian Dangel Appointed Sales and Marketing Director at Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi
• StayOnline Strengthens Management Team with Three New Hires; Wireless Hospitality Professionals Parrish, Lewis and Watkins Join Company
• International hotel chain seeking three Regional Group Sales Managers. Requires 3 to 5 years of luxury market segment experience

April 18, 2005

• Tiburon Hospitality Management Sees 400% Growth in Lead Generation Due to StarCite RapidRFP Technology
• Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center On the Verge of Losing its Biggest Trade Show, the National Association of Home Builders in 2007 and 2008
• Singaore Government Softens Resistance to Casinos; Squeaky Clean City Ponders 19 Proposals
• Florida Grouper and Genuine Red Snapper Commonly Misrepresented on Florida Menus; Seafood Mislabeling is Hard to Prove and Enforce
• Richfield Hospitality Shows Unparalleled Growth in First Quarter 2005; Management Company Adds Four Additional Properties to Portfolio
• Beijing Tourism Group Contracts with Raffles International to Manage and Rebrand Two of the Four blocks of the Beijing Hotel
• Hilton's Pioneering Central Reservations System - Hilton Reservations Worldwide - Marks 50 Years
• Highland Hospitality Acquires the 332-room Tucancun Beach Resort & Villas, in Cancun for $31 million; Barcelo Hotels Will Manage as an All-inclusive Resort Under the Barcelo Brand Name
• J. Peter Lynn, GM of the Hilton O'Hare Airport, Pilots Project of Environmentally Friendly Room Design for Guests with Allergy Related Sensitivities
• Hotel Chief Information Officers (CIOs) to Dicuss Recent Technology Accomplishments at HITEC 2005
• Owner of Historic Pollard Hotel in Red Lodge, Montana, Closes Hotel, Ousts Manager
• Benchmark Appoints Marina De Jesus Director of Human Resources at Cheyenne Mountain Resort

April 15, 2005

• Elad Properties Backs Down from Controversial Plan for the 805-room Plaza Hotel; Fewer Condos, More Hotel Rooms Provides Union with More Jobs Saved
• Albuquerque Seeks Answers on How to Fund and Build a $120 million 600-room Convention Center Hotel
• Marriott Holds 'Education Summit' to Reach Potential Minority Hotel Owners; Seeks to Double Minority Proprietors
• Constructed in 1979 As a Drury Inn, Developer Andy Patel Successfully Transforms the Property into the La Quinta Inn Tulsa Central
• HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Adds the Country Suites by Carlson, Chanhassen, MN to Hotel Management Portfolio
• Guest Services, Inc. Launches New Corporate Brand; New Image Speaks to the Company�s Core Business
• Western Hospitality Group, LLC Arranges the Acquisition of the Country Inn & Suites, Tempe, Arizona
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Hilton Deerfield Beach Florida
• The Domina Inn Brand Arrives in Latvia, Opens First Hotel in Riga
• Agilysys Partners with Group 1 Software To Enhance Industry-Leading Property Management System
• STUART DEAN COMPANY; Refinishing & Maintenance of Marble, Metal and Wood for Guest Bathrooms and Public Areas
• M3 Hotel Accounting Reaches Milestone - 100 Hotel Management Companies
• Bob Prewitt Presented the International Association of Conference Center's Mel Hosansky Award for Distinguished Service
• Elsafe Selected by Accor as its Sole Approved Provider of In-Room Safes
• Karmar, S.A. Signs Franchise Agreement with InterContinental Hotels to Open the Crowne Plaza Asuncion in Paraguay
• Following Multi-million dollar Renovation, the Former Sherwood Inn Reopens as the Red Lion Hotel in Tacoma
• Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites Implements LuxuryRes Reservations System, Unveils New Website
• J. Thomas Baker Named Vice President of Marketing for Melrose Hotels
• Robb Hall and Michael Roddy Appointed to Key Hotel Posts with CSM Lodging
• Mark Pinsley Named President and CEO of Adaco Service

April 13, 2005

• Ramesys Announces the Distribution and Implementation of the Kinetics Conference Center and Venue Solution in the US
• Architect Cesar Pelli Selected to Design the 4,000 room Hotel-casino for MGM Mirage's $4.7 billion Project CityCenter
• DINE, Developer of Punta Mita, Achieves Ecological Excellence; The Rosewood La Solana Resort and a Starwood Luxury Property Set to Join the The Four Seasons Resort 
• Gaylord Entertainment Acquiring the Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel for $107 Million
• Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces to Develop and Manage a Resort at the Palm Island Jumeirah Crescent in Dubai
• Leisure Travel Hits Six Year High in the U.S.; Top Three Most Desired Destinations - Florida , California , Hawaii / YPB&R Survey
• Starwood Vacation Ownership Adding More than 1,000 Units at Nine Properties in North America, Hawaii and the Caribbean
• Low Interest Rates and High Demand for Hotel Assets Fuels Value Gains / Canadian Lodging Outlook - Feb 2005 YTD
• LTD Management Co. LLC Developing Two Hotels Side by Side at Baltimore Washington International Airport; A 203-room Sheraton and a 260-room Westin Hotel
• Hotel Developer Richard C. Kessler Opens Luxury Hotel in His Hometown, Savannah, Georgia; The Mansion on Forsyth Park Home to More than 400 Pieces of Unique Artwork
• Accor North America Hotels Selects TravelCLICK's Channel Manager
• Oceans Resorts Buys Beachfront Daytona Hotel; Atlantic Las Brisas Inn & Suites Will Target The Budget Traveler
• Local Investor Group Acquiring the Historic Black Point Inn in Prouts Neck, Maine
• Remington Hotel Corporation Selected to Operate the157-room Hilton Santa Fe
• Adarsh Group Appoints Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts to Operate Three New Hotels in Bangalore, India
• Adaco Services, Inc. Adds Several New Hotel Clients in the U.S. and Canada
• Giulia Racchi Named Senior Group Sales Manager of Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey
• Resort Data Processing, Inc. seeking Software Support and Installation professionals. Requires computer and networking knowledge in a hotel/condominium environment. Positions are located in Vail, Colorado, rquires extensive travel

April 12, 2005

• Stelios, Intercontinental, Expedia, Google, Cendant, Yahoo!, Kuoni, lastminute.com, Opodo, Ryanair, Sol Melia and Many More Debate Future of European Travel Distribution
• Hilton Hotels Guarantees Up to $25 million for Baltimore's Publicly Financed 752 room Convention Center Hotel in the Event Hotel Fails to Meet Projections
• Foxwoods In the Final Stages of Negotiating Management and Development Agreements to Build a $270 million Hotel/Casino Near Wichita, Kansas
• Oh, What a Web We Weave! Pitfalls with Descriptive Language / John R. Hendrie
• Indiana Companies Cook Group and Lauth Group Join Forces to Develop $240 Million French Lick Casino and Resorts Project
• Boykin Lodging Sells French Lick Springs Resort and Spa for $25 Million
• JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., Operator of the Nikko Hotels, Expands with Hotels in Dalian and Tianjin, China
• Despite the 90-minute Presentation, More than 3 million Americans Own a Time-share Unit
• Pyramid Advisors Offers StarCite Reg Tools To Make Meeting Planning Easier
• Hyatt Regency Boston Completes $10.5 Million Renovation; Incorporates Green Initiatives Into Renovation
• NORTHWIND Opens Virginia Office, Taps Industry Professional Margaret Legum For Business Development Position
• The 2005 HITEC® Will Feature 280 Companies Integral to the Use of Technology in the Hotel Industry
• BusinessJet Class Announces Association with Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc.
• Thomas Geshay Appointed Senior Vice President of Real Estate for Tarsadia Hotels
• Robert Filipelli Named Arizona Biltmore's Director of Sales & Marketing
• Melanie Penoyar Appointed Director of Development & Awards Competition for the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
• Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. seeking a Vice President of Debt Investments. Duties include sourceing and underwriting hotel real estate investments and debt. Requires bachelor's degree, MBA preferred and 7 to 10 years experience in hotel lending

April 11, 2005

• Now That Online Hotel Booking Is Here to Stay, New Challenges Emerge
• New Web Site Dubbed 'Single Best Source' for E-Distribution Information, Services
• Square Mile of Dirt has City of Rancho Mirage Dreaming of a Luxury Hotel and Golf Resort
• A $1.2 billion Mega Resort/Casino Envisioned on Nassau's Cable Beach
• Identifying Your Customers / Hotel Common Sense - John Hogan
• Newspaper Digs Up Answers for Questions Concerning Proposed $55.9 million Convention Hotel in Lancaster, PA
• UBS Realty Investors Acquires the 432-room Westin Galleria Hotel in North Dallas for $95 million
• Hilton Head Island's Landmark, the Westin Resort, Acquired by Starwood Capital for $73.4 million
• St. Louis Hotel Developer William S. Stallings Ordered to Pay $615,000 for Defaulting on GMAC Lease
• Best Practices in Responsible Tourism - WTTC's 2005 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
• Hotel Room Revenues in the state of Texas for the Year 2004 Totaled $4.8 billion, Up by 7.46% Over Last Year
• Millennium and Copthorne Upgrading the Four Points by Sheraton to the Millennium Hotel Buffalo Airport
• Sage Hospitality Selected as New Management Company for JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek
• InterContinental Hotels Group Appoints Kieron Ritchard Vice President, Strategy � Greater China
• Le Meridien Endorses TravelCLICK�s FuturePACE Report
• Grand Casino Mille Lacs and Grand Casino Hinckley Select Lodging Management System from Agilysys
• Thomas Hoeborn Appointed General Manager of the Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa
• Danny Hiatt, GM of the Wynfrey Hotel, Named Chairman of the Alabama Hospitality Association
• Crestline Appoints Carol Simon as General Manager for the New Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center, Staunton, VA

April 8, 2005

• Great Wolf Resorts Proxy Statement Outlines Executive Pay Following Initial Public Offering
• The Procaccianti Group Part of Venture Proposing a $100 million Westin Hotel and Condominium in Portland, Maine
• WTTC's 2005 Top Ten List of Travel & Tourism Economies; Tsunami Assessment Given for Thailand, Sri Lanka, and The Maldives
• Knowing Your Customers / Hospitality Column / Carol Ruddick
• Pedro Mandoki Named Resort Executive of the Year
• Shell Vacations Club Purchases Units at Famed Ilikai Resort on Waikiki
• StayOnline Designs New Generation Wireless for San Francisco's Intercontinental Mark Hopkins
• Quanah Properties Planning to Build Jack DeBoer's Value Place Hotel-apartments in Seven Texas and California Locations
• Kimpton Hotel's Mission is to Lead the Hospitality Industry in Supporting a Sustainable World
• Former Manager at Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel Charged with Tax Evasion; Received Vendor Rebates
• Outrigger Hotels & Resorts Will Operate a Planned 350-room All-suites Hotel in Melbourne, Australia
• Hotel Performance in India is Booming; For the 12-months to February 2005, RevPAR in Mid-market and Above Hotels Throughout India Increased by 29%

April 7, 2005

• Hyatt Hotels Appointed Operator of the $1.5 billion Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip
• Crown Realty & Development Plans to Acquire the Shuttered Mountain Shadows Resort; Wants to Raze Existing Buildings and Build a Boutique Hotel
• Worldwide Electronic Room Nights Increase Over 7% in 2004; Average Daily Rate from Electronic Channels Up More Than 6%
• Independent Boutique Hotels Can Compete With their Big Box Neighbors / Neil Salerno
• Wyndham Starts Multi-Million Dollar Renovation at the Carmel Valley Ranch
• Hotel Industry Players Prepare for Making Deals at the 15th Annual Meet the Money® Conference
• Unable to Get Visas for Foreign Workers, The Broadmoor Hotel Enters Summer Season About 100 Employees Short; Locals Not Willing to Work for $8 to $9.50 an Hour
• A Proposed 10th Casino in Tunica, and the Only One with Local Ownership, Struggles to Find Financing
• Colorado's Renaissance Boulder Suites Hotel at Flatiron Named the Marriott-Renaissance Hotel of the Year
• Akihito Ikeda Appointed President of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts; Steve Halliday Appointed President of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts North America
• Daniel Wright Named Chief Financial Officer, Pyramid Advisors
• Sileshi Mengiste Appointed General Manager for Pan Pacific San Francisco
• General Manager sought for the new Mississippi Telecommunications Conference Center in Jackson, Mississippi. The GM will plan, direct, manage and oversee the activities and operations of the MTCC. Requires six years of increasingly responsible experience in hotel, convention center or special event facility management

April 6, 2005

• Do You Know Where Your Business Is Coming From?
• Rack is The Rule: The Napa River Inn Takes Internet Risks to Raise Rates and Boost Reservations by 33%
• Larry May: The Passing Of Another Hotel Soldier / David M. Brudney
• Hospitality Properties Trust Contracts with Carlson Hotels to Manage 12 Hotels Currently Operating Under the Prime Hotel Brand
• Staybridge Suites Enters the United Kingdom Market; InterContinental Hotels Signs Two Management Agreements for New Build Staybridge Suites
• California Hotel Buyers Closed a Record 320 Deals in 2004; The highest-priced, the 261-room Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, Sold for $124.4 million, or $476,628 per Room
• Embassy Suites Recognizes Top Hotels; Patrick Wilson Named 2004 General Manager of the Year
• The W Dallas Victory Hotel & Residences Adding 2nd W Residence Tower; Nears Sellout of First 61 Condo Units
• E-Mail Marketing Campaigns �Clicking� For Digital Alchemy Customer Hotels; Hotels Experiencing 34% to 55% Open Rate from e-mail Blast Campaign
• The Top 10 Issues for Discussion at the 5th Global Travel & Tourism Summit in New Delhi from April 8-10, 2005
• Glendale, Arizona Officials Finalizing Agreement with John Q. Hammons to Build a Privately Financed, 320-room, Marriott Renaissance Hotel and Spa
• The Former Wilson World Hotel & Suites, Spartanburg, SC, Now Managed by Hospitality Management Corporation as a Radisson Hotel
• The 324-room Sheraton Concord, Calif. Rebranded as Crowne Plaza

April 5, 2005

• HITEC® Taking Measures to Protect the Interests of its Exhibiting Companies from Outboarders; Vendors Trying to Avoid Paying Fees An Ongoing Issue
• Maestro Property Management Suite Selected by Five-Diamond Stein Eriksen Lodge and Four-Diamond Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club
• Sheraton Edges Past Hyatt as Likely Next Operator of the Struggling Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel
• Major Hotel Chains Grow Internet Reservations Over 22% in 2004; Brand Websites Increase Volume of Reservations Over 31%
• The Strategic Approach to True GUEST KNOWLEDGE / Harry W. Rivkin & John W. Clevenger
• All Nine of Orange County, California's Major Resort Spas Were Built or Upgraded Since 2001
• Study Reports Spa-specific Revenue per Occupied Room from 59 Resorts
• Subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group Acquires the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa
• The La Quinta Resort and Club Updates Beds, Adds iPods
• Reported Crimes at Charlotte Area Hotels Up 15.5% in 2004; of 2,400 Incidents Many Are Car Break-ins
• Starwood Selected to Manage the 509 room Sheraton Shanghai Hotel & Residences, Pudong
• Horseshoe Resort Selects ResortSuite to Replace 7 Systems
• Las Vegas Hilton Selects Lodging Management System from Agilysys; Industry-Leading Software Improves Efficiency, Enhances Guest Service
• Choice Hotels Scandinavia Converting 30 Hotels to the Clarion Collection Brand
• Oceans Resorts Acquires Daytona Beach's Best Western Mayan Inn
• BringYourPet.com Helps Traveling Pets Find International Accommodations
• Hyatt Corporation and Santa Barbara Hospitality, N.V. Sign Long-term Management Agreement for Hyatt Regency Curacao Resort, Spa & Casino
• Lorenzo Creighton Appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of New York-New York Hotel and Casino
• Steve Schlundt Named Regional Vice President Central Region for CSM Lodging
• In Northeast Ohio, the Accommodation and Food Services Industry Was Second Only to Health Care in Creating New Jobs

• Increase A.D.R. with Rate and Competition Analysis Pricing Model Designed By Revenue Source One
• GoConcierge.net Announces Asia Expansion; Six Leading Hotels Install Company�s Industry Leading, Web-based Concierge Solution
• The 2005 World Ranking; 10 Largest Hotel Groups and 20 Largest Brands
• Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What - April 2005
• InterContinental Hotels Group Plans To Dispose of Ten Wholly Owned Properties in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji
• Gary Seibert Appointed Hilton Area Vice President & Managing Director - Hawaii, Replacing the Retiring Peter Schall
• The Fate of an Anchorage Hotel that Helped Pioneer Color Television and Brew Pubs Is Up in the Air, Again
• Hotel Spa Survey Indicates 1 in 3 Guests Spend More on Spa Treatments than Hotel Dining
• Outrigger Enterprises Breaks Ground On Waikiki Beach Walk
• The Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston and The Algonquin in New York Among Six Additions to National Trust Historic Hotels of America
• PhoneSuite, an AAHOA Founding Sponsor, Delivers High End, Low Cost Solutions
• Resort Data Processing, Inc. Adds Expedia Direct Connect Technology to its Property Management System - Better Enabling Properties to Save Time and Money
• Representing a $13 million Investment, the Four Comfort Bed Will Be in All Four Points by Sheraton Hotels in North America by End of Summer 2005
• Bettina Landt Appointed General Manager at The Wauwinet, a Relais & Châteaux Property on Nantucket Island
• David and Jacqueline O'Hara Appointed to Manage the Dhoni Mighili in the Maldives

April 1, 2005

• The Warwick Hotel, a Houston Landmark, Sold to the Owners of the Hotel ZaZa in Dallas
• Hyatt to Assume Management of Adam's Mark Jacksonville; Reflagged Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront -- $10 Million Renovation Underway
• Lowe Enterprises Acquires the Dolce Hamilton Park and Dolce Tarrytown House; Properties Will be Renamed and Managed by Destination Hotels and Resorts
• Boykin Lodging Company Sells Hotel 71in Chicago, Illinois for $95 million
• Hotel Chain Website, HolidayInn.com, Ranked Number One as a Source for Online Reservations; Popularity Higher then Third-party Website
• Hotel Financial Strategies Closes Seven Hotel Loans Totaling $109,000,000.00
• NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. Liquidating the Complete Contents of the Former Mountain Shadows Marriott Resort, Scottsdale, AZ and Quality Inn Beach Block, Atlantic City, NJ.
• June Ericson, National Award-Winning Hotel Designer Is Promoted To Senior Associate at J/Brice Design International, Inc.
• Americas Best Value Inn's 475 Properties Switch to Newly Launched GenaRes for CRS, GDS, Internet and Voice Reservations Processing
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging's Rizzo Conference Center Launches $18 Million Expansion to Double Its Size
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Days Inn in Niantic, Connecticut
• StayOnline Shapes the Future of Hospitality WiFi with Industry Leaders; Wireless Solutions Company to host North American Symposium on WiFi and Mobility Computing in Hospitality in April
• BusinessJet Class Puts Jet Charter Booking Online for Travel Agents
• Dog Friendly Hotels Catering To Large Dogs Find A Niche Market
• Coral Hospitality Taps Jamie Bruce As New Vice President Of Sales And Marketing
• Windmill Point Resort To Install SMS|Host Hospitality Management System
• The 21-story, 291-room Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Opens
• La Quinta Boosts Company Owned Hotels through Alliance with Sleepwill Laboratories
• Big Island's Keauhou Beach Resort Re-branded an Outrigger; Property Enhancements Completed or Under Way
• Benchmark Hospitality Names 2005 Top Sales Executives
• Clarisa Jimenez Appointed Executive Director and CEO of the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association
• Silvio Bion and Thierry Brovelli Appointed to GM Posts with Intercontinental Resorts
• Matthew T. Hoffmann Appointed General Manager for The Council House and Wingspread in Racine, Wisconsin
• The Navy Lodge Program Opens its 43rd Lodge at Naval Air Station in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
• Denver's Westin Tabor Center Appoints Key Executives
• General Manager sought for the new Mississippi Telecommunications Conference Center in Jackson, Mississippi. The GM will plan, direct, manage and oversee the activities and operations of the MTCC. Requires six years of increasingly responsible experience in hotel, convention center or special event facility management