1. General Manager of the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel Arrested;  Refused to Provide Police with List of All Hotel Guest Names and Addresses
2. All The Hotel Guest Wanted Was a Burger and a Beer -- or Six -- at the Clarion Hotel in Irving, Texas; What Happened Next Surprised Him
3. Benchmark's Top Ten Hospitality Trends For 2006
4. The USA's Largest Hotel Union Targeting Hilton Hotels in New York City for a Major Labor Battle 
5. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What March 2006
6. Hotel Spas as Independent Profit Centers / Andrea Foster and Adam Wohlberg
7. The 755 room María Isabel-Sheraton Ordered Closed; Hotel Is At Center of Diplomatic Spat Between the United States and Mexico Over Trade with Cuba
8. Ask the Hotel Lawyer� - The Evolution of Rental Revenue Splits and Expense Allocations
9. The Fontainebleau Closes for Two Year Renovation; Unite Here's South Florida Union Loses Hundreds of Its Members
10. Hotels Charging Fees and Surcharges for Just About Anything;  PwC Forecasting 7% Increase for U.S. Lodging Industry in 2006
11. Bob Alter Built Sunstone, Now Thinks Luxury / Sandi Cain
12. Five Tips for Driving Sales through Search Engine Optimized Public Relations Writing / Polly Wade
13. Cendant�s Hospitality Spin-Off to be Named Wyndham Worldwide; Cendant Name Will be Retired
14. RockResorts Management Agreement Ended at Cheeca Lodge & Spa
15. .travel - a New Top-Level Domain Has Some Heavy Hitters on Board; Disney, Expedia, British Airways, Marriott, Carnival Cruise Lines
16. The Embassy Suites Hotel in Downtown Denver To Be Converted to a Ritz-Carlton at a Cost of $75 million
17. Choosing the Right Hotel, Hospitality or Tourism School � 10 Basics to Know / Jitendra Jain
18. Hotel Cleaning 101: Tips from Executive Housekeepers with National Trust Historic Hotels of America
19. Do What It Takes To WOW: Orchestrating �Branded Moments of Truth� / Rick Hendrie
20. Nobody Asked Me, But�.No. 7 / Stanley Turkel
21. Landmark Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort to Close its Doors After 48 Years in Operation
22. When Looking for that Brand �Differentiator�, Don�t Overlook the Obvious / Milton Velinsky and Steven Belmonte
23. Shortage of High-end Hotel Rooms Near Orlando's Convention Center May Soon Be Over; Three New Projects Adding 2,600 First-class Rooms
24. The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau Riddled with Staff Departures, 43 Employees have Left in the Last Two Years; Some Say Board too Involved, Blame High Pressure Environment
25. Making the Right Impression at the Front Desk: How Proper Etiquette Helps Sell Walk-Ins and Creates Long-Term Patronage  / Nicole Ollis

• Ohio�s Lodging Market: Historical Analysis & 2006 Forecast / David J. Sangree, Laurel A. Keller, and Joseph Pierce
• Bird Enthusiasts React with Anger -  Two Nesting Hawks Shot Down by Federal Agents on Grounds of Villas of Grand Cypress Golf Resort in Orlando
• City of Atlanta Files Suit Against 12 Internet Companies that Book Hotel Rooms, Claiming They Charge Customers for Taxes that Are Never Forwarded to the City
• Hard Rock International Inc. May Be Developing a $1 billion Casino Hotel in Atlantic City
• The Greater Minneapolis Convention & Visitors Association Booked 279 Future Meetings, Creating $313 Million in Economic Impact; Makes Point for New Convention Hotel
• Panel of CVB and Hotel Executives to Discuss Maximizing Relationships; Web-based Seminar Set for April 4, 2006
• Sea Island's Fabled Flagship Hotel, The Cloister at Sea Island, Reopens Following a  three-year Renovation
• An Estate in Vermont, a Former Tavern on Martha�s Vineyard, An Old-world Florida Inn and an Art Deco Hotel in Milwaukee Added to Historic Hotels of America
• M3 Hotel Accounting to Add 1000th Hotel in 2006
• InfoGenesis Las Vegas to Open in May 2006; New Worldwide Solution and Briefing Center to Showcase the Latest Products and Solutions from InfoGenesis and its Partners
• Hotelbeds Endorses RateTiger to its Hotel Partners to Manage Online Distribution
• Dieter Huckestein, Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award; Hospitality Industry's Top Honor Bestowed by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences
• Springs Hotel LLC Finalizes $2.8 million Purchase of the Park Plaza, Colorado Springs; Will be Renamed the SilverWood Hotel and Conference Center and Undergo $400,000 Renovation

• Ohio�s Lodging Market: Historical Analysis & 2006 Forecast / David J. Sangree, Laurel A. Keller, and Joseph Pierce
• The Travel Industry Association�s TravelCom Conference is only a few weeks away. This �must attend� event is the one industry conference that will take your online marketing and eCommerce strategies to the next level. Join industry experts and renowned speakers for workshops and discussions on eCommerce, online marketing, distribution strategies, and emerging technologies. You can�t afford to miss this one!
• Philadelphia, Boston End Spat Over Convention Center Marketing Tagline
• Mystery Shopping - Taking the Mystery Out
• Hotel Cleaning 101: Tips from Executive Housekeepers with National Trust Historic Hotels of America
• Despite the Death of its President and CEO, the Salt Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau had One of its Most Successful Years in 2005
• Large Hotel Near Park City, Utah Seems Unlikely; Developer Wants to Build 140 Condos, County Agreement Called for 140 Hotel Rooms
• Two Hotels Tied as the Top Performing Hotels in the Doubletree Brand with the Highest Overall Hotel Performance Scores: Doubletree Guest Suites Naples, Florida and Doubletree Hotel Bay City, Michigan
• Renovations Under Way at Two of Walt Disney World's Original Resorts, the Contemporary and the Polynesian Hotels
• Hampton Inn Becomes 750th Hotel to Install M-Tech�s Preventive Maintenance Solution
• Holiday Inn Beaumont Plaza and Convention Center, Hit by Hurricane Rita 7 Months Ago, Re-opens Following $10 million in Renovations
• Cornell Hotel School Names Cathy Enz Associate Dean for Industry Research and Affairs
• Hilton Chongqing Appoints Sven Isberg as General Manager, Fintan O�Doherty and Andreas Bruck as Director of Operations and Executive Chef Respectively

• KPMG�s Golf Business Forum Welcomes Golf Legend Gary Player; Gary Player to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 3rd Annual Industry Event
• Benchmark Selects Aptech�s Customized Software Solutions for 33 Properties
• Building a Blog Strategy in Hospitality; Grow Customer Relationships and Direct Online Revenue / Jason Price and Max Starkov
• Owners of 2-year-old The Inn At Whittier (Alaska) In Arrears; Foreclosure Set for May 2, 2006
• Hotel Group Rates to Continue to Rise: Increase Likely Through 2006, Says Survey of Krisam Group Member Hotels
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Selected by East West Partners and Crescent Real Estate to Operate Lake Tahoe's First 5-Star Ski-in/Ski-out Resort; $300-million Resort Project Begins Construction in Summer 2006
• Columbia Sussex Rebrands the Wyndham Buttes Resort in Tempe, Arizona to The Buttes, A Marriott Resort; A Multi-million dollar Renovation Planned for 353-room Resort
• The Erawan Group Planning 10 New IBIS Branded Hotels in Thailand;  Each Property Will be 200-250 rooms and Cost Between US$7.8 to US$10.4 million
• American Architect Michael Graves Tasked with Designing new Prototypes and Conversion Plans for the Wyndham® Brand
• Housed in a Newly Constructed Nine-story Building, Hersha Hospitality Opens 65 room Hampton Inn Manhattan/Seaport
• Kor Hotel Group Acquiring the Ikal del Mar Resort on Mexico's Mayan Riviera
• Tecton Hospitality Completes $2.5 million Renovation of the Hampton Inn in Morehead City, North Carolina
• Manchester Grand Resorts Names Thomas J.W. Voss President
• The Newly-renamed Island Hotel Newport Beach Appoints Key Marketing Executives
• Carolyn Smith, a 10-year Employee of the Embassy Suites® Hotel Montgomery, Recipient of John Q. Hammons �Associate of the Year� Award

• Campbell�s Resort Installs Maestro Enterprise Front Office, Spa, Sales & Catering, and Maestro Analytics
• Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Selects Cendyn E-Concierge Product for Global Use
• Survey Finds a Proposed $50 million Expansion of the Miami Beach Convention Center Would Provide Minor Boost To Convention Bookings; Cheaper Hotel Rooms Would Help Much More
• Eighteen Months after Hurricane Charley, South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island  is Open to Tourists Again; Blackstone Group Spending Upwards of $140 million on Renovation
• Owner of the Hyatt Regency Lexington Sues to Keep Land Lease
• Sol Meliá Hotels Studies How to Position and Differentiate its Meliá and Paradisus All-inclusive Resort Brands
• The Publicly Financed 1,000-room Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel Breaks Ground Next to the Expanded Phoenix Convention Center
• Lake Arrowhead Resort in Southern California Unveils $12 Million Renovation; Includes Redesigned Guest and Meeting Rooms, Public Spaces, Restaurant and Spa
• Morgans Hotel Group Co. Reports Net loss for the 4th Qtr 2005 of $4.1 million; Anticipates Spending $20 to $25 million for Upgrades of Hotels and the Re-branding of Mondrian Scottsdale / Hotel Operating Statistics
• 200 Smokefree Hotels Join www.freshstay.com
• Zontec� Cleaning Up Odors, Contaminants through Ozone Generation
• David Horowitz Named General Manager for the New Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
• Gilles Hervieux Appointed General Manager for the InterContinental Montréal, Quebec
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Completes Sale of the Chicago Marriott Downtown; Company to Recognize Gain of Approximately $38 Million
• Multi million Dollar Renovation Completed at the 400 suite Embassy Suites Lake Tahoe
• HSMAI Names the Frank W. Berkman Chapter Award Winners for 2005

• Hotel Marketing Starts Locally; Never Forget Your Neighbors / David M. Brudney
• TravelCLICK Names David Marshall Chief Architect; Industry Veteran to Advance TravelCLICK�s Hotel Revenue Delivery Platform
• Shangri-La Hotel, Hangzhou Blazed Path for Joint Ventures; In 1985 It Was First Chinese Hotel Partly Owned and Managed by a Private Company
• All The Hotel Guest Wanted Was a Burger and a Beer -- or Six -- at the Clarion Hotel in Irving, Texas; What Happened Next Surprised Him
• Nobody Asked Me, But�.No. 7  / Stanley Turkel
• Le Soleil and Vitesse Striving Hard Not to Be the "Hotel Restaurant and Bar" at the Conrad Indianapolis
• Five Full Service Hotels Proposed for Chandler, Arizona; Not All Likely to be Built
• Carnus Systems Lays Roadmap for the Future of the Hospitality Industry
• LRA Worldwide Is retained by Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos to �Operationalize� the Rock �n� Roll Guest Experience
• Select Hospitality Systems Distributes Energy Eye� EMS in Canada
• HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Takes Over As Asset Manager for the Fisher Island Club Hotel and Resort, Miami Beach, Florida
• Hyatt Selects MaximRMS� e.FLEX Revenue Management System
• Making the Right Impression at the Front Desk: How Proper Etiquette Helps Sell Walk-Ins and Creates Long-Term Patronage / Nicole Ollis
• The Winter Olympic Games Allowed the Torino Hotel Industry to Post Record Monthly Occupancy Rate of 91.6%
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Selects TIG Global as its Internet Marketing Partner for Park Inn
• Fully Restored, the Historic Fort Worth Hotel Reopens Today as Hilton Fort Worth
• The Fourth Conrad Hotel in the United States and the First to be Constructed from the Ground-up - Conrad Indianapolis Opens
• Of Americans Planning to Travel this Summer, 21% Have Already Arranged for Lodging at their Destination / TIA
• Gregory Smith Appointed Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administration Officer at the Corporate office, Boykin Management Company

March 24,2006

• Nobody Asked Me, But�.No. 7  / Stanley Turkel
• Joint Venture to Build 1,400 room Hilton Hotel in Orlando Near Orange County Convention Center
• The Lodge at Woodloch, a $37-million Destination Spa in Pennsylvania, Set to Open;  The Vision of John and Ginny Lopis
• All The Hotel Guest Wanted Was a Burger and a Beer -- or Six -- at the Clarion Hotel in Irving, Texas; What Happened Next Surprised Him
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Report Profit before Non-operating Items Increased by 39% for Year Ending 2005; Peninsula Hotels are Either the Leader or Amongst the Leaders in Room Rate and RevPAR In Their Respective Cities
• LRA Worldwide Is retained by Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos to �Operationalize� the Rock �n� Roll Guest Experience
• Select Hospitality Systems Distributes Energy Eye� EMS in Canada
• HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Takes Over As Asset Manager for the Fisher Island Club Hotel and Resort, Miami Beach, Florida
• Carnus Systems Lays Roadmap for the Future of the Hospitality Industry
• Venezuelan Developer, Vitorrio De Stefano, Opens 200 room Clarion Hotel on Island of Curacao
• Greektown Casino Considering a $200-million, 35-story Tower With a 400 room Hotel on Top of a 3,100-space Parking Garage in Downtown Detroit
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Sells the 821-room Hilton Minneapolis for Approximately $92 million
• Microtel Inns & Suites Sold 83 Franchises in 2005, Currently 260 Microtel Hotels Open
• Hampton® on Pace to Open 90 - 100 Hotels in 2006; Western, Urban and International Development Lead Expansion Efforts
• Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Focus on Swiss Quality and Service Drives Positive Results; Hotel Portfolio Grows to 54 at End of 2005
• Kahler Grand Hotel in Rochester Carves Out a 19 Room Super Luxury International Hotel as Part of $2.8 million Remodeling Project
• Diane Wesley Named Director of Sales for Hotel Vitale, San Francisco

March 22, 2006

• General Manager of the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel Arrested; Refused to Provide Police with List of All Hotel Guest Names and Addresses
• Landmark Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort to Close its Doors After 48 Years in Operation
• Basico Hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico Sets New Standards for Innovation;  Industrial Water Tanks Which Serve as Pools
• Seventy-five Years Ago the State of Nevada Legalized Casino Gambling; A Brilliant Decision
• Donald Trump's Las Vegas Project,  the $500 million Trump International Hotel & Tower,  Not Beset by Problems Facing Other Proposed Vegas High Rises
• The Providence Group Offers Training for General Managers New Service Comes with a Satisfaction Guarantee
• �Turn, Turn, Turn:� Making (Marketing) Plans for the Long-Term
• Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau Bookings Up 19% Compared to Same Time Last Year
• The Fort Lauderdale Grande, Formerly the Fort Lauderdale Marina Marriott,  Receiving $50 million Renovation
• Planners to Arrange More Meetings, Have Increased Budgets in 2006 / HSMAI Survey
• Terri Ryan Appointed General Manager for the Melrose Hotel, Washington, DC
• A Family Story: Chicago Is... President, Michael O'Connor Receives Award Named for His Mother
• Hersha Hospitality Management Names Keith C. Poehlman Vice President and Corporate Controller

March 21, 2006

• The Emerging Discipline of Demand Management � What�s All The Buzz?   Audio Interview with Larry Hall, CEO, Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated
• The Kansas City Health Department Closes the 196 room Clarion Hotel KCI After Discovering Workers and Guests Exposed to Asbestos; Environmental Cleanup May Take Two Months
• Conrad Indianapolis Expects to be First 5-star Hotel in Indianapolis; 210 New Employees Receiveing at Least Two Weeks of General and Specialized Training
• Four Would be Buyers Hovering As the $98 million Sale of The Holiday Isle Resort in the Florida Keys Stalls
• GUESTROOM 2010 and HFTP Announce Printed Media Sponsors LODGING and Hospitality Upgrade
• Hotel Energy Costs Surge; Shock Absorbed by Revenue / Robert Mandelbaum
• Destination Resorts and Casino Operator Kerzner Agrees to Go Private in $3 billion Buyout; Total Transaction Value is About $3.6 billion
• Happy With Your Hotel's Web Site Traffic? Now Turn Those Visits into Dollars
• UNITE HERE Local 11 Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Four Points Sheraton LAX; Union Alleges Hotel Management Used Coercion, Intimidation and Harassment to Discourage Worker Organizing Efforts
• Palladian Development Anticipates 2009 Opening for 65-story Mandarin Oriental Tower, Chicago
• Consolidated Resorts Management Looks to Energy Eye� For First-Ever EMS Installation
• Seattle Hotels Adopt EcoRooms from Green Suites International to Save Money, Help Protect Environment
• Value Place Calls on PhoneSuite to be its Preferred PBX Vendor
• StayOnline Debuts Customer Reporting System
• Benchmark Hospitality International Announces Recipients of The 2006 Top Sales Executives Awards
• Robert L. Wentworth Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California
• Carlson Hotels Names Steve Mogck, Formerly SVP of Legal, to EVP of Select Service Hotels - Country Inns & Suites and Park Inn Brands
• A Panel on Property Management Systems at the Strategic Conference on Hospitality Operations and Technology Focuses on Need For Better Training Options, OTA/HTNG Interfaces and Better Support
• Starwood Integrates Le Meridien into Sales and Marketing Systems; Loyalty Programs and Websites Merged

March 20, 2006

• Bob Alter Built Sunstone, Now Thinks Luxury / Sandi Cain
• Melrose Hotel New York to Pay $800,000 in Damages to 13 Former Hispanic Employees; EEOC Wins Lawsuit Claiming Hotel Imposed English-Only Rule, Harassed Hispanics
• Hotels Charging Fees and Surcharges for Just About Anything; PwC Forecasting 7% Increase for U.S. Lodging Industry in 2006
• Spring Break 2006 Has Been Very Soft on South Padre Island; Some Say the Island Keeps Pricing Itself Out of the Market
• The Capsule Hotel, a Quirky and Inexpensive Lodging Option in Japan, Brings New Meaning to the Term "'Hole-in-the-Wall'
• Daufuskie Island Club & Resort Looking for Investors to Step up Development
• Marcus Hotels and Resorts to Purchase the Westin Columbus Hotel; Transaction Leverages Historic Hotel Experience and Expands Presence in the Midwest
• Luxury Travel Now and What's Next for 2006 / Karen Weiner Escalera
• Six Month Old HSMAI Asia Pacific Names Leadership & Board of Directors, 2006 Agenda
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 48 Hotel Projects  to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Michael J. Taylor General Manager for The Heldrich, a New $110 million Mixed Use Property in New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Frank I. Wolfe to Remain HFTP's Executive Vice President/CEO through March 2009
• Bryce Chalmers-Stairs Appointed Area General Manager for Bellstar's Four Condo-Resorts in Canmore, Alberta
• Sue Lawrence Joins Visual One Systems(Europe) Ltd.
• Mary Kay Vrba Appointed Director of Dutchess (NY) County, Tourism

• Hospitality Development Group Inc. Developing  Palazzo del Lago, an $800 million Resort in Orlando; Includes the InterContinental Resort & Residences with a Mix of 1,260  Hotel and Condominium Units
• Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquires the 585-suite Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort & Lookout Mountain Golf Club in Phoenix for $85 million
• The Fontainebleau Closes for Two Year Renovation; Unite Here's South Florida Union Loses Hundreds of Its Members
• Thomas Enterprises Planning Luxury Hotel Condo Project, the Hotel Talavera, With 152 Hotel Rooms and 133 Condos In Northwest San Antonio
• Meeting / Convention Planners Rule! Rightfully, They Are Becoming More Demanding
• The Holiday Inn Dallas-Aristocrat to Be Converted to Hotel Indigo
• Hospitality Revenue Optimization Company Launches Virtual Revolution
• Starwood Hotels Signs Exclusive Contract with Pepsi; Drops Coke Products, Plans Integrated Marketing with Pepsi
• Robert R. (Bob) King, Retired Chairman of the Board of StayOnline and Hospitality Pioneer, Dies at 71
• Marriott International, Inc. Receives the 2006 Ronald E. Harrison Award, from the International Franchise Association,  for Significant Contributions to Minorities in Franchising
• Beijing Modern Asia � Pacific Real Estate Co Ltd. Selects Starwood to Manage a 558-room Westin hotel at Chaoyang District, Beijing

March 16, 2006

• The Embassy Suites Hotel in Downtown Denver To Be Converted to a Ritz-Carlton at a Cost of $75 million
• Columbia Sussex Planning to Rebrand the 707 room Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor to Sheraton; Reflagging Will Be the Hotel's Fourth Brand
• American Property Management Corp. Adding a 23,000 Sq Ft Water Park to the Carlisle Hotel & Conference Center, Albuquerque
• Hotel Technology Next Generation 2nd Annual Conference Draws 250 Hotel Technology Leaders; Six Individuals Win Leadership Awards
• Cendant�s Hospitality Spin-Off to be Named Wyndham Worldwide; Cendant Name Will be Retired
• The Carlyle Group and Davidson Hotel Company to Convert the 157-room Colonnade Hotel to The Westin Colonnade Coral Gables
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Distributes More than $3 million dollars to 4,800 Employees at 32 North American Properties for Achieving Annual Goals
• Stafford Hospitality Installing Energy Eye� Energy-Management System
• Omni Hotels Takes Over San Antonio's La Mansion del Rio Hotel and Watermark Hotel and Spa; John "Rusty" Wallace Named General Manager
• Hotel Industry Supports New Orleans Through Hospitality Upgrade's Executive Vendor Summit
• Hajar Real Estate Company K.S.C.C. Selects Movenpick to Operate 410 room Hotel at the Abraj Al Bait Towers, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
• Craig Marshall Appointed to Regional Director of Operations, Peabody Hotel Group
• Jay Rosenthal Appointed Executive Vice President Of The Harp Group

March 15, 2006

• Health Insurer WellPoint Investing About $50 million In Two Four Seasons Hotel Projects; Sees Luxury Health Spa Component as an Opportunity to Make Money and Improve Wellness
• Availability of Smoking Rooms Shrinking; Hotels Latest Flash Point in Cultural Shift
• West Paces Hotel Group Drops Plan to Build a Sols Hotel in San Antonio
• Investment Group Acquires the 548 room Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua; $40 million Renovation Planned
• Cendant Hotel Group to Acquire Worldwide Rights to the Baymont Inn & Suites Brand from the Blackstone Group
• EasyRMS Achieves Record Growth � Now Searching for Dynamic and Credible Director of Sales � EMEA to Continue the Success Story
• Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Seeking Hotel Financing Specialist to Head New Financing Division
• Major Pharmaceutical Companies to Sue EZ Yield.com Inc. 
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $30 million Financing for Hansji Hotels
• Molinaro Koger Advises on £150 Million Great Eastern Hotel Transaction
• Renowned Master Planner Gil Martinez and Golf Legend Arnold Palmer Collaborate for the Los Valles Golf Club, the First Arnold Palmer Signature Course in Greater Los Angeles Area
• Golden Tulip Hospitality Takes Over Hotel Lease Agreements for Five Hotels Previously Managed by the German Hotel Development Company, RIMC
• HFTP's Board of Directors Considering a HITEC Europe as Early as Februay 2007
• Devoid of Room shots or Fluffy Beds, Westin Hotels Multi million Global TV and Print Ad Campaign Stirs the Senses
• Ocean Hospitalities Ltd. Selected as Management Company for the Rivergreen Resort Hotel in Lincoln, New Hampshire
• Start-up Brand Cambria Suites Executes 13 Deals in 12 Months
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Names Marriott Interanational as the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year
• John Pagano Appointed President of Baha Mar Development Company LTD, Developers of a Colossal Destination Resort in the Bahamas
• Brian Rosenberg Named Vice President of Sales and Marketing, The Garden City Hotel on Long Island

• The Ritz London Selects TravelCLICK iHotelier as Its Central Reservations System; Website Booking Revenues Up 44%
• Res-Expo - Three Top Travel Industry Trends for 2006; Use �Emotional Content� to Market Websites; Chinese Do Not Use Credit Cards, but Changes Loom; Group Travel�s 43% Increase in Online Event Bookings
• Some Consumer Advocacy Groups Calling for Regulations Forcing Hotels to Offer Flexible Check-in and Check-out Times and Rates for their Clients
• Benchmark's Top Ten Hospitality Trends For 2006
• Choosing the Right Hotel, Hospitality or Tourism School �  10 Basics to Know
• With Acquisition by Blackstone Group Complete, La Quinta Management LLC Plans to Focus on Corporate Owned Hotels, Will Convert About 100 Baymont Hotels to La Quinta and Sell Baymont Flag
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Hilton Hotels Planning a 1,200-room Hilton Hotel and a 300-room Conrad Hotel to the Cotai Strip in the People's Republic of China Special Administrative Region of Macau
• Harrah's Raises the Ante In Bid for the Resort Project in Singapore;  James Cameron to Create "iPort" a Sixteen Story Immersive Entertainment Experience
• Amtrak Revives Plan to Develop a Boutique Hotel Inside Baltimore's Historic Penn Station
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $67 million of First Mortgage Financing for Charleston Place, Charleston, South Carolina
• Gatehouse Capital and Aimbridge Hospitality Developing Five aloft Hotels in Frisco, Plano, Las Colinas, Downtown Dallas and the Fort Worth TCU Area
• Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City Sustains Minor Tornado Damage; Resort Remains Open Despite Damage to Skylight Area on the Roof of the Waterpark
• The Days Inn & Conference Centre in Penticton, British Columbia Completes $4 million Renovation
• Guang Dong Teem Holdings Limited Contracts with Sheraton to Manage a 450 room Hotel in Guangzhou, The Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel Part of the Mixed-use Complex � Teem Plaza Development
• MonteLago Village Resort, Lake Las Vegas, Appoints Larry Peterson as Director of Sales

• IDeaS Adds to its Americas Sales Team with the Appointment of Two Long-time Hospitality Industry Professionals; Cliff Atkinson and Adam Werner to Sell IDeaS Acclaimed ASP Solutions
• Jim Butler on Condo Hotels; The Evolution of Rental Revenue Splits and Expense Allocations
• When Will The Bubble Burst? / Stephen Rushmore / Canadian Lodging Outlook - January 2006
• Shortage of High-end Hotel Rooms Near Orlando's Convention Center May Soon Be Over; Three New Projects Adding 2,600 First-class Rooms
• Hotel Owners Chase Profits During Spring's College-style Craziness
• Intrawest sells the Majority of its Real Estate at the Town of Mammoth Lakes, California to Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Capital for a $60 million Pre-tax Profit
• First Three Missoni Branded Hotels Will be Located in Kuwait, Edinburgh, Dubai;  The Interior Design of Missoni Hotels is Being Conceptualized and Controlled by Studio Thun
• DIFA Completes €10.5 million Conversion of the �Wallhöfe� Building Into the167 room Wallstreet Park Plaza, Berlin
• Dusit's Brand, Royal Princess Hotels & Resorts, Contracts for First Resort Property in Koh Chang, Thailand
• RateGain Clinches Deal with Ramada Jarvis Hotels; Ramada Opts for YieldGain Channel Management Solutions
• Increase Revenue, Reduce Costs; Go "Green", and Market Your Commitment / John R Hendrie
• The 352 room Casino Nova Scotia Hotel Branded The Halifax Marriott Harbourfront
• Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Relies On Clairvoyix to Target Travelers
• Developers of the West Edge Complex in Kansas City Select Gemstone Resorts to Manage 130 room Hotel
• Andrew Schiavone Named General Manager for the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel and Waterfront Conference Center, Portsmouth, Virginia
• Jackie Rhody Joins the Sheraton Orlando North at Maitland Center as Sales Manager

• RockResorts Management Agreement Ended at Cheeca Lodge & Spa
• Owners of Historic Black Point Inn on Maine's Coast Planning to Eliminate 60 Rooms and Sell off  Prime Waterfront Real Estate
• The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau Riddled with Staff Departures, 43 Employees have Left in the Last Two Years; Some Say Board too Involved, Blame High Pressure Environment
• Unite HERE Takes Aim at Organizing Phoenix Area Hotel Workers; Effort Launched with Boycott of the Phoenician
• Indifference To e-mail Could Cost Trump millions: His Lack of Electronic Records Could Hurt his Lawsuit Against Former Partner and Other Backers of Florida Hard Rock Casinos
• Do What It Takes To WOW: Orchestrating �Branded Moments of Truth� / Rick Hendrie
• HFTP Seeks to Create a Strong European Presence
• Aquilini Investment Group Completes Rebranding of Hotels in Frederiction and Moncton to the Crowne Plaza Brand; Both Properties Managed by Pacrim Hospitality
• Deal of the Year Awards Presented at the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Germany
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Advises Port Authority in Sale of the Two Largest Hotels in Downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Independent Hotels Hail Clairvoyix Database Marketing Solution; Broadmoor, ClubCorp and Seaport Boston Reach their Preferred Guests through Affordable, Centralized, Online Database Marketing
• Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. Acquires the La Solana Hotel and Villas Development Site Adjacent to its Four Seasons Punta Mita Hotel, for $29.5 million
• For Second Consecutive Year North Maple Inn is a "Best Place to Work in New Jersey" According to Readers of NJ BIZ
• Matthew Davis Named Senior National Sales Manager and Eddie Emeric as Senior Manager, Trade Shows for New York City's CVB - NYC & Company
• LodgeWorks, L.P., Parent Company of the Sierra Suites Hotel Chain, Opens Sixth Property in Fishkill, New York
• Benchmark Appoints Chrissandra G. Passafiume Controller for Danfords on the Sound

• JLT Group, Inc. Developing The Westin Saint Paul Hotel & Residences; 30-story Tower with 250 Hotel Rooms and 82 Residences,  Will Anchor The Bridges of Saint Paul Development
• Dieter Huckestein Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Yellowstone Club World, LLC. 
• Four Seasons Reports a Net Loss of $28.2 million for the Full Year Ending Dec 31, 2005, Compared to Net Income of $25.7 in 2004; Takes $35.5 million Charge in Switching the Senior Executives and Hotel General Managers from an Unfunded Defined Benefit Retirement Plan to a Fully Funded Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
• Joint Partnership of Kimpton and ING Clarion Investing $22 million into the Former Holiday Inn Select, Alexandria, Virginia to Transform the 227-room Property into The Hotel Monaco
• Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring the 240-room Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C. for $76 million, Approximately $316,700 per Key
• Dow Hotel Company and AEW Capital Management Purchase 248-Suite Chicago Marriott Suites Deerfield; Plans to Undergo Multi-million Dollar Renovation Upgrade
• Membership Demand Continues For Small Luxury Hotels of the World; Smaller, Independent Hotels Seek the Extra Leverage Provided by SLH
• Construction of New Skokie Convention and Banquet Center Begins
• Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Seeking Hotel Sales Professionals to Expand Operations in Los Angeles
• TravelCLICK Showcases Integrated Distribution Solutions for Hotels at ITB Berlin; International Casinos and European Estates Alike Choose the iHotelier CRS
• For Sale - Former SpringHill Suites, Fort Lauderdale Airport
• The Top Ten Hotel Brands in the European Union on January 1,  2006
• Benchmark Appoints Jennifer DeMarle Director of Human Resources for Danfords on the Sound

• Groople and SynXis Announce Direct Connectivity for Group Travel
• The $925 million Red Rock Resort Expected to Flourish on Las Vegas Valley's Western Edge
• Indiana's 10 Gambling Boats Provided the State a Net Benefit of More than $700 million for the Fiscal Year 2005
• Robert Katz, 39, Vail Resorts' New Chief Executive Starts At Annual Base Salary of $815,000
• Hampton Inn West in Bloomington, Illinois Agrees to a Moral Responsibility to Pay Workers of Bankrupt Company that Performed Housekeeping Duties at the Hotel
• When Looking for that Brand �Differentiator�, Don�t Overlook the Obvious
• Hilton Family of Hotels Rolls Out Multiple Website Enhancements - New Portals and Search Specials; Enhancements to Brand Websites Empower Guests to Research and Book Specialized Stays; Shop & Compare Prior to Booking a Reservation
• John Q. Hammons to Develop 320 room Renaissance Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $25 million Financing of Downtown San Diego Radisson Hotel
• Driftwood Hospitality Adds their 21st Property to EZ Yield.com
• PhoneSuite Installs 1,000th Hotel PBX At Comfort Inn Northeast near Orlando
• Makar Properties Acquires the 238-Room Wyndham Orange County Hotel in Costa Mesa
• The Membership Group, WORLDHOTELS, Grows to 525 Hotels in 2005, Up 17%
• Accor 2005 Results; Hotels and Services the Growth Drivers, Planning to Divest Between 2005 and 2008, Around €1,500 million in Assets
• Greg Smith Appointed Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
• George Mahaffey Appointed Executive Chef for Hotel Jerome, Aspen
• Krisam Group Appoints Directors of Sales, and Opens Offices in the Southeast, Southern California; Debra Edwards Leads New Atlanta Office, Yolanda Hormozi Heads Up Souther California
• Executive Staff Appointments at the Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center Include Jeff Peller to the General Manager Post

• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What March 2006
• GoConcierge Helps Keep Guest Service on the Right Track at InterContinental The Barclay New York; Historic Railroad Hotel Adds Efficiencies to Work Flow with Web-based Solution
• The Labor Pains of Hotel Closings; Optimal Strategies for Full or Partial Hotel Closings / Marta Fernandez
• When John Q. Hammons Says He's Going to Build a Hotel,  Experience Says You Can Expect It Will Happen
• Hotel Web Site Lookers & Bookers; Want to Convert Lookers on Your Web Site? / Neil Salerno
• Radisson Riverfront Hotel St. Paul Reflagged The Crowne Plaza St. Paul-Riverfront; The 479 room Property is Managed by Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
• Accor Agrees to a Sale & Management Back of Six Sofitel Hotels in the US; Sales 76 French and Belgium Hotels to Fonciere des Murs
• Choice Hotels Increases Focus On MainStay Suites and Suburban Extended Stay Hotel Brands
• The 150-room Hotel Proposed to Accompany a Conference Center at Northern Arizona University Has Fallen Short of Local Hotelier Expectations
• Doubletree Using Television Advertising for First Time in Nine Years; Seeks to Carve Out Brand Differentiation
• �Award Winning� iHome �In Tune� with Guests� Entertainment, Travel Needs
• Casinos, Resorts, Timeshares and Condo Hotels Tap TimeLox for Online Security
• The Kahala Hotel & Resort Launches its New Website Brand on Blue Square Studios� Hospitality Toolkit
• Of 684 Marriott Courtyards Worldwide, the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware Named Best in Customer Satisfaction for 2005 by Marriott Corp.
• Four Floors of the of The St. Regis® Hotel, New York Ready to be Sold as Fractional and Wholly-owned Hotel Condominiums
• Marc Fournier Appointed General Manager for the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village
• Ed Svitak Named Director of Sales & Marketing for the Marriott Chicago Midway Airport

• Hotel Spas as Independent Profit Centers / Andrea Foster and Adam Wohlberg � PKF
• The Top Ten Hotel Brands in France; Nearly a Third of the Hotel Chain Supply in France Changed Owners in 2005 
• Hard Rock International and Intrawest Corp. Planning a 320 Unit Condo Hotel at Copper Mountain, Colorado
• Two Aging Omaha Hotels, the former Regency and the Bellevue Days Inn, Receiving Extensive Makeovers Featuring Indoor Water Parks
• Rodeway Inn Brand Began 2005 with 160 Properties, Ended the Year with 180 Open Hotels; Flat Fee Structure Replaces Revenue Percentage Fee Structure - Franchisees Pay $25 per Room, per Month for the First Two Years
• A Destination Under Scrutiny - Aruba - One Happy Island
• Aruba Forging Ahead with a $230 million Investment in Tourism�the Island�s Largest Expansion and Renovation Campaign in Years; 720 New Rooms Being Added at Four Resorts
• For Sale - Former SpringHill Suites, Fort Lauderdale Airport
• Pacifica Real Estate Brokerage Arranges Acquisition Financing for Purchase of San Diego Hotel
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Re-financing of Hilton Garden Inn Tampa North
• Big Sky's Resort Property Management Buys Big Sky Division of ResortQuest
• PBL, Australian Gaming and Entertainment Company, Acquires Subconcession from Wynn Resorts, to Own and Operate Hotel Casinos in Macau
• Jebel Ali International Hotels Opens 45 story Hotel Apartment Tower Adjacent to Oasis Beach Hotel,  Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Kemp Gallineau Promoted to SVP and General Manager of the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida
• The Al Futtaim Group Building a 350 room W Hotel in Dubai; Jean Nouvel Named the Architect

March 2, 2006

• .travel - a New Top-Level Domain Has Some Heavy Hitters on Board; Disney, Expedia, British Airways, Marriott, Carnival Cruise Lines
• The USA's Largest Hotel Union Targeting Hilton Hotels in New York City for a Major Labor Battle
• Weas Development Planning a $70 million Renaissance ClubSport Marriott in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Owner's Representative: A Missing Link in the Design and Construction of Your Hotel
• Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. Reports a Net Loss of $26.5 million from Date of Reorganization through December 31, 2005; Operating and Cultural Changes at the Proerties Will Take 18 months Before Benefits Seen
• DiamondRock Hospitality, a Public Company Since May 2005, Reports a Net Loss of $7.3 million for the Year 2005; Acquired Nine Hotels During 2005 / Hotel Operating Statistics
• $10 million Renovation at the Wyndham Miami Airport Hotel Includes 16,000 Sq Ft Executive Meeting Center - First Purpose-built, Full-service, IACC-approved Facility in South Florida
• For Sale - Former SpringHill Suites, Fort Lauderdale Airport
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Sale of Radisson Convention Center Hotel in Visalia, California
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Awarded Eight Year Contract to Manage Deer Creek Resort & Conference Center in Mt. Sterling, Ohio
• Accor Driving Economy Hotel Revolution in Asia; Signs Agreement to Operate 6 New Ibis Hotels in China, to Be Developed at a Cost of US$150 million
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Partners With Clairvoyix to Target Gen-X Travelers
• SECURE-RES Clients Announce Banner Year For 2005
• Boykin Lodging Reports Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders for the Year Ending 2005 of $25.0 million versus a Net Loss of $4.9 million for the Year-earlier; Currently Owns 21 Hotels
• Sheraton Suites Key West Sold to Ocean Properties for $35.8 Million
• Ex-Marriott Executive Chad Waetzig to Spearhead Sheraton's New Marketing Strategy as SVP of Marketing for Sheraton Hotels
• Steve Giblin Appointed Chief Operating Officer and Debra Bates as Chief Investment Officer at Dolce International

• The 755 room María Isabel-Sheraton Ordered Closed; Hotel Is At Center of Diplomatic Spat Between the United States and Mexico Over Trade with Cuba
• How Venue Selection Impacts the Success of Your Meeting or Training Session; Quantifying the Role a Venue Has on the Success Rate of Training or Meeting Sessions
• Before There�s Trouble: Protect Your Hotel, Restaurant from Damaging Effects of Negative Media Exposure
• The Long Dormant Plan for a 390-room Loew's Hotel in Boston Revived by Developer; Now Tentatively Proposed as a 220 room W Hotel with 100 Residential Condos
• Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa Opens in Oman; Project Represents a Pioneering Step in the Development of Oman as an International Tourist Destination
• Strategic Hotels & Resorts Completes First Full Year as a Public Company; Reports Net Income Available to Common Shareholders of $14.0 million Compared to a Net Loss of $9.4 million for the 4th Qtr of 2004
• R.D. Olson Development Receives Approvals to Build a $35 million Marriott Residence Inn in Downtown Burbank, California
• Starwood's Luxury Collection Brand Will Manage the US Grant Hotel in San Diego Following $52 million Restoration
• Thailand Hotels Urged to Join Thai Ratings System; 119 Hotels out of  5,000 Properties Participating So Far - One to Five Stars Make for Fair Pricing in Industry
• Despite Four Hurricanes that Raked Florida in 2004 and 2005, a Record 85.8 million Tourists Blew into the State in 2005
• Columbia Sussex Completes Conversion of the 312 room Wyndham Atlanta to a Full-Service Marriott Hotel
• For Sale � the 127 room boutique Belamar Hotel, Manhattan Beach, California. Re-opened last year after undergoing a $9.5M renovation
• Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated Enters into Alliance with IBS Group to Expand Its Ability to Offer Leading Demand ManagementSM Solutions for the Travel Industry
• California Hotel & Lodging Association Names Kim Akers, General Manager, Glorietta Bay Inn in Coronado, the Outstanding General Manager of the Year
• Christopher Lee Owens Appointed Director of Food & Beverage at Pink Shell Beach Resort & Spa,  Ft Myers Beach, Florida
• Lodgian Names James A. MacLennan EVP and Chief Financial Officer

1. Optimum Hotel Brokerage Named Hotel Broker of the Year at 2006 Hotel Brokers International Convention
2. Indoor Waterparks and Hotels -  Year end 2005 Overview / David J. Sangree
3. Peter Morton's Planned $1 billion Condo Hotel Expansion of the Hard Rock Hotel Canceled; Sales Staff Let Go,  Buyers Offered Refunds
4. MeriStar Hospitality Agrees to be Acquired by The Blackstone Group in Transaction Valued at Approximately $2.6 billion
5. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What  / February 2006
6. The Top 10 Hotel Chains and the Top 10 Hotel Brands in the European Union
7. Luxury Link Announces First Annual World�s Best Hotel Award Winners
8. Intercontinental, Club Med, Hilton, Starwood and More Debate the Latest Sales and Marketing Strategies
9. Two Florida Hotel Investors Admit to Bilking Mortgage Lenders in a $67 million Loan Scheme to Finance Hotels in Orlando and South Florida; Used Fraudulent Appraisals and False Hotel Income and Occupancy Rates
10. Hilton Hotels Corporation Names its Top Developers for its Focused Service  Brands - Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn  and Homewood Suites by Hilton
11. More than 100 Guests, Workers Fall Ill From Event at the Drake Hotel;  Chicago Department of Public Health Probe Mystery Virus
12. The Blackstone Group Now Controls 1,430 Hotels; Some Speculate Blackstone Preparing an Initial Public Offering
13. The Hotel Manager's Scheme to Establishing Guest Relationships:  "Room the Guest"/ John R. Hendrie
14. $70 million Lawsuit Against the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City Will Test How Far an Employer Can Go in Promoting Image Standards
15. Affiliate of The Blackstone Group Acquiring 9 Hotels and Golf Club from MeriStar for Approximately $367
16. Selling Up! Taking Group Room Revenue to a New Level / Carol Verret
17. Want Better Results? Then Expect Better Sales People / Brenda Fields
18. Motel's "Do not rent" List Subject of a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
19. Hotel Capitalization Rates Continue to Plunge
20. Good Employee Retention Strategies Can  Break the Myth ...  The Grass Is Greener / John R Hendrie
21. Four Star vs Mobil Four Star / Harry Nobles
22. More than 5,000 Lower-cost Las Vegas Strip Hotel Rooms Have Been Taken Off -- or Could Soon be Taken Off -- the Market;  Your Chance of Finding a Bargain Room is Shrinking
23. With a 100 Hotel Portfolio, White Lodging Services Realigns its Organizational Structure
24. Noble Investment Group Planning to Build  an aloft - Starwood's New Brand, in Charlotte; 176 room Hotel Will be Built Above Entertainment-Retail Complex
25. EZ Yield.com Public Apology to the Hotel Industry

February 28, 2006

• Five Tips for Driving Sales through Search Engine Optimized Public Relations Writing / Polly Wade
• Stratus Performance Group Debuts Hospitality Event in Santa Barbara; Elite Meetings Alliance Unites Luxury Hoteliers with Top Corporate Buyers
• The Blackstone Group Now Controls 1,430 Hotels; Some Speculate Blackstone Preparing an Initial Public Offering
• Charlotte Experiencing Mini-boom in Hotel Development, Three Full Service Properties Expected to Open by Late 2008
• Moroccan/Kuwaiti Development Company CMKD and Golden Tulip  Enter into Management Agreement for the Five Farah Hotels in the Kingdom of Morocco
• Frank Scott Dies 78; Las Vegas Mover and Shaker, a Founder of the Plaza Hotel & Casino
• PAS Introduces Hospitality Daily and Monthly Reporting eService; New PAS Hospitality eService focuses on automating daily and monthly operational information reporting for multi-hotel organizations
• For Sale - Former SpringHill Suites, Fort Lauderdale Airport
• Manugistics Scientist Dr. Jon Higbie to Address Travel Pricing Strategies at Res-Expo; Manugistics to Showcase Best-of-Breed Solutions spanning the Hospitality, Airline and Travel Industries
• Hotelex Shanghai on April 4-7, 2006 Expecting 30,000 Hospitality Decision-makers from Over 70 Countries
• Training Bytes Web Cast: Revenue Management and Sales & Marketing � Strategic Alignment / Carol Verret Web Cast
• Collegiate Hospitality, LLC, Completes First Year As the Hospitality Management Company for The Inn at Harvard, Owned by Harvard University
• Peppertree Inns & Suites Reap the Benefits of MSI Two-way Interface; Best Western member properties maximize room revenue via two-way CRS rate-tiering feature
• ASSA ABLOY Hospitality, Inc. Strengthens Global Security Positioning With Marc Freundlich Leading the Way
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Days Hotel Airport in Rochester, New York
• Trial Concludes in US$35m Damages Suit Against Starwood
• Developer CMA Companies Expects to Raise Prices as 200 of 1,300 Condo/hotel Residences Sell in 24 Hours; The Blue Rose Resort Yet to Break Ground in Orlando
• HFTP to Feature the RFI for Club Technology at Club Managers' Association of America's 79th World Conference
• Ken Dittrich Appointed Managing Director of Paradisus Puerto Rico
• Mohonk Mountain House Appoints Barbara Stirewalt Spa Director of the New, $13 million, 30,000-square-foot Spa

• Travelocity and TravelCLICK Collaborate to Provide Data for Rate Shopping Tool; TravelCLICK RateVIEW first to use authorized interface for hotel rate monitoring
• A Developers Nightmare: How Municipal Ordinances Can Make Condo Hotels �Securities� / Catherine D Holmes
• Peter Morton's Planned $1 billion Condo Hotel Expansion of the Hard Rock Hotel Canceled; Sales Staff Let Go, Buyers Offered Refunds
• Case Studies Prove Hotel Search Engine Optimisation Delivers Results / Keith Paulin
• Remington Undertaking $10.5 million Renovation and Rebranding of the Radisson Hotel Fort Worth to Hilton
• Jim Waldvogel, GM Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel, Named Hotelier of the Year by the Minnesota Hotel & Lodging Association
• For Barden Nevada Gaming, the 638-room Fitzgeralds in Downtown Las Vegas has Brought Good Fortune
• EZ Yield.com Public Apology to the Hotel Industry
• Pelican Systems Launch "Flexi-Package" Feature; Pelican Systems announces its new "Flexi-Package" innovation for Hoteliers: a system application to Yield Management/Revenue Management
• Choice Hotels Names its 2005 Franchise Sales and Development Award Winners
• Counting Snowbirds in Florida is Difficult; No Official Way of Tracking Them

• More than 5,000 Lower-cost Las Vegas Strip Hotel Rooms Have Been Taken Off � or Could Soon be Taken Off -- the Market; Your Chance of Finding a Bargain Room is Shrinking
• Novare Group, Faison Enterprises and Levine Properties Jointly Developing TWELVE Hotels and Residences in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Proposed 196-room Hotel and 127-unit Condominium in Downtown Escondido, California Faces Building Height and Parking Concerns
• Homeowners Protest a Proposed Three-story Hilton Hotel in Tyler, Texas
• Despite Closure of Beau Rivage, MGM MIRAGE 2005 4th Qtr Net Income Grows to $97.8 million Compared with $74.9 million a Year Ago
• Wynn Resorts Reports a 4th Qtr Net Loss of $11.4 million; Opened Wynn Las Vegas on Time and on Budget on April 28, 2005, Wynn Macau Expected to Open in the 3rd Qtr 2006
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Names Jim Holthouser SVP of Embassy Suites Hotels, Rebecca Wyatt SVP of Homewood Suites by Hilton
• Four Chefs from Historic Hotels of America Present "History is Hot" Menu at Famed James Beard House in New York
• Aqua Hotels & Resorts Reclassifies Their Eight Waikiki Properties;  Adds Aqua Lite Hotels for Value Conscious Travelers
• New Survey Reveals How Sales and Revenue Managers Handle Internet Marketing and Distribution; 10% of Hotels Still Do Not Have a Dedicated Web Site
• The 150-room Sheraton Midwest City Hotel & Conference Center Opens; Owned by the City of Midwest City and Managed by De Palma Hotel Corporation
• Prior to Acquisition by Kingdom Hotels and Colony Capital, Fairmont Reports 2005 Year End Net income of $167.5 million Compared to the Prior Year's Net Income of $155.8 million
• Krabbe�s, LLC Opens 64-room AmericInn Lodge & Suites in Appleton, Wisconsin - Including a Splash Bay Adventure Indoor Recreation Area

• New Lodging Supply Growth in Check / Robert Mandelbaum
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Acquiring the 338-room Pan Pacific San Francisco Hotel for $95.0 million, $281,065 per Key; Plans to Invest $10 million in Re-branding and Renovation
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquiring the 367 room House of Blues Hotel in Chicago, Illinois for $114.5 Million
• Embassy Suites Hotels Recognizes Top Hotels of 2005; Peter Steketee, GM of the Embassy Suites Hotel - Tampa, Named General Manager of Year
• Host Marriott Corporation 4th Quarter Net Income Rose to $74 million from $61 million a Year Earlier; New Name: Host Hotels & Resorts / Hotel Operating Statistics
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Reports Net Income to Common Shareholders of $20.8 million for the Year Ended December 31, 2005,  Compared to Net Income of $10.7 million for the Prior Year;  RevPAR Increases 11.2%
• Boca Raton Resort & Club Embarks on a Multi-million dollar Refurbishment Headed Up by Three Designers: Thierry Despont, Alexandra Champalimaud, and Tony Chi
• Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. Reports 4th Quarter Net Earnings of $4.4 million Down 48% from Net Earnings of $8.4 million in the Year Earlier; Adverse Impact on the Quarter Was the Consequence of Hurricanes on the Maroma Resort and Spa on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico and the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans
• Biloxi City Council Unanimously Approves Plans for the $500 million Bacaran Bay Casino and Resort
• Hong Kong PolyU Takes Steps to Advance World-class Hospitality Education
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges Permanent Financing for The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Starwood Hotels Reach Agreement on Management Deal; Starwood to Manage Planned 1,200-room Sheraton and a 300-room St. Regis on the Cotai Strip, Macao
• Mitchell Presnick, Super 8 Hotels China Chief Executive, Named Top Leader in Chinese Hospitality Industry
• The First Tower of the Radisson SAS Hotel Dubai Media City Opens; Siegfried Nierhaus the Opening General Manager
• Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. Appoints Brad Swales General Manager of the Embassy Suites Hotel Lexington
• MSI Announces Management Promotions - Sales and service capabilities further enhanced as MSI anticipates a year of unprecedented success

• Condo Hotels and the Americans with Disabilities Act:  Is Your Condo Hotel a �Residence� or a �Place of Public Accommodation�?
• Beverly Clark�s WeddingLocation.com Celebrates its Sixth Anniversary with a Whole New Look
• Connecticut's Two Casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, Offer Insights to Friendly Competition
• Five Major Innovations for Your Hotel�s Performance; Technology innovations designed to positively impact your hotel�s bottom line / Tim Henthorn
• Great Wolf Resorts Reports a 4th Qtr 2005 Net Loss of $38 million; Year-over-Year 4th Qtr Occupancy and RevPAR Decreased / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Cornerstone Awards Kimpton Hotels the Management Contract of The MUSE, New York City
• The Procaccianti Group Acquires the 311-room Wyndham Colorado Springs; Plans $11 million Renovation and Conversion to Marriott Brand
• Novare Group's TWELVE Hotels and Residences Planning a 35-story Tower in Charlotte; 400 Condos on Top of 150 Hotel Suites
• 120 Smoke Free Hotels Join the www.freshstay.com Online Directory in 1st Month
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Continues Rapid Expansion, Revenues and Newly Signed Members Part of Global Success Story
• Home-Towne Suites Selects AnyRate Software to Provide Competitive Rate Intelligence
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Reports 4th Qtr 2005 Net Income of $7.2 million; Incentive Management Fees Up 40.2% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Outrigger's Waikiki Beach Walk "Tops Out"; Biggest Development in Waikiki's History to Feature Hotels, Restaurants, Premier Shops in Hawaiian-Style Setting
• Doug Housley Named General Manager of the 277-room Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
• Choice Hotels International Names Dan Couture to the Position of Regional Vice President, Extended Stay Development
• The 88th and 89th Staybridge Suites Hotels Open in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Newark, Delaware
• TeleAdapt Unveils New Guest Room Solutions at HOSTEC
• Lyle J. Bolyard Joins The Lodge At Woodloch As Executive Chef
• Jeanine Korm Glendon Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for The Churchill Hotel in Washington, DC

• Two Florida Hotel Investors Admit to Bilking Mortgage Lenders in a $67 million Loan Scheme to Finance Hotels in Orlando and South Florida; Used Fraudulent Appraisals and False Hotel Income and Occupancy Rates
• It is 10am:  Do You Know How Much Money Your Owners Made Last Night? Strand Development Company Does; Multi-flag operator provides customized owner financials, forecasting techniques with dashboard business intelligence hotel software
• Nobody Asked Me, But�. / Stanley Turkel
• Selling Up! Taking Group Room Revenue to a New Level / Carol Verret
• MeriStar Hospitality Agrees to be Acquired by The Blackstone Group in Transaction Valued at Approximately $2.6 billion
• The Providence Group Gears Up for March Madness; President Jed C. Heller to speak at ARDA, Hotel Investment Conference
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 50 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• The Harp Group Acquires the 215 room Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles International Airport for $30.5 million
• Aztec Group, Inc. Arranges the $12 Million Sale of the Comfort Inn Airport/Cruise Port South, Hollywood, Florida
• Managing Online Wholesalers Just Got EZ�er
• Lake District Westmorland Hotel Makes Booking a Breeze
• Manugistics Scientist Co-Sponsors Research Paper: Improving Revenue Management in the 21st Century; Manugistics teams with Georgia Institute of Technology Professor to Create Price-Boosting Revenue Strategy Tools
• Design Goals for New 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Convention Center Hotel Was to Create a Hotel that Would Become a True Urban Resort
• Wyboston Lakes to Present a Visual One Case Study Seminar at Hostec/Eurhotec on February 21st
• Strand Development Company LLC Acquires Management Contract of Best Western Sterling Hotel and Suites, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Thayer Hotel Awards Victor Fernandez As its 2005 �Employee of the Year�

• RedSky IT Reveals How to Increase Sales and Gain Greater Customer Satisfaction at Hostec-Eurhotec
• Morgans Hotel Group Provides Update on Growth Plans with its Brands Delano and Mondrian
• Four Star vs Mobil Four Star / Harry Nobles
• Host Marriott Selling the Fort Lauderdale Marina Marriott and the Swissotel The Drake, New York for Approximately $586 million
• Components of a Hotel Impact Study / Rachel Roginsky
• The Publicly Financed 756-room Baltimore Hilton Breaks Ground; 27 Hours of Public Hearings Set a City Record
• HEI Hospitality Has Closed on a $425 million Discretionary Private Equity Fund to Primarily Acquire Full-service Hotels
• Corporate Housing Providers Association Announces 2006 Tower of Excellence Award Winners; Shamrock Corporate Housing Named "Company of the Year"
• Oxford Lodging and Longwing Acquire the The 357-room Inn of Chicago
• JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® to Host The Hotel Developers Conference�
• Joe Blee, Expert Waterpark Insurance Advisor, Helps Developers Navigate From Start To (Successful) Finish
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Best Western Hotel in Lawton, Oklahoma; Teams with HBI Member-Broker Alan Brock and Associates to Sell Full Service Hotel
• Hotel Travel Alliance Sales & Marketing Program Now Available for US Hotels and Resorts Interested in the European and UK Markets
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Disposition of the Best Western Seville Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri
• Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles International Airport Sold; Colliers International Hotels Acts as Advisor to the Seller
• TCK Group, Vietnam�s First International Hotel Consultancy Group Is Launched
• Highland Hospitality Acquiring the 673-room Renaissance Nashville for $77 million, Approximately $114,000 per Key
• HSMAI's Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Set for New York City on April 19, 2006
• Melissa St. John Appointed General Manager at Country Inns & Suites By Carlson in Elizabeth, N.J.
• Benchmark Appoints Bruce Clifton Director of Human Resources at Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center
• Rosa Lei Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Raffles Beijing Hotel

• Intrawest Corporation Building a 12 story, 256 unit Condo Hotel, The Westin Imagine Orlando Residences, as Phase One at the Village of Imagine, Orlando
• Good Employee Retention Strategies Can Break the Myth ...  The Grass Is Greener / John R Hendrie
• Global Hyatt Corporation and JER Partners Acquiring London's Great Eastern Hotel from Conran Holdings and the Blackstone Group; Hotel Will Be Rebranded Hyatt Regency
• The Las Vegas Convention Center Planning $737 million in Improvements, Expansion; Opened in 1959, Nine Separate Expansions Have Increased Size to 3.2 million square feet
• Plaza Resort & Spa Sales Closeout Registrations Show Strong Condo-Hotel Market Response in Daytona Beach
• Choice Hotels Reports Full Year 2005 Net Income of $87.6 million Compared to Prior Year Net Income of $74.3 million; Executes 639 New Domestic Hotel Franchise Contracts / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Benchmark Hospitality Launches "Chairman's Award of Excellence"; Inaugural Award Presented to Mario Herrera, North Maple Inn, Basking Ridge, NJ
• BITAC Brings Top Hospitality Technology Buyers and Suppliers Together in a Unique Forum; HeBS Provides Leadership Role in Planning for Hospitality Technology Conference
• StayOnline Provides Proprietary Bandwidth Shaping Tool to Clients; New GuestPass Director is Next-Generation Firewall for HSIS
• Marc Vaccaro, the Co-founder of Great Wolf Resorts Inc., Resigns from the Company's Board
• New Orleans, Cocktail's Birthplace, Hosts Convention of Spirited Experts From Around the World,  July 19-23, 2006
• The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino Selects TIG Global as their Internet Marketing Agency of Record; TIG Global to drive direct online traffic to the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
• Henny Schaeffer General Manager of Hotel Astor in Miami Beach, Florida

• Nantucket Island Resorts Installs Maestro Multi-Property Management System; 5-Property Chain with 240-Slip Marina Centralized Operations on Maestro Single-Image Database Software to Ensure Accurate Chain-wide Availability for Cross Selling
• Shutters on the Beach and Hotel Casa del Mar Select TravelCLICK�s iHotelier CRS for Enhanced Website Booking Solution; Cutting-Edge Booking Engine Complements Website Branding, Increases Online Revenue and Enhances the Guest Experience for Luxury Independent  Hotels
• Privately held RLJ Development, LLC  Acquiring 100 Hotels from White Lodging Services Corporation for Approximately $1.7 billion
• Shortage of Sites, Rising Expenses Should Keep Hotel Development in Check / Rick Swig
• Joie de Vivre's Chip Conley Took One Look at Sacramento's Historic Cal Western Life Building and Concluded: "That Looks Like a Hotel"
• Tiny Macau, the 'Las Vegas of the East'; Targeting 60,000 More Hotel Rooms in Ten Years
• Seattle Hotelier John Oppenheimer Honored by the Seattle Hotel Association
• Gaylord Entertainment Co. Reports a Net Loss of $33.9 million for the Full Year 2005;  Plans 500-Room Expansion of Gaylord National / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Advising The Procaccianti Group in the Disposition of The Elms Hotel and Spa Located in Excelsior Springs, Missouri
• Neil Morris Promoted to Vice President, Franchise Services & Operations For US Franchise Systems
• Sivica Hospitality Adds 15th Management Contract with Wingate Alpharetta
• Adaco Services, LLC Announces Five New Hotel Clients
• Pelican Introduces Travel Agent Reservation System
• Visual One Exhibits at Hostec in London
• Hampton Opens 13 New construction Hotels in December 2005 and January 2006
• Keith A. Moses Named General Manager of Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• The Scottsdale Plaza Resort Promotes Kelly Moenter-Nofal to Director of Sales and Marti Waicelunas to Director of Conference Services
• Grande Equity Development Company Limited Signs Starwood's New Brand Le Meridien to Manage 250 room Resort in Pattaya, Thailand
• The 2006 WORLDHOTELS Annual Conference Hosted by Corinthia Towers Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic 

• Intercontinental, Club Med, Hilton, Starwood and More Debate the Latest Sales and Marketing Strategies
• The Threat of Hurricanes, Floods, Fires, Earthquakes and Tsunamis Pose Difficult Questions for Meeting Planners, Hotel and Convention Center Managers
• Want Better Results? Then Expect Better Sales People / Brenda Fields
• City Ordinances to Restrict Chain Restaurants -- But not Chain Hotels -- Considered to Preserve Charm of  San Antonio's River Walk
• Nonunion Housekeepers at San Diego's Largest Hotel, the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Performing One Hour Public Protests Claiming More Work with No Pay Increase
• With a 100 Hotel Portfolio, White Lodging Services Realigns its Organizational Structure
• MGM Mirage Ups Cost of Project CityCenter to $7 billion from $5 billion; Enhances the Strip Project's Hotel Operations, Adds Monorail Component
• HFTP Seeking New Technologies for its GUESTROOM 2010 Model Guestroom
• John Q. Hammons Makes $25 million Commitment to Missouri State University to be Used for a $60 Million 12,000 Seat Campus Arena
• Established in 1993 as Marriott Video Conferencing Network, Marriott"s Event Management, Satellite Broadcasting and Production Services Evolves into Eventcom International by Marriott
• Pete Sears Named Senior Vice President Field Operations, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• Five RockResorts Chefs Invited to the James Beard House

• Noble Investment Group Planning to Build  an aloft - Starwood's New Brand, in Charlotte; 176 room Hotel Will be Built Above Entertainment-Retail Complex
• Low Cap Rates Drive Gains in Hotel Values / Suzanne R. Mellen / Canadian Lodging Outlook - December 2005  Year-to-Date
• City of San Diego Claims Claims Travel Web Sites Not Paying What They Owe in Hotel Occupancy Taxes; Files Lawsuit Seeking $30 million
• White Lodging Services Preparing to Open Uniquely Designed Hotel Facility in Austin, TX;  Two Marriott Branded Hotels with 449 rooms in One Building in Downtown Austin, Texas
• CMA Cos. Planning $850 million Luxury Hotel Near Orlando's Orange Country Convention Center; Called the Blue Rose Resort, Includes 1,300 rooms and 1,000 seat Theater
• Oxford Lodging and Dubai Investment Group Jointly Receive the ALIS� �2005 Single Asset Transaction� Award for the $440 million Purchase of New York's Essex House
• In 2005, Rezidor SAS  Signed 29 Hotel Contracts (15 Radisson SAS, 13 Park Inn and One Lifestyle) Totaling Nearly 5,000 rooms
• Mandarin Oriental Selected to Manage an Exclusive Resort on China�s Hainan Island; The 292-room Resort Being Developed by Hainan New Superior Industry Company Limited
• Pelican System Powers-up TTG Travel Club in Online Hotel Reservation System
• Aston Hotels, the Newest Independent Hotel Group in the UK Signs with Visual One
• Stephen Ford Named Vice President, Area Managing Director for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in New Delhi, India
• InterContinental Hotels Group Receives 12 Awards for Marketing Excellence During the 2006 Adrian Awards 
• The International Company for Touristic Investments Ltd. Opens the 338 room Mövenpick Hotel Sana�a in Yemen
• Benchmark's Brendan Slaven, Executive Chef at Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center, Wins National Copper Skillet Culinary Competition
• Henry DeLozier Incoming President of the National Golf Course Owners Association

• Market Metrix Announces Fourth Quarter 2005 Hospitality Index Results; Kimpton Hotels Ranked Number One in Hotel Customer Satisfaction
• City of Bellingham Files Federal Lawsuit Against Hotels.com, Priceline.com, Travelocity.com and Other Booking Web Sites Claiming Evasion of Lodging Tax
• Marriott Reports 4th Quarter Profit Up 25%; Continues to Sell Properties and Retain Management Contracts / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Behringer Harvard Acquires Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Westwood; Substantial Redevelopment, Kimpton Management Planned
• Online Travel Website, Quikbook, Reveals Hotels Receiving the Most Bookings in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington D.C.
• Tim Roby Named President of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
• The Hotel Developers Conference is "The Conference" for developers on the cutting edge of hotel & resort mixed-use development for stand alone and mixed-use, condo hotels and hotel condos, residences clubs and fractionals. March 8-9, 2006, Rancho Las Palmas Marriott Resort & Spa
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Adds Eight Franchise Locations to its Portfolio of Brands in January 2006
• Construction of  40,000 New Rooms in Las Vegas Likely Over Next 5 Years; Some Worry About  Effect, Some Don't 
• Orient-Express Hotels Acquires 75% Shareholding in Casa de Sierra Nevada, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, its 50th Property
• The Rebuilt Barceló Tucancun Beach Hotel Set to Reopen; Expectations Are the Beach will be Restored by the Government
• Federico Echaiz Named Resort Manager of Las Ventanas al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort
• Choice Hotels Hires Elaine Clancy Vice President, Corporate and Real Estate Development
• Royal Plaza on Scotts Singapore Named Hotel of the Year Asia Pacific 2005 by the Preferred Hotel Group

• Best Western International Partners With TravelCLICK; Hotel Chain Endorses TravelCLICK�s Hotel Solutions including Competitive Intelligence, Travel Agent Media and Preferred Placement Products
• More than 100 Guests, Workers Fall Ill From Event at the Drake Hotel; Chicago Department of Public Health Probe Mystery Virus
• The Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark Opens in Upstate New York Under the Watchful Eye of a Reviewer
• Hotelier Rebuts Article Concerning Third-party Online Aggregators / Neil Salerno
• George Millay, Theme-park Visionary Who Founded SeaWorld and Wet 'n Wild, Dies at 76
• 6th Annual Resort Management Conference Agenda Set for March 19-21, 2006 at Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina
• FelCor Lodging Trust Appoints Chairman, CEO and CFO
• Nine Miami-Dade Hotels Scratched from the 2007 Super Bowl Block; 2,175 NFL Contracted Rooms Move North to Broward and Palm Beach County Hotels
• FelCor, Owner of 117 Hotels, Takes a 4th Qtr Charge of $263.1 million for Hotel Portfolio Repositioning and Amendments of it's Agreement with InterContinental Hotels Group; Net Loss For Fiscal Year 2005 $297.5 million Compared to 2004 Net Loss of $135.3 million
• Highland Hospitality Corporation Reports 4th Qtr 2005 Net Income Available to Common Stockholders of $3.1 million; RevPAR Increased by 15.6% at Stabilized Hotels
• 2006 Projections for the Boston/Cambridge Lodging Market / Pinnacle Advisory Group
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Named Hotel Broker of the Year at 2006 Hotel Brokers International Convention
• Cincinnati Office of Molinaro Koger Sells Holiday Inn Cincinnati North
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $54 million of Leasehold Renovation Financing for The Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort, Anaheim, California
• Dolce Internationals� Newest Resort Zermatt Resort & Spa Installs Hotel Information Systems epitome Solution with Condo-Hotel Integration
• Benchmark Appoints Vic Kungli Controller for Cheyenne Mountain Resort
• Benchmark Appoints Joshua Brown Director of Sales & Marketing at The Chattanoogan
• The Longtime Radisson Hotel in San Bernardino Now a Clarion Franchise
• Grupo Casa Grande Opens Microtel Inn & Suites in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

February 7, 2006

• Luxury Link Announces First Annual World�s Best Hotel Award Winners
• Hotel Manager's Scheme to Establishing Guest Relationships: "Room the Guest"/ John R. Hendrie
• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / February 2006
• The Wight Group Selects Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Inc. to Manage a Luxury Resort Development on the West Coast of North Caicos in the Turks & Caicos Islands
• MeriStar, Which Owns 58 Hotels, Reports Net Loss of $241.6 million in Fiscal 2005; Forecasts Net Income of $7 million to $11 million for 2006
• Test Driving� New Co-Workers Through Internships Denise Moretti and Kathryn Phelps
• Hotel Ezra Cornell, a Student-run Hospitality Conference, Set for April 6-8 in Ithaca; Hospitality Media Leaders to Make Up Keynote Panel
• Waterford Hotel Group Partners with School of Hospitality Management at Penn State to Form a Leadership Development Institute
• A $2.5 million Renovation Transforms  the Former Bloomington (MN) Park Inn Suites into Le Bourget Aero Suites
• The Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center Set to Open in August, 2006; The 286-room City Owned Property with 60,000 Sq Ft of Meeting Space Will Open Smoke Free
• Tarrytown House Estate & Conference Center Wrapping Up Extensive Restoration; All Ten Buildings Ranging in Age from 1840 to 2001 to be Completely Renovated
• TIG Global Wins Four HSMAI Adrian Awards for Website Design and Accompanying Online Marketing Programs
• The Generation Companies LLC  Adds Three New Operating Partners
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds The Listel Hotel, Vancouver
• John Q. Hammons Building a 150-suite Residence Inn by Marriott Kansas City International Airport
• Benchmark Appoints Robert Zappatelli Vice President of Food & Beverage
• Dusit Hotels & Resorts Appoints Tatcha Riddhimat as Group Director of Sales

• The Top 10 Hotel Chains and the Top 10 Hotel Brands in the European Union / MKG Consulting
• Notes from the ALIS Conference / David Brudney
• STP - Smile Transfer Protocol / Barry Williams
• Hotel's "Do not rent" List Subject of a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
• Two Cases of Legionnaires' Disease Force the Seagarden Inn in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida to Voluntarily Close
• Hotel Capitalization Rates Continue to Plunge / USRC 2006 Hotel Investor Survey
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 37 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Joint Venture Partners Hilton Hotels Corporation and ING Clarion Partners Hold Groundbreaking for the 1,190 room Hilton San Diego Convention Center
• Dolce International Honors Sales Force at Annual Sales Conference; Paul Dolce Named General Manager of the Year
• The Fordham Company's Planned Transformation of Chicago's Ambassador East Hotel Includes Renovated Condominium-Hotel Units and a Revitalized Pump Room
• Choice Hotels Canada Employs LRA Worldwide for Mystery Shopping Brand Assurance Program
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments advises FelCor Lodging Trust in the sale of the Hampton Inn-Central, Omaha, NE.
• Days Inns - Canada Recognizes Exceptional Hotels and Staff
• Northern California Visitor Industry Outlook Conference Set for Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006 in San Francisco
• 8th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development Set for April 25-29, 2006 in Puerto Rico

• Projects and Programs Represent an Enormous Investment of Financial and Human Capital in the Hotel Industry; Project Portfolio Management Tools Can Help Hotel Companies Manage All of Their Projects Across their Portfolio Like the Investments They Truly Are
• Indoor Waterparks and Hotels - Year end 2005 Overview / David J. Sangree
• $70 million Lawsuit Against the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City Will Test How Far an Employer Can Go in Promoting Image Standards
• Omni Hotels to Purchase San Antonio's Acclaimed La Mansion del Rio and Watermark Hotels; Kennedy to Develop Watermark Hotels Nationally
• Starwood Reports Net Income for the 4th Qtr of 2005 Increased 59% to $159 million; For the Full Year 2005, Starwood's Earnings Up 7% to $422 million / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Cable Beach Resorts Targets $85 million Capital Investment Program for its Radisson and Wyndham Properties in Nassau, The Bahamas;  Includes Complete Renovation and Re-branding of the 691-room Radisson Cable Beach
• W Sydney Hotel Acquired by Taj Hotels for USD $27.1 million; Taj Renames Property BLUE, Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney
• Ocean Waters Acquires Three More Oceanfront Properties Along Florida's Atlantic Coast
• The Plasencia Group, Inc. Advises MeriStar Hospitality Corporation In the Sale of Seven Florida Assets
• WORLDHOTELS Selects ICE Portal for E-Marketing & Distribution
• Tom Manno Appointed Managing Director for the 305 room Lansdowne Resort Near Washington, D.C.
• Benchmark Appoints Sean McLaughlin General Manager of Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center
• St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco Honored As "Development of the Year" by the Americas Lodging Investment Summit
• TeleAdapt Partners with Zoom Systems to Sell Hi-tech Travel Accessories Where Travellers Need Them Most
• World Leisure Destinations Experiencing Rising Occupancy Rates Almost Everywhere

• The Peninsula Hotels Implement New Chain (PN) Code with SynXis; RedX� Distribution Management System creates a seamless integrated distribution solution
• Kenneth C. Knudson, Founder of the Midwest Hotel Chain - Sybaris Suites, Killed in Private Plane Crash Near Chicago
• Cape Cod's Ocean Edge Resort & Club Planning a $20 million Renovation; ClubCorp Contracted to Run the 335 room Resort
• Hawaii Hotelier Andre Tatibouet Lines Up $40.5 million Loan Blocking a Possible Foreclosure on the Coral Reef Hotel in Waikiki
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Names its Top Developers for its Focused Service Brands - Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton
• H.P. Rama, Chairman and CEO, JHM Hotels, Receives ISHC 2006 Pioneer Award
• Affiliate of The Blackstone Group Acquiring 9 Hotels and Golf Club from MeriStar for Approximately $367 million
• Fresh Bulb(�) Helps Hotels Eliminate Odors & Cut Lighting Costs 62 to 77%
• 2005 A Record Year for Pinnacle Realty Investments with $1.4 Billion in Hotel Transactions
• VFM Interactive's Vscape® Selected by La Quinta to Distribute Hotel Company's Photograph Images
• Hotel and Resort Internet Booking Engine Production up by 51.7% in 2005
• Myrtle Beach City Council Debate Options for the City Financed 402-room Sheraton; Next Three Years Could Require $5 million from the City
• Serge Denis, Managing Director of the Langham Hotel Boston, Named General Manager of the Year (large properties) by the Massachusetts Lodging Association
• Peter Stewart Elected Global President of the International Association of Conference Centres
• Bob Sassani Appointed General Manager of The Water Club in San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Marriott ExecuStay Adds Luxury Bedding, Creates New Tag Line "Live Like a Local"
• Tom Conophy Named Chief Information Officer, InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

1. Revenue Management 2006  - The Risks and Rewards / Carol Verret
2. Hospitality Industry Top 10 Thoughts for 2006 / Ernst & Young
3. Woman Seeks $600,000 in Compensatory Damages from Towneplace Suites by Marriott in Chesapeake, Virginia Over Smoking Spat
4. The 25 Most Extraordinary Sales and Marketing Minds in Hospitality & Travel
5. Hilton Hotels New Luxury Brand, The Waldorf=Astoria Collection, Adds Three CNL Owned Resorts - Grand Wailea Resort, Arizona Biltmore Resort and La Quinta Resort
6. Fairmont Announces Agreement To Be Acquired By Kingdom Hotels and Colony Capital; Fairmont and Raffles to Combine, Creating  a US$5.5 Billion Global Luxury Hotel Leader
7. Top 3 Must-Dos to Boost Revenue for Hotel Franchisees
8. Marriott Planning a Revolutionary Transformation of Lobbies and Public Space With the Great Room Concept
9. Barry Sternlicht's Privately Held Starwood Capital Group Planning a Luxury  Hotel Brand Called the Crillon; The Crillon's Flagship  is the Hotel de Crillon in Paris
10. Are Two Hotels, Comparable in Size, Location, Age and Condition, Worth the Same if One is a Ritz-Carlton and the Other is an Unbranded Unknown? Hotel Valuation Is a Taxing Issue
11. Hotelier�s 2006 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions / Max Starkov & Jason Price
12. Recognizing the Moments of Truth for Your Hotel Guests / Rick Hendrie
13. Owner of the Shore Club Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, Files Multi-million dollar Suit Against Morgans Hotel Group Management, LLC,  Formerly Known as Ian Schrager Hotel Management
14. Mandarin Oriental Edges Out Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons as Brand that Delivers Best Customer Experience
15. Ending Hotel Room Boredom: Finer Hotel Rooms Looking More Like Something Out of a Fabulous Home
16. The Employee Selection Process;  Seeking Talent vs Seeking Warm Bodies / John R Hendrie
17. The Board of Directors of Hilton Hotels Corporation Approves Several Key Executive Appointments
18. In Today�s Hotel Acquisition Market,  How Much Do Cap Rates Matter? / Rick Swig
19. The Fort Lauderdale Marina Marriott Hotel Cancels Room Blocks Amid Sale Speculation
20. Shrinking Labor Force is Top Challenge for Global Hospitality, Tourism & Service Industries / Jeff Coy
21. FelCor Identifies 38 Hotels for Sale, Expects Proceeds of Between $500 million and $550 million; The New FelCor Will Own 90 Hotels
22. UNITE HERE President John Wilhelm Hints at Nationwide Hotel Workers Strike; Labor Contracts at 200 Hotels in Six Cities Expiring this Year
23. Some Hoteliers Still Don�t Recognize the Benefits Derived from Third-party Listings;  Shame, Shame, Shame on You! / Neil Salerno
24. Nobody Asked Me, But�. / Stanley Turkel
25. A Burgeoning Number of New Hotel Brands Being Rolled Out in Chicago

• San Diego City and Convention Center Officials Say the Proposed Gaylord Hotel and Convention Facility in Chula Vista May Siphon Business from the San Diego Convention Center and Lower Hotel Tax Revenue for the City of San Diego
• Concierge Service Peaks at St. Regis Resort, Aspen with Help of GoConcierge; Web-based Solution Adds Efficiencies to Property�s Operations
• Hilton Hotels Corp. 4th Quarter Profit Up 62%;  Strong Demand Brings Double-digit RevPAR Growth in All Major Markets / Hotel Operating Statistics
• The Westin St. Lucia to Be Centerpiece of Le Paradis, Praslin Bay's New Luxury Development on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia
• Villager Franchise Systems Gets Court Order for Former Villager Inn Franchisee to Pay $167,000
• The Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Recognizes the �Best of the Best� Hotel Employees of the Year
• HSMAI Competition Reveals the Best of Travel and Hospitality�s Advertising, Public Relations and Web Marketing
• Joie de Vivre Hospitality Named E-Marketer of the Year by TravelCLICK and HSMAI at 49th Annual Adrian Awards; Charlotte St. Martin recognized as Industry Achievement award recipient
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies (HeBS) Wins Three Prestigious HSMAI Golden Click Awards; Two Silver and one Bronze award for Hotel Website entries that measure both metric-based business strategy and design excellence
• Italy-Based Hotel Marketing Solutions Selects AnyRate Software as Its New Provider of Competitive Rate Intelligence
• 10th Annual KioskCom Conference & Tradeshow to be held April 10-12 in Las Vegas
• StayOnline Brings in the New Year with Major New Initiatives, Expanded Portfolio; .Market Leader in Wireless Solutions for the Hospitality Industry Looks to Explosive Growth in 2006
• Ground Broken for 90-Story Waterview Tower and the Five-Star Shangri-La Hotel, Chicago; High Rise Set to Become Fifth Tallest Building in Chicago
• The 257 room Sheraton Cincinnati North Hotel Opens Across from Sharonville Convention Center
• Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Promotes Heiko Siebert and Francis Bertrand to Vice President Positions

• Fairmont To Be Acquired By Kingdom Hotels And Colony Capital; Fairmont and Raffles to Combine, Creating a US$5.5 Billion Global Luxury Hotel Company� go to
• UNITE HERE President John Wilhelm Hints at Nationwide Hotel Workers Strike; Labor Contracts at 200 Hotels in Six Cities Expiring this Year � go to
• A Struggling City, East Palo Alto, and a Luxury Hotel, Four Seasons, Create the Perfect Match � go to
• The Vacated Coco Palms Resort on the Island of Kaua'i Receiving a $220 million Restoration, Will Retain Much of the Resort's Original Ambience � go to
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquiring the 751 room Westin Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois for $215.0 million � go to
• Great Opportunity for Independent Hotels - Cash-in on Electronic Sales / Neil Salerno � go to
• Qualified Developer Sought for Condo Hotel in San Luis Obispo Area � go to
• Projects and Programs Represent an Enormous Investment of Financial and Human Capital in the Hotel Industry; Project Portfolio Management Tools Can Help Hotel Companies Manage All of Their Projects Across their Portfolio Like the Investments They Truly Are � go to
• Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Corporate Headquarters to Relocate to Creve Coeur, Missouri; Moving 150 Corporate Positions at an Estimated Cost of Approximately $10 million � go to
• Vail Resorts Chairman and CEO Adam Aron Resigns Following Ten-year Tenure � go to
• The Board of Directors of Hilton Hotels Corporation Approves Several Key Executive Appointments � go to
• Campbell Black Named Regional Director of Operations and General Manager for  InterContinental's Three Properties on The Cleveland Clinic Campus � go to
• Donald Drnek Named Executive Chef for the Swissôtel The Drake, New York � go to
• Texas A&M University's Memorial Student Center Hotel Expecting Sweeping Changes � go to
• Ventana Hotels & Resorts Names Steven R. Chelew Chief Operating Officer � go to
• Jean Patrick Thiry Named Managing Director for the Domina Hotel Group � go to
• Renzo Macchiavello Named Executive Chef for Hotel Huntington Beach in Huntington Beach, California � go to
• Spice Island Beach Resort on Grand Anse Beach in Grenada Reopens Following a 15-month, US$12 million Rebuilding Project � go to

January 27, 2006

• Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Acquiring the 444 room Hilton Times Square, New York City for Approximately $242.5 million
• Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2006 Showcases the World�s Leading Examples of Best Practice in Tourism Development
• Waterford Hotel Group Holds 16th Annual Leadership Conference; Names 2005 Top Performers Award Winners
• One Day Left to Register: CVCT Training Bytes - Revenue Management Web Cast
• The Procaccianti Group Acquires 8 Hotels in 2005; Portfolio Now at 40 Hotels in 15 States
• Asian Hotel Brands, Such as Banyan Tree, Shangri-La, Marco Polo and Dusit Thani, Likely to Grow at a Stronger Pace in the International Market as Investors Shy Away from American Hotel Chains Over Fears About Terrorism
• InterContinental Hotels Group Names Ronen Nissenbaum, Regional Vice President Operations, South Central Region for InterContinental Hotels
• Cendant Hotel Group Providing International Franchisees and their Hotel Employees Hospitality Management Courses through Cornell University and eCornell
• Qatari Royal Family Names Boston Firm to Design New Hotel in Capital City of Doha
• Lori C. Main Appointed General Manager for the New Pan Pacific Seattle
• Aqua Hotels & Resorts Named to Manage the 247 room Coral Reef Hotel, the Waikiki Hotel Owned by Andre Tatibouet Since 1973
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Acquiring the 225- room Marriott at Research Triangle Park in Durham, NC for $28.0 million
• Toyoko Inn Co., a Japanese Hotel Chain, Admits to Removal of Some Mandatory Parking for the Disabled; President of Company Pledges Rebuilding the Modified Areas and Do All it Can to Regain Public Trust
• LBA Properties Opens Springhill Suites by Marriott in Clearwater, Florida, Begins Construction on 84 room Courtyard by Marriott in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• Shift4 Doubles Merchant Base in 2005; Shift4 Corporation Approaches $15 Billion in Payments Processed

• Hospitality Industry Top 10 Thoughts for 2006 / Ernst & Young
• Recognizing the Moments of Truth for Your Hotel Guests / Rick Hendrie
• Walter Isenberg, the Founder of Sage Hospitality, Opens Fourth Downtown Denver Hotel, the $44 million Residence Inn by Marriott
• Neighbors Forcing the Boca Raton Resort & Club to Modify Development Plans
• La Quinta Corporation Appoints Wayne B. Goldberg President and Chief Executive Officer and Alan L. Tallis to  President and Chief Development Officer
• Riu Hotels Investing (US) $208 million On Three New Resorts in the Caribbean
• Arizona Hotel & Lodging Association Recognizes the 100 Year Old El Tovar Hotel
• Jerry Gibson Named General Manager, Grand Hyatt New York
• InterContinental Hong Kong's 7,000 Sq. Ft. Presidential Suite Constructed at a Cost of US$2.5 million
• Passkey Hires Top Hospitality Industry Professionals; Key Additions to Sales Team Broadens National Coverage
• The Crowne Plaza Hotel de Mexico,Owned and Managed by Comercial Hotelera Mexicana, Opens Adjacent to the Mexico City World Trade Center Conference Center
• Talbot S.A. Opens Seventh Holiday Inn Express, the 105 room Holiday Inn Express in Puerto Montt, Chile
• Ventana Hotels & Resorts Selected to Manage The Villa Capri, Miami Beach

• Are Two Hotels, Comparable in Size, Location, Age and Condition, Worth the Same if One is a Ritz-Carlton and the Other is an Unbranded Unknown? Hotel Valuation Is a Taxing Issue
• FelCor Identifies 38 Hotels for Sale, Expects Proceeds of Between $500 million and $550 million; The New FelCor Will Own 90 Hotels
• Noble Investment Group Aacquires the 460-room Westin Long Beach from Starwood Hotels & Resorts for $88.4 million
• The Opening of the Doubletree Guest Suites in Anaheim Caps a 40-year Career for Hotelier Bill O�Connell
• Banner Year for the Gaming Industry's Bix Six (MGM Mirage, Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts, Boyd Gaming Corp. and Station Casinos)
• Hospitality Properties Trust Agrees to Purchase 9 Hotels for $196.2 Million; Seven Hotels Are Being Purchased from FelCor Lodging Trust and Two from InterContinental Hotels Group
• Costa Bonita Resort in Culebra, Puerto Rico Brings on Key Management Group for Operations and Brand Development
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Brokers Sale of Southbury Hilton in Southbury, Connecticut
• Visual One Selected for Nunsmere Hall, Cheshire
• Strand Development Company LLC Acquires Management Contract of Carolinian Hotel, Columbia, South Carolina
• The 272-room Melbourne-Oceanfront Crowne Plaza in Florida, Opens Following a 15-month Renovation and Conversion from the Holiday Inn Brand
• Small Luxury Hotels of the World Finishes Up 10% In Revenue For 2005, Online Booking Jumps 26%
• Are Oregon Truffles Better than Europe's?
•  Vista Host Named Management Company for the Under Construction Hampton Inn & Suites in Jackson, TN

• Nobody Asked Me, But�. / Stanley Turkel
• HEI Hospitality Wraps Up $1.5 Billion, Three-Year Hotel Acquisition Program; Adds Four Senior Execs to Support Acquisition and Development Activity
• Shangri-La Asia Acquires Historic Palais In Prime Paris Location For Its First European Hotel
• Westin Hotel to Be the Centerpiece of Le Paradis, St. Lucia's New Luxury Development
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Adds 110 Hotels to its Five-brand, Global Portfolio in 2005; Systemwide Revenues Reaches USD$6 Billion
• HSMAI's Revenue Management Special Interest Group Commissions �Fundamentals of Revenue Management� Special Report
• HEI Hospitality to Acquire Westin Minneapolis Upon Completion of Conversion of Landmark F&M Bank Building in 2007
• New Edition of Hotel Investments Book Debuts at ALIS Conference
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds the Seneca and Belden-Stratford
• Molinaro Koger Announces Record $2.2 Billion in Hotel Transactions in 2005
• Scott Shontz Named Vice President of Development, ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
• The Plasencia Group Expands Sun Hospitality Advisors Division With San Francisco Office
• Rocco Forte Hotels Appoints Georg Plesser as General Manager of Villa Kennedy in Frankfurt
• Hotel Royal Plaza Appoints Odyssey Leach General Manager; Closed Since 2004, Orlando Hotel Reopens with New Staff, Upscale Image
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Returns to Hasek Communications for 2006; Ohio-Based Firm Will Provide Full Slate of Public Relations Services
• Choice Hotels Promotes Alexandra Jaritz-Kendrick to Vice President, Development Operations
• Tecton's Desires Hotel Portfolio Grows to Eight Properties in 2005

January 23, 2006

• Barry Sternlicht's Privately Held Starwood Capital Group Planning a Luxury Hotel Brand Called the Crillon; The Crillon's Flagship is the Hotel de Crillon in Paris
• Affiliate of Trinity Investments, LLC Acquries the Kahala Mandarin Oriental; The Legendary Kahala Will Carry Its Own Flag With New Management
• Portman Holdings and Phelps Development, Co-developers of the 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Convention Center, Set to Start Construction; $348 million Project Completely Financed with Private Capital
• Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. Acquiring the Four Seasons Washington, D.C. for  $168.9 million
• Nine Months after Winning and Signing Deal with City of Fort Worth, Omni Hotels Seeks Additional $18 million in Tax  Rebates and Cash for 600 room Convention Center Hotel
• Bjorn Gullaksen and Nancy Johnson Assume New Executive Vice President Roles at Carlson Hotels
• The Lodging Development Pipeline is Rapidly Accelerating; Construction Pipeline Grows to 3,067 Projects Having 415,977 rooms
• Hotel Waterpark Developers to Meet in Indianapolis - March 9, 2006
• Northstar Hotels Group, Inc. Rebrands the Former Hilton Southbury to Crowne Plaza, in Southbury, Connecticut
• HFTP to Underwrite Guestroom 2010 at HITEC 2006, a Guestroom Prototype with the Latest and Near-future Technologies for the Modern Hotel Room
• Formerly a Holiday Inn, the 347-room Doubletree Hotel Dearborn Completes Multi-Million-Dollar Enhancement Project
• Around 155 Hotels Under Active Development in India; Bangalore Most Active with 27 new hotels with 6,100 Rooms
• Candlewood Suites Hotel to Open in Ft. Lauderdale; 71 room Hotel Owned by 84 Investments, Inc.

January 20, 2006

• Stability Returns to the Meetings Market / Robert Mandelbaum
• City of Baltimore Selling $301.7 million in Revenue Bonds to Finance the Publicly Owned 756-room Hilton; City Expects an Interest Rate Below 5%
• Dallas Investor Tom Hicks Expecting to Partner with Developer Marty Collins on Several W Hotel and Condominium Projects
• Shamrock � Hostmark Hotel Fund LP Makes First Acquisition, Under Contract for Second Property
• The Harp Group Acquires The Ambassador East and Pump Room in Chicago and the Courtyard Cleveland Beachwood by Marriott
• Owned by Acorn Asset Managment, The Former Radisson Atlanta / Windy Hill Rebranded Doubletree
• Millcraft Industries, Inc. Opens 2nd Hilton Branded Hotel In Pittsburgh - the 135 room Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh Airport
• Newly Renovated Doubletree Beach Resort Tampa Bay / North Redington Beach Opens, Formerly a Hilton Hotel
• The 42-year-old Rose Garden Country Resort & Hotel Near Bangkok Undergoing Facelift, Name Change
• The 394-room Orlando North Hotel, Maitland, Florida Will Re-open Under Sheraton Flag Following Extensive Renovation
• Ben Seidel Named Vice President, Development for Waterford Hotel Group, Inc.
• The Scottsdale Plaza Resort Promotes Michael Teed to President
• Carlos Cabrera Named Senior Vice President, Field Operations Florida and Caribbean for Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• Ken Gorzycki, Director of Golf Course Management at Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas, Receives Special Service Award from Texas A&M's Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

• RedSky IT Creates Buzz with Optimistic Start to 2006
• Former Wyndham-Controlled Hotels Install Profitvue? Back Office to Improve Accounting; Properties Previously Operated by Wyndham Install Aptech Accounting to Support Independent Operations
• Some Clearwater, Florida Officials Uneasy with Planned Clearwater Beach Hyatt Morphing from a Hotel to a Condominium-hotel
• Long Running Controversy Continues Over Financial Operations at the Sloan Convention Center, Owned by the City of Bowling Green, KY and Managed by John Q. Hammons, Inc.
• Online Lodging Reviewer, TripAdvisor, Ranks Top 10 Bargain Hotels in the World
• Owners of the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center, Urbana, Illinois Expand - with an Adjacent 74 room Holiday Inn Express; the Pairing of Full-service and Limited-service Becoming More Common
• Plasencia Group, Inc. Offers Aggressive Lodging Investment Roadmap for 2006
• HUD Awards City of Reading, Pennsylvania $2.5 million in Grants and Loans for a 200 room Convention Hotel; Project Still Needs a Parking Garage and a Hotelier
• Las Vegas' Travel Industry Is Growing Faster than its Airport and Roadways Can Handle; Ended 2005 with Approximately 134,200 Hotel Rooms, Up from 90,046 in 1995
• Westgate Resorts Breaks Ground on $750 Million 50-Story Vacation Ownership and Condominium Tower Directly Connected to the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds The Salt Lake Plaza Hotel
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $58.5 million of Long Term Financing for the Benson Hotel and Paramount Seattle Hotel
• RevPAR and Average Rate Rankings for Top European Cities
• Hersha Hospitality Trust Acquiring Two Hilton Branded Hotels and a Marriott Branded Hotel for Approximately $76 million
• Tianjin Urban Construction Group Selects Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific to Operate 238 room Radisson Plaza Hotel Tianjin in China
• Hilton Concord's $1 million+ Renovation Focuses on Tech and Recreation

• Owner of the Shore Club Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, Files Multi-million dollar Suit Against Morgans Hotel Group Management, LLC,  Formerly Known as Ian Schrager Hotel Management
• Mandarin Oriental Edges Out Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons as Brand that Delivers Best Customer Experience / Luxury Institute Survey
• The Fort Lauderdale Marina Marriott Hotel Cancels Room Blocks Amid Sale Speculation
• KSL Resorts Moves its Focus to Acquisition and Development Opportunities Following Sell to Hilton of Management Contracts for Arizona Biltmore, Grand Wailea and La Quinta Resort & Club
• Presidio Hotel Group Planning Acquisition, Renovation and Rebranding of the 434 room Fort Worth Plaza Hotel; Originally Opened in 1974 as the Fort Worth Hilton Inn
• Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Finalize Cotai Strip Management Deal; Also Signs Agreements for Hotels in Barbados, Shanghai and Taipei
• Marriott International, Inc. Appoints Robert J. McCarthy as President, North American Lodging Operations
• Noble Investment Group Adds Depth to Development Division, Formerly Known as Stormont Noble Development; Currently Has More than $600 million in Projects Under Design and Development
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $44 million in Financing for National Hotel Portfolio
• Aspire Opens its Exclusive Beyond Revenue Boot Camp Program to All Hospitality Professionals
• MSI�s WinPM to Become the First-Ever �Brand Standard� PMS Platform for Hawthorn Suites Hotels
• Victor Lopez Promoted to Senior Vice President of Development for Hyatt Corporation
• Legendary Reid�s Palace on the Island of Madeira Receiving a $10.3 million Refurbishment
• Aqua Hotels to Manage the Former Mauka Tower in Waikiki; 72 room Hotel Renamed Ocean Tower Hotel at Waikiki Beach
• Patrick Kozuma Appointed General Manager of the ResortQuest Paki Maui in Lahaina, Maui
• Adolfo Mesa Named General Manager of  the Wave Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.

• Hilton Hotels New Luxury Brand, The Waldorf=Astoria Collection, Adds Three CNL Owned Resorts - Grand Wailea Resort,  Arizona Biltmore Resort and La Quinta Resort
• Some Hoteliers Still Don�t Recognize the Benefits Derived from Third-party Listings;  Shame, Shame, Shame on You! / Neil Salerno
• Holiday Inn in Marietta, Ga. Temporarily Closes Following Fatal Fire; Fire Spread Quickly Because the 30 Year Old Hotel Did Not Have Sprinklers
• The 517 room Radisson Plaza in Downtown Ft Worth Planning a $10.5 million Renovation, Brand Change to Hilton
• AEG Finds New Partner for Entertainment Complex near Staples Center; 56-story, 1,100-room Convention Center Hotel Back on Track
• Shared Management Agreement Ends for the Bernardus Lodge and Quail Lodge, both Located in Carmel, California
• First Hospitality Group, Inc. Assumes Management of the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Pleasant Prairie, WI
• Encore Enterprises and its Management Company, Pineapple Management Services, Survived 2 Hurricanes, Lost their Corporate Offices and Acquired 15 Hotels in 2005
• The Employee Selection Process; Seeking Talent vs Seeking Warm Bodies / John Hendrie
• HTNG Workgroup to Focus on Content Management for Distribution Channels; Global Hyatt Corp. and Starwood Hotels Among Initial Sponsors
• Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Closes the Sale of 19 Hotel Transactions in December
• Stephen B. Algood Named Chief Operating Officer for Personality Hotels
• Benchmark Hospitality Chefs Showcase Talents at Renowned James Beard House in New York
• Stefanie Smith Named Corporate Food and Beverage Director for Singh Hotels & Resorts

• Some Readers View the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly as Being Too Academic; The Journal�s Editor Michael Sturman Responds
• Ending Hotel Room Boredom; Finer Hotel Rooms Looking More Like Something Out of a Fabulous Home
• Marriott Planning a Revolutionary Transformation of Lobbies and Public Space With the Great Room Concept; The Welcome Zone, the Individual Zone, the Social Zone, and the Business Zone
• Hotel Design: The Trick for Any Brand is to Define the Standard But Not to Stifle Innovation / Patrick Goff
• The Manhattan/Times Square Residence Inn Opens with 357 Suites Featuring Five Zones for Cooking, Dining, Working, Relaxing and Sleeping
• Hilton Hotels Kicks Off $1 billion Re-ignition Campaign; Includes Physical Improvements, New Ads and Developing Partnerships with Companies Such as Starbucks
• The 25 Most Extraordinary Sales and Marketing Minds in Hospitality & Travel
• Developer David Gostfand Names Kimpton Hotels as Operator for 138 unit Condo Hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida - The Harrick
• Plans to Build a 528-room, $125 million Hotel at Denver International Airport Could be Resurrected
• RLJ Development LLC Secures Deal with the City of Norfolk, Virginia for a Proposed 240 room Hilton
• John Ferchill of The Ferchill Group Leading the $89 million Redevelopment to Resurrect the Historic Bedford Springs Hotel
• Top 5 New Years Resolutions For Marketing My Hotel; Leading travel content-management and -distribution companies Leonardo and ICE Portal advise on  making the Internet your best marketing tool in 2006
• Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Closes a Nine-Property Hampton Inn Portfolio
• Conde Nast Johansens Names the Recipients for the 2006 Americas Awards for Excellence
• Aaron Katz, Choice Hotels VP, Brand Strategy and Corporate Development, to Oversee New Team; Managing the Major Lifecycle Events for Properties in the System
• Boykin Lodging Company Acquires the Banana Bay Resort & Marina - Marathon, Florida for $12.0 million
• The 150 room Luna di Lusso, Italian for �Moon of Luxury,� Opening in MonteLago Village on Lake Las Vegas
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Restructures and Adds Four New Executive Management Positions
• The 120 room Radisson SAS Bosphorus Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey Opens; Philippe Pellaud the Opening GM
• Leland Lewis Named General Manager for the InterContinental The Barclay New York
• PKF Capital Markets Group Opens West Coast Office in Orange County, Calif.; Hotel Real Estate Veteran Bob Perlman Named Director

• Customer Stories Drive Sales and Reduce Marketing Costs / Julie Keyser-Squires, APR
• In Today�s Hotel Acquisition Market, How Much Do Cap Rates Matter? / Rick Swig
• Developer Gene Carlisle's Planned Hotel/Condo in Downtown Memphis Receives 20 Year Tax Break Even though Project Includes Residential Component
• Providence Preservation Society Calls Proposed 162 room Sierra Suites Hotel Out of Scale and Unattractive; Developers Plan to Redesign the Hotel to Incorporate the Visual Character of the Downtown  Provdence Neighborhood
• Sales and Revenue Management Web Casts � We Heard You!
• Fire Damage to Windsor Hospitality Group's Embassy Suites Lompoc Was Minimal, There is No Reason to Believe it Was Arson
• Gilles Pelisson, Chief Executive Officer of Accor, Names 11 Managers to Executive Committee
• TIA National Chairman Jay Rasulo Calls for New Industry Strategy to Compete in World Tourism Market
• The Plasencia Group, Inc. Advises Islandia Associates, LTD in Sale of Hyatt Regency Islandia Hotel
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Announces Strategic Alliance with Chief Learning Officer Magazine; Leading conference center operator aligns with top publication for Fortune 500 learning officers
• StayOnline Inks Exclusive Deal with Omni Hotels; Wireless HSIA Provider Adds Another Luxury Brand to its Footprint
• Mark Murphy Appointed General Manager of The Hotel Telluride Condominium in Colorado
• Two Professors at Michigan State University's School of Hospitality Business Identify Seven Dimensions of a Consumer Experience
• TravelCLICK Launches International Call Center Supporting iHotelier CRS Customers Worldwide
• The Westin Arlington Gateway, a $75 million, 336-room, New Construction Hotel Set to Open March 2006
• Gail Harding Named Assistant Director of Marketing for ResortQuest Hawaii Portfolio of 28 Properties
• Thomas J. Mathes, GM, Hotel Burnham, Elected to the Board of Directors of the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association
• Sandra Updegraph Named Director of Sales at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland, Maine

• Top 3 Must-Dos to Boost Revenue for Hotel Franchisees
• Fresh Air: The New Hospitality Amenity; Pineapple Hospitality Launches FreshStay�, an Online Directory of Hotels Offering Better  Indoor Air Quality 
• Bank of America Receives Permission from Federal Bank Regulators to Build and Own a $60 million Ritz-Carlton Hotel Next to its Charlotte Headquarters
• Jury Trial Ends Suddenly; Bacara Resort & Spa Owners Reach Settlement Over Alleged Building Defects
• Harrah's Entertainment Plans to Invest More than $1 billion to Build Two Casinos in Biloxi
• Rating Condominiums / Harry Nobles & Cheryl Griggs
• Asia Hotel Investments Ltd., Lawsuit Against Starwood Hotels & Resorts Enters the Final Damages Phase
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquiring the Le Parc Suite Hotel in West Hollywood, California, for $47.0 million
• Cornell Hotel School, The Culinary Institute of America Create Dual Degree Program
• Warnick & Company Sells Hotel Development Site Located Within Westgate City Center
• Three Oaks Hospitality Signs Exclusive Deal with PUNTACANA Resort & Club to Create Private Club
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Structures Sale of Park Inn Hotel, Omaha, NE; Assists In Restructure of Tax-Exempt Bond Financing
• Driftwood Hospitality Management Reflags the Hyatt Regency Houston Airport as the Doubletree Hotel Houston Intercontinental Airport
• JER Partners Acquires Six TownePlace Suites by Marriott Hotels Located in the Denver, Colorado Area for $53 million
• Don Robinson, Former Managing Director of Hong Kong Disneyland, Appointed President of Baha Mar, the Planned Resort Metropolis in The Bahamas
• Andres Araya Named Managing Director of Las Ventanas al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort
• Linda Hodgson Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the InterContinental The Barclay New York

January 9, 2006

• Woman Seeks $600,000 in Compensatory Damages from Towneplace Suites by Marriott in Chesapeake, Virginia Over Smoking Spat
• Creating Results: Strategy vs. Knee-Jerk Reactions / Brenda Fields
• Principals of Hotel Teatro Group Acquire Downtown Denver Site for Proposed Four Seasons Hotel with 140 Private Residences and 230 Hotel Rooms
• Quorum Hotels and Resorts Now Operating the Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel and Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas; Dave Muth Named General Manager
• Hospitality Properties Trust Acquires the 195 room Harbor Court Hotel in Baltimore for Approximately $60 million; Signs Agreement with IHG to Manage the Hotel under the InterContinental Hotels and Resorts Brand
• The Decline of Service and the Devaluation of Product in the Hospitality Industry; Who's in Charge and Who Will Lead the Way? / John R Hendrie
• The 53rd International Congress of Les Clefs d�Or Concierges Set for Washington DC January 10-15, 2006; Features Top Government and Hospitality Leaders
• MGM Grand Macau Secures $700 million in Project Financing; Total Cost Budgeted at USD $1.06 billion
• Makeover Transforms the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel; Location Dictated a $67.5 million Renovation of 30 Year Old Hotel
• Results for Hotel Chains per Category, in France in 2005
• Best Western International, The World�s Largest Hotel Chain®, selects EasyRMS as Its Preferred Revenue Management Vendor
• Tharaldson Communications Inc. Is StayOnline's First Premier Solutions Partner; Tharaldson to Provide StayOnline�s Managed Network Services to Current and Future Customers
• Jack Schmidt Elected Chairman of the Americas Board for the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
• Francis Purvey Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Both Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino and Radisson St. Martin Resort & Spa
• Cristina Lussi Named Chairman of the Board of Directors of the 2006 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Designates Hotwire.com as Accredited Online Distributor

January 6, 2006

• Columbia Sussex Now Owns the Hilton Anchorage and the Anchorage Marriott Downtown
• ITC Welcomegroup and Sheraton Hotels & Resorts May Part Ways After 30 Years
• Amstar Group Acquires the 296 room Hilton Pasadena for $65 million
• The Providence Group Poised for Growth in 2006
• The Final Phase of St. John's Golf & Conference Center in Plymouth, Michigan Set to Open - the 118 room  Inn at St. John's
• Carnus Systems Releases Hospitality Forecasting Software; Artificial Intelligence Forecasting Software Proves Very Effective at Accurately Predicting Restaurant Covers and Staffing at Pan Pacific
• Leading Hotels Adds Blue Square Studios to Leading Service Provider Network
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Advises FelCor Lodging Trust in the Sale of the Doubletree Guest Suites, Omaha, NE and Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center, Davenport, IA
• Benchmark Hospitality Assumes Management of Landmark Glen Cove Mansion & Conference Center in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York
• Gordon Companies Opens Hampton Inn in Bennington Vermont
• Paramount Hotel Group Appoints Peter N. Valenzuela General Manager at the Sheraton at Maitland Center, Orlando
• Benchmark Appoints Stewart Weiner GM for Danfords on the Sound,  Area Manager for Montauk Yacht Club & Marina
• REH Capital Partners, LLC Sells the 144 unit Lake Cecile Suites and Resort in Orlando, Florida for $10 million
• 2006 Convention Year Off to a Big Start in San Francisco - MacWorld and Fancy Food Show To Bring 46,500 People, $44.3 Million Economic Impact

• The Holiday Inn on The Hill Appoints Bobby Brandt New Executive Chef; Award-Winning Brandt Will Help Enhance the Hotel's "Restyled, Redesigned, Remembered" Experience
• Hotelier�s 2006 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions / Max Starkov and Jason Price
• CNL Hotels & Resorts to Acquire Grande Lakes Orlando Resort's Two Properties, The Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott, for Approximately $753 Million
• Bankers Back W Las Vegas With $232.5 Million Dollar Financing
• Marshall Management Signs Five Management Contracts in the 2005 Fourth Quarter
• Guidelines to Opening a Hotel from a Financial Controller's Perspective
• Resorts as Private Clubs Business Trend
• Behind Every Good Steak There´s a Bull; High Priced Kobe Beef Likely Comes from Cattle Raised in Idaho
• A Record 24.9 million Tourists Visited Los Angeles in 2005
• Accor Appoints Five to GM Posts
• Bray & Gillespie Announces New Company Name: Ocean Waters; Daytona�s Oceans Resorts Becomes Ocean Waters Management
• Ireland�s Carton House Selects TravelCLICK for Central Reservation System Solution
• The Grand Emperor Hotel Enters Macau's Gaming Industry
• Barceló Hotels & Resorts Appoints Anthony G. Stone as Director of Sales, North America
• The Marcus Corporation Appoints Karen Y. Spindler to Corporate Director of Human Resources

• Miami�s National Hotel Stays Hot, Delights Celebrity Guests with The Concierge Assistant; The Concierge Desk is �The Game� at Trendy Miami Property; Guest Profiles Stay Secure
• What Are the Risk Factors of a Hotel Waterpark Investment? / Jeff Coy & Bill Haralson
• Boyd Gaming Corp. Plans to Tear Down the Stardust Hotel and Casino to Make Way for a $4 billion Mega Complex; Will Include Four Hotels with 5,300 rooms, Convention Space Will Exceed One million Square Feet
• InterContinental Hotels Group Concerned about Alleged Activities on Dec. 31, 2005 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel-Airport in Orlando
• Founded in 1994, Winston Hotels Building a National Platform
• Bondholders and Owners of the Renaissance Grand St. Louis and the Renaissance St. Louis Suites Make No Headway in Plan to Rescue the Financially Embattled Hotels
• Human Capital Crisis in Hospitality / John R Hendrie
• Barceló Hotels & Resorts Adds 21 New Hotels in 2005
• MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Sells Five Hotels In Separate Transactions for $58.5 million
• Boyd Gaming Contracts with Shangri-La Hotels to Operate Proposed 400-room Hotel at the Echelon Place Development on the Las Vegas Strip
• Windsor Capital Group Enlists StayOnline as Preferred Wireless Provider;  StayOnline Continues to Dominate Hospitality Industry Niche
• Hospitality Management Corporation Opens $8.5million Staybridge Suites in Brownsville, Texas
• PKF Consulting Launches Golf & Resort Group; Tim Wyman Named Director to Head New Division

January 3, 2006

• Shrinking Labor Force is Top Challenge for Global Hospitality, Tourism & Service Industries / Jeff Coym ISHC
• Revenue Management 2006 - The Risks and Rewards / Carol Verret
• Tokyo's Big Three - , the Imperial Hotel, Hotel New Otani and Hotel Okura Largely Unaffected by Many Luxury Foreign Hotels Opening
• A Burgeoning Number of New Hotel Brands Being Rolled Out in Chicago
• Fairmont to Take Equity Interest in the Wight Group's Hotel and Condo Development in the Turks & Caicos
• The Valencia Group Takes Over Management of the Lancaster Hotel in Downtown Houston
• Developers of Oklahoma City's Skirvin Hotel Expect March 2007 Opening
• Carol M. Smith Named Director of Sales & Marketing for the Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center, Staunton, Virginia
• Debra Williams Named Director of Sales and Marketing and Jana Howser as Sales Manager at the Garrett Creek Ranch Conference Center, of Paradise, Texas
• Top Ten Global Issues and Challenges In the Hospitality Industry for 2006 / ISHC � go to
• Mandarin Oriental Selling The Mark, New York, for $150 million � go to
• Developer Ron Jury, Putting Finishing Touches on $45.4 million Restoration of the President Hotel in Downtown Kansas City; Will Reopen as a the  213 room Hilton President Kansas City � go to
• The National Park Service Maintains a Negative Outlook on the Rebuilding of the Hurricane Damaged Flamingo Lodge in Everglades National Park � go to
• Marriott International, Inc. Sells Land Underlying 75 Courtyard by Marriott Hotels for Approximately $246 million to CBM Land JV Limited Partnership � go to
• Lodgian Reopens the 219-room Crowne Plaza West Palm Beach in Florida; Hurricane Damaged Hotel Restored to Like-New Condition Following Multi-million Dollar Makeover � go to