Top 25 Read Articles - March
2007
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Seven
Habits of Highly Effective Hotel Sales People / Brenda Fields
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A
Woman Pretending to Be a Guest of Stanford University Walked Out on a Bill
of Over $10,000 at Dinah's Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto
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Two
Wynn Las Vegas Dealers File Lawsuits Accusing Steve Wynn of Losing his
Temper and Launching into a Tirade During a Meeting with Employees to Discuss
Tip Sharing Policy
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FY
2007 Per Diem Rates (Domestic)
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Shoes,
Clothing and Cell Phone Chargers Are Among the Most Popular Items Left
Behind in Hotel Rooms; Sometimes, though, People Leave Behind the valuable,
the Unusual
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Benchmark
Hospitality's Top 10 Meeting Trends for 2007; Portals to Success,
Package Rules, BlackBerries & More
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Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What March 2007
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An
Example of Poor Planning? The $207 million "Hotel-less" Virginia Beach
Convention Center
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Hotel
Revenue Management is Not Rocket Science So, Why Aren�t You Using It? /
Neil Salerno
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Site
Inspections - New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson
#5 / David Brudney
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What
Will Not be Hot on the Restaurant Menu in 2007? Truffle Oil - Enough Already
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Training
Is Key To Turning �Desk Clerks� Into Front Desk Salespersons / Doug Kennedy
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Morgans
Hotel Group Co. Commences Large-scale Expansion and Renovation Project
for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; Two New Hotel Towers
and Expansion of Casino, Meeting Space and Pool
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What
Is Lifestyle Hotel Mixed-use Development All About? / Jim Butler
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San
Antonio Has a Whopping 44 hotels Under Construction or Expected to Break
Ground in the Next Year
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Rooms
Department Operations: Controllable and Profitable / Robert Mandelbaum
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Hilton
Hotels Names Top Developers for Hampton, Hilton Garden Inn
and Homewood Suites Brands
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How
I Do It: Hotelier Mark Hamister's Strategies For Getting Through The Day
Efficiently / Mark Hamister
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The
Steel Skeleton for Hotel, Condo Tower For Sale; The Stalled Chandler, Arizona
Project Likely to Big for Developer
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Las
Vegas Casino Worker Who Expressed Concerns to Newspaper About Crowds and
Problems Associated with the NBA All-Star Event - Fired for Willful Misconduct
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The
Edgewater Resort's Four-story Volcano Erupts with Fire Instead of Fog and
Water; Duluth Hotel's WaterPark Guests Flee
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Zagat's
Top Ten Golf Courses; Bandon Dunes (OR) Edges Whistling Straits (WI)
for 'Best Course' Honors
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Remembering
Tony Marshall, The Messenger of �Reasonable Care� / Dr. John Hogan
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The
Top 10 Castle Hotels in Europe
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How
Good Is the Hotel Business and How Good Can it Get? / Jim Butler
March 30, 2007
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Site
Inspections / New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson
#5 - David Brudney
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The
Edgewater Resort's Four-story Volcano Erupts with Fire Instead of Fog and
Water; Duluth Hotel's WaterPark Guests Flee
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Outrigger
Enterprises Group Signs Agreement to Manage the Newly Designed Wyland Waikiki
Hotel; 400 room Property Nearing Completion of a Multi-million dollar Transformation
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Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Agreement with Les Trois Rocs to
Operate the W Verbier Retreat in Ski Resort Town of Verbier, Switzerland
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The
Jefferson Washington Hotel in DC to Undergo Major Renovations � Liquidation
Sale Being Conducted by NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc.
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Agenda
Set for Cornell Hotel School�s Student-Run Conference Showcases Leaders
in Innovation and Sustainability, April 12-15, 2007
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Hong
Kong based hotel company seeking a Corporate Director of E-Distribution
and Strategic Analysis � Asia. Will lead company�s Alliance Distribution
Solutions that operates electronic distribution, GDS, web and voice reservations
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3rd
Regional Hotel General Managers Forum Returns to HOFEX 2007, 13-14 May,
Hong Kong
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Desarrollos
Monumentales, S.A. de CV Building a 104-room Holiday Inn Express in San
Pedro Sula, Honduras
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Pegasus
Solutions� Utell® Hotels & Resorts Introduces Segmentation Strategy;
Targeted Approach Promotes Branding of Hotels to Travel Agents and Consumers
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Tan
Kim
Seng Appointed Senior Vice President (Operations) for Millennium &
Copthorne Hotels
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Peter
Steketee Appointed General Manager of the Embassy Suites® Hotel Charleston
Airport and Convention Center in North Charleston, South Carolina
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Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Michelle E. Moore Director of Human Resources for
The Founders Inn, Virginia Beach, Virginia
March 29, 2007
March 28, 2007
March 27, 2007
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Maestro
Installed at Top Ranked Fluno Conference Center Managed by Aramark Higher
Education; World�s #1 conference center partners with integrated Maestro
PMS for banquet event and PMS on single platform, free online training
Webinars
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Casino
Hotels Boost Profits with Rainmaker Group, Agilysys Tech Collaboration;
Revenue Management and Property Management Systems identify profitable
gamers
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Casinos:
The Last Frontier for Smoking?
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Hilton
Hotels Corp Developing a 200-Unit Hilton Grand Vacations Timeshare
and 50-Unit Waldorf=Astoria Fractional Project Within the Lake Las Vegas
Resort
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Makeover
Going on Inside Roanoke's Flagship Hotel; $6.5 million Face-lift
is the First Total Renovation Since the Hotel Roanoke & Conference
Center Reopened in 1995
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World
Class University, the Hub of State Government and Healthy Local Economy
Creating Demand for More then the 8,000 Hotel Rooms Now Available in the
Madison, Wisconsin Area
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Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts Opens 50th Hotel - the 704 room Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou
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Image
Hospitality, LLC, Will Develop and Operate its Second Hampton Inn
& Suites® in Waco, Texas
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The
Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau Creates New Brand Identity and Logo for
the Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains Region
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Solare
Hotels & Resorts Creates the New Loisir Hotel Brand; Re-Brands Seven
Properties, Aromatic Scent to Be the Fragrant Trademark of all Loisir Hotel
Lobbies
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German
Hotel Chain, Maritim Hotelgesellschaft, Preparing to Open the 533 room
Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
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Wyndham
Worldwide Re-flagging Bonnet Creek Timeshare Resort Under the Wyndham Banner
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After
21 years, the Five Sails Restaurant at the Pan Pacific Vancouver Will Convert
to an Independently Owned Restaurant; Reflects Growing Trend Among Major
Hotels to Feature Independent Restaurants
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Softbrand's
Medallion Property Management System Endorsed by Best Western International
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Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Edward Hoganson Senior Vice President of
Development & Finance
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Hilton
Garden Inn Recognizes Robert Vadino, Director of Sales and Marketing for
the Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia Center City, as the 2006 Director of
Sales of the Year
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Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Chris Steffich Director of Food & Beverage for
Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia
March 26, 2007
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Dr.
Tim Gao, CEO of Beijing Based TEDA Hotels Management, to Discuss Burgeoning
China Hotel Business Opportunities at Hong Kong Polytechnic University�s
First-ever U.S. Seminar
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Seven
Habits of Highly Effective Hotel Sales People / Brenda Fields
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What
Is Lifestyle Hotel Mixed-use Development All About? / Jim Butler
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San
Antonio Has a Whopping 44 hotels Under Construction or Expected to Break
Ground in the Next Year
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How
I Do It: Hotelier Mark Hamister's Strategies For Getting Through The Day
Efficiently
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ARAMARK
Harrison Lodging Launches New Interactive Web Site; Leading hospitality
management company uses online marketing to engage and educate customers
and prospects
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Sunstone
Hotel Investors, Inc. Acquires the 402-room Boston Marriott Long Wharf
Hotel for $228.2 million or $568,000 per room
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Dunavant
Enterprises, Inc. Reopening the 35-room Henderson Park Inn, Destin, Florida;
The Sterling Companies Selected to Manage the Landmark Bed & Breakfast
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Homewood
Suites by Hilton Names Top Hotel for 2006 - Homewood Suites by Hilton District
of Columbia, Falls Church, Virginia
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Procaccianti
Group Buys the 293 room Westin Hotel in the Cypress Creek Area of Fort
Lauderdale
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Preservationists
Worry About Perkiomen Bridge Hotel; Built in 1689, the Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Is Up for Sale
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HSMAI
Names the Frank W. Berkman Chapter Award Winners; HSMAI's Central Florida
Chapter Receives New Chapter of the Year Award
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Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Eric Terry Vice President of Sales and
Marketing
March 23, 2007
March 22, 2007
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Rooms
Department Operations: Controllable and Profitable / Robert Mandelbaum
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Orlando/Orange
County Convention & Visitors Bureau Faces 1st Public Audit in 10 Years
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While
Operating Profits Fell 14%, Intercontinental Hotels Chief Executive Andy
Cosslett's Pay Almost Doubles
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John
Q. Hammons Breaks Ground for 280 suite Embassy Suites® Hotel and Convention
Center in Fairview, Texas (North of Dallas); Project Part of Village at
Fairview, a 400-acre, Mixed-use, Lifestyle Center
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Argosy
Riverside Casino Complex, Near Downtown Kansas City, Opens $66 million,
258-room Hotel; Aims to Also Attract Corporate Business with 22,000 sq
ft of Meeting Space
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Diversity
at Marriott a Critical Component for Long-term Growth and Success, Raising
the Bar Each Year
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Still
Reaching for that Fifth Star - The Boston Harbor Hotel Moves Forward with
$12 million Renovation
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Larkspur
Hospitality Purchases Two Northern California Hotels; Company's Portfolio
Reaches 23 Hotels
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Guest-Tek
to Provide Wireless Internet Access to Hyatt Place� Brand; Selected to
provide service and support to all 80 corporate-owned Hyatt Place hotels
by the end of 2007
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Franchise
Negotiations Expert Selected to Spearhead Hospitality Solutions LLC; Steven
Belmonte reunites with Charles Isola to lead growing franchise-services
consulting group as EVP and COO
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Lorica
Solutions Purchased by Hotel Technology Solutions; Industry Veterans and
Equity Firms Attracted by Technology That Provides Relief to the Hospitality
Industry
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RexCorp
Realty LLC Signs Capital Hotel Management to Asset Manage the Newly Acquired
Marriott Long Island Hotel & Conference Center in Uniondale, New York
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The
Michigan Hotel, Motel & Resort Association Bringing Michigan's Tourism
Experts Together to Review Travel Trends and Projections
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Italian
Hotelier Valeriano Antonioli Named General Manager of the InterContinental
Montelucia Resort & Spa, Paradise Valley, Arizona
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Aqua
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Three to GM Posts in Waikiki
March 21, 2007
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TravelCLICK
Selected by Exel Inns of America For Comprehensive Central Reservation
System Solution; Regional Chain Switches to iHotelier CRS at 22 Properties
Across Six States
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The
Concierge Assistant® Announces New Guest Service Technology, Hosts
Users Meeting at Les Clefs d�Or Congress in Vienna; Leading-edge tools
debut at elite international concierge organization summit
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City's
Ownership of 3 Year Old Austin Hilton Hotel Is Paying Off; City Attracting
Larger Conventions, Able to Favorably Restructure Convention Center Hotel
Revenue Bonds
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Recovering
from an Embezzlement Scandal, the Fresno Convention and Visitors Bureau
To Be Kept Alive by City's Continued Financial Support
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HEI
Hotels & Resorts Acquires the 179-room Equinox Resort and Spa in Manchester
Village, Vermont
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White
Lodging Services and City of Fort Wayne Determine a $6 million Funding
Gap Exists for Proposed 250 room Downtown Marriott; Options Include Reducing
Meeting Space, Changing Brands
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Fort
Lauderdale Commissioners Reject Proposed 20 Story Luxury Hotel to Replace
an Old Howard Johnsons
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The
$1 billion Southern Highlands Resort Set to Begin Construction in Southwest
Las Vegas Valley; Project Approved for Up to 3,200 rooms
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PAS
Launches Hotel Financial Reporting Initiative to Assist Owners/Operators
in Compliance with Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry
(USALI) 10th Revised Edition; Service Offering Improves Transparency of
Hotel Financial Reporting Ratios and Statistics
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Durango
Mountain Resort Breaks Ground on Purgatory Lodge, a Private Residence and
Fractional Ownership Resort in Durango, Colorado; Part of 20-year $100
million Environmentally Sensitive Master Plan
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Accor
Names 9 to General Manager Posts in China
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The
Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians Building a $100 million Hotel/Spa
and Parking Garage at their Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella, California
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The
Hotel Financing Environment in Canada / Paul Varteression - CANADIAN LODGING
OUTLOOK January 2007
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Stonebridge
Companies Completes Conversion of the Former Four Points by Sheraton Denver
University to the the 240-room Courtyard by Marriott Denver Cherry
Creek
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Dallas�
Hilton Anatole Hotel Begins $40 million Renovation; Famed Stemmons Auditorium
to be Transformed into 8,300 Sq Ft Ballroom
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Jim
Quest Named First Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Cornell Hotel School
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PAR
Springer-Miller Announces HTNG Certification; SMS|Host V16.0 with SMS|Diplomat
certified under the HTNG Certification Program
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Director
of Sales & Marketing sought by the 250 room Custom Hotel opening this
summer in Los Angeles. Ideal candidates will possess a bachelors degree
and 4-6 years hotel sales management experience
March 20, 2007
March 19, 2007
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The
Steel Skeleton for Hotel, Condo Tower For Sale; The Stalled Chandler, Arizona
Project Likely to Big for Developer
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Hotel
Investment Market Still Strong, Only Fear Is Over Development / PKF Consulting
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Lifestyle
Hospitality to Convert 17-story Bank Building in Downtown Durham, North
Carolina Into High-end Hotel
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Development
Pipeline for Hotel Openings in Europe Reveals Robust Development Activity;
The UK Has the Largest Pipeline in Europe
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Nobody
Asked Me, But: Energy Usage and Potential Savings; Great Art in Hotels;
Lifestyle Hotels / Stanley Turkel
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Shoes,
Clothing and Cell Phone Chargers Are Among the Most Popular Items Left
Behind in Hotel Rooms; Sometimes, though, People Leave Behind the valuable,
the Unusual
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The
Repositioning of the Flagship ANA Hotel Tokyo to ANA InterContinental Tokyo
the First of 13 ANA Hotels Scheduled for Rebranding
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KioskCom
Self Service Expo Announces Updated Speaker Roster; The Largest and Longest
Running Conference and Tradeshow of Its Kind to Feature Top Notch Speakers
and Special Presentations on Self Service Technology
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Hotel
Financial Strategies Opens New York Office
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InnLink
Announces New Ownership
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Starwood
Signs Deal with Hillwood to Develop the First aloft Hotel in Texas, in
the Dallas Suburb of Las Colinas
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European
Hotel Supply in 2007; Accor Top Hotel Group, Best Western Top Brand
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Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 65 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
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CSM
Lodging Rebranding the Courtyard by Marriott � Minneapolis Downtown at
the Depot to The Depot, a Renaissance Hotel by Marriott
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Pan
Pacific Hotels and Resorts Invests Close to $1 million in E-commerce and
Distribution Infrastructure and the Resources to Deliver E-initiatives
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Former
Managing Director for Thayer Lodging Group, Dave Weymer, Joins Noble Investment
Group as a Managing Principal
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Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Paul Reed Bogardus Executive Chef at North Maple Inn
March 16, 2007
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Number
of New U.S. Hotel Brand Launches in 2005/2006 Reflects Largest Two-Year
Total in 17 Years, PricewaterhouseCoopers Reports
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Extraordinary
Preparation, Plenty of Emotion to Bring Down the Stardust Resort &
Casino
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What
is Hotel Mixed-use? That DependsOn Who You Listen To / Jim Butler
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Slightly
Fewer Orange County (California) Hotels Sold Last Year, But Prices for
Those Sold Nearly Tripled; Ritz-Carlton Among Southern California's Top
Hotel Deals of 2006 / Sandi Cain
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The
Hilton Garden Inn Brand Names Top Hotel Performance Winners for 2006;
The Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad Beach � Calif., Recognized as the 2006 Hotel
of the Year
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Benchmark
Adds Lakeside Resort & Residences on Lake Grapevine in Flower Mound,
Texas to Portfolio; Project Being Developed by Hines Includes 289 Guest
Rooms and 64 Condominiums
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Rockwood
Capital Acquires Landmark Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC; First Lodging
Asset of Rockwood�s Fund VII
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Rocco
Forte Hotels Selling The St David�s Hotel & Spa in Cardiff to Principal
Hotels for £32.5 million (US$63.3m)
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HFTP
to Honor Hospitality Technology Pioneers with an Award of Merit
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GJM
Hospitality Completes $7 million Makeover of the Former Augusta Towers
Hotel, the 179 room Augusta, Georgia Property Branded Doubletree
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CSK
Hotels LLC Developing aloft Hotel in Rogers, Arkansas
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Industry
Professionals to Share How They Are �Connecting for Results� at Newmarket
International�s 4th Annual User Conference; Leading company representatives
to discuss how connecting different islands of data and sister properties
results in streamlined operations and increased revenues
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IACC
Appoints First Board Associate; 27 Year Old Sales Manager, Warren Call,
to Bring "Google Generation" Perspective
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Cornell
Hotel School Offers 12 Professional Certifications in 2007
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Raffles
Hotels & Resorts Signs Agreement with Point Hardy Development Company
to Manage Raffles St Lucia, West Indies
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Robert
Penman Appointed Lodge Manager at Rosewood's King Pacific Lodge in British
Columbia
March 14, 2007
March 13, 2007
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TravelCLICK
Introduces First Graphical Ads Influencing Travel Agents at GDS Point of
Sale; Graphical PromoSpots Combine Powerful, Targeted GDS Search With Rich
Graphical Content to Drive Higher GDS Conversion, Increase Agent Bookings
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The
Rainmaker Group Hosts 3rd Annual Client Steering Committee Meeting; User
Input to Guide Development; Revenue Management leader taps users for �Project
Roadmap,� assesses client priorities
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Asha
Cos., Developing a Complex Called the Grand Isle Resort Near Baltimore's
BWI Airport; Plans Include a 300 room Crowne Plaza, 82,000 sq ft Conference
Center and a 130,000 sq ft Water Park
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Columbus,
Georgia's Hawthorn Suites Sustained Knockout Blow From Tornado; To Be Torn
Down and Replaced with a 82 suite Hyatt Place
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American
Property Management Corp. Acquires the 35-year-old Wyndham Albuquerque
Airport Hotel (Originally the Airport Marina and later the Amfac); Investing
$6.5 million in Conversion to Sheraton Brand
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Overuse
of 'Boutique' Within Hotel Industry Leads Thailand Hotelier to Coin New
Term
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Extensive
Agenda Set for 7th Annual Resort Management Conference, The Broadmoor,
March 25-27, 2007; Breakout Sessions in Three Tracks: Operations, Marketing
and Current Trends
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Diamond
Resorts, LLC Signs Agreement to Acquire Vacation Ownership Company, Sunterra
Corporation, for $16.00 per Share in Cash; Value of the Transaction is
Approximately $700 million
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HPN
Named Top 5 Hot Growth Companies by biz AZ Magazine; Site-Selection Firm
Has Grown by 227 Percent Since 2003
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Irish
Property Development Group, Thornsett, Signs Starwood's aloft Brand for
150 room Hotel in Brussels, Belgium
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Las
Vegas Businessman, Terry Caudill, Continues with the Revitalization of
the Four Queens Hotel & Casino; Over $20 million in Improvements at
the Historic Downtown Property
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Staybridge
Suites Reaches 100th Hotel with the Opening of Staybridge Suites Tallahassee,
Florida
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Shanghai
Eastern Airline Hospitality Signs Golden Tulip to Manage the 283-room Shanghai
Eastern Airline Hotel
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SpaSoft
Announces HTNG Certification; SpaSoft with SMS|Diplomat certified under
the HTNG Certification Program
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Andrew
Gibson Appointed to Manage Mandarin Oriental�s Global Spa Division
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Robert
M. Leahy Named EVP of Finance for Myriad Entertainment & Resorts, Inc.;
Former Kerzner and Atlantis Resort Exec Joins Team Developing $1.6 billion
Destination Resort near Tunica, Mississippi
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The
Hotel Group (THG) seeking a Real Estate Director. THG is a value added
buyer of full service hotels throughout the U.S. Candidates should have
hotel operations background with 3 years of real estate experience in the
hospitality field
March 12, 2007
March 9, 2007
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The
Blackstone Group Sells the Rights to the Budgetel Trademarks and Franchise
Operations to Group Headed by Mukesh Patel and R.C. Patel; The Minority-owned
Hotel Franchisor Seeks to Spark an Evolution for Fair Franchising
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Days
Inn in Branford, Connecticut Shut Down for Numerous Fire, Health and Building
Code Violations
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Inland
American RE Ups the Bid for Winston Hotels, Inc.; Bids $15/Share Topping
Wilbur Acquisition Holding Co. Offer of $14.10/share
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A
Previously Rejected Courtyard by Marriott Proposal Wins City of Flagstaff
Approval - Now Planned with 14 Fewer Hotel Rooms and a Lower Roof Line
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Selling
Off the Indebted Williamsburg, Virginia Ramada Inn & Suites Provides
a Look at Old-Fashioned Auctioneering
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Planned
Luxury Golf Club In Nebraska's Sand Hills Signs Tom Lehman to Design One
of Two Courses; The Prairie Club Expects to Attrack Golf Fanatics from
Around the World
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Interpretations
of the Hotel and its Environment Subject of Major Art Works for the Jumeirah
Essex House Lobby in New York City
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North
Korea Suddenly Open to American Travelers; Last Minute Decision to
Grant Visas to Attend the Famed Mass Games in Pyongyang
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He
Ping Li Hotel Company Signs 10-year Agreement with Wyndham Hotel Group
to Manage 550 room Hotel Under Construction in Xiamen, Fujian Province
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Davidson
Hotel Company/RockBridge Capital, LLC Joint Venture Acquires Stamford (CT)
Holiday Inn Downtown; Property to Undergo $15 Million Renovation
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Platinum
Capital Holdings Pvt Ltd. Signs Raffles to Manage a 49 Villa Resort on
the Newly Developed Gaafu Alifu Atoll, in the Southern Part of the Maldives
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Expanding
Opportunities in the Hotel Industry in China Prompts a Special One Day
Seminar in New York City, April 27, 2007
-
Hansji
Hotels Transforms the Run-down Sunshine Hotel & Suites Into the Sleek
Radisson Phoenix City Center
-
Four
Points by Sheraton Partners with William A. Anthony, Ph.D., the Nap Doctor,
to Promote Benefits of a Good Nap
-
HFTP
Adds the New Assistant Controllers Conference to its Education Schedule
-
The
Hotel Cheval in Downtown Paso Robles, California, a Two and a Half Year
Effort for Proprietors Robert and Sherry Gilson
-
Dave
Coskey and Drew Schlesinger Appointed to Vice President Positions at Borgata
Hotel Casino & Spa
-
Former
Walt Disney Executive, Aldo Manzini, Named Executive Vice President and
Chief Administrative Officer for MGM MIRAGE
March 8, 2007
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TravelCLICK
Selected by Austria Hotels International For GDS Connectivity, Market Intelligence;
Boutique Hotel Group Grows Share Using iHotelier CRS, Rate Shopping, Travel
Agent Advertising
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What's
In a Hotel Brand Nowadays? / Dietmar Kielnhofer, General Manager, Le Meridien
Nirwana Golf and Spa Resort, Bali
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Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / March 2007
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SBE
Entertainment, Controlled by 31 year Old Sam Nazarian, Likely to Spend
a Ton of Money Bringing the 1,720 room Sahara Hotel to the Next Level
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Hotel
Revenue Management is Not Rocket Science. So, Why Aren�t You Using It?
/ Neil Salerno
-
HTNG's
Certification Program Launched with Five Certified Products; The �HTNG
Certified� Label and Logo Provides Hoteliers with Assurance of Technology
Products with Industry-standard Interfaces
-
Once
a Bingo Hall, the Tohono O'odham Nation Finishing the $120 million Desert
Diamond Casino & Hotel, Tuscon, Arizona
-
Hilton
Hotels Corp. Creates $3 million College Scholarship Fund for Baltimore
Hospitality Students; Makes Good on Pledge After Chosen to Operate
the Baltimore City-owned Convention Center Hotel
-
De
Vere Collection Leverages Newmarket International�s Solutions Across 58
Properties; Leading UK hotel group turns to Newmarket® to optimise
its sales, catering and events business
-
The
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Cited for Innovative and Successful Training
Processes
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Silver
Companies Developing Three Hyatt Place Hotels in Three Markets � Fredericksburg,
Va., Jacksonville, Fla. and Germantown, Tenn.
-
Harris
Rosen, Founder, Rosen Hotels and Resorts To Share His Entrepreneurial Vision
at Cornel Hotel School
-
Blue
Square Studios' Hospitality Toolkit Builds Brand with New Website for Elegant
Hotels Group
-
Pegasus
Solutions� hotelbook® Receives Prestigious HSMAI Award of Excellence;
Trade Association Recognizes Independent Travel Web Site with Silver Award
-
Deal
of the Year Awards Winners Announced at the International Hotel Investment
Forum in Berlin, Germany
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A
€45 million 210 room art'otel Hotel Planned for Midtown Cologne, Germany;
The Sixth art'otel in Germany for the Park Plaza Hotels Europe Brand
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Susan Schmittfranz Director of Food & Beverage
for The Northland Inn, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
March 7, 2007
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TravelCom/Res-Expo
Introduces the Ultimate Travel Distribution Chat Room
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Aptech's
ASP-Based Accounting Software in High Demand by Chains, Properties; Saves
properties money, eliminates system responsibility
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A
Woman Pretending to Be a Guest of Stanford University Walked Out on a Bill
of Over $10,000 at Dinah's Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto
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Benchmark
Hospitality's Top 10 Meeting Trends for 2007; Portals to Success, Package
Rules, BlackBerries & More
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Las
Vegas Casino Worker Who Expressed Concerns to Newspaper About Crowds and
Problems Associated with the NBA All-Star Event Fired for Willful Misconduct
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SBE
Entertainment Group to Acquire Las Vegas� Sahara Hotel & Casino; Plans
is to Reposition Legendary Property for a New Generation of Visitors
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NRA's
Ed Tinsley Says American Dream Alive and Well in Food, Beverage and Hospitality;
About 50% of Americans Have Worked in a Restaurant at Some Point in their
Careers
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So
How Do We Develop Hotels �Smarter� and How Do We Get It Right - Focus of
JMBM�s The Hotel Developers Conference� in Rancho Mirage, California March
7-8, 2007
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Hotel
del Coronado Selects UniFocus� Watson, R. M.� Labor and Budgeter Financial
Management Applications
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Agenda
and Speakers Set for HFTP's Club and Hotel Controllers Conferences
-
Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Selected to Manage the Ravallo Resort & Conference
Center in Orlando; The $800 million Project Will Have 900 Condo Hotel Suites
and 100,000 Sq Ft Conference Center
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British
Columbia's King Pacific Lodge Initiates Multi-faceted Plan to Reduce the
Lodge's Carbon Footprint by 50% Over the Next Five Years
-
Kor
Hotel Group Acquires the Villa del Sol Resort Located just Outside Ixtapa,
Mexico
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John
Q. Hammons Planning a 320 room Chateau Style Resort with 100,000 Sq Ft
of Meeting Space on Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri
-
Hill
Air Force Base Located in Northern Utah Plans to Build a Hotel/Condominium
Project in Park City, Utah
March 6, 2007
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Full-Service
Hotels, Resorts See Revenue Payback, Optimized Efficiency with Integrated
Maestro PMS Modules; Partnership & Hotel Technology Investment Delivers
Premium Support Services & ROI
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SynXis
Recognizes Outstanding Customer Performance at their Annual Customer Forum
in Las Vegas; Highlights of event include a vendor showcase, customer-led
case studies, a travel agent panel and keynote address by Peter Yesawich
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First
Step In Maximizing Reservations Sales: Believe It�s Possible / Doug Kennedy
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5
Star in Istria - Two Different Luxury Hotels / Barry Napier
-
Hilton
Hotels Corporation Anticipates Adding 1,000 Hotels within North America
in the next Five Years, and 1,000 Hotels Internationally Within the Next
10 Years
-
Built
in 1982, the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa Completes $17 million Renovation;
Operator Gemstone Adds Spa and Redesigned Restaurant, BIN189
-
Some
Think Norfolk, Virginia's Offer of Incentives to Developer in Downtown
Hotel Deal Are Over the Top
-
Starwood
Signs Management Agreement with Real Estate Development LLC, to Operate
a 135 room W Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia
-
Pending
Government Approvals of Timeshare Laws, Vacation Ownership Set to Take
Off in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
-
Lazer
Lodging Appointed Asset Manager of Sheraton College Park
-
Hotel
Plus Mixes with High Society
-
Blue
Square Studios wins HSMAI Adrian Awards For Excellence in Hospitality E-Marketing
-
Decision
Made to Re-brand the Hilton Maldives Resort and Spa to the Conrad Maldives
Rangali Island Effective December 2007
-
Developed
by Heaton Companies and Managed by Coral Hospitality, the 83 unit Vero
Beach Hotel & Club Opens
-
Brack
Capital Real Estate Plans to Develop 300 room Hotel at 63-67 West 35th
Street in Midtown Manhattan
-
Outrigger
Enterprises Group Sells Management Rights for 13 Australian and New Zealand
Hotels to MFS's Stella Resorts Group
-
Money
Back Guarantee by Revenue Source One
-
PAR
Springer-Miller Systems Partners with HBSi; To Provide Hoteliers Instant
Communications with Distribution Channels
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Warren Breaux Director of Sales and Marketing at Lansdowne
Resort Near Washington, DC
March 5, 2007
-
Ask
Not For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls / Mergers and Acquisitions � Good for
the Hospitality Industry? / Michael Schubach
-
Set
Up Your Servers for Super Service / Lee Simon
-
A
Case Study in Interiors: When Renovating, Ambiance Can Equal Competitive
Set Dominance By John Cullen & Anthony DiGuiseppe
-
The
IRS Auditing Marriott International Inc.'s Federal Tax Returns for Fiscal
2000 through 2002 Regarding $1 billion in Deductions Related to Employee
Stock Ownership Plan
-
Former
Baseball Star Reggie Jackson One of the Developers of a Proposed 252-room
Hotel and Conference Center in Seaside, California
-
City
of Hampton, Virginia Seeks to Foreclose on Hotel that Owes the City $7.7
million
-
Supreme
Court of Virginia Rules a Guest of a Holiday Inn Express Who Was Shot and
Carjacked in the Parking Lot Is Allowed to Sue Motel with Claims It Did
Not Protect its Customers
-
Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 63 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
-
Newmarket®
International�s Vice President of Product Development to Present at HTNG
2007; Shawn McGowan to participate in thought leadership program addressing
the successes and challenges of service-oriented architecture
-
Hotels
Seeking to Target Meeting Planners Should Exhibit at HSMAI�s Affordable
Meetings® Mid-America Show - April 11-12, 2007, Chicago; Exposition
Space Still Available For Show, New Exhibitor Incentives Offered
-
The
Briad Group Opens 100-unit, Residence Inn by Marriott in Neptune, New Jersey
-
The
Historic Pacific Plaza Hotel in Downtown Seattle Completes $5 million Renovation,
Renamed the Executive Hotel Pacific
-
How
Good Is the Hotel Business and How Good Can it Get? / Jim Butler
-
Carlson
Branded Hotels Increased by 78 in 2006, Total Properties Reach 938 in 71
Countries
-
Dale
Stetson Named Regional Director-Outrigger Condominium Collection-Kauai
� go to
-
Allied
Hotels and The Nicholas Group Appoint Michael P. Phillips as Director of
Operations � Caribbean
-
Barrett
De Santos Named General Manager of the Outrigger Aina Nalu Resort on Maui
March 2, 2007
-
Remembering
Tony Marshall, The Messenger of �Reasonable Care� / Dr. John Hogan
-
Better
Designs Today For a Greener Tomorrow; Design sustainability expert David
Oakey to headline the March 14th Green Hospitality Conference hosted
by Lodging Hospitality and Pineapple Hospitality, Inc.
-
Two
Wynn Las Vegas Dealers File Lawsuits Accusing Steve Wynn of Losing his
Temper and Launching into a Tirade During a Meeting with Employees to Discuss
Tip Sharing Policy
-
A
Candlewood Suites Hotel Under Construction in Omaha Red-tagged by City
for Structural Problems; One Engineer Suggests Structure Should be Torn
Down
-
EQT,
a European Private Equity Group, Plans to Acquire Hilton's Scandic Hotel
Chain for Approximately US$1.1 billion
-
The
DoubleTree Grand Key Resort in Key West Working to Earn Back its Certificate
of Occupancy
-
Gemstone
Resorts Chosen to Run 131-room Boutique Hotel Planned as Part of $116 million
West Edge Project in Kansas City, Missouri
-
Fairmont
to Brand a 185 room Hotel and 28 Condo Residences at the $178 million PNC
Mixed Use Project in Downtown Pittsburgh
-
Neptune
Hospitality Advisors Arranges $23.8 million Loan for the Purchase of the
Wyndham Albuquerque Airport
-
Microtel
Solicits Customers and Owners Before Rolling Out New System Wide Contemporary
Bedding Initiative
-
HEI
Hotels & Resorts Acquires Embassy Suites Orlando-Downtown Dalton Hotel
Corporation
-
Starwood
and Las Vegas Sands Corporation to Develop Two Hotels on the COTAI Strip
in Macao: The 4,000 room Sheraton Macao Hotel and The 460 room St. Regis
Hotel & Residences, Macao
-
Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Disposition of the Terrace
Hotel In Downtown Cincinnati
-
HITEC
2007 Exhibit Space is 93 Percent Sold Out; Interested Companies Urged to
Reserve Space Soon
-
Free
Private Web Casts Extended - Demonstrations of Rate Razor by Revenue Source
One
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Hosts Ribbon Cutting Celebration for The Heldrich
-
Fontainebleau
Miami Beach $1 billion Renovation and Tower Expansion Tops Off with 286
Suites
-
The
135 room Hampton Inn-Majestic Chicago Theatre District Opens Following
a $20 million Restoration
-
The
Historic 248 room Berkeley Carteret Oceanfront Hotel in Asbury Park, New
Jersey Acquired by the Chetrit Group for $16 million; Plan is to Refurbish,
Restore and Reopen as Soon as Possible
-
Tacoma
Hotel Scene: From 'Yuck' to 'Wow'
-
VSi
Rolling Out iPOP�, Revolutionary Revenue-Generating Guest-Service Amenity;
Global leader in guest-services technology will launch the industry�s first
Internet kiosks and Self-Service Business Centers that offer a combination
of fee-based and free-to-guest services on the same system
-
Coastal
Hotel Group Selects UniFocus� Watson, R.M. � Financial Management Applications;
Alliance Rivals Business Intelligence at Major Hotel Brands
-
The
Rainmaker Group Increases Staff 30%, Relocates to Larger Offices; Revenue
Management leader adds business unit, expands to service growing client
demand
-
EZ
Yield.com Taps Kim Stephenson to Join the Team as Corporate Director of
Operations
-
International
Association of Conference Centers Taps Chef Leonard Elias of Aberdeen Woods
Conference Center for International Chef of the Year Competition
-
Agilysys
Joins APC�s Certified Gold Partner Program
-
Mehrdad
�Mike� Saeidi Named Director of Finance for The Grand Del Mar, Manchester
Grand Resort's New Property in North San Diego County
-
Dow
Hotel Company Names Michael Pitstick General Manager of Hilton Bellevue
in Bellevue, Washington
Top 25 Read Articles - February
2007
-
Mastering
The Lost Art of Check-In / Doug Kennedy
-
Four
Seasons Agrees to US $3.8 billion Buyout Offer from Microsoft's Bill
Gates and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Tala
-
What
Steps are Hilton, Starwood, Hyatt and Wyndham Taking to Capture and Retain
their Customers?
-
Why
Are Bill Gates and a Saudi Prince Buying Four Seasons Hotels Now? / Jim
Butler
-
Hospitality
Industry Top 10 Thoughts for 2007 / Ernst & Young
-
Daylight
Savings Time (DST) Begins Early this Year - Look Out for Hiccups in Guest
Service if Not Effectively Planned For
-
Number
of Indoor Waterpark Destination Resorts Grows in 2007 / David Sangree
-
Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / February 2007
-
Westin
Hotels Reinventing the Happy Hour; Nightly Evening Experiences Featuring
Local Indulgences in 129 Hotel Lobbies Worldwide
-
Hilton
Recognizes the Top Performing Hotels of 2006
-
Accused
of Running a $400 million Pyramid Scheme, Hotelier Michael E. Kelly
Denied Bail
-
ISHC
Releases Top Ten Technology Issues for 2007
-
Robert
Falor, the Developer Behind Nicky Hilton's Planned South Beach Hotel, Is
Considering Scuttling the 95-room "Nicky-O" Condo-hotel
-
Will
Room 607 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Become a Macabre
Tourist Attraction?
-
Hilton
Hotels Corporation Makes Five Executive Management Changes ; Thomas L.
Keltner Appointed EVP, Hilton Hotels Corporation and CEO � Americas and
Global Brands
-
The
Majority of Online Hotel Reservations Now Being Booked Directly on Hotel
or Hotel Brand�s Website; Market Share for Travel Portals Dropping
-
Hello,
Front Desk? I Think I've Been Robbed! / Nick Price
-
Hotel
Developer Robert Falor Suing Nicky Hilton; Alleges Breach of Contract and
Deceptive Business Practices
-
What
a Resort Experience Can Become When You Have a Daring Mission and Vision
Statement / Peter McAlpine
-
New
Days Inn Logo Unveiled Symbolizing Brand�s Renaissance
-
American
Skiing Company Selling Mount Snow and Attitash Resorts for $73.5
million to Peak Resorts Inc.
-
Bermuda
Developers Sign Jumeirah to Operate the First New Luxury Resort to be Built
in Bermuda in 35 years
-
CNL
Hotels & Resorts Begins a Year Long Vanishing Act; Eliminaton of 101
Corporate Jobs Coincides with $6.6 billion Sale to Morgan Stanley
-
Miami
Beach's Eden Roc Renaissance Resort & Spa Closing for 6 Months; $110
million Renovation Includes New 283 room Hotel Tower
-
Spas
- How to Stay On-trend and Make Money / Judith L. Singer, and Patricia
A. Monteson
February 28, 2007
February 27, 2007
-
Daylight
Savings Time (DST) Begins Early this Year - Look Out for Hiccups in Guest
Service if Not Effectively Planned For
-
Bacteria-Ridden
Remote Controls Are the Likely Place for Guests to get a Cold or Flu; Pineapple
Hospitality�s ZAPLEX� disposable remote control protectors help to prevent
hand-to remote transferring of colds, flu�s and MRSAs
-
FedEx,
UPS and the Internet Bring About Big Improvements in the Procurement Function
for Hotels
-
3
Easy Ways to Increase Your Hotel�s Search Engine Presence�Without LinkBuilding!
/ Adam Dorfman
-
A
Luxury Hotel-Condo Golf Resort Preparing to Breakground on the Golf Club
at Vistoso, Near Tucson, Arizona; Project Includes 440 Hotel Rooms, 220
Condos
-
American
Nevada Co. and Station Casinos Breakground on the $600 million Aliante
Station Casino and Resort, in North Las Vegas
-
The
El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel Now a Franchise of the Holiday Inn Brand;
Opened in 1962, It Was the First Hotel on San Antonio's Riverwalk
-
MHI
Hospitality Corporation Selects the Sheraton Flag for its Jeffersonville,
Indiana Hotel Asset; Former Ramada Inn Expected to Reopen in 2008 as the
The Sheraton Riverside Louisville North Hotel
-
MTech�s
HIP Software Helps HotSOS Users Easily Control Inventory, Stay on Budget;
Hotel Inventory and Purchasing module eliminates major portion of purchasing
paperwork that can turn inventory recordkeeping into an operational nightmare
-
Newmarket�s
Daylight Customers to Share Insights at NewmarketPLUS 2007 User Conference;
Industry professionals to share real-world experiences using Daylight to
connect and compete in the hospitality industry
-
The
JBG Companies Selects Crestline Hotels & Resorts as the Management
Company for the New Westin Reston Heights in Reston, Virginia
-
Jan
Stuart Named DOS and Daniel Millaire Appointed F&B Director at The
George, Christchurch, New Zealand
February 26, 2007
-
The
Bowery Hotel in New York Selects TravelCLICK For Robust Central Reservations
Solution; BD Hotels� Newest Property Implements iHotelier CRS to Build
Brand Identity Online, Drive Reservations
-
Station
Casinos, Inc. Enters Agreement with Fertitta Colony Partners LLC to Be
Acquired for $8.8 billion, Including Debt of $3.4 billion
-
A
Day in the Life of a Small South Florida Hotel; Tropi Rock Resort Owner
Mick Ball
-
Fate
of the 68-year Old Collins Park Hotel on Miami Beach Seems Clear, Demolition
-
Original
Sin of Revenue Management - A Pricing Strategy that Misses the Mark
-
Highland
Hospitality Acquires the 143-room Silversmith Hotel in Downtown Chicago
for $34.5 million, $241,000 per Key
-
The
802-room Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay to be Acquired by Morgan Stanley Real
Estate and Starwood Hotels Joint Venture
-
Industry
Professionals to Discuss �Competing for the Future of Hospitality� at NewmarketPLUS
2007 User Conference; Newmarket International�s customers will share how
technology enables them to better compete in today�s hospitality marketplace
-
Expanding
Opportunities in the Hotel Industry in China Prompts a Special One Day
Seminar in New York City, April 27, 2007 / February 2007
-
Aztec
Group, Inc. Arranges the $79 Million Sale of Hawk�s Cay Resort in the Florida
Keys
-
Prestigious
Grecotel S.A. Selects Newmarket�s Delphi� Multi-Property Edition and Delphi
Diagrams; Delphi solution will empower luxury hotel chain in Greece to
maximise sales and group business
-
Marcus
Hotels Opens the Skirvin Hilton in Oklahoma City Following $55 Million
Restoration
-
Aspen�s
Hotel Jerome Appoints Katherine Huske As Director of Marketing and Sales
-
Jeff
Townsend Named President of Innisfree Development, Gulf Breeze,
FL
-
Benchmark
Appoints Claudine M. Sidney Director of Conference Services for The Heldrich
Februrary 23, 2007
-
D.C.
Judge Denies Marriott International, Inc.�s Attempt to Dismiss a Class
Action Lawsuit Alleging Marriott Misrepresents Room Rates at Hotels in
Moscow, Russia
-
Westin
Hotels Reinventing the Happy Hour; Nightly Evening Experiences Featuring
Local Indulgences in 129 Hotel Lobbies Worldwide
-
Northview
Hotel Group Partnership Acquiring Hawk�s Cay Resort in the Florida Keys;
Plans $27 million Renovation
-
LaSalle
Hotel Properties Reports YE 2006 Net income of $73,456, Up from Previous
Year $20,767; RevPAR Increases 10.1 Percent, Occupancy 73.9%
-
Developer
Seeks to Mine the Community's Recollections of the Glory Days of the Beloved
Miramar Hotel in Montecito, California � go to
-
Dallas
Developer Gene Carter, Giving the Waco Hilton a $17 million Redo; the 199
room Property Will Be New Anchor Piece for Downtown Development
-
Hilton
Recognizes the Top Performing Hotels of 2006
-
New
York�s Acclaimed Michelangelo Hotel Selects KoolConnect For Digital In-Room
Entertainment; Property rated by Travel & Leisure Magazine as one of
the top 500 �Greatest Hotels of the World� brings next generation of entertainment
to Manhattan
-
ARAMARK
Harrison Lodging Funds Study to Track Industry Trends and Developments;
Study conducted by PhoCusWright, Inc. projects $10.9 billion industry growth
in 2007
-
PhoCusWright�s
Founder Philip C. Wolf to Keynote HSMAI's 8th Travel Internet Marketing
Strategy Conference, April 4, 2007, Las Vegas
-
Michael
M. Trosin Named General Manager at the 295 room Hartford/Windsor Marriott
Airport Hotel
-
Benchmark
Appoints Richard Varga Executive Chef for The Heldrich
-
Innisfree
Hotels, Gulf Breeze, Florida Appoints Eli G. White, Jr. Vice President
of Marketing
-
Ellis
J. Etter Named Director of Sales for the Pink Shell Beach Resort &
Spa, Estero Island, Florida
February 22, 2007
-
Travel
Industry Association Announces TravelCom Res-Expo Innovators Award for
Outstanding Achievements in Travel Technology and Distribution
-
Winston
Hotels, Owner/Investor in 53 Hotels, Agrees to be Acquired by Wilbur Acquisition
Holding Co. in Deal Valued at $850 million; Proposed Sale May Attract Other
bidders for Winston
-
Accused
of Running a $400 million Pyramid Scheme, Hotelier Michael E. Kelly Denied
Bail
-
Built
for $115 million Two Years Ago, InterContinental Hotels Group Puts The
InterContinental Buckhead Up for Sale
-
Marge
O'Connor, GM of the Best Western Chelmsford Inn, Awarded General Manager
of the Year by the Massachusetts Lodging Association
-
Jonathan
Tisch, Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels, to Speak at HITEC's 2007
Opening General Session
-
Walton
Street Capital Joint Ventures with Morgans Hotel Group in Ownership of
Two MHG�s London Hotels: Sanderson and St Martins Lane
-
Prime
Holding Breaks Ground on First Holiday Inn Express in Central America,
the Holiday Inn Express San Jose, Costa Rica
-
Finalists
Selected for 2007 Deal of the Year Awards to be Presented at the International
Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Germany
-
Crescent
Hotels & Resorts Partners with the Carlyle Group to Acquire Sheraton
College Park; Beltsville, Maryland Hotel to Undergo $4 Million Renovation
-
LXR
Resorts Partners with PAR Springer-Miller to Provide Unparalleled Guest
Service at El Conquistador Resort; Installation includes SMS|Kiosk for
Self-Check In
-
Philippe
C. Eversdijk Named General Manager at the Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites
on Sand Key, Florida
-
Christophe
Thomas Named General Manager of the Shoreham Hotel, New York City
-
Christian
Tavelli Appointed Resort Manager of Las Ventanas al Paraíso, A Rosewood
Resort
-
Benchmark
Appoints Melanie Bowman Director of Operations at The Founders Inn
-
Downtown
Disney Resort Area Hotels Appoints Bill Green the 2007 Marketing Committee
Chairman
February 21, 2007
-
Top
Ten Technology Issues for 2007 / International Society of Hospitality Consultants
-
Preventive
Maintenance is Key to Stopping Carbon Monoxide Fatalities; Automated WinTrack
PM Software Helps Keep Guests, Staff Safe
-
Las
Vegas May Add Up to 45,000 More Hotel Rooms by 2012; Where Will the 100,000
plus Employees Come From?
-
White
Lodging Only Firm to Submit Proposal to City of Fort Wayne, Indiana for
Hotel Within $160 million Downtown Public/Private Development
-
Insight
into Revenue Trends - Other Hotel Revenue Sources / Robert Mandelbaum
-
Guestroom
Design & Amenities, Get a Human, The Pineapple as Symbol of Hospitality
/ Stanley Turkel
-
Marcus
Hotels and Resorts and Waterton Commercial LLC Joint Venture to Acquire
and Renovate the 237 room Sheraton Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin
-
Host
Hotels Records Net Income of $738 million for Full Year 2006; Nation's
Largest Lodging REIT Reports RevPAR Up 8.1% While Occupancy Declined 0.9
Percentage Points / Hotel Operating Statistics
-
Big
Picture Results for Revenue Management
-
The
Providence Group Announces Drake Sale
-
iHome(tm)
Named 'Best Alarm Clock' by THE WEEK; Hotel Technologies' iPOD stereo alarm
clock radio continues to win top honors
-
Xian
Yungao International Hotel Company Limited Signs Starwood to Manage a 296-room
Westin in Xian, the Capital of Shaanxi Province
-
Leland
Pillsbury, Chairman and CEO of Thayer Lodging Group, Keynote Speaker at
82nd Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell, April 12-15, 2007
-
Two
Year $100 million Renovation Completed at the The Hyatt Regency Bonaventure
Conference Center & Spa in Weston, Florida
-
The
Caribbean Has Much to Gain from the Development of the Niche Market, Sport
Tourism; Sports Tourism Expert Andrew Preece to Address the 9th Annual
Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, May 21-24, 2007,
Cayman Islands
-
Sterling
Companies Restructure Executive Roles, Promote McNeil To Chief Executive
Officer
-
Charles
Rodrigue Named Director of Food and Beverage for the Three Hilton Facilities
in Branson, Missouri
February 20, 2007
-
Miami
Beach's Eden Roc Renaissance Resort & Spa Closing for 6 Months; $110
million Renovation Includes New 283 room Hotel Tower
-
Sundance
Prepares for the Elite Meetings Alliance; Event unites top meeting and
incentive planners with hotels and resorts for a one of a kind face-to-face
business meeting experience
-
Developer
Larry Abdo Planning Minnesota's First 5 Diamond Hotel On Former Campground
Site in Chisago City, About 35 Miles NE of Minneapolis
-
Get
Involved in the Legislative Process / Kirby D. Payne, CHA
-
Request
for Proposals Issued for the Redevelopment of the 26-Acre West Gateway
Area in Schiller Park, Illinois; Redevelopment Plan Includes Hotel, Restaurant,
Retail, and Office
-
Bruce
Bustamante Resigns as President of the Anchorage Convention & Visitors
Bureau; Instrumental in Raising Hotel Room Tax to Fund Convention Center
-
The
583 room Marriott City Center in Downtown Minneapolis Getting a $20 million
Renovation; Opened 25 Years Ago as the Amfac Hotel
-
Partnership
to Create Nikki Beach Hotel on the Top Three Floors of the the Grand Sierra
Resort Hotel in Reno, a Hotel Within a Hotel
-
The
Lowdown on Canada's Hotel Construction High/ Monique Rosszell / Canadian
Lodging Outlook 2006 Year End
-
Molinaro
Koger Advises Hotelinvest Kalvebod A/S on Sale of Copenhagen Marriott Hotel
-
Luxe
Worldwide Hotels Signs the Newly Renovated Scottsdale Thunderbird Suites
-
Optimum
Hotel Brokerage Earns Many Top Sales Awards Presented at 2007 Hotel Brokers
International Convention
-
HotSOS
Goes Global with Multiple Language Capability; SaaS Hotel users can operate
in multiple languages, including double byte characters while corporate
management analyzes data in one set language
-
Newmarket
International to Host 4th Annual User Conference; NewmarketPLUS 2007 will
feature insight from Newmarket executives, industry analysts and leading
hospitality companies
-
Dusit
Group Signs for Opera Enterprise Solution
-
Joseph
R. Kane, President, Wyndham Hotel Group Retiring, to be Succeeded by Ken
Greene
-
Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 126 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
-
Benchmark
Appoints Bryan Forsythe as Director of Operations for Virginia Crossings
Resort in Richmond, Virginia
February 16, 2007
February 15, 2007
-
Innisbrook
Resort and Golf Club Drops Brand Flag, Creates Own Brand with TravelCLICK;
Premier Florida Destination Resort Selects iHotelier CRS for Website, GDS
Connectivity
-
Hospitality
Industry - Top 10 Thoughts for 2007 / Ernst & Young
-
Ohio
Supreme Court To Rule if Murky Pool at Columbus Embassy Suites Creates
Hotel Liability in Drowing Death
-
Spas
- How to Stay On-trend and Make Money / Judith L. Singer and Patricia A.
Monteson
-
Why
Are Bill Gates and a Saudi Prince Buying Four Seasons Hotels Now?
-
New
Days Inn Logo Unveiled Symbolizing Brand�s Renaissance
-
Kalahari
Waterpark Resort - Sandusky Expaning Indoor Waterpark from 80,000 sq. ft.
to 173,000 sq. ft. Making it America�s Largest Indoor Waterpark
-
Casino
Resorts Tap Digital Alchemy to Enhance E-Marketing Efforts; Two Native
American Casino properties in California say Web-based marketing solution
streamlines operations, saves costs and, perhaps most important,
boosts guest satisfaction
-
Aspen
Kiosks Offer Attractive Option to Harried Travelers Tired of Long Lines;
VSi�s stylish computer-access kiosks help improve guest service and increase
guest satisfaction by offering quick access to boarding-pass printing,
Internet use
-
First
Global Marketing Communications Network of Independent Agencies Specializing
in Travel Debuts; KWE Group Agency for North America
-
Malibu
Beach Inn on Billionaire's Beach in Malibu, California Undergoing Multi-million
Dollar Renovation
-
Insights
on Food and Wine Travelers; 17% of American Leisure Travelers Engage in
Culinary or Wine-related Activities
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Amanda Hawkins-Vogel Director of Operations for West
Baden Springs Hotel in West Baden Springs, Indiana
-
Rob
Lamb Appointed President of TravelHero
February 14, 2007
February 13, 2007
-
Nantucket
Island Resorts 5-Property Chain Relies on Maestro Multi-Property Suite
for Rate Optimization, Operating Efficiency; Five premier hotels on Nantucket
implement single-image database to streamline operations
-
Buck
Freeman Launched a Business Decorating Fraternity and Sorority Parties
at the University of Iowa, Now Freeman Cos. Is the North American Heavyweight
in Staging Conventions and Expositions
-
As
Goes the Economy, So Goes the Hospitality Industry � the Ineluctable Elasticity
of Demand! / Jim Butler
-
Gaylord
Entertainment Reports a 4th Qtr 2006 Loss of $93.7 million, Compared with
a Loss of $13.1 million for Same Period a Year Ago; Hotel Operating Results
-
Wyndham
Worldwide 4Q Profit Edges Up 1% to $92 million; Revenue Up 13% on Higher
Revenue Across Its Three Business Segments - Lodging, Vacation Exchange
and Rentals, and Vacation Ownership / Hotel Brand Operating Statistics
-
Metro,
the Regional Government Authority Serving the Portland, Oregon Area, Takes
Steps to Building and Owning a $150 million, 600-room Convention Center
Hotel; Project Expeced to Boost the Financially Weak Oregon Convention
Center
-
Lady
Luck Casino Hotel Remains Shuttered; the 791 room Downtown Las Vegas
Property Closed One Year Ago, Displacing 700 Workers
-
Gatehouse
Capital Breaks Ground on a Privately Financed $600 million Mix Use Development
in Hollywood, California; Centerpiece Is the 305-room W Hollywood Hotel
-
Gaylord
Proposing $400 million Expansion of at Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Resort
and Convention Center; Seeks to Grow Hotel to 3,281 Rooms and Over 1 million
Square Feet of Convention and Meeting Space
-
HREC
Investment Advisors Joined By Lodging Industry Leader Nick DePaolo
-
Lodging
Interactive Launches RFPLink.com Generates Group Leads for Hotel Websites
-
TTI
Teams with Sorbis to Provide One-Stop-Shop for Wireless Networking and
Business Center Services
-
Creator
of the Fidelio Property Management Software, Keith Gruen, to Speak on the
History of Property Management Systems at European Hospitality Technology
Education Conference
-
Marcus
Selected to Manage an Under-construction $49 million Hilton Hotel in Bloomington,
Minnesota
-
MTECH�s
QIC Provides Quick, Efficient Way to Conduct Quality Inspections; Quality
Inspection Console streamlines inspection process, leading to improved
employee performance, cleaner rooms, and enhanced guest satisfaction
-
Recognizing
Profitable Repositioning Opportunity Sunburst Hospitality Acquires 110
room Quality Inn Resort in Ocean City, Maryland for $18 million
-
Legacy
Hotels REIT Acquires the Fee Interest in the 310 room Delta Beausejour,
Moncton, New Brunswick for Approximately $21.2 million
February 12, 2007
-
Four
Seasons Agrees to US $3.8 billion Buyout Offer from Microsoft's Bill Gates
and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
-
Will
Room 607 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Become a Macabre
Tourist Attraction?
-
Expanding
Opportunities in the Hotel Industry in China Prompts a Special One Day
Seminar in New York City, April 27, 2007
-
Moscow's
Hotel General Managers Are Overpaid - Myth or Reality? Comparison of compensation
packages awarded to hotel General Managers in key cities in Russia with
other international markets
-
Number
of Indoor Waterpark Destination Resorts Grows in 2007 / David J Sangree
-
The
�I Hate Cold Calls� Web Cast � The New Paradigm of Sales!
-
Super
8 Brand Enters Second Phase of Product and Service Enhancements; Mandates
In-room Coffeemakers, New Uniforms, New Bath Amenities and Consistent Mattress
Replacment Schedule
-
Marcus
Hotels and Resorts Signs Agreement to Manage the Sheraton Clayton Plaza
Hotel St. Louis
-
Lowe
Enterprises Investors Acquires the 212 room Shores Resort & Spa in
Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. for $39.8 million; Destination Hotels &
Resorts to Manage
-
Future
Baltimore Convention Bookings Decline: Drop in Bookings Comes as City Financed
$301 million Hotel with 757 Rooms Nears Opening
-
Donahue
Peebles Acquires the Key Colony Bay Motel in Marathon, Florida for
$28.3 million; Will Convert to a Condo Hotel
-
Speakers
and Preliminary Agenda Set for HTNG 2007 Members' Meeting & Conference,
March 5-7, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia
-
The
Fort Garry Hotel Selects PAR Springer-Miller Systems� SMS|Host® Hospitality
Management System; Historic Property will Utilize PAR�s Guest Centric Solution
-
Matt
Adams Named Vice President and Managing Director for the Grand Hyatt New
York
-
Richard
Roy Appointed Resort Manager for the The Westin La Cantera Resort, San
Antonio
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Names Dwayne Jordan Executive Chef at Eaglewood Resort, Chicago
-
Ross
Fraser Named Executive Chef at Emerson Resort & Spa in New York�s Hudson
Valley
-
Charles
Bello Named Director of Group Sales for InterContinental San Francisco
February 9, 2007
-
E-site
Marketing Partners with The Broadmoor to Expand its Internet and Technology
Initiatives
-
�I�m
Sorry that You Missed Your Flight Sir� and Other Things You Don�t Want
to Say on the Morning of March 11, 2007
-
The
Majority of Online Hotel Reservations Now Being Booked Directly on Hotel
or Hotel Brand�s Website; Market Share for Travel Portals Dropping
-
Building
a De-Commoditization Strategy in Hospitality / Max Starkov and Jason Price
-
International
SPA Association Pinpoints Spa Industry Trends
-
Market
Metrix Announces 2006 Hospitality Index Results; Drury Inns, JetBlue Airlines
and Enterprise Rent-A-Car Win First Place 2006 Awards
-
Mandarin
Oriental Hotel Group Signs Management Contracts for Luxury Hotels to be
Developed in Paris, Taipei and Guangzhou
-
ZoomSystems
seeking a VP and GM of Hotels responsible for developing account relationships
for nationwide deployment of ZoomSystems Shops and Branded Stores within
the hotel industry
-
Gemstone
Resorts International Signs Management Agreements for the Carlton Hotel,
Manhattan and The Hotel Washington, Washington, D.C.
-
Interstate
Hotels & Resorts to Manage Fifth Property in Moscow
-
Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments (�WHI�) Advises in the Sale of the Travelodge, Omaha,
NE
-
Atlas
Hotels Adds Passkey to Maximize Group Business; Town & Country and
Kona Kai Resorts Offer Passkey to all Event Planners
-
Mövenpick
Targets Singapore as the Next Stage in its Asia Expansion
-
Broadreach
Capital Partners Acquires Majority Ownership of the 329 room Four Seasons
Resort Aviara, Carlsbad, California
-
Hispanic
Hotel Owners Association's Membership Surges in First Months of Existence
-
HSMAI
Launches Puerto Rico Chapter As It Strengthens Presence In The Caribbean
-
Glorietta
Bay Inn Wins California Hotel & Lodging Association Award for Best
Guest Relations
-
PAR
Springer-Miller Systems� SMS|Host® to Provide Guest Centric Solution
for Mirbeau Inn & Spa; PAR�s Hospitality Management Solution will Integrate
Operations
-
Peter
Nielsen Named General Manager of Oswego Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia
-
Marriott
Vacation Club International Promotes Victoria Dolan To Executive Vice President
Finance
-
Ron
Strecker Named Chief Financial Officer for the Al J. Schneider Company,
an Owner of Hotels in Louisville, Kentucky
February 7, 2007
-
Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / February 2007
-
10
Preventive Maintenance Steps You Can Take to Maximize Energy Efficiency
This Winter�Courtesy of Mintek Mobile Data Solutions
-
Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts Signs Areement with the Westbank and Peterson Group
to Manage the 220-room Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto Opening 2011
-
Mike
Leven, Founder of US Franchise Systems, Retires from the Company and from
the Hospitality Industry
-
The
Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee Talking Major
Expansion; Seeking Tax Dollars for $188 million Addition of 360,000 Sq
Ft of Convention Space, 386 New Hotel Rooms and Culinary School
-
Survey
Reveals that User-generated Content Is Nearing a Critical Mass, While Some
Web 2.0 Technologies Lag in the Travel Realm
-
Oxford
Lodging Removes Crowne Plaza Brand Affiliation from Chicago�s Historic
Allerton Hotel; Returns the 443 room Property to Independent Status
-
GolfSwitch
Patent Threatens Tee Time Internet Distribution Monopoly / Brian Cunningham
-
Prague
Hotels: Paying the Price / Barry Napier
-
A
Development Group Submits Ambitious Plan to Seaside, California Officials
to Build a 250-room Hotel and Conference Center; Development Would Affect
Homes, Businesses and a Church
-
Harmony
Hospitality Planning a 156-room Embassy Suites Adjacent to its Doubletree
Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia
-
Embassy
Suites Anaheim South Wins "Best in Family Hotel" in the 2006 TripAdvisor
Travelers' Choice Awards
-
Newmarket
International Realizes Rapid Growth in Dubai; Region�s leading hotels choose
Newmarket�s sales and catering solutions for competitive edge
-
Santa
Fe Properties Select PAR Springer-Miller Systems� SMS|Host® Hospitality
Management Solution; PAR�s Solution will Integrate Multi-Property Group
-
Millennium
Hotels and Resorts Adds a Kingsgate Branded Property, the Former Best Western
Portland Hotel of Thorndon, Located in Wellington, New Zealand
-
William
T. Comstock Named General Manager of the 837 room Pacific Beach Hotel,
Honolulu
-
Ralph
L. Vick Named President of Resort Management Company, Liberty Harbor Hospitality,
LLC
-
Jan
McCormick Appointed General Manager at Zermatt Resort & Spa, Midway,
Utah
-
Langham
Hotels International Appoints Two Senior Executives for its Development
Team, Harry Littlewood and Stefan Heintze
February 6, 2007
-
KPMG:
Dubai and Middle East Top the Leader Board for Busiest and Most Profitable
Golf Courses as International Golf Boom Continues; Golf Benchmark Survey
Summary Report Reveals the Best-performing Golfing Regions in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa (EMA)
-
Pan
Pacific Seattle�s Personalized Service Style Made Easy with Help of GoConcierge;
Web-based System Adds Efficiencies to Guest Service Operations
-
Mastering
The Lost Art of Check-In / Doug Kennedy
-
New
Disneyland Resort Boss, Ed Grier, To Oversee Changes, Possible Third Park
/ Sandi Cain
-
Top
10 Group Events January 2007 - North America & Selected Markets / Knowland
Group
-
In
a High Profile Joliet, Illinois Area Case - ID Theft Charges Dropped
Against All Hotel Owners
-
The
New $40 million Sheraton Duluth Hotel Set for Summer Opening; Bernie Mullen
Named General Manager
-
With
a Bidding Process Lasting 30 seconds, Billings's Historic Northern Hotel
Sells for $2.3 million; The Lenders Now the Owners
-
Miami
Area Hotels Charging Premium Rates Pronounce the Super Bowl a Boon; Some
Retailers and Restaurateurs Underwhelmed by Spending
-
Normal,
Illinois a Perfect Fit for a John Q Hammons $50 million Hotel
-
Hotel
Investor Survey Winter 2007; Hotel Capitalization Rates Continue Record-Breaking
Decline
-
Last
Offering of Free Rooms Pricing and Rate Quoting Web Casts by Revenue Source
One
-
Mazili
Hotel Group Closes the Ramada Limited Jacksonville, Florida
-
Benjamin
Franklin Hotel in San Mateo is Sold; Colliers International Hotels Acts
as Advisor to the Seller
-
Renard
International is Pleased to Announce Katie Linne Has Joined the Corporation
as Director of International Business Development
-
Capella
Hotels & Resorts Selects PAR Springer-Miller�s SMS|Host Hospitality
Management System; West Paces Hotel Group to take Guest Service to Next
Level
-
Dolce
Names Cedric Fasbender GM of the Year and Susana Casado Director of Sales
and Marketing of the Year
-
Marshall
Management Signs 11 New Management Contracts in 2006
-
Carolina
Pet Friendly Hotels Join BringYourPet.com
-
John
D. Trudeau and Kevin Thiele Lead The Culinary Team at Hotel Viking, Newport,
Rhode Island
-
Scott
Flexman Named Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Fontainebleau
Miami Beach
-
José
Carrasco Named Director of Operations for Karisma's Azul Hotel Brand
-
Troy
Summerill Named GM and Stan Phillips F&B Director at the The Shilo
Inn Suites Hotel - Ocean Shores, Washington
February 5, 2007
-
Luxury
Link Announces First Luxury Travel �Community�; Feature Allows Sophisticated
Travelers to Share Thoughts, Insight into the World of High-End Travel
-
Robert
Falor, the Developer Behind Nicky Hilton's Planned South Beach Hotel, Is
Considering Scuttling the 95-room "Nicky-O" Condo-hotel
-
Luxury
Hotel Transaction Volume and Per-Room Pricing Reach Unprecedented Levels;
The Sky Is the Limit / The Lodging Ledger
-
Bermuda
Developers Sign Jumeirah to Operate the First New Luxury Resort to be Built
in Bermuda in 35 years
-
Hasu
P. Shah Has Seen his Hotel Business Grow; Hersha, Named for His Wife, Moves
into 52,000 sq ft Offices in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
-
Across
Long Island, New York, the Lodging Industry Began to Stabilize in 2006
as it Finally Absorbed the 20 Hotels Built Since 1999
-
Job
Applications Talk. Hotel HR Managers Are You Listening?
-
Cook
Inlet Region Inc. Sells Partnership Interests in Two Las Vegas-area Resorts;
Concludes It Could Generate More Money by Selling Now vs Operating Them
Over the Next 10+ Years
-
Starwood
Hotels Announces Plans to Open Multi-Brand Mixed-Use Complex in Houston
Texas
-
TIA
Chair Rasulo Touts New Long-Range Plan to Reverse Decline in Travel to
U.S., Improve America�s Image Abroad
-
City
of Anchorage and CVB Develop New Brand �Anchorage Big Wild Life�; Effort
Took $80,000 and Two Ad Firms
-
Detroit
Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau Unveils New Brand Identity for Metro
Detroit: �D. Cars, Culture, Gaming, Music, Sports�
-
The
Caribbean and Boavista Island in Cape Verde Will be the Focus of RIU�s
Investments in 2007
-
Commercial
Management Company and Della Ratta Inc Building a Hawthorn Suites Condominium
Hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida
-
Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 47 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
-
Outrigger
to Manage New Luxury Resort to be Built on the island of Koror in the Republic
of Palau; $40 million Project Being Developed by Micronesia Investment
and Development Corporation
-
Pat
Larson, GM of the Sleep Inn and Suites, Emmitsburg, Maryland Named Hotelier
of the Year by the Maryland Hotel and Lodging Association
-
The
Australian Leisure Inn Hotels and Suites Brand Attracts Investors to Grow
Brand from Current 9 Properties to Over 20
-
Josef
Kufer Named Senior Vice President Africa for Mövenpick Hotels &
Resorts
-
Brian
Stapleton Named Director of Culinary Standards for ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
-
Raymond
Alexander Named Director of Food and Beverage at the Inn at Virginia Tech
& Skelton Conference Center, Blacksburg, Virginia
February 2, 2007
February 1, 2007
Top 25 Read Articles - January 2007
-
The
10 Dirtiest Hotels in the U.S. Identified by TripAdvisor; Also 2006 Travelers'
Choice Award Winners
-
Evicted
Guest Seeking $750,000 in Damages from NYC's Marriott Marquis Hotel for
Failing to Provide a Safe Haven
-
Guest
at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis Falls 16 Stories, Survives
-
Two
Deals that May Change the Lodging World Forever / Jim Butler
-
How
to Become One of the "Best Companies to Work For� / Derek Wood
-
Hate
Cold Calls? - Discover the New Paradigm of Hotel Sales / Carol Verret
-
HSMAI
Names �Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales & Marketing� for 2006
-
�Keep
Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer� Know Your Hotel Competition
/ David M. Brudney
-
It�s
2007. Do You Know Where Your Hotel Sales People Are? / Brenda Fields
-
Miami
Area Hoteliers Unapologetic About Super Bowl Room Rates; A Hampton Inn
in Hallandale Beach Wants $599 per Night with Four Night Minimum
-
Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What/ January 2007
-
CNL
Hotels & Resorts, One of the Largest Real-estate Investment Trusts,
Has Agreed to be Acquired for $6.6 billion by Morgan Stanley Real Estate
-
MBWA,
Management By Wandering Around, My Favorite Business Acronym Since the
Early 70's / Richard J. Welch
-
Hotelier�s
2007 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions / Max Starkov and Jason Price
-
The
1999 Deal to Keep Marriott's Bethesda, Maryland Corporate Headquarters
from Moving to Virginia Draws Criticism
-
Pitch
it or Pour it? Liquor Bottles Gathering Dust in your Storage, Still Drinkable?
-
Why
We�re Building Hotels in India Like Crazy! / Jim Butler
-
Every
Time You Turn Around in a Casino These Days, Something Is Missing with
Regards to Service! The 99 cent Shrimp Cocktail Is Long Gone / William
Orilio
-
The
City of Key West Shuts 210-room Doubletree Grand Resort; Unpermitted Work
Possible Cause for Deadly Gas
-
Baha
Mar Resorts Harrah�s Entertainment and Starwood Hotels Finalize JV and
Management Agreements for a $2+ billion Destination Resort in the Bahamas;
Will Include a Caesars� Resort Hotel & Casino and Four Starwood Branded
Properties
-
Top
10 Group Events � College Football Bowl Series 2006
-
New
Waldorf=Astoria Beverly Hills Hotel to Join The Beverly Hilton as Part
of a Long-Term $500 million Revitalization of the 50 Year Old Hotel Property
-
How
Will You Finance Your Hotel Project in 2007? / Jim Butler
-
E-site
Marketing Secures Thirteen �WebAwards� Including Highest Honor for �Best
Restaurant Website�
-
Hilton
Head Island Hotel Gets Third Name In Less than a Year
January 31, 2007
-
TravelCLICK
Converts Mobil Five-Star, AAA Five Diamond Woodlands Resort & Inn to
iHotelier CRS; Premier Luxury Hotel Selects TravelCLICK to Build Brand
Identity and Drive Reservations
-
Sage
Hospitality Resources Satisfies Owners, Associates and Guests for Portfolio
Growth; 48-Property Sage Combines Financial Metrics with Guest Information
for Real-Time Budgets, Forecasting to Boost Property Performance
-
The
International Society of Hospitality Consultants Honors James Burba with
the 2007 Pioneer Award
-
The
Carlyle Group/Davidson Hotel Company Joint Venture Acquires Houston Sofitel
Hotel; Property To Be Immediately Converted to Crowne Plaza and Undergo
$12 Million Renovation
-
Hilton
Hotels Posts a 97% Increase in 2006 4th Qtr Profit Compared with Prior
Year; RevPAR from Hilton Owned Hotels in North America Up 10.2%, Led by
Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Phoenix / Hotel Operating Statistics
-
MICROS
Systems, Inc. Acquires the Hospitality and Retail Subsidiaries of RedSky
IT
-
National
Trust Historic Hotels Names the 2007 Board of Advisors; Jim Bradbury, GM
of La Fonda in Santa Fe, N.M., Named Chair
-
An
Urban Legend About Hotels Storing Personal Information on Magnetic Key
Cards Continues to Float Around
-
The
Former Casuarina Beach Resort in Penang, Malaysia Undergoing Extensive
Renovation; HPL Hotels & Resorts Repositioning the Resort as the 255-room
Hard Rock Hotel Penang
-
Beijing
Yongtai Hotel Management Co., Ltd to Develop an aloft Hotel in Beijing,
China
-
Yunnan
Metropolitan Construction Investment Co Ltd Building the 540-room Crowne
Plaza Sun Palace Beijing; IHG�s Fourth Crowne Plaza Hotel in Beijing
-
GoldenTree
InSite Partners, Aimbridge Hospitality and JF Capital Advisors Form Alliance
to Acquire Hotel Properties
-
ELFIQ
Solves Hotel Bandwidth Needs and Downtime Issues
-
Hoteliers
Can Improve Internet Performance Without Breaking the Bank; iBAHN NextConnectSM
extends hotel infrastructure for the next generation of Internet applications
-
Micheal
Levie, CEO of New Start-up Hotel Chain Onestarisborn, Will Present a Session
Exploring Hotel Technology Needs at the European Hospitality Technology
Education Conference - February 19, 2007 in Amsterdam
-
Waterford
Hotel Group Hosts 80 Managers from 27 Properties at its 17th Annual
Leadership Conference; Duane Schroder Named General Manager of the Year
-
Fire
at Days Inn Bahia Cabana Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida May Have
Been Deliberately Set
-
Comtrol
Releases Next Generation of Lodging Link� Turn-key Interface Solution �
Lodging Link Premier
-
Settle
Inn Named Ron Marcou Senior Vice President of Operations
-
Multi-Systems
Inc. Promotes Tim Tiller to President
-
The
Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC seeking Assistant Hotel Manager/Purchasing.
Procurement and inventory responsibilities for 400 room luxury hotel. Requires
degree in hotel management
January 30,2007
-
Hotel
Pennsylvania Named 2006 eMarketer of the Year by TravelCLICK and HSMAI;
New York City Landmark Hotel Recognized at 50th Annual Adrian Awards Gala
-
The
Triple Win: greenSPA� Amenities Benefit Hotels�Guests, Properties� Profits
and the Environment; Hotels from coast to coast reduce waste to preserve
our planet
-
The
1999 Deal to Keep Marriott's Bethesda, Maryland Corporate Headquarters
from Moving to Virginia Draws Criticism
-
Nikki
Beach Owner Jack Penrod Embarks on Expansion into Branded Hotels, Casinos
and a Cruise Ship; Claims 8 Hotels Ready to Go
-
Two
Deals that May Change the Lodging World / Jim Butler
-
Stars
& Diamonds�Do They Really Matter Any More? They Seem to Have Lost Their
Luster
-
Ty
Warner Hotels & Resorts Finds Buyer for the Long Shuttered Miramar
Hotel in Montecito, California; Rick Caruso Plans to Restore It Into a
First-class, Family Friendly Hotel
-
President
and COO Joe Squeri Leaving Choice Hotels International
-
Columbia
Sussex Corporation Rebrands the The Wyndham Fort Lauderdale Hotel to the
Hilton Fort Lauderdale Airport Following Multimillion Dollar Renovation
-
Hotels
Increase Revenues with BringYourPet.com
-
Kingdom
Hotel Investments Planning a US$ 65 million Raffles Resort Development
in Da Nang, Vietnam
-
Richard
Branson's Virgin Group Seeking Approvals to Build £1.5 billion Casino
/ Destination Resort in Macau
-
Foxwoods
Resort Names Barry Cregan the Senior Vice President of Resort Operations
-
HEI
Hotels and Resorts Acquires 365-Room Marriott Austin in Texas; Will Invest
$18 Million in Upgrades and Converts Hotel to Sheraton Flag
-
Jumeirah
Signs Global Business Partnership with SoftBrands; Jumeirah to Implement
SoftBrands Next Generation Technology Throughout Its Portfolio of Luxury
Hotels and Resorts
-
Renee
Ryan Appointed Best Western International's Vice President of Marketing
-
Ted
Cizma Named Executive Chef of the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, near
Traverse City, Michigan
-
Donna
Frost Appointed Director of Human Resources for Cheyenne Mountain Resort,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
January 29, 2007
-
How
to Become One of the "Best Companies to Work For"
-
South
Florida Hotel Rooms Still Available a Week from Super Bowl XLI Kickoff
-
Legacy
that Refused to End: Even at Age 84, Oklahmoa City Hotelier, W.B. Skirvin,
Was Thinking about the Future
-
HEI
Hospitality Combines Ownership Division with Management Subsidiary, Merritt
Hospitality, Under New Name, HEI Hotels and Resorts; May Invest Up to $1
billion in Hotel Real Estate in 2007
-
Digging
Up Dirt on South Florida Hotels
-
Sorrento
Asset Management Acquires BridgeStreet Worldwide $40.5 million; Corporate
Housing No Longer Part of Interstate Hotels & Resorts Growth Strategy
-
Uglyhotels.com
- Finding the Ugly Duckling Hotels with Potential for a New, Profitable
Life
-
Herlocher
Properties Planning a Luxury Hotel-Condominium in Downtown, State College,
Pennsylvania
-
The
InterContinental Moscow Going Up on the Site of the former Minsk Hotel,
Located Close to the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
-
Additional
Dates Offered for Free Rooms Pricing and Rate Quoting Web Casts; Designed
for General Managers, Directors of Sales, Front Office Managers, and
Reservations Managers
-
Turkey
Lake Partners, LLC. and Ryze Development LLC Co-Developing 260 Unit Condo-hotel
in Orlando; The Sage Resort Will be Managed by Forbes Hamilton Management
-
JER
Partners, an Arm of J.E. Roberts Cos., Planning 32 million Renovation of
The Stanford Court, A Renaissance Hotel, San Francisco
-
RLJ
Lodging Fund II, LP Acquires the New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott from
LaSalle Hotel Properties for $69.0 million
-
Central
Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Recognizes Hotel Employees of the
Year; Colin Findley Named Hotelier of the Year
-
Lee
Iacocca's Group, Full House Resorts, Gets Appoval to Purchase Stockman's
Casino and Holiday Inn Express in Fallon, Nevada for $25.5 million
-
The
Florida Agency that Regulates Hotels Admits It Failed to Properly Inspect
the Doubletree Grand Key Resort, Key West, Florida
-
Benchmark
Appoints Konrad Meier Executive Chef for the Historic Bedford Springs Resort,
Bedford, Pennsylvania
-
Bruce
Musrasrik Appointed Hotel Manager for the OHANA Islander Waikiki Hotel
January 26, 2007
January 25, 2007
-
Newly
Combined TravelCom Res-Expo 2007 to Focus on the Most Important Facet of
Buying Decisions: the Customer
-
NORTHWIND
Expands Maestro PMS with Advanced Resort Management Tools, Provides 360
Degree View of Your Guest; Resort-wide ID cards, signature capture, gift-card
management, online event booking leverage Maestro�s single-image database
enterprise system
-
�Keep
Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer;� Know Your Hotel Competition
/ David M. Brudney
-
Gencom
Spending $500 million to Transform the Lodge at Rancho Mirage to The Ritz-Carlton,
Rancho Mirage; Adding Spa and Residential Components to 244 room Hotel
-
Gary
Sain, with Strong Background in Brand Promotion but Little Meetings/Convention
Experience, Accepts Top Job at the Orlando Convention & Visitors Bureau
at a Base Salary of $287,000
-
Serious
Illness of a Partner Forces Gateway Hospitality to Put Acreage and Mostly
Finalized Plans for a 161 room Embassy Suites in Springfield, Oregon on
the Market
-
The
Procaccianti Group Spending $16.4 million on Facelift for 30 Year Old Hyatt
Regency Lexington
-
Recognizing
Best Practices in Tourism Development, the World Travel & Tourism Council
Names 12 Finalists for Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2007
-
Montgomery,
Alabama Adding 754 Hotel Rooms, Includes $150 million 347 room Massive
Renaissance Hotel Project Downtown
-
The
Quest is Over for ResortQuest, They Have Discovered EZYield.com! ResortQuest,
the nation's leading vacation property management company, has chosen EZ
Yield.com as the solution to its channel management needs
-
Destination
Hotels & Resorts Inducts 32 Sales Leaders into Inaugural Chairman�s
Club
-
Westin
Roco Ki Beach & Golf Resort and Residences Unfolding in Dominican Republic
-
Lafider
s.p.a. Selects Corinthia Hotels International to Operate a Corinthia Branded
274 room Hotel in Algiers, the Capital of Algeria
-
Pet
Friendly Southeastern Hotels Join BringYourPet.com
-
Mark
Hemmer Named Vice President of Operations for Hotel Development and Management
Company Vesta Hospitality
-
Meritus
Hotels Appoints Tommy Lai Chi-On as the Director of Sales & Marketing
for Shanghai JC Mandarin and Regional Director of Sales in China
January 24, 2007
-
Hospitality
Design Firm Gettys Demonstrates Success in Fulfillment; Innovative Integrated
Solutions� Model Streamlines Projects
-
Aptech
Blasts Past 2,500-Property Milestone; Hospitality business intelligence
becomes a mainstream �must-have� business solution
-
Free
Web Cast Offered by Revenue Source One Rooms Pricing and Rate Quoting
-
Panama
City Beach, Florida, Area Will Continue to Live and Die with College Students
on Spring Break; No Replacement Market at this Point
-
Trendy
Restaurant Where Patrons Dined in Bed Closes at Atlanta's Glenn Hotel
-
Hotel
Developer Rick Patel Planning a 140-room Crowne Plaza in a Former Dillard's
Department Store in Columbia, South Carolina
-
Colorado
Springs 2006 Hotel Occupancy Drops to 58.7% - Lowest Level in 15 Years
-
HLC
Hotels Selects AnyRate Software to Provide Competitive Rate Intelligence;
HLC to Utilize AnyRate Tools to Advance Pricing Methodology in 2007
-
Peninsula
Hotels Implements Unique Nirvana Technology Gift Certificates
-
Florida
Keys Tourism Officials Know They'll Face Big Competition Just 90 miles
Away When and If Americans Are Again Allowed to Vacation in Cuba
-
Canoa
Ranch Resort Comes to Life in Green Valley, Arizona; Wyndham Hotels and
Resorts to Serve as the Franchise Brand for the $100 million Hotel-condo
Project
-
Homewood
Suites by Hilton® Details Core Initiatives for 2007, Includes Employee
Training with Video iPods
-
Wyndham
Vacation Ownership Acquires the 84-room Fechin Inn in Taos, New Mexico;
Hotel to be Redevloped as a Timeshare Resort
-
Hotel
Chefs Share Variations of Traditional Chicken Soup
-
The
Whiteface Lodge Resort and Spa Acquired by T-Rex Capital, The Lake Placid,
NY Resort Will be the Flagship Property of T-Rex Capital's High-End Private
Residence Club
-
The
BROADMOOR Appoints David C. Fine as Director of Sales and Marketing
-
Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Bryan Lowe Controller for The Heldrich,
New Brunswick, NJ
January 23, 2007
-
National
Interior Design Firm Gettys Responds To Industry Momentum; Design Portfolio
Continues to Expand With Landmark Project Awards
-
NORTHWIND
Expands Maestro PMS with Advanced Resort Management Tools, Provides 360
Degree View of Your Guest; Resort-wide ID cards, signature capture, gift-card
management, online event booking leverage Maestro�s single-image database
enterprise system
-
Looking
to 2007, Hotel Managers Can Expect Meeting Planners to Provide the Same
Number of Meetings, But Receive More Revenue / Robert Mandelbaum
-
Chip
Conley Has Interior Design Guideline for Sacramento $55 million Hotel Project:
"Authentic," "Influential," "Surprising," "Classic/All-American" and "Eclectic"
-
Group
That Won Control of the San Jose Convention Facilities in 2004 Comes Under
Scrutiny; Overly Ambitious Promises, Underwhelming Service to Clients
-
Hotel
Construction Pipeline Reaches a Record Level; New Supply Forecast for �07
and �08 Is Modest and Will Help Boost Industry Wide Profitability
-
Philadelphia
Convention & Visitors Bureau Details the Largest Booked Meetings and
Conventions Occurring at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in 2007
-
Toronto
Based FirstService Corporation Acquires 80% Interest in PKF Consulting
and PKF Hospitality Research; Concurrently FirstService will Merge Colliers
Macaulay Nicolls into PKF
-
The
Next Evolution of SpringHill Suites Design Is A Collaboration Between SpringHill
and Owners On the Franchise Advisory Committee; 155 Hotels Open and Over
140 in Development Pipeline
-
Carlson
Hotels Worldwide Adds 78 New Locations to its Five Brand Portfolio in 2006
-
December
2006 Meetings Business for Major Kansas City Hotels Shows Increase over
Previous December; Top 10 Hotels Battle for Share of Market
-
Destination
Hotels & Resorts Recognizes Top Sales Performers for 2006; Sales Leaders
Honored at Annual Sales & Marketing Meeting
-
The
Inverness Aligns with Passkey to Gain Group Advantage; Planner gains more
control over entire event housing process
-
First
Franchised aloft Hotel, The 136 room aloft Rancho Cucamonga, Breaks Ground
-
Illinois
Hotelier Gene Rupnik Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors for the
2007 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show
-
Choice
Hotels Selects SoftBrands Portfolio Central Reservation System and Web
Booking Engine
-
The
373 Suite Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort Opens On the Shoreline of
Fort Lauderdale�s Exclusive North Beach
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Joseph S. Verde Director of Food & Beverage for
The Heldrich, New Brunswick, New Jersey
January 22, 2007
-
Gettys
Opens New Office in Irvine, California; Leading Hospitality Design Firm
Celebrates Second New Office in Two Years
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TravelCLICK
Selected by Colonial Williamsburg For Integrated Distribution and Marketing
Solution; World�s Largest Living Museum Implements iHotelier CRS, Market
Intelligence
-
Add
Water and Stir: Wave Development and Sage Hospitality Collaborating to
Buy Hotels and Then Add Indoor Water Parks
-
Guest
at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis Falls 16 Stories, Survives
-
Every
Time You Turn Around in a Casino These Days, Something Is Missing with
Regards to Service! The 99 cent Shrimp Cocktail Is Long Gone But the Need
for Value and Superior Customer Service Remains / William Orilio
-
Four
Seasons Hotel Chicago Undergoing First Major Redesign in its 18 Years;
Spending $30 million to Update its Classic Old World Look
-
New
Waldorf=Astoria Beverly Hills Hotel to Join The Beverly Hilton as Part
of a Long-Term $500 million Revitalization of the 50 Year Old Hotel Property
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Loose
Cannon, Fair Franchising, Hotels of the Future / Stanley Turkel
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Perseverance
= Payoff: It took John Q. Hammons the Better Part of a Decade to Develop
the Embassy Suites Hotel Charlotte-Concord Golf Resort and Spa
-
Newport
Creek Hospitality Named as Management Company for 5 Star Resort on the
Beautiful Island of Boracay
-
2006
Canadian Hotel Transaction Survey / Carrie Russell / Canadian Lodging Outlook
- November 2006 Year-to-Date
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Richfield
Hospitality Working to Get the Situation at Decatur's Largest Hotel with
370 rooms and 50,000 sq ft Under Control; Holiday Inn Select Franchise
Pulled
-
Evision
Worldwide�s Prescription for Hotels: Get Your PPC From a Specialist
-
McEniff
Hotels Replaces its Current Property Management Systems with Softbrands
Portfolio
-
Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 64 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
-
Fairmont
Raffles Hotels Names Matthew Sparks Senior Vice President, Development
for The Americas
-
Shangri-La
Hotels Named Didier Le Calvez Executive Vice President, Europe and North
America and General Manager of the Shangri-La Hotel, Palais d�Iena, Paris
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John
Washko Promoted to Vice President, Sales & Marketing for The BROADMOOR,
Colorado Springs
January 19, 2007
January 17, 2007
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The
10 Dirtiest Hotels in the U.S. Identified by TripAdvisor; Also 2006 Travelers'
Choice Award Winners
-
The
Ritz-Carlton Chain In Talks to Take Over Management of Fort Lauderdale's
Lago Mar Resort; Deal Hinges on a $100 million Expansion of the 204-room
Hotel
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Interstate
Hotels & Resorts and The John Buck Company Form Joint Venture to Build
Five to 10 aloft Hotels; First Two Sites Under Contract in Rancho Cucamonga,
Calif., and Nashville Suburb
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Dellisart
Lodging and Miglin Properties Obtain $42 million Financing to Build the
Largest Staybridge Suites Branded Property in Downtown Chicago
-
Of
the 198 Companies That Went Public in 2006, An Economy Hotel Chain in China,
Home Inns, Named 2006 IPO of the Year
-
When
Management of Room Availability Is a Priority, SensibleRez Has the
Answer for Maximum RevPAR
-
Crescent
Hotels & Resorts Acquires the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield and Adds
Two Third-party Management Contracts
-
The
Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua Planning a $95 Million Renovation
-
Marriott
Residence Inn of West Orange, NJ Locks in Cost of a Portion of Electric
Needs for Next Thirty Years, Helps Combat Global Warming by Installing
a Solar Electric System
-
Renovations
at the 34 Year Old Holiday Inn SunSpree® Resort Montego Bay, Jamaica
Earns the 534 room Property the InterContinental Hotel Group�s Annual
Renovation Award
-
Daniel
Donahue Named General Manager and Sheila Hayden as Director of Sales and
Marketing for The Lenox Hotel, Boston
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Michael Polese Director of Rooms for The Heldrich
January 16, 2007
January 15, 2007
January 12, 2007
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Best
Western Adds 263 Hotels to Worldwide System in 2006, Currently Has 20 Properties
in China
-
In
2006 Over 600 Hotels Applied for Membership in The Leading Hotels of the
World � Only 42 Were Accepted; Hotels in Development Stage Encouraged to
Apply Up to 3 Years Prior to Opening
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Hilton
Head Island Hotel Gets Third Name In Less than a Year
-
Marriott
Sets a Five-year Goal to Reduce Greenhouse Gases by Six Percent per Guest
Room by 2010
-
Hotel
Waterpark Developers to Meet in Phoenix-Glendale, Arizona March 1 &
2
-
Red
Rock Casino, Resort and Spa, Considered the Most Lavish Off-Strip Casino
ever Built in Las Vegas, Now Offers 816 Guestrooms
-
Taj
Hotels Resorts and Palaces Assumes Ownership of the 80-year-old Beaux
Arts Hotel Facing the Boston Public Garden; The Taj Boston is Taj Hotels'
Second U.S. Hotel
-
Only
210 Years Behind Schedule, The City Rooms in Leicester Finally Prepare
to Open with Oasis PMS and POS
-
Fabrice
Guisset Named Executive Chef of Las Ventanas al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort
in Los Cabos
-
Resorts
Group, Inc. Acquires Resorts USA Inc. from Rank Group, plc for $32.5 million;
Sale Includes Fernwood Hotel & Resort and the Villas at Tree Tops and
Fairway in Bushkill, Pennsylvania
-
Greek
Peak Ski Resort Developing a 106-room Condo Hotel - The Lexington Resort
and Villas in Cortland, New York
January 11, 2007
-
International
Hotel Investments: Hotel Developers Should Keep their Eyes Wide Open; The
Plays to Make Successful International Hotel Investments
-
Joie
de Vivre Hospitality Completes $7.1 million Renovation of the 95-year-old
Landmark Galleria Park Hotel, San Francisco
-
DiamondRock
Hospitality Company Acquiring the 793 room Westin Boston Waterfront
-
Key
West Resort Where a Guest Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Had Been Operating
Without Required Certificate of Occupancy
-
Principals
of Hop Kiln Winery Acquire the Kenwood Inn and Spa, in Sonoma County, California
-
The
Seattle Hotel Association Hoping to Top 2006 Fund Raiser Event Gross of
$670,000; The 53-member Association Has Raised $3.1 million in its Ten-year
History of Charitable Efforts
-
Staffed
and Catered by Taj Hotels & Resorts, India�s Luxury Train Tour, The
Deccan Odyssey, Features Spa on Wheels / Bernard Burt
-
NCL/National
Content Liquidators, Inc. Returns to New York City to Conduct the Liquidation
of the Prestigious Mark New York
-
Arizona
Hotel and Lodging Association Names Mary Maduram the 2006 Employee of the
Year; 19 Year Veteran of the Westin La Paloma's Laundry Room is Far from
Ordinary
-
Tourist
Arrivals in India Rise 14% in 2006; The US and UK Remain India's Largest
Inward Markets
-
The
Former Hotel Lav in Split, Croatia Receives $150 million Renovation, Reflagged
Le Meridien Lav
-
Boykin
Management Company Assumes Management of Doubletree Hotel JFK Airport,
Jamaica, NY
-
Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Acquiring the 297-room Hilton Houston Westchase Hotel
for $50.5 million, or $170,000 per Key
-
InterContinental
Hotels Group Signs Agreement to Manage a New-build, 500-room Hotel Under
the Crowne Plaza Brand in Danang, Vietnam
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Chefs Showcase Culinary Skills At New York's Renowned James
Beard House
-
David
T. Smith Named General Manager of the Hilton Miami Airport
-
Jenny
Cast Named General Manager and Amy Magdon Named Director of Sales at the
Homewood Suites by Hilton in the Village of Lansing, New York
-
Farouk
Rajab Appointed General Manager of the Courtyard by Marriott, Cromwell,
CT
January 10, 2007
January 9, 2007
-
E-site
Marketing Secures Thirteen �WebAwards� Including Highest Honor for �Best
Restaurant Website�
-
Dollar
Thrifty Automotive Group Captures Sales Opportunities, Drives Improved
Forecasting with JDA
-
Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / January 2007
-
HSMAI
Names �Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales & Marketing� for 2006
-
Manhattan�s
Lodging Industry Sets New Records in 2006 as it Enters Most Profitable
Period in Recorded History
-
Hotel
Frequent User Programs: Biting The Hand That Feeds You? / Stanley Turkel
-
Orlando's
$68 million Marketing Campaign Centered on the Slogan, "Built for families.
Made for memories"
-
Hospitality
Technologies/services Rolled Out in 2006: Are You in the Know?
-
F&B
Labor Scheduling Robot Unveiled; Carnus Systems introduces the first artificial
intelligence solution to provide seamless forecasting and employee scheduling
for F&B operations
-
The
Providence Group Continues Expansion in 2007; Management Consulting Firm
Keeps Promise during Growth
-
Las
Ventanas al Paraíso, a Rosewood Resort Deemed �Best Leisure Resort
Worldwide� by Venerable Gallivanter�s Guide
-
Resorts,
Marinas and Vineyards, Inc. Represents Craig and Kathryn Hall in the Acquisition
of La Residence, a Twenty-five Room Resort in Napa Valley, California
-
For
Sale � 137 room hotel and marina on 18 beachfront acres on Grand Bahama
Island. Ideal for redevelopment
-
Amadeus
Selected by Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts to Provide Fully
Integrated Revenue Management Solution
-
The
Sofitel Hotels in New York and Philadelphia Sold for $255 million;
Accor Remains 25% Owner and Continues to Manage the Hotels
-
Sumitomo
Realty Appoints InterContinental Hotels Group to Reflag and Manage the
former Park Hyatt Los Angeles
-
InnLink
Clients Experience Record-Setting Increases in 2006
-
Claudia
Majunke Appointed Vice President of Sales, One&Only Resorts
-
Betsy
O�Rourke Named Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications for
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
-
Joseph
C. Jimenez Named Foxwood's Senior Vice President of Casino Marketing
-
Jose
Estorino, SVP for Marketing at Orlando/Orange County CVB, Resigns
January 8, 2007
-
Fantastic
Bathroom, Comfortable Bed and Wow, Look at that View�I�ll Take It! The
captivating effect of a virtual tour adds further stickiness to your web
exposureand goes a long way towards getting your guests to click on the
book now button
-
It�s
2007. Do You Know Where Your Hotel Sales People Are? Brenda Fields
-
The
New Orleans Ritz-Carlton Completes $100 million in Renovations, Reopens
15 months after Hurricane Katrina; Big Boost to Big Easy's Tourism
-
Celebrate
HTNG and It�s On-going Successes, the Story Could Have Played Out Quite
Differently
-
LXR
Luxury Resorts & Hotels Signs Exclusive Deal with Ralph Pucci to Develop
the First Hotel Ralph Pucci. The Georgetown Inn in Washington DC
to Undergo Transformation to the new 96-room Hotel Ralph Pucci
-
Luxury
Hotels on Italy's Lake Como Provide Intensive 3 Month Internships for Niagara
University College of Hospitality and Tourism Management Students
-
Concord,
North Carolina Expects Far-reaching Effects from the Opening of $65
million Embassy Suites Hotel Charlotte-Concord Golf Resort and Spa; Will
Help Establish the Area as a Year-round Tourism Destination
-
Warwick
International Hotels Acquires Dallas' Melrose Hotel from Berwind Property
Group Inc.
-
Miami
Dolphins Owner and Former CEO of Extended Stay America Planning Two Limited
Service Hotels in West Palm Beach, Florida
-
Out-of-work
Hotel Workers Confront New Owner of the Holiday Inn Express City Centre,
Rochester, Minnesota; Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho. Greedy bosses got to go
-
Neptune
Hospitality Advisors Arranges $30.5 million Loan for the Purchase of the
Westward Look Resort and Spa in Tucson
-
DiNapoli
Capital Partners Acquires Denver�s Hotel Teatro
-
Market
Intelligence Firm Celebrates Tremendous Growth; Knowland Tracks Details
on over 247,000 Events in 2006, Revenue Grows 548% in Second Full Year
of Operations, Now in Over 60 Metropolitan Areas
-
Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 43 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
-
Wyndham
Converting Hotels in Austin, El Paso and McAllen to the Prototypical Wyndham
Brand Design
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Robert Boyle as VP and General Manager for Turtle
Bay Resort, Oahu, Hawaii
-
Joseph
M. Reyes Named General Manager of the Westminster Hotel in Livingston,
N.J.
-
Barbara
Minch Appointed Director of Human Resources for The Heldrich, New Brunswick,
New Jersey
January 4, 2007
-
SynXis
Chosen by Orient-Express Hotels for Distribution Services; Worldwide Luxury
Hotel Company Switches their 35 Properties to the RedX� Distribution Management
System
-
The
Triple Bottomline: Fresh BulbTM Eliminates Odors, Cuts Energy Costs and
Reduces Global Warming; Pineapple Hospitality announces its Winter Light
Sale
-
LodgeNet
Announces 2006 Top Performing Studio, Movie Titles; Twentieth Century Fox
Leads Studios with Top Grossing Movies - The Da Vinci Code Heads List of
Top 10 Movies
-
Hotelier�s
2007 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions / Max Starkov and Jason Price
-
Atlantic
City Casino Floors Poised to Become Biggest Gambling Spot in the Nation
to go Smoke-free; Casino Execs Claim they Could Lose Up to 20% of their
Annual Revenue
-
Legendary
Sea Island Resort in Georgia Forces Myrtle Beach, S.C. Sea Island Inn to
Change Name in Trademark Dispute
-
Preservation
Group Claims 8 story Hilton Hotel in Historic Charleston, South Carolina
Would be a Detriment to the Area
-
Outrigger
Acquires Hotel Operations Of the 1,154-room Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu
-
The
Saunders Hotel Group's Lenox Hotel Sets the Standard in Urban, Luxury Ecotourism
-
Hampton
Hotels Completes Mammoth Roll Out of 210,000 Dramatically Improved and
Consistent Beds
-
Starwood
Vacation Ownership Adding a 113-unit Westin Vacation Ownership Resort to
the 235 room Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa in Avon, Colorado
-
Orion
Communities Proposing a 325 room Hotel with Condominiums on Site of Radisson
Bay Harbor Hotel, Tampa, Florida
-
VSi
Automated Business Centers: Giving Guests, Owners a Truly Happy New Year;
Hoteliers say outsourcing Business Center operations to Vertical Systems
Inc. increases guest satisfaction, reduces operational stress and boosts
incremental revenues
-
Premier
Resorts International, Inc. Acquires Ownership of Barefoot Resort Club
LLC in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Plans Underway for Waterfront
Plaza and Conference Center
-
Central
Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Honors Al Weiss for Community Leadership
-
Wolf
Hengst Presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hotel &
Lodging Association of Greater Houston
-
Jeff
Dallas Named SVP of Development for Wyndham Hotel Group
-
Christine
Dodson Named Director of Human Resources at Hotel ZaZa Houston
January 3, 2007
-
Top
10 College Football Bowl Events � 2006; Luncheons to Homecoming Queens
- Top 10 Events Associated with College Football Bowl Games: Hotels, Sq
Ft Used, Group Size and More
-
GoConcierge
Helps Luxurious InterContinental Boston Deliver Five-Star Service; Hotel
on Historic Waterfront Adds Multiple Efficiencies to Operations
-
Evicted
Guest Seeking $750,000 in Damages from NYC's Marriott Marquis Hotel for
Failing to Provide a Safe Haven
-
The
Pueblo of Pojoaque Breaks Ground on a $220 million Destination Resort -
The Hilton Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder Resort
-
Do
You Own Your Hotel Web Site? Caveat Emptor � You May Be Surprised / Neil
Salerno
-
First
Three Year Review of Istria's Tourism Plan... Plenty of Opportunities for
Hoteliers
-
HSMAI
Big Apple Chapter Announces Leadership and Plans for 2007; Donna Quadri-Felitti
Incoming President
-
Krisam
Group Spans the Globe; Closes 2006 with Growth, Adding Member Hotels in
Austria, France, Switzerland and the UK
-
HSMAI
Appoints Board of Directors and Executive Committee for 2007; Jack Schmidt,
Destination Hotels & Resorts, Named Chair
-
High-Tech
Hotel 1000 Taps HotSOS, Vocera to Streamline Guest-Response; MTech�s Internet-based
Hotel Service Optimization System raises the bar for guest service at luxury
mixed-use development in Seattle
-
Jones
Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Closes Radisson Fort Worth
North Hotel
-
Chris
Ghita Named Assistant Manager at Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada
January 2, 2007
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