1. Patrick Imbardelli Resigns Abruptly from his Position as Chief Executive, Asia Pacific Region for InterContinental Hotels Group; Academic Qualifications Do Not Hold Up Under Scrutiny
2. Three Service Rules: The Golden Rule, Platinum Rule and Double Platinum Rule / Bryan K. Williams
3. Marriott International Partnering with Ian Schrager to Create a New Hotel Brand with as Many as 100 Distinct Properties; Plan to Radically Rethink the Boutique Hotel Concept
4. Will the Schrager-Marriott Marriage Lead to Eternal Bliss or End in Divorce? / Jim Butler
5. 97,000 Hilton "Honors Points" Cited as Reason for Dismissal of a California Lottery Official
6. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / June 2007
7. A Fresh Look at the Math: Buying a Timeshare vs Staying at a Hotel
8. Listen to Edward St. Onge, Co-founder of EZ Yield, Discuss EZ Yield's New V3 Which Will Take Channel Management to the Next Level / Hotel Online One on One Interview
9. Nickelodeon, Marriott  and Real Estate Company Miller Global Properties Launching a Family Destination Resort Brand Called Nickelodeon Resorts by Marriott; Themed for Kids with Waterparks a Focal Point
10. Top 50 Destinations List for July Fourth 2007 / Priceline.com
11. Resort Fees at Hawaii Hotels Cause 'Checkout Sticker Shock'
12. Launched Two Years Ago in Atlanta, IHG Making Some Changes to the Hotel Indigo Brand
13. The 2006 World Ranking; 10 Largest Hotel Groups and 20 Largest Brands
14. Walking The Thin Line Between Hospitality Excellence and Mediocrity / Doug Kennedy
15. Operations Management; The Future of Hotel Profitability / Robert Mandelbaum and Steven Nicholas
16. Barry Sternlicht's New Brand "1" Hotel and Residences Planning a 31 Story Mixed-use Green Tower Across from Bryant Park, New York City
17. Starwood's Nine Brands Have 420 Hotels in its Global Pipeline
18. 20 New Build Hyatt Place Branded Projects Set to Open in 2008; Total in Development Reaches 50
19. Building a Green Hotel: The Challenges of Certification / Jim Butler
20. New York City Nightlife Scene Surveyed by Zagat: The Gramercy Park Hotel's Jade Bar Rated Top Newcomer, Average Drink Price in New York City Now $10.12
21. Business Intelligence: How Dashboards Drive Profitability - Is your business running hot or cold?  Check the dashboard / Cam Troutman
22. Study Delves into the Revenue Management Profession
23. Agilysys Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire InfoGenesis
24. Starwood Confirms 50 aloft Locations Around the World; aloft Brand Finalizes Agreements with More than 30 Developers
25. Internet Marketing and Distribution Trends Impacting the Hospitality Industry from 2007-2010 / Max Starkov and Jason Price

• New Research Uncovers Hidden Gem in Luxury Travel; Luxury Link's Audience Raises the Bar for Luxury Travel Websites
• Successful Beverly Clark Training Program Expands Under New Leadership; Lynne LaFond DeLuca focuses on new training initiatives for the hospitality industry
• Internet Marketing and Distribution Trends Impacting the Hospitality Industry from 2007-2010 / Max Starkov and Jason Price
• Negotiations Continue with Robert De Niro to Develop a Luxury Hotel in the "Clock Tower" Portion of the the Former Metropolitan Life Insurance Headquarters In Manhattan Acquired by The Investment Company Africa-Israel
• The Deal to Sell Donald Trump's Casino Company Hits Several Snags; Analysts Put its Value at $11 a Share; Trump Seeks $22
• The 3,000 Room Palazzo Las Vegas Expecting 50,000 Aplplicants for 4,000 Positions
• Cape Advisors Partners with Morgrans Hotel Group to Transform 150 Lafayette St. in the NYC SoHo Area into a 270 room Mondrian Hotel
• LTD Management Co. Building a $27 million Residence Inn by Marriott in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia, Without a City Subsidy!
• Stan Oken, New President of the Fresno Convention and Visitors Bureau, Looks Beyond Bureau's Recent Troubles - Wants to Reinvent a Fragmented and Unfocused Bureau

June 27

• TravelCLICK's iStay Web Booking Engine Delivers On Key Online Metrics for Hoteliers; Drives 15 Percent Higher ADR and 14 Percent Higher Website Reservation Conversion Rates
• NxTV Installs HD IPVOD and IPTV at Six-Star Crown Macau in China; Extensive NxTV install base in Asia earns company respect from leading Chinese operators
• Radisson Edwardian Hotels Implement EzRMS Internet Product Suite in their 12 London Luxury Hotels
• 20 New Build Hyatt Place Branded Projects Set to Open in 2008; Total in Development Reaches 50
• Study Delves into the Revenue Management Profession
• Hyatt Summerfield Suites Has 10 new Build Hotels Under Construction Across the Country
• Top 50 Destinations List for July Fourth 2007 / Priceline.com
• International Think Tank on Sustainable Tourism Hosted by School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at Northern Arizona University
• Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne Conference Entitled "Hospitality & Leisure: Business Advances & Applied Research" Set for July 5-6, 2007
• The Fort Shelby DoubleTree Guest Suites to Be Hilton Hotel's First Full Service Branded Property in Downtown Detroit in 33 Years
• InnLink and ZDirect Announce eCRM Interface to Service Hotel Clients
• Passkey Transforms Event Management at CoreNet Global; Company Leverages Passkey at all Events to Maximize Revenue, Mitigate Attrition Risks, Minimize Labor and Automate Hotel Reservations Process
• Crowne Plaza in Top 50 Growth Market Sold
• Market Intelligence Firm Celebrates 500th Client in Only Second Year of Operation; The Knowland Group Continues Expansion Creates Service with Extended Visibility into the Global Meetings Market
• Passkey Unveils Smart Alerts�, World's First Event Alert System; E-mail Alerts Take Management of Group Hotel Reservations to the Next Level
• iBAHN Launches Converged Network Solutions for Hoteliers; Enters agreement to acquire ETV Interactive, adding Video on Demand and digital TV to its portfolio of services
• Kokua Hospitality Names New Onsite Management for Three Oxford Lodging Hotels in Chicago; Birgit Radin,  Andrea Mayer and Nichole Benolken
• Ramesh Gokal Named President and  Chief Operating Officer of Advantis Hospitality Alliance, Operators of  the Vista® Brand of Hotels

June 26

• Trump Entertainment Resorts Selects TravelCLICK for Total Property Merchandising Solution; Robust Technology Complements Property Upgrades at World-Famous Casino Hotels
• SynXis Expands Presence in Asia-Pacific; Opens Singapore and Hong Kong offices to support global growth
• From Mainframes to Web Connectivity: Where the Hospitality Industry is Going - Two generations of Northwind Leadership Share Their Insights; The unexpected effects of the Internet on the relationship between guests, properties and tech vendors  / Jacob Dehan and Warren Dehan
• ELITE MEETINGS International Welcomes Thérèse Hilton as the Newest Member of the Team; The company states this is the first of many key hires in anticipation of exponential growth in 2007 and 2008
• When I Am in the UK, I Often Stay at a Travelodge / Barry Napier
• A Hotel Management Company Fined $300,000 for Illegally Removing Asbestos During a Remodeling Project at the Former Clarion Hotel near Kansas City International Airport; Untrained Workers Observed Removing Asbestos-containing Ceiling Material from the Hotel's Hallways
• Two Proposed Hotel Projects, a 490 room Hard Rock Hotel and a 408 room Mondrian Hotel, Planned for Near Palm Springs Renovated Convention Center
• Will Reopening of Two Historic Resorts Take French Lick Back to the Good Old Days?
• In Ever-changing Missouri Casino Regulations Riverboats No Longer Have to Be on a River, They Don't Have to Cruise, They Don't Have to Touch the River, but They Still Must Float
• LodgeNet Launches Comprehensive Preventative Maintenance Program for High-Speed Internet Access Service; Service Offers a Cost-Efficient and Proactive Approach for Hoteliers to Ensure Optimal, Stable and Secure Internet Access for Guests
• White Lodging Selects Newmarket International's Delphi® Sales & Catering Solution; Delphi will be rolled out to over 100 hotels to help increase sales productivity and the sharing of critical business data
• Industry's Top Hospitality Technology Exposition and Conference Leverages Passkey to Help Ensure Continued Event Success; HITEC Taps into Leading Group Reservation System for Sixth Consecutive Year
• Florida Based Hotel & Resort Company Ocean Properties Ltd. Launches Customer-Centric Electronic Marketing Program
• UniFocus to Showcase Labor Management and Business Intelligence Applications at HITEC; Greater intelligence means better marketplace positioning; Performance-management company to unveil new upgrades to coveted solutions in Booth 755
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $49,000,000 of First Mortgage Financing for Three Hotels in the Pacific Northwest
• Pacifica Capital & Brokerage, Inc. Arranges Refinance of Arizona Hotel
• Knowcross debuts at HITEC 2007 with TRITON Multingual and BlackBerry�
• InnLink Presents New Services at HITEC 2007; Introducing Expedia QuickConnect�, Sabre Hotel UpSell� and Travel Agent Commission Settlement Interfaces
• Starwood Confirms 50 aloft Locations Around the World; aloft Brand Finalizes Agreements withMore than 30 Developers
• Stan Brown Selected as the New Executive Vice President and COO of RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality
• Russell Miller Appointed General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Rose Island, Bahamas, Set to Open 2009
• Aqua Hotels and Resorts Appoints Three Key Sales Executives; Robin Harlow, Tulinh Luciano-DeSmith and Evelyn Shiroma
• Daniela Piacenza Joins LRA Worldwide as a Senior Research Consultant; Native Venezuelan Will Work with LRA's International Research Clients
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Juliet Deitz Director of Human Resources for Bedford Springs Resort

June 25

• New Online Competitive Intelligence Tool Enables Hotels to See Themselves as Consumers Do; TravelCLICK Expands Suite of Market Intelligence to Include Online Presence Tracking
• ResortQuest Hawaii Chooses SynXis as their Single Distribution Source; SynXis North American Call Center gears up for 150,000 calls annually
• PGA National Resort and Spa Implements EzRMS Internet Product Suite
• HTNG Developing an Open Standard Through Which Any Two Systems Used Within the Hotel Industry Can Exchange Any Mutually Agreed Data
• Print from your Mobile Device to One of Uniguest's Remote Printing-Enabled Automated PC's; HITEC Attendees and hotel guests throughout the U.S. can use their mobile device to send print jobs to remote printer-enabled PC workstations supported by Uniguest
• TIMS and AnyRate to Form Joint Venture; Leading-Edge Competitive Rate Intelligence Products to be Developed for the Hospitality Industry
• Florida Attorney General's Office Maintains Vigilance Over Hotel Surcharges and Additional Hotel Resort Fees
• Larry Culver, Chairman and CEO of InnVentures, Inc., Gives $500,000 to Washington State University's School of Hospitality Business Management
• Great Wolf Resorts Planned $100 million Water Park Resort Triggers a Battle of Incentives Between Potential Sites
• Charotte, North Carolina Hotels Going Kosher: Local Rabbis Turning on the Ovens at the Westin, Omni, Marriott
• The Rainmaker Group and Realty DataTrust Partner to Introduce Optimized Multi-Dimensional Online Pricing for the Apartment Industry; Revolution LRO clients now able to market optimized rental rates on the Internet through VaultWare� online leasing solution
• Biltmore installs Datavision's Business Intelligence Dashboard; Streamlines the delivery of key information to Executive team members and all departments throughout the estate
• LodgeNet Announces Special Bundled  Offer to Qualified Customers for High-Speed Internet Access; Providing a "Complete Solution" That Combines LodgeNet Video on Demand and LodgeNet StayOnline High-Speed Internet
• LodgeNet Featuring Turn-Key High Definition TV Solution With EasyHD Service at HITEC 2007; Complete Solution To Plan and Deliver HD Technology and Content for Hospitality Industry
• NxTV Showcases The Power of One IP- Based Solution to Provide the Ultimate In-Room Entertainment Experience at HITEC 2007
• Eleven® Wireless Named Preferred Partner for Sheraton Broadband Initiative
• LodgeNet to Present Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Solution at HITEC 2007 in Orlando; Video on demand capability, interactive program guide highlight LodgeNet's innovative single-network solution
• Internet Mystery Shopping; Increase group rooms and catering revenues by measuring response time and assessing the competition
• TeleAdapt MediaHub Begins Shipping July 9, 2007, Offering the Ultimate In-room Entertainment Convenience
• iBAHN Promotes Executives Lawrence A. Dustin and Gregory G. Hodges
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 90 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Ivan Artolli Appointed General Manager of Rocco Forte's The Balmoral in Edinburgh

• TravelCLICK Acquires Blue Square Studios, Bringing Groundbreaking Internet Marketing Technology to Hotels; Creates Industry's Leading Web Presence Management and Merchandising Platform
• SoftBrands Announces "Pay As You Go" Pricing for Independent Hotels
• SaaS a Success for MTECH Customers; MTech has grown its offering to meet growing customer demands at a swift pace in great part because of the benefits of hosted solutions.  See more in Booth 1028 at HITEC!
• Equity Inns Inc. Enters Into a Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Whitehall Street Global Real Estate in a Transaction Worth $2.2 billion; Equity Inns Currently Owns 132 Hotels
• The World's Largest Hospitality Technology Exposition and Conference Set for June 25-28 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla; 35th Annual HITEC Will Have 300+ Exhibiting Companies
• Hotel Industry Technology Leaders to be Featured at HTNG Booth at HITEC® 2007
• Another "Green" Tool For Hotels' Eco Toolboxes; Guests and hoteliers alike rave about the quality of Environmentally Sensitive AmenitiesTM from Pineapple Hospitality
• HITEC Schedule Available Via Cell, Blackberry Courtesy of Digital Alchemy; To demonstrate the new Claire� CRM tool which will debut at HITEC in Guestroom 2010, attendees can retrieve the HITEC show schedule beginning Monday at www.DA2GO.com
• Burt Cabañas and a Group of Houston Area Marines Honor Fellow Marines with Monument in The Woodlands, Texas; Only Marines Medal of Honor Memorial in the State
• Broadreach Capital Partners Acquires the 314 room Oasis Resort Cairns located in Queensland, Australia for approximately U.S $38.5 million; Plans to Flag Resort as a Novotel Property
• The Hospitality Industry Diversity Institute Located at the University of Houston Conducting Workshops on  "Managing the Staffing Crisis in the Hospitality Industry" 
• Thayer Lodging Group Now Offerring Allergy-friendly Guest Rooms and Allergenic-free Meeting Facilities at Several of their Properties
• Prism Hotels & Resorts Reflags Historic Downtown Richmond, Virginia Hotel Into Doubletree; $8.9 million in Renovations Completed
• Free Web Cast Offered by HotelTraining.com Is Extended; The Features and Benefits of Internet Based Training
• Where Customization Leads - Cosmopolitan Hotel Hong Kong fashions a new dimension of comfort with its variety of Theme Suite
• Dusit Hotels & Resorts Appoints Jennifer Cronin as Vice President-Sales & Marketing
• Tim Hemphill Named Executive Director of Sales and Marketing of the 922-room Orlando Sun Resort and Convention Center by Lexington
• The Westin Seattle Adds Four New Executives
• PAR Springer-Miller Announces Organizational Changes

• E-site Marketing Publishes White Paper on Web 2.0 for the Travel Marketer and Consumer; Traditional marketing and ROI Metrics no longer apply in this new era of customer engagement
• Trump Entertainment Resorts Installs Rainmaker Group revolutionsm Revenue Management Suite in All Atlantic City Properties; Trump uses revolution RM to optimize rates, manage increased demand for three properties and 2,900 rooms
• Cendyn Is Tapped for Interactive Marketing Services by The Trump Organization
• See the Walkwire Powerdesk by WIT Featuring PrintMe at Guestroom 2010 and Booth 1251 at HITEC 2007; Walkwire and PrintMe by EFI announce integration of remote printing with the Walkwire Automated Business Center
• Operations Management The Future of Hotel Profitability / Robert Mandelbaum and Steven Nicholas
• Travel Industry Association Has Misgivings Over New Deptartment of Homeland Security Plan to Phase in Cross Border Travel by Land and Sea
• Four Development Companies Building Seven aloft Hotels in the State of Texas
• Mystery Buffalo Hotel Owner Owes $500,000 In Past Due Hotel Occupancy Taxes
• In the Face of Substantial Public Opposition, the Macon, Georgia City Council Votes to Contract with Noble Investment Group to Build a $32 million Hotel Next to the Macon Coliseum and Wilson Convention Center
• Developer The Andalex Group Acquires Veneto Hotel and Casino in Panama City, Panama; 301 room Hotel to be Rebranded to Wyndham Flag
• Cambrian Development Building a $160 million Vegas Style Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
• VingCard® Receives Two Prestigious ADEX Awards for Innovation; Industry Professionals Recognize VingCard Products With Platinum and Gold Awards for Design Excellence
• Centrada Solutions Unveils New Hospitality PMS; SaaS Solution Rolls Out with Phoenix Inn Suites
• Elfiq Networks Launches New Major Firmware Release with Enhanced Functionality for Hospitality
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Expands on MICROS Technology Solutions; Carlson Hotels Worldwide Expands on MICROS Technology Solutions with  Centrally-Hosted OPERA
• Nirvana Technology to Release New Dynamic Packaging and Booking Engine at HITEC 2007
• Meet Claire� at HITEC:  Digital Alchemy Adds 'Personal Touch' to Delivering Instant Hotel Information via Cell Phone, Blackberry; Chosen by HFTP as a technology for tomorrow, the new Web-based CRM tool will debut at Guestroom 2010
• CIM Group Selects Interstate Hotels to Operate the 484-room Oakland Marriott City Center and the 162-room Courtyard by Marriott Oakland Downtown
• The Westin Monache Resort, Mammoth, California Prepares to Open; James McGillivray Named General Manager of the Third Venture Between Intrawest and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
• Ingrid Jarrett Appointed General Manager of the Cove Lakeside Resort, Located on Okanagan Lake in British Columbia
• Generation Companies Names Jeff Castleberry Director, Acquisitions & Development

June 20

• Newmarket International Starts the "Power Selling" Revolution with the Release of Delphi® 9.5; Delphi 9.5 sets a new standard for sales excellence in the hospitality industry
• Business Intelligence: How Dashboards Drive Profitability; Is your business running hot or cold?  Check the dashboard / Cam Troutman
• GuestWare Going Mobile with Microsoft at HITEC; CRM Leader to Showcase Mobile Guest Response, Housekeeping Work Inspection Applications
• GoConcierge.net Set to Debut Newest Features at HITEC; OPERA Interface, Inventory Tracking, Digital Signature Storage Highlight Enhancements
• The American Hotel & Lodging Association Recognizes Twelve Hotels for Outstanding Public Relations Campaigns
• Owner Kinseth Hospitality Companies Starts Renovation of the 319 room City Centre Hotel in Peoria; Seeks to Regain Holiday Inn Flag
• Triton Companies Demolishing the Sea Castle on Siesta Key, Florida; Planning to Build a Hyatt Branded Fractional Ownership Resort
• MGM Mirage Planning Joint Venture with Resort Developer Kerzner International Holdings Ltd. to Develop a Multi- billion dollar Resort on the Corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue
• Michael J. Taylor, GM of The Heldrich, Installed as President New Jersey Hotel & Lodging Association
• Introducing BusinessClub� at HITEC, VSi's Solution to Lobbies that Leave You Wanting More; Vertical Systems, Inc. can transform the traditional lobby with its innovative BusinessClub�, a multifunctional space where business travelers can work, socialize, and relax / Visit Booth No. 161 at HITEC
• HotelEXPERT introduces PMBuddy, PocketHE and Vocera Hands-Free Paging
• Fastest Growing Outdoor Activity in U.S. Attracts Flocks of Youth to Georgia Competition; Event for young birders draws 100 participants who identify over 200 species
• PolyU to Host International Forum on China Hotel Brand Development
• New Hilton Hotels Open in New Orleans and Shreveport
• Evergreen Motor Lodges Building a $9 million 103 room Cambria Suites Near the Indianapolis International Airport

• SynXis Announces Technology Partner Program to Simplify Customers "Best of Breed" Systems Integration
• Vintage Hotels Gains 360 Degree View of Guest at Every Touch Point with Maestro Enterprise Suite; Learn more about Maestro Four Diamond Service and free 'Web Connection' training at Northwind's HITEC booth
• Turning Up the Heat; Pineapple Hospitality Adds the Buffet Burner Electric Chafing Dish Heater to its Growing Line of Cost-effective, Environmentally-friendly Hospitality Solutions
• Aptech Computer Systems Launches Innvue; Increases Multi-Property Data Gathering Capabilities; Innvue provides web-based data capture, eliminates manual spreadsheets
• A Fresh Look at the Math: Buying a Timeshare vs Staying at a Hotel
• Search-Ready & Sales-Driven Hotel Web Sites; It's More Important Than You Might Think / Neil Salerno
• Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Debuts US$2 million Website Re-design
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Moves Forward to Eliminate Artificial Trans-Fats from More Than 400 Hotels in North America
• The Historic Crowne Plaza Quaker Square, Akron, Ohio, Built Out of 36 Grain Silos, May Be Acquired by Akron University to Use as Dormortory Rooms
• Istithmar Acquires the Queen Elizabeth 2 for $100 million; Plans to Turn the Ship into a Floating Hotel Berthed off Dubai's Palm Jumeirah Island
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $65,000,000 of First Mortgage Leasehold Financing for the Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort, Anaheim, California
• San Jose Hoteliers, Convention and Visitors Bureau Execs and City Reps Converge on New York and Chicago to Promote San Jose
• PeopleFilter and Goldberg Kohn to Present Educational Webcast on "Reducing Hiring Risk While Winning the Race for Talent"; Designed to Help HR Professionals in the Hospitality Sector Accelerate their Hiring Practices and Processes
• GHA.Net Central Reservations Goes Live Powered by Micros
• In Canada Year-To-Date April Is Not Bad� / HVS Canadian Lodging Outlook
• INNCOM Creates New Opportunity for Hotels To Reach Environmentally Aware Guests
• Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Selects "aerie" from 3,000 Entries as Name for 16th Floor Restaurant; Ted Cizma Named Executive Chef at the 600 room Northern Michigan Resort
• Morgans Hotel Group Co. and Boyd Gaming Corporation Assemble Team of Designers and Architects for the new Mondrian and Delano hotels at Echelon in Las Vegas
• TIG Global Expands European Operations with New Sales Director; Jeff Down to Bring 15 Years of International Travel Industry Experience
• Shilo Inns Promotes Christopher Campbell to Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
• Rick Corcoran Named Hotel Manager, The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
• Chauncey M. Copeland Appointed General Manager for The Regent South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida
• John Murphy Recipient of  the USFS' Mike Leven Culture Award

• One Thousand Travel Executives to Convene in Las Vegas in October for EyeforTravel's Travel Distribution Summit - Hear From the Innovators in Distribution, Marketing, Revenue Management and CRM
• Capella Hotels & Resorts Selects The Concierge Assistant ® Software for All Properties; New Ultra Luxury Chain uses Concierge Assistant system to support matchless service at Schloss Velden, a Capella Hotel
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions to Introduce WinTrack PM for Windows Mobile Platform at HITEC; Powerful New MC Terminals Support Upgraded Preventive Maintenance Software
• Uniguest Continues to Meet the Demand of New Security Standards for Automated Public PC Workstations in the Hotel Industry; Nashville-based Uniguest continues to fill industry-leading orders for its services of automated public PC workstations to the tune of over 2,000 workstations representing over 1,500 hotels
• Launched Two Years Ago in Atlanta, IHG Making Some Changes to the Hotel Indigo Brand
• Differentiating Between Private Residential Clubs, Fractionals, Destination Clubs & Condotels / Steven Ferry
• Three Years After Opening, the Tampa's Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Undergoing a $120-million Expansion
• Once a Candidate to be Torn Down, Spokane's Davenport Hotel Reaches New Heights Under Ownership of Walt and Karen Worthy
• Key West Inn Offers Conversion "Summer Special"; Hotel Franchising Program Offers First Three Months of Royalty Fees Free of Charge through September 30th, 2007
• W Los Angeles-Westwood Selects the intelliChaise® Personal Ordering System by Tiare Technology to Enhance PersonalService; Wireless solution using Microsoft technologies delivers food, beverages, and hotel amenities to guests with the touch of a button from any lounge chair at the pool
• Sunstone Hotels Selects Avalon Report for a Greater Competitive Advantage
• Carey Houston Equips Its Entire Chauffeur-Driven Fleet with Wireless Internet Access
• The Le Meridien at Beverly Hills to undergo major renovations - Liquidation sale to be conducted by NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc.
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Harold L. Bassler and Jack H. Zimmerman to GM Positions
• Hotel Vitale Appoints New Managing Director; San Francisco's Only Luxury Waterfront Hotel Welcomes Euan Taylor
• Donna Caldarola Appointed Director of Human Resources for Benchmark's Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff Manor, New York

• Patrick Imbardelli Resigns Abruptly from his Position as Chief Executive, Asia Pacific Region for InterContinental Hotels Group; Academic Qualifications Do Not Hold Up Under Scrutiny
• Will the Schrager-Marriott Marriage Lead to Eternal Bliss or End in Divorce? / Jim Butler
• Winston Hotels Calls Off Acquisition of the Tribeca Hilton Garden Inn from McSam Hotel Group; Cites Quality of Construction for the Unfinished Hotel in NYC
• New York City Nightlife Scene Surveyed by Zagat: The Gramercy Park Hotel's Jade Bar Rated Top Newcomer, Average Drink Price in New York City Now $10.12
• Thunder Valley Casino, Located 25 miles from Sacramento, Planning  a 650 room Resort with 30,000 sq ft of Meeting Space and a 3,000-seat Theater
• Kronos Hotels & Resorts Acquires 16 Hotels from Lodgian for $64.9 million
• Free Web Cast Offered by HotelTraining.com / The Features and Benefits of Internet Based Training (new dates)
• HSMAI's Hotel Directors of Sales & Marketing Special Interest Group Planning Hotel Sales Strategy Conference in Washington DC on September 4, 2007
• New York Institute of Technology's Culinary Arts Center Receives a $10,000 Scholarship Donation from the Long Island Hotel & Lodging Association
• Owners of the 258 room Holiday Inn Select in Downtown Bakersfield, California Seek to Brand the Property a Marriott
• Destination Hotels & Resorts Taps Jonathan Baz to Head Up Food and Beverage Operations at The Inverness Hotel and Conference Center
• Benchmark Appoints Ron Leporati Head Golf Professional for Bedford Springs Old Course at Bedford Springs Resort in Pennsylvania
• Arron L. Reynolds Appointed General Manager of  The Pearl Hotel in San Diego, California
• Kate Mearns Selected to Manage The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg, in Williamsburg, Va.

• LodgeWorks, L.P.Chooses SynXis as Their Distribution Partner; Management company to fuel expansion using RedX® as their single image of inventory
• Cendyn Launches HospitalityJunction.com Online Network Dedicated to the Hospitality Industry; One Network. One Industry. One Solution. How Can We Help You?
• The New Kiosk: Walkwire and Workspace Integration Technologies Partner to Bring Revolutionary Public Internet access and PC Solution to US Hospitality Industry
• Marriott International Partnering with Ian Schrager to Create a New Hotel Brand with as Many as 100 Distinct Properties; Plan to Radically Rethink the Boutique Hotel Concept
• Hotel Consultant Paul Wischermann Plays Point Man for Recent Surge of Starwood Branded Projects in Minneapolis
• Fancy a Career in Online Marketing for the Hotel Industry? / Jitendra Jain
• Just Like the Airlines, Online Check-in Now Available for All Omni Hotel Guests
• Motel 6 Develops Fluorescent Light Bulb and Battery Recycling Program for its 900 U.S. Properties
• Over 150 Benchmark Hospitality Executives Clean Up Public Park in Virginia; Part of Hometown Hospitality - Caring For Communities Initiative
• PeopleFilter and Goldberg Kohn to Present Educational Webcast on "Reducing Hiring Risk While Winning the Race for Talent"; Designed to Help HR Professionals in the Hospitality Sector Accelerate their Hiring Practices and Processes
• Hyatt Hotels Selects Newmarket International's Daylight® ASP to Transform its Operations and Enhance Customer Service; Hyatt will integrate Newmarket's® sales and catering solution with its proprietary Envision sales application via an ASP model
• Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. Breaks Ground on the 263 room Renaissance Indianapolis North Hotel
• Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Schedules Hotel Investment Seminar for Latinos  in Miami, June 26-27, 2007; Major Hotel Companies to Outline Hotel Investment Options and Opportunities
• Crescent Hotels & Resorts To Operate Holiday Inn Conversion in Sparks, Nevada on Behalf of the Navnish Group; Quality Inn to Undergo $6 Million Renovation to Convert to Holiday Inn Brand
• Albert Joseph Scoma, Owner of the Landmark Scoma's Restaurant on San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, Dies at 86
• Alex Ahluwalia Appointed General Manager and Matt Brody as Director of Sales and Marketing at JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona
• Geoff Lawson Appointed General Manager of Dolce Basking Ridge, New Jersey; Also Serves as Dolce Regional Area Director 
• ResortQuest Hawaii Appoints Sharon McAuliffe as Senior Director of E-Commerce

• Historic Hotel Delivers 21st Century Networking; Nassau Inn leverages ancient phone wiring to provide broadband Internet services and preserve historic integrity
• GoConcierge Makes it Easy for Joie de Vivre Hotels to Create Special Experiences; Web-based System Powers Company's Dream Maker Program
• 97,000 Hilton "Honors Points" Cited as Reason for Dismissal of a California Lottery Official
• Building a Green Hotel: The Challenges of Certification / Jim Butler
• Jerry Ellenburg, an Outsider to the Hotel Industry, Conceived the eSuites Hotel Brand Out of His Own Frustration of Not Finding a Hotel that Met His Needs; On Track to Break Ground in Tampa, Jacksonville, Raleigh-Durham and Phoenix
• Partnership of Dennis Gomes, Former Head of the Trump Taj Mahal, and the JEMB Realty Corp. the Lead Bidders for Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc.
• Greenfield Property Holdings Ltd. Signs Raffles Hotels & Resorts to Operate a 100 room Resort on Tortola, British Virgin Islands
• The Metropolitan Miami Project in Downtown Miami Planning a 396-room Miami Met Marquis, a New Brand Addition to the JW Marriott Collection Hotels; Joins Daniel Boulud's DB Bistro Moderne
• Blue Harbour 2 Ltd Selects Wyndham Hotel Group to Operate the Former Conrad London; Will Reflag The Wyndham(R) London-Chelsea Harbour
• The Owners of 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville Planning a 44-story Museum/Hotel/Restaurant and Residential Complex in Austin, Texas
• Intercrew Systems Proudly Announces the Appointment of Industry Veteran Scott Dahl to the Office of President and CEO
• Lighthouse Executive Conference Center Implements Rendezvous as Event Planning Beacon
• Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa in St. Thomas New Sales Team to Support New Look
• Cornell Roundtable Suggests that Innovation Comes from What Customers Don't Say
• Phil Pinto Appointed Project Director of Sales and Marketing at The Ritz-Carlton Club, Aspen Highlands
• Benchmark Appoints Veronique Paquet as Spa Director for the Springs Eternal Spa at Bedford Springs Resort, Bedford, Pennsylvania
• Glenn Lee Appointed Director of Golf at Horseshoe Bay Resort, Texas
• Andrew Brown Appointed Executive Chef at The George Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand

• Maestro Strengthens Internet Integration; Provides Clients Free Online 'Web Connection' Training to Boost Revenue, Productivity; New Web training program teaches operators the most effective online strategies, how to use Maestro Internet tools to increase profitability
• Multi-Flag Operator Leverages Shared Intelligence for Centralized Financial Reporting, ROI for Owners Boykin Management Company uses enterprise-wide Web platform to fine-tune property performance for ownership success
• Walking The Thin Line Between Hospitality Excellence and Mediocrity / Doug Kennedy
• Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What / June 2007
• Resort Fees at Hawaii Hotels Cause 'Checkout Sticker Shock'
• Hilton Hotels Corporation and Hotel Owners Investing Up to $200 million to Develop 70 New Spas; New Guerlain and Acqua di Parma Spas to Be Featured at The Waldorf=Astoria Collection, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, and Selected Hilton Hotels
• Avalon Holdings and Starwood Capital Group Break Ground on $200 million 1 Hotel & Residences Seattle; Will Include 110 City Suites and 98 Condominiums 
• How American-Owned Can You Get?, ISHC's CapEx 2007 Report, The Bowery Hotel / Stanley Turkel
• UK Budget Hotel Developer, Somerston, Alligns with Hilton Hotels to Build 25 Hampton by Hiltons in the UK
• Carnus Systems Forecasting Technologies Featured in Three Leading Hospitality Industry Publications; Carnus Systems' artificial intelligence forecasting technology is showcased as leading business intelligence in the Food Service and Hospitality, HOTELS, and Cornell Hotel School magazine
• Landry's Restaurants Expands Utilization of AnyRate Competitive Intelligence; Galveston and Laughlin Properties Add Leading-Edge Pricing Tools
• TrackIT 'Key' Component of Hotels' Award-Winning Services; Automated solution turns hassles of sending, receiving and delivering guests' packages into efficient, profitable process
• Greystone Hospitality Chooses EZ Yield for Their Channel Management Needs
• The Venetian® Macao Resort-Hotel Selects InfoGenesis as Their Point-of-Sale Technology Provider
• The 2007 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® (November 10-13, 2007, New York City) Experiencing a Surge in Participation by First-time Exhibitors
• Meredith Quarnstrom Named VP - Food & Beverage for Hilton Hotels Corporation
• Kevin McPherson Named Vice President of Hotel Division for JCS Development
• Denis Le Nohaïc Appointed General Manager at Le Méridien Bora Bora in French Polynesia

• On Ramp to Social Media / Julie Keyser-Squires, APR
• JDA Software Group and Carlson Hotels Worldwide to Co-host Revenue Management Webinar as Lead-in to HITEC; "A New Perspective; The Changing Face of Revenue Management" Focus of Presentations
• The 2006 World Ranking; 10 Largest Hotel Groups and 20 Largest Brands
• "It's not the big that eat the small, it's the fast that eat the slow" -- Five Revenue Management Tactics for Independent Hotels / Carol Verett
• "A Tale of Three Cities" - HIS Reports for April 2007 show dynamics of Meetings Business compared to previous April in Baltimore, Denver, and San Diego. Order of 10 Most Active Hotels shuffles as they compete for market share
• Marriott International Inc. Will Pay $220 million in a Settlement with the IRS and the Department of Labor Over Deductions Taken for Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Jurys Inns, 20 Hotels in Ireland and the UK, Acquired by the Private Equity Firm Quinlan Private for U.S. $1,558 billion (£792m)
• The Moana Surfrider, Built in 1901 on Waikiki Beach, Transformed into O'ahu's First Westin Resort
• City of Decatur, Illinois Hoping the Right Kind of Hoteliers Will Be Highest Bidder at Court Ordered Sale of the 370 room Decatur Conference Center and Hotel
• Wynn Resorts Delaying Some of its Expansion Plans in Macau Citing Recent Travel Restrictions by the Chinese Government and the Opening of two Large Competitors - the Venetian Macau and the MGM Grand Macau
• PATRIZIA Projektentwicklung GmbH Opens The Mövenpick Hotel Hamburg in Historic Converted Water Tower Built in 1910
• Doha Real Estate Company Selects Bavaria Hotels to Operate New Project in Sharjah, UAE
• Four Hospitality Luminaries Join Lorica Solutions' Advisory Board; Experts to Advise on Growth of Industry's Only Fully Managed Converged Network
• Pegasus Solutions Signs New Agreement with Constellation Hotel Group Largest Australian-owned Hotel Management Company Taps Unirez by Pegasus�
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 106 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• The Stoneleigh Hotel, Dallas, Names Executive Leadership Team, John Langston Appointed Managing Director; Hotel to Re-Open Fall 2007 after $28 Million Renovation
• Tim Rector Named Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Sheraton Cable Beach Resort in The Bahamas

• Growth Properties Hospitality Management Signs Seven New Properties; A commitment to owners' profitability has led to a booming portfolio in 2007
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at Hotels, Motels and Resorts Claimed 27 lives During the Last 15 Years in the U.S.
• CapEx Discussions Require Balancing Brand, Owner Needs; The current fervor of standard compliance may simply be a reasonable process to catch up on postponed necessities / Rick Swig
• American Skiing Co.'s Empire Is Now Down to One Resort
• Bob Lauth Agrees to Sell 50% Ownership of the French Lick Resort and Casino to Cook Group Interests, All Pending Lawsuits and 
• Arbitration Dismissed
• Developer Don Peebles Acquires 13 Acres Near the Las Vegas Strip for $65 million; Planning Four 55 Story Towers with 800 Hotel Suites, 1,000 Condominium Units 
• New U.S. Hotel Construction Increased by 64% in 2006, Highest Room Starts Increase Since 1994 / PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Caribbean Tourism Investment Fund Gathers Force; Fund Will Foster Regional Entrepreneurship
• Hospitality Technology Contracts and Pitfalls / Raymond M Asad
• HITEC Closing Session Features Insight from Hospitality Technology Experts and Suppliers
• Bryan D. Scott Acquires the Outlaw Hotel, Kalispell, Montana from Red Lion Hotels; Plans to Restore the 218 room Hotel to Its Former Glory
• Affiliate of Haberhill LLC. Acquires the 220-suite Embassy Suites Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee from Hilton Hotels
• MHI Hospitality Corporation to Purchase Crowne Plaza SIAN Resort in Hollywood, Florida for $74 Million
• Signature Worldwide Announces New Ownership Founder Sells Shares to CEO and COO
• Hotel Deal Maker Northview Hotel Group, LLC Forms Hotel Management Division; Names Stephen Bello as Managing Director at Hawk's Cay Resort in the Florida Keys
• Dolce Takes Over Management of the North Maple Inn, Basking Ridge New Jersey; Refurbishment Plans Underway for the Dolce Basking Ridge Hotel & Conference Destination
• Thayer Lodging Group Acquires Complex of Three Marriott-branded Hotels at Miami International Airport for for $57.5 million; Plans $65 Million Complete Makeover, Including Building New Courtyard Tower, New Residence Inn Hotel
• Two Cincinnati Marriott Properties Managed by Winegardner & Hammons, Inc., Claim Top Awards at Marriott International Global Conference
• Orient-Express Hotels Planning to Build a 40 room Luxury Property in Buzios, Brazil
• Larkspur Hotels Simplifies Management of Its San Francisco Hotels With SoftBrands' Epitome PMS
• Pamela A. Suhr Joins Crescent Hotels & Resorts as Chief Operating Officer
• Marco Perry Named Managing Director at San Ysidro Ranch, A Rosewood Resort in Santa Barbara, California
• Gemstone Resorts Appoints Kevin Johnson the General Manager of Vacation Village Hotel in Laguna Beach, California
• Aqua Hotels & Resorts Makes Management Appointments; Alvida Surpia Named General Manager of the Aqua Coconut Plaza, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Sunstone Hotels seeking a Sales Manager for the Holiday Inn - Hollywood, California. Qualified candidates will have previous hotel experience

• Softscribe Inc. Spins Off Keyword Research, Website Optimization as Standalone Products; Hoteliers can increase online bookings. Clients JDA, Aptech deploy new keywords, optimized Web pages to boost search engine visibility, increase sales
• Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), Founded Five Years Ago, to Showcase at HITEC Its Progress Across the Entire Spectrum of Technologies Used by Hotels
• Barry Sternlicht's New Brand "1" Hotel and Residences Planning a 31 Story Mixed-use Green Tower Across from Bryant Park, New York City
• Kinseth Hospitality Group to Develop, Own, and Operate a 158 room Hotel at Harrah's Horseshoe Council Bluffs Casino
• Some 3,000 Motels Along Fabled Route 66 Are in Various States of Repair or Disrepair; Efforts Scarce to Fix Up these Architectural Landmarks
• Elvis Presley Themed Attractions Could be Part of the Redevelopment of the The Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
• Boyne USA Acquiring Sunday River and Sugarloaf Resorts in Maine for $77.0 million in Cash
• Huntington Hotel Group Nearing Completion of Two Hotels at San Diego's Liberty Station
• The 30-year-old Hilton New Orleans Riverside Receiving $66 million in Ongoing Improvements Designed to Complement the City's Renaissance
• How Destinations Lose Their Lustre, Visitor Traffic and, Ultimately, Their Reputation / John R Hendrie
• Free Web Cast Offered by HotelTraining.com; The Features and Benefits of Internet Based Training
• Ginn Resorts Customizing Channel Management with EZ Yield's New V3 Platform
• Seeking Improved Standards for Service in the Hospitality Industry - Eight Caribbean Countries Participating in "Hospitality Assured" Program
• The Government of Malta Puts a Stop to a Golf Course Development in Mellieha, a Tourist Resort in Northwestern Malta, Instead There Will be a National Park
• Al Osaimi Group to Invest US 272 million on  a Dusit Operated Luxury Resort, Spa & Residence on The Palm Jumeirah
• Bermuda Tourism Numbers Continue to Climb; First Quarter 2007 Visitor Arrivals Up 23%
• Patrick O'Neil Named General Manager of NYLO Hotels' First Property in Plano, Texas
• Mike Larson Named General Manager of Pheasant Run Resort & Spa, in St. Charles, Illinois
• AmericInn Appoints Eric Hughes as Senior Director of Franchise Sales and Development
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Brett Boreing Director of Sales & Marketing for Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas

• Maestro Partners with Hotel Operators and Experts on Web 2.0; Maestro sponsors 2nd annual Online Revealed travel conference for Web marketing to help hotel operators prepare and better understand the powerful effect of social media and Web 2.0 on internet bookings
• NxTV Expands Digital IP Video Capability; Proves Viability of Direct Internet Delivery - NxTV shows unlimited entertainment scalability with direct Internet entertainment delivery and expanded servers
• Sabre Holdings Acquires E-site Marketing to Build on Comprehensive Hospitality Offerings; Award winning internet marketing company to complement SynXis RedX distribution management system
• TravelCLICK Ranks #33 On Crain's Fast Fifty List For Chicago Area
• Consumer Reports' Hotel Survey; Uncomfortable Bed Chief Culprits - Days Inn, Econo Lodge, Howard Johnson, Ramada, Travelodge
• Building a New Luxury Hotel Room Requires a Demonstration Guest Room that Receives Months of Tweaking
• Hilton Hotels Forms Three Development Alliances To Build Up to 55 New Hotels in the Caribbean and Central America, Russia and in the U.K. 
• Watt Stopper/Legrand's New Card Key Switches Help Hotels Keep Guestroom Lights Off When Room Is Vacant
• Wyndham Develops Prototype Spa Fitness Program; Flexible Design Allows Hotel Owners to Incorporate Elements to All Tiers of Guest Needs
• PeopleFilter Technology Appoints Richard Post to Lead Hospitality Practice
• Morgans Hotel Group Planning a 200 room Mondrian Hotel in the Gold Coast Region of Chicago
• Jackson-Shaw Company Planning Four Hotels in 2007, Including a 276 room Renaissance Hotel in Plano, Texas
• Starwood's Nine Brands Have 420 Hotels in its Global Pipeline
• The Enchantment Group  in Sedona, Arizona seeking a Director of Business Development. Ideal candidates will possess a bachelor's degree and 5+ years of business development experience, preferably in the hotel/resort, spa or service industry

• Agilysys Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire InfoGenesis
• 10 Ways to Keep Your Hotel Property Energy Efficient This Summer; Compliments of Mintek Mobile Data Solutions
• Cabana Hotels, The Operator of Eight Best Western Hotels in the U.S., Awarded Best Western's Master Licence Agreement for India
• Seven Developers Pitch Tucson for a Downtown Convention Hotel of Up to 700 rooms; Gaylord Hotels Makes a Surprise Proposal
• Three Service Rules: The Golden Rule, Platinum Rule and Double Platinum Rule / Bryan K. Williams
• Dominican Republic Real Estate Developer Frederick C. Elliott Partners with Maxim, a Men's Lifestyle Magazine. to Brand Two Dominican Republic Resorts the Maxim Bungalows
• Italian Real Estate Company, Statuto Group, Transforming Milan's Grand Hotel Duomo Hotel to the InterContinental Milan Grand Hotel Duomo
• Sree Hotels LLC and LTD Management Co Building a $15 million 136 room aloft in Charleston, South Carolina
• One of the Nation's Largest Hotels Spas - Orlando's Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Resort Offers 40,000 Square Feet, 145 Employees
• Big Pagoda's New Line of "Truly Green" Furniture Uses Environmentally Friendly Materials in Classic Asian Designs; Ideal for hotels wanting to make a tangible green statement
• Hyatt International Signs an Agreement to Manage 286-room Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf, Scheduled to Open in 2010 on the Tip of the Dusseldorf MedienHafen Peninsula
• Staybridge Suites Complimentary Guest Room High-speed Internet Access Enhanced to Complimentary "Wireless Anywhere" in the Hotel
• Ocean Properties, Ltd. Hotels & Resorts Appointed the Management Company for the Deerfield Beach Hilton
• Thom Geshay Joins Davidson Hotel Company as Senior Vice President, Business Development, Formerly SVP with Tarsadia Hotels 
• Joseph Serreyn Appointed Director of Food & Beverage, The Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa
• Victoria Nykolaychuk Named General Manager of the Staybridge Suites Calgary Airport

• Nickelodeon, Marriott and Real Estate Company Miller Global Properties Launching a Family Destination Resort Brand Called Nickelodeon Resorts by Marriott; Themed for Kids with Waterparks a Focal Point
• Expedia, Orbitz and other Travel Sites Receiving Bills from Miami-Dade County for Unpaid Hotel Taxes; Travel Sites Continue to Reject the County's Reasoning and Math in Claiming the Back Taxes
• Q&A with John B. Rooney - Foxwoods Resort Casino Vice President of Resort Development
• Gary Mendell, Stephen Mendell and Jay H. Shah Receive the 2007 Hospitality Innovator Award, Sponsored by the Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration
• The Hyatt Regency Buffalo Receiving $11 million Renovation; New York State Footing Half the Tab as Part of a Plan to Boost Convention Business
• With City Incentives in Place, a 151 room Hyatt Place Breaks Ground Adjacent to the Special Events Center in Garland, Texas
• Strategic Hotels & Resorts Enters Into a $450 Million Joint Venture on the Intercontinental Chicago and the Hyatt Regency La Jolla
• Morgans Hotel Group Temporarily Closes the Royalton Hotel in Manhattan; Will Undergo a Complete Refurbishment and Redesign
• Svetlin Ganchev, Mark Owens and Linda Yang Join Ackman-Ziff; Will Focus on Debt Placements and Equity Joint Ventures within the Hospitality Group
• GRAY OUT, NON-SKID SURFACE CLEANER, a New Product for an Old Problem for Fiberglass or Porcelain Hotel Bathtub and Showers! 
• Increasing Income by Dubious Marketing / Barry Napier
• The Historic La Posada Hotel  in Laredo, Texas Completes Extensive $15 million Makeover
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Named Management Company for the 204 room Crowne Plaza Fairfield, New Jersey
• For Sale - Nationally branded hotel and conference center in southwest Michigan, 1.5 miles from Lake Michigan. Outstanding upside potential. Offered at below replacement cost , $40,000 per key
• Welk Resorts Names Mark Ansteth To Corporate Director of Marketing

1. The Top 5 Missed Service Points for Luxury Hotels / Derek Wood
2. Mandatory �Bell Gratuity� and �Housekeeping Gratuity� Charges Subject of Class Action Filed Against Starwood Hotels
3. The True Story Of Two Difficult Guests / Doug Kennedy
4. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / May 2007
5. Zagat's Consumer Survey Rates Amanresorts and Four Seasons Best Hotel Chains in the World; Surveyors Found Four Seasons George V (Paris) the Top Large Hotel
6. The Burj Al Arab - Does it Really Work? / Barry Napier
7. Putting the �Hospitality� Back in the Hospitality Industry / Brenda Fields
8. Robert Falor, Once a Leader in South Florida's Condo-hotel Conversion, Surrendors Management of the Royal Palm; Claims "No Market for Condo Hotels Right Now"
9. Hotel Common Sense �A Bakers Dozen� of Strategies for More Productive Hotel Staff Meetings / Dr. John Hogan
10. Despite Personal Plea and Apology from Steve Wynn, Casino Dealers at Wynn Las Vegas Vote by a 3-1 Margin in Favor of Union Representation
11. An Overview of the U.S. Lodging Industry for the 12 Months Ending March 2007 / Jim Butler
12. Hotel Zoso in Palm Springs Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection; At Issue Is Where the $30 million Came from to Acquire and Renovate the Hotel
13. Where Are We in the Hotel Cycle? What's the Real Threat of New Supply?  / Jim Butler
14. Minority Partner Starwood Hotels Pulls Out of W Las Vegas Project; Condominium Deposits Returned to Buyers
15. Rather than Tear Down the Former 922 room Hyatt Orlando the Moinian Group Will Temporarily Reopen the Vacant Hotel to Generate Income
16. R. Donahue Peebles Fighting to Take Charge of the 417-room Royal Palm Hotel Again; Accuses Robert Falor and Partners of "Gross Negligence" in Manging the South Beach Hotel
17. Heads of Six Hotel Companies in the U.S. Send Letter to President Bush Seeking Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Current immigration system is badly broken
18. 2007 Abu Dhabi & Dubai Snapshot; Economics, Visitation and Hotel Development / Hadrien Pujol and Bernard Forster
19. The Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, A Wyndham Grand Resort Undergoing a $36 million Redevelopment; Mark Stevenson Named Resort�s Managing Director
20. How Hotel Swimming Pools May Spawn ADA Lawsuits / Jim Butler
21. Fred Kummer Selling Whats Left of the Adam's Mark Hotel Chain to Oxford Lodging; Includes Dallas's Largest Hotel, the 1,800 room Adam's Mark Dallas
22. Indoor Waterpark Hotels and Resorts Show Impressive Growth / Rajesh Shah
23. "Magic" Johnson's Private Equity Fund and Lowe Enterprises Purchase the 1,119 room Hilton Washington for $290 Million Planning a $100+ Million Renovation for the Irreplaceable Property
24. Upon Release from Federal Prison, Former Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci Will Take a Front Office Job at the Ultra Swank Fifteen Beacon Hotel in Boston
25. Referrals - New Generation of Hotel Sales Professionals / David M. Brudney

May 31

• Ringhotels Experiences Consistent Growth with SynXis and Renews Long Standing Relationship; German Hotel Chain migrates 135 properties to RedX® and Benefits from International Features
• Cendyn Announces "Eco-Friendly" Suite of Products
• Fred Kummer Selling Whats Left of the Adam's Mark Hotel Chain to Oxford Lodging; Includes Dallas's Largest Hotel, the 1,800 room Adam's Mark Dallas
• R. Donahue Peebles Absolved in Hotel Foreclosure Battle: North Fork Bank Issues Letter Saying it Was Mistake!
• "Magic" Johnson's Private Equity Fund and Lowe Enterprises Purchase the 1,119 room Hilton Washington for $290 Million;  Planning a $100+ Million Renovation for the Irreplaceable Property
• Started by the Mob and Built by Wall Street, the Vegas Strip Now Seems Poised to Grow Through Private-Equity Investors
• What Percent of Your Customers are Loyalists? Building Guest Loyalty / Jonathan Barsky and Lenny Nash
• Hotels, Airlines at Opposite Ends of Satisfaction Scale: Hotels Highest, Airlines Lowest in 4 Years; Market Metrix First Quarter 2007 Hospitality Index Results
• Schloss Velden in Austria Reopens Under Horst Schulze's Capella Hotel Brand / Andreas Augustin
• The Hotel Group Acquires the Holiday Inn Select City Center in Cleveland, Ohio; $13 million Renovation Planned for the 378 room Property
• Stephen P. Holmes, Chairman and CEO of Wyndham Worldwide, Named 2007 Inductee into the Travel Industry Hall of Leaders
• InnLink and InnQuest Introduce Enhanced Interface
• Kansas City First Quarter 2007 Hotel Occupancy Falls from 54.2% a Year Ago to 52.8%
• Larkspur Hospitality Adds Five Executives; Michael Lennon Appointed Managing Director, San Francisco Hotels
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Dan Ano Director of Club Operations for Naples Bay Resort

• Advantage Fitness Products To Serve As Hotel & Spa Partner for Power Plate® North America
• TravelCLICK Hosts Free Hotel Internet Marketing Seminar In South Beach on June 7; Attendees will learn how to connect with hotel shoppers online
• Keith Richardson, Owner of UK's Richardson Group of Hotels: I'm an Accountant, Not an Hotelier!
• Presidio Hotel Group, LLC Spending $46 million to Renovate the Former Fort Worth Plaza Hotel to the Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel and Spa; Property Originally Opened in 1974 as the Fort Worth Hilton Inn
• In the Continuing Game of One-upmanship in Atlantic City - Harrah's Atlantic City Opens the Largest Indoor Pool in Town
• Audit Finds Kissimmee Convention & Visitors Bureau Lacked the Internal Controls to Make Sure Tourist-tax Dollars Spent Effectively
• Shuttered 100 room Howard Johnson Motel in Colton, California Sold at Auction for $4.5 million
• Gamal Aziz to Head Up MGM MIRAGE's New Subsidiary Focused on Extending its Brand to New Luxury Hotel Development Around the World
• Secure Access Solution for Corporations with Mobile Executives; iBAHN® VPN Certification Program Secures Connectivity for 500 Corporations
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Acquires Additional Shares in Rezidor Hotel Group Upping Ownership Stake to 41.7%;  Rezidor Has 227 Hotels Operating in 47 Countries
• Affinia Hotels Selects EZ Yield for Distinctive Channel Management
• New Conference Center, Hotel, Infrastructure Improvements Paying Big Dividends in Niagara Falls, New York; Convention Bookings, Hotel Room Nights, All Increase
• Marla Preston, General Manager of the Radisson Plaza Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Named the Brand's Top Manager in The Americas
• Simon Bell Appointed Director of Marketing for the St. Kitts Marriott Resort
• Franz Buchhalter Appointed Vice President of Leisure Sales & Marketing for Kerzner's Resorts in The Bahamas
• Sergio Nuñez Named Hotel Manager for the 245-suite Villa La Estancia Beach Resort & Spa, Nuevo Vallarta, México

• SunSwept Resorts Pampers Guests, Manages Multiple Properties Seamlessly With Maestro Enterprise System; Whether they come for romance or physical fitness, SunSwept guests enjoy top-notch service enabled by a single-image guest database
• Four-Diamond Graves 601 Hotel Earns 'Gold List' Reputation with Service, Cutting-edge Technology; Advanced IP platform for guest room entertainment, services helps staff exceed client expectations
• 60,000 Hotel Rooms. World Class Service. Six Airports - Americans Are Tekking To the Dominican Republic in Record Numbers
• A Guest Experience That Cannot be Copied or Cloned; Some Implications for the Hotel Industry / Peter McAlpine
• City of Hampton, Virginia Sues Owners of the Hampton Marina Hotel for $3.335 million; The Former Radisson a Symbol of the Potential Perils of Public-Private Partnerships
• The Transformation of the Warwick into the Hotel ZaZa Houston Aimed at Raising the Pulse of a Highly Visible Houston Landmark
• Bankrupt St. Augustine Hotel in Miami Beach Reflects Condo-Hotel Downturn; Latest Setback for a Once-Hot Sector
• Bryan Langton, Former CEO of Holiday Inn Worldwide, Named Vice Chairman of Yet to Launch Hotel Brand - eSuites Hotels
• A Las Vegas Novelty: Marcus' New off-Strip Hotel, the Platinum Hotel, Promises Guests a Placid Experience
• 1st Quarter Results Sends the French Hotel Industry Towards New Heights
• School of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and China Outbound Tourism Research Institute Complete Workshop in "China Outbound Tourism"
• Spa Industry Predicts $40 billion Annual Growth
• Assoufid Hotel S.A Signs Rocco Forte Hotels to Manage a New Golf and Spa Resort in Marrakech, Morocco
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 73 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Michael D. Allen Appointed General Manager at The Providence Biltmore
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Michael Bublitz Controller for Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia

• The Financial Impact of Hotel Spas / Elaine Sahlins and Amy Peterson / HVS Canadian Lodging Outlook
• Why Webcams Can Be A Hotel's Best Friend / Adam Dorfman
• Matthew J. Hart to Become Chief Executive Officer of Hilton Hotels Corporation Effective Jan. 1, 2008; Will Be Hilton's Fourth CEO -  Following Conrad N. Hilton, Barron Hilton and Stephen F. Bollenbach
• Scheme to Cheat 18 Casinos from Washington to Connecticut Uncovered: Criminal Enterprise Devised Plan to Cheat at Mini-baccarat and Blackjack by Enlisting Dealers
• Scout Real Estate Capital Details Multi-year $77 million Restoration Plan for the Harbor View Hotel & Resort on Martha's Vineyard
• John Springer-Miller Named to International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame; Changed the Face of Hospitality Technology by Creating a Guest-centric Approach to Software
• Crescent Real Estate Equities Company Selling Six Hotels, One Office Building for $620 million
• Formerly a High-rise Apartment Building, the 147-room Candlewood Suites Montréal-Centre Ville Opens;  First Hotel Outside the U.S. for Candlewood Suites
• Benchmark Opens West Baden Springs Hotel; Restoration of Two Historic Hotels at the French Lick Resort Now Completed
• Providence Hospitality Partners Completes Restoration of the Historic Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs; Opened in 1893, Modeled after the Sixteenth Century Villa de Medici
• Waterford Hotel Group Opens $13 Million Homewood Suites by Hilton in Ithaca, NY
• Fontainebleau Resorts Name Sean O'Connell Corporate Executive Chef and Opening Executive Chef for the Fontainebleau Miami Beach
• Jacqueline Sanders Named General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester Hotel
• Supertel Hospitality Inc., a REIT located in Norfolk, Nebraska., Has Bought 44 Motels Since September 2005
• Revenue Analyst sought by Trump Entertainment Resorts. Responsible for providing analytical, reporting and database management. Requires skills in database creation/management, linear programming and VBA skills or other equivalent statistical application experience

• Award-Winning Arizona Inn Selects TravelCLICK for Comprehensive Suite of Property Merchandising Solutions; Luxury Resort Implements iHotelier CRS, Market Intelligence and Digital Marketing Services
• Multi-Flag Operators Support Growth with Centralized Systems, Partner with Tech Provider; PCH Hotels & Resorts and Charter One Hotels & Resorts maintain steady growth with scalable corporate systems
• In Three Years of Existence, DiamondRock Hospitality Co. Has Built a Portfolio of Nearly 10,000 Rooms in 21 Hotels
• Where Are We in the Hotel Cycle? What's the Real Threat of New Supply? / Jim Butler
• U.S. Hotel Profits - Kind in 2006, Mean in 2007 / PKF
• Upon Release from Federal Prison, Former Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci Will Take a Front Office Job at the Ultra Swank Fifteen Beacon Hotel in Boston
• The Board of Paducah-McCracken County Convention Center Plans to Buy the 434 room Executive Inn and Manage it While Seeking Proposals From Private Cevelopers to Decide its Future
• The 132 year-old Grand Hotel, a Timeless Landmark on Stockholm's Waterfront, Completes a Multi-million Dollar Refurbishment
• Hyatt Reaches Agreement with Patagonia Virgin for a 138-room Luxury Hotel & Spa in the Heart of the Chilean Patagonia
• MGM MIRAGE Reports Gains in its Diversity Initiative in Key Areas Such as Human Resources, Purchasing, Construction and Corporate Philanthropy
• President of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., Jon D. Kline, Stepping Down
• Marriott International Rebrands The Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center; Originally Opened in 1972 as the PLM Saint Jacques, the Largest Conference Hotel in Paris
• Closed Since 1932, The West Baden Springs Hotel Reopens - the Crown Jewel of the $382 million French Lick Resort Casino Destination Restoration Project
• The Environmental Protection Agency's Performance Track Program Adds The Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort in Death Valley National Park
• Global Hyatt Corporation Names Stephen G. Haggerty Executive Vice President, Real Estate and Development
• SoftBrands Epitome Property Management System Chosen by Provenance Hotels for Hotel Murano
• Roxann Reid-Severance Selected as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Centerin Schaumburg, Illinois
• Nicolas Orget Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Le Méridien Tahiti and Le Méridien Bora Bora
• TIG Global Taps New SVP of Global Hospitality Sales New SVP to Grow TIG Global's Worldwide Portfolio
• Trump Entertainment Resorts seeking a Manager of Revenue Management. Requires Bachelors degree in Business, Economics or Finance,  2-4 years of prior Revenue Management experience in the Gaming and/or Hospitality Industry, with a proven track record

• Phoenix Inn Suites Chooses SynXis as the Answer to their Distribution Needs; Regional Chain to Manage all Distribution Channels through the RedX® Distribution Management System
• Attention Frequent Breathers�: FreshStay® Version 2.0 Features Major Web Site Redesign & Fully Integrated Booking Process; At the all-new FreshStay, "Frequent Breathers" can find and book smoke-free hotel reservations worldwide
• Reaching and Attracting the New 21st Century Traveler; Hotel Distribution Industry find personalization, peer-to-peer info is key to capturing Gen Y consumers
• 89 Year Old Kirk Kerkorian, MGM Mirage Majority Shareholder, Makes Move to Buy the Bellagio and the Under-construction CityCenter Development
• $50 million Expansion Planned for Treasure Island Resort & Casino, Red Wing, Minnesota
• Prism Hotels & Resorts to Manage Landmark Hilton in San Francisco's Financial District
• Agenda Set for HSMAI Revenue Management Strategy Conference in Orlando, June 25, 2007
• Long-time Owner of the Holiday Inn Select Little Rock Spending $12 million to Convert Hotel to a Crowne Plaza
• Ramada Worldwide Reinvigorates "i am" Program Stressing a Positive Guest Experience
• Developer Blue Chip Properties Moving Forward on a 206 room W Hotel with 76 Condominiums in Providence, Rhode Island; $160 million Project to be 38 Stories High
• Nevada Gaming Regulators Give Anthony Marnell III Permission to Acquire Two Laughlin Casino/Hotels, the 1,167 room Colorado Belle and the 1,420 room Edgewater from MGM Mirage for $200 million
• Niklaus J. Leuenberger Joins The New York Palace Hotel as Managing Director
• Crestline Names Kristen Cavalieri Thompson Director of Sales & Marketing for both the Sheraton Reston Hotel and the Westin Reston Heights Hotel
• Nanci Lynn Figueroa Named Director of Sales at The House of Blues Hotel Chicago, Soon to be the Hotel Sax Chicago
• Elizabeth Churchill Named VP Sales & Marketing for Aqua Hotels
• John Cooper Named President/CEO for the Yakima Valley Visitors & Convention Bureau
• LMG Data Mining, a provider of customized guest data services and email communication software to hotels and resorts, seeking skilled developers, installers and client-support personnel

• Listen to Edward St. Onge, Co-founder of EZ Yield, Discuss EZ Yield's New V3 Which Will Take Channel Management to the Next Level / Hotel Online One on One Interview
• MGM Grand Detroit Taps NxTV for Nation's First Fully Digital IPTV Install
• The Developer of a Proposed ValuePlace Hotel Sues the Portsmouth, Virginia City Council; Council Members Denied Permission to Build Citing Hotel Would Not Be Up to Same Quality as Other Nearby Development
• The Hotel Electronic Distribution Industry Embarking on a New Stage of Its Evolution;  Rapid Pace of Tech Trends Reshaping How Hotel Rooms are Booked
• Celebrity Chefs & the Local Economy; The 'Rick Stein Effect'
• An Overview of the U.S. Lodging Industry for the 12 Months Ending March 2007
• Ranch Land Owner Wants to Construct Two 18-hole Golf Courses and 250-room Hotel On the Oregon Coast
• LRA Worldwide Announces Promotions for International Consultants Regional "Hubs" to Serve Growing Client Base outside the United States
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Sale of Hilton Garden Inn of Rancho Mirage, California
• Educational Institute to Offer Sunrise Basic Training DVDs
• Starwood Signs 13 New Hotel Agreements in China and Taiwan During First Quarter of 2007; Starwood Currently Operates 38 Hotels in Greater China
• Recap: KPMG's 4th Annual Golf Business Forum, Budapest
• Orascom Hotels & Developments Signs Mövenpick to Operate Luxury Hotel in Salalah in the Sultanate of Oman

May 21

• Putting the "Hospitality" Back in the Hospitality Industry / Brenda Fields
• Referrals; New Generation of Hotel Sales Professionals: Lesson #7 / David Brudney
• One Buffalo Area Hotel Subject of Collection Efforts for More than $500,000 in Hotel Occupancy Taxes and Penalties
• Chic-B&B, Chic-Pub; A Quiet UK Revolution?
• How Hotel Swimming Pools May Spawn ADA Lawsuits / Jim Butler 
• British Budget Chain Travelodge Planning a 3.5-billion-pound Expansion; Targeting 10% Share of the Total UK Hotel Market
• Argus Hospitality Group Hosts Elegant Private Event, Featuring St. Regis Residences® New York Luxury Real Estate Offering
• Educational Institute Training Content Now Available on iPod®
• A 241-room Mandarin Oriental to  be Located in the New Landmark Headquarters of China Central Television in Beijing
• Close to 400 hundred Hotel Rooms Set to be Added to Downtown Fresno If Efforts to Renovate Two Shuttered Former Hotels Are Successful
• The city of Dayton, Ohio seeking offers for the the sale or lease of the 159 room Dayton Airport Hotel and Conference Center at Dayton International Airport
• Dieter Franke Appointed Hotel Manager for the Upcoming InterContinental Dubai Festival City

• Hospitality Upgrade Magazine Honored with 2007 GAMMA Award
• A Plan for a Publicly Financed Convention Hotel in Downtown Tucson Draws Serious Interest From Five Development Teams
• Indoor Waterpark Hotels and Resorts Show Impressive Growth / Rajesh Shah
• Apollo Real Estate Advisors and Rida Development Corporation Break Ground on $380 million 1,400 room Hilton Orlando Hotel; Hilton Hotels Corporation will manage the hotel with a minority ownership
• Rather than Tear Down the Former 922 room Hyatt Orlando the Moinian Group Will Temporarily Reopen the Vacant Hotel to Generate Income
• After Emerging from Bankruptcy for a Second Time in May 2005 Trump Entertainmnet Resorts, Controlled by Donald Trump, Looking at Offers from Possible Buyers
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Welcomes Paire of Hotel Veterans to Roster, Adds Texas Office
• Lame Ducks Were Active; 109th Congress Busy Passing Tax Legislation that Will Impact the Hospitality Industry
• Comfort Suites Tunes to Hotel Technologies for Brand Standard MP3 Alarm Clock
• Health Hotels - Logical Progression in Medical Tourism? / Barry Napier 
• FelCor Giving the 160-room Holiday Inn Santa Barbara - Goleta a $2 million Renovation
• The Simplest Kitchen on Earth / Foodservice Design by Lee Simon
• Oliver Nihart-Arango Named 2007 Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) of the Year 
• Ingo Peters and Xavier Rugeroni Named to Regional Vice President and General Manager Positions with Fairmont Hotels
• Hilton Hotels Corporation seeking Online Revenue Analyst for Dallas Office. Position provides assistance and support for internal systems and Internet distribution channels to Corporate and Property Personnel. Requires extensive familiarity in CRS, PMS and Revenue Management systems

• SynXis Adds Travelocity® to their Growing List of Channel ConnectSM Sites; Direct connection enables properties to manage all Travelocity rates and inventory directly in RedX
• Orlando Tourism Officials Monitor World Reaction to Recent Attacks on Tourists
• Minority Partner Starwood Hotels Pulls Out of W Las Vegas Project; Condominium Deposits Returned to Buyers
• The 984 room New Frontier and its 36 Strip Acres Bought for More then $1.2 billion; Phil Ruffin Paid $167 million for the New Frontier in 1998, Howard Hughes bought the Frontier for $14 million in 1967
• REI and White Lodging Partnership Building a $325 million Cluster of Four Marriott Branded Hotels Adjacent to the  Indiana Convention Center;  a JW Marriott hotel with 1,000 rooms, a Courtyard by Marriott with 250 rooms a Fairfield Inn & Suites, 168 rooms and a SpringHill Suites with 150 rooms
• Developer Armada Hoffler Abandons Building a Full Service Marriott Convention Hotel in Wilmington, North Carolina
• Aqua Dunya LLC Starts Construction on the US$ 1.8 billion Water-themed Destination Resort in Dubailand; Includes the 400 room Jumeirah Desert Pearl Hotel
• Destination Marketing - Is there a Better Way to Spend Your Dollars? / John R Hendrie
• IHG's Patrick Imbardelli Named Asia Pacific Hotelier of the Year 2006
• AKA, a Division of Korman Communities, Rescues Two Halted Luxury Condo Conversions and Transforms the Properties to Luxury Hotel Residences; The AKA Times Square and AKA Virginia Square, Arlington, Virginia
• VSi Prepaid Cards Proving Convenient for Hoteliers as well as Guests; VSi's variety of prepaid-card programs helps hotels streamline the billing process while offering guests a convenient, secure way to access business-center services
• Hotel Plus Says "Thank You" at HITEC
• Park Plaza Hotels Europe Award Key Managers and Top Performing Hotel for 2006
• Integrity, Growth, and Connecting with Customers: Lessons Hotelier Mark Hamister Learned
• David Bilbe Named General Manager at the Loews New Orleans Hotel
• Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa Names Scott Kenney F&B Director and Elliot Manning as Rooms Director
• Ian Black Appointed Vice President, Meetings and Convention Sales of the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Barcelo Hotels & Resorts Restructures its Americas Division Sales & Marketing; Oscar Serrano Named Managing Director of Sales & Marketing - Americas

• All SynXis Properties to Upgrade to the RedX Distribution Management System by July 31st; Thousands of properties will benefit from the millions of dollars invested in RedX
• Mandatory "Bell Gratuity" and "Housekeeping Gratuity" Charges Subject of Class Action Filed Against Starwood Hotels
• Despite Personal Plea and Apology from Steve Wynn, Casino Dealers at Wynn Las Vegas Vote by a 3-1 Margin in Favor of Union Representation
• Hotel Franchising and State Laws, Is Immigration Important? Save the Biltmore, The Good Old Days, Quote of the Month / Stanley Turkel
• Hotel Finance & Investment: Build, Buy, Sell or Hold? What the experts are doing in the current market
• Elad Group Acquires the The New Frontier & Casino; Will Build a $5 billion Ultra-luxury Hotel and Gaming Complex Bearing The Plaza Brand
• Davidson Hotel Company/RockBridge Partners Joint Venture Acquires Hilton Memphis; Davidson to Continue Operating Hotel
• Wyndham Hotel Group Aligns Wingate Brand with Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
• Crescent Hotels & Resorts Acquires the 224-suite Embassy Suites Richmond in Virginia and the 253-suite Doubletree Guest Suites in suburban Philadelphia from Thayer Lodging Group
• Westin Hotels & Resorts Forms Renewal Council, a Panel of Six Experts, Who Will Advise and Bring to Life the Brand's Positioning of Personal Renewal
• Half of Hotel Guests Now Expect Breakfast on the House According / YPB&R Study
• After Nearly 40 Years the Econo Lodge Brand Receives More Contemporary Logo
• Built in 1992, the Hilton Minneapolis Completes $22.8 Million Renovation, All 821 Rooms Redesigned
• British Developer Bashar Issa Advancing Plans for a 210 room Hotel Within the Former Buffalo Statler Hilton
• Nitesh Estates Developing a $100 million Ritz Carlton in Bangalore, India
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Expands European Offices
• The Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals Charters First Student Chapter in Asia at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Keith J. Hess Named General Manager of the 858 room Hilton O'Hare International Airport
• Benchmark Hospitality Promotes Greg Parsons to Managing Director of Eaglewood Resort & Spa
• Michel Prokop Appointed by Dolce International as Area Director, Germany

• Award-Winning Rudding Park Golf and Conference Center to Upgrade All Systems with Maestro Enterprise Suite; Luxury property taps Maestro PMS integrated multiple modules for extensive four stage property automation project
• The Top 5 Missed Service Points for Luxury Hotels
• Building an eCRM Strategy in Hospitality: How to Establish Mutually Beneficial Interactive Relationships with Your Customers / Max Starkov and Jason Price
• Heads of Six Hotel Companies in the U.S. Send Letter to President Bush Seeking Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Current Immigration System Badly Broken
• Four Utah Ski Resorts Hired 400 Student Workers from South America, Unfortunately the Four Month Life Span of a J-1 Visa is One Month Shorter Than a Ski Season
• The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp. Turing to Blogs and Web Sites to Attract Visitors
• Owner Donald Fortunato Wants to Sell One of Indianapolis's Finest Hotels, The Canterbury, to Local Interests
• The Magic Bullet the Providence Convention Industry Has Been Waiting For - the The Renaissance Providence Hotel Opening with 274 rooms and the Westin Providence Adding 200 rooms
• Liceaga Winery and Baja Resort Advisors Planning a Master-Planned Community, Spa and Hotel in Baja California, Mexico
• National Motorcoach Network Top 10 Picks in the Nation for Tour and Travel
• Owners Investing to Reinvent the Original Chic and Ultramodern El Tropicano Hotel, Which Opened in 1962 as the First Hotel on San Antonio's Riverwalk
• Roberts Hotels Group Developing Two Indigo Hotels in St. Louis, a Conversion in the Central West End and a New Build Downtown
• Marshall Management Signs Contracts to Operate Four Hotels Under Construction
• HFTP's 2008 European Hospitality Technology Educational Conference (EHTEC) Set for February 10-12, 2008 in Amsterdam
• Boykin Management Company seeking a Vice President Business Development. Will be responsible to identify, initiate, present, and close prospective new hotel management contracts. Requires 5+ years of relevant business experience and strong knowledge of finance, business management principles

• Developing New Hotel Business Using Client DNA / Carol Verret
• "A Bakers Dozen" of Strategies for More Productive Hotel Staff Meetings / Dr. John Hogan
• As Ritz-Carlton's Top Executive for the Southeast U.S. and Caribbean, Ezzat Coutry Has a Unique Understanding of the Tourism Industry
• Eddie Friel, One of the Great Experts in Destination Marketing, Gives Buffalo, NY Ideas to Reinvent Itself
• Choice Hotels Names 14 Properties as Winners of the 2007 Inn of the Year Award
• Lake Tahoe Development Selects RockResorts to Operate The Chateau at Heavenly Village, the Condo Hotel Part of $410 million Development at Base of Heavenly Mountain Resort, South Lake Tahoe, California
• Plan to Redevelop Houston's Astrodome into a Destination Hotel Could be in Line for Millions of Dollars in Public Financing
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Expands Its Portfolio of Acclaimed Resorts with Southern California's Historic Mission Inn Hotel & Spa
• Innvest Hotel Brokers Sells Days Inn in Chicopee, MA
• Krisam Group Adds Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London, as Newest Member
• The Wynfrey Hotel at Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Ala. Completes $3 million Renovation and Receives 21st Consecutive AAA Four Diamond Award
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 70 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• HFTP Establishes Student Chapter at Hong Kong Polytechnic University; HFTP Also Bringing GUESTROOM 2010 Presentation to HOFEX
• Major Tourism Destinations and Global Tourism Companies Represented in WTTC's 2007 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
• The Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, A Wyndham Grand Resort Undergoing a $36 million Redevelopment; Mark Stevenson Named  Resort's Managing Director
• Accor Partners with LaSalle Investment Management to Build US 96 million Ibis Branded Hotel In Singapore;  Accor to Establish Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore
• Winston Hotels Eyeing Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina for a 200 room Hotel with 250 Condos in a 25 Story Tower
• The Alexander Co. Replacing a Planned Condominium Tower in Madison, Wisconsin with an 11-story, 151-room Hyatt Place Hotel
• Michele Reing Appointed Chief Financial Officer for CapStar Hotel Company

• Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Signs Development and Operating Agreements with RFR Holding LLC to Construct a 206-room Shangri-La Hotel on 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan
• Shell Vacations LLC Again Named One of Chicago's Top Private Companies
• Florida Governor Considering Signing New Law Requiring Installation of Carbon Monoxide Detectors in all Florida Hotel Rooms by July 1, 2008; Meanwhile, 27 Lawsuits Filed Against the DoubleTree Grand Key Resort
• Desiring Higher Standards, the Mayor of Toledo Hires Secret Shoppers to Visit Four Hotels -- the Toledo Riverfront Hotel (formerly the Wyndham Hotel), the Park Inn Hotel, Hotel Seagate, and the Clarion Hotel Westgate
• Andreas Augustin Interview with Thomas Noll, General Manager of the Grand Hotel Europe, St Petersburg
• Astonishing Turnaround for Downtown Detroit! Five New Hotels in the Works - Three 400-room Casino Hotels, the 455-room Book-Cadillac and the 204-room Fort Shelby
• Carlson Hotels Investing $80 million in the Radisson Resort St. Martin, formerly L'Habitation de Lonvilliers Resort
• The Plasencia Group Retained by Lane Hospitality for Investment Advisory Assignment
• Microtel Inn & Suites in Seneca Falls, New York Named 'Hotel of the Year'
• Dolce International and Property Owner Banimmo Real Estate Open the Dolce La Hulpe Brussels
• TeleAdapt Connects Technology with Guestroom Design
• Dusit Entering the Residence/Service Apartment Segment with Branded Properties in Thailand and the Middle East
• Didier de La Ferrière Named General Manager of the Sofitel San Francisco Bay
• Alfredo Rosas Joins the Loreto Bay Company as the General Manager of the 155 room  Inn at Loreto Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico
• Boykin Management Company Appoints Samuel R. Zabawsky as Corporate Vice President of Sales and Revenue Management
• Buffalo Lodging Associates, LLC Appoints Helene Loiselle as Director of Sales for Hampton Inn Marlborough, Massachusetts
• Sandy Johnson Appointed Vice President of National Accounts of Hospitality Performance Network

• Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What / May 2007
• Robert Falor, Once a Leader in South Florida's Condo-hotel Conversion, Surrendors Management of the Royal Palm; Claims "No Market for Condo Hotels Right Now"
• A Legend Profiled: John Curry Marks his 70th year in the Hospitality Industry, Much of it Spent Helping Hilton Head Island Make its Reputation
• 2007 Abu Dhabi & Dubai Snapshot; Economics, Visitation and Hotel Development / Hadrien Pujol and Bernard Forster
• Hampton Brand Develops Mix-and-Match Wardrobe Program for its 1,400 Hotels, Drops the Typical Polyester Uniforms
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Acquiring the 495 room Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel for $74 million or $149,500 per Key; Property is Company's Sixth Wholly-Owned Property
• Nothing to Sneeze At: Health-Friendly Hotels
• Accor's Development in China Expected to be Equally Divided Between Luxury and Economy Branded Hotels
• The Las Vegas Convention Center Receiving a $890 million Full-facility Makeover for the First Time in its 50-year History
• The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino Renovating 3,014 of its All-suite Rooms; The $100-million Project Includes New Technology and In-room Amenities
• Great Wolf Resorts Reports First Quarter 2007 Net Loss Widens to $2 million Compared to a Net Loss of $.9 million  in the Same Period in 2006;  Next Great Wolf Lodge to be Built in the Charlotte, North Carolina / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Newly-elected HSMAI Foundation Board of Directors Restructures HSMAI Foundation with a Renewed Focus on Hospitality Industry Research, Education for Members and Scholarships
• Sam Winterbottom Named President and CEO of eSuites, a New Concept Hotel Brand
• Octavio Gamarra Appointed Senior Vice-President for Dusit Hotels and Resorts
• Amber Record Appointed eCommerce Manager for Aqua Hotels and Resorts

• The Rainmaker Group Launches New Version of Multi-Family Housing Revenue Management System, revolution LRO; Revenue Management leader taps two math Ph.D.s, leverages data for more profitable business decisions by MFH operators
• NxTV Showcases High Definition IP Video on Demand in Las Vegas; Leading provider of digital IP HD VOD to host demonstrations at Five-Star Las Vegas hotel during HD2007 Exposition and Conference
• The True Story Of Two Difficult Guests / Doug Kennedy
• The Burj Al Arab: Does it Really Work? / Barry Napier
• The LIIC Top Ten: 2007 Survey of Lodging Investment Trends and Challenges
• No Charges in DoubleTree Grand Key Resort Guest Death: Hotels's Action - and Inactions - Did not Meet the Standards of Gross Negligence
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Names 2006 Top-performing Hotels, Managers and Employees
• Hotel Financial Strategies Announce the Financing of Three Projects Totaling $162,000,000
• Ark Partners and Willow Hotels Acquire the Hilton Washington Embassy Row Hotel in Washington, D.C. 
• The Kessler Collection Decides on Intercrew Systems for Revenue Management
• The 585-room Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco Completes $11 million Renovation
• PolyU Staged First Forum on China Hotel and Tourism Development in New York
• Noble Investment Group Remodeling the Crowne Plaza in Atlanta's Buckhead to a 291 room W Hotel
• Some Question the Logic of Building Up to 10 New Hotels with Over 1,000 Rooms in The Boise, Idaho Area
• HSMAI's Big Apple Chapter Wins "Best of the Best" for awards and Recognition Programs at National Leadership Conference
• Molinaro Koger Advises Ashford Hospitality Trust in Disposition of the Embassy Suites Phoenix Airport
• Campbell Lodging Acquires Hilton Garden Inn in Addison, TX 
• Dan Miller Joins Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development
• The Dow Hotel Company Names Lori Brooks General Manager of the 272-room Hilton Atlanta Northeast

• The Folly Green Giant - Wastage of Another Kind; Hotels Everywhere are Writing Green Policies and Say they Want to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint by This or That Percentage
• Luxury Link Anniversary Special - Sold Out!
• Hotel Zoso in Palm Springs Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection; At Issue Is Where the $30 million Came from to Acquire and Renovate the Hotel
• Former Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City to be Liquidated by National Content Liquidators, Inc.
• Chef Nobu Matsuhisa Set to Open Nobu Waikiki Located in the Lobby of the Waikiki Parc Hotel, Sister Property of the Halekulani
• Wyndham Worldwide Reports Net income for 1st Qtr 2007 was $86 million Wyndham Brand Operating Statistics
• Orient-Express Hotels Reports First Quarter 2007 Net Loss of $3.7 Million, an Improvement of $3.7 Million Over Prior Year; Expects to Win 20 Year Lease on the Famous Hotel Cataratas at Iguassu Falls in Brazil
• Travel Industry Leaders Claim Majority of Americans Still Confused Over Passport Requirements; A Passport Now Required Regardless of the Country from Which U.S. Citizens are Returning Including Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean
• AmericInn Lodging System Awards Top Performers for the Year 2006; AmericInn of Mountain Iron/Virginia, Minnesota Named Property of the Year
• Built in 1982, The Westin Galleria Dallas Undergoing Expansive Transformation 
• Abu Dhabi National Hotels Signs Marriott International to Operate a JW Marriott Resort in Abu Dhabi
• Mariann Aherne and Craig J. Troxell Named Respectively General Manager and Director of Sales for the Premiere Hotel and Suites in New Haven, Connecticut
• David Bull Appointed Director of Food and Beverage at The St. Anthony Hotel, San Antonio, Texas

May 3

• Ameritel Inns Chooses SynXis; Properties will use RedX® to manage all distribution channels
• R. Donahue Peebles Fighting to Take Charge of the 417-room Royal Palm Hotel Again; Accuses Robert Falor and Partners of "Gross Negligence" in Manging the South Beach Hotel
• The Illinois Treasurer's Office Issues Harsh Report on the $29 million State Loan that Built the Collinsville Holiday Inn; Claims Hotel Owner of Ghost Payrolling, Inflated Salaries and Egregious Freeloading
• Columbia-Sussex Corp. Adopts Tropicana Name for its Corporate Identity in Advance of Multi-billion dollar Investment in the Legendary Brand
• Of the 50 State Tourism Websites, the Busiest Web Site in the Country is Michigan
• Ocean Properties Vows Start Soon on Hollywood, Florida Hotel: $80 million, 323 room Marriott Ocean Village and Resort Project OK'd in 2005
• Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. Reports a Net Loss of $8.1 million for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2007; Results Impacted by New Regional Competition
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Washington Marriott Hotel on behalf of Angelo, Gordon & Co
• PKF Capital Provides Integrated Service Platform to Hotel Clients; Result of PKF Consulting and Colliers International Hotels Merger
• Hotel Financial Strategies Announce the Financing of Three Projects Totaling $162,000,000
• Lodgenet Announces Third Annual WIFI Symposium to be Hosted by Lodgenet StayOnline in Austin, Texas
• Pegasus Solutions Acquires GuestClick; Acquisition Places Pegasus in Position to Provide Next-Generation Hospitality Engine
• Vista Capital Company Arranges $13.5 Million of First Mortgage Financing for the Homewood Suites in Troy, Michigan
• St. Regis Resort, Fort Lauderdale Opens; Features Signature St. Regis Butler Service, Largest Ocean-Front Ballroom, Signature Cero Restaurant by Chef Toby Joseph
• Dusit International Expanding in India, Dubai
• Navy Lodges Receive AHLA EI and Navy Exchange Service Command Awards for 2006
• USFSI, The Franchisor of the Hawthorn Suites Brand, Names the Hawthorn Suites in Atlanta, Georgia 'Hotel of the Year'
• John Stoddard Appointed General Manager for the Pan Pacific Seattle 
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Jeff Bloom General Manager for Chaminade of Santa Cruz

• Northern Nevada's Largest Casino Hotel Places its Bets on Guest Service; Reno's 1720-room Silver Legacy Resort Casino goes paperless at Concierge desk
• Shula's Hotel Scores with Switch to TravelCLICK For Comprehensive Property Merchandising Solution; Florida Property Using iHotelier CRS, Market Intelligence, Travel Agent Media
• Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds Buying a Las Vegas Landmark in the Stratosphere; The 2,444 room Hotel and the Land Might Be More Valuable Imploded and Built Up with Something Else
• The Marriott Center for Hospitality Management Opens at the University of Massachusetts; Whole New Level of Education for  Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management Students
• Florida's Disney World Bans Smoking In All Owned Hotel Rooms, Time-Share Rooms and On their Balconies, and Patios
• International Association of Conference Centers Bestows its Highest Honors at 26th Annual Conference; Ron Naples Recipient of The Mel Hosansky Award
• Vantage Hospitality Group Names iBAHNTM as a Preferred High Speed Internet Provider; Guest Internet Service Gives Vantage a Competitive Edge
• Pow Wow Brought 4,700 People to Anaheim; Sponsors Spent $5 million to Host Event
• Educational Workshops Set for HSMAI's Affordable Meetings® West, June 19-20, 2007 in San Jose, CA
• Procaccianti Group  Providing The InterContinental Kansas City a $15 million Restoration
• Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Selects UniFocus' Watson, R. M. � Financial Management Applications
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments ("WHI") Advises in the Sale of the Quarterage Hotel, Kansas City, MO
• Peter Koehler Appointed General Manager for the New InterContinental San Francisco
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Kelly Martin Cuff Director of Operations for French Lick Resort Casino

• Maestro Introduces Web Technology for The Wired Generation of Guests; Maestro 'Web Connection' gives operators total control of all Web and GDS channels
• Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Marks 20th Anniversary Year; Staying Power Attributed to Focus on Customer Service, Innovation
• Zagat's Consumer Survey Rates Amanresorts and Four Seasons Best Hotel Chains in the World; Surveyors Found Four Seasons George V (Paris) the Top Large Hotel
• In the Meetings Business, "Every Market is Unique." HIS Reports for March 2007 Show Differing Dynamics of Meetings Business in Three Major U.S. Cities
• Wentworth By the Sea Hotel & Spa, New Castle, New Hampshire Named Marriott Full-Service Hotel of the Year
• Interactive Marketing Can Help Resorts Reach New Audiences & Increase Sales
• Sale of Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Arranged by Molinaro Koger
• Hilton Garden Inn® Sleep Survey Results; Determining If Guests Can "Sleep Deep" on the Road
• Carlisle Corporation Signs Global Hyatt Corporation to Manage the 240-room $55 million Hyatt Regency Memphis Hotel and Spa at One Beale
• Ira Levy, Owner of the Hawthorn Suites in Rome, Georgia, Named the Hawthorn Suites 'Franchisee of the Year'
• The 300 room Crowne Plaza Hotel at the United Nations Goes Independent, Reclaims Original Name - the Tudor Hotel at the United Nations
• Vikram Singh Appointed General Manager of Campton Place, San Francisco, Taj's Third U.S. Hotel
• Joie de Vivre's Renovation of Best Western Miyako Inn Seen as Key Step In Revitalization of San Francisco's Japantown Neighborhood; 125 room Property Will Re-open as Hotel Tomo
• The Dow Hotel Company Promotes Randall King to Corporate Director of Marketing & Revenue Development 
• Mary Harris Appointed Executive Director Santa Ynez Valley Visitor Association

1. What is the Difference Between a Five-star and a Six or Seven-star Hotel? / Barry Napier
2. Steven Heyer Resigns as Starwood's Chief Executive Officer; Board of Directors Loses Confidence in His Leadership, Management Style
3. The Jigsaw Puzzle �  The Fit of the Revenue Management  and Internet Group Sales Pieces / Carol Verett 
4. Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / April 2007
5. Demand Slowdown and The Hotel Supply Conundrum / PKF
6. Global Ranking of Hotel Groups and Hotel Brands / The Leaders Break Away
7. A Brand Devalued - No Longer a Memorable Experience; Rather, Just a Very Expensive Cup of Java / J. Ragsdale Hendrie
8. Disastrous Wage and Hour Decision. California Supreme Court Makes it a Dark Day for Employers / Jim Butler
9. Albuquerque Hotel General Manger Subject of Sex Discrimination and Harassment Lawsuit
10. If You Build It, They Will Come:  How to Finance Hotel Construction /  Kenneth E. MacKenzie
11. Travelers Willing to Pay More to Be Green; TripAdvisor's Top Ten Environmentally-Friendly Hotels
12. Hyatt Adds New Lodging Brand "Andaz"; The Great Eastern Hotel in London First to be Rebranded
13. Conde Nast Traveler Identifies  the U.S. Hotels, Restaurants and Spas Opened in the Past Year that Are Destined to Become Instant Classics
14. So You're Thinking About Building a Green Hotel -- Or Making Your Existing Hotel a Little Greener?  / Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer
15. How Predictable is Hotel Performance? / Robert Mandelbaum and Jack Corgel
16. Accor Sells Red Roof Inns for $1.32 Billion; Accor Will Focus on Motel 6 Brand, With Plans to Open 200 Units in the United States and Canada by 2010
17. Makar Properties Acquires the 1,572-room Hilton Anaheim Hotel in Orange County, California; Plans Full Renovation, Repositioning
18. When is a Service False? / Barry Napier
19. Five Ways to Promote Your Hotel Web Site / Neil Salerno
20. Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Benchmark Hospitality Developing a Personal Luxury Resort�, the 94 room Costa d'Este in Vero Beach, Florida
21. The Condo-Hotel Market Has Sobered Up; In South Florida the Pace of Presales has Slowed Dramatically Over the Past Six Months
22. Highland Hospitality Corporation, a REIT with 27 Hotel Properties, Signs Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by JER Partners for Approximately $2 billion
23. Sam Nazarian's Empire of Luxury Hotels to be Called SLS Hotels; The Le Meridien at Beverly Hills to be Transformed to SLS Los Angeles,  Part of Starwood's Luxury Collection
24. The Lightstone Group to Acquire Extended Stay Hotels (683 properties) from the Blackstone Group for $8 Billion
25. Kor Hotel Group Selling Campton Place Hotel in San Francisco to Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces for $58 million Secures Significant Profit Following Eighteen-Month Ownership 

• The Lodging Ledger / Investors Flock to Hotels!!! / The Looming Baby Boomer Impact
• Starwood Demolishing The 645-room Sheraton Bal Harbour, Issues Lay-off Notice for its 648 Workers; Will be Replaced with Three 27 story Towers with a 219 room St Regis Hotel, 24  Fractionals, and 268 Condos
• Jumeirah - Dreamers or Actualisers? / Barry Napier
• Relationship Building: Cornerstone for Successful Hotel Sales - David Brudney
• Look for the Ducks / Harry Nobles
• Hilton Hotels Corp 1st Qtr 2007 Net Income Drops 9% Compared to Previous Year 1st Qtr;  All Brands Report Significant RevPAR Increases / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Union Land Property Development Co. Ltd. Signs Langham Hotels to Operate 440 room Langham Place Branded Hotel in Beijing
• Global One Commercial Developing a 210 room Hilton Garden Inn Near the Minneapolis Convention Center
• Alex. Brown Realty, Inc. and Presidian Companies to Partner on Development of a 203-room Hilton Garden Inn in Sugar Land, Texas
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 96 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Pegasus Solutions Acquires Wizcom Inc. 
• Wright Investment Properties Inc. Re-opens the Aladdin Hotel in Downtown Kansas City Following a $15 million Renovation
• Habib M. Enayetullah Moves from Global Hyatt Corporation to Senior Vice President of Development, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
• Matthew Vesely Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester, in White Plains, New York
• Jack Bickart Named Chief Sales Officer of Horseshoe Bay Resort, Texas
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel and Tourism Management Seeking Several Professor or Assistant Professor Appointees

• The Rainmaker Group's 2007 Client Steering Committee Conference Expands 'Product Roadmap'; Revenue Management leader listens to users for product development guidance
• Elite Meetings International Launches New Magazine Showcasing North America's Top Hotels and Resorts for Meetings; "Elite Meetings" magazine, along with the newly launched Web site, are the ultimate resources for meeting and incentive planners
• Four Boston Hotels Managed by Starwood Reach Labor Union Agreement; 6 Year Contract Provides a Combined 38%  Increase in Wage, Health Benefits, and Pension Gains for the Average Hotel Employee
• Hilton Signs Agreement to Sell up to 10 Hotels in Continental Europe to Morgan Stanley Real Estate for Approximately US$ $770 Million
• Starwood Hotels 2007 1st Quarter Profit Jumps to $122 Million From $5 Million a Year Ago; Adds 65 Management and Franchise Contracts of Which 57 Were New Builds and 8 Were Conversions from Other Brands
• MGM MIRAGE Commits to Financing $160 million of The M Resort, a Mixed-use Casino, Resort and Commercial Center 6 miles South of the Las Vegas Strip
• Developer Sanket Patel Planning a Red Roof, Sleep Inn and a Cambria Suites All In Downtown Baltimore
• HFTP Taking Proactive Measures to Protect HITEC 2007 Attendees and Exhibitors From Pirate Companies
• Upon Completion, the Roco Ki Destination Resort, Dominican Republic, Will be Among the Largest Resort Community Developments in the Caribbean
• Developer ASHA Companies Appoints American Resort Management, LLC to Operate The Crosswinds Resort in Lithicum Heights, Maryland; Expected to Cost $375 million, the Resort & Conference Center Will Include 4 Hotels, Waterpark
• The Korman Communities Expanding AKA,  its Extended-stay Brand; Two Properties Opening in New York City, AKA Central Park and AKA Times Square
• Carey International Inc. Selects Gary Kessler as CEO and President
• Choice Hotels Reports First Quarter 2007 Net Income of $16.3 million, Down 8% from Previous Year; Brand Operating Statistics
• The First Cambria Suites, Owned and Operated by The Summit Group Inc., Opens in Boise
• New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association Names Michael Tompkins, VP of Hotel Operations at Turning Stone Resort, the 2007 Outstanding Tourism Executive of the Year
• Lee Bowden Named President and General Manager of the Gateway Canyons Resort Properties in Western Colorado; the New Resort a Personal Project of John Hendricks, Founder of The Discovery Network
• Robert D. Roy Named General Manager of Loews Hotel Vogue in Montréal
• Sharon Glees Joins Crescent Hotels & Resorts as Senior VP of Human Resources
• James Reale Appointed Executive Chef at the Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• Worldwide Electronic Hotel Revenue Up 19.3 Percent in Q4 2006; TravelCLICK's eMonitor Reports Annual Growth for Room Nights at 8.4 Percent, ADR at 7.4 Percent
• Choice Hotels Comfort Suites Brand To Go Smoke Free May 1, 2007; The decision adds another 433 U.S. hotels to the ever-growing ranks of FreshStay.com's directory of smoke-free lodging facilities worldwide
• Global Ranking of Hotel Groups and Hotel Brands; The Leaders Break Away
• China Top 10 Hotel Chains and Top 10 Tourist Destinations Revealed in Inaugural TTG and Euromonitor Study
• Conde Nast Traveler Identifies the U.S. Hotels, Restaurants and Spas Opened in the Past Year that Are Destined to Become Instant Classics
• HSMAI Big Apple Chapter Seminar Explores the "How To" in Selecting, Managing and Measuring Successful Relationships with Outside Agencies
• Harp Group Acquires Hotel Pacific in Monterey, CA, for $29 Million; Portfolio Hotels and Resorts Will Manage the 105-suite Property
• Dolce International and Behringer Harvard Compete Multi-million Redevelopment, Re-branding and Renaming of the Lakeway Resort and Spa
• Johnson Capital Creates Global Hospitality Group for International Hotel and Resort Investment Banking; Dr. Donald W. Wise Named Managing Partner
• Accor North America Opens Seventeen New Franchise Locations, Includes Seven Red Roof Inn's and Ten Motel 6 Properties
• Wrap Up - HSMAI's Affordable Meetings® Mid-America Show, Chicago Navy Pier
• Sheraton Reflags Three Hotels in Japan, Guam; Following USD$50 million Renovation the Guam Palace Hotel Reflagged as Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort
• Hospitality Management Corporation Hosts Annual GM Conference, Names Radisson DFW South in Irving the Full-Service Property of the Year
• Starwood Hotels Signs Agreement with Duta Anggada Realty Tbk to Manage the St. Regis Hotel & Residences, Jakarta; The Property Will Open in 2011 with 176 Hotel Rooms and 284 Whole-Ownership Residential Units
• Waterford Appoints James Riker General Manager of the Hilton Hartford Hotel
• Roland G. Henin Appointed Corporate Executive Chef and Chief Culinary Ambassador for Delaware North Companies

• Maximizing Your Investment in Fitness / Bryan Green
• Accor Sells Red Roof Inns for $1.32 Billion; Accor Will Focus on Motel 6 Brand, With Plans to Open 200 Units in the United States and Canada by 2010
• Highland Hospitality Corporation, a REIT with 27 Hotel Properties, Signs Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by JER Partners for Approximately $2 billion
• More Hotel Web Site Myths�Busted! How Savvy is Your Web Site Designer?
• City of Omaha Facing Restructuring of $103 million in Bonds Used to Build the 450 room Hilton Omaha; Hotel Revenues Have Not Met Projections
• Omni Hotels Redefines the Ho-hum Reputation of Standard Hotel Breakfast with All-Natural Meats, Cage Free Eggs and Organic Shade-Grown Coffee
• Guest Satisfaction Crests at Two Outrigger Hotels; Oahu Properties Transform Guest Response Processes with Help of GuestWare
• Free Mystery Shopping
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $31.9 million Loan for the Purchase of the Sheraton Oklahoma City Hotel
• Award-Winning Spa Designers Blu Spas to Create Exclusive Spa for La Punta Papagayo, Costa Rica
• Saunders Hotel Group Purchases Sole Extended Stay Hotel in New Haven, Plans $3.3 Million Upgrade to New Haven Premiere Hotel and Suites
• Cape Town prepares for the World Cup; Hotel Market Not Just Relying on the Existing Operators/ Patrick Goff
• The Doubletree Hotel Denver Completes $8.2 million Hotelwide Renovation; Breathe New Life Into Emerging Stapleton Community
• Travelodge Leader Rui Barros Tells Franchisees Brand Marketing to Focus on Auto Racing, Fishing and Professional Bull Riding Enthusiasts; Enhanced Bath Standards Effective 2008
• Hotels Accepting Pets Get a Boost with BringyourPet.com Partnership
• Stanford Hotels Corporation Completes $25 million Renovation at the Hilton Charlotte Center City
• John Q. Hammons and Oppenheimer Development Corporation Planning a 10-story, 250-room Marriott in Boise's Downtown Adjacent to a New Exhibition Facility
• Niagara Falls Enters a New Tourist Season in a Leadership Slump; Several Key Tourism Execs Leave

• Travelers Willing to Pay More to Be Green; TripAdvisor's Top Ten Environmentally-Friendly Hotels
• Luxury Link Celebrates 10 Years� First 10 Hotels Save $10K; Luxury Link Offers Anniversary Promotion
• Hotel Groups Ranked on How They Treat Online Customers in Q2 2007; Website Functionality Improves as Hotels Look to Drive Increased Direct Bookings
• Shareholder Class Action Filed Against Choice Hotels International, Inc.; Complaint alleges Choice Issued Materially False and Misleading Statements Concerning its Business, Operations and Prospects
• Hotel Franchise Agreements: Mediation, Arbitration or Litigation? / Stanley Turkel
• The Ultimate Sales Managers' Guide / John Klymshyn 
• Agenda Finalized for Special One Day Seminar in New York City, April 27, 2007 - China�s Mushrooming Hotel Opportunities To Be Explored
• Global hotel company seeking a U.S. based Vice President of Pricing, Revenue Management & Sales. Will manage the North America Sales, Pricing & Revenue Management department
• Swissotel Chicago Undergoing a $47 million Meeting and Conference Expansion Plan
• MGM MIRAGE's CityCenter Estimated Net Cost of CityCenter Now at  $4.7 billion Versus Earlier Eestimate of $4.3 billion; Project Size Increases by 670,000 Square Feet, Residential Sales Exceed $800 Million to Date
• Preferred Hotels® & Resorts' Adds 13 Hotels During First Quarter 2007
• Palm Beach County Commissioners Sign $100 million-plus Contract with Ocean Properties Ltd. to Build a 400 room Westin Hotel Adjacent to the Palm Beach County Convention Center
• Colony Capital L.L.C. Mulling a $1 billion Expansion of Atlantic City's Smallest Casino Hotel - Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort
• Hilton Garden Inn Hotel and Conference Center Expected to Attract a New Class of Visitor to Yuma, Arizona
• Jett Mehta Named the Microtel Inns & Suites Franchisee of the Year

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• How Predictable is Hotel Performance? / Robert Mandelbaum and Jack Corgel
• TravelCLICK Honored with ITA's CityLIGHTS Award
• Marshall Investments Corp Seeking to Foreclose on the 600 room Executive Inn Rivermont, Owensboro, Kentucky; Hotel Owes $10.74 million Plus Annual Interest
• Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Benchmark Hospitality Developing a Personal Luxury Resort�, the 94 room Costa d'Este in Vero Beach, Florida
• HFTP Names Five Tech Pioneers with the 2007 Hospitality Technology Award of Merit
• When is a Service False? / Barry Napier
• IHG Launches Hotel Franchising Program for Holiday Inn Express in China
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel and Tourism Management Seeking Several Professor or Assistant Professor Appointees
• Steigenberger Hotel Group (82 Hotels) Achieved Record Results in 2006; Six New Steigenberger Hotels Opened in 2006
• The $40-million, 203-room Westin Memphis Beale Street First Upper-upscale Hotel to be Built in the Memphis Metro Area in More than 20 years
• Shanghai Cross Ocean Property Development CO. Ltd Building a Luxury Hotel in Shanghai, The Place Hotel & Spa; Frenchman Philippe Charraudeau Named General Manager
• $2 million Investment Provides the 253 room Best Western Beach Resort Hotel a Transformation to the Holiday Inn Miami Beach; Renovation Maintains Chic Miami Modern (MiMo) Style
• EZ Yield.com Named Finalist in Travel Industry Association's New Innovator Award
• Fitness-Minded Hotels Increase Incremental Revenues with Fit Hotel Directory
• Oxford Investment Group Completes Multi-million Dollar Transformation at the Freshly Rebranded Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center in Skokie, Illinois
• The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center $6.5 million Renovation Project Blending High-tech with Traditional Ambiance
• InfoGenesis Announces POS Security Awareness Program; InfoGenesis Secure Program Promotes PCI and PABP
• Karil Silman Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at South Beach Marriott, Miami Beach, Florida
• Reena Gurtner Named Director of Human Resources at The Grand Del Mar in North San Diego
• Pam Ferraro Named Revenue Manager at the Thayer Hotel at West Point, New York

• Major Chains Report Hotel Bookings Up More Than 8 Percent in 2006; TravelCLICK�s eTRAK Reports Double-Digit Internet Increases and Steady GDS Growth
• MADQuick Quote Revolutionizes Hotel Industry Online RFP Process
• Measuring Results from Marketing Spend in Hospitality: Using Metrics and Analytics for Quantifiable Results / Free vs. Paid Website Analytics / Max Starkov and Jason Price
• Hotel Construction in the Asia Pacific Region is at a Torrid Pace; For the Brands, Asian Development is a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
• The Lightstone Group to Acquire Extended Stay Hotels (683 properties) from the Blackstone Group for $8 Billion
• Debate on Central Oregon Destination Resorts Get Mixed Reviews; Jobs, Taxes vs Water Usage and Fragmentation of Winter Range Habitat
• Hotel Franchise Agreements: Mediation, Arbitration or Litigation? / Stanley Turkel
• Labour And Skills Shortage Affecting Canadian Hoteliers
• Seven Existing Sheraton Hotels in India Will be Re-flagged Under Starwood�s The Luxury Collection Brand
• Knights Inn Brand Develops Cost-effective, Franchisee-friendly Initiatives Including a More Economical Property Management System
• Michael Bonadies and Chett Abramson to Spearhead the Development of the New 21c Museum Hotel Brand Nationally; Hotels Will Feature a Collection of 21st Century Art
• Disastrous Wage and Hour Decision. California Supreme Court Makes it a Dark Day for Employers
• BPG Properties, Ltd. Selects Access Hotel Management to Manage Planned Westin and Element Hotels in Chantilly, Virginia
• hotelbook® �Top Tens� Help Travelers Untangle Web of Online Options; Pegasus Solutions� Independent Travel Web Site Compiles Best Hotel Lists
• Carmel Valley Ranch Completes Multi-million Dollar Renovation and Restoration of its Signature Championship Golf Course; Original Pete Dye Design Remains Intact
• HFTP's 250 Question Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) Examination Now Offered Online
• SpaSoft Announces Interface to Merchant Link siteNET® Gateway
• InfoGenesis Announces the Release of InfoGenesis Analytics 1.0; New Business Intelligence Application Simplifies Data Analysis
• Marcia Dmochowski Appointed General Manager for the Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore

• UK Chains, Independents Thrive with Integrated, International Version of Robust Maestro PMS System Suite; NORTHWIND-Maestro PMS Builds Solid Presence in UK Hotel Market with Advanced Technology and Personal Service
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Selects JDA Software To Implement Chain-wide Revenue Optimization Solutions; Carlson Partners with JDA to Drive Value for its Franchisees with Next Generation Revenue Optimization Capabilities
• Blogging For Lodging; Are You Blogging Yet? / Benu Aggarwal
• Philadelphia Hotel Occupancy Hits New Milestones Prompting Center City Hotels to Invest $160 Million Upgrades, Renovations
• Silverton Hotel Casino Set to Begin $500 million Expansion; The Off Strip Property Will Get New 360 room Hotel Tower and a $15 million Spa
• So You're Thinking About Building a Green Hotel - Or Making Your Existing Hotel a Little Greener? / Jim Butler
• The 600-room Holiday Inn on the Bay San Diego Undergoing a $6 million Renovation
• Mospromstoi, a Moscow Based Hotel Ownership Company, Selects Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage Two Holiday Inns in Downtown Moscow
• Maxim Hotel Brokerage Announces Western Region Hotel & Casino Transactions
• Epoque Hotels Introduces New Private Label Chain Code in GDS
• Loreto Bay Company Installs SMS|Host® Hospitality Management System Ownership Functionality Key for Resort Management
• Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. Appoints Six New Corporate Executives
• The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa Appoints Todd Berry to the Position of Executive Chef

• TravelCLICK Selected by Dover Downs Hotel & Casino For Complete Property Merchandising Solution
• French Quarter Hospitality, LLP May Acquire the Shut Del Lago Resort in Conroe, Texas;  Plans to Invest $100 million to Purchase and Renovate the 357 room Property Built in the Mid-80's
• Hotel Website Design? It�s not all in the eye of the beholder / Keith Paulin
• What Makes Travel 2.0 Different From the First, Booking-oriented Wave, Also the Realities of Search Marketing / HSMAI Reports
• Quinlan Private and Igal Ahouvi Group Acquire 47 Full Service Marriott Hotels with Approximately 8,500 Rooms Located throughout the United Kingdom for US$2.2 billion
• Howard Johnson International Mandating New Mattresses, New Shower Heads, Adds New Slogan, "I Go HoJo"
• New Mexico Tourism Department Launches New Advertising Campaign -  "The Best Place In The Universe. New Mexico, Earth"
• Innkeepers USA Trust Sells the 96-suite Sunrise Suites - Tinton Falls, New Jersey for $6.4 million, or $66,000 per Key
• The California Hotel & Lodging Association and the Asian American Hotel Owners Association Co-Producing Joint Conference In Anaheim, California
• Jin Jiang and Fairmont Form a JV Company Which Will Renovate and Reopen The Peace Hotel, a Shanghai landmark as The Fairmont Peace Hotel Shanghai in 2010
• Bruce Wiles Joins Thayer Lodging Group as Managing Director and Principal
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 44 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Real Estate Developer Andrew Farkas Wants to Redevelop the Montauk Yacht Club into a World Class Yachting Destination
• The "I Hate Cold Calls" Web Cast II - Creating Communities of Clients
• Expanding Opportunities in the Hotel Industry in China Prompts a Special One Day Seminar in New York City, April 27, 2007
• Stamford Real Estate Investments Ltd and Harrell Hospitality Group Acquire the Radisson Dallas Love Field Hotel
• Michael Kauffeld Named General Manager of the 200-room Sheraton, Part of the $100 million Convention Center in Erie, Pennslyvania
• Sylvain Chauvet Appointed General Manager of the Corinthia Atlantic Hotel in Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa

• Hyatt Adds New Lodging Brand "Andaz"; The Great Eastern Hotel in London First to be Rebranded
• ANA to Sell 13 Hotels to Morgan Stanley for $2.37 billion; Hotel Names Will Not Change, IHG ANA Hotels Continue as Operator
• Chicago Hotels Partnering with Spa Companies to Create Destination Sites Attracting Not Only Guests but Locals as Wello
• WCI Communities Opens the $210 million The Resort at Singer Island, a Member of The Luxury Collection; The 239 All-suite Resort the Largest Hotel Development in Palm Beach County Since 1991 � go to
• San Francisco�s Argent Hotel Emerges from a Major Renovation to Become The Westin San Francisco Market Street
• GEM Realty Capital Along with Other Equity Partners Begin Construction on the 1,000-room Hilton and the 498-room Waldorf=Astoria at the Bonnet Creek Mixed Use Resort Development Adjacent to the Walt Disney World Resort
• Hilton Planning to Use Some Elements of  the New York Waldorf at the Florida Waldorf Including Some of the Hotel's Restaurants and a Prominent Lobby Clock
• LTD Management Company, L.L.C. Building a 135 room aloft in Richmond, Virginia
• Future of Demand Modeling Is Focus of HSMAI Revenue Management Strategy Conference
• Warwick International Hotels Extends Representation Agreement with Utell® Hotels & Resorts; Hotel Group Renews Agreement After Receiving a Nearly 100% Increase in Revenue
• Douglas Wojick Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the 301-room Chateau on the Lake Resort, Spa and Convention Center, Branson, Missouri

• What is the Difference Between a Five-star and a Six or Seven-star Hotel? / Barry Napier
• Las Vegas Spending Huge Amounts to Protect Trademarked Slogan 'What happens here'
• Renowned Swiss Clinic and Spa Sues Ritz-Carlton for Damage to Reputation; Demands Hotel Stop Using La Prairie Name for Spa
• Agenda Set for Meet the Money® 2007 Debt & Equity Financing for Hotels / May 3, 2007, Los Angeles
• Ron Antonucci, General Manager at the Pittsburgh Marriott North, Named Marriott International's General Manager of the Year
• Westbrook Partners and Northview Hotel Group, LLC. Complete $25.2 million Make-over of the Renaissance M Street Hotel, Washington D.C.
• Raymond Management Company and Marsh Pitman Break Ground on the 200 room Hampton Inn & Suites � Oklahoma City / Bricktown
• The 2006 Emerald Bowl Provided San Francisco with $18.1 million Economic Impact During The Week After Christmas, Not Usually a Busy Time for the City�s Hotels
• Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces Now Operates 59 Hotels Across India and 16 International Hotels
• The Cosmopolitan's Two 600-foot Towers Containing 3,000 Condominium-Hotel Rooms Completes First Year of Construction in Las Vegas; Condos 90% Sold
• Nevada's Gaming Win for February 2007 was $1.055 billion, Up 2.9% from $1.026 billion a Year Ago
• Marriott's Fairfield Brand Names Jeff Shockley, GM of Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott-Buckhead, the General Manager of the Year
• Martin Sinclair Joins The Regent Singapore, a Four Seasons Hotel, As New General Manager

• The City of Roanoke, Virginia requests proposals for the construction and operation of a hotel and/or restaurant complex at the summit of publicly owned Mill Mountain
• Elite Meetings International Launches First-of-its-kind Website, Setting a New Standard for Meeting and Event Planning; Extensive database of North America's top resorts and hotels establishes a one-stop-shop for planning professionals
• Registration Deadline Nears for Day-long Seminar on China Hotel, Tourism Development; Hong Kong Polytechnic University Sponsored Seminar Focuses on Growing China Tourism Market
• Five Ways to Promote Your Hotel Web Site / Neil Salerno
• Mentoring To The Max; Frontline Supervisors Often Caught in the Middle / Doug Kennedy
• Ocean Properties Gets Go Ahead to Begin Construction of 400-room Hotel and 104 Unit Condo Tower Adjacent to the Palm Beach Country Convention Center
• The Blighted Camelot Hotel in Tulsa to be Demolished; Built in the 1960s to Resemble a Castle, Complete with a Moat and Drawbridge
• Nonsmoking  Nevada Casinos a Matter of When, Not If; the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act's Exemption for Casinos Not Expected to Last
• The Non-gaming, Non-smoking 576 Suite Signature at MGM Grand Complex Set to Open
• "Never Give Up" and Other Lessons Hotelier Mark Hamister Learned Before Age 18
• How Should Casino-Hotels Be Rated / Harry Nobles
• Golfers Lee Trevino and Natalie Gulbis Featured in Crowne Plaza's First Multi-million dollar National TV Campaign
• India Hotel Attrition Rates Ranging from 30-35%; Hotel Staffers Leaving for Cruise Lines that Pay Up to Five Times Higher
• Exhibit Space for HITEC 2007 Sold Out with Approximately 700 Booths Representing 300 Companies; Other Opportunities Still Available
• Following a $15 Million Renovation, The Colony Palms Hotel, One of Palm Springs� Most Historic Properties Set to Reopen
• Barry H. Gump, Ph.D. Joins FIU�s Hospitality School as First Holder of Harvey R. Chaplin Eminent Scholar�s Chair in Beverage Management
• Kelly Carney Appointed General Manager of Homewood Suites® by Hilton Orlando-UCF Area
• San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Announces New Marketing Division Structure And Public Relations Staffing

• Demand Slowdown and The Hotel Supply Conundrum / PKF
• Knoxville Convention Center Has Become Center of Contention; Built for $162 million in 2002, the Complex Lacks a Flagship Hotel
• Heavenly Hospitality LLC Wants to Build a Westin Hotel Across from the BOK Center in Downtown Tulsa; Seeks $10 million in Tax Incentives
• Len Wolman, Sol Kerzner and Private equity Firm Starwood Capital Group Wager Hundreds of Millions on Tired Rhode Island Dog Track; The Greyhounds Are Still There Along with a Planned 4,752 Slot Machines
• New Generation Hospitality Acquires the Somerset Hills Hotel in Warren, NJ; the Inn @ Somerset in Baskin Ridge, NJ; and the Four Points by Sheraton in Allentown, PA;  Plans to Brand the Inn at Somerset Hills as a Hotel Indigo
• Providence Hospitality Partners Acquires Major Share of the Historic Plains Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyoming
• A Brand Devalued - No Longer a Memorable Experience; Rather, Just a Very Expensive Cup of Java
• Boykin Management Company Names Thomas J. O'Leary General Manager for the Ellis Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
• Coakley & Williams Hotel Management Company Appoints Key Corporate and Hotel Personnel

April 9, 2007

• Tourism in China: 21st Century Version of the California Gold Rush / Kaye Chon, Ph.D., CHE Chair Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management / Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Screen Pilot Delivers Mobile Marketing & CRM Solutions for US Hospitality Industry
• If You Build It, They Will Come: How to Finance Hotel Construction / Kenneth E. MacKenzie
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited Finds Profits by Assuring its Peninsula Hotels Focus on Delivering the Highest Quality and Service Standards; The Peninsula New York Achieves 2006 Average Daily Room Rate of $698 at a 74% Occupancy
• Touchy Subject: Hotel Spas Slow to Implementing Yield Management Strategies
• The Colosseum, a $60 million Sports Condominium Hotel Planned for Blacksburg, Virginia; Plans to Target Virginia Tech's Wealthy, Baby Boomer Alumni
• Loews Hotels Chief Jonathan Tisch Warns that America's Image is Keeping Foreigners Away
• Albuquerque Hotel General Manger Subject of  Discrimination and Harassment Lawsuit
• The "I Hate Cold Calls" Web Cast II -  Creating Communities of Clients
• What�s Behind China�s Sizzling Spa Culture? / Bernard Burt
• Elfiq Networks Meets Guest Demands Cost Effectively
• National Trust Historic Hotels of America® Adds Six New Members; Includes The Jumeirah Essex House and Tubac Golf Resort Once Owned by Bing Crosby
• New Haven Premier Hotel and Suites Provides New Booking Access
• John E. Connor Appointed Financial Controller for Benchmark Hospitality International
• Doug Ramsay Appointed General Manager of the Embassy Suites Hotel La Quinta, California

• Global Update: Who�s Where and Doing What -  April 2007
• Recap: 7th Annual Resort Management Conference; Terri Haack Named Resort Executive of the Year
• Kor Hotel Group Selling Campton Place Hotel in San Francisco to Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces for $58 million; Secures Significant Profit Following Eighteen-Month Ownership
• Results of Wine Tasting Conducted on a Cache of 24 California Cabernet Sauvignons Vintage 1980
• City of Tucson Has Been Offering Incentives to Hotel Developers for 25 Years; No Takers So Far to Build a Posh Downtown Convention Hotel
• Deep Divisions Among Oregon Wine Growers May Prevent Development of Two High-end Destination Hotels
• Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of DoubleTree Hotel Tucson at Reid Park
• The Doubletree Hotel Portland�s Carbon Offset Program Includes the Elimination of Airport Shuttle, Installation of  Low-flow Showerheads, Much more
• Charcoal Fridges and Rainwater Harvesting Among Reasons Campi Ya Kanzi One of the First Recipients of Ecotourism Kenya's New Gold Eco-rating
• Following a $65 million Renovation Stanford Hotels Corporation Reflags the 601 room Waikiki Prince Kuhio to Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio
• International Association of Conference Centers Focus Groups Reveal Key Planner Insights
• Monarch Hotels & Resorts Selected to Manage The Blue at Doral, a Resort Being Developed Alongside the Fairways of the Blue Monster
• The 97-year-old Gibbs Building in Downtown San Antonio Being Transformed into a 91-room Hotel Indigo; IHG�s The Hotel Management Group to Operate the Hotel
• New Image for the Grand Hotel Villa Medici in Florence; Adding a Modern Look to the 18th Century Palazzo
• Ravneet Bhandari Joins Trump Entertainment Resorts as Senior Vice President of Revenue Management
• Martha Heagany Named Chief Marketing Officer of Horseshoe Bay Resort, Texas

• SynXis Provides Dynamic Pricing by Integrating with IDeaS V5i� Revenue Management Solution; RedX® Property Connect enables hotels to set Best Available Rate using arrival date and length of stay from IDeaS V5i�
• Kor Hotel Group Expands ''The Tides'' Brand Internationally; Brand Grows from Original Tides Hotel in South Beach, Florida
• Ameristar Casinos, Acquiring Resorts East Chicago for $675 million in Cash; Plans to Expand and Renovate the Indiana Casino/Hotel
• Vesta Hospitality, L.L.C. Developing Two Adjacent Properties, a Staybridge Suites and a Holiday Inn Express & Suites, in Glendale, Arizona
• Station Casinos Commits $500,000 to Help Lure Minority Students to Attend UNLV's  William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration
• Makar Properties Acquires the 1,572-room Hilton Anaheim Hotel in Orange County, California; Plans Full Renovation, Repositioning
• Personality Hotels Acquires Two San Francisco Hotels  - York Hotel and The Maxwell Hotel in Union Square; Planning Extensive Renovations and Renaming
• Starwood's St. Regis Residence Club, Aspen Considered a Success by all Parties, Including the Developer, Members and the Local Community
• Horwath Executive to Share Latest Outlook on Hotel Performance, Profitabilty in China; Leo Yen, Director of Horwath HTL Asia Pacific, will focus on China�s development potential in address at Hong Kong Polytechnic University�s first-ever U.S. event
• Vail Resorts' Roger McCarthy Leaving Company to Start a New Ski Resort in Russia
• Owned by the Squaxin Island Indian Tribe, The Little Creek Casino Resort Near Olympia, Washington, Adds 98 room Hotel Tower
• Wyndham Vacation Ownership Planning to Build  250-unit Vacation Ownership Resort at the National Harbor Complex Near Washington D.C.
• Dusit's Internship in Hospitality Industry Project Offers On-site Training for Students Whom Do Not Have Good Opportuinities to Pursue Higher Education
• G. Michael Thomas named President and Chief Operating Officer of Horseshoe Bay Resort
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Robert Villalta General Manager of Glen Cove Mansion in Glen Cove, New York
• Chef Robert Nyerick and Food and Beverage Director Leopold Krenn Join Miramonte Resort & Spa, Indian Wells, California
• Choice Hotels Names Caroline Racine Director, Caribbean Franchise Development

• A Tightly Scripted Schedule - Mohegan Sun Renovating Its 1,176 Hotel Rooms While Keeping Every Floor Open On Weekends
• The Public Documents of 44 Public Lodging Companies Analyzed for Interlocks, Insider Participation and Pay for Perfomance Practices
• Sam Nazarian's Empire of Luxury Hotels to be Called SLS Hotels; The Le Meridien at Beverly Hills to be Transformed to SLS Los Angeles, Part of Starwood's Luxury Collection
• MGM MIRAGE to Partner with the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, People's Republic of China to Develop Luxury Non-gaming Hotels and Resorts in China
• Expanding Opportunities in the Hotel Industry in China Prompts a Special One Day Seminar in New York City, April 27, 2007
• Winston Hotels Makes Decision -- Enters into a Definitive Merger Agreement with Inland American Real Estate Trust; Terminates Earlier Merger Agreement with Wilbur Acquisition Holding Company
• Omni's  Sensory Activation Mission Includes Attaching a Fresh-Berry Scented Sticker to Each USA TODAY
• Bold Design and High-Tech Amenities Are the Foundation for Phase II of Flamingo Las Vegas Room Renovations; More Than Five Hundred Hotel Rooms and Suites Get a New Look in 2007
• After an Extensive $50 million Renovation The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia Reopens
• MK Capital Markets Welcomes Equity Specialist Bracken White
• Hilton Opens 263 room Hotel Built for the Conference Market, The Hilton Portorosa on the Island of Sicily
• Bavaria Hotels International opens the Bavaria City Suites Doha, Architecturally Impressive Design with 4 Towers Containing 2,200 Suites
• Value Received by Hotel Customers in Past Decade Has Averaged  86% at Full-service Hotels and 72% at Limited-service Hotels
• Hilton Portland & Executive Tower Details Process to Earn Green Seal Lodging Certification
• TIG Global�s E-Mail Marketing Campaign Receives National Honors; The Web Marketing Association Awards TIG Global�Best E-mail Message� for The Rittenhouse
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Mark Speranza Director of Sales for Glen Cove Mansion in Glen Cove, New York
• Grand Bohemian Hotel, Orlando, Florida seeking a Director of Sales. Candidates must have  a minimum of five or more years of progressive experience up to and including a Director of Sales or a Director of Sales & Marketing in a luxury hotel

• Steven Heyer Resigns as Starwood's Chief Executive Officer; Board of Directors Loses Confidence in His Leadership, Management Style
• China-based Lodging Executive to Speak on Increasing Need for Foreign Investment; Jinling Hotels President Frank Hou will present views on growing development opportunities at Hong Kong Polytechnic University-sponsored New York City seminar
• The Jigsaw Puzzle �  The Fit of the Revenue Managementand Internet Group Sales Pieces / Carol Verret
• The Condo-Hotel Market Has Sobered Up; In South Florida the Pace of Presales has Slowed Dramatically Over the Past Six Months
• The Historic Arctic Building in Seattle Being Transformed into a 120-room Hotel; Arctic Club Hotel Seattle Will Be Managed by The Hotel Group
• Google, Yahoo! and MSN to Discuss Search Engines at HSMAI's 8th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference in Las Vegas on April 4, 2007
• The $160 million Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel Is One of the Most Significant Development Projects in Western New York's Southern Tier; Project Features 212-Room Luxury Hotel, 68,000 Square-Foot Casino
• American Resort Management, LLC, Selected to Manage Mille Lacs Golf Resort and Marina, Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 81 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database 
• Sierra Management Co. Acquires Center Valley Club, a Highly Regarded Public Golf Course Near Allentown, PA; Plans to Add a 200 room Hotel and Conference Center
• Myrtle Beach City Financed Sheraton Hotel at the Convention Center Finished a Strong Year at 63.2% Occupancy
• Jim Saccoman Named General Manager of Ramada Mall of America, Bloomington, MN: Substantial Financial Investment in Improvements Expected at the Former Thunderbird Hotel
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Jim Deranek Director of Recruitment
• The Repositioning of the Flagship ANA Hotel Tokyo to ANA InterContinental Tokyo Completed

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