Top 25 Read Articles
- June 2008
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1,800-room
Sheraton Waikiki Achieves Automated F&B Staffing Accuracy of Over 90%
Using the Carnus Forecaster�s Artificial intelligence (AI) Technology
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Regent
Hotels & Resorts Abruptly Out as Operator of the Soon to Open Regent
Boston at Battery Wharf
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Stars
Want to Meet the Hotel General Manager & Other Misconceptions / Daniel
Edward Craig
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Guest
Problem Resolution 101: Power of the Follow-Up / Bryan K. Williams
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More
than 40 Hotels in San Francisco Have Recently Sold, Renamed or Reflagged
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The
Greatest Hotel People I Have Never Met �and the lessons I learned from
them / Neil Salerno
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The
Cosmopolitan, a 3,000-room Resort Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, First
Lost its Financing - Now it Could Lose its Name for Trademark Infringement
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The
Omni Fort Worth Hotel Drops Standard Practice of a Built-in Percent Gratuity
for Banquets; Based on Quality of Service Meeting Planners May Select from
15 to 22%
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Driving
REVPAR in the Current Economy: The Shift from Managing Demand to Generating
Demand / Carol Verret
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Shuttered
Miami South Beach Hotel, Once Slated for Redo Socialite Nicky Hilton, Acquired
by Nakash Holdings for $25 million
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Getting
Back to the Basics: The Hotelier�s Internet Marketing Action Plan for a
Difficult Economy / Max Starkov and Jason Price
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Hilton
Spells Out Short and Long Term Goals Towards Building Sustainability into
the Core Fabric of its Hotels Worldwide
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Recap
- HITEC 2008: 5,200 Attendees, 300+ Exhibiting Companies, Center of Hospitality
Technology Discussion
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Developer
of Stalled 1 Hotel in Seattle Sells Out to Partner Starwood; Was to be
First in a Global Chain of Environmentally Friendly Hotels with that Name
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Here's
How the 92 story Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago Keeps
Adding Floors While the 339 room Hotel Is Wide Open for Business
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Joie
de Vivre Hospitality Makes Significant Executive Personnel Changes; Allows
for Stronger Southern California Presence and New Commitment to Food &
Beverage Operations
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Hotel
Operators Will Face Many Challenges As Economy Continues on Downswing /
Rick Swig
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Gloria
& Emilio Estefan and Benchmark Hospitality International Open the The
$50 million Costa d'Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Florida
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The
Battle for the Royal Palm Hotel Becomes Increasingly Bitter; Affiliate
of Investment Giant Blackrock Suing to Take Over the 417 room South
Beach Hotel from Majority Owner Guy Mitchell
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Wisconsin
Dells Scrambles to Save Summer Tourist Season; Drained Lake Delton an Unwelcome
Tourism Draw
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Don�t
Underestimate the Impact of the Hotel Sales Office / Dr. John Hogan
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Barcelo
Crestline Corporation Acquiring Tidewater Hotels & Resorts, Inc., of
Virginia Beach, VA; Crestline Hotels & Resorts to Manage the Portfolio
of 17 Properties
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Judge's
Ruling Mixed in the Suit Former CEO of The Greenbrier Resort, Paul Ratchford,
Brought Against Owner CSX
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Actor
Brad Pitt to be Design Consultant for Zabeel Properties for Planned 800-room
Resort in Dubai
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Mike
�Shiny� Dimond: One of the Great Hotel Sales Impresarios / David M. Brudney
June 30, 2008
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The
Borgata's 800 room Water Club Features Five Pools, a 1-to-1 Employee-to-room
Ratio and $629 Weekend Room Rates
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The
Water Club, a $400 million Luxury Hotel, is Atlantic City's Latest Step
Toward the Las Vegas Model
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The
Push for a 1000+ room Convention Hotel in Minneapolis On Hold Even as City
Loses Some Business to Competitors Such as Denver, San Antonio and St.
Louis
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Travelodge
UK Infusing Scents in Bedsheets to Help Guests Nod Off; Aromas Include
"Freshly Cut Grass" and "Home-baked Apple Pie"
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Columbia
Pacific Opportunity Fund Offers to Acquire Red Lion Hotels at $9.50/Share
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Citiline
Resortline Development and Construction Submits Plans for Hotel Development
at Gateway Village, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Profile:
Las Cruces, New Mexico Couple Spearheads Motel Facelift into a 100 room
America's Best Value Inn
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2,000
Hoteliers Manage Multiple Web Activities with Ease; VIZERGY's My Web World
sm Platform Makes it Possible
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Owner
Grubb & Ellis Giving the 222 room Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel in Minneapolis
a $4 million Makeover
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New
Water Park Destination Resort Opens in Tennessee, the 234 room Wilderness
at the Smokies Events Center Hotel and Waterpark
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Rob
Solomon Named Chief Marketing Officer for Outrigger's Portfolio of Brands
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Deer
Valley Lodging in Park City, Utah Appoints Thomas Cooke Director of Marketing
and Tracy Mullen to Director of Sales
June 27, 2008
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The
Cosmopolitan, a 3,000-room Resort Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, First
Lost its Financing - Now it Could Lose its Name for Trademark Infringement
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Boston's
First Skyscraper, the Ames Building, Receiving a $75 million Transformation
to a 115 room Hotel to be Operated by Morgans Hotel Group
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Judge's
Ruling Mixed in the Suit Former CEO of The Greenbrier Resort, Paul Ratchford,
Brought Against Owner CSX
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Laughlin,
Nevada, Home to Nine Resorts, Set to Reinvent Itself
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Updating
Hotel Marketing and Sales Strategies Mid Year NOW Is Essential / Dr. John
Hogan
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Ashford
Hospitality Trust Sells the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre in Dallas for
$72.25 million, Approximately $145,000 per Key
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The
Direct and Indirect Costs Associated with the Broken Air Travel System
in U.S. Approaching $70 billion per Year; $5.6 billion in Lost Hotel Receipts
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Xanterra
Installs a One Megawatt Solar Photovoltaic Energy System in Death Valley;
Will Generate One-third of the Total Annual Electricity Needs for the Furnace
Creek Inn, Furnace Creek Ranch, Furnace Creek Golf Course and Employee
Offices and Housing
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The
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Open the $80 million
Turtle Creek Casino and 7-story, 137 room Hotel Near Traverce City, Michigan
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Taninvest
Group of Companies Signs Mövenpick to Operate a 200 room Resort Near
Serengeti National Park in Tanzania
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Katsumi
Chiyo Named President and CEO of JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., the Operator of
Nikko Hotels International
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Rosen
Hotels & Resorts Names Leslie Menichini Vice President of Sales &
Marketing, Convention Hotels
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The
School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Elects New
Alumni Association Officers; Marc J. Gordon and Mary Ann Ramsey Named Chairman
of the Board and President Respectively
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Millennium
Hotels and Resorts Appoints Jennifer Long as Director of E-commerce for
North America
June 25, 2008
June 24, 2008
June 23, 2008
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Maestro
Solutions Shine for Luxury Beachside Resort Chain Seeking to Centralize
Operations and Improve Marketing; Cape Resorts Group leverages Maestro
PMS to automate multi-property operations on a single database, maximize
online revenue with 'Web Connection' real-time yield management tools
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Agilysys
Announces Beta Site for Guest 360°�, Next-Generation Property Management
Solution
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Select-service
Hotels Financial Performance / Robert Mandelbaum and Steven Nicholas
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Personalized
Hospitality Excellence Still A Deliverable! / Doug Kennedy
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Olathe,
Kansas Deal with John Q Hammons Includes 100% Property Tax Abatement and
the Revenue it Generates from the Transient-Guest Tax for 20 Years
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Big
Niche for New Hotels in Boston and Cambridge: Sixteen New Hotels Have Opened
in the Last Five Years, Four More Scheduled for 2008 and 2009
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The
$130 million Tulalip Resort Hotel Set to Open 40 Miles North of Seattle;
Expects to Compete with the Glamorous Vegas Casino Hotels
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Starwood
Selects VingCard as Preferred Vendor for Aloft and Element Hotels; Hospitality
Security Leader Selected as Preferred Vendor for Top Properties
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New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Tauscher, GM Mandarin Oriental
in New York, Recognized by The Greater New York Chapter of Hospitality
Sales and Marketing International
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Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 85 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
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Newcrest
Hotels Ltd. Planning to Transform the 10 story Fisk Building in Downtown
Amarillo, Texas into a Courtyard by Marriott
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Enrique
De Marchena Kaluche Named President of the Caribbean Hotel Association
for 2008-2010; Recognized as the Legal Counsel with the Most Expertise
in the Tourism Sector of the Dominican Republic
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The
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Selects BLT Steak to Be the Signature
Restaurant for the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Temple
H. Weiss Named EVP and CFO at La Quinta, Replacing the Retiring Robert
Harshbarger
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Jacqueline
L. Edwards Named Director of Sales & Marketing at The Bohemian Hotel
Asheville Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC
June 20, 2008
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Recap
- HITEC 2008: 5,200 Attendees, 300+ Exhibiting Companies, Center of Hospitality
Technology Discussion
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Telkonet
to Provide Comprehensive Managed HSIA Solution for Red Lion Hotels; Telkonet
beats top-level competition to install wired and wireless high-speed Internet
access in 5,400+ rooms in 30 hotels across the US, starting in Q2
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Developer
Louis Cappelli and State of New York Mulling Deal for a $1 billion Investment
in Renovating and Reopening the Catskill's Concord Hotel and Golf Courses
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Consider
the $500-a-night hotel room. In Duluth
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The
$700 million Philadelphia Convention Center Expansion Appears to be Tone-Deaf
to the Sustainability Movement
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Gloria
& Emilio Estefan and Benchmark Hospitality International Open the The
$50 million Costa d'Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Florida
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Two
Downtown Billings Traditional Competitors, the Crowne Plaza Hotel and the
Best Western Clocktower Inn, Join Forces to Promote Themselves as a Destination
with 400 rooms and 16,000 sq ft of Conference Space
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HITEC's
Innovative Model Hotel Room Exhibit, GUESTROOM 2010, Gets New Name
- GUESTROOM 20X
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Black
Bear Casino Resort, Located South of Duluth, Minnesota, Opens the Doors
to Its $121 Million Renovation; Includes a 12-story, 250-room Hotel and
a Championship Golf Course
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FLG
Hospitality Opens the 252 room Hilton Columbus/Polaris
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Sunstone
Hotel Investors Appoints Arthur L. Buser as President, Will Transition
to Replace Company Founder Bob Alter and to Become CEO by July 2009
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Hersha
Hospitality Trust Acquires the 150 room Sheraton JFK Airport Hotel for
$33.98 million
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Heyland
Development Opens 57 room Microtel Inn & Suites in York, Maine
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John
J. Perez Named General Manager of the Wyvern Hotel in Punta Gorda, Florida
June 19, 2008
June 18, 2008
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Colonial
Williamsburg Company Selects EzRMS Product Suite to be Implemented at Colonial
Williamsburg's Resort Collection
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Knowland
Group Selected by Remington for Their Hotels
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Newmarket
International Launches Connex for Microsoft Dynamics CRM for the Hospitality
Market; New Product Brings Powerful Lead Management and RFP Capabilities
to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Solution
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More
than 40 Hotels in San Francisco Have Recently Sold, Renamed or Reflagged
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Stars
Want to Meet the Hotel General Manager & Other Misconceptions / Daniel
Edward Craig
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John
Dewberry, Founder of Dewberry Capital Corporation, Visions the Dewberry
Hotel Brand with Standards Resembling Rocco Forte Hotels
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BayStar
Hotel Group Acquires the Heritage Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida for
$7-million, Will Renovate and Brand as a Hotel Indigo
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LXR
Selects VingCard® and Elsafe® as Sole Preferred Providers of Electronic
Door Locks and In-Room Safes for Its Collection of Hotels and Resorts;
Hospitality Industry's Leading Providers of Locks and Safes Chosen by Luxury
Properties
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Starwood
Aims to Increase Guest Satisfaction with Online Security System from TimeLox;
Leading Electronic Lock Provider Offers RF-Online Solution for Aloft� and
Element� Hotels
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HotelSafeGuard
- From Check-In to Bigger Bottom Lines; HotelSafeGuard integrates compensation
reports with existing hotel PMS/CRS software
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Elsafe
Selected as Approved Provider of In-room Safes for New Starwood Brands;
Starwood Partners with Leading Safe Manufacturer for Aloft� and Element�
Hotels
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InnLink
Announces gLINK, Enhanced Group Reservation Service
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Sanctuary
Beach Resort Offers Extraordinary Oceanfront Views and an Ideal Retreat
for Guests to Re-Charge; Luxury Waterfront Resort Completes Comprehensive
Renovation
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Lorica
Selects Control4® Operating System as a Hospitality Platform for In-Room
Controls; Collaboration Enables Smart Hotel Room with Easy-to-Use and Affordable
Automation
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S&L
Hospitality Converting the Lexington Orlando CityPlace to the Crowne
Plaza in Downtown Orlando, Florida
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Norwegian
Cruise Line Redefining Nightlife at Sea; Creating Bars with Never-before-seen
Experiences at Sea Featuring Multiple Uses for Day or Night
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John
Q. Hammons Hotels Plans to Build a 315 room Embassy Suites Hotel and 80,000
sq ft Conference Center in Olathe, Kansas
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Ashford
Hospitality Completes $135.5 Million Sale of the Hyatt Regency Montreal
and the Hyatt Dulles Airport; Contracts Placed on Two Other Hotels
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Mainland
Investment LLC Signs CHI Hotels to Operate the Mafraq Hotel in Abu Dhabi,
Will Rebrand to Ramada
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Shaner
Hotel Group Names Richard Brezinski as General Manager of the Durham Marriott
Convention Center
June 17, 2008
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Travel
2.0 Enhancements From TravelCLICK Keep Hotel Shoppers on Property Websites,
Increase Conversions; Superior guest experience delivers more bookings,
increased revenue
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Newmarket
International Announces Starwood Hotels & Resorts to Use MeetingBroker
Lead Management Solution; Newmarket International's MeetingBroker Facilitates
Lead Passing Between Starwood's Global Sales Offices and All of its
Hotels and Resorts in North America; Global Installation to be Complete
by Fall 2008
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Elite
Meetings International, Inc. debuts EliteMeetings.com version 2.0; New
site release packs powerful, time-saving tools for planners to search,
locate, and negotiate directly with luxury hotels
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Telkonet
Launches Next Generation Networked Energy Management Solution at HITEC;
Gives property managers a new level of green HVAC control, delivering tangible
energy savings
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Branding:
What's in a Name? / Chase Melnychyn / Canadian Lodging Outlook
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The
Greatest Hotel People I Have Never Met �and the lessons I learned from
them / Neil Salerno
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Dallas
Officials Pick Matthews Southwest to Enter Exclusive 60-day Negotiation
With Goal of Signing a Memorandum of Understanding to Develop a Publicly
Owned 1,200 room Hotel
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Boston's
Liberty Hotel Developer Richard L. Friedman Recognized for Adaptive Reuse
of the Former Charles Street Jail
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2008
AH&LA Survey of More Than 10,000 U.S. Hotels Unveils Trends in Technology,
Health- and Eco-Conscious Travel
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National
Restaurant Association Recognizes Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants for
Its Efforts to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
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VingCard
Announces Efforts to Go Green; New Eco-Friendly Security Offerings Help
Hotels Reduce Waste
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The
Kessler Collection Announces Partnership with Roomlinx to Provide In-Room
Entertainment and HSIA Services for New Hotels in Development; Five year
pact with owner, developer & management group of luxury boutique hotels
begins with opening of The Bohemian Hotel Asheville at Biltmore Village
in December
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New
VSi Product/Service Enables Hotels to Deliver Secure Computer Rental to
Guests; VSi rolls out Rent-A-PC�, a solution for hotels that want to make
laptop computers and software applications available on a rental basis
without the hassles
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Country
Inn & Suites Merrillville To Install Roomlinx' In-Room Media, Entertainment
& Business Solution; Limited-service hotel owner will offer customers
interactive in-room amenities typically reserved for full-service or upscale
hotels; 10 rooms to start, more to follow
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Omni
Hotels Plans New Central Reservations System Implementation; Luxury Hotel
Brand Working With MICROS Products to Restructure Platform
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Molinaro
Koger Structures Sale of Hampton Inn & Suites Lakeland, Florida
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Le
Méridien Signs Two New Hotels -Le Méridien Taipei, Taiwan
and Le Méridien Xiamen, China
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Invitation
to Attend: Artistes de Mont-Tremblant & Le Grand Lodge Launch Their
Second Year Collaboration in Historic Barn
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The
Professional Convention Management Association and the International Association
of Conference Centers Partner to Provide Candidates for the Convention
Management Professional (CMP) Certificate a Study Day
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Global
Hyatt Corporation Names Harmit Singh Chief Financial Officer
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Morgans
Hotel Group Appoints Howard Wein as Senior Vice President of Food and Beverage
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Robert
J. Lowe, Jr. Named Chief Executive Officer of Lowe Hospitality Group
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Marriott
International Names Stephanie Linnartz Senior Vice President of Global
Sales
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Red
Lion Hotels Corporation Promotes Barry Hughes to Senior Vice President,
Distribution and Marketing
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New
Castle Hotels Appoints Rick Norman and Michelle Boudreau General Manager
and Director of Sales, Respectively
June 16, 2008
June 13, 2008
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Hard
Rock Park Selects Inventory and Point-of-Sale Solutions from Agilysys;
Theme Park Implements Eatec and InfoGenesis Solutions by Agilysys to Enhance
Service and Efficiency
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NxTV
Announces an End-to-End Converged Entertainment and Connectivity Platform
Hotels can merge operations, entertainment and communications; Consumers
get completely personalized access to more forms of content and information
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TravelCLICK
Properties Perform as Clients Increase Revenue 39%, Room Nights 29% Despite
Slowing Market
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NxTV
Delivers an End-to-End Converged Entertainment and Connectivity Platform
with Aruba, BitBand, and Verimatrix; Hotels can merge operations, entertainment
and communications; Consumers get completely personalized access to more
forms of content and information
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Here's
How the 92 story Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago Keeps
Adding Floors While the 339 room Hotel Is Wide Open for Business
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HVS
Market Intelligence Report: Reno, Nevada / Desiree Flanary
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Going
Green a Major Theme at the American Hotel and Lodging Association Summer
Summit
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Don't
Underestimate the Impact of the Hotel Sales Office Space
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Hotel
eMarketing: There's Lots More to Promote Beyond Rooms in a Hotel
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Entrepreneur
Don Glassie Set to Open the 177-room Strand Hotel in New York City's Fashion
District
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The
American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Honors Leaders in Hospitality
Training and Education
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Guest-Tek
Announces Growth in the HD Benchmark for Hotel Television Services
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Avalon
Report Partners with EZYield.com; Synergistic new partnership allows EZYield.com
users to monitor Web 2.0 sites and track online Consumer Generated Content
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Pegasus
Solutions Upgrades First Hotels to RezView® NG; More than 1,000 Hotels
Implement Next Generation Central Reservation System
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Ten
Hotels Recognized by the American Hotel & Lodging Association for Innovative
Community Service, Eco-Friendly, and Diversity Programs
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Hampton
Hotels Adds the Laura Ingalls Wilder's Home in De Smet, South Dakota to
its List of "Save-a-Landmark" Projects
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Shaner
Hotels Partnership with Rothschild Realty Managers LLC Providing Capital
for Growth; Breaks Ground on Three Marriott Select Service Hotels in Florida
and Georgia
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Hilton
Hotels Provides Booking Portal for U.S. Government and Military Employees
- hiltongov.com
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Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Kathy Wooten as Director of Training, Will Oversee
Training Initiatives for Benchmark's 5,200 Employees
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Glen
Varda Appointed Director of Sales at the Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco
June 12, 2008
***** HITEC Spotlight *****
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June 11, 2008
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Regent
Hotels & Resorts Abruptly Out as Operator of the Soon to Open Regent
Boston at Battery Wharf
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Inland
American Lodging Corporation Selects Execuvue Business Intelligence Software
for Extensive Hotel Portfolio; Hotel owner will use Aptech's Execuvue to
consolidate, analyze operating data from multiple management companies
for better business decisions
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The
NXTV HD IPVoD System is Operational at the Five-Star New Build 'The Mansion
on Peachtree'; Rosewood Hotels and Resorts' 127 room, mixed-use luxury
property rolls out an elite consumer experience with High Def IPVoD, TV-on-demand
and wired laptop solution
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The
Rainmaker Group Announces revolutionsm Product Suite on Microsoft Software
Platform; Microsoft relationship enables flexible hosting options for Rainmaker's
profit optimization clients
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Mintek
to Introduce WinTrack PMnet at HITEC; System Consolidates PM, Asset Management,
CAPEX Planning, Work Order Processes
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Online
Lodging Website Study Ranks Marriott #1 Followed by Expedia and Hotels.com
for Online Customer Experience and Service Levels
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Lodging
Econometrics Quarterly Report Shows Middle East Hotel Construction Pipeline
at 527 Projects/155,989 Guestrooms; New Hotel Openings to Accelerate Through
2008 and 2009
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First
citizenM Hotel Opens at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam; All Rooms Created
and Assembled Offsite - from the Flooring to the Lampshades
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Cornell's
Pillsbury Institute Selects Three Successful Innovations for Insightful
Study; Capturing Liquor Inventory to the Last Drop, Creating Healthy Guest
Rooms and Interpreting Data to Optimize Revenue
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Loews
Hotels' Chairman and CEO Jonathan Tisch Awards Loews Philadelphia Hotel
the company's Top Honor - Hotel of the Year
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Davidson
Hotel Company/RockBridge Partners Joint Venture Acquires Hyatt Regency
Suites in Palm Springs, Calif.; Davidson Will Manage Hotel and Coordinate
$18.5 Million Renovation
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Pegasus
Solutions Names Michael H. Kistner CEO; Successful Launch of RezView®
NG and Sustained Leading Market Position Enable Smooth Transition from
John Davis' Leadership
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Noble
House Hotels & Resorts Taps UniFocus for New Resource Management System
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John
Q. Hammons Starts Construction on Embassy Suites Hotel and 100,000 sq ft
of Meeting Space in Pleasant Grove, Utah; Envisions Two More Hotels for
Development
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AltiusPAR
Establishes New Dallas Headquarters and Expands Team with Key Hire; Move
Solidifes Company's U.S. Presence and Signals Growth for Innovative Hospitality
Solutions Leader
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Signature
RFID/NFC by VingCard® to be Showcased in Guestroom 2010® at HITEC;
Contactless Door Lock Selected for Exclusive Display of Innovative Hotel
Technologies
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Strong
Sales Channel for Hotels: Cultuzz Initiates Direct Link to Expedia; Direct
XML connection from the hotelier's in-house property management system
to Expedia deployed
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VSi's
New Interactive FlightMate Allows Guests to Check, Search, Change Flights
on the Fly; FlightMate� flight-status-checking stations give business travelers
the ability to check on flight status, make new reservations, or change
existing itineraries
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UniFocus
Adds Key Executives for Next Growth Phase; Richard Haschke, Robin Rankin
Join UniFocus
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Roomlinx'
Media, Entertainment and Business Solution Featured at HITEC's GUESTROOM
2010; Interactive, in-room solution hailed by experts as the 'latest and
greatest' technology!
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Rehabbing
Central Avenue in Albuquerque: City Takes Enforcement Action Against 48
of the 150 Hotels Along Old Route 66
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LXR
Luxury Resorts & Hotels Appoints Richard Hayduk as Managing Director
of South Seas Island Resort, Captiva Island, Florida
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Outrigger
Enterprises Appoints Pieter van der Hoeven General Manager-Phuket, Thailand
Which Includes the Outrigger Serenity Terraces Resort and the West Sands
Outrigger Resort
June 10, 2008
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Maestro
Selected as PMS for 7 High-Touch Resorts, Guest-Centric Boutique Hotels
and 750 Room Multi-Property Group in 2Q '08; Boutique boom continues, Maestro
chosen for Web Connection, personalized Diamond Plus service, single-image
database for multi-property operations
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Flyte
Systems Triples Size in First Year of Operations Providing Airline Information
to Aid Busy Travelers; At HITEC '08 Flyte will cement leadership, build
partnerships to deliver real-time airline information
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Delphi®
with the Interactive Open Network� Delivers Operational Excellence and
More Group Business to Hospitality Companies; Newmarket launches new version
of its leading Delphi sales and catering application
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China's
First 'Green' Hotel Selects TravelCLICK; URBN Hotels Shanghai Will Leverage
TravelCLICK's iHotelier Platform to Build Brand Identity and Maximize
Hotel Bookings
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Hotel
Website Design 2.0� Using Travel Social Media To Advance Website Sales
/ Neil Salerno
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Short
on Workers - Gold Key/PHR Hotels & Resorts Travels to Bulgaria, Turkey,
Russia and Ukraine to Find 250 Foreign College Students for Summer Employment
at its Seven Beachfront Hotels in Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Dolce
International Holdings, Inc. Taps UniFocus for New Budgeting System
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1,800-room
Sheraton Waikiki Achieves Automated F&B Staffing Accuracy of Over 90%
Using the Carnus Forecaster's Artificial intelligence (AI) Technology;
The leading AI technology provider, Carnus Systems offers the most accurate
and automated forecasting and scheduling solution available
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Livebookings
Network to Drive Business for GuestBridge Restaurant Customers
***** HITEC Spotlight *****
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June 9, 2008
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Wynn
Las Vegas Implements Rainmaker revolution Revenue Management; Rainmaker
tapped by Wynn to optimize total customer value for 5-Star, 5-Diamond resort
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NxTV
Delivers World's Largest IP VOD Guest Entertainment Implementation at 4,000-room
Atlantis Bahamas; Kerzner International Pampers, Thrills Guests at Atlantis
Paradise Island with Adventures and Personalized IP VOD In-Room Entertainment
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A
120-Year History of Service to the Stars Sets the Scene for Tradition at
San Diego's famed Hotel del Coronado; 21st century technology helps put
to rest the ghosts of service past
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Guest
Problem Resolution 101: Power of the Follow-Up / Bryan K. Williams
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Poor
Judgment Rather than Lack of Business the Likely Culprit if the 600 room
Executive Inn Rivermont in Downtown Owensboro, Kentucky Closes
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In
May, 2008 Wolfgang Puck Filed Suit Against Wolfgang's Steakhouse for Trademark
Infringement, Now Wolfgang Zwiener Has Filed a Countersuit Against Wolfgang
Puck
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History
for Sale; Liquidators Have 30 Days to Clear out The Yankee Trader Before
Being Gutted for Renovation into a Westin Resort
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Floridians
Checking into Condo Hotels for Short Vacations; No Stress in Getting There!
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Joie
de Vivre Hospitality Takes Over Management of the 130-room Vacation Village
Hotel in Laguna Beach, California
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Technology
in HFTP's GUESTROOM 2010 Serves as an Industry Point of Reference
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Industry
Leaders Band Together to Form "HDVODINABOX" Consortium; "Best of breed"
partners team to educate the hospitality industry on enhanced alternatives
available for providing High Definition in-room entertainment
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Under
New Ownership, Cap Juluca Appoints New Management Team; John Vasatka and
Tania Rydon Named General Manager and Co-General Manager Respectively
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Ritz-Carlton
Breaks Ground on a Private Ownership and Fractional Ownership Resort at
Kaua'i Lagoons
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AmREIT
and Songy Partners LLC Select Aimbridge Hospitality to Manage New 153 room
aloft Houston Galleria
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Crowne
Plaza Five Seasons Hotel, Owned by Kronos Hotels LLC, Claims Glitches Resolved
and Progress Being Made with its Requirements with Crowne Plaza and the
City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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A
180-room Holiday Inn and a 76-room Candlewood Suites Being Built in Gilroy,
California, a 39% Increase in Hotel Capacity for the City
June 6, 2008
June 5, 2008
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Maestro
"Web Connection" Suite with ResWave Drives Online Revenue and Personalized
Service for Multi-Property Operators; NORTHWIND-Maestro PMS enhances ResWave
with new online revenue generating tools, guest experience measurement,
multi-property package booking
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SynXis
Technology Partner Program Gains Momentum as Customers Gain Benefits of
"Best-of-Breed" Systems Integration
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Cendyn's
CRM Suite Reaps Rewards for The Trump Hotel Collection
-
Shuttered
Miami South Beach Hotel, Once Slated for Redo Socialite Nicky Hilton, Acquired
by Nakash Holdings for $25 million
-
Hilton
Spells Out Short and Long Term Goals Towards Building Sustainability into
the Core Fabric of its Hotels Worldwide
-
Auction
- The Villager Motel, located in Bartlett, New Hampshire, scheduled for
June 20, 2008. Includes 37 rooms, owner's living quarters, 16.707±
acres. More info
-
Lodge
Hotels & Resorts Takes Over Operations of the Days Hotel and Baymont
Inn and Suites Located Adjancent to Each Other in Houston, Texas; Stewart
Martin Appointed General Manager of Both Properties
-
The
Chartres Lodging Group Opens the Newly Renamed Doubletree Hotel Chicago
Magnificent Mile Following a $21 million Renovation
-
Golden
Tulip Hospitality Group Creates New Extended-stay Brand Concept: Tulip
Residences
-
MTech
First to Employ New Technology Offering More Efficient, Less Costly Communications;
HotSOS interface offers increased communications efficiency and guest satisfaction
while reducing costs
-
Trust
International 19th Customer Conference and Advisory Board Yields Insight,
Direction for Future Development; Hotel groups discuss market trends and
latest technology enhancements
-
After
20 Years at the Hyatt, Manny's Steakhouse Relocating to the Soon-to-open
W Hotel in Minneapolis's Foshay Tower
-
Aimbridge
Hospitality Promotes Robert Burg to Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer; Recognized for his Role in Growing Company from 8 Hotels in 2003
to 42 Hotels in 2008
-
Irene
Lin Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the 891 room Westin Seattle
-
Mark
Grosh Named General Manager for the Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership
Excellence in Bethesda, Maryland
June 4, 2008
-
Sheraton
Atlanta, UK's Chardon Management Focus Revenue Management on Forward-Looking
Market Intelligence / Steve Swope
-
Noble
Investment Group Uses Same-Day Business Intelligence to Verify Management
Strategies, Convert Data into Profitable Decisions
-
TravelCLICK
Ranked 34 on Crain's Chicago Area Fast Fifty List
-
Getting
Back to the Basics: The Hotelier's Internet Marketing Action Plan for a
Difficult Economy / Max Starkov and Jason Price
-
Hotel
Operators Will Face Many Challenges As Economy Continues on Downswing /
Rick Swig
-
Joie
de Vivre Hospitality Makes Significant Executive Personnel Changes; Allows
for Stronger Southern California Presence and New Commitment Food &
Beverage Operations
-
The
Newly Constructed, 24-story Holiday Inn-Manhattan 6th Avenue Provides IHG
the Opportunity to Feature New Sign and Brand Standards
-
The
Empire Hotel Reopens Following Magnificent Redesign; The 413 room Hotel
is One of the Oldest Establishments on New York's Upper West Side Still
Operating Under Same Name, Same Location
-
The
I Hotel and Conference Center Going Up on the University of Illinois Campus,
126 room Hotel Being Built to 4-star Standards
-
Gateway
Hospitality Group Planning a $32 million Hampton Inn Near the Orlando (FL)
Regional Medical Center
-
One
Ocean Resort Hotel and Spa, Atlantic Beach, Florida Opens Under Remington's
"The Gallery" Collection
-
Luxe
Worldwide Hotels Offers International Travelers Unprecedented Savings with
Guaranteed US Dollar Rates
-
Top
10 Group Events: May 01,2008 - May 31,2008 - Selected Markets Cleveland
and Boston / Knowland Group Inc
-
New
York City's Tourism Sector is Booming, Record Numbers of Visitors Coming
Each of the Last Five Years; Hotel Occupancy Running at 80% for First Quarter
2008
-
Class
Action Lawsuit Against WCI Communities, Inc. and The Resort at Singer Island
Properties, Inc.; Suit Claims Hotel Units Sold Without Registering Them
with the SEC
-
Brian
Collins Named President at Intrawest, Reporting to Recently Named CEO Bill
Jensen
-
Richard
Delany Named President and Managing Director of the Old Edwards Inn and
Spa, Highlands, North Carolina
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Peter M. Carl Executive Chef of Naples Bay Resort
June 3, 2008
-
Wyndham
Worldwide Acquiring the Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites
Hotel Brands, Totaling 29,000 Rooms, from a Subsidiary of Global Hyatt
Corporation
-
SynXis
Global Reach Expands with the Launch of Asia Pacific Call Center; Customers
see conversion rates increase more than 10 percent with SynXis Call Center
Services
-
Rosen
Shingle Creek Leverages NxTV's Platform for Next Generation Guest Technology;
Personalized 2-way IP guest communication, walled-garden sites increase
guest revenue options
-
The
Japanese Traveler Considered by Hoteliers Across the Globe as Overall the
Best Tourists, American Tourists Ranked Number 11 Overall - Considered
Noisy and Not the Best Dressers
-
U.S.
Business Travelers Find Ways to Manage Work-Life Balance - 7% Now Use a
Web cam to Connect Online with their Family
-
Avoided
Trips: Memorable Tourism Experiences Lost / David M. Brudney
-
Hilton
Hotels Makes Significant New Executive Appointments; Two Former Starwood
Execs, Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani, Join Hilton to Advance its Goal of
Developing a Presence in the Luxury and Lifestyle Sectors
-
Fraser
Hickox, the General Manager of Research and Technology for Peninsula Hotel
Group, to be Inducted into HFTP's International Hospitality Technology
Hall of Fame
-
Partner
Hospitality Seeking Millions in Financing Assistance and Tax Breaks from
the City of Wichita to Restore the Broadview Hotel and Reflag as a Wyndham
or Marriott Renaissance
-
Joie
de Vivre Hotels Installs HotSOS to Help Enhance Guests' 'Joy of Life';
California's largest boutique hotel company begins first phase with installation
of MTech's Hotel Service Optimization System in 10 Joie de Vivre properties
-
Last
Chance To Register!! Revenue Management for an Uncertain Summer /
Web Cast June 6
-
INNCOM
Joins with Williams Applied Products to Offer Cutting-Edge HVAC Technology;
Leaders in energy-management systems and HVAC manufacturing join to develop
new controller/fan-coil unit that maximizes energy usage, cuts costs
-
PSAV
Asks HITEC '08 Attendees to "Think Beyond Your Meeting Space" For
Event Technology Integration
-
Interstate
Hotels & Resorts to Manage Crowne Plaza New Orleans International Airport;
Former Holiday Inn Select Kenner to be Reflagged Following $26 Million
Renovation
-
Growth
Properties Hospitality Management Providing the Holiday Inn Philadelphia-Cherry
Hill a $4.5 million Make Over
-
Douglas
Lentz Appointed Chief Operating Officer for Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort
and Casino in Mescalero, New Mexico
June 2, 2008
-
Hospitality
Solutions Provider MSI Announces Addition of New Chief Marketing Officer
-
Luxury
Link Brings Qantas and Orient-Express Hotels Together for Unprecedented
Luxury Sweepstakes
-
Asian
Revenue Management Leaders Say that Revenue Management in Hotels Across
Asia is Maturing; Positioning Revenue Management As its Own Department
is Essential
-
Dallas
Poised to Make a $500 - $600 million Jump Into the Convention Center Hotel
Business; Wants to Duplicate Other Cities' Success Such as Houston, Austin,
Denver and Chicago
-
Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania, Long in Philadelphia's Shadow as a Business-Meeting
Spot, Leaping Ahead as a Hotel and Convention Venue
-
Developer
Tim Headington Opens the 129 room Joule Hotel in the the Former Dallas
National Bank Building in Downtown Dallas; Branded a Starwood Luxury Collection
Hotel
-
The
Westin St. Francis Undergoing a $40 million Restoration Project, the Largest
Renovation Since the Reconstruction after The Great 1906 San Francisco
Earthquake
-
Actor
Brad Pitt to be Design Consultant for Zabeel Properties for Planned 800-room
Resort in Dubai
-
Michael
Rosenfeld's Next Century Associates Acquires the 726 room Hyatt Regency
Century Plaza Hotel for $366.5 million, Approximately $505,000 per room,
from Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc
-
Wireless
Mobile Broadband Data Cards Now Available With No Long Term Contracts;
Travelers enjoy non-stop connectivity via a 24-hour "day pass" that delivers
Internet access anywhere ordinary cell phone reception exists
-
SAS®
Patron Value Optimization to Strengthen Casino and Gaming Industry; SAS
Will Help Grow Customer Value for the Competitive Gaming Industry
-
Human
Resource Managers from the Asian Hospitality Industry Discover Commonalities
About the Use of Human Resource Metrics; Highly Strategic and Sophisticated
Measurements Help Drive Organizational and Business Performance
-
Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 75 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
-
Michael
D. Barnello Succeeding Jon E. Bortz as LaSalle Hotel Properties CEO on
July 1, 2010
-
HEI
Hotels & Resorts, the Owner and Operator of the Embassy Suites Philadelphia,
Completes $10 Million Renovation
-
Dean
Anderson Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Destination Resorts
Hawaii
-
Herb
Arnold Appointed as Director of Sales for Biltmore Farms Hotels, Asheville,
North Carolina
Top 25 Read Articles
- May 2008
-
Ten
Rules For Finding Cheap Hotels in Manhattan
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AH&LA
Green Assessment Survey: The Top 10 Green Things Hotels Are Doing Well,
The Top 10 Green Things Hotels Can Improve On
-
Taming
the Guest from Hell / Steven Ferry
-
Paul
Ratchford, Former President of The Greenbrier Who filed a $50 million Lawsuit
Against CSX Corp., Speaks Publicly for the First Time Since His September
2007 Departure from the Resort
-
7
Principles to Fully Engage Your Customers � Part 2 / Bryan K. Williams
-
What's
Happening to Hotel Cap Rates, Values and Financing? / Jim Butler
-
The
Five New Ultra Luxurious Resorts on Mexico's Riviera Maya Comparable to
Anything in the World
-
Hotel
Staffer Charged with Theft after Providing Room Keys to Unpaid Guests at
Clarion Hotel Bloomington, Illinois
-
$67
thousand Hindu Wedding Livens Up Kentucky Hotel
-
The
Royal Palm Resort Hotel on Miami's South Beach Enjoys a Prime Location
But Has a Cloudy Future with Fighting Partners, Large Debt
-
A
$30 million Restoration and Renovation Project Completed at Boston's Omni
Parker House; Longest Continuously Operating Hotel in the U.S.
-
Tactics
to Drive Business in a �Not So Hot� Summer / Carol Verret
-
Report
on Major Hotel Transactions / Suzanne Mellen
-
Hilton�s
Largest Development in its History Anticipates September 2009 Opening,
the Waldorf=Astoria® Orlando and Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
-
Finding
Business Leads Can Be Easier Than You Think / Dr. John Hogan
-
College
Student Survives Balcony Fall of Six Stories at the Marriott Resort &
Spa, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
-
Keeping
Market Share During a Down Economy: 10 Strategies for Hotels / David Ralls
-
Examining
the Findings of PKF's Inaugural Edition of Trends in the Hotel Spa Industry
/ John R. Korpi
-
Profitable
Spas: Be On-Trend Rather Than Trendy / Dr. Judy Singer
-
Economy
Got You Down? A Four-Step Survival Guide for Tough Times / Michael G. Frenkel
-
Millennium
Hotels & Resorts Creates a New Brand for Top-of-the-Market Properties
- Grand Millennium
-
Steve
Wynn Contemplating Another Use for the Plush Golf Course Located Behind
Wynn Las Vegas - Possibly Two Hotel Towers with a Combined 5,200 Rooms
and a 1.8 million Sq Ft Convention Center
-
Hotel
Guest Dies from Injuries Following a Fall from 2nd Floor Balcony at Barcelo
Tucancun Beach Resort & Villas in Cancun
-
Opening
Spring 2009, the $1 billon M Resort, Spa and Casino, Las Vegas Appoints
William Conn, Vice President of Hotel Operations
-
Chicago
Hotels Going Ga-ga for Gadgets; 10 Tech-friendly Hotels in the Chicago
Area
May 30, 2008
-
Trump
Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City Sold to Former Trump Associate for
$316 million; Plan to Rename Margaritaville in Association with Singer
Jimmy Buffett's Brand
-
Deal
for a John Q. Hammons Hotel at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention
Center in Dalton, Georgia Has Died Due to Lack of Tax Credits
-
Keeping
Market Share During a Down Economy: 10 Strategies for Hotels / David Ralls
-
Church
Pastor and a Faith-based Non-profit Corporation Find a Way to Build a $15
million Fairfield Inn & Suites and Conference Center in Apex, North
Carolina
-
The
Importance of Meaningful Sales Team Job Descriptions / Dr. John Hogan
-
Oklahoma
City's Skirvin Hilton Hotel Hosting the Summer Summit of the American Hotel
& Lodging Association
-
Lodging
Econometrics Reports Caribbean, Mexico & Central America Region Has
311 Construction Projects in the Pipeline at the End of Q1 2008; Accented
with Large, Luxury Beachfront Resort Projects
-
Royal
Island Partners, LP, an Affiliate of The Staubach Company, Acquires 50%
Interest in Rock House, a Nine-room Hideaway Hotel on Harbour Island in
the Bahamas for $7.5 million
-
Starwood's
Employee Recruitment Goes Online - Website Provides a Worldwide "Branded"
Experience for Job Seekers
-
Pacifica
Capital & Brokerage, Inc. Arranges Refinance of San Diego Hotel
-
Molinaro
Koger Facilitates Sale of Holiday Inn Cleveland-East
-
Gemstone
Signs Management Agreement to Operate The Whiteface Lodge Resort in Lake
Placid, N.Y.
-
The
University of Delaware School of Hotel and Restaurant Management Offers
Swiss Spa Management Certificate in 2009
-
The
New York Chapter of Hospitality Sales & Marketing International Rebrands
Itself for the First Time in 30 Years - Now Known as the Greater New York
Chapter of HSMAI
-
Hyatt
Names Amy Curtis-McIntyre to the New Position of SVP Brand Communication,
Formerly the Chief Marketing Officer for JetBlue Airways
-
Derrick
Morrow Appointed General Manager for Hyatt Regency Tampa
-
Maurizio
Romani Appointed General Manager at the Aquapura Douro Valley Resort in
Northern Portugal
-
Concord
Hospitality Appoints William G. Gant GM of Renaissance Raleigh at North
Hills
-
Rob
Evans Named General Manager of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Fort Wayne, Indiana
-
Garriann
Young Named Director of Sales & Marketing for the Kyoto Grand Hotel
and Gardens in Los Angeles
-
Wendy
Rahier Appointed Spa Director of Qua Baths & Spa, Caesars Atlantic
City
May 28, 2008
-
Station
Casinos Selects IDeaS Revenue Optimization for Nevada Hotel Portfolio
-
Cendyn
Introduces eSales Suite
-
Concierge
Assistant President, Newton Gore, Awarded Les Clef d'Or USA Honorary Membership;
Gold Key Solutions recognized for ongoing friendship and support of prestigious
Concierge Organization
-
TravelCLICK
Recognized; President and CEO Robert Post Selected By Ernst & Young
as Finalist for Entrepreneur Of The Year
-
Choice
Hotels Rebranding its Clarion Collection as the "Ascend Collection", Providing
More Independence for the Hotel Owners
-
The
Checks in the Mail; Congressional Action Impacting the Lodging Industry
/ Kevin F. Reilly
-
John
Q. Hammons Hotels Inc. Pulls Out of a Proposed $60 million Hotel
Development in Decatur, Alabama; Incentives for the Hotel Turned Down by
City
-
Home
Sweet Home Seaside Resort, Located in Negril, Jamaica a Costly Mistress
for Minnesotan Owner Charlie Rossley
-
Revenue
Management for an Uncertain Summer / Carol Verret Web Cast on June 6, 2008
-
Web
2.0 Continues to Transform Hospitality Industry; VIZERGY's Oklahoma City
Workshop Offers Hoteliers Tips for Success
-
Market
Metrix Selected to Measure Feedback and Help Maintain Rosewood Hotels &
Resorts Distinct Ultra-luxury Guest Experience
-
Sonnenblick-Eichner
Company Arranges $60 million Hotel Portfolio Financing
-
Station
Casinos, Inc. Bets on MTech's HotSOS to Provide Winning Guest Service at
11 Hotels; System-wide roll out of MTech's Internet-based guest-response
system exclusively enables the company to consolidate operations of 11
property-based PBX operations to an offsite, centralized Guest Call Center
facility
-
Two
More Awards for Le Grand Lodge Mont-Tremblant
-
Recap:
PolyU Researchers Study Restaurant Service Charges and Voluntary Tipping
in Hong Kong
-
Katie
Neufeld Named General Manager of the Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel in Downtown
Minneapolis
-
First
Quarter 2008 Occupancy Tax Collection in the Tucson, Arizona Area Down
19% Compared with Last Year; Tourism Officials Scrambling to Find Replacement
Tourists as U.S. Consumers Scale Back
May 27, 2008
-
Visual
One Suite by Agilysys Selected by Ireland's Kilronan Castle; Luxury Hotel
to Implement Range of Solutions to Enhance Efficiency and Guest Service
-
Flyte
Systems Partners with Digital Signage Provider Four Winds Interactive to
Provide Live Airline Flight Information; Partnership powers potential new
service offerings, adds vital travel information
-
InterContinental
Hotels Group Plans to Open 32 of its Branded Hotels in the Dallas Ft Worth
Within Two Years; Majority in the Mid- to Lower-Priced Brands
-
JetBlue
Airways Corp. Cancels Plans to Build a $30 million 300-room Employee Lodge
at Orlando International Airport
-
$67
thousand Hindu Wedding Livens Up Kentucky Hotel
-
Noble
House Completes $8 million Renovation at the Hilton San Diego on Mission
Bay
-
Royal
Restaurants Signs Agreement with the Small Luxury Hotels of the World Brand
for the Hotel Haven, Helsinki, Finland, Scheduled for Completion in 2009
-
Flight
Time TV Brings Flight Status Information to Hotels; Broadcast the Departures
of Your Neighboring Airport(s) Onto the Guest TV Network
-
Recap:
The 2008 Global Spa Summit
-
Fairfield
Inn & Suites, Anderson/Clemson (SC) Completes Renovation
-
College
Student Survives Balcony Fall of Six Stories at theMarriott Resort &
Spa, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
-
Paul
Ratchford Named General Manager of The Pines Resort on Bass Lake, Located
North of Fresno, California
-
The
Hilton Niseko Village Set to Become Asia's Leading Internationally Branded
Mountain Resort Destination, Located on the Island of Hokkaido
-
The
Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation Gives Out $24,000 in Scholarships
-
Dan
DeFrancia Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the 358-room Hilton
Bellevue, Bellevue, Washington
May 23, 2008
-
Platinum
Hospitality Plans to Build Two InterContinental Branded Hotels in One Building
in Las Colinas, Texas
-
Hilton
Hotels' Koos Klein Named Asia Pacific Hotelier of 2007
-
Fort
Lauderdale's Plans for a 1,000 room Convention Center Hilton Hotel Hits
Set Back; Florida Attorney General Rules Officials Cannot Use Countywide
Lodging Taxes to Help Build the Hotel
-
Boyd
Gaming Brings Laundry In-house for 9 Las Vegas Resorts; $23 million, Environmentally
Sensitive, 100,000 sq ft Laundry Expects 5 Year Pay Back
-
For
Hotels with Limited Service, Fewer than 100 Rooms - How Do You Determine
if You Need a Person Dedicated to Selling?
-
Hilton's
Largest Development in its History Anticipates September 2009 Opening,
the Waldorf=Astoria® Orlando and Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
-
Recap:
KPMG's Fifth Annual Golf Business Forum - Jack Nicklaus Receives KPMG's
Lifetime Achievement Award, Nicklaus Design Responsible for 328 Golf Courses
in 32 Countries
-
Chaminade
Resort & Spa, Operated by Benchmark, Completes Comprehensive $15 million
Renovation
-
Lane
Hospitality Completes Conversion of the Independent Gulfport (MS)
Beachfront Hotel to the Courtyard by Marriott Gulfport Following a Multi-million
dollar Renovation
-
Mark
W. Rice Named Director of Sales/Marketing at the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey
in Harrisburg, Pennslyvania
May 22, 2008
-
Feversham
Arms Hotel in U.K. Selects Visual One Suite by Agilysys; Hotel Implements
Property Management, Point-of-Sale, Spa Management Solutions
-
Winston-Salem
Hoteliers Growing Nervous as Local Politico Wants the Visit Winston-Salem
Organization (CVB) Dissolved
-
Unit-Level
Hotel Profits Grew 7.2 Percent in 2007; Profit Growth Expected to Slow
to 2.9 Percent in 2008
-
Former
Manager of the Biltmore Greensboro Hotel Charged with Embezzling $48k in
Sales Tax
-
Cabi
Developers Building a 215 room aloft Hotel in Aventura, Florida
-
The
70 Year-Old Surftides Inn, Lincoln City, Oregon Receiving a Renovation
and Transformation to a Contemporary Hip Hotel
-
Owned
and Managed by Empresas Bern, the 137-room Holiday Inn City of Knowledge
at the Panama Canal Opens; The Hotel is Affiliated with the New Educational
Institution of Bern Hotels & Resorts, the Panama International Hotel
School
-
Sage
Hospitality Completes Turn Around of the Former Executive Tower Hotel to
the Quirky 336 room Curtis Hotel, Denver
-
EMCVenues
Introduces eVite for Sites; Product Guarantees 35 + Site Visits, Planner
Satisfaction, Unique in Hospitality
-
The
Sofitel Dalat Palace in Vietnam Continues Transformation
-
Eight
Hotels Australia Opens the Diamant Hotel Canberra
-
Thayer
Lodging Breaks Ground on 15,500 sq ft LEED Certified and IACC Certified
Conference Center at the The Palm Beach Gardens DoubleTree Hotel
-
Rick
Warmouth and David Gleim Appointed to Executive Positions at Coral Hospitality
-
Carrie
Sheridan and Lisa Schetinski Named Director of Sales & Marketing at
the Millennium Hotel St. Louis and Millennium Hotel Minneapolis, Respectively
-
Jeff
Wahl Named Director of Sales at the Regent Palms in Turks and Caicos
May 21, 2008
-
The
Brandstand Alarm Clock Designed with the Hotel Guest in Mind; Clean Minimalist
Look Will Compliment Any Hotel Guestroom
-
W
Hotels Adds Menu from Food Network Chef Dave Lieberman to its Bars and
In-room Dining
-
Four
Travel-hardened Businesspeople Share Inside Tips About Travel
-
Tourism
Tiff: Virginia Beach, Virginia Claims Unethical and Unfair Advertising
by Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
-
Luxury
Hotels Buck Recession: Prices and Customer Satisfaction Are Up, Well-heeled
Guests Still Willing to Pay More / Market Metrix First Quarter 2008 Hospitality
Index Results
-
Canadian
Hotel Construction Pipeline At a High in Q1 2008 with 265 Projects/33,964
Guestrooms; Ontario Leads with 123 Projects / Lodging Econometrics
-
Borax,
the All Natural Cleaning Agent, Has Historical Ties to Furnace Creek Inn
in the California Desert
-
The
US$ 172 million Kempinski Hotel Suzhou, China Opens; Archim Brüchner
the Opening General Manager
-
The
School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University May
Operate the Shuttered Country Club of Coral Gables as a Conference Center
-
Asian
Hotel Revenue Management Professionals Scheduled to Study Trends, Issues
in Singapore May 27-28, 2008
-
Winegardner
& Hammons Opens the Renaissance Indianapolis North Hotel in Carmel,
Indiana
-
The
330-room Radisson Hotel in Nashua, New Hampshire Launches Major $8 Million
Renovation
-
Russ
Craney Selected as the General Manager of The Osprey at Beaver Creek, A
RockResort
-
Group
Sales Manager sought by Del Mar, California hotel. Solicit and manage the
Corporate/Group business travel market segment. Requires a Bachelors degree
or 2 years service sales experience
May 20, 2008
-
Travel-Generated
Content and Web 2.0 Is Here to Stay. Why Not Put it to Work for You?
-
Elfiq
Networks Launches New Technology to Enhance Guest Internet Access; Quality
of Service technology will enable hospitality properties to efficiently
manage bandwidth for guests and internal systems
-
Dallas'
52-year-old Statler Hilton Hotel Included on the 2008 "America's 11 Most
Endangered Historic Places"; When it Opened in 1956, the 1,001-room Hotel
Was Considered State of the Art, with Individual Room Air Conditioning,
a Rooftop Pool and Elevator Music
-
Paul
Ratchford, Former President of The Greenbrier Who filed a $50 million Lawsuit
Against CSX Corp., Speaks Publicly for the First Time Since His September
2007 Departure from the Resort
-
Swire
Hotels Challenges the Norm in Beijing with the "Edgy" 99 room Opposite
House, Opening in Summer 2008
-
Name
Chosen by Las Vegas Sands Corp. for $800 million Casino/Resort in Pennsylvania
- "Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem", the Company's First Casino in
the U.S that Uses Sands in the Name
-
The
Greenbrier's Union Contract Problems Proving to Be a Big Boost for the
The Homestead, about 40 Miles Away in Virginia
-
MGM
MIRAGE Selects Name for the 4,004 room Hotel at CityCenter - ARIA
-
Troon
Golf Partners with UniFocus to Re-Engage Staff; International Golf Management
Company Launches Employee Engagement Initiative with STAFFScope®
-
Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies Receives Top International Creative Awards - 2008
Summit International Awards
-
Microsoft
Gold Certified Partner Status Awarded to MTech for HotSOS; Internet-based
Hotel Service Optimization System meets Microsoft criteria for independent
software vendors; Gold Partner certification confirms MTech's expertise
and ability to meet customers' needs
-
On
Business Trips a Comfortable Bed Rated Most Important Hotel Feature While
Most Streesful Feature is a Slow or Nonexistent Hotel Internet Connection
/ Radisson Survey
-
Recap:
2nd International Forum on China Hotel Brand Development
-
Crescent
Hotels Begins Construction on $3 Million Riverfront Ballroom at the Sheraton
Tampa Riverwalk Hotel
-
Loews
Loves Agents; Pegasus to Offer Commission Processing to Full 18-Property
Portfolio
-
The
Rapidly Growing Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Plan a Hotel Investment
Seminar for May 28-29, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona
-
Donald
Trump's Namesake Restaurant, DJT, Opens at Trump International Hotel &
Tower Las Vegas, Directed by Trump's Personal Chef, Joseph Isidori
-
The
School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
seeking Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor candidates.
Applicants should have a PhD degree in a related discipline, substantial
university teaching experience and substantial managerial experience in
the hospitality/tourism industry
May 19, 2008
-
Ten
Rules For Finding Cheap Hotels in Manhattan
-
Taming
the Guest from Hell / Steven Ferry
-
Bigger
Down Payment and Higher Interest Rate Impeding American Property Management
Corp's Effort to Buy the Historic La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla, California
-
Republican
National Convention to be One of the Largest Events Ever Held in the Twin
Cities; Expected to Require16,000 Hotel Rooms Nightly
-
The
City of Dayton, Ohio, Dept. of Aviation accepting proposals for the development,
construction and operation of a nationally branded hotel to be situated
at the Dayton Intl. Airport - for more info
-
The
BROADMOOR Simplifies Event Management with Passkey; Passkey,The BROADMOOR
and "BROADMOOR Connection" Partner Properties, Allow Meeting Planners to
Consistently Execute Successful Group Events of all Sizes
-
Xtra
On-Wall Safe by Elsafe Maximizes Limited In-Room Space and Security; Ideal
for hotels with minimal space in the guestroom, the new laptop-compatible
On-Wall unit mounts easily in the open or hidden to secure guest valuables
in closets, cupboards and armoires
-
Carlson
Marketing's Highest Award Goes to Marquis Los Cabos; Resort is One of Only
Two in Mexico to Receive Carlson's Spirit of Excellence
-
Hotels
Maximize Space and Security with Out-Of-Sight Drawer Safe from Elsafe;
Based on customers' requests through 'We Listen' program, leading global
manufacturer of in-room safes frees-up space in the main cupboard/closet
while providing compact repository for guest valuables, including laptops
-
Hersha
Hospitality Management Teams with Profitsword to Provide Business Intelligence
Software to its Portfolio
-
The
Food and Beverage Association of America Gala Set for May 30, 2008 at the
Plaza Hotel, New York City; Will Honor Scott Geraghty, General Manager
of The St. Regis Hotel, as the Hospitality Professional of the Year
-
White
Lodging Opens a Residence Inn and Hilton Garden Inn in One Complex in Mettawa,
Illinois
-
MOA
Hospitality, Inc. Opens the 78 room The Cody in Cody, Wyoming
-
The
Knowland Group Signs 1,000th Client; Three and a half year old company's
growth puts it in a league of its own
-
Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 75 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
-
City
of Amarillo, Texas Weighing Options for a 250-300 room Downtown Convention
Hotel
-
Adam
Hamdy Named General Manager of Dinah's Garden Hotel, Palo Alto, California
-
Waterford
Hotel Group Appoints Jeffrey A. Roike General Manager of the Hilton Hartford
Hotel
-
Director
of Catering sought for hotel in Del Mar, California. Requires Bachelors
degree, minimum 2 years hotel catering experience
May 16, 2008
May 15, 2008
-
Leonardo
Hotels Seeing Quick Growth in the European Market with SynXis as
Distribution Partner; RedX Distribution Management System increases hotelier's
exposure to full scope of GDS channels and third-party distribution; new
chain shows immediate growth of over 10 percent
-
Cendyn
Launches The Beverly Hilton's Newly Redesigned Website
-
Conservative
Christian Organizations Discuss with Marriott International the Elimination
of Adult Movies from 3,000 Hotels in the U.S; 90% of Marriott Rooms Wired
with In-room Adult Entertainment
-
The
Developers of the Canceled Westin Hotel Project in Lexington, Kentucky
Suing the State of Kentucky for Breach of Contract
-
Omaha
Hoteliers Favor 1½ Percent Bed Tax Increase to Pay for Baseball
Stadium; If Passed, Omaha Will Have the Highest Hotel Tax at 17.98% of
the Nation's Largest Convention Cities
-
Suit
Against Holiday Inn Expess in Roanoke, Virginia Settled Out of Court Following
a Virginia Supreme Court Ruling that Hotels Located in High-crime Areas
Have a "Broadened Liability" to Protect Guests
-
Economy
Got You Down? A Four-Step Survival Guide for Tough Times / Michael G. Frenkel
-
The
Generation Companies Acquires the 77-room MainStay Suites in Southwest
Charlotte, North Carolina for $3.9 million
-
EMCVenues
To Host MEET Chicago 2008; Meeting Education Event To Benefit All Planners,
May 29th, 30th
-
Caribbean
Society of Hotel Association Executives Agree on Six Point Plan for National
Associations; Susan Springer, Executive Director of the Barbados Hotel
& Tourism Association Re-elected President
-
The
Southern California (Orange County) Tourism Boom of the Past Couple of
Years Might Wane this Summer; An Uncertain Summer / Sandi Cain
-
Doubletree
Hotel Jefferson City, Missouri Opens Following a Multi-Million-Dollar Transformation
of the Former Hotel La Bella
-
Simon
Smith Named General Manager at The Goodstone Inn & Estate, Middleburg,
Virginia
May 14, 2008
-
Mobile
in Travel: Should Your Mobile Strategy be About ROI or Brand Advocacy?
-
'The
Belamar' Luxury Boutique Installs Flyte Systems in State-of-the-Art Business
Center; Live airline flight information and boarding pass printing provide
travel convenience for business guests
-
Sheraton
and Microsoft in Unique Co-branding Partnership - Seeking to Appeal to
the New Breed of Digital Lifestyle Guest
-
What's
Happening to Hotel Cap Rates, Values and Financing? / Suzanne Mellen /
Jim Butler
-
A
$30 million Restoration and Renovation Project Completed at Boston's Omni
Parker House; Longest Continuously Operating Hotel in the U.S.
-
The
Gasparilla Inn & Club, Located in Boca Grande, Florida, Named to The
National Register of Historic Places
-
Molinaro
Koger Arranges Sale of SunSpree Resort Orlando, Florida
-
R.D.
Olson Development Sells the Marriott Residence Inn, Burbank and Marriott
Residence Inn, Oceanside to Apple REIT 8 for $80 million
-
Educational
Institute Offers CHA, CLM Exams Online
-
'Best
NFC Service of 2008' Awarded to VingCard (ASSA ABLOY AB) by NFC Forum at
Monaco Event; Global security leader receives 'First Place' for its Signature
RFID/NFC solution at the European NFC Developers Summit in Monaco
-
2008
Pet Travel Statistics Reported by BringYourPet.com
-
Central
Oregon's Resort Properties Go Overseas (Lithuania, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico)
to Find Employees for $9/hour Positions
-
Chuck
Shishido Recipient of Outrigger Enterprises Group's 2007 Chairman's Award
-
Barney
Hospitality Group On a Fast Track to Renovate and Convert Downtown Bakersfield's
Holiday Inn Select to a Full-service Marriott
-
Amanda
Elder Appointed General Manager of The St. Regis Shanghai
May 13, 2008
-
Maestro
2008 Users Conference Energizes Operators to Boost Revenue, Increase Productivity;
Operator take-away: Web Connection to increase online revenue, Diamond
Plus Service and Maestro for Beginners Online Training
-
High
Drama on the High Seas� Famous Stained Glass Ceiling Dome Aboard Ocean
Princess by Jancik Arts International Creates Memorable Guest Experience;
Glass Magazine Recognizes JAI's Head-Turning Craftsmanship in Cover Contest
-
The
Former Jumer's Castle Lodge in Downtown Urbana, Illinois Trying to Avoid
Local Landmark Status; Claims the Prospect of Being Declared a Landmark
Is Driving Away Hotel Fanchise Brands
-
Tactics
to Drive Business in a 'Not So Hot' Summer / Carol Verret
-
Report
on Major Hotel Transactions by Suzanne Mellen of HVS / Jim Butler
-
Recap:
The 12th Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference; Confidence
High as Investment Community Looks at Caribbean for Future Development
-
ID/Passport
Scanners from TTI Tackles Charge-back, Identity Fraud Issues and More;
TTI Technologies International offers the only system that imports text
and images from passports and driver's licenses directly to a hotel's Windows-based
property-management system in less than 10 seconds
-
The
Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau New Tourism Campaign Embraces
a Broad Definition of Art and Design; Sultry Looks and Skimpy Clothing
Gone
-
Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies Receives "Official Honoree" Distinction for the 12th
Annual Webby Awards in 2008
-
Legacy
Property Group Opens the Doubletree Hotel Atlanta NE/Northlake Following
Completion of a Multi-Million-Dollar Renovation of the Former Radisson
-
The
Knowland Group Has Record-Breaking Month; Over 100 new clients signed in
April
-
MK
Closes Portfolio Sale of Two Northeast Fairfield Inns To Accor North America
-
Starwood
Veteran Tom Monahan Joins Wyndham Hotel Group as Executive Vice President,
International Development
-
Gary
Budge Appointed General Manager of the Historic 174-room Algonquin Hotel,
New York City
-
CPC
Hospitality Names Rob Willard Senior Vice President of Operations
-
Marco
Gervasoni Appointed as the General Manager of the Hotel Russell, London
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Don Miller Director of Sales for Bedford Springs Resort
in Bedford, Pennsylvania
-
Hotel
Equities Names Drew Salapka to the Position of Director of Revenue Management
-
Keith
Battaglia Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at the Montauk Yacht
Club Resort & Marina, Montauk, Long Island, New York
May 12, 2008
May 9, 2008
-
Examining
the Findings of PKF's Inaugural Edition of Trends in the Hotel Spa Industry
/ John R. Korpi
-
Real
Conversations vs Rigid Scripting Increases Reservations Productivity /
Doug Kennedy
-
Southern
California Resorts Eye More Guests With Unique, Specialized Services /
Sandi Cain
-
Kalahari
Resort in Wisconsin Finds Guests Need More than a Waterpark, Adding a $15
million 24-lane Bowling Alley, 65-foot Ferris Wheel, Ropes Course, 200
Arcade Games
-
Razzoo's
Cajun Cafe Restaurant Chain Agrees to Pay $1 million to Settle EEOC Charges
that it Discriminated Against Male Bartenders; Company Communicated to
Managers by E-mail a Plan for an 80-20 Ratio of Women to Men Bartenders
-
Whittle
Development, Inc. Opening the 231 room Hilton Bella Harbor Hotel on Lake
Ray Hubbard in Rockwall, Texas
-
Orient-Express
Hotels Reports a Net Loss of US$4.3 million for the 1st Qtr 2007
Compared with a Net Loss of US$3.7 million in Prior Year, Total Revenues
Up 23% / Hotel Operating Statistics
-
Red
Lion Reports a $4.5 million Net Loss for the 1st Qtr 2008, System Wide
Occupancy 51.2% Down from Prior Year 53.6% / Hotel Operating Statistics
-
Viking
Hospitality Fund to Build 119-room Springhill Suites by Marriott in Baton
Rouge; The 119-room hotel is the first for Viking Hospitality Fund
-
Strategic
Hotels & Resorts Reports a First Quarter 2008 Net Loss to Common Shareholders
of $7.0 million; 14 North American Properties Achieve an Average Daily
Rate of $263.20 at 70.8% Occupancy / Hotel Operating Statistics
-
The
527-room Miami Biscayne Hotel Now Operating as the Hilton Miami Downtown
-
Trump
Entertainment Reports a 1st Qtr 2008 Loss of $18.6 million, Markedly Worse
than the $8.1 million Loss in Prior Year; Revenue Down to $227.6 million
from the $234.3 million
-
Frank
Wetenkamp Named General Manager of the Wentworth By The Sea, A Marriott
Hotel and Spa in New Castle, New Hampshire
-
The
Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau Appoints Jay Burress to CEO
Position; a 20 Year Veteran for the Dallas CVB
-
Pennsylvania
Governor Rendell Honors 18 Leaders in the Tourism Industry for their Contributions,
Leadership
-
George
Ables, Guest Services Manager at Stonewall Resort in Weston, West Virginia
Recipient of Benchmark's 2007 Chairman's Award of Excellence
May 7, 2008
-
The
Brandstand Alarm Clock Designed with the Hotel Guest in Mind; Clean Minimalist
Look Will Compliment Any Hotel Guestroom
-
Steve
Wynn Contemplating Another Use for the Plush Golf Course Located Behind
Wynn Las Vegas - Possibly Two Hotel Towers with a Combined 5,200 Rooms
and a 1.8 million Sq Ft Convention Center
-
13
Properties Selected as the Best of the Best at Choice Hotels 54th Annual
Convention
-
Dial
Family Resorts Selects Marcus Hotels and Resorts to Manage Proposed $150
million Hawaiian Themed Resort with 409 rooms and 75,000 sq ft Indoor Water
Park Near Providence, Rhode Island
-
Majority
of Dallas City Council Members Favoring Outright City Ownership of $500
million Convention Center Hotel
-
Hotel
Visitors to Dubai Projected to Rise to Ten million by 2010, from Seven
million in 2007
-
Profit
Declines at MGM Mirage: Cost of New Detroit Casino, Economy Cited for Poor
1st Quarter
-
Red
Lion Hotels Corporation Acquriring Fee Simple Interest in the 478-room
Radisson Hotel Denver Southeast for $25.3 million; Following $8 million
Renovation Property to be Rebranded Red Lion
-
Under
a Sale and Management-back Arrangement Accor Sells the Sofitel Grand Hotel
in Amsterdam at a Enterprise Value of EUR92 million (US$ 142 million)
-
HITEC
2008 Features Demonstrations and Discussion of the Hottest Hospitality
Technology Trends
-
Molinaro
Koger Structures Sale of Residence Inn by Marriott Lubbock, Texas
-
Hotel
Vitale Announces Innovative Green Meeting Packages; "The Green Standard"
Programs Incorporate Eco-Friendly Practices Throughout Every Aspect of
Meetings and Events
-
Carlson
Hotels Worldwide Signs More Than 50 New Properties in the First Quarter
of 2008
-
Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts Opens Fourth Hotel in Turkey - the 402 room Swissôtel
Grand Efes, Izmir
-
Resorts
and Hotels On the Rise in the Pacific Coastal City of Mazatlán,
Mexico
-
New
York's Tavern on the Green Opening 40,000 Square Restaurant in the Metreon
Building Adjacent to San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center
-
Mario
Ferraro Appointed General Manager of the Hilton Molino Stucky, Venice,
Italy
-
Judy
Hendrick Joins Aimbridge Hospitality as Chief Financial Officer
May 6, 2008
-
TIG
Global Receives Top International Honors for Website Design and Internet
Marketing; TIG Global Wins Three Summit Creative Awards
-
Microsoft
Technology Center Customer Solution Case Study; MSI Increases Product Scalability
with Access to the Right Resources
-
Profitable
Spas: Be On-Trend Rather Than Trendy / Dr. Judy Singer
-
In
Atlanta Rosewood Wants to Out Maneuver Luxury Competitors Four Seasons
and Ritz-Carlton By Offering Complimentary Butler Service
-
Tropicana
Entertainment Files for Chapter 11 Protection Following Fallout from Atlantic
City Casino Loss; Expects to Maintain Current Staffing Levels at Nine Casino
and Resort Properties
-
Hotel
Internet Marketing - Having a Web Site Is Not Enough / Neil Salerno
-
Dunblane
Hydro, A Historic Scottish Hotel, Will be Managed by Hilton and Branded
Doubletree Following Multi-million Renovation
-
Kimpton
Leverages Social Networking to Recruit, Interact with Job Seekers
-
The
Saraya Aqaba Resort Destination on the Gulf of Aqaba in Jordan, Signs Jack
Penrod's Nikki Beach to Operate a 140 room Resort Hotel with a Residential
Component
-
The
Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association Honors Eleven as Stars of the
Industry; Russ Cole, General Manager of the Best Western Four Seasons,
Traverse City Named 2008 Hotelier of the Year
-
Aimbridge
Hospitality Awards Properties, Personnel for Outstanding Performance; Patti
Patenaude and Dave Pappas Named 'GM of the Year'
-
Konover
Hotel Corporation and Waterford Group Announce Plans for Extensive Hotel
Renovations at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley International Airport in Windsor
Locks, CT; Waterford Hotel Group Assumes Management of 237-Room Airport
Location
-
Harris
Hotel Group Prepares to Open 112 room Candlewood Suites in Columbia, South
Carolina; Hotel Developed by Joint Venture Between American Hotel Development
and Glenmont Capital Management, LLC.
-
Hotel
Indigo Chicago-Vernon Hills Opens Following a $5 million Renovation and
Conversion from an AmeriSuites Hotel
-
The
ProHost® Housekeeping System Has Been Selected for the 210 room Westin
Huntsville in Alabama
-
Pegasus
Solutions Goes Green for FCm Travel; Asia-Pacific Direct Deposit Facility
for Agent Commission Processing Minimizes Payment Turnaround and Carbon
Footprint
-
Joseph
F. Smith Named President of Alliance Hospitality Management LLC, Formerly
the President of Boykin Management Company
-
Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Names Ex-Wendy's Executive Jeff Cava as Executive
Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
-
The
New York Palace Appoints Christopher Burkhardt and Alex Chaharmahalian
to Executive Positions
May 5, 2008
-
The
Royal Palm Resort Hotel on Miami's South Beach Enjoys a Prime Location
But Has a Cloudy Future with Fighting Partners, Large Debt
-
Hotel
Staffer Charged with Theft after Providing Room Keys to Unpaid Guests at
Clarion Hotel Bloomington, Illinois
-
The
Five New Ultra Luxurious Resorts on Mexico's Riviera Maya Comparable to
Anything in the World
-
$250
million Plan Considered to Expand San Jose Convention Center to 880,000
sq ft; One Source of Funding Is to Increase Hotel Occupancy Tax from 10%
to 14%
-
The
Revitalized 90-room George Washington Hotel - Reopens in Downtown Winchester,
Virginia as A Wyndham® Historic Hotel
-
Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 88 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
-
More
than 100 Potential Bidders Inquire about Buying the 228-room Holiday Inn
in Collinsville, Illinois; Built in 1982, the Previous Onwer Contended
it Could Never Make a Profit
-
Bodysgallen
Hall Hotel & Spa Considered Wale's Finest Country House Hotel
-
Davidson
Hotel Company/Square Mile Capital Management JV Acquires Sheraton Suites
Tampa Airport/Westshore; Davidson to Manage Hotel, Oversee $14 Million
Renovation
-
The
International Association of Conference Centres Holding First Conference
in Europe - August 28-31, 2008 at Warwick Conferences in Coventry, United
Kingdom
-
FIU
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management in Tianjin, China Has First
Graduating Class in Hospitality of 29 Students
-
James
Riker Named General Manager of the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel Philadelphia
-
Opening
Spring 2009, the $1 billon M Resort, Spa and Casino, Las Vegas Appoints
William Conn, Vice President of Hotel Operations
-
Alexander
Stadlin and Roberto Garrido Sanchez Appointed to Vice President Positions
with Barcelo Crestline Corporation
-
HEI
Hotels Names Pradeep Bobba as the General Manager of the Sheraton Crystal
City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia
May 2, 2008
May 1, 2008
-
Recaping
HEDNA's Lisbon Conference; Technology, Customer Expectations, Environmental
Issues Driving Near-Term Decision Making for Electronic Distribution
-
Wyndham
Report 1st Qtr 2008 Net Income of $42 million, Down from $86 million in
Prior Year; Revenue Flat at $1.01 billion / Wyndham Hotel Brand Operating
Statistics
-
Under
Construction in Rose Hall, Jamaica, The 299 unit Palmyra Resort & Spa
Appoints Solis Resorts & Hotels as the Operator
-
Owned
by Lowe Hospitality Group, The Sunriver Resort in Central Oregon Has Been
a Market Leader in Oregon for 40 years
-
Global
Hyatt Corp. Opens Shared Service Center in Moore, Oklahoma; The 43,000
Office Will Have 150 Employees to Handle Accounting and Payroll Services
for all 217 Full-service Hyatt Hotels and in North America
-
Gaylord
Entertainment Co. Reports a 1st Qtr 2008 Loss of $7.3 million Compared
with a Profit of $3.5 million in Previous Year; Loss Includes a $12 million
Charge Related to its Cancellation of the Deal to Buy Westin La Cantera
Resort / Hotel Operating Statistics
-
The
City of Dayton Wants to Demolish a 38-year-old Hotel at Dayton International
Airport; Seeks Developer for New Hotel on Airport Property
-
Utah
Hotel Occupancy Rates Dropped 7% in March 2008, Compared with Prior Year
-
Is
Gaming Industry Immune from Economic Downturns?
-
Paul
Follows Appointed Director of European Development for Distinguished International
® Hotels, Residences and Resorts
-
Pennsylvania
Tourism & Lodging Association Honors the Recipients of the Spirit of
Hospitality Award; Eric DeStefano, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh,
Named General Manager of the Year
-
Great
Wolf Resorts, Inc. Obtains Four Year Construction Loan of $63.9 million
to Partialy Fund the Construction of New Resort in Concord, North Carolina
Top 25 Read Articles - April 2008
-
Top
Twenty Hotel Brands in the World at January 1, 2008, Also Top Ten Hotel
Groups in the World
-
Why
Everyone Gets a Hotel Room Upgrade... But You / Daniel Edward Craig
-
Night
Manager of the Regency Inn in San Bruno, California Brutally Attacked by
Rowdy Hotel Guests
-
Hilton
Recognizes the Top Performing Hotels of 2007; Hilton Showcases Best of
the Best Hotels with the Brand�s Annual Awards
-
Ownership
of the Westin Casuarina Charging Attendees of a Dental Conference for the
Organizer's $57,000 Past Due Bill; Convention Industry Veterans Question
the Ethics and Legality of the Decision
-
7
Principles to Fully Engage Your Customers / Bryan K. Williams
-
Courtyard
by Marriott and its Hotel Owners Begin Phase-in of the Redesigned Courtyard
Hotel Lobby; The Traditional Front Desk Replaced with Separate Welcome
Podiums
-
Outstanding
Customer Service Simply Isn�t Good Enough / Nektaria Hamister
-
Sheraton
Adding 54 Hotels by 2009, Including Six �Big Box� Hotels
-
Gaylord
Entertainment Terminates Agreement to Acquire Westin La Cantera Resort
for $252 million; Will Take a One-time Charge of $12 million
-
MGM
Mirage, Las Vegas' Largest Casino Operator, Laying off 440 Management Employees
at both Property and Corporate Levels
-
The
Top Ten Training Centers in the United States for 2008
-
Jury
Awards Restaurant Diner $360,000 Who Was Accidentally Served Cleaning Solution
Instead of Water
-
Boutique
Hotels - Good For The Good Times / Robert Mandelbaum
-
The
Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Claims a Significant
Loss of Revenue this Year Due to the Possibility of a Union Walkout
-
Aspirations
Have Fallen Hard at the The Royal Palm, Miami Beach - from Black-owned
to BlackRock
-
In
2007, Six People Died from Hotel Balcony Falls in the Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina Area
-
Hey,
General Managers, There is Hope for This New Generation of Hospitality
Sales Professionals! / David M. Brudney
-
Investment
Fund Managed by Blackrock Claims The Royal Palm Hotel in South Beach Has
Defaulted on a $25 million Loan
-
Keeping
Your Management Team Upbeat
-
Hilton
Americas, Houston's 1,200-room Convention Center Hotel, Up for Sale
-
Hotel
Lessons Learned From a Five-Star School Principal / Doug Kennedy
-
Fairmont
Appoints Three Executives to Key Overseas Posts
-
A
Visit to the Bitter End Yacht Club on Virgin Gorda, BVI; Owned by the Hokin
Family Since 1973, the 70 unit Resort is Reachable Only by Sea
-
In
What Business Are We? Designing Cool Funky Restaurants or Serving Tasty
Food? Over the Past Ten Years a Noticeable Shift Has Taken Place in the
Hotel Restaurant Business / Dietmar Kielnhofer
April 30, 2008
-
Hey,
General Managers, There is Hope for This New Generation of Hospitality
Sales Professionals! / David Brudney
-
Aptech's
Execuvue Business Intelligence Implemented by LQ Management L.L.C. for
Its More than 600 La Quinta Hotels; Execuvue delivers same-day corporate
reporting to guide management decision making
-
Understanding
the Differences Between Marketing and Sales / Dr John Hogan
-
HITEC
Lays Out Plans for the Prevention of Pirate Exhibitors (Suitcasers) at
HITEC 2008®
-
Swiss
Based Golden Tulip Eyes 20 Hotels in Thailand Over Four Years
-
Hotels
'Go Green' to Save the Earth, Cash
-
Sandos
Hotels & Resorts Opens Fourth Property on the Riviera Maya, Mexico
- the Playacar Riviera Hotel & Spa
-
The
Hawthorn Park Hotel, Springfield, Missouri Receives Multi-Million Dollar
Renovation and New Brand Affiliation - Doubletree Hotel Springfield
-
Bob
Alter, Chairman of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Recipient of the 2008 Cornell
Hospitality Innovator Award
-
KoolConnect
Brings Interactive Video On-Demand Applications to Intrigue
-
Melco
China Resorts Moves into the Destination Ski Resort Business in China;
First Focus - Sun Mountain Yabuli Resort with Three Premium Hotels
-
Ellen
Brown Promoted to Executive Vice President, Acquisitions & Development
of Denihan Hospitality Group
-
Tony
Cousens Joins Jumeirah as the Senior Vice President Asia Pacific
-
Martin
Mangan Appointed General Manager of the Conrad Dublin, Ireland
April 29, 2008
-
Alan
J. Fuerstman Honored as the 2007 Resort Executive of the Year
-
Kokua
Hospitality Signs Agreement with Flyte Systems to Install Airline Information
Products in Five Hotels; Live airline flight information to provide travel
convenience for guests
-
Wyndham
Hotel Group May Put its Flag on Downtown Buffalo's Historic Statler Towers;
Doubts Remain About the 28-year-old Developer Bashar Issa's Corporate Financial
Health
-
"Blend"
Your Investment in Training and Development Monies / John R Hendrie
-
Buccini
/ Pollin Group and PM Hospitality Strategies, Inc. Nearing Completion of
Two Adjacent Hotels Near Dulles International Airport, the 135-room Hilton
Garden Inn and the 136 room aloft; Milan Patnaik Named General Manager,
aloft
-
Lance
T. Shaner, Chairman and CEO, Shaner Hotels, Delivers Lecture on Entrepreneurial
Spirit at His Alma Mater, Alfred University
-
Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts Recognizes Fifteen Sales Executives with the President's
Circle Honor
-
Industry
Guru Launches Innovative New Training Method; Kerry Flowers, founder of
Kerry Hotels, an international Sales & Marketing representation firm,
launches Superstar Sales training academy Kerry Camp
-
Molinaro
Koger Advises Ashford in Disposition of Sheraton Hotel Iowa City
-
Concord
Hospitality Opens Fairfield Inn Beachwood, Ohio, a $13 Million Conversion
of Former Holiday Inn
-
The
JBG Companies Completes Conversion of the Former Doubletree Hotel to the
Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center
-
Developer
Gregory Spatz of U.S. Construction Corp. Opens 77 room Microtel Inn at
Jacksonville, FL Airport; The Brand's Innovative New Prototype Design Showcased
-
Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Joint Venture Signs First Management Contract in India
April 28, 2008
-
Luxury
Link Generates High Volume Phone Leads for Hotel Partners
-
Goldstar
Hospitality Names New Generation Management Operator for the Holiday Inn
Parkway East Pittsburgh, Pa.
-
Hotel
Management Firm Rosewood Putting its Brand on Spas; All Development
Projects Going forward Will Have a "Sense, a Rosewood Spa"
-
The
Only Indoor Water Park at a Ski Resort in the West, the 42,000 sq ft Silver
Rapids, Opens at the Silver Mountain Resort in Northern Idaho
-
Financing
Difficulties Cause Yearlong Delay for a $15 million 127-room Cambria Suites
in Roanoke, Virginia
-
Newmarket
International's Delphi® Selected by the Al Habtoor Group for its Metropolitan
Hotel
-
HR
in Hospitality� 2009 Underway! Third annual event is scheduled for
March 16 - 19 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Florida; Call for Presentations
begins in May; Exhibitor information available today!
-
Great
Wolf Resorts, Inc. Opens Tenth Location, the 390 room Great Wolf Lodge
Grand Mound, Washington
-
Mohammed
Al Issa and Sons Signs Rocco Forte Collection to Operate a 159 room Hotel
in Jeddah, the Second Largest city in Saudi Arabia
-
Meyer
Jabara Hotels Opens the Courtyard by Marriott Boston/Cambridge Following
the Renovation and Rebranding of the former Radisson Hotel
-
Stephen
D'Agostino Promoted to General Manager Hyatt Regency Jersey City, New Jersey
April 25, 2008
-
The
Five Biggest Mistakes Hotel Owners Make When Seeking an Operator or Brand
for Their Hotel / Jim Butler
-
Lodging
Econometrics's Construction Pipeline Stands at 5,807 Projects at the End
of Q1 2008, a Record High for Projects and the 29th Consecutive Quarterly
Increase Dating Back to 2004
-
Developers
Seeking City Approvals for a 61-story, 2,500-room hotel in Downtown, Las
Vegas; Financing for the Project Unknown
-
Barry
Sternlicht's Starwood Capital Group Still Planning a 1 Hotel in Scottsdale;
Expected Luxury Level Above the W
-
The
Hotel Buying Frenzy Likely Over for Now in California; Five Buyers Have
Shrunk to One Buyer for Every Hotel Seller from a Year Ago
-
Identifying
Your Customers / Lessons from the Field A Common Sense Approach to Success
in the Hospitality Industry / Dr. John Hogan
-
For
Sale - 67 acre parcel with 8 mineral springs ideal for spa resort in Costa
Rica's Guanacaste province. Property zoned to build on 50% of the land.
Price: $800,000
-
Owned
and Managed by Noble House Hotels & Resorts, The Riviera Resort &
Spa's $70 million Renovation Exptected to Be Completed Fall 2008
-
School
of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Staging 2nd International Forum on China Hotel Brand Development in Guangzhou,
China, May 9-10, 2008
-
Made
Famous During the War Between the United States and Vietnam, The Caravelle
Hotel in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Receiving a Top-to-bottom Overhaul
-
New
Orleans Fully Restored...As a Corporate Events Destination; In the Shadow
of Katrina, BBC Destination Management Helps Northrop Grumman Christen
a Ship to Commemorate September 11th
-
Grace
Markum Resigning as President and CEO at Crown American Hotels; Michael
Barletta, Director of Operations Replacing Markum
-
At
Carlson Hotels Bill Sipple to Lead Managed/Owned Development; John Sturgess
to Lead Franchise Development; Jeff Summers Assigned New Investment &
Analysis Role
-
Michael
Nenner Named Director of Rooms at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago (A Four Seasons
Hotel)
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Names Rick Shell Director of Food and Beverage for The Chattanoogan
-
Brian
Wieler Named Executive Chef at Tarrytown House Estate and Conference Center,
Tarrytown, New York
April 23, 2008
-
SynXis
and Micros Systems Announce Partnership; Industry leaders to collaborate
for enhanced integrated inventory management across property management
and reservations systems
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Inc. Execs Identify Key Hospitality Trends: New Media, 'Green' Top
the List; High level trends from three 1Q'08 Conferences are: New
media creates online communities; Green is the new luxury; Hoteliers are
tasked to make foreign visitors feel welcome
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Boutique
Hotels - Good For The Good Times / Robert Mandelbaum
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Part
of the Success of the Historic Grand Hotel Is Having a Family Ownership
Paying Meticulous Attention to Detail; The Mussers Are Known as Hosts Who
"Always Do it Right"
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The
Ferchill Group Writing the Next Chapter for The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit;
Set to Open October 2007, Following a $200 million Restoration, the Hotel
Attracts Celebrity Chef Michael Symon to Open New Restaurant - go to
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The
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Files Discrimination Suit Against
McCormick & Schmick's Restaurants in Baltimore; The Chain Just Paid
$1.1 million to Settle Similar Case in San Francisco
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The
Ritz-Carlton, Cancun and Two of its Restaurants, Fantino and The Club Grill,
Receive an Unprecedented Three Five Diamond Awards; Statistics Indicate
That the Resort Might be the Highest Rated Hotel in North America
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AH&LA
Green Assessment Survey Identifies Eco-friendly Hotel Operations
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GRAY
OUT, NON-SKID SURFACE CLEANER, a New Product for an Old Problem for Fiberglass
and Porcelain Hotel Bathtub and Showers!
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Developers
Select Kor Hotel Group to Operate a 168 room Viceroy Hotel to be Built
Atop Office/Retail Complex in New York City's Hudson Square Neighborhood
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Hilton
To Manage a 324-room Hotel Located at the Entrance of Beijing Capital
International Airport Terminal 3
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175
Benchmark Hospitality Executives Put Corporate Social Responsibility into
Action in New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Marshall
Management Acquires Contract to Manage Manhattan Four Points by Sheraton
Chelsea
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VFM
Interactive Inc. Announces the Completion of $13.5 Million Financing to
Support its Ongoing Expansion Lake Capital Leads Investment in VFM Interactive
Inc.
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Bill
Perez Appointed the Director of Food and Beverage at the Island Hotel Newport
Beach, California
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Doug
Knopp Appointed Executive Chef of Branson, Missouri's Chateau on the Lake
Resort, Spa and Convention Center
April 22, 2008
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Maestro
Diamond Plus Service Delivers Live Web Training to Maximize Staff Productivity;
Real-time On-Demand e-Training Gives Maestro Users the Power to "Learn
and Return," so They Can Immediately Apply Their New Skills and Knowledge
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Jancik
Arts International (JAI) Elevates Hospitality Industry with Breathtaking
Stained Glass Ceiling Domes; Stained Glass Artisans Create Thriving Global
Business Based on Old World Technique - Quality and Uniqueness of these
Pieces have Enhanced the Guest Experience with Spectacular Ambiance for
30 Years
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All
Marketers Are Liars - Web 2.0 Strategies for Hotel Sales and Marketing
/ Carol Verret
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10
Ways for Hoteliers to Celebrate Earth Day 2008
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Hilton's
Mid-priced Brand, Hilton Garden Inn, Names the 2007 Best of the Brand Winners;
The Hilton Garden Inn Chicago O'Hare Airport Recognized as the 2007 Hotel
of the Year
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Adam
Aron Leads Investment Group in Acquisition of Cap Juluca Resort, Anguilla,
British West Indies; $80 million Renovation Envisioned
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Keeping
Your Management Team Upbeat
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Jet
Hotel Set for Guest Service, Revenues to Soar with Roomlinx Media &
Entertainment System Downtown Denver boutique hotel is first to install
interactive, TV-based solution - go to
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ReviewAnalyst
to Allow Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide to Monitor Consumer-Generated
Content Reviews, Videos and Images
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Recap:
27th Annual Conference of The International Association of Conference Centers;
The Mel Hosansky Award for Distinguished Service Presented to Rodman Marymor
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Starwood
Plans to Use the Element Branded Hotel in Lexington, Massachusetts as the
Brands Working Laboratory to Test Green Products, Construction, Design
and Operations
April 21, 2008
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The
Red Roof Hotel Chain, with New Owners and a Relocation Back to its Hometown
Columbus, Ohio, Working on Image and Expansion
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Downtown
Stockton, California Sheraton Hotel Turns into a Case of Financial Indigestion;
42 Condominiums Atop Hotel Fail to Sell, 26 Mechanic's Liens Filed
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The
Philosophy of the Extended Stay Hotel - Make the Guest Feel at "Home"
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Foch
Investments/Development Planning a St. Regis Hotel and Residences in Dallas'
Turtle Creek Area
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Hamilton
Properties Spending $34 million to Convert 83-year-old Warehouse into a
193 room Aloft Hotel near the Dallas Convention Center
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Recently
Opened and Under Construction Hotels Adding About 750 rooms, a 12% Increase
to the Minneapolis Downtown Market
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Educational
Institute Offers New Spanish Training Program
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Northern
Alberta's Hotel Industry Fixed to the Sustainability and Performance of
the Province's Oil and Natural Gas Industries / Paul M. Varteressian /
HVS Canadian Lodging Outlook
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Southern
Sun Selects Newmarket's Delphi® Sales and Catering Software for its
Middle East Properties
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Joie
de Vivre Opens Domain Hotel, a Complete Transformation of the Former Radisson
Sunnyvale
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Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 103 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
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Kalahari
Resorts' Energy Efficient Operations Includes a Laundry Water Recycling
and Filtration System which Allows Reuse of 70% of its Laundry Water; Exploring
Geothermal Heat Recovery and the Use of Wind Turbans
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The
Hotels Imperial and Bristol in Vienna, Austria Attach Great Importance
to Environmental Protection, "It's Hipp to Be Green"
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Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Daniel Williams, CHA, General Manager for
the Crowne Plaza Englewood, NJ
April 18, 2008
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Land
Owner Park Cattle Co. Gaining Control of the 539 room Lake Tahoe Horizon
Casino Resort by Settling Lawsuit Accusing the Owner Tropicana and its
President William Yung of "Running the Place into the Ground"
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Jerusalem
to Get Waldorf Astoria Hotel; The Former Palace Hotel and Customs Building
To Be Rebuilt with 220 rooms and 30 Residential Apartments
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Accor
North America Steps Up Conservation Initiatives at 950 U.S. and Canada
Hotel Properties
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The
Inn at Beaver Creek, Owned by RockResorts, Undergoing $7-million
Transformation and Will Be Relaunched as The Osprey at Beaver Creek, a
RockResort
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MGM
Mirage, Las Vegas' Largest Casino Operator, Laying off 440 Management Employees
at both Property and Corporate Levels
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KTN
Announces Launch Of Its ResSTAR© Mystery Shopping Service
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Desire
to Enhance Guest Services Spurs Companies' Choice of VSi BoardEZ� System;
Two Florida hospitality groups planning to install additional airline boarding-pass
printing stations following highly positive feedback from guests
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A
92-room Cambria Suites Under Construction at the SkipStone Crossing Development
in Traverse City, Michigan
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CSM
Lodging Opens 119 room Residence Inn by Marriott in Plymouth, Minnesota;
Michelle Rein the Hotel's Opening GM
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Starwood
Hotels & Resorts and O&S Holdings, LLC Open the 210 Westin in Huntsville,
Alabama
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Prizes
for Booking Directly Online at President Solitaire, Bangkok; Book directly
online at www.presidentsolitaire.com and avail yourself to a host of exciting
prizes in the monthly lucky draw
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Jeffrey
Oliasami Appointed General Manager of the 311-room Renaissance® Oklahoma
City Hotel & Convention Center
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Enrique
Aguirre Named Director of Sales at Tesoro Resorts Manzanillo
April 17, 2008
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Holistic
Approach to Revenue Management Equates to Real Dollars & Sense for
SynXis Customers; SynXis vice president publishes revenue management textbook
to help educate future generations of hoteliers
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Four-Diamond,
IACC Certified Eaglewood Resort & Spa Installs Flyte Systems Products
to Elevate Service; Shortened ROI proves value of airline flight information
to guests and property
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Marriott
Reports First Quarter 2008 Net Income Declined 34%; Performance at U.S.
Hotels Reflect Slowing Economic Growth / Key Lodging Stats
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Online,
Hotel Rates Define the "Quality" of Your Facilities & Service / Neil
Salerno
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Gaylord
Entertainment Terminates Agreement to Acquire Westin La Cantera Resort
for $252 million; Will Take a One-time Charge of $12 million
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A
Ritz-Carlton and Two Jack Nicklaus Golf Courses Will Anchor Resort Developer
Ernesto Coppel's $1.5 billion Resort Community on the Southern Tip of the
Baja Peninsula - Quivira Los Cabos
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The
Executive Inn Rivermont in Owensboro, Kentucky Enters Receivership for
the Second Time in a Decade
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Is
it a Frite or a Fry? What Makes a Frite Anyway?
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Optimum
Hotel Brokerage Sells Kenilworth Inn in Kenilworth, New Jersey; Garden
State Independent Boutique Sold to Multi-Unit Operator and Developer
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Molinaro
Koger Arranges Sale of Chicago-area AmeriSuites to Noble Investment Group
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Timelox
Adjusts Pricing to Accommodate Declining USD; Continued U.S. and Canadian
dollar (USD/CAD) depreciation against the European Euro (EUR), Chinese
Renmibi (RMB) and other major currencies supports a 10 percent price correction
in USD/CAD markets
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VingCard
Elsafe Adjusts Pricing to Accommodate Declining USD; Continued U.S. and
Canadian dollar (USD/CAD) depreciation against the European Euro (EUR),
Chinese Renmibi (RMB) and other major currencies supports a 10 percent
price correction in USD/CAD markets
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LRA
Worldwide and K Hotels Partner on "K Quality" Evaluation Program
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Pegasus
Solutions Launches Redesigned Web Site; Interactive pegs.com created as
tool for independents, chains, agents, and intermediaries
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Dutch
Television Broadcasting "Hotel" - a Documentary that Takes Place in Three
NH Hotels in the Netherlands; Earns 10% Viewer Share
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Wyndham
Worldwide Starts Construction on the 400-room Wyndham Lake Buena Vista
Hotel and Spa at Bonnet Creek, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
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Long
Time Fairmont Dallas Executive Tomas de la Mataa Retiring After 34 Years
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The
Westin Beijing Makes Three Executive Committee Appointments; Paul M Cunningham
Named Hotel Manager
April 16, 2008
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rapidReply
sm Instant Quote Speeds Up Group Booking Process for Hotels
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Fort
Lauderdale Grande Hotel and Yacht Club Adds Efficiencies to Multiple Departments
with Help of GoConcierge; Guest Experience Enhanced with Web-Based System
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Group
Business, Education, and Networking Headline the Spring 2008 Elite Meetings
Alliance; Top hoteliers and meetings planners succeed in booking group
business at the Elite Meetings Alliance hosted by Elite Meetings
International
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Hotel
Lessons Learned From A Five-Star School Principal / Doug Kennedy
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Hilton
Recognizes the Top Performing Hotels of 2007
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Driftwood
Hospitality Management Renovating and Rebranding the Radisson Hotel &
Suites Chicago; Multi million dollar Renovation Will Result in the Avenue
Hotel Chicago
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BestCities
Global Alliance Taps UniFocus Expertise to Improve Operations; International
CVB Organization Implements MEETINGScope� to Increase Customer Satisfaction
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Creative
Hospitality Associates Becomes Roomlinx� Sales Partner; Chicago-based hospitality
consulting group calls relationship �serendipitous" - CHA to open doors,
expand awareness of Roomlinx In-Room Media & Entertainment System
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ElevenPS
Delivers Self-Service Document Processing for the Hotel Business Center
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Developer
Ramola Motwani Planning a 328 room Resort on Fort Lauderdale's Beachfront;
22 Storey Hotel Will Sit Between the Trump and the Hilton
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Staff
Retention Issues Felt Globally
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Charania
Group of Companies Selects Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage the
to-be-built 143-room Cambria Suites near Atlanta�s Hartsfield Jackson International
Airport
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$1.5
billion Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley, Arizona Gets Green Light to Build
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For
Sale - Well constructed, extended-stay, all-suite hotel - in suburb of
Houston, TX. Features 75 one and two-two bedroom suites with fully equipped
kitchens, 2,200 SF of meeting space, outdoor pool and fitness center. Unencumbered
by brand and management - more info
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Angela
Landgraf Joins Sage Hospitality as Vice President of Management Services
and New Business Development
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Duncan
O�Rourke Taking Over as Chief Operating Officer for the Kempinski Hotel
Group
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Tom
Roelens Named General Manager of Four Seasons Resorts Lana�i, Hawaii
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David
Sullivan Appointed General Manager for the Pan Pacific Seattle
April 15, 2008
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Hotels.com,
ICHG, Hyatt and Priceline Convene to Discuss the Latest Online Marketing
Trends in Chicago this Summer
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The
Role of Preventive Maintenance in the Greening of Hotel Operations; Mintek
Mobile Data Solutions Makes it Easy to Stay Green
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7
Principles to Fully Engage Your Customers / Bryan K. Williams
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Aspirations
Have Fallen Hard at the The Royal Palm, Miami Beach - from Black-owned
to BlackRock
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The
Encantado Resort Expected to Be One of Santa Fe's Most Luxurious, Managed
by Auberge Resorts, the Encantado Will Feature 65 Casitas
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The
44 Year Old Sheraton Yankee Trader Hotel Closing on June 1, 2008 to Begin
Multi Million Property-wide Renovation Creating the Westin Fort Lauderdale
Beach Resort
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Broward
County Taxpayers Will Have to Pledge up to $21 million a Year to Build
a $460 million Hilton Next to Convention Center
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Hilton
Americas, Houston's 1,200-room Convention Center Hotel, Up for Sale
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The
American Hotel & Lodging Association Names the Recipients of the 2008
State Leadership Awards for Outstanding Leadership; Leo Vogel Presented
with the John Whitaker Award
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NYLO
Hotels LLC Completes Fnancing with ORIX Real Estate Capital, Inc., Breaks
Ground on Third Hotel, the 200-room NYLO Las Colinas, Texas
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Say
Goodbye To The UFOC; Dunfey Brothers To Be Honored; The Plaza Hotel Reopens
After a $400 Million Renovation / Stanley Turkel
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Hilton
Hotels and London & Regional Properties Limited Enter a Strategic Development
Alliance Expected to Build Approximately 25 Hotels Across Russia; To Open
in 2008, the First Doubletree by Hilton Branded Hotel in Novosibirsk, Russia's
Third Largest City
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The
Historic Brock Plaza Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario Joining the Crowne
Plaza Hotels & Resorts Portfolio Following an Extensive Renovation
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Built
in 1991, the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa, a Member of The Waldorf
= Astoria Collection, Continuing a $50 million dollar Restoration
Project
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Jamaica
Seeks to Tap into the Chinese Outboud Traveler
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Prof.
Kaye Chon Named One of "The 10 Most Influential Teachers in China Tourism
and Hotel Education in 2007"
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Christopher
Sheldon Joins Jackson Shaw as Vice President - Hotel Operations
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Domina
Hotel Group Expanding in North and Eastern Europe with the Existing Domina
Hotel and the New Domina Prestige Brand
-
Akram
Touma receives "Best Leader Award" by 2008 China Executive Hotel Forum
-
Magnolia
Lodging Appoints Cathy Guss as General Manager and Amie Thompson as Director
of Sales of the Hilton Garden Inn® Dallas/Richardson
April 14, 2008
April 11, 2008
April 9, 2008
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Advantage
Fitness Products Adds to National Footprint with New Florida Headquarters
and Design Center; Leading Fitness Supplier Makes Immediate Hospitality
Industry Impact with Projects at the Westin Diplomat and Biltmore Hotel,
Coral Gables
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Ownership
of the Westin Casuarina Charging Attendees of a Dental Conference for the
Organizer's $57,000 Past Due Bill; Convention Industry Veterans Question
the Ethics and Legality of the Decision
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Investment
Fund Managed by Blackrock Claims The Royal Palm Hotel in South Beach Has
Defaulted on a $25 million Loan
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Oxford
Development Files Plans with City of Raleigh, North Carolina for a 123
room Hyatt Summerfield Suites
-
Nakheel
Hotels Investing $375 million in Exchange for a 50% Interest in the Fontainebleau
Miami Beach Resort
-
Value
Oriented Restaurants Such as T.G.I. Friday's and The Original Pancake House
Find Niche with Casino Hotels
-
Joint
Venture Between Millennium and Copthorne Hotels & Rakindo to Develop
a New Affordable Business Hotel Brand in India; Chennai and Bangalore Selected
for First Two Sites
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Luxury
Marketing Partners Announces Aggressive Growth Initiatives; Global Marketing
Communications Firm Opens New York Office, Changes Name & Expands International
Clientele
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Sheraton
Adding 54 Hotels by 2009, Including Six "Big Box" Hotels
-
Motel
Enterprises and Benson's, Inc. Break Ground on the SpringHill Suites by
Marriott in Watkinsville, Georgia
-
JMJ
Hospitality Names Bernard de Villèle as President of the Company
-
Grant
L. Sabroff Joins Concord Hospitality Enterprises as Senior Vice President
of Business Development
-
Global
Events Partners Names Andrew Rosuck to Lead GEP South Florida; Hospitality
Executive Brings more than Two Decades of Innovation to GEP and its Clients
-
Executive
Management Team Appointed at the Renaissance ClubSport, Aliso Viejo, California
- Headed by Derek Ellis GM
-
The
Bohemian Hotel at Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC Appoints Marc Bauer
as General Manager
April 8, 2008
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Luxury
Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa Opens with Maestro Suite to Centralize and Automate
High-Touch Operations; Aiming at Five Stars: Stoneleigh drives service
with integrated PMS, Spa, POS, Sales & Catering, ResEze Web booking
engine and Business Intelligence
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Business
Center Service Provider Uniguest Filling the Needs of 2,000 Hotel Operators
-
In
2007, Six People Died from Hotel Balcony Falls in the Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina Area
-
The
Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Claims a Significant
Loss of Revenue this Year Due to the Possibility of a Union Walkout
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Brothers
John, Robert and Gerald Dunfey Honored with the University of New Hampshire
2008 Hoteliers of the Year Award
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Hotel
Real Estate Sales Hyper-Active in 2007; Average Hotel Sold in 2007 Had
Average Price Per Key of $117,000, Up from the Decade Low of $52,000 in
2000
-
Marriott
International Develops Integrated Strategy to Address Climate Change; Signs
Agreement with the Brazilian State of Amazonas to Help Protect 1.4 million
Acres of Endangered Brazilian Rainforest
-
The
Top Ten Training Centers in the United States for 2008
-
Unique
Joint Venture Brings Together Kempinski's European Experience with Anantara's
Asian Experience
-
Dallas'
Landmark Fairmont Hotel Completes $14 million Makeover; Includes Transforming
Three Floors Into 'Gold' Rooms
-
Phuket's
Longest Beach, Mai Khao, Still Unspoiled Even though Several Five-star
Resorts Set to Open
-
Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 92 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction
Projects Database
-
Richard
Hartman Appointed Chief Executive Officer for Millennium & Copthorne
Hotels plc
-
Richard
Dusome Appointed General Manager of Marina Mandarin Singapore
-
Jared
Potter Named Executive Chef for the Montauk Yacht Club Resort Hotel &
Marina, Long Island, New York
April 7, 2008
-
Is
Water Conservation at Waterparks Considered Oxymoronic? / Eric B. Hansen
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Follow
the Money: 10 Years of Profit Optimization Progress Pays Off for Operators;
Customer service, revenue management focus in two markets a winning strategy
for The Rainmaker Group and its clients
-
Banks
File Notice of Foreclosure Against Eagle Creek Resort near Findlay, Illinois
- the 130 room Golf Resort is an Important Tourist Draw to the Area
-
Harrah's
Suspends Talks with Slovenia-based Hit Group about Developing a $1.2 billion
Resort in the Eastern European Country - Unable to Reach a Suitable Agreement
on a Management Contract
-
The
Statler Hotel, an Operating Unit of Cornell's School of Hotel Administration,
Undertaking a Bold Renovation of the Storied On-Campus Hotel
-
Aimbridge
Hospitality to Manage aloft Chicago O'Hare for Continental Properties Company
Inc.
-
Among
the 190 Embassy Suites Hotels in U.S. and Canada the Embassy Suites -St.
Louis-St. Charles Hotel & Spa Ranked #1 for Second Consecutive Year
for Exceptional Guest Service and Operational Quality
-
The
2007 Hervey Feldman Award, Recognizing the Embassy Suites General Manager
of Year, Presented to John Steinbach, Embassy Suites Lake Tahoe Hotel &
Ski Resort, Nevada
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Hotel
Owners & Operators Take Action to Control Labor Costs During Turbulent
Economic Times; Carnus Systems, the leading artificial intelligence forecasting
and labor scheduling provider, reports a spike in new inquires and implementations
as the hospitality industry seeks to maintain profitability amidst economic
uncertainty
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Newmarket
International and Wide Computer Systems Ink Deal; Increasing Demand for
the Delphi Sales Advantage Sparks Reseller Agreement in the Middle East
-
Upping
the Ante in Room Service, the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa Provides
the Cocktail Concierge - Made-to-order Cocktails Served via a Cocktail
Cart in the Guest Room
-
Scott
Blakeslee Named Vice President of Sales & Marketing, The Harmon Hotel,
Spa & Residences, Las Vegas
-
Roxanne
Harrison Recognized by Benchmark Hospitality as Sales Executive of the
Year; Veteran Sales Professional Ken Lupp Honored Prior to Retirement
-
Jim
Franklin Named General Manager at Premier Resorts' The Point Orlando Resort
-
Beth
Thomas, GM for the Westin Galleria & Westin Oaks Hotels, Named Interim
Chair of The Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston
-
For
Sale - Classic full service 36 room country inn located in one of New England's
top recreational destinations. Significant guestroom demand from groups,
including weddings, corporate meetings and retreats, and seasonal bus tours.
Offered at $2,900,000 on an all cash to the seller basis - more info
April 3, 2008
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Guest-Tek
Interactive Entertainment Ltd. Announces Agreement with Real Hotels &
Resorts with OneViewTM into Over 1,300 Rooms
-
U.S.
Hospitality Leaders Call for Plan to Attract More Overseas Visitors; Every
Developed Country in the World Spends Money Promoting Travel and tourism,
The U.S. Spends Zero
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Night
Manager of the Regency Inn in San Bruno, California Brutally Attacked by
Rowdy Hotel Guests
-
Ex-Tamarack
Vice President Suing the Idaho Resort for Severance Pay; Seeking More than
$1 million, His Suit is the Latest in a String of Legal Action
-
A
Proposed Westin Resort Hotel at the Kentucky Horse Park, an Educational
Theme Park, in Lexington, Kentucky May be in Jeopardy; The $118 million
in Tax-exempt Bonds Not Sold Due to Economic Downturn Causing Problems
with Bond-insurance Companies
-
Kimpton
Closes $246 Million Third Hotel Acquisition Fund; Proprietary, Discretionary
Fund Will Add $800+ Million Worth of Hotels in Three Years
-
Denise
Coll Named President of Starwood's North America Division, Will Oversee
Operations, Sales and Marketing for More than 450 Hotels
-
The
Window Channel Delivers One-of-a-kind Programming to Hotel Industry; Custom
content from around the world in High Definition offers the ultimate
vicarious escape
-
Hotel
Financing Takes Center Stage at JMBM's 18th Annual Meet the Money®
2008 in Las Vegas, May 6-8, 2008
-
John
Q. Hammons Planning New, European-style Hotel near Branson, Missouri
-
Le
Grand Lodge Mont-Tremblant, Member Hotel of Distinguished International
Hotels, Residences & Resorts; Big Winner at this Years Grands Prix
du Tourisme
-
Two
More Top-Flight Business Hotels Now Offering VSi Business Centers; D.C.-area
Marriott and Miami-area Hyatt already seeing increased levels of revenue
and guest satisfaction after recent installation of VSi Automated Business
Center
-
Intrawest
Set to Open the 315 room Westin Imagine Near Orlando's Orange County Convention
Center, But the Village of Imagine is Still a Mirage - Land for Addional
Hotels, Shops and Dining Still Mostly Vacant
-
Developers
Planning Two Extended Stay Hotels in Champaign, Illinois; a 121 unit Value
Place and a 83 unit Candlewood Suites
-
Twenty4Seven
Hotels Spends $10 million to Transform the 40-year-old Holiday Inn
in Tempe, Arizona to a New Sheraton Four Points
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Tom Cupo General Manager for The Chattanoogan in Chattanooga,
Tennessee
-
Duane
Quintana and Josephine Allen Join Marshall Management as Regional Director
of Sales and Marketing and Marketing Manager, Respectively
April 2, 2008
-
Courtyard
by Marriott and its Hotel Owners Begin Phase-in of the Redesigned Courtyard
Hotel Lobby; The Traditional Front Desk Replaced with Separate Welcome
Podiums
-
Refreshing
Leadership; Four Carlson Hotels Worldwide locations join FreshStay®
-
In
What Business Are We? Designing Cool Funky Restaurants or Serving Tasty
Food? Over the Past Ten Years a Noticeable Shift Has Taken Place in the
Hotel Restaurant Business
-
Biloxi
City Council Receives Proposal for a 400 room Wyndham Harbour Pointe Resort;
The Non-gaming Condo Hotel Would Neighbor the Hard Rock Casino
-
It
Is Raining New Hotels in India; New Construction Estimates Indicate About
70,000-80,000 rooms Over Next Two Years
-
The
Beucher Family Turns Over Day to Day Management of the Mission Inn Resort
& Club Located Near Orlando, Florida to Benchmark Hospitality International
-
In
the Milwaukee Area a Baymont Inn, Days Inn, Motel 6 and the Best Western
Quiet Horse All Experienced an Armed Robbery in Last 30 Days
-
Newmarket
International and Cvent Partner to Enable Powerful Connection Between Meeting
Planners and Hospitality Venues; Newmarket's MeetingBrokerSM and Cvent's
Supplier Network integrate to enable intelligent and efficient electronic
request for proposal (eRFP) process
-
AH&LA
Hosting Hospitality Leaders to Develop Industry Initiatives and Recognize
Lodging Achievement; Summit Set for June 8-12, 2008, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
-
New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Recipient of the 15th Annual Frank Berkman
Tourism Achievement Award Presented by the HSMAI Big Apple Chapter
-
California
Hotel & Lodging Association Recognizes Stars of the Industry; Jack
Campbell Inducted into the CH&LA Hall of Fame
-
Mark
Becker Named General Manager at the 294 room Hyatt Regency in Sarasota,
Florida
-
Gregory
C. Stafford Hired to Manage the Hotel Providence in Providence, Rhode Island
-
Mitchell
Kaldrovich Appointed Executive Chef at the Inn By The Sea, Cape Elizabeth,
Maine
April 1, 2008
-
"I
still see significant upside for online travel companies in the US" - Orbitz's
Aaron Cooper / Online Marketing in Travel Special
-
Hyatt
Rosemont Installs FlyteBoard Flight Information Display to Serve Traveling
Guests; Hyatt gains 'wallet share;' guests stay on property longer when
flights are delayed
-
Top
Twenty Hotel Brands in the World at January 1, 2008, Also Top Ten Hotel
Groups in the World
-
Big
Change in Cuba: Cuban Citizens Now Allowed to Stay, Dine in the Country's
Hotels. Most Cannot Afford It, But It's a Psychological Lift
-
Consultant
Study Projects Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center Will Double the
20 Significant Events it Attracts Each Year With the Completion of a 1,000
Room Hotel Next Door
-
The
Chartres Lodging Group Invests $21 million In Complete Remodel of the Former
Holiday Inn City Centre in Downtown Chicago; Will Rebrand 500 room Property
to Doubletree
-
Speakers
and Agenda Set for Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association's Annual
Conference - "The Changing Face of Hospitality" / April 28-29, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania
-
Teledex
iPhones Rated Compliant with Mitel 3300 IP Communications Platform; Company's
SIP Offerings Now Available to Wider Range of Hospitality Industry Users
-
Molinaro
Koger Advises Procaccianti in Sale of Marriott Hotel Richmond
-
The
DLF Group, a Real Estate Developer in India, and Hilton Hotels Corporation
Building Seven Hilton Branded Hotels Across India
-
UniFocus'
STAFFScope® Endorsed by Dallas CVB: "Tremendous Value" 'Big D' Convention-Visitor
Bureau Sees "Dramatic Increase in Employee Satisfaction"
-
Four
Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning Receives the China Hotel Development
of the Year Award
-
Carson
Gaming, L.L.C. Completes 100-room Courtyard by Marriott Located at the
Casino Fandango, Carson City, Nevada; InterMountain Management, LLC
Will Manage Hotel
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Ian
Cole, VP of Strategic Technology for Starwood Vacation Ownership, Named
the 2008 CHTP of the Year
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IHG
and American Hotel Development Partners Dedicate First White Oak in Honor
of Upcoming Hotelier Lost to Cancer; Clyde J. Harris, IV., Was the Latest
to Follow Family Footsteps As a Career Hotelier
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Michael
J. Slosser Promoted to Vice President and Managing Director of Operations
for Destination Hotels & Resorts
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Fairmont
Appoints Three Executives to Key Overseas Posts
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Ivan
Lee Appointed General Manager of Pan Pacific Singapore
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