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Top 25 Read Articles - March 2012 Train Your Hotel Team To Use The Language Of Hospitality: Part One / Doug Kennedy Trump's Tower of Trouble: Anatomy of a Financial Fiasco Prospecting Doesn't Have To Be a Dirty Word! / Gary R. Hernbroth How to Lose Friends (Employees) and Repulse People (Everyone Else) / William P. Fisher, Ph.D. 10 New Changes to Facebook Business Pages & How Hotels Can Prepare Conrad Hotels & Resorts Opens the 463-suite Conrad New York in NYC's Battery Park City Neighborhood Letter Left by Tom Sponseller, Former CEO of South Carolina Hospitality Association, Claims Employee's Gambling to Blame for $480,000 in Missing Money Princeton Ends Investments In HEI Hospitality Citing Business Considerations Pool Lift Deadline Looming - Are Hotel Pools Accessible to the Disabled? Industry Lobbyists Insist Guidelines Have Been Unclear and in Some Cases Financially Onerous / Lori Weisberg 5 Things to Remember when Buying Hotel Notes / Jim Butler The Problem With Social Media For Hotels 740-Room Luxury Hotel in Phoenix Seeking New General Manager; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 260 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership Prank Calls Once Again on the Rise: Hotel Guest Duped into Unleashing Flood from Sprinklers HVS's Annual Hotel Development Cost Survey Results 2011-2012 / Elaine Sahlins Top Five E-mail Do's and Don'ts / Jim Hartigan The 2012 Do's & Don'ts of Hotel Distribution / Max Starkov & Lauren DeGeorge Apollo Global Management to Acquire Great Wolf Resorts for $703 million The World’s Worst Tourists? Americans Agree, It's Us ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyer: More clarification or confusion on March 15 ADA standards? / Jim Butler LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 335-room Hotel Palomar in Washington, DC for $143.8 million The Impact of the Rising Cost of Gas: Why It's Different This time! / Carol Verret Forensic Audit of South Carolina Hospitality Association's Books Reveal Funds Equalling Nearly $500K Cannot be Accounted For; No Link to Tom Sponseller Found Mobile Marketing & Mobile Distribution Channels: Maximizing Your Options; Hotel-Online 3Qs Series on Best Practices in Hotel Marketing and Operations Miami Continues to Appeal to Hotel Investors - 2011 Year in Review / Andy Reed Hersha Hospitality Management (HHM) and The Procaccianti Group (TPG) Resolve Lawsuit; Following Open Discussions, Claims Against TPG have been Voluntarily Dismissed March 30, 2012 IDeaS Revenue Solutions Expands Partnership with The Cornell University School of Hotel Administration; IDeaS doubles number of scholarships in 2012 to advance the field of revenue management in hospitality VIZERGY® Wins Best Hotel and Lodging Website in Internet Advertising Competition; Company Receives Other Honors for Independent Resort and Full-Service Brand Websites Landmark Luxury Property 'The Hotel' Brussels is First in Belgium to Adopt Mobile Key by OpenWays; Highest building in Brussels is bristling with technology, including offering OpenWays' smartphone apps to allow guests to bypass any front desk line and get straight to their rooms without delay Rainmaker Profit Optimization Solution Chosen by Revel Entertainment Group, LLC.; Atlantic City's Newest 1,800-room Resort Will Leverage Rainmaker’s revolution system for Total Customer Value Profit Optimization AAA Parking Awarded Embassy SuitesTampa - USF/Busch Gardens Contract $2 Billion of Lending Power Poised to Jumpstart Transactions Welcome to the iHotel - Hotel Lobbies go Digital Red Lion Hotels Authorizes Exploration of Strategic Alternatives to Maximize Shareholder Value; Considerations Include Potential Sale of the Company or a Strategic Combination with a Third Party $92.8 million Pere Marquette Hotel Project May Finally Be Underway in Peoria, Illinois; Deadline Met for Required Paperwork Hyatt Place Brand to Debut in Puerto Rico with the 156-room Hyatt Place Bayamón and El Tropical Casino; Under Development by an Affiliate of Island Hospitality Partners with Q1 2014 Opening Planned Sunflower Hospitality and Choice Hotels Break Ground for a 122-suite Cambria Suites Hotel in Miami, Florida; Planned Completion of the $16 Million Project for Summer 2013 Marriott International Hosts First Global General Managers Conference in Five Years; Future Innovation and Growth Plans Presented to 1,300 Attendees of the "Brand New World Conference" EB-5 Lawyer with the Latest Wrinkle in EB-5 Financing for Hotels - the Tenant Occupancy Issue / Catherine Holmes & Victor Shum Leisure Real Estate Advisors LLC, Arranges the Sale of Two Additional Bank Owned Hotels HeBS Digital Wins Big with Two 'Best of Industry' Advertising Competition Awards Lodging Interactive Launching Affordable 'Hotel Website Solutions'; New service offering web design, hosting, maintenance, SEO, performance analytics and guest reviews with no upfront costs, just a low monthly fee, will debut at the AAHOA Annual Convention in May in Booth #124 INNCOM Blends Interactive, Eco-Friendly In-Room Controls with Stylish Design at Grand Hyatt DFW; INNCOM's sleek, stylish and energy efficient bedside control units and wall switches were customized to meet hotel design specifications VingCard Elsafe's Orion Energy Management System Wins Prestigious Star Award From Top Hotel Magazine; PMS-integrated guestroom monitoring technology honored as best in class by readers of Germany's leading hotel trade publication Working on Mobile Offerings Based on Your Customers' Behavior / Ristesh Gupta While Macau has Surpassed Las Vegas as Generator of Gaming Revenue, Las Vegas has Ace in the Hole Against Macau, it's a Better Tourism Draw The pentahotels brand Expands its Presence in Asia and Targets Expansion to 80 Locations Globally by 2020; Growth Spearheaded by New World Hospitality, its Hotel Management Company Pyramid Hotel Group and Starwood Open the 493-room Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa Through a Renovation and Re-branding of the Henderson, Nevada Resort Renaissance Hotels to Expand Global Portfolio in 2012; Nine International Openings Planned Growing the Collection to 160 Hotels Worldwide The 209-key Park Hyatt Hyderabad Opens in India Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 85-room Khyber Mountain Resort and Spa in Kashmir, India; Under Development by Pinnacle Resorts to Open Winter 2012 George Mason University Selects Crestline Hotels & Resorts to Manage The 148-room Mason Inn Conference Center & Hotel in Fairfax, Virginia Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 180-room Courtyard by Marriott at Kamala Beach in Phuket, Thailand; To be Rebranded as the Swissôtel Resort Phuket Beginning April 1, 2012 Mark Weiner Named as Vice President of Global Sales and Customer Care for Choice Hotels International Benchmark Hospitality Names Mark Hagerman as General Manager for the 84-room Willows Lodge in Woodinville Wine Country near Seattle, Washington March 28, 2012 J.D. Power & Associates Recognizes Ritz-Carlton, Drury Inn & Suites, Four Seasons, Hotel Indigo and Hampton Hotels as Customer Service Champs; Pivotal 5 'P's - People, Presentation, Price, Process and Product used in Selection Process The Problem With Social Media For Hotels Construction to Begin on $172 Million Marriott Hotel Complex in Downtown Los Angeles, California; 23-story Tower to House the 174-room Courtyard by Marriott and the 218-room Residence Inn by Marriott Under One Roof Hersha Hospitality Management (HHM) and The Procaccianti Group (TPG) Resolve Lawsuit; Following Open Discussions, Claims Against TPG have been Voluntarily Dismissed MGM Resorts Drops $600 million Brimfield Resort Proposal; Will Look Elsewhere in Western Massachusetts for Resort Development Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Acquires Five Hotels in Five States Totaling 2,302 rooms for $393.1 million Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Closes on Sale of the San Francisco Airport Marriott to Inland American Lodging Group for $112.7 million Salamander Hotels & Resorts' CEO and Founder Sheila C. Johnson recognized among Washington, D.C.'s 10 Most Powerful Women by ELLE magazine; According to industry survey, Johnson's D.C. area-based Salamander group also ranked as the third fastest-growing hotel management company in the country Meet the Money® Conference to Focus on Finding Solutions, Sourcing Capital and Creating Value Brilla Group Closes the First Colombian Private Equity Fund Dedicated to Hotels & Resorts; Fund will Invest in Luxury Hospitality Assets in the Colombian Caribbean Corridor Region Hyatt Affiliate Signs Management Agreement with Hotel De La Paix, Co., Ltd to Rebrand the Hotel De La Paix Siem Reap in Cambodia to Park Hyatt Siem Reap; Hotel to Close June 30th, 2012 for Renovations and Rebranding to Reopen Q1 2013 Four-star Luxury, History and Sustainability Blend to Create Memorable Guest Experiences at Britain's Imperial Hotel Top Five E-mail Do's and Don'ts / Jim Hartigan Hilton Midland Plaza in Texas to Convert to Doubletree by Hilton Brand; To Undergo Extensive Renovation and Rebrand as the Doubletree by Hilton Midland Plaza Prank Calls Once Again on the Rise: Hotel Guest Duped into Unleashing Flood from Sprinklers Digital Signage Expo's (DSE) Digital Engagement Platform is Portal for 2012 Show Photos, Session Handouts & More Deadline Extended to 18 April 2012 to Enter the UK's Considerate Hoteliers Association (CHA) "Annual Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards 2011/12"; Celebrates the Best in Environmental, Sustainable and Socially Responsible Performance and is Open to All UK Hotels and Small Accommodation Operations Las Vegas Nightspots Through the Years: Those that Left an Impression and Why U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Testifies in Support of Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act; Urges Expansion of Visa Waiver Program to Simplify Process for Visitors to the U.S. without Compromising Security The Joule, Dallas in Texas Moves into Phase II of a Two-Year Long $78 Million Renovation and Expansion Former Cambria Suites in Pueblo, Colorado to Re-open as SpringHill Suites by Marriott; Owned and Managed by AAA Hotel Developers Swiss-Belhotel International Opens the 108-room Swiss-Belinn SKA Pekanbaru - Riau, Indonesia Leonardo Hotels to Manage the 22-suite Alden Luxury Suite Hotel in Zurich, Switzerland; New Hotel Manager to be Olivier Rappai JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, California Completes $25 Million Renovation; 844 Guestrooms Revitalized, New Dining Options Created Denihan Hospitality Group Appoints Dani Elhachem as Vice President, Operations Hotel Equities Names Brad Rahinsky as Vice President of Operations Castle Resorts & Hotels Welcomes Chef Khamtan Tanhchaleun to Lead the Food and Beverage Team at Hilo Hawaiian Hotel in Hilo, Hawaii March 27, 2012 Building Your Brand: How a Small Investment Can Yield Positive Results NORTHWIND Announces Mobile-Optimized Online Group Management Tools That Enable Guest Self-Serve, Simplify Meeting Planner Experience, and Have Big Impact on Bottom Line AH&LA Supports Legislation Providing a One Year Delay for the ADA Pool Lift Requirement; Additionally Will Allow Use of Portable Lifts and Sharing Lifts Between Pools DiamondRock Hospitality Completes Sale of 3-Hotel Portfolio to Inland American for $262.5 million Oklahoma City's Downtown Sheraton Hotel Steals Local Hotel Spotlight to the Delight of General Manager, Matt Cowden, as it Hosted the President of the United States Hotel Price War Erupts on Samui, Thailand; Imbalance Between Hotel Room Supply and Number of Tourists Not Due to Tourist Demand, but the Limited Number of Flights and the Costly Fares to the Island Revenue 360 - Sales, RM and Social Media Integrated Approach for Leisure; Webinar April 4 / Carol Verret Service Excellence 101: Earn Your Customers' Confidence and Reap the Rewards / Bryan K. Williams Hotel Giants Bet Big on Sanya Tourism in China's Southern Hainan Province; Luxury Hotel Growth Not Deterred by Recent Concerns of Over-Development or Tourist Potential Boycott Due to an Overcharging Scandal Conversions and Adaptive Reuse Projects Enhance Global Growth as Aloft Brand Spreads to New Markets Worldwide; Aims to Open 70th Hotel in 2013 Sonoma County, California Hotels Record Best Performance in 6 Years for February 2012 with Occupancy up 8%, ADR 3.4% and RevPAR 12% Travel Spending in Michigan Up by 7.8% in 2011 Due to 'Pure Michigan' Branding and Rebounding Economy; Outlook for Another 6% Rise for 2012 Las Vegas Sands Facing New Lawsuit Over the 78% Stock Price Decline in 2008 InnLink Announces Integration with RateGain's Competitive Rate Intelligence Solution February Sets Records for Average North American Hotel Rates; Distribution Channels Realize Rate Increases as Leap Year Drives Global Booking Volumes Travel Tripper's RezTrip Booking Engine Expands Booking Opportunities with Multilingual Capabilities Top Ten Search Engine Marketing Do's and Don'ts in 2012 / Tara Rattigan and Toby Tornay Embassy Suites Hotels' Survey Reveals Business Travel is on the Rise With 46% of Frequent Travelers Preferring More Space to Spread Out During their Stay and 70% Wanting Free Breakfast Construction Begins Again at the Island Inn in Friday Harbor, Washington on San Juan Island; New Rooms Set to be Complete by May 15, 2012 for a Total of 16 Accommodations National Conference Center White Paper Explores "Technology's Secret Potential to Empower Participants and Make Meetings Better" The Atholl, a Four Suite Hotel, to Open May 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland Sage Hospitality Honors Top Performers at 2012 Leadership Conference; The Oxford Hotel in Denver, Colorado Earns Hotel of the Year, Leader of the Year Awarded to Kim Corrigan and David Marsh W New York Completes Redesign of Meeting and Event Space; Plans for Lobby Renovation to Occur Later in 2012 James Sabatier Named President and Chief Operating Officer of Destination Hotels & Resorts Rossi Ralenkotter, CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Calls for National Agenda to Strengthen Meetings Industry; Commences Term as Chair of the U.S. Travel Association Select Registry Names New Board of Directors and Welcomes New President Ellen Grinsfelder, Owner/Innkeeper, Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls, Logan, Ohio Modus Hotels Hires Mark Morris as Executive Vice President of Acquisitions John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts Completes New Management Team for the University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Springfield, Missouri; 3 New Members of the Executive Line-Up will Join Recently Appointed GM Robert Henley Don Fraser Appointed as General Manager of the Paramount Hotel in New York City Chef Matthew Gray Named Executive Head Chef for La Torretta Lake Resort and Spa in Houston March 26, 2012 Trump's Tower of Trouble: Anatomy of a Financial Fiasco VingCard Elsafe Awarded U.S. Patent for VISIONLINE Wireless RF-Online Networking Solution; U.S. Patent Office confirms innovation of proprietary wireless networking platform that connects electronic devices and disparate systems within the hotel environment Letter Left by Tom Sponseller, Former CEO of South Carolina Hospitality Association, Claims Employee's Gambling to Blame for $480,000 in Missing Money Grand Hotels have to Stay True to their Heritage; Stephen Alden, CEO of Maybourne Hotel Group, Discusses the Operation of Three of London's Iconic Hotels Mid-Atlantic Gaming Poised For Growth: Market Outlook 2012 / Emily Sze Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Posts First Profit of $72.6 million in 4th Quarter 2011 Thanks to a Special Tax Benefit European Design Firm Proposing 300-room Resort on Top of Old Bahia Honda Bridge Overlooking Florida's Lower Keys 225-room San Diego Sheraton Hires New General Manager; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 228 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership MGM Designer Provides a Glimpse of How Las Vegas Resorts Plan Room Renovations Renaissance Hotels to Open the 181-room Renaissance Hotel in Santiago, Chile in 2013; To be Operated by Administraciones y Operaciones Hoteleras Hotech S.A. Under an Agreement with Altamira Grupo Inmobiliario Joint Venture Between Shashi Corporation and Somera Capital Management to Open the 123-room Aloft Cupertino in California in Summer 2013 Hotel AG Brokers Sale of Holiday Inn Express Atlanta (Buckhead), Georgia New Jersey Offering Hotels Incentives to be More Eco-friendly; State Department of Environmental Protection Offering Energy Audit to 120 Hotels with Some Receiving Assistance in Implementing Changes The Bankruptcy Sale of the 87-room Days Inn on Maui, Hawaii Draws Several Interested Parties HSMAI Revenue Optimization Conference (ROC) to Focus on the Evolution of Revenue Management; To Occur June 25, 2012, Co-Located with HITEC in Baltimore, Maryland Multi-Million Dollar Renovation and Re-flagging Project Launched at 254-room Snowmass Resort in Colorado; The Former Silvertree Hotel & Conference Center will Become The Westin Snowmass Resort in Winter 2012 The 91-room Holiday Inn Express San Diego South - National City Opens in California Through a Renovation and Re-flagging of the Former Comfort Inn; Owned by SD Plaza One LP and Managed by Excel Hotel Group Hay Creek Hotels Selected to Manage the Historic Eagle Mountain House & Golf Club in Jackson, New Hampshire; Originally built in 1897, the property is scheduled to receive a multi-million dollar renovation Gettysburg College Chooses Waterford Hotel Group to Operate the 119-room Historic Gettysburg Hotel $65 Million Transformation Nearly Complete for the 1,260-room Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Georgia The 255-room DoubleTree by Hilton Carson in South Bay of Los Angeles Completes Property-wide Renovation Richfield Hospitality Names 2011 President's Circle Award Winners Recognizing Their Top Achievers Robert Ferree Joins Marshall Hotels & Resorts as Vice President of Operations Silviya Stankova Promoted to General Manager of the 110-room Courtyard Detroit Pontiac/Bloomfield in Michigan The Dow Hotel Company Appoints Alex Petrollini, CHA, as General Manager of the 227-room Hilton San Antonio Hill Country Hotel and Spa in Texas March 23, 2012 Miami Continues to Appeal to Hotel Investors - 2011 Year in Review / Andy Reed VingCard Elsafe Completes RFID Locking System Interface with SKIDATA Access Control Solutions; Complete line of industry leading RFID hotel locking solutions now compatible with leading ski resort access control technology Is the Sky the Limit for the Cloud Computing? Santa Rosa County, Florida Officials Work to Create Incentive Package to Encourage Development of Navarre Beach Hotel; Aiming to Fill Void Left by 2004 Hurricane Ivan Destruction of the Holiday Inn Clang, Clang for a Miami, Florida Convention Center; The Recent Sounds of Construction and Development to Turn Miami into a Natural Destination for Groups to Convene With No Current Convention Venue Available Ken Fujiyama, Owner of Hilo, Hawaii's Naniloa Volcanoes Resort Misses $250,000 Semi-Annual Rent Payment for the Resort while Facing Foreclosure for his Nani Mau Gardens Event Venue Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts Hoping to Build the First New Waikiki Oceanfront Hotel in Over 30 Years; Public Hearings set on Hotel Plan Hospitality Properties Trust and Sonesta International Hotels to Open the 340-room Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island in South Carolina Japanese Leisure Hotel Asset Class Poised for Transformation; Discussed at Recent Seminar on "The Changing Face of Japan's Highest Yielding Real Estate Sector" Co-Hosted by Alchemy Japan and Bloomberg L.P. Las Vegas Tourism Improvements Boost Revenue for American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, Owners of the Stratosphere, Reporting a Loss of $7 million for 4th Quarter 2011 Compared to a Loss of $17.4 million in Same Year Ago Period Sofitel Luxury Hotels Debuts its First Property in Abu Dhabi with the 282-room Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Opens the 258-room Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv in Ukraine The 243-room BEST WESTERN PREMIER F1 Hotel Opens at The Fort - a New Lifestyle Destination in Manila Hilton New Bern/Riverfront Hotel in New Bern, North Carolina to be Renamed Doubletree by Hilton New Bern/Riverfront Hotel Newest Walt Disney World, Florida Hotel, the Nearly 2,000-room Art of Animation Resort, to Complete all Phases of Development Ahead of Schedule; More Rooms to be Available for Summer 2012 Downtown Omaha, Nebraska Hilton Omaha Completes $37 Million Dollar Enhancement Project Adding a New Ballroom and 150 Guest Rooms for a New Total of 600 Owned by RLJ Lodging Trust and Managed by White Lodging Services, the Residence Inn Houston Sugarland in Texas Completes Renovation; Public Spaces and all 78 Suites Revitalized Richard "Rick" Evanich Appointed as General Manager of the 188-room Waldorf Astoria Chicago in Illinois Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association to Host Bacchus Bash 2012: A Street Party Fundraiser Benefiting Hospitality Education; April 13, 2012 at Orlando Premium Outlets March 22, 2012 Royal Park Hotel in Detroit Selects MICROS eCommerce Services\|TIG Global for Strategic Internet Marketing Services Regatta Travel Solutions Taps Room Key Executive Network With the Hotel Industry's Top Hotel Deal Makers Commerce Department Reports Tourism Spending in U.S. Surged 8.1% in 2011 to $1.2 trillion Pittsburgh Hotels Acheive Highest Occupancy Rates in a Decade Closing Out 2011 at 68.2% How to Negotiate a Hotel Management Agreement. 10 Tips for a Smoother Process / Jim Butler Select Service Hotel Portfolio Sales Projected to Double in 2012 According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels; Buyers and Sellers to Capitalize on the Sector's Robust Recession Comeback Hilton Worldwide and Schiphol Real Estate to Develop a 433-room Hilton Hotels & Resorts Hotel at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; The New Hotel, Expected to Open in 215, Will Replace the Current Hilton Property Courtyard by Marriott to Replace Holiday Inn in Woodland Hills, California; New Owner, Wolff Urban Development, Has Closed the 122-room Property for Extensive Renovations to be Re-Opened as a Courtyard Marriott International's Certified Wedding Planners Share the Latest Trends In Destination Weddings Intelity's ICE Now Supports All Western and Character-Based Languages; ICE Guest Services Management Solution Brings More Value to Hotels and Guests With Multilingual Capability University of Rijeka, Croatia, is New Educational Institute Global Academic Program (GAP) Partner School Shift4 Corporation Announces Birdies4Shriners Fundraiser Carefree RV Resorts to Implement Resort Data Processing Property Management Software AAHOA Members to Receive Aid Via New Lodging Interactive Membership; New programs and financial models for web design, web optimization and content management to be introduced in 2012 for Asian American Hotel Owners Assn. members; Visit Lodging Interactive at the AAHOA Convention in Booth No. 124 Converging Social & Mobile: Why 2012 is going to be 'The Year of SoLoMo' Part II / Margaret Mastrogiacomo & Ritesh Gupta Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit Receives Sixth Consecutive AAA Five-Diamond Award; Restaurants - Frida, Lucca and Piaf - Take Home AAA Four-Diamond Award for Fine Dining Wali Hotels & Resorts Chooses The Rezidor Hotel Group to Operate the Okoume Palace Hotel in Libreville, Gabon, Africa; To Undergo Extensive Renovation and, Starting in September 2013, a Dual Branding as the 330-room Radisson Blu and the 140-room Park Inn by Radisson HRI Properties and Hyatt Hotels Corporation Open the 170-room Hyatt Place New Orleans/Convention Center in Louisiana Westin Hotels on Track to Hit 200th Hotel Milestone; Set to Add 11 New Hotels in 2012, Driven by Surge in Demand Across Asia Pacific Renovations and Re-Design Completed at the 222-room Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront Resort near Palm Beach, Florida, Owned by Host Hotels and Managed by Crestline Hotels & Resorts RLJ Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Renovations of the 112-room Courtyard by Marriott Sugar Land in Stafford, Texas A Full Exterior Renovation Tops off 2009 Interior Upgrades Completed at the 130-room Pullman Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Pullman, Washington Managed by The Hotel Group Upgrades Completed for the 78 Suites and Public Spaces of the Residence Inn Chicago Southeast/Hammond in Hammond, Indiana; Owned by RLJ Lodging Trust and Managed by White Lodging Services The 303-room Hilton Hotel & Conference Center in College Station, Texas Nears Completion of a $5 million Redesign; Owned by Encore Hospitality Sierra Land Group and Embassy Suites Hotels Name Management Team for the 300-suite Orlando - Lake Buena Vista South Hotel; A September 2012 Opening is Planned for the All Suites Hotel George Nickels Appointed as Director of Catering and Conference Services for the 201-room Montage Beverly Hills in California Francesca Speroni Named as Spa Manager at Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa, Set to Open on the Amalfi Coast in Italy in May 2012 March 21, 2012 Hotel General Managers - Have Your Say!; Researchers at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland Seek Input Regarding the Role of Today's General Managers Viewpoint - Why Your CFO Cares About Automated Laundry Operations; Running the Numbers Shows Bottom Line Impact of Manual Laundry Inaccuracies Prospecting Doesn't Have To Be a Dirty Word! / Gary Hernbroth A Far Cry from the Original $3.8 billion Project with 5,200 Hotel Rooms, Genting Group Downsizes Plans for Resorts World Miami Opened in 1892, Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey to be Managed by Jumeirah Group; Will Be Known as Pera Palace Hotel, Jumeirah Under New Management Agreement with Demsa Group Joe Andrick Named Residence Inn General Manager of the Year for 2011 by Marriott International; Andrick is General Manager of the Overland Park, Kansas Residence Inn by Marriott Managed by True North Hotel Group Red Lion Hotels Offers Risk Free Meetings with Zero Attrition to Planners through 2012 Carlson Reports Revenue Increase of 13% in 2011 to $38 billion and Strategic Progress Made Across Its Businesses as Part of Ambition 2015 Goals Interstate Hotels & Resorts Unveils New Logo and Website as Part of Global Rebranding Initiative Long Delayed 203-room Embassy Suites in Chattanooga, Tennessee Finally in the Works as Part of the Mixed-use Waterside Development EliteMeetings.com Relaunches with Bold New Look, Fresh Content, and Record Number of Meeting Planner Reviews: For a Growing Community of Meeting Professionals, the Redesigned Site Will Make Working with Top-Rated Hotels Easier and More Efficient Than Ever Chalking Out Your Appropriate Mobile Strategy as a Travel Company; an Interview with Nathan Clapton of TripAdvisor / Ritesh Gupta Shift4 Joins Microsoft Partner Network Mohegan Sun Selects Infor CRM to Enhance Customer Service and Help Increase Revenue; Infor10 CRM Enterprise Suite Enables Unified Desktop and Data Access for More Personalized Guest Experience Taking the 'Bull' out of Booking Events, imbookin.com Debuts as the Internet's Most Comprehensive Venue Booking Site Builder, Norwich Partners, Details its $50 Million Plan for a 135-room Boutique Hotel at the Seaport Square Project in Boston, Massachusetts Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) Expands Membership to Welcome National, Provincial and State Destination Marketing Organizations Alrov Luxury Hotels to Open the 129-room Amsterdam Conservatorium Hotel in April 2012; Extensive Renovations Completed of the 1897 Building Which Served as Amsterdam's Music Conservatory Elleair Hawaii Chooses Aqua Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 147-room Maui Beach Hotel on Maui, Hawaii The Westin Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California Enters into Final Phase of its $25 Million Transformation and Unveils Newly Designed Meeting and Event Space The 202-room Beach House, a Holiday Inn Resort, Opens on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina After a $5 Million Renovation and Rebranding of the Former Holiday Inn Oceanfront RLJ Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Renovations at Two Austin, Texas Properties; Courtyard's New Business Lobby Concept is Unveiled at the 102-room Courtyard Austin Northwest/Arboretum and the 110-room Courtyard Austin South Starwood Hotels & Resorts Names Vincent Gillet as Global Brand Leader for W Hotels Worldwide and Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Appoints Willem Plegt as General Manager of the 355-room Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa Georgia's Destination Resort, Sea Island, Names Alex Gregory as Director of Sales and Marketing and James Gibson as Director of Operations Waterford Hotel Group Promotes Nikki Schwarz to Sales Manager at the 91-room Homewood Suites by Hilton in Ithaca, New York March 20, 2012 GB Lodging LLC Acquires Historic 5 Beekman Street in New York City; To Be Transformed into a 297-room Thompson Boutique Hotel Operated by Commune Hotels & Resorts VFM Leonardo Launches Next Generation Mobile Website Solution for Hotels; Announcing VFM Leonardo's Next Generation VPowered Mobile Hotel Website - A Complete Multi-Media Driven Mobile Optimized Hotel Website included with the VBrochure Ultra Premium Online Merchandising System Dover Downs Hotel & Casino Selects Rainmaker revolution Profit Optimization Solution; Delaware's Largest Casino Hotel Will Use revolution to Optimize Profits and Maximize Total Customer Value Across its Operation McLaren Implements Technology 'Jazz' Up At Conrad Hong Kong Hotel Grand Hyatt Hong Kong Teams With McLaren Technologies For New Tech and Task Management Upgrade By the Numbers - Learning to speak the language of management and drive training program value! / Jim Hartigan Moody's Analysts Optimistic For Hotel-Casino Business Conditions on the Las Vegas Strip; The 4.3% Rise in 2011 Visitor Volume Over 2010 Resulted in Visitor Number Close to 2007 Peak Auction Seems Likely for Downtown Charlottesville, Virginia's Lankmark Hotel; Competition is Heating Up with Multiple Parties Interested - The Hotel at Arundel Preserve Utilizes UniFocus Survey Feedback to Establish Service Standards InnLink CRS Wins Stevie Award for Hospitality Sales and Service; InnLink Recognized with Marriott for Excellence in Customer Service How Good Is Your Hotel's Social Media? Lodging Interactive subsidiary helping hotels increase rankings on review sites and search engines, plus increase fan base on social networks Las Vegas' Original Casino, The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, Undergoes First Major Expansion in 50 Years Two New Courtyard by Marriott Hotels Open in France; The 123-room Courtyard Montpellier and 113-room Courtyard Paris Boulogne The Silver Legacy Resort, Opened 17 Years Ago, Meant to Reinvigorate Reno, Nevado's Gambling Industry, Nears Financial Disaster as Northern California Indian Casinos Continue to Grab Market Share Ark Partners Chooses Denihan Hospitality Group to Manage The 126-room Mansfield and The 50-room Franklin in New York City; Brings Denihan Collection in Manhattan to 11 Boutique Luxury Properties U.S. Bank Forecloses on the 312-room Wolf Road Holiday Inn in Albany, New York, Owned by Madison Capital Management Choice Hotels International Appoints Alexandra Jaritz and Michael Murphy as Company Officers Leonides (Nini) Thomas, Room Attendant at Navy Lodge Corpus Christi, Texas, Named by the Navy Lodge Program as its Associate of the 4th Quarter 2011 Students in Michigan State University Chapter of Club Managers Association of America Attend CMAA World Conference and Bring Home Two Awards; Club of the Future Competition for Event Planning and Student Membership Growth Award for the Highest Percentage of World Conference Attendees March 19, 2012 Free Webinar - 'Driving Hotel Reservations with Integrated Marketing'; How Your Hotel Can Capitalize on the Complex Online Travel Shopping Process Complimentary Webinar March 21: Learn How to Tell Your Hotel Story on Social Media Channels; Take 45 Minutes Next Wednesday to Join VFM Leonardo and Two Storytelling and Marketing Experts to Learn How to Tell Your Hotel Story on Social Media Channels. Tobago Tourism Board and Hotel Association Sign with Regatta Travel Solutions Kathleen Taylor, President and CEO of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Named Recipient of the 2012 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award PKF Hospitality Research Forecasts RevPAR for U.S. Hotels to Rise 5.8% in 2012; Stage Set For Increased Capital Investment Average Hotel Room Rates Rose 5% in 2011 in North America, According to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI) Feud Brewing Over Future Marketing of San Diego Convention Center, Set to Undergo a $520 million Expansion / Lori Weisberg ADA Defense Lawyer: What does the ADA pool lift compliance extension mean to you? / Jim Butler IHG Launches HUALUXE Hotels and Resorts, an Upscale International Brand Designed for the Chinese Traveler Train Your Hotel Team To Use The Language Of Hospitality: Part One / Doug Kennedy United Artists Theatre Hotel to Start Construction in Fall 2012; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 154 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Improve Guest Experience with Responsive Design Email Marketing; Libra OnDemand announces 'Responsive Design' email marketing for the hospitality industry, with customized displays on mobile and tablet devices Harmon Hotel Tower in Las Vegas Seems Doomed to Demolition; The Likely Result of Recent Court Hearings as Sparring Between MGM Resorts and Perini Building Co. Continues Atlantic City's First New Casino in 9 Years, the $2.4 Billion Revel, Set to Open April 2nd; Casino and Hotel Design with Wow Factor in Fantasyland Architecture, Glitzy Attractions and Beach Inspired Party Vibe Relationship First: The Secret to Successful Hospitality Partnerships / Bill Caraway Travel Websites Predict a Change to Connecticut's Hotel Tax Law will Hurt Tourism; New Tax on Travel Website Revenue Could Result in Increased Connecticut Room Rates, Sending Visitors Elsewhere HISJ Holdings, Owner of the 169-room St. Joseph, Missouri Holiday Inn, Files for Bankruptcy World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Research Shows Brazil as the Fastest Growing Travel and Tourism Economy in Latin America with Growth Forecast of 7.8% for 2012 Conrad Hotels & Resorts Opens the 463-suite Conrad New York in NYC's Battery Park City Neighborhood The 58-room Holiday Inn Express-Chillicothe Opens in Ohio; Owned by Jairam LLC and Managed by Alliance Hospitality The Presidio Trust and Waterford Hotels and Inns Completes Renovation of the Inn at The Presidio in San Francisco, California RLJ Lodging Trust and White Lodging Services Complete Renovation of the 85-room Courtyard by Marriott in Hammond, Indiana David Schmidt Becomes Executive Chef for the 218-room Enchantment Resort in Sedona, Arizona March 16, 2012 Mobile Marketing & Mobile Distribution Channels: Maximizing Your Options: Hotel-Online's 3Qs Series on Best Practices in Hotel Marketing and Operations AH&LA Secures Compromise on ADA Pool Lift Requirement; White House Responds to Lodging Industry's Appeals with a 60-day Extension of Compliance Due Date Hotel Spas Lag Industry Recovery / Andrea Foster Intelity's ICE Now Integrates with Twenty-Five Hotel Systems. Creates an Automated Staff Experience; ICE Guest Services Management Solution Brings More Value to Hotels New Reports from Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Focus on Effects of Hotel Strategic Pricing and Financial Benefits of Management Integrity Hard Rock International's Plans for a $465 million Atlantic City Casino Uncertain; Projects Future in Doubt? DOJ Turnabout: Pool lift compliance deadline extended to May 15 / Jim Butler Grupo Contempo S.A and IHG to Open Three Holiday Inn Express Hotels in Colombia; The New-Build Properties Totally 450 Rooms Will Open in Bogota, Cartagena and Barranquilla in 2014 OAO Krepost Hotel and Marriott to Open the 216-room Krasnoyarsk Marriott Hotel in Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Opening Planned for Late 2014 Technology's Impact on Hospitality Sales as Seen by a Director of Sales / Amy Pack Johnson Capital's New York City Office Arranges Construction Loan for First New Hotel in Newark in Over 40 Years Hotel AG Announces Early 1st Quarter 2012 Results The New Google Venice Update - Is Your Hotel Website Optimized for Hyper-Local SEO? / Sue Wiker & Eric Rattner Three Peoria, Illinois Hotels are in the Spotlight; The Grand Hotel Sold in Foreclosure Proceedings, the Four Points by Sheraton Benefits from Tax Incentives and the Redeveloper of Hotel Pere Marquette Hopeful to Launch Renovations Soon as Reinvestment Nears Closing Renovations in Las Vegas on a Roll; The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino Launches $14 Million Expansion, While Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel Transitions to a New Name - the D - with a New Look The Palms in Las Vegas to Close Playboy Club; Partnership Ending for Undisclosed Reasons DestinationWeddings.com Names Winners of Inaugural DESTI Awards; Recognizing Top-Performing Resort Partners Based on Customer Feedback and Satisfaction Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico Completes Phase One of Multi-million Dollar Renovation; 195 of its 305 Guests Rooms Have Been Revamped with the Remaining to be Completed by Year-end Kevin Robinson Becomes General Manager of The Langham, Chicago in Illinois; To Oversee the mid-2013 Opening of the 316-room Hotel Jumeirah Group Appoints Ross McAuley as Vice President, Brand Marketing and Shaf Butt as Director of Marketing for the Dubai Commercial Team Midas Hospitality Appoints Kimberly Haynie as Director of Sales for the 111-suite Staybridge Suites - Dublin/Columbus, Ohio Victor Litkewycz Named Executive Chef for the 802-room Hyatt Regency San Francisco March 15, 2012 Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur Debuts Integrated Facebook Hotel Booking System; Fans can now book comfortably within the Facebook environment with Sabre Hospitality Solutions' innovative social network technology Webinar March 21: Learn How to Tell Your Hotel Story on Social Media Channels; Take 45 Minutes Next Wednesday to Join VFM Leonardo and Two Storytelling and Marketing Experts to Learn How to Tell Your Hotel Story on Social Media Channels. Fort Lauderdale, Florida Condo-Hotel that was to Bear Trump Name Sold at Foreclosure Auction; Final Price Tag: $100 -- Plus $165.6 Million in Debt - No Takers Due to Pending Lawsuits and High Cost of Future Development Hotel Prices Tumble Across Asia in 2011 as Global Economy Falters, Some as High as 27% Prominent 240-room Central Peoria, Illinois Hotel Up for Auction in Foreclosure Proceedings for $4.5 Million Debt Financing New Hotel Development Today: Finding the right 'regional center' and negotiating terms for your EB-5 financing / Jim Butler Positive Outlook Described at Bahrain's Gulf Hotels Group Annual Meeting; Growth Predicted for the Company and the Bahrain Hotel Industry in General PT Stareast Sejahtera Breaks Ground on the Grand Lagoi Project and its 196-room Swiss-Belhotel Lagoi Bay in Bintan, Indonesia; To be Managed by Swiss-Belhotel International General Manager Jacqueline Lewis and Her Team at the 120-room Courtyard by Marriott in Stuart, Florida Honored with the Diamond General Manager of the Year and Diamond Circle Award by Marriott International Club Magnolia Partners with Blueprint RF to Provide Secure WiFi for Masters Week in Augusta Japan's Prince Hotels and Resorts Trades Private Label for Utell®; Premier Asia-Pacific Brand Migrates 11 Properties to Pegasus Solutions' RezView® NG CRS FARROW Commercial Construction Completes Three Hospitality Industry Renovations Washington State Convention Center Names PSAV® Presentation Services Preferred Event Technology Provider; Due to its expansive portfolio of presentation technologies and worldwide expertise, PSAV® will support the largest meeting/expo facility in the state Ariane Systems' Allegro V6 Mobile Check-In/Out Wins Prestigious Star Award From Top Hotel Magazine; Hotel industry's most advanced self-service platform honored as best in class by readers of Germany’s leading hotel trade publication. Agenda Topics and Speakers Set for Hotel Technology Next Generation's (HTNG's) Conference to Occur in Chicago April 2-5, 2012 Pennsylvania State-wide Tourism Summit Agenda to Include Representatives from Google and Brand USA; April 30 -May 2, 2012 Event Entitled "Together for Tourism" Caribbean Tourism Officials Welcome Recent World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Research Confirming the Damaging Effect of Air Passenger Duty to the Tourism Industry Hoping the UK Treasury will Consider Reform Regarding Duty on UK-Caribbean Travel The 108-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Lake Charles, Louisiana Awarded Opening General Manager of the Year and Opening Hotel of the Year for 2011 for the Marriott Brand; Developed and Owned by BDK Associates and Managed by Hotel Equities Urgo Hotels Assumes Management of the 94-room Whiteface Lodge Resort in Lake Placid, New York RLJ Lodging Trust and Interstate Hotel & Resorts Complete Multi-Million Dollar Renovation and Renaming of the 160-room Hilton Garden Inn Los Angeles/Hollywood in California Multi-Million Dollar Renovation Project Complete for the Renaissance Asheville Hotel in North Carolina Managed by Windsor Management Services Stephen Pettibone Appointed as Vice President of Investor Relations for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Ron Gebhardt Named as Director of Sales for the 240-room B Ocean Fort Lauderdale in Florida March 14, 2012 Jumpstart Hotel Transactions Nicaraguan Tourism Institute Selects Regatta Travel Solutions to Power NicaraguaTourism.us 5 Things to Remember when Buying Hotel Notes / Jim Butler The Impact of the Rising Cost of Gas - Why It's Different This time! / Carol Verret Daily Housekeeping - Keep it or Skip it - Benefits of Going Green for the Earth and the Bottom Line / Roland Leiser James Dale, Senior Catering Director at the Grand Hyatt New York, Receives Donald N. Pritzker Award for Excellence Brazilian Real Estate Company EmCorp Enters Agreement with Wyndham Hotel Group to Develop Super 8 and Wyndham Garden Brand Offerings in Brazil; Plans for 3,000 Rooms by 2014 with Deals Currently Finalized for Five Super 8 Hotels Downtown Las Vegas Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel to Become the D Las Vegas; Extensive Renovations Underway to be Completed in Fall 2012 Google Idea's Jared Cohen to Speak at HITEC 2012 Closing Keynote Session Concept Amenities, a Global Leader in Environmentally Responsible Guest Amenities, Launches New Website as Part of Corporate Re-branding Ultimate Luxury Meets Optimal Connectivity with guestLINK at the Waldorf Astoria Sydney's Exclusive Casino, The Star, Gets an Innovative Upgrade With guestLINK Hay Creek Hotels Enters Alliance with the New 56-room Roundhouse at Beacon Falls Hotel in Beacon, New York; Currently Under Development in Two Historic Mill Buildings to Open Summer 2012 New Organizational Structure Created for The Adriatic Luxury Hotels Group Through the Merging of Two Management Companies, Excelsad.o.o. and JadranskiLuksuzniHotelid.o.o. Chef Charlie Palmer Introduces the 79-room Mystic Hotel and Burritt Tavern in San Francisco; Renovations of the Victorian-era Building are Underway Andrew Quinto Recognized for Three Hospitality Industry Achievements; Elected to the Under 30 Council of The American Hotel & Lodging Association and to the Connecticut Lodging Association's Board of Directors While also Achieving CHA Designation Kai Speth, General Manager of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, to Take Over as Area General Manager for Vietnam Adding Oversight Responsibilities for Sofitel Plaza Hanoi and Sofitel Saigon Plaza Martha Hampton Appointed as General Manager of Casa San Agustin, a 31-key Boutique Hotel in Cartagena, Colombia Amanda Morrison Named as Manager of Conference Services and Events for Hotel Duval in Tallahassee, Florida March 13, 2012 Knowland Wins Gold at Sales & Customer Service Awards; Knowland Sales Team Bests Hospitality Industry Leaders to Win Sales Department of the Year, Client Care Wins Bronze for Customer Service Department of the Year Norwegian Cruise Line Selects Agilysys DataMagine Solution; Document Management System Streamlines Operations on Newest and Largest Ship Apollo Global Management to Acquire Great Wolf Resorts for $703 million Hearing Underway to Decide Fate of Never-Occupied $279 Million Harmon Hotel in Las Vegas; MGM's Request to Demolish Structure Supported by Engineer's Testimony that a Quake or Fire Could Topple the Building Due to Construction Defects How Social Media Savvy is Your Hotel's General Manager? / Daniel Edward Craig Action Plan to Ensure Your Hotel Website is ADA-Compliant / Gabriel Aponte Global Hotel Recovery In 2011 Signals Growing Market Confidence; Strength in the business travel market helps drive up global average room rate by 4% in 2011, according to new Hotels.com Hotel Price Index After a Four Year Delay, Owners of Harbor Cove Marina on Park Point in Duluth, Minnesota, Finalizing Plans to Add a $5 Million, 55-room Hotel Board Member Kazuo Okada Files Counterclaim Against Wynn Resorts Disputing Validity of Share Redemption at a Discount Legal Wrangling Continues as Wynn Resorts Says it's Eager to Fight Okada's Counterclaim Roomlinx Signs Master Agreement with Hyatt to Install Roomlinx's Integrated Hotel Technologies into Hyatt Hotels and Resorts in North America Host Users Group Introduces New Board Members 9th Annual Lodging Management Program International Competition Draws Top Hospitality Students to Orlando Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton, Omaha Nebraska Ringhotels 130 Members Switch to Trust International Using DIRS21 Prestigious Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Casino Resorts to Advance Technology Portfolio with MICROS Simphony Enterprise Solution in the Cloud Occupancy Growth Occurring for Houston Area Hotels Resulting in New Hiring and Renovations According to Poll Conducted by Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) in Conjunction with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and Jamaica to Host Caribbean Tourism Summit June 15-16, 2012 in Jamaica Owned and Managed by OPA Hospitality, the 109-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites Houston North Intercontinental Opens in Texas Through a Reflagging and Renovation of the Former Guesthouse Inn & Suites Platinum Hotels and LodgeStar Investments Open the 90-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton in Fort Worth, Texas Cadillac Jack's Gaming Resort in Deadwood, South Dakota Joins the Ascend Collection from Choice; The 103-room Property is Operated by ISIS Hospitality MFM 2000 Motel Inc. Choses Gateway Hospitality Group to Manage the 119-room Hilton Garden Inn Newburgh/Stewart Airport in New York Hank Stackhouse Assumes Role as New Chair for Hotel Association of Canada Robin Pence Appointed as Vice President of Public Relations for Choice Hotels International Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park Welcomes Mark Huntley as the New General Manager and Regional Vice President Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Appoints Rob Smith as General Manager of the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota Rick Corcoran Becomes General Manager of The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa in California Benchmark Hospitality Names Ana Fonseca as Director of Sales & Marketing for the 124-room ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa in Miami Beach, Florida Will Lustberg Appointed as Chef of The Waldorf=Astoria's Famed Steakhouse, Bull & Bear, in New York City March 12, 2012 Travel Employment Outpaces Rest of U.S. Economy by 34%; More than Half of the Travel Industry Jobs Lost During Recession Have Been Recovered Anguilla Hotel & Tourism Association Signs with Regatta Out of Space with More Business than it Can Handle, Three Rivers Convention Center Officials in Kennewick, Washington Seek Help Dubai Ranks Top in the World in January 2012 for Hotel Occupancy at 86% and RevPAR at $232.70 Hotel Capitalization Rates Flatten at Strong Levels, According to USRC Hotel Investor Survey / Jeffrey H Walker Shuttered for Twelve Years, New Tax Deal Could Pave Way for Demolition and $170 million Rebuild of Montecito, California's Miramar Hotel Wolfgang Puck Lands at Historic Hotel Bel-Air; At Long Last Hotel has a Serious Restaurant with Seriously Good Food 740-Room Luxury Hotel in Phoenix Seeking New General Manager; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 260 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership The Mansion on Peachtree in Atlanta, Georgia to be Rebranded as a Mandarin Oriental; The 127-room Hotel and 25 Private Resident Development to be Managed by Mandarin Oriental Effective May 2012 Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Acquires the 228-room Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, a Property Managed by Fairmont Since 2002, from Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership Rayadah Investment Company Partners with IHG to Open Two New Hotels in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; The 225-room Hotel Indigo Riyadh KAFD and the 218-room InterContinental Riyadh KAFD Xi'an Haoxianglai Investment Holding Co. Selects Wyndham Hotel Group to Manage the 565-room Wyndham Grand Xi'an South Under Construction in China's Shaanxi Province Hospitality Softnet, Inc. Officially Endorses the Wounded Warrior Project HFTP's 2012 Club and Hotel Controllers Conference to Focus on Bringing Balance to the Workplace; To Occur with HITEC, June 25-27 in Baltimore, Maryland Boston Based Boylston Properties Tearing Down Ace Ticket Storefront to Make Way for 175-room Marriott Residence Inn Near Fenway Park Cowtown Proved to be a Popular Hotel Destination in 2011 with Occupancy Up 8% and RevPAR Increasing 11% Over 2010 Residence Inn by Marriott Unleashes New Campaign, "It's Not a Room. It's a Residence"; Spotlights Extended Stay Guest's Need for Room to Work, Play and Chill Cairn Hotel Group to Launch Renovation and Expansion of the Historic Royal British Hotel at Princes Street in Edinburgh, Scotland; When Complete the 1820s Hotel Will Become an 81-room Upscale Boutique TVHG Budget Group Beheer BV (TVHG) and Interstate Hotels & Resorts Open the 252-room Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam-Sloterdijk Station in the Netherlands Global Hospitality Management and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Open the 204-room Park Inn by Radisson in Fresno, California Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces Opens Vivanta by Taj - Bekal, a Spa Resort in North Kerala in India Hotel Association of Canada Hall of Fame Awards of Excellence Presented in Categories of Humanitarian, Human Resources and Energy & Environment Frederick W. Julius, III Named Vice President of Operations for The Wilderman Group Dolce Hotels and Resorts Appoints Karine Pinson as Vice President of Sales, Europe Benchmark Hospitality Promotes Jacqueline Humes to Area Director of Finance; Responsible for both the 124-room ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa, Miami Beach and the 160-room Marenas Resort, Sunny Isles Beach, North Miami in Florida Ludek Louda Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for the 372-room InterContinental Prague in the Czech Republic March 9, 2012 Forensic Audit of South Carolina Hospitality Association's Books Reveal Funds Equalling Nearly $500K Unaccounted For; No Link to Tom Sponseller Found Hospitality Properties Trust to Invest $165 Million in Renovations to 77 Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites Hotels Owned by HPT and Managed by IHG Expedia Overhauls its Hotel Reviews Feature; Consumers Can Now Sort Verified Reviews by Shared Interest Wanted: Developers, Designers for Houston, Texas Convention Hotel; Houston First Corp. Seeking Proposals from Developers and Designers Who Could Build, Own and Operate the Planned Hotel with at Least 1,000 Rooms Built in 1891, the Iconic 60-room Nantucket Hotel & Resort, Reborn After Multi-Year Rebuild Nears Completion; Owners, Mark and Gwenn Snider, to Welcome Summer 2012 Guests to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 335-room Hotel Palomar, Washington, DC for $143.8 million Don't Throw Service into the Penalty Box! Lead the Way to Winning Results and Guest Scores! / Roberta Nedry Deadline Approaching: Hotel Pools Must Have Disabled Access; The Latest Americans with Disabilities Act Regulations Take Effect on March 15, 2012 Pacifica Hotel Company Acquires The 127-room Belamar Hotel in Manhattan Beach, California; Plans $500,000 Investment Over Next Three Years for Property Upgrades World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Predicts Travel and Tourism to Exceed 100 million Jobs and US$2 trillion GDP in 2012 U.S. Department of Commerce Report Shows 2011 International Visitation to the U.S. Sets New Record; Top Inbound Markets Continue to be Canada and Mexico La Quinta Inns & Suites Launches LQ-Instant Hold, Travelers May Now Reserve Rooms On-The-Go Using Just a Phone Number Constance Hotels Chooses Trust International as CRS, Distribution Partner; Signing Ceremony at ITB Berlin SuiteLinq Taps the Talents of Steve Geltman to Drive Content and Sponsorship Sales for its All-In-One Digital Content, Connectivity & Commerce Platform How Good is Your Hotel's Online Reputation? Lodging Interactive Sites 5 Top Reasons Why Hoteliers Should Add a Guest Review System to their Website Las Vegas Visitor Traffic Sees Slight Uptick in January 2012 over 2011 Despite One Less Weekend in the January 2012 Calendar HSMAI Greater New York Chapter Awarded for Excellence and Innovation with HSMAI's "Chapter Best of the Best Awards" Hyatt to Re-flag Avia Hotels in Napa, California and Savannah, Georgia as Andaz Napa and Andaz Savannah Jumeirah Group Opens Three Newest European Properties in Rome, London and Mallorca; The Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto, the Grosvenor House Apartments by Jumeirah Living and the Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel & Spa Amanresorts to Open Amanzoe in Summer 2012 on Greece's Peloponnese Peninsula Tropicana Las Vegas Clubs Under New Ownership for the Third Time in a Year; ONE Group to Rebrand Nightclub and Dayclub TradeWinds Island Grand in St. Pete Beach, Florida Completes $20 Million Guest Room Renovation Courtyard by Marriott Miami Aventura Mall Completes Brand Refresh with Updated Lobby, Bistro and Meeting Rooms Turnberry Associates Completes Courtyard Orlando Downtown Brand Refresh 7 Days Group Holdings Limited Appoints Yuezhou Lin Chief Operating Officer Adrian Bradley Appointed as Chief Financial Officer for Jumeirah Group Kerzner International Appoints Jennifer Glaisek Ferguson as Senior Vice President of Global Communications and Public Relations Brett Forshag Joins HRI Lodging as Vice President of Sales Dora Rodriguez Named as Transient Sales Manager the Newly Rebranded 334-room Hyatt North Houston in Texas Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors Elects David R. Giblin 2012 Chairman March 7, 2012 Knowland Hires Veteran Chief Operating Officer; Former Barclaycard U.S. Vice Chairman & COO brings proven leadership record in rapid growth organizations, enterprise sales and data-centric, customer driven innovation to the travel industry Pegasus Solutions First to Offer Hotels Responsive Design for Mobile; Hotel Customer Realizes Half a Million USD through iPad Bookings Alone in January 2012 HVS's Annual Hotel Development Cost Survey Results 2011-2012 / Elaine Sahlins ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyer: More clarification or confusion on March 15 ADA standards? / Jim Butler 2011 a Record Year for California Hotel Sales Totaling More Than $5.3 billion, Eclisping Previous Record Set in 2006 / Lori Weisberg Embassy Suites Hotels Salutes Best-in-Brand for 2011; Robert Kisabeth Awarded The Hervey Feldman Award - General Manager of the Year Wyndham Hotel Group Launches the Super 8 Brand in Germany; Development Agreement with Tristar Hotel GmbH and Colliers Hotel GmbH Calls for a Minimum of 10 Super 8 Properties in Germany Over the Next Five Years Flughafen Zurich AG Selects Hyatt for Two New Hotels at Zurich Airport's New Mixed Use Development Known as The Circle; The 250-room Hyatt Regency and the 300-room Hyatt Place Hotels to Open in Early 2017 VTB Arena Park and a Hyatt Affiliate Enter Management Agreement for the 297-room Hyatt Regency Moscow Set to Open in Russia in 2015 Jupiter CY LLC Gains Approval for Development of $20 million Courtyard by Marriott in Abacoa, Florida Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $17,500,000 of First Mortgage Financing for the Doubletree By Hilton Hotel Dallas-Campbell Centre Pegasus Solutions Expands Voice Services Offering; Hotel Customer Realizes Additional $11.6M USD in Revenue RateGain integrates with reconline AG to enable distribution on all 4 GDSs through ChannelGain; RateGain's channel management solution now offers online inventory distribution functionality to all 4 GDSs to its subscriber hotels. StarCite, Part of Active Network, and Worldhotels Announce New Partnership; Worldhotels' Participating Properties to Increase Their Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions Business (MICE) Through StarCite's Global Supplier Marketplace Targeting Ancillary Revenue Growth in a Feasible Way / Ritesh Gupta Hunter Realty Represents Summit Hotel Properties in $22.1 Million Acquisition Agenda Set for the Young Hoteliers Summit 2012 to be Held in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 19-21, 2012; To be Attended by 54 Students from 19 International Hospitality Schools and Industry Leaders Business Travel is Picking Up While Leisure Travel is Expected to Remain Static According to the 2012 Hotel Association of Canada's Canadian Travel Intentions Survey Love of One's Fellow Man in the Experiential Hospitality / Osvaldo Torres Cruz KPM Hotel Group Moves Closer to Development of $17 million Springhill Suites by Marriott in Downtown Bloomington, Indiana with Plans Approved Santa Cruz, California's Former University Inn & Conference Center Will Reopen as Hotel Paradox After Owners, BPR Properties, Complete Multimillion Dollar Remodel Las Alamandas in Costalegre, Mexico Completes Major Renovation Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Appoints General Managers for Key Dubai Properties; Khazza Khamis for the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Downtown and Rob Collier for the Radisson Blu Residence, Dubai Marina Keith Hardie Named as General Manager for the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers in Bangkok, Thailand Adam Dyke Appointed as General Manager for Wynyard Hall Country House Hotel in the Tees Valley in England Salamander Hotels & Resorts Appoints Mary Hutchcraft as Director of Sales and Marketing at Reunion Resort, Part of Orlando's Grand Golf Resorts of Florida Ana Montano Becomes the Director of Food & Beverage at the 393-room Hyatt Regency Louisville in Kentucky March 6, 2012 Softscribe Inc. and UK-Based Johnson King Form Alliance: 'Global Reach: Branding Without Borders' Supports Clients with International Strategy Free Webinar - 'Facebook Timeline for Brands: How Hoteliers Can Take Advantage': What You Need to Know to Make the Switch and Optimize Your New Page Vail Resorts Reports Net Income of $46.4 million for 2nd Qrt. Fiscal 2012, Down 15% From 2nd Qrt. Fiscal 2011; 14.6% Decline in Skier Visits Offset by 13.5% Increase in Season Pass Revenue California's San Diego and Riverside Counties Hotel Sales Rocketed Upward in 2011; San Diego Sales Volume Ballooned to $1.9 billion, Up from $247 million and Riverside Rose to $100 million from $23.6 million in 2010 CBRE's Manhattan Hotel Real Estate Winter 2012 Snapshot Forecasts Continued Strength in Operating Metrics; New Supply Can be Absorbed as Occupancy Remained Constant at 84% in 2011 Mexico City Hotels Rebound with Double-Digit Growth Forecast According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels The 2012 Do's & Don'ts of Hotel Distribution / Max Starkov & Lauren DeGeorge Study Supports the $900 Million Proposed Project for an Expanded Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland; The Addition of an 18,500 Arena and a 500-room Sheraton Hotel Would Transform the City Despite Euro-Zone Crisis, Starwood Sees Increased Demand for Growth and Plans to Open 25 New Hotels in Europe Within Four Years; Recent Growth in Luxury Room Count Seems to Defy Global Economic Climate Wyndham Hotel Group Unveils New Room Concept for its Super 8 Brand in Europe and the Middle East; Modular Construction will Allow for More Economical Hotel Development Sticking to Target Group's Preferences While Improving Customer Cross and Up-Sell / Ritesh Gupta Yellow Dog Software Provides Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas with Retail Inventory Management Lucky Thirteen for Grand Pacific Resort Management (GPRM); Resort Timeshare Management's 'Best Kept Secret' Dominates Industry Award Program Nominations Occidental Grand Xcaret Announces 'First Club' Opening; Personal Butler Fulfills Requests for Emergency Piña Coladas on the Beach PSAV Wins Bronze Stevie® Award in 2012 for Sales & Customer Service; The leading supplier of audiovisual and event technologies is hailed for its efforts to continually improve customer satisfaction More Details Emerge of Phantoms' Allentown, Pennsylvania Arena, Offices, Hotel Project as the Allentown Commercial Industrial Development Authority Works to Identify a Developer; Current Cost for Plan Estimated at $158 Million Turkish Brand Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International Enters Management Agreement with Apeas Engineering and Consultation for 10 New Brand, Dedeman Park Hotels, Over Next Five Years; First Up is the 120-room Dedeman Park Denizli in City of Denizli, Southwestern Turkey Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Undergo $50 million Room Redesign Project After Two Years of Flying High, Orlando Visitor Growth Expected to Taper Off this Year Judge Halts Foreclosure Auction of Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel in Texas Giving the New Owner, Vestin Orignations of Las Vegas, Time to Find Financing Agnelo Fernandes, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Terranea Resort in California, Recognized by HSMAI as One of the "Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing" Owner, VVA Hotels Pvt Ltd, and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Open the 162-room Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai City Centre in India Laurus Corporation Completes Acquisition of the 130-room Ramada Suites Hotel at New Orleans Airport in Louisiana Miramar Group Unveils Name of First Small Designer Lifestyle Hotel with the 91-key Mira Moon Set to Open in Hong Kong in December 2012 Driftwood Hospitality Assumes Management of the 215-room Hartford Plaza Hotel in East Hartford, Connecticut Richfield Hospitality Assumes Management and Launches New Marketing for Casa Moderna, the 56-room Miami, Florida Boutique Officially Opened by JFK in 1963, Washington, D.C.'s Historic 356-room Madison Hotel Completes $20 million Restoration; Owned by Jamestown and Managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Recognizes Peter H. Mason, CHA and Executive Vice President of Konover Hotel Corporation, for Achieving 25 Years as a Certified Hotel Administrator Stuart Williams Named as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia SBE Hotel Group Names Management Team for the SLS Hotel South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida; General Manager Albert Mertz, Director of Sales & Marketing Gregg Karasik and Director of Food and Beverage C. Luke Mathot March 5, 2012 Sabre Hospitality Solutions Releases Innovative New Version of its Guest Connect Booking Engine; Versatile, scalable and social - just a few of its highlights Pool Lift Deadline Looming - Are Hotel Pools Accessible to the Disabled? Industry Lobbyists Insist Guidelines Have Been Unclear and in Some Cases Financially Onerous / Lori Weisberg 10 New Changes to Facebook Business Pages & How Hotels Can Prepare Fairmont Pittsburgh's Success Brings with it Success for Other Downtown Hotels Revel's $2.9 Billion Megaresort in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Undergo $12.4 Million Project Adding 309 Rooms in Order to Meet Threshold Requirements in Relation to Casino Floor Space Planning Underway for Lone Star Court Hotel in Austin, Texas; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 178 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Isle of Capri Casinos Enters Definitive Purchase Agreement to Sell Isle Casino Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi to Golden Nugget Biloxi, Inc. for Approximately $45 million South Carolina Hospitality Association Begins Process of Rebuilding and Restoring Credibility While Probe into Missing Funds Continues Magnolia Finest Corporation Limited and Hilton Worldwide Enter Management Agreement to Welcome First Waldorf Astoria in Southeast Asia; The 170-room Waldorf Astoria Bangkok to Open in Thailand in 2015 Southampton Row Hotel LLP Rebrands London's 225-room Hesperia London Victoria to DoubleTree by Hilton London-Victoria; Managed by Crimson Hotel Group Shanghai Jin Cang Mandarin Hotel Ltd. Selects Interstate China, a Joint Venture Between Interstate Hotels & Resorts and Jin Jiang Hotels, to Manage Shanghai's 514-room JC Mandarin Hotel Communicating with Your Customers / Jim Hartigan Commemorative Earth Day Key Cards Now Available to Hoteliers; Sustainable Wood Hotel Key Cards Send Positive Message about Environment eRevMax International Appoints Michael McCartan to CEO; Global software and services house, owner of RateTiger, restructures for new growth initiative Debra Golden Leads Hospitality Softnet's Teleprospecting Services for National Brands, Individual Hotels, and CVB's Trust International is 1st Independent CRS to Offer the Functionalities to Support Hotel ADA Compliance Growth Trends Continue for the Caribbean; Expedia Data Shows a 12% Increase in Room Night Bookings to the Region During Q4 2011 Agenda Set, Registration Open for 34th Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference; Program Highlights Include Governor Chris Christie, NBC News' Chuck Todd, Giants of Real Estate Panel and Industry CEO Line-up Palm Beach County Florida's Workforce Alliance Launches HOST - Hospitality Occupation and Service Training - To Find and Train Local Residents to Fill Hospitality Jobs; Four Year Goal to Eliminate Foreign Guest Workers at Hospitality Venues Makyol Construction Industry Tourism and Trading Co. Inc. and Starwood Hotels Debut the 259-room Le Meridien Istanbul Etiler in Istanbul, Turkey Sands China Ltd and Hilton Worldwide to Open the World's Largest Conrad Hotel; The 636-room Conrad Macao, Cotai Central to Open Next Month in Macao Richland Hospitality Starts Construction of $6.5 Million 90-room Marriott TownPlace Suites Hotel in Richland, Washington Resuming the Stalled Project Planned in 2008 Davidson Hotels & Resorts and Owner, Crow Holdings Capital Partners, Complete Mutli-million Renovation of the 496-room Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia Regent Hotels & Resorts Appoints Peter Finamore as Senior Vice President of Operations Interstate Hotels & Resorts Names Pre-Opening Team of Steve Buckler as General Manager and Macaire Matchett as Director of Sales for the 204-room Hyatt Place Braintree in Braintree, Massachusetts Tim Bugas Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing for The 483-room Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Perry Kokotis as Executive Chef for Chicago's World of Whirlpool, a Brand and Product Experience Conference Center March 2, 2012 The World’s Worst Tourists? Americans Agree, It's Us; New LivingSocial Survey Finds Americans Think We Are World's Worst Travelers; 78 Percent of Americans Have Visited At Least One Foreign Country; 40 Percent Have Stolen from Hotels California's Grande Colonial Hotel Selects VingCard Elsafe RFID Locks For Security Upgrades; Four Diamond Award-winning resort extends longtime association with VingCard Elsafe by installing next-generation technology. Hersha Hospitality Trust Acquires Philadelphia's The Rittenhouse Hotel Princeton Ends Investments In HEI Hospitality Citing Business Considerations Mustering Military Demand in Southeastern Hotel Markets: Military Installations are Impacting Hotel Demand and Average Rates / Heidi Nielsen Trading Improvement Boosts European Hotel Values with Further Growth Forecast, According to HVS's Annual Hotel Valuation Index Single Asset Deals Accounted for 60% of Total Hotel Investment Volumes in 2011 Across EMEA According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels' Hotel Investment Highlights Report Pam Richardson, California Hotel & Lodging Association 2011 Chair, is Honored with 2011 State Leadership Award by the American Hotel & Lodging Association Leisure Hospitality Founder, Robert Patel, Says, "I'm Done!" - The Hotel Developer Pulls Out of the $8.5 Million Hampton Inn and Suites Project in Claremore, Oklahoma Citing Difficulty Working with the City Carlson Wagonlit Travel Reports Record Performance in 2011 with Sales Volume Growth of 15.2% to $28 billion Groupize, A New Small Group Travel Planning and Booking Site Launches Guest-tek's OneView HSIA Platform Records Over Half A Million Logins In A Single Day Shift4 Continues Expansion into Online Payments with Magento Integration Pennsylvania State-wide Tourism Summit Planned to Work Toward a Stronger Voice for the Industry with State Government; April 29-May 2, 2012 Event to Include April 30th Rally at State Capitol Elara, a Hilton Grand Vacations Club, Debuts Center Strip in Las Vegas Through a Rebranding of the 1201-unit Planet Hollywood Towers by Westgate Former Best Western-Red Rock Inn in Gallup, New Mexico Becomes Days Inn and Suites Hotel; Owner, Bajrang Corporation, Plans Three Phase Property Improvements The 70-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott to Open in Grand Junction, Colorado; Owned and Managed by Main Street Management Driftwood Hospitality to Manage the 200-room Holiday Inn San Jose Downtown - Aurola in Costa Rica $7 Million Renovation of 38,000 Square Feet of Meeting and Banquet Facilities Unveiled at Chicago's 752-room Westin Michigan Avenue Sixteen Suites and Connecting Rooms Receive $3.4 Million Upgrade at the 172-room Hyatt at The Bellevue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The 200-room Courtyard Orlando Downtown in Florida Completes Renovation to Public Spaces Dolce Hotels and Resorts Names David Anderson as Managing Director, Europe Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Bibiana Galindo as Controller for the 160-room Marenas Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida March 1, 2012 IDeaS Revenue Solutions Announces Intuitive, Affordable Pricing System for Limited-Service Hotels; New system enables busy general managers to effectively manage pricing in just a few clicks per day How to Lose Friends (Employees) and Repulse People (Everyone Else) / William P. Fisher. Ph.D. Nobody Asked me, But...No. 86; Choice’s Settlement with AAHOA; Don’t Demolish the Javits Center; NYC & Company’s Successful Marketing Strategy; Quote of the Month / Stanley Turkel PCMA's Successful Experiment With Hybrid Meetings / David Brudney The Future is Mobile but it Has to be Integrated Across the Business; An Interview with Bill Keen, Director of Mobile Solutions at IHG Group Redevelopment Plan for Hyde Park Corner in London, England to Include Super-luxury Hotel as Centerpiece Developers Unveil Rendering of Proposed Hardeeville, South Carolina Casino Complex; The Complex within the Hilton Head Lakes Development would Include a 400-room Hotel and Conference Center Talks Underway to Add a 175-room Hotel to the $158 Million Hockey Arena Sports Complex Under Development in Allentown, Pennsylvania Hyatt Affiliate and Hyundai Development Company Enter Management Agreement for the 268-room Park Hyatt Busan to be Developed in South Korea; Slated for a 2013 Opening United Capital Corp. Acquires the 254-room Ocean Place Resort & Spa, Long Branch, New Jersey; Property to Undergo $15 million Renovation Sofitel Luxury Hotels Opens the 238-room Sofitel So Bangkok in Thailand Francis Ford Coppola's Palazzo Margherita Opens in Bernalda in Southern Italy Oberoi Hotels & Resorts Rated #1 In Guest Satisfaction For 2011; Rebounding Economy Boosts Customer Service Levels Across Industry; Market Metrix Announces Annual 2011 Hospitality Index Results Hunley Hotel Scores a Hole-in-One with Infor10 SoftBrands HMS in the Cloud; Deployment of Hotel Management System (HMS) Set to Boost Visibility and Profitability for Luxury Hotel & Golf Venue Lodging Interactive Launches 'InnterACT' Website Analytics & Social Tool; With Lodging Interactive's InnterACT portal, hoteliers can access real-time analytics, archived reports and search engine ranking PLUS monitor their social media presence Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Holiday Inn Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas HSMAI Honors Pegasus Solutions with Gold Adrian Award TourOnline Under Contract with Trust International; With TourOnline, Trust International gains a dominant player in the German hotel industry as a new customer. The Moran & Bewley's Hotel Group Invests in Technology Upgrade Managing Social Media: In Pursuit of Happy Guests In Real-Time Hersha Hospitality Trust Closes on Sale of Two Connecticut Hotels; The Holiday Inn in Norwich and the SpringHill Suites in Waterford were Each Sold for $5.5 Million to Limited Liability Companies Affiliated with Starwood Capital Group AH&LA Launches Women in Lodging Connect Competition in Honor of National Women's Month; WIL State Chapters Challenged to Rally the Most New Members by June 1, 2012 Strand Development Opens and Will Operate Under a Long Term Contract the 49-suite Affordable Suites Hotel in Augusta, Georgia Sheraton Safari Hotel and Suites in Orlando, Florida Completes $25 million Transformation and Becomes the 490-room Sheraton Lake Buena Vista Resort Paul Bazzano of Millcraft Industries Awarded Regional General Manager of the Year Northeast & Eastern Canada by Hilton Garden Inn Denihan Hospitality Group Names Danette Opaczewski Executive Vice President, Operations Karambir Kang Named General Manager of Taj Boston & Area Director, Taj Hotels - The Americas Reed Kandalaft Appointed as Hotel Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills in California Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Names Apichart Asa as General Manager of the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas in Thailand JRK Hotel Group Appoints Chad Olson as General Manager for the 182-room Villa Florence Hotel in San Francisco, California Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Colleen Pace as Director of Sales for the 316-room Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa in Colorado Names James Steinbach as Director of Group Sales and Rowland Cheeks as Senior Sales Manager Beth Lukens Joins Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina in the British Virgin Islands as Group Sales Manager Peppers Beach Club & Spa in Palm Cove, Australia Names Vanessa Grace as Executive Chef Top 25 Read Articles - February 2012 David Lewin, General Manager of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, Shares Lessons Learned in a Lifetime of Hospitality Benchmark Hospitality International Releases Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2012 As Observed by its Properties Tom Sponseller, CEO of South Carolina Hospitality Association, Found Dead ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyer Advisory: DOJ Clarifies March 15, 2012 Mandatory Pool Lift Requirement! (Uh-oh!) / Jim Butler & Martin Orlick The 5 Golden Rules of Social Media ROI / Marco Saio Investors Suing Over Losses at the Stalled $2.9 Billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas Project Discover Internal Documents Detailing Alleged Cost Overrun Cover-Up of Up to $450 Million Sunstone Hotel Investors Re-Positioning to Higher-end Properties? Two California Hotels, the San Diego Marriott Del Mar, and the Del Mar Hilton on the Market / Lori Weisberg People Depend On You For Their Safety: Department of Homeland Security Releases Free Online Risk Self-Assessment Tool (RSAT) for Convention Centers & Lodging Prism Hotel & Resorts Selected to Takeover and Manage a 12-Property, 1877-room Hotel Portfolio Changing of the Guard at Marriott, a Q & A with Bill Marriott and Arne Sorenson; Their Transition and the Importance of the South Florida Hotel Market FelCor Lodging Trust Acquires Iconic New York City Knickerbocker Hotel for $115 million; Also Marketing 16 Non-Strategic Hotels to Support Portfolio Repositioning Strategy and Strengthen Balance Sheet Heirs to Murdered Hotelier, Ben Novack Jr., Sought in Effort to Wrestle Estate From Novak's Wife, Who Stands Charged for Arranging His Death Cap Juluca Resort on Anguilla, British West Indies to be Sold at Public Auction Can TripAdvisor Transform Itself From an Industry Foe to an Industry Friend? / Max Starkov IHG Launches EVEN Hotels; First Mainstream Hotel Brand Focused on Wellness New Jekyll Island Convention Center, to be Completed on Schedule and Under Budget, to Provide Powerful Economic Boost for Georgia and its Golden Isles; Historic Levels for Bookings Projected for 2013 and Beyond Hersha Hospitality Completes Sale of 14 Non-Core Properties Generating Net Proceeds of $40.5 Million; Part of an Ongoing Portfolio Transformation, Four More Sales to Close by End of Q1 2012 The Peabody Ducks Are Marching with a New Duckmaster; Anthony Petrina Steps into the Role at The Peabody Memphis in Tennessee where the Tradition Began 70 Years Ago FBI Tips for Hotels: How to spot terrorists and what to do / Jim Butler JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona Avoids Auction Block, for Now, as Lenders Do Battle Hilton Worldwide Re-Brands the Elysian in Illinois as the Waldorf Astoria Chicago Century-Old Building in Downtown Los Angeles Set to go From Drug Den to Luxury Inn; Developers Plan a $25 Million Rebuild for a 45 to 60 Room Boutique Hotel Noble Investment Group Acquires the Hotel Midtown in Atlanta and the Holiday Inn Memphis East to be Redeveloped as the Hyatt Atlanta Midtown and Memphis Marriott East; Noble has made $350 million in new investments over the past 12 months, increasing owned portfolio by 14 hotels Bringing Out The Best In Guests, Brings Out The Best In Frontline Colleagues / Doug Kennedy Bad Timing Rubbed Out Hotel Dreams for a Pair of Tucson Real Estate Investors February 29, 2012 Tom Sponseller, CEO of South Carolina Hospitality Association, Found Dead Independent Operators and Hotel Groups Seeking Cloud-Based PMS to Lower Costs, Increase Productivity, Improve Guest Service Select Maestro by NORTHWIND; Cloud-Platform Maestro (SaaS) Frees Up Staff, Provides PCI Compliant Secure Environment, Reduces Hardware Expenses and Drives Profitability FelCor Lodging Trust Posts 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $42.8 million Compared to Net Loss of $103.1 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR for its 43 Hotels Increased 4.8% for the Quarter / Hotel Operating Statistics Hospitality Properties Trust Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $30.7 million Compared to a Net Loss of $100.4 million the Year-Ago Qtr.; RevPAR Increased 6.9% Morgans Hotel Group Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $20.4 million Compared to a Loss of $9.5 million Same Year Ago Qtr; System Wide RevPar up 4.1% / Hotel Operating Statistics DiamondRock Hospitality Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $4.9 million Compared to Net Income of $1.9 million for Comparable 2010 Period; Revpar Increased 6.2%; Sale of Three Non-Core Hotels Expected to Close Q1 2012 / Hotel Operating Statistics Red Lion Hotels Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $20.2 million Compared with Net Loss of $7.1 million Same Period 2010; RevPAR Decreases .9% Columbia Pacific Opportunity Fund, the Largest Shareholder of Red Lion Hotels, Urges Sale of the Company Summit Hotel Properties Reports 4th Quarter 2011 Net Loss of $2.4 million Compared to a Net Loss of Approximately $14.0 million Same Period Last Year; RevPAR Increased 3.6% La Quinta Inns & Suites Partners with Local Hotel Operator, Grupo TAO, to Expand in Colombia; Plans to Break Ground in Medellin for the First of Three New Hotels in the Country ADA ALERT - A Call to Action Before the March 15, 2012 ADA Deadline / Jim Butler American Hotel & Lodging Association Presents 2012 John Whitaker Award to James G Weitkamp, Vice President, Harbor Linen, LLC; State Leadership Awards Presented to Members of Each Partner State Association in Recognition of Their Assistance with AH&LA Programs Rapidly Shrinking French Hotel Supply in 2012; MKG Hospitality States it's Urgent to Sound the Alarm When the Situation is Going From Worse to Worst at an Accelerated Pace Meet Industry Experts on the Future of Hotel Website Design / Erica Garza ResortCom International Receives Rewards; Pioneer Company in Shared Ownership Industry Acknowledged for Excellence with Finalist Nominations Made Only of Data, Mobile Key by OpenWays is 'Key' to a Greener Earth; There are no keycards greener than the OpenWays Crypto Acoustic Credential that enables hotel guests to unlock their rooms via mobile phone EI Updates Certified Hospitality Educator Workshop Summit Hotel Properties Completes Acquisition of Two Birmingham, Alabama Hotels; Transactions Close for the 130-room Hilton Garden Inn Liberty Park and the 95-room Hilton Garden Inn Lakeshore The World's Top Concierges Gather in London for the 59th International Congress of Les Clefs d'Or Concierges; Discuss the Impact of Social Media, the Expanding Global Markets and the Escalating Demand for Personalized Services Hilton Worldwide Signs Management Agreement with Dandong Huilong Industrial Development Co for the 190-room Hilton Garden Inn Dandong in North China; Construction to Begin in March 2012 for a March 2014 Opening New Hilton Hotel Slated for Hyannis, Massachusetts with the 160-room DoubleTree by Hilton to Open by Late April 2012 through the Renovation and Rebranding of the Former Radisson Home2 Suites by Hilton Breaks Ground for the 78-suite Home2 Suites in Huntsville, Alabama; The Brand's First Dual Build Property will Share the Site with the 97-room Hampton Inn & Suites RIU Hotels & Resorts and the Tikida Group to Develop the 444-room Riu Palace Tikida Agadir in Morocco W Hotels Debuts in France with the Opening the 91-room W Paris - Opéra; Owned by Meridia Capital and Designed Inside an Historic 1870s Building Lark Hotels, a Collection of Atlantic Shore Boutique Hotels Launches, in New England with Four Historic Properties in Three Seaside Locations Gateway Hospitality Group Names George Iannacone as Regional Director of Operations & Development Mark Plonkey Appointed as General Manager for the 110-room Hotel Teatro in Denver, Colorado Kimberly Wilson Appointed as General Manager for the 650-room Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida McKibbon Hotel Management Names Catherine Harris as General Manager for the 115-room New-build Aloft Hotel Asheville Downtown in North Carolina to Open in August 2012 February 28, 2012 KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort Named 2011 eMarketer of the Year for its Creative Connections with Today's 'Always On' Consumer; TravelClick® hotel customers take home thirteen Adrian Awards for excellence in digital marketing Maryland Live! Casino Selects Agilysys Stratton Warren System; Property to Use Inventory and Procurement System to Automate Processes, Reduce Costs HSMAI's 55th Annual Adrian Awards Event Honors Top Individuals and Companies for Achievements in Hospitality Advertising, Public Relations, and Digital Marketingl Homewood Suites Names Top Performing Hotels of 2011; Homewood Suites by Hilton Mobile-East Bay/Daphne in Alabama Receives 2011 Connie Award It's Official: Trump to Buy South Florida's Doral Golf Resort for $150 million and Spend Another $150 million Renovating Hotel and Golf Courses IHG Launches EVEN Hotels, the First Mainstream Hotel Brand Focused on Wellness Tiered Pricing and Yield – Key Drivers of Extended Stay Success / Mark Lynn GlobeSt.com Interviews JMBM's ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyers: Hotels Handle Pool Lift Regulations / Jim Butler Dedicated to Social Media, Part II: InterContinental Hotels Group / Daniel Edward Craig European Hotel Transactions on the Rise with Improved Trading Performance but Still Well Below the Peak of 2006 Interstate China Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 850-room DoubleTree by Hilton Shanghai-Pudong in China, Formerly the Sofitel JJ Oriental Hotel and Owned by Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Marriott International Retains LRA Worldwide for Global Quality Assurance Audit Program; Decision marks the first time entire Marriott portfolio will be served by one partner Blueprint RF Welcomes Lee Dickens as CIO; Increased concentration on Data aligns company for future initiatives STAFFScope Helps Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau Achieve Top 40 Places to Work Listing SoftBrands Delivers Increased Speed and Agility to the Hospitality Industry; Enhancements to Infor10 SoftBrands HMS Change the Way Hotel Companies Work with Event-driven intelligence and Social Monitoring execution InnLink Launches New Brand and Suite of Destination Booking Solutions - VisitUs PSAV® Aiding in Downtown Las Vegas Revitalization, Supporting Events that Attract Meeting Planners and 'Wow' Participants; PSAV® Presentation Services partners with MEET Las Vegas, the Plaza Hotel and Casino, and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health to electrify events Newmarket International Receives 2012 MarketTools Ace (Achievement In Customer Excellence) Award; Prestigious Award Recognizes Leaders in Using Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) to Increase Customer Satisfaction and Improve Business Results Merchant Link and Transaction Resources Team Up to Streamline and Secure Payments for Ski Resorts; New Partnership Allows Ski Resorts to Manage All Payment Transactions from Any Point-of-Sale Across the Resort Vision Hospitality Group Starts Construction on the 134-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Opening Planned for Spring 2013 The National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia Offers Five Tips for Planning Government Meetings Richard C. Kessler Describes Expansion Plans for The Kessler Collection within the Next Three to Five Years in Key U.S. Cities Wyndham Hotel Group's Microtel Brand to Become Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham; Rebranding Strategy Taking Advantage of Wyndham Brand's Recognition Accor Tailors Mercure for China with the Launch of 'Mei Jue' Brand; A Tailor-Made Grand Mercure for the Chinese Upscale Market Ascend Collection from Choice Debuts in Central America while Continuing North American Expansion with Two New Canadian Properties; The Gran Hotel in Costa Rica, the St-Christophe Hotel & Spa in Quebec and the Hidden Valley Resort in Ontario Join the Portfolio The 395-room Courtyard by Marriott Ottawa East to Open in Canada; Owned and Managed by Bona Building & Management The Hotel Group's Lara Latture Named One of Nashville's Most Influential Women; A Finalist in the Nashville Business Journal's 2012 Women of Influence Awards Program, Latture Was One of 31 Women Recognized for Making an Impact in Nashville Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Kanwaljeet 'Rikki' Boparai as General Manager for the 124-room ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa in Miami Beach, Florida February 27, 2012 Benchmark Hospitality International Releases Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2012 as Observed by its Properties The Stafford London by Kempinski Exceeds Guest Expectations with Help of GoConcierge; Web-based Application Adds Efficiencies to Concierge, Other Departments A Hotelier's Viewpoint on the Current Status of the Flash Sales Model Cap Juluca Resort on Anguilla, British West Indies to be Sold at Public Auction Trump Edging Closer to Purchase of South Florida's Doral Golf Resort, Home of the Blue Monster; Expected to be Lone Suitor of 692-room Property with Bid of $150 million With the Loss of Dennis Gomes, Atlantic City's Resorts Casino Hotel Must Determine Who Can Successfully Continue to Implement Gomes' Turnaround Plans New General Manager at New Jersey Sheraton; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 306 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership Amenity Dispensers Answer $176 Million Question / Ray Burger Tax Fight Over Online Hotel Bookings, an Issue Popping Up Nationwide with Varying Results, Heads to Court in Portland, Oregon; City Officials Believe the Sites Have Underpaid Lodging Taxes Totaling $5 to $8 Million to Date La Quinta is the Decade's Fastest Growing Select Service; According to Smith Travel Reaserch, La Quinta's Worldwide Growth Exceeds its Nearest Competitor by More than 250% in the last ten years -- and in domestic growth by more than 25% in the last five years MICROS Offers its Customers a Greater Level of Security When Processing Credit Cards; Enhanced security is now available for MICROS OPERA and MICROS RES Customers with P2PE and Tokenization SBA Reviewing North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Hotelier's History of Problem Loans; Inquiry as to How Mike Mishra Received Stimulus Plan Funds After Defaulting on Prior Loans Shangri-La Debuts in Sri Lanka Breaking Ground on Two Properties; Work Begins on the 315-room Shangri-La's Hambantota Resort and Spa and the 661-room Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo Joie de Vivre Hotels to Open the 184-room Hotel Lincoln in Chicago, Illinois; Owned by AJ Capital Partners and Centrum Properties Holiday Inn Continues Expansion in Argentina with the Opening of the 114-room Holiday Inn Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Airport; Owned and Managed by Granados Hermanos SRL Choice Hotels Opens 5,000th Domestic Franchised Property with the Opening of the Comfort Suites in Katy, Texas The 370-room Hilton Dalian Opens in Dalian, China Agenda Set for the 16th Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC); To Occur April 24 - 26, 2012 in San Juan, Puerto Rico Costa Magoulas, Dean of Daytona State College School of Hospitality & Culinary Management, Named American Culinary Federations Southeast Region Chef Educator of the Year Choice Hotels International Appoints Barbara T. Alexander to its Board of Directors February 24, 2012 Resorts Casino Hotel CEO, Dennis Gomes, Dies at age 68 TalkHotels.com: A Free Network for Hospitality Professionals; Share ideas, ask questions, meet hospitality professionals from around the world, find vendors and local service providers. Free iPhone app available for download! FBI Tips for Hotels; How to spot terrorists and what to do. / Jim Butler Orient-Express Hotels Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $9.1 million Compared to a Loss of $15.3 million Same Period 2010; Revenue up 9% to $107.6 million, Same Store RevPAR up 11% in US Dollars Hersha Hospitality Reports 4th Quarter 2011 Net Loss of $2.8 million Compared to a Net Loss of $8.8 million in the Year-Ago Quarter; RevPAR up 8.8% Hersha Hospitality Completes Sale of 14 Non-Core Properties Generating Net Proceeds of $40.5 Million; Part of an Ongoing Portfolio Transformation, Four More Sales to Close by End of Q1 2012 The 5 Golden Rules of Social Media ROI Pennsylvania's Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem Lauded as Model of Success by the State's House Gaming Control Committee Chairman; Resort Sited as a Good Working Concept for Others to Aspire to Closing on the East Peoria, Illinois Redevelopment Agreement for $92.8 Million Marriott Hotel Project May Need Yet Another Extension; City Council Insisting that Closing will Occur Prior to March 30, 2012 Tropicana Las Vegas Reports 4th Quarter 2011 Revenue Soars but Higher Expenses Result in a Net Loss of $11 million for Quarter Global Business and Leisure Hotel Rates Continue Climb; Bookings ease off 2011 levels as rates in both channels increase +3.8% and +7.0% respectively The Knowland Group Begins Service in Vienna; Comprehensive, Next-Day Field Research Now Being Delivered to Austrian hoteliers Cvent Announces Corporate Meetings Summit; CEO of Concur Technologies to Keynote the Event; Followed by a Live Videocast of Hotel Executives Sharing Insider Negotiation Tips and Strategies for Meeting and Travel Professionals Northwest Hotel Investment Forum Plans a Meet The Brands Panel for its Spring 2012 Meeting The U.K.'s North East Hotels Association Honors Winners of their Excellence Awards; Victoria Paterson of Matfen Hall in Northumberland Named the Industry's Rising Star Rezidor to Open the 249-room Radisson Blu Hotel Conakry in the Republic of Guinea in 2014 The 218-room Enchantment Resort in Sedona, Arizona to Debut its $25 Million Transformation in Spring 2012 White Lodging and RLJ Development Complete Renovation of the 156-suite Residence Inn Chicago Oak Brook in Illinois Louvre Hotels Group Expands to Russia and Algeria with the Tulip Inn and Golden Tulip Brands Jim Donald Named as Chief Executive Officer for Extended Stay Hotels Jacques Hamou Appointed as General Manager for the 393-room St. Kitts Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino on the Caribbean Island of St. Kitts Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Jeff Wardlaw as General Manager for the Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas Brent R. Gresham Appointed as General Manager of the French Quarter Inn in Charleston, South Carolina Bryan Franz Named as Executive Chef for the 250-room Northern Quest Resort & Casino in Spokane, Washington February 23, 2012 Do's and Don'ts for Travel Campaigns on Facebook High-Tech Innovation Defines Luxurious ARIA Resort & Casino, Even in Its Uniform Department Operations; ARIA Uses RFID Tracking for 125,000 Uniforms for Staff of 8,000 LaSalle Hotel Properties Posts 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $.6 million Compared to a Loss of $17 million in the Prior Year Quarter: RevPAR Grew to $140.10, an Increase of 5% / Hotel Operating Statistics Chatham Lodging Trust Posts 4th Quarter 2011 Net Loss of $6.2 million Compared to Net Loss of $.3 million Same Period 2010; RevPAR Increased 5.7%; Outlines Strategic Plans to Increase FFO by Approximately 50% in 2012 Strategic Hotels & Resorts Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $15.9 million Compared to Net Loss of $134.8 million Same Period 2010; U.S. Same Store RevPAR increases 10.1% Century-Old Building in Downtown Los Angeles Set to go From Drug Den to Luxury Inn; Developers Plan a $25 Million Rebuild for a 45 to 60 Room Boutique Hotel Philadelphia Mayor Nutter Calls for a New Anchor Hotel to Serve the Expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center; Looking to Augment Recent Growth Resulting from City Investment of $71 Million in Hotel Development by Another 1,000 Rooms Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Selects the 248-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Amsterdam as its 2011 Global Hotel of the Year U.S. Employee, Kareem Cole, Selected as Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group's 2011 Global Employee of the Year; Chosen from More than 80,000 Employees, Cole is the Guest Services Agent at the Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Stone Mountain in Georgia HEI Hotels & Resorts' Fund III Acquires and Brands 154-room Hotel Le Meridien Arlington in Virginia; Jon Coleman Appointed as General Manager With a Global Pipeline Fueled by Demand in Emerging Markets, Sheraton to Open 20 Hotels in 2012; Among them will be Starwood's Largest Hotel in the World, the Nearly 4,000-room Sheraton Macao Heirs to Murdered Hotelier, Ben Novack Jr., Sought in Effort to Wrestle Estate From Novak's Wife, Who Stands Charged for Arranging His Death After Years of No New Construction, North Carolina's Triangle Region Sees Several Hotels Projects Breaking Ground IHG Launches Caribbean Destination Portal; Site Provides One-Stop Access to Special Hotel Packages in the Caribbean Register Now and Save for Meet the Money® 2012. Early Registration Expires on Feb 29th Innovation in Travel: Meet 5 New Companies Who Are Stepping Out of The Box in 2012 Lodging Interactive, CoMMingle Recognize Excellence with Director Promotions; Alicia Pavignano promoted to Lodging Interactive Director of Client Services; Rosella Virdo advanced to Director of CoMMingle Social Media Marketing Hunter Realty Shepherds Sale of Hotel Midtown - Atlanta in Complex Transaction; Hotel to Convert to Hyatt Brand Shearings Holidays Checks In for Growth with SoftBrands; SoftBrands Classic Starlight Set to Help UK Tour Operator Open New Markets and Drive Down Operational Costs South Florida Tourism off to Good Start in 2012 with Occupancy Over 79%, a 6% Increase Over 2011, and RevPAR Up 16% The Hamister Group Selected as Preferred Developer for Proposed $22.5 million Hotel Development in Niagara Falls, New York Chesapeake Hospitality Adds the 189-room Crowne Plaza Wilmington North in Delaware to its Management Portfolio Hotusa Group Enters a Joint Venture with Nobile Hotéis for the 750-suite Eurostars Brisas Do Lago Under Construction on Paranoa Lake in Brazil Accor's Pullman Hotels Expands in Europe with the Pullman Munich in Germany and the Pullman Eindhoven Cocagne in The Netherlands The Hotusa Group's Eurostars Hotels to Manage a New 323-room Hotel Under Development in the BD Bacatá Project in Bogotá, Colombia TownePlace Suites Celebrates Growth with Designation of its 200th Hotel with the 91-suite TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Monroe, Louisiana; Managed by InterMountain Management Hampton Hotels Opens the Hampton Inn by Hilton Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead in Georgia Unveils $12 Million Renovation to its 371 Guest Rooms and Public Spaces Relais Châteaux Property, the 49-suite Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in Rancho Santa Fe, California Undergoes Six-Month $20 Million Renovation The Westin Hefei Baohe Welcomes New General Manager Douglas Ariza-Giammaria The 49-suite Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in Rancho Santa Fe, California Names Nicole Sharp Director of Marketing and Tracy Schwartz Catering & Conference Sales Manager Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Brother Luck Executive Chef for Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas Guy Santoro Named as Executive Chef for the 189-room St. Regis Mexico City in Mexico February 22, 2012 TalkHotels.com: The First Network for Hospitality Professionals. Registration is FREE and Takes Less Than 60 Seconds to Begin Networking with Professionals From Around the World MGM Resorts International Reports Q4 2011 Net Loss of $113.7 million Compared to Loss of $139.2 million Prior Year Quarter; Domestic RevPAR Increased 10% Sunstone Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $43 million Compared to $30.4 million Same Period Prior Year; RevPAR Grows 5.9% Can TripAdvisor Transform Itself From an Industry Foe to an Industry Friend? / Max Starkov Bad Timing Rubbed Out Hotel Dreams for a Pair of Tucson Real Estate Investors The Ethics of Disaster Tourism: What is the right thing to do? Analysts Weigh in on Wynn Resorts Fight with Board Member Kazuo Okada Hilton Worldwide Plans 500 New Restaurants Globally in Three Years; Launches HiltonRestaurantConcepts.com Creating Partnership Opportunities for Restaurateurs IHG and Bangladesh Services Sign Management Agreement for the InterContinental Dhaka in Bangladesh; The Current Ruposhi Bangla Hotel Will Close for Renovation and Re-Branding to Re-Open as the InterContinental in 2014 New Castle Hotels & Resorts and Jekyll Landmark Associates, Owners and Co-Developers of Georgia's Jekyll Island Redevelopment, to Break Ground on the 200-room Westin Jekyll Island; Anticipated Opening in February 2014 Season Pass Price Positioning for Outdoor Waterparks / David J. Sangree, MAI, CPA, ISHC LRA Worldwide's 'Competitive Competencies' Puts Innovative Spin on Benchmarking; Provides Hotel Brands with Fresh Competitive Performance Data PSAV Named Finalist in 2012 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service; For the second consecutive year, the leading supplier of audiovisual and event technologies is hailed for its efforts to continually improve customer satisfaction U.S. News & World Report Names 19 Benchmark Hospitality Hotels & Resorts to 'Best Luxury Hotels List' for 2012 HFTP Begins Development of a Global Hospitality Accounting System Users Guide Digital Signage Expo (DSE) 2012 to Showcase the World's Newest Digital Signage Technology JT Hospitality Rebrands to Commune Hotels; Represents the Merger of Thompson Hotels and Joie de Vivre IHG to Create 3,000 Jobs in the UK by 2015 and Launches its Hospitality Training Academy in London in Partnership with Newham College Vail Resorts to Acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe, California; Adding a Third Resort to its Tahoe Region Portfolio Hilton New York JFK Airport Opens Through the Renovation and Reflagging of the 356-room International JFK Airport Hotel Bavaria Hotels International to Open its Second Property in Eastern Africa's Republic of Djibouti with the 48 Chalet Bavaria Mountain Resort Set to Open in the Village of Day in April 2012; The Bavaria Les Acacias Hotel Opened in Djibouti in 2011 The 124-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott to Open in Draper, Utah; Owned and Managed by the Woodbury Corporation The Wilderman Group Selected to Manage the LeGrand Center, the New $19 Million Conference Center in Shelby, North Carolina Seneca Gaming Corporation Celebrates Topping off of New Hotel Tower at Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel; $53 Million Project on Track to Add 200 Rooms to the 212-room Resort in Salamanca, New York $5.8 Million Renovation Underway for the 393-room Hyatt Regency Louisville in Kentucky Four Seasons Resorts Maldives at Kuda Huraa Welcomes Tulio Hochkoeppler as New General Manager Timbers Resorts Names Daniele Sera as Executive Chef of Castello di Casole in Tuscany, Italy February 21, 2012 Police Search Continues for Lobbyist, Tom Sponseller, CEO of South Carolina Hospitality Association, Missing Since Saturday Evision Worldwide Revives Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel’s Website with Stellar Images and Informative Blog The Mark Anthony Group of Companies Selects Cenium's ERP Solutions; Complexity of hospitality division to regular business operations made Cenium the only solution tailored to meet operations intricacies Choice Hotels Posts 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $24.8 million Compared to $24.1 million Same Year Ago Period; Domestic RevPAR Increases 7.8%, Full Year Net Income was $110.4 million / Hotel Operating Statistics Hotel Market Intelligence Report: Downtown Brooklyn, New York / Marina Kazartseva MGM Resorts International Enters Joint-Venture with Suning Real Estate Group for Development of 200-room Suning Bellagio Shanghai Bund Hotel in Shanghai, China Hyatt Affiliate to Develop 159-room Hyatt Place Omaha Downtown/Old Market in Nebraska; Opening Planned for 2014 Differentiating Your Property: Catering to Specific Clientele No Novelty for Las Vegas Casinos TripAdvisor Business Survey Reveals U.S. Hotels Optimistic for 2012 Economy; Data Indicates that One-Third of U.S. Travelers have Plans for Increased Travel Spending in 2012 While Remaining Cautious About the 2012 Economy, 50% of British Hoteliers Expect to be More Profitable in 2012 According to TripAdvisor Business Survey The Hospitality Partners, a Leading Independent Multi-Property Company with 3 Resorts, selects Skyware’s Integrated Enterprise PMS Suite and Online Centralized Booking Engine AAA Parking Serving Embassy Suites Montgomery The Liquidation Sale of the Fort Lee Regency Hotel Opens Thursday, February 23rd at 10:00 a.m. Sale Conducted by NCL/ National Content Liquidators, Inc.; Everything Must Go! SpeedRFP 2.0 Allows Hotels to 'Sell Direct' to Buyers, and Consolidate and Manage all Group Bookings in One Place; Introducing a Single Cloud-based RFP System for Selling to Corporate, Leisure, and even Wedding Customers Hunter Realty Brokers Sale of Hampton Inn, Duncan, Oklahoma; Savvy Investors and Precise Marketing Strategy Contribute to Quick Sale Luxury Property and Residences at Trump International Hotel & Tower® Toronto Debut with MICROS OPERA and MICROS POS; MICROS expands partnership with top-tier hotel brand, TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION, to provide a superior guest experience across properties The Beach House, a Holiday Inn Resort - Hilton Head Island to Open in South Carolina Through a Conversion and Renovation of the 202-room Holiday Inn - Hilton Head; Owned by Integrated Capital and Managed by Hospitality Ventures Management Group Starwood's Element Brand Debuts in South Florida with the Opening of the 209-room Element Miami International Airport New Jekyll Island Convention Center, to be Completed on Schedule and Under Budget, to Provide Powerful Economic Boost for Georgia and its Golden Isles; Historic Levels for Bookings Projected for 2013 and Beyond Extensive $17 Million Transformation Has Begun for the 460-room DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh-Green Tree in Pennsylvania TradeWinds Sandpiper Suites on St. Pete Beach, Florida to Become First Guy Harvey Outpost Resort in U.S.; The Rebranded 211-room Property will Remain Owned and Managed by TradeWinds Island Resorts Prism Hotel & Resorts Selected to Takeover and Manage a 12-Property, 1877-room Hotel Portfolio Crestline Hotels & Resorts Selected by United Way to Manage the Loudermilk Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia Elaine Driscoll, Lead Concierge at the Westin Imagine Orlando, Named 2011 Concierge of the Year by the Central Florida Concierge Association Benchmark Hospitality International Names Kevin McGowan Recipient of the Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship; Presented Annually in Partnership with The James Beard Foundation, New York Paula Zahn to Emcee the Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Awards Gala Helping to Honor the Tisch Family, the 2012 Recipients of the Cornell Icon of the Industry Award February 20, 2012 Wynn Resorts Forces Out Largest Stakeholder, Kazuo Okada, Buying His 20% Stake Following Bribery Accusation and Year Long Internal Investigation Will Meetings Market Recovery Continue In 2012? / Robert Mandelbaum European Debt Crisis Could Cripple U.S. Business Travel According to New Report by Global Business Travel Association Foundation Differentiating Your Organization's Culture / Dan Kutis Canpartners Realty Wins Right to Take Over Hooters Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas with $60 million Credit Bid Rosen Hotels Debuts New Employee Medical Center; Having Saved $215 million Over Two Decades, Hopes Others Will Consider Concept Improving Customer Service with Competency Models / Jim Hartigan Dedicated to Social Media, Part I: citizenM Hotels / Daniel Edward Craig Construction for Grove City, Ohio Marriott Could Begin This Spring; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 211 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel & Spa in Texas Owned by Presidio Hotel Group Posted for Foreclosure by Dougherty Funding Travelodge, Owned by Dubai International Capital, Restructures Debt; Financing Provided by New York-based Hedge Funds, Avenue Capital Group and GoldenTree Asset Management DoubleTree to Debut in Thailand with the Signing of Management Contract with TCC Land to Operate a DoubleTree in Bangkok Cayo Cascabel, LLC and Slip Knott, LLC Propose Land Swap with the State of Florida to Develop Resort Hotel near Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve on Tampa Bay Hotel AG Expands its Debt Platform for Hotel Financing and Refinancing EasyRMS Appoints Aamir Shaheen as Director of Finance Time Hotels to Further Increase eBusiness with Better Channel Management; French hotel group improves sales and distribution channels with RateTiger The Liquidation Sale of the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Opens Thursday, February 23rd at 10:00 a.m. Sale will be Conducted by NCL/ National Content Liquidators, Inc. Entry Deadline Approaching for Hotel Technology Next Generation's (HTNG) Most Innovative Hospitality Technology Award; Entry Deadline is February 24, 2012 Joie de Vivre Hotels to Assume Management, Renovate and Rebrand Waikiki's Seaside Hotel 93-room Expansion Project to be Launched for Patriots Point Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina Work Begins on 30-room Muskogee Inn Suites in Oklahoma as City Council Approves Required Variance; Adjacent 69-room La Quinta Inn Project to Start Soon Champaign, Illinois City Council to Consider Providing Tax Incentives for Development of a $28 million 150-room Hotel Macdonald Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 32-room Country House Hotel at Donnington Grove Country Club in Newbury, Berkshire, England Swissôtel Chicago in Illinois Undergoing Extensive $10 Million Renovation; Intent on Maintaining Environmental Responsibility in Creating New Space Multi-Million Dollar Renovation Completed for the 176-room Courtyard San Diego Old Town in California; Owned by Affiliates of Clearview Hotel Capital and Managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts White Lodging Completes Renovation of the 78-suite Residence Inn Merrillville in Indiana Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Completes Renovation Showcasing Brands New Urban Room Style Orient-Express Hotels Appoints Richard M. Levine as Chief Legal Officer MetWest Terra Hospitality Names Greg Hanss as Vice President of Sales & Marketing White Lodging's Brandon Frederick Promoted to Director of Model Hotel Implementation; Newly Created Position Designed to Help Train Properties To Become Model Hotels Jason Kern Appointed as Director of Sales, Groups for the Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida February 17, 2012 Top Ten Hotel Groups in Europe with Accor Continuing to Lead According to MKG Hospitality Digital Signage Expo (DSE) 2012 Early Registration Discounts Extended Until February 22nd VFM Leonardo Helps Hotels Target Business Travelers; VFM Leonardo Expands its Network of Meeting Planner and Corporate Self-Booking Tools and Sites to Enable Hotels to Better Merchandise their Properties to the Corporate Travel Segment. Marriott 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income Drops to $141 million Compared to $173 million in the Year-Ago Quarter Due to One-Time Charge for Timeshare Spin-off; REVPAR Climbs 6.3%, New Rooms in Pipeline Over 110,000 Hyatt Hotels Reports 4th Qrt. 2011 Net Income of $52 million Compared to $6 million Same Period Last Year; RevPAR Increased 6% Re-branding in the Google Era - Try Finding the Website for LVH (Formerly the Las Vegas Hilton) Using Google; It Won't be as Easy as you Think Senate Panel OKs Bill Proposed by the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association to Slash Hourly Wages for Servers, Bartenders, and Others who Rely Heavily on Tips Concord Hospitality Committs $355 Million in Active Development on 15 Hotels in 2012 Arco Buijs to Step Down as CEO of Steigenberger Hotels AG Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group to Rebrand All 13 Radisson Edwardian Hotels in the United Kingdom and Manchester to the Radisson Blu Brand Midway Through its 5-Year Ambition 2015 Strategy Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Continues to Meet Key Objectives; New Name Represents Persistence to Strategy for Brand Clarification Rather than Change of Course TRYP by Wyndham Hotel Brand Debuts in New York City with the 173-room TRYP New York City Times Square South Mosaic Company Selects Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage its 228-room Streamsong Resort Project Under Development in Central Florida IHG Signs Management Agreement with Petersburg City for the 173-room InterContinental St. Petersburg to Open in 2016 in Russia and Celebrates Opening of InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya Hyatt and Central Embassy Sign Management Agreement for the 222-room Park Hyatt Bangkok to be Developed in Thailand Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of The Q Hotel and Spa, Kansas City, Missouri Caesars Entertainment's Gary Loveman to Open HITEC 2012 Guest-Tek Starts The New Year Off In The Right Direction By Topping Forbes Magazine's Recent Article Detailing The Top Ten Most Anticipated Hotels To Open In 2012 AH&LA Recommendations on the Top Five Things You Should Know About the New 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Viceroy Hotel Group Rebrands Two Tides Properties, the The Jalousie Plantation and Tides Zihuatanejo, as Viceroy Hotels and Resorts Northwood Hospitality to Debut The Revere, Following a $27 million Transformation of the Former Radisson and Stuart Street Playhouse in Boston's Theatre District Have Legislative Challenges? Send American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Your Stories HSMAI Extends New MEET Format to All 2012 Events; Janine Driver, of Body Language Institute, to Keynote Series The Loyal Behavior of the Guest in the Experiential Hospitality / Osvaldo Torres Cruz Driftwood Hospitality Returns to New York Adding the 312-room Holiday Inn Albany Airport - Wolf Road to Portfolio Front Office Supervisor Dan Taylor and Breakfast Concierge Sandy Leggore Recognized as 2011 Employees of the Year by Carlson Hotels Choice Hotels Names Simone Wu as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary Hilton Worldwide Appoints Sherry Romello as Senior Director, Hilton Meetings & Product Management Fabrice Moizan to Become General Manager of Hotel Fouquet's Barrière in Paris, France James Gelfand Named Director of Sales & Marketing for the 408-room Turnberry Isle Miami in Aventura, Florida Thomas J. Egan Appointed Director of Sales for the 2,000-room Orlando World Center Marriott in Florida Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Brian Mulhall as Director of Sales for the 295-room Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca, Illinois Ryan Stracko Appointed as Executive Chef for the 237-room Inn at Pocono Manor in Pennsylvania Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in California Names Justin Kaufman as Banquet Sous Chef Kevin W. Luque of Kingston Resorts in Myrtle Beach Named Best Seafood Chef in South Carolina David Scott Named as Lecturer for The Hotel School Sydney in Australia February 15, 2012 Misconceptions About Efficiency Initiatives and Impact on Customer Satisfaction Deters U.S. Hoteliers from Investing in Energy Management Five Hotel Companies Streamline Management Processes with Aptech's Business Intelligence and Enterprise Accounting; Multi-Property Clients Prefer Aptech for Ease of Use, Performance Metrics, and Automated Data Downloads City Council Terminates Agreement with Developer for Hyatt near the Virginia Beach Convention Center Leaving the Door Open for Future Hotel Proposals Having Beat 2011 Profit Forecast for London, Hotel Giant, IHG, Goes for Olympic Gold with More than 50 London Hotels and 80% Booking Already for the Games Jaspers Enterprises Inc., Owner of Four Missouri Hotels, Files for Bankruptcy Starwood Opens the 377-room St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort in Abu Dhabi; The First of Three St. Regis Hotels Planned to Open in the Middle East This Year Gran Melia Hotels & Resorts to Open the 116-key Gran Melia Rome Villa Agrippina in Italy Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Finds Hotel Industry Split on Value of Using 'Flash Sales' HeBS Digital Launches Landmark Sixth Annual Benchmark Survey on Hotel Digital Marketing Strategies Construction to Begin on 192-room Homewood Suites in Nashville, Tennessee Under Development by RMR Investment Company and Vista Host Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Reporting Smaller Casino Revenue, Reduces Staff Minimally Hospitality Companies Turn to SoftBrands for Hotel Management; Strong Momentum Builds for SoftBrands HMS as National Hotels Invest in Complete, Innovative Solution that Delivers Increased Efficiency and Personalized Guest Services Uniguest and Ascension Software Announce Strategic Alliance to Enhance Guest-Facing Technologies Lodging Interactive Launches Vanity URL Service for Google+ American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute Partners with Interstate Hotels & Resorts for Employee Development Guest-tek Announces Promotion of Suneil Aggarwal to Interim Chief Operations Officer Granite State Contract Furnishings Completes Christie Lodge Refurbishment; American Products Support 'Mountain Contemporary' Theme Charlestowne Hotels Announces Stunning 2011 Financial Results; Grows Clients' Revenue at Double the U.S. Average Post Valentine's Day Employee Engagement Message from Dr. Love... The 99-suite TownePlace Suites by Marriott to Open in Bridgeport, West Virginia in Early March 2012; Owned and Managed by Baywood Hotels Buffalo, New York to Have its First Marriott with the 96-room Courtyard by Marriott Under Development by Buffalo Lodging California's 138-room Avia at Long Beach Reflags as the Hyatt The Pike Long Beach Renovations Complete at the 86-room Aspen Wye River Conference Center in Queenstown, Maryland Owned by the Aspen Institute and Managed by Marriott Hotels & Resorts Destination Hotels & Resorts to Manage the 296-room Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia Choice Hotels Promotes Sarah Searls to Vice President of Business and Analytic Services L'Auberge Del Mar in California Names New Sales Team; Robert Harter, Jeffrey Livingston, Christina Benson and Lindsey Dollahon Join the 120-room Resort Managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts Rick Blackburn Named Executive Director of Sales and Marketing at the 796-room La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST in California Anthony Zamora Appointed as Executive Chef for the 463-suite Conrad New York SMG Completes Management Team for McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois February 14, 2012 Personality Hotels Move to the Cloud with the ATRIO Guest Experience Management Platform Is Los Angeles County Ripe for Hotel Development? / Jamie Schwartz & Leah Dauer Murphy IHG Reports Preliminary 2011 Financial Results with a 26% Growth in Operating Profit to $559 million Compared to $444 million in 2010; Global RevPAR Up 6.2% Host Hotels Reports Net Income of $16 million for 4th Quarter 2011 Compared to Loss of $6 million for Same Period 2010; RevPAR Up 5.9% / Hotel Operating Statistics MGM Resorts International Reports CityCenter Ends 2011 on Upswing; Revenue Up & Losses Down; Plans to Pay Off Some Debt with Issuance of $240 million in New Notes TripAdvisor for Destination Marketing Organizations / Daniel Edward Craig Wheelock Street Capital Acquires the 380-room DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel in Houston, Texas Gamblers Fleeced out of Millions in Bogus Casinos Set Up in Suites of Several Top Hotels in Macau Singapore's Mega-Resort, Resorts World Sentosa, to Open Two New Hotels; The 172-room Equarius and the 22 Beach Villas Bringing the Resort Hotel Total to Six Marcus Hotel's Peggy Williams-Smith to Receive 2012 Wisconsin Business Hall of Fame Peak Performer Award DSE 2012 Hardware, Software & Connectivity Seminar Program to Identify & Clarify Newest Technology Options Ciena Hotels & Suites Sees Mobile Key by OpenWays as Key Differentiator for New Brand SuiteLinq Now Delivering Digital Content, Connectivity & Commerce on One Enterprise-wide, Modular Platform Trust International Launches Chinese Language Central Reservation System for Hotels; Latest Asian Language Version of yourVoyager CRS Confirms Increasing Investment in China The Sale of the Seaside Hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii Owned by United Airlines is Pending; Upon Closing it Would be the First Non-Distressed Hotel Sale in Waikiki in the Improving Market White Lodging on Track with Construction and Convention Bookings for the 1,000-room JW Marriott Austin in Texas; Opening Planned for Early 2015, First Convention Contract Signed for November 2015 Fujita Tourist Enterprises to Rename Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so and Chinzanso to Hotel Chinzan-so Tokyo; Management to be Streamlined by Combining the Two Properties Starwood's Aloft Brand Debuts in Latin America with Opening of Aloft Bogota Airport in Colombia and Aloft San Jose in Costa Rica Choices Hotels Europe Adds the 85-room Clarion Collection Etoile Saint Honore in Paris to its Portfolio Gemstone Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the 143-room Copley Square Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts R.D. Olson Construction Begins Extensive Renovation at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach in California $8 Million 31-room Expansion Nears Completion at the Hotel Amarano Burbank in California Operated by OLS Hotels & Resorts Henry Walther Appointed General Manager of the 220-room Presidente InterContinental Cozumel Resort & Spa in Mexico February 13, 2012 Changing of the Guard at Marriott, a Q & A with Bill Marriott and Arne Sorenson; Their Transition and the Importance of the South Florida Hotel Market The Saint Lucia Tourist Board and Saint Lucia Hotel & Tourism Association Launches Enhanced Booking Engine System by Regatta Travel Solutions SEC Looking into Wynn's Casino License in Macau and its $135 Million Donation Pledge to the University of Macau Kerzner Enters into Agreement with Hainan Gezhouba Industrial Company Limited to Develop and Manage the First One&Only Resort in China; Early 2014 Opening Planned for the 180-room Resort in Sanya, Hainan, China Supporters of William and Punch Resort Development in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Show Frustration with U.S. Federal Agencies Seen as Obstructing Permit Process; Resort Development is Seen as a Lifeline as the Island Braces for the Loss of 2,000 Jobs with an Upcoming Oil Refinery Closing Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States Asks Marriott to Consider Jamaica as a Viable Option for Development of High-end Hotels Chilling Out at Quebec's Hotel de Glace: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience Not Designed for Those Seeking Action or Comfort New Management/General Manager for Charlotte Holiday Inn; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 210 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership The Plasencia Group Analysis Shows Tampa, Florida Ready for Lodging Growth Mystic Mountain Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Destroyed by Fire; Worst Blaze Firefighter Has Seen in 22-Years Creating Social Media Champions and Success Stories with a Meticulous Approach; Interview with Diego Sartori of CitizenM Hotels / Ritesh Gupta Fairmont Designs Joins The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium (HSPC); Fairmont Designs partners with 27 other industry leaders to establish the Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Index (HSP Index) as the de facto scorecard for FF&E/OS&E sustainability performance. Hotel Facebook Management for $250 a Month EQUIVENTURE Hospitality Leisure Group Capital Brings Capital Placement Services to Hospitality Leisure Sector; Resort Real Estate Veteran John Schopfer becomes Managing Partner Grand Pacific Resort Management Completes First Phase of Color Code Training 'Guest Service Gold' Now Available in Spanish Hotel Indigo Debuts in Continental Europe with the 81-room Hotel Indigo Berlin Centre Hardenbergstrasse in Germany; Owned by Azure Properties The 327-room DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia-Valley Forge Opens in Pennsylvania; Operated by CHG Valley Forge LP and Managed by Dolce Hotels & Resorts Wyndham Hotel Group Adds the 241-room Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona to its Portfolio Starwood's The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts Debuts in Australia with the Addition of Lilianfels and Echoes Resorts in Blue Mountains The 92-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott to Open in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Owned and Managed by Hawkeye Hotels The Hyatt Summerfield Suites Managed by White Lodging Services Become HYATT House in Austin, Houston and Colorado Springs as Part of Company-wide Rebranding Noble House Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the 156-room Pelican Grand Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Woodside Hotels Selected to Operate the 48-room Hotel Drisco in San Francisco, California Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Appoints Scott Deibert as Vice President of Strategic Sourcing, Americas Todd D. Scholl Named as Director of Sales for the Elms Hotel & Spa in Excelsior Springs, Missouri February 10, 2012 Chartres Lodging Group and Apollo Global Real Estate Management Partner and Purchase the 480-room Novotel New York Times Square; Plans Call for Complete Renovation of Property, Accor to Remain as Operator The Peabody Ducks Are Marching with a New Duckmaster; Anthony Petrina Steps into the Role at The Peabody Memphis in Tennessee where the Tradition Began 70 Years Ago Winning Hand Goes to Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas as Nation's Most-Popular 5-Star Hotel for Valentine's Weekend According to Priceline.com Survey Board Member Kazuo Okada Gains Favorable Ruling in Case Against Wynn Resorts Over Right to Inspect Business Documents David Lewin, General Manager of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, Shares Lessons Learned in a Lifetime of Hospitality U.S. Issues Warning on Travel to Mexico Yet Resort Areas such as Puerto Vallarta Remain Safe for Tourists Bahrain Hotel Room Bookings Plummet by 50% in the Last Year Due to Unrest Cruise Industry Associations Adopt New Muster Drill Policy; Best Practices Identified Through Operational Safety Review in Response to Concordia Incident Revel Entertainment Group to Open its $2.4 Billion Megaresort in Atlantic City, New Jersey Ahead of Schedule; The First New Casino in the Area in Nine Years Will Welcome Guests on April 2, 2012 Innovative Hotel Technologies Sought for Newest Version of GUESTROOM 20X; Submission Deadline for Technologies is March 1, 2012 'Desert Cool' and a World of Opportunity Greet Planners and Hotels at the Elite Meetings Alliance (EMA), at Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa; 'All Systems Go' for 2012 - as Elite Brings Buyers and Suppliers Together to Book Business, Share Knowledge and Reflect on Community Responsibility Knowland Expands Service to Australia; Comprehensive, Next-Day Field Research Now Being Delivered to Sydney Hoteliers 3 Easy Steps to Booking More Rooms This Summer / Joy Gendusa Hotel Association of Canada Commitmed to Expanding Tourism from China; Creates Hospitality for Chinese Guests Update Multi-million Dollar Renovations Complete for the 218-room Bourbon Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana The 400-room Dallas Marriott City Center in Texas Unveils Complete Makeover Dorchester Collection Appoints John Scanlon as Hotel Manager for The Dorchester in London, England Michelle Le Sage Appointed as Hotel Manager and Sarah Henderson Named Rooms Division Manager for the 100-room Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Hotel Nears Reopening Following its $52 Million Rebuild Langham Hospitality Group Appoints Anita Hemrajani as Director of Global Sales - MICE International Association of Conference Centers Names Murray Hall as Canadian Conference Center Chef of the Year; Set to Compete in IACC's Ninth International Copper Skillet Competition Serene Sanders Appointed Spa Director of Mii Amo at Enchantment Resort in Sedona, Arizona February 9, 2012 Devising Travel Marketing Strategies Based on the Strength of the Devices / Ritesh Gupta Odawa Casino Resort Installs InvoTech GIMS RFID Uniform Tracking System; New High-Tech Uniform Management System Helps Move Native American Company Forward; Reduces Costs in Non-Revenue Producing Department ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyer Advisory: DOJ Clarifies March 15, 2012 Mandatory Pool Lift Requirement! (Uh-oh!) / Jim Butler & Martin Orlick Bringing Out The Best In Guests, Brings Out The Best In Frontline Colleagues / Doug Kennedy JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Set To Be World's Tallest Hotel at 1,164 feet When Doors Open to Guests in Q4 2012 Roger Greene, General Manager of the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland/Twinsburg, Honored With the 2011 Barbara Bejan General Manager of the Year Award Embassy Suites Hotels Honors its Top 10% of 2011 Based on Quality Assurance Audit and Guest Satisfaction Scores; Nebraska's Omaha-La Vista Hotel & Conference Center Tops List for Third Consecutive Year Sunstone Hotel Investors Re-Positioning to Higher-end Properties? Two California Hotels, the San Diego Marriott Del Mar, and the Del Mar Hilton on the Market / Lori Weisberg Chesapeake Lodging Trust Rebounds to Profit in Q4 2011 Recording Earnings of $2.9 million Compared to a $1.5 million Loss in the Same Quarter 2010 The 650-room Old Lady Luck Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas Currently Gutted and Undergoing $100 Million Renovation is Slated to Reopen in April 2013 as the Downtown Grand Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. Enters Purchase Agreement for the 130-room Hilton Garden Inn, Birmingham, Alabama for $11.9 million Tropicana Entertainment Weighing Strategic Alternatives to Maximize Value for its 1,001-room River Palms Casino in Laughlin, Nevada The Ogden Marriott Hotel in Utah Up for Auction; Taxable Value Listed at $8.3 Million Rapidly Expanding Soluxe Hospitality Group Taps Trust International's Distribution for International Presence Homewood Suites by Hilton Increasing Canadian Footprint by 30%; to Open First Properties in Alberta and Adds Two New Dual-Branded Hotels to Market The 219-room DoubleTree by Hilton Portland Maine Opens in the Redesigned Former Wyndham; Property is Owned by VanEastland R.D. Olson Development Opens the 130-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in San Juan Capistrano, California Hyatt Hotels and Southern States Management Open the LEED Certified 132-room Hyatt Place West Raleigh/RBC Center in North Carolina Accor Opens its 150th hotel in Brazil with the 166-room Novotel Porto Alegre Aeroporto; Aiming at a Network of 250 hotels in Brazil by 2015 Sandos Hotels & Resorts Prepares to Open the 214- room Sandos Cancun Luxury Experience Resort, Formerly Under Starwood's Le Meridian Flag Cayuga Sustainable Hospitality Adds the 40-room Hotel Grano de Oro in San José, Costa Rica to its Portfolio The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia Launches $25 Million Transformation to be Complete Summer 2012 MJS Hotels Launches Phase Two of Renovation for the Nautical Beachfront Resort in Lake Havusu City, Arizona Sandor Winkler Named as Chief Operating Officer for Palace Resorts Andre Zotoff Appointed as General Manager for The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada Boniene Scroggs Named Director of Sales and Marketing for The Kirkland Center at the National Labor College in Maryland Rodger MacDonald Named Director of Marketing and Robert Hickcox Named Director of Safety & Security for the 1,240-room Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii Kara Owen Named as Director of Group Sales for the Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington Managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts February 8, 2012 ASFONA 2012 Associate Board Members Meeting Addresses Outlook for North American Hotel Market; STR research and continued growth of Starwood Hotels & Resorts' brands indicate positive outlook in 2012 NORTHWIND Maestro Expands Professional Services to Achieve Greater Profits and Productivity for Independent Operators; Maestro Professional Management Strategies and Online Marketing Services Designed for The Unique Needs of Independents Create More Efficient Operations and Optimize Revenues BrightEdge and VIZERGY® Partner to Offer the Hotel Industry’s Leading SEO; VIZERGY One of the First Hospitality Digital Marketing Companies to Utilize BrightEdge Trump Organization Selected by General Services Administrationas as Preferred Developer for Renovation and Conversion of Washington D.C.'s Old Post Office Into a 250-room Luxury Hotel Wyndham Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $56 million Compared to $78 million for Same Period 2010; RevPAR Increased 5% Noble Investment Group Acquires the Hotel Midtown in Atlanta and the Holiday Inn Memphis East to be Redeveloped as the Hyatt Atlanta Midtown and Memphis Marriott East Hilton Garden Inn Congratulates Top Hotels of 2011 and Names the Hilton Garden Inn Salt Lake City/Downtown in Utah as the 2011 Hotel of the Year and Connie Award Winner Caesars Entertainment Corporation's Initial Public Offering Lists 1.8 Million Shares Priced at $9.00; Gross Proceeds to be About $16 Million Hotel Association of New York City and the New York Hotel Trades Council, AFL-CIO Reach Early Agreement that will Impact as Many as 30,000 Unionized New York City Hotel Workers The Procaccianti Group Completes the Acquisition of the 365-room Holiday Inn Baltimore Inner Harbor in Maryland Hilton Worldwide Signs Development Agreements for Four New Hotels in Turkey Bringing its Pipeline in the Country to 13 Marriott International Debuts in Gabon with Signing of Management Agreement with Prime Hospitality for Two Hotels in Libreville; The 250-room Marriott Hotel and the 40-unit Marriott Executive Apartments Raleigh, North Carolina to Issue Request-for-Proposals for Development of Hotel Near Convention Center The Saint Hotel in New Orleans and Two Miami, Florida Hotels, the Blue Moon and the Winter Haven, Join Marriott's Autograph Collection Amadeus Appoints Ex-Wyndham CIO Jeff Edwards to Lead Rapidly Expanding Hotel Division Resort Data Processing Customers Top Conde Nast’s List of Top Hotels SkyWire Media and WebmasterRadio.FM's 'Mobile Presence' Set to Reconnect with Listeners Starting Wednesday February 8th; Taking over the weekly hosting duties in this returning radio series will be two sales and marketing executives from the mobile solutions provider, Nicole Hurley and Joe Walczak. How Travel is Getting to Grips with New Mobile Technology and NFC in 2012 / Marco Saio Hotel SEO: Menace or Opportunity? / Pedro Colaco InterMountain Management to Develop Two New Hotels in Lakewood, Washington; Openings Planned for Late 2013 for the 109-room Courtyard by Marriott and a 101-room TownePlace Suites Video: German Hotelier of the Year 2012 Awarded to Dietmar Muller Elmau, Owner of Schloss Elmau Former Atlantic City, New Jersey Hilton Renamed as the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel; New Marketing Strategy Launched Targeting Local Customers Avia The Woodlands in Texas Reflags as the Hyatt Market Street, The Woodlands The Kessler Collection and Creator Richard C. Kessler Pioneering Boutique Luxury Hotels with an Eye on Design, Rare Art and Emerging Jewelry Lines The 213-room DoubleTree by Hilton Panama City Opens in Panama Operated by Blue Star Hospitality Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts to Open the 230-key Swissôtel Dresden Am Schloss in Dresden, Germany HSMAI Names 2012 Americas Executive Committee and Board of Directors; The Peabody Orlando's Barb Bowden Named as Board Chair Leigh Hitz Promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Stout Street Hospitality Waterford Hotel Group Names Sean Riccard as General Manager and Sue Gallogly as Director of Sales for the 92-room Courtyard by Marriott in Warwick, Rhode Island Noble House Hotels & Resorts Names Luis Pous as Corporate Chef Overseeing all Culinary Operations Carlos Bueno Appointed as the Director of Food and Beverage for The Boston Harbor Hotel in Massachusetts February 7, 2012 Investors Suing Over Losses at the Stalled $2.9 Billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas Project Discover Internal Documents Detailing Alleged Cost Overrun Cover-Up of Up to $450 Million Digital Signage Expo (DSE) 2012 Early Registration Discounts to Expire February 15th Gaylord Entertainment Reports 4th Qtr 2011 Net Income of $5.1 million Compared to Loss of $32.5 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR Increased 10.4% / Hotel Operating Statistics American Gaming Association Report Shows Commercial Casinos Remain a Driving Force in U.S. Economy; Economic Impacts of Casino Industry Equivalent to 1 Percent of U.S. GDP Hilton Worldwide Re-Brands the Elysian in Illinois as the Waldorf Astoria Chicago Miami-Dade Florida's Hotel Rebound Hits a Plateau in December 2011 Though the Month Remains the Best December on Record for Hotel Tax Collections Tampa, Florida Area Hotel and Motel Industry Revenue Grew by Nearly 11% in 2011 over 2010; 2012 Prospects Look Promising As Well The Ascott Limited to Assess OpenWays Mobile Key Front Desk Bypass at Citadines Apart'hotels in Lyon and Cannes, France Lodging Interactive, CoMMingle Adds Google+ Service to Enhance Hotels' Social Media Strategies UniFocus Partner, The Heathman Hotel, Honored With Spot on TripAdvisor's 2012 Top 25 List Evision Worldwide CEO Vikram Singh to Moderate Two Panels at Travel Distribution World Asia 2012 in Singapore Percipia Networks Adds Seasoned Veteran to Its Sales Force and Opens Additional Chicago Location Santa Monica's Eco-Friendly Shore Hotel Opens with INNCOM in Every Guestroom HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences Is EI's Newest Global Academic Program (GAP) Partner School Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof Inn - Southfield, Michigan Employee Engagement - The Doctor is IN... / Tommy Taylor Souris Valley Suites Hotel in Minot, North Dakota Undergoing Expansion to Add 46 Suites to Current 89; Owned by Bakken Hospitality and Managed by Dora Hospitality The 130-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites Atlanta Downtown Opens in Georgia Following $7 Million Upgrade and Conversion from the Centennial Inn Atlanta Hotel; Property is Owned by Jay and Nat Patel and Managed by Luckie J. Management Viceroy Hotel Group Adds the 165-room Cassa Hotel in New York City to its Urban Retreat Collection Acquired by an Entity of Starwood Capital at Sherriff's Sale, Historic Yorktowne Hotel in York, Pennsylvania Now Managed by Hersha Hospitality Highpointe Hotel Corporation Chosen to Manage the Recently Renovated 91-room Hampton Inn & Suites in St. Petersburg, Florida Macdonald Hotels Adds the 48-room Haycock Hotel in Wansford, England to its Portfolio Stout Street Hospitality Names Jim Finnegan as General Manager and Jasper Verlaan as Director of Sales for the 246-room Magnolia Hotel Denver in Colorado Stuart Weintraub Named as General Manager for the 100-room Richmond Hotel in Miami, Florida Grace Bay Resorts Names John Vasatka as General Manager for The 168-room Veranda Resort in Turks and Caicos February 6, 2012 Sabre Launches Industry's First Eco-Certified Hotel Program; Company-wide program includes Travelocity, Sabre Red Workspace, Travelocity Business and Sabre Hotel RFP Starwood and Host Hotels & Resorts Launch the $65 Million Transformation of the 774-room New York Helmsley Hotel in Preparation to Fly the Westin Flag in Spring 2012 JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona Avoids Auction Block, for Now, as Lenders Do Battle Nobody Asked me, But...No. 85; Praise for President Obama's Travel & Tourism Strategy; Proposed Queens Convention Center is a Poor Idea; Hotel Rooms and Floors Created Just For Women; Quote of the Month / Stanley Turkel People Depend On You For Their Safety: Department of Homeland Security Releases Free Online Risk Self-Assessment Tool (RSAT) for Convention Centers & Lodging Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Hotels Offer the Lap of Luxury; The High Life Can by Yours, For a Price Owner of Le Rivage Hotel in Sacremento, California, Captain's Table Hotel LLC, Files for Bankruptcy Protection to Stave Off Foreclosure Auction Expansion for Indian Springs Resort & Spa in Calistoga, California Will Start This Summer Customer Service WOW Stories to Inspire Your Team! / Bryan K. Williams Hotel AG Sells Two Hotels in the Last Week Intelity Co-Sponsors Pebble Beach National Pro-Am; ICE Arrives On The California Coast. Thousands Cheer. Hotelier, Vinod K. Kasan, Plans to Build a 138 to 150-room Holiday Inn Near the McAllen Convention Center in McAllen, Texas Harry Stinson, Owner of the Hotel Niagara in Niagara Falls, New York, Shares his $20 Million Plan to Refurbish and Re-Open the Hotel Shangri-La Hotels Enters Agreement with Faisal Bin Qassim Al-Thani & Sons Holding Company to Manage the 272-room Shangri-La Hotel, Doha and the 238-room Traders Hotel, Doha; Both Hotels are Scheduled to Open in Doha, Qatar in 2013 Prestige Hospitality Group to Manage the 117-room Radisson Hotel in Carteret, New Jersey The Peabody Little Rock Hotel in Arkansas Reopens its Premium Club Level after Nearly Three Years; With Gradual Economic Recovery Guest Demand for Premium Service Returns White Lodging Completes Renovation of the 130-suite Residence Inn Chicago Naperville/Warrenville in Illinois Waterford Hotel Group Names Management Team for the 125-room Courtyard by Marriott Currently Under Construction in Coatesville, Pennsylvania; Appoints Paul Jensen as General Manager and Sharlene Lloyd as Director of Sales Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Miguel Diaz as Director of Sales and Marketing for 159-suite Marenas Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Susan Corrigan Named as Director of Sales for the 237-room Inn at Pocono Manor in Pennsylvania Halekulani Corporation Names Terry Hamada as Director of Food and Beverage at Halekulani in Waikiki, Hawaii February 3, 2012 Grand Hyatt San Francisco Offers Eco-Friendly Rooms, High-Tech Security From VingCard Elsafe; Comprehensive renovation of luxury Union Square hotel includes installation of VingCard's Orion energy management system, RFID locks, Elsafe safes and VISIONLINE access control system. Starwood Reports Net Income 4th Qtr 2011 of $167 million Compared to $339 million Same Period 2010; Worldwide System-wide RevPAR Up 5.8% / Systemwide Hotel Statistics Las Vegas Sands Corporation Reports 4th Qtr. 2011 Net Income of $320.1 million Compared to $273.0 million Same Period 2010 Wynn Resorts Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income of $190.5 million Compared to $114.2 million Same Quarter 2010 Driven by Revenue Increases of 9.1% in Macau Operations and 7.2% in Las Vegas Operations South Beach, Florida Hotel, Formally Known as Gansevoort, Acquired by Starwood Capital Group, LeFrak Organization and Invesco; Beachfront Hotel to Undergo $100 Million Renovation; Will be Named The Perry South Beach Until Re-launch and Re-branding in 2013 Memories Shared as After 14 Years, Las Vegas Nightclub, Studio 54, in the MGM Grand Nears its Closing Date Hyatt and Naseel Holding Company Enter Management Agreements for Three New Hotels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Agreements for Park Hyatt Riyadh, Grand Hyatt Jeddah, and Hyatt Regency Jeddah Bring Total to Six Hotels Under Development in Saudi Arabia Three New European Hotels Join the Courtyard by Marriott Portfolio in France, Poland and The Netherlands Tampa, Florida Hotels and Republican National Committee Still at Odds Over Booking Fee to be Paid by Hotels; Debate Regarding Room Rates Eases as Hotels Agree to Lower Charges Schlitterbahn on South Padre Island, Texas Ungoing Transformation; Property to Become Schlitterbahn Beach Resort, to Include a 222-room Hotel Conncected to Water Park European Hospitality Results for 2011 Lie Somewhere Between Satisfaction and a Question Mark; European Union Averaged 5.5% RevPAR Growth Planning for Search Marketing in 2012 as a Hotel Marketer; Interview with James Harrower of Hilton Worldwide / Ritesh Gupta Red Lion Hotels Partners With Concept Amenities to Create Memorable Guest Experiences Educational Institute Becomes New Sponsor for EUHOFA International StreamCo LLC Acquires Hotel Management Firm, Afton Hospitality Louvre Hotels Group Actively Pursues its Development Worldwide with 62 New Hotels Opened in 2011 and 170 Hotels in their Pipeline HSMAI Greater New York Chapter Calls for Nominations for the Annual Hospitality Awards of Excellence Program Registration Now Open for 34th Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference Leisure Hotel Group Acquires Closed Red Lion Hotel in Concord, California; Renovations Underway RIU Hotels & Resorts to Open the $140 Million 562-room Riu Palace Peninsula in Cancun, Mexico The 125-suite DoubleTree by Hilton Saltillo Opens in Mexico; Operated by American Hotel Group Following a Multi-Million Dollar Renovation, the 41-room Hotel Indigo Santa Barbara Opens in California; Owned by Santa Barbara Beach House Hotel, LP and Managed by Courtland-Dane Management Group Tampa Airport Marriott in Florida Completes $9 Million Renovation Project Transforming its 298 Guest Rooms and Public Spaces Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia and the Indigenous Land Corporation Begin Extensive Renovation Project for Ayers Rock Resort in Australia Marshall Hotels & Resorts Adds Six Management Contracts; Closes Out 2011 with 19 Additions to Management Portfolio Hilton Worldwide Appoints Johannes Van Der Putten as Vice President for Africa & Indian Ocean Jim Mikula Appointed Managing Director of Hotel Madeline Telluride & Inn At Lost Creek in Telluride Colorado Palace Resorts Names New Executive Marketing Team Roger Soane Named as General Manager for the 77-room Nita Lake Lodge in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Bernie Sefcik Named as Director of Sales for the 2,000-key Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey February 1, 2012 IDeaS Revenue Solutions Honored with 'Allied Vendor of the Year' Award from Minnesota Lodging Association; IDeaS recognized for its revenue management services and products Rainmaker Offers RateGain's Rate Shopping Solution to its Casinos and Resorts Customers; Revenue Management Leader Partners with RateGain as Reseller to Offer Competitive Price Intelligence Data to its Vast Customer Base in Cities like Las Vegas and Macau Luxury Communication International to Provide Hosted Enterprise Email Service to Noble-Interstate Management Group Selected Properties FelCor Lodging Trust Acquires Iconic New York City Knickerbocker Hotel for $115 million; Also Marketing 16 Non-Strategic Hotels to Support Portfolio Repositioning Strategy and Strengthen Balance Sheet Starwood Preferred Guest Survey of 9,900 Global Travelers Reveals Loyalty to Frequent Traveler Programs Beyond Reason; Fear of Losing Loyalty-Program Status Looms Larger Than Lost Luggage, Missed Flights Starwood Reinvents Hotel Loyalty Landscape with First-of-Its-Kind Benefits for Global Mega Travelers; Services Aimed at Small but Powerful Group, the 2% of Travelers Who Drive 30% of the Company's Profits Brand USA Marketing Budget to Grow by $21 Million as Marriott, Disney and Best Western Make Multimillion Dollar Commitments to be Matched by Federal Funds Unite Now Union to Picket Hyatt Regency Indianapolis Claiming Hyatt is Replacing 20 Subcontractor Employees Generational Similarities - Cravings that Need to be Fed / Tommy Taylor U. S. Department of Commerce Figures Show Travel and Tourism-related Exports have Increased, on Average, More than $1.5 billion a Month in 2011; When Year-end Results Compiled Tourism Industry Exports will Set all-time Record for the Year 24th Hunter Hotel Investment Conference Set for March 18-20 in Atlanta; 'Take Charge, Move Forward!' Theme Reflects Attitude of Hotel Owners; Tom Corcoran (Felcor) and David Morris (Kiplinger Editor) are Keynote Speakers, H.P. Rama to be Honored for Excellence and Inspiration Lead Me: Help Me to Become More Than I Realize I Can Be / Bryan K. Williams Yellow Dog Software Provides Resorts World Casino with Retail Inventory Management Harmony Hospitality and Wilmington, North Carolina City Council Negotiate Terms for Development of a 194-room Embassy Suites Hotel; Plans Moving Forward Based on Recent Compromises Cafaro Company, Owner of the Eastwood Mall in Youngstown, Ohio, Proposes Building 100-suite Hotel and Conference Center at the Mall with Anticipated Opening in Early 2013 Strand Development Plans to Expand 70-plus Hotel Portfolio Further into U.S. Midwest and West Coast within Three to Five Years New-Build $52 Million Holiday Inn New York City Midtown Opens in New York; Owned by Chesapeake Lodging Trust and Managed by Real Hospitality Group Former Wyndham Garden Hotel Becomes the 224-room DoubleTree by Hilton New York - Times Square South in New York City Davidson Hotels & Resorts Opens the 335-room Hyatt North Houston in Texas; Completing a ReFlagging of the Former Crowne Plaza Houston Greenspoint Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts to Manage its First Hotel in Paris, Currently a Courtyard by Marriot, Property to Undergo Mutli-million Renovation The 316-room Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana Completes $22 Million Property-wide Restoration Waterford Hotel Group Honors Company's Top Performers for 2011; Tara Capiello, Restaurant Supervisor at the Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa in Groton, Connecticut Named Associate of the Year Cindy Mastrella Named General Manager of the 85-room Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor, Maine Dorota Antoszkiewicz Named as General Manager for the 7-villa, 16-suite Las Alamandas in Costalegre, Mexico The National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia Names Joni Mamana as Senior Sales Manager Chef Charlie Palmer and The Joule in Dallas, Texas Appoint New Executive Chef Team; Michale Sindoni Named Executive Chef for the Hotel and Joel Harrington Named Executive Sous Chef of Charlie Palmer at the Joule Top 25 Read Articles - January 2012 Business Traveler Sues Starwood Hotel Chain for Negligence after Man Claiming to be her Husband is Given the Key to her Room and Joins her in Bed HSMAI Names the Top 25 Minds in Hospitality Sales and Marketing for 2011; Winners to be Honored at Reception and Adrian Awards Gala February 27, 2012 Sex for Sale in Las Vegas and The Consumer Electronics Show / Terence Ronson What Is The Difference Between Hospitality Excellence and Mediocrity? / Doug Kennedy Where Does the President of the United States Stay While in Las Vegas? The Eco-Chic Element of Course Shale Natural Gas Fueling Pennsylvania Hotel Industry Hotel Lawyer in Los Angeles: ALIS - What's the commotion all about? Closing the conference hotel to outsiders. / Jim Butler Hotel Giants Work Together to Launch RoomKey.com, an Innovative New Hotel Search Engine Why 2012 is Going to be 'The Year of SoLoMo' (Social, local, and mobile / Ritesh Gupta With Improved Occupancy, Focus Turns to Pricing in 2012, According to PwC US Lodging Industry Forecast TripAdvisor Reveals World's Best Hotels with 2012 Travelers' Choice Awards; 10th Year of Awards Honors the Most Outstanding Properties, Now Expanded to 30 Countries and 8 Regions Worldwide Hilton Worldwide Becomes Fastest Growing Major Hotel Company; Planned Openings Include Pipeline of Over 860 Hotels What Began as a Simple Question has Changed the Lives of People Around the World; After 10 million Bars of Soap, Clean the World is Just Beginning Winter Season Loss of $13 million Forces The Greenbrier Resort to Lay Off 100 Employees to Offset Loss Olivia Brown, General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Receives 2012 Trumpet Award for Outstanding Achievement Why are San Diego Hotels Lagging in Revenue Growth Compared to Other Metro Areas? / Lori Weisberg Loews Hotels Appoints Paul W. Whetsell as President and Chief Executive Officer Starwood Hotels & Resorts Relocates Worldwide Headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut; Brings More than 800 Jobs to the State Litigation and Disputes Between Hotel Owners and Operators are on the Rise? Why? / Jim Butler Recent hotels.com Amenities Survey Finds Free Wi-Fi is the Make it or Break it Factor in Hotel Booking; Respondents say most luxury items aren't worth the hype, the bathroom phone remains untouched and most guests don't steal from their rooms A Look at What's Trending in Travel for 2012 - Sleeping with Chickens? Hyatt Rebrands 38 Hyatt Summerfield Suites and 15 Hotel Sierra Hotels to HYATT house Brand Lasalle Hotel Properties Closes on Acquisition of The 934-room Park Central Hotel in New York City for $396.2 Million Video: PKF's Hotel Horizons Market Update; Five Reasons for Optimism in 2012 While Nevada's Gaming & Tourism Economy is Improving, Two More Southern Nevada Hotels Default on Debt; the Loews Lake Las Vegas Hotel in Henderson and the JW Marriott Las Vegas Casino Resort in Summerlin January 31, 2012 TravelShark Launches People-powered Hunt to Find Charity Partners for New Photo-sharing App TravelSharkPix; Video campaign calls for users to submit their favorite non-profits to receive charitable donations from TravelSharkPix Sofitel Selects Luxury Communication International as Preferred Supplier for Latest Digital Signage Technology After Evaluating Strength of Accolades and Ratings Received from Major Travel Publications for 1,548 Luxury Hotels, U.S. News & World Report Names 2012 Rankings of the Best U.S. Hotels New York City Sets Record with $3.5 Billion in Hotel Transactions in 2011, a 150% Increase Over 2010; Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Predicts New York Deal Volume Will Continue to Lead U.S. Cities in 2012 Chesapeake Lodging Trust Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire the 185-room Hyatt Place New York Midtown, Currently Under Development, for $76.5 million, or Approximately $414,000 per key New 360 Degree Survey by TripAdvisor Shows 54% of Travelers Have Canceled Reservations Because They Found Better Amenities Elsewhere; Wi-Fi is Most Importnat in U.S. While Turndown Service is Thing of the Past Guest Who Stayed at Luxor Las Vegas in December Dies of Legionnaires' Disease; MGM Resorts Installing Secondary Water Treatment Systems in All its Hotels to Protect Guest Safety Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Chinese Tourists / Erin Kim Is it Time to Return to the Use of Travel Agents Over Online Booking when Planning More Complicated Adventures? Just One of Twelve Helpful Travel Tidbits for 2012 Provided Here What All Hotel Owners Should Know in 2012 Online Travel Companies Will Pay Nearly $2 million to Palm Beach County in Settlement of Hotel Tax Dispute Wynn Resorts Brings in Big Gun, Robert Shapiro, to Fight Lawsuit Over Use of Funds Filed by Director Kazuo Okada THE OUT NYC Chooses Travel Tripper as its Hotel Booking Engine Provider Libra OnDemand Expands Crew in the Cloud with Additions to Communications and Professional Services; New Additions Will Expand Professional Services and Provide Valuable Marketing and Online Community Insight to Clients Online Guest Reviews Gaining Momentum; Independent Hotels Now Validating Comments, Controlling Reputations with Online Tool Guarded Systems Names Ian Brown as CEO; Recognized industry leader with proven track record in developing High Speed Internet Access Gateways will set the direction for the company's new market debut of the XcessPro Multi Services Controller Guarded Systems Introduces Hospitality's Most Robust Internet Gateway for 2012; Today the Atlanta-based company is offering a full-service solution that combines an Internet Gateway, Firewall, WAN Load-Balancing and Traffic Shaping into one appliance, compete with PMS interface and 24/7/365 in-room support No Need to Fret for the State of Hawaii Tourism with Recent Rebounding; 7.3 Million Visitors for 2011 Represent a 4% Increase over 2010 with a 15.6% Spending Increase Beside the Imperial Palace, Palace Hotel Tokyo To Debut May 2012 Following U.S. $1.2 billion Investment in Mixed-Use Development; New 290-room Property Succeeds Hotel Teito and Palace Hotel Choice Hotels and Sunflower Hospitality to Develop the 122-room Cambria Suites in Miami, Florida; Anticipated Opening for Summer 2013 Travelodge to Open 41 Hotels in 2012 Throughout the United Kingdom with 11 Properties in London Akaryn Hospitality Management Services to Open its 4th Property with the 52-key Akaryn Samui in Koh Samui, Thailand Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces Open the 181-room Vivanta by Taj - Begumpet, Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh In Response to Growing Fitness Trends Westin Hotels & Resorts Launches Global Roll-out of New Fitness Studios; Invests More than $37 Million in New Fitness Offerings Tim Walker Rejoins Island Hospitality Management as President to Spearhead Company's New Growth Strategy; Plans to Double Managed Portfolio Size within Five Years Oregon's Lodge at Eagle Crest and Lodge at Running Y Ranch are Added to Holiday Inn Resorts Portfolio; Owner, Northview Hotel Group, has Invested $6 Million in Recent Renovations of Both Properties 30th Edition of Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association's Marketing Event, Caribbean Travel Marketplace, Sees 17% Increase in Buyer Companies; New Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives Board of Directors Named The Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Publishes the 2012 Pennsylvania Meetings Profile; Outlines Important Facts About 390 Organizations that Hold Meetings in the State Oscar Henquet Named as General Manager of the Bedford Post Inn in Bedford, New York Chartres Lodging Group Restructures Executive Team to Support Recent Company Growth and Expansion Plans for 2012 Chef Richard Rosendale of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, Virginia Wins The Prestigious Bocuse D'or USA Finals Chef Derin Moore, Certified Master Chef, Named Executive Chef for the 408-key Turnberry Isle Miami in Florida January 30, 2012 Hotelier Harris Rosen's Philanthropic Vision Continues; Plans for Little Haiti House Close to Reality as Part of Answer to Lift Haiti Out of Ruin and Poverty Dubbed One of the Nation's Most Intensive Hubs, Event Planner, Kimberly Ritter, With the Help of St. Louis Area Hotels, Combating Sex Trafficking of Children The Luxury Resort and Hotel Group, GHM, Launches its Third Decade with Worldwide Expansion Plans; Current Projects include China, Switzerland, Hawaii and the United Arab Emirates Last Days to Register: High Tech - High Touch - From Prospecting to Close; Webinar February 2, 2012 / Carol Verret Access Point Financial Secures Credit Facility with Wells Fargo Capital Finance Remaining on Track to Place $1 Billion in Loans for Hoteliers by 2015; Company Formalizes Relationship with IHG and Starwood Owners Hilton Worldwide and PT Nurtirta Nusa Lestari Sign Management Agreement to Open the 261-room DoubleTree by Hilton Jakarta-Diponegoro in Indonesia in 2014 Marriott to Open the 171-room Courtyard and the 157-suite Residence Inn in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Both Hotels are Owned by The Mitchell Group Alberta Recognizing the Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity, Hotels and Businesses in Indianapolis, Indiana are Going All Out for Super Bowl Crowd New General Manager Appointed at Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 257 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership Hotel AG Brokers Sale of Holiday Inn Express in Houghton, Michigan 2012 Shaping Up to be a Big Year for Conventions and Trade Shows in Las Vegas, Nevada Hospitality Conversations: Today's Most Pressing Legal Issues for Hotel Owners and Managers! / Dr. John Hogan Centerra Development to Build an 80-room Hotel in South Heart, North Dakota this Spring The U.S. Department of Commerce Releases Details for the FY 2012 Market Development Cooperator Program Grant Award Competition; Grant Applications Due February 21, 2012 TripAdvisor Reveals Asia's Best Hotels with 2012 Travelers' Choice Awards; 16 Asian Countries Recognized by TripAdvisor Travellers The 28-room Island Inn & Suites in Piney Point, Maryland Joins the Ascend Collection from Choice Hotels Hans Schuler, Chairman and CEO of Schuler's Restaurant & Pub in Marshall, Michigan, Named National Restaurateur of the Year by Independent Restaurateur Magazine Hospitality Ventures Management Group Names Current GM of The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, David Rijos, as Area General Manager for New Independent Brands; Rijos Assumes Oversight of the International Palms Resort and Conference Center in Orlando and Cocoa Beach, Florida Sage Hospitality Names JoAnn Elston as Sales and Marketing Leader for 2012 for its Team Denver Business Group January 27, 2012 Need a Hotel in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl? Good Luck! Some Rates Soar Up to 1758% Over the Norm PwC US Predicts Indianapolis' Surrounding Regions to Benefit From $150 million in Direct Spending Generated by Super Bowl XLVI Where Does the President of the United States Stay While in Las Vegas? The Eco-Chic Element of Course Crowne Plaza Near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, One of 17 Hotels Owned by Columbia Sussex, Facing Foreclosure Kansas City Area Hotels Post Record 2011 with 6.6 million Room Nights Sold; RevPAR & Occupancy Also Gain Ground Hotel Selling's 'S' Factors: Six Serious Selling Sins & Sound (Rx) Solutions / Ed Iannarella EzRMS successfully implemented at One King West Hotel & Residence in Toronto Benchmark Hospitality International Launches 'BE', A Private Label Chain Code for Travel Professionals The 424-room W Seattle in Washington and Owner, Host Hotels & Resorts, Launch Multi-Million Dollar Renovation; First Floor Public Spaces Closed with Unveiling Planned for March 2012 Former Madison Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama to Undergo $5 million Overhaul and Rebrand as a 130-room DoubleTree Hotel New, LEED Pursuing $43 Million Boston Hostel Expected to Open in April IHG Unveils the 271-suite Crowne Plaza Suites Tequendama Bogota in Colombia; The Second Crowne Plaza Owned by Sociedad Hotelera Tequendama in Colombia Worldhotels Adds Three Properties Owned by the Chambers Group to its Portfolio; The 100-room Designhotel Elephant in Prague, the 72-room Lux11 in Berlin and the 88-room Weinmeister also in Berlin Hyatt Regency Indianapolis in Indiana Completes $20 Million Renovation of its 499 Guestrooms and Rooftop Restaurant The San Juan Marriott in Puerto Rico Unveils its Newly Renovated Lobby and Bar; Completing a 4 Year Project with Earlier Upgrades to Guestrooms and Restaurants Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Presents its Golden Pineapple Awards Recognizing Hospitality Employees for their Superior Service; 200 Employees Nominated, 9 Collegiate Scholarships Presented to Employee Family Members John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts Appoints Robert Henley as General Manager of University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center Springfield, Missouri John Yeadon Named Director of Sales and Marketing of the 533-room Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in Minnesota The Peabody Little Rock Hotel in Arkansas Appoints Denise Evans as Executive Meeting Manager and Erika Farrell as Catering Sales Manager Vincent Muraco Appointed Executive Chef, Andaz 5th Avenue, New York City San Francisco Travel Association Names Jon Ballesteros to New Vice President, Public Policy Position January 26, 2012 Cornell School of Hotel Administration and Sabre Hospitality Solutions Collaborate on New Emerging Marketing Course Horizon Hospitality's Success Formula: Strong Markets, Strong Managers, Strong Tools; Corporate Execs Work Hard to Free Up Property Managers to Focus on Revenue When Diners' Eyes Feast on Their Cellphones - It's a Whole New World with a Whole New Set of Table Etiquette Issues Sex for Sale in Las Vegas and The Consumer Electronics Show / Terence Ronson With the Las Vegas Era of MegaResort Construction Finished, Renovations on are the Rise Allowing Shrewd, Smaller Resorts to Shine AC Hotels by Marriott to Debut in France with the 143-room AC Hotel Nice; To Open in Early 2013 Through a Rebranding of the Elysee Palace Hotel in Nice Under a Management Contract with SNC Hoche Promotion MENA Hotel Performances Split in 2011; Turkey, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia Best Performing Markets while Struggles Continue Elsewhere in Region The Knowland Group to Begin Service in Hamburg; World's Most Respected Hotel Reader Board Service to Begin February 1 Peoria, Illinois Council Rejects Using $3.5 Million in TIF Money for Marriott Hotel Project In a Pressure Cooker Setting, Chefs Struggle for Personal Health Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces Launches Vivanta by Taj in Surya, Coimbatore Bringing Portfolio of Brand to 22 U.S. Travel Association Launches 2012 Vote Travel Campaign; Plans to have a Significant Presence at the Upcoming Political Party Conventions and Host Nationwide Rallies and Events to Raise Travel Industry Profile Huntington Hotel Group Chosen to Manage the 152-room Hilton Garden Inn Valencia Six Flags in California Florida International University Names its Hospitality School the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management; Honoring the Chaplin Family for their Ongoing Support Two Key Appointments Made for the 116-key Boutique Hyatt 48 Lex in New York; Brian Twomey Named as Assistant General Manager and Maria Ordóñez-Maloney Named as Sales Manager Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association Elects New Committee Officers and Board Directors January 25, 2012 Final Version of Distribution Channel Analysis: a Guide for Hotels Now Available Courtesy of American Hotel & Lodging Association and STR; Report Published by HSMAI Foundation Revel Selects InvoTech GIMS Ultra-High Frequency RFID Uniform Tracking System; Revel's Opening Features Atlantic City's First UHF-RFID Uniform System Crowne Plaza Philadelphia Downtown Sees Instant Results with VIZERGY®; New Independent Website and Digital Marketing Services Keys to Success Blackburn Inn Associates to Invest $28 Million to Renovate and Turn Three Buildings into the 102-room Blackburn Inn & Spa in Staunton, Virginia; To be Managed by Charlestowne Hotels Inc. Hyatt Rebrands 38 Hyatt Summerfield Suites and 15 Hotel Sierra Hotels to HYATT house Brand High Tech - High Touch - From Prospecting to Close; Webinar February 2, 2012 / Carol Verret The Easy Button, the Big Easy and an Easy-Bake Oven / Jim Hartigan Based on the Success of Hotel Zero Degrees in Stamford, Connecticut, Developer Proposes a Second Boutique Hotel with the 96-room Hotel Zero Degrees in Norwalk, Connecticut eforea: spa at Hilton Launches to Franchise Hotel Owners; More Than 90 Locations Currently in Development for Global Spa Concept Global Study Released at the World Economic Forum, Reveals Importance of International Travel in Stimulating the Economy and Breaking Down Cultural Barriers; Global Travel Considered More Important than the Internet, TV/movies, or Political Diplomacy Carlson Wagonlit Travel Publishes Trends and Priorities for 2012 Based on Survey of 290 Travel Managers; Travel Managers Continue to Focus on Cost Control Hilton's Memphis, Tennessee Based Division was Key to Hilton Worldwide's Growth in 2011; Division is Responsible for 2,707 Hotels with a Slate of Nearly 600 More in the Works IHG Appoints Robert 'Bob' Morse as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Americas Region Survey of Expedia Consumers Reveals That Hotels Can Drive Growth Through Sustainability But Consumer Benefits Are Critical; More than 60% of consumers will give better ratings to hotels with high indoor air quality, LEED certification, and programs in place to improve energy efficiency, conserve water and recycle Elite Meetings International (EMI) Appoints John Washko Vice President, Sales & Marketing; Industry Sales and Marketing Veteran Will Lead the Company’s Growth and Sales Teams as EMI Prepares New Product Roll-Outs Centric Hospitality Group Celebrates CARINO Hotels and Resorts 10th Anniversary in New York; Annual Conference Presents New Developments for 2012 and Leading Industry Experts Hotel Technologies Debuts Award-Winning iHome® Executive Workstation at CES 2012 Educational Institute Offers Savings on Hospitality Management Courses Summit Hospitality Group Proposes Extended-stay Hotel for Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina The Future of a Revenue Manager 2.0 - Part Human, Part Computer, All Profits / Jean Francois Mourier The 59th International Congress of Les Clefs d’Or Concierges to be Held in London January 27 to February 1, 2012 The Lodging Unlimited Group of Companies Appointed Receiver for Country Hearth Inns & Suites Hotel in Indiana Worldhotels Opens the 252-room Worldhotel Grand Winston The Hague - Rijswijk in The Netherlands Alliance Hospitality Assumes Management of the Hampton Inn West Jefferson in North Carolina The Croatian Resort, Dubrovnik Sun Gardens Resort, Owned by iO Adria Limited, Joins The Registry Collection Exchange Program, Part of the Wyndham Worldwide Family of Brands The 508-room Hilton Miami Airport Hotel in Florida Completes $15 Million Renovation Dr. Ray Schmidgall of The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Honored with the University of Delaware Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award S. Lee Bowden, CHA, Named General Manager of the 216-room Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa in Bedford, Pennsylvania Zachary Frangos Appointed as General Manager for The 33-suite Sky Lodge in Park City, Utah Sage Hospitality Hires Jennifer Long as Director of Interactive Marketing; Promotes Katherine Davis to Public Relations & Social Media Manager Colan Vance Named Director of Food and Beverage at Round Hill Hotel and Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica Janaury 24, 2012 ALIS UPDATE: Optimum Hotel Brokerage Posts Record Sales in 2011; Distressed Hotel Assets Drive Deal Volume Embassy Suites Boston Logan Airport Selects Flyte Systems for High-Tech Pampering of Modern Travelers; FlyteBoard 'Total Travel Information' Center Treats Guests to Convenient Real-Time Flight Information, Property Events, News, Weather Tom Walker Returns to The Rainmaker Group to Help Drive Revenue and Profitability for Casino Hotel Operators; New Director of Sales is a Seasoned Hospitality Revenue Management Professional with a Balance of Chain Operations and Enterprise Technology Experience The Americas Lodging Investment Summit Presents Annual Awards for the Most Influential Hotel Industry Deals in 2011; Marilyn Carlson Nelson Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award Hilton Worldwide Becomes Fastest Growing Major Hotel Company; Planned Openings Include Pipeline of Over 860 Hotels Starwood Says Hotel Conversion Opportunities in North America Expected to Rise in 2012 with Uptick in Portfolio Transactions Choice Hotels Launches Plan to Redefine and Redesign its Comfort Brand Family Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's 2012 Outlook Shows Expectations of Increase in RevPAR of 8% to 10% Accor Completes Another Record Year of Expansion in Asia Pacific; Adds 67 Hotels in the Region and Acquires Mirvac Hotels & Resorts United Artists Building, the Historic Los Angeles Theater and Office Complex, to be Turned into 180-room Boutique Hotel; Owned by Greenfield Partners and Operated by Ace Hotel The Adirondack Park Agency Grants Permits to Lussi Family for a 97-room Hotel on Mirror Lake in Lake Placid, New York; Plans to Break Ground with Spring Thaw with Targeted 12 Month Construction Global Leisure Hotel Rates Increase Record +8.3% in December; Pegasus Solutions Reports Global Corporate Rates Climb +3.2% Got Meetings? Go Global! PSAV is At Your Service...Everywhere The Wilshire Grand Hotel Raving about Lodging Interactive's Guest Review System Real Hospitality Group Expands Portfolio in New Year, Opening the Holiday Inn Midtown Manhattan; New York City's First New Hotel Opening for 2012, owned by Chesapeake Lodging Trust Towne Park and Gaylord Hotels Extend Partnership Voting Opens For Best Mobile in Travel Initiatives Hospitality Sector Recovery Set to Continue in 2012, Despite Ongoing Global Economic Uncertainty According to Global Hospitality Insights Report Released by Ernst & Young DLA Piper 2012 Hospitality Outlook Survey Reveals 'Strong' Appetite for Deals; Near-Term Deal Flow Expected to Continue, Led by Private Equity Investors InSite Group and Cube Capital of London Acquire the 394-room Royal Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida with Plans for Property-wide Renovation Purchase Plan Proposed by Virginia Hotel Fund for the Unfinished Landmark Hotel in Charlottesville, Virginia with Plans to Complete Project; Federal Bankruptcy Court Approval Required - Hearing Set for March 19th Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel in Georgia Completes $20 Million Makeover of its 507 Guestrooms RIU Hotels & Resorts Unveils $12 Million Renovation of the 362-room Riu Naiboa Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic The Connecticut Lodging Association Recognizes Exceptional Lodging Employees with their Stars of the Industry Awards Buffalo Lodging Associates Appoints Jo-Anne Azevedo as Regional Revenue Manager Jean Spaulding Named Director of Sales & Marketing for the 720-room Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in Florida Lesliann Kuhn Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing for The Fairmont Vancouver Airport in British Columbia, Canada Andre Mros Named as Director of IT for the Longboat Key Club & Resort on Longboat Key, Florida January 23, 2012 OpenWays Announcing: Mobile Key DUAL© with Pure NFC™ in Cooperation with Nordic Choice Hotels, NOKIA and NXP; The best of mobile technologies are now combined to offer hoteliers the most advanced front desk bypass solution that is 100% deployable today, 100% future proof, 100% compatible with the major electronic locks and 0% dependent on Mobile Phone Operators/Carriers Hotel Managers Labor To Control Labor / Robert Mandelbaum With Improved Occupancy, Focus Turns to Pricing in 2012, According to PwC US Lodging Industry Forecast Quick! Can You Pass This 3-Question ADA Pop Quiz? / Jim Butler Bankrupt M Waikiki LLC, Owner of the Modern Honolulu, Proposes Reorganization Plan A Colorful History and Vacant Since 2007, Lincolnwood, Illinois' Derided Purple Hotel May Yet End Up in the Pink What Do Travelers Want? Setting Hotel and Travel Marketing Priorities in 2012 / Daniel Edward Craig Developer Plans to Turn Beverly Hills, California Apartment Complex Purchased for $85 Million into a Luxury Extended-Stay Hotel; To be Called AKA Beverly Hills Boutique Hotel Still in the Works in Tucson, Arizona Driftwood Hospitality Signs Two New Management Agreements and Launches Renovation Projects at Five Properties; To Manage the Holiday Inn Express Tampa-Brandon in Florida and the Courtyard by Marriott Dallas NW Hwy. at Stemmons/I-35E in Texas Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. Completes Acquisition of the 150-room Courtyard by Marriott, Atlanta, Georgia; Hearing Portion of Arbitration Involving Choice Hotels Also Completed, Now Awaiting Decision Fitness Ridge Worldwide and Grand Heritage Hotel Group Form Joint Venture to Build Fitness Ridge Resorts, a Global Brand of Health and Wellness Resorts Lender Seeks Receiver for Crowne Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado Stating Owners Owe $28.8 Million on Defaulted Mortgage Starwood Closes 2011 Adding the Most New Hotel Rooms in Its History; Momentum Continues with 80 New Hotel Openings Scheduled in 2012 Hotel AG Brokers Sales of Two Hotels VingCard Elsafe Widens Lead In RFID Locking Systems Technology With Speed, Range Enhancements; Next-generation technology advancements nearly double reading speed and distance of industry leading RFID locking system Alliance Hospitality Surpasses Industry Expectations with Fiscal Performance Released in 2011 Financial Results; Portfolio of Alliance Hospitality managed hotels surpasses results of competitors with 19.8 percent higher growth in revenue per available room for the year and exceeds U.S. Average RevPAR Growth by 18.3 percent Korean Hospitality Provider Named First Certified Guest Service Partner Springwood Hospitality to Build 108-roon Fairfield Inn & Suites Near Hershey, Pennsylvania Marriott International to Open Three Hotels in Sochi, Russia, Site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games; To be Managed by Interstate Management Services DoubleTree by Hilton to Debut in Japan as Hilton Worldwide and ASV Investment Co. Sign Management Agreement to Open the 228-room DoubleTree by Hilton, Naha in mid-2012 The 179-room Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory to Open in Georgia through a Makeover of the Former Holiday Inn Decatur Conference Center; Property to be Managed by Noble-Interstate HEI Hotels & Resorts to Acquire the 200-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey Seeking Financial Incentives from the City, Lawyer for the Troubled Hotel Arizona in Tucson Outlines Proposal for Private-Public Partnership for the Property Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa in Dallas, Texas Joins Luxe Hotels Portfolio; Property Managed by CAM Hospitality Two Major Hotels on Track to Open in 2012 in Columbus, Ohio - The 122-room New Albany Courtyard by Marriott and the 522-room Hilton Columbus Downtown DoubleTree by Hilton Completes Multi-Million Dollar Renovation and Opens the 248-room DoubleTree by Hilton Washington DC-Silver Spring in Maryland; Owned by Milestone Hotel Partners and Managed by Milestone Hospitality Management Dolce Hotels and Resorts Names Gary Hwang as Manager of Acquisitions, Feasibility & Investment Analysis to Support North American Development Efforts Hotel Equities Promotes Angela Raub to Vice President of Business Development Sales Team Expanded at The Chattanoogan Hotel in Tennessee, Operated by Benchmark Hospitality International; Traci Parker Promoted to Senior Sales Manager, 3 Sales Managers Hired Buffalo Lodging Associates Appoints Amy Buzzell as Director of Sales for the 121-room Courtyard by Marriott Providence/Lincoln in Rhode Island Plans for the Young Hoteliers Summit 2012 Include Hyatt Hotels & Resorts as the Challenge Provider for the Event; To Occur March 19-21 in Lausanne, Switzerland January 20, 2012 2011's Most Noteworthy Hospitality Investment Deals and Executives to be Honored at Americas Lodging Investment Summit Hotel Lawyer in Los Angeles: ALIS - What's the commotion all about? Closing the conference hotel to outsiders. / Jim Butler Carlson and Rezidor Establish the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group with Goal to Generate $400 Million in Additional Revenue by 2015 Ian Schrager and Marriott International to Open Five New EDITION Hotels in Gateway Cities; New York, Bangkok, Abu Dhabi, Los Angeles and Gurgaon, India President Obama Takes Actions to Increase Travel and Tourism in the United States; Launches Initiatives Aimed at Improving Secure Visa Processing and Better Promoting the U.S. as a Tourism Destination Coinciding with Presidential Visit, U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson Welcomes 32 New Travel and Tourism Advisory Board Members Could $538 in Unpaid Utilities Throw Wrench into Plans for $16.5 Million Redevelopment of California's Historic Hotel Fresno? Qualia Development and Louvre Hotels Group Sign Agreement for the Development of Golden Tulip Across Poland; 7 Projects Planned for a Total of 1,000 Rooms to Open Between 2012 and 2016 Loews Hotels & Resorts Focuses on Growth with New Leadership and More Than $500 Million in Discretionary Capital Committed to Acquisition and Development AAA Adds Nine Hotels and Seven Restaurants to Five Diamond List for 2012; An exclusive 179 establishments across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean attained the travel authority's highest property rating. Lightstone Group and Sage Hospitality Sign Development Deal for the 366-room DoubleTree by Hilton Boston-North Shore; To Open in Q3 2012 Following $10 Million Renovation and Reflagging of the CoCo Key Hotel & Water Resort in Danvers, Massachusetts New Owners, Southwest Value Partners, Win Court Approval for Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona and the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on Reorganization Plan to Emerge from Bankruptcy; Will Infuse $60 million in Equity Into the Hotels The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, Ohio, Searching for Business Partner for the Development of a Full-Service Hotel on Zoo Property Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Super 8 Hotel in Wakeeney, Kansas South Florida Hotels Receive their 2011 Report Card and the Grades Look Solid RockBridge Launches Preferred Equity Investment in the 329-room Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama; Hotel to Undergo Multi-million Renovation and Reflagging as The Hyatt Regency Birmingham - The Wynfrey Hotel Interstate Hotels & Resorts Acquires the 300-room Crowne Plaza Columbus North Hotel in Ohio Through a Joint Venture with Waramaug Hospitality; Hotel to Undergo $5.25 Million Dollar Renovation IHG to Open the 270-room Crowne Plaza Semarang in Indonesia Owned by the Golden Flower Group St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Celebrates the Opening of The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort & Residences DoubleTree by Hilton New Orleans and Hilton New Orleans Riverside Wrap Up Extensive Property Enhancments as Part of Three-year, $3 billion, Plan for Global Property Renovations Currently Underway with the Flagship Brand of Hilton Worldwide Barceló Bávaro Palace Deluxe in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Completes $330 Million Dollar Renovation RLJ Lodging Trust Completes Three Hotel Conversions, the Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh University Place, Hilton Garden Inn Durham, and Embassy Suites West Palm Beach-Central for Approximately $24 million White Lodging Assumes Mangement of the Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco Airport, its First Property in California; Owned by Apple Real Estate Investment Trust MetWest Terra Hospitality Adds Downtown San Francisco Boutique, the 91-room Hotel Abri, to its Management Portfolio David Duncan Named President of Denihan Hospitality Group Aqua Hotels & Resorts Appoints Stephen Keller as Corporate Controller Canyon Ranch Names Tracey Latkovic as Vice President of Sales GLM Names Penny Sikalis as Vice President, Business Development January 18, 2012 Meeting the Expectations of Last Minute Mobile Bookers; Customer expectations are driving changes in the online travel business. / Ritesh Gupta Uniform Tracking Guru FOUNDATION Logic Systems Finishes 2011 Strong by Installing Their Uniform Management Software at all Ameristar Casinos, Horseshoe Hammond Casino, The Star Casino Australia, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Vail Resorts Antigua Hotels & Tourist Association to Launch OTA with Regatta TripAdvisor Reveals World's Best Hotels with 2012 Travelers' Choice Awards; 10th Year of Awards Honors the Most Outstanding Properties, Now Expanded to 30 Countries and 8 Regions Worldwide Hotel Management Contract Disputes: Importance of 'Fiduciary' Duties in Owner-Operator Lawsuits / Jim Butler Los Angeles City Council Votes to Provide Financial Assistance for Developer, Williams/Dame & Associates, for Proposed 392-room Marriott Near L.A. Live Entertainment Complex; Other Recent Assistance Packages have Been Offered for the Reconstruction of the Wilshire Grand Hotel and a Stalled Grand Avenue Project Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Plans 382-room $97.5 Million Hotel Three Years Later and No Dirt Turned, $800 million Gaylord Resort Still Part of Mesa, Arizona's Plans Owner, Sage Hospitality, and Starwood to Open the 481-room Westin Cleveland Convention Center in Ohio; The $64 Million Renovation and Conversion of the Former Crowne Plaza will Open in Summer 2013 Jumeirah Group Enters Management Agreement for New Build Resort on Island of Bali, Indonesia; Expected to Open in 2015, Will be Known as Jumeirah Bali Eric Danziger and Mary Gendron to Receive HSMAI Lifetime Achievement Awards at HSMAI's Upcoming Adrian Awards Gala White Paper for Defining Boutique and Lifestyle Lodgings Released Today to Members; The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association Moves Forward in Developing a Universal Standard for Boutique & Lifestyle Hotels Sceptre Hospitality Resources Chooses Whiteboard Labs Windsurfer Reservations Platform New Edition of Hotel Investments Book Debuts at ALIS Conference Hunter Realty Sells Record 54 Hotels in 2011; $4 Billion in Broker Opinion of Value Reports, Predicts Active 2012 for Hotel Industry Jason Price of HeBS Digital to Receive 'Top 25' Most Extraordinary Minds in Travel Industry at HSMAI'S Adrian Awards; HeBS Digital Honored a Second Time in Three Years Knowland Begins Service in Dublin, Ireland; Comprehensive, Next-Day Field Research Now Being Delivered to City's Hoteliers KPM Hotel Group Proposes 150-room Hotel for Bloomington, Indiana A 157-unit Hilton Garden Inn Planned for the Scharbauer Sports Complex Area in Midland, Texas DoubleTree by Hilton Adds Two New UK Locations in Manchester and Leeds; Former Mint Hotels are Converted to the 285-room DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester - Piccadilly and the 333-room DoubleTree by Hilton Leeds City Centre Starwood Hotels & Resorts Relocates Worldwide Headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut; Brings More than 800 Jobs to the State UK Hotel Brand, Premier Inn, Opens Three New Hotels in Warwick, Coventry and Camborne in England MIG Real Estate to Renovate and Convert The 87-room Point Inn & Suites in Jackson, Wyoming and the 119-room Hotel Highland in Phoenix, Arizona to the Hampton Inn Brand Historic Grayl's Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida Closing for $6 million Extreme Makeover Alliance Hospitality to Manage the 156-suite Comfort Suites Atlanta Downtown Convention Center in Georgia The 412-room Boston Marriott Long Wharf in Massachusetts Completes Four Year $30 Million Renovation The Alden Beach Resort & Suites in St. Pete Beach, Florida Rebrands as Alden Suites, A Beachfront Resort; Launches New Name, Logo and Messaging with New Website Coming Soon Midas Hospitality, LLC Selected to Operate the 78-room Hampton Inn - Duncan, Oklahoma Erik Dombroski Named as Director of Sales for the Topnotch Resort & Spa in Stowe, Vermont Scott Thomas Dolbee Named as Executive Chef for the 120-room L'Auberge Del Mar's KITCHEN 1540 in Del Mar, California Chef Jérôme Chautard Appointed as Executive Sous Chef for VIE Hotel Bangkok and its VIE Wine and Grill Restaurant in Thailand January 17, 2012 Guest-Centric Maestro PMS Selected by 3 Multi-Property Groups and 6 Independent Operators for Peak Efficiency, Enhanced Guest Experience and Increased Direct Sales; 9 High Touch Properties Choose Maestro Integrated PMS, Sales & Catering, Yield Management, Business Intelligence, ResWave Booking Engine, and Condo & Spa Whiteboard Labs And R&D Intelligent Hospitality Set To Launch HotelIQ Evision Worldwide Launches Free Online Marketing Budget Tool for Hotels Hotel Spas Lag in Industry Revenue Recovery, But May Outpace Hotel RevPAR Growth Over the Next Few Years According to New Study by PKF Consulting Direct Sales: "Give 'em the old razzle dazzle, Razzle Dazzle 'em" / Brenda Fields Nobody Asked me, But...No. 84; EB-5 Visa For Immigrant Investors; The Pistilli Lecture; A NYC Hotel Bargain; 'Built To Last'; Quote of the Month / Stanley Turkel Shangri-La Implements Sustainable Seafood Policy and Discontinues Use of all Shark Fin Products in 72 Hotels and Resorts Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois Launches Multi-Million Expansion and Renovation Project; Owners, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, to Invest $110 Million in the Project to be Completed in 3 Phases Rezidor and Al Jassim Group to Open the 270-key Hotel Missoni Doha in Qatar in Late 2015 Americas Best Value Inn Adds 127 Hotels in 2011 to Surpass the 1,000 Mark Hotel AG Closes Five Transactions in Last Three Weeks Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Spencer Suites; Connecticut REO Property Sold for California Bank PSAV Provides Audiovisual Support to Worldhotels Annual Conference in London Leisure Real Estate Advisors LLC, Announces the Sale of Three More Bank Owned Hotels Lodging Interactive, CoMMingle Capitalizing on 10 Years of Success Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Red Roof Inn - Memphis East, Tennessee Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Presents New Reports on Distribution Strategies for Restaurants and Financial Strategies for Hotels IHG Reorganizes Regional Reporting Structure Effective from the Results for 2011 to be Reported on February 14, 2012 Best Western Opens First 'Plus' Hotel in Russia with the 84-room BEST WESTERN PLUS Spasskaya Hotel in Tyumen in Siberia Rezidor Opens the 197-room Park Inn by Radisson Lübeck in Germany through a Rebranding of the Former Mövenpick Hotel Lübeck Huntington Hotel Group to Manage a Dual-Branded Hotel Project in Jacksonville, Florida; The Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton Jacksonville Downtown Southbank Grand Luxxe Resorts Completes Expansion Projects at their Mexico Resorts in Nuevo Vallarta and Riviera Maya; Now Providing a Total of New 315 Suites at the Two Resorts $13 Million Renovation Unveiled at the 311-room Courtyard Kaua'i at Coconut Beach on Kaua'i, Hawaii; Owned by Joint Venture of Behringer Harvard and JMI Realty and Managed by Davidson Hotels & Resorts The Mountain Club on Loon, the New Hampshire Hotel Resort and Spa at the Base of Loon Mountain Ski Resort, Completes $9 Million Renovation Union, Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Reach Agreement on Five-Year Contract for Shuttle Drivers, Bellmen IHG Names Pascal Gauvin as Chief Operating Officer for India, Middle East and Africa Region Gemstone Hotels & Resorts Names John Plunket as Executive Vice President, Development and Acquisitions Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas Appoints Michel Koopman as Director of Operations for the Middle East Monty S. Levy Elected President of the Atlanta, Georgia Hospitality Alliance Charles de Foucault Appointed as General Manager of One&Only Le Saint Géran in Mauritius Scott Robison Named Director of Sales and Marketing at the 463-room Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii International Association of Conference Centers Names Charles J Chambers USA Conference Center Chef of the Year; Set to Compete in IACC's Ninth International Copper Skillet Competition January 16, 2012 What Began as a Simple Question has Changed the Lives of People Around the World; After 10 million Bars of Soap, Clean the World is Just Beginning Litigation and Disputes Between Hotel Owners and Operators are on the Rise? Why? / Jim Butler Are Hotel Groups Ready for Total Transparency in Traveler Reviews? / Daniel Edward Craig San Diego's Manchester Hyatt was Priciest U.S. Hotel Sale in 2011 at $570 million / Lori Weisberg In Illinois, Nearly 300 Public & Hotel Pools Remain Closed, Some Stuck in Regulatory Purgatory, While Trying to Implement Federal Regulations Designed to Reduce Risk of Drowning New General Manager Named at Hyatt Regency Long Island; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 166 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership What do Travel Agents Think? Poll Reveals Their Choices for Best Hotels, Cruises and More Winter Season Loss of $13 million Forces The Greenbrier Resort to Lay Off 100 Employees to Offset Loss Public-Private Partnerships: A Strategy to Minimize Public Subsidies / Hans Detlefsen Grand Velas Resorts Receive AAA Five Diamond Again in 2011; 'Beyond All Inclusive, Beyond All Compare' Resort Selected Among Top Resorts by American Automobile Association EasyRMS successfully deployed EzRMS at The Crane, a Caribbean's premier residential resort Hilton Worldwide Signs Management Agreement with Mohamed Ruqait Real Estate for a Second DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates; The 309-key DoubleTree by Hilton Resort Marjan Island Expected to Open Early 2014 Rezidor to Debut in Qatar with the Q3 2012 Conversion of the Ramada Plaza Doha to the 583-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Doha Three New Hotels to Open in Downtown Orlando, Florida in the Next Two Years; A 118-room Starwood Aloft, a 155-room Cambria Suites and a 100- to 150-room Hotel to be Developed by Rida Development Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City Banking on Positive Reaction of Guests to $150 million Renovation Observation in the Experiential Hospitality / Osvaldo Torres Cruz FairBridge Hotels International Adds Three New Properties; The FairBridge Inn Express in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the FairBridge Hotel Executive Plaza in Wheeling, Illinois and the Dumont Inn in Sacramento, California Masako McCarter, of The Royal Hawaiian, Awarded Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year by the Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association; 24 Other Honorees Recognized Robert Bray Appointed as General Manager for the 1,329 -room New Orleans Marriott in Louisiana The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain in Colorado Makes Four Sales Team Appointments; New Roles for Meredith Brewer, Kelly Hansen, Lisa Smith and Tom Kiddoo Michele Frank Named as Director of Sales & Marketing for the 481-room Westin Resort & Casino on Palm Beach in Aruba Tom Bolman, Executive Vice President of the International Association of Conference Centers, to Retire at the End of 2012 January 13, 2012 Video: PKF's Hotel Horizons Market Update: Five Reasons for Optimism in 2012 Hotel Foreclosures and Defaults in San Diego County Easing; 2011 Saw a 54.8% Decline in Defaults / Lori Weisberg Recent hotels.com Amenities Survey Finds Free Wi-Fi is the Make it or Break it Factor in Hotel Booking; Respondents say most luxury items aren't worth the hype, the bathroom phone remains untouched and most guests don't steal from their rooms Capital's Taj Manshingh Hotel in New Delhi, India May Come Up for Auction in 2012, if so Starwood Hotels Intends to Bid Petersburg, Virginia Enters Economic Development Partnership with Virginia State University for Possible $50 Million Hotel and Conference Center Development Eight Years after Paying $40 Million for Clearwater Beach, Florida Property, Kiran Patel, Still Devoted to Completing his Stalled Clearwater Beach Resort & Hotel Megaproject; Plans to Begin Building by 2015 Don't Stop the Carnival (with apologies to Herman Wouk) / Michael W. Sansbury What are Today's Most Pressing Issues for Hospitality Business Owners and Managers? / Dr. John Hogan Humberto Lopez Company, HSL Airport Hotel LLC, Buys Clarion Hotel in Tucson, Arizona for $4.5 Million with Plans for Conversion to a Best Western Langham Hospitality Group Signs Management Agreement with Xiamen Huiguangyuan Langham Place Hotel Management for the 330-room Langham Place, Xiamen to Open in China in Late 2012 Xanterra South Rim Restores and Reopens the Historic Red Horse Cabin at South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona for Overnight Accommodations; Built in 1890 it has been Closed to Guests for More than 40 Years Costa Rica Enjoys a 70.6% Hotel Occupancy Rate for 2011, a 4% Increase Compared to 2010 Kalahari Resort Selects Crestron DigitalMedia for Digital AV Upgrade; Ohio Resort and Convention Center Unveils Building Expansion and Digital Technology Makeover at Grand Opening Event Global Industry Study Reveals How New Technologies and Social Change will Combine to Transform Travel by 2020 Waterford Hotel Group Opens The Lord Jeffery Inn in Amherst, Massachusetts Following its Multi-Million Dollar Renovation; The Historic 49-room Inn is Owned by the Amherst Inn Company Residence Inn Brand Introduced in the United Kingdom with the Opening of the 107-room Residence Inn Edinburgh in Scotland; Owned by Gladedale Ventures Limited Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa in Miami Beach, Florida Joins The Leading Hotels Of The World The 100-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott Dallas Richardson/Plano to Open in Texas; Owned by Lowen Shiloh and Managed by Lowen Hospitality Management Benchmark Hospitality International Adds Santa Fe's Eldorado Hotel & Spa to Management Portfolio Enchantment Group to Manage ZaSpas at Hotel ZaZa in Dallas and Houston, Texas Olivia Brown, General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Receives 2012 Trumpet Award for Outstanding Achievement Luxe Worldwide Hotels Names Enric Garcia of Hotel Roger de Lluria, as its 2011 General Manager of the Year Provenance Hotels Appoints Tim Block as General Manager of the 130-room Hotel deLuxe in Portland, Oregon Luis A. Mendez Appointed as Director of Meetings and Incentives for El Dorado Spa Resorts & Hotels and Azul Hotels by Karisma, a Hotel Collection Operating Properties throughout the Riviera Maya, Mexico HEI Hotels & Resorts Managers-In-Training Program Promotes Five Participants to Hotel Executive Committees The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Names the 2011-2012 Scholarship Award Winning Students January 12, 2012 Guestroom Entertainment: IPTV, is it for Your Property? What Exactly is it and What are Some of Your Options with Craig Ziegler: Hotel-Online 3Qs Series on Best Practices in Hotel Marketing and Operations The Hotel Modern New Orleans Selects Agilysys Solution Suite; Boutique Hotel Selects Agilysys for Property Management, Point-of-Sale Systems Prestigious Trapp Family Lodge Trusts VIZERGY® to Improve Online Marketing; Hotel Internet Marketing Company Expands Presence in Northeast California Hotel Foreclosures Leap 66.7% in 2011 The 157-room Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana, Being Developed by Buckingham Companies and Dolce Hotels and Resorts, to be Named The Alexander Honoring the 1820's Architect who Spearheaded the City's Plan Starwood Hotels Aggressively Expanding its Footprint in India with Plans to Open 20 New Hotels by 2015; Opens New Regional Office in Gurgaon to Support Rapid Growth Hyatt Introduces Hyatt House Brand in India with Agreement for Hotel in Mumbai; Continues India Growth in 2012 with Opening of Six New Hotels in Bangalore, Chennai, Hampi, Hyderabad, Pune and Raipur Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Unveils New Website and Inaugural Luxury Trend Report SpringHill Suites Brand to Debut in New York City with the New-Build 173-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York City/Manhattan Midtown to Open in 2013; Owned by Partners Hidrock Realty and Robert Finvarb Companies MGM Resorts and Developer David Callahan to Make Bid for Casino in Brimfield, Massachusetts SkyWire Media, Inc. enters into agreement with KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort for PMS and POS integration and Mobile Marketing LVH-Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Doubles Down on Sustainability; The new LVH Project Green Team greens the guest amenities... New Orleans Hotel Collection Selects Knowland's Target Net; Ground-breaking sales & catering platform chosen for usability, accessibility, customer service Lodging Interactive Podcast Reveals What's Hot in Social Media & Marketing 350 Room Holiday Inn Select For Sale in North Dallas; Offered Exclusively by Colliers International Hotels Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Sale of Red Roof Inn - Chicago, Lansing, Illinois RoomKey.com Adds Best Western International as its Inaugural Commercial Partner AH&LA Now Accepting Seminar Proposals for 97th Annual International Hotel, Motel & Restaurant Show (IHMRS) 2012 Cornell University Executive Summit at the National HR in Hospitality Conference to Combine Mobile Technology and Social Media to Incorporate Electronic Voting by Participants; Attendees will Select Topics to be Presented by Casting their Votes The 261-room Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto to Open in Canada; Owned and Developed by Talon International and its Affiliates Carlson Opens the 290-room Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Water Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico Owned by Pacific Pearl Hotel Management Tides Riviera Maya in Mexico Completes Major Renovation and Rebrands as Viceroy Riviera Maya Guoman Hotels Restores The 346-room Grosvenor in London to its Victorian Splendor as it Completes Extensive Interior and Exterior Renovation The Northland Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Completes Exterior Renovations and Launches Second Phase of its $24 Million Renovation; Managed by StepStone Hospitality, to Become Minneapolis Marriott Northwest During Summer 2012 CAM Hospitality Advisors & Management Adds Five Contracts for Full Service Hotels and Resorts; Properties in Dallas, Framingham (Near Boston), Orlando, Pittsburgh and Santa Fe Brian Stark Elected to The Marcus Corporation Board The Presidio Trust and Waterford Hotels and Inns Appoint Terry Haney as General Manager of the Inn at The Presidio in San Francisco, California Greystone Hotels and OSM Investment Company Appoint Debra Rosenberg Matsumoto as General Manager for The Hotel Wilshire, the Recently Debuted 74-room Boutique Hotel in Los Angeles, California International Association of Conference Centers Appoints Sarah Vining as the Sixth Board Associate; Will Represent Generation X/Y on the Board of Directors January 11, 2012 KABA Delivers on Hyatt's Commitment to Guest Safety and Convenience; KABA Lodging Implements Guest Keycard ID Synced to Elevators in the Newly Renovated Hyatt Regency New Orleans TravelShark Wins a Prestigious Gold Adrian Award for its Viral Video Repositioning Campaign; Dynamic online travel startup nabs a Gold Advertising Adrian Award from leading industry marketing association for grassroots campaign The 5 Most Important Requirements for Successful Staff Tech Training; Cover These Essential Points with Your Vendor's Training Chief Before Instruction Starts; Researched by Jeff Welles, Vice President of InvoTech Systems Hotel Giants Work Together to Launch RoomKey.com, an Innovative New Hotel Search Engine Google Tries to Make Search More Social Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Share Predictions for Wedding Tips and Trends in 2012 12 Communications Resolutions for 2012 / Jim Hartigan Prudential Real Estate Investors and Lodging Capital Partners Joint Venture Acquires the 291-room Austin Four Seasons in Texas Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces to Open Two Hotels in China's Kunming Expo Garden RHW Management Inc. and Nor'wood Development Group to Build an $8.5 million, 82-room Holiday Inn Express in Colorado Springs, Colorado Intelity - Changing Hospitality In An Instant; The award-winning hospitality solutions provider introduces ICE Instant allowing hoteliers to name their own price for customized apps Looking for an Exciting Challenge and Workplace? EasyRMS is now Recruiting; Positions include Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Sales Manager & Revenue Management Consultants Equinox Payments, Voltage Security and Merchant Link Partner to Bring Cutting-Edge Point-to-Point Payment Encryption Solution to Secure Payment Data; Columbia Sportswear Company leads the innovation and serves as pilot implementation partner across nationwide retail network Hilton Worldwide Signs Management Agreement with Obeikan Real Estate Development Company for the 210-room Hilton Riyadh King Fahd Road to Open in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2014 Wyndham Hotel Group to Expand in India; Developing a 120-room Ramada Resort and Launching Howard Johnson Brand with 3,000 Rooms in 35 Properties by 2017 Marriott's Autograph Collection Adds The Carlton Hotel in New York City to its Portfolio; The 317-room Property is Managed by Gemstone Hotels & Resorts 10 Indianapolis Hotels Named in Lawsuit for Hourly Workers Alleging Failure of Employer, a Contracted Staffing Company, to Pay Overtime Miami-Dade Hotels: What recession? November Hotel Taxes Up 47% Consumer Travel Trends for 2012: Israel, Indonesia, London and More Host Hotels Extends Management Agreement with Crestline Hotels & Resorts for the 222-room Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront/Palm Beaches Resort in Florida; Property Completing Multi-Million Dollar Renovation Ascott Secures Management Contract for the 288-unit Citadines Marvell Surabaya Scheduled to Open in Indonesia in 2014 Great Hotels of the World Member WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Centre Invests $20 Million to Add 21 Meeting Rooms; Becomes Largest Hotel with Meeting Capacity in Istanbul The 107-room Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge in Colorado Unveils $2 Million Renovation Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association Names Jake Knox as Director of Development White Lodging Appoints Gary Gergely as General Manager of the 64-room Hampton Inn in Merrillville, Indiana January 10, 2012 Business Traveler Sues Starwood Hotel Chain for Negligence after Man Claiming to be her Husband is Given the Key to her Room and Joins her in Bed Grenada Board of Tourism and Grenada Hotel & Tourism Association Launch New and Improved Booking Engine System By Regatta Solutions HSMAI Names the Top 25 Minds in Hospitality Sales and Marketing for 2011; Winners to be Honored at Reception and Adrian Awards Gala February 27, 2012 HVS' 2011 U.S. Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) Shows Significant Increases in Transaction Dollar Value Over 2010; First Half Alone Had an Increase of 180% Over 2010; Buyers with Cash Encouraged to Buy Now U.S. Leisure Employees Should Receive a Nice Pay Increase in 2012; WageWatch Releases Its 2012 Lodging Industry Wage Forecast Shale Natural Gas Fueling Pennsylvania Hotel Industry 2011 Was a Fine Year for French Hospitality: The Year-in-Review of the French Hotel Industry by MKG Group Chatwal Hotels and Resorts to Develop 52 New Boutique Hotels in India in the Next Five Years Plans for a 129-room Courtyard by Marriot Hotel Adjacent to Darden Restaurants Headquarters in Orlando, Florida have Stalled; Darden Seeking New Developer for Project Judge Approves Gaming Executive Ronald Johnson as Receiver to Oversee Operations during Foreclosure Proceedings for the 2,950-room Las Vegas Hotel & Casino in Nevada Owned and Managed by SSN Hotels/Ruchi Land Development, the 131-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott to Open in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania EasyRMS signs further 100 properties with NH Hoteles Valet Parking Leader, Towne Park, Selects UniFocus' Watson, R.M. Solution for Workforce Management Adare Manor Named One of the "World's Best Hotels" Condé Nast Traveler's Gold & Platinum Lists Travel Tripper Unveils Mobile Booking Engine Merchant Link Named Best Channel Vendor by Business Solutions Magazine Lodging Interactive Offers 5 Tips to Making Web Strategies 'Fresh'; With the recent roll-out of Google's 'Freshness Update,' hotels can maintain a high search ranking if they follow five steps outlined by hospitality's social media marketing agency The Park Hyatt Brand Debuts in China with the Opening of the 236-room Park Hyatt Ningbo Resort and Spa LaTour Hotels and Resorts Opens Celeste Beach Residences, Resort & Spa in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico The Hotel Group (THG) Completes Conversion of the Holiday Inn Santa Fe in New Mexico to the 130-room Doubletree by Hilton Santa Fe; Property Renovation has Begun and to be Completed Early in 2012 Hotel Equities Assumes Management of the 79-room Cayo Grande Suites Hotel in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida The 90-room Courtyard by Marriott in Brunswick, Georgia to Launch Major Renovation to Lobby and Guest Room Refresh Carlson Hotels Appoints Vasso Zographou as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Asia Pacific Edward Rohling Joins Pillar Hotels & Resorts as Chief Business Development Officer Kirk S. Pederson Appointed Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Chartres Lodging Group Langham Hospitality Group Appoints Fiona Szeto as the Director of Public Relations (Asia) David Man Appointed as Executive Chef and Joseph Orichiella Named Food and Beverage Director for the 295-room Island Hotel Newport Beach in Newport Beach, California Enchantment Group Names Julia Thorn as Director of Communications January 9, 2012 The Siegel Group Nevada, Inc. Acquires the Former Atrium Suites Hotel In Las Vegas for $4.2 million; Property Was Foreclosed Upon in July 2011 with a $66 million Encumberance A Look at What's Trending in Travel for 2012 - Sleeping with Chickens? $632 for a Room in Las Vegas? Must be Time for the Consumer Electronics Show Where Some Rates are More than Eight Times the Norm Three New Hotels Adding 550 Rooms in 2012 to Increase Competition in Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin New Hotel Rooms for Central Florida Expected to Outpace Demand Slightly in 2012 Las Vegas Isn't Likely to Boom Again in 2012, but There's Reason for Hope Developer for Hyatt Place Augusta to Select Architect Rezidor Hotel Group Undergoes Corporate Reorganization Separating Responsibilities for Core Brands and Creating New Area Structures for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Sheraton to Open the 289-room Sheraton Reserva do Paiva Hotel and Convention Center in Brazil in Q1 2014; Project being Developed by the Portuguese group Promovalor and the Brazilian group Odebrecht Realizações Imobiliárias RB Capital to Build Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's First Holiday Inn Express with the 200-room Holiday Inn Express Bukit Bintang Slated to Open in 2015 Cvent and Mexico Meetings Network Partner to Drive Meetings Business to Mexico; Partnership has Raised Awareness of Mexico as a Meetings Destination and Increased the Flow of Group Business to the Country Beacon South Beach Hotel Achieves Certified Guest Service Property Status Leonardo Hotels to Open the 213-room Superior Leonardo Hotel Vienna in Austria; Owned by IMMOFINANZ Group Jose Mari Del Rosario's Paramount Property Management Bets Big on Philippine Budget Hotels with Development of the Microtel Brand throughout the Region White Paper Examines How Conference Centers are More Conducive to Learning Nothing Sluggish About 2012 Visitor Count for Central Florida U.S. Travel Association Analysis Shows Travel Employment Rebound in December with the Travel Industry Creating Jobs at a Faster Rate than the Rest of the Economy The 194-room Embassy Suites West Palm Beach-Central Opens in Florida; Managed by Windsor Management Services Langham Hospitality Group Signs Agreement with Greenland Group to Open the 214-room Eaton Luxe, Xinqiao, Shanghai in China Canada's Sandman Hotel Group Opens its First UK Property with the 175-room Sandman Signature Hotel in Newcastle, England Louvre Hotels Group Actively Pursues its Development in France; Opening 28 New Hotels in France in 2011 White Lodging Appoints Dale Nysetvold as General Manager at the Courtyard by Marriott Fort Wayne Downtown Lasalle Hotel Properties Elects Jeff Foland, Executive Vice President of United Airlines and President of Mileage Plus Holdings, to its Board of Trustees January 6, 2012 TIG Global Sweeps W3 Awards, WebAwards, and Davey Awards Earning Top Honors as Interactive Agency; Agency Takes Home Twelve Prestigious Awards for Continued Excellence in Web Design and Online Marketing Mobile Key by OpenWays Named 'Top Innovation' by Lodging Magazine New York Governor Cuomo Strikes Deal with the Genting Group for $4 Billion Aqueduct Race Track Convention Center in Queens, New York but May be Colliding with State Laws Controlling the Competitive Bidding Process Global Hotel Transaction Volume Forecasted to Hold Steady in 2012 with Worldwide Levels to Once Again Reach $30 billion According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Annual Hotel Investment Outlook 2012 Report With Exploding Competition from Macau and Singapore and the Possible Spread of Gaming to Miami and Boston, the Increasingly Complex Global Gaming Industry Does not Signal the End of Las Vegas but Rather Creates Opportunities for Global Gaming Networks While Nevada's Gaming & Tourism Economy is Improving, Two More Southern Nevada Hotels Default on Debt; the Loews Lake Las Vegas Hotel in Henderson and the JW Marriott Las Vegas Casino Resort in Summerlin Building Housing the Former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Which Served as Inspiration for the Empire State Building, May be Converted Into an Upscale Hotel by Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels Kerzner International Appoints Alan Leibman as Chief Executive Officer, Sol Kerzner to Remain as Chairman Hotel Developer Chosen to Turn 107 Year Old Former Tampa, Florida Courthouse into a Boutique Hotel; Development Services Group Proposes a 110 Room Property Preserving the Unique and Historic Architecture What Exactly Do Hotel Concierges' Do? Some Requests in San Diego Hotels Can be Quite Unusual / Lori Weisberg Your Room is Ready; Just Pick a Hotel: An Interview with Steve Shalitof Leawood, Complex Manager for Westin Crown Center and Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center Complimentary Teleseminar with Dr. Bryan K. Williams! 10 Things To Improve Service In Your Business Foxwoods Resort Casino Partners with UniFocus to Conduct Comprehensive GUESTScope Satisfaction Survey; Partnership Reinforces North America's Largest Resort Casino's Commitment to Five Star® Service St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Opens the 100-Story St. Regis Shenzhen Becoming Starwood's Tallest Hotel Worldwide and One of the Tallest Buildings in China; The 297-key Hotel Occupies the Top 28 Floors Interstate Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the 473-room Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois Courtyard by Marriott Unveils its New Lobby and Room Design with the Opening of the 100-room Courtyard Boone in North Carolina Owned and Managed by Poteat Hospitality Association Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort Completes $45 Million 800-room Rainbow Tower Renovations The Historic Hotel del Coronado Unveils its $8 Million Dollar Renovation of its 368 Rooms and Suites Great Hotels of the World Completes $5 Million Renovation of its New Member Property, Acanto Boutique Hotel in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico The JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square in California Unveils its New Pacific Conference Center with Completely Redesigned Meeting Rooms Jerry Keyes Named Statewide Hotelier of the Year by the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association Carlson Appoints Scott Meyer as Interim Leader, Midscale Brands, Carlson Hotels, Americas Choices Hotels Appoints John Tague to its Board of Directors William J. Sander III Named Executive Vice President and Director of Operations of Seagate Hospitality Group in Delray Beach, Florida in Addition to Remaining as General Manager of The Seagate Hotel & Spa January 4, 2012 Why 2012 is Going to be 'The Year of SoLoMo' (Social, local, and mobile) / Ritesh Gupta Lasalle Hotel Properties Closes on Acquisition of The 934-room Park Central Hotel in New York City for $396.2 Million Loews Hotels Appoints Paul W. Whetsell as President and Chief Executive Officer Why Steve Wynn's Plan for Foxborough Casino has Been so Divisive Tech and Tourists Help Spur Surge in California's Bay Area Hotel Business; San Francisco Market Generated a 20.6% Increase in Revenue Sharing a Single Building but Flying Two Flags, Barry Swenson Builder to Develop a 175-room Residence Inn and a 146-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott Near San Jose Airport in California Construction to Begin on Two New Hotels in Muskogee, Oklahoma; The $1.3 Million 30-room Muskagee Inn Suites and a $4.8 Million 69-room La Quinta Inn Hilton's Naples Grande Beach Resort in Florida Begins the New Year as the Waldorf Astoria Naples; Operated as a Waldorf Astoria for Some Time will Now Undergo Property Enhancements Reflecting the Brand Standards Smart Hotelier's 2012 Top Ten Digital Marketing Resolutions / Max Starkov and Mariana Mechoso Safer RateGain Selected to Provide Competitive Rate Intelligence for Accor North America's Economy Lodging Brands; RateGain's PriceGain product powers rate intelligence data for Accor N.A.'s economy hotel properties. Interstate Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the 122-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Montrose, Colorado; Property Recently Acquired by an Affiliate of Blue Cougar Investments The 120-room Courtyard by Marriott Milwaukee Airport Opens in Wisconsin; Owned by GMF Hotel LLC and Managed by Hospitality Specialists Holiday Inn Express & Suites Phoenix Tempe University Opens in Arizona Following $1.5 Million Renovation and Conversion from a Comfort Inn The U.S. Department of Commerce Reports Third Quarter 2011 as the Sixth Consecutive Quarter of Growth in Travel and Tourism-related Employment Major Lobby Renovation Completed at the 92-room Courtyard by Marriott in Oxford, Alabama Owned and Managed by Purohit Hotel Group Hilton Worldwide Appoints Jean-Claude Mathot as Managing Director to Oversee Two Fort Lauderdale, Florida Hotels; Responsible for the 589-room Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina Hotel and the Bahia Mar Fort Lauderdale Beach White Lodging Appoints Amy Grayson as Director of Sales at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown in Indiana January 3, 2012 7 Days Group Holdings Limited Completes Acquisition of Hunan Huatian Star Hotel Management Limited Gaining 100% Ownership in 21 Huatian Star Hotels in 12 Cities in China China Lodging Group Makes Management Change and Reaffirms Expansion Plan for 2012; Executive Chairman Qi Ji to take on the CEO Role Replacing Tuo Zhang who will Serve as Vice-chairman of the Board and Consultant to the Company Budget Hotel Chain Tune Hotels to Expand in the United Kingdom to Capitalize on Growth Opportunity in the Country; The Budget Hotel Industry in the UK Currently Represents 15% of Total Rooms as Compared to 33% in the US What Is The Difference Between Hospitality Excellence and Mediocrity? / Doug Kennedy The Resolution Solution - 5 Simple Revenue Management Resolutions for 2012 / Carol Verret Why are San Diego Hotels Lagging in Revenue Growth Compared to Other Metro Areas? / Lori Weisberg Maldivian Government to Reconsider Decision on Order to Close Spas in Resorts Following Protests from Tourism Sector Houston Officials to Unveil Sweeping Development Plan for Convention District; Primary Focus Includes Hotels, Amenities and Expannded Convention Center The Debate is on - Should Virginia Beach, Virginia Taxpayers Invest $67 Million Toward the $109 Million Convention Center Hotel Project? City Council to Vote on the 361-room Hyatt Regency Project on January 24 after Further Study Tourists Continue to Flock to Berlin, Germany Resulting in Growth in the Number of Investor-Funded Hotel Construction Projects; Berlin has Become Europe's Third Most Popular Destination After London and Paris Tourists to Emerald Coast, Florida Come Back in Record Numbers for 2011 Following Disastrous 2010 Yellow Dog Software Provides Resort at Squaw Creek with Inventory Management Affiliate of HSL Properties, Owners of Hotel Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, Acquires La Placita Village Complex Next to the Tucson Convention Center Reviving Development Possibilities for the Area Marriott to Open 123-room Fairfield Inn & Suites Hotel in San Diego, California Completing an Extensive Renovation and Rebranding of the Former Holiday Inn Express; Owned by Affiliates of Clearview Hotel Capital and Managed by Interstate Hotels and Resorts MetWest Terra, New Owners of the Toll House Hotel in Los Gatos, California, Take Over Operations and Promise to Work with Local Community on Issues that May Affect its Neighbors Pinnacle Advisory Group Remains Optimistic about the Boston/Cambridge Lodging Market for 2012 Spencer Inn & Suites in Manchester, Connecticut Sold; Property Now Owned by Gary Patel with Plans to Convert to Studio 6 Franchise Development Plans for 120-room Hotel in Bemidji, Minnesota Progressing; Construction Should Begin in the Spring The Cleveland Airport Marriott in Ohio Unveils its $22 Million Renovation IDM Hotel Management Group Hires Jamie Dressel as Field Services Coordinator to Assist with Growing Portfolio of Midwest Boutique Hotels Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Gina Danze as Director of Sales for the Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile in Illinois W Hotels Worldwide Appoints Katie Donald Director of Sales and Marketing at the 225-room W Hoboken in New Jersey

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