**Top 25
Read
Articles - December 2011**
- Top
10 Hospitality Industry Trends for 2012 / Robert A. Rauch
- My
Decision: Timing is Everything / Bill Marriott
- Cloud
Computing - The Why and How it Benefits Hoteliers: Hotel-Online 3Qs
Series on Best Practices in Hotel Marketing and Operations
- Pizza
Fliers Spur Arrests at Tourist Hotels in Orange County, Florida
- A
Look at Some of the Most Expensive New Year's Eve Dinners in Las Vegas
- Foodies Rejoice!
- Yale
University Drops Future Investments in Funds Created by HEI Hospitality
- Host
Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Terminates Its Agreement to Acquire the
888-room Grand Hyatt Washington, D.C. Forfeiting its $15 million Deposit
- Top
10 Global Spa Trends for 2012 as Foretold by SpaFinder
- The
End of an Era, Bill Marriott Secedes CEO Role and is Elected Executive
Chairman for Marriott International; Arne Sorenson Named CEO, Bob
McCarthy Named COO
- What
Do Business Travelers Want Most? Residence Inn Survey in Partnership
with Popular Mechanics Reveals For 37% Surveyed that Guest Room Size
Does Matter
- Asian
Hotel Companies are Rapidly Expanding Globally; Of the Top 50 Largest
Brands Worldwide Four are Chinese Companies with Two of Those in the
Top 15
- Kill
Mystery Shopping Now / Jeremiah Wilson
- PKF's
U.S. Hotel Forecast Indicates Recovery Better For Some, Not All;
Overall RevPAR Projected to be up 8.1% in 2011 Followed by 6.1%
Increase in 2012
- Vail
Resorts Reorganizing Lodging Division; Will No Longer Seek to Add New
RockResorts Properties Outside of its Mountain Resorts; Staff
Reductions Anticipated
- Mike
Leven Bullish on Las Vegas Group Demand / David M. Brudney
- Top
12 Customer Loyalty Trends for 2012; Customer retention, engagement
remain top challenge
- Project
Manager Selected for New York Palace Hotel Renovations; Hotel-Online
and BuildCentral Add/Update 160 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel
Construction Projects Database
- White
Lodging to Upgrade the 1,003-room Convention Hotel in Austin, Texas to
a JW Marriott
- Hotel
Management Tips - The Power of a Good Listener / Jack A. Turesky
- Hyatt
Reverses Course, Donates $25K to Skywalk Memorial in Kansas City,
Missouri
- Sabre
Hospitality Solutions' "Smart" Website Takes Top Honors; Company wins a
total of 51 awards for outstanding website design and creativity
- Top
20 Secrets to Success in Hotel SMS Marketing / Margaret Mastrogiacomo
- Hyatt's
Skywalk Donation Decision Not So Outrageous When You Know Key Facts
- Former
Las Vegas Hilton to Officially be Known as the LVH - Las Vegas Hotel
& Casino
- Understanding
How to Measure Social Media / Ritesh Gupta
December 29, 2011
- New
Year's Eve Travelers without Reservations Hoping to Stay in New York
City Hotels Will Find Rates That Have Risen by as much as 740%
- Last-minute
Travelers to San Francisco for New Year's Eve will Still Find Hotel
Rooms but may Pay as much as a 450% Premium with the Average Price Hike
in the City at 140% for the Evening
- Lessons
from the Field: Lessons of Life in Auld Lang Syne / Dr. John Hogan
- Marketing
"Greenness" to the Luxury Traveler - A Case Study: Bardessono,
Yountville, Napa Valley / Jim Treadway, General Manager
- Sold-out
Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Florida Results in Economic Boost for
Central Florida Tourism Industry; Bowl Games Expected to Generate 2,500
Room Nights just at The Peabody Orlando from Christmas to New Year's --
an Impact of $500,000 to $750,000 for the Hotel
- Grand
Velas Resorts in Riviera Maya & Riviera Nayarit Named to Conde Nast
Traveler's 2012 Exclusive Gold List; "Beyond All Inclusive, Beyond All
Compare" Resorts Selected In Luxury Travel Magazine's Readers' Choice
Survey
- Boston,
Massachusetts Convention Business for 2012 Set for Strongest Year Since
2007; Estimations for 601,000 Hotel Room Night Reservations or a 34%
Increase over 2011
- Villa
Group Unveils Final Phase of Villa del Palmar Cancun in Mexico Adding
137 Rooms for a Total of 415
- Driftwood
Hospitality Completing $10 Million Renovation to the Sheraton Columbus
at Capitol Square in Ohio; Scheduled for Summer 2012 Completion
- Linchris
Hotel Corp. Spending $3 Million on Renovation of the 175-room Hilton
Scranton and Conference Center in Pennsylvania
- As
Part of $160 Million Remodel, Las Vegas MGM Grand's Iconic Lion Habitat
to Permanently Close
- Donald
Trump to Keynote the Americas Lodging Investment Summit being held
January 23-25, 2012 in Los Angeles; Co-hosted by American Hotel &
Lodging Association and Burba Hotel Network
- Atlanta,
Georgia's Convention & Visitors Bureau Ramping Up Efforts to
Attract Foreign Visitors; Efforts to Coincide with the Spring Opening
of the New International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International
Airport
December 28, 2011
December 27, 2011
December 22, 2011
- Understanding
How to Measure Social Media: An Interview with Barbara Pezzi, Director
of Analytics & Search Optimization, Fairmont Raffles Hotels
International
- Hyatt
Reverses Course, Donates $25K to Skywalk Memorial in Kansas City,
Missouri
- HVS
Executive Search's Annual European Hotel Board Study Places IHG on Top
but Also Shows Hotel Companies Still Need More Women Directors
- Long
Beach City Council Rejects $320 million Coastal Hotel Development
Project After Eight Years of Planning
- Toronto-based
Skyline International Development Checks into U.S. Market with
Acquisition of Historic Cleveland, Ohio Arcade Complex Including the
293-room Hyatt Regency Hotel
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Opens in Puebla Palmas, Mexico
- Fusion
Hospitality's Demolition of the Howard Johnson in Tupelo, Mississippi
Making Room for Two New Hotels; a Candlewood Suites and a Holiday Inn
- Five
Benchmark Hospitality International Chefs Present A Culinary Tour of
Italy in Seven Courses at James Beard House in New York City
- Midas
Hospitality Acquires the 111-room Staybridge Suites - Columbus/Dublin
in Ohio
- IHG
Opens the 174-room Holiday Inn North Phoenix in Arizona Following a
$4.5 Million Renovation and Conversion from a Ramada Plaza Hotel
- Rezidor
Debuts in the Country of Georgia with the Opening of the 168-room
Radisson Blu Hotel, Batumi
- Marriott
Opens the 82-suite SpringHill Suites Waco Woodway Opens in Texas
Managed by Naples Hotel Group
- Membership
with Ascend Collection from Choice Up by Nearly 35% over 2010
- Pride
Hospitality Signs Management Agreement for the 110-room Comfort Suites
University Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Fred
Cerrone, President and CEO of Hotel Equities, Named to the Board of
Directors of the Atlanta Hospitality Alliance
- Castle
Resorts & Hotels Names Robin Graf Vice President of Operations
- LaTour
Hotels and Resorts Appoints Guy Hall as Vice President of Operations
and Business Development of Asia
- White
Lodging Appoints Jennifer Langton as General Manager at Hilton Garden
Inn in Warrenville, Illinois
- Daniele
Trombacco Named Director of Sales and Marketing of Eden Roc at Cap
Cana, the First Property by Solaya Hotels & Resorts; To be Unveiled
in February 2012 in the Dominican Republic
- Buffalo
Lodging Associates Appoints Machelle Collins as Director of Sales at
the 118-room Hampton Inn & Suites Columbus-Polaris Hotel in
Columbus, Ohio
December 21, 2011
- VIZERGY®
Caps off 2011 with Another Award; Hotel Internet Marketing Company Wins
Summit Award for Sugar Bay Resort and Spa
- Global
Hotel Rates Outperform Year-to-date Pace in November; Leisure Nightly
Rates Increase by Nearly +4% over 2010 while Bookings Jump +6%
- Morgans
Hotel Group Enters Management Agreement for New Build Mondrian Brand to
be Located in the Old City of Istanbul, Turkey; Will Also Have
Ownership Interest of 20% Through $10 million Equity Contribution
- Rezidor
to Open Hotel Missoni Mauritius Near Baie du Cap on the Island of
Mauritius; The 80-suite Property is Set to Open in 2014
- Construction
Begins on New $53 Million Tower at the Seneca Allegany Casino &
Hotel in Salamanca, New York
- Potential
Game-changer as Sheldon Adelson Mulls Entering Massachusetts Casino
Clash
- Wynn
Resorts Asked to Dial Down Massachusetts Casino Campaign Over the
Holidays
- HSMAI's
Chief Sales Officer Round Table with Leading Hotel Groups Focused on
Predicting Future Changes in the Hotel Sales Process
- Humberto
S. Lopez Purchases the Embassy Suites Tucson Williams Center in Arizona
Out of Bankruptcy
- Bank
Seeks Foreclosure and Possession of the 125-room Days Inn in Mystic,
Connecticut
- Orlando,
Florida Area Hotel Market Continues to Show Improvement and Reports
Gains in November; This Year-over-Year Improvement Comes on Top of Big
Gains that Occurred a Year Ago
- Parallax
Partners Gains Tax-incentive Deal Approval and will Move Ahead on
90-room Hotel Project in Lewiston, Maine
- U.S.
Department of Labor Penalized 35 Tennessee Hotels for Violating Federal
Wage and Hour Laws; Will be Required to Pay Fines and Back Wages
- The
Hotel Group to Rebrand the Former Holiday Inn Santa Fe as the
DoubleTree by Hilton Santa Fe Following Multi-million Redesign
- Abu
Dhabi National Exhibitions Company and Hyatt Hotels Open the 189-room
Hyatt Capital Gate Abu Dhabi on Top Floors of the Capital Gate Building
Featuring the World's Furthest Leaning Tower
- Hollander
Investments and Marriott International Set to Open the 120-room
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Puyallup, Washinton
- Central
Florida Chapter of the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association
International (HSMAI) Honors Rich Maladecki, President and CEO of the
Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association (CFHLA), with the Gene
T. Hassett Award
- The
Hotel Managers Group (HMG) Chosen to Manage the Hampton Inn &
Suites Los Angeles Burbank Airport Hotel in California
- Windsor
Court Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana Joins Preferred Hotels &
Resorts
- Construction
Remains on Track for RiverView Terrace, the New Outdoor Waterfront
Event Venue at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center Near
Washington, D.C.; RiverView Terrace to Open Spring 2012
- Carlson
Wagonlit Travel Appoints Andrew Waller as President CWT Europe, Middle
East, Africa and Global Partners Network
- Hotel
Equities Names Barry Wabler as Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Names Guy Tomlinson as Controller for the
316-room Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Brian
Jones Named as Director of Sales & Marketing for The Pierre, a Taj
Hotel on New York's Central Park
- David
Hume Appointed as Director of Sales for Chateau on the Lake Resort, Spa
& Convention Center in Branson, Missouri
- Enchantment
Group Names Victoria Strubbe as Leisure Sales Manager
December 20, 2011
- TrustYou
Offers Free Guest Survey Tool to Hotels; Complimentary Product Enables
Capture, Analysis, Response and Integration of Reviews through a
Hotel's Own Site with Follow-up Push to Third-party Sites
- Study
Conducted for City of Miami Beach Shows Hotel Rates in Miami Beach
Often Twice as High as Similar Properties in Las Vegas; Figures
Underscore Concerns for Proposed Destination Resorts
- The
Sky's the Limit for Maximizing Hotel Revenue in Manhattan; Rooftop bars
and penthouses are making a bold statement in revenue of up to $120 per
square foot per month on the balance sheet
- Solving
the Problem with Resolutions - 5 Simple Hotel Sales Resolutions You Can
Keep! / Carol Verret
- Kill
Mystery Shopping Now / Jeremiah Wilson
- Westin
Will Join Jekyll Island's New Hotel Mix; Construction of 200-room Hotel
to Begin by Summer 2012
- Verny
Capital and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. to Open the 202-room
Ritz-Carlton Vienna, the Brand's First in Vienna, Austria
- Under
a Management Agreement with Ownership Group Prom-Bati SPA, Marriott to
Develop the 198-room Courtyard by Marriott Setif in Algeria to Open in
2014
- Marriott
to Develop the 150-room Courtyard by Marriott Lima in Peru Under a
Management Agreement with Inversiones La Rioja, S.A.
- Cedar
Rapids City Council Expected to Approve Agreements Putting the
Doubletree by Hilton Flag on Convention Hotel Currently Under
Construction; Management of Hotel, U.S. Cellular Center Arena and
Convention Center to be Turned Over to Hilton
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Honored with Four Adrian Awards from the
Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
- Visitor
Spending in California May Hit Record in 2011; Forecast Predicts $104.4
billion, a 10% Increase Last Year
- Stephen
Cloobeck, Chairman and CEO of Diamond Resorts International and
Chairman of Brand USA, to Appear on Reality Show Undercover Boss
- Donald
J. Henderson Honored by the Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater
Houston with its Lifetime Achievement Award; Seven Additional Awards
Presented Recognizing Contributions in Hospitality
- Ft.
Lauderdale's 400-room Airport Hilton Must be Demolished for New Runway
Say Officials; If Necessary County Will Force Sale by Use of Eminent
Domain Law Through Court System
- Bern
Hotels & Resorts and Starwood Hotels Open the $100 Million 611-room
Westin Playa Bonita Panamá in the Republic of Panamá
- Hilton
Worldwide Opens Two New Hotels at Frankfurt Airport as Part of the
Futuristic THE SQUAIRE Complex; The Hilton Frankfurt Airport and Hilton
Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport Operate Beside Each Other Under the Same
Roof
- Owned
and Managed by Chase Hospitality, the 118-suite Residence Inn by
Marriott Opens in Irving, Texas
- The
98-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton Opens Near Boston in Canton,
Massachusetts; Owned by Benderson Development Company and Managed by
Buffalo Lodging
- Driftwood
Hospitality to Manage the Holiday Inn Express Tampa-Brandon in Florida
and the Courtyard by Marriott Dallas NW Hwy at Stemmons/I-35E in Texas
- In
its Pre-Budget Report, The Canadian House of Commons Finance Committee
Embraces Recommendations from the Hotel Association of Canada for
Stable Long Term Tourism Funding and an Aviation Review
- Christopher
Peach Appointed as General Manager of the Radisson Blu Hotel in
Bristol, England
- Lisa
Asdikian Appointed as General Manager of the 248-suite Embassy Suites
Mandalay Beach - Hotel & Resort in Oxnard, California
- Suzanne
McIntosh Joins Hospitality Executive Search Consultants, Marshall-Alan
Associates
December 19, 2011
- Travel
& Hospitality Brands Need to Make Mobile a Top Priority for 2012
- Whiteboard
Labs' Windsurfer CRS Powers Desires Hotels
- HSMAI
Names the 29 Advertising Division Gold Award Winners, the 74 Public
Relations Division Gold Award Winners and the 50 Digital Marketing
Division Gold Award Winners for the Year 2011
- Top
10 Hospitality Industry Trends for 2012 / Robert Rauch, CHA
- Spa
Revenue Management Techniques: Dynamic Pricing, Dynamic Availability
& Menu Engineering / Patrick Landman
- Conference
Center Recovery Mirrors The Overall Lodging Industry / Dave Arnold
- City
Branding: Part 3: Observation Towers in the USA; Landmarks Create US
City's Identity & Image - What's Your City's Claim to Fame? / Jeff
Coy, IHSC
- Club
Med to Open Second Resort in China in August 2012 in the Tourist
Destination of Guilin; Company Plans to Open Five Locations in China by
2015
- Trust
Hospitality's Desires Hotels Collection Adds The Circ in Hollywood,
Florida; Construction of the 104-room Boutique Hotel to Begin Summer
2012, with Opening Planned for 2014
- Long
Beach California City Council Ponders a $320 Million Redevelopment Plan
Including a 100-room Hotel on the site for the SeaPort Marina Hotel,
Formerly the Edgewater Inn, a 1960s Celebrity Favorite
- Madison,
Wisconsin Mayor Pronounces Edgewater Hotel Project Dead; Developer
Robert Dunn May Sue Citing Breach of Contract
- The
Window Into the Future / Terence Ronson
- New
General Manager Named at Hyatt Regency Newport Beach; Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 183 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes
in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- Hotel
AG Announces 2011 Year Performance
- Academic
Agreement Expands Educational Institute's Presence in Latin America
- El
Paso's Camino Real Hotel's Deteriorating Conditions and Lack of
Commitment for Renovations Prompt Postponement of Convention Business
- Soon
to be an Autograph Collection Property, Restored Union Station Hotel in
Nashville, Tennessee Steams Into the Future While Honoring its Past
- Capitalizing
on Increased Occupancy Due to Recent Success in Area Cultural and Arts
Venues, the 86-year-old Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg,
Florida has a Hip New Lobby Look More Conducive to Socializing;
Renovation for Spa Planned for Late 2012 or 2013
- Kingdom
Holding Company (KHC) Opens the $164 Million Marrakesh Four Seasons
Hotel in Morocco
- Double
Conversion of Mint Hotels in Central London Creates Two New DoubleTree
by Hilton Hotels in the UK; The 583-room DoubleTree by Hilton
London-Tower of London and the 460-room DoubleTree by Hilton
London-Westminster
- IHG
Opens the 203-room InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya in Russia, Owned
by Business Centre on Tverskaya
- Following
a $1.4 Million Update and Conversion from a Wingate by Wyndham, the
80-room Holiday Inn Express Atlanta I-85 Clairmont Opens in Georgia;
Owned by BKNS and Managed by Horizon Hospitality
- Hotel
& Lodging Association of Greater Houston Honors Joe Palmieri with
Their Inaugural General Manager of the Year Award
- Penn
State's School of Hospitality Management Names Hilton Senior Vice
President Bill Fortier and Shaner President Plato Ghinos as Conti
Professors
- International
Association of Conference Centers Elects New Board Members; Patti
Culwell, Lauren Kean, Daniel Techman and David Haas
- Lungarno
Collection Names Valeriano Antonioli as Chief Executive Officer
- James
Miller Named as Executive Assistant Manager for the 405-room Rembrandt
Hotel & Towers Bangkok in Thailand
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Names Chris Nelbach as Director of Revenue
Management for the Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas
- Sherell
Guyot Named Senior Catering Sales Manager for the River Terrace Inn and
Restaurant Cuvée, a Noble House Hotel in Napa Valley, California
December 16, 2011
- Nation's
Top Hotel School Gives Students Experience in RFID and Uniform Delivery
Technology; Cornell University School of Hotel Administration Installs
InvoTech's Ultra-High Frequency RFID with White Conveyors Uniform
Delivery System in Statler Hotel
- Mike
Leven Bullish on Las Vegas Group Demand / David Brudney
- Hotel
Management Tips - The Power of a Good Listener / Jack A. Turesky
- MGM
CEO, Jim Murren, Offers Views on South Florida Casino Market Potential;
Would Like to Open a Miami Area 300 to 500 Room MGM Hotel and Believes
a Mega-Resort Plan Would be the Wrong Move
- Was
Las Vegas a Winner for 2011? Panel of Experts Picks the Casino Resort
Market Winners and Losers of 2011
- How
do you spell SUCCESS? / Dr. John Hogan
- Expedia
Offers Timely Tips to Hotels for Capturing Last Minute Holiday Bookings
- Accor
Acquires Mirvac Hotels & Resorts, a Management Company of 48 Hotels
in Australia and New Zealand; The $254 Million Acquisition Includes a
21.9% Stake in the Mirvac Wholesale Hotel Fund with Ownership of 7 of
the Hotels
- MetWest
Terra Hospitality Acquires Two California Boutique Hotels: The Lodge at
Tiburon in Tiburon and Toll House in Los Gatos; Together with The Casa
Madrona Hotel & Spa, Creating a Unique San Francisco Bay Area
Collection
- Jumeirah
Group Opens 91-villa Jumeirah Vittaveli Maldives in the Maldives
- Carlson
Opens the 148-room Radisson Hotel Chatsworth in Chatsworth, California,
Owned by Paradigm TVM
- Newly
Renovated and Rebranded, the 270-room Occidental Grand Nuevo Vallarta
Opens in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Formerly the Allegro Nuevo Vallarta
- Part
of an $860 Million Resort Expansion, the 668-room Octavius Tower at
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada is Set to Open
- Financing
HVAC and Building Controls with §179D Deductions / Marky Moore
- HeBS
Digital Caps Off a Great Year With Best in Class Interactive Media Award
- Guest-tek
Expands Sales Force with a Trio of Industry Experts
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts to Open the 290-room Fairmont Amman in Jordan in
2014
- A
Cornerstone in the Gastonia, North Carolina City Revitalization
Project, the Gastonia Conference Center Opens; The 30,000 Square-foot,
Multi-use Facility is Managed by The Wilderman Group
- Old
Edwards Inn and Spa in Highlands, North Carolina Launches Property
Expansion; Adding 22 Guestrooms, Bringing Room Count to 90, and an
Additional Outdoor Heated Mineral Pool
- Lodge
a Winner with Wines - The Lodge and Convention Center at
Geneva-on-the-Lake Reports Better than Projected Revenue for 2011 and
is Named as One of the Top 10 Wine Country Inns in the U.S.
- Millcraft
Industries to Break Ground on $76.6 Million Office and Hotel Project,
Market Square, by Midsummer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Plans to Open
the 175-room Hilton Garden Inn Hotel by March 2014
- Evergreen
House in Tel Aviv, Israel to Become Rothschild Boulevard Boutique
Hotel; To be Converted by Rothschild Hotel Ltd.
- Holiday
Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Normal, Illinois to Unveil Completed
$3 Million Renovation Project
- Hershey
Entertainment & Resorts Names Ted J. Kleisner as New Board Chairman
- Provenance
Hotels Appoints Klaudio Simic as Vice President of Operations
- Meet
Elizabeth Mao, New General Manager at Gramercy Park Hotel in New York
City via Video
- THG
Promotes LaRell Baldwin to GM of its Crowne Plaza Hotel in Billings,
Montana
- West
Valley Lodging Initiative Appoints Jim Burkett as General Manager of
the 162-suite Embassy Suites West Valley City Under Construction in
West Valley, Utah
December 14, 2011
- IDeaS
Announces Second Set of Winners of 2011 IDeaS Cornell Revenue
Management Scholarship; First-of-its-kind scholarship program offers
hospitality professionals access to career development opportunities in
revenue management
- The
Custom Hotel Implements Flyte Systems' Airline Arrival and Departure
Displays; Custom Hotel Recalls the Romance of Air Travel - With 21st
Century Tech Touch to Get Guests Onboard On Time
- ACHAT
Hotels switches to Sabre Hospitality Solutions for its comprehensive
distribution solutions
- The
End of an Era, Bill Marriott Secedes CEO Role and is Elected Executive
Chairman for Marriott International; Arne Sorenson Named CEO, Bob
McCarthy Named COO
- The
Ground Rent Alternative / Joseph Pierce
- Proposed
Public-Private Partnership for New $109 million Hyatt Convention Hotel
in Virginia Beach, Virginia Bringing Out Deep Divisions on Both Sides
of the Fence
- W
Hotels to Debut in Paris, France with the Opening of the 91-room W
Paris - Opéra in February 2012; Owned by Meridia Capital and
Designed Inside an Historic 1870s Building
- Sofitel
Luxury Hotels Opens Flagship Property in Mumbai, India with Plans for
Asia Pacific Growth; Sofitel So Line to Open in Bangkok in 2012 and
Singapore in 2013
- Rosewood
Hotels & Resorts, Al Faisaliah Hotel, in Saudi Arabia Redefines
Majesty
- Best
Western Appoints 2012 Board of Directors; Devang (Dave) Amin Named
Chairman
- The
West Paces Hotel Group Changes Name to Capella Hotel Group to
Capitalize on its Successful Luxury Brand; Partners with Private Equity
Firm Stoneleigh Capital to Offer a New Model to Owners and Developers
as Part of Growth Strategy
- Intelity
ICE Technology Featured at the First Radisson Blu Hotel in the United
States; Newly Opened Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago Features Four
Versions of Award-Winning Guest Services Technology
- Travel
Tripper's RezTrip 2.0 Booking Engine Adds Two-Way Interface Capability
With OPERA PMS
- Growth
At Centric Hospitality Group Continues With Chain Switch, CRS Upgrade
and Loyalty Program Alliance Launch
- PSAV
Develops 'Express App' for Meetings; Entry-level mobile app provided by
PSAV® Presentation Services is a quick, easy and affordable way to
deliver event agendas, venue maps, speaker listings and sponsor details
via mobile devices
- Hilton
Garden Inn Washington DC/Greenbelt Chooses Target Net; Knowland's
ground-breaking sales & catering platform streamlines the booking
process, allowing hotels to quickly and efficiently drive sales
- Pegasus
Solutions Adds Mobile Hotel Apps to Mobile Offering; Utell App Now
Available in Apple and Android App Stores via RezView Mobile
- Paradisus
Resorts Partner with Seven-Star Michelin Chef Martin Berasategui to
Bring Signature Cuisine to the Brand
- Omni
Hotels & Resorts to Reflag 295-room Oceanfront Resort on Hilton
Head Island in South Carolina; Will Become Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront
Resort in February 2012 and Launch Extensive Renovations as Part of
Transition
- Marriott's
Autograph Collection to Add the 128-room Hotel & Spa do Vinho in
Bento Gonçalves in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to its Portfolio;
Prisma Engenharia SA will Continue to Manage the Property
- Developers,
Pearl Hotel Investors, Propose New 225-room Residence Inn by Marriott
for Pearl District, Oregon
- 80-room
Holiday Inn Express Coming to Prattville, Alabama
- The
171-room Courtyard by Marriott Moscow Paveletskaya Opens in Russia
- The
Generation Companies Opens the 122-room Home2 Suites by Hilton
Charleston Airport/Convention Center in North Charleston, South Carolina
- Completing
a $4 Million Renovation and Conversion from a Holiday Inn, the 190-room
DoubleTree by Hilton Raleigh-Brownstone University Opens in Raleigh,
North Carolina; Owned by MHI Hospitality and Managed by Chesapeake
Hospitality
- Aqua
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Heidi Kaohuhokulei Kalepa as Corporate
Director of Human Resources
- Dorchester
Collection Appoints Eugenio Pirri as Vice President, People and
Organizational Development
- International
Hospitality Enterprises Makes Two Executive Hotel Appointments in
Puerto Rico; Rabin Ortiz Named General Manager of Copamarina Beach
Resort and Laura Tracy Chosen as Director of Sales and Marketing for
Courtyard by Marriott Isla Verde Beach Resort
- James
Roberts Appointed as Hotel Manager for Hotel Duval in Tallahassee,
Florida
- W
Retreat & Spa-Vieques Island, Located off the Coast of Puerto Rico,
Appoints Francisco Blanch as Director of Sales & Marketing for
Starwood Hotel & Resorts Caribbean & Florida Metro Markets
- Chef
Robert Ash Named as Executive Chef for the 720-room Omni Orlando Resort
at ChampionsGate in Orlando, Florida
December 13, 2011
- MICROS
eCommerce Services|TIG Global Announces Newest Partnership with
Washington, DC's The Jefferson Hotel and Plume Restaurant
- d2o
Taps Industry Veterans Orkin and Ellis to Grow U.S. Market; Expands
Access to Game Changing Performance Navigation Solution for Hotels and
Resorts
- Verizon
Wireless and MTech Bring Enterprise Level Messaging to the Hospitality
Business; HotSOS customers can now use any Verizon Wireless phone for
dispatching service orders and achieving fast, reliable delivery of
messages
- Host
Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Terminates Its Agreement to Acquire the
888-room Grand Hyatt Washington, D.C. Forfeiting its $15 million Deposit
- NH
Hoteles Confirms HNA Group Has Terminated its Investment Agreement with
Spanish Hotel Chain Due to Economic Volatility
- PKF's
U.S. Hotel Forecast Indicates Recovery Better For Some, Not All;
Overall RevPAR Projected to be up 8.1% in 2011 Followed by 6.1%
Increase in 2012
- First
Hotel to Open in San Francisco's Presidio, the 22-room Inn at The
Presidio to Open in April 2012; The Presidio Trust Engages Waterford
Hotels & Inns to Direct Development and Management of the Inn in
the Urban National Park and Historic Military Post
- Working
to Slash Debts, Ailing Thomas Cook is Selling Five Spanish Hotels and
Golf Club of Hoteles Y Clubs De Vacaciones
- Innovation
Magic – The Secret Revealed Part II / Jim Hartigan
- With
Expanded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Convention Center the Need for
Balanced Hotel Growth Considered; Estimated Need of 1,000 More Rooms
Described
- Travelers
on the Run Can Now Find Good Food Fast at Four Seasons Hotels; New
15-Minute Room Service Offers Fast Fresh Meals at all 86 Hotels and
Resorts Worldwide
- EasyRMS
primary client First Hotels to be the pioneer user for Ez-LITE™;
Ez-LITE™ is the latest innovative product from EasyRMS, designed to
offer a revenue management solution to small size full-service
properties or budget / roadside properties.
- Festiva
Hospitality Group Selects UniFocus as Comprehensive Feedback Provider
- Australian
Tourism Group Announces Agreement with Educational Institute
- La
Dolce Vita Resort Selects the MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution to
Enhance its Guests' Experience
- National
hotel Internet marketing company VIZERGY to raise $50,000 for
Jacksonville nonprofit; Jacksonville-based company partners with Dreams
Come True to sponsor dreams for ten children battling life-threatening
illnesses
- Las
Vegas Strip Hotels Partner with Nonprofit Group, Clean the World, to
Recycle Partially Used Hotel Room Toiletries to Help Those in Need
- Amid
Pushback, Genting Executives State Their Miami Resort Casino Would Not
be the Largest in the World
- Owner
of the Ventura, California Pierpont Inn, Built in 1910, Grace S. Ahn,
Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
- The
Historic Yorktowne Hotel in York, Pennsylvania Sold to Loan Company at
Sheriff's Sale
- Work
Begins on 91-room Courtyard by Marriott in Southside Oneonta, New York
- Marshall
Hotels & Resorts Signs Five Management Contracts
- DoubleTree
by Hilton Debuts in the Netherlands with the Opening of the 553-room
DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station; The First of Eight
Mint Hotels in the Netherlands and UK Soon to Join the Hilton Worldwide
Portfolio
- Marriott
International Opens the 720-room Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre in
Shanghai, China
- Residence
Inn Brand Introduced in the Middle East with the Opening of the 80-key
Residence Inn by Marriott Manama Juffair in Bahrain; Under a Management
Agreement with International Trading and Investment Co.
- The
113-room Holiday Inn Express San Diego Sea World - Beach Area Opens in
California Following $1.5 Million Renovation and Conversion from a
Comfort Inn
- Las
Ventanas al Paraiso, a Rosewood Resort, in Mexico, Part of Ty Warner
Hotels & Resorts, Completes Major Upgrades to its Spa
- Central
Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Names Annual Award Winners
- Strip
Casino Veteran, Thomas McCartney, Joins Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas,
Nevada as Chief Operating Officer
- BayStar
Hotel Group Appoints Nancy A. Rocker, CHA, as General Manager of the
76-room Hotel Indigo - St. Petersburg Historic Downtown District in St.
Petersburg, Florida
- Wave
Crest Hotels and Resorts Appoints Regie Brown as General Manager of the
161-room Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad Beach in Carlsbad, California
- Flor
van der Vaart Appointed as General Manager of the 350-room Hyatt
Regency Curaçao Golf Resort, Spa and Marina in Curaçao
December 12, 2011
- City
Branding: Part 2: Observation Towers Worldwide, Architectural Icons
Make Cities Famous - What’s Your City’s Claim to Fame? / Jeff Coy, IHSC
- Top
10 Global Spa Trends for 2012 as Foretold by SpaFinder
- Red
Roof Inn Launches $90 million Room Redesign Based on Guest Suggestions
- Seminole
Tribe Needs a Hotel to Go Along With Their Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Ambition
- Pizza
Fliers Spur Arrests at Tourist Hotels in Orange County, Florida
- Project
Manager Selected for New York Palace Hotel Renovations
- Earn
and Re-Earn Your Customers' Loyalty / Bryan K. Williams, D.M.
- Hotel
AG Sells 5th Red Roof Inn
- Foreign
Visitors Perk up Hawaii's Recovering Hotel Industry; October Gleaned a
1.6% Increase in Occupancy, a 7.4% Rise in ADR and a 9.9% RevPAR
Increase
- Las
Vegas Visitor Numbers Continue to Climb with 3.4 million in October,
the Highest Since March of 2007
- Year
end 2011 -- Birth of a New Tradition - Rethinking Small Business
Saturday / Dr. John Hogan
- With
Mobile Growing Over 100% Per Year, Orbitz Beefs Up Presence
- Hotel
Guests in Cologne, Germany Arrested After Sharing Room With 100 Snakes
- Owners,
The Wanda Group, and Hilton Team Up Again to Open the 253-room
DoubleTree by Hilton Jiangsu-Taizhou in China
- Oasis
Hotels & Resorts to Launch Major Enhancements for Five of its
Cancun, Mexico Properties
- Orient-Express
Appoints Ali Kasikci as Regional Managing Director for North America,
Mexico & the Caribbean
- Jade
Woon Named as Director of Sales and Marketing for the 825-room Grand
Hyatt Beijing
December 9, 2011
- World
Hotel Waterpark Construction Report; 40 Hotel Waterpark Resorts Open in
2011 Outside North America / Jeff Coy & Amanda McDaniel
- YO!
What's Trending? / Terence Ronson
- Forest
City Enterprises to Sell The Ritz-Carlton Cleveland Hotel to Subsidiary
of Rock Ohio Caesars for $36.5 million
- Accor
Sells its 52.6% Stake in Hotel Formula 1 Hotels in South Africa to
Southern Sun Hotels
- Building
In-Destination Differentiation with Smart Hotel Digital Marketing via
Keywords / Pedro Colaco
- Big
Booking Rates Brimming With Holiday Cheer: What the Good News Means For
the Hotel Industry / Jean Francois Mourier
- Hyatt's
Skywalk Donation Decision Not So Outrageous When You Know Key Facts
- Palm
Beach, Florida County's Bed Tax Soars 34 % as Hotels Fill Up; Area
Hotel Revenues have Climbed Steadily Since Summer 2009
- Two
Hotel Projects for Wildwood, New Jersey Receive Final Approvals;
$10 Million Plan by the Morey Organization to Build a Hotel Adjoining
the Existing Starlux and the Nearby Days Inn Suites will Undergo an
Estimated $1.5 Million Expansion
- Snyder
& Associates to Build a 120-room Country Inn & Suites on Lake
Bemidij in Minnesota; Estimated Cost for Hotel and Adjacent Restaurant
Between $10 Million and $12 Million
- Rivett
Group Plans to Begin Construction of 64-room Extended-stay Hotel in
Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Historic
Floridan Hotel in Tampa, Florida Nears Completion of Multi-year
Extensive Modernization and Renovation; Original 426 Rooms
Re-configured into 213 Larger Modern Rooms and Suites
- Carlos
Rodriguez of Driftwood Hospitality Honored with the Estrella Award for
Latino Hotelier of the Year by Latino Hotel and Restaurant Association
- Crowne
Plaza in Albany, New York to Become a Hilton as it Undergoes a
Multi-Million Renovation
- Amazing
Retreats Unveils Development Plans for Stanbrook Abbey; Former
Monastery in Worcestershire, United Kingdom to be Transformed into
Wedding and Event Venue with 55 Bedroom Suites
- Hotel
Matilda in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Joins Design Hotels
International Collection of Properties
- The
64-room Lord Balfour to Open in Miami Beach, Florida in Winter 2012
Following a Multi-Million Dollar Renovation
- The
128-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Opens in Cabo San
Lucas, Mexico
- Hotel
Diva, a 116-room Personality Hotel in San Francisco, California,
Completes $2 Million Makeover
- Design
Hotels Completes Extensive Renovations and Re-Opens The 108-cottage
Surin Phuket, Formerly The Chedi Phuket, in Thailand
- Mark
Wynne-Smith to Become CEO for Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels While Arthur de
Haast Steps Up to Chairman
- Outrigger
Enterprises Group Names Joy Uchida as Corporate Director of Financial
Systems and Carolyn Baba Aquino as Treasury & Finance
Manager/Controller
- Wyndham
Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek in Florida Names Cory York as Chef de
Cuisine of Deep Blu Seafood Grille
December 8, 2011
- Is
the GDS Still a Wise Investment for Hotels? TravelClick Webinar to
Share Insight on the Evolving Role of the Travel Agent Channel and the
Effectiveness of GDS Promotion
- VIZERGY®
Appoints Industry Expert as New Vice President of Sales; Veteran Sales
and Marketing Executive Robert Arnold Joins VIZERGY
- Nevada
State Judge Refuses to Dismiss Fontainebleau Las Vegas Fraud Lawsuit
Against Some of the Top Names in the Development and Gaming Worlds
- White
Lodging to Upgrade the 1,003-room Convention Hotel in Austin, Texas to
a JW Marriott
- Hottest
Restaurant Menus Trends in 2012 Include Healthful Kids' Meals and
Locally Sourced Ingredients, According to National Restaurant
Association
- Hilton
San Francisco Union Square to Undergo a Five-Month $51 Million
Renovation of its 550 Guest Rooms and Function Space
- Hyatt
Hotels Will Not Contribute to Skywalks Memorial Fund Since Hotel at
Site of Collapse is no Longer a Hyatt Property
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
Study Indicates Atlantic City to be Only U.S. Market Where Casino
Revenue Will Continue to Decline and be Lower in 2015 than in 2010
- Asia
Poised to Overtake U.S. as Gaming Destination by 2013
- City
Council Approves $760 million Expansion Project at Hilton Hawaiian
Village
- Tisch
Family Named 2012 Recipients of the Cornell Icon of the Industry Award
- HotelTonight
Presented the Spirit of Innovation Award by the Hotel Electronic
Distribution Network
- Resort
Data Processing's Property Management Software Purchased by 15
Independent Resorts in the 2nd & 3rd Quarter of 2011
- Pegasus
Solutions Introduces OpenFlex Mobile Website Design Solution; Debut
Launch from Open Hospitality Service Expands Booking Options for
Hotels' Guests
- PAR
Springer-Miller Spa Clients Recognized in Prestigious Forbes Travel
Guide Five Star Ranking; Over 70% of Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Spas
Enhance Service with SpaSoft
- Yellow
Dog Software Provides Nemacolin Woodlands Resort with Inventory
Management
- Seasonal
Safety and Security Reminders / Dr. John Hogan
- American
Hotel & Lodging Association's (AH&LA) 2012 Legislative Action
Summit to be Held February 29 - March 1, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
- Experiential
Hospitality And The Guest Luxury Time / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
- Former
Las Vegas Hilton to Officially be Known as the LVH - Las Vegas Hotel
& Casino
- 96-room
Courtyard by Marriott Going Up Near Entrance of Quantico Marine Corps
Base
- Chicago
Convention & Tourism Bureau Unveils New Brand and Marketing
Strategies
- Hilton
Hotels & Resorts Open the 411-room Hilton Nanjing Riverside,
Nanjing, China
- Inspired
by the Recent Pop-up Phenomenon Around the World in the Form of Retail,
Art and Gastronomy, Design Hotels Launches the Ultimate 99
Cabaña Pop-up Camp with Papaya Playa in Tulum, Mexico
- Chesapeake
Hospitality Selected to Manage the Newly Converted Doubletree by Hilton
Raleigh Brownstone University Adjacent to North Carolina State
University, Owned by MHI Hospitality Corporation
- Provenance
Hotels Appoints Heather Munro as Director of Sales for the 163-room
Hotel Max in Seattle, Washington
December 7, 2011
- Independent
Hoteliers Facing Mandated PMS Upgrades Seize Golden Opportunity to
Improve Operations and Profitability; Independents turn to Maestro PMS
for Complete All-In-One Solution; Integrated Web and Mobile Technology
Backed by Industry’s Leading Diamond Plus Service
- VFM
Leonardo and Webjet Partner to Give Online Hotel Shoppers a Richer
Experience; Australia's Largest Online Travel Agency Enhances Hotel
Shopping Experience with Images and Rich Media.
- TravelShark
Launches RatherLocal™ Hyper-Local Dining and Shopping Guides, Reviews
on Major Market Sites; Digitizing the rather city guides for the first
time, TravelShark offers free insider content and inspiration for
locals and travelers
- Philadelphia's
Rittenhouse Hotel Rumored to be in Talks for Acquisition; Suitor
Believed to be Hersha Hospitality Trust
- Top
20 Secrets to Success in Hotel SMS Marketing / Margaret Mastrogiacomo
- Innovation
Magic - The Secret Revealed / Jim Hartigan
- Four
Ways to Move Last-Minute Inventory / Chris Patridge
- Jump
Start 2012 with Two of Our Most Popular Sales Webinars! December 15,
2011 / Carol Verret
- Vail
Resorts Reports Net Loss of $55.7 million for 1st Qrt. Fiscal 2012
Compared to Net Loss of $43 million the Prior Year Quarter; Early
Season Indicators Show Season Pass Sales Up 5%
- Good
News, Bad News for Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel-Casino; Revenues Fall to
$155.2 million for First Nine Months, Down from $179.3 million Same
Period of 2010; ADR Increases Help Narrow Losses to $28.5 million from
$80 million
- Four
Seasons Hotels and Resorts in Joint Venture with Silverstein Properties
and Dune Real Estate Partners Break Ground on 444-room Resort at Walt
Disney World in Orlando, Florida
- Rezidor
Hotel Group to Open 500-room Radisson Blu Resort & Congress Hotel
in Sochi, Russia in Q1 2013
- Westin
Launches the 172-room Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort & Spa in the
United Arab Emirates Owned by the Tourism Development & Investment
Company
- Blueprint
RF Connects Atlantic Aviation Customers
- RateTiger
Launches Apple Mac version; RTSuite now available on Macintosh computers
- Hunter
Realty Brokers Sale of Former Hyatt Place in Downtown Birmingham,
Alabama; Hotel Converts to SpringHill Suites Brand as Part of Sale
- Top
12 Customer Loyalty Trends for 2012; Customer retention, engagement
remain top challenge
- Analysts
Projecting a Brighter 2012 for Nevada Casino Industry
- London
Hotels Prosper for 2011 with Good Signs Through 2012 but 2013 Doom
Predicted with Negative Revenue per Room Growth Forecast and a Possible
Post-Olympics Hangover
- Wenaasgruppen
Partners with Rezidor to Open Two New Hotels in Oslo, Norway - The
135-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Oslo Alna and the 208-room Park Inn by
Radisson Oslo Alna
- Under
a Management Agreement with PFB Properties, the 107-room Courtyard by
Marriott Belgrade City Center to Open in Serbia in 2014
- With
Recent Litigation Dismissed, Work Begins on the 128-room Hilton Garden
Inn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Owned by First MKD, an Affiliate of First
Hospitality Group
- New
Owners of the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey Survive
Challenging First Year with Determination to Rejuvenate the Property
and Predict Continued Improvement in 2012
- Expedia,
Inc. Stockholders Approve Spin-Off of TripAdvisor, Inc.; Transaction
Expected to Close on or about December 20, 2011
- With
the Opening of the Pali Tower, Kokua Hospitality Completes First Phase
of Construction on the 191-room Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach in Hawaii;
Second Tower, the Diamond Tower, with 235 Additional Rooms to Open
Spring 2012
- The
Former 126-room Best Western Hotel in Grants, New Mexico is Re-branded
as the Red Lion Hotel Grants
- The
87-room Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Opens in Port Orange,
Florida Owned by T&T Management, to be Managed by Hotel Investment
Services
- Best
Western Grand Canyon Squire Inn in Arizona Earns the BEST WESTERN
PREMIER Descriptor Signifying the Brand's Most Refined Amenities and
Comfort
- Results
of $130 Million Renovation Unveiled at the 1,306-room Grand Hyatt New
York in Manhattan, New York
- The
279-room Crowne Plaza Syracuse in New York Unveils its $5 Million
Renovation
- The
196-room Plantation on Crystal River in Crystal River, Florida Names
Andrew Bartlett as General Manager and Michael Mancke as Director of
Sales and Marketing
- MetWest
Terra Hospitality Appoints Stefan Mühle as General Manager of the
63-room Casa Madrona in Sausalito, California
- The
380-room Langham Huntington, Pasadena in California Names Joyce
Cachapero as Associate Director of Leisure Business and Nicole Andrews
as Catering Sales Manager
December 6, 2011
- Sabre
Hospitality Solutions' "Smart" Website Takes Top Honors; Company wins a
total of 51 awards for outstanding website design and creativity
- Heritage
Hotels & Resorts Boosts Bookings and Revenue After Switch to
Pegasus Solutions' RezView® NG CRS; Hotel Chimayo in Santa Fe Sees
Astounding +32% Growth in Reservations
- VFM
Leonardo Announces Launch of VBrochure Facebook Apps Suite; Suite of
Facebook Applications Enables Hotels to Display Visual Media, Promote
Special Offers and Convert Bookings on Facebook Pages.
- MICROS
eCommerce Services|TIG Global Signs New Client, Destination Marketing
Organization Washington County, Oregon
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts to Acquire 49.8% of the Shares of German-Based
Design Hotels AG from Arabella Hospitality SE
- Unicorp
National Developments, Developer Behind the I-Drive Live Project in
Orlando, Acquires Nearby Wyndham Orlando Resort for $32.5 million; For
Now, Hotel will Continue to Operate Indefinitely
- Las
Vegas Mogul Wants Easy Wynn; $1 billion Foxboro Resort Casino Plan
Across from Patriots Gillette Stadium Unveiled; Local Opposition
Already Puts Project at Risk
- La
Torretta Lake Resort & Spa, the Former Del Lago Resort, at Lake
Conroe, Texas Expected to be Foreclosed On; Owners, French Quarter
Group, Spent $130 million to Revamp Property
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Sells the Holiday Inn Toronto-Yorkdale in Canada to
Easton Hotel Group
- Lowe
Enterprises Investors Acquires the 281-room Doubletree Bedford Glen
Hotel, in Bedford, Massachusetts; Destination Hotels & Resorts will
Continue as Operator
- Business
Travel Set to Take Off in 2012 According to New Deloitte Survey;
Millennials and Generation X Professionals Likely to Fuel Growth in
Corporate Travel
- Growth
Projected for the Multigenerational Travel Trend; Study by Preferred
Hotel Group Examines This Growing Travel Segment
- Hotel
Concepts - Brilliant and Passkey Unite to Provide Group Housing
Integration to Growing Hotel Portfolios
- Hotel
Pere Marquette in Peoria, Illinois Closes its Doors - Sort Of
- Marcus
Hotels & Resorts Honors Seven Properties with Awards of Excellence;
Hotels Recognized for Outstanding Performance in 2011
- Webinar
Scheduled to Provide Analysis of Russian Inbound Tourism to the United
States, One of the Fastest Growing Tourism Markets; Hosted by U.S.
Department of Commerce, Office of Travel & Tourism Industries and
the Commercial Service Travel & Tourism Team
- Aloft
Hotels Opens the 296-room Aloft Bangkok-Sukhumvit 11 in Thailand
- The
295-room DoubleTree by Hilton Langfang Opens in Langfang, China Owned
by The Wanda Group
- Richfield
Hospitality to Partner with Presidio Companies to Operate the 137-room
Courtyard by Marriott Fairfield in California
- Part
of the New Orleans Hotel Collection, the Newly Designed 102-room Hotel
Mazarin to Open in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jumeirah
Group Selected to Manage Grand Hotel Via Veneto in Rome; Will be
Rebranded as Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto, Rome
- Six
Month, $48 Million Renovation Complete for the 302-room Frenchman's
Reef Marriott Beach Resort in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
- Morgan
Hotel Groups, The Delano, in South Beach, Florida Gets a Rebirth of its
Own
- With
$10 Million Renovation Complete Carlson to Re-open the 252-key Radisson
Blu Resort, Marina & Spa on St. Martin
- The
36-unit Fairway Suites at the Peek' n Peak Resort in Clymer, New York
Re-Opens Under New Management by American Resort Management and New
Ownership of French Creek Properties
- Steffi
Snelling Appointed by Buffalo Lodging as the General Manager for the
Homewood Suites UCF Area - Orlando Hotel in Florida
- The
620-key Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Maryland Welcomes
Tim Mullen, Andrew Gould and Jeff Siebold to Food and Beverage
Executive Team
- Noble
House Hotels & Resorts Names Mary Jo 'MJ' Baird as Catering and
Sales Manager of the River Terrace Inn and Restaurant Cuvée in
Napa, California
December 5, 2011
- Uniforms
Add to the Showmanship at Award-Winning Rivers Casino; Thousands of
Garments are Tracked with UHF-RFID Technology to Cut Labor Costs,
Enable Hands-free Efficient Laundry Processing
- Cloud
Computing - The Why and How it Benefits Hoteliers with Gregg Hopkins:
Hotel-Online 3Qs Series on Best Practices in Hotel Marketing and
Operations
- City
Branding: Part 1: Nicknames, Slogans, Songs & Icons - What’s Your
City’s Claim to Fame? Take action to define your identity and image /
Jeff Coy, IHSC
- Challenges
of Small and Mid-Size Hospitality Organizations Regarding Their Food /
Hospitality Purchases / Chris Rochette
- Hotel
Monticello, Washington, D.C., Looking for New General Manager
- Battle
Heats Up Over Proposed $109.2 Million Virginia Beach, Virginia Hotel to
be Developed through a Public-Private Partnership
- The
Plan Could Start Shrinking for Genting Group's Proposed 5,200-room
Miami Casino Resort as Sheer Magnitude May Prove to be Too Much of a
Good Thing
- Langham
Hospitality Group Signs Agreement with Bakrieland Hotels & Resorts
for the 178-room New-build Eaton Luxe, Nirwana in Bali; Set to Open in
2014
- Four
Diamond, 210-room Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa Sold to Pacific
Hospitality Group for an Undisclosed Amount / Jen Lebron Kuhney
- Financing
a Hurdle for Development of Airport Hotel at Dayton International
Airport in Ohio
- EasyRMS
successfully seals contract with Brazil’s third largest hospitality
group, BHG; Brazil Hospitality Group (BHG), currently installing EzRMS
at four of its hotels in Rio de Janeiro, with plans to further
implement the solutions to a total of twenty of its properties early
2012
- The
Impact of Meta Search Engines and OTAs on Hotel Technology; Room With a
View...Fast insight into Hotel IT
- Approval
Process has Begun for a 130-room Hyatt Place Hotel to be Built in
Columbia, South Carolina's Historic Vista Area
- Lodgco
Management and Marriott to Open the 67-suite Residence Inn by Marriott
in Midland, Michigan
- Own
a Piece of the Hotel del Coronado / Jen Lebron Kuhney
- The
533-room Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in Minnesota Launches a $25 Million
Renovation
- Swissôtel
Chicago Undergoing $10 Million Renovation of Lobby and Meeting Space
- The
California Hotel & Lodging Association Elects 2012 Board of
Directors; Rick Anderson to be Chair
- Aqua
Hotels & Resorts Names Two Management Team Members at the 359-room
Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii; Appoints Brian 'Kovy' Kovaloff as
Pagoda Hotel Manager and Karen Yonemoto as Sales Manager for the Pagoda
and White Sands Hotels
- Niklaus
J. Leuenberger Named as Managing Director of The 57-room Alpina Gstaad
Under Construction in Gstaad, Switzerland and Scheduled to Open in
December 2012
- Shannon
Dearin Named by Crestline Hotels & Resorts as General Manager of
the 137-room Courtyard by Marriott Jacksonville Butler Boulevard in
Florida
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Names Guido H. Brun as Director of Sales &
Marketing for the 325-room Emory Conference Center Hotel on the Emory
University Campus in Atlanta, Georgia
December 2, 2011
- What
Do Business Travelers Want Most? - Residence Inn Survey in Partnership
with Popular Mechanics Reveals For 37% Surveyed that Guest Room Size
Does Matter
- Owner
of Hawaii's Pacific Beach Hotel, HTH Corp., Locked in a 10-year Dispute
Over Union Organizing, Ruled in Contempt of Court; Order Also Calls for
Company to Pay Back U.S. Treasury and the International Longshore &
Warehouse Union Local 142 for Related Legal Costs
- Yale
University Drops Future Investments in Funds Created by HEI Hospitality
- Presidents
Obama and Clinton Recognize Real Estate Roundtable Members'
Participation in 'Better Buildings Challenge', the $4 Billion
Commitment to Building Retrofits Could Create Up To 50,000 Jobs; Some
Members Include CBRE, HEI Hotels & Resorts, IHG, Jones Lang LaSalle
- Vail
Resorts Reorganizing Lodging Division; Will No Longer Seek to Add New
RockResorts Properties Outside of its Mountain Resorts; Staff
Reductions Anticipated
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 83; Congratulations To Lodging Hospitality Editor
Ed Watkins; Did You Hear About 'Airbnb'?; A Sows Ears Becomes a Silk
Purse; On The Verge; Quote of the Month; Give This Perfect Gift for The
Holiday Season / Stanley Turkel
- Morgans
Hotel Group to Manage the First Mondrian Hotel in Europe, the 360-Room
Hotel to Open at Sea Containers on London's River Thames
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts to Debut in Several New Global Markets in 2012
With Five International Hotel Projects in the Works
- Advance
Reservations for Detroit, Michigan Hotels Up 14.8% for Q4 2011 and the
First Three Quarters of 2012
- Hilton
Worldwide Enters Agreement for First Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in
Barranquilla, Colombia, the 114-room Property to be Developed by
Hernando Heredia Arquitectos Ltda.
- For
Holiday Inn & Suites Columbia-Airport, Unplanned Earth Day Opening
was Timed Perfectly
- Lowe
Enterprises Investors Acquires the 237-suite Embassy Suites
Chicago-North Shore/Deerfield with Destination Hotels & Resorts
Serving as Management Company; Planned capital improvement program
includes guest room updates and atrium redesign
- The
California Hotel & Lodging Association Names the Winners of the
2011 Stars of the Industry Awards
- Amadeus
Enhances its Hotel Revenue Management Solution with Unmatched Market
Intelligence Capabilities
- Oceana
Resorts Selects Target Net As New Sales Platform; Hotel collection
chooses sales & catering platform for six Myrtle Beach properties
- Hotel
Williamsburg Combines Security, Technology, Design With Elsafe SENTINEL
II Safes, VingCard's VISIONLINE Wireless Locking Solution; Brooklyn's
first luxury boutique hotel features cutting-edge security technology
solutions from VingCard Elsafe.
- The
Las Vegas, Nevada 202-room Atrium Suites Hotel, Closed Since 2008, May
Soon be Sold at a Fraction of its Pre-Recession Value
- International
Association of Conference Centers Presents Webinar Series - Bright
Ideas for Conference Centers; First Topic to be Hybrid Meetings
Presented by Samuel J. Smith on December 8, 2011
- Morgans
Hotel Group Closes on Purchase of The Light Group Positioning Company
to Increase Food & Beverage Revenues
- The
64-suite TownePlace Suites by Marriott Opens in Vincennes, Indiana;
Owned by First Street Development and Managed by American Hospitality
- TRYP
by Wyndham Hotel Brand Debuts in North America with the Opening of the
242-room TRYP Quebec Hotel PUR in Quebec City, Quebec
- Starwood
and Crown Center Redevelopment Open the 730-room Sheraton Kansas City
Hotel at Crown Center in Missouri and Launch $13 Million Renovation of
the Hotel Built in 1980
- Extensive
Renovations Unveiled as the 186-room Surfcomber Miami, South Beach in
Florida Opens Under the Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Brand
- Javier
Rosenberg Promoted to Chief Operating Officer, Radisson and Executive
Vice President, Carlson Hotels, Managed Hotels, Americas
- David
Bernand Appointed as General Manager for the 156-key Four Seasons
Resort Jackson Hole in Wyoming
- Jan
Stanek Named by Buffalo Lodging Associates as General Manager for both
the Comfort Suites University Park/Sarasota and the Hampton Inn &
Suites Sarasota/University Park in Florida
- Tim
Cepek Named General Manager for the 68-room Antioch Hotel & Suites
in Antioch, Illinois Currently Undergoing Renovation and Rebranding to
BEST WESTERN PLUS Antioch Hotel & Suites
- Buffalo
Lodging Appoints Kelly Ann Dixon as the Director of Sales for the
115-room Hampton Inn Ellenton/Bradenton Hotel in Ellenton, Florida
- Lacee
Colwell Appointed by Buffalo Lodging as the Director of Sales for the
114-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton Holyoke/Springfield-North in
Massachusetts
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Names Lisa Blair as Director of Catering for
the Sorento Hotel in Seattle, Washington
- Daniel
Ohana Named as Kosher Chef in Residence for the Kosher Kitchen and
Restaurant Operations for the Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Resort in
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
**Top 25
Read
Articles - November 2011**
- Over
70 Restaurant and Hospitality Trends for 2012 Described in Andrew
Freeman & Co.'s Annual Report
- Noble
Investment Group and Interstate Hotels & Resorts Form New Dedicated
Hotel Management Platform; Interstate Acquires Noble Management Group,
Will Now Operate as Noble-Interstate Management Group
- Hersha
Hospitality Management Files Lawsuit Alleging Former Employees of
Procaccianti Group Stole Confidential Documents
- Forbes
Travel Guide, Formerly Mobil Travel Guide, Unveils its 54th Annual
Four-and Five-Star Winners Among Hotels, Restaurants and Spas with the
Most Five Star Awards in its History
- Owners
of the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona
Facing Foreclosure After Defaulting on a $145 million Loan; Hotel
Remains Profitable, Court Appointed Receiver to Assume Financial
Affairs and Will Have No Effect on Day to Day Operations
- Bidders
are Lining Up for Sale of 42 Marriott Hotels by Royal Bank of Scotland
After Collapse of Owners, Professional Ventures Corporation
- Two
New Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Studies Examine How Social
Couponing is Working for the Hospitality Industry
- Pillar
Hotels and Resorts Terminating Management Contract with Seven
Pennslyvania Hotels; New Management Company Not Yet Named
- Jim
Abrahamson Transitions to CEO of Interstate Hotels & Resorts;
Senior Leadership Team Appointed with Ted Knighton as COO
- Fired
Autistic Man Wins Suit Against Former Employer, Tarsadia Hotels; EEOC
Alleged Discrimination / Lori Weisberg
- Newmarket
International, Inc. Acquires MTech
- Battling
the Cheeseburger Mentality: Customer Centric Revenue Management in the
F&B Department / David K. Hayes Ph.D., Allisha A. Miller, and
Joshua D. Hayes, MA, Peggy A. Hayes
- Walt
Disney Cancels Plans for Proposed 500-room Hotel Near Washington, D.C.,
Less Than Three Years After Paying $11 million to Acquire Land for
Project
- Summit
Hotel Properties, Inc. to Acquire Two Properties and Sell One Non-Core
Property
- Waldorf
Astoria Hotels & Resorts Reveals Proposal to Redevelop the Old Post
Office Building into a 245-room Hotel and Retail Destination on
Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, D.C.
- Lessons
Learned from the Soccer Field. 10 Ways to Develop an Invincible Hotel
Sales Team / Amanda Dennis
- ADA
Defense Lawyer: New ADA Regulations Kick in Soon. Say goodbye to
'grandfathering' under the ADA / Jim Butler
- Williamsburg,
Virginia Hotels Face Grim Future with Estimates that 25 to 30 of the 76
Area Hotels are Behind on Mortgage Payments With Another 22 Listed as
Closed
- Rancho
Valencia Resort in Rancho Santa Fe, California to Shut Down During $20
million Renovation / Lori Weisberg
- Nobody
Asked Me, But... No. 82 - 'Built To Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels in New
York'; Quote of the Month / Stanley Turkel
- Perplexed
Tampa Bay Area Hotel Mangers to Meet with Republican National
Convention Officials Over Requests to Lower Hotel Room Rates for 2012
Convention
- What’s
Your City’s Claim to Fame? Take action to define your identity and
image / Jeff Coy, IHSC
- Novotel
and Microsoft Team Up to Launch the Hotel Room of the Future; Pairing
of New Architectural Design with New Technologies Reinvents the
Traditional Hotel Room
- Jennifer
Fox Appointed President at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Toronto,
Canada
- Castillo
Grand Obtains $44 million Judgement Against Sheraton Operating
Corp. Stemming From Contract Dispute Over the Former St. Regis, Fort
Lauderdale Resort
November 30, 2011
- VIZERGY's
Exceptional Hotel Website Design and Marketing Performance Lead to Six
HSMAI Adrian Awards; Clients' Impressive ROI and Traffic and Unique
Designs Pave Way for Awards
- New
White Paper from Ariane Systems Highlights Value and Importance of
Self-Service Options in Hotel Industry; Return on investment, selecting
ideal platforms among topics addressed in comprehensive document
examining self-service as superior service
- Kerzner
International Enters into Agreement with Lenders Shifting Growth
Strategy for Atlantis and One&Only Brands from Owner / Operator to
Management Company; Brookfield Asset Management to Assume Kerzner's
Ownership Interests in Atlantis Paradise Island, One&Only Ocean
Club and One&Only Palmilla
- Las
Vegas Hooters Hotel-Casino to be Sold at Auction; Hooters and
Canpartners Reach Deal
- Norwegian
Developer Arthur Buchardt and Palace Kamp Group Starting a 380-room
Hotel and Conference Center Project, The Kämp Tower, in
Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, Finland
- Hawaii's
Visitor Spending Could Break Annual Record Despite Anemic Growth in
Arrivals; October Spending Up 15.6% to $1.1 billion
- Miami's
Destination Resort Casino Debate Growing in Intensity
- Disney's
Vision of Standalone Hotels Fades For Now
- With
Tucson's Convention Center Hotel Deal Dead, Broader Help Urged for
Downtown Hotels
- The
87-room Inn on Fifth in Naples, Florida Begins $15 Million Expansion to
Include Club Level Suites, Meeting Space and Retail Shops
- Breakthrough
in Bed Bug Detection Debuts; Groundbreaking technology offers
long-term, proactive monitoring of bed bugs
- Lindner
Hotels and Resorts Select MICROS OPERA End-to-End Private Cloud Solution
- Knowland
Launches Activation Team to Handle Large Volume of Hotels Switching to
Target Net; Client Success team makes onboarding process quick, easy,
and cost-effective
- Hostmark
Hospitality Group Takes Over Management of InterContinental Chicago
O'Hare; Hotel Has Emerged from Bankruptcy
- Intelity
Broadens Reach in Asia Pacific Region with McLaren International
Partnership; The leading provider of hospitality technology solutions
and services will now distribute Intelity's award-winning ICE
- Melia
Hotels International Opens Two Flagship Paradisus Resorts in Playa Del
Carmen, Mexico; The 394-room Adults-only Paradisus La Perla and the
512-room Family Oriented Paradisus La Esmeralda
- Hilton
Hotels & Resorts Opens the 364-key Hilton Jumeirah Hotel Apartment
in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Ascend
Collection from Choice Adds The Wesport Inn in Connecticut and the
GreenLinks Golf Villas at Lely Resort in Naples, Florida
- As
Part of its New Life Style Venture, Scandic Hotels Sweden Opens the
391-room Scandic Grand Central in Stockholm, Sweden
- The
137-room Grand Heritage Doha Hotel & Spa Opens in Doha, Qatar
- Best
Western Adds the BEST WESTERN PLUS Ballina Manor Hotel, County Mayo in
Ireland
- The
$45 Million Reinvention of the 458-room Hilton McLean Tysons Corner in
Mclean, Virginia Nears Completion
- Hospitality
Management Corporation Completes $4.5 Million Renovation of the
189-room Holiday Inn Austin Midtown in Texas
- Complete
$3.8 Million Makeover Unveiled at the 259-key Renaissance Ft.
Lauderdale/Plantation in Florida, a White Lodging Property
- The
University of Delaware Department of Hotel, Restaurant and
Institutional Management Offers New Shaner Hotels Il Ciocco Summer
Internship; Students will Spend 12 Weeks Working at the Renaissance Il
Ciocco Tuscany Resort and Spa in Italy
- Accor
Appoints Cédric Gobilliard as Senior Vice President Global Sales
- Kendra
Hopkin-Stewart Appointed as Assistant Manager Overseeing Operations at
the Blue Horizons Garden Resort in Grenada
- Mary
Ahlstrom Named Director of Sales at the 215-room Hilton Carlsbad
Oceanfront Resort & Spa to Open in Summer 2012
November 29, 2011
- Walt
Disney Company Cancels Plans for Proposed 500-room Hotel Near
Washington, D.C., Less Than Three Years After Paying $11 million to
Acquire Land for Project
- Bear
River Casino Hotel Selects Agilysys Lodging Management System®;
Property Expanding Its Investment in Agilysys Casino1 Solution Suite
- Digicel
Group to Build $45 Million 173-room Port-au-Prince Marriott Hotel;
Clinton Foundation Instrumental in Bringing Digicel and Marriott
Together for this Project Which Will Generate 175 Jobs in Haiti
- Bidders
are Lining Up for Sale of 42 Marriott Hotels by Royal Bank of Scotland
After Collapse of Owners, Professional Ventures Corporation
- New
Subcontractors Join Legal Fight Over MGM's Harmon Towers Demolition Plan
- Not
Dead Yet, Developer for Proposed $98 million Edgewater Project in
Madison, Wisconsin Pushes Ahead for Access to TIF Funds; Appeals Court
Ruling Being Challenged by Residents
- With
More than 110 Hotels Under Development Hilton Worldwide to Create
8,500+ New Jobs in Europe by 2014
- Upper
Arlington, Ohio City Council OKs its First Hotel, a Planned Cambria
Suites, as the Resulting Financial Gain Trumps Neighborhood Concerns
- eMax
Hotel Marketing Offers FREE Facebook Pages for Hoteliers
- Roomlinx,
Inc. Names Telcom Exec Steven Skalski COO
- FCS
Launches Free Hotel Search Mobile App 'i-Guest Hotels Finder'; Platform
helps bridge communication barriers en route to hotel while giving
guests and hoteliers a chance to interact in advance of arrival.
- Best
Western Endorses RateTiger; Regional offices of the World's Biggest
Hotel Family certifies RTSuite as preferred channel management solution
for properties in chosen countries
- La
Quinta Inns & Suites Announces Edgar Garin as Director of Franchise
Development for Central and South America; La Quinta Continues to
Invest in Latin American Growth with a Burgeoning Pipeline of more than
1,100 Rooms and an Enhanced Infrastructure to Promote Rapid Expansion
- Hunter
Realty Completes Sale of Hotel Indigo Nashville; Brokered by Teague
Hunter, President, and Brown Kessler, EVP and Former IHG Exec
- PAR
Springer-Miller Broadens Distribution with New Exclusive Distributor in
United Arab Emirates
- The
Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) to Hold its
Winter Conference Focused on the Theme - Cash in on Distribution; To
Occur December 5-7, 2011 in Las Vegas
- Second
Annual Boutique Design New York (BDNY) Draws 4,686 Registrants, a 61%
Increase Over 2010 Event
- Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma Clarion Rebrands as the 236-room Magnuson Hotel &
Meridian Convention Center
- The
101-room Best Western International in Indianapolis, Indiana Rebrands
as the Magnuson Hotel - Castleton Inn
- The
108-room Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Opens in Coon Rapids,
Minnesota, Owned by JR Hospitality
- William
'Bill' Davis to Receive the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging
Association's Charles Andrews Memorial Hospitality Award for Community
Leadership
- Windsor
Management Services Names Three New General Managers and Three
Directors of Sales & Marketing Across its Portfolio
- Jean-marc
Jalbert Named as General Manager for the Radisson Blu Resort, Marina
& Spa on St. Martin; Manon Castelin Joins as Senior Sales Manager
Serving France, Italy and Benelux
- Håkan
Ericsson Appointed President Carlson Wagonlit Travel North America and
Latin America Succeeding Jack O'Neill's Year-end Retirement
- Jason
Rabidoux Joins THG as Director of Real Estate and Business Development
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Scott Larsen as General Manager of the
410-room Crowne Plaza San Antonio in Texas
- Chef
Scott Przymus Named as Executive Chef for the 188-room Sheraton
Steamboat Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
November 28, 2011
- Taj
Hotel's Organizational Culture and Leadership Focus of New Article, The
Ordinary Heroes of the Taj; Customer Centric Policies Allowed Staff to
Help Save Over 1,200 Guests During Terrorist Attack at Taj Mahal Palace
Hotel in Mumbai in November of 2008
- Webinar:
Social Media and Storytelling for Hotels, November 30th at 11:00 am;
Take 45 Minutes to Join VFM Leonardo, a Hotel General Manager Turned
Mystery Author and a Experienced Hotel Marketer to Learn How to Tell
Your Hotel Story on Social Media Channels.
- Castillo
Grand Obtains $44 million Judgement Against Sheraton Operating
Corp. Stemming From Contract Dispute Over the Former St. Regis, Fort
Lauderdale Resort
- Sheraton
Operating Corporation to Appeal Ruling on Awarded Damages to
Castillo Grand, Owner of the Former St. Regis Hotel and Residences in
Ft. Lauderdale
- CDC
Houston, Inc. Forms Hotel Development Strategy to Serve Both the
Planned $10 Billion Springwoods Village Mixed-Use Community and the
ExxonMobil Campus Currently Under Construction Near Houston, Texas
- Building
on the Fact that France is the Number One Destination for Chinese
Tourists Visiting the European Union, Louvre Hotels Group Enters
Partnership with Jin Jiang Inn Co.; Covering 15 Campanile Hotels and 15
Jin Jiang Inn Hotels the Alliance Includes Sharing of Websites,
Reservation Channels and Management Experience
- Construction
for Leavenworth, Kansas Marriott Expected to Begin in Spring
- Originally
Approved in 2008, Plans are Revived with Spring 2012 Construction
Planned for a $45 Million 148-room Hotel in Hollywood, California; To
be Operated by Hampshire Hotels & Resorts Under the Dream Hotel
Brand
- Alliance
Global Group Expects Resorts World Manilla Foot Traffic to Double by
Next Year; Through Travellers International Hotel Group, Plans Call for
Addition of Two Five-star and Two Four-star Hotels
- Morgans
Hotel Group Closes on Sale of the Sanderson and St Martins Lane Hotels
in London for Approximately $300 million or $847,000 per room to
Capital Hill Hotels Limited; MHG Will Continue to Operate Hotels Under
Long-term Management Agreements
- The
Mission Hills Group Partners with Marriott to Manage New Ritz-Carlton
and Renaissance Hotels at Mission Hills in Hainan, China; Establishing
Asia-Pacific's First Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort Hotel
- With
Sprucing Up Activity Occurring Behind Locked Doors, Closed Since 2006,
Speculation Continues as to Whether the Historic Madison House Hotel in
Atlantic City, New Jersey will Reopen or Face the Wrecking Ball by the
End of 2012
- Seven
Years After Initial Proposal, Cummings Properties Plans for Spring 2012
Construction of Six-Story Hotel at the Cummings Center in Beverly,
Massachusetts
- Proposal
Seeks $61.8 Million from Virginia Beach, Virginia for the $109.2
Million Project to Build a 361-room Hyatt Regency Next to the Virginia
Beach Convention Center
- Thailand
Based Minor Hotel Group Opens the Avani Resort and Spa in Sri Lanka
through a Collaboration and Re-branding of the Hotel Serandib Benthota
- The
210-room Holiday Inn Bur Dubai-Embassy District Opens in Dubai through
a Management Agreement with the MOBH Group and a Re-branding of their
Excelsior Creek Hotel
- The
School of Hospitality Business Alumni Association at Michigan State
University Honored Industry Leaders at its Annual Celebration of
Leadership; Bob Habeeb Named Industry Leader of the Year, and Ed
Watkins Inaugurated as Spartan Hospitality Business Champion
- Debbie
Cotton Named as Interim Director of the Phoenix Convention Center in
Arizona
- Marco
Saxer Appointed as General Manager of the 147-room Swissôtel
Kolkata in India
- Landmark
Hotels Group Promotes Thomas Pauly to Vice President Responsible for
Projects in Mexico and New Developments While Roseann Grippo Becomes
General Manager of The 338-room Kahala Hotel & Resort in Hawaii
- White
Lodging Names Justin Rodgers as General Manager of The Residence Inn by
Marriott in Schaumburg, Illinois
November 23, 2011
November 22, 2011
- Novotel
and Microsoft Team Up to Launch the Hotel Room of the Future; Pairing
of New Architectural Design with New Technologies Reinvents the
Traditional Hotel Room
- Concord
Hospitality Sells Four Canadian Marriott-branded Hotels to Genesis
Hospitality; Concord to Continue to Operate the Hotels with Plans for
Additional Canadian Hotel Investment and Third-party Management
Opportunities
- Pillar
Hotels and Resorts Terminating Management Contract with Seven
Pennslyvania Hotels; New Management Company Not Yet Named
- Despite
the Popularity of the Dish, Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited Takes
Shark's Fin off the Menu at their Peninsula Hotels Hong Kong Properties
in Recognition of the Dish's Impact on Endangered Species
- Tax
Deductions: Understanding Renovations and Improvements / Marky Moore
- To
Post or Not to Post - Guest Reviews; 'Get it in writing.' / Vanessa
Horwell
- ADA
Defense Lawyer: New ADA Regulations Kick in Soon. Say goodbye to
'grandfathering' under the ADA / Jim Butler
- Hotel
& Lodging Association of Greater Houston Honors Hospitality
Employees for their Extra Efforts; Lifetime Achievement Award Given to
Donald J. Henderson
- Alliance
Hospitality Announces Strong Financial Results for Third Quarter 2011;
Portfolio of managed hotels surpasses results of competitors with 15.6
percent higher growth in revenue per available room for the
Quarter. Year to Date results exceeded competitive market by 38.8
percent in revenue per available room.
- Peninsula
Hotels Rated #1 in Guest Satisfaction For Q3 2011; Price Sensitivity of
Guests on the Rise, Especially for Casinos and Luxury Hotels; Market
Metrix Announces Third Quarter 2011 Hospitality Index Results
- Frontdesk
Anywhere Completes InnLink Enhanced CRS/PMS Interface
- Demystifying
the Magical Pricing Potion / Jean Francois Mourier
- Hawaii's
King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel Reopens and Joins the Courtyard by
Marriott 'Ohana; Two Year $35 Million Restoration of the 452-room
Courtyard is Complete
- Owner,
Grupo Hotelero Finisterre S. A. to Convert their 126-unit Finesterre
Suites in Panama City, Panama, to the Marriott Executive Apartments
Finisterre - Panama
- Rezidor
to Open the 138-room Park Inn by Radisson Milan Malpensa in Italy
Through a Rebranding of the Grand Hotel Milan Malpensa
- Market
Study Shows Strong Support for Expansion and Addition of Connected
Full-service Hotel for the Bloomington, Indiana Convention Center; 56%
of Responding Event Planners More Likely to Consider the Expanded
Facility
- The
Boutique and Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA) Names its New
Governor and Advisory Boards
- McKibbon
Hotel Management Promotes Tampa, Florida's Avion Park Westshore
Management Team; Jeff Antonaccio, Todd Kinney, Michael Nealon and Arsen
Khodosov to Take on New Roles
- Antoine
Melon Appointed as Resort Manager of Trisara in Phuket, Thailand
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Names Randall Obrecht as Director of Food
& Beverage for the Sorrento Hotel in Seattle, Washington
November 21, 2011
- 2011's
Most Prestigious Award-Winning Independent Hotels and Resorts Rely on
Maestro PMS to Achieve Highest Standards of Service and Efficiency;
Integrated Maestro Technology Enables the Industry's Most Respected
Independent Operators to Consistently Provide 5-Star Service and Earn
Top Honors from Guests
- Webinar:
Social Media and Storytelling for Hotels, November 30th at 11:00 am;
Take 45 Minutes to Join VFM Leonardo, a Hotel General Manager Turned
Mystery Author and a Experienced Hotel Marketer to Learn How to Tell
Your Hotel Story on Social Media Channels.
- Elysian
Hotel Chicago in Illinois Acquired by Joint Venture Formed by Waldorf
Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Equity Group Investments Affiliate and
Elysian Principals; Hotel to Become Waldorf Astoria Chicago
- What’s
Your City’s Claim to Fame? Take action to define your identity and
image / Jeff Coy, IHSC
- Lodging
Asset Values In Recovery According to PKF's Hospitality Investment
Survey / Scott Smith & Bill Morton
- Global
Hotel Investors’ Appetite to Buy Rises to 18-month High, According to
Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Survey; Top five cities for acquisitions
include Stockholm, Copenhagen, Chicago, Milan and San Francisco
- Owners
of the Radisson Hotel in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Facing Civil Fraud
Suit Tied to Private Financing
- Jerry
Keyes, GM of The Courtyard by Marriott Downtown, Named Metro-Chicago
Hotelier of the Year by the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association
- Choice
Hotels Recognizes its Best UK Hotels; Comfort Hotel Great Yarmouth,
Quality Hotel Edinburgh Airport and Clarion Hotel Carrickfergus Named
Hotel of the Year in their Brand
- Thanksgiving
Travel Costs Up Including the Turkey; Hotel Room Rates Expected to Rise
Nearly 5% Over Holiday
- Courtyard
by Marriott Brand Unveils New Design Prototype for Europe with Plans to
Grow Significantly in the Region; New Design to Debut in 2013 in
Aberdeen, Scotland and Cologne, Germany
- New
General Manager Named for Hilton Garden Inn Scottsdale North/Perimeter
Center: Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Have Updated 207 Hotels in the
Last Two Weeks with Changes in Personnel, Property Management or
Ownership
- Florida's
Omni Amelia Island Plantation Launches $85 million Re-development
Project Including an Additional 155 Guest Rooms
- Essential
Amenities, Inc. And Pineapple Hospitality Bring Tommy Bahama Dispensers
To First Hotels In California And Washington
- Hotel
AG Brokers Sale of Red Roof Inn in Tampa-Brandon Area
- Leisure
Hotels & Resorts selects Resort Data Processing's Property
Management Software; Four properties have signed on for 2011 with more
to come...
- October
Leisure Travel Continues to Climb Against Challenging Odds; Global
online bookings grew by +4.7%, reaching as high as +5.8% in North
America
- Shangri-La
Asia to Develop the 400-room Shangri-La Hotel, Yingkou in Liaoning
Province, China to Open in 2015
- The
DoubleTree by Hilton Wichita Airport to Debut in Kansas as Wichita
Airport Hotel Associates Rebrands the 302-room Hilton Wichita Airport
Executive Conference Center; Rebranding and Extensive Renovation to be
Complete in Q1 2012
- Marriott
International Completing Spin-Off of Vacation Ownership Busines; Focus
to be on Lodging Management and Franchising
- The
465-room DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh-Green Tree Opens in
Pennsylvania, Managed by CAM Hospitality Management; Owners Unveil
Plans for $16 Million Hotelwide Transformation of the Former Radisson
Hotel
- Rezidor
to Open the 152-room Radisson Blu Hotel, Athens in Greece Through a
Rebranding of the Athens Park Hotel
- Partnering
with the City of Manhattan, Kansas, HCW, LLC Opens the New 135-room
Hilton Garden Inn Hotel & Conference Center Managed by Kinseth
Hospitality Corporation
- Super
8 Hotel Brand Opens Milestone 2,200th Hotel with the 59-room Super 8
Hotel Lhasa DuoDiLu in China
- Kolter
Commercial Acquires the 126-room Hyatt Place Ft. Lauderdale Airport
North in Florida; To Undergo a $2 Million Upgrade and be Renamed as the
Hyatt Place Ft. Lauderdale 17th Street Convention Center
- FairBridge
Hotels International Adds Three New Properties in Wisconsin
- Panel
Discussion on Sustainable Hospitality Jointly Organized by The Ecole
Hôtelière de Lausanne and New York University/Preston
Robert Tisch Center Strengthens Links Between the Two Universities
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Names Tom Cupo as Managing Director; To
Oversee Operations of The Chattanoogan in Tennessee and The Inn at
Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center in Virginia
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Names Jessika Medina as General Manager for the
144-room Courtyard by Marriott Carolina Beach in North Carolina
- Lindsey
Childs Named General Manager of the Year for Pride Hospitality
- Coast
Hospitality Appoints Joe Figone as the Corporate Director of Marketing
- Central
Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Elects New
Board of Directors and Executive Committee for 2012; Scott Ripoli Named
as Chair
November 17, 2011
- New
HSMAI and VIZERGY® White Paper for Hotels and Resorts: Best
Practices for Website Analytics; Free Paper Ensures Marketers are
Empowered to Make Data Driven Marketing Decisions
- Millennium
& Copthorne Hotels Drives Higher Revenues with Fuzionsync,
EZYield's 2-Way Integrated Reservations Delivery Solution; New CRS and
RMS integration delivers optimally priced reservations from booking
sites worldwide
- Genting's
Spectacular Promises for the Economic Potential of Multi-Billion Dollar
Mega Resorts in Miami May Have Killed Their Own Case; The Resulting
Cannibalization of Existing Facilities Could be Devastating
- More
than Two Years of Effort May Prove Fruitless as Madison, Wisconsin City
Council Vote Kills Tax Incremental Financing Needed for Edgewater Hotel
Plan to Move Forward; The Proposed $98 Million Project Appears to be
Dead
- Hard
Rock Plans to Start Construction on Atlantic City, New Jersey, Casino
Hotel by July 2012; First Phase will be 200-room Hotel with Second
Phase Plans for 650-room Tower
- Supertel
Hospitality to Sell US $20-million Stake to South American Investment
Firm Real Estate Strategies L.P., Indirectly Controlled by IRSA
Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
- Redstone
Suites to Build a 165-suite Embassy Suites Hotels in Richland,
Washington to be Managed by Vesta Hospitality; Construction to Begin
Summer 2012 with Opening in Fall 2013
- Red
Lion Hotels Brand Chosen for Two Former Best Western Hotels in New
Mexico; The 192-room Red Lion Hotel Farmington and the 126-room Red
Lion Hotel Gallup are Now Open for Business
- OpenWays
CEO, Pascal Metivier, Addressed Hospitality Technology Leaders at
HTNG's European Event About Front-desk Bypass Solutions
- VingCard's
VISIONLINE Wireless RF-Online Solution Secures Mexico's ExtendedSuites
Chain; New extended-stay brand features cutting-edge safety and
environmental features from VingCard Elsafe.
- Crestron
Integrated Technology Controls Executive Boardrooms in Hyatt 48 Lex;
Boardrooms Feature Crestron Audio/Video, Lighting and Shading Control
Solutions
- Historic
125-room Union Station Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee Managed by
Turnberry Hotel Group to Join Marriott's Autograph Collection in
January 2012
- As
the World Becomes Smaller Music Unites - St. Regis Hotels and Jazz at
Lincoln Center, Led by Wynton Marsalis, Form Global Partnership to Open
a Series of Worldwide Jazz Clubs Providing Guests Opportunity to Learn
about the Rich History and Cultural Value of Jazz
- U.S.
Department of Commerce, Office of Travel & Tourism Industries
Releases The Year in Review Report for 2010; Markedly Improved 2010
Data Suggests Economic Recovery Has Begun for the Industry
- Love
Hotel Management Company to Manage the 101-room Wingate by Wyndham
Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Golden
Tulip Opens its Second Property in Prague, Czech Republic with the
Management Contract for the 61-key Hotel Savoy
- The
Joule, Dallas in Texas Launches $78 Million Renovation and Expansion
Scheduled for Fall 2012 Completion
- Prism
Hotel & Resorts Promotes Mark Van Amerongen to Senior Vice
President of Operations and Allison Handy to Vice President of Marketing
- Auberge
Resorts Appoints Tony DiLucia as General Manager of the 94-room Hotel
Jerome in Aspen, Colorado
- The
Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel and 14K Restaurant in Washington, D. C.
Names Duane Keller as Executive Chef
- Daniele
Tonin Named as Head Chef of Sea Breeze at The St. Regis Punta Mita
Resort, Mexico
November 16, 2011
- InvoTech's
GIMS Uniform Tracking System Put into Action at Omni Dallas Hotel;
InvoTech Selected for Efficient Uniform Department Operations with
UHF-RFID Technology that Cuts Labor Costs
- TravelShark
Introduces the Sharky Awards, Names First Winners; Global travel
network highlights and honors unexpected, unique discoveries for global
travelers
- Owners
of the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona
Facing Foreclosure After Defaulting on a $145 million Loan; Hotel
Remains Profitable, Court Appointed Receiver to Assume Financial
Affairs and Will Have No Effect on Day to Day Operations
- Hotel
Monticello of Georgetown, the Second Oldest Hotel in the Washington
D.C. Neighborhood, Trading Only Once Since Opening in 1967, is Acquired
by Mast Capital; Hersha Hospitality Named as Manager
- Lotte
Group Eyes Hotels in Shanghai and Singapore to Start Mergers and
Acquisitions Aimed at Creating a Multinational Hotel Chain Hoping to
Meet a Sales Target of $200 Trillion Won by 2018
- High
Tech - High Touch - Two Must Have Skills Sets Every Hotel Sales Person
Needs! / Carol Verret
- Is
YOUR Service Priovider Providing Service to YOU? / Terence Ronson
- Analysts
Predict Las Vegas Hotel Rates to Grow by as Much as 6.2% and Gaming
Revenue by 5.7% in 2012
- Marriott
International Adds 100th Hotel to Pipeline in China with the Signing of
the 345-room JW Marriott Hotel Shenyang
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts to Open 375-room Fairmont in the New Master
Planned City Center in Chengdu, China in 2014
- Sonnenblick-Eichner
Company Arranges $45 Million in Construction Financing for El Encanto
Hotel, Santa Barbara, California
- Southeastern
Hotel Management Chooses Target Net; Ground-breaking sales force
automation and meetings management platform chosen for mobility, value
- Williamsburg,
Virginia Hotels Face Grim Future with Estimates that 25 to 30 of the 76
Area Hotels are Behind on Mortgage Payments With Another 22 Listed as
Closed
- Bob
Dhir Named Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association's 2011 Innkeeper
of the Year
- South
Jersey Hotels Were Renovating as Projects Elsewhere Sat Idle During the
Recession; Investments Appear to Have Paid Off
- The
Admiral Fund Acquires the 190-room Hilton Garden Inn Houston Energy
Corridor in Texas; Will Continue to be Managed and Partially Owned by
American Liberty Hospitality
- Hilton
Worldwide Opens the 245-room Hilton Bogota in Colombia
- Owner,
Wanda Hotel Investment & Development, and Hilton Hotels &
Resorts Open the 355-room Hilton Nanjing in Jiangsu Province, China
- Starwood
Hotels Launches the Starwood Asia Pacific Villa Collection with
Hundreds of Luxury Villas in Resorts Throughout the Region
- Jim
Abrahamson Transitions to CEO of Interstate Hotels & Resorts;
Senior Leadership Team Appointed with Ted Knighton as COO
- Hotel
Equities Promotes Andrew Pace to Vice President of Development
- Cairn
Hotel Group Names Seamus O'Hara as General Manager of the 179-room
DoubleTree by Hilton Newcastle International Airport, Set to Open in
Newcastle, United Kingdom in December 2011
- Waterford
Hotel Group Appoints Lisa McIntyre as Director of Sales for the
120-room Residence Inn by Marriott in Hartford, Connecticut
- Dennis
Geers Named as Sales Manager within the Resort Sales Division for the
Longboat Key Club & Resort on Longboat Key, Florida
November 15, 2011
- IDeaS
and PhoCusWright Partner to Launch Valuable Educational Offering for
the Hospitality Industry; The Revenue Management MasterClass
familiarizes hospitality professionals with the science and culture of
revenue management
- Forbes
Travel Guide, Formerly Mobil Travel Guide, Unveils its 54th Annual
Four-and Five-Star Winners Among Hotels, Restaurants and Spas with the
Most Five Star Awards in its History; 5 New Hotels, 4 New Restaurants
& 9 New Spas Earn Honors
- Marriott's
Highest Honor, the Partnership Circle Award, Presented to Four
Franchise Owner Groups; E.J. Del Monte Corporation, PCH Hotels and
Resorts, White Lodging and Winegardner & Hammons, Inc.
- IHMRS
Names 31st Annual Gold Key Award Winners; BAMO Honored as Designer of
the Year, Best Hotel Designs go to Armani Hotel Dubai and
InterContinental Sanya Resort
- Genting
Group's Resorts World Miami Takes Ownership of the Omni Center and
Hilton Hotel in Miami, Florida and Names Christian Goode as President
of Resorts World Miami; Omni Center Acquisition Represents First Step
in Development of the $3.8 Billion Resort
- Boston's
W Hotel Condo Developer to Exit Bankruptcy as Judge Rules in their
Favor Citing Recent Sales Level Success
- Supertel
Hospitality Reports 2011 Third Quarter Net Loss of $1.8 million
Compared to Net Loss $0.5 million in the 2010 Same Quarter; Operating
Statistics for 101 Hotels in 23 States
- Cosmopolitan
Resort, Affinity Gaming and Riviera Resort All Report 3rd Quarter 2011
Losses
- Slated
to Open Mid-2012 in Indonesia, Starwood and PT. Tiara Raya Bali
International Sign Agreement to Develop New 123-key Le Méridien
Bali - Jimbaran Resort
- New
340-room Steigenberger Hotel to be Built Near the German Chancellery in
Berlin
- RateGain
provides online guest satisfaction analytics for Preferred Hotel
Group's innovative quality assurance program
- Libra
OnDemand Poised for Growth with Addition of Three Customer Success
Managers
- New
York's Hôtel Americano Launches Runtriz's Industry-Leading Hotel
Evolution Platform
- Centric
Hospitality Group Announces Executive Team and Staff Addition to
Accommodate Expanded Business; Member Hotels to Benefit from Enhanced
Team and Increased Services
- P/Kaufmann
Contract Joins MindClick SGM's Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing
Consortium (HSPC); P/Kaufmann, a leading quality fabric and textile
provider, will collaborate with other visionary organizations to build
an industry-wide sustainability performance index
- Knowland
Receives Travel Weekly's 2011 Magellan Award; Target Net Honored for
Exceptional Innovation in Booking Interface Software
- How
'Fresh' is Your Hotel Website? / Sue Wiker and Will Jerome
- Nancy
Johnson Inducted as 2012 AH&LA Chair; John Fitzpatrick Elected as
Incoming Secretary/Treasurer to be Association Chair in 2014
- HSMAI
Releases 2012 Dates and Locations for its HSMAI's MEET Series; To be
Held in Chicago, Anaheim, CA, and Washington, DC
- Hospitality
Ventures LLC, Franchisors of Centerstone and Key West Hotel Brands,
Changes Corporate Name to Vimana Franchise Systems LLC
- The
Result of Years of Planning, Design and Construction, the $200 Million
256-room Four Seasons Baltimore Opens in Maryland
- Swissôtel
Hotels & Resorts Adds to Chinese Portfolio with the 380-room
Swissôtel Chengdu in Sichuan Province
- Alliance
Hospitality to Manage the 110-room Hilton Garden Inn Kankakee in
Illinois
- Renovation
Complete at the 250-acre 112-room Resort at Tapatio Springs in Boerne,
Texas
- Jessica
Baran Named as Vice President of Resort Sales at Foxwoods Resort Casino
in Connecticut
- Daniel
Ferrá Appointed as General Manager for the Lifestyle Holidays
Vacation Resort in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
November 14, 2011
- Luxury
Brand Regent Hotels & Resorts Selects Sabre Hospitality Solutions
for its Expertise in Distribution
- Battling
the Cheeseburger Mentality: Customer Centric Revenue Management in the
F&B Department / David K. Hayes Ph.D., Allisha A. Miller, and
Joshua D. Hayes, MA, Peggy A. Hayes
- Two
New Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Studies Examine How Social
Couponing is Working for the Hospitality Industry
- Lodging
Econometrics Fall 2011 US Lodging Real Estate Trends Report Shows
Financing Constraints Continue to Impede Project Migration Toward
Construction - Projects Build up in Early Planning as Developers
Schedule Market Entry for 2014 or Later
- Editors
from Leading Hospitality Trade Publications Select Best New Products At
IHMRS & BDNY; Kenneth F. Hine Best of Show Awarded to Corkcicle
Wine Chiller
- Developer
for Valley Gate Hotel in Warrington, Pennsylvania to Select Architect
- Hotels
Collect Guest Reviews From Facebook
- Hotel
AG Brokers Sale of Two Hotels
- Developer
Robert Dunn, Hammes Co, Secures Financing for $98 Million Redevelopment
of the Edgewater Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin; Still Must Complete
Agreement with City for Tax Incremental Financing with Hopes to Start
Construction in 2012
- The
Recent Continued Decrease of Passenger Traffic at L.A./Ontario
International Airport (ONT) in California is an Ongoing Concern for the
Area Hospitality Industry; The 4.68% Decline in Traffic has Occurred
while Traffic at LAX has Increased 5.64%
- DiamondRock
Hospitality to Sell Marriott Griffin Gate Resort & Spa in
Lexington, Kentucky, to an Affiliate of Inland American Real Estate
Trust; Inland will also Purchase Two Renaissance Hotels from Diamondrock
- Starwood
Hotels Hits 200th Hotel Milestone in Asia Pacific with a Flurry of
Recent Openings in China, India, Thailand and Malaysia; Plans for Over
320 Hotels in the Region by 2014
- The
Residence Inn Brand Debuts in the United Kingdom with the Opening of
the 107-room Residence Inn Edinburgh in Scotland Managed by Gladevale
Ventures Limited
- Le
Meridien Brand Unveils its 100th Hotel with the Opening of the 254-key
Le Méridien Coimbatore in India Owned by Appu Hotels Limited
- Hawkeye
Hotels, Owner, to Open the 131-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by
Marriott in the Aurora, Colorado
- IDM
Group Now Managing Trio of Resorts in Northern Wisconsin - The Wild
Eagle Lodge in Eagle River, and Black Bear Lodge and Rustic Manor
Lodge, Both in St. Germain
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Chosen to Manage the 106-room Hotel Indigo in
Newark, New Jersey to Open in Late 2012 in a Conversion of the Historic
National State Bank Building
- Ayers
Rock Resort in Australia Selects Accor to Compliment Day to Day
Operation of the Resort Managed by Voyages Indigenous Tourism
Australia; Accor to Focus on Opening up New Markets and Boosting Career
Opportunities for Indigenous Australians
- Developer.
Dellisart LLC, to Break Ground on 124-room Staybridge Suites in Bowling
Green, Kentucky
November 11, 2011
- The
Peninsula Hotels and KABA Explore The Next Level in RFID Technology;
Using RFID Technology to Enrich Guest Experience
- PhoCusWright
Reports U.S. Total and Online Travel Markets Reach New Highs Amid
Economic Uncertainty; The Travel Market will Surpass 2006 Levels by the
End of 2011, Recovering Ground Lost During Recession
- The
University of Southern Maine Moves Forward with Plans for a Four Year
Tourism and Hospitality Degree Program
- Summit
Hotel Properties, Inc. to Acquire Two Properties and Sell One Non-Core
Property
- Intelity
ICE Touch on iPad Earns In-Room Technology Innovation of the Year Award
for Eccleston Square Hotel; London hotel wins in-room technology
innovation category by European Hospitality Awards
- The
Newly Two Year $130 Million Construction Project is Complete with the
Opening of the 215-room Casino Del Sol Resort, Spa and Conference
Center in Tucson, Arizona
- The
Dallas Convention Center Hotel Owned by the City of Dallas, the
1,001-room Omni Dallas Hotel, Opens in Texas
- The
284-room DoubleTree by Hilton Chongqing North Opens in Chongqing, China
- The
120-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott to Open in the Former
Drury Inn Hotel in Irving, Texas, Owned and Managed by Savoy Dallas
Hotels
- The
86-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott to Open in Mahwah, New
Jersey Managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts
- The
241-room Hotel Sierra Green Bay in Wisconsin is ReBranded as Hyatt on
Main, Green Bay
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Executes Agreement to Manage the 136-room Four
Points by Sheraton Kecskemét in Hungary to Open in 2013
- RIDA
Development, the New Owner of the 465-room Radisson Hotel in Green
Tree, Pennsylvania to Launch a $16 Million Renovation and Rebrand the
Property to the Doubltree by Hilton Pittsburgh-Green Tree
- Jens
Baake Named Vice President of Food and Beverage at Foxwoods Resort
Casino in Connecticut
- Corinthia
Hotels Appoints Stuart Chappell as General Manager of the 250-room
Corinthia Hotel St Geroge's Bay in St. Julian's, Malta
- Waterford
Hotel Group Appoints Jeffrey Schoolcraft as General Manager of the
80-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Waterford, Connecticut
- Paul
Gregory Named Executive Chef for The 393-room Westin South Coast Plaza
in Costa Mesa, California
- Kevin
Cooper Named Executive Chef for the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach
Hotel and the Westin Beach Resort & Spa, both in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida
November 10, 2011
- The
Sycuan Casino Powers Growth for a Sovereign Indian Nation; Rich 12,000
Year-Old Heritage Safe Guarded with Savvy Control of Tribal Assets and
Cost-Saving Uniform Inventory Tech
- Milestone
Wins Over 30 Awards for Hotel Website Design and Internet Marketing
Strategies
- Noble
Investment Group Acquires Majority Stake in Atlanta's W Buckhead
Staving Off Building's Foreclosure
- Hersha
Hospitality to Acquire the 263-room Courtyard Miami Beach Oceanfront
for $95 Million or $361,217 per key
- Dijkhuis
Vastgoed Management B.V. and Hilton Worldwide Enter Agreement for New
Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam to be Located at the UNESCO World Heritage
Site
- Red
Lion Hotels Lists Their 185-room Medford, Oregon and 76-room Missoula,
Montana Hotels for Sale
- Owners
of Grand Soleil Resort in Natchez, Mississippi, Under Pressure from
Bankruptcy, List the Resort and Casino Site for Sale
- Planned
150-room Embassy Suites Hotel for Savannah, Georgia Clears Historic
Review Board
- Steve
Wynn Vaults Into Florida's Gambling Debate Declaring Miami Beach
Convention Center Site as Ideal for New Destination Resort
- Rezidor
to Open the New-build 150-room Park Inn by Radisson Amsterdam Schiphol
in Q3 2012
- W
Hotels Worldwide to Open the 300-room W Jakarta in Indonesia in 2015,
Owned by PT Ciputra Property Tbk (CTRP)
- Southern
Nevada Tourism Continues its Rebound with a 5.5% Increase in Visitation
for September 2011 over 2010; The 19th Straight Month of Visitation
Increases
- New
Research That Impacts Hotel Industry Sales Processes, A Statistical
Analysis of Skills that Make Reservations More Likely, a Collaborative
Study with UNLV Professor Dr. Robert Wood, to be Presented at IHMRS
- INNCOM
Implements Cost-Effective, Wireless Room Control Network at Marriott
Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa
- Presidian
Hotels & Resorts Selects Target Net As New Sales Platform; Hotel
management company chooses sales & catering platform for
flexibility, multi-property reporting capabilities
- Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Leverages Revenue Management Solution
to Optimize Rates at Two Casino Resort Properties
- KEYS
TO SUCCESS: Revenue Management Should Mean Planning and Action at Every
Type and Size Hotel (Part 2 of 2); A Plan for All Seasons /
Dr. John Hogan
- Armani
Hotels & Resorts Opens its Second Property with the 95-room Armani
Hotel Milano in Italy
- TRYP
by Wyndham Hotel Brand Debuts in Central America with the Opening of
the 98-room TRYP San José Sabana in San José, Costa Rica
- Benchmark
Hospitality International's Chefs to be Featured at James Beard House,
New York; The Seven Course Dinner to Occur December 15, 2011
- International
Association of Conference Centers Releases More Videos from their
Series Regarding Creating Compelling Meeting Experiences
- Hotel
Association of Canada Hall of Fame Awards Submission Deadline Extended
to December 12, 2011
- The
77-key Le Meridien Koh Samui Resort & Spa Opens in Thailand
- The
Rochester Marriott Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota Completes its
Multi-Million Dollar Comprehensive Renovation and Redesign; The
203-room Hotel is Operated by Interstate Hotels & Resorts
- Max
Ng Appointed as Senior Vice President of Development for Interstate
China Hotels & Resorts, an Interstate Hotels and Jin Jiang
International Hotels Joint Venture
- Jim
Risoleo Named Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe
for Host Hotels & Resorts
- Eric
Pearson Named Vice President of Casino Operations of the 250-room
Northern Quest Resort & Casino Near Spokane, Washington
- Waterford
Hotel Group Appoints Mary Culbert as General Manager of the 137-room
Residence Inn by Marriott in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
- Noble
House Hotels & Resorts Names Allison Grassetti as Director of Sales
and Marketing for Gateway Canyons Resort & Spa in Gateway, Colorado
November 9, 2011
- Maestro
is Preferred PMS for Independent West Coast Hotels and Resorts to
Maximize Revenue, Increase Direct Web Bookings, and Streamline
Multi-Property Operations; Beyond PMS - Maestro is 'Total Productivity
and Revenue Generation Solution' with Integrated Tools and Services for
Independent Operators' Unique Needs
- Luxury
Hotel in Boston, The Colonnade, Selects IDeaS Revenue Management
System; The IDeaS RMS streamlines the revenue management process for
improved business intelligence and profitability
- Over
70 Restaurant and Hospitality Trends for 2012 Described in Andrew
Freeman & Co.'s Annual Report
- Lessons
Learned from the Soccer Field. 10 Ways to Develop an Invincible Hotel
Sales Team / Amanda Dennis
- Soon
to Retire, Marriott International's President and Managing Director, Ed
Fuller Awarded 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award for International Hotel
Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin, Germany
- MENA
Hotel Performances Bounce Back Posting Excellent RevPAR Growth
- Hotels.com
Hotel Price Index (HPI) Highlights Growing Popularity of Latin America
and Asia for American Travelers and the Rising Hotel Prices in these
Regions
- Fired
Autistic Man Wins Suit Against Former Employer, Tarsadia Hotels; EEOC
Alleged Discrimination
- Tampa,
Florida Seeking Bids for Developer to Turn Historic Courthouse into
Hotel
- Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma Breaks Ground on $52 Million
Third Hotel Tower; Will Add 100 Suites to its Existing 356 Rooms
- Construction
of a 19-room Boston Boutique Hotel Expected to Start Spring 2012; The
$7 Million Project Set to Open in 2013 is the Collaboration of Darryl
Settles, Owner of Darryl's Corner Bar & Kitchen, and David Schwartz
of Barkley Investments in Boston
- Percipia
Networks Adds Iconic Trump SoHo To Its Rapidly Growing North American
Portfolio
- MindClick
SGM Announces Progress Toward Aligning its Hospitality Sustainable
Purchasing Index (HSPI) with the U.S. Green Building Council's
LEED® Rating System
- Palm
Springs Convention Center Setting the Stage for Growth, Exceptional
Events with PSAV
- Self-Service
= More Service with Mobile Key by OpenWays; Hospitality industry's
leading provider of front-desk bypass solutions is equipping
mobile-centric travelers with tools that get them to their destination
quicker and hoteliers with a means to deliver more services; Visit
OpenWays at IH/M&RS in Booth No. 3172
- Loews
Hotels Launches 'Location Aware' Mobile Website with HeBS Digital;
Mobile Website Identifies the Nearest Loews Hotel With Geo-Locating
- Roomlinx
Names Alan Fine as Vice President of Finance
- Frank
Wolfe, CAE, to Continue as HFTP CEO Through May 2015
- Pillar
Hotels & Resorts to Lay off 150 in Frederick and Cumberland,
Maryland Due to End in Management Contract with Holiday Inn and Holiday
Inn Express Locations
- Marriott
Opens its First Hotel in Siberia with the 208-room Courtyard by
Marriott Irkutsk City Center
- The
214-room Four Points by Sheraton Langkawi Resort Opens in Langkawi,
Malaysia; The Brand's Debut in the Asia Pacific Region
- Rezidor
Opens the 218-room $35 Million Radisson Blu Hotel at East Midlands
Airport in England
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Adds the 124-room ONE Bal Harbour Resort
& Spa in Miami Beach, Florida to its Management Portfolio
- RCI,
Part of the Wyndham Worldwide Family of Brands, Signs Affiliation
Agreement with Somerpointe Resorts; Includes 12 Properties in Las
Vegas, Hawaii and Orlando, Florida
- Ellie
Callihan, CHA, CHSP, Appointed as Regional Sales Manager for The
Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa Valley, California as it Prepares
to Open its 131,000 Square Foot $40 Million Expansion in Spring
2012
November 8, 2011
- KABA
Secures YOTEL New York; YOTEL installs KABA's Contactless RFID Locks
with ATLAS Access Control System at its First North American Property
- Regatta
Travel Solutions Unveils Facebook Booking Engine Tool for DMOs
- Pegasus
Solutions Names David Millili Chief Web Officer; Online Hotel Marketing
Expert Assumes New Executive Role, In Addition to Heading Pegasus' Open
Hospitality®
- Verve
Living Systems Announces Preferred Vendor Agreement; Hospitality
International Agreement Offers Energy Saving Opportunities to
Franchisees
- IHG
Posts a 33% Rise in Operating Profit Through Q3 2011 to $153 million
Compared with $115 million in the Same Period a Year Earlier; Global
RevPAR Up 6.4% Overall Led by China with RevPAR Growth of 10.8%
- Sunstone
Reports 3rd Qtr 2011 Loss of $24 million Compared to Income of $18.3
million Same Period Prior Year; RevPAR Grows 6.2%; Robert Alter to
Retire
- Morgans
Hotel Group Reports 3rd Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $27 million Compared to a
Loss of $39 million Same Year Ago Qtr; System Wide RevPar up 9.3% /
Hotel Operating Statistics
- Hospitality
Properties Trust Reports 3rd Qtr. Net Income of $40.1 million Compared
to $42.8 million the Year-Ago Qtr.; RevPAR Increased 7.7%; Sale of 21
Marriott Properties Expected to Close First Half of 2012
- Chatham
Lodging Trust Posts Third Quarter 2011 Net Loss of $1 million Compared
to Net Loss of $.3 million Same Period 2010; RevPAR Increased
5.4%; AFFO Exceeds Analyst Expectations
- Communicating
with One Voice / Jim Hartigan
- Westin
Set to Open Three New Hotels in China; Portfolio in China to Increase
by 50% by April 2012 with Plans to Double Footprint in Region by 2014
- According
to IHG Study, China's Hotel Market is Expected to Overtake the United
States to be the World's Largest After 2025; Estimated that China will
have 9.1 Million Hotel Rooms by 2039, Four Times Today's Market
- Sacramento
County California Seeking Bids for Airport Hotel; Interested in One
200-room or more Property or Possibly Two 130-room Hotels
- Both
Occupancy and Room Rates Rise in Hawaii for September 2011 over 2010,
Consistent with 4% Rise in Visitor Arrivals and 20% Rise in Spending;
The State's Hotel Industry Revenue is up 13% for the 2011 over 2010
- Grand
Pacific Resort Management Steps into Canada: Awarded Mountain Resort at
Panorama, BC, Canada Management Contract
- Hotel
Wilshire and Luxe City Center Turn to guestLINK for the Latest in Guest
Room Connectivity Panels; Posh Los Angeles hotels providing guests with
a sleek way to connect personal electronics to the TV
- Hospitality
Softnet Introduces Blended Training - theCampus, Leader-led Seminars,
and The Telephone Coaching Call Series
- Florida
Casino Backer Blasts Critics for Being Against Competition
- The
Plaza Hotel in New York Joins Historic Hotels of America®, The
Program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Recognizing
Hotels for Preserving and Maintaining Historic Integrity
- Michigan
State University Research Website: 2011 Lodging Market Potential Index
Available; Facilitates a Relative Comparison of the 25 Largest Lodging
Markets Along Ten Dimensions
- Hotel
Association of North Texas Recognizes Contributions Made in the Hotel
Industry by Individuals or Organizations Across 13 HOSPY Award
Categories; General Manager of the Year Awards Given to Roberto van
Greenen (Dallas Ritz-Carlton), Michael Kapoulis (Courtyard
Dallas/Allen) and Beth Pacheco (Hilton Worldwide-Homewood Suites Dallas
Market Center)
- Latino
Hotel Association to Host 2011 International Conference & Expo
November 16-18 at Tropicana Las Vegas in Nevada
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts and JHM Hotels Joint Venture to Manage the
120-room New-build Ramada Hotel in Alleppey, Kerala, India
- The
91-suite TownePlace Suites by Marriott to Open in Monroe, Louisiana,
Managed by InterMountain Management LLC
- Outrigger
Hotels and Resorts to Manage the 112-villa Phi Phi Island Village Beach
Resort and Spa in Thailand
- Renovation
Completed at the 132-room Courtyard Philadelphia Valley
Forge/Collegeville in Pennsylvania Owned and Managed by White Lodging
- Vision
Hospitality Group Appoints Reggie Piercy as Director of Operations
- Millennium
and Copthorne International Limited (MCIL) Appoints Andrew Tan as
General Manager of the 656-room Orchard Hotel Singapore
- Stacy
Manzo Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hotel
Valencia Santana Row in San Jose, California
November 7, 2011
- Four
Hotel Companies Select Aptech Business Intelligence, Accounting and
Budgeting Solutions; Hotels across Country Implement Aptech Systems to
Grow Portfolios, Assess Acquisition Profitability, and Simplify Back
Office Operations
- Sabre
Hospitality Solutions Adds RateGain's Business Intelligence and
Distribution Technology to its Portfolio; New product suite boosts
bottom line and gives hotels a competitive edge
- Comparing
Same Hotel Financial Operations Across Five Regions / Steve Rushmore
- Waldorf
Astoria Hotels & Resorts Reveals Proposal to Redevelop the Old Post
Office Building into a 245-room Hotel and Retail Destination on
Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, D.C.
- Hilton
Worldwide Enters Agreement to Re-Brand and Manage the Mint Hotel
Portfolio; Eight Properties Located in the United Kingdom and the
Netherlands Will Join the DoubleTree by Hilton and Hilton Garden Inn
Brands
- Online
Travel Companies and Hotel Chains Spend Big in Effort to Influence
Florida's Hotel Tax Fight
- Biggest
Foe of Expanded Gambling in Florida: Disney World, Which Has Made
Preventing Destination Casinos a Top Priority
- Want
to Fill Hotel Rooms? Try Beer. San Diego Hoteliers Reap Benefits of
Beer Week to the Tune of 2,500 Rooms / Lori Weisberg
- The
Organization Responsible for Marketing the United States to World
Visitors Launches Brand USA Inc., the New Name for the Corporation for
Travel Promotion, Unveiling the Nation's First Ever Unified Marketing
Effort
- New
General Manager Named for Clearwater Fairfield Inn: Hotel-Online and
BuildCentral Have Updated 234 Hotels in the Last Two Weeks with Changes
in Personnel, Property Management or Ownership
- Richland,
Washington to Soon Have its First Embassy Suites Hotel by Hilton;
Resort Will Feature its Own Boutique Vineyard
- Milestone
Internet Marketing Seeking Senior e-Strategist
- Brian
Treadwell Joins ProfitSword as VP Customer Relations Management
- Hotel
AG Brokers Sale of Two Bank-Owned Hotels
- EHTEC@HOSPACE
to Tackle PCI Compliance Issues in Europe November 25, 2011 in London;
PCI Security Standards Council European Director to Present Topic
Entitled - PCI for Hospitality; Resources for Protecting Your
Cardholder Data
- HSMAI
South Florida Chapter Honors Heiko Dobrikow of the Riverside Hotel as
General Manager of the Year
- Normal,
Illinois to Consider Proposal for Redevelopment of the Former Holiday
Inn to a 160-room, Full-Service Radisson Hotel
- Hospitality
Ventures LLC Re-Launches the Key West Inns Brand Following Acquisition
of Franchise Rights
- Rezidor
Hotel Group and Developer Soravia Group Constructing the 236-room
Radisson Blu Hotel, Belgrade in Serbia
- Hilton
Garden Inn Signs Management Agreement with HH Developments to Operate
the New-Build Hilton Garden Inn in Santa Fe, Argentina; The Brand's
Second Project in Argentina
- Outrigger
Enterprises Group Adds the 140-room Wyndham Royal Garden Resort at
Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii to its Management Portfolio
- Oriens
Travel and Hotel Management Corp. Adds Santa Cruz, California Property
to its Hotel PURE Brand
- KSL
Resorts Unveils the Newly Renovated and Re-designed La Costa Resort and
Spa in Carlsbad, California Completing its $50 Million Makeover
- The
Plantation on Crystal River in Crystal River, Florida Undergoing $3
Million Renovation to Guest Rooms and Public Areas
- Red
Door Spas Appoints Jeff Kohl as Senior Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer
- Buffalo
Lodging Associates Names Chuck Schoene as General Manager for the
Residence Inn St. Louis-Westport in Missouri
- Barcelo
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Alejandro Peralta as Sales Manager for
the Southeast U.S. Region
- White
Lodging Names Stephanie Jones as Director of Sales at the Residence Inn
by Marriott in Louisville, Kentucky
- Hyatt
Regency Aruba Resort & Casino Rehires its Very First Employee,
Geraldine Coutinho-Meyers, as the Associate Director of Sales
November 4, 2011
- Arnold
Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge Installs KABA Saflok RFID Locks;
Best of the Best Golf Resort Impressed with Saflok's Efficiency:
'Combination of Style and Convenience for Guests and Employees'
- Hospitality
Properties Trust Enters $150.5 Million Agreement to Acquire Royal
Sonesta Hotels in Cambridge, Massachusetts and New Orleans, Louisiana
- Investigation
Launched into Possible Breaches of Fiduciary Duty by the Board of
Sonesta International Hotels Corporation in Connection with the Sale of
the Company to Sonesta Acquisition Corporation, an Affiliate of
Hospitality Properties Trust
- Strategic
Hotels & Resorts Reports 3rd Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $11.9 million
Compared to Net Loss of $39.4 million Same Qrt 2010; U.S. Same Store
RevPAR increases 11.7%
- MGM
Resorts International Reports Q3 2011 Net Revenue of $2.2 billion
Compared to $1.6 billion Prior Year Quarter; Domestic RevPAR Increased
11%
- Red
Lion Hotels Reports 3rd Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $.1 million Compared with
Net Income of $3.2 million Same Period 2010; Revenue for Qtr Decreased
to $46.2 million from $49.8 million; RevPAR Grows 3.5%
- Orient-Express
Hotels Reports 3rd Qtr 2011 Revenue up 17% to $183.2 million, Same
Store RevPAR up 19% in US Dollars
- Great
Wolf Resorts Reports 3rd Quarter 2011 Net Income of $1.5 million
Compared to a Net Loss of $1 million in Same Period 2010; RevPAR
Increased 9.1%
- Red
Lion Hotels Acquires Ten Previously Leased Hotels From iStar Financial
for $37 million
- Marriott
to Develop the 168-room Courtyard by Marriott New York Manhattan/Herald
Square Owned by 960 Associates, an Affiliate of Hidrock Realty; Hotel
will Occupy Former Atlantic Bank of New York Building in Herarld Square
- Colony
Capital, Owners of Former Atlantic City Hilton, Propose New Plan to
Keep Property Out of Foreclosure and Preserve Nearly 2,000 Jobs
- MGM
Resorts Executive Dan D'Arrigo Describes Broad-Based Recovery
Continuing in Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Market; 2011 LV Visitation
Numbers Expected to Reach 39 Million, Last Reached in 2007
- Tampa
Hoteliers Deny Inflating Rates for the 2012 Republican National
Convention, Plan to Work with Convention Planners to Resolve Issues
- Expedia
Offers Hoteliers Tips for Working with Online Travel Agencies to
Maintain Demand During Holiday Season
- Hotel
Lawyer in Washington D.C. - Why the Lodging Industry Will Continue to
Do Well Despite Bumpy Markets and More / Jim Butler
- Classic
Style Meets Cutting Edge Technology as Hotel Bel-Air Reopens with
Intelity’s ICE Technology; The renowned Los Angeles hotel reopens after
an extensive refurbishment including the deployment of ICE via in-room
tablets
- Hotels
Go High-Tech with Crestron Integrated Technology Solutions; Crestron
Provides Multitude of Audio/Video and Lighting Solutions for Hotel
Properties
- Kimball
Hospitality Joins The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium
(HSPC); Kimball, a leader in providing furniture solutions for the
hospitality industry, will collaborate with other visionary
organizations to build an industry-wide sustainability performance index
- Whiteboard
Labs' Windsurfer CRS Powers The Maritime Hotel In NYC
- SpaSoft
Certified to Elavon's Fusebox Payment Gateway; Extends Advanced
Tokenization and Multi-point Connectivity to the Spa Industry
- Interstate
Hotels & Resorts Seeking Senior Sales Manager for Hampton Inn in
College Station, Texas
- Joint
Venture, Orchid Hotel Partners LLC, Acquires 538-room Fairmont Orchid
Resort on Kohala Coast of Big Island, Hawaii
- Lightstone
Group Acquires the 151-room Marriott Courtyard in Parsippany, New
Jersey for $9.3 million
- DHS,
AHLA & LodgeNet Partner to Form 'If You See Something, Say
Something' National Campaign Through Public Service Announcements to be
Deployed in 5,462 Hotels Aimed at Thwarting Terrorist Activities and to
Improve Security
- KEYS
TO SUCCESS - A Plan for All Seasons Revenue Management Should Mean
Planning and Action at Every Type and Size Hotel - Part 1 of 2 / Dr.
John Hogan
- The
Bright Side of Hospitality in Volusia, County Florida / Bob Davis
- The
129-room DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Raleigh-Cary Opens in Cary, North
Carolina in a Conversion of the Four Points by Sheraton
- The
80-room Holiday Inn Express Downtown West Los Angeles Opens in
California Following a $1.25 Million Renovation and Conversion from a
Ramada Limited Hotel
- The
127-room DoubleTree by Hilton Baton Rouge Opens in Louisiana in a
Conversion of the Aspen Suites Hotel; Operated by Summit Hotel TRS 047,
LLC and Managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts
- Chad
Callaghan Named as Safety and Security Consultant for the AH&LA
- White
Lodging Names Mark Kirsch as General Manager for the Residence Inn by
Marriott in Louisville, Kentucky
- Jennifer
Findlay Appointed as Spa Director for AWAY® Spa at the 157-room W
Retreat & Spa-Vieques Island
- Trump
International Hotel & Tower Chicago Names Grant Bruce as Director
of The Spa at Trump®
November 2, 2011
- OpenWays
Announces Next Generation Mobile Key Apps for Smartphones; Mobile Key
Apps now available for ALL smartphone operating systems; Visit OpenWays
in Booth #3172 at IH/M&RS Nov. 13-15 in New York
- VIZERGY
Unveiled as 2011 W3 Awards Winner in Hotel and Lodging
- Newmarket
International, Inc. Acquires MTech
- Newmarket
International, Inc. Acquires Libra OnDemand
- Cenium
Growth Fuels Expansion; New Hong Kong Office Opens to Meet Needs of
Asian Market
- Hyatt
Hotels Reports 3rd Qrt. 2011 Net Income of $14 million Compared to $30
million Same Period Last Year; RevPAR Increased 9.2%
- Hersha
Hospitality Management Files Lawsuit Alleging Former Employees of
Procaccianti Group Stole Confidential Documents
- Rancho
Valencia Resort in Rancho Santa Fe, California to Shut Down During $20
million Renovation / Lori Weisberg
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 82; 'Built To Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels in New
York'; Quote of the Month / Stanley Turkel
- Perplexed
Tampa Bay Area Hotel Mangers to Meet with Republican National
Convention Officials Over Requests to Lower Hotel Room Rates for 2012
Convention
- InterContinental
Hotel Group Signs Deal to Launch the 119-room Hotel Indigo St.
Petersburg Tchaikovskiy, the Brand's First in Russia
- LodgeGate
Implements RateTiger for Seamless Online Booking Connectivity;
RTConnect selected by Dutch PMS to expand rate and inventory
distribution
- Toledo,
Ohio 241-room Hotel Loses Crowne Plaza Label; Owner, Paradise
Hospitality, has Filed for Bankruptcy
- AH&LA
Seeks Department of Justice Clarification on Swimming Pool Lift
Requirements Under 2010 ADA Standards; Industry Requests Guidance on
These Standards to Take Effect March 15, 2012
- UCLA
Choses New Site for Planned On-Campus Hotel and Conference Center
Sparing the University's Faculty Club and Easing Traffic Concerns; Once
Approved, Construction Would Start in Summer 2013
- Beirut,
Lebanon Hotels Occupancy Rate Down to 55% in 2011, Decreasing from 68%
for 2010
- Jumeirah
Group Opens Jumeirah at Etihad Towers Located on the Arabian Gulf in
the Ras Al Akhdar Area of Abu Dhabi
- Graves
Hospitality Corporation Opens New-build 64-room Hotel Williamsburg in
Brooklyn, New York
- The
147-room Holiday Inn Express in Kennesaw, Georgia to Begin a $2 Million
Renovation
- Maryland
Senators Launch Bill Creating Hotels for Heroes, a Program Allowing
Americans to Donate Hotel Reward Points to Members of the Armed Forces
Traveling for Health Care; An Extension of the Similar Hero Miles
Program Providing Airfare
- Seeking
Common Ground, a Denver Nonprofit, Honors Sage Hospitality CEO Walter
Isenberg for Creating a Culture of Philanthropy at Sage; Isenberg Named
as 2011 Circles of Change Honoree
- Taj
Group's Ajoy Misra Moves to Position with Parent Group as Deputy CEO
and Executive Director for Tata Global Beverages While Deepa Harris
Becomes Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing for the Taj Group
- Rezidor
Hotel Group Names Pasquale Baiguera as General Manager for the Radisson
Blu Conference and Airport Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey
- White
Lodging Names Jeffrey Lawn as General Manager for the Courtyard by
Marriott in Ft. Wayne, Indiana
- Dana
Beth Hagendorf Named Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President of
Marketing for the 1504-room Fontainebleau Miami Beach in Florida
- Andrea
Carneiro Named as Director of Sales and Marketing for The St. Regis
Punta Mita Resort, Mexico
- Tavistock
Leisure Appoints Federico Trulli as Food and Beverage Manager at the
Best Western Roker Hotel in Roker, Sunderland, United Kingdom
November 1, 2011
- Introducing
Hotel-Online 3Qs Series on Best Practices in Hotel Marketing and
Operations: How an Industry Expert Sees It: First Up, Max Starkov
- Holiday
Inn Portland Airport Boosts Guest Service with Flyte Systems Guest
Flight Information; FlyteBoard Delivers Travel Confidence, Adds Revenue
to Airport Property
- Noble
Investment Group and Interstate Hotels & Resorts Form New Dedicated
Hotel Management Platform; Interstate Acquires Noble Management Group,
Will Now Operate as Noble-Interstate Management Group
- FelCor
Lodging Trust Posts 3rd Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $23.4 million Compared to
Net Loss of $89.3 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR for its 67
Hotels Increased 5% for the Quarter / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Gaylord
Entertainment Reports a Loss for the 3rd Qtr 2011 of $1.7 million
Compared to Loss of $31.8 million in the Year-ago Quarter; RevPAR
Increased 2.1% / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Federal
Investigators Report that Lack of Safety Protocols at Disney World
Contributed to 2009 Monorail Accident that Killed a 21-year-old Resort
Employee
- Last
Days to Register: The Art of the Cold Call - Prospecting Will Never Be
the Same! Webinar November 3, 2011 / Carol Verret
- EB-5
Financing for Hotels: Brian Su's EB-5 Investment Boot Camp in Los
Angeles on November 11, 2011 / Jim Butler
- The
hotels.com Hotel Price Index Reports a Continued Rebound in Global
Business Travel
- The
376-key JW Marriott Manama, Bahrain Hotel Owned by Khaleejcapita B.S.C
to Open in 2016 as Part of the Bahrain Bay Development in the Kingdom
of Bahrain
- Hard
Rock International Partners with Paper City Development to Develop and
Manage a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Holyoke, Massachusetts
- Savannah
International Trade & Convention Center Revving Up Business, Raving
About PSAV Partnership
- Runtriz
Expands Into Colorado with Guest Services App Designed for
Award-Winning Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek
Mountain
- YOTEL
at New York Times Square West Selects MICROS's myfidelio.net CRS for
Hotel Distribution with OPERA Property Management System
- Deloitte
Fast 500 Technology List Ranks Knowland 76th Overall, 3rd in Region;
Innovative Business Development Firm Grows 1,387 Percent, Among Fastest
Growing Companies in North America
- Rezidor
Hotel Group to Rebrand the 246-room Taksim in Turkey as the Radisson
Blu Hotel Mersin
- Fattal
Hotel Management & Izaki Group Begin Construction on 230-room
Herod's Hotel at the Herzliya Marina in Israel
- BPR
Properties Acquires the University Inn & Conference Center in Palo
Alto, California; Property Will Reopen Following Renovations
- Costa
Rica's Tourism Growth in 2011 Takes a Hit with Decrease of 3.9% in
Tourist Arrivals During Third Quarter
- Oriens'
Hotel PURE Brand Rapidly Growing Portfolio Surpasses 2011 Targets with
Year-end Growth to Secure Nearly 70% of 2012 Expectations; Oriens
States this Growth is in Line with Industry Sentiments
- Hyatt
Hotels and Abu Dhabi National Hotels Open the 306-key Park Hyatt Abu
Dhabi Hotel and Villas in Abu Dhabi
- The
150-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott Opens in the Former Hyatt Place
in Birmingham, Alabama, Managed by Ascent Hospitality
- Farzam
Family Opens Newly Constructed 164-room Silver-LEED Standard Shore
Hotel in Santa Monica, California
- Hotel
Equities Assumes Management of the 83-room Fairfield Inn in Clearwater,
Florida, Owned by CDE Hotel Properties
- Marcus
Hotels & Resorts Completes Multi-Million Dollar Renovation of the
Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jennifer
Fox Appointed President at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. in
Toronto, Canada
- White
Lodging Names Cody Feaster as Regional Vice President
- MGM
Resorts International Names Niklas Rytterstrom as General Manager at
the 1,200-room Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi
- Christoph
Voegeli Named General Manager of the Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort &
Spa in Kadah, Malaysia
- Robert
Plouffe Appointed as Executive Chef for 218-room Bourbon Orleans Hotel
in New Orleans, Louisiana
**Top 25
Read
Articles - October 2011**
- Five
Lessons Hoteliers Can Learn from Steve Jobs
- Conde
Nast Traveler Selects the Top Hotels, Resorts; The Number One Hotel in
the World is The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong; Open Only Two Years,
Top U.S. Property is Chicago's Elysian Hotel
- Wanted:
Revenue Manager with a Rock & Roll Heart. 5 Essential Traits /
Amanda Dennis
- 16
Hottest Food and Dining Trends for Restaurants and Hotels in 2012;
Annual Hospitality Predictions from Baum+Whiteman International Food
and Restaurant Consultants
- Fairmont
v. Turnberry Decision is Issued by Federal Court / Jim Butler
- Joie
de Vivre Hospitality and Thompson Hotels Merge; Create Multi-Brand
Lifestyle Hotel Group Poised for Global Growth
- American
Hotel & Lodging Association Blasts Obama's Proposed Ethics Rule;
Recovering Industry Being Sabotaged by Obama Administration
- Marriott's
Initial Edition Strategy Sidelined; Properties Currently Under
Development to be Funded Exclusively by Marriott / Jason Q. Freed
- Ten
Largest Hotel Brands' Average Sale Prices / David J. Sangree
- Top
10 Bed & Breakfast's Where You Can Sleep With a Ghost; One in Four
Adults Would Like to Spend the Night in a Real-life Haunted House
- Another
Creeper Peeper: Family Files Lawsuit Claiming They Were Spied on Via
Peephole Under Faucet in Hotel Shower in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 226-Room
Sonoma Resort Could Sell For $100 Million
- 2010
Was A Budget Beater For U.S. Hotels; Looking Forward - 2012 Should
Result in a 15.2% Rise in Profits for the Average U.S. Hotel / Robert
Mandelbaum
- One
of Atlanta's Ritziest Lodging Addresses Housing the W Hotel in Buckhead
Put on Foreclosure Notice
- Front
Desk Upsell Training Can Increase RevPAR / Doug Kennedy
- Autograph
Collection Launches New Standalone Website; First Branded Site to
Incorporate Social Media Connections to Personalize Experience
- City
Officials Shocked to Learn Luxury 182-room Omni Hotel in Newport News,
Virginia is on the Auction Block
- Orlando,
Florida's Top TripAdvisor Hotels May Not be the Ones You'd Expect;
Meeting Guest Expectations, Not the Provision of Amenities Seems to
Matter Most
- Bill
Otto, President of Marcus Hotels & Resorts to Resign
- 87-Room
Inn For Sale; Offers Due Next Month
- Former
Manager of Downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut Holiday Inn Charged with
Stealing $78K
- The
Pitfalls of Last-Minute Sales in Hospitality / Max Starkov
- Virgin
Hotels Acquires Chicago's Old Dearborn Bank Building for Conversion to
the 250-room Virgin Hotel Chicago, Expects to Open Fall 2013
- Optimistic
Forecast Bodes Well for U.S. Hoteliers / David M. Brudney
- Pegasus
Solutions Acquires Open Hospitality®; Strategic Move Positions
Pegasus as One of the Industry's Top Online Hotel Marketers
October 31, 2011
- Business
Travelers State Airline and Hotel Employees Need to Treat Them Better:
Rank Rude Hotel Staff, Intrusive Security Procedures and Steerage-like
Treatment as Worst Part of Travel Acccording to New Survey
- Casino
Magnates Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn Disagree on Miami's Casino
Potential
- Artisan
Hotel in Downtown El Paso, Texas May Have Suitor in Starwood's Aloft
Family; Atlantic Hotels Has Agreement to Buy Vacant Property but Needs
Franchise Commitment to Obtain Financing
- RLJ
Lodging Trust Acquires the 176-room Courtyard by Marriott Charleston
Historic District from Noble Investment Group for $42 million, or
$239,000 per key
- Former
Philly Convention Center CFO Files Federal Lawsuit Alleging that CEO
Operated a Patronage Trough
- Bidding
for 124-room Hampton Inn in Chattanooga, Tennessee Scheduled for
December
- Owned
by ADNEC, Aloft Hotels to Debut in the United Kingdom with the Aloft
London Excel
- Wyndham
Hotel Group and Owner Reisler Deri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Limited Siketi to
Open Wyndham Istanbul Kalamis Marina, the Second Wyndham Property in
Turkey
- Sheraton
Scheduled to Open Five More Properties in China before End of Year
Bringing Portfolio to 46 Hotels in Greater China
- Trust
International Chosen as Worldwide CRS Provider for Iberostar Hotels and
Resorts
- Hotel
AG Reports 5 Hotel Transactions in the Last Month
- HeBS
Digital Wins a Total of Seven W³ Awards For Creative Excellence on
the Web; HeBS Digital earned seven W³ Awards for excellence in
hotel website design, mobile website design and digital marketing
campaigns
- Kimpton
Hotels & Resorts Set to Raise Flag on Surfcomber Miami, South Beach
Following Complete Property Renovation
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Prepares for Opening of Florida's 214-room
The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort
- Sunstar
Hotel & Development Opens the 294-room Sheraton Bijao Beach,
Panama; Brands First All-Inclusive Resort
- Hyatt
Regency Danang Resort and Spa on China Beach, Danang, Vietnam Opens
- Salamander
Hotels & Resorts Partners with Lubert-Adler, L.P Assuming
Management of Reunion Wyndham Grand Resort and Hammock Beach Resort;
Launches Grand Golf Resorts of Florida
- 2011
PCI Community Meetings Sets Stage for Increased Participation In
Standards Development for 2012
- Arlene
Ramirez and Dr. Ersem Karadag Headlined the Hilton Lecture Series at
Michigan State's School of Hospitality Business
- Poll
on Client Preferences Reveals Notable Trends for Hotel Industry During
Luxe Worldwide Hotels (LWH) Annual Conference
- Hotels
Bridging Healthcare (H2H); A Conference on Hotel, Wellness and Medical
Tourism Entrepreneurship, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, June
16-19, 2012
October 28, 2011
October 27, 2011
- Boyne
Resorts Expands Installation of SMS|Host® Hospitality Management
System; Family-Owned Destination Resort Group to Install SMS|Host in
Additional Properties
- Starwood
Reports Net Income in 3rd Qtr 2011 of $163 million Compared to Loss of
$6 million Same Period a Year Earlier; Worldwide System-wide RevPAR Up
11.6% / Systemwide Hotel Statistics
- Choice
Hotels Posts 3rd Qtr 2011 Net Income of $42.3 million Compared to $40.5
million Same Year Ago Period; Domestic RevPAR Increases 5.4%
- Former
Manager of Downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut Holiday Inn Charged with
Stealing $78K
- 84-year-old
Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria, Illinois Could Close for Most of Next
Year While Being Converted to a Marriott Hotel as Part of a $92.8
million Project
- Texas
Court of Appeals Affirms Decision for Online Travel Companies in
Occupancy Tax Dispute; Court finds that Online Travel Companies(OTCs)
'help consumers make informed choices in spending their travel dollars,
and to do so conveniently and efficiently.'
- Is
Your Hotel SEO Strategy Google Panda-Compatible? Ten Metrics to Help
Gauge Your Site's SEO Health / Sue Wiker
- Chinese
Investment in U.S. Hotels: What the Real Estate Professionals Want to
Know / Jim Butler
- Satisfaction
with European Hotel Slips Below 2010 Levels in All Segments According
to New JD Powers & Associates Survey
- White
Lodging Breaks Ground on 296-room Hyatt Place Austin/Downtown in
Austin, Texas
- Real
Estate Trust Associated with San Diego Evangelist Morris Cerullo
Acquires Mission Valley Resort Out of Foreclosure for More Than $18
million / Lori Weisberg
- Grand
Hyatt Erawan Bangkok Issues Statement on Flooding Situation in Bangkok
- Technology,
Sales and Loyalty Solutions Debut Under New Parent Company, Centric
Hospitality Group; Merger between CARINO Hotels and Resorts and
InnPoints Worldwide creates initiatives structured to shift
market-share by enhancing traveler experience
- Yellow
Dog Software Provides Sundance Resort with Inventory Management
- Fredericksburg
Inn & Suites Selects Knowland's Target Net; Ground-breaking sales
& catering platform streamlines the booking process, allowing
hotels to quickly and efficiently drive sales
- PSAV
Clinches 'Best AV Provider' Title for Third Consecutive Year;
Hand-picked by meeting planners, event planners and suppliers who
subscribe to Southern California Meetings + Events magazine, PSAV is
the Readers' Choice once again
- HFTP
and AH&LA Partner on a New Technology and E-business Webinar Series
- Officials
from the City Owned Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida Give Seaway
Corporation Two More Weeks to Resolve Repayment of $5.5 million in Back
Rent
- IHG
to Provide Hotel Owners and General Managers Information on Green
Engage Tool Enabling Properties to Improve Carbon Disclosure Project
Score
- Kokua
Hospitality Prepares for Opening of Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach, the
First Hyatt Place in the Hawaii Market
- Alabama
Hotel & Lodging Association Honors Leonardo Maurelli as Chef of the
Year, and Engineer Charles Smith as Hospitality Employee of the Year
with Stars of the Industry Awards; Both of The Hotel at Auburn
University
- Accor
Appoints Xavier Louyot Vice President Global Marketing, Pullman Brand
- Sheraton
Nassau Beach Resort Appoints Glenn Sampert as General Manager and
Steven White as Hotel Manager
- The
Hanover Inn at Dartmouth College Appoints Joseph A. Mellia As General
Manager
- Eamon
O'Brien Named Director of Sales for Grand Hyatt New York
- Stephanie
Nojima is Named Director of Sales and Marketing for OHANA Honolulu
Airport Hotel and Best Western The Plaza Hotel
October 26, 2011
- Five
Lessons Hoteliers Can Learn from Steve Jobs
- Wyndham
Reports Strong 3rd Qtr 2011 Adjusted Net Income of $153 million, Up 22%
from $125 million for Same Period 2010; RevPAR Increased 6.3%
- Hotel
Valuation and Transaction Trends for the U.S. Boutique Lodging Industry
/ Steve Rushmore
- Marriott
International Board Approves Spin-Off of Marriott Vacations Worldwide
Corporation
- Embassy
Suites in Irvine, California, Owned by Union Pensions, Fined for Labor
Violations
- Another
Creeper Peeper: Family Files Lawsuit Claiming They Were Spied on Via
Peephole Under Faucet in Hotel Shower in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- North
American Leisure Travel Edges Ahead of Global Market; Off-peak Travel
Drives Leisure Bookings in the Region Up +7.0% Compared to +5.6%
Worldwide
- Educational
Institute Establishes Presence in Kenya
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments (WHI) Advises in the Sale of the Value Place Extended
Stay-Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Spotlight
on Revenue Management; Amadeus Presents a Paper on Revenue Management
Placing the Customer at the Heart of Revenue Management
- IAHI
Officially Rebrands Itself as IHG Owners Association; Bill DeForrest of
Lane Hospitality to Turn Over Reins as Chairman to Glenn Squires of
Pacrim Hospitality Services
- Visitor
Spending in Hawaii Jumped 20% to $1 billion in September
- Owned
by Wampold Companies and Operated by Davidson Hotels & Resorts the
256-room Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel Opens
- Hyatt
Hotels Opens the 147-room Hotel Sierra King of Prussia Near Downtown
Philadelphia; Josh Davalos Opening General Manager
- West
Valley Lodging Initiative Begins Constuction on the Embassy Suites West
Valley City as Part of the $500 million Mixed-use Fairbourne Station in
West Valley, Utah; Renascent Hospitality Selected to Manage
- Choice
Hotels and Landlet Hotel Group Rebrand the Former Royal Hotel Luton as
the Comfort Hotel Luton in Luton, England; Maria Fazekas, General
Manager
- Holiday
Isle Beach Resort & Marina in Islamorada, Florida to be Renamed
Postcard Inn Beach Resort & Marina at Holiday Isle Following $10.6
million Renovation
- The
Inn at Marina Del Rey Completes Upgrades and Reflags as a Best Western
Plus, Managed by Pacifica Hotel Company
- Kana
Hotel Group Awarded Management Contract for the 100-room Hampton Inn
& Suites, Stamford, Connecticut
- Cornell's
Hospitality Design Roundtable Aimed to Define the Rapidly Expanding
Boutique Hotel Segment and What Customers Want
- Oriens
Travel and Hotel Management, Operators of Hotel PURE Brand, Aiming to
Improve Communications with Shareholders
- YPartnership
Research Reveals Generational Differences in Credibility of Information
Sources Among Leisure Travelers; Confidence Varies With Age
- Alex
Cabañas, President Business Development & Finance for
Benchmark Hospitality International, Named One of the '100 Most
Influential Hispanic Corporate Leaders for 2011'
October 25, 2011
- OpenWays
Introduces 'Mobile Key' for Independent Hotels; To meet the growing
demand among non-branded hotels wanting a Mobile Key Front-Desk Bypass
Solution, OpenWays is introducing a cost-effective and secure option
for Independents that harnesses mobile technologies to reduce costs,
improve financials, and drive guest loyalty
- VIDEO:
Marketing Strategies that Help Hotels Avoid Discounting
- DAPage
Provides Gateway Between Two-Way Radios and HotSOS; Kenwood now joins
the MTech family of supported devices allowing more options to
customers using its Hotel Service Optimization System
- Miami
Resort Developer Genting Group Taking Direct Aim at Las Vegas; Will
Also Bankroll and Subsidize Direct Flights from Asia if Need Be
- Optimistic
Forecast Bodes Well for U.S. Hoteliers / David Brudney
- The
Art of the Cold Call - Prospecting Will Never Be the Same! Webinar
November 3, 2011 / Carol Verret
- At
25, Bobby Hiranandani, Leading $100 million Project of Turning
Singapore's Ogilvy Centre Into the Sofitel So
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Becomes Transparent with Online Ratings and
Reviews Giving Guests the Chance 'To Say it Like it Is' by Posting
Directly on its Hotel Websites
- Westin
Hotels & Resorts Rolls Out Global Wellness Program for 25,000
Associates Around the World Designed to Inspire Healthy Choices
- InterContinental
Hotels Group Launches Three-Phase Global Repositioning Strategy for
Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts
- Bradenton,
Florida Development Authority Offers $1 million Plus to 'Pink Palace'
Developer Widewaters Group for Conversion of Property to a Hampton Inn
& Suites
- Riverside
Hospitality Acquires Doubletree Hotel Riverside in Garden City, Idaho;
Will be Renamed the Riverside Hotel
- Sarup
Enterprises and Marriott International Open the 79-room Fairfield Inn
& Suites by Marriott in Mississauga, Ontario
- Nira
Alpina, a Design Hotels Property, Set to Open in the Swiss Alps Near
St. Moritz
- Rocco
Forte Hotels Enters Middle East with the 281-room Rocco Forte Hotel Abu
Dhabi
- Viceroy
Hotel Group Rebrands the Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi as Yas Viceroy, Groups
First Property in the Middle East
- Surfers
Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa on Australia's Gold Coast Completes
$20 million Renovataion
- HSMAI
President and CEO Robert A. Gilbert Honored with the Miguel Aleman
Valdes Excellency in Tourism Award
- Bookings
to Brazil Have Increased Over 90% From a Year Ago Reflecting High
Demand for International Travelers According to New Expedia Data
- Hotels
Bridging Healthcare (H2H); A Conference on Hotel, Wellness and Medical
Tourism Entrepreneurship, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, June
16-19, 2012
- Best
Western International Names Glen MacDonell as Managing Director of
Strategic Partnerships and Field Marketing
- Swire
Hotels Promotes Dean Winter, Jennifer Cheung and Marcel Thoma to
Management Appointments in Hong Kong
- Crowne
Plaza Dubai Promotes Georges Farhat to Hotel Manager
- Thistle's
Parc Hotel Appoints Iain Inman as Executive Chef for The Social in
Cardiff, United Kingdom
October 24, 2011
- American
Hotel & Lodging Association Blasts Obama's Proposed Ethics Rule;
Believes Recovering Industry Being Sabotaged by Obama Administration
- Historic
Hotels of America® Launches Mobile Website; Developed by Sabre
Hospitality Solutions, new site puts information at consumer's
fingertips
- Virgin
Hotels Acquires Chicago's Old Dearborn Bank Building for Conversion to
the 250-room Virgin Hotel Chicago; Expects to Open Fall 2013
- Department
of Defense Getting Into the Hotel Business; New Build, $24 million
Hotel on Okaloosa Island, Florida to be Managed by Emerald Breeze
Resort Group
- Wyndham
Hotel Group Continues China Expansion with Signing of Franchise
Agreements for Five New Properties Under the Ramada Brand
- An
Anonymous Tip to Opportunities at Your Hotel / Jim Hartigan
- 87-Room
Luxury California Inn For Sale; Offers Due Next Month
- Ram
Hotels To Bring New Home2 Suites by Hilton to Columbus, Georgia
- 3H
Group Hotels Preparing for New Riverfront 116-room Marriott Hotel in
Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Hotel
Social Media Engagement Perspective / Richard Walsh
- Leisure
Real Estate Advisors LLC, Announces the Sale of the Columbia, Missouri,
Staybridge Suites Hotel
- Adare
Manor Hotel & Golf Resort and The K Club Achieve Condé Nast
Traveler's '2011 Best In The World' Readers Choice List
- Honor
Your Customers / Bryan K. Williams, D.M.
- Hotel
AG Has 73 Hotels Under Sale Agreement
- Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments (WHI) Selected to Advise in the Sale of 3
Limited-Service Properties, Located in Select Locations Throughout the
Midwest
- Colin
Au, President of Genting Americas, on a Lobbying Mission and Determined
to Close Gambling Casino Deal in Florida
- Changes
to Marriott Deal in Peoria, Illinois Spur Projects Movement Forward
Following Withdrawl of Cancellation Letter
- $200
million Mixed-Use Downtown Development in Orlando, Florida to Include a
Hotel and Tie Into SunRail Station
- Hospitality
Technology & Financial Professionals (HFTP), Hotel Electronic
Distribution Network Association (HEDNA), and Hotel Technology Next
Generation (HTNG) Join Forces to Implement Unique Global Identifier for
Hotels
- Ritz-Carlton
Hotel Company Opens the 493-room Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh Located in
Diplomatic Quarter and Adjacent to King Abdul Aziz Conference Centre in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Bill
Otto, President of Marcus Hotels & Resorts to Resign
- Chang
Su, Chief Operating Officer for China Lodging Group, Limited Resigns,
Will Serve as Consultant
October 21, 2011
- Top
10 Bed & Breakfast's Where You Can Sleep With a Ghost; One in Four
Adults Would Like to Spend the Night in a Real-life Haunted House
- Marriott's
Initial Edition Strategy Sidelined; Properties Currently Under
Development to be Funded Exclusively by Marriott / Jason Q. Freed
- Las
Vegas Hilton Owners, Colony Resorts, Granted Time to Fend Off
Receivership and Foreclosure
- Supreme
Court Ruling on Side Issue of Long Delayed CityCenter Litigation Could
Get Lawsuit Back on Track
- Pedersen
Development Gains Approval for New Build 140-room Hyatt Hotel for
Boulder, Colorado's Boulder Junction Project
- Stevens
Brothers Gain Approval for Purchase of Fitzgeralds Hotel and Casino in
Downtown Las Vegas; Plans to Renovate Property
- University
of Miami Planning an 18-story Clinical Facility that Includes a
225-room Hotel in Research Park Complex
- OpenWays
Introduces Mobile Master Key; OpenWays simplifies hotel master key
management by harnessing mobile technologies to make all locks 'on
line' without costly infrastructure: Visit OpenWays in Booth #3172 at
IH/M&RS Nov. 13-15 in New York
- Flintco
Inc., the Lone Bidder and Original General Contractor for Stalled
Renaissance Hotel in Colorado Springs, Sees Bright Future for Project
- HFTP
to Celebrate 60th Anniversary at 2012 Annual Convention & Tradeshow
in Orlando, Florida
- Krog
Corp. and Hart Hotels Reveal Vision for Five-story Luxury Hotel in
Clayton, New York
- The
Fitzpatrick Hotel Group Completes Three Year, $12 million Renovation of
Both New York City Hotels, The Fitzpatrick Grand Central and The
Fitzpatrick Manhattan
- Kathleen
Cochran Appointed General Manager of Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa
Barbara, California
- GHM
Appoints Ed Linsley as General Manager of The Nam Hai in Vietnam; John
Blanco Moves to Executive Position at Indochina Capital
- David
Sudduth Named Director of
Sales and Marketing for DoubleTree by Hilton Breckenridge; Brandy
Sawyer Assumes Role of Director of
Sales and Marketing for Breckenridge Hospitality
October 20, 2011
- Innkeepers
USA Trust Reaches Settlement with Cerberus and Chatham Lodging on
Acquisition of Innkeepers 64 Hotels for Approximately $1.2 Billion, a
Roughly $75 million Increase in Value Above Base Bid; Reorganization
Plan Preserved
- Milestone
Launches eBuzz Connect 2.0 Group Dashboard for Brands and Management
Groups; Social Media Tracking and Online Reputation Management with
Expanded Group Views
- Optimized
Local Listings Boost Traffic and Revenue; Hotel Internet Marketing
Leader VIZERGY® Takes Control of Local Listings
- MGM
Resorts International and Creative Casinos, LLC Form Alliance for the
Development and Management of the Proposed Mojito Pointe Casino Resort
in Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Palace
Resorts and Hard Rock International to Launch All-Inclusive Hard Rock
Hotels in Cancun, Puerto Vallarta & Riviera Maya
- Wynn
Resorts Reports Third Quarter Revenues of $1.3 billion Compared to $1
billion Same Quarter 2010 Driven Primarily by a 41.7% Increase in
Revenues at Wynn Macau; RevPAR Increased 17.3%
- LaSalle
Hotel Properties Posts 3rd Qtr Net Income of $14.9 million Compared to
$10.1 million in the Prior Year Quarter; RevPAR Grew to $166.09, an
Increase of 6.4% / Hotel Operating Statistics
- Lenders
for the Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel Casino to Assume Ownership
After Owners, Columbia Sussex, Chose to Not Fight Foreclosure
Proceedings; Pyramid Hotel Group is Proposed Receiver
- Six
Years and $275 million Later, Hyatt Regency New Orleans Reopens After
Katrina Disaster
- Wine
Lists are Shrinking as Restaurants Offer More Beer and Signiture
Cocktail Choices
- Elegance
and Innovation Align in South America With the Introduction of Intelity
ICE at Hoteles Charleston Colombia; Intelity continues global expansion
with three 5-star properties in Colombia
- 'Shoulder'
Month Comes Up Big for Orlando Area Hotels in September with ADR
Increasing 5.7% Over Same Period a Year Ago and Occupancy Up 6.1%
- SJS
Hospitality Breaks Ground for New Build, 104-room, $11 million
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Fate
of Stalled Renaissance Hotel In Colorado Springs, Colorado Could be
Decided Following Foreclosure Auction
- Garfield
Traub, the Would-be-Developer of Aborted Downtown Tucson Convention
Hotel Project Files Lawsuit Against Two Rio Nuevo Board Members for
Defamation and Board as a Whole for Wrongful Termination
- Agenda
Set for the Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association's Sales
& Marketing Conference on November 10, 2011 in Harrisburg
- Hong
Kong Polytechnic University Releases Report on 2011 Tourist
Satisfaction Index
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Laura Batchelor Director of
Operations at The Chattanoogan, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Will continue
role as Director of Conference Services
- Sven-Erik
Richter Named Hotel Manager for Fairmont Mayakoba in Mexico's Riviera
Maya
- Derek
Grimaldi Elected to International Association of Conference Centers
(IACC) Board of Directors
October 19, 2011
- Profiles
in Success: How MCM Hotels Outshines Franchises; Increases Loyalty,
Boosts Cross-Selling and Productivity at Successful 7-Property
Independent Chain; Corporate Staff of 3 Raises Performance for
1,500-room Full Service Hotel Group; Consistent Global Standards,
Integrated Maestro PMS on Single Database Increases Reservations,
Reduces Costs and Ensures Efficiency
- Fairmont
v. Turnberry Decision is Issued by Federal Court / Jim Butler
- 16
Hottest Food and Dining Trends for Restaurants and Hotels in 2012;
Annual Hospitality Predictions from Baum+Whiteman International Food
and Restaurant Consultants
- DiamondRock
Hospitality Reports 3rd Qtr 2011 Net Loss of $1 million Compared to Net
Loss of $3.5 million for Comparable 2010 Period; Revpar Increased 7.2%;
Enters Agreement to Sell three Non-Core Hotels / Hotel Operating
Statistics
- Another
Perspective on the OTA Argument / Chris Patridge
- The
261-room Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto® to Debut
January 31, 2012 in Toronto, Canada
- Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts to Add Moscow's Pekin Hotel to its Collection;
Property to Undergo Extensive Renovation and be Rebranded as Fairmont
Pekin Moscow Reopening in 2017
- Wyndham
Hotels and Resorts Adds the 68-room Wyndham Las Villas Resort Mazatlan
in Mexico to its Portfolio; The Former Las Villas Hotel & Spa is
Operated by Club Acquisition Company
- Ascend
Collection from Choice Adds Three New Properties in October 2011 in
California, Michigan and Pennsylvania
- New
Report Outlines Opportunities for Europe to Attract Lucrative Chinese
Travel Segment; Written by the University of London's School of
Oriental and African Studies and Commissioned by Hilton Hotels &
Resorts
- Marriott
Breaks Ground on the 183-suite Residence Inn by Marriott Ballston at
Founders Square in Arlington, Virginia
- HeBS
Digital Takes Home Two Gold and One Silver Travel Weekly Magellan Awards
- Natchez
Grand Hotel, Convention Center Choose Target Net; The Knowland Group's
ground-breaking sales & catering platform streamlines the booking
process, allowing hotels to quickly and efficiently drive sales
- Ariane
Systems' Mobile Check-In Solution Wins Top Technology Award At Poland's
WorldHotel Convention; Revolutionary hospitality self-service software
solution earns Certificate of Recommendation from Poland’s leading
hotel business group
- New
Online Program Highlights General Manager Skills
- Hyatt
Hotels Opens the New-Build 307-room Andaz Shanghai in China; Opening
Marks Debut of Andaz Brand in Asia
- Luxe
Worldwide Hotels (LWH) Annual Membership Conference to Focus on the
Power of Partnerships in Today's Challenging Global Economic Environment
- Omega
Hotel Group Gains Approval for New Build 75-room Fairfield Inn by
Marriott in Athens, Alabama
- Completed
$28 Million Dollar Redesign Project Unveiled at Grande Lakes Orlando in
Florida; Upgrades to the 582-room Ritz-Carlton and the 1,000 Room JW
Marriott Revealed
- Backers
of the 532-room Hilton Columbus Downtown Mark Milestone with Topping
Off Ceremony; Structure is On Time and On Budget
- Opinion:
Florida Casino Hype? You bet. Here are the Facts / Scott Maxwell
- The
343-key Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, Virginia Owned by Vernado
Realty Completes Phase One of Multi-Million Dollar Renovation of its
Public and Meeting Space
- HEI
Hotels & Resorts Makes Several General Manager Promotions,
Transitions and Appointments Resulting from the Acquisition of Four
Hotels Earlier in 2011
- Clay
Sawyer Named Director of Marketing for InterContinental Hotels Group
Latin America & Caribbean Region
October 18, 2011
- Expedia
Requests Confidentiality Agreement with Orange County Florida
Commissioners to Keep Payout of Legal Settlement Over Hotel Tax
Payments Secret; Some have Agreed in Order to Get the Deal Approved
- MTech
Adds HotSOS Functionality to Help Hotels Protect Against Legionnaire's
Disease; To better respond to potential problems with stagnant water
remaining in sink pipes in vacant guestrooms, MTech is addressing the
potential health issue within HotSOS's Winter Release
- Palm
Beach Florida County Officials and Local Hospitality Representatives
Draft Plan to Reduce Imported Foreign Hospitality Workers to Employ
More Local Personnel; Initial Plan is for a 15% Reduction with Goal to
Eliminate Foreign Guest Workers Completely
- Al
Habtoor Group and Hilton Worldwide Partner to To Bring Hilton Brand
Hotels to Lebanon And Dubai; Conversion of Two Properities in Lebanon
and Development of the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah in Dubai
- Marriott
Plans Expansion in Asia-Pacific Markets, Including China, India and
Thailand; To Add 30,000 Rooms Globally in 2012 with Target of 300
Asia-Pacific Hotels by 2015
- Russia
Becomes Hilton Worldwide's Largest European Growth Market; Four New
Hotels Increase Portfolio to 23 Either Trading or Under Development in
Russia with a Multi-site Development Agreement for an Additional 11
Projects
- Goldman
Sachs Denies Suggestions its Foreclosure of the Las Vegas Hilton is
Part of Plan to Boost Stratosphere
- Following
a Three Year Closure for Renovations, Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan
on the Banks of the Nile River Reopens as Brand's Third Legend Property
- Hotel
Lawyer in Dallas Listening to the Special Servicers / Jim Butler
- Charleston,
South Carolina Patriots Point Development Hotel Offerings to Grow;
Developer Bennett Hofford Looking to Build a New Hotel While the
130-room Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina Plans to Add 93 Rooms
- CORPUS
Hotel B.V. and Hilton Worldwide Enter Management Agreement for New
Build 173-room Hilton Garden Inn Leiden, The Netherlands
- The
361-key Westin Xian to Open in the Shaanxi Province of China
- Five
Benchmark Hospitality International Properties Achieve Condé
Nast Traveler's '2011 Best In The World' Readers Choice List
- Galaxy
Macau™ in Tune with MICROS Simphony™
- Hersha
Hospitality Opens New-Build 116-key Hyatt 48 Lex in New York City
- The
79-suite Home2 Suites by Hilton Opens in West Valley City, Utah; The
Brand's First to Break Ground Less Than Nine Months Ago is Owned by
HWV, LLC and Managed by Inn Management, Inc.
- Carlson
Opens the 113-room Country Inn & Suites by Carlson in State
College, Pennsylvania Owned by HLF Corporation
- Grand
Hyatt San Francisco in California Completes $14 Million Renovation to
its Meeting Facilities as Part of its $70 Million Multi-Phased Property
Upgrade
- The
298-room Dallas, Texas Airport Hotel, Grand Hyatt DFW, Completes $13
Million Renovation
- Paul
Cerula Joins the Corporation for Travel Promotion as Chief Business
Development Officer
- Sage
Hospitality Appoints Al Whitehouse as Vice President of Acquisitions
and Business Development
- Hotel
Equities Appoints Deanna LoRusso as Operations Coach for a Number of
Hotels in their Portfolio
- Dolce
Hotels & Resorts Names Manish Bhatia as General Manager of the
327-room Dolce Valley Forge Hotel in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
- Buffalo
Lodging Associates Names Leigh Roszell as Director of Sales and
Marketing for the 232-room Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview in
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- Jordan
Kaye Named as Marketing and Communications Manager for Andaz West
Hollywood in California
- Jorge
Boneta Appointed as Executive Chef for Hotel Matilda in San Miguel de
Allende, Mexico
- Tobias
Gessner Appointed as the Director of Food & Beverage for the
550-room InterContinental San Francisco in California
October 17, 2011
- Pegasus
Solutions Acquires Open Hospitality®; Strategic Move Positions
Pegasus as One of the Industry's Top Online Hotel Marketers
- City
Officials Shocked to Learn Luxury 182-room Omni Hotel in Newport News,
Virginia is on the Auction Block
- Reservations
at a Disney World Signature Restaurant? Better Show Up or it Will Cost
You $10 Per Person
- Hotel
Bel-Air in West Los Angeles Reopens to Spirited Protests by Activists
and Former Union Workers; Guests Were Unfazed
- Bidding
for 140-Room Waterfront Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina Scheduled
for November
- Fitch
Ratings Gives MGM Resorts a Boost Despite Economic Uncertainties;
Reduces Pace of Recovery for Las Vegas Strip
- The
305-room Westin Singapore Marina Bay to Open in Singapore in 2013
- Gaylord
National Resort and Convention Center Near Washington, D.C., Unveils
Plans for New Outdoor Waterfront Event Venue, RiverView Terrace to Open
Spring 2012
- Hotel
Lawyer with Optimism for the Hotel Industry from the Dallas Lenders
Conference, Fishing for Solutions 2011 / Jim Butler
- Revenue
Optimization: Are Hotels Leaving Money on the Table? / Jim Burney
- San
Diego Hoteliers Seek Reassurance that Plans for a Charger Stadium will
not Interfere with Proposed $550 million Convention Center Expansion /
Lori Weisberg
- Tourism
in Richmond, Virginia Region Generated $1.75 billion in Visitor
Spending in 2010, a 7.9% Increase Over 2009
- Trust
International Raises the Bar for Hotel Internet Booking Engines with
Trust|Guest Booker; User-friendly Trust|GuestBooker is industry's most
feature-rich engine
- Hotel
AG Brokers Sale of Two Hilton Garden Inns
- Trust
International Continues Asia Success Story, Launches Chinese
yourVoyager CRS and Hotel Internet Booking Engine at ITB Asia and WIT;
Trust Continues International Growth, Making Strong Inroads in Asia
- Joie
de Vivre Turns to Merchant Link Tokenization Solution to Protect Credit
Card Data of Guests
- RateTiger
Adds Enhanced Intelligence Reporting; Hoteliers gain greater
reservation control to optimize sales channel performance
- Mark
David® Joins The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium
(HSPC); Mark David, a leading manufacturer and provider of fine custom
furnishings to the hospitality industry, will collaborate with other
visionary organizations to build an industry-wide sustainability
performance index
- The
Battle Continues Over Responsibility for Much Needed Repairs to the
Tucson Arizona Convention Center; The State-Appointed Rio Nuevo Board,
Demands that the City Make the Repairs or Risk Default of its Sublease
Agreement
- Agenda
Topics and Speakers Set for Hotel Technology Next Generation's (HTNG)
Annual European Conference to Occur in Berlin, Germany Starting
November 14, 2011
- Agenda
and Speakers Set for Boutique Design New York (BDNY) to Occur November
13-14, 2011 in New York City
- Davidson
Hotels & Resorts to Open New Headquarter Office in Atlanta,
Georgia; Will Maintain Certain Functions in Current Offices in Memphis,
Tennessee
- The
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Austin Completes First Phase of $5.4
Million Renovation with 188 Upgraded Suites, Improved Amenities and its
New Name
- Canyon-Johnson
and Centurion Partners, Owners of the 135-room Hotel ICON in Houston,
Texas Launch $5 Million Renovation and Selection of the Marriott
Autograph Flag for the Property Managed by Sage Hospitality
- Under
New Ownership and Management, the 68-room Antioch Hotel & Suites in
Antioch, Illinois Launches a Renovation and Rebranding to BEST WESTERN
PLUS Antioch Hotel & Suites; Owned by New Midwest Hotels Antioch
and Managed by Associated Hotels
- Louvre
Hotels Group Continues International Growth; Eastern Europe a Key
Component
- Crestline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Angela M. Gritte as General Manager for
the 175-room Homewood Suites by Hilton in Washington, D.C.
- Magdalena
Grand Beach Resort on Tobago Appoints Ilyse Prokocimer-Karwoski as
Director of Sales and Marketing
- White
Lodging Appoints Helen Carr as Director of Sales of the 96-room
Residence Inn by Marriott in Rocky Hill, Connecticut
- Chef
Robert Rothfus Jr. Named Executive Chef for the Lancaster County
Convention Center and Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square
October 14, 2011
- Loews
Hotels President Jack Adler to Retire; Jonathan Tisch to Cede Roll as
CEO, Will Remain Chairman
- Autograph
Collection Launches New Standalone Website; First Branded Site to
Incorporate Social Media Connections to Personalize Experience
- Atlanta's
Hotel Restaurant Week Generates Buzz for Hotel Cuisine; Cutting-Edge
Cuisine at Top Properties Get Stage of Their Own / Michael Costa
- The
Debate is On - Can the $28 Billion Central Florida Tourism Industry
Embrace High-Stakes Gambling to Compete with Proposed South Florida
Casino Resorts without Losing its Family-Friendly Reputation?
- With
Flooding Throughout Thailand, Bangkok Hotels Along the Chao Phraya
River Brace for the Worst
- Hotel
Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) Honors Rosewood Hotels &
Resorts by New World Hospitality with the Merger & Acquisition Deal
of the Year Award
- Hotel
Revenues on the Rise for 2011 Holiday Season / Jean Francois Mourier
- Legoland
Florida Opens at the Former Site of Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven,
Florida with Plans to Add Water Park and Lego-Themed Hotel
- Rezidor
Hotel Group and Esta Holding to Develop The Park Inn by Radisson
Donetsk in Ukraine
- Karen
Johnson to Join Pinnacle Advisory Group with Expansion to the West Coast
- New
Educational Institute Video Reflects New ADA Requirements
- The
National Conference Center to Host Think Tank for Event Innovation
- Greystone
Hotels and OSM Investment Company Celebrate Opening of The Hotel
Wilshire in Los Angeles, California, a 74-room Boutique Property
- The
75-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Opens in Slippery Rock,
Pennsylvania, Owned by Slippery Rock Hotel Properties and Managed by
GCH Global Management
- Wyndham
Hotels and Resorts Adds the 319-room Wyndham Bay Point Resort in Panama
City Beach, Florida to its Portfolio
- Driftwood
Hospitality Management to Manage the Clarion Airport near Asheville,
North Carolina
- Worldhotels
Adds the 396-room Hotel Transamerica Sao Paulo in Brazil to its
Portfolio; Plans to Add More South American Affiliate Hotels by Year-End
- Latino
Hotel Association Establishes Procurement Committee to Boost Number of
Latino Businesses in Hospitality Industry; Hilton's Fred Lona to Head
New Committee
- Mexico's
Velas Resorts Celebrate Internal Promotions in Management, Marketing
and Sales Capacities
- Pyramid
Hotel Group Names Timothy H. Wolfe as General Manager of the Antlers
Hilton in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Buffalo
Lodging Associates Names George Parillo as Director of Sales for the
Fairfield Inn & Suites Buffalo-Airport in Cheektowaga, New York
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Andrew Powers as Executive Chef for
the 55-room Sorrell River Ranch Resort & Spa in Moab, Utah
- Chef
Ken Nakano Named Head Chef at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
October 12, 2011
- 2010
Was A Budget Beater For U.S. Hotels; Looking Forward - 2012 Should
Result in a 15.2% Rise in Profits for the Average U.S. Hotel / Robert
Mandelbaum
- Gain
the Insight Your Property Needs to Enhance Online Marketing;
VIZERGY® Presents New Webinar: 'Social, Mobile and Local - The Now
and Future of Hotel Internet Marketing'
- CSM
Lodging Wins 'Like to Win' Facebook Contest from VFM Leonardo; Like to
Win Facebook Contest Winner Receives Unlimited Subscription to
VBrochure Ultra Premium Valued at Over $6,000.
- Host
Hotels Reports Net Loss of $35 million for 3rd Quarter 2011 Compared to
Loss of $61 million for Same Period 2010; RevPAR Up 6.4% / Hotel
Operating Statistics
- The
Pitfalls of Last-Minute Sales in Hospitality / Max Starkov
- Keep
Exploring: Social Media and Reputation Management in Canada's Tourism
Strategy; An interview with Greg Klassen, Senior Vice President of
Marketing Strategy and Communications, Canadian Tourism Commission /
Daniel Edward Craig
- Hyatt
Signs Management Agreements for Three Shanghai Properties: Two Hyatt
Place® and One Hyatt House Hotel; Global Expansion of Select
Service Brands Include Agreements for Eight Additional Full Service
Hotels in China
- Outrigger
Hotels & Resorts Agrees to Purchase Management Rights and Real
Estate Assets for Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise in Australia; Hotel to
be Rebranded to Outrigger Surfers Paradise
- Marriott
Hotel Planned for the Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Liberty
Property Trust Working with Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.
and Ensemble Hotel Partners to Get the Project Rolling
- With
Time Running Out, White Hills Hospitality and D.A.G Construction
Working to Obtain Financing for 2010 Development Project for Holiday
Inn on Dayton, Ohio International Airport Property; City will Seek Out
New Developers if Financing is Not Obtained this Week
- Las
Vegas Takes Lead in Luring Foreign Business Travelers to the U.S.; Las
Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Seeks to Increase the
Percentage of Foreign Visitors from 18 to 30 % by 2021
- Educational
Institute to Offer Hospitality Training and Education in Lithuania
- Hospitality
Softnet, Inc. Continues to add to theCampus with a New Course - Selling
Against the Competition
- San
Antonio Convention Center Driving Revenues, Customer Satisfaction with
PSAV; Establishing an exclusive, preferred partnership with the leading
provider of audiovisual and event technologies, is making more than
sense... its making millions of dollars
- With
Improved Political Situation, Myanmar's Hard-Hit Hoteliers Cautiously
Optimistic, Tourism Slowly Returning
- Tourism
Industry Resurgence Helping Colorado's Economy / Jim Clark
- The
431-room Xona Resort Suites in North Scottsdale, Arizona Becomes Zona
Hotel & Suites Scottsdale as Part of Multi-Million Dollar
Renovation and Reflagging; With Membership in Choice Hotel's Ascend
Collection, the Property is Owned by Sunstone US Hotel and Operated by
O'Neill Hotels & Resorts
- JHM
Hotels Wraps Up Renovation and Re-branding of the Fairfield Inn &
Suites - Walt Disney World Resort Area; Formerly the Country Inn &
Suites Lake Buena Vista
- The
142-key Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Oceanside to Open in Oceanside,
California
- Romantik
Hotels & Restaurants Continues European Expansion with Two Hotels
on the Island of Mallorca in Spain; The Romantik Hotel Cases de Son
Barbassa and the Romantik Hotel S'Olivaret
- The
Westin Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California Completes Meeting Space
Renovation as Part of Brandwide Refresh
- Pride
Hospitality to Manage Two Hotels in Mississippi; The Baymont Inn &
Suites in Jackson and the Holiday Inn Express in Ridgeland
- Philip
Barnes Appointed as Regional Vice President for Fairmont Hotels &
Resorts in the Pacific Northwest and General Manager of the Fairmont
Pacific Rim in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Ralf
Strub Appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of Bellstar
Hotels & Resorts
- Skyline
Hotels & Resorts Appoints Chris Lund as General Manager for the
405-room Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada
- Buffalo
Lodging Associates Names Michael Levick as Director of Sales for the
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Cleveland/Solon in Solon, Ohio
- Benchmark
Hospitality International Appoints Michael van Emmenes as Director of
Food and Beverage for Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia
October 11, 2011
- Productivity
and Profitability are 2012 Focus for Independents: Maestro PMS Tools
and Services Meet Emerging Travel Trends for Operators and Hotel Groups
- Webinar:
Social Media and Storytelling for Hotel Marketers, October 13th, 11:00
am; Take 45 Minutes this Thursday to Join VFM Leonardo and a Hotel
General Manager Turned Mystery Author to Learn How to Tell Your Hotel
Story on Social Media Channels.
- Conde
Nast Traveler Selects the Top Hotels, Resorts; The Number One Hotel in
the World is The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong; Open Only Two Years,
Top U.S. Property is Chicago's Elysian Hotel
- One
of Atlanta's Ritziest Lodging Addresses Housing the W Hotel in Buckhead
Put on Foreclosure Notice
- MGM
Hospitality Signs Definitive Agreements for the Development of
Bellagio, MGM Grand, and Skylofts Hotels in Mumbai, India
- MGM
Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada Launches $160 Million Guestroom Renovation
to Include all 3,570 Rooms and 642 Suites in the Main Tower
- Concord
Hospitality to Invest $25 Million in 2011 in Hotel Renovations and
World Headquarters with an Additional $7 Million to be Spent in Q1 2012
- The
370-room Sheraton Parsippany Hotel Owned by Host Hotels and Resorts
Launches a $15 Million Renovation Project
- Foreigners
Had Hawaii Hotels Humming in August with a 1.8% Increase in Occupancy
to 77.5%, an ADR Rise of 7.4% and RevPAR of Nearly 10% Over Same Period
a Year Ago
- New
Guest Review System For Hospitality - Industry First
- Global
Gaming Business Magazine Names Rainmaker 2012 Gaming & Technology
Award Winner; Rainmaker revolution Recognized for Making Profit
Optimization 'Easier and More Efficient'
- Delighting
Guests Does Not Drive Loyalty; Reducing Their Effort Does; Mobile Key
by OpenWays is driving loyalty and brand stickiness by easing
check-in/out processes
- Communications
Integrators, Inc. Files Suit Against Former Employee and CablesToGo for
Trade Secrets
- DoubleTree
by Hilton to Debut in Los Angeles in Spring 2012 Following the
Multi-Million-Dollar Renovation of the Current Kyoto Grand Hotel and
Gardens; the 430-room DoubleTree by Hilton Los Angeles Downtown will be
Managed by Rim Hospitality
- Hilton
Hotels & Resorts Debuts in Azerbaijan with the Opening of the
Hilton Baku
- Wyndham
Hotel Group Expands in India with Three New Properties; the 154-room
Wyndham Grand® in Agra, and Two New-Build Ramada Properties in
Alleppey and Ghaziabad
- Red
Lion Hotels Continues Expansion in New Mexico with the Addition of the
126-room Red Lion Hotel Grants Formerly the Best Western Inn &
Suites of Grants
- Phase
One of Walt Disney World's Newest Hotel, the Art of Animation Resort,
Set to Debut May 2012
- 8Hotels
to Manage the 30-suite Regents Court Hotel in Potts Point, Sydney,
Australia
- Sea
Pines Resort's Inn at Harbour Town in Hilton Head, South Carolina
Unveils New Look
- Tropicana
Las Vegas President Thomas McCartney Resigns
- PGA
Catalunya Resort in Girona, Spain Appoints Julio Delgado as CEO to
Spearhead Next Phase of Growth
- Greg
Nunez Appointed as Hotel Manager of the 326-room Mandarin Oriental,
Miami in Florida
- White
Lodging Appoints Anne Dunlavy as the Director of Sales and Marketing
for the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana
October 10, 2011
- Morgans
Hotel Group Enters Definitive Agreement to Sell the Sanderson and St
Martins Lane Hotels in London for Approximately $295 million to Capital
Hill Hotels Limited; MHG Will Continue to Operate Hotels Under
Long-term Management Agreements
- Newly
Renovated Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles to Reopen Without Most of its
Old Union Staff; Union Group Planning Aggressive Tactics and Protests
- The
Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens in Los Angeles Acquired by UBS Realty
Investors; Renovation and Reflagging to a DoubleTree by Hilton to
Begin; Rim Hospitality to Manage the 434-Room Hotel
- Wampold
Companies and Davidson Hotels & Resorts Open the 256-room
Renaissance Baton Rouge, Marking the First Suburban Construction of a
Full-service Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in More than 20 Years
- Great
Hotels of the World Opens the $20 Million New-Build 74-key Mantra Samui
Resort and Spa in Thailand
- 226-Room
Sonoma Resort Could Sell For $100 Million
- Massive
Support of 'Sugoi Japan' Program Drives Interest and Travel to Japan
- U.S.
Virgin Island St. Thomas Governor DeJongh Signs Hotel Development Act
into Law Allowing Hotel Developers to Use a Portion of Their Occupancy
and Casino Taxes to Repay Long-term Loans; Should Help to Restart
Stalled Resort Projects
- As
Hotel Rates Climb, Which City is Most Afforadable?
- Essential
Amenities, Inc. Introduces Dickens & Hawthorne Cucumber & Acai
Collection; Essential Amenities has developed in the Dickens &
Hawthorne line a new Cucumber & Acai Collection of upscale guest
room amenities
- Wolfgang
Emperger Appointed Regional Vice-President Europe and Africa for
Infor-SoftBrands Hospitality
- Hotel
AG Welcomes Andrew Broad as Newest Team Member
- Hotel
AG Brokers Sale of the Queensboro Hotel in Long Island City
- Sheraton
Suites Key West Simplifies the Booking Process with Knowland's Target
Net; Sheraton hotel streamlines their group booking process with
innovative sales & catering tool
- The
Traymore Hotel, a Shuttered Art Deco Building in Miami Beach, Now
Gutted, Up for Sale Following Foreclosure
- The
Palms at Pelican Cove and the Proposed Robin Bay Development in St.
Croix, Virgin Islands Gain Required Coastal Zone Permit Extensions
Needed to Move Projects Forward
- Tourism
and Hotel Industry for Williamsburg, Virginia Lagging Behind in Slow
but Steady Rebound Experienced Elsewhere; Declining Attendance Noted at
Area's Marquee Attractions
- Driftwood
Hospitality Management Acquires 217-room Doubletree by Hilton
Downtown Wilmington Legal District in Delaware; Continues Expansion
with Fifth Addition to its Portfolio in Last 60 Days
- The
Simon Konover Company Entity, K Roseville LLC, Acquires the 90-room
Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Roseville, Michigan
- Wyndham
Continues South Pacific Expansion with the 149-room Wyndham Resort
Torquay Near Melbourne, Australia, Formerly a Crowne Plaza
- White
Lodging Signs Agreement with Apple Real Estate Investment Trust to
Manage the 122-room Hilton Garden Inn Scottsdale North/Perimeter Center
in Arizona
- Dr.
Richard R. Kelley, Board Chairman Emeritus of Outrigger Enterprises
Group, Honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Hawaii,
Recognizing His Leadership in Hawaii's Visitor Industry
- Jerry
Jenkins Rejoins the Coast Hospitality Team to Help Expand the Coast
Brand in the U.S.
- Buffalo
Lodging Associates Names Tyrea Baskin as Director of Sales for the
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Columbus Airport-East in Ohio
- The
Hotel & Lodging Association of Volusia County, Florida Honors Local
Hotel Employees and Awards Scholarship at Annual Event; Karen Lindley
Named Employee of the Year
October 7, 2011
- Orlando,
Florida's Top TripAdvisor Hotels May Not be the Ones You'd Expect;
Meeting Guest Expectations, Not the Provision of Amenities Seems to
Matter Most
- Sage
Hospitality & Optima Ventures Partner to Purchase the Crowne Plaza
Cleveland City Centre Hotel in Ohio with Plans to Launch a $64 Million
Renovation and Re-flagging as the 481-room Westin
- Daly
Seven to Build New 110-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Lynchburg,
Virginia
- British
Airways, Jonathan M. Tisch and National Geographic Traveler Named 2011
World Tourism Award Honorees; Annual Award Sponsored by Corinthia
Hotels, American Express, International Herald Tribune and Reed Travel
Exhibitions
- Iskalo
Development Acquires the Lord Amherst Hotel in Amherst, New York for
$3.4 million; Emerald Hospitality Selected to Manage Operations
- Hotel
Labor & Employment Update: California Supreme Court One Step Closer
to Decision in Meal and Rest Period Case / Jim Butler & Scott Brink
- Las
Vegas Hilton Investor, Thomas Barrack, Fighting Partner, Goldman Sachs,
in Foreclosure Effort
- Player
Loyalty Comps, While on the Rise Industry-wide, See Slump in Atlantic
City Casinos and Hotels
- Marriott
International Opens the 124-suite TownePlace Suites Tucson Williams
Centre in Arizona, Owned by Apple REIT 9 and Managed by Texas Western
Hospitality
- AH&LA
Opposes Ban on Federal Employees Attending Events; Proposed Rule
Stifles Exchange of Expertise by Restricting Government Employees from
Accepting Free Invitations to Attend Conferences
- The
331-room St. Ermin's in London, England Joins McGallery Collection
- L'Auberge
de Sedona, the Luxury Inn, Spa and Restaurant in Arizona Completes $25
Million Multi-Phase Property Renovation
- Partners,
Simon Konover Co. and The Waterford Group, Have Broad Vision for Newly
Renovated Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport as Key Amenity for
Region
- Sage
Hospitality Names Rebecca Kendig Director of Sales & Marketing of
il Lugano in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
October 6, 2011
- Marriott
Reports 3rd Qtr. 2011 Net Loss of $179 million Compared to Net Income
of $83 million Same Quarter 2010; Worldwide Comparable Systemwide
REVPAR Rose 8.7%, New Rooms in Pipeline Increase to Over 105,000
- SKY
Hospitality Demonstrates That Success Comes in All Sizes; Aptech
Profitvue Creates Back Office Efficiencies That Boost Investor-Friendly
ROI
- LaSalle
Hotel Properties Acquires the 182-room Villa Florence Hotel in San
Francisco for $67.2 million
- Wanted:
Revenue Manager with a Rock & Roll Heart. 5 Essential Traits /
Amanda Dennis
- Front
Desk Upsell Training Can Increase RevPAR / Doug Kennedy
- Trends
in the U.S. Lodging Industry: 2011 Q3 Update / Robert A. Rauch, CHA
- It's
No Longer All About Gaming - Casino Executives Discuss Importance of
Diversification of Casino Amenities to Attract Guests
- With
the Casino Floor Becoming Almost Tertiary Updated Casinos Succeed with
Nightclubs, Pools, and Spas
- Three
Recent Guests of Plim Plaza Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland Hospitalized
with Legionnaire's Disease; Current Guests Relocated as Hotel Closes
Early for the Season
- Rainmaker
Wins Gaming & Leisure Magazine's 2011 Partner Award; G&L
Recognizes revolution™ and TribalREV™ Revenue Management Solutions that
Solve Customers' 'Real Problems'
- Leisure
Hotels and Resorts Provides Distressed Asset Management and Brokerage
Services to 25 New Properties in 2011 with More to Come; A One-Stop
Resource with a 20-Year Track Record of Stabilizing and Operating
Troubled Assets
- Describing
Current Growth at Every Level MGM Resorts CEO Pins Future Growth on
Asia and Emerging Technology
- Canadian
Federal Government Launches Inaugural Federal Tourism Strategy
- Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Opens The St. Regis Florence in Italy Following an
Extension Restoration and Re-flagging of the Grand Hotel Florence
- Marriott
Opens First Residence Inn Extended Stay Hotel in Europe with the
125-room Residence Inn Munich City East in Germany
- RIU
Hotels & Resorts to Open the Hotel Riu Plaza Berlin in Germany in
June 2013
- Hilton
Hotels & Resorts Global Spa Concept, eforea: spa at Hilton Debuts
in Europe with an Opening at Hilton Baku in Azerbaijan
- Al
Habtoor Group Restarts Multi-Million Dollar Habtoor Island Resort and
Spa Project Originally Launched in 2007 in Dubai
- Japanese
Company, Iwaskai Sangyo, Chooses Accor to Manage its 281-room Capricorn
Resort in Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia; Will Become Mercure Capricorn
Resort Yeppoon
- Regal
Hotels International Partners with Poly Guizhou Hotel Management
Company to Manage the 212-room Regal Poly Guiyang Hotel in Guizhou,
China
- Gran
Hotel Costa Rica to Become the Gran Hotel Costa Rica Ascend Collection
as Part of Recent Affliation with the Choice International and Real
Hotels and Resorts
- Springwood
Hospitality Appoints Jon Bottone as General Manager and Madeleine Cobb
as Assistant General Manager for the Country Inn & Suites Hershey
at the Park in Pennsylvania
- White
Lodging Appoints Kiley Johnston as Director of Sales at the Homewood
Suites in Wallingford-Meriden, Connecticut
- The
Hotel at Auburn University in Alabama Appoints Muhammad Nadeem as the
Director of Restaurant Operations
October 5, 2011
- Travel
Outlook Strong for Remainder of 2011: 12 Month Outlook Reveals: Detroit
and Indianapolis See Highest Increase in Occupancy; Miami and Denver
Experiencing Negative Occupancy Growth
- Cendyn
Launches eFolio - An Automated Folio Delivery Service to the Major
Credit Card and Expense Management Companies; eFolio Simplifies
Corporate Travel Expense Management; Enables Hotels to Attract and
Serve Corporate Accounts; Automates Expense Data to Payment Card
Companies and Clients
- Spotlight
On a GM: Putting Service Back in the Hospitality Industry: Marc Bauer,
General Manager, Hotel Duval, Tallahassee, Florida
- As
Part of a $337 Million Development The Alpina Gstaad to Become the
First Luxury Hotel to be Built in Gstaad, Switzerland in 100 Years;
Scheduled to Open in December 2012
- Updating
Service Animal Policies of Your Hotel or Other 'Place of Lodging' / Jim
Butler, Martin Orlick and David Sudeck
- Nobody
Asked me, But...No. 81; AAHOA Strikes Back; Would You Believe Such a
Study? Independent Franchisee Associations On The Rise; Quote of the
Month / Stanley Turkel
- Unsolicited
Bids Pouring in for Barclay Brothers'Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly, London
- Miami
Casino Hotel Plot Thickens as Developers Michael and Gil Dezer Believe
Their Oceanfront Property in Sunny Isles is a Better Bet
- The
International SPA Association 2011 U.S. Spa Industry Study Shows
Moderate Growth for the Industry
- Marriott
International Debuts Three City Center Hotels and Three Brands in Doha,
Qatar; Renaissance Hotel, Courtyard by Marriott, Marriott Executive
Apartments and Saray Spa Offer New Accommodations in Qatar
- Hyatt
Hotels Enters Management Agreement with Msheireb Hospitality for the
181-room Park Hyatt Doha Currently Under Construction in Qatar
- Major
Hotel Groups Expected to Expand Mid-priced Hotel Market in India to
Diversify Risk
- Hold
onto Your Shades and Grab Your Flip-Flops, Summer Lodging Tax Receipts
Surge in Panama City Beach, Florida Outpacing Both 2009 and 2010 Numbers
- Capital
Markets for Casino Projects Starting to Rebound; Cautious Optimism
Expressed Regarding Future Development
- Debt
Agencies Differ on Riviera Holdings Corporation Rating Over Deal to
Sell the Riviera Black Hawk Casino in Colorado
- The
National Conference Center Releases White Paper: The Future of the
Meetings Industry: Why Certain Conference Innovators Are Winning
- Brand
Choice to be Made Soon for the 95-room Hotel Being Developed in
Fredericksburg, Virginia by The University of Mary Washington
Foundation, Likely to be a Hyatt Place
- Kansas
City, Missouri Hyatt Skywalks Memorial Fund is Well Beyond Halfway
Point to $800,000 Goal; Foundation Hopes to Break Ground on a Memorial
Park in 2012
- Carlson
Opens the 200-room Park Inn by Radisson in Schaumburg, Illinois Owned
by Avenue Hotels Management
- Event
Hotel Group Acquires the 280-room Radisson Blu in Tallinn, Estonia
- GF
Management Affiliate, HARC Associates, to Manage the 350-room Ramada
Plaza Hartford Downtown in Connecticut; Reflagging from the Crowne
Plaza Name and Multi-Million Dollar Renovation Project Launched
- Campbell
Lodging Completes Renovation of the 96-room Hilton Garden Inn in
Addison, Texas
- Ilse
Harley Named as General Manager for the 147-room Four Seasons Hotel
Seattle in Washington
- Provenance
Hotels Appoints Chris Bebo as General Manager of the 127-room Hotel
Lucia in Portland, Oregon
- Provenance
Hotels Appoints Stan Kott as General Manager of the 320-room Hotel
Murano in Tacoma, Washington
October 4, 2011
- Rainmaker
to Install revolution™ Revenue Management at Melco Crown
Entertainment's City of Dreams and Altira Macau
- SAVOR
Implements Inventory and Procurement Solution by Agilysys; Foodservice
Management Company Selects Agilysys Eatec® System to Streamline
Service
- Ten
Largest Hotel Brands' Average Sale Prices / David J. Sangree, MAI, CPA,
ISHC
- Las
Vegas Sands Trying to Muscle Aside Arch-Rival Genting Group for
Development of Miami Casino Resort?
- The
Long Term Impacts of Fukushima on Hotels & Tourism Worldwide /
Steven Ferry
- Wyndham
Hotel Group Opens its First Owned Hotel with the 400-room Wyndham Grand
Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek Located within the Walt Disney World Resort
Gates in Florida
- The
Northland Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Managed by StepStone Hospitality, to Become Marriott Minneapolis
Northwest Following a $24 Million Renovation
- Hooters
Las Vegas Strikes Back Against Canpartners Realty in Latest Move in
Foreclosure Attempt
- The
Hospitality Industry Needs to Treat the Easy-to-pull Price Lever Very
Carefully / Ritesh Gupta
- Carol
Verret & Associates Announce the Launch of real simple Remote
Revenue Management
- KoolConnect
Announces Record Year For New IPTV Installations; Company Breaks
12-Year Record in First Three Quarters of 2011 Alone
- Libra
OnDemand Cloud-Based Solution Provides Valuable Guest Intelligence To
Dolce Hotels and Resorts
- PSAV
Brings 'MapIt!' Web and Mobile App to AVMA Event Attendees; Creating an
online and mobile link to the American Veterinary Medical Assn. event
resulted in more than 38,000 views of the educational sessions alone
- AH&LA
Defends Value of Meetings for Federal Agencies; Cites Benefits of
Meetings to U.S. Economy
- Eros
Resorts & Hotels Ltd. and Hilton Hotels & Resorts Under a
Management Agreement Open the 168-room Hilton New Delhi-Noida-Mayur
Vihar in India
- The
128-suite Home2 Suites by Hilton Opens in San Antonio, Texas; The
Brand's Fourth Opened U.S. Property is Owned and Managed by Baywood
Hotels
- Dorado
Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico Slated to Open in December
2012, Partners with Chef José Andrés for his First
Restaurant Outside of the Continental U.S.
- Positive
Investments, Inc., Owners of Two New Mexico Hotels, Shed Best Western
Flag, Affiliate with Red Lion
- Chesapeake
Lodging Trust Completes Acquisition of the 613-room Denver Marriott
City Center in Denver, Colorado
- Alliance
Hospitality Inc. Purchases the 64-room Best Western Plus Franklin Park
Suites - Polaris in Columbus, Ohio
- Gemstone
Hotels & Resorts to Manage Two Midway, Utah Properties Owned by
Legacy Resorts, the Zermatt Resort and Spa and The Homestead Resort
- Love
Hotel Management Company Selected to Manage Comfort Inn in West Palm
Beach, Florida and the Quality Inn in Richmond, Virginaia
- The
499-room Hyatt Regency Indianapolis in Indiana Launches $19 Million
Guestroom Renovation
- Hyatt
Regency New Orleans to Offer the Most Meeting Space in New Orleans as
Part of its $275 Million Redesign; Will Re-open with 200,000 Square
Feet of Meeting and Event Space
- The
781-room Renaissance Orlando at Seaworld in Florida Completes
Five-Year, $35+ Million Renovation
- The
1,354-room Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles Unveils a
New Look Following an All Emcompassing Renovation
- IHG
Appoints Joel Eisemann as Senior Vice President and Chief Development
Officer for the Americas Region and Jim Anhut as Senior Vice President
Americas Brand Management
- The
North Central Group, Operator of 28 Hotels, Makes Changes to its
Leadership Team
- Gansevoort
Hotel Group Appoints Michael Ryan as Hotel Manager of its Flagship
Property, Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC in New York
- Bruce
James Appointed as General Manager of Hotel Matilda in San Miguel de
Allende, Mexico
- Dan
Shaughnessy Appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at the
1,030-room Anaheim Marriott in California
October
3, 2011
- Joie
de Vivre Hospitality and Thompson Hotels Merge to Create Multi-Brand
Lifestyle Hotel Group Poised for Global Growth
- Destination
Marketing Association International (DMAI) Selects Regatta Travel
Solutions as Alliance Partner
- Hotel
Rates Near Pre-recession Prices - and Rising
- Accor
Signs Franchise Agreement with Jupiter Hotels Ltd. in a Landmark UK
Hotel Industry Deal Resulting in the Addition of 24 Hotels to Accor's
Mercure UK Network
- Louvre
Hotels Group to Expand in Central and Eastern Europe Aiming to Open 28
Hotels Before 2012 and Work Toward 100 Hotels per Year within Five Years
- How
Macau Became a Powerhouse (with a little help from Las Vegas)
- Orlando
Hotelier Harris Rosen Touts On-site Health Care Clinics for Employees;
Self Insures 2,100 Employees and 2,200 Dependents with Plans to Build
New Health Care Center, Triple the Size of Existing Facility
- Canandaigua,
New York Developer for the Lakeside Canandaigua Harbor Hotel and the
Canadaigua Club Residences Partners with Hart Hotels and The Krog Corp
on the Project Set for 2012 Start
- $6
Million Renovation Planned for Hyatt Regency Louisville, Kentucky
- Battle
Continues as Businessman Lorenzo Doumani Challenges Lawsuit Filed by
Hilton Worldwide Over Failed Las Vegas Construction Project
- Lodging
Interactive To Unveil New Guest Review System
- Hotel
AG Brokers Sale of Hilton Garden Inn Hobart
- Paramount
Lodging Advisors – PLA selected to advise in the sale of the Hilton
Garden Inn Elko, Nevada
- Work
Like You Own It! 20 Ways to Go From Meeting to Exceeding Your
Customers' Expectations: New Book by Dr. Bryan K. Williams
- Resorts
World Sentosa Hotels Connects to Trust's yourVoyager CRS
- Optimum
Hotel Brokerage Sells First Mortgage Note on Days Inn & Suites
Groton; Connecticut Extended Stay Note Sold for Regional Bank
- MGM
Resorts International Standardizes on MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution;
With recent implementations, MICROS OPERA now powers 7 of the 10
largest hotels in the United States.
- Challenges
of Hotel Guest Expectation for New Technologies to be Discussed at IT
Debate at HOSPACE 2011 - the New Name for the 6th Annual BAHA
Hospitality Finance Conference and IT Exhibition; To Occur Thursday, 24
November 2011 at the Sofitel Hotel, London Heathrow at Terminal
- Global
Gaming Expo Starts Today at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas;
More 25,000 Attendees Expected to View the Latest Casino Innovations
- Open
For Business: The Pilgrim House at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan
Del Valle National Shrine Shifts From Weekend Pilgrim Stop to Hotel
- MJS
Hotels to Focus on Growth in its Own Backyard Beginning with the
Phoenix Metroplex/Arizona Market
- Auberge
Resorts to Assume Management of the 94-room Hotel Jerome in Aspen,
Colorado
- Salamander
Hotels & Resorts Chosen to Manage the 176-suite Sanctuary Cap Cana
in the Dominican Republic Adding the Property to its Grand Resorts of
Cap Cana Collection
- BHG,
Brazil Hospitality Group to Manage the 418-suite Royal Tulip Rio de
Janeiro in Brazil Formerly the Intercontinental
- Comfort
Inn in Mentor, Ohio, Owned by Alliance Hospitality, to Undergo $100,000
Makeover and be Re-flagged as a Holiday Inn
- Alex
Kyriakidis Named President and Managing Director for Marriott's Middle
East & Africa Division Where Company Plans Major Expansion
- Andrew
Gill Appointed as Interim CEO of Jupiter Hotels
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