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  Mar 1998 - ClubCorp Acquires Stake in PGA European Tour Courses, PLC
Mar 1998 - Super 8, North America's Fastest Growing Economy Lodging Chain,  Keeps Growing
Mar 1998 - Starwood Hotels, which operates ITT Sheraton, Westin and Caesars subsidiaries, Announces Management Structure 
Mar 1998 - Dr. Jerry Vallen , Founding Dean of UNLV College of Hotel Administration, to Retire
Mar 1998 - UNLV Hotel Professor, Robert J. Martin, Dies
Mar 1998 - Signature Resorts, Inc. Announces Six New Projects
Mar 1998 - Aston Assumes Managment of Maui Islander
Mar 1998 - Best Western International - Three Advertising Programs that Work
Mar 1998 - Knights Franchise Systems Attends Mid-America Trucking Show
Mar 1998 - hotelsupplies.com and the Professional Association of Innkeepers form Alliance
Mar 1998 - New Scenic Byways Brochure Links Entire Oregon Coast!
Mar 1998 - Survey Says Mall of America is Major Draw for Conventions
Mar 1998 - Boston Waterfront Development To Generate Nearly 60,000 New Jobs and Construction of Up to 5,000 New Hotel Rooms
Mar 1998 - Le Cordon Bleu launches Advanced Diploma in Restaurant Management in Adelaide, Australia
Mar 1998 - Accor Announces Plans To Build Second Sofitel Hotel In Chicago
Mar 1998 - FelCor Suite Hotels, Bristol Hotel Company in Stock Merger to Create $4 Billion REIT
Mar 1998 - San Mateo's Historic Dunfey Hotel Becomes The Regency Plaza Hotel
Mar 1998 - Patriot American Hospitality and Wyndham International to Acquire Summerfield Hotel Corporation
Mar 1998 - Quality Suites Hotel, Orange Country Airport Receives Gold Hospitality Award
Mar 1998 - Dallas tops the hotel construction markets with 8,134 rooms under construction
Mar 1998 - Michigan State To Offer Casino Management Electives In Hospitality Business
Mar 1998 - Historic Inn Offers Visitors Insight Into Palm Springs' Glamorous Past
Mar 1998 - Boykin Lodging Acquires Knoxville Hilton and High Point Radisson for $37 Million
Mar 1998 - 1997 Was Record-Breaking Year for Carlson Companies, Inc.
Mar 1998 - Ibertech's Aloha Enters New "Arena"
Mar 1998 - Colorado's Century Casinos, Inc. to operate casino in the new Marriott Hotel in  Prague, Czech Republic
Mar 1998 - Global Tourism Growth Slows Due to Asian Financial Crisis  / PATA
Mar 1998 - Hana Iti - dream resort faces reality
Mar 1998 - Allson International Hotels Scheduling the Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh for Opening in March, 1998
Mar 1998 - Meritus Westlake has "Soft-Opened" in Hanoi, Viet Nam
Mar 1998 - Maritz, Wolff  Co. Reaches Agreement to Acquire 50% Stake in Fairmont Hotels
Mar 1998 - Merv Griffin Expands Hotel Holdings with Purchase of Givenchy Hotel & Spa in Palm Springs
Mar 1998 - Hilton Hotels Corp. Purchases Hilton at Short Hills
Mar 1998 - Caribiner International Revolutionizes Business Travel with New Hotel In-Room Technology
Mar 1998 - CapStar Hotel Company, American General Hospitality to Merge
Mar 1998 - Cypress Restaurants of Georgia Puts $3 Million into their Store Renovations
Mar 1998 - Marriott to Manage Sheraton Washington
Mar 1998 - Outrigger Guam Resort is "topped off"- part of a world-class complex  developed by Tanota Partners on Tumon Bay
Mar 1998 - Greater Pittsburgh Convention  Visitors Bureau 1997 Year End Report
Mar 1998 - CapStar Hotel Company To Acquire Dallas Based Metro Hotels
Mar 1998 - Bear Stearns' Ader Sees Investment Opportunities in the Lodging Industry
Mar 1998 - Los Angeles, San Diego  San Francisco Join Forces to Create the California Cultural Tourism Coalition
Mar 1998 - Oakwood Corporate Housing Opens Extended Stay Apartments in Kansas City
Mar 1998 - Hialeah Ramada Inn Snagged by JEB Hotel Associates
Mar 1998 - Ramada®  Names Top Properties for 1997
Mar 1998 - Survey Results of the Extended Stay Lodging Industry / The Highland Group
Mar 1998 - American General Buys 14-Hotel Portfolio; Multi-Hotel Transaction - Signals Shift to Mega-Sales in 1998
Mar 1998 - Planet Hollywood Announces Premiere, State-Of-The-Art Hotel Entertainment Complex In New York City's Times Square
Mar 1998 - Six Continents Club Scoops Top Hotel Loyalty Awards at Third Annual International Freddie Awards Ceremony
Mar 1998 - 11th Annual San Diego Princess Resort Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament Making Dreams Come True
Mar 1998 - Interval Resort Companies Get New Receivable Guarantee Product
Mar 1998 - Denver, Santa Fe-Taos and Minneapolis-St Paul are Hottest Hotel Markets for New Construction in ‘98
Mar 1998 - Alachua County (FL) Hotel & Motel Association Created
Mar 1998 - Princess Resort Named Employer of the Year by San Diego Department of Rehabilitation
Mar 1998 - San Francisco CVB Reports the City's Share of Overseas Travel Market Remains Strong
Mar 1998 - El Tovar Hotel and Grand Canyon National Park to Reopen after $1 Million Enhancement Program
Mar 1998 - Zion Lodge Prepares to Reopen Restored Western Cabins
Feb 1998 - The 480 room landmark, Seoul Plaza Hotel, will become the first Radisson hotel in Korea on March 1, 1998
Feb 1998 - San Francisco CVB Describes the Ingredients to a Top Tourist Destination: Fisherman's Wharf
Feb 1998 - Best Western Port O' Call Inn Knows What the Business Traveler Needs
Feb 1998 - Ourtrigger Village Completes Renovation of Guest Rooms and Hotel Lobby
Feb 1998 - Trog Promoted to Reservations Director for Best Western International
Feb 1998 - Ibertech, cybermeals Announce Technology Partnership
Feb 1998 - Best Western International Awarded Gold Without Going to Nagano
Feb 1998 - System's Integrator Keeps Pace with Starwood's Acquisitions
Feb 1998 - Loews Hotels Signs Letter of Intent to Manage the House of Blues Hotel in Chicago
Feb 1998 - California Bar Owners Vow to Continue to Fight California Smoking Ban
Feb 1998 - Growth in Supply of Hotel Rooms Exceeded Demand in 1997 According To Bear, Stearns Lodging Analyst
Feb 1998 - Aladdin Hotel Casino Completes Financing of Themed Hotel Entertainment Complex
Feb 1998 - Aspen-Based Software Company Releases New Reservations Product
Feb 1998 - Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Releases 1997 Year-End Visitor Statistics
Feb 1998 - 'Spy' Raises Air Commissions To 8%  and Introduces Net Pricing Option
Feb 1998 - Hilton Wins Accolades For "Best Web Site"
Feb 1998 - PATA - Asia's Tourism Market: The Ups and Downs
Feb 1998 - Music Is On the Menu at Catskill Bed & Breakfast Francine Silverman talks with the proprietors
Feb 1998 - South Dakota Innkeepers Association expelled from the AH&MA Federation
Feb 1998 - Airline Seat Capacity -- Long-Haul -- to Las Vegas Declines in February
Feb 1998 - The Pyramid Room at the Fairmont Hotel Presents Last Dinner on the Titanic
Feb 1998 - Smith Travel Research Releases 1997 U.S. Lodging Industry Results
Feb 1998 - Bass Acquires Inter-Continental Hotels
Feb 1998 - The Historic Mapes Hotel Awaits Her Fate on March 16, 1998
Feb 1998 - Hollywood Park and Casino Magic Corp. Announce Plan to Merge
Feb 1998 - Falls Management Company Chosen as Preferred Proponent For the Niagara Falls Casino/Gateway Project
Feb 1998 - Circus Circus Names Newest Las Vegas Resort "Mandalay Bay"
Feb 1998 - Online travel service, NITC Travelbase Announces Major Advertising Campaign on Yahoo!
Feb 1998 - British Manager Living his Dream In New York Francine Silverman talks with Millennium Broadway NYC GMgr
Feb 1998 - Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows is First Hotel in Hawaii to Use Commercial-Scale Solar Electric Energy
Feb 1998 - Former Manager Files Lawsuit Against Claremont Resort, California
Feb 1998 - Outrigger's Kevin Matsuoka Relocating to Guam as Director of Sales
Feb 1998 - Minneapolis / Saint Paul (MN) Based Hotelier Recognized by National Lodging Association
Feb 1998 - Visa U.S.A. reduced fraud on its credit and debit cards to a record low in 1997
Feb 1998 - American General Hospitality Completes the Acquisition of 18 Hotels
Feb 1998 - Hotel de Fregate (France) Purchased by Dolce/AEW Partnership
Feb 1998 - Shula's Steakhouse Opens in the Alexander Hotel on Miami Beach
Feb 1998 - Equipment Finance Group of GMAC Commercial Mortgage Caps its First 90 Days by Closing a Series of Transactions
Feb 1998 - The Hong Kong Tourist Association has released the findings of the  Associated Tourism Development Study
Feb 1998 - GMAC Commercial Mortgage Launches Equipment Finance Group to Expand Hospitality Division Business
Feb 1998 - ITT Sheraton Corporation Renames Luxury Resort in Aspen the St. Regis Aspen
Feb 1998 - Growth Properties Acquires Third Property in the Greater Philadelphia Area
Feb 1998 - Aston® Assumes Management of Honolulu's Executive Centre
Feb 1998 - Hong Kong Tourism Industry: 1997 Year-End Results
Feb 1998 - Budgetel Changes Name to Baymont
Feb 1998 - Host Marriott Acquires a Controlling Interest In the $259 Million Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Feb 1998 - Spaace, Ltd. to Install TOPLINE™ Yield Management System in COK Hotels Amersterdam Properties
Feb 1998 - Outrigger Hotels & Resorts Expands to Australia with Joint Venture
Feb 1998 - Marriott International Reports Net Income Advanced 20% in 1997
Feb 1998 - Supertel Announces 1997 Results: Net Income Up 22 Percent
Feb 1998 - Westin Carambola Beach Resort in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands Sold to Signature Resorts for $13 million
Feb 1998 - American Property Management Company Acquires Radisson Hotel in Visalia, CA
Feb 1998 - New York City Legal Gaming Market Valued At $2.6 Billion, Bear Stearns Analyst Reports
Feb 1998 - Lodging Companies Well Positioned to Exceed Expectations for Balance of Decade, NationsBanc Montgomery Analyst
Feb 1998 - Background information on top New York City chefs and restaurants involved 1998’s Grammy celebration
Feb 1998 - Two hot culinary trends -- olive oils and organics -- come together with the release of two new organic olive oils
Feb 1998 - The California state Assembly votes to repeal the ban on smoking in bars, taverns and gaming clubs
Feb 1998 - Travelogix and TravelPlus Team to Offer On-line Travel Services to Canadians
Feb 1998 - Top 10 Reasons Why Online Booking Services Are Not Ready for Prime Time
Feb 1998 - ITT Sheraton Adds 31 New Hotels in Nine Countries, Includes New Joint Venture With Arabella in Europe
Jan 1998 - 'Spy' Brings Agents Discount Products With Commissions Via Internet
Jan 1998 - Outrigger launches new Pacific web site
Jan 1998 - Real Estate Industry Fundamentals Strong In 1997; KPMG Peat Marwick LLP Sounds Cautionary Note
Jan 1998 - Grove Park Inn Resort Commissions Musical Sendoff  to Millennium
Jan 1998 - High-Tech Rooms and Safety Top the Poll for Future Business Travellers
Jan 1998 - Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts Launches Internet Charity Auction for UNICEF
Jan 1998 - At Home in Kitchens Coast to Coast - Francine Silverman talks with Royal Sonesta Cambridge, MA chef
Jan 1998 - EY Kenneth Leventhal: Outlook Mostly Good for Hospitality Sector
Jan 1998 - Salishan Lodge Captures Top Golf and Resort Honors
Jan 1998 - U.S. Hotel Occupancy Dropping Across All Categories, Coopers Lybrand Lodging Research Network Says
Jan 1998 - Nevada Timeshare Industry Reports Sales of $117 Million Nearly 80,000 New Owners
Jan 1998 - Peter Morton Announces Expansion of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in LasVegas
Jan 1998 - First Marriott-Flagged Hotel in Israel to Open in Nazareth in Mid-1998
Jan 1998 - Pacific Bell At Hand Online Information Guide Now includes Hotel Reservations from WorldRes, Inc
Jan 1998 - Marriott to Manage Hotel in Mendoza, Argentina
Jan 1998 - PATA Board Sets Procedure for Headquarters  Move to Asia
Jan 1998 - WorldRes Provides Match.Com  with Online Hotel Reservations
Jan 1998 - Sale of Interval International Charts New Course for Future of Vacation-Ownership Industry
Jan 1998 - Vacation Ownership: Coming of Age with the Consumer
Jan 1998 - Hotel Partners Arranges Sale of Tampa Resort
Jan 1998 - Health Holiday Market: Prevention is Better than Cure
Jan 1998 - Update on Pacific Asia's Market Performance
Jan 1998 - A History of the Radisson Hotel Downtown Minneapolis - researched by the Carlson Companies PR Department
Jan 1998 - Iowa Best Western Owner Receives Notable Honor
Jan 1998 - PATA Pledges to Expand Marketing and Distribution Efforts
Jan 1998 - New Ownership Appoints General Manager and Director of Marketing for the McAllen Airport Hilton Inn
Jan 1998 - PATA Enhances Action Plan for the South Pacific: New CEO Sets Rountable Meetings Throughout Region
Jan 1998 - Jansen Named Vice President for Best Western International
Jan 1998 - U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. Ends 1997 With 557 Hotels Open or Under Development
Jan 1998 - Outrigger Surf Hotel Flies Best Western Flag
Jan 1998 - Peter Jenkins Joins Outrigger Hotels & Resorts
Jan 1998 - Opus 2 names New Directors as Company Restructures to Manage Growth and Product Demand
Jan 1998 - Proposed Hearst Ranch Resort to Offer Versatile Accommodations, Dining, and Recreational Services for Castle Visitors
Jan 1998 - Starwood Hotels Resorts Trust to Acquire Four Former Ritz-Carltons  for Approximately $334 Million
Jan 1998 - Mobil Travel Guide Announces 1998 Mobil Four-and Five-Star Award Winners
Jan 1998 - Hotel Partners Capital Group Arranges $25 MM Construction Loan
Jan 1998 - Choice Atlantica Hotels to Develop First Hotel at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport
Jan 1998 - Capstar Closes on $150 Million Medallion Hotels Portfolio
Jan 1998 - Opposition to California Smoking Ban Update
Jan 1998 - Hilton Hotels Corp. Aggressively Expanding Mid-Priced Hilton Garden Inn Product
Jan 1998 - Davidson Hotel Company and Prudential Real Estate Investors Join Forces to Restore Glory Days to Noted Hotel
Jan 1998 - Frequent Flyer Magazine/J.D. Power and Associates 1998 Domestic Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study
Jan 1998 - User-Input Results in Powerful New Enhancements and Features to Northwind Maestro™ Property  Management System
Jan 1998 - Hilton Suites at Detroit Airport Sale Arranged by Hotel Partners
Jan 1998 - The Meditrust Companies Agree to Acquire La Quinta Inns for $3.0 Billion
Jan 1998 - The Weapons to Compete - What can a hotel do when new competition enters the market?  Special article by Craig Jacobs
Jan 1998 - Helms Briscoe Signs on with Best Western for Meeting Business
Jan 1998 - Choice Atlantica Hotels Announces Plans for 12 Choice Atlantica Hotel in Argentina and Uruguay
Jan 1998 - Outrigger Selects Yesawich, Pepperdine & Brown to Handle Its Advertising and Promotions
Jan 1998 - Personnel Appointments at the ANA Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Jan 1998 - Best Western Scholarship Invests in Industry's Future
Jan 1998 - Best Western Executive Inducted into "Winners Circle"
Jan 1998 - 1997 ... A Record Breaking Year …  by John Marks, President, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau
Jan 1998 - New Director of Sales for Condominiums Named for Outrigger Hotels & Resorts
Jan 1998 - Outrigger Hotels Forms Partnership with PADI

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