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November 20, 2009 Hospitality/Hotel/Restaurant Trends for 2010 / Andrew Freeman & Co. New Study by The American Journal of Industrial Medicine Finds Female, Hispanic and Asian Hotel Workers Face Higher Risk for on the Job Injuries Hotel Common Sense - Where Is Your Desk? / Dr John Hogan Normandy Real Estate Partners and Morgans Hotel Group Open Ames in Boston, a Transformation of Boston First Skyscraper into a 114 room Hotel Landry's Restaurants Completes $150 million 500-room Rush Tower at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas; Property Now Has 2,300-rooms in Four Towers Once Thought Dead, The Albany Convention Center Authority in New York Unveils Proposed Design for 300,000 Square-foot Facility at a Cost of $220 million HEI Hotels & Resorts' Fund III Acquires Doubletree Guest Suites in Waltham, Massachusetts; Hotel to Undergo $16 million Renovation Barceló Hotels & Resorts Set to Open the All-inclusive 626 room Barceló Los Cabos Palace Deluxe in Los Cabos, Mexico IHG Opens the 119 room InterContinental Resort in Hua Hin, Thailand North San Diego Hotel Occupancy Slides Further: Improvement not Expected Until 2011 Hotel Horizons Reports Dallas Area Hotels Should Expect Rates to Rise by Mid-to-Late 2010 Losing Money From Day One, the 7 Year-old Renaissance Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri in Need of Financial Help Ginger Hotels Expansion Continues in India; on Target to Have 30 Hotels in Portfolio by End of 2010 Michael Benecke Named President of Noble House Hotels & Resorts Tom Mason Named General Manager of the Radisson Plaza Hotel Minneapolis Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Elects 2010 Board of Directors; Paul Tang Voted Chairperson November 19, 2009 Largest Japanese Hotel Consortium Switches to Sabre Hospitality Solutions as Marketing Provider; Japan Rail Hotel Group cites local Tokyo office and Japanese version of CRS as top reasons for switching Going Rogue on Group Pricing; How to Compete with Irrational Discounting Starwood Hotels & Resorts Moving Headquarters from White Plains, NY to Stamford, CT; Lured to Connecticut With $80 million in Tax Credits and $9.5 million Loan Health Care Legislation; Which Hotels Might Get Sick? / Robert Mandelbaum and Taylor Beauchamp Judge Rules in Favor of Columbia, South Carolina Stating City Does not Have to Pay up to $4 million to Designers, Builders and Architects for City-Funded Hotel that was Never Built Mosaic Company, the World's Largest Producer of Phosphate, in Early Planning for a Luxury Resort Facility on 200,000 Acres of Reclaimed Phospate Land near Fort Meade, Florida Horizon Hospitality and the Pittsburgh Penguins Partner to Build 142-suite Cambria Suites Hotel Adjacent to the Penguin's New Arena Interstate Hotels Completes Sale of the Hilton Garden Inn Baton Rouge Airport to Fairwood Capital for $10.6 million Haik Enterprises and Aimbridge Hospitality Open the 216-room All-suite Houston Embassy Suites Guest Satisfaction - October 2009 Chatter Guard Benchmark Report Is Released Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara Solves Distribution Challenges with The ProHost® System by Hostar Construction Resumes on Stalled Marriott Residence Inn Project in San Marcos, California Sage Hospitality Rebrands The Sheraton Ferncroft Resort as Crowne Plaza Hotel Boston North Shore, Massachusetts Developer Bharat Patel's Proposal for 125-room Upscale Hotel Gains Aprroval in Hampton, Virginia U.S. Casino Industry Could be on Road to Recovery; Rate of Revenue Declines Slows Brian Brandstetter Named Wisconsin Innkeepers Association 2009 Innkeeper of the Year Hilton Waikoloa Village Adds Five Area Sales Executives Corinthia Hotel St Petersburg, Russia Appoints Three Executives - Gianluca Tozzo, David Stern and Evgenia Nagimova November 18, 2009 Hampton Inn Increases Profitability with Focus on Higher Revenue Transient Guests; ‘Sales Team of One’ Counts on Solution to Build Relationships, Transient Business TRAVELCLICK® Hosts Webinar on Third Quarter 2009 Global Hotel Performance: Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage in 2010 Milestone Internet Marketing Wins Six New Website Design and Internet Marketing Awards The International SPA Association Pinpoints Spa Trends for 2010 4 Post Recession Shifts in the Hotel Sales Environment -- What You Need to Know for Success in 2010 / Carol Verret Innovative Hotel Website Ideas for 2010; O'Rourke Interview with Chris Brogan Marriott.com Updated: Now the World's 7th Largest Online Consumer Retail Site, Books $6 Billion in Annual Gross Revenue Penn National Gaming Offers $102 million to Buy the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, the Unfinished and Bankrupt Casino Hotel that Spent about $2 billion on Construction Sheraton Anchorage Hotel and Hilton Anchorage Workers Unite to Promote Boycotts; Union Claims Room Attendants Must Clean 17 Rooms Rather than 15 and Monthly Premium for Family Health Insurance Raised to $800 Commissioners for Clark County, Nevada Have Little Appetite to Sue Online Firms for Room Taxes; Belief is Litigation Could Jeopardize Partnerships $140 million Hilton-Downtown Columbus Convention Hotel Set to Start Construction in August, 2010 Donald Trump Gives Up Fight to Reclaim Control of the Three Bankrupt Trump Atlantic City Casinos; Corporate Bondholders Take Over 4 Ways to Maximize Returns from Your Pay-Per-Click Campaign Newmarket International Wins Top Honors from the Software Association of New Hampshire EZYield.com System at American Casino & Entertainment Properties Achieves 100 Percent Yielding Accuracy; Optional system upgrades provide optimization of efficiency Trust International Launches "Experience Better Business" Campaign with Delivery of Its yourVoyager CRS to the Hotel Industry; Hotel Groups Exchange Revenue Generating Ideas and Share Perspectives at the Trust Customer Advisory Board VFM Leonardo Announces Toby Kubis Joins Executive Team; Travel Industry Veteran Toby Kubis Joins VFM Leonardo as Vice President Corporate Hotel Sales Innisfree Selects Hampton Inn and Suites as the Brand for their $31 Million Development in Orange Beach, Alabama The Harilela Group Completes Relaunch of Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre with $25 million Renovation Michigan State's School of Hospitality Business Honors Alum Patrick M. Nesbitt, Sr; Inducts Five New Members to its Wall of Fame Entrepreneur Damian Griffiths Signs Eight Hotels Australia to Operate the Lux 21 room Limes Hotel in Brisbane Mark Carrier Inducted as Chairman of the IAHI Board of Directors, the Owners' Association Representing the Interests of Over 3,000 Franchisees McKibbon's Residence Inn by Marriott Savannah Downtown Receives Historic Savannah Foundation Award Greg Mount Named President of Richfield Hospitality Desires Hotels Appoints David Lopez as General Manager of Cassa NYC Hotel and Residences DMC Hotels Names Bobby Sparks Director of Sales & Marketing for Holiday Inn Frisco/Stonebriar, Frisco, Texas November 17, 2009 VIZERGY® Wins Prestigious Adrian Awards; Company Recognized for Best in Web Marketing by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Lodging Investment Roadmap - a National Perspective / The Plasencia Group Flyte Systems Implements Airport Information Displays at Oracle and Lockheed Martin Facilities; Corporate headquarters, training centers benefit from real-time airport travel information and boarding pass printing Western Pennsylvania's Hotel Industry Being Probed for Compliance with Pay Laws by the Department of Labor World Hotel Waterpark Construction Report; 11 Hotel Waterparks Open in Asia Pacific & Middle East in 2009 / Jeff Coy & Amanda McDaniel 2009 Median Hotel Sales Prices Plummet - Is It Time to Appeal Your Property Taxes? / David J. Sangree and Joseph Pierce PricewaterhouseCoopers 2010 Lodging Forecast Suggests Continued Decline for Hotels ADR Amelia Island Company, Operator of the Amelia Island Plantation, Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Getting Social: Why All Travel Professionals Need to Use Social Media; TIG Global complementary webinar on Getting Social – Thursday, December 3, 2009 – 2:00PM (EST) Elite Meetings International to Present SpeedRFP™ at The Travel Innovation Summit@The PhoCusWright Conference; Available in Q1 2010, SpeedRFP offers a Solution to the Inefficiencies and Costs of Submitting Request For Proposals Online HP and Technology Service Provider Pegasus Solutions to Collaborate on Travel Technology HFTP Helps Educate During the 4th Annual BAHA Conference in London The Greener Side of San Francisco Seen In its Hotels, Restaurants and Attractions; Greening the Meetings Industry in San Francisco Crown Center Arena to Undergo $3.85 million Overhaul; Proposal for 4-Star Hotel is Disclosed, Fayetteville, North Carolina Trump International Hotel Waikiki Beach Walk Opens; First Luxury Hotel to Open in Waikiki in Over 20-Years The Hotel and Lodging Association of Greater Houston Honors Hospitality Employees For Going Beyond Their Jobs The Conference Center Network Opens the Sentry Centers - Midtown East; the 40,000 Sq Ft Venue Near Grand Central Terminal, NYC The Marriott Foundation Awards 29 Hotel/Hospitality Management Students Renewable 4-year Scholarships of up to $9,000 Annually Sylvia Lima Named General Manager at The New Yorker Hotel, NYC Allan W. Kronberg Named General Manager for Tropicana Express and the River Palms Resort and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada Starwood Hotels & Resorts Names Jim Curtis Area Director of Sales & Marketing, Caribbean November 16, 2009 It Stays in Las Vegas: The Rainmaker Group Sponsors Golf Tourney, Co-hosts Gaming Industry Executive Reception; Rainmaker holds Client Steering Committee in Las Vegas during G2E How to Get More Sales from Your Public Relations and Marketing Dollars / Julie Keyser-Squires New Study from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research States Hotels Listed with Online Agents Boost Reservations by 7.5% to 26% Taking Off with Online Distribution in a Big Way But with Feet Firm On All Channels; Hilton Worldwide Builds its Online Distribution Capabilities in China / Hriday Malik Brian McGuinness, SVP of Starwood's Specialty Select Brands, Discusses Aloft Brand and the Newest Aloft in Abu Dhabi Developers of Limited-service Hotels Feel Braver About Jumping into a Rocky Lodging Market Miami's Fontainebleau Grand Launch a Dim Memory as Hotel Cannot Pay $60 million in Contractor Bills, Seeks to Reduce $660 million Construction Loan Family Owned Shamin Hotels Opens its Flagship, the $48 million, 254-room Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa Unite Here Local 1 Warns 200 Meeting Planners that Possible Strikes Could Disrupt Events Booked at 5 Chicago Downtown Hotels La Quinta Inns & Suites Recognized for Commitment to Employee Learning; LQUniversity Wins ASTD "BEST Award" for a Second Consecutive Year, Ranks Top Among Hotel Millennium & Copthorne Hotels to Open First Studio M Branded Hotel in Singapore Urgo Hotels Acquires the Resort at Singer Island from WCI Communities for $7.1 million; The 239-suite Condo-hotel Converted to the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009; Hi-tech Hotel Rooms in the 19th Century / Stanley Turkel Flamingo Structures Invests $35 million in a 129-room Non-gaming Holiday Inn in Las Vegas InterContinental Hotels Online Videos Prove More Effective Than T.V. Spot Service Ambassadors: The Key to Providing World-Class Service / Bryan K. Williams Lodging Interactive Offers Turn-Key Mobile Websites For Hotels Choice Hotels Launches New Sales & Marketing Training for Franchise Properties; New Choice Hotels Effective Sales System Program Taps d'Orleans Hospitality Training for Beneficial Sales Training Resource New on VTV Channel: The Role of Online Information in Travel Shopping Aqua Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the 596-room Maile Sky Court in Waikiki Twelve Caesars Palace Guests Injured in Escalator Mishap Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 66 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database David Weyrich Facing Foreclosure on Prized Properties Including Martin and Weyrich Winery and the Luxury Bed-and-Breakfast Inn, Villa Toscana, Paso Robles, California Juan Carlos Contalba, Benchmark's Director of International Development, Appointed to the Board of Directors for the Hispanic Hotel Owners Association November 13, 2009 New Email Marketing Tactics For Hotels To Use in 2010 Denver Hampton Inn & Suites Boosts Customer Service Scores with Automated Tools that Drives Guest Satisfaction; General Manager Provides Look at Day-to-Day Issues via New “Day in the Life of a Hotel GM” Video Series Marriott's New Brand, The Autograph Collection, Seeks Existing Luxury Independent Hotels; Provides Marriott with Another Platform for Growth Developers Missed Deadline Equals "Dead" $65 million Downtown Marriott Project in Escondido, California Options for Great Wolf Resort's Blue Harbor Resort Include Possible Sale or Repositioning; $54 million 182-suite Waterpark Resort Not Performing as Expected Since Opening in 2004 Denihan Hospitality Group Completes $60 Million Dollar Renovation of The Surrey Hotel on Manhattan's Upper East Side How can Social Search Impact my Hotel? Las Vegas Hotels and Casinos Seeing Signs of Market Recovery The Pew Center on the States Issues Report Urging Nevada and Nine Other States to use Caution in Decisions that Could Prolong Rather than Shorten the Recession Complimentary Webinar: Data Security Essentials for the Hospitality Industry; Industry Experts Provide Insight into the PCI Data Security Standards World's Leading Hospitality Technology Consulting Partnership Created Benchmark Hospitality Adds the Marenas Resort to its Portfolio; The Sunny Isles Beach Hotel Formerly Operated as the Le Meridien EMCVenues To Host MEET USA-West Coast 2009; Accredited Educational Conference is a Green Event, Free to Planners, Media Hotel AG Closes the SpringHill Suites Transaction in Baton Rouge, LA Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain Resort Due to Open December 2009, Tucson, Arizona Plans for $42 million Casino Project in Tama County, Iowa Moving Forward November 11, 2009 Six Casino Hotels Including Pinnacle Entertainment and Seneca Gaming Select The Rainmaker Group for Revenue Management; Rainmaker tapped by The Borgata, Greektown Casino Hotel, Pinnacle Entertainment, and Seneca Gaming to deliver revolution™ Product Suite for total guest value profit optimization Electronic Proposals - Easy for Sales Managers, Frustrating for Customers; Pretty pictures are no substitute for substance IDeaS Announces Second Round of Winners of IDeaS Cornell Revenue Management Scholarship Marriott's Courtyard Brand Develops LEED® Certified Hotel Prototype; The Courtyard Settler's Ridge in Pittsburgh, Penn. Will be the First to be Built Based on the Green Hotel Prototype Concept A "High Touch" Lesson for Hospitality Managers - Understanding Body Language / Dr John Hogan Las Vegas Sands to Restart Stalled Macau Cotai Strip Projects Union Organizer Planning Appeal Over Rejection of Rivers Casino Vote Plumbers Union Shuts the Konocti Harbor Resort and Spa; Greg Bennett, the GM for 20 Years, Recalls the Northern California Resorts Legacy Roomlinx Signs Deal to Provide Interactive TV to Holiday Inn Express and Suites Camp Creek as Part of IBM's "Hotel-in-a-Box" Solution; As an approved supplier of Interactive TV to InterContinental Hotels Group, Roomlinx will showcase their system at the IHG Conference and Expo Nov. 11 - 13 HeBS Wins Major Web 2.0 Design & Development Awards SAFLOK™ Integrates with Control4®; Electronic Lock Leader Completes Agreement to Enable Smart Room Interoperability With Control4 Helping Hotels Dress for Success; Cintas onsite wardrobe room services reduce costs, enhance operations Hospitality Technology Experts Plan 2010 European Conference Las Vegas Visitor Volume Increases for First Time Since May 2008 November 10, 2009 Outlooks for Successful Online Merchandising in 2010: Register to learn how the travel industry is shaping up in 2010, based on first-hand experience, how hoteliers can prepare and position their properties online for a prosperous year ahead The Connaught Makes Additional Investment in Agilysys Technology; London Hotel Implements ResPAK Restaurant Management Software For Dining Reservations and Table Management Capital Region USA Targets International Travelers with Help from TIG Global; New Website and Online Marketing Campaign Support CRUSA's 5 Year Strategic Plan Aqua Hotels and Resorts Licenses eBuzz ConnectTM Social Media Management Tool Sir Martin Sorrell's Forecast for 2010, Is Your Hotel Looking Ahead? Profile: Alan Feldman, MGM Mirage SVP of Public Affairs Design Firms Receive IH/M&RS Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design; Alexandra Champalimaud Named Designer of the Year One&Only The Palm, Dubai Being Developed by His Highness Sheikh Bin Saeed Al Makthoum and Sol Kerzner, of Kerzner International the Parent Company of One&Only Resorts The Secrets of Secret Shopping; Exclusive Webinar: How to know what your hotel staff is really telling prospects and how they're really treating customers Last Days to Register - Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Sales People - 5 New Habits for Success in 2010! UniFocus Forms Strategic Partnership with Circos and gCommerce for Reputation Management; Partnership to Provide One Portal for Social Media Monitoring and Feedback RateTiger Tops 500 Channels and Adds GDS Connectivity; Single solution now handles all electronic distribution channels EZYield.com Described As "Leader in Channel Management" By Amsterdam Hospitality; Boutique hotel group claims that EZYield.com pays for itself in efficiency, time savings and maximized revenues Luxury Link's Bob Bennett Promoted to Chief Operating Officer Pinnacle CEO Dan Lee Resigns; Led the Company on a Massive Growth Strategy Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino in St. Maarten Names Iwan Pennings as Executive Chef November 9, 2009 Webinar: Outlooks for Successful Online Merchandising in 2010, November 12th, 2009, 2:00pm Eastern; Complimentary webinar on what smart hoteliers are doing to extract more value out of their hotel's presence online in the year ahead with speakers Henry Harteveldt from Forrester Research and Edward Perry from WORLDHOTELS Award-Winning Indonesian Resort Increases Online Revenue Over 200 Percent with Sabre Hospitality Solutions; Maya Ubud Resort and Spa benefits from Guest Connect Booking Engine Construction Report: 18 Hotel Waterparks in USA Open in 2009 / Jeff Coy and Amanda McDaniel Packing the PR Punch: The Power of Public Relations Is Now vs Later / Carol Baetzel "A Hidden Gem!" or "Lame!!!"? Online Travel Reviewers to Watch Out For / Daniel Edward Craig Columbus, Ohio Hotels Try to Outdo the Others with Their Presidential Suites The Westshore Hotel, Tampa Foreclosure Caused by High Debt, Mismanagement Bittel UNO™ Wins Two Awards at International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show; Less than two weeks after its introduction, UNO win Editors' Choice "Best in Show" and "Best New Technology Product" awards at hotel industry's biggest annual event Worldwide Revenue Solutions Announces "Turnkey Package" to Assist Hotels through Brand Changes or Flag Loss; Internet Marketing Company Offers Full-Service Solutions from "Awareness to Booking" EI's Revised CourseLine® Offers Expanded Features, Easier Navigation for Online Learning INNCOM Showcasing In-Room Integration, New RF Solution with Industry Partners at IH/M&RS Educational Institute Honors Hospitality Industry Leaders with Certified Hotel Administrator Emeritus and Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus Designations; Recipients' Recognized for Long and Illustrious Careers in the Hospitality Industry Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Creates New Logo Featuring a Design Derived from the Wyndham Crown David Kong Inducted as 2010 AH&LA Chairman; Nancy Johnson, EVP and Chief Development Officer for Carlson Hotels Worldwide - the Americas, Elected Incoming Secretary/Treasurer Michael Bernath Joins Hotel AG as Vice President of Investment Sales Ten IH/M&RS Exhibitors Honored with Editors' Choice Awards; Bittel Electronics Named 'Best of Show' Dolce Hotels and Resorts Appoints Barry Goldstein as Chief Revenue Officer Wendy Kallergis, Head of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Named to Lead the Greater Miami & the Beaches Hotel Association November 6, 2009 Outlooks for Successful Online Merchandising in 2010: Register to learn how the travel industry is shaping up in 2010, based on first-hand experience, how hoteliers can prepare and position their properties online for a prosperous year ahead. hotel ServicePro Simplifies New-Build Opening Process at Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites in Lake Buena Vista/Orlando; hotel ServicePro Web-based maintenance tracking, asset management solution saves hundreds of hours in new-build hotel checklist approval completion SAFLOK™ and MTech Deploy Interface at theWit; Dynamic Integration Between SAFLOK™ Messenger LENS™ and HotSOS Enhances Hotel Operations and Guest Satisfaction SAFLOK™ and INNCOM Introduce New RF Interface; Hyatt Regency Chicago to Upgrade Security and Energy Management Solutions Sixteen Hotels Achieve 2009 AAA Five Diamond Status For the First Time; Complete List of 113 Hotels and 52 Restaurants Hyatt Hotels Shares Make Strong Showing in First Day of IPO Trading New Law Suit Takes Aim at Soffer Empire; Claims Family Created a "Corporate Shell Game" to Borrow Nearly $3 billion for the Fontainebleau Las Vegas Does AAA Approval Help? / Harry Nobles MGM Mirage Shrugs off 3rd Quarter Loss of $750.4 million, Claims CityCenter will Spur Rebound Hotel Occupancy Tax Alert - Update; Transient occupancy tax litigation by cities and local governments continues to mushroom eRevMax / RateTiger announces strategic growth plan; Leading hospitality technology provider prepares for new global position, Sascha Hausmann named CEO Thistle and Guoman Hotels Choose EZYield.com Channel Management Solution For Combined Property Portfolio; Technological advantages, including the integration of booking information, placed EZYield.com ahead of key competitors for the major UK hotel group Benchmark Hospitality International Adds The Villas of Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando, Florida, to its Portfolio Hotel Common Sense - The Annual Review: Options to Avoid Struggling to Measure Staff Performance (Part 2 of 2) / Dr John Hogan Philadelphia's $786 million Convention Center Halfway to its Big Rebirth Nader Agha's Revamped Proposal for a 300-plus Room Hotel in Pacific Grove, CA Includes a Desalination System and Low Cost Housing A Latham, New York Hotel Owner Facing National Labor Relations Board Action for Allegedly Terminating Three Employees for Trying to Organize Union HSMAI Holds First Hotel Management Company Marketing Executive Roundtable Two Unions Seeking to Organize Thousands of Rivers Casino Workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Amid Charges Casino Trying to Block Effort Edgewater Hotel Proposals Face Continued Hurdles in Madison, Wisconsin Ileana Rousseau Named Group Development Manager for Almond Resorts, U.S. and Canada Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Robb A. Rybicki Director of Catering for Eaglewood Resort & Spa November 5, 2009 Outlooks for Successful Online Merchandising in 2010: Join Our Complimentary Webinar on November 12th, 2009, 2:00pm Eastern; Henry Harteveldt from Forrester Research and Edward Perry from WORLDHOTELS will share what smart hoteliers are doing to extract more value from their hotel's online presence in the year ahead. VIZERGY® Webinars - Internet Marketing and Social Media; Free Expert Advice from the Leaders in Search Marketing SAFLOK™ Integrates with Control4®; Electronic Lock Leader Completes Agreement to Enable Smart Room Interoperability With Control4 Consultants Predict 13 Restaurant and Hotel Food and Dining Trends for 2010 Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Assume Management of Hilton Pittsburgh, Downtown as Part of Ownership Change; The Related Group and Stephen Ross Finalizing Purchase From Shubh Hotels, LLC New $45 million 21c Art Hotel to Open in Cincinnati, Ohio The Charanachitta Family Plans Major Expansion into Hotel Development in Thailand with Seven Projects in the Next Year Tilman Fertitta of Landry's Restaurants Makes Buyout Offer to Take Golden Nugget Casino Private Wynn Resorts Ltd. Withdraws from Aqueduct Racetrack Bidding in New York City The Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels Appoints the Rocco Forte Collection to Manage The Shepheard Hotel in Cairo Following a Full Renovation IH&RA Head Joins OpenWays as Advisor; Abraham Rosental, former Director General of the International Hotel & Restaurant Association, joins OpenWays Advisory Board AboutAnywhere.com Partners with EZYield.com Channel Management Solution to Automate Extranet Updates Libra OnDemand Selected as Finalist in Force.com Forty Innovation Showcase; Comprehensive suite of hospitality-specific applications consolidates customer information, develops deep profiles and delivers guest satisfaction TTI's Scan2PMS / roomMaster 2000 Interface is Receiving Rave Reviews Coast to Coast The 2009 European Hotel Design Awards Winners Recap Seagate Hospitality Group Opens the 162-room Seagate Hotel & Spa in Downtown Delray Beach, Florida Malaysia's Tourism Continues to Grow and The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Wins International Awards Morgans Hotel Group Names David Curell General Manager and Diane Wesley Director of Marketing for Clift, San Francisco, California November 4, 2009 Secure Your Property's Future; PCI Compliance, Direct Website Bookings and Web-Based Training are Essential for Success in 2010 and Beyond What is really going on with group rates? How to obtain critical competitive intelligence Sabre Hospitality Solutions' Innovative Web Site Designs Earn Dozens of Awards While Ensuring Results; Proven Web site performance highlights the successful science behind the art of Web site design SAFLOK™ Unveils Integration with OpenWays; SAFLOK™ Introduces New Remote Access Technology at IH/M&RS 2009 Hotel Brand Management Agreements* and the Economic Downturn: Lessons Learned or Lessons Forgotten? / Rob Nicholas Full-Service Hotels Look to Gain Group Business as Physicians Avoid Resorts / David Brudney Florida Attorney General Suing Expedia and Orbitz for Failure to Remit the Appropriate Amount of Taxes on Hotel Room Rentals The American Hotel and Lodging Association Joins the Campaign against the Military's Plan to Build a $114 million 1,000 room Hotel at the Fort Lee Military Post in Virginia Ohio Voters Approve Las Vegas-style Casino at Four Locations - Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Hawaiiana Hotel on Waikiki's Beach Walk May be Shutting Down Interstate Hotels & Resorts Reports Third-Quarter 2009 Net Loss of $10.3 million; Adds 10 properties to third-party management portfolio / Hotel Operating Statistics Orient-Express Hotels Reports Third Quarter 2009 Net Loss of $13.0 million Compared with Net Earnings of $6.4 million in Prior year Same Quater; RevPAR Down 26% in US dollars; Hotel Operating Statistics For the 3rd Quarter 2009 Great Wolf Resorts Reports Net Loss of $ 42.1 million; Takes $24.0 million Impairment Charge Related to Blue Harbor Resort & Conference Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin / Hotel Operating Statistics Hotelier Charles Helm Opens Opens the 74-room Best Western Atrea Crown Chase Inn and Suites in Denton, Texas David Colella, VP and Managing Director The Colonnade Hotel, Inducted Into Massachusetts Lodging Association's 2009 Hall of Fame Aqua Hotels & Resorts Names Gary Rohanna, Director of Operations Based In Waikiki Destination Hotels & Resorts Names Russell Craney, Assistant General Manager and Rob Henderson as Head of Sales and Marketing for the Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, Vail, Colorado November 3, 2009 Best Western Peppertree Inns Calls on MSI for Innovative iPhone & WinPM Integration; MSI Launches the nTouch application for the iPhone and iTouch to Best Western Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Selects Software Solutions by Agilysys; Company Implements Point-of-Sale and Foodservice Management Systems Hotel Occupancy Tax Alert: Online Travel Company Suits Over Transient Occupancy Taxes Raise - 5 Things Every Hotel Owner and Operator Needs to Know / Jim Butler and James Abrams South Florida Hotels Distress Could Lure Buyers: Buyers are Waiting for the Misery to get a Bit More Miserable Positioning Your Hotel For The 2010 Marketplace; Marketing Is Not The Primary Thing…It's The Only Thing / Neil Salerno Not That and Do This; Do not embrace the "New Normal" and increase your RevPAR in 2010 / Jay Delerno Starwood Hotels to Sell Bliss Spas to Steiner Leisure for $100 Million Taos Chamber of Commerce Says the National Attention Focused on a Racially Charged Dispute Over a Local Hotel's Personnel Policies Will Hurt the Tourist Town The Secrets of Secret Shopping; Exclusive Webinar: How to know what your hotel staff is really telling prospects and how they're really treating customers eMax Hotel Marketing Boosts ROI for Crowne Plaza Brand Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Sales People - 5 New Habits for Success in 2010!; Web Cast November 13, 2009 New on VTV Channel: The Integration of Revenue Management and Marketing 100% of the World Cell Phones to Open Doors with OpenWays' Apps; Hospitality's FIRST Check-In /-Out Solution with Mobile Room Key Delivery for ALL Cell Phones is at IH/MRS! TTI Announces "Name Our Desktop" Contest During IH/M&R Show; The industry's newest and most advanced solution for Business Centers today needs a name! Lincoln Property Company Proves Value of Automated Price Setting with 4.3% Lift in Challenging Rental Market; Automated Lease-Rent Pricing Solution Takes Guess Work, Emotion Out of Price Setting CTC Names INNCOM Among Top Five Fastest Growing Connecticut Companies in Energy/Environmental Technologies 700 Room Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong Utilizes Modern Efficiency Methods Wilmington, North Carolina City Leaders Hope New Year Breathes New Life Into Stalled Convention Center Hotel Project Marriott Plans to Add 26 New Hotels in India Long Beach, California's Redevelopment Agency to Once Again Seek Developer for Promenade Hotel Project Aimbridge Hospitality Opens the 216-room All-suite Houston Embassy Suites-Energy Corridor Former Reno Hilton President, Tim Maland Named General Manager at Tahoe's MontBlue Resort and Casino Sage Restaurant Group Names Dave Hoemann as Corporate Vice President of Food & Beverage Operations Jason Grisham Named General Manager of the 215 Room Holiday Inn and Convention Center Complex- Stevens Point, Wisconsin Hospitality Ventures Names Bruce Orinstein Director of Sales & Marketing for Hilton Garden Inn Monterey, Monterey, California November 2, 2009 Webinar: Outlooks for Successful Online Merchandising in 2010, November 12th, 2009, 2:00pm Eastern; Complimentary webinar on what smart hoteliers are doing to extract more value out of their hotel's presence online in the year ahead with speakers Henry Harteveldt from Forrester Research and Edward Perry from WORLDHOTELS Luxury Link Partners with Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group; Award-winning luxury hotel collection now featured on LuxuryLink.com Internet-based Hotel Room Wholesalers Lose Class Action Lawsuit Over Unpaid Hotel Occupancy Taxes; Jury Awards $20 million to 170 Texas Cities Arbitrator Rules the Soffer Family's Turnberry Isle Resort Must Pay $6 million to the Hotel's Operator, Fairmont -- Fees Held Back Over Allegations of Mismanagement Caesars Palace Bellman Clyde Watkins Garners Fame Through Lifetime of Casino Service Top 10 Group Events September 2009; Including Selected Markets Tampa-St Petersburg, FL and New Orleans, LA / Knowland Group Fort Lauderdale Hoteliers Hope Oasis of the Seas, the World's Largest Cruise Ship, Will, Lead to More Room Sales Ozean Development LLC, Says the 450-room Hilton Emerald Coast Resort, on Okaloosa Island, Fort Walton Beach, FL. Is Still a Go TripAdvisor Signs Agreement to Acquire Kuxun.cn, the Second Largest Travel Related Web site in China EZYield.com Launches RoomRez Web Booking Engine; Proprietary solution adds enhanced functionality and seamless integration to channel management, GDS distribution, revenue management and PMS systems Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 104 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database PROFILE: Janet Green, Director of New Mexico State University's School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management For $12 million a Year, Contra Costa County, California Would Turn its Opposition to Outright Support for a Major Indian Casino-hotel Resort on the Richmond Waterfront The International Union of Gaming Employees Files Complaint About Wynn Tip-Pooling Policy Las Vegas Commissioners Propose Casinos Ability to Provide Temporary Child Care: Proposal Aims to Improve Convention Chances Vail Resorts Names Doug Lovell Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Keystone Resort Matthias Roeke Appointed General Manager of the 278-room China World Summit Wing, Beijing, a Shangri-La Hotel Top 25 Read Articles - October 2009 The Attorney for ESPN Reporter Erin Andrews Criticizes Hotel Where Alleged Peephole Incident Occurred Conde Nast Readers Name the Top Hotels Around the World: The Top Hotel United States - 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville and the Top Resort Mainland U.S. - Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Do You Think Like a Leader or a Manager? / William P. Fisher, Ph.D. Taking Back Hotels by Foreclosure or by Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure: Lenders Beware / Rob Nicholas Seven Independent U.S. Properties Come Together to Form Kindred Resorts and Hotels; A New Logo and Website Kicks Off the Initial Phase America's Top Barbeque, Burger and Pizza Restaurants According to Zagat's 2010 America's Top Restaurants Survey The Growing Tension Between Hoteliers and Online Travel Agencies: The Prisoner's Dilemma, The Stockholm Syndrome or a Case of Both? / Max Starkov Hilton Worldwide Closing its Hazleton, PA Reservations Center Eliminating 176 Jobs Growing Tension Between Hoteliers and OTA's…NONSENSE: An Alternative Viewpoint / Neil Salerno Overcoming The "All They Want To Hear Is The Rate" Mentality / Doug Kennedy Kansas City Suffers Huge Body Blow with Loss of Three Top Conventions Steve Wynn's Political Voice Gets Louder, Views Not Shared by All Hilton Hawaiian Village Sued Over Fatal Drowning in its Rebuilt Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon Chicago Luxury Hotel Market: When Will the Pain End Lodgian Update: In Default on $45.6 million Loan Secured by Six Hotels, May Return Hotels to Lender In Just Eight Months, the Number of San Diego Hotels Facing Possible Foreclosure Nearly Quadruples The 335 room Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley Defaults on $38.5 million Mortgage; Joins Several Other Prominent San Francisco Bay Area Hotels Make Sure the Right Contingency Plans Are in Place; Secrets of a Hotel Asset Manager / Jim Burr Hotel Sales Director Firings Impact Meeting Planners, Too / David Brudney Disney Resort Taking Shape on Oahu; Expects to Invest $800 million, Employ 1,000 Four Managers and Owners of the Holiday Inn Philadelphia-Stadium Charged with Burglary Following Attempt to Oust Restaurant Lease Holders Concord Hospitality Enterprises is Forming a $300 million Private Equity Fund to Buy Distressed Hotels and Debt Hyatt Hotels Revised IPO Filing Warns of Risks Related to Pritzker Family's Infighting A Breakfast Conversation with Horst Schulze, CEO Capella Hotels and Resorts, at the Hotel Schloss Velden, Austria How to Handle Google Maps Mixups October 30, 2009 MSI and eRevMax Collaborate to Provide Rate Shopping Information Access through Property Management Systems Luxury Link and Lexus Go Green; Eco-friendly packages offering luxury accommodations and use of the Lexus LS Hybrid sedan now available on Luxury Link Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces in Talks with Orient Express Hotels Green Street Advisors Says the Corporate Governance Structure Proposed in Hyatt Hotels Corp.'s IPO "the Worst" Chris Brogan Interview - Hotels that Listen to Social Media Generate Business Request for Proposals: Development and Operation of a New Hotel & Conference Center Near the Indianapolis International Airport in Hendricks County Despite its Small Stature, the 44-room Motel 9 in Oceanside, California Offers an Example of the Punishing Effects of the Recession on the Hotel Business HFTP Seeks Technologies for Next Version of GUESTROOM 20X Nickelodeon Family Suites Hires EzRMS™; Family-Friendly Resort to Utilise New Revenue Management Services Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Wins Three W3 Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Web 2.0 and Website Development Molinaro Koger Promotes Veteran Broker Mark Morris to Executive Vice President 255 Hospitality Students Receive $382,000 in Scholarships Via AH&LEF's Core Scholarship Programs Driving Force Behind Choice Hotels International Stewart Bainum, Sr. Honored for Decades of Charity Work in Montgomery County, Maryland PolyU School of Hotel & Tourism Management's World Leadership Position Strengthened According to World Ranking of the Top 18 Hotel Schools by Research Output As the Largest Hotel in Manhattan, the Hilton New York is an Innovator in Implementing Sound Environmental Practices Kinseth Hospitality Opens New Hilton Garden Inn Omaha East/Council Bluffs at Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa Frasers Hospitality Pte Ltd Signs New Property in Shanghai, Fraser Place Shanghai Tom Freimuth Named as Executive Chef for Casino Arizona's New Talking Stick Resort, Scheduled for Opening Early 2010, Scottsdale, Arizona Georgia World Congress Center Names Patrick Skaggs New Assistant General Manager October 28, 2009 IDeaS Helps Hoteliers Gain Confidence and Validate Pricing Strategies with Launch of Rate Optimization Service; New service optimizes hotel's rate spectrums, improves revenue without change to existing business practices Hotel Operators Tap New Profitability Strategies that Work in the Current Economy; Companies Save Money, Improve Performance with Reduced Staff; Leverage Business Intelligence and Accounting Tools Philippine Court Orders Makati Shangri-La Hotel to Pay $1.1 million in Damages Over Guest's Murder; Argues a Five Star Hotel Must Provide Five Star Security Can the Customer "WOW" Go Mainstream? The W Hotel Enters Boston's Competitive Lodging Market Rev Up your RevPAR In 4 Different Ways / Jean Francois Mourier Orange County, Florida Wants $50 million More for an Already Cash Strapped Convention Center Wyndham Worldwide Corp.'s 2009 3rd Qtr Net Income Down 27% , RevPAR Drops 17% / Brand Operating Statistics In Just Eight Months, the Number of San Diego Hotels Facing Possible Foreclosure Nearly Quadruples The Beverly Hills Hotel to Debut Two New Bungalows in 2010 Singapore's Marina Bay Sands Selects SDD's JAZZ Fusion Software for Converging Guest Voice and Internet Billing and Provisioning This Year at IHM&RS: New Ways for Hotel Guests to Use their iPod/iPhone® in the Hotel Room; New Audio/Video Pull-Through™ from TeleAdapt Lets Guests Watch Video and Listen to Music from their iPod/iPhone® Through the In-Room TV/Sound System UrbanAmerica and Pyramid Hotel Group Debut Former International Plaza Resort and Spa as Doubletree Resort Orlando Following $35 Million Dollar Makeover HFL Corp.'s Plan for a Comfort Inn & Suites in State College, PA Slated to be First Project in Pennsylvania to Benefit from Federal Recovery Zone Facility Bond Money Taj Hotels Set to Open 166-Room Taj Cape Town in December 2009, Its 80th Hotel and First in South Africa Related Group of Miami May Join Stubh Hotels in Ownership of the Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel Sharon Kilmartin Appointed General Manager of the 189-room InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel, Austin, Texas Rocco Forte Collection Makes Key Executive Appointments at Brown's Hotel, London Including Friederike Lockau to Director of Sales and Marketing Baglioni Hotels Names Maurizio D'Este Vice President, Sales and Revenue October 27, 2009 Create Videos about Your Hotel - Your Guests Already Are! Luxury Link adds New "Insights" Section; A White Paper Resource for the Travel Industry TIG Global Sweeps the WebAwards Competition with Wins in all of the Travel Categories; TIG Global Honored with 10 WebAwards for eMarketing excellence in the Hotel and Lodging, Travel, and Restaurant Categories Four Managers and Owners of the Holiday Inn Philadelphia-Stadium Charged with Burglary Following Attempt to Oust Restaurant Lease Holders Hoteliers and OTA's, Partners or Opponents? / Neil Salerno The Owner of the Pacific Beach Hotel in Honolulu Appealing Administrative Judge's Decision in Favor of a Labor Union; Claims Judge Showed Blatant Unfairness and a Disregard of the Rights of Employees Morgans Hotel Group Reports a 3rd Qtr Loss of $28.6 million Compared with an $8.9 million Loss in the Year-ago Quarter, RevPAR Drops 32.2%, Occupancy Down 8.9%; Takes Impairment Charge of $17.2 million Related to its Las Vegas Joint Venture at Echelon Continental Real Estate Planning a 134 room Hotel Near the Ohio State University Campus An Epilogue for Eastover Resort and Conference Center, Lenox, Massachusetts; Resort's Final Days Tinged with Sadness Bittel Announces UNO™, A New Communications and Entertainment Platform Company's new product line combines hotel phone, clock/radio, and audio player interface in first-of-its-kind device Kingkey Chooses Reliability and Guest-Friendly Interaction from VingCard®; Leading Hospitality Security Provider Supplies New Kingkey Palace Hotel with the Right Balance of Security and Ease-of-Use with Classic by VingCard INNCOM Partners with EI to Offer Advanced, Integrated Hotel Technology Solutions 4 Billion Cell Phones Now Opening Doors to Better Guest Service Thanks to OpenWays; Hotel industry's newest cell-phone based application for check-in /-out and mobile room keys will debut at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show New on VTV Channel: The World Tweets, Should I? FaceTime to Help Planners and Suppliers "Meet Different" at MPI's February Conference; After a Successful Debut at the 2009 Motivation Show, Elite Meetings International's FaceTime™ Appointment Scheduler will Power the Hosted Buyer Program at MeetDifferent 2010 EZYield.com to Present Leading Online Distribution Management and Web Booking Engine Solutions at 2009 World Travel Market Sea Island Resorts is Hip on MTech's Hotel Inventory & Purchasing Solution; Award-winning multi-outlet island resort ties HIP into HotSOS to reduce paperwork, stay on budget and generate cost reports for service orders VFM Leonardo Chosen by Carlson Hotels Worldwide to Distribute Images and as Primary Distributor of Rich Media; Largest distributor of visual content for hotels worldwide expands relationship with Carlson to enhance visual presentation of its hotels on Carlson brand websites and thousands of websites used by travelers to research hotels online. InterContinental Hotels Group and KLP Emprendimientos S.A. Through Franchise Agreement to Develop New Hotel in Mendoza, Argentina Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts to Open its First Hotel in the Middle East: Swissôtel Makkah in Saudi Arabia Barcelo Crestline Corporation Announces the Promotion of James Carroll to Chief Operating Officer for Crestline Hotels & Resorts Jennifer Marchetti Named Vice President of Marketing and Innovation for Wyndham Hotels and Resorts India's Mirah Group Appoints RamNidhi Wasan as CEO and Joy Ghosh Marketing National Head of Marketing and Sales for Hospitality Business October 26, 2009 Secrets of a Hotel Asset Manager: Make Sure the Right Contingency Plans Are in Place / Jim Burr Triyar Companies, Owner of W Scottsdale Hotel, Reaches Resolution with Its Lender and Contractors, Canceling Foreclosure Proceedings Union Contract Negotiations at 31 Chicago Area Hotels Are "Very Far" from Settlement; Anything Can Happen! Oriental Bangkok - The Making Of / Andreas Augustin Five Florida Counties Preparing to Sue Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline and Travelocity Over Shortchanged Bed Taxes 900 New Hotel Rooms Scheduled For Completion this Year in the Norfolk, VA. Area Evan as Hotel Occupancy Drops to Lowest Level in Decades The Stonewall Resort in West Virginia, Developed as a Public-private Partnership, Working on a Firmer Financial Footing; Has Not Made Payment on its $42 million in Bonds Since 2006 NAI BT Commercial Hospitality Group Retained To Offer 67-Room Rocklin Park Hotel For Sale Red Lion Hotels Selects Newmarket International's Delphi® and MeetingBroker®; Implementation will support North American Groups and Meetings Sales Organization Warwick International Hotels Renews Contract with Utell® and Selects Pegasus Solutions' NetBooker® NG Enhanced Internet booking engine will drive online bookings directly to 27 Warwick Hotels and Resorts worldwide Champion Hotels Planning to Spend $10.5 million to Convert the Closed Days Inn in Alton, Illinois into Two Hotels, a Best Western and a Hampton Inn The Executive Inn Rivermont, the Biggest and Best Hotel Owensboro, Ky Has Ever Known, Slated for Spectacular Implosion Historic Columbia Gorge Hotel in Hood River, Ore., Acquired by Hotelier Vijay Patel of Kennewick InterContinental Hotels Group and Splendid Hotel Group Sign Management Agreement for New InterContinental Hotel in London's Westminster Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Ronald C. Paynter General Manager for the Marriott Plaza San Antonio Golden Sands Resort, Penang, Malaysia Names John Brock as Executive Sous Chef October 23, 2009 Seven Independent U.S. Properties Come Together to Form Kindred Resorts & Hotels; A New Logo and Website Kicks Off the Initial Phase Update on Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the U.S. Hospitality Industry City of Indianapolis Issues a "Request for Information and Qualifications," for a Private Firm to Manage the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium B.R. Guest Restaurants Overhauls the Former Travelodge in St. Pete Beach; the 196 room Postcard Inn on The Beach Designed for the Budget Conscious John Q. Hammons Might be Abandoning Planned 225-room Hotel in Downtown Colorado Springs A Bankruptcy Judge Toured the Bankrupt Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Declared it Was a Great Project -- with Lousy Timing Massachusetts Governor, Who Called for a Hyatt Hotels Boycott, Not Swayed with Campaign Contributions from Pritzker Family Mount Airy Casino Resort Breaks Away from Pennsylvania's "Slot Machine Filled Barn" Image with Golf Course, Hotel, Spa, Entertainment, Fine Dining and More It Took Years of Struggle to Get the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel Ready for its Grand Reopening a Year Ago, Then the Really Hard Part Started The Former Radisson Hotel North Richardson Completes Conversion to the Doubletree Hotel Dallas/Richardson Kite Properties, LLC and Hotel Equities Celebrate Ribbon Cutting at New Hampton Inn in Okeechobee, Florida CityCenter's Retail, Dining and Entertainment Complex Receives LEED Gold Certification Hannah Zulueta Returns to ResortCom International Team as Director of Sales October 22, 2009 TRAVELCLICK® Wins 18 W3 Awards for Creative Excellence in 2009 Website Design Competition Starwood Reports Net Income of $40 million, Down from $113 million a Year Earlier; Revenue Decreased 21% to $1.22 billion; Hotel Statistics Surprised, or Stubborn? U.S. Hotel Managers Missed Their Budgets In 2008 / Robert Mandelbaum Do You Think Like a Leader or a Manager? / William P. Fisher. Ph.D. Lasalle Hotel Properties Records 3rd Qtr Net Income of $3.4 million, Compared to $12.5 million in Prior Year; Occupancy Was 79.4% down 2.5% W Austin Hotel & Residences Secures Construction Financing from Beal Bank Nevada to Complete Project on Schedule Orlando Hoteliers Better Prepared in this Downturn as Occupancy Falls to Levels Last Seen in 2001 Sour Year so Far for Hotels in Greater Philadelphia Ayres Hotels Chief, James E. Roos, Upbeat on California's Inland Region for Hotels A Labor Backed Proposal that Would Require Hotel Developers Getting San Diego City Council Approval for Projects and Possibly Force Use of Union Workers is Underway Chattanooga Convention Center Back on Track Owned by YRG Hotel and Managed by the Yedla Management Company Inc., the 253 room Westin Lake Mary, Orlando North Set to Open The Pegasus View September 2009 Reports GDS Average Daily Rate Reaches High Point; GDS Reservations Up By +7% in September 2009 Compared to September 2007, While Overall Booking Lead Times Across All Channels Remain Short 10 Bogus Reasons to Buy a Franchise / Stanley Turkel Canon U.S.A. Announces Availability of the COPYblue MEAP Kiosk Version 2.1 Solution Venezia Capitol Srl and Hilton Worldwide Through a Franchise Agreement to Open Hilton Garden Inn in Venice, Italy Hospitality Management Corporation Opens "Green" Holiday Inn Northwest/Sea World Area in San Antonio, Texas Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Giorgi Di Lemis Vice President Food & Beverage Kitty Huang Named Vice President of Global Sales Asia Pacific for Wyndham Hotel Group October 21, 2009 MSI Continues to Attract Top Industry Talent; MSI hires Senior Industry Executive Robert Bansfield as Vice President of Corporate Sales & Marketing De Historiske Sees Revenue Nearly Double Since Choosing Sabre Hospitality Solutions as Marketing Provider; Norwegian hotel group's room nights and revenue per booking increase dramatically following switch to Guest Connect booking engine "Growing Tension Between Hoteliers and OTA's"… NONSENSE! An Alternative Viewpoint / Neil Salerno Online Reviews: The Bane of Hotels' Existence or an Unprecedented Opportunity? / Daniel Edward Craig Public Funds Mulled to Keep Japan Airlines Corp. Afloat; May Sell Nikko Hotels International and Hotel JAL City Chains America's Top Barbeque, Burger and Pizza Restaurants According to Zagat's 2010 America's Top Restaurants Survey Judge Says Orlando's Orange County Convention Center Expansion Was "Uncoordinated Nightmare"; Orders General Contractor to Pay $6.3 million to a Bankrupt Sub-contractor MGM Mirage Taking More Than $1 billion in Impairment Related to CityCenter How Savvy Hoteliers Profit from Meeting Planners Hotel Reviews CARINO Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Announces The Postcard Inn on the Beach to Adopt New GDS Chain Code; St. Petersburg, Florida Hotel to Take New Code "UN" as part of Luxury Hotel Group's Effort to Track Sources of All Reservations, Provide Maximum Exposure for Properties Uniguest™ Grows Its Technology Division With Industry Veteran Fareportal, Inc. Joins VFM Leonardo's VNetwork™; FAREPORTAL powered travel sites to source all rich media content and still images exclusively through VFM Leonardo Thought, Reason, and Emotion Affect Consumer Decision TeleAdapt Names New US Business Development Manager; New Build and Renovation Activity In West Coast Prompts New Sales Rep Dedicated to the Area Dellis Cay Developer Cem Kinay Blames Britain's Commission of Inquiry for Failure of Turks and Caicos Islands Resort Cape Cod's Dennisport Cottage Colonies Could Make Way for Resort Hotel CN Hotels Continues Expansion with Sixth Hotel in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a Four-Story Hampton Inn & Suites IACC North America Changes Name to IACC Americas in Effort to Expand in Central and South America Conrad N. Hilton College's Hospitality Industry Hall of Honor Inducts Best Western Founder M.K. Guertin and Houston-based Restaurateurs Pappas Brothers Morgans Hotel Group Appoints Brian Jones as Senior Vice President of Sales October 20, 2009 Booming Banff Lodging Company Maximizes Tour Group Revenue, Occupancy and Staff Productivity for 8 Hotels with Integrated Maestro Multi-Property PMS; Independent Resort Company Manages Hotels, Condos, Restaurants, Spa, Ski School and Retail from Centralized Maestro Single-Image Database for Accurate Cross Selling, Streamlined Operations, Personalized Guest Service South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa Selects Solution Suite from Agilysys; Hotel Implements Property Management, Document Management and Guest Marketing Systems Hyatt Hotels Revised IPO Filing Warns of Risks Related to Pritzker Family's Infighting Barry Swenson Builder Seeks to Demolish Capitola Village Theater and Build Beachfront Hotel, Capitola, California New on VTV Channel: eBusiness for Hoteliers - Panacea or Pain? - The Role of Visual Content in Travel Shopping Libra OnDemand in Full Social Swing with Presence on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn; Hospitality CRM provider encourages hotels to integrate customers' Tweets and Facebook profiles with CRM profiles to obtain a more complete picture of guests' preferences and better tools to market to those guests Last Days to Register - The 20% Solution - Increased Share and Revenue - Web Cast October 23 OpenWays Introduces the Fastest and Greenest Way to Check In and Open a Hotel Room Door; Mobile room-key application for ALL cell phones NOW AVAILABLE; Solution debuts at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in New York EZYield.com Provides Complete Distribution Solution For Australian Hotel Group, Metro Hospitality Group; The country's oldest 100 percent Australian-owned and operated hotel chain expands its relationship with EZYield.com to streamline online distribution NHH Hotels & Resorts Introduces Café Zest; A brand new restaurant concept redefines hotel dining at two exceptional properties Trust International Gains 13 New Clients, On Track for Increased Revenue in 20th Anniversary Year; Anniversary celebration to continue with Trust at ITB Asia in Singapore LRA Worldwide Consultant Roxanna Lopez Earns LEED Green Associate Accreditation Benchmark Hospitality International Chefs Staging a Culinary Event at The James Beard House, New York; A Five-course "Benchmark Holiday Dinner" Set for Thursday, December 17th, 2009 EMCVenues Providing Complimentary Educational and Professional Development Webinars for Meeting and Event Planners Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa Appoints Brad Gillespie as Executive Chef, Andrea Honan as Director of Catering and David Powell as Food and Beverage Director Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Douglas C. Varsano to Director of Sales & Marketing for the Hilton Parsippany and the Adjacent Hampton Inn Parsippany, New Jersey October 19, 2009 Call for Entries Now Open - TRAVELCLICK's 2009 eMarketer of the Year Award; Annual Competition Spotlights Innovation in Integrated Hotel eMarketing SMS\|Host Users Group Presents the 20th Anniversary HUG Conference The Growing Tensions Between Hoteliers and Online Travel Agencies: The Prisoner's Dilemma, the Stockholm Syndrome, or a Case of Both? / Max Starkov A Breakfast Conversation with Horst Schulze, CEO Capella Hotels and Resorts, at the Hotel Schloss Velden, Austria / Andreas Augustin How to Handle Google Maps Mixups Hotel Common Sense - The Annual Review: Options to Avoid Struggling to Measure Staff Performance / John Hogan Niki Leondakis Recipient of the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society's Hospitality Executive of the Year Award Leland C. Pillsbury Recipient of the 2010 International Society of Hospitality Consultants Pioneer Award Steve Wynn's Political Voice Gets Louder, Views Not Shared by All Meet VIBE: The Versatile Internet Booking Engine InnPoints Worldwide's New Booking Engine Provides Limitless Customization through JSON Interface Aztec Brokers Sale of First Mortgage Note on the Palm House Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida Doubletree Updates Richardson Property With Combination of VISIONLINE and Signature RFID by VingCard®; Hilton Family Property Modernizes Security System at Prime Location With Wireless RF-Online System and Contactless RFID Electronic Locking Solutions from VingCard MGM Mirage Explores IPO in Hong Kong For Expansion in Macau The 417-room Royal Palm Resort Hotel in Miami's South Beach Owes Wachovia and BlackRock $180 million; Current Value of Hotel Approximately $100 million The Hawaii Supreme Court Will Hear Case Whether Kuilima Development Should be Required to Update 24 Year Old Environmental Study for its Planned Expansion of Turtle Bay Resort Gentry Group LLC Plans $27 million Mixed Use Development in Spring Lake, North Carolina Including 180-Room Hotel Musselman Hotels Planning a Marriott Spring Hill Suites Adjacent to Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky Tourism Spending in Virginia's Tri-Cities Up by 37% From Previous Five Years Waterford Group, Owners of the Hilton Hartford, Working with Lenders, City and Union to Get Hotel Through Economic Downturn Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 110 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited Returns to Shanghai with the Opening of The Peninsula Shanghai Andrew Stull Appointed Vice President of Operations for the 90-property Hawthorn Suites® by Wyndham Brand Peter J. Regan Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center in Glen Allen, Virginia Hispanic Hotel Owners Association (HHOA) Elects Juan Carlos Contalba and Jose Luis Lopez as New Board Members October 16, 2009 Preferred Hotel Group™ Selects Sabre Hospitality Solutions as Global Marketing and Distribution Provider; Newly formed Sabre Hospitality Solutions meets industry's needs as evidenced by this comprehensive agreement Conde Nast Readers Name the Top Hotels Around the World: The Top Hotel United States - 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville and the Top Resort Mainland U.S. - Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Hotel Hospitality Training Tips For The Era Of Social Networking / Doug Kennedy Space Still Available at the Technology Innovation Center at the 2009 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show; Comprehensive Kiosk Exhibit Package Priced at $2800 for the Three Day Show The Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific Selects the Westin Melbourne as the Merger & Acquisition Deal of the Year and The Park Hyatt Shanghai Chosen for the Reggie Shiu Development of the Year The 791-room Grand Hyatt Macau Opens on the Cotai Strip in the City of Dreams Development Indianapolis Tax Collections for Debt Payment on Convention Center and Stadium Beat Projections by 12.5% $130 million Fishers Marketplace Hotel/Mixed Use Development in Indianapolis, Indiana Fizzles Meeting Professionals International Establishes a Training Centre on the Campus at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hotel Operator Hospitality Ventures Consistently Increases Market Share While Simultaneously Reducing Operating Costs within its Portfolio of 19 Hotels La Quinta Inns & Suites Strong Growth Continues through the End of 3rd Quarter, 2009 Raymond Bickson, Eric Danziger, Ed Fuller, Hubert Joly, and Chris Nassetta Participating on The Hotel Leaders Forum at Hotel Investment Forum India, January 12-14, 2010, Mumbai Warmbrodt Hotel Investments - WHI Selected to Advise in the Sale of the Ramada Stevens Point Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin Al Hokair Group and Hilton Worldwide Open Hilton Garden Inn Riyadh Olaya in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hamilton Park Hotel & Conference Center Advances Green Initiatives by Introducing Electric Car Charge Stations, a First in New Jersey Hotel Properties Group and IHG Sign Management Agreement for First Holiday Inn Resort in the Republic of Maldives; Re-Branding as Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Sir Michael Kadoorie, Chairman, The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Receives the 2009 HICAP Lifetime Achievement Award Newcrest Hotels and IHG Open Two New Properties; Holiday Inn Express in Paris, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas Restaurant Industry Veteran Joins Uniguest™ to Lead National Foodservice Initiatives Diego Concha Appointed General Manager at the Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa Michael Herrmann Named General Manager for InterContinental San Juan Pinnacle Entertainment Promotes Todd George, Kim Townsend and Jeff Babinski Andrew Helliwell Appointed Executive Chef at the Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center, Glen Cove, NY Sandy Lane, Barbados Names Conny Andersson as Executive Chef and Claire Clark as Executive Pastry Chef October 14, 2009 MSI's WinPM Solution Replaces Wytestone's Legacy Property Management Systems; MSI Empowers Wytestone Properties Hilton Garden Inn Minneapolis Installs Flyte Systems' Solutions to Serve Airline Travelers, Guests print boarding passes at chic lobby kiosk What is Your Hotel's Online Market Share? / Neil Salerno Hilton Worldwide Selected to Operate New Columbus, Ohio 500-room Convention Headquarters Hotel Indianapolis Scrambles to Retain Two Top Conventions; Competing Cities Offering Deep Discounts Detroit Cites Affordability as it Seeks to Fill 5,000 New Hotel Rooms with Conventioneers New York State Awards $4 million in Economic Development Funding for Transformation of DeWitt Clinton Building in Albany into Hotel Despite Developer Owing Over $600K in Back Taxes and Bills The Crosby Street Hotel Opens in New York City's SoHo Neighborhood; 86-room New Build Owned and Designed by Tim and Kit Kemp's Firmdale Hotels Fortuna Realty, LLC Opens 122-room Hotel Indigo in New York City's Chelsea District; George Buchelli the Opening GM Recap: Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Small Hotels Retreat Which Attracted 225 Delegates from 17 countries The 20% Solution - Increased Share and Revenue - Web Cast October 23 OpenWays Introduces the Fastest Way to Check In and Open a Hotel Room Door; Mobile room-key application for ALL cell phones NOW AVAILABLE; Solution debuts at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in New York EasyRMS & Visual Matrix Complete EzRMS Upload Activation for Best Western Richmond Suites ….. Further Best Western Properties Will Follow Amadeus Extends Relationship with VFM Leonardo; Amadeus to source and manage all hotel visual content using VFM Leonardo's VScape® Digital Asset Management System New on VTV Channel: Generational Marketing - Matures and Baby Boomers Harrah's Entertainment Partnering with TriGranit in Metropolis, a $2.2 billion Resort Planned for Slovakia in Central Europe If Ottumwa, Iowa Receives a Casino License the Developer, Ingenus, Proposes to Build a 50,000 sq ft Casino with 100-Room Hotel Developer Kenneth Puller's $130 million Hotel/Mixed Use Project in Indianapolis 18 Months Behind Schedule Grandview Project Proposes an $80 million, 110-room LEED Hotel and 50 Condos for Mt. Washington, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Names Leeann MacWilliams Vice President October 13, 2009 Concord Hospitality Enterprises Forms a $300 million Private Equity Fund to Buy Distressed Hotels and Debt The Hotel Sector Now Leads as the Property Type with the Largest Proportion of Loan Delinquencies According to the Loan Delinquency Index Results from Fitch Ratings Excavation Hole Dug in 2007 for Starwood's Stalled $200 million 1 Hotel in Seattle to be Filled, Made into Temporary Parking Lot Makeover for Florida Keys Hits a Wall; 18 Pricey Projects Screeched to a Halt in 2007 and 2008 Las Vegas Hotel Occupancy in August was Strong at 81.4% - but Average Room Rate Down 21.5% Compared to Previous Year Isleta Casino & Resort Transforming Itself Into Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Albuquerque, New Mexico Sol Kerzner and Vivian Deuschl Recipients of HSMAI Lifetime Achievement Awards; Recipients to Accept Honors at HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala Feb. 1, 2010 Southwest Airlines is Riding the Blogosphere Like a Wild Horse! Request for Proposals: Development and Operation of a New Hotel Attached to the Convention Center and Bemidji Regional Event Center Bemidji, Minnesota IHG Capitalizes on Strong Growth Potential in Latin America; Company Looks to Leverage Its 60+ Years in Region and Further Expand Opportunities with Both New and Existing Hotel Owners Sunstone Hospitality Management Contracts with Holualoa Companies to Manage Radisson Hotel Denver Stapleton Plaza Hotel AG, A Hotel Brokerage Company Closes the Hampton Inn Rochester, MN Through the Eyes of a Hotel Butler: The Empathy in Customized Services / Osvaldo Torres Cruz HFTP Installs 2009-2010 Global Executive Committee George Kalogridis Named President of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California George Jordan Appointed Area General Manager for the Hotel Felix Chicago and Hotel Cass, a Holiday Inn Express Crestline Appoints Marion Elawar Director of Sales for the Hilton Garden Inn and the Homewood Suites in Baltimore's Inner Harbor Chris Forbes Appointed Director of Hotel Operations for Almond Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados Vinh Nguyen Appointed Assistant General Manager of The Eldon Suites Hotel in Washington, DC Jim Herd Named Executive Chef by Oasis Hotel Near Montgomery, Alabama October 12, 2009 Taking Back Hotels by Foreclosure or by Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure: Lenders Beware / Rob Nicholas Builder and Investor Mike Hollander Makes Mark with Hotels in Washington State Hotel Job Market Perspective: Surviving These Tough Times / Frank M. Speranza Disney Resort Taking Shape on Oahu; Expects to Invest $800 million, Employ 1,000 Hilton Worldwide Bullish on Orlando; Opens Three High End Properties with 2,900 rooms Within One Month Guest Satisfaction - September 2009 Chatter Guard Benchmark Report Is Released HP Properties Awards $10 million Construction Contract for a Cambria Suites in Chandler, Arizona Northern California Hotel & Lodging Conference Wrap-Up: 650 Attendees and a Sold-out Trade Show "Signs" of the Time: Digital Signage Entrepreneur Joins Uniguest; Nashville Entrepreneur Jeff Pennington to Oversee Uniguest Digital Signage Division Distinguished® International Hotels Appoints Alison Partridge For Western Canada & Asia Development October 9, 2009 Jonathan Tisch Hoping a $50 million Renovation Will Liven Up the 11-year-old Loews Miami Beach; Using Cash Reserves to Fund the Work City of Columbus, Georgia Files Motion to Force Expedia Inc. to Relist the City's Hotels; Claims Malicious Effort by Expedia is Punishment for the City Enforcing its Tax Laws Hotel Sales Director Firings Impact Meeting Planners, Too / David M. Brudney Salt Lake City Hotel Owners Raise Red Flags as the City Ponders Construction of a Publicly Financed 1,000-room Convention Hotel Fontainebleau Las Vegas Developer Jeffrey Soffer Recuses Himself from Negotiations to Sell the Bankrupt Project; Judge Skeptical Chicago's Planned Olympic Village Receives New Ideas for Development: A Casino/Entertainment Complex, Hotels or a Public High School Focused on Preparing Students to Work in Hospitality Industry Zagat Surveyors Vote Gramercy Tavern the Most Popular New York City Restaurant, Le Bernardin Wins for Top Food SPA Resorts Are Booming in Asia, Yet Are Very Hard to Find on the Map of Europe / Berno-H. Feuring Albuquerque Area Hotels Report a 7-Month YTD Occupancy of 57.8% Compared to 65.4% in Previous Year; Hotel Activity Tied to Convention Center Down 40% Commonwealth Hotels Opens New 143- Room aloft Hotel Phoenix Airport Choice Hotels International Opens 43 New Hotels in September Summerside Properties, LLC and Choice Hotels International Open the Cambria Suites Hotel in Traverse City, Michigan Barcelo Crestline Corporation Names Hernan Vanegas General Manager for the Barcelo Los Cabos Palace Deluxe Resort, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico KSL Resorts Names Peter Faraone as Vice President and General Manager of The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia Benchmark Hospitality International Names Myra Hughes Director of Rooms for Stonewall Resort October 8, 2009 Five-star Abu Dhabi Hotel Increases Middle East Market Share Through Partnership with TIG Global; TIG Global Launches New Website and Online Marketing Plan for Vision Hotel Apartments Deluxe Milestone Expands Product Offering for Social Media and Web 2.0 Strategies for Hotels WWA’s Waterpark Resort Development & Expansion Workshop PLUS the WWA Annual Symposium and Trade Show – all for just $199! Register by Friday 10/16 Chicago Luxury Hotel Market: When Will the Pain End Marriott Reports a 3rd Qtr Net Loss of $466 million, Takes $752 million Charge Related to its Timeshare Business; Revenue Decreases 17% and Worldwide Revpar Down 22% from Previous Year Is It Brand Loyalty or Something Else that Drives Hotel Business Rockbridge Capital LLC Acquires the 212-room The Shores Resort & Spa, Daytona Beach from Lowe Enterprises for $29 million The Annual Two Week "Gem Show" Putting Pressure on Tucson to Upgrade the Convention Center and Build a New Downtown Hotel Developer EM Properties Ltd Optimistic About $102 million Marriott Hotel Project Moving Forward in Peoria, Illinois Editorial: Wilmington, North Carolina Convention Center Must Rise to the Challenge Without a Full-Service Hotel Guests, Staff at Paramount Hotel New York Enjoying 'At Home' Experience via TTI's New Business Center PCs with Virtual Home Office; Midtown hotel sees increase in Business Center use, revenues KoolConnect Delivers Custom HDVOD & Interactive TV For New York's Newest Boutique Hotel Disney's Kidani Village Take the Necessary Steps Towards Successful Back of the House Operations Hilton Signs Management Agreement with Otel LLC to Manage a Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Samara, Russia Early Hotel Bookings Suggest Slow Winter for Central Oregon W Hotels Worldwide Appoints Michaelangelo L'Acqua as Global Music Director, Tasked with Creating Ways to Integrate Music into the W's Branding Efforts The Hotel & Lodging Association of Volusia County (Florida) Honors Their Employees; The Lodging Employee of the Year Awarded to Maryclaire Pendergast The Watermark Beach Resort in Osoyoos, British Columbia Names Ingrid Jarrett General Manager, Paul Scanlon Hotel Manager and Joseph Dubois Director of Sales Viceroy Hotel Group Names Michael Rauter as Executive Chef and Patrick Dang as Chef de Cuisine at New Viceroy Anguilla Resort and Residences October 7, 2009 Luxury Water's Edge Resort and Spa Selects Maestro PMS to Maximize Efficiency, Guest Service & Online Bookings with Single-Vendor, Single Database Solution; Maestro provides integrated total-property solution with Web Booking, S&C, Spa, POS, Condo, Analytics and GDS interface supported by the industry's best Diamond Plus Service for most productive and profitable operations VIZERGY® Webinar - Internet Marketing: Are You Doing the Basics? Free Expert Advice from the Leaders in Search Marketing The Hotel Industry Re-examining Guest Privacy Safeguards in Light of the Case of ESPN Reporter Who Was Videotaped Through the Peephole of Hotel Room Door Roy E. Winegardner, a Pioneer in the Hotel Industry, 1920 - 2009 The 335-room Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley Defaults on $38.5 million Mortgage; Joins Several Other Prominent San Francisco Bay Area Hotels Candle Fire Prompts Evacuation of 600 Guests at Uniondale Marriott, Melville, New York Hotel Common Sense - Recognizing the Many Ways to Reach and Influence Potential Guests West Virginia Parkways Authority Looks at Possible Hotel Development Next to Tamarack Conference Center Hospitality Performance Endorses Avalon Buzz Report for Virtual Guest Feedback Solution; Exciting new alliance allows John Hendrie's leading consulting company, Hospitality Performance, to add the Avalon Buzz Report© to their suite of services for hotel and resort clients Interstate Hotels & Resorts Signs Two Management Contracts in New Orleans with MCC Real Estate and Development, LLC HSMAI's Western Hospitality Conference Provided Leading Tactics for a Profitable Business in a Bad Economy Commissioners Approve 90-day Liquor License for Prive at Planet Hollywood Resort; Final Approval Could Take 18 Months Rocco Forte Collection Makes Key Executive Appointments Including Martin Elsner to Operations Director Domingo Velasco Appointed Director of Marketing for Rosewood Little Dix Bay on Virgin Gorda, B.V.I. Pan Pacific Hotels Group Names Reddy Kalluru as Director, Online Revenue and Distribution October 6, 2009 Hilton Worldwide Closing its Hazleton, PA Reservations Center Eliminating 176 Jobs Australia's Barnbougle Dunes Selects Solution Suite from Agilysys; World-Famous Golf Resort Implements Point-of-Sale, Golf Management Systems CityCenter, On the Las Vegas Strip, Cuts Condo Prices 30% at The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Veer Towers and Vdara Condo Hotel In a 6-1 Ruling, Georgia Supreme Court Sides with City of Columbus in Suit Against Hotels.com The 20% Solution to Increased Market Share and Revenue / Carol Verret Tejon Mountain Village, Located 60 miles north of Los Angeles, Receives Endorsement of County Supervisors; Permit and Approval Process Continues for Resort with 750 Hotel Rooms and Two Golf Courses Hersha Hospitality Management Adds 1,000-plus Rooms to Portfolio, Outlines Aggressive Growth Plans Via Third-Party Management/Joint Ventures Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts Partners with Luxury Link; Special section for Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts now featured on LuxuryLink.com Olive Hospitality Consulting to Offer Sustainable Solutions to the Hospitality Market Destination Hotels & Resorts to Manage Manor Vail Lodge Located at the Largest Ski Resort in North America New on VTV Channel: How to Leverage Content Online For the Second Consecutive Year, Benchmark Hospitality is Named to Inc. 500/5000 Fastest Growing Companies List Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel and Tourism Management Conducts Research to Define the Optimal Level of Co-branding in a Hotel Room Setting NNP Investments Appoints Alliance Hospitality Management to Operate the Fairfield Inn & Suites-Clarksville, Tennessee How to Maximize Value of Your Distressed Hotel / Jim Butler Northside Development & Kinseth Hospitality Break Ground for New Candlewood Suites at Three Rivers Plaza, Downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin Aston Hotels and Resorts Adds Resort Properties in Lake Tahoe, California and Sun Valley, Idaho Key West Inns Appoints Matthew J. Cohen As the Chain Brand Manager Ryan Cimei Appointed General Manager of The Eldon Luxury Suites Hotel in Washington, DC Certified Master Chef Peter Timmins Joins The Gasparilla Inn & Club, Boca Raton, Florida The Inn at Pocono Manor Appoints Gregory T. Corvelle Assistant General Manager October 5, 2009 The Attorney for ESPN Reporter Erin Andrews Criticizes Hotel Where Alleged Peephole Incident Occurred Innisfree Obtains $31 million Loan for Site Acquisition and Construction of a 160-room Beachfront Hotel Orange Beach, Alabama Orient-Express Hotels Sells the 324-room Windsor Court Hotel, New Orleans to The Berger Company, Inc. for $44.25 million Partnership Led by The Berger Company, Investor Dr. Eric George and Crow Holdings Obtain Debt Financing from IBERIABANK for Windsor Court Acquisition; Aimbridge Hospitality to Coordinate Management Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Investigators Allege Evidence of Growing Trend in Casino Money Laundering EDITORIAL: With Unemployment Nationally at 9.8%, Why the Outrage Over 100 Job Losses at Hyatt as Opposed to Nearly 7 million Nationally Kor Hotel Group Changes Name to Viceroy Hotel Group; Viceroy Hotel Group will function as an umbrella company for the sister hotel brands that formerly fell under Kor, Viceroy Hotels & Resorts, The Tides and Urban Retreats Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui Opens in a New Location, Retains the Spirit of the Much Loved Former Hotel Concord Hospitality Forming a $300 million Discretionary Private Equity Fund to Focus on Acquiring Distressed Hotels Analysts See More Challenges on Horizon for Las Vegas Turnaround Bartender Fernand Petiot Created the Bloody Mary 75 Years Ago at the King Cole Bar at the St Regis Hotel In New York City Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 110 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Settle Inn & Suites® Opens New Facility in Gillette, Wyoming Waterford Hotel Group Appoints Michael Heaton Vice President, Operations and Karen Bachofner as Vice President of Sales, Select Service Crestline Appoints Michael D. Solis Director of Sales & Marketing for The Silversmith Hotel & Suites in Chicago Barceló Hotels and Resorts Appoints Ana Diaz-Coreas as Director of Sales - West Coast October 2, 2009 TRAVDEX™ and Hospitality Upgrade Partner on Travel Technology Trade Show Lodgian Update: In Default on $45.6 million Loan Secured by Six Hotels, May Return Hotels to Lender; Also Intends to Return the Crowne Plaza in Worcester, Masschussetts to the Lender Kansas City Suffers Huge Body Blow with Loss of Three Top Conventions, Representing 42,000 Room Nights Copia, the Failed Napa, California Wine and Food Center Backed by Robert Mondavi and Julia Child, Up for Sale Denihan Hospitality Group to Reopen the Surrey Hotel, New York City Following $60 million Renovation Lawyers Defending the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Against $60 million in Construction Claims Drop Out Citing Irreconcilable Differences Intrawest to Recommend that all Resort Skiers Wear Helmets and Sets Some Mandatory Helmet Requirements for Children CARINO Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Announces Realignment; Under direction of its Executive Committee and Advisory Board, Luxury Hotel Group Plans New Initiatives Whiteboard Labs Jumps Into Mobile Site Development for Hotels California Opens Door to More ADA Litigation, But Also Offers Protection to the Well-informed Business / Jim Butler Hotel Andaluz Opens in Albuquerque; Owner Gary Goodman Completes a $30 million 4-year Renovation of the Hotel Built in 1939 by Conrad Hilton Magnolia Hotels Takes Over the Landmark LaSalle Hotel in Downtown Bryan, Texas Bennett Lifter Dies at 83, Once Known as the "Biggest Hotelman" in Miami Sage Hospitality Names Ted Watson Vice President of Marketing & Sales for CoCo Key Water Resort Kris Horacek Named as General Manager for Two North Carolina Hotels: Charlotte Marriott SouthPark and Charlotte Renaissance SouthPark October 1, 2009 Hospitality Upgrade Magazine Surveyed Hospitality Industry's Top Technology Leaders at Annual CIO Summit with Intriguing Results Overcoming The "All They Want To Hear Is The Rate" Mentality / Doug Kennedy City of Galveston Demands Action on the Once Proud but Now Deteriorating Flagship Hotel Hilton Hawaiian Village Sued Over Fatal Drowing in its Rebuilt Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon The Global Recession Could Have a Lasting Effect on Business Travel; Companies Finding New Appreciation for Video Conferencing The Reopening of the St. Regis Princeville Resort Is Good News for Kau'i with Almost 10% Unemployment Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Releases New and Updated Interface Specifications Morgans Hotel Group Signs 10-year Management Contract for 78-key San Juan Water and Beach Club Hotel in Puerto Rico Molinaro Koger Sells The Raleigh Hotel South Beach Warmbrodt Hotel Investments - WHI Selected to Advise in the Sale of the American Inn located in Greater Kansas City The Former Adam's Mark in Indianapolis Completes Conversion to the Wyndham Indianapolis West Renovation Costing US $55 million (38-million Euro) Completely Transforms Cannes' Classic Hotel, The Palais Stephanie VFM Leonardo's VScape® Digital Asset Management System Selected by SynXis to Manage and Distribute Hotel Visual Content for Over 10,000 Hotels; SynXis will integrate VScape within its RedX Distribution Management System for easy digital asset management and distribution Wisconsin Tourism Federation Changes Name to Tourism Federation of Wisconsin to Avoid Acronym Surviving The Meetings Industry: Melbourne Convention and Visitors Bureau Takes Initiatives Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Sets Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference for May 4-6, 2010 in San Juan; Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño Will Provide Keynote Address Nine Benchmark Hospitality Properties Achieve AAA's Four Diamond Status for 2009 The Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau Determines Going Green is No Longer a Choice, But a Requirement Las Vegas Strip Stocks Stage September Surge: Las Vegas Sands, MGM Mirage, Wynn Resorts Rise Missouri Casinos Hit with Fines for Underage Gamblers

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