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2008-04-03 News Highlights

Features

Comparable Worth - What Would You Pay For The Experience - By J. Ragsdale Hendrie
We all know E-Bay. Many of us have attended those Charity galas with silent and loud auctions. We in Hospitality are always asked to contribute to educational, fraternal, civic and special interest events - a room night here, a fine dinner there, a basket of goodies, a trip on the Morning Dew vessel, a condo exchange, a day of skiing - you name it. We try to establish a value for these goods and services, helpful to the organization and our deductible Charity budget. ...more

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Trends

Strong Dollar Diminishes Canadian Hotel Industry Profits
Canada's hoteliers can expect profits to drop by almost 26 per cent to $822 million in 2008, due to the continued decline in spending by American tourists, according to the Conference Board's Canadian Industrial Outlook: Canada's Accommodation Industry - Winter 2008. ...more

UK Tops The European Hotel Price League
The UK posted a year-on-year price rise of 12% in 2007 to an average price paid of £106 per night, making it the most expensive country in Europe for hotels, and the only country in Europe to top £100 for a one night hotel stay, according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index report. ...more

Weekly U.S. Lodging Performance for the week of Mar 23, 2008 - Mar 29, 2008
Weekly summary of Occupancy, ADR and REVPar for the United States. ...more

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Technology

Newmarket International and Cvent Partner to Enable Powerful Connection Between Meeting Planners and Hospitality Venues
Newmarket's MeetingBrokerSM and Cvent's Supplier Network integrate to enable intelligent and efficient electronic request for proposal (eRFP) process ...more

Wii on vacation? Totally geeked-out, hi-tech hotels
From Guitar Hero events to HD TVs, guests stay connected and entertained ...more

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Sales and Marketing

euromic welcomes new members in Tunisia and the Baltic States
euromic - THE Destination Management Partnership in Europe and the Mediterranean officially welcomed two new members last week: Barclay's Group Travel in Tunisia and Baltic Travel Group (BTG) based in Latvia. ...more

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Appointments

Geoff Gray '08 is first student general manager of the Statler Hotel at Cornell University
Geoff Gray, a senior at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, is completing his term as the first-ever student general manager of the university's Statler Hotel. One of 40 students in the school's Statler Leadership Development Program, Gray was named to the position last fall. ...more

Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Appoints Ivan Lee As General Manager Of Pan Pacific Singapore and Vice President, Area Operations
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts announces the appointment of Ivan Lee as the General Manager of Pan Pacific Singapore, and Vice President, Area Operations with effect from 1 April 2008. ...more

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Development

Holiday Inn Express to launch in Taiwan
Taichung city's first internationally branded hotel to open in August 2008 ...more

Hilton Hotels Corporation to Manage Hilton Pattaya
Opening in 2010, in the eastern coastal resort destination of Pattaya, the Hilton Pattaya will be the seventh Hilton Family hotel in Thailand ...more

Kimpton Closes $246 Million Third Hotel Acquisition Fund
Proprietary, Discretionary Fund Will Add $800+ Million Worth of Hotels in Three Years ...more

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Internet

Travel websites must embrace Web 2.0 if they are to improve online usability
According to a study by WebCredible,improvements in website usability are needed across the travel and airline industries, which must harness Web 2.0 technology. ...more

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Other

AH&LA Seminar Helps Hoteliers Ensure Safe Guest Experience
Educational Sessions for Hoteliers to Maximize Guest and Employee Safety Offered May 8 ...more

Cuba Repeals Ban on Its Citizens Staying in Hotels on Island
The government of President Raúl Castro has lifted a ban on Cubans staying in hotels on the island, tourism industry employees said Monday, in an apparent end to a policy that exiled bloggers and other critics had dubbed 'tourism apartheid'. ...more

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