Hotel Industry News Archive for 2009

Casa Angelina Hotel, member of Distinguished International Hotels, Residences and Resorts opens for New Year's celebrations with the offering of one, two and three-night packages.

If the average conversion rate for a website is around 3 percent, why do some websites achieve a 10 percent conversion rate? What do they do that the others don't? This is the question that Bryan Eisenberg set out to answer in his presentation '20 Secrets of Top-Converting Websites' at the SES Chicago conference this December.

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP(R)) announced that the 2011 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC(R)) will be June 20-23 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.

Lodging Interactive, a leading interactive marketing agency servicing the hospitality industry and the publisher of the free Chatter Guard Monthly Benchmark Monitor Report has released its October 2009 report.

The new 81-room Country Inn & Suites By Carlson(R) Washington at Meadowlands today announced it is open for business at 245 Meadowlands Blvd.

Rock fish, 401K withdrawals, shopping bags and snowflakes: When deciphering America's economic future, tea leaves come in many forms.

The H-2B Workforce Coalition believes that it is important for Congress to address comprehensive immigration reform, including much needed relief for many seasonal industries that use the H-2B program to supplement their year-round domestic work force during peak seasons when too few American workers are available.

Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Wende Blumberg as general manager for Hotel Contessa, the Personal Luxury Hotel(TM) on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas. Greg Champion, chief operating officer, made the announcement.

InterContinental Alpensia Pyeongchang Resort offers instant proximity to a wealth of world-class leisure facilities, including an Olympic-class ski park, a 27-hole golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and the Ocean 700 water-park.

Happy, friendly, fun, cheerful...all words you want associated with your business, yes? Sometimes you've chosen well with staff who smile and share their enjoyment of life. And occasionally a gloomy character slips through: it's been months since they saw the lighter side of anything, but their speed or efficiency saves the day.