Worldwide over 1,515 luxury hotels and 2,150 first class hotels with, in total, more than 1 million guest rooms are under construction. - More

Do the Radisson Franchisees Agree with Carlson's billion-dollar Makeover Program? At Last: A Win-Win Victory for Tourism; Congratulations to the Harris Rosen Foundation - More

The Hotel Industry Pulse Index (HIP) posted a slight recovery in February, according to economic research firm e-forecasting.com in conjunction with STR. After edging down 0.5 percent in January, HIP improved 1.3 percent in February. - More

Living near an airport can be very noisy – with negative effects on health and the environment. The new standard ISO 20906:2009, Acoustics – Unattended monitoring of aircraft sound in the vicinity of airports, will help regulators, professionals and researchers in their effort to reduce noise in the vicinity of airports. - More

Organizations To Cooperate In Support Of Initiatives Promoting Sustainability Of Caribbean Tourism - More

Results from a new survey of unmanaged business travelers in Best Western’s loyalty program, Best Western Rewards®, provide further indication that the effects of the recession are easing and that more people plan to hit the road for business again in 2010. - More

General and Administrative Costs Decreased $3.3 Million in Fiscal Year 2009 Compared to Fiscal Year 2008; Company-wide EBITDA Increased $1.0 Million in Fourth Quarter 2009 Compared to Fourth Quarter 2008 - More

Net sales increased 11.0% to $38,996,000 from $35,141,000. The extra week in the 2009 quarter included the New Year’s holiday period and contributed $3,337,000 of net sales, which increased net sales for the quarter by 9.5%. - More

Air India, India’s national flag carrier, has teamed with Sabre Airline Solutions to achieve operational efficiencies in key airline functions in a bid to be more cost efficient. - More

Even as the recession has taken its toll on retail sales, retailers have continued to invest in retail technology. The retail technology hardware market, consisting of integrated point of sale (POS) systems, payment terminals, POS barcode scanners, POS printers, and electronic article surveillance systems, managed to continue growing during 2009... - More