Hotel Industry News - Popular Articles Last 12 months

Here at HeBS Digital we have been asked on numerous occasions about the viability of WordPress as a hotel website Content Management System (CMS). We have been involved in website development and CMS systems for over 15 years now, and our categorical answer is that the WordPress technology is ill-fitted to power hotel websites’ content management systems and is only adequate as a blogging technology.

With the approaching summer season, New York City's Hotel industry is heating up and Domain Properties, a prominent NYC company working with Hotels buyers and sellers, is ready for this dynamic upcoming season. The company's recent move to expansive office space at 43 West 33rd Street suite 200 (between 5th And Broadway Avenue) is a definite indication of the expected upswing in an already dynamic NYC hotel market.

The report features 2012 current and 2013 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) for the 47 largest world countries, such as Japan, China, India, Russia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, UK, France, Germany, Italy and U.S..

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and Manchester Texas Financial Group LLC (MTFG) announce the signing of an agreement for Fairmont to manage a new city center hotel slated to open in 2015. The Fairmont Austin will be located directly east of the Austin Convention Center, at the northeast corner of Cesar Chavez and Red River Streets.

ReviewPro today announced the launch of the Global Review Index™ Top Hotel Rankings, its industry-focused ranking of hotels by online guest satisfaction. It is released today with rankings for 10 major US cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company L.L.C. has opened its first luxury resort in Japan on the tropical island of Okinawa.

HeBS Digital received two awards from the Web Marketing Association’s 2012 MobileWebAwards: Best of Show Mobile Website and Best Hotel and Lodging Mobile Website, for the Loews Hotel’s Mobile Website, www.loewshotels.com/m.

The Polish hotel market was one of the best performing in Europe in 2011 with hotels in Warsaw posting an 8.3% appreciation in room yield when compared to 2010, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ latest Hotel Intelligence report.

Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Asia.

Greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2010, as a result of both economic recovery in many countries after the 2009 recession and a colder winter. Nonetheless, emissions growth was somewhat contained by continued strong growth in renewable energy sources. These figures from the greenhouse gas inventory published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) today confirm earlier EEA estimates.

European Chain Hotels Market Review - April 2012

Supertel Hospitality, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPPR), a real estate investment trust (REIT) which currently owns 98 hotels in 23 states, today announced that it has completed the purchase of a 100-room Hilton Garden Inn in Solomons Island, Maryland for $11.5 million, excluding closing costs and fees.