Creating A Marketable & Profitable Spa By Being On-Trend Rather Than Trendy - By Judith L. Singer
As someone who has made a career out of researching, planning, marketing and providing management advisory services for the spa industry, I have seen the 'good, bad and the ugly' in terms of facilities, treatment menus, service standards, staffing schedule, compensation programs, marketing messages, financial statements, etc. ...more

How The Print Media Could Maximize Hospitality Advertising - By J. Ragsdale Hendrie
We have glamorous travel and entertainment magazines, superb trade publications, and niche editions which serve the Hospitality Industry. ...more

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The 2008 LIIC Top Ten: An Annual Survey Of Lodging Investment Trends And Challenges
Annually, the members of the hotel's industry's preeminent think tank, 'LIIC - The Lodging Industry Investment Council', are surveyed to develop a list of the major hotel investment opportunities and challenges for the coming year. This exhaustive survey results in the LIIC Top Ten, a highly regarded profile of investment sentiment and attitudes for the lodging industry for the forthcoming 12 months. ...more

Weekly U.S. Lodging Performance for the week of Apr 27, 2008 - May 03, 2008
Weekly summary of Occupancy, ADR and REVPar for the United States. ...more

Cornell Quarterly Article Aims to Boost Loyalty of Casino Slot Club Members
Most casinos offer slot clubs with the idea of boosting customer loyalty, but too many customers are just in it for the deal. Ways to increase casino patrons' loyalty are examined in the featured article in the May 2008 issue of the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. ...more

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Free Wi-Fi, but Not for All
The battle between free and paid wireless Internet access is starting to look like a draw. Or more accurately, a third variation is winning - a combination of the two. ...more

Holistic Approach to Revenue Management Equates to Real Dollars & Sense for SynXis Customers
Revenue management has built and broken businesses in the travel industry and now Trevor Stuart-Hill, one of the people responsible for making sure hoteliers are on the building of business end of the equation has co-authored a textbook on the subject, 'An Introduction to Revenue Management: Principles and Practices for the Real World.' ...more

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Appoints Thomas E. Clarke, Ph.D to Board of Directors
Longtime Nike Executive also Appointed to Company's Audit and Capital Committees ...more

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Red Lion Hotels to Acquire 478-Room Hotel in Denver, Colorado for $25.3 million
Red Lion Hotels Corporation (NYSE:RLH) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the fee simple interest in the 478-room Radisson Hotel Denver Southeast for $25.3 million. ...more

Rezidor Announces a New Radisson SAS Resort in Turkey
The Rezidor Hotel Group (STO:REZT) announces the Radisson SAS Resort Cesme in Turkey - the 305 room-property will open in Q3 2008. It is Rezidor's 4th hotel in the country, the company is already running two hotels in Istanbul and one in Ankara. ...more

Hilton Makes History with Topping Off of First Purpose-Built Timeshare Project in Manhattan
West 57th Street by Hilton Club Marks Key Construction Milestone ...more

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The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited Occupancies Mixed in the First Quarter of 2008
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH), which owns and operates The Peninsula Hotels as well as prestigious commercial and residential properties around the world, reported mixed occupancies for the first quarter of 2008, with its US hotels being affected by the economic slowdown but its Asian hotels and its non-hotel properties recording steady growth. ...more

Strategic Hotels & Resorts Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
Reaffirms Full Year EBITDA and FFO Guidance ...more

Orient-Express Hotels Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
First Quarter Total Revenues of US$119.9 Million, Up 23% Over Prior Year ...more

Red Lion Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
RevPAR for owned and leased hotels up 3.9% in Quarter, Maintaining Guidance ...more

Riviera Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
For the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Company's net revenue was $48.0 million, a decrease of $4.0 million, or 8 percent from the first quarter of 2007. Decreases in gaming, rooms and food and beverage revenues were partially offset by increases in entertainment and other revenues. ...more

FelCor Reports First Quarter Operating Results
FFO Meets High End of Guidance ...more

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Hilton Bella Harbor to Open May 17th in Dallas
Located 22 miles east of downtown Dallas, the hotel was designed for and around water. Seventy five percent of the luxury property's rooms have a lake view and floor-to-ceiling windows throughout the hotel frame the lakeside pool and incomparable lake views. ...more

W Hotels Debuts in Europe with the Opening of W Istanbul
Owned by Akaretler Otel Isletmeciligi ve Turizm A.S., W Istanbul will Serve as the Centerpiece of the Ottoman Row Houses Amidst Couture Shopping and Elite Residences ...more

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You Want A Story With That Chocolate?
French-milled soap, herbal shampoo and lotion, a loofah, perhaps. ...more

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