Food & Beverage - 7 Pricing Tricks: how many can you use? - By Ken Burgin
With customers searching for value and the best deal, pricing strategies need to be smarter than ever. ...more

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Hawaii Timeshare Occupancy, Employment Stays Strong During Tourism Downturn
The American Resort Development Association's Hawaii Chapter (ARDA) released occupancy figures provided by timeshare operators for second quarter 2008, showing that timeshare exceeded hotel occupancy by nearly 20 percentage points statewide. ...more

Spain hotel stays rise 0.9 pct yr/yr in July
The number of overnight stays in Spanish hotels rose year-on-year in July after a drop the previous month, official data showed on Friday. ...more

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Brad Wilson Named COO at Denihan Hospitality Group
Brad Wilson has been named chief operating officer of the New York-based Denihan Hospitality Group (DHG), which operates Affinia Hotels, The Benjamin and The James hotel brands. ...more

Host Hotels & Resorts and GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd Announce Hiring of Peter Meyer as Managing Director of its Asian Joint Venture
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:HST) and RECO Hotels JV Private Limited (an affiliate of GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd) today announced that Peter Meyer has been appointed the Managing Director of the Companies' Asian joint venture, effective August 18, 2008. Mr. Meyer will be based in Singapore. ...more

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IHG to add close to 1,000 InterContinental and Holiday Inn hotel rooms and suites in South Korea
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has signed an agreement with Gwangwondo Development Corporation (GDC) to manage two Resorts and Suites under the InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Inn Suites brands. This adds another close to 1,000 rooms to IHG's pipeline in Korea and doubles the number of IHG hotels in this market. ...more

Raffles Hotels & Resorts Coming To Los Cabos, Mexico
Raffles Cabo San Cristobal scheduled to open in 2011 ...more

Champion Golfer Tiger Woods Unveils New Master Plan for The Tiger Woods Dubai Project
Tiger Woods, the world's number one golfer, today officially unveiled the new master plan for The Tiger Woods Dubai, the exclusive residential golf community development and a member of Tatweer. ...more

Langham Place Resort & Spa Planned for Phuket, Thailand
Luxury hotel operator reinforces presence in Thailand after introduction of Langham Place Eco Resort & Spa, Rawi Warin, Koh Lanta, Krabi in January ...more

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Best Western Statement Regarding Sunday Herald Data Theft Story
This statement is intended to provide further detail on the largely erroneous story originated by The Sunday Herald newspaper in Scotland, concerning the breach of Best Western's Central Reservations System. ...more

Marriott Rewards Members Share 'Insider' Travel Tips in New Digital Lobby
Online Social Network Allows More Than 3.5 Million Elite Members to Advise Each Other on Getting the Most Out of Travel and Hotel Stays ...more

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Carlson Hotel Adds 17 Locations to its Global Portfolio in June and July
The new hotels include seven new Radisson properties opened across the globe in Panama, China, India and Mali, and also include three Radisson SAS hotels in Switzerland, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. ...more

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Lodging Industry Leader Horst Schulze to Receive ALIS Lifetime Achievement Award
Horst Schulze, former president/COO and charter member of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), January 26-28, 2009. ...more

A surprise fee for my hotel room
Ilene Coffey's room at an Orlando hotel comes with an unexpected surprise: a $50 fee for a 'short stay.' ...more

Extended-stay lodgings: Check them out, even for a night
Extended-stay is the way a growing number of value-minded vacationers are keeping travel costs contained. ...more

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