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2008-09-15 News Highlights

Features

The Power of Momentum: Companies That Build Their Wave and Ride It
How can a company deliver continuous, exceptional growth, year after year? J. C. Larreche, a professor of marketing at INSEAD, answers that question in his book, The Momentum Effect: How to Ignite Exceptional Growth. According to the author's research, momentum-powered firms delivered 80% more shareholder value than their slower rivals. ...more

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Trends

LE Reports Caribbean, Mexico & Central America Lodging Construction Pipeline Totals at 329 Projects/65,115 Rooms at Mid-Year
Mexico leads the region with 46% of all projects in the Pipeline. ...more

Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending September 6, 2008
Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada. ...more

Are PDA's Replacing Pillow Talk?
87% Of Workplace Professionals Take Their PDA to Bed, According to Work-Life Study ...more

Cornell Hotel Network Study Highlights Weaknesses in Internet Security
When business travelers log on to their hotel's internet network to send data back to their home office, they risk the possibility of data theft. ...more

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Technology

TeleAdapt Unveils AudioHub Product Line - simple products to free hotel guests from headphones while in the room
TeleAdapt continues its quest to keep hotel guests around the world connected as they announce today their new AudioHub product line, featuring the Audio Pull-Through(TM), Audio/Video Pull-Through(TM) and the AudioSpool(TM). ...more

Hotels' Shift to Flat TVs Stretches Budget and More
Avid followers of politics who watched the recent Democratic convention in a hotel room might have noticed that Senator Barack Obama had put on a few pounds. His face was rounder than it had looked over the last few months. ...more

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Appointments

Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Justin J. Presnol General Manager for the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Detroit
Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. today announced the appointment of Justin J. Presnol as General Manager for the 198 guestroom Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Detroit's historic Harmonie Park. ...more

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Development

The Taj Group Unveils New Brand - The Gateway Hotel
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, India's largest hospitality group launched a new brand 'The Gateway Hotel'. The Gateway Hotel is a pan India network of upscale hotels and resorts that offer travel nomads a crisp, contemporary and warm experience. ...more

Hilton Hotels Corporation Signs First Hilton Garden Inn Management Agreement In Central America
Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport in Costa Rica to Open this Year ...more

InterContinental Expands in Central China by Signing Two New Hotels in Wuhan New City
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) announced it has signed deals to manage two new hotels in Central China's gateway city of Wuhan, taking a huge step in its strategic expansion into the Central and Western China market. With a total of 1,300 rooms, the two hotels are expected to open in 2012. ...more

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Internet

Complement the Brand's Efforts and Capture Local Internet Revenue Opportunities - By Max Starkov and Mariana Mechoso
Local Internet Marketing Strategies for Franchised Hotels ...more

Distinguished International Hotels, Residences and Resorts Chooses Cendyn For Their Interactive Marketing Services
Distinguished International(R) Hotels, Residences and Resorts has selected Cendyn, a full-service interactive marketing agency and solutions provider specializing in the hospitality and travel industry, to host and manage their corporate website, implement a multiple property booking engine, and increase online visibility for Distinguished International(R) and its properties. ...more

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Openings

Hilton Makes Russian Debut
Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) has announced the launch of its first property in Russia, with the debut of the Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya - the first of three different Hilton family hotel brands expected to open in the country this year. ...more

John Q. Hammons' Embassy Suites Murfreesboro - Hotel & Conference Center Opens Ahead of Schedule
The new Embassy Suites(R) Murfreesboro - Hotel & Conference Center in Tennessee at 1200 Conference Center Boulevard is open to the public. One of the largest facilities of its kind in the area, the 10-story, 283-suite hotel and conference center offers 80,000 gross square feet of flexible meeting and event space. ...more

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Other

Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten To Operate Restaurant At Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver
Jean-Georges to open first restaurant in Canada at Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver ...more

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