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2008 HFTP Annual Convention & Tradeshow Celebrates Another Year
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals' (HFTP(R)) 2008 Annual Convention & Tradeshow recently held its 56th Annual Convention & Tradeshow at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. Over 700 attendees gathered to celebrate the association's successful year with a convention full of targeted education sessions, numerous networking opportunities, access to leading suppliers at the tradeshow and awards to various individuals and chapters.
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Costs, Regulation and a Touch of Corporate Responsibility Put More Green into IT
The legions of fans who thronged to drop $200 on an iPhone 3G in July probably did not think much about the gadget's fate when obsolescence eventually renders it scrap. But Apple definitely has been. Under pressure from tightening global anti-pollution standards, threat of environmental lawsuits and more awareness of corporate responsibility, Apple and other technology firms are racing to place a 'green' stamp of environmental approval on their operations and products.
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Internet |
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Study Reveals Tech-savvy Travelers' Internet Habits
The media habits of tech-savvy travelers - those who, by self-report, are active users of the latest computer, gaming and entertainment technology - differ considerably from those who are less wired according to the 'NEXTgen Traveler' survey of 2,559 adults conducted in March 2008.
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Google Rallies Embattled Travel Marketers
With the travel industry already feeling the pain of the economic downturn, Google on Wednesday convened more than a hundred travel marketing executives at TravelThink 2008 to offer strategies for boosting business, as well as to get feedback.
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Doubletree Opens 9th Tennessee Hotel in 'The Scenic City' of Chattanooga with Completion of $26 Million Transformation
Prior to opening as a Doubletree, this hotel completed a $26 million renovation project, which has transformed this former focused-service hotel into an upscale, full-service hotel experience with stylish guest rooms, modern meeting and event space, delicious dining offerings and more.
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Scotland's First Doubletree By Hilton Hotel Arrives In Aberdeen
The Doubletree by Hilton Aberdeen City Centre is the largest, upscale, full-service hotel in the 'Granite City' - with 168 guestrooms and suites as well as more than 3,300 square feet of flexible conference and event facilities.
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Candlewood Suites Announces Opening Of 200th Hotel
Rocky Mount, N.C., property marks milestone, More than 200 additional hotels in brand's pipeline
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Murphy's Laws Can Be Infallible In The Hotel Industry - By Osvaldo Torres Cruz & Mariana Stachuk
Mr. Smith was a businessman who arrived at the hotel for the first time. The next morning, he called the butler to complain about the air conditioner that had failed to work all through the night.
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Travel industry shaken by economic downturn
Airlines reported sharp declines in passenger traffic for September. Hotel occupancy rates are down, and corporate travel managers are demanding new concessions on previously negotiated deals. Cancellations are starting to rise even at four- and five-star hotels, which previously seemed immune to the economy's travails.
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Cornell Hospitality Quarterly Article Wins Emerald Award
An article published in the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly (CQ) has been named as one of the 50 best articles published in the world's top management journals in 2007. The article, 'Guest Satisfaction and Restaurant Performance,' by Sachin Gupta, Edward McLaughlin, and Miguel Gomez, has won the Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence.
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Hotel REITs Seek to Conserve Capital to Ride Out Downturn
Tight Credit Creates Need to Cut Dividends, Halt Investment Plans
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AIG Executive Retreat Irks Lawmakers
A few days after the federal government unveiled an $85 billion bailout package for the insurance company AIG, executives from one of the firm's subsidiaries went on a week-long retreat to the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, Calif. The tab: $443,000.
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