Glenn Hotel in Atlanta Appoints New Chief Experience Officer

Sage Hospitality Resources and Legacy Property Group announced the appointment of Nanci Sherman as Chief Experience Officer of Glenn Hotel in Atlanta. Drawing upon nearly three decades of luxury hospitality experience, Sherman will oversee all aspects of the 110-room Glenn, an architectural treasure in the walkable Luckie Marietta District whose Southern charm and attentive staff make travelers feel as if they’re staying with an old friend. ...more

Crestline Hotels & Resorts Announces the Appointment of Keith F. Hansen As Corporate Vice President of Hotel Accounting & Finance

He brings 30 years of financial experience in the hospitality industry to his new role. ...more

Doubletree by Hilton Expands Latin America Portfolio in Mexico

First Hilton Worldwide Hotel in Yucatán Capital of Merida Due to Open in 2011 ...more

Kenoa Exclusive Beach SPA & Resort, New ARTEH® Hotel in Brazil

The Kenoa Exclusive Beach SPA & Resort, an Eco-Chic Design Resort in Barra de São Miguel, Alagoas, Brazil is now an ARTEH® Hotel. ...more

Holiday Inn Dayton North Hotel Rebranded As Ramada Plaza Dayton

The Holiday Inn Dayton North has recently rebranded as Ramada Plaza Dayton hotel. ...more

Sustainability Entrepreneur Hans Pfister to Speak at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration

Hans Pfister is putting his own shade of green on the hotel and resort landscape across Central America. Pfister will talk about his professional journey next Tuesday, March 9, as the featured speaker in the Conversations with Entrepreneurs series presented by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell University. He will present from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. in 198 Statler Hall and will dine with selected students after the event. The following day Pfister will meet with students, staff, and faculty. ...more

EcoGreenHotel Case Studies in North Texas and Northwest Arkansas

EcoGreenHotel’s Director of Sustainability, Jeff Kiec recently completed a series of green hotel case study presentations in Texas and Arkansas. Along with the local Convention and Visitor Bureaus of Bentonville, Arkansas and Plano, Texas and the SBDC for Enterprise Excellence, EcoGreenHotel spread the word about hospitality sustainability initiatives. ...more

Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual 2009 Results

Net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 was $2.0 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.05, compared to net income of $1.7 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.04, for the quarter ended December 31, 2008. ...more

How Small Business Is Using Social Media

The University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business looked at the relationship between social media and small businesses and found that the technology adoption rates in the U.S. have doubled in the past year from 12% to 24%. ...more

Why Conversions Are More Important Than Clicks

Conversion rate optimization is the key to achieving significant ROI in online advertising campaigns ...more

Expedia Signs Global Partnership Agreement With Top International Hotels

German hotel brand partners with global online travel leader to support growth ...more

Tourism And Mega-Events Joining Forces To Stimulate Growth - Inaugural Summit Held In South Africa

South Africa as host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup set the ideal stage for UNWTO/South Africa inaugural Summit on Tourism, Sport and Mega Events (Johannesburg, 24-26 February). The summit, attended by some 450 delegates, from 35 countries, provided a first-of-its-kind platform for best practice and knowledge sharing towards mega-events excellence. ...more

NTA Says Farr's TRIP Act Will Boost Domestic Tourism

Representative Sam Farr (D-California), co-chair of the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, has introduced H. R. 4676, the Travel Regional Investment Partnership (TRIP) Act, which will provide US$50 million in matching grants to destination marketing organizations and their strategic partners. ...more

HomeAway Acquires BedandBreakfast.com

HomeAway Family of Websites Now Provide Travelers with the Most Comprehensive Alternative to Hotels ...more

K Hotels Partners With European Hotel Giant JJW Hotels & Resorts

Partnership Kicks Off Joint Venture Between Premier Hospitality Groups ...more

HR in Hospitality(TM) Attendees Focus on Classic Strategies, Web 2.0 to Build Brighter Future

More Than 400 Human Resource Professionals and Industry Experts in Hotel, Restaurant, Foodservice and Casino Industries Participated; 2011 Event Is Scheduled for April 4-6 in Washington, D.C. ...more

Travel Video And Mapping Technology Merge To Create An Exceptional Online Shopping Experience

TripTelevision and PlanetEye, Inc. announced a partnership to combine TripTelevision’s High Definition (HD) quality, professional videos, technology, and marketing services with PlanetEye’s mapping, technology and geo-tagged content for the travel industry. ...more

Lavish Hotels out of Vogue: Marriott

Luxury hotels with $1,000-a-night room rates and extravagant Caribbean resorts may face a tougher recovery than the rest of the industry, Marriott International Inc (MAR.N) executives said on Wednesday. ...more