Delano's Oliver Optimistic About Volume This Spring

John 'JP' Oliver, general manager of the Delano hotel in Miami's South Beach, talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton about trends in the boutique hotel industry. Delano is part of the Morgans Hotel Group. (Source: Bloomberg) ...more

How Green Certification Programs Address Smoking/Nonsmoking - By Glenn Hasek

In the last several years, the number of green lodging certification programs available to U.S. hotels has exploded with programs emerging at the national, state and city level. For the most part, these programs address indoor air quality by encouraging lodging establishments to avoid the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are often found in paints, glues, cleaning chemicals, furniture and other items. ...more

Green Key Global to Conduct Panel Session on Sustainable Lodging Practices at Hoosier Hospitality Conference

Green Key Global, the official green lodging certification program of the Indiana Hotel & Lodging Association, will conduct a panel discussion at the annual Hoosier Hospitality Conference next week. ...more

Keys to Success - Hospitality Conversations - How To Select The Right Design Firm To Refresh Or Renovate Your Hotel - By John Hogan

Property Improvement Plans or PIPS, are a reality to today’s hotel owners and management groups. If a property is part of a franchised system, dealing with PIPS can be an expensive proposition both at the time of sale as well as in continuing operations. The purpose of PIPs is to keep properties in compliance with all existing and new brand standards, as franchisors strive to maintain brand standards to protect their brands as well as the investments of all the other franchisees.
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City Tourism in Europe Recovers Faster Than Expected

European Cities Marketing (ECM) represents more than 100 major cities in 33 countries. An analysis of a representative sample of European cities conducted by the association shows that the European city tourism market has experienced a surprisingly fast recovery in visitor flows beginning in the second half of 2009. ...more

White Paper - Six Mistakes Companies Are Making Today And How You Can Avoid Them

When the economy slows, many businesses react by retrenching and cutting costs in order to weather the downturn.
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Red Lion Hotels Appoints Richard Carlson Head of Lodging Development

The newly created position is central to the company's plan for franchise growth in 2010 and beyond. Carlson will lead Red Lion's lodging development and franchise business in addition to overseeing existing franchisee relations. ...more

Nevistas Offers Hotel Sale Leaseback Financing Program for Flagged Hotels

A financing alternative that frees up capital allowing the owner to invest back into the same or different business. ...more

Westgor Sells Franchised Hotel in Central Wisconsin

Westgor & Associates, Inc., charter member of Hotel Brokers International, announces the sale of the 60 unit Americas Best Value Inn located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to Shree Laxmi Naryam. Jeff Westgor, CHB, President of Westgor & Associates Inc., represented the seller – US Assets. Financing was an SBA 7A loan. ...more

Marriott International Plans Two More Hotels for Tianjin, China

Third Renaissance and first Marriott Executive Apartments properties are scheduled to open in Tianjin later this year ...more

Wyndham Vacation Ownership Executes First Fee-for-Service Timeshare Sales Model at Myrtle Beach, SC Property

Wyndham Vacation Ownership, a member of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE:WYN), today announced it has entered into an exclusive sales and marketing agreement with Towers on the Grove, LLC. ...more

Best Western Hotel Launches Online Booking Widget to Reach Customers Via Desktops, Facebook and the Web with WorkLight

Hotel to Use New Applications to Drive Revenues and Customer Loyalty ...more

University Place Conference Center & Hotel in Indianapolis Partners with Worldwide Revenue Solutions

WRS to Provide Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Services ...more

Marriott Hotels UK Celebrates Hotel Refurbishment with Unique Twitter Campaign

Marriott Hotels is celebrating the completion of a major refurbishment project across its UK city hotels and country clubs with an innovative review campaign communicated via Twitter. ...more

Imanta Punta De Mita Opens March 12, 2010

Imanta Punta de Mita, set to be one of Mexico’s premier sustainable resorts, is proud to announce its opening on March 12, with an introductory package offering guests to stay four nights, and pay for three. ...more

J.W. Marriott JR. Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at International Hotel Investment Forum

J.W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Marriott International, today received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th annual International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin, Germany. The IHIF Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to a business leader who, over his or her lifetime, has made a significant difference in the hospitality industry ...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

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Announces Headquarters Relocation

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) announced the relocation of its new headquarters to the following address: ...more

W Hotels Worldwide Appoints Renowned Stylist and Fashion Expert Amanda Ross As First Ever Global Fashion Director

From Paris Fashion Week, W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry innovator, tonight celebrates an industry first, the appointment of international stylist and fashion authority Amanda Ross as the brand’s first ever Global Fashion Director. ...more

UNWTO Secretary General Calls Upon The Tourism Sector To Speak With One Voice

Working together to ensure that global policies are supportive of the sustainable growth of tourism and position travel and tourism as one industry speaking with one voice were some of the challenges highlighted by UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, speaking on the occasion of the opening of this year’s ITB Travel Trade Show (Berlin, Germany, 10-14 March 2010).4 ...more

Total Revenue Management - HSMAI's Revenue Management Advisory Board

Revenue management of hotel inventory has long been the practice for hoteliers worldwide, both large and small, chain and independent. Hotel operators understand and accept the need to forecast customer demand at some level of detail and recommend product availability conditions that will deliver the maximum revenue based on that demand. However, for the most part, traditional hotel revenue management is focused purely on maximizing sleeping room revenue with no regard for any other revenue associated with the hotel guest.
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HSMAI Offers Guaranteed Leads During Affordable Meetings® Mid-America

Exhibitors to Receive New and Improved Tools to Deliver Results ...more

MICROS Partners with Preferred Hotel Group(TM)

MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Preferred Hotel Group™ has selected MICROS as its exclusive recommended Property Management System (PMS) technology partner for its more than 750 distinctive properties in over 65 countries. ...more