1. General Manager of the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel Arrested;  Refused to Provide Police with List of All Hotel Guest Names and Addresses
2. All The Hotel Guest Wanted Was a Burger and a Beer -- or Six -- at the Clarion Hotel in Irving, Texas; What Happened Next Surprised Him
3. Benchmark's Top Ten Hospitality Trends For 2006
4. The USA's Largest Hotel Union Targeting Hilton Hotels in New York City for a Major Labor Battle 
5. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What March 2006
6. Hotel Spas as Independent Profit Centers / Andrea Foster and Adam Wohlberg
7. The 755 room María Isabel-Sheraton Ordered Closed; Hotel Is At Center of Diplomatic Spat Between the United States and Mexico Over Trade with Cuba
8. Ask the Hotel Lawyer™ - The Evolution of Rental Revenue Splits and Expense Allocations
9. The Fontainebleau Closes for Two Year Renovation; Unite Here's South Florida Union Loses Hundreds of Its Members
10. Hotels Charging Fees and Surcharges for Just About Anything;  PwC Forecasting 7% Increase for U.S. Lodging Industry in 2006
11. Bob Alter Built Sunstone, Now Thinks Luxury / Sandi Cain
12. Five Tips for Driving Sales through Search Engine Optimized Public Relations Writing / Polly Wade
13. Cendant’s Hospitality Spin-Off to be Named Wyndham Worldwide; Cendant Name Will be Retired
14. RockResorts Management Agreement Ended at Cheeca Lodge & Spa
15. .travel - a New Top-Level Domain Has Some Heavy Hitters on Board; Disney, Expedia, British Airways, Marriott, Carnival Cruise Lines
16. The Embassy Suites Hotel in Downtown Denver To Be Converted to a Ritz-Carlton at a Cost of $75 million
17. Choosing the Right Hotel, Hospitality or Tourism School – 10 Basics to Know / Jitendra Jain
18. Hotel Cleaning 101: Tips from Executive Housekeepers with National Trust Historic Hotels of America
19. Do What It Takes To WOW: Orchestrating ‘Branded Moments of Truth’ / Rick Hendrie
20. Nobody Asked Me, But….No. 7 / Stanley Turkel
21. Landmark Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort to Close its Doors After 48 Years in Operation
22. When Looking for that Brand ‘Differentiator’, Don’t Overlook the Obvious / Milton Velinsky and Steven Belmonte
23. Shortage of High-end Hotel Rooms Near Orlando's Convention Center May Soon Be Over; Three New Projects Adding 2,600 First-class Rooms
24. The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau Riddled with Staff Departures, 43 Employees have Left in the Last Two Years; Some Say Board too Involved, Blame High Pressure Environment
25. Making the Right Impression at the Front Desk: How Proper Etiquette Helps Sell Walk-Ins and Creates Long-Term Patronage  / Nicole Ollis

• Ohio’s Lodging Market: Historical Analysis & 2006 Forecast / David J. Sangree, Laurel A. Keller, and Joseph Pierce
• Bird Enthusiasts React with Anger -  Two Nesting Hawks Shot Down by Federal Agents on Grounds of Villas of Grand Cypress Golf Resort in Orlando
• City of Atlanta Files Suit Against 12 Internet Companies that Book Hotel Rooms, Claiming They Charge Customers for Taxes that Are Never Forwarded to the City
• Hard Rock International Inc. May Be Developing a $1 billion Casino Hotel in Atlantic City
• The Greater Minneapolis Convention & Visitors Association Booked 279 Future Meetings, Creating $313 Million in Economic Impact; Makes Point for New Convention Hotel
• Panel of CVB and Hotel Executives to Discuss Maximizing Relationships; Web-based Seminar Set for April 4, 2006
• Sea Island's Fabled Flagship Hotel, The Cloister at Sea Island, Reopens Following a  three-year Renovation
• An Estate in Vermont, a Former Tavern on Martha’s Vineyard, An Old-world Florida Inn and an Art Deco Hotel in Milwaukee Added to Historic Hotels of America
• M3 Hotel Accounting to Add 1000th Hotel in 2006
• InfoGenesis Las Vegas to Open in May 2006; New Worldwide Solution and Briefing Center to Showcase the Latest Products and Solutions from InfoGenesis and its Partners
• Hotelbeds Endorses RateTiger to its Hotel Partners to Manage Online Distribution
• Dieter Huckestein, Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award; Hospitality Industry's Top Honor Bestowed by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences
• Springs Hotel LLC Finalizes $2.8 million Purchase of the Park Plaza, Colorado Springs; Will be Renamed the SilverWood Hotel and Conference Center and Undergo $400,000 Renovation

• Ohio’s Lodging Market: Historical Analysis & 2006 Forecast / David J. Sangree, Laurel A. Keller, and Joseph Pierce
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• Philadelphia, Boston End Spat Over Convention Center Marketing Tagline
• Mystery Shopping - Taking the Mystery Out
• Hotel Cleaning 101: Tips from Executive Housekeepers with National Trust Historic Hotels of America
• Despite the Death of its President and CEO, the Salt Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau had One of its Most Successful Years in 2005
• Large Hotel Near Park City, Utah Seems Unlikely; Developer Wants to Build 140 Condos, County Agreement Called for 140 Hotel Rooms
• Two Hotels Tied as the Top Performing Hotels in the Doubletree Brand with the Highest Overall Hotel Performance Scores: Doubletree Guest Suites Naples, Florida and Doubletree Hotel Bay City, Michigan
• Renovations Under Way at Two of Walt Disney World's Original Resorts, the Contemporary and the Polynesian Hotels
• Hampton Inn Becomes 750th Hotel to Install M-Tech’s Preventive Maintenance Solution
• Holiday Inn Beaumont Plaza and Convention Center, Hit by Hurricane Rita 7 Months Ago, Re-opens Following $10 million in Renovations
• Cornell Hotel School Names Cathy Enz Associate Dean for Industry Research and Affairs
• Hilton Chongqing Appoints Sven Isberg as General Manager, Fintan O’Doherty and Andreas Bruck as Director of Operations and Executive Chef Respectively

• KPMG’s Golf Business Forum Welcomes Golf Legend Gary Player; Gary Player to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 3rd Annual Industry Event
• Benchmark Selects Aptech’s Customized Software Solutions for 33 Properties
• Building a Blog Strategy in Hospitality; Grow Customer Relationships and Direct Online Revenue / Jason Price and Max Starkov
• Owners of 2-year-old The Inn At Whittier (Alaska) In Arrears; Foreclosure Set for May 2, 2006
• Hotel Group Rates to Continue to Rise: Increase Likely Through 2006, Says Survey of Krisam Group Member Hotels
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Selected by East West Partners and Crescent Real Estate to Operate Lake Tahoe's First 5-Star Ski-in/Ski-out Resort; $300-million Resort Project Begins Construction in Summer 2006
• Columbia Sussex Rebrands the Wyndham Buttes Resort in Tempe, Arizona to The Buttes, A Marriott Resort; A Multi-million dollar Renovation Planned for 353-room Resort
• The Erawan Group Planning 10 New IBIS Branded Hotels in Thailand;  Each Property Will be 200-250 rooms and Cost Between US$7.8 to US$10.4 million
• American Architect Michael Graves Tasked with Designing new Prototypes and Conversion Plans for the Wyndham® Brand
• Housed in a Newly Constructed Nine-story Building, Hersha Hospitality Opens 65 room Hampton Inn Manhattan/Seaport
• Kor Hotel Group Acquiring the Ikal del Mar Resort on Mexico's Mayan Riviera
• Tecton Hospitality Completes $2.5 million Renovation of the Hampton Inn in Morehead City, North Carolina
• Manchester Grand Resorts Names Thomas J.W. Voss President
• The Newly-renamed Island Hotel Newport Beach Appoints Key Marketing Executives
• Carolyn Smith, a 10-year Employee of the Embassy Suites® Hotel Montgomery, Recipient of John Q. Hammons “Associate of the Year” Award

• Campbell’s Resort Installs Maestro Enterprise Front Office, Spa, Sales & Catering, and Maestro Analytics
• Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Selects Cendyn E-Concierge Product for Global Use
• Survey Finds a Proposed $50 million Expansion of the Miami Beach Convention Center Would Provide Minor Boost To Convention Bookings; Cheaper Hotel Rooms Would Help Much More
• Eighteen Months after Hurricane Charley, South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island  is Open to Tourists Again; Blackstone Group Spending Upwards of $140 million on Renovation
• Owner of the Hyatt Regency Lexington Sues to Keep Land Lease
• Sol Meliá Hotels Studies How to Position and Differentiate its Meliá and Paradisus All-inclusive Resort Brands
• The Publicly Financed 1,000-room Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel Breaks Ground Next to the Expanded Phoenix Convention Center
• Lake Arrowhead Resort in Southern California Unveils $12 Million Renovation; Includes Redesigned Guest and Meeting Rooms, Public Spaces, Restaurant and Spa
• Morgans Hotel Group Co. Reports Net loss for the 4th Qtr 2005 of $4.1 million; Anticipates Spending $20 to $25 million for Upgrades of Hotels and the Re-branding of Mondrian Scottsdale / Hotel Operating Statistics
• 200 Smokefree Hotels Join www.freshstay.com
• Zontec™ Cleaning Up Odors, Contaminants through Ozone Generation
• David Horowitz Named General Manager for the New Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
• Gilles Hervieux Appointed General Manager for the InterContinental Montréal, Quebec
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Completes Sale of the Chicago Marriott Downtown; Company to Recognize Gain of Approximately $38 Million
• Multi million Dollar Renovation Completed at the 400 suite Embassy Suites Lake Tahoe
• HSMAI Names the Frank W. Berkman Chapter Award Winners for 2005

• Hotel Marketing Starts Locally; Never Forget Your Neighbors / David M. Brudney
• TravelCLICK Names David Marshall Chief Architect; Industry Veteran to Advance TravelCLICK’s Hotel Revenue Delivery Platform
• Shangri-La Hotel, Hangzhou Blazed Path for Joint Ventures; In 1985 It Was First Chinese Hotel Partly Owned and Managed by a Private Company
• All The Hotel Guest Wanted Was a Burger and a Beer -- or Six -- at the Clarion Hotel in Irving, Texas; What Happened Next Surprised Him
• Nobody Asked Me, But….No. 7  / Stanley Turkel
• Le Soleil and Vitesse Striving Hard Not to Be the "Hotel Restaurant and Bar" at the Conrad Indianapolis
• Five Full Service Hotels Proposed for Chandler, Arizona; Not All Likely to be Built
• Carnus Systems Lays Roadmap for the Future of the Hospitality Industry
• LRA Worldwide Is retained by Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos to “Operationalize” the Rock ‘n’ Roll Guest Experience
• Select Hospitality Systems Distributes Energy Eye™ EMS in Canada
• HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Takes Over As Asset Manager for the Fisher Island Club Hotel and Resort, Miami Beach, Florida
• Hyatt Selects MaximRMS’ e.FLEX Revenue Management System
• Making the Right Impression at the Front Desk: How Proper Etiquette Helps Sell Walk-Ins and Creates Long-Term Patronage / Nicole Ollis
• The Winter Olympic Games Allowed the Torino Hotel Industry to Post Record Monthly Occupancy Rate of 91.6%
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Selects TIG Global as its Internet Marketing Partner for Park Inn
• Fully Restored, the Historic Fort Worth Hotel Reopens Today as Hilton Fort Worth
• The Fourth Conrad Hotel in the United States and the First to be Constructed from the Ground-up - Conrad Indianapolis Opens
• Of Americans Planning to Travel this Summer, 21% Have Already Arranged for Lodging at their Destination / TIA
• Gregory Smith Appointed Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administration Officer at the Corporate office, Boykin Management Company

March 24,2006

• Nobody Asked Me, But….No. 7  / Stanley Turkel
• Joint Venture to Build 1,400 room Hilton Hotel in Orlando Near Orange County Convention Center
• The Lodge at Woodloch, a $37-million Destination Spa in Pennsylvania, Set to Open;  The Vision of John and Ginny Lopis
• All The Hotel Guest Wanted Was a Burger and a Beer -- or Six -- at the Clarion Hotel in Irving, Texas; What Happened Next Surprised Him
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Report Profit before Non-operating Items Increased by 39% for Year Ending 2005; Peninsula Hotels are Either the Leader or Amongst the Leaders in Room Rate and RevPAR In Their Respective Cities
• LRA Worldwide Is retained by Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos to “Operationalize” the Rock ‘n’ Roll Guest Experience
• Select Hospitality Systems Distributes Energy Eye™ EMS in Canada
• HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Takes Over As Asset Manager for the Fisher Island Club Hotel and Resort, Miami Beach, Florida
• Carnus Systems Lays Roadmap for the Future of the Hospitality Industry
• Venezuelan Developer, Vitorrio De Stefano, Opens 200 room Clarion Hotel on Island of Curacao
• Greektown Casino Considering a $200-million, 35-story Tower With a 400 room Hotel on Top of a 3,100-space Parking Garage in Downtown Detroit
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Sells the 821-room Hilton Minneapolis for Approximately $92 million
• Microtel Inns & Suites Sold 83 Franchises in 2005, Currently 260 Microtel Hotels Open
• Hampton® on Pace to Open 90 - 100 Hotels in 2006; Western, Urban and International Development Lead Expansion Efforts
• Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Focus on Swiss Quality and Service Drives Positive Results; Hotel Portfolio Grows to 54 at End of 2005
• Kahler Grand Hotel in Rochester Carves Out a 19 Room Super Luxury International Hotel as Part of $2.8 million Remodeling Project
• Diane Wesley Named Director of Sales for Hotel Vitale, San Francisco

March 22, 2006

• General Manager of the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel Arrested; Refused to Provide Police with List of All Hotel Guest Names and Addresses
• Landmark Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort to Close its Doors After 48 Years in Operation
• Basico Hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico Sets New Standards for Innovation;  Industrial Water Tanks Which Serve as Pools
• Seventy-five Years Ago the State of Nevada Legalized Casino Gambling; A Brilliant Decision
• Donald Trump's Las Vegas Project,  the $500 million Trump International Hotel & Tower,  Not Beset by Problems Facing Other Proposed Vegas High Rises
• The Providence Group Offers Training for General Managers New Service Comes with a Satisfaction Guarantee
• “Turn, Turn, Turn:” Making (Marketing) Plans for the Long-Term
• Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau Bookings Up 19% Compared to Same Time Last Year
• The Fort Lauderdale Grande, Formerly the Fort Lauderdale Marina Marriott,  Receiving $50 million Renovation
• Planners to Arrange More Meetings, Have Increased Budgets in 2006 / HSMAI Survey
• Terri Ryan Appointed General Manager for the Melrose Hotel, Washington, DC
• A Family Story: Chicago Is... President, Michael O'Connor Receives Award Named for His Mother
• Hersha Hospitality Management Names Keith C. Poehlman Vice President and Corporate Controller

March 21, 2006

• The Emerging Discipline of Demand Management – What’s All The Buzz?   Audio Interview with Larry Hall, CEO, Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated
• The Kansas City Health Department Closes the 196 room Clarion Hotel KCI After Discovering Workers and Guests Exposed to Asbestos; Environmental Cleanup May Take Two Months
• Conrad Indianapolis Expects to be First 5-star Hotel in Indianapolis; 210 New Employees Receiveing at Least Two Weeks of General and Specialized Training
• Four Would be Buyers Hovering As the $98 million Sale of The Holiday Isle Resort in the Florida Keys Stalls
• GUESTROOM 2010 and HFTP Announce Printed Media Sponsors LODGING and Hospitality Upgrade
• Hotel Energy Costs Surge; Shock Absorbed by Revenue / Robert Mandelbaum
• Destination Resorts and Casino Operator Kerzner Agrees to Go Private in $3 billion Buyout; Total Transaction Value is About $3.6 billion
• Happy With Your Hotel's Web Site Traffic? Now Turn Those Visits into Dollars
• UNITE HERE Local 11 Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Four Points Sheraton LAX; Union Alleges Hotel Management Used Coercion, Intimidation and Harassment to Discourage Worker Organizing Efforts
• Palladian Development Anticipates 2009 Opening for 65-story Mandarin Oriental Tower, Chicago
• Consolidated Resorts Management Looks to Energy Eye™ For First-Ever EMS Installation
• Seattle Hotels Adopt EcoRooms from Green Suites International to Save Money, Help Protect Environment
• Value Place Calls on PhoneSuite to be its Preferred PBX Vendor
• StayOnline Debuts Customer Reporting System
• Benchmark Hospitality International Announces Recipients of The 2006 Top Sales Executives Awards
• Robert L. Wentworth Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California
• Carlson Hotels Names Steve Mogck, Formerly SVP of Legal, to EVP of Select Service Hotels - Country Inns & Suites and Park Inn Brands
• A Panel on Property Management Systems at the Strategic Conference on Hospitality Operations and Technology Focuses on Need For Better Training Options, OTA/HTNG Interfaces and Better Support
• Starwood Integrates Le Meridien into Sales and Marketing Systems; Loyalty Programs and Websites Merged

March 20, 2006

• Bob Alter Built Sunstone, Now Thinks Luxury / Sandi Cain
• Melrose Hotel New York to Pay $800,000 in Damages to 13 Former Hispanic Employees; EEOC Wins Lawsuit Claiming Hotel Imposed English-Only Rule, Harassed Hispanics
• Hotels Charging Fees and Surcharges for Just About Anything; PwC Forecasting 7% Increase for U.S. Lodging Industry in 2006
• Spring Break 2006 Has Been Very Soft on South Padre Island; Some Say the Island Keeps Pricing Itself Out of the Market
• The Capsule Hotel, a Quirky and Inexpensive Lodging Option in Japan, Brings New Meaning to the Term "'Hole-in-the-Wall'
• Daufuskie Island Club & Resort Looking for Investors to Step up Development
• Marcus Hotels and Resorts to Purchase the Westin Columbus Hotel; Transaction Leverages Historic Hotel Experience and Expands Presence in the Midwest
• Luxury Travel Now and What's Next for 2006 / Karen Weiner Escalera
• Six Month Old HSMAI Asia Pacific Names Leadership & Board of Directors, 2006 Agenda
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 48 Hotel Projects  to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Michael J. Taylor General Manager for The Heldrich, a New $110 million Mixed Use Property in New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Frank I. Wolfe to Remain HFTP's Executive Vice President/CEO through March 2009
• Bryce Chalmers-Stairs Appointed Area General Manager for Bellstar's Four Condo-Resorts in Canmore, Alberta
• Sue Lawrence Joins Visual One Systems(Europe) Ltd.
• Mary Kay Vrba Appointed Director of Dutchess (NY) County, Tourism

• Hospitality Development Group Inc. Developing  Palazzo del Lago, an $800 million Resort in Orlando; Includes the InterContinental Resort & Residences with a Mix of 1,260  Hotel and Condominium Units
• Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquires the 585-suite Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort & Lookout Mountain Golf Club in Phoenix for $85 million
• The Fontainebleau Closes for Two Year Renovation; Unite Here's South Florida Union Loses Hundreds of Its Members
• Thomas Enterprises Planning Luxury Hotel Condo Project, the Hotel Talavera, With 152 Hotel Rooms and 133 Condos In Northwest San Antonio
• Meeting / Convention Planners Rule! Rightfully, They Are Becoming More Demanding
• The Holiday Inn Dallas-Aristocrat to Be Converted to Hotel Indigo
• Hospitality Revenue Optimization Company Launches Virtual Revolution
• Starwood Hotels Signs Exclusive Contract with Pepsi; Drops Coke Products, Plans Integrated Marketing with Pepsi
• Robert R. (Bob) King, Retired Chairman of the Board of StayOnline and Hospitality Pioneer, Dies at 71
• Marriott International, Inc. Receives the 2006 Ronald E. Harrison Award, from the International Franchise Association,  for Significant Contributions to Minorities in Franchising
• Beijing Modern Asia – Pacific Real Estate Co Ltd. Selects Starwood to Manage a 558-room Westin hotel at Chaoyang District, Beijing

March 16, 2006

• The Embassy Suites Hotel in Downtown Denver To Be Converted to a Ritz-Carlton at a Cost of $75 million
• Columbia Sussex Planning to Rebrand the 707 room Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor to Sheraton; Reflagging Will Be the Hotel's Fourth Brand
• American Property Management Corp. Adding a 23,000 Sq Ft Water Park to the Carlisle Hotel & Conference Center, Albuquerque
• Hotel Technology Next Generation 2nd Annual Conference Draws 250 Hotel Technology Leaders; Six Individuals Win Leadership Awards
• Cendant’s Hospitality Spin-Off to be Named Wyndham Worldwide; Cendant Name Will be Retired
• The Carlyle Group and Davidson Hotel Company to Convert the 157-room Colonnade Hotel to The Westin Colonnade Coral Gables
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Distributes More than $3 million dollars to 4,800 Employees at 32 North American Properties for Achieving Annual Goals
• Stafford Hospitality Installing Energy Eye™ Energy-Management System
• Omni Hotels Takes Over San Antonio's La Mansion del Rio Hotel and Watermark Hotel and Spa; John "Rusty" Wallace Named General Manager
• Hotel Industry Supports New Orleans Through Hospitality Upgrade's Executive Vendor Summit
• Hajar Real Estate Company K.S.C.C. Selects Movenpick to Operate 410 room Hotel at the Abraj Al Bait Towers, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
• Craig Marshall Appointed to Regional Director of Operations, Peabody Hotel Group
• Jay Rosenthal Appointed Executive Vice President Of The Harp Group

March 15, 2006

• Health Insurer WellPoint Investing About $50 million In Two Four Seasons Hotel Projects; Sees Luxury Health Spa Component as an Opportunity to Make Money and Improve Wellness
• Availability of Smoking Rooms Shrinking; Hotels Latest Flash Point in Cultural Shift
• West Paces Hotel Group Drops Plan to Build a Sols Hotel in San Antonio
• Investment Group Acquires the 548 room Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua; $40 million Renovation Planned
• Cendant Hotel Group to Acquire Worldwide Rights to the Baymont Inn & Suites Brand from the Blackstone Group
• EasyRMS Achieves Record Growth – Now Searching for Dynamic and Credible Director of Sales – EMEA to Continue the Success Story
• Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Seeking Hotel Financing Specialist to Head New Financing Division
• Major Pharmaceutical Companies to Sue EZ Yield.com Inc. 
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $30 million Financing for Hansji Hotels
• Molinaro Koger Advises on £150 Million Great Eastern Hotel Transaction
• Renowned Master Planner Gil Martinez and Golf Legend Arnold Palmer Collaborate for the Los Valles Golf Club, the First Arnold Palmer Signature Course in Greater Los Angeles Area
• Golden Tulip Hospitality Takes Over Hotel Lease Agreements for Five Hotels Previously Managed by the German Hotel Development Company, RIMC
• HFTP's Board of Directors Considering a HITEC Europe as Early as Februay 2007
• Devoid of Room shots or Fluffy Beds, Westin Hotels Multi million Global TV and Print Ad Campaign Stirs the Senses
• Ocean Hospitalities Ltd. Selected as Management Company for the Rivergreen Resort Hotel in Lincoln, New Hampshire
• Start-up Brand Cambria Suites Executes 13 Deals in 12 Months
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Names Marriott Interanational as the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year
• John Pagano Appointed President of Baha Mar Development Company LTD, Developers of a Colossal Destination Resort in the Bahamas
• Brian Rosenberg Named Vice President of Sales and Marketing, The Garden City Hotel on Long Island

• The Ritz London Selects TravelCLICK iHotelier as Its Central Reservations System; Website Booking Revenues Up 44%
• Res-Expo - Three Top Travel Industry Trends for 2006; Use ‘Emotional Content’ to Market Websites; Chinese Do Not Use Credit Cards, but Changes Loom; Group Travel’s 43% Increase in Online Event Bookings
• Some Consumer Advocacy Groups Calling for Regulations Forcing Hotels to Offer Flexible Check-in and Check-out Times and Rates for their Clients
• Benchmark's Top Ten Hospitality Trends For 2006
• Choosing the Right Hotel, Hospitality or Tourism School –  10 Basics to Know
• With Acquisition by Blackstone Group Complete, La Quinta Management LLC Plans to Focus on Corporate Owned Hotels, Will Convert About 100 Baymont Hotels to La Quinta and Sell Baymont Flag
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Hilton Hotels Planning a 1,200-room Hilton Hotel and a 300-room Conrad Hotel to the Cotai Strip in the People's Republic of China Special Administrative Region of Macau
• Harrah's Raises the Ante In Bid for the Resort Project in Singapore;  James Cameron to Create "iPort" a Sixteen Story Immersive Entertainment Experience
• Amtrak Revives Plan to Develop a Boutique Hotel Inside Baltimore's Historic Penn Station
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $67 million of First Mortgage Financing for Charleston Place, Charleston, South Carolina
• Gatehouse Capital and Aimbridge Hospitality Developing Five aloft Hotels in Frisco, Plano, Las Colinas, Downtown Dallas and the Fort Worth TCU Area
• Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City Sustains Minor Tornado Damage; Resort Remains Open Despite Damage to Skylight Area on the Roof of the Waterpark
• The Days Inn & Conference Centre in Penticton, British Columbia Completes $4 million Renovation
• Guang Dong Teem Holdings Limited Contracts with Sheraton to Manage a 450 room Hotel in Guangzhou, The Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel Part of the Mixed-use Complex – Teem Plaza Development
• MonteLago Village Resort, Lake Las Vegas, Appoints Larry Peterson as Director of Sales

• IDeaS Adds to its Americas Sales Team with the Appointment of Two Long-time Hospitality Industry Professionals; Cliff Atkinson and Adam Werner to Sell IDeaS Acclaimed ASP Solutions
• Jim Butler on Condo Hotels; The Evolution of Rental Revenue Splits and Expense Allocations
• When Will The Bubble Burst? / Stephen Rushmore / Canadian Lodging Outlook - January 2006
• Shortage of High-end Hotel Rooms Near Orlando's Convention Center May Soon Be Over; Three New Projects Adding 2,600 First-class Rooms
• Hotel Owners Chase Profits During Spring's College-style Craziness
• Intrawest sells the Majority of its Real Estate at the Town of Mammoth Lakes, California to Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Capital for a $60 million Pre-tax Profit
• First Three Missoni Branded Hotels Will be Located in Kuwait, Edinburgh, Dubai;  The Interior Design of Missoni Hotels is Being Conceptualized and Controlled by Studio Thun
• DIFA Completes €10.5 million Conversion of the ’Wallhöfe’ Building Into the167 room Wallstreet Park Plaza, Berlin
• Dusit's Brand, Royal Princess Hotels & Resorts, Contracts for First Resort Property in Koh Chang, Thailand
• RateGain Clinches Deal with Ramada Jarvis Hotels; Ramada Opts for YieldGain Channel Management Solutions
• Increase Revenue, Reduce Costs; Go "Green", and Market Your Commitment / John R Hendrie
• The 352 room Casino Nova Scotia Hotel Branded The Halifax Marriott Harbourfront
• Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Relies On Clairvoyix to Target Travelers
• Developers of the West Edge Complex in Kansas City Select Gemstone Resorts to Manage 130 room Hotel
• Andrew Schiavone Named General Manager for the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel and Waterfront Conference Center, Portsmouth, Virginia
• Jackie Rhody Joins the Sheraton Orlando North at Maitland Center as Sales Manager

• RockResorts Management Agreement Ended at Cheeca Lodge & Spa
• Owners of Historic Black Point Inn on Maine's Coast Planning to Eliminate 60 Rooms and Sell off  Prime Waterfront Real Estate
• The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau Riddled with Staff Departures, 43 Employees have Left in the Last Two Years; Some Say Board too Involved, Blame High Pressure Environment
• Unite HERE Takes Aim at Organizing Phoenix Area Hotel Workers; Effort Launched with Boycott of the Phoenician
• Indifference To e-mail Could Cost Trump millions: His Lack of Electronic Records Could Hurt his Lawsuit Against Former Partner and Other Backers of Florida Hard Rock Casinos
• Do What It Takes To WOW: Orchestrating ‘Branded Moments of Truth’ / Rick Hendrie
• HFTP Seeks to Create a Strong European Presence
• Aquilini Investment Group Completes Rebranding of Hotels in Frederiction and Moncton to the Crowne Plaza Brand; Both Properties Managed by Pacrim Hospitality
• Deal of the Year Awards Presented at the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Germany
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Advises Port Authority in Sale of the Two Largest Hotels in Downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Independent Hotels Hail Clairvoyix Database Marketing Solution; Broadmoor, ClubCorp and Seaport Boston Reach their Preferred Guests through Affordable, Centralized, Online Database Marketing
• Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. Acquires the La Solana Hotel and Villas Development Site Adjacent to its Four Seasons Punta Mita Hotel, for $29.5 million
• For Second Consecutive Year North Maple Inn is a "Best Place to Work in New Jersey" According to Readers of NJ BIZ
• Matthew Davis Named Senior National Sales Manager and Eddie Emeric as Senior Manager, Trade Shows for New York City's CVB - NYC & Company
• LodgeWorks, L.P., Parent Company of the Sierra Suites Hotel Chain, Opens Sixth Property in Fishkill, New York
• Benchmark Appoints Chrissandra G. Passafiume Controller for Danfords on the Sound

• JLT Group, Inc. Developing The Westin Saint Paul Hotel & Residences; 30-story Tower with 250 Hotel Rooms and 82 Residences,  Will Anchor The Bridges of Saint Paul Development
• Dieter Huckestein Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Yellowstone Club World, LLC. 
• Four Seasons Reports a Net Loss of $28.2 million for the Full Year Ending Dec 31, 2005, Compared to Net Income of $25.7 in 2004; Takes $35.5 million Charge in Switching the Senior Executives and Hotel General Managers from an Unfunded Defined Benefit Retirement Plan to a Fully Funded Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
• Joint Partnership of Kimpton and ING Clarion Investing $22 million into the Former Holiday Inn Select, Alexandria, Virginia to Transform the 227-room Property into The Hotel Monaco
• Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring the 240-room Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C. for $76 million, Approximately $316,700 per Key
• Dow Hotel Company and AEW Capital Management Purchase 248-Suite Chicago Marriott Suites Deerfield; Plans to Undergo Multi-million Dollar Renovation Upgrade
• Membership Demand Continues For Small Luxury Hotels of the World; Smaller, Independent Hotels Seek the Extra Leverage Provided by SLH
• Construction of New Skokie Convention and Banquet Center Begins
• Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Select Service Division Seeking Hotel Sales Professionals to Expand Operations in Los Angeles
• TravelCLICK Showcases Integrated Distribution Solutions for Hotels at ITB Berlin; International Casinos and European Estates Alike Choose the iHotelier CRS
• For Sale - Former SpringHill Suites, Fort Lauderdale Airport
• The Top Ten Hotel Brands in the European Union on January 1,  2006
• Benchmark Appoints Jennifer DeMarle Director of Human Resources for Danfords on the Sound

• Groople and SynXis Announce Direct Connectivity for Group Travel
• The $925 million Red Rock Resort Expected to Flourish on Las Vegas Valley's Western Edge
• Indiana's 10 Gambling Boats Provided the State a Net Benefit of More than $700 million for the Fiscal Year 2005
• Robert Katz, 39, Vail Resorts' New Chief Executive Starts At Annual Base Salary of $815,000
• Hampton Inn West in Bloomington, Illinois Agrees to a Moral Responsibility to Pay Workers of Bankrupt Company that Performed Housekeeping Duties at the Hotel
• When Looking for that Brand ‘Differentiator’, Don’t Overlook the Obvious
• Hilton Family of Hotels Rolls Out Multiple Website Enhancements - New Portals and Search Specials; Enhancements to Brand Websites Empower Guests to Research and Book Specialized Stays; Shop & Compare Prior to Booking a Reservation
• John Q. Hammons to Develop 320 room Renaissance Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $25 million Financing of Downtown San Diego Radisson Hotel
• Driftwood Hospitality Adds their 21st Property to EZ Yield.com
• PhoneSuite Installs 1,000th Hotel PBX At Comfort Inn Northeast near Orlando
• Makar Properties Acquires the 238-Room Wyndham Orange County Hotel in Costa Mesa
• The Membership Group, WORLDHOTELS, Grows to 525 Hotels in 2005, Up 17%
• Accor 2005 Results; Hotels and Services the Growth Drivers, Planning to Divest Between 2005 and 2008, Around €1,500 million in Assets
• Greg Smith Appointed Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
• George Mahaffey Appointed Executive Chef for Hotel Jerome, Aspen
• Krisam Group Appoints Directors of Sales, and Opens Offices in the Southeast, Southern California; Debra Edwards Leads New Atlanta Office, Yolanda Hormozi Heads Up Souther California
• Executive Staff Appointments at the Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center Include Jeff Peller to the General Manager Post

• Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What March 2006
• GoConcierge Helps Keep Guest Service on the Right Track at InterContinental The Barclay New York; Historic Railroad Hotel Adds Efficiencies to Work Flow with Web-based Solution
• The Labor Pains of Hotel Closings; Optimal Strategies for Full or Partial Hotel Closings / Marta Fernandez
• When John Q. Hammons Says He's Going to Build a Hotel,  Experience Says You Can Expect It Will Happen
• Hotel Web Site Lookers & Bookers; Want to Convert Lookers on Your Web Site? / Neil Salerno
• Radisson Riverfront Hotel St. Paul Reflagged The Crowne Plaza St. Paul-Riverfront; The 479 room Property is Managed by Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
• Accor Agrees to a Sale & Management Back of Six Sofitel Hotels in the US; Sales 76 French and Belgium Hotels to Fonciere des Murs
• Choice Hotels Increases Focus On MainStay Suites and Suburban Extended Stay Hotel Brands
• The 150-room Hotel Proposed to Accompany a Conference Center at Northern Arizona University Has Fallen Short of Local Hotelier Expectations
• Doubletree Using Television Advertising for First Time in Nine Years; Seeks to Carve Out Brand Differentiation
• ‘Award Winning’ iHome ‘In Tune’ with Guests’ Entertainment, Travel Needs
• Casinos, Resorts, Timeshares and Condo Hotels Tap TimeLox for Online Security
• The Kahala Hotel & Resort Launches its New Website Brand on Blue Square Studios’ Hospitality Toolkit
• Of 684 Marriott Courtyards Worldwide, the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware Named Best in Customer Satisfaction for 2005 by Marriott Corp.
• Four Floors of the of The St. Regis® Hotel, New York Ready to be Sold as Fractional and Wholly-owned Hotel Condominiums
• Marc Fournier Appointed General Manager for the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village
• Ed Svitak Named Director of Sales & Marketing for the Marriott Chicago Midway Airport

• Hotel Spas as Independent Profit Centers / Andrea Foster and Adam Wohlberg – PKF
• The Top Ten Hotel Brands in France; Nearly a Third of the Hotel Chain Supply in France Changed Owners in 2005 
• Hard Rock International and Intrawest Corp. Planning a 320 Unit Condo Hotel at Copper Mountain, Colorado
• Two Aging Omaha Hotels, the former Regency and the Bellevue Days Inn, Receiving Extensive Makeovers Featuring Indoor Water Parks
• Rodeway Inn Brand Began 2005 with 160 Properties, Ended the Year with 180 Open Hotels; Flat Fee Structure Replaces Revenue Percentage Fee Structure - Franchisees Pay $25 per Room, per Month for the First Two Years
• A Destination Under Scrutiny - Aruba - One Happy Island
• Aruba Forging Ahead with a $230 million Investment in Tourism—the Island’s Largest Expansion and Renovation Campaign in Years; 720 New Rooms Being Added at Four Resorts
• For Sale - Former SpringHill Suites, Fort Lauderdale Airport
• Pacifica Real Estate Brokerage Arranges Acquisition Financing for Purchase of San Diego Hotel
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Re-financing of Hilton Garden Inn Tampa North
• Big Sky's Resort Property Management Buys Big Sky Division of ResortQuest
• PBL, Australian Gaming and Entertainment Company, Acquires Subconcession from Wynn Resorts, to Own and Operate Hotel Casinos in Macau
• Jebel Ali International Hotels Opens 45 story Hotel Apartment Tower Adjacent to Oasis Beach Hotel,  Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Kemp Gallineau Promoted to SVP and General Manager of the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida
• The Al Futtaim Group Building a 350 room W Hotel in Dubai; Jean Nouvel Named the Architect

March 2, 2006

• .travel - a New Top-Level Domain Has Some Heavy Hitters on Board; Disney, Expedia, British Airways, Marriott, Carnival Cruise Lines
• The USA's Largest Hotel Union Targeting Hilton Hotels in New York City for a Major Labor Battle
• Weas Development Planning a $70 million Renaissance ClubSport Marriott in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Owner's Representative: A Missing Link in the Design and Construction of Your Hotel
• Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. Reports a Net Loss of $26.5 million from Date of Reorganization through December 31, 2005; Operating and Cultural Changes at the Proerties Will Take 18 months Before Benefits Seen
• DiamondRock Hospitality, a Public Company Since May 2005, Reports a Net Loss of $7.3 million for the Year 2005; Acquired Nine Hotels During 2005 / Hotel Operating Statistics
• $10 million Renovation at the Wyndham Miami Airport Hotel Includes 16,000 Sq Ft Executive Meeting Center - First Purpose-built, Full-service, IACC-approved Facility in South Florida
• For Sale - Former SpringHill Suites, Fort Lauderdale Airport
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Sale of Radisson Convention Center Hotel in Visalia, California
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Awarded Eight Year Contract to Manage Deer Creek Resort & Conference Center in Mt. Sterling, Ohio
• Accor Driving Economy Hotel Revolution in Asia; Signs Agreement to Operate 6 New Ibis Hotels in China, to Be Developed at a Cost of US$150 million
• Noble House Hotels & Resorts Partners With Clairvoyix to Target Gen-X Travelers
• SECURE-RES Clients Announce Banner Year For 2005
• Boykin Lodging Reports Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders for the Year Ending 2005 of $25.0 million versus a Net Loss of $4.9 million for the Year-earlier; Currently Owns 21 Hotels
• Sheraton Suites Key West Sold to Ocean Properties for $35.8 Million
• Ex-Marriott Executive Chad Waetzig to Spearhead Sheraton's New Marketing Strategy as SVP of Marketing for Sheraton Hotels
• Steve Giblin Appointed Chief Operating Officer and Debra Bates as Chief Investment Officer at Dolce International

• The 755 room María Isabel-Sheraton Ordered Closed; Hotel Is At Center of Diplomatic Spat Between the United States and Mexico Over Trade with Cuba
• How Venue Selection Impacts the Success of Your Meeting or Training Session; Quantifying the Role a Venue Has on the Success Rate of Training or Meeting Sessions
• Before There’s Trouble: Protect Your Hotel, Restaurant from Damaging Effects of Negative Media Exposure
• The Long Dormant Plan for a 390-room Loew's Hotel in Boston Revived by Developer; Now Tentatively Proposed as a 220 room W Hotel with 100 Residential Condos
• Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa Opens in Oman; Project Represents a Pioneering Step in the Development of Oman as an International Tourist Destination
• Strategic Hotels & Resorts Completes First Full Year as a Public Company; Reports Net Income Available to Common Shareholders of $14.0 million Compared to a Net Loss of $9.4 million for the 4th Qtr of 2004
• R.D. Olson Development Receives Approvals to Build a $35 million Marriott Residence Inn in Downtown Burbank, California
• Starwood's Luxury Collection Brand Will Manage the US Grant Hotel in San Diego Following $52 million Restoration
• Thailand Hotels Urged to Join Thai Ratings System; 119 Hotels out of  5,000 Properties Participating So Far - One to Five Stars Make for Fair Pricing in Industry
• Despite Four Hurricanes that Raked Florida in 2004 and 2005, a Record 85.8 million Tourists Blew into the State in 2005
• Columbia Sussex Completes Conversion of the 312 room Wyndham Atlanta to a Full-Service Marriott Hotel
• For Sale – the 127 room boutique Belamar Hotel, Manhattan Beach, California. Re-opened last year after undergoing a $9.5M renovation
• Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated Enters into Alliance with IBS Group to Expand Its Ability to Offer Leading Demand ManagementSM Solutions for the Travel Industry
• California Hotel & Lodging Association Names Kim Akers, General Manager, Glorietta Bay Inn in Coronado, the Outstanding General Manager of the Year
• Christopher Lee Owens Appointed Director of Food & Beverage at Pink Shell Beach Resort & Spa,  Ft Myers Beach, Florida
• Lodgian Names James A. MacLennan EVP and Chief Financial Officer

1. Optimum Hotel Brokerage Named Hotel Broker of the Year at 2006 Hotel Brokers International Convention
2. Indoor Waterparks and Hotels -  Year end 2005 Overview / David J. Sangree
3. Peter Morton's Planned $1 billion Condo Hotel Expansion of the Hard Rock Hotel Canceled; Sales Staff Let Go,  Buyers Offered Refunds
4. MeriStar Hospitality Agrees to be Acquired by The Blackstone Group in Transaction Valued at Approximately $2.6 billion
5. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What  / February 2006
6. The Top 10 Hotel Chains and the Top 10 Hotel Brands in the European Union
7. Luxury Link Announces First Annual World’s Best Hotel Award Winners
8. Intercontinental, Club Med, Hilton, Starwood and More Debate the Latest Sales and Marketing Strategies
9. Two Florida Hotel Investors Admit to Bilking Mortgage Lenders in a $67 million Loan Scheme to Finance Hotels in Orlando and South Florida; Used Fraudulent Appraisals and False Hotel Income and Occupancy Rates
10. Hilton Hotels Corporation Names its Top Developers for its Focused Service  Brands - Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn  and Homewood Suites by Hilton
11. More than 100 Guests, Workers Fall Ill From Event at the Drake Hotel;  Chicago Department of Public Health Probe Mystery Virus
12. The Blackstone Group Now Controls 1,430 Hotels; Some Speculate Blackstone Preparing an Initial Public Offering
13. The Hotel Manager's Scheme to Establishing Guest Relationships:  "Room the Guest"/ John R. Hendrie
14. $70 million Lawsuit Against the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City Will Test How Far an Employer Can Go in Promoting Image Standards
15. Affiliate of The Blackstone Group Acquiring 9 Hotels and Golf Club from MeriStar for Approximately $367
16. Selling Up! Taking Group Room Revenue to a New Level / Carol Verret
17. Want Better Results? Then Expect Better Sales People / Brenda Fields
18. Motel's "Do not rent" List Subject of a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
19. Hotel Capitalization Rates Continue to Plunge
20. Good Employee Retention Strategies Can  Break the Myth ...  The Grass Is Greener / John R Hendrie
21. Four Star vs Mobil Four Star / Harry Nobles
22. More than 5,000 Lower-cost Las Vegas Strip Hotel Rooms Have Been Taken Off -- or Could Soon be Taken Off -- the Market;  Your Chance of Finding a Bargain Room is Shrinking
23. With a 100 Hotel Portfolio, White Lodging Services Realigns its Organizational Structure
24. Noble Investment Group Planning to Build  an aloft - Starwood's New Brand, in Charlotte; 176 room Hotel Will be Built Above Entertainment-Retail Complex
25. EZ Yield.com Public Apology to the Hotel Industry

February 28, 2006

• Five Tips for Driving Sales through Search Engine Optimized Public Relations Writing / Polly Wade
• Stratus Performance Group Debuts Hospitality Event in Santa Barbara; Elite Meetings Alliance Unites Luxury Hoteliers with Top Corporate Buyers
• The Blackstone Group Now Controls 1,430 Hotels; Some Speculate Blackstone Preparing an Initial Public Offering
• Charlotte Experiencing Mini-boom in Hotel Development, Three Full Service Properties Expected to Open by Late 2008
• Moroccan/Kuwaiti Development Company CMKD and Golden Tulip  Enter into Management Agreement for the Five Farah Hotels in the Kingdom of Morocco
• Frank Scott Dies 78; Las Vegas Mover and Shaker, a Founder of the Plaza Hotel & Casino
• PAS Introduces Hospitality Daily and Monthly Reporting eService; New PAS Hospitality eService focuses on automating daily and monthly operational information reporting for multi-hotel organizations
• For Sale - Former SpringHill Suites, Fort Lauderdale Airport
• Manugistics Scientist Dr. Jon Higbie to Address Travel Pricing Strategies at Res-Expo; Manugistics to Showcase Best-of-Breed Solutions spanning the Hospitality, Airline and Travel Industries
• Hotelex Shanghai on April 4-7, 2006 Expecting 30,000 Hospitality Decision-makers from Over 70 Countries
• Training Bytes Web Cast: Revenue Management and Sales & Marketing – Strategic Alignment / Carol Verret Web Cast
• Collegiate Hospitality, LLC, Completes First Year As the Hospitality Management Company for The Inn at Harvard, Owned by Harvard University
• Peppertree Inns & Suites Reap the Benefits of MSI Two-way Interface; Best Western member properties maximize room revenue via two-way CRS rate-tiering feature
• ASSA ABLOY Hospitality, Inc. Strengthens Global Security Positioning With Marc Freundlich Leading the Way
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Days Hotel Airport in Rochester, New York
• Trial Concludes in US$35m Damages Suit Against Starwood
• Developer CMA Companies Expects to Raise Prices as 200 of 1,300 Condo/hotel Residences Sell in 24 Hours; The Blue Rose Resort Yet to Break Ground in Orlando
• HFTP to Feature the RFI for Club Technology at Club Managers' Association of America's 79th World Conference
• Ken Dittrich Appointed Managing Director of Paradisus Puerto Rico
• Mohonk Mountain House Appoints Barbara Stirewalt Spa Director of the New, $13 million, 30,000-square-foot Spa

• Travelocity and TravelCLICK Collaborate to Provide Data for Rate Shopping Tool; TravelCLICK RateVIEW first to use authorized interface for hotel rate monitoring
• A Developers Nightmare: How Municipal Ordinances Can Make Condo Hotels “Securities” / Catherine D Holmes
• Peter Morton's Planned $1 billion Condo Hotel Expansion of the Hard Rock Hotel Canceled; Sales Staff Let Go, Buyers Offered Refunds
• Case Studies Prove Hotel Search Engine Optimisation Delivers Results / Keith Paulin
• Remington Undertaking $10.5 million Renovation and Rebranding of the Radisson Hotel Fort Worth to Hilton
• Jim Waldvogel, GM Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel, Named Hotelier of the Year by the Minnesota Hotel & Lodging Association
• For Barden Nevada Gaming, the 638-room Fitzgeralds in Downtown Las Vegas has Brought Good Fortune
• EZ Yield.com Public Apology to the Hotel Industry
• Pelican Systems Launch "Flexi-Package" Feature; Pelican Systems announces its new "Flexi-Package" innovation for Hoteliers: a system application to Yield Management/Revenue Management
• Choice Hotels Names its 2005 Franchise Sales and Development Award Winners
• Counting Snowbirds in Florida is Difficult; No Official Way of Tracking Them

• More than 5,000 Lower-cost Las Vegas Strip Hotel Rooms Have Been Taken Off – or Could Soon be Taken Off -- the Market; Your Chance of Finding a Bargain Room is Shrinking
• Novare Group, Faison Enterprises and Levine Properties Jointly Developing TWELVE Hotels and Residences in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Proposed 196-room Hotel and 127-unit Condominium in Downtown Escondido, California Faces Building Height and Parking Concerns
• Homeowners Protest a Proposed Three-story Hilton Hotel in Tyler, Texas
• Despite Closure of Beau Rivage, MGM MIRAGE 2005 4th Qtr Net Income Grows to $97.8 million Compared with $74.9 million a Year Ago
• Wynn Resorts Reports a 4th Qtr Net Loss of $11.4 million; Opened Wynn Las Vegas on Time and on Budget on April 28, 2005, Wynn Macau Expected to Open in the 3rd Qtr 2006
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Names Jim Holthouser SVP of Embassy Suites Hotels, Rebecca Wyatt SVP of Homewood Suites by Hilton
• Four Chefs from Historic Hotels of America Present "History is Hot" Menu at Famed James Beard House in New York
• Aqua Hotels & Resorts Reclassifies Their Eight Waikiki Properties;  Adds Aqua Lite Hotels for Value Conscious Travelers
• New Survey Reveals How Sales and Revenue Managers Handle Internet Marketing and Distribution; 10% of Hotels Still Do Not Have a Dedicated Web Site
• The 150-room Sheraton Midwest City Hotel & Conference Center Opens; Owned by the City of Midwest City and Managed by De Palma Hotel Corporation
• Prior to Acquisition by Kingdom Hotels and Colony Capital, Fairmont Reports 2005 Year End Net income of $167.5 million Compared to the Prior Year's Net Income of $155.8 million
• Krabbe’s, LLC Opens 64-room AmericInn Lodge & Suites in Appleton, Wisconsin - Including a Splash Bay Adventure Indoor Recreation Area

• New Lodging Supply Growth in Check / Robert Mandelbaum
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Acquiring the 338-room Pan Pacific San Francisco Hotel for $95.0 million, $281,065 per Key; Plans to Invest $10 million in Re-branding and Renovation
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquiring the 367 room House of Blues Hotel in Chicago, Illinois for $114.5 Million
• Embassy Suites Hotels Recognizes Top Hotels of 2005; Peter Steketee, GM of the Embassy Suites Hotel - Tampa, Named General Manager of Year
• Host Marriott Corporation 4th Quarter Net Income Rose to $74 million from $61 million a Year Earlier; New Name: Host Hotels & Resorts / Hotel Operating Statistics
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Reports Net Income to Common Shareholders of $20.8 million for the Year Ended December 31, 2005,  Compared to Net Income of $10.7 million for the Prior Year;  RevPAR Increases 11.2%
• Boca Raton Resort & Club Embarks on a Multi-million dollar Refurbishment Headed Up by Three Designers: Thierry Despont, Alexandra Champalimaud, and Tony Chi
• Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. Reports 4th Quarter Net Earnings of $4.4 million Down 48% from Net Earnings of $8.4 million in the Year Earlier; Adverse Impact on the Quarter Was the Consequence of Hurricanes on the Maroma Resort and Spa on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico and the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans
• Biloxi City Council Unanimously Approves Plans for the $500 million Bacaran Bay Casino and Resort
• Hong Kong PolyU Takes Steps to Advance World-class Hospitality Education
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges Permanent Financing for The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Starwood Hotels Reach Agreement on Management Deal; Starwood to Manage Planned 1,200-room Sheraton and a 300-room St. Regis on the Cotai Strip, Macao
• Mitchell Presnick, Super 8 Hotels China Chief Executive, Named Top Leader in Chinese Hospitality Industry
• The First Tower of the Radisson SAS Hotel Dubai Media City Opens; Siegfried Nierhaus the Opening General Manager
• Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. Appoints Brad Swales General Manager of the Embassy Suites Hotel Lexington
• MSI Announces Management Promotions - Sales and service capabilities further enhanced as MSI anticipates a year of unprecedented success

• Condo Hotels and the Americans with Disabilities Act:  Is Your Condo Hotel a “Residence” or a “Place of Public Accommodation”?
• Beverly Clark’s WeddingLocation.com Celebrates its Sixth Anniversary with a Whole New Look
• Connecticut's Two Casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, Offer Insights to Friendly Competition
• Five Major Innovations for Your Hotel’s Performance; Technology innovations designed to positively impact your hotel’s bottom line / Tim Henthorn
• Great Wolf Resorts Reports a 4th Qtr 2005 Net Loss of $38 million; Year-over-Year 4th Qtr Occupancy and RevPAR Decreased / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Cornerstone Awards Kimpton Hotels the Management Contract of The MUSE, New York City
• The Procaccianti Group Acquires the 311-room Wyndham Colorado Springs; Plans $11 million Renovation and Conversion to Marriott Brand
• Novare Group's TWELVE Hotels and Residences Planning a 35-story Tower in Charlotte; 400 Condos on Top of 150 Hotel Suites
• 120 Smoke Free Hotels Join the www.freshstay.com Online Directory in 1st Month
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Continues Rapid Expansion, Revenues and Newly Signed Members Part of Global Success Story
• Home-Towne Suites Selects AnyRate Software to Provide Competitive Rate Intelligence
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Reports 4th Qtr 2005 Net Income of $7.2 million; Incentive Management Fees Up 40.2% / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Outrigger's Waikiki Beach Walk "Tops Out"; Biggest Development in Waikiki's History to Feature Hotels, Restaurants, Premier Shops in Hawaiian-Style Setting
• Doug Housley Named General Manager of the 277-room Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
• Choice Hotels International Names Dan Couture to the Position of Regional Vice President, Extended Stay Development
• The 88th and 89th Staybridge Suites Hotels Open in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Newark, Delaware
• TeleAdapt Unveils New Guest Room Solutions at HOSTEC
• Lyle J. Bolyard Joins The Lodge At Woodloch As Executive Chef
• Jeanine Korm Glendon Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for The Churchill Hotel in Washington, DC

• Two Florida Hotel Investors Admit to Bilking Mortgage Lenders in a $67 million Loan Scheme to Finance Hotels in Orlando and South Florida; Used Fraudulent Appraisals and False Hotel Income and Occupancy Rates
• It is 10am:  Do You Know How Much Money Your Owners Made Last Night? Strand Development Company Does; Multi-flag operator provides customized owner financials, forecasting techniques with dashboard business intelligence hotel software
• Nobody Asked Me, But…. / Stanley Turkel
• Selling Up! Taking Group Room Revenue to a New Level / Carol Verret
• MeriStar Hospitality Agrees to be Acquired by The Blackstone Group in Transaction Valued at Approximately $2.6 billion
• The Providence Group Gears Up for March Madness; President Jed C. Heller to speak at ARDA, Hotel Investment Conference
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 50 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• The Harp Group Acquires the 215 room Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles International Airport for $30.5 million
• Aztec Group, Inc. Arranges the $12 Million Sale of the Comfort Inn Airport/Cruise Port South, Hollywood, Florida
• Managing Online Wholesalers Just Got EZ’er
• Lake District Westmorland Hotel Makes Booking a Breeze
• Manugistics Scientist Co-Sponsors Research Paper: Improving Revenue Management in the 21st Century; Manugistics teams with Georgia Institute of Technology Professor to Create Price-Boosting Revenue Strategy Tools
• Design Goals for New 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Convention Center Hotel Was to Create a Hotel that Would Become a True Urban Resort
• Wyboston Lakes to Present a Visual One Case Study Seminar at Hostec/Eurhotec on February 21st
• Strand Development Company LLC Acquires Management Contract of Best Western Sterling Hotel and Suites, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Thayer Hotel Awards Victor Fernandez As its 2005 “Employee of the Year”

• RedSky IT Reveals How to Increase Sales and Gain Greater Customer Satisfaction at Hostec-Eurhotec
• Morgans Hotel Group Provides Update on Growth Plans with its Brands Delano and Mondrian
• Four Star vs Mobil Four Star / Harry Nobles
• Host Marriott Selling the Fort Lauderdale Marina Marriott and the Swissotel The Drake, New York for Approximately $586 million
• Components of a Hotel Impact Study / Rachel Roginsky
• The Publicly Financed 756-room Baltimore Hilton Breaks Ground; 27 Hours of Public Hearings Set a City Record
• HEI Hospitality Has Closed on a $425 million Discretionary Private Equity Fund to Primarily Acquire Full-service Hotels
• Corporate Housing Providers Association Announces 2006 Tower of Excellence Award Winners; Shamrock Corporate Housing Named "Company of the Year"
• Oxford Lodging and Longwing Acquire the The 357-room Inn of Chicago
• JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® to Host The Hotel Developers Conference™
• Joe Blee, Expert Waterpark Insurance Advisor, Helps Developers Navigate From Start To (Successful) Finish
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Best Western Hotel in Lawton, Oklahoma; Teams with HBI Member-Broker Alan Brock and Associates to Sell Full Service Hotel
• Hotel Travel Alliance Sales & Marketing Program Now Available for US Hotels and Resorts Interested in the European and UK Markets
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Disposition of the Best Western Seville Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri
• Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles International Airport Sold; Colliers International Hotels Acts as Advisor to the Seller
• TCK Group, Vietnam’s First International Hotel Consultancy Group Is Launched
• Highland Hospitality Acquiring the 673-room Renaissance Nashville for $77 million, Approximately $114,000 per Key
• HSMAI's Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Set for New York City on April 19, 2006
• Melissa St. John Appointed General Manager at Country Inns & Suites By Carlson in Elizabeth, N.J.
• Benchmark Appoints Bruce Clifton Director of Human Resources at Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center
• Rosa Lei Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Raffles Beijing Hotel

• Intrawest Corporation Building a 12 story, 256 unit Condo Hotel, The Westin Imagine Orlando Residences, as Phase One at the Village of Imagine, Orlando
• Good Employee Retention Strategies Can Break the Myth ...  The Grass Is Greener / John R Hendrie
• Global Hyatt Corporation and JER Partners Acquiring London's Great Eastern Hotel from Conran Holdings and the Blackstone Group; Hotel Will Be Rebranded Hyatt Regency
• The Las Vegas Convention Center Planning $737 million in Improvements, Expansion; Opened in 1959, Nine Separate Expansions Have Increased Size to 3.2 million square feet
• Plaza Resort & Spa Sales Closeout Registrations Show Strong Condo-Hotel Market Response in Daytona Beach
• Choice Hotels Reports Full Year 2005 Net Income of $87.6 million Compared to Prior Year Net Income of $74.3 million; Executes 639 New Domestic Hotel Franchise Contracts / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Benchmark Hospitality Launches "Chairman's Award of Excellence"; Inaugural Award Presented to Mario Herrera, North Maple Inn, Basking Ridge, NJ
• BITAC Brings Top Hospitality Technology Buyers and Suppliers Together in a Unique Forum; HeBS Provides Leadership Role in Planning for Hospitality Technology Conference
• StayOnline Provides Proprietary Bandwidth Shaping Tool to Clients; New GuestPass Director is Next-Generation Firewall for HSIS
• Marc Vaccaro, the Co-founder of Great Wolf Resorts Inc., Resigns from the Company's Board
• New Orleans, Cocktail's Birthplace, Hosts Convention of Spirited Experts From Around the World,  July 19-23, 2006
• The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino Selects TIG Global as their Internet Marketing Agency of Record; TIG Global to drive direct online traffic to the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
• Henny Schaeffer General Manager of Hotel Astor in Miami Beach, Florida

• Nantucket Island Resorts Installs Maestro Multi-Property Management System; 5-Property Chain with 240-Slip Marina Centralized Operations on Maestro Single-Image Database Software to Ensure Accurate Chain-wide Availability for Cross Selling
• Shutters on the Beach and Hotel Casa del Mar Select TravelCLICK’s iHotelier CRS for Enhanced Website Booking Solution; Cutting-Edge Booking Engine Complements Website Branding, Increases Online Revenue and Enhances the Guest Experience for Luxury Independent  Hotels
• Privately held RLJ Development, LLC  Acquiring 100 Hotels from White Lodging Services Corporation for Approximately $1.7 billion
• Shortage of Sites, Rising Expenses Should Keep Hotel Development in Check / Rick Swig
• Joie de Vivre's Chip Conley Took One Look at Sacramento's Historic Cal Western Life Building and Concluded: "That Looks Like a Hotel"
• Tiny Macau, the 'Las Vegas of the East'; Targeting 60,000 More Hotel Rooms in Ten Years
• Seattle Hotelier John Oppenheimer Honored by the Seattle Hotel Association
• Gaylord Entertainment Co. Reports a Net Loss of $33.9 million for the Full Year 2005;  Plans 500-Room Expansion of Gaylord National / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Advising The Procaccianti Group in the Disposition of The Elms Hotel and Spa Located in Excelsior Springs, Missouri
• Neil Morris Promoted to Vice President, Franchise Services & Operations For US Franchise Systems
• Sivica Hospitality Adds 15th Management Contract with Wingate Alpharetta
• Adaco Services, LLC Announces Five New Hotel Clients
• Pelican Introduces Travel Agent Reservation System
• Visual One Exhibits at Hostec in London
• Hampton Opens 13 New construction Hotels in December 2005 and January 2006
• Keith A. Moses Named General Manager of Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• The Scottsdale Plaza Resort Promotes Kelly Moenter-Nofal to Director of Sales and Marti Waicelunas to Director of Conference Services
• Grande Equity Development Company Limited Signs Starwood's New Brand Le Meridien to Manage 250 room Resort in Pattaya, Thailand
• The 2006 WORLDHOTELS Annual Conference Hosted by Corinthia Towers Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic 

• Intercontinental, Club Med, Hilton, Starwood and More Debate the Latest Sales and Marketing Strategies
• The Threat of Hurricanes, Floods, Fires, Earthquakes and Tsunamis Pose Difficult Questions for Meeting Planners, Hotel and Convention Center Managers
• Want Better Results? Then Expect Better Sales People / Brenda Fields
• City Ordinances to Restrict Chain Restaurants -- But not Chain Hotels -- Considered to Preserve Charm of  San Antonio's River Walk
• Nonunion Housekeepers at San Diego's Largest Hotel, the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Performing One Hour Public Protests Claiming More Work with No Pay Increase
• With a 100 Hotel Portfolio, White Lodging Services Realigns its Organizational Structure
• MGM Mirage Ups Cost of Project CityCenter to $7 billion from $5 billion; Enhances the Strip Project's Hotel Operations, Adds Monorail Component
• HFTP Seeking New Technologies for its GUESTROOM 2010 Model Guestroom
• John Q. Hammons Makes $25 million Commitment to Missouri State University to be Used for a $60 Million 12,000 Seat Campus Arena
• Established in 1993 as Marriott Video Conferencing Network, Marriott"s Event Management, Satellite Broadcasting and Production Services Evolves into Eventcom International by Marriott
• Pete Sears Named Senior Vice President Field Operations, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• Five RockResorts Chefs Invited to the James Beard House

• Noble Investment Group Planning to Build  an aloft - Starwood's New Brand, in Charlotte; 176 room Hotel Will be Built Above Entertainment-Retail Complex
• Low Cap Rates Drive Gains in Hotel Values / Suzanne R. Mellen / Canadian Lodging Outlook - December 2005  Year-to-Date
• City of San Diego Claims Claims Travel Web Sites Not Paying What They Owe in Hotel Occupancy Taxes; Files Lawsuit Seeking $30 million
• White Lodging Services Preparing to Open Uniquely Designed Hotel Facility in Austin, TX;  Two Marriott Branded Hotels with 449 rooms in One Building in Downtown Austin, Texas
• CMA Cos. Planning $850 million Luxury Hotel Near Orlando's Orange Country Convention Center; Called the Blue Rose Resort, Includes 1,300 rooms and 1,000 seat Theater
• Oxford Lodging and Dubai Investment Group Jointly Receive the ALIS’ “2005 Single Asset Transaction” Award for the $440 million Purchase of New York's Essex House
• In 2005, Rezidor SAS  Signed 29 Hotel Contracts (15 Radisson SAS, 13 Park Inn and One Lifestyle) Totaling Nearly 5,000 rooms
• Mandarin Oriental Selected to Manage an Exclusive Resort on China’s Hainan Island; The 292-room Resort Being Developed by Hainan New Superior Industry Company Limited
• Pelican System Powers-up TTG Travel Club in Online Hotel Reservation System
• Aston Hotels, the Newest Independent Hotel Group in the UK Signs with Visual One
• Stephen Ford Named Vice President, Area Managing Director for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in New Delhi, India
• InterContinental Hotels Group Receives 12 Awards for Marketing Excellence During the 2006 Adrian Awards 
• The International Company f