1. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Hotel Sales People / Brenda Fields
2. A Woman Pretending to Be a Guest of Stanford University Walked Out on a Bill of Over $10,000 at Dinah's Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto
3. Two Wynn Las Vegas Dealers File Lawsuits Accusing Steve Wynn of Losing his Temper and Launching into a Tirade During a Meeting with Employees to Discuss Tip Sharing Policy
4. FY 2007 Per Diem Rates (Domestic)
5. Shoes, Clothing and Cell Phone Chargers Are Among the Most Popular Items Left Behind in Hotel Rooms; Sometimes, though, People Leave Behind the valuable, the Unusual
6. Benchmark Hospitality's Top 10 Meeting Trends for 2007;  Portals to Success, Package Rules, BlackBerries & More
7. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What March 2007
8. An Example of Poor Planning? The $207 million "Hotel-less" Virginia Beach Convention Center
9. Hotel Revenue Management is Not Rocket Science So, Why Aren’t You Using It? / Neil Salerno
10. Site Inspections - New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson #5 / David Brudney
11. What Will Not be Hot on the Restaurant Menu in 2007? Truffle Oil - Enough Already
12. Training Is Key To Turning “Desk Clerks” Into Front Desk Salespersons / Doug Kennedy
13. Morgans Hotel Group Co. Commences Large-scale Expansion and Renovation Project for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; Two New Hotel Towers and Expansion of Casino, Meeting Space and Pool
14. What Is Lifestyle Hotel Mixed-use Development All About? / Jim Butler
15. San Antonio Has a Whopping 44 hotels Under Construction or Expected to Break Ground in the Next Year
16. Rooms Department Operations: Controllable and Profitable / Robert Mandelbaum
17. Hilton Hotels Names Top Developers for Hampton,   Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites Brands
18. How I Do It: Hotelier Mark Hamister's Strategies For Getting Through The Day Efficiently / Mark Hamister
19. The Steel Skeleton for Hotel, Condo Tower For Sale; The Stalled Chandler, Arizona Project Likely to Big for Developer
20. Las Vegas Casino Worker Who Expressed Concerns to Newspaper About Crowds and Problems Associated with the NBA All-Star Event - Fired for Willful Misconduct
21. The Edgewater Resort's Four-story Volcano Erupts with Fire Instead of Fog and Water; Duluth Hotel's WaterPark Guests Flee
22. Zagat's Top Ten Golf Courses; Bandon Dunes (OR) Edges  Whistling Straits (WI) for 'Best Course' Honors
23. Remembering Tony Marshall, The Messenger of “Reasonable Care” / Dr. John Hogan
24. The Top 10 Castle Hotels in Europe 
25. How Good Is the Hotel Business and How Good Can it Get? /  Jim Butler

March 30, 2007

• Site Inspections / New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson #5 - David Brudney
• The Edgewater Resort's Four-story Volcano Erupts with Fire Instead of Fog and Water; Duluth Hotel's WaterPark Guests Flee
• Outrigger Enterprises Group Signs Agreement to Manage the Newly Designed Wyland Waikiki Hotel; 400 room Property Nearing Completion of a Multi-million dollar Transformation
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Agreement with Les Trois Rocs to Operate the W Verbier Retreat in Ski Resort Town of Verbier, Switzerland
• The Jefferson Washington Hotel in DC to Undergo Major Renovations – Liquidation Sale Being Conducted by NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc.
• Agenda Set for Cornell Hotel School’s Student-Run Conference Showcases Leaders in Innovation and Sustainability, April 12-15, 2007
• Hong Kong based hotel company seeking a Corporate Director of E-Distribution and Strategic Analysis – Asia.  Will lead company’s Alliance Distribution Solutions that operates electronic distribution, GDS, web and voice reservations
• 3rd Regional Hotel General Managers Forum Returns to HOFEX 2007, 13-14 May, Hong Kong
• Desarrollos Monumentales, S.A. de CV Building a 104-room Holiday Inn Express in San Pedro Sula, Honduras
• Pegasus Solutions’ Utell® Hotels & Resorts Introduces Segmentation Strategy; Targeted Approach Promotes Branding of Hotels to Travel Agents and Consumers
• Tan Kim Seng Appointed Senior Vice President (Operations) for Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
• Peter Steketee Appointed General Manager of the Embassy Suites® Hotel Charleston Airport and Convention Center in North Charleston, South Carolina
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Michelle E. Moore Director of Human Resources for The Founders Inn, Virginia Beach, Virginia

• IDeaS V5 ASP Solution Revolutionizes Hotel Revenue Optimization throughout the Caribbean
• Future Proofing Your Hotel / by John Burns
• FY 2007 Per Diem Rates (Domestic) / GSA
• Zagat's Top Ten Golf Courses; Bandon Dunes (OR) Edges Whistling Straits (WI) for 'Best Course' Honors
• Missouri River Breaks Lodge Opens on Lake Sakakawea Near The Links of North Dakota
• Ritz-Carlton Hotel President Simon Cooper Optimistic Over New Hotel in Tokyo
• Marriott Hotels & Resorts Develops Advertising Campaign to Show Consumers How New Guest Room Technology Works
• While Nothing Statistically Warrants Building More Hotels at the Colorado Springs Airport, Four New Properties with 438 rooms Are Under Construction
• Two Wichita Hotels, 206-room Canterbury Inn and 192-room Weekly Studios Sold at Auction for $5.5 million; Both Expected to Regain a National Brand Affiliation
• Interstate Joint Venture with Meisel Capital Partners to Acquire the 147-room Radisson Hotel Cross Keys in Baltimore, Md. for $17.0 million
• The Carneros Inn, the PlumpJack Group Resort in the Napa Valley, Opens Nw Spa and Fitness Center
• NEC Display Solutions and Hospitality Partners Help Hyatt Regency Chicago Develop State-of-the-art Digital Signage System
• Mazili Hotel Group closes the Safar Inn Palm Bay, Florida
• HITEC 2007 Adds Club Technology Pavilion; Features Special Technologies for Club Management
• Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina Appoints Robert Cartwright as General Manager
• Caneel Bay on St. John, USVI Appoints Seán Carney as Director of Food & Beverage and Nikolay Hotze as Resident Manager
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Jason Mueller General Manager for The Silversmith Hotel & Suites in Chicago
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Kris Reagan Director of Sales & Marketing for The Chattanoogan

• TravelCLICK’s iStay Booking Engine Again Named Best Web Interactive Application for Hotel and Lodging Industry; Innovative Merchandising Platform Wins Prestigious Web Marketing Association Award
• Softbrand's Medallion Property Management System Endorsed by Best Western International
• The Online Metrics Handbook for Travel Marketers / by Cindy Estis Green for TIA and HSMAI
• Kerzner International Appoints Robert F. Cotter President of the Company; Formerly Served as President and COO of Starwood
• Green Hotel Development Is Profitable Now! Inspirations from the Pioneers Make it Dangerous NOT to Be "Green" / Jim Butler
• Moinian Group Selects Starwood to Operate a New Construction 57 story W New York-Downtown Hotel & Residences; W Hotels’ Sixth Property in Manhattan
• Top Industry Educator to Conduct Seminar on China’s Mushrooming Outbound Tourism; Tony Tse of event co-sponsor Hong Kong Polytechnic University will speak at first-ever U.S.-held Seminar on China Hotel & Tourism Development
• Benchmark Hospitality Named Recipients of the 2007 Top Sales Executives Awards; Sales Executive of the Year Awarded to John Edwards, Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center
• The Top 10 Castle Hotels in Europe
• Foes Derail All Night Liquor Permit Legislation Aimed to Boost Convention Business at Big-city Texas Hotels; Intent Was to Level Playing Field with New Orleans, Las Vegas
• CEO of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce Files Lawsuit Against Hyatt in Burlingame, CA for a Shower Slip Incident
• Mövenpick Hotel Zurich-Airport Owners Clair Finanz AG and Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Invest More than CHF 30 million (US$ 24.6 million) in a Complete Renovation
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Signs Management Agreement for First Conrad in Abu Dhabi; Mazrui Holding Building the 380 room Conrad Abu Dhabi
• Boutique Hotels & Resorts International Appoints David Moth, SVP Marketing
• Sunstone Hotels seeking a Director of Sales & Marketing for its 221 room hotel with 6,000 sq ft  of meeting space in Los Angeles. Requires two or more years as a Hotel Diretor of Sales

• Maestro Installed at Top Ranked Fluno Conference Center Managed by Aramark Higher Education; World’s #1 conference center partners with integrated Maestro PMS for banquet event and PMS on single platform, free online training Webinars
• Casino Hotels Boost Profits with Rainmaker Group, Agilysys Tech Collaboration; Revenue Management and Property Management Systems identify profitable gamers
• Casinos: The Last Frontier for Smoking?
• Hilton Hotels Corp Developing a  200-Unit Hilton Grand Vacations Timeshare and 50-Unit Waldorf=Astoria Fractional Project Within the Lake Las Vegas Resort
• Makeover Going on Inside Roanoke's Flagship Hotel;  $6.5 million Face-lift is the First Total Renovation Since the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center Reopened in 1995
• World Class University, the Hub of State Government and Healthy Local Economy Creating Demand for More then the 8,000 Hotel Rooms Now Available in the Madison, Wisconsin Area
• Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Opens 50th Hotel - the 704 room Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou
• Image Hospitality, LLC,  Will Develop and Operate its Second Hampton Inn & Suites® in Waco, Texas
• The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau Creates New Brand Identity and Logo for the Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains Region
• Solare Hotels & Resorts Creates the New Loisir Hotel Brand; Re-Brands Seven Properties, Aromatic Scent to Be the Fragrant Trademark of all Loisir Hotel Lobbies
• German Hotel Chain, Maritim Hotelgesellschaft, Preparing to Open the 533 room Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
• Wyndham Worldwide Re-flagging Bonnet Creek Timeshare Resort Under the Wyndham Banner
• After 21 years, the Five Sails Restaurant at the Pan Pacific Vancouver Will Convert to an Independently Owned Restaurant; Reflects Growing Trend Among Major Hotels to Feature Independent Restaurants
• Softbrand's Medallion Property Management System Endorsed by Best Western International
• Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Edward Hoganson Senior Vice President of Development & Finance
• Hilton Garden Inn Recognizes Robert Vadino, Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia Center City, as the 2006 Director of Sales of the Year
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Chris Steffich Director of Food & Beverage for Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia

• Dr. Tim Gao, CEO of Beijing Based TEDA Hotels Management, to Discuss Burgeoning China Hotel Business Opportunities at Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s First-ever U.S. Seminar
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective Hotel Sales People / Brenda Fields
• What Is Lifestyle Hotel Mixed-use Development All About? / Jim Butler
• San Antonio Has a Whopping 44 hotels Under Construction or Expected to Break Ground in the Next Year
• How I Do It: Hotelier Mark Hamister's Strategies For Getting Through The Day Efficiently
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Launches New Interactive Web Site; Leading hospitality management company uses online marketing to engage and educate customers and prospects
• Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Acquires the 402-room Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel for $228.2 million or $568,000 per room
• Dunavant Enterprises, Inc. Reopening the 35-room Henderson Park Inn, Destin, Florida; The Sterling Companies Selected to Manage the Landmark Bed & Breakfast
• Homewood Suites by Hilton Names Top Hotel for 2006 - Homewood Suites by Hilton District of Columbia, Falls Church, Virginia
• Procaccianti Group Buys the 293 room Westin Hotel in the Cypress Creek Area of Fort Lauderdale
• Preservationists Worry About Perkiomen Bridge Hotel; Built in 1689, the Collegeville, Pennsylvania Is Up for Sale
• HSMAI Names the Frank W. Berkman Chapter Award Winners; HSMAI's Central Florida Chapter Receives New Chapter of the Year Award
• Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Eric Terry Vice President of Sales and Marketing

• An Example of Poor Planning? The $207 million "Hotel-less" Virginia Beach Convention Center
• What Will Not Be Hot on the Restaurant Menu in 2007? Truffle Oil - Enough Already
• Wyndham Worldwide Will Invest In and Manage the 600-room Westin Rio Mar Beach Golf Resort & Spa in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico; Will Reflag to the Wyndham Brand and Add Timeshare Component
• Doubletree Guest Suites® Naples, Florida Named the Top-Performing Hotel in the Doubletree Brand with the Highest Overall Performance Scores; Twenty Doubletree Hotels Recognized for 2006 Achievements
• Jim Scherr Redeveloping the Vacant International Hotel in Downtown El Paso; Multi-million Dollar Effort Will Produce a 200 room Doubletree Hotel
• Reducing Marriott's Environmental Footprint; Company's 2,800 Hotels On Track to Reduce its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by One-fifth During Period from 2000 to 2010
• America’s Travel Economy Continues to Lose Millions of Overseas Visitors; As Travel Around the World Skyrockets, the U.S. is Mired in a Slump
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Adds Nine New Locations for Two Months Ending February 2007
• The Westin Resort Hilton Head Island Opens the First Heavenly Spa by Westin™ in the Continental United States
• Greg Hanss Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa, Paradise Valley, Arizona

• Rooms Department Operations: Controllable and Profitable / Robert Mandelbaum
• Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau Faces 1st Public Audit in 10 Years
• While Operating Profits Fell 14%, Intercontinental Hotels Chief Executive Andy Cosslett's Pay Almost Doubles
• John Q. Hammons Breaks Ground for 280 suite Embassy Suites® Hotel and Convention Center in Fairview, Texas (North of Dallas); Project Part of Village at Fairview, a 400-acre, Mixed-use, Lifestyle Center
• Argosy Riverside Casino Complex, Near Downtown Kansas City, Opens $66 million, 258-room Hotel; Aims to Also Attract Corporate Business with 22,000 sq ft of Meeting Space
• Diversity at Marriott a Critical Component for Long-term Growth and Success, Raising the Bar Each Year
• Still Reaching for that Fifth Star - The Boston Harbor Hotel Moves Forward with $12 million Renovation
• Larkspur Hospitality Purchases Two Northern California Hotels; Company's Portfolio Reaches 23 Hotels
• Guest-Tek to Provide Wireless Internet Access to Hyatt Place™ Brand; Selected to provide service and support to all 80 corporate-owned Hyatt Place hotels by the end of 2007
• Franchise Negotiations Expert Selected to Spearhead Hospitality Solutions LLC; Steven Belmonte reunites with Charles Isola to lead growing franchise-services consulting group as EVP and COO
• Lorica Solutions Purchased by Hotel Technology Solutions; Industry Veterans and Equity Firms Attracted by Technology That Provides Relief to the Hospitality Industry
• RexCorp Realty LLC Signs Capital Hotel Management to Asset Manage the Newly Acquired Marriott Long Island Hotel & Conference Center in Uniondale, New York
• The Michigan Hotel, Motel & Resort Association Bringing Michigan's Tourism Experts Together to Review Travel Trends and Projections
• Italian Hotelier Valeriano Antonioli Named General Manager of the InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa, Paradise Valley, Arizona
• Aqua Hotels & Resorts Appoints Three to GM Posts in Waikiki

• TravelCLICK Selected by Exel Inns of America For Comprehensive Central Reservation System Solution; Regional Chain Switches to iHotelier CRS at 22 Properties Across Six States
• The Concierge Assistant® Announces New Guest Service Technology, Hosts Users Meeting at Les Clefs d’Or Congress in Vienna; Leading-edge tools debut at elite international concierge organization summit
• City's Ownership of 3 Year Old Austin Hilton Hotel Is Paying Off; City Attracting Larger Conventions, Able to Favorably Restructure Convention Center Hotel Revenue Bonds
• Recovering from an Embezzlement Scandal, the Fresno Convention and Visitors Bureau To Be Kept Alive by City's Continued Financial Support
• HEI Hotels & Resorts Acquires the 179-room Equinox Resort and Spa in Manchester Village, Vermont
• White Lodging Services and City of Fort Wayne Determine a $6 million Funding Gap Exists for Proposed 250 room Downtown Marriott; Options Include Reducing Meeting Space, Changing Brands
• Fort Lauderdale Commissioners Reject Proposed 20 Story Luxury Hotel to Replace an Old Howard Johnsons
• The $1 billion Southern Highlands Resort Set to Begin Construction in Southwest Las Vegas Valley; Project Approved for Up to 3,200 rooms
• PAS Launches Hotel Financial Reporting Initiative to Assist Owners/Operators in Compliance with Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI) 10th Revised Edition; Service Offering Improves Transparency of Hotel Financial Reporting Ratios and Statistics
• Durango Mountain Resort Breaks Ground on Purgatory Lodge, a Private Residence and Fractional Ownership Resort in Durango, Colorado; Part of 20-year $100 million Environmentally Sensitive Master Plan
• Accor Names 9 to General Manager Posts in China
• The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians Building a $100 million Hotel/Spa and Parking Garage at their Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella, California
• The Hotel Financing Environment in Canada / Paul Varteression - CANADIAN LODGING OUTLOOK January 2007
• Stonebridge Companies Completes Conversion of the Former Four Points by Sheraton Denver University to the the 240-room Courtyard  by Marriott Denver Cherry Creek
• Dallas’ Hilton Anatole Hotel Begins $40 million Renovation; Famed Stemmons Auditorium to be Transformed into 8,300 Sq Ft Ballroom
• Jim Quest Named First Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Cornell Hotel School
• PAR Springer-Miller Announces HTNG Certification; SMS|Host V16.0 with SMS|Diplomat certified under the HTNG Certification Program
• Director of Sales & Marketing sought by the 250 room Custom Hotel opening this summer in Los Angeles. Ideal candidates will possess a bachelors degree and 4-6 years hotel sales management experience

• Managing Director of Hilton HHonors to Keynote at EyeforTravel's North American Marketing Conference
• Helping Hotel Owners Strike a Fair Deal: 5 Milestones Marking The Road To Success For Hotel Management Agreements
• Training Is Key To Turning “Desk Clerks” Into Front Desk Salespersons / Doug Kennedy
• 2007 James Beard Foundation Special Honoree Awards; Lifetime Achievement, Humanitarian of the Year, Cookbook Hall of Fame, Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America and America's Classics - Regional Restaurants
• Expanding Opportunities in the Hotel Industry in China Prompts a Special One Day Seminar in New York City, April 27, 2007
• Global Hyatt's New Brand - Hyatt Place™ to Appeal to a Newly Identified Target Audience - Those Travelers Who Merge Personal and Professional Activities; Expect to Open 120 Locations by Year-end 2007
• La Quinta’s  New Logo Crucial to the Texas Based Hotel Chain’s Plan to Become a Bigger Player in the North American Hotel Industry
• More than 15,000 Condo-hotel Rooms Expected to Flood Central Florida During Next Several Years; A Big and Risky Building Boom for the Lodging Industry
• Many Elite Hotel Brands Continue to Move into South Florida; Where Will the Middle Class Stay?
• Historic Oxford Hotels Speed Restaurant Service and Centralises Operations with Two Solutions from NFS 
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Signs the Elegant Palladium Hotel in Mykonos
• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Completes $88.5 million of First Mortgage Financing for a Portfolio of Nine Hotels in California
• Aztec Arranges the $70 million Refinancing for the Sheraton Miami Mart and the Sheraton Orlando Downtown
• Hospitality eBusiness Strategies to Present at Economy & Budget Hotels World 2007; Workshop to focus on online brand building strategies
• Softbrands and Kerry Hotels Announce the "Karyon Collection by Kerry Hotels"
• Florida Leads the Nation in the Number of Timeshare Resorts; More Timeshare Owners Take Vacations in Florida than Any Other State
• Four Different Developers Building Four Staybridge Suite Properties in San Antonio, Texaso
• Lhasa Yungao International Hotel Company, Ltd Signs Starwood to Manage a Planned St Regis Hotel in Lhasa, the Capital City of Tibet
• Rehabilitation of Fire-damaged Hotel into a Shining New Downtown Atlanta Hotel Can Take a While
• California Hotel & Lodging Association Forms Partnership With the California Association of Bed & Breakfast Inns

• The Steel Skeleton for Hotel, Condo Tower For Sale; The Stalled Chandler, Arizona Project Likely to Big for Developer
• Hotel Investment Market Still Strong, Only Fear Is Over Development / PKF Consulting
• Lifestyle Hospitality to Convert 17-story Bank Building in Downtown Durham, North Carolina  Into High-end Hotel
• Development Pipeline for Hotel Openings in Europe Reveals Robust Development Activity; The UK Has the Largest Pipeline in Europe
• Nobody Asked Me, But: Energy Usage and Potential Savings; Great Art in Hotels; Lifestyle Hotels / Stanley Turkel
• Shoes, Clothing and Cell Phone Chargers Are Among the Most Popular Items Left Behind in Hotel Rooms; Sometimes, though, People Leave Behind the valuable, the Unusual
• The Repositioning of the Flagship ANA Hotel Tokyo to ANA InterContinental Tokyo the First of 13 ANA Hotels Scheduled for Rebranding
• KioskCom Self Service Expo Announces Updated Speaker Roster; The Largest and Longest Running Conference and Tradeshow of Its Kind to Feature Top Notch Speakers and Special Presentations on Self Service Technology
• Hotel Financial Strategies Opens New York Office
• InnLink Announces New Ownership
• Starwood Signs Deal with Hillwood to Develop the First aloft Hotel in Texas, in the Dallas Suburb of Las Colinas
• European Hotel Supply in 2007; Accor Top Hotel Group, Best Western Top Brand
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 65 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• CSM Lodging Rebranding the Courtyard by Marriott – Minneapolis Downtown at the Depot to The Depot, a Renaissance Hotel by Marriott
• Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Invests Close to $1 million in E-commerce and Distribution Infrastructure and the Resources to Deliver E-initiatives
• Former Managing Director for Thayer Lodging Group, Dave Weymer, Joins Noble Investment Group as a Managing Principal
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Paul Reed Bogardus Executive Chef at North Maple Inn

• Number of New U.S. Hotel Brand Launches in 2005/2006 Reflects Largest Two-Year Total in 17 Years, PricewaterhouseCoopers Reports
• Extraordinary Preparation, Plenty of Emotion to Bring Down the Stardust Resort & Casino
• What is Hotel Mixed-use? That DependsOn Who You Listen To / Jim Butler
• Slightly Fewer Orange County (California) Hotels Sold Last Year, But Prices for Those Sold Nearly Tripled; Ritz-Carlton Among Southern California's Top Hotel Deals of 2006 / Sandi Cain
• The Hilton Garden Inn Brand Names Top Hotel Performance Winners for 2006;  The Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad Beach – Calif., Recognized as the 2006 Hotel of the Year
• Benchmark Adds Lakeside Resort & Residences on Lake Grapevine in Flower Mound, Texas to Portfolio; Project Being Developed by Hines Includes 289 Guest Rooms and 64 Condominiums
• Rockwood Capital Acquires Landmark Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC; First Lodging Asset of Rockwood’s Fund VII
• Rocco Forte Hotels Selling The St David’s Hotel & Spa in Cardiff to Principal Hotels for £32.5 million (US$63.3m)
• HFTP to Honor Hospitality Technology Pioneers with an Award of Merit
• GJM Hospitality Completes $7 million Makeover of the Former Augusta Towers Hotel, the 179 room Augusta, Georgia Property Branded Doubletree
• CSK Hotels LLC Developing aloft Hotel in Rogers, Arkansas
• Industry Professionals to Share How They Are “Connecting for Results” at Newmarket International’s 4th Annual User Conference; Leading company representatives to discuss how connecting different islands of data and sister properties results in streamlined operations and increased revenues
• IACC Appoints First Board Associate; 27 Year Old Sales Manager, Warren Call, to Bring "Google Generation" Perspective
• Cornell Hotel School Offers 12 Professional Certifications in 2007
• Raffles Hotels & Resorts Signs Agreement with Point Hardy Development Company to Manage Raffles St Lucia, West Indies
• Robert Penman Appointed Lodge Manager at Rosewood's King Pacific Lodge in British Columbia

• MICROS OPERA Endorsed By Best Western International With Certified Two-Way Interface to Best Western’s Central Reservation System
• Hilton Hotels Names Top Developers for Hampton, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites Brands
• Mansur Real Estate Services Wins Preliminary Approval to Build a $50 million to $60 million 250 room Westin at Indianapolis International Airport
• Rash of Hotel Proposals for Downtown Milwaukee Seeking City Funds Causes Concern with Marcus Corp., the Owner of Three Downtown Hotels - InterContinental Milwaukee Hotel, Hilton Milwaukee City Center and the Pfister Hotel
• Client DNA - The Gold Standard for New Business Development / Carol Verret
• Largest New-build Crowne Plaza in the U.S. with 300 rooms Planned for the Campus of The Grand Isle Resort Near Baltimore Washington Airport
• Tunica Casino Operators and Tourism Advocates Try to Figure Out Ways to Break the No-growth Doldrums; Need New Attractions On a Very Large and Grand Scale
• Nevada's Statewide Gaming Win Falls 2.1% for January 2007 Compared to Same Month a Year Ago, But No Concern
• In Istria the Partnership of Hotel and Vintner is Vital
• The Kintetsu Corporation Re-flagging the Miyako Tokyo Hotel and Miyako Osaka Hotel to the Sheraton Brand
• The Greening of the Hospitality Industry – Walkwire and Carbonfund lead the pack in fighting Global Warming
• Pegasus Expands Business in China through Agreement with Jinling Hotels & Resorts; Pegasus to Provide Jinling with Utell® Hotels & Resorts and PegsTour® Services
• Balinese Development Company mc2 and Outrigger Partner on the US$45 million Outrigger Panorama Bali Resort & Spa
• Napa Valley's Silverado Resort Receives Series of Enhancements
• Michael Lynch Appointed Director of Group Sales for InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco

• TravelCLICK Introduces First Graphical Ads Influencing Travel Agents at GDS Point of Sale; Graphical PromoSpots Combine Powerful, Targeted GDS Search With Rich Graphical Content to Drive Higher GDS Conversion, Increase Agent Bookings
• The Rainmaker Group Hosts 3rd Annual Client Steering Committee Meeting; User Input to Guide Development; Revenue Management leader taps users for ‘Project Roadmap,’ assesses client priorities
• Asha Cos., Developing a Complex Called the Grand Isle Resort Near Baltimore's BWI Airport; Plans Include a 300 room Crowne Plaza, 82,000 sq ft Conference Center and a 130,000 sq ft Water Park
• Columbus, Georgia's Hawthorn Suites Sustained Knockout Blow From Tornado; To Be Torn Down and Replaced with a 82 suite Hyatt Place
• American Property Management Corp. Acquires the 35-year-old Wyndham Albuquerque Airport Hotel (Originally the Airport Marina and later the Amfac); Investing $6.5 million in Conversion to Sheraton Brand
• Overuse of 'Boutique' Within Hotel Industry Leads Thailand Hotelier to Coin New Term
• Extensive Agenda Set for 7th Annual Resort Management Conference, The Broadmoor, March 25-27, 2007; Breakout Sessions in Three Tracks: Operations, Marketing and Current Trends
• Diamond Resorts, LLC Signs Agreement to Acquire Vacation Ownership Company, Sunterra Corporation, for $16.00 per Share in Cash; Value of the Transaction is Approximately $700 million
• HPN Named Top 5 Hot Growth Companies by biz AZ Magazine; Site-Selection Firm Has Grown by 227 Percent Since 2003
• Irish Property Development Group, Thornsett, Signs Starwood's aloft Brand for 150 room Hotel in Brussels, Belgium
• Las Vegas Businessman, Terry Caudill, Continues with the Revitalization of the Four Queens Hotel & Casino; Over $20 million in Improvements at the  Historic Downtown Property
• Staybridge Suites Reaches 100th Hotel with the Opening of Staybridge Suites Tallahassee, Florida
• Shanghai Eastern Airline Hospitality Signs Golden Tulip to Manage the 283-room Shanghai Eastern Airline Hotel
• SpaSoft Announces HTNG Certification; SpaSoft with SMS|Diplomat certified under the HTNG Certification Program
• Andrew Gibson Appointed to Manage Mandarin Oriental’s Global Spa Division
• Robert M. Leahy Named EVP of Finance for Myriad Entertainment & Resorts, Inc.; Former Kerzner and Atlantis Resort Exec Joins Team Developing $1.6 billion Destination Resort near Tunica, Mississippi
• The Hotel Group (THG) seeking a Real Estate Director. THG is a value added buyer of full service hotels throughout the U.S. Candidates should have hotel operations background with 3 years of real estate experience in the hospitality field

• Luxury Link Sets Sail with Silversea Cruises; Partnership Anchors Website’s New Section dedicated to Cruises and Private Yachts
• Accomplishment Wrap-up - HTNG's Third Annual Members’ Meeting; Marriott International's CTO Barry Shuler To Succeed Nick Price as HTNG President
• Biggest Money Making Conference at the Tucson Convention Center Moving to Phoenix After 33 Consecutive Years in Tucson; Cites Lack of Downtown Hotel Rooms
• Ohio Health Officials Investigate Ailments of Water Park Visitors at Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio
• Following $120 million Facelift, the Bedford Springs Resort's Historic Character Mostly Preserved; The South-central Pennsylvania Resort Expects Summer Reopening
• Don’t Get Taken for a Ride: Implement a “Website Owners’ Bill of Rights”
• All 433 Domestic Comfort Suites Branded Hotels Will Become 100%  Smoke-free May 1, 2007
• Morgans Hotel Group Co. Commences Large-scale Expansion and Renovation Project for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; Two New Hotel Towers and Expansion of Casino, Meeting Space and Pool
• Pacifica Capital & Brokerage, Inc. Arranges Refinance of Palm Springs Hotel
• Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Reports YE 2006 Net Earnings of $50.3 million, Compared to net loss of $28.2 million in 2005; Starts and Ends Year with 56 Hotels / Hotel Operating Data
• Optimizing Hospitality Advertising Dollars / J Ragsdale Hendrie
• San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Accompanyies Tourism Officials on Sales Mission to Chicago, Washington DC and New York City
• Fairmont Promotes Andrea Torrance and Karl Pinault to New Vice-President Roles For Rooms and Design & Construction
• St. Regis Hotel, Shanghai Appoints Tom S’prayoon as Director of Sales & Marketing
• Grant James Named General Manager and Ron Takayama Named Assistant GM for Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu
• HPL Hotels & Resorts to Manage 2nd Resort in the Maldives
• Seattle based GuestWare seeking candidates for Software Sales. Responsible for selling GuestWare software solutions to independent and chain hotels and mid-sized hotel management companies. Requires 2+ years of sales experience

• The Blackstone Group Sells the Rights to the Budgetel Trademarks and Franchise Operations to Group Headed by Mukesh Patel and  R.C. Patel; The Minority-owned Hotel Franchisor Seeks to Spark an Evolution for Fair Franchising
• Days Inn in Branford, Connecticut Shut Down for Numerous Fire, Health and Building Code Violations
• Inland American RE Ups the Bid for Winston Hotels, Inc.; Bids $15/Share Topping Wilbur Acquisition Holding Co. Offer of $14.10/share
• A Previously Rejected Courtyard by Marriott Proposal Wins City of Flagstaff Approval - Now Planned with 14 Fewer Hotel Rooms and a Lower Roof Line
• Selling Off the Indebted Williamsburg, Virginia Ramada Inn & Suites Provides a Look at Old-Fashioned Auctioneering
• Planned Luxury Golf Club In Nebraska's Sand Hills Signs Tom Lehman to Design One of Two Courses; The Prairie Club Expects to Attrack Golf Fanatics from Around the World
• Interpretations of the Hotel and its Environment Subject of Major Art Works for the Jumeirah Essex House Lobby in New York City
• North Korea Suddenly Open to American Travelers;  Last Minute Decision to Grant Visas to Attend the Famed Mass Games in Pyongyang
• He Ping Li Hotel Company Signs 10-year Agreement with Wyndham Hotel Group to Manage 550 room Hotel Under Construction in Xiamen, Fujian Province
• Davidson Hotel Company/RockBridge Capital, LLC Joint Venture Acquires Stamford (CT) Holiday Inn Downtown; Property to Undergo $15 Million Renovation
• Platinum Capital Holdings Pvt Ltd. Signs Raffles to Manage a 49 Villa Resort on the Newly Developed Gaafu Alifu Atoll, in the Southern Part of the Maldives
• Expanding Opportunities in the Hotel Industry in China Prompts a Special One Day Seminar in New York City, April 27, 2007
• Hansji Hotels Transforms the Run-down Sunshine Hotel & Suites Into the Sleek Radisson Phoenix City Center
• Four Points by Sheraton Partners with William A. Anthony, Ph.D., the Nap Doctor, to Promote Benefits of a Good Nap
• HFTP Adds the New Assistant Controllers Conference to its Education Schedule
• The Hotel Cheval in Downtown Paso Robles, California, a Two and a Half Year Effort for Proprietors Robert and Sherry Gilson
• Dave Coskey and Drew Schlesinger Appointed to Vice President Positions at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
• Former Walt Disney Executive, Aldo Manzini, Named Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for MGM MIRAGE

• TravelCLICK Selected by Austria Hotels International For GDS Connectivity, Market Intelligence; Boutique Hotel Group Grows Share Using iHotelier CRS, Rate Shopping, Travel Agent Advertising
• What's In a Hotel Brand Nowadays? / Dietmar Kielnhofer, General Manager, Le Meridien Nirwana Golf and Spa Resort, Bali
• Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / March 2007
• SBE Entertainment, Controlled by 31 year Old Sam Nazarian, Likely to Spend a Ton of Money Bringing the 1,720 room Sahara Hotel to the Next Level
• Hotel Revenue Management is Not Rocket Science. So, Why Aren’t You Using It? / Neil Salerno
• HTNG's Certification Program Launched with Five Certified Products; The “HTNG Certified” Label and Logo Provides Hoteliers with Assurance of Technology Products with Industry-standard Interfaces
• Once a Bingo Hall, the Tohono O'odham Nation Finishing the $120 million Desert Diamond Casino & Hotel, Tuscon, Arizona
• Hilton Hotels Corp. Creates $3 million College Scholarship Fund for Baltimore Hospitality Students; Makes Good on  Pledge After Chosen to Operate the Baltimore City-owned Convention Center Hotel
• De Vere Collection Leverages Newmarket International’s Solutions Across 58 Properties; Leading UK hotel group turns to Newmarket® to optimise its sales, catering and events business
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Cited for Innovative and Successful Training Processes
• Silver Companies Developing Three Hyatt Place Hotels in Three Markets – Fredericksburg, Va., Jacksonville, Fla. and Germantown, Tenn.
• Harris Rosen, Founder, Rosen Hotels and Resorts To Share His Entrepreneurial Vision at Cornel Hotel School
• Blue Square Studios' Hospitality Toolkit Builds Brand with New Website for Elegant Hotels Group
• Pegasus Solutions’ hotelbook® Receives Prestigious HSMAI Award of Excellence; Trade Association Recognizes Independent Travel Web Site with Silver Award
• Deal of the Year Awards Winners Announced at the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Germany
• A €45 million 210 room art'otel Hotel Planned for Midtown Cologne, Germany; The Sixth art'otel in Germany for the Park Plaza Hotels Europe Brand
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Susan Schmittfranz Director of Food & Beverage for The Northland Inn, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

• TravelCom/Res-Expo Introduces the Ultimate Travel Distribution Chat Room
• Aptech's ASP-Based Accounting Software in High Demand by Chains, Properties; Saves properties money, eliminates system responsibility
• A Woman Pretending to Be a Guest of Stanford University Walked Out on a Bill of Over $10,000 at Dinah's Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto
• Benchmark Hospitality's Top 10 Meeting Trends for 2007; Portals to Success, Package Rules, BlackBerries & More
• Las Vegas Casino Worker Who Expressed Concerns to Newspaper About Crowds and Problems Associated with the NBA All-Star Event Fired for Willful Misconduct
• SBE Entertainment Group to Acquire Las Vegas’ Sahara Hotel & Casino; Plans is to Reposition Legendary Property for a New Generation of Visitors
• NRA's Ed Tinsley Says American Dream Alive and Well in Food, Beverage and Hospitality; About 50% of Americans Have Worked in a Restaurant at Some Point in their Careers
• So How Do We Develop Hotels “Smarter” and How Do We Get It Right - Focus of JMBM’s The Hotel Developers Conference™ in Rancho Mirage, California March 7-8, 2007
• Hotel del Coronado Selects UniFocus’ Watson, R. M.™ Labor and Budgeter Financial Management Applications
• Agenda and Speakers Set for HFTP's Club and Hotel Controllers Conferences
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Selected to Manage the Ravallo Resort & Conference Center in Orlando; The $800 million Project Will Have 900 Condo Hotel Suites and 100,000 Sq Ft Conference Center
• British Columbia's King Pacific Lodge Initiates Multi-faceted Plan to Reduce the Lodge's Carbon Footprint by 50% Over the Next Five Years
• Kor Hotel Group Acquires the Villa del Sol Resort Located just Outside Ixtapa, Mexico
• John Q. Hammons Planning a 320 room Chateau Style Resort with 100,000 Sq Ft of Meeting Space on Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri
• Hill Air Force Base Located in Northern Utah Plans to Build a Hotel/Condominium Project in Park City, Utah

• Full-Service Hotels, Resorts See Revenue Payback, Optimized Efficiency with Integrated Maestro PMS Modules; Partnership & Hotel Technology Investment Delivers Premium Support Services & ROI
• SynXis Recognizes Outstanding Customer Performance at their Annual Customer Forum in Las Vegas; Highlights of event include a vendor showcase, customer-led case studies, a travel agent panel and keynote address by Peter Yesawich
• First Step In Maximizing Reservations Sales: Believe It’s Possible / Doug Kennedy
• 5 Star in Istria - Two Different Luxury Hotels / Barry Napier
• Hilton Hotels Corporation Anticipates Adding 1,000 Hotels within North America in the next Five Years, and 1,000 Hotels Internationally Within the Next 10 Years
• Built in 1982, the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa Completes $17 million Renovation; Operator Gemstone Adds Spa and Redesigned Restaurant, BIN189
• Some Think Norfolk, Virginia's Offer of Incentives to Developer in Downtown Hotel Deal Are Over the Top
• Starwood Signs Management Agreement with Real Estate Development LLC, to Operate a 135 room W Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia
• Pending Government Approvals of Timeshare Laws, Vacation Ownership Set to Take Off in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
• Lazer Lodging Appointed Asset Manager of Sheraton College Park
• Hotel Plus Mixes with High Society
• Blue Square Studios wins HSMAI Adrian Awards For Excellence in Hospitality E-Marketing
• Decision Made to Re-brand the Hilton Maldives Resort and Spa to the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Effective December 2007
• Developed by Heaton Companies and Managed by Coral Hospitality, the 83 unit Vero Beach Hotel & Club Opens
• Brack Capital Real Estate Plans to Develop 300 room Hotel at 63-67 West 35th Street in Midtown Manhattan
• Outrigger Enterprises Group Sells Management Rights for 13 Australian and New Zealand Hotels to MFS's Stella Resorts Group
• Money Back Guarantee by Revenue Source One
• PAR Springer-Miller Systems Partners with HBSi; To Provide Hoteliers Instant Communications with Distribution Channels
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Warren Breaux Director of Sales and Marketing at Lansdowne Resort Near Washington, DC

• Ask Not For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls / Mergers and Acquisitions – Good for the Hospitality Industry? / Michael Schubach
• Set Up Your Servers for Super Service / Lee Simon
• A Case Study in Interiors: When Renovating, Ambiance Can Equal Competitive Set Dominance By John Cullen & Anthony DiGuiseppe
• The IRS Auditing Marriott International Inc.'s Federal Tax Returns for Fiscal 2000 through 2002 Regarding $1 billion in Deductions Related to Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Former Baseball Star Reggie Jackson One of the Developers of a Proposed 252-room Hotel and Conference Center in Seaside, California
• City of Hampton, Virginia Seeks to Foreclose on Hotel that Owes the City $7.7 million
• Supreme Court of Virginia Rules a Guest of a Holiday Inn Express Who Was Shot and Carjacked in the Parking Lot Is Allowed to Sue Motel with Claims It Did Not Protect its Customers
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 63 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Newmarket® International’s Vice President of Product Development to Present at HTNG 2007; Shawn McGowan to participate in thought leadership program addressing the successes and challenges of service-oriented architecture
• Hotels Seeking to Target Meeting Planners Should Exhibit at HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings® Mid-America Show - April 11-12, 2007, Chicago; Exposition Space Still Available For Show, New Exhibitor Incentives Offered
• The Briad Group Opens 100-unit, Residence Inn by Marriott in Neptune, New Jersey
• The Historic Pacific Plaza Hotel in Downtown Seattle Completes $5 million Renovation, Renamed the Executive Hotel Pacific
• How Good Is the Hotel Business and How Good Can it Get? / Jim Butler
• Carlson Branded Hotels Increased by 78 in 2006, Total Properties Reach 938 in 71 Countries
• Dale Stetson Named Regional Director-Outrigger Condominium Collection-Kauai – go to
• Allied Hotels and The Nicholas Group Appoint Michael P. Phillips as Director of Operations – Caribbean
• Barrett De Santos Named General Manager of the Outrigger Aina Nalu Resort on Maui

March 2, 2007 

• Remembering Tony Marshall, The Messenger of “Reasonable Care” / Dr. John Hogan
• Better Designs Today For a Greener Tomorrow; Design sustainability expert David Oakey to headline the March 14th Green Hospitality Conference  hosted by Lodging Hospitality and Pineapple Hospitality, Inc.
• Two Wynn Las Vegas Dealers File Lawsuits Accusing Steve Wynn of Losing his Temper and Launching into a Tirade During a Meeting with Employees to Discuss Tip Sharing Policy
• A Candlewood Suites Hotel Under Construction in Omaha Red-tagged by City for Structural Problems; One Engineer Suggests Structure Should be Torn Down
• EQT, a European Private Equity Group, Plans to Acquire Hilton's Scandic Hotel Chain for Approximately US$1.1 billion
• The DoubleTree Grand Key Resort in Key West Working to Earn Back its Certificate of Occupancy
• Gemstone Resorts Chosen to Run 131-room Boutique Hotel Planned as Part of $116 million West Edge Project in Kansas City, Missouri
• Fairmont to Brand a 185 room Hotel and 28 Condo Residences at the $178 million PNC Mixed Use Project in Downtown Pittsburgh
• Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $23.8 million Loan for the Purchase of the Wyndham Albuquerque Airport
• Microtel Solicits Customers and Owners Before Rolling Out New System Wide Contemporary Bedding Initiative
• HEI Hotels & Resorts Acquires Embassy Suites Orlando-Downtown Dalton Hotel Corporation
• Starwood and Las Vegas Sands Corporation to Develop Two Hotels on the COTAI Strip in Macao: The 4,000 room Sheraton Macao Hotel and The 460 room St. Regis Hotel & Residences, Macao
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise in the Disposition of the Terrace Hotel In Downtown Cincinnati
• HITEC 2007 Exhibit Space is 93 Percent Sold Out; Interested Companies Urged to Reserve Space Soon
• Free Private Web Casts Extended - Demonstrations of Rate Razor by Revenue Source One
• Benchmark Hospitality Hosts Ribbon Cutting Celebration for The Heldrich
• Fontainebleau Miami Beach $1 billion Renovation and Tower Expansion Tops Off with 286 Suites
• The 135 room Hampton Inn-Majestic Chicago Theatre District Opens Following a $20 million Restoration
• The Historic 248 room Berkeley Carteret Oceanfront Hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey Acquired by the Chetrit Group for $16 million; Plan is to Refurbish, Restore and Reopen as Soon as Possible
• Tacoma Hotel Scene: From 'Yuck' to 'Wow'
• VSi Rolling Out iPOP™, Revolutionary Revenue-Generating Guest-Service Amenity;  Global leader in guest-services technology will launch the industry’s first Internet kiosks and Self-Service Business Centers that offer a combination of fee-based and free-to-guest services on the same system
• Coastal Hotel Group Selects UniFocus’ Watson, R.M. ™ Financial Management Applications; Alliance Rivals Business Intelligence at Major Hotel Brands
• The Rainmaker Group Increases Staff 30%, Relocates to Larger Offices; Revenue Management leader adds business unit, expands to service growing client demand
• EZ Yield.com Taps Kim Stephenson to Join the Team as Corporate Director of Operations
• International Association of Conference Centers Taps Chef Leonard Elias of Aberdeen Woods Conference Center for International Chef of the Year Competition
• Agilysys Joins APC’s Certified Gold Partner Program
• Mehrdad “Mike” Saeidi Named Director of Finance for The Grand Del Mar, Manchester Grand Resort's New Property in North San Diego County
• Dow Hotel Company Names Michael Pitstick General Manager of Hilton Bellevue in Bellevue, Washington

Top 25 Read Articles - February 2007

1. Mastering The Lost Art of Check-In / Doug Kennedy
2. Four Seasons Agrees to US $3.8 billion Buyout Offer from  Microsoft's Bill Gates and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Tala
3. What Steps are Hilton, Starwood, Hyatt and Wyndham Taking to Capture and Retain their Customers?
4. Why Are Bill Gates and a Saudi Prince Buying Four Seasons Hotels Now? / Jim Butler
5. Hospitality Industry Top 10 Thoughts for 2007 / Ernst & Young
6. Daylight Savings Time (DST) Begins Early this Year - Look Out for Hiccups in Guest Service if Not Effectively Planned For
7. Number of Indoor Waterpark Destination Resorts Grows in 2007 / David Sangree
8. Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / February 2007
9. Westin Hotels Reinventing the Happy Hour; Nightly Evening Experiences Featuring Local Indulgences in 129 Hotel Lobbies Worldwide 
10. Hilton Recognizes the Top Performing Hotels of 2006
11. Accused of Running a $400 million Pyramid Scheme,  Hotelier Michael E. Kelly Denied Bail
12. ISHC Releases Top Ten Technology Issues for 2007
13. Robert Falor, the Developer Behind Nicky Hilton's Planned South Beach Hotel, Is Considering Scuttling the 95-room "Nicky-O" Condo-hotel
14. Will Room 607 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Become a Macabre Tourist Attraction?
15. Hilton Hotels Corporation Makes Five Executive Management Changes ; Thomas L. Keltner Appointed EVP, Hilton Hotels Corporation and CEO – Americas and Global Brands
16. The Majority of Online Hotel Reservations Now Being Booked Directly on Hotel or Hotel Brand’s Website; Market Share for Travel Portals Dropping
17. Hello, Front Desk? I Think I've Been Robbed! / Nick Price
18. Hotel Developer Robert Falor Suing Nicky Hilton; Alleges Breach of Contract and Deceptive Business Practices
19. What a Resort Experience Can Become When You Have a Daring Mission and Vision Statement / Peter McAlpine
20. New Days Inn Logo Unveiled Symbolizing Brand’s Renaissance
21. American Skiing Company Selling Mount Snow and Attitash Resorts  for $73.5 million to Peak Resorts Inc.
22. Bermuda Developers Sign Jumeirah to Operate the First New Luxury Resort to be Built in Bermuda in 35 years
23. CNL Hotels & Resorts Begins a Year Long Vanishing Act; Eliminaton of 101 Corporate Jobs Coincides with $6.6 billion Sale to Morgan Stanley
24. Miami Beach's Eden Roc Renaissance Resort & Spa Closing for 6 Months; $110 million Renovation Includes New 283 room Hotel Tower
25. Spas - How to Stay On-trend and Make Money / Judith L. Singer, and Patricia A. Monteson

• SynXis Expands Relationship with Coastal Hotel Group to Include Call Center Services and Conversion Rates Are On the Rise; Coastal’s Inns of Monterey also add RedX™ Property ConnectSM for 2-way PMS Interface with HIS Epitome
• Hello, Front Desk? I Think I’ve Been Robbed! / Nick Price
• CNL Hotels & Resorts Begins a Year Long Vanishing Act; Eliminaton of 101 Corporate Jobs Coincides with $6.6 billion Sale to Morgan Stanley
• Porto Mariccio - The Development of Luxury on the West Coast of Istria, Croatia; A Kempinski Hotel and a Nicklaus Golf Course at Center of Development
• New and Upcoming Technologies Needed for GUESTROOM 2010
• HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame Announces Call For 2007 Nominations
• Columbus, Ohio Downtown Convention Hotel Effort Gets Mayorial Support; Fears Losing Competitive Edge
• Great Wolf Resorts Reports 2006 4th Qtr Net Loss of $49.0 million Compared to a Net Loss of $26.4 million in the 2005 4th Qtr  / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Internationally Renowned Design Firm WATG to Create Interiors For The Regent Resort at La Punta Papagayo, Costa Rica
• “Tourism: America’s Front Door” - Theme for National Tourism Week 2007
• Waterford Hotels & Inns, Arnstad & Associates, Selected to Manage Oregon's New Springbrook Luxury Inn, Spa
• The World of Accor Trade Expo Grows to 14 Destinations in 2007
• Dubai's Hotel Show 2007 Adding New Technology & Security Sector; Many Middle East Hotels Playing Catch-up With Implementing New Technology
• PlumpJack Group Announces the Appointment of Rick Riess as President and CEO
• Dave Zeuske and Guy Lindsey Named to Executive Posts with Northview Hotel Group
• Dean Chininis Named General Manager of the InterContinental Kansas City
• Nara M. Ravani Appointed Director of Sales at the 445 room Americas Best Value Inn and Suites  in Kissimmee, Florida

• Daylight Savings Time (DST) Begins Early this Year - Look Out for Hiccups in Guest Service if Not Effectively Planned For
• Bacteria-Ridden Remote Controls Are the Likely Place for Guests to get a Cold or Flu; Pineapple Hospitality’s ZAPLEX™ disposable remote control protectors help to prevent hand-to remote transferring of colds, flu’s and MRSAs
• FedEx, UPS and the Internet Bring About Big Improvements in the Procurement Function for Hotels
• 3 Easy Ways to Increase Your Hotel’s Search Engine Presence…Without LinkBuilding! / Adam Dorfman
• A Luxury Hotel-Condo Golf Resort Preparing to Breakground on the Golf Club at Vistoso, Near Tucson, Arizona; Project Includes 440 Hotel Rooms, 220 Condos
• American Nevada Co. and Station Casinos Breakground on the $600 million Aliante Station Casino and Resort, in North Las Vegas
• The El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel Now a Franchise of the Holiday Inn Brand; Opened in 1962, It Was the First Hotel on San Antonio's Riverwalk
• MHI Hospitality Corporation Selects the Sheraton Flag for its Jeffersonville, Indiana Hotel Asset; Former Ramada Inn Expected to Reopen in 2008 as the The Sheraton Riverside Louisville North Hotel
• MTech’s HIP Software Helps HotSOS Users Easily Control Inventory, Stay on Budget; Hotel Inventory and Purchasing module eliminates major portion of purchasing paperwork that can turn inventory recordkeeping into an operational nightmare
• Newmarket’s Daylight Customers to Share Insights at NewmarketPLUS 2007 User Conference; Industry professionals to share real-world experiences using Daylight to connect and compete in the hospitality industry
• The JBG Companies Selects Crestline Hotels & Resorts as the Management Company for the New Westin Reston Heights in Reston, Virginia
• Jan Stuart Named DOS and Daniel Millaire Appointed F&B Director at The George, Christchurch, New Zealand

• The Bowery Hotel in New York Selects TravelCLICK For Robust Central Reservations Solution; BD Hotels’ Newest Property Implements iHotelier CRS to Build Brand Identity Online, Drive Reservations
• Station Casinos, Inc. Enters Agreement with Fertitta Colony Partners LLC to Be Acquired for $8.8 billion, Including Debt of $3.4 billion
• A Day in the Life of a Small South Florida Hotel; Tropi Rock Resort Owner Mick Ball
• Fate of the 68-year Old Collins Park Hotel on Miami Beach Seems Clear, Demolition
• Original Sin of Revenue Management - A Pricing Strategy that Misses the Mark
• Highland Hospitality Acquires the 143-room Silversmith Hotel in Downtown Chicago for $34.5 million,  $241,000 per Key
• The 802-room Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay to be Acquired by Morgan Stanley Real Estate and Starwood Hotels Joint Venture
• Industry Professionals to Discuss “Competing for the Future of Hospitality” at NewmarketPLUS 2007 User Conference; Newmarket International’s customers will share how technology enables them to better compete in today’s hospitality marketplace
• Expanding Opportunities in the Hotel Industry in China Prompts a Special One Day Seminar in New York City, April 27, 2007 / February 2007
• Aztec Group, Inc. Arranges the $79 Million Sale of Hawk’s Cay Resort in the Florida Keys
• Prestigious Grecotel S.A. Selects Newmarket’s Delphi™ Multi-Property Edition and Delphi Diagrams; Delphi solution will empower luxury hotel chain in Greece to maximise sales and group business
• Marcus Hotels Opens the Skirvin Hilton in Oklahoma City Following $55 Million Restoration
• Aspen’s Hotel Jerome Appoints Katherine Huske As Director of Marketing and Sales
• Jeff Townsend Named  President of  Innisfree Development, Gulf Breeze, FL
• Benchmark Appoints Claudine M. Sidney Director of Conference Services for The Heldrich

• D.C. Judge Denies Marriott International, Inc.’s Attempt to Dismiss a Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Marriott Misrepresents Room Rates at Hotels in Moscow, Russia
• Westin Hotels Reinventing the Happy Hour; Nightly Evening Experiences Featuring Local Indulgences in 129 Hotel Lobbies Worldwide
• Northview Hotel Group Partnership Acquiring Hawk’s Cay Resort in the Florida Keys; Plans $27 million Renovation
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Reports YE 2006 Net income of $73,456, Up from Previous Year  $20,767; RevPAR Increases 10.1 Percent, Occupancy 73.9%
• Developer Seeks to Mine the Community's Recollections of the Glory Days of the Beloved Miramar Hotel in Montecito, California – go to
• Dallas Developer Gene Carter, Giving the Waco Hilton a $17 million Redo; the 199 room Property Will Be New Anchor Piece for Downtown Development
• Hilton Recognizes the Top Performing Hotels of 2006
• New York’s Acclaimed Michelangelo Hotel Selects KoolConnect For Digital In-Room Entertainment; Property rated by Travel & Leisure Magazine as one of the top 500 “Greatest Hotels of the World” brings next generation of entertainment to Manhattan
• ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Funds Study to Track Industry Trends and Developments; Study conducted by PhoCusWright, Inc. projects $10.9 billion industry growth in 2007
• PhoCusWright’s Founder Philip C. Wolf to Keynote HSMAI's 8th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference, April 4, 2007, Las Vegas
• Michael M. Trosin Named General Manager at the 295 room Hartford/Windsor Marriott Airport Hotel
• Benchmark Appoints Richard Varga Executive Chef for The Heldrich
• Innisfree Hotels, Gulf Breeze, Florida Appoints  Eli G. White, Jr. Vice President of Marketing
• Ellis J. Etter Named Director of Sales for the Pink Shell Beach Resort & Spa, Estero Island, Florida

• Travel Industry Association Announces TravelCom Res-Expo Innovators Award for Outstanding Achievements in Travel Technology and Distribution
• Winston Hotels, Owner/Investor in 53 Hotels, Agrees to be Acquired by Wilbur Acquisition Holding Co. in Deal Valued at $850 million; Proposed Sale May Attract Other bidders for Winston
• Accused of Running a $400 million Pyramid Scheme, Hotelier Michael E. Kelly Denied Bail
• Built for $115 million Two Years Ago, InterContinental Hotels Group Puts The InterContinental Buckhead Up for Sale
• Marge O'Connor, GM of the Best Western Chelmsford Inn, Awarded General Manager of the Year by the Massachusetts Lodging Association
• Jonathan Tisch, Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels, to Speak at HITEC's  2007 Opening General Session
• Walton Street Capital Joint Ventures with Morgans Hotel Group in Ownership of Two MHG’s London Hotels: Sanderson and St Martins Lane
• Prime Holding Breaks Ground on First Holiday Inn Express in Central America, the Holiday Inn Express San Jose, Costa Rica
• Finalists Selected for 2007 Deal of the Year Awards to be Presented at the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Germany
• Crescent Hotels & Resorts Partners with the Carlyle Group to Acquire Sheraton College Park; Beltsville, Maryland Hotel to Undergo $4 Million Renovation
• LXR Resorts Partners with PAR Springer-Miller to Provide Unparalleled Guest Service at El Conquistador Resort; Installation includes SMS|Kiosk for Self-Check In
• Philippe C. Eversdijk Named General Manager at the Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key, Florida
• Christophe Thomas Named General Manager of the Shoreham Hotel, New York City
• Christian Tavelli Appointed Resort Manager of Las Ventanas al Paraíso, A Rosewood Resort
• Benchmark Appoints Melanie Bowman Director of Operations at The Founders Inn
• Downtown Disney Resort Area Hotels Appoints Bill Green the 2007 Marketing Committee Chairman

• Top Ten Technology Issues for 2007 / International Society of Hospitality Consultants
• Preventive Maintenance is Key to Stopping Carbon Monoxide Fatalities; Automated WinTrack PM Software Helps Keep Guests, Staff Safe
• Las Vegas May Add Up to 45,000 More Hotel Rooms by 2012; Where Will the 100,000 plus Employees Come From?
• White Lodging Only Firm to Submit Proposal to City of Fort Wayne, Indiana for Hotel Within $160 million Downtown Public/Private Development
• Insight into Revenue Trends - Other Hotel Revenue Sources / Robert Mandelbaum
• Guestroom Design & Amenities, Get a Human, The Pineapple as Symbol of Hospitality / Stanley Turkel
• Marcus Hotels and Resorts and Waterton Commercial LLC Joint Venture to Acquire and Renovate the 237 room Sheraton Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin
• Host Hotels Records Net Income of $738 million for Full Year 2006; Nation's Largest Lodging REIT Reports RevPAR Up 8.1% While Occupancy Declined 0.9 Percentage Points / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Big Picture Results for Revenue Management
• The Providence Group Announces Drake Sale
• iHome(tm) Named 'Best Alarm Clock' by THE WEEK; Hotel Technologies' iPOD stereo alarm clock radio continues to win top honors
• Xian Yungao International Hotel Company Limited Signs Starwood to Manage a 296-room Westin in Xian,  the Capital of Shaanxi Province
• Leland Pillsbury, Chairman and CEO of Thayer Lodging Group, Keynote Speaker at 82nd Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell, April 12-15, 2007
• Two Year $100 million Renovation Completed at the The Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center & Spa in Weston, Florida
• The Caribbean Has Much to Gain from the Development of the Niche Market, Sport Tourism; Sports Tourism Expert Andrew Preece to Address the 9th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, May 21-24, 2007, Cayman Islands
• Sterling Companies Restructure Executive Roles, Promote McNeil To Chief Executive Officer 
• Charles Rodrigue Named Director of Food and Beverage for the Three Hilton Facilities in Branson, Missouri

February 20, 2007 

• Miami Beach's Eden Roc Renaissance Resort & Spa Closing for 6 Months; $110 million Renovation Includes New 283 room Hotel Tower
• Sundance Prepares for the Elite Meetings Alliance; Event unites top meeting and incentive planners with hotels and resorts for a one of a kind face-to-face business meeting experience
• Developer Larry Abdo Planning Minnesota's First 5 Diamond Hotel On Former Campground Site in Chisago City, About 35 Miles NE of Minneapolis
• Get Involved in the Legislative Process / Kirby D. Payne, CHA
• Request for Proposals Issued for the Redevelopment of the 26-Acre West Gateway Area in Schiller Park, Illinois; Redevelopment Plan Includes Hotel, Restaurant, Retail, and Office
• Bruce Bustamante Resigns as President of the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau; Instrumental in Raising Hotel Room Tax to Fund Convention Center
• The 583 room Marriott City Center in Downtown Minneapolis Getting a $20 million Renovation; Opened 25 Years Ago as the Amfac Hotel
• Partnership to Create Nikki Beach Hotel on the Top Three Floors of the the Grand Sierra Resort Hotel in Reno, a Hotel Within a Hotel
• The Lowdown on Canada's Hotel Construction High/ Monique Rosszell / Canadian Lodging Outlook 2006 Year End
• Molinaro Koger Advises Hotelinvest Kalvebod A/S on Sale of Copenhagen Marriott Hotel
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Signs the Newly Renovated Scottsdale Thunderbird Suites
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Earns Many Top Sales Awards Presented at 2007 Hotel Brokers International Convention
• HotSOS Goes Global with Multiple Language Capability; SaaS Hotel users can operate in multiple languages, including double byte characters while corporate management analyzes data in one set language
• Newmarket International to Host 4th Annual User Conference; NewmarketPLUS 2007 will feature insight from Newmarket executives, industry analysts and leading hospitality companies
• Dusit Group Signs for Opera Enterprise Solution
• Joseph R. Kane, President, Wyndham Hotel Group Retiring, to be Succeeded by Ken Greene
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 126 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Benchmark Appoints Bryan Forsythe as Director of Operations for Virginia Crossings Resort in Richmond, Virginia

February 16, 2007 

• What Steps are Hilton, Starwood, Hyatt and Wyndham Taking to Capture and Retain their Customers?
• Mood of Hotel Investors and Operators is Euphoric / David Brudney
• Two Bunch Palms Resort and Spa Gets Approval from City of Desert Hot Springs, California for Massive Expansion; Up to 285 Additional Hotel Rooms and 315 Time Share Units
• The Chicago House of Blues Hotel Undergoing $17 million Transformation; Operator Gemstone to Rebrand the 353 room Property the Hotel Sax
• Palisades Development Group Enters Los Angeles Lodging Market with Two Branded Projects; Palihouse and Custom Hotel
• American Skiing Company Selling Mount Snow and Attitash Resorts for $73.5 million to Peak Resorts Inc.
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Appoints Three Vice Presidents to Head Up Moscow Operations
• Seattle Hotel Association's 10th Annual "Evening of Hope" Gala Raises $640,000
• John Fitzpatrick Appointed To IH/M&RS Board Of Directors
• AAA Names Carey International, Inc. a Preferred Provider; AAA Members "Show Your Card & Save?" on Carey Chauffeured Services
• Mark Cox Named General Manager and Matt Butler Named Director of Sales for The Villas Of Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida 
• Boykin Management Company Names Barry M. Shatoff General Manager for Doubletree Hotel JFK Airport, Jamaica, New York
• SpaSoft Achieves CISP Payment Application Best Practices Validation
• Thomas B. Ruff of The Biltmore Company Named Chair of North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging  Association Board
• Signature Worldwide Promotes Michael Civita to National Account Manager

February 15, 2007 

• Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club Drops Brand Flag, Creates Own Brand with TravelCLICK; Premier Florida Destination Resort Selects iHotelier CRS for Website, GDS Connectivity
• Hospitality Industry - Top 10 Thoughts for 2007 / Ernst & Young
• Ohio Supreme Court To Rule if Murky Pool at Columbus Embassy Suites Creates Hotel Liability in Drowing Death
• Spas - How to Stay On-trend and Make Money / Judith L. Singer and Patricia A. Monteson
• Why Are Bill Gates and a Saudi Prince Buying Four Seasons Hotels Now?
• New Days Inn Logo Unveiled Symbolizing Brand’s Renaissance
• Kalahari Waterpark Resort - Sandusky Expaning Indoor Waterpark from 80,000 sq. ft. to 173,000 sq. ft. Making it America’s Largest Indoor Waterpark
• Casino Resorts Tap Digital Alchemy to Enhance E-Marketing Efforts; Two Native American Casino properties in California say Web-based marketing solution streamlines  operations, saves costs and, perhaps most important, boosts guest satisfaction
• Aspen Kiosks Offer Attractive Option to Harried Travelers Tired of Long Lines; VSi’s stylish computer-access kiosks help improve guest service and increase guest satisfaction by offering quick access to boarding-pass printing, Internet use
• First Global Marketing Communications Network of Independent Agencies Specializing in Travel Debuts; KWE Group Agency for North America
• Malibu Beach Inn on Billionaire's Beach in Malibu, California Undergoing Multi-million Dollar Renovation
• Insights on Food and Wine Travelers; 17% of American Leisure Travelers Engage in Culinary or Wine-related Activities
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Amanda Hawkins-Vogel Director of Operations for West Baden Springs Hotel in West Baden Springs, Indiana
• Rob Lamb Appointed President of TravelHero

• Extended Stay Hotels Installs Aptech’s Execuvue Business Intelligence for 681 Properties; Aptech BI system helps lower operating costs, boosts value
• Hotel Developer Robert Falor Suing Nicky Hilton; Alleges Breach of Contract and Deceptive Business Practices
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• Seattle's Fairmont Olympic Hotel Ranked Number One Among Fairmont’s 50 Worldwide Hotels; Named 2006 Hotel of the Year
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• Choice Hotels Net Income Up 29% to $112.8 million for Full-year 2006; Of Its 10 Brands, the Mainstay Suites Brands Records Highest Year End Occupancy of 69.4% / Brand Operating Statistics
• Gerhard F.H. Kropp Appointed Regional Vice President of Dusit Hotels & Resorts
• Benchmark Appoints Floyd R. Hunter, Jr. General Manager at Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia
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