1. A Hotel GM's Worst Nightmare: Hotel Security Guard with Lengthy Prior Arrest Record, Investigated for Assaulting a Teenage Guest and Throwing the Girl Over Sixth Floor Balcony
2. One of Florida’s Largest Resorts Applies Artificial Intelligence Technology to Reduce Labor Cost; 2,300-unit Orange Lake Orlando Resort implements Carnus System’s patent-pending Artificial Intelligence technology to automate entire F&B demand forecasting and labor scheduling process
3. For Hotel Housekeepers, Spring Break is No Party
4. Paul Ratchford, Who Headed the Greenbrier for Less than a Year, Files $50 million LawsuitAgainst the Resort Owner CSX, Alleging He Was Fired for Uncovering and Trying to Stop Unethical and Unaccounted for Practices
5. PKF Hospitality Research Lowers its 2008 Forecast for a Key Hotel Industry Metric, RevPAR, from Up 4.5% to Up a Below-average 3.0%
6. Contingency Hotel Revenue Management Strategies – “I Will not Cut Prices” / Carol Verret
7. I Am a Service Professional™ / Bryan K. Williams
8. Ten Standards for Promoting Your Hotel Online
9. Benchmark Hospitality International’s 2008 Top Ten Meetings Trends
10. The 2008 Top 20 European Hotel Brands Ranking and the Top Ten Hotel Groups Ranking
11. Road Warrior Shares Tips On How Hotel Guests Can Minimize Environmental Impact / Doug Kennedy
12. Legionnaires' Disease Strikes Two Tourists; Orlando Hotel Moves Guests
13. Some Say the The Plaza Hotel is the World's Most Famous Hotel; Rooms Start at $1000 per Night, Guests Will Pay Extra for the "Eloise" Bubble Bath, with Milk and Cookies"
14. Flexibility: The Ultimate Trend in Hospitality Design / Lee Simon
15. Interview with Matt Cutts from Google Regarding Best Practices for Promoting Hotels Online
16. Developer Richard Bosworth Completing Acquisition of the  727 room  Hooters Casino Hotel, Las Vegas;  Redesign Will Give Boot to Hooters Name and Orange Short Shorts
17. Super 8 Owners Form an Independent Franchise Association;  Why Is There a Bible in Every Hotel Room? / Stanley Turkel
18. 25 Year Marriott Veteran Stephen P. Joyce to Join Choice Hotels as President and Chief Operating Officer; Bruce N. Haase Named Executive Vice President, Global Brand Operations
19. Sheraton Hotels Launches Global Effort to Revitalize Iconic Brand; Starwood Hotels Largest Brand to Upgrade 100 U.S. Hotels, Renovate 50,000 Guestrooms and Re-Design More Than 100 New Lobbies
20. The Job Application Tells Much About the Candidate - Such As:  “Why are you qualified to perform the job/s for which you are applying?” /  Joseph M. Gravish
21. Come Tournament Time, the NCAA Does Not Stop at Seeding College Basketball Teams; Hotels Competing to House NCAA Tournament Teams Also Get Ranked
22. Budgeting for Hotel Internet Marketing…No Surveys, Just Plain Talk; How Much Should a Hotel Invest to Develop a Strong Internet Presence? / Neil Salerno
23. Travel Survey Identifies the Top 10 Bargain Hotels for Families in the U.S.
24. Concord Hospitality To Break Ground On Nine Properties In Next 60 Days; Has Additional Nine Hotels and More than $500 Million in 2008 Pipeline
25. A Pause in Atlanta Hotel Construction; Some Announced Projects Rethinking Strategy

March 31, 2008

• Anupam Narayan, CEO Red Lion Hotels Corp, Says "The Hotel Industry is Just a Fun Business"
• The Revolution is Underway in Video Services; Changes in Hotel TV Viewing Habits / Ashok Kumar
• Never Go to Bat Without a Plan: New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professional Lesson #11
• You Are Where You Stay / Daniel Edward Craig
• Soft Economy, Economic Downturn, & the R-Word. Before You Hit the Panic Button - Consider This! / Neil Salerno - Hotel Marketing Coach
• The New W Atlanta Midtown Hosts the Hotel Online / Hospitality Upgrade Networking Event
• City of Hampton, Virginia Exiting the Hotel Business; After a $12.3M Deal Fell Through, a $7.74M Bid for the Former Radisson Hotel is Up for Approval
• For $26.5 million, You Can Own a Catskills Resort; the 432 room Nevele Grande Resort and Country Club Up for Sale
• Cataloochee Companies LLC Envisions a 220 Lodge and Conference Center in Western North Carolina; Designed in a Motif Reminiscent of America's Great National Park Lodges
• The VISTA® Inn & Suites Brand Offers Franchise Program that Empowers Hotel Owners to Operate with Maximum Freedom and Minimum Dictates and Interference; Royalty fees Refunded at 100% if Reservations Performance Not Met
• In the Last Year, Five New Hotels Have Opened in Yuma, Arizona, Adding 500 Rooms; Occupancy  Rate for February, 2008 at 80% Compared to Previous Year 96%
• American Restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow Opens Social Dominican Republic at the Maxim Bungalows Resort and Spa in Cofresi, Dominican Republic
• Richard A. Gaines Appointed General Manager for the Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens in Los Angeles
• Joseph Zaiden Named General Manager of the Sungate Port Royal Deluxe Resort, Beldibi, Antalya, Turkey

March 28, 2008

• The IBS Group Acquires Majority Interest in Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated; Investment firmly places IBS in the hospitality vertical
• TIA Announces Innovator of the Year Finalists; Winners to be Recognized at TravelCom, April 8-10
• Biz-Changing Trends in Travel Distribution / Mark Haley
• FX Real Estate and Entertainment in Early Stages of Planning a $3.1 billion Elvis Themed Hotel Casino on the Las Vegas Strip
• The Achenbaums, Owners of the Gansevoort in New York, Preparing the Former Roney Palace in Miami Beach as the Gansevoort South; Posh Trappings Expected to Justify $870 Nightly Rate
• Marriott's Camelback Inn Slowly Transforming; $45 million Makeover at the 72 Year Old Resort Includes Laurent Tourondel's BLT Steak
• Dallas' Hilton Anatole Hotel Finishes Second Phase of Multi-Year Renovation; Uses the Inspiration of its Asian Art Collection and Contemporary Building Structure to Create Legendary Stay for Guests
• Owners James and Hayley Baillie Re-define Benchmarks of Luxury Lodging in Australia with the Opening of Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island in South Australia
• Doubletree Hotel Among 12 Tucson Businesses Facing Suits Alleging Disability Act Problems
• The Roosevelt Hotel, Located in Midtown Manhattan, Recognized as "Hotel of the Year" by Interstate Hotels and Resorts
• The First LaTour Signature Group Property, "Olamar" in Cabo San Lucas, Now Under Construction
• UK's Travelodge Reports 77% Occupancy in 2007 with 87% of All Bookings Made via Internet
• The University of Delaware Hosting the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance in Hospitality Conference, May 1-2, 2008, Newark, Delaware
• VisitPittsburgh Closes 2007 with Significant Milestones in the Tourism and Convention Industries; Booked 454 Meetings and Conventions for 2007 and Beyond

• Capella Hotels and Resorts Selects Agilysys for Point-of-Sale Solution; Luxury Properties in Austria and Ireland Implement InfoGenesis POS™ by Agilysys
• Travel Survey Identifies the Top 10 Bargain Hotels for Families in the U.S.
• Sheraton Hotels Launches Global Effort to Revitalize Iconic Brand; Starwood Hotels Largest Brand to Upgrade 100 U.S. Hotels, Renovate 50,000 Guestrooms and Re-Design More Than 100 New Lobbies
• White Lodging Set to Open a 27-story Dual Branded Hotel Building, a 270-room Residence Inn and a 253-room SpringHill Suites in Downtown Chicago
• Concord, North Carolina Tourism Officials Discussing Ways to Find 600 Person Workforce for Five New Hotels Opening, Including 409 room Great Wolf Lodge
• Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California Shuts Down 2 Nightclubs Because of Unspecified Issues
• HITEC 2008 Exhibit Space Sold Out; Set for June 16-19  in Austin, Texas
• For Sale: 35 room, luxurious, classic New England inn with beautiful ocean views, close to Boston.  This full service, year round inn has peak season average rates over $300
• Schedule Set for the American Hotel & Lodging Association Legislative Action Summit, April 14-15, 2008 in Washington, D.C.; Your Chance to Speak One-on-one with Members of Congress and Share your Opinions on Important Issues, Including the Shortage of Seasonal Work Visas, ADA Regulations
• Noble Investment Group Acquires the 295-room Kansas City Marriott-Country Club Plaza; Hotel Will Undergo an $8.8 million Renovation
• Davidson Hotel Company Completes a $3.5 million Renovation of the 269-room Hilton Eugene & Conference Center in Oregon; Davidson Has Owned and Managed the Property since 1997
• George Schweitzer Joins Red Lion Hotels as Senior Vice President, Hotel Operations, Anthony F. Dombrowik Promoted to Chief Financial Officer
• Stuart Chase Appointed General Manager at Swissotel Grand Efes Izmir, Turkey
• Kim Nugent Named Benchmark's Corporate Director of Revenue Management
• Ian Fulton Appointed  Executive Chef at Manchester Grand Resort's Whitetail Club & Resort, McCall, Idaho

• Ultra-Luxury Lifestyle Brand Steps Out with SynXis; Nikki Beach expands into the boutique hotel and resort business with its first property in Turks & Caicos and using RedX as single distribution source
• California Tourism Safety & Security Conference Set for May 1, 2008; Conference to address hospitality health & safety, other timely issues
• Super 8 Owners Form an Independent Franchise Association; Why Is There a Bible in Every Hotel Room? / Stanley Turkel
• The Radisson Hotel Akron City Centre Isn't Turning a Profit, Owners Want the City to Forgive $700,000 in Past-due Loans
• Broward County Considering New Scheme to Secure a $415 million Loan for a Proposed 1000 room Headquarters Hotel at the Fort Lauderdale Convention  Center
• Tucson Hotel Occupancy Down 6-7% during January and February 2008 Compared with the Same Period a Year Ago
• Last Chance to Register: Contingency Sales and Revenue Management Strategies for a Slowing Economy Web Cast
• The Rome Cavalieri, a Hub for Rome's Society Set, the First European Property to Join The Waldorf=Astoria Collection
• The Lodge at Sun Ranch Prepares to Open; Represents an Expansion and Renaming of the Original Papoose Creek Lodge Located On a Sustainable Ranching Operation in Southwestern Montana
• Built Circa 1910, an Unprecedented $56 million dollar Renovation Captures the Historic Ambiance of the San Diego Landmark The US Grant Hotel
• LUXE HOTELS selects Avalon BUZZ Report, the leading Web 2.0 solution
• Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells Best Western Berkshire Inn In Danbury, Connecticut
• Trust International Adds Support of Total Pricing for Amadeus Becoming One of the First To Support Total Pricing in All Four GDSs
• Associated Ventures LLC Expands its Extended-Stay Limited Service Focus; Real estate development and investment group says secondary and tertiary markets are ripe for repositioning
• HR in Hospitality™ Event a Big Success! More than 600 human resource professionals in the hotel, restaurant and foodservice industries attended the second annual conference and expo produced by Human Resource Executive® and Cornell University
• Konover Hotel Corporation Solidifies its Position in the Midwest; Completes Multi-million dollar Renovations at Eleven Hotels
• Hospitality Management Corporation Named the Management Company for the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey in Harrisburg, PA
• John H. Richardson Appointed General Manager at the 320 Guest Ranch Located near Big Sky, Montana
• Jaime Basauri Appointed General Manager at Maxim Bungalows, Cofresi Beach, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
• Benchmark Promotes Greg Parsons to Vice President and General Manager at Eaglewood Resort & Spa
• Ann Walker Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing of Tucker's Point Hotel & Spa, Bermuda
• Brian Flagg Appointed Executive Chef of Millennium Bostonian Hotel

• Ten Standards for Promoting Your Hotel Online
• Travel Tripper Generates $100 million in Booked Revenues for its Hotel Partners
• Mississippi Hotel Developer Bruce Patel Always Has a Deal in the Works; Buy, Fix, Flip
• Man Once Involved in Grand Prairie, Texas Wildflower Resort Project Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years in Prison; Defrauded $13 million from 176 Investors
• Health Department Continues Probe into Source of Legionnaire's Desease at Orlando Area Hotel; Poorly Maintained Air Conditioners, Hot Tubs and Pools Being Investigated
• Atlantic City Transforming in 2008: Five New Hotel Towers and Expansions, Two Major Retail Centers and Plans for a New York-Atlantic City Direct Train
• Disney, Hotels See Solid 2008 Q1; Pondering Summer / Sandi Cain
• Ark Partners Completes 12 Month Renovation of the Franklin Hotel, a 50 Room Hotel Located in Manhattan's Upper East Side
• Golf Inc. Magazine Names Benchmark Hospitality's Bedford Springs Resort Old Course the #1 Renovation of 2007; Annual Awards Competition Recognizes "Renovation of the Year"
• The Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Now the Site of the National Civil Rights Museum, to Receive Up to 1,000 Hours of Volunteer Labor from Hampton Hotels' Employees Towards Refurbishment Project
• Atlanta's Largest Hotel, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Finishes $138 Million Transformation
• Experts Discuss Innovative Alternatives for Onsite Communications; MTech orchestrates webinar on wireless device technology to remove mystery surrounding on-site communications options and discuss today's unique communications needs;  94% of participants polled said webinar was informative
• Jeanne Rizzotto Developing a High End Motorcoach Resort in Red Lodge, Montana with a Robert Trent Jones II Designer Course
• Johan Isberg Appointed F&B Director of Las Ventanas al Paraíso, A Rosewood Resort, Los Cabos, Mexico

• Paragon Casino Resort Selects Agilysys for Range of Hotel Solutions; Resort Implements Property Management, Procurement, Document Imaging Technology
• MSI Achieves Payment Industry Compliance; Software Completes Visa Payment Application Best Practice Validation
• Paul Ratchford, Who Headed the Greenbrier for Less than a Year, Files $50 million Lawsuit Against the Resort Owner CSX, Alleging He Was Fired for Uncovering and Trying to Stop Unethical and Unaccounted for Practices
• Road Warrior Shares Tips On How Hotel Guests Can Minimize Environmental Impact
• The Job Application Tells Much About the Candidate - Such As: "Why are you qualified to perform the job/s for which you are applying?"
• The Shamrock-Hostmark Hotel Fund Completes $12 Million Renovation and Conversion of the Former Radisson Hotel Princeton, New Jersey to the Doubletree Hotel Princeton
• 25 Year Marriott Veteran Stephen P. Joyce to Join Choice Hotels as President and Chief Operating Officer
• Web Cast - Contingency Sales and Revenue Management Strategies for a Slowing Economy
• HFTP Planning its First Asian Conference: The Asian Hospitality Finance & Technology Conference-HFTP Set for April 23-25, Singapore
• Frisco, One of Texas' Fastest-Growing Cities, Adding 600 Hotel Rooms in 2008, and Has 800 more Rooms Planned for 2010
• Spas a Big Part of Marketing and Differentiating Kempinski Hotels in Turkey and Spain
• Krisam Group Announces Economic Stimulus Plan for Meeting Planners; Airfare Credits Available for Meetings Booked at Some of Krisam's Finest Member Hotels & Resorts
• Pegasus Solutions Goes Global with BCD Travel
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 100 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Brien Fox Promoted to Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Waterford Hotel Group
• Peter Ambros Named General Manager at the Radisson Hotel Austin-North in Austin, Texas

• Come Tournament Time, the NCAA Does Not Stop at Seeding College Basketball Teams; Hotels Competing to House NCAA Tournament Teams Also Get Ranked
• Tightening Credit Markets and Rising Construction Costs Imperil Multi-billion Dollar Projects in Las Vegas
• Houston Hoteliers Say Where There's No Smoke, There's No Change; Hotel Association Poll Indicates the Six Month Old City Smoking Ordinance Not Hurting Lodging Business
• Dim All the Lights! U.S. Hoteliers Control Utility Costs / PKF
• Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau Comes Under Attack from  New Erie County Executive Chris Collins
• PSAV Offers Event Technology Tips to Add BIG Impact to Meetings with Little Cost; New advances in audiovisual technologies, such as circular screens, LED video walls, and soft sets such as drapery and stretch fabrics, maximize impressions with meeting attendees and dress the facility
• The Tajfel Group Completes $5 million Renovation and Rebranding of the Former Radisson Suite Inn Palm Beach Airport to Doubletree Hotel West Palm Beach - Airport
• Indochina Capital Developing the $100 million Hyatt Regency Danang Resort and Spa on China Beach, Danang, Vietnam
• Richard C. Kessler Building His Second Hotel in Savannah, Georgia - The 75 room Bohemian Hotel Overlooking the overlooking the Savannah River
• FelCor Completes Multi-million-dollar Enhancement at the Doubletree Guest Suites, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
• McKibbon Hotel Management Opens the SpringHill Suites by Marriott Richmond Northwest
• Hotel eMarketing and Internet 'e'volution - Creating an Online Culture at Hotels / Jitendra Jain
• Larkspur Hotels Follows Up its Acquisition of the The Belamar Hotel, Manhattan Beach, California with a $2.2 million Renovation Including a New Restaurant - Second Story
• Rivergreen Resort Hotel & Condominiums at Loon Mountain, New Hampshire Closing for 30 Days to Complete $2.7 million Revitalization Project
• Waterford Hotel Group Names Mark Graham its 2007 General Manager of the Year and Cheryl Peck the  2007 Director of Sales of the Year
• Dirk De Cuyper Joins Conrad Shanghai as the Opening General Manager
• Luis Perillo Appointed Regional Director of Sales and Marketing, Caribbean and Central America, for Hilton Hotels Corporation
• Jim Olsovsky Named General Manager for the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center
• Gerald Morris Appointed General Manager at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel & Convention Center, Harrisburg, PA
• Stacy Keen Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for The Wyland Waikiki
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints David Rodriguez Executive Chef for Costa d'Este Beach Resort, Vero Beach, Florida

• A Hotel GM's Worst Nightmare: Hotel Security Guard with Lengthy Prior Arrest Record, Investigated for Assaulting a Teenage Guest and Throwing the Girl Over Sixth Floor Balcony
• Aptech Installs Profitvue Enterprise Back Office at Heritage Hotels and Resorts and IHP Hospitality Group; Profitvue consolidates multi-property reporting and standardizes financials on centralized ASP platform for both operators
• Luxury Red Mountain Spa Lets Guests Choose Between a Rock and a Soft Place; Award-winning luxury spa facility uses NxTV, Inc.®, for in-room convenience, 200-movie selection
• A Hoteliers IT Checklist for the Start of a New Year - Making the best of your IT budget / Geoff Griswold
• Interview with Matt Cutts from Google Regarding Best Practices for Promoting Hotels Online / Benu Aggarwal
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited Annual Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2007; The Peninsula New York Achieves an $814 Average Room Rate at 75% Occupancy
• Cabaret Entertainment in an Intimate Setting Making a San Francisco Comeback at Hotel Nikko's The Rrazz Room
• LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires Floors 2 through 13 of the existing 52-story IBM Building in Downtown Chicago, Will Redevelop as 335 room Super Luxury Hotel
• Educational Institute Offers Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) in Spanish
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments, Inc. Selected to Advise in the Disposition of the 78-room Howard Johnson Hotel, Goodland, Kansas
• Associated Ventures LLC to Develop 'Hotel Highland' Collection for U.S. Market; Flagship property to open in Phoenix pending rebranding of Phoenix Inn Suites property and construction of an adjacent 80-unit condominium tower
• JHM Hotels Partners With MTech for its PMWorks Preventive-Maintenance Program; Award-winning owner/operator of full- and limited-service hotels hails PMWorks for its ability to reduce labor costs and increase guest satisfaction
• The ProHost® Minibar Mobile from Hostar Reduces Work Related Injuries While Keeping Items Organized and Secured
• Pegasus Drives Nikko Hotels' Online Bookings
• Shaner Hotel Group Names Steven Gardiner to GM Post at Crowne Plaza Cromwell, Connecticut
• Scott Bunce Joins CityStay Hotels as President and Chief of Operations; Will Manage New Gen X and Y Hotel Brands Launch Slated For This Year 
• Noble House Appoints Brett Schoenfield to General Manager of the Palm Springs Riviera Resort & Spa; The Iconic Resort Currently Closed and Undergoing $70 million Renovation
• Richard Keurajian Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing of the 364-room Wyndham Princeton Forrestal Hotel & Conference Center, Plainsboro, New Jersey
• Benchmark Presents Robert Boyle, VP & GM of Turtle Bay Resort, with the "CEO of Sales" Award
• Gigi Wiegman Appointed Executive Spa Director for the New, $11 million Spa Oceana at The Loews Don CeSar Beach Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida

• Hospitality Industry Goes Online: Maestro Web Connection Suite Meets Guest and Group Demands for Web Services; Operators leverage integrated PMS to maximize online revenue, service and staff productivity
• Benchmark Hospitality International's 2008 Top Ten Meetings Trends
• Atlanta's Convention Industry Takes a Hit from Storms; Damage to the Georgia World Congress Center Could Be in the Millions
• Peppermill Casinos Planning its Fourth Casino Hotel in West Wendover, Nevada, a $400 million 1,200 room "Mini-Bellagio" Resort Casino
• Construction Allowed to Start on $160 million Grand Cambrian Resort, Wisonsin Dells, Wisconsin; Department of Natural Resources Finds Development Does Not Take Away from the Scenic River Beauty, Wildlife Habitat and Surface Water Use
• "Zun Ya" Selected as the Chinese Brand Name for the Jumeirah Group
• ConExpo-Con/Agg, The Construction Industry Convention and Trade Show, Is the Biggest Convention for Las Vegas
• InterContinental Hotels Group and Lane Hospitality Open the First Crowne Plaza New-build Prototype in the Milwaukee Suburb of Wauwatosa
• LTD Management Company, LLC. Building a 155 room aloft in Bolingbrook, Illinois
• A Total of 93 of the 107 one- and two-bedroom Whole-ownership Suites at the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua Hotel Sold in One Day at Average Price of $1.9 million
• EI's Revised Supervisory Skill Builders Programs Offer Targeted Training for Lodging, Food Service, Gaming, and Clubs
• San Antonio's Hospitality Industry Grows to $10.5 Billion Impact with 100,000 People Employed in the Industry
• North Carolina Tourism Up in 2007;  Spending by Out-of-state Visitors Increased 7.2% in 2007
• Missouri's Annual Tourism Tallies Indicate Visitors to the State Up Less then 1% in 2007
• APF, a Japanese Investment Fund, Acquiring the 48 unit Zeavola Resort for Approximately US$ 21 million; Planning Expansion for the Luxury Resort Located on Thailand's Phi Phi Island
• Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Names Executives for its Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver; Hani El-Sharkawi Appointed Opening Hotel Manager
• Fernando Poma, Managing Director of Real Hotels & Resorts, to Share Entrepreneurial Vision With Cornell Hotel Students
• Charlie Dang Appointed Area Managing Director, Northern China of Starwood Hotels & Resorts; Continues as General Manager at The Westin Beijing
• TynanGroup, Inc. Appoints Gary Dillon Vice President of Pre-Construction Services for its Hospitality Division
• Bree Benson Appointed Director of Conference Services for Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, Virginia

• The Hotel IT Professional's Most Difficult Question Following a Well Thought Out Proposal for a New Technology Acquisition: Is There a Return on Investment? / Michael Schubach
• For Hotel Housekeepers, Spring Break is No Party
• With All the Talk About Search Engine Optimization, Then What the Heck is Hotel Web Site Optimization? A Hotel Marketer's Guide to WSO / Neil Salerno
• Dallas Developer Hillwood Stalls on Construction Start for Victory Tower, a 43-story Skyscraper Housing a Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Condominiums
• Remember Inverting Your Dinner Plate Looking for the Shenango China Logo? Restaurant Dinnerware Stamp Now Likely to Feature the Logo of Steelite International, the Biggest Player in the Commercial China Industry in the United States
• Legionnaires' Disease Strikes Two Tourists; Orlando Hotel Moves Guests
• Grande Dame of Washington DC Hotels, The Mayflower,  Has Seen its Share of Democratic Scandals
• Educational Institute Introduces Certification for Lodging Owners
• Benchmark Hospitality International Announces "The Orchid" A New Luxury Hotel Rising in Panama City, Panama
• The Nikki Beach Brand Opening its First Full-service Resort in the Turks & Caicos Islands
• Finding Quality Seasonal Employees; Many Hotels Revert to the Same Hiring Mentality Adopted in the Past / Joseph M. Gravish
• Kimpton Preparing to Open its 42nd Hotel, the Hotel Palomar Los Angeles
• Hotel Concepts Leads PMS Vendors with Validation of Implementation of Payment Application Best Practices for Merchant CISP; Validated Payment Applications Provide Hoteliers the Foundation for PCI Compliance and Enhanced Credit Card Security for Hotel Guests
• Outrigger Hotels & Resorts and OHANA Hotels & Resorts Roll-Out New Online Videos for Their Hawaii Properties 
• The Procaccianti Group Starts $5 million Renovation on Lowell, Massachusetts' Only Downtown Hotel, the 252 room Doubletree
• Lakeville Partners, LLC. Open the 112 room Holiday Inn Winter Haven, Florida
• Intrawest Names the Executive Management Team for the The Westin Imagine Orlando; Mike Speicher the Opening General Manager
• Sunriver Resort Names Kelly O'Brien as Director of Training and Development
• Oceanpoint Developments Ltd Appoints Mark A. Elawadi as Managing Director at Turks & Caicos' Third Turtle Club & Spa; Rockresorts Selected to Operate the Property Expected to Open in 2011
• Diane Mombourquette Named General Manager of the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort in Ucluelet, British Columbia
• Gan Kim Leng Appointed Vice President of Business Development and Asset Management for HPL Hotels & Resorts, Singapore

• TravelCLICK and IDeaS Deliver Dynamic Pricing; ChannelDirect enables hotels to maximize RevPAR with real-time pricing optimization
• SynXis Extends Relationship with European Reseller Yeeld Solutions; German-Based Reseller Offers Integrated Distribution and Revenue Management Services Alongside the RedX® Distribution Management System
• MSI's Commitment to Quality and Customer Satisfaction Demonstrated  in EnterprisePM Benchmark Testing; MSI Leverages Microsoft Partnership to Optimize Performance and Customer Value
• JDA Software Named 'Supplier of the Year' by Carlson Hotels Worldwide; Carlson Honors JDA Software for its Ground-breaking Revenue Management Solution During an Award Ceremony at Carlson's Global Conference in Las Vegas
• Accor Fashions New Prototype for Motel 6; Dubbed "Phoenix" the Prototype Expected to Set a New Standard for Economy Hotels
• La Quinta is the Fastest-Growing Hotel Brand for 2007 - 2008 is Off to a Fast Start
• Redwood Bench in a Sauna at the Holiday Inn in Joplin, Missouri at Issue in a $300,000 Lawsuit Filed Against the Hotel
• A 176-room Kimpton Palomar Hotel and 63 Condos In Final Planning Stages for Downtown Milwaukee's Park East Area; Will Have to Pre-sell 50% of the Condos to Obtain a Loan for the $160 million Project
• Delaware North Cos. Parks & Resorts Preparing to Spend $20 million in Improvements at the Gideon Putnam Hotel & Conference Center, Sartoga Springs, New York
• The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians Chooses the Designer of the Bellagio to Design its $800 million Casino Resort Planned for Just North of San Diego
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise Owner of the Holiday Inn Forest Park
• PAS Announces Partnership with Infor to Offer Financial Hospitality Solution; Designed for hotels and corporate offices, FMS SunSystems and Business Process Analysis are combined with interface tools, managed hosting services, daily reporting, forecasting and help desk to improve back office operations
• The $62.2 million McAllen (Texas) Convention Center Roundly Criticized for Excessive Rates, Poor Management
• Limited Supply of H2-B Visas Force Resorts on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Scramble to Patch Together a Full Staff for the Summer
• InterContinental The Clement Monterey Preparing to Open, the First New Construction Hotel On Monterey Coast in More Than 25 Years; Pacific Hotel Management Owns and Will Manage the Hotel
• Thomas O'Shea Named Managing Director at Sunriver Resort in Central Oregon
• Interstate Appoints John W. Maibach General Manager and Kimberly Altschuler Director of Sales and Marketing at The Copley Square Hotel, Boston
• Sunriver Resort Welcomes Keith Schnulle as Director of Human Resources
• Monica Smiley Named Director of Operations for Costa d'Este Beach Resort, Vero Beach, Florida

• Leveraging Property-level Network Creates Possibilities for Improving Guest Experience and Hospitality Operations
• Softscribe® Inc. Boosts Sales for New Client Flyte Systems with Benefit Message Campaign; Public relations strategy aids Flyte Systems to surpass forecast
• Annual Digital Signage Expo 'Ripe for Content Providers in 2009'; Flyte Systems President Brian Reynolds sees three top trends emerging
• Contingency Hotel Revenue Management Strategies - "I Will not Cut Prices" / Carol Verret
• Sage Hospitality Resources Opens The Legendary Blackstone--A Renaissance Hotel; Chicago's Finest Example of a Turn-of-the-Century Luxury Hotel Transformed by a $128 Million Preservation Project / Exclusive Photos
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds Cosmopolitan Toronto Hotel & Spa and Pantages Suites Hotel & Spa to its Portfolio of Acclaimed Destinations in Canada
• Hotel A.G., a Hotel Brokerage Company Sells the Hampton Inn Concord, North Carolina
• Amadeus Announces Blueprint for Hospitality Industry's Future; Amadeus research report identifies three significant trends driving the hotel industry
• Luxe Worldwide Hotels Enjoys the Luxury of EZYield.com's V3 Platform
• The American Hotel & Lodging Association Creating New Membership Category -  The Under Age 30 Grouping to Provide Resources and Programs to Facilitate the Career Advancement of Young Hospitality Professionals
• Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Opens Fourth Hotel in Mainland China, the 351 room Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou
• Geoffrey A Ballotti Named President and CEO of Wyndham's Group RCI, Formerly the President, North America Region of Starwood Hotels

• TIG Global's work leads to 2007 Emarketer of the Year Recognition and nine other Adrian Awards; The Georgetown Inn, a TIG Global Client and Part of LXR Luxury Resorts and Hotels, is Named eMarketer of the Year
• New Generation Hospitality Adds Four Properties
• Telkonet Advances Smart Energy Management Control with New SS1107 Controller; Offers Improved Performance, Easier Installation, Plus Wider PTAC and Sensor Compatibility
• Following a $128 million Renovation The Blackstone, A Renaissance Hotel Reopens; An Important Enhancement to Chicago's Historical Quality Architecture Reputation
• Taiwan, One of Several Asian Markets, Looking at Gaming as a Way to Expand their Tourism and Economic Bases
• Prism Hotels & Resorts Rates UniFocus "Second to None"; STAFFScope® Evaluation Gets Crystal Clear Results
• HFTP Seeking Nominations for the 2008 Hall of Fame; Inductees Are Professionals Who Dedicate Careers to Hospitality Technology
• Nevada Gaming Revenues in January, 2008 Fell Almost 5% in a Year-over-year Comparison; No Clear Trend Developing in Nevada's Monthly Gaming Win
• Hilton Hotels Appoints Steven Goldman as President, Global Development
• Rosewood Appoints Lionel Alvarez Managing Director of Las Ventanas al Paraíso, Los Cabos, Mexico
• Bill Rees Appointed General Manager of the Outrigger Maui Eldorado, Located within Maui's Kaanapali Beach Resort
• Michael Butler Named Corporate Director of Food and Beverage for McKibbon Hotel Management

• PKF Hospitality Research Lowers its 2008 Forecast for a Key Hotel Industry Metric, RevPAR, from Up 4.5% to Up a Below-average 3.0%
• Leveraging Network Investment at Property Level Drives Guest Satisfaction, Improves Operations
• The Rainmaker Group Welcomes Rod Collier and John W. Wallace to its Management Team; New top-level talent adds to Rainmaker's 400 years of combined profit optimization expertise in the revenue management community
• The 2008 Top 20 European Hotel Brands Ranking and the Top Ten Hotel Groups Ranking
• The Prava Suites by the Galleria in North Dallas (Opened as Hilton Suites in 2001) Receiving a $10 million Redo and a Rebranding to Le Meridien
• Things Were Different in the 1920's - When the National Park Service Authorized the Building of the Luxury Ahwahnee Hotel within Yosemite National Park
• Developer Ajay Patel Breaks Ground on the First Best Western Atria Prototype in San Antonio, Texas
• Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Selected to Advise Owner of the Quality Inn Westport Park
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 123 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• The Radisson Hotel, Bloomington, Operated by Tristar Hotel Group, Awarded Carlson's Renewal Award for North America 2007
• Morten Ebbesen Selected as the General Manager of the Corinthia Beach Resort in St Julians, Malta

March 5, 2008

• Flexibility: The Ultimate Trend in Hospitality Design / Lee Simon
• Guest Satisfaction, Operations Improved by Leveraging Property-level Network
• Taking Green Mainstream; As the sustainability movement continues to escalate, Pineapple Hospitality's EcoRooms& EcoSuites adds green leader Q Hotel & Spa as a new member and recruits two top talents to serve as Advisors -Bernadette V. Upton and Ray Hobbs
• Proposals Sought for the Development, Construction and Management of Two Hotels, One at Key West International Airport and One at Florida Keys Marathon Airport
• Spurgeon Richardson Retiring as President and CEO of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau; At the Helm for 17 Years
• Developer Richard Bosworth Completing Acquisition of the  727 room  Hooters Casino Hotel, Las Vegas;  Redesign Will Give Boot to Hooters Name and Orange Short Shorts
• Tropicana Casino Appeal Alleges New Jersey Gaming Commission Lacked Requisite Neutrality; Claims Commission Ignored Facts in Decision to Deny Company's License Renewal
• ACE DuraFlo® Nears Completion on $2.2 Million, 50,000 Foot ePIPE® Project for Seattle Sheraton; Hosting Hotel Engineers Luncheon and Project Tour
• Searching for Ways to Reduce Renovation Expenses While Retaining Quality? Searching for a Company to Provide a Turn Key Solution? The Ghoman Design Group is the Answer
• Trump Entertainment Resorts Reports 2007 4th Qtr  Net loss of $183.2 million Compared to a loss of $9.7 million in the Prior Year
• TRUST International Receives HTNG Workgroup Leadership Award 2007
• J-4 Development Company and JL Burke Contracting Building a 125-suite Hyatt Summerfield Suites at the Hickory Creek Waterworks and Resort, Mokena, Illinois
• InterContinental Hotels Group Prepares to Open a Holiday Inn Resort on Tuban (Bali) in late 2008 and the InterContinental Bali Sanur Beach Resort in 2009
• Justin Harris Named Senior Vice President/General Counsel for John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Dyal Sandhu Director of Food & Beverage for Bedford Springs Resort in Pennsylvania

• Sir Richard Branson to Accept Travel Industry Association’s Award At Travelcom Show In April
• Hotels in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Alabama Choose Mintek to Streamline Maintenance Operations; WinTrack PM Helps Extend Asset Life, Improve Guest Satisfaction
• Budgeting for Hotel Internet Marketing - No Surveys, Just Plain Talk; How Much Should a Hotel Invest to Develop a Strong Internet Presence? / Neil Salerno
• A Pause in Atlanta Hotel Construction; Some Announced Projects Rethinking Strategy
• Almulla Hospitality Working on a $2 billion Investment Plan to Develop an Islamically Compliant Hotel Brand; Halal Food and No Alcohol
• The Atlas Life Building, a Historic Twelve-story Office Building in Downtown Tulsa, Receiving a $12 million Conversion to a 120-room Courtyard by Marriott
• Cavallo Point - San Francisco Bay's First National Park Lodge to Focus on Sustainability, Stewardship
• Shea Properties and R.D. Olson Developing Three Hotels at Legacy Park, the Former Tustin, California Marine Corps Air Station; Includes a Full-service Kimpton Hotel and Two Unnamed Select-service Hotels
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Recognizes 2007 Top-performing Hotels, General Managers and Employees
• One of Florida's Largest Resorts Applies Artificial Intelligence Technology to Reduce Labor Cost; 2,300-unit Orange Lake Orlando Resort implements Carnus System's patent-pending Artificial Intelligence technology to automate entire F&B demand forecasting and labor scheduling process
• Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Sets Standard with UniFocus' Employee Feedback Solution; Top U.S. Resort Raises Bar with Web-based STAFFScope®
• Newmarket International and Software Management, Inc. Join Forces to Offer First-Ever Lead Automation Service for CVBs and Their Member Hotels
• Benchmark Hospitality International Selected to Operate New Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence in Bethesda, Maryland
• Radisson Hotels & Resorts Partners with The Culinary Institute of America to Refine "Tasteful Choices" Menu
• Myfidelio.Net And VFM Interactive To Provide Hotels With A Central Gateway For Distribution And Management Of Visual Content In All Channels; All myfidelio.net hotels now have access to VFM's Vscape solution to distribute and manage images in all GDS and thousands of Internet Channels
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. Selects MICROS 9700 Hospitality Management System for The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino
• Agenda Set for Cornell Hotel School's Student-Run Conference; Three Hundred Hospitality Leaders Expected at 83rd Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell, April 3-6, 2008 in Ithaca
• CP Group Building a NZ$100 million Pullman Branded Hotel in Auckland's Central Business District
• Ken Shore Named New General Manager of the Snake River Lodge & Spa, A RockResort, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

• The National Park Service Signs 60-year Lease with Developers for the $95 million Conversion of Fort Baker into a Bayside Lodge and Retreat; Former Fort was Built to guard the Entrance to San Francisco Bay
• I  Am a Service Professional™ / Bryan K. Williams
• Elad Group Reopens New York's Plaza Following a $400 million, Two-year, Lobby-to-roof Renovation
• Some Say the The Plaza Hotel is the World's Most Famous Hotel; Rooms Start at $1000 per Night, Guests Will Pay Extra for the "Eloise" Bubble Bath, with Milk and Cookies"
• Kitchenettes and High Jinks Made Stoneleigh Hotel a Dallas Landmark
• HTNG Annual Conference Highlights Major Progress in Systems Interoperability; Three Individuals Recognized for Leadership from the the Hotel and Vendor Community
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration Fines General Contractor $128,000; Construction Worker Fell to Death While Working on $6 million Holiday Inn Express in Niagara Falls, New York
• Three Benchmark Hospitality Virginia Resorts Go Green!
• Increases in Bookings and Technology Sales Show Hotel Industry Gearing for Growth
• First of Five Resorts, the Hacienda Tres Ríos, Opening in the Tres Rios, an Ecological Park Near Cancun
• Horseshoe Bay (Texas) Resort & Horseshoe Bay Resort Marriott Now Under Same Management
• Concord Hospitality To Break Ground On Nine Properties In Next 60 Days; Has Additional Nine Hotels and More than $500 Million in 2008 Pipeline
• Danubius Hotels Selects MICROS 9700 HMS, OPERA, and myfidelio.net Solutions for its Entire Hotel Chain
• Chef Ken Frank to Relocate His La Toque Restaurant in Rutherford, California to the The Westin Verasa, Napa

1. Group of Women Suspected of Using Mickey Finns, Stealing from Men in Upscale Dallas Hotels, Bars
2. This is How Embassy Suites’ Guests Say “Do Not Disturb”; Winning Signs to Be Hung on Doorknobs Nationwide
3. What the Heck is Hotel Revenue Management, Anyway? A Hotel Marketer’s Guide to Revenue Management / Neil Salerno
4. The Important People in a General Manager’s Life / Gina Abernathy
5. Hotel Waterparks Construction Report 2008 / 33 Hotel Waterparks Opened in 2007, 55 Scheduled for 2008 / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
6. Bill Yung's  Columbia Sussex Casino Operations Being Investigated in Three States for Complaints About Massive Layoffs, Extreme Cost-cutting
7. Can This Be? Layoffs and Reductions in Employee Hours Occurring at Las Vegas Casino/Resorts
8. Starwood to Re-brand and Renovate Former Adams Mark Hotels as Sheraton Dallas Hotel and Sheraton Denver Hotel / Properties to undergo a transformation as part of Sheraton’s overall brand revitalization
9. The Majority Owners of Tamarack Resort File for Bankruptcy, Credit Suisse Bank Owed $262 million
10. Hilton Anatole's Owner Not Happy with City of Dallas' Plan to Finance a 1,000-room Convention Center Hotel
11. Billionaire Investor Sam Zell Acquries 7.7% Stake in Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
12. Jury Awards 10 million to Owner of Ritz-Carlton Bali; At Core of Case - A Material Breach of Loyalty Displayed by Marriott International (Ritz-Carlton's Parent Company)
13. South Dakota Hotel Owners Sentenced to Prison for Involuntary Servitude Offenses
14. Driftwood Hospitality Finds Success Flipping Hotels; Looks for Hotels in Decline
15. Managing Director John Langston Discusses Challenges Overseeing the $36 million Renovation of Dallas' 85-year-old Stoneleigh Hotel
16. The Contingency Hotel Sales and Marketing Plan - Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst / Carol Verret
17. Liverpool’s New Beatles Inspired Boutique Hotel Opens Doors; Exclusive Guest Room Photos
18. MGM Mirage Receives High Marks for Treatment of 5,000 Displaced Guests Following Monte Carlo Fire / Advance Planning, Communication, Being Equitable and Honest Keeps Customer's Trust and Future Business
19. Rising Inflation And Threats Of A Recession: Should U.S. Hoteliers Be Worried?
20. New Study Finds GDS Hotel Promotions Have a Growing Influence on Bookings / Now over 50 Percent of travel agents with ad recall, book the advertised hotel
21. Spa Necessity - For Any High End Hotel that Hopes to Stay Competitive
22. Jack Naderkhani, GM Raffles L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, Reveals His Secret Weapons to Receiving Five Top 2008 Hotel Honors
23. Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach Subject of Lawsuit Alleging Hotel Should Have Warned Guests of Dangerous Rip Currents in Beach Fronting Hotel
24. Davidson Hotel Company Promotes Six to General Manager Positions
25. Mike Ditka Resorts: Former NFL Coach Promotes New Resorts in Florida

• The 1 Hotel & Residences Project -- First in Seattle to offer "Condo-hotel" Units -- Put On Hold for Redesign; Plans to Eliminate 132 of the 176 Condo-hotel Units and Replace with Conventional Hotel Rooms
• Ashford Hospitality Trust Plans to Continue Selling Hotels; Seeks to Divest at Least $600 million in Hotels in 2008, Following $312 million in 2007
• Ruvin Development Inc.and Gatehouse Capital Corp. Line Up Financing for a 160 room Aloft Hotel in Downtown Milwaukee
• RevPAR Penetration at Airport Terminal Hotels / Monique Rosszell - HVS Canada  / YTD Canadian Lodging Outlook
• For the Full Year 2007 Strategic Hotels & Resorts Net Income Fell 59% to $39.1 million from $95.6 million in the Previous Year; Not Expecting to Acquire Any Hotels in 2008
• Nexus Unveils HotelworX™, Sales Force Automation for Hotels
• Sol Melia Earnings Rise by 19% in 2007; Prepares Launch of its New Business Strategy
• FelCor Reports Year End 2007 Net income of $50.3 million Up from $12.3 million in Prior Year; Expecting its 85 Hotels to Grow RevPAR  from 6.5 - 8.5% for 2008
• Hotel Equities Promotes Alan Bennett to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Intrawest names Paul Jorgensen as President and Chief Operating Officer at Mountain Creek Resort, Vernon, NJ; Formerly CFO at Boyne Resorts
• Fairmont Appoints Thomas Klein Regional Vice President, California And General Manager Fairmont San Francisco
• Morrissey Hospitality Appoints Brian Schmechel General Manager for The Hotel Minneapolis Located in the Restored Midland Building in Downtown Minneapolis

• Mastering Internet Marketing in 2008: The 2nd Benchmark Survey on Hotel Internet Marketing Budget Planning and Best Practices / HeBS
• Hotel Investments: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow ?!? Carole King / Article by Lori Raleigh
• The Zion Lodge in Zion National Park Named the Sustainable Hotel of the Year by the HotelWorld Expo and Conference
• The Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association is seeking a new President. Long time President, Ilene Kamsler, is retiring. Executives by Sterling, Inc. has been engaged to manage the search process
• Want to Buy a Hotel? Bidding for the The 253 room Dayton (Ohio) Executive Hotel, Formerly a Best Western, Starts at $1.75 million
• In Discussion for Ten Years, The City of St. Joseph, Missouri Tentatively Approves Plans for a $32 million Convention Center and a $16 million Hotel
• Shell Vacations Club and LRA Worldwide Develop Partnership to Enhance the Vacation Ownership Prospect Experience
• The Court of Master Sommeliers Awards the Fairmont Olympic Hotel's Joseph Linder the Title of Master Sommelier; There are 97 Master Sommeliers in the United States
• MHI Hospitality Corp. Planning  a $5 million Renovation and Conversion to Crowne Plaza Following its Acquisition of the Former Radisson Hotel in Downtown Hampton, Virginia
• McKibbon Hotel Management, Inc. Opens the Company's 53rd Hotel -  the TownePlace Suites by Marriott Pensalcola, Florida
• Inn By The Sea in Cape Elizabeth, Maine Finishing Up a Multi million dollar Makeover - 57 Redesigned Guest Rooms and a New Restaurant

• Leveraging Property-Level Network Improves Guest Experience, Optimizes Back Office Operations
• In The Beginning was the 3-Ring Binder: Hospitality Business Intelligence Shapes Operations for 10 Years; Spreadsheets to dashboards; evolution of BI from technology experiment to the must-have profitability tool
• SynXis Awards Outstanding Achievments at its Annual Customer Forum in Fort Worth, Texas; Conference addresses important issues on the minds of hoteliers today including rate parity and the use of Social Media
• Hotel Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2008; Growth Accelerates, Projects Get Bigger / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson
• Established Client Relationships Can Last a Lifetime: New Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson #10 / David Brudney
• Lion's Gate Development and Hilton Hotels Corp. Finalize Agreement for a 225-room Waldorf-Astoria in Downtown Sarasota, Florida
• Iconic Memphis Hotel, The Peabody, Sees Hard Work Pay Off - Regains its Four-star Mobil Travel Guide Rating
• Downtown Akron's Last Hotel, the 18-story Radisson, Up for Sale
• Meetings Intelligence Exchange Offers Groundbreaking Free Service for Meeting Planner Professionals
• HR in Hospitality™ Conference & Expo Asks: 'Are You Prepared For What Lies Ahead?'; Extraordinary line-up of experts at second annual event prepares attendees for HR challenges ahead; Human Resource Executive® / Cornell University-led and AH&LA-endorsed event to be held March 16 - 19 at Wynn Las Vegas
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Expands Diversity Initiatives, Unveils Leadership Strategy, Adds Six Locations
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income of $6.8 million, Down from $10.8 million a Year Ago; Now Has Ownership Interests in 54 Hotels
• Accor Reports Year End 2007 Net Profit of EUR883 million, Up 76% Over Previous Year; Opens 28,000 Hotel Rooms in 2007 with 93,000 Rooms in the Pipeline
• MHI Hospitality Corporation Acquiring the 172-room former Radisson Hotel in Hampton, Virginia for Approximately $7.75 million, or $45,000 per room
• Tim Dixon, Owner of the Iron Horse Hotel, Milwaukee, Commissions Artist Charles J. Dwyer to Create Murals on the Hotel's 102 Guest Room Walls
• Orient-Express Hotels Reports 2007 Full-year Net Earnings of $33.6 million, Down from $39.8 million Prior Year; Opening Hotels in Santa Barbara, New York City, Brazil, Bali, and Peru
• The Four Points by Sheraton Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile Selected the 2007 Four Points® by Sheraton Property of the Year
• Golden Resorts LLLP Selects Wyndham Hotels and Resorts to Operate a 400 room Destination Resort on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; Project Includes a Casino and Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf course
• VFM Interactive Announces Louise Meyer Joins Executive Team; Highly regarded industry veteran to help build VFM's hotel media production and distribution business
• Gregory Lee Takes Up Role as Vice President of Operations at HPL Hotels & Resorts
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Michael McGreevy Director of Food and Beverage for The Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

• Maestro Deals Tribal Gaming Properties the Winning Hand in Service & Revenue Optimization Tools; Gaming hotels leverage Maestro PMS technology to deliver world class guest service, enhance marketing and maximize staff productivity
• Flyte Systems Inks Agreement with Digital Signage Provider Digital Minds, Installs TouchQuest FlyteBoard at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center; Airline flight information enhances customer service at Donald E. Stephens Convention and Conference Center, adds revenue opportunities
• South Dakota Hotel Owners Sentenced to Prison for Involuntary Servitude Offenses
• Dallas' Stoneleigh Hotel Expects its Historic Appeal to Provide Edge over Competitors such as the New Ritz-Carlton Dallas and W Dallas Victory
• International Hotel Investment Forum Names the Finalists for the Deal of the Year Awards
• Baltimore's $100 million Citycenter Project Now Includes Two Hyatt Branded Hotels, a Hyatt Place and a Hyatt Summerfield Suites
• Highgate Holdings Begins $30-million Renovation of the 25 Year Old Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco
• Leaving Dollars on the (Guestroom) Table?  Increase Value through Hostar's Improved Housekeeping Operations
• Hotel A.G., a Hotel Brokerage Company sells the 175-Room Doubletree Hotel located in Greensboro NC for $22,500,000
• Millennium Hotels and Resorts Selects UniFocus' MEETINGScope™; UniFocus' MEETINGScope is New Feedback Standard for All Millennium Hotel Properties in the United States
• Remember the Savoy Plaza Hotel?; Is Economic Disaster Imminent;  Cuba at the Crossroads / Stanley Turkel
• Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts Relies on Trust Technology for their Own Private Label Chain Code; Banyan Tree's Private Label GDS code 'BY' powered by Trust|Voyager CRS
• TTI's 'ConciergeOnDemand™' Services Now Showing at 100th Hotel; New self-service entertainment ticketing system to be showcased in Booth #244 at the 2008 Asian American Hotel Owners Assn. Annual Convention March 26-29, 2008
• InnLink Enhances Customer Connectivity
• Turf Hotels Building a $20 million 123-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Saratoga Springs, New York
• Trigild Opens the 180 room Holiday Inn Ontario (CA) Airport, Owned by Prime Hospitality LLC
• Tom Kenney Named Senior VP, Sales & Marketing at Aimbridge Hospitality
• Amy Speckman Appointed Resort Manager and Director of Operations for Sanibel Island's Casa Ybel Resort

• Hotel Operators Massage More Profits from their Spa Operations / Robert Mandelbaum and Gabrielle Lerner
• The Contingency Hotel Sales and Marketing Plan - Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst / Carol Verret
• Holiday Inn Express Upgrades Free Morning Breakfast, Adds Cheese Omelets, Bacon, Sausage, and Biscuits with Sausage Gravy
• Hawthorn Suites Unveils New Prototype Guest Suite Design
• Lexington, Kentucky Hoteliers Claim Projections for a Taxpayer Financed $90 million Westin Hotel and Conference are Ludicrous
• Some Cities Offer a Cautionary Tale as Broward County Pursues a  1,000-room Convention Center Hotel Next to the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center
• $24 Million Renovation Transforms Landmark Bank Building into The Residence Inn Columbus (Ohio) Downtown
• Collectively, New Hotel Projects in Pittsburgh Add Up to Almost 1,150 Rooms
• MTM Luxury Lodging Automates Groups Online With Passkey; Leading Luxury Hotel Company to Offer its Meeting Planners Passkey's Better Booking Experience
• Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 107 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database
• Mike Woitas, Country Inn & Suites Albert Lea, Named Minnesota Lodging Association Hotelier of Year
• Jean-Georges Vongerichten Restaurant Development Company, Culinary Concepts by Jean-Georges, to Open Spice Market Restaurants Inside Three New W Hotel Developments
• Omni Hotels Appoints Austin Khan Vice President of Acquisitions and Development
• RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality Names Paul Toner as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
• Davidson Hotel Company Promotes Six to General Manager Positions
• Diego Pineda Named Resident Manager of the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel

• Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Fined $105,000 for Allowing a Minor to Gamble, also Fined $75,000 for Allowing Underage Patrons to Drink in a Casino Bar
• Developer Bennett-Hofford Enters Fifth Year of Odyssey to Get Luxury Hotel Permitted in Charleston, South Carolina
• PRA Development Clears First Hurdle in Permit Process for a $40 million Hotel in Norwich, Connecticut
• Hotel Investor Survey Winter 2008: Hotel Capitalization Rates Moderate Slightly, Changes Are Driven Largely By Slower Growth Expectations
• Hotel Waterpark Resort Growth Accelerates, Projects Get Bigger / Consultants Present 2008 Industry Report at Workshop Feb 28
• Opening July 2008, Seven Stars Resort Casts a Celestial Spell in the Turks & Caicos Islands
• Outrigger Selected to Manage Resort Hotel Within the West Sands - a Residential and Hotel Development Located on the West Coast of Phuket, Thailand, Will Include Phuket's First Water Park
• White Lodging Services Expanding Corporate Headquarters in Merrillville, Indiana, Expects to Add 100 New Jobs
• Enchantment Group Building a 30 Room Resort & Spa Along with 25 Condominiums in Punta Mita, Mexico
• Great Hotels Organisation Partners with VFM Interactive to Provide Rich Media Production and Distribution Services for their Member Hotels Worldwide; GHO adopts VFM's Vscape media management and distribution solution to distribute hotel photos and rich media to thousands of electronic channels
• Benchmark Hospitality International Opens The Hotel at Naples Bay Resort
• InnLink's Call Center Drives Hotels' Bottom Line Results
• Jay H. Shah, CEO of Hersha Hospitality, to Share Entrepreneurial Vision With Cornell Hotel Students
• Innovative travel technology company seeking a Vice President, Hotels, Cars / Cross Selling. Position located in NYC. Requires a BS/BA and 5+ years hotel/travel industry business development sales experience
• Benchmark Hospitality International Launches Benchmark Japan
• Jean Pierre Dubray Named Executive Chef of The Resort at Pelican Hill, Newport Coast, California; Formerly the Executive Chef at The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco

• What the Heck is Hotel Revenue Management, Anyway? A Hotel Marketer's Guide to Revenue Management / Neil Salerno
• NxTV IP In-Room Entertainment Used by 25% of 5-Star Properties; Best of the best - Mobil 5-Star operators choose NxTV IP VOD services three years running
• The Majority Owners of Tamarack Resort File for Bankruptcy, Credit Suisse Bank Owed $262 million
• Norwegian Millionaire Torben Frantzen Outlines a Sustainable Development Operating Approach for the Cabo Sao Roque Resort in Brazil
• Mike Ditka Resorts: Former NFL Coach Promotes New Resorts in Florida
• Dubai-based Zabeel Investments Acquires 50% of The Light Group, Intends to Expand the Light Group's Hotel Management, Food and Beverage, and Entertainment Portfolio Into Key US Cities
• DuVal Development Signs The Waldorf=Astoria Collection to Operate the Dakota Mountain Lodge in Park City, Utah
• Great Wolf Resorts Inc. Narrows 4th Qtr 2007 Loss to $7.7 million Compared to a Loss of $49 million in the Prior Year Quarter; Operates 10 Resorts With Two Under Construction / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Interstate Hotels & Resorts Forms Joint Venture with JHM Hotels to Operate and Invest in Hotels in India
• For Sale - The Ridges Resort located on Lake Chatuge in the Appalachian Mountains of North Georgia. Hotel/(2) Restaurants/ 400-Slip Marina/ Extensive Meeting & Event Space
• Seeking qualified luxury hotel buyers.  One of the best collections of hotels, including portfolios, for sale in the Caribbean, Florida, California, Las Vegas, New York, Mexico, Panama, Bahamas, UK, France and Spain
• Following Several Redesigns and a Series of Zoning Variances LodgWorks Ready to Build 11-story, 161-room Hotel Sierra in Downtown Providence, Rhode Island
• Penta Hospitality Acquires the Regency Hotel in Greeley, Colorado; Planning a $1.5 million Renovation, Rebrand as Clarion
• A Wingate by Wyndham® Being Developed in Chihuahua, Mexico, the Brand's First Hotel in Mexico
• Judith Kalfon Appointed General Manager of the 357 room Radisson Plaza Hotel Minneapolis
• Beth Pratt Appointed Environmental Affairs Director for Xanterra's Operations in Yellowstone National Park
• Marsha Twiss Appointed Director of Rooms for Benchmark's Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, Virginia

• SynXis RedX Distribution Platform Becomes the First Hotel Reservation System to Achieve Stringent PCI Certification for Credit Card Data Security
• Agilysys Acquires Eatec Corporation
• City of La Porte, Texas Seeking Developer Proposals for a 200 room Hotel and Convention Center
• The Tampa, Florida City Council Rejects Proposal for $7.6 million Value Place Extended Stay Hotel
• Kevin Kelley - From Pool Boy at the Flamingo to Station Casinos' Chief Operating Officer
• The Spa Necessity - For Any High End Hotel that Hopes to Stay Competitive
• Neighborhood Development Corporation Prepares to Open the $60 million Dana Hotel and Spa in Chicago's River North Neighborhood
• A New Social Networking Site for Sellers of Travel: USATravelSpace.com
• Dilam Hotel Development S.A.S. Planning a 150 room W Marrakech, Located Within the Al Maaden Resort Development, Morocco
• Broughton Hospitality Awarded the Management Contracts for Three Chicago Hotels, The Willows Hotel, The Majestic Hotel and City Suites Hotel
• Five-Property DC Hotel Company Drives Sales with Online Tools; Property sales teams use Web system to share leads, cut tech expenses
• Occupancy and Average Room Rate Information Flows Freely Between Hotels in India; Hoteliers Deny the Existence of Any Kind of Cartel
• The 359 room InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Opens in Vietnam's Capital; Jon Nielsen the Opening General Manager
• Jurys Inns Group Set to Open its 23rd Hotel, the Jurys Inns Liverpool
• Carlson Hotels Worldwide Appoints Baron Carr to Vice President of Brand Marketing
• Victor Tiffany, Senior Vice President of Concept Development for Tarsadia Hotels to Speak at Cornell University
• David Yamada Named General Manager at The Westin St. John Resort and Villas
• Raffles Hotels & Resorts Appoints Riaz Mahmood General Manager of Raffles Beijing Hotel and Peter Wynne to General Manager of Raffles Cambodia Hotels

• Forced PMS Migration Presents Opportunity to Weigh New Options, Hotel Operators Turn to Maestro Suite; Hoteliers stand to benefit from NORTHWIND's Maestro 'Diamond Plus Service' upgrade and enhancement policy in times of change
• Number of Indoor Waterpark Destination Resorts Grows in '08 / David Sangree
• Swissotel Chicago Getting Tough: Housekeepers Get Paid for Turning In Scofflaws Smoking in Hotel Rooms
• Idaho's Ambitious New Four Season Resort, Tamarack,  Slows Construction As it Searches for Additional Financing
• Utah Ski Resorts Will Make it Through this Winter But Are Worried About Next Season, Not Because of Global Warming, but Rather Immigration Reform
• NewspaperDirect Launches Hotel PressDisplay.com; Hotel PressDisplay.com is the 'green' way to serve guests hundreds of newspaper titles from around the world, fresh every day
• 22 Former Exel Inn Hotels Rebranded Under Wyndham Hotel Group Flags - Days Inn, Super 8, Baymont Inn & Suites, Howard Johnson and Travelodge
• Roomlinx Upgrades HSIA at Phoenix-area Hilton; 10x Boost in bandwidth boosts guest satisfaction, revenues, and brand loyalty at Hilton Phoenix East/Mesa hotel
• PSAV's LED Lighting 'Wows' Meeting Goers, Dresses Hotels, and Reduces Energy Costs; LED lights use up to 80 percent less energy than incandescent light; Hotels hail LEDs for versatility, design effect, and customer satisfaction
• HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Assumes Asset Management of an Acclaimed Caribbean Resort Property
• Maximizing Attendance at Conferences - Trade  Shows / Bernie Otis
• To What Extent Can Independent UGC Sites Act as a Trojan Horse For Openness?
• Pet Friendly South Carolina Hotels Join BringYourPet.com
• Edward Stanton Appointed Vice President of Hotel Operations for Foxwoods Resort Casino's Three Hotels
• Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites Bring New National Sales Team In-House Headed by Rachel Tyler, Vice President of National Sales
• Mandy Jennings Appointed Group Sales Director for Principal Hayley's Portfolio of 20 Hotels
• Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Scott Marble Director of Rooms at Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Hilton Anatole's Owner Not Happy with City of Dallas' Plan to Finance a 1,000-room Convention Center Hotel
• Texas Town Demands Removal of Attention-grabbing Sign on a Value Place Extended-stay Hotel; Claims Light-emitting Diode Display is Gaudy
• Plan to Expand the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center Casting a Bigger Shadow Over Grapevine, Texas Neighbors
• Antares Investment Planning a 115 room Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut
• Construction Begins on the 445 room La Torretta Del LagoResort & Spa on Lake Conroe, Texas
• Marriott's 2007 4th Qtr Net Income Falls to $176 million from $220 million a Year Ago, Opened 10,800 rooms Including 2,500 rooms Converted from Competitor  Brands / Hotel Operating Statistics
• Can This Be? Layoffs and Reductions in Employee Hours Occurring at Las Vegas Casino/Resorts
• Froilan Ramirez, Jr. Named General Manager at Casa Ybel Resort, Sanibel Island, Florida

• Chartres Lodging Group Completes Purchase of 4,867-room Adam's Mark Hotel Portfolio; Hotel Investment Firm Formerly Known as Oxford Lodging Will Spend More Than $238 Million to Renovate Adam's Mark Properties in Dallas, Denver, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Buffalo, N.Y. 
• NxTV Signs Comprehensive Digital Content Agreement with NBC Universal for HD Movies and TV On-Demand Entertainment; American Gangster for HD VOD; NBC's The Office and Heroes lead TV On-Demand lineup
• This is How Embassy Suites' Guests Say "Do Not Disturb"; Winning Signs to Be Hung on Doorknobs Nationwide
• The Important People in a General Manager's Life / Gina Abernathy
• Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach Subject of Lawsuit Alleging Hotel Should Have Warned Guests of Dangerous Rip Currents in Beach Fronting Hotel
• Six Firms Submit Credentials to Dallas City Hall in Hopes of Being Selected to Develop a Dallas Convention Center Hotel
• Travel 2.0 -- So Many Sites, So Little Time; Monitoring the 'Reviewsphere' is overwhelming: focus on key sites is the solution
• Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Opening 12 Hotels in China by 2010
• The School of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Schedules the 2nd International Forum on China Hotel Brand Management for Guangzhou, China, May 9-10, 2008
• Sawgrass Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort, Completes $16 million Renovation as Part of the "Marriott Revive" Program
• International Hotel & Restaurant Association Moves Operations from Paris France to New Offices in Geneva, Switzerland
• Pegasus and Leonardo Ink Deal to Create ContentHub TM
• MICROS Offers Powerful Direct Connection to Expedia Eliminating the Need for Switch Services; Connection allows hotel to manage rates, availability, inventory and reservations directly from its MICROS Property Management System
• Historic Hotel Galvez - A Wyndham Historic Hotel in Galveston, Texas Opens $6 million Spa
• Vijay Dandapani, COO of Apple Core Hotels Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors for the 2008 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show
• FelCor Names Donald J. Falgoust as Vice President Food & Beverage
• Michael Issenberg Appointed Accor's Chairman and Chief Operating Officer - Asia Pacific; Replaces David Baffsky
• Laurent Tourondel Taking the BLT Steak Restaurant Concept to the The Betsy Hotel in South Beach, Miami
• Omni Hotels Appoints Tom Walker as Vice President of Revenue Management
• Dusit Moves Jan Verduyn to Managing Director of Dusit Thani LakeView Cairo, Egypt and Peter Komposch to General Manager Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket

• Irvin W. Sandman Named 2008 Recipient of the Anthony G. Marshall Hospitality Law Award; Recognized for Pioneering Efforts In Hotel Law 
• Beverly Clark's WeddingLocation.com Celebrates its Eighth Anniversary with a Whole New Look
• Lane Hospitality Focusing on Premium Branded Hotels Primarily in Secondary Markets; Has $60 million in Projects Nearing Completion
• The 1,100-unit Pinnacle Condominium Resort in Las Vegas Faces Class Action Lawsuit by Frustrated Buyers
• Jack Naderkhani, GM Raffles L'Ermitage Beverly Hills, Reveals His Secret Weapons to Receiving Five Top 2008 Hotel Honors
• John Lopez's Suenos Hospitality Enters Into Agreement to Build Cambria Suites Hotels in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Glendale, Arizona
• Pinnacle Entertainment Wins Approval to Build the $250 million Riviere Casino and Hotel Project in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Distinguished International Hotels, Residences and Resorts Ltd Launches Its New Website: www.distinguishedhotels.com
• San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau Develops New Brand and New Logo - San Antonio. Deep. In The Heart.
• John Q. Hammons Slates $44 Million in Hotel Portfolio Capital Improvements in 2008; First Quarter Emphasis on Multimillion Dollar Refresh of Renaissance Hotels in Charlotte and Oklahoma City
• The University of Guelph invites applications of interest for the position of Director of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management. Ideal candidates will be strategic leaders capable of raising the School's profile to the international level
• Seeking to Acquire Caribbean Resort/Marina, 100 to 150 rooms with Marina capable of handling yachts of 70+ feet for a fully qualified client. Must be on an English speaking island with a stable, healthy and tourist friendly government
• MSI Partners with Leading eLearning Development Group; d'Vinci Interactive will provide web based training tools for MSI Products
• Edward Andrews Appointed General Manager of the 792 room InterContinental Chicago
• Davidson Hotel Company Appoints Michael McCurdy to Regional VP-Operations and Edward J. Buckley General Manager of the Renaissance Chicago North Shore
• Donna Hufford Appointed Interim CEO of Redwood Parks Lodge Company

• Should Your UGC Strategy be About Customer Acquisition or Retention? Interview with John Lee, VP Brand Marketing and Communications, Embassy Suites, Hilton Hotels Corporation
• Doubletree and Hilton Hotels at Seattle Airport Install FlyteBoard Airline Information Screens to Serve Business Travelers; FlyteBoards aid road-warrior guests with real-time airline information at two giant properties
• Some Condo Buyers in Chicago's Trump International Hotel and Tower Alleging Deal Details Were Altered
• Cuban Born Entrepreneur Burt Cabanas, Chairman and CEO of Benchmark Hospitality, Looks Back and Forward
• Bed Tax Won't Be Used as Financing the for Hilton/Faulkner 1000 room Convention Center Hotel Proposed for Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Using the Bed Tax to Back the Hotel Bonds Was Controversial
• Managing Director John Langston Discusses Challenges Overseeing the $36 million Renovation of Dallas' 85-year-old Stoneleigh Hotel