3 Hot Topics Presented at the HOLA Investment Conference 2015
By Mariana Jackson The 2015 HOLA (Hotel Opportunities Latin America) Conference took place April 28-30 at the J.W. Marriott Marquis Hotel in Miami. The conference projected a focus on occupancy in...
View ArticleFillmore Hospitality Assumes Management of Chicago’s 215-key MileNorth...
May 11, 2015 - (Columbus, Ohio) - Fillmore Hospitality, LLC, has launched its eleventh managed hotel with the addition of The MileNorth Hotel positioned between Chicago’s Magnificent Mile and the...
View ArticlePresentations from Meet the Money® 2015
Suzanne Mellen, Alan Reay, Vail Brown, Stephen Rushmore, Jr., Mark Woodworth, Mike Cahill and Richard Green By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group® 12 May 2015 Meet the Money® 2015 –...
View ArticleADARA Introduces New Predictive Analytics Products
Leveraging its Unique View of the Complete Consumer Travel Booking Cycle, ADARA Expands its Magellan Platform to Help Companies Architect their Products, and Better Understand and Reach...
View ArticleOriental Sea Villas & Hotel Company to Debut Sheraton Brand in Danang,...
Scheduled to Open in Early 2018, Sheraton Danang Resort Will Mark the Debut of the Sheraton Brand into Danang, the biggest city on the South Central Coast of Vietnam DANANG, Vietnam—(BUSINESS...
View ArticleAustin Phillips and Amol Agarwal Appointed to Executive Team for Loews...
SAN FRANCISCO (May 12, 2015) - Loews Regency San Francisco, the newly acquired luxury hotel, has announced two executive-level appointments: Austin Phillips as Director of Sales & Marketing, and...
View ArticleThe Liquidation Sale of the Riviera Hotel and Casino opens Thursday, May 14th...
Sale will be conducted by NCL/ National Content Liquidators, Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada (May, 2015) - Fans and friends of the Riviera Hotel and Casino will have their chance to take home a piece of the...
View ArticleLiberty University and Hotel Equities to Open Fairfield Inn & Suites by...
Lynchburg, Virginia - May 12, 2015 - The 129-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Lynchburg, Virginia is scheduled to open this Monday, May 18, 2015. Located at 3777 Candlers Mountain Road,...
View ArticleDigital Channels Drive Impressive Booking Growth
NEW YORK - May 12, 2015 - In the first quarter (Q1) 2015, digital channels - which include hotel websites (Brand.com) and Online Travel Agents (OTA) and Global Distribution Systems (GDS) - grew in...
View ArticleMobile Simple Continues to Win Awards
Hospitality’s first cloud-based mobile minibar management solution wins 1st place in the Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest in the ‘Services to Customers’ category Experience ABreez at HITEC in Booth #852...
View ArticleU.S. Hotel Supply Growth Still in Check with Demand
by Susan Furbay MAY 2015 Years of rising average daily rates and demand, among other factors, have made the ground fertile for new hotel supply. How will the growing pipeline of new hotels impact...
View ArticleConvenience Trumps Cost for Business Travelers
Says Inaugural GBTA Business Traveler Sentiment Index™, in Partnership with American ExpressMillennials Take the Lead Using Newer Travel Services and Social Media NEW YORK, May 12, 2015—Business...
View ArticleWhat You Can Learn from Economy Hotels
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.lma.ca)Most of the time, innovation flows downstream. In our industry, logically, this implies that ideas generated amongst four and five star (rated) properties...
View ArticleTwo Hyatt Hotels to Open in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Through Agreement with Ali...
CHICAGO (May 12, 2015) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into an agreement with Abdulelah Mohammed Ali Maghrabi Commercial Est. for a Hyatt Place...
View ArticleIHG Expands Middle East Presence across Three Countries
Signings include second Hotel Indigo in Dubai and double deal in Kuwait New Delhi, India 13 May 2015: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced four new signings across four brands last week,...
View ArticleRescue Your Brand from Captivity
Escape the prison that your brand storytelling is trapped in and reach customers directlyBy Bojan Jokic Our world is an amalgamation of stories, worldviews and beliefs, and our current industrial model...
View ArticleConcord Hospitality Enterprises Company to Open Courtyard by Marriott in...
Orlando, Florida - May 13, 2015 - Courtyard by Marriott Orlando South/John Young Parkway is scheduled to open its doors in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Featuring an innovative lobby...
View ArticleCachet Hotel Group Partners with Broad Group to Open Cachet Boutique Wuhan in...
HONG KONG, May 13, 2015 —Cachet Hotel Group (CHG) today announced its plans to expand the Cachet brand within the most populous city in Central China - Wuhan. Referred to as the “Chicago of China”,...
View ArticleSalamander Hotels & Resorts Appoints Eric Gavin as Chief Sales &...
MIDDLEBURG, VA - Salamander Hotels & Resorts, the luxury hotel management company founded by Sheila C. Johnson, has appointed Eric Gavin as its new chief sales & marketing officer. Gavin joins...
View ArticleIndependent Lodging Congress Announces the 2015 INDIE Awards
NEW YORK, NY, May 13, 2015 – The Independent Lodging Congress, the annual hospitality conference for the lodging industry’s leading professionals, has announced their first annual INDIE awards, a...
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