TownePlace Suites Hotel to Open on University of Illinois Campus
Champaign, Illinois - June 26, 2015 - The 95-suite TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Champaign, Illinois is scheduled to open this Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Located at 524 East Green Street, the...
View ArticleWebRezPro Improves Hotel Channel Management with Enhanced SiteMinder Interface
Through an upgraded interface with SiteMinder’s Channel Manager, WebRezPro property management system further automates management of third-party online bookings for greater efficiency. Dallas, US -...
View ArticleHashtagging Your Way to Social Media Relevance
Those Seemingly Inconsequential Hashtags are Crucial to Gaining More Exposure for Your Brand By Jay York Not so many years ago, many people probably paid little attention to that pound sign on the...
View ArticleAshford Trust Announces Planned Sale of Select-Service Hotel Portfolio &...
DALLAS, June 26, 2015 — Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) (“Ashford Trust” or the “Company”) announced today several strategic initiatives. The Company has analyzed numerous strategies to...
View ArticlePosadas Launches Premium Hotel Brand, Live Aqua Hotels and Resorts, in the...
MEXICO CITY & NEW YORK—June 26, 2015—Grupo Posadas, S.A.B. de C.V., Mexico’s largest hotel operator with over 130 hotels, and private equity firm Bighorn Capital, Inc., have signed an agreement...
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Inversiones Rueda Leon & Wyndham Open New Build Wyndham Garden Hotel in...
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia (June 26, 2015) – Wyndham Hotel Group today announced the opening of the 91-room Wyndham Garden Barranquilla hotel, jointly with local partner Inversiones Rueda Leon, becoming...
View ArticleRoyal Hotel Investment Breaks Ground for Holiday Inn Express & Suites in...
June 26, 2015—Royal Hotel Investment breaks ground today for a new 110-room, six-floor Holiday Inn Express® & Suites in Covington, Georgia, about 35 miles east of Atlanta. The hotel, which...
View ArticleTake Time to Choose the Right Call Center for Your Property
by John SmallwoodIf you have 60 seconds, I have 500 words that might help at the NOI line. What is the right way to choose your call center? The same hotel manager who would take time to find just the...
View Articlesbe Appoints Two Key Leadership Positions for Upcoming SL LUX at Baha Mar in...
NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS - SL LUX Baha Mar is pleased to announce Xavier Moulin as General Manager and Julian Cable-Treadwell as Director of Sales & Marketing. The upcoming $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort...
View ArticleFirst Annual Hospitality Startup Pitch Competition Names Winner and Debuts to...
AUSTIN, TEXAS USA (June 26, 2015) – On Monday, June 15, 2015, as part of the 2015 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC), Entrepreneur 20X named its first winner — Whistle....
View ArticleTech Industry Leaves Many Hotels Suffering as it Out Paces Their Change
The past 15 years has seen the invention of the original iPod through to the iWatch, self-driving cars, home help robots and 3-D printers. The future is here, but many hotels are failing to keep up...
View ArticleHow to Craft the Guest Experience
by John Hendrie Starbucks, once the darling of brand excellence, devalued, and now on an ascension, was never about the coffee. It was about the experience in a Starbuck’s location - the colors, the...
View ArticleFree Webinar on the Impact of the Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling
In light of the ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) striking down state bans on marriage equality, the Gay Wedding Institute is offering a free webinar for hotel and hospitality...
View ArticleNational Travel Leaders: Keep ‘Choose Chicago’ Funded
WASHINGTON (June 29, 2015) - U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement reacting to potential cuts in state funding for Choose Chicago, the organization charged...
View ArticleTreatment of Service Charge for Revenue and Expense Reporting in the...
Implementation of the11th Revised Edition of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry The 11th revised edition of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI) was...
View ArticleSwire Hotels Launches New Brand, The House Collective
Hong Kong, June 29 2015 - Swire Hotels is happy to announce the launch of The House Collective brand. With a growing portfolio of the luxury hotels in China, The House Collective brings together each...
View ArticleHow Will Hyperlocal Data Technology Impact the Future of Guest Service and...
By Alan E. Young The current boom in mobile technology innovations are once again transforming the travel and hospitality landscape. Hyperlocal data and information can be incredibly useful for digital...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Voids LA Ordinance Requiring Hotel Operators to Turn Over...
By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com June 2015 In a 5-4 opinion rendered on June 22, 2015, the United States Supreme Court held that a Los Angeles municipal...
View ArticleManaged by AAA Hotel Developers, 74-room Hampton Inn by Hilton Mesa...
June 29, 2015 - CORTEZ, Co. and MCLEAN, Va. - Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) announced the opening of Hampton Inn by Hilton Mesa Verde/Cortez, its newest property to join Hampton by Hilton, the global...
View ArticleThompson Hotels Opens New 161-room Resort, The Cape, Along Monuments Beach in...
(LOS ANGELES; June 29, 2015) – Luxury lifestyle brand Thompson Hotels proudly announces the opening of its first property in Mexico, The Cape, in Cabo San Lucas. Seamlessly blending the Thompson...
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