LBA Hospitality Names Tim Johnson as Company’s First Director of eCommerce
DOTHAN, AL (June 30, 2015) – LBA Hospitality, a full-scale hotel management, development and consulting .rm, today announced the creation of its Director of eCommerce position, which will be .lled by...
View ArticleSalamander Hotels & Resorts Appoints Ken Nason as Vice President of...
MIDDLEBURG, VA (July 30, 2015) – Salamander Hotels & Resorts, the luxury hotel management company founded by Sheila C. Johnson, has appointed Ken Nason as its new Vice President of Revenue...
View ArticleEmbassy Suites Cincinnati-Northeast Welcomes Michael Robinson as Director of...
CINCINATTI (July 30, 2015) – Embassy Suites Cincinnati-Northeast, a Hilton Worldwide all-suite hotel in Blue Ash, welcomes new Director of Sales & Marketing, Michael Robinson. As a seasoned...
View ArticleIHG Loses 7 Kimptons in San Francisco
by Terrence Baker of Hotel News NowDENHAM, England—Seven Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants properties located in San Francisco exited the InterContinental Hotels Group system due to union issues,...
View ArticleDo Hotel Brand Names Really Matter?
Professors Chekitan Dev (Cornell), Pradeep Chintagunta (Chicago) and Yi-Lin Tsai (Delaware) prepared this article based on Professor Tsai’s doctoral dissertation completed at the University of...
View ArticleAmericus Center Hotel Owner, Albert Abdouche, Woos Public in Bid to Restore...
July 31—Tears welled up in Mikki Amici Felix’s eyes as the years rolled back and she found herself in the packed ballroom of the Americus Center in downtown Allentown. A three-man band played jazz as...
View ArticleS3 Hospitality Opens Hilton Garden Inn Irvine/Orange County Airport in...
IRVINE, Calif. and MCLEAN, Va. - Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Worldwide‘s (NYSE: HLT) award-winning brand of hotels, announced today the opening of Hilton Garden Inn Irvine/Orange County Airport,...
View ArticlePebblebrook Hotel Trust Selects Viceroy Hotel Group to Manage The Prescott...
LOS ANGELES, August 3, 2015—Effective July 28, 2015, Viceroy Hotel Group is now managing The Prescott in San Francisco, California located at 545 Post Street. The hotel is owned by Pebblebrook Hotel...
View ArticleBelmond Names Philippe Cassis as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating...
August 03, 2015 - HAMILTON, Bermuda - Belmond Ltd. (NYSE:BEL, Belmond.com (“Belmond” or the “Company”)., a global collection of 46 hotel, rail and river cruise experiences in some of the world’s most...
View ArticleNewmarket Acquires Hotel SystemsPro
Madrid, August 3, 2015: Amadeus is to expand its sales and catering offering to the hotel industry with the acquisition of Hotel SystemsPro by Newmarket, an Amadeus company. A U.S.-based provider of...
View ArticleHMC Assumes Management of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Located...
The Hotel is Conveniently Located Just North of Austin on I-35 Dallas, TX – Leo Spriggs, President and CEO of Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC), proudly announces managerial responsibilities for...
View ArticleRed Lion Debuts Lifestyle Hotel RL Brand in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 3, 2015—RLHC (Red Lion Hotels Corporation) (NYSE: RLH) announced today the debut of its new brand, Hotel RL, with the opening of the 130-room Hotel RL Baltimore Inner Harbor....
View ArticleCourtyard by Marriott Makes Chilean Debut with Opening of Hotel in...
Santiago, Chile – August 3, 2015: Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) announced the opening of the new 205-room Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Santiago, Chile. The hotel is situated immediately...
View ArticleCaesars Creditors Approve Chapter 11 Restructuring
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 3, 2015 —Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) (“Caesars Entertainment”) and Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. (“CEOC”) have entered into an amended Restructuring...
View ArticleColorado’s Westin Riverfront Beaver Creek Hires Chris Cofelice as...
AVON, Colo. (Aug. 3, 2015) - The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain is pleased to announce that it has hired Chris Cofelice to serve as the Director of Sales & Marketing...
View ArticleNobody Asked Me, But…No. 146: Hotel History: The Iowa Franchise...
Four Hotel Books; My Service as an Expert Witness By Stanley Turkel, CMHS 1. Hotel History: The Iowa Franchise Investment Act of 1992 (On January 15, 2003, I wrote this editorial which was published by...
View ArticleOwned and Managed by Buffalo Lodging Associates, the Hilton Garden Inn Wayne...
August 04, 2015 - WAYNE, N.J. and MCLEAN, Va. - Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Worldwide’s (NYSE: HLT) award-winning brand of hotels, announced today the opening of Hilton Garden Inn Wayne, representing an...
View ArticleQ2 2015 Financial Reports Round Up Part 5: Hyatt, MGM, Summit, Ryman, &...
Hyatt Hotels Corporation reports second quarter 2015 net income of $40 million compared to $74 million for same year-ago period; Comparable systemwide RevPAR increased 2.2%. Nineteen hotels were opened...
View ArticleThe 314-room DoubleTree by Hilton Guangzhou - Science City Opens in...
GUANGZHOU, China and McLEAN, Va, Aug. 4, 2015—Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) today announced the opening of DoubleTree by Hilton Guangzhou - Science City in Guangdong province, China. The 314-room...
View ArticleWyndham Hotel Group to Add Eight New Ramada Hotels in China by Q4 2017
SHANGHAI, China (August 4, 2015) – As part of the continued global expansion of its Ramada® brand in China, Wyndham Hotel Group today announced the opening of the 156-room Ramada Nanjing along with the...
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