Hawaii’s 1,241-key Hilton Waikoloa Village Welcomes Simon Amos as...
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii - November 25, 2013 - Hilton Waikoloa Village, the 62-acre oceanfront resort on the Kohala Coast of Hawaii, proudly welcomes Simon Amos to the hotel team as director of food and...
View ArticleHeidi Scartozzi Appointed as Director of Sales for the 405-room Hilton...
Memphis, TN, November 25, 2013 - Hilton Memphis is proud to welcome Heidi Scartozzi as its new Director of Sales. Heidi, a 15-year hospitality veteran is a valued addition to Davidson Hotels &...
View ArticleExcellence Award Winners Named by California Lodging Industry Association
SACRAMENTO, CA - November 25, 2013 - California Lodging Industry Association recognized three outstanding hospitality professionals and an outstanding lodging property at the California Lodging Expo...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Celebrated for 185-key Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites...
Hermosillo, Son. – 26 November, 2013 - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Posadas Cantabria, S.A. de C.V., announce the ground breaking of the Holiday Inn Express® Hotel & Suites Hermosillo,...
View ArticleAspire Wins Bronze Stevie® Award in 2013 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
Winners Announced at Event in New York City Aspire has been awarded a Bronze Stevie® Award in the “Most Innovative” category in the 10th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards...
View ArticleNobody Asked Me, But… No. 116: Hotel History: Lucerne Hotel; Quote of...
By Stanley Turkel, CMHS, ISHC 1. Hotel History: Lucerne Hotel One of the most beautiful hotels on New York’s upper west side is the Lucerne Hotel which opened in 1904 on the corner of 79th Street and...
View ArticleWest Bay Beach, a Holiday Inn Resort in Traverse City, Michigan Opens After...
ATLANTA – 26 November, 2013 - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], today announced the opening of West Bay Beach, a Holiday Inn Resort® hotel adding to its growing portfolio...
View ArticleThe 224-room pentahotel Luohe Under Development in China’s Henan...
27 November 2013 - Pentahotels has been chosen by Henan Guozhiji Real Estate Development Company Limited to manage pentahotel Luohe in China’s Henan Province, opening in 2016, adding to the portfolio...
View ArticleWaterford Hotel Group to Manage the 119-key Fairfield Inn & Suites Boca...
Waterford, CT - November 27, 2013 —- Waterford Hotel Group, one of the nation’s leading hotel management companies, has assumed management of the Fairfield Inn & Suites in Boca Raton, Florida....
View ArticleM&R Hotel Management Names Louis Gonzalez as General Manager for Holiday...
GREAT NECK, N.Y. (Nov. 27, 2013) - M&R Hotel Management of Great Neck, N.Y., today announced the appointment of Louis Gonzalez as general manager of the 201-room, full-service Holiday Inn New York...
View ArticleInteractive Online Advent Calendar Offers Daily Tips for Hoteliers Leading...
TrustYou gets festive with interactive ‘Advent calendar’ campaign, providing daily travel and hospitality insights throughout December.Dallas, TX and Munich, Germany—November 27, 2013—Online reputation...
View ArticleMakar Properties Acquires Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, Montana
BIG SKY, Mont., Nov. 27, 2013—Lone Mountain Ranch, one of the Top 20 Ranch and Nordic Destinations in the America, announced today it has been acquired by Makar Properties, LLC, an innovative real...
View ArticleHow Airbnb Is Crushing Traditional Hotel Brands
by Vikram SinghIn April, I wrote one of my first ever articles about Airbnb’s impact on the hotel industy. It started as a response to the Euromonitor report highlighting how little impact it was going...
View ArticleSilverstein Properties’ Metro Fund JV Begins Development of Four...
The Nearly $1 Billion Hotel & Residential Project will Open in Mid-2016 New York, November 26, 2013 - Silverstein Properties today announced that its Metro Fund Joint Venture has successfully...
View ArticleCanyon Ranch SpaClub Splits with The Homestead by Bernard Burt
Launched last summer, the Canyon Ranch SpaClub at Virginia’s historic Homestead Resort will cease operations December 1 as a result of rebranding planned by the resort’s new owner. Hailed for...
View ArticleInteractive Online Advent Calendar Offers Daily Tips for Hoteliers Leading...
TrustYou gets festive with interactive ‘Advent calendar’ campaign, providing daily travel and hospitality insights throughout December. Dallas, TX and Munich, Germany—November 27, 2013—Online...
View ArticleGo Hard on Soft Service Skills by Roberta Nedry
In today’s world, a lot of times we think HARD is better. Work hard! Play hard! Drive a hard bargain! Hard may mean strength such as “hard as a rock” versus soft which may seam weak as in “Don’t be a...
View ArticleReal Estate Implications of a Successful Bid for Dubai to host World Expo 2020
Seen as the Single Most Important Influence on the UAE Real Estate Sector in 2014 November 27, 2013 - “While the Dubai real estate market is poised for growth regardless of the 2020 World Expo, the...
View ArticleAccor Launches Asset Reorganization; New Model Separates Asset Management and...
(Paris) November 27, 2013 - A new strategy to enhance growth and sustained value creation—Redefinition of the Group’s business model around its 2 core missions, for maximum operational performance...
View ArticleHow Airbnb Is Crushing Traditional Hotel Brands
by Vikram SinghIn April, I wrote one of my first ever articles about Airbnb’s impact on the hotel industy. It started as a response to the Euromonitor report highlighting how little impact it was going...
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