Resurrected from a 1970’s Beach Hotel, Hotel Icona Diamond Beach Opens...
CAPE MAY COUNTY, N.J. - August 8, 2103 - Resurrected and reinvented from a 1970’s beach hotel, Hotel Icona Diamond Beach is the first ultra-luxury, all-suites resort to actually sit on a private New...
View ArticleSolmar Hotels & Resorts Names General Managers for Three of its Cabo San...
Los Cabos, Mexico (August 8, 2013) - Cabo San Lucas based hotel group Solmar Hotels & Resorts recently announced management changes at three of their popular properties - Grand Solmar Land’s End...
View ArticleLuxury Link Travel Group Presents Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels
Leading Luxury Vacation Website Welcomes Exclusive Portfolio of Properties Across the U.S.; Pinterest Sweepstakes and Twitter Chat Accompany Collection LaunchLos Angeles, CA (August 8, 2013) - The...
View ArticleIACC & PKF Release “Trends® in the Conference Center Industry...
(New York, NY) - August 8, 2013—IACC has released the 2013 Edition of “Trends® in the Conference Center Industry.” This year’s trends report provides clear signs that IACC Conference Centres are...
View ArticleElectronic Procurement 2013 Report Released; Enterprise Businesses Seek...
Newport Beach, CA - August 8, 2013 - The hospitality industry spends billions of dollars each year in purchasing everything from bed linens and cleaning supplies to food and capital goods. Procurement...
View ArticleBernard Ibarra Named as Executive Chef for the 582-key Terranea Resort in...
Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Aug. 8, 2013) - Terranea Resort has appointed Bernard Ibarra as Executive Chef of the resort’s Food and Beverage operations, a role that includes the supervision of the...
View ArticleFull House Resorts Moving Forward with the Silver Slipper Casino &...
Aug. 09—Seven years after the Silver Slipper Casino became the first land-based casino built in South Mississippi, the new owners are preparing to add a $17.5 million, 140-room hotel. “I expect them...
View ArticleJon Eliassen to Step Down as President and CEO of Red Lion Hotels
Aug. 09—Jon Eliassen, the former Avista chief financial officer who left retirement to run Spokane’s Red Lion Hotels Corp., announced he’s stepping down as president and CEO effective Monday. A...
View ArticleKessler’s Luxury Hotel & Condo Project, the Grand Bohemian, in St....
Aug. 09—ST. PETERSBURG—After nine years of work, a plan to build a luxury upscale hotel and condo project known as the Grand Bohemian is dead. City leaders Thursday agreed to a deal to let Orlando...
View ArticleHigher Hotel Rates Put Chill on Hawaii’s Tourism Growth Forecast
Aug. 09—University of Hawaii economists dialed back their forecast for visitor arrivals this year as higher hotel room rates and a weaker yen have put a damper on growth in the state’s No. 1 industry....
View ArticleDeal in Place for Hawaii’s Long Shuttered Coco Palms; Buyer Plans...
Aug. 09—The long-shuttered Coco Palms Resort, once the playground of celebrities and the filming site for “Blue Hawaii,” starring Elvis Presley, soon could be restored to its pre-Hurricane Iniki glory...
View ArticleSouth America’s Suriname Tourism: Growth and Challenges
Aug. 09—PARAMARIBO, Suriname—Suriname is hardly known among people in the Caribbean but this Dutch-speaking country in South America, which historically and culturally is affiliated with the...
View ArticleAustin City Council Approves Revoking $3.8M in Tax Incentives to White...
Aug. 09—UPDATE—The council chose not to restore the incentives to White Lodging. The council decided to stick with the terms of the deal as interpreted by City Manager Marc Ott, effectively affirming...
View ArticleNoble House Hotels & Resorts Names Marco Perry as General Manager for the...
Patrick Connors Appointed as Director of Sales & MarketingPALM SPRINGS, Calif. - August 13, 2013 - Noble House Hotels & Resorts, Ltd. (NHHR) - a collection of luxury hotels and resorts -...
View ArticleSophie Brosse Appointed as Assistant General Manager of the 99-key Le...
August 13, 2013 (Bora Bora) - Le Méridien Bora Bora has announced the appointment of Sophie Brosse as Assistant General Manager. Well-traveled and widely experienced with more than 15 years in the...
View Articlehotel SystemsPro Signs Chain Agreement with Red Lion for hotel ServicePro...
Red Lion Hotels Corporation Implements hotel ServicePro Preventive Maintenance and Guest Service Solution for More Efficient Property Operations at all Corporate Owned Properties Atlanta, Georgia -...
View ArticleeNewsletters Proving to be Very Effective for Hotels
Lodging Interactive offers a fully managed eNewsletter service offering copywriting, creative design, email list management, distribution and analytics reporting to hotelsPARSIPPANY, N.J. - AUGUST 13,...
View ArticleAshford Trust Enters Into Nine New Franchise Agreements Including The New...
To Convert the Crowne Plaza Beverly Hills to a Marriott Hotel and Convert Eight Hotels from Brand-Managed to FranchisedDALLAS, Aug. 13, 2013—Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) today announced...
View ArticleWyndham Hotel Group Rebrands 219-room Hotel and Conference Center Near HQ;...
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (August 13, 2013) – Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,410 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), has rebranded and...
View ArticleThe Sereno Group Names Samy Ghachem as General Manager for Le Sereno St....
NEW YORK - August 13, 2103 - The Sereno Group, owner and operator of Le Sereno St. Barth, Le Sereno Villas and the soon to be unveiled Le Sereno, Lake Como in Italy, is pleased to announce the...
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