Shane Ewald Named as General Manager for the Residence Inn San Diego Del Mar...
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 27, 2014 —The Residence Inn San Diego Del Mar is pleased to announce the appointment of a new general manager right before the hotel’s first anniversary.Shane Ewald will be moving to...
View ArticleAlliance Hospitality Hires Jennifer Scott as General Manager of Residence Inn...
FORT WORTH, Texas, August 27, 2014— Alliance Hospitality, a premier hotel management company, announced today that Jennifer Scott has been hired as General Manager for its Residence Inn property...
View ArticleSpringHill Suites Nashville Airport in Tennessee Appoints Matthew Muserlian...
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 27, 2014—Hospitality industry leader Marriott International proudly announces Matthew Muserlian as the new general manager of the SpringHill Suites Nashville Airport.Muserlian...
View ArticleStart-Ups, Keep Your Eye On The Ball
Puzzle Partner CEO Shares Insights To Help Technology Start-Ups Hit It Out of the Park By Alan E. Young, CEO and Co-Founder of Puzzle PartnerToronto, CA August 27, 2014 Last night I was out in the...
View ArticleThe 372-room DoubleTree by Hilton London - Islington Opens in the UK
August 27, 2014 - LONDON and MCLEAN, Va. - DoubleTree by Hilton today celebrated the opening of the latest addition to its growing London portfolio - the brand’s 10th hotel in the capital area....
View ArticleMake Guests Tweet!
by Doug Kennedy As I often say in my training workshops, a hotel’s guest services staff is now part of the marketing and PR department! With the continued explosion of social media postings and...
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Hotel Management Companies and Equity Contributions: Benefits and Risks
by Todd Isenstadt and Hans DetlefsenIntroduction Hotel financing takes different forms based on the capital requirements of the developer and the availability of alternative financing sources. These...
View ArticleInsignia Hospitality Group Opens New 103-room Courtyard by Marriott Near...
Aug. 28—The Courtyard by Marriott hotel near Texas Tech’s campus opened its doors just in time to get the football travelers. Located at 308 Ave. V, the 103-room, four-story hotel operates as a...
View ArticleLimited Service Hotel Boom in Rochester, MN Raising Concerns for Development...
Aug. 28—Rochester’s DMC-inspired “gold rush” has many developers scrambling to build hotels in anticipation of Mayo Clinic’s expected growth. However, some are wondering if these early prospectors may...
View ArticleHotel Executives Debate Viability of Four-Star Property in Bryan, TX
Aug. 28—Barron Hobbs, a highly regarded local hotelier, told city of Bryan officials about two years ago that any hotel built in the westside Traditions development wouldn’t be able to turn a profit...
View ArticleDeveloper Far East Organisation Plans to Build Two New Hotels in Bali &...
Aug. 28—JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN)—Singapore property developer Far East Organisation will intensify efforts to expand globally, including in Indonesia, with two new hotel projects to be developed...
View ArticleHawaii Hotels Broke Four Records in June: Total Revenue, Room Revenue, RevPAR...
Aug. 28—Hawaii hotels set monthly records for June in total revenue, room revenue, revenue per available room and average daily room rates. Hotels earned $289 million in room revenue in June,...
View ArticleSpirit Hospitality Hopes to Break Ground on New 130-room Hilton Garden Inn,...
Aug. 28—CHEYENNE—A new multi-million-dollar hotel will open in downtown Cheyenne by late 2015 or early 2016 if things go as planned. Officials hope to break ground in October on the site of the future...
View ArticleA Brand Debut in China, the 565-key Wyndham Grand Xi’an South Opens
XI’AN, China, Aug. 29, 2014—Wyndham Grand Xi’an South opened its doors to the modern business and leisure traveler, offering a grand and stylish way to experience Xi’an. The hotel is owned by...
View ArticleIHG Owners Association and The Growing Role of Hotel Owners Under Forty
ATLANTA - With hotel owners and operators under 40 making up an ever-growing portion of the industry and increasingly involved in decision-making, how are hotel companies getting input from these...
View ArticleHyatt Regency Suzhou Opens in Suzhou, the City Known as the Venice of China
SUZHOU, China, Aug. 29, 2014 —Hyatt Regency Suzhou today announced the opening in Suzhou, one of the most important economic, cultural and historic cities of eastern China, neighboring Shanghai.The...
View ArticleHeBS Digital to Speak on the Future Role of Intermediaries at...
HeBS Digital CEO Max Starkov will discuss the true cost of OTA distribution and present the hotelier’s action plan for investing in the direct online channel at EyeforTravel’s New York conference,...
View ArticleOwned by Granite Properties, the 229-room Hilton Dallas/Plano Granite Park Opens
PLANO, Texas and MCLEAN, Va.—Hilton Worldwide announced the opening of Hilton Dallas/Plano Granite Park, a 299-room newly-built Hilton Hotels & Resorts property in the prestigious master...
View ArticleOwned & Operated by Pagosa Lodging, New Holiday Inn Resort Pagosa Springs...
ATLANTA – InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] today announced plans for a Holiday Inn Resort® hotel in Pagosa Springs, Colo., adding to the growing global Holiday Inn...
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Airbnb: The Hotel Disruptor Unconstrained by Real Estate
Aug. 2014 (Bloomberg)—Airbnb, the site upending the hotel industry, is the darling of the sharing economy. Can the old-world hotel industry do anything to hold off this juggernaut? Bloomberg’s Cory...
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