Upcoming Industry Events
APRIL 4 Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference, sponsored by HSMAI, Las Vegas. Information: www.hsmai.org APRIL 11 RealShare Hotel Investment &...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Allen Mullinix was promoted to vice president of development at Americas Best Value Inn by Vantage, Christopher Foster will oversee ABVI membership development...
Getting Older, Thinking Younger
Never call them old. Don't treat them as old in your marketing, traditional and otherwise. Don't underestimate their hunger for health and fitness, for...
Labor Pains
The problem: Labor-related costs are the single largest operating expense for most hotels in the U.S. The costs associated with hiring and retaining qualified...
The Marshall Plan
The hotel industry was built through the ingenuity, fortitude and honesty of families from Marriott to Tisch and Patel to Shah. The family-based entrepreneurial...
BIG EASY MARRIOTTS JOIN FORCES
As the saying goes, there's strength in numbers. That's just what New Orleans-area Marriott hotels are counting on with a new plan to align group sales...
TRAVELING WITH FAITH
The growth of travel and of faith have led to formation of the World Religious Travel Association, a Colorado-based group that aims to foster faith-based...
Upcoming Industry Events
MARCH 18-20 Hotel Investment Conference, Marriott Marquis, Atlanta. Information: www.hotelinvestmentconference.com MARCH 25-27 7th Annual Resort Management...
EXECUTIVE SENTIMENT CREEPS UPWARD
The Lodging Executives Sentiment Index registered essentially the same reading for the current period of 78.6 from 77.4 last period and 84.6 during the...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Madeleine Kleiner is the 2007 recipient of the Anthony G. Marshall Hospitality Law Award. The executive vice president and general counsel for Hilton...
Chain Leadership Awards
Sometimes it's subtle and even incremental, but innovation is everywhere in the hotel industry. And while a lot of new ideas come from owners and operators,...
Upcoming Industry Events
MARCH 4-7 National HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo, Wynn Las Vegas. Information: www.hrinhospitality.com MARCH 4-7 The Show, incorporating the Las...
Hospitality People in the News
Hilton Hotels Corp. President and COO Matthew Hart was elected to the company's board of directors, bringing their number to 11. The company also announced...
TOP OF THE TOP
Top of the Top is a handy resource hotel executives can use to get a grasp on the leaders of the industry. If you're contemplating a brand or management...
TOP MANAGEMENT COS.
PROPERTIES OWNED* & MANAGED PROPERTIES MANAGED FOR OTHER OWNERS COMPANY NAME ROOMS PROPERTIES ROOMS PROPERTIES TOTAL ROOMS MANAGED INTERSTATE HOTELS &...
A Change in Attitude in D.C.?
I know I've written this before, but I've got the feeling again that the tourism industry is at last getting its twin messages across to the politicians...
HOW TO BEEF UP LOCAL SALES
Over the years, I have observed that large hotel franchise chains don't do a very good job of encouraging their property-level people to sell small groups....
A New Day at Loews
This isn't a story about expansion, even though Loews Hotels hopes to nearly double its current 18-property portfolio in the next five years. Rather,...
HOSPITALITY FOR GOODNESS' SAKE
In Rochester, MN, Kahler Hotels and the Mayo Clinic offer a customized blend of hospitality and medical care called Many of the hundreds of thousands...
Upcoming Industry Events
FEBRUARY 18-20 Upper Midwest Hospitality, Restaurant & Lodging Show, Minneapolis Convention Center. Information: www.hospitalitymn.com FEBRUARY 19-20...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Travel industry veteran Betsy O'Rourke was appointed senior vice president, marketing and communications, Wyndham Worldwide Corp. She joins Wyndham from...
LODGING EXECUTIVE SENTIMENT SLIPS
The Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) dropped this month to 76.3 from 83.3 last period, its greatest decline since losing six points from June...
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