Show Favorites
Organizers of the HITEC show are good at spotlighting vendor companies in several ways, while providing fun and information for attendees. One ongoing...
Hospitality People In The News
Choice Hotels International accelerated its succession plan in late June when it installed Stephen P. Joyce as chief executive officer. He succeeds Charles...
Showers Becoming the Norm?
The bathtub isn't nearing extinction, but it may be getting closer to the endangered species list, at least at hotels catering to business travelers....
Your Community Relationships Are Key
People like to do business with local companies that contribute in a positive way to their community. Conversely, they don't like to deal with companies...
King Edward Will Rule Again
Hilton Hotels honored HRI Properties with its Best Conversion Award for rebuilding the King Edward Hotel in Jackson, MS. HRI is renovating the historic...
Design Elements
The Dearborn Inn, a Marriott Hotel, is undergoing a comprehensive renovation of all 229 guestrooms throughout the main building and the Burbank and McGuffey...
Lodging Hospitality Honors
Lodging is an industry full of innovation whether it's happening in human resources, marketing, development or design and dcor. In this issue, Lodging...
Pegasus Changes Guard
Mike Kistner, a colorful veteran of hospitality technology, has succeeded John F. Davis III, a differently flamboyant veteran of that field, as chief...
VingCard Unlocks the Future of Hotel Security with Signature RFID/NFC Contactless Electronic Locks
With the introduction of the world's first recodable door lock in 1979, VingCard reinvented the hospitality security industry. Today, VingCard continues...
Tech Bytes
Pebble Beach Company in Pebble Beach, CA selected the Eatec inventory and procurement solution from Agilysys for its Lodge at Pebble Beach, Inn at Spanish...
How to Find the Upside in a Down Economy
In recent years the hotel industry enjoyed exceptional revenue growth, high single-digit ADR improvement and consistent occupancies. Almost any marketing...
The 3M's of Momentum
As the negative economic situation threatens travel markets, do you have clear strategies in place for driving your sales team to maintain forward momentum?...
Remco Partnership is a Big Win for La Quinta
In the summer of 2007, La Quinta Inn & Suites partnered with industry-leader Remco Software in a chain-wide PMS software upgrade. La Quinta switched from...
Time to Talk Taxes Again
I seem to come back to this topic every six or seven years, often when the economy is in the dumps, as it is now. Here's the scenario: the economy falters...
Franschise Fact File
Name of Chain Minimum Rooms Initial Fee Royalty Fee Advertising/Marketing Fee Reservation Fee Ave. Per Room Construction Cost aloft hotels Circle 90 N/A...
W Hotels Singing New Tune
The song will not remain the same at W Hotels Worldwide. Grammy-nominated singer Natasha Bedingfield kicked off W WonderLust Live at the W New York-Union...
Unlocking the Future in Halifax
Founded in 1749 as the first British town in Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia already has plenty of history. With the opening of the new Holiday Inn Express...
Investment in a New Brand Takes More than Money
Imagine having a set of large posters taped side-by-side on a wall. Now take three darts and throw them at the first poster containing 15 color squares....
Guestroom Phone: Dodo Bird?
Guestroom 2010, the IBM-sponsored display at the recent 2008 Hospitality Information Technology Exposition & Conference in Austin, TX, was, as usual,...
Wyndham Readies Pocono Resort
Wyndham Worldwide, and its vacation ownership unit in particular, have been busy in the timeshare and resort segments in recent months: Last month, Wyndham...
Special Focus on Guestroom Design
Every hotel courts business travelers and the InterContinental San Francisco is no exception. The new hotel took it a step further, asking for input on...
Choice Refines Independent Offering
Choice Hotels has fine-tuned its brand lineup with the launch of the Ascend Collection as a successor to the Clarion Collection subbrand. The company...
New HI Signs Going Up
By early June, 60 Holiday Inn hotels had raised the brand's new sign, and chain officials say one-third of the chain, or about 1,000 properties, will...
Transactions
Breakwater Edison The Breakwater Edison hotel, an amalgam of the Breakwater and Edison hotels in South Beach, FL, has been sold to Nakesh. Jones Lang...
Budgetel Offers Jump Start Incentives
The Atlanta-based Budgetel Franchise System last month announced a limited-time jump start incentive program aimed at attracting new franchisees to the...
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