Hotels Target Gay Market
As society generally becomes more tolerant of gay and lesbian lifestyles, hotels are coming out of the closet to attract this large and lucrative market....
Not Your Father's Courtyard
Because the media pods are taken, I have to sit at a table in the lobby of the Courtyard by Marriott Fairfax Fair Oaks, the prototype for a thorough update...
Cocktail Time at Omni
Summer Sizzles is a new seasonal cocktail offering from Omni Hotels. The 45 properties in the Texas-based chain offer four new cocktails during different...
Settle Inn, Guesthouse Grow
Settle Inn and its sister brand, GuestHouse International, are quietly on the move. Both chains (South Dakota-based Settle Inns purchased GuestHouse and...
Fontainebleau Readies For Reopening
The Fontainebleau, the quintessential Miami Beach resort, will reopen this fall following a $1-billion re-creation. While the resort's original circa-1954...
Clearing the Path
Many hotel facilities have signs and arrows pointing guests and visitors to different areas of the property. The signs aren't really necessary. Guests...
TV Choices, Mandates: Proceed With Caution
Next Feb. 17 marks the transition to digital television, or DTV. How does this affect the hotelier? Televisions that are analog-only (no digital tuner)...
The Future of Sales & Catering
Next-generation event management on the horizon will take the industry beyond the Banquet Event Order. The benefits of increased collaboration have not...
Transactions
Apple REIT 8 Apple REIT 8 paid R.D. Olson Development of Irvine, CA $80 million for Marriott Residence Inns in Burbank and Oceanside, CA. Olson last year...
What Sets Your Hotel Apart?
In a world full of copycats, customers appreciate features that set your hotel apart from your competition. A few years ago, a bowl of beautiful apples...
Hotel Technology Handbook
Judging by the record number of responses we've had to our Technology Handbook Questionnaire, this year's Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition &...
Marriott Aids Crescent City Revival
Marriott International is doing its best and then some to lure tourists back to New Orleans. How strong its effort is came clear in late April when Marriott...
Technology in the Next Generation of Hotels
The not-so-pretty truth is that hotels typically are behind the curve when it comes to technology. In fairness, we can't blame them for always playing...
Digging In
If anything sets the extended-stay hotel segment apart from the rest of the lodging industry, it is perception and reality, magnitude and momentum....
SUPPLY Side
Telephones There's a new ring in hospitality with Bittel USA. Bittel's product line includes a wide variety of feature-rich models such as the No-Hook...
Vendor News
Bittel USA was named a preferred vendor for Hilton Hotels. The guestroom phones received high ratings during a six-month test period at a Homewood Suites...
Technology Changes Lodging Workforce
Technology is indispensable in today's hospitality business. Everyone from housekeepers to real estate ownership REITs relies on it and it automates almost...
Mr. Las Vegas
Ever since Steve Wynn sold Mirage Resorts in 2000 to Kirk Kerkorian for $6.4 billion, and shortly thereafter announced his plans to build one more resort...
Transactions
Cap Juluca The Cap Juluca resort on the island of Anguilla, British West Indies was acquired by Cap Juluca Properties, an investor syndicate led by former...
Benchmarking IT Expenditures
Poll suggests how lodging leaders can monitor IT costs In the 19th century, British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli gained fame for identifying three...
The Other Dangers of a Downturn
There's been a lot of talk (and rightly so) about how the struggling economy and sky-high gas prices will affect the travel industry. Even though the...
Hospitality People In The News
Carlson Hotels Worldwide named William Sipple corporate vice president of development and John Sturgess corporate vice president of franchise development....
Geller Keynotes Midwest Summit
Laurence Geller is never afraid to tell it like it is. He'll bring his refreshing candor about the state of the lodging industry to a keynote luncheon...
BRANDING BRIEFS
Best Western Properties recently joining the membership organization include the Best Western Orangeburg (SC) Inn and Suites; the Best Western Inn at...
BE SMART WHEN YOU NEGOTIATE
Lodging Hospitality recently spoke with Albert Pucciarelli on the subject of the second-tier incentive fee that is common in hotel management agreements...
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