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2006-09-13 News Highlights

Trends

AAA Says Gas Prices Keep Falling
Down 42 Cents Since Reaching Highest Price This Year ...more

Business Travelers Want to See Prices, View Accommodations and Redeem Miles When Booking Travel Online
Business travelers willing to share personal information to get better service, perks ...more

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Appointments

Great Wolf Resorts Establishes Office of the Chairman
Great Wolf Resorts (NASDAQ:WOLF) , the nation's leader in indoor waterpark resorts, today announced that its board of directors has established an Office of the Chairman, consisting of the chairs of the company's Audit, Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees, to oversee the company's board. ...more

Dave Lawrence returns to Hawaii as Senior Vice President of Operations for Outrigger Enterprises Group
Long time hotelier Dave Lawrence has returned to Hawaii as Senior Vice President of Operations for Outrigger Enterprises Group, a new executive post within the company's corporate offices. ...more

Hostmark Appoints Brian Tkac- Vice President Revenue
Tkac will oversee revenue management, distribution and marketing activities for Hostmark's portfolio of independent, branded, full-service and select-service hotels. ...more

Trump Entertainment Resorts Names Eric Hausler Senior Vice President of Development
Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRMP) announced that Eric Hausler will be joining the Company in October as Senior Vice President of Development. ...more

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Development

Atlific Hotels & Resorts signs on the Westin brand for its Gazette buildings redevelopment project
Atlific Hotels & Resorts, its US parent company Ocean Properties, Ltd. as well as their partners Gillin Engineering and Covington Capital LLC are pleased to announce today that the Westin hotel brand has been chosen to crown their Old Montreal redevelopment project of the old Gazette - Ilot Saint-Antoine buildings site. ...more

Banyan Tree Expands In India, Ireland & China
Within the last three months, the Group has secured agreements to manage three new resorts and three independent new spas ...more

MK Capital Markets Secures Financing for Two Park City Hotels on behalf of Navnish Development, LLC
The Capital Markets Group of Molinaro Koger (MK) announced today that the firm secured optimal financing totaling $13.2 million for two Park City, Utah, hotel properties, the Hampton Inn & Suites and the Holiday Inn Express & Suites on behalf of Navnish Development, LLC (Navnish) to support the purchase of the properties. ...more

Taj Hotels To Develop Golf Resort Project In Doha
Enters into a strategic partnership with Qatar Sports Investment to manage the Taj Exotica Golf Resort and Spa in Doha, Qatar ...more

U.S. Hotel Buyers Outnumber Sellers 5:2
Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels' latest Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey (HISS), reports that the strong appetite for hotel ownership persists, as aspiring buyers outnumber potential sellers approximately 5:2. ...more

Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appointed by Trinity Hotel Investors, LLC, to Manage Two Crowne Plaza Hotels
The Crowne Plaza Hotel Englewood, NJ, and The Crowne Plaza Hotel Williamsburg, VA ...more

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Announces the Sale of 13-Hotel Portfolio for $144.1 Million
Continues Transformation of Portfolio ...more

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Environmental

San Francisco Marriott's Food Composting Program Approaches 1 Million Pounds Annually - By Glenn Hasek
Turning food waste...into wine? In a roundabout way, that is what is happening to the composted food scraps and other items generated at the 1,498-room San Francisco Marriott hotel. ...more

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Internet

Restaurants Top Email Open and Click-Through in First Half 2006
Travel and Hospitality Click-Through Rate Lags at 23.4% ...more

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Other

FedRooms hotel roster gets longer
The government is attempting to nearly quadruple the number of hotels offering special rates to federal travelers in 2007 while working to increase travelers' awareness of the FedRooms program. ...more

America's Image Abroad in Crisis: CEOs Issue National Challenge
Launch Campaign to Strengthen Image by Unlocking Power of Travel ...more

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