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2006-09-14 News Highlights

Trends

Sports, culture and conferences boost European hotel performance
European hotels saw a healthy 9% increase in revenue per available room (revPAR) in the first eight months of the year, according to preliminary results from the HotelBenchmark(TM) Survey by Deloitte. ...more

Weekly U.S. lodging performance for the week of Sep 03, 2006 - Sep 09, 2006
Weekly summary of Occupancy, ADR and REVPar for the United States. ...more

July 2006 Year To Date Canadian Lodging Outlook
Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada. ...more

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Technology

Dave Lutz Named to Passkey Board of Directors
Passkey, the world's leading online group reservation system, today announced the appointment of Dave Lutz, managing director of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting and former president of Conferon, Inc. and ExpoExchange, to the company's Board of Directors. ...more

Spain-based Silken Hotels Group Renews Distribution Partnership With TravelCLICK
TravelCLICK Inc., a leading provider of hotel business process management (BPM) solutions, announced today that Silken Hotels, with 30 properties throughout Spain, will continue to use TravelCLICK's iHotelier booking engine for its Web connectivity and proven ability to drive incremental revenue though electronic distribution channels locally and internationally. ...more

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Sales and Marketing

InterContinental Hotels Books TurnHere for Branded Web Films
In the hopes of getting people into its swanky rooms, InterContinental Hotels and Resorts is aiming the camera at what's outside of them. Local online travel video producer and distributor TurnHere has begun producing short Web films about each of the lodging company's 140 worldwide hotel locations. ...more

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Appointments

Chief Executive Officer Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr. Named Vice Chairman
Choice Hotels Announces Series Of Executive Appointments ...more

Choice Hotels Promotes Ralph Singer to Regional VP, Sales, Cambria Suites
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) announced the promotion of Ralph Singer to the position of regional vice president, sales for Cambria Suites. ...more

Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Dimitri Lourbas General Manager for The Crowne Plaza Englewood, NJ
Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. today announced the appointment of Dimitri Lourbas as General Manager for The Crowne Plaza Englewood, NJ. ...more

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Development

Solare Hotels & Resorts To Increase Portfolio Of Hotels In Japan To 44
Plans To Acquire Atsugi Royal Park Hotel In Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture ...more

Home-Towne Suites Adds Dallas, TX To Portfolio
Michael Tetterton announces a new addition to the Home Towne Suites hotel portfolio. ...more

Deals Signed for 15 Wyndham Hotels in Major Markets, Including New York
Wyndham Hotel Group today announced agreements to franchise or manage 15 Wyndham(R) upscale hotels totaling 2,886 guest rooms in key markets including Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago and - in a first for the brand - New York City, a move that would expand the chain to 102 hotels and 26,765 rooms. ...more

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Internet

Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts Launches New .travel Websites For Five-Star Paradisus Resorts Luxury Properties
In an effort to further extend its renowned first-class service to the global traveler, Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts has announced the creation of new websites utilizing the .travel Internet domain, each dedicated exclusively to each of its Paradisus luxury, all-inclusive brand resorts. ...more

Internet Transforms All Marketing Says Study
Marketers are employing a more data-driven approach to reach a growing number of consumers who have integrated the Internet into their daily lives, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit research project sponsored by Google. ...more

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Openings

Accor Returns To Kuala Lumpur With Novotel Hydro Majestic
Accor's Novotel brand adds one of Asia's key business and tourism hubs to its fast expanding network with the opening of the new Novotel Hydro Majestic Kuala Lumpur on 18 September. ...more

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Other

Asia Pacific Hospitality Enews - Week Ending September 8 - 2006
Weekly Hotel Industry News Roundup from Asia Pacific ...more

EMEA Hospitality Enews - Week Ending September 8 - 2006
Weekly Hotel Industry News Roundup from Europe, Middle East and Africa ...more

Tentative Settlement Reached In San Francisco Hotel Workers Dispute
Negotiators reached a tentative settlement Tuesday night in the tumultuous two-year-long San Francisco hotel workers dispute, sources said. ...more

Hilton Hotels Announces a Private Concert by Platinum-Selling Recording Artist James Blunt
Announcement Kicks Off 'Your Passion. Your Song. Your Journey: Hilton Hotel's Search for the Next Emerging Artist' ...more

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