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Trends
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New Survey Reveals Brand Preferences of Affluent Travelers
Well-to-do travelers display a clear preference for certain lodging brands depending on the primary purpose of their trip: business versus leisure. The preferred brand for business travel is Hyatt, whereas Ritz-Carlton reigns as the preferred lodging brand for leisure travel. ...more
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Technology
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EIBTM Worldwide Technology Watch 2006
The Winner Is Log On With Their Mobile Event Assistant ...more
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Appointments
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Hilton Garden Inn Announces Promotions Of Vice Presidents And Senior Directors Of Hotel Performance Support
Mark Nogal, vice president of hotel performance and sales support - Jim Cone, vice president of marketing - Alan Roberts, senior director of hotel performance support (Eastern US/Europe) - Chris Wilroy, senior director of hotel performance support (Central and Western US/Asia) ...more
Crestline Hotels & Resorts Appoints Jeff Makhlouf as General Manager for the Hilton Garden Inn Arlington Courthouse Plaza
Crestline Hotels & Resorts was appointed as the management company for the property after its recent acquisition by Northridge Capital, LLC. ...more
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Development
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Red Lion Hotels Plans to Nearly Double Number of Hotels
Red Lion Hotels Corp. plans to nearly double in size over the next five years, with plans to expand in city and tertiary markets. ...more
Jumeirah To Open Luxury Hotel In London
Jumeirah has been selected to create one of the world's most luxurious hotels in a 51 storey glass tower, combining spectacular residential apartments and luxury hotel accommodation, next to Thames in Southwark. ...more
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Internet
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Study reveals poor user experience is driving away customers from travel websites
Online travel companies are missing out on bookings and actively encouraging users to visit rival websites, according to web usability consultancy Webcredible. ...more
Web 2.0 technologies may put web accessibilty at risk
Brands planning to introduce Web 2.0 technologies into their online strategy need to be aware of accessibility or they may miss out on a market worth over £50 billion, warned Trenton Moss, director of web usability and accessibility agency Webcredible, at the Accessibility in 2006 conference on 12th September. ...more
Creative Lodging Solutions Launches Hotel Partnership Marketing Campaign
Creative Lodging Solutions begins an aggressive push to increase its number of hotel partners across the country. ...more
LaSalle Hotel Properties Announces New Website Launch
LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) announced it has completed the redesign and upgrading of its corporate website at www.lasallehotels.com. ...more
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Openings
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Introducing Four Seasons Resorts Maldives
Four Seasons is unveiling three exceptional experiences in the Maldives comprising two very different resorts and one luxury catamaran. ...more
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Other
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America's Top 50 Restaurants
Gourmet Magazine's October 2006 Restaurant Issue Features America's Top 50 Restaurants ...more
Hotel Valencia Announces 'Stuff Storage' for VIP Members
Frequent travelers can store toothpaste, other toiletry items at the hotel to avoid airport security hassles ...more
AH&LEF And AH&LA Extended Stay Council Award Five Hospitality Management Scholarships
The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF), the not-for-profit affiliate of AH&LA, awarded scholarships via the Steve Hymans Extended Stay Scholarship program to undergraduate hospitality management students from various U.S. colleges and universities. ...more
Could you name a new hotel chain?
What's in a name? More than you might think, when it comes to deciding what to call a new hotel chain. ...more
Steven A. Rudnitsky Of Wyndham Hotel Group Named Chairman Of AH&LA Multicultural & Diversity Advisory Council
In this role, Rudnitsky will lead the association in addressing the industry's multicultural and diversity issues, one of AH&LA's three core strategic objectives. ...more
The Most Famous Hotels in the World - Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg
The Vier Jahreszeiten, founded in 1897, was invariably ranked among the best hotels of Europe. It certainly was one of the most individual lead. There was the Haerlin family who owned it. And there was its GM who oozed the charm and understatement that comes naturally to North Germans. A stickler for thoroughness, Prantner would say: 'In the race for quality, there is no finish line.' ...more
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Sales and Marketing
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Leading Travel Industry Associations and Technology Providers Reveal Best Practices in Online Marketing, Branding and Search
Over 750 people have now registered to attend the Travel Distribution Summit and the vast array of FREE seminars which are being held alongside. ...more
Softscribe(R) Inc. Wins Two New Clients
MEGA International, The Rainmaker Group Boost Visibility, Growth ...more
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