Lessons from the Field - Factors For Successful Interviewing Potential Hotel Sales Candidates - By John Hogan
My last three columns have discussed decisions to be made if your hotel needs a professional totally dedicated to the selling of property services, potential sources on where to recruit from and the significance of having everyone know what is expected in the job. I have had a good amount of feedback on all of them and I thank readers for their questions and comments. ...more

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Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending May 31, 2008
Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada. ...more

Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending May 24, 2008
Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada. ...more

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Technology in HFTP's GUESTROOM 2010 Serves as an Industry Point of Reference
Only at GUESTROOM 2010 - a model hotel room - will one find a voice recognition alarm clock set by speaking to it instead of punching buttons, a virtual library of the latest best-selling books, a bed without a mattress, a closet that generates electricity, a 3D golf course tour, a bath that gives a massage to the beat of your favorite music, a transducer that turns almost any surface into a speaker and an art gallery with thousands of choices. ...more

Marriott Goes Underground
CIO Magazine Honors Marriott with 2008 CIO 100 Award ...more

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Tropicana Entertainment Forms New Board With a Majority of Independent Directors, Names Butera CEO
Tropicana Entertainment Holdings, LLC has announced the formation of a new Board of Directors to help restructure the company and shape its long term strategy. The five-member Board is made up of three outside directors, company President Scott C. Butera, who has been named CEO and will report to the Board, and William J. Yung, who stepped down as CEO this week but remains on the Board. ...more

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Hotel Indigo Coming to the Heart of Downtown Cleveland
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE:IHG] today announced that a Hotel Indigo is coming to downtown Cleveland. Construction is expected to begin this fall on the adaptive reuse of the mid-century landmark Breuer Tower, with an anticipated opening in spring 2010. ...more

155 East Tropicana Announces Termination of Asset Purchase Agreement with Hedwigs Las Vegas Top Tier, LLC
155 East Tropicana, LLC today announced the termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement with Hedwigs Las Vegas Top Tier, LLC, an affiliate of the investment group led by NTH Advisory Group, LLC. ...more

Wyndham Resort to Open This Year at Cap Cana, Dominican Republic
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts announced that a 497-unit luxury Wyndham resort now being developed at Cap Cana, an oceanfront community on the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic near Punta Cana, is scheduled to open during the fourth quarter of this year. ...more

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Disposing of Energy Waste
Pineapple partners with AirCycle to provide a comprehensive and simple recycling solution for energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), and other electronic waste. ...more

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Cornell Roundtable Focuses on Marketing Challenge of Social Media
Hospitality marketers must rise to the challenge of determining how to use web-based social media to support marketing objectives, according to participants in the fourth annual Marketing Roundtable. Chaired by Lisa Klein Pearo, a faculty member at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, the roundtable explored the relatively uncharted marketing terrain created by social media. ...more

Food & Beverage - Hospitality Education in Second Life - By Joe Dunbar
My HP Vista Notebook finally loads the Second Life viewer without crashing and I have been touring SL using my Inworld avatar, Limerick McMahon. ...more

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New Concept in Coastal Resorts Opens in So. Cal
Ushering in a new era in coastal Southern California hospitality, L'Auberge Del Mar reopened today, introducing a new concept in luxury resort experiences with an elegant look and environment that is reminiscent of a high-end private estate. ...more

State of Maine's First Microtel Inn & Suites Opens in York with Brand's New Design
York Village Hotel, LLC and Heyland Development of Portsmouth, NH have opened the State of Maine's first Microtel Inn & Suites hotel on the southern coast at 6 Market Place Drive in York. ...more

Intercontinental Opens Vietnam's First High-End Italian Ristorante
InterContinental Hanoi Westlake has made another grand debut in Vietnam, this time with the country's first upscale Italian restaurant. ...more

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