Making Job Descriptions Work for You - By Ken Burgin
Can a Job Description guarantee perfect work? ...more

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Despite Higher Travel Costs, Summer Getaways are Still in the Plans for a Majority of Families
Survey Finds Even with Rising Gas Prices, Majority of Summer Vacation Trips will be 500+ Miles ...more

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Kimpton Hotels moves to Nexus for RFP Processing
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, the largest boutique hotel company in the world has opted to move its Corporate and Travel Management Company contracting to Nexus in time for the 2009 rate season. ...more

HotelSafeGuard.com - From Check-In To Bigger Bottom Lines
HotelSafeGuard integrates compensation reports with existing hotel PMS/CRS software ...more

Newmarket International Announces Starwood Hotels & Resorts to Use MeetingBrokerSM Lead Management Solution
Newmarket International's MeetingBroker Facilitates Lead Passing Between Starwood's Global Sales Offices and All of its Hotels and Resorts in North America, Global Installation to be Complete by Fall 2008 ...more

Passkey Launches Industry's First Email Campaign System Designed Specifically for Meetings and Events
Group Campaigns enable consistent and professional email communication with event attendees ...more

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Remington Hospitality Services Chooses Knowland Services for Their Hotels
The Knowland Group's READERS 2.0 and INSIGHT products have been selected by Remington, a premier property management company operating brands that range from Sheraton to Embassy Suites, Radisson and Marriott products, for use in their 46 hotels. ...more

Wingate by Wyndham Hotels Invite Travelers to Submit Their Best Tips
At a time when business travelers can use all the help they can get, the Wingate(R) by Wyndham hotel brand this summer is soliciting tips from 'road warriors' in return for the chance to win a trip to New York City to see a Yankees baseball game, concert or comedy show and star in a radio commercial. ...more

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Marriott International Names Stephanie Linnartz Senior Vice President of Global Sales
Ms. Linnartz is responsible for leading the company's worldwide sales force, including the reservations and customer care team, representing approximately 3,000 hotels across nine brands in 67 countries and territories. ...more

Global Hyatt Corporation Names Harmit Singh Chief Financial Officer
In this position, Singh will lead the company's finance, accounting, treasury, tax and strategic financial planning functions worldwide. Singh was formerly senior vice president and chief financial officer - International for Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) responsible for finance, information technology and supply chain. Singh will report directly to Hoplamazian. ...more

Robert J. Lowe, Jr. Named Chief Executive Officer of Lowe Hospitality Group
Lowe Enterprises, a national real estate development, investment and management firm, has named Robert J. Lowe, Jr. chief executive officer of Lowe Hospitality Group, the firm's national hotel, resort and resort residential community acquisition, development and management division. ...more

Morgans Hotel Group Appoints Howard Wein as Senior Vice President of Food and Beverage
Wein joins MHG from the Starr Restaurant Organization, where he served as Chief Operating Officer of Starr Restaurants and founder and President of Starr Restaurants Hotel Group since 2004. ...more

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St. Regis Makes Landmark Entry into Malaysia with The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced the introduction of its renowned St. Regis brand to Malaysia, with plans to debut a new property in 2014 in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. ...more

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Colorful, Stylish Furniture Made from HDPE Closes the Plastic Recycling Loop
Summer-like weather is here and there is nothing better than kicking back on the beach or close to a pool. Why not kick back on some recycled plastic? There are a number of U.S.-based companies that manufacture outdoor furniture from high-density polyethylene (HDPE). HDPE is made from recycled plastic milk and water jugs. ...more

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Online Travel Query Content is Changing
Last week we published a report on the Travel sector looking at how consumer search behavior has changed. I will highlight a couple of interesting findings from the report on this blog. In this first of two posts, I want to talk about how query content is changing. ...more

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