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New York, New York (USA) - September 29, 2012 - Matthew Dixon, General Manager of one of London’s newest award-winning luxury properties, Corinthia Hotel London, was a featured speaker at a Luxury Marketing Council (LMC) event held at…

Madrid (Spain) - Septermber 29, 2012 - Tourism businesses and destinations are committed to the sustainable energy agenda but need the support of the energy sector and governments to move forward, said leading experts from the aviation,…

Sao Paulo (Brazil) - September 27, 2012 - BHG S.A. - Brazil Hospitality Group (BM&FBovespa: BHGR3; OTC: BZHGY ) Hangar Hotel Complex begins its operations. Composed of Tulip Inn Hangar and Soft Inn Hangar, it is the largest project in…

San Diego, CA (USA) - September 27, 2012 — Now, instead of the same old pens, coffee cups or calendars Smartphone Coasters are a unique promotional product designed for today's mobile environment. Ask any Evo 4G user what they love about…

Stamford, Conn. (USA) - September 25, 2012 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced the opening of Sheraton Valley Forge Hotel in King of Prussia, just 18 minutes from downtown Philadelphia. The highly…

Dallas (USA) – September 25, 2012 – UniFocus is pleased to announce that it has expanded its training program to include a variety of courses in its state-of-the-art facility located at the company’s headquarters in Dallas (Carrollton),…

Panama City (Panama) - September 25, 2012 - Marriott International’s world-class luxury hotel brand, JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, announced today plans to convert the existing 118-room Bristol Buenaventura, making it the first resort…

Savannah, GA (USA) - September 24, 2012 – Today, Andaz Savannah, a lifestyle hotel, opened in the former Avia Savannah in historic downtown Savannah. The hotel just completed a renovation of its public areas to add an Andaz Lounge and…

Arlington, Va. (USA) - September 24, 2012 — Interstate Hotels & Resorts today announced the opening of the 118-room Holiday Inn Express Utrecht Papendorp in the Netherlands. The hotel is the fourth to open of a nine-hotel portfolio…

Ithaca, NY (USA) - September 24, 2012 - The Program in Hotel Management at Cornell University held its first classes on September 20, 1922, with Howard Bagnall Meek its sole professor and about 20 students enrolled. Since then, the Cornell…

Austin, Texas (USA) - September 24, 2012 - Golf Channel anchorman and reporter Steve Sands will help celebrate the debut next month of GOLF 20X, an exhibit featuring the latest and near-future technologies for modern golf. The brand new…

Parsippany, N.J. (USA) — September 23, 2012 — With all the ongoing changes in search engine algorithms and social media sites seeking fresh and relevant content to index, it is increasingly important for hotels to stay on top of their…

Bangkok (Thailand) – September 23, 2012 - Best Western International, the World's Largest Hotel Chain® with more than 4,100 hotels in over 100 countries and territories, has endorsed RateGain as its preferred partner in Asia & Middle…

Dubai (UAE) - September 23, 2012 - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announced it has signed an agreement with Kuwaiti-owned Almadina Real Estate Development to open a 442-room…

Minneapolis, MN (USA) – September 23, 2012 – IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting to the hospitality industry, has announced that The Hay-Adams will implement the…

Singapore (Singapore) - September 22, 2012 - Compass Edge, a complete online solution provider for independent hotels in Asia has launched its own free Mobile App, “GoHotelsGo” in both Apple iTunes Store and Android Market (Play Store). It…

London (United Kingdom) - September 22, 2012 - Europe’s most successful travel brands are set to be acknowledged at a red-carpet ceremony hosted by World Travel Awards (WTA) at the brand new Conrad Algarve on October 6, 2012. Key…

London (United Kingdom) - September 22, 2012 - With less than one week to go to World Tourism Day (WTD) on September 27, preparations for the official celebrations in host country Spain are well underway. In the presence of Their Royal…

thaca, NY (USA) - September 21, 2012 - A new report from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at the School of Hotel Administration focuses on how hotels report their carbon footprints. Many hotels have developed their own…

Chicago (USA) - September 21, 2012 – Hotel network designers and their clients will soon have an array of resources to help with the deployment of fiber-optic networks within hotels. A new working group of the nonprofit industry association…

Irving, Texas (USA) - September 21, 2012 – FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (NYSE: FCH) today announced that it has agreed to sell the 370-room Embassy Suites – New Orleans-Convention Center and the 296-room Embassy Suites –…

Duncan, Okla. (USA) — September 21, 2012 — The newest and most modern hotel in southern Oklahoma opens this month in Duncan, and it will soon be the first in the Sooner state to enable guests to bypass the front desk process and unlock…

Miami, FL (USA) – September 19, 2012 – The Angler’s Boutique Resort announces James E. Ayres II as general manager of the 45-suite luxury South Beach property. In this position Ayres leads a team of unrivaled hospitality professionals…

New York (USA) — September 20, 2012 — Flip.to, a brand advocate platform that helps hotels turn their guests into advocates, announced today that well-known hospitality veteran, Kristi White, has joined its team as Vice President, Global…

Atlanta, GA (USA) - September 19, 2012 – IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) today announces the opening of the Crowne Plaza Tulsa, Okla. The eleven-story, 286-room hotel underwent a conversion from a Hilton and features newly redesigned…

Fuzhou (China) - September 19, 2012 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced the opening of the Sheraton Fuzhou Hotel in Fuzhou’s newly built, modern business district in China’s Fujian province. The hotel…

Paris (France) - September 18, 2012 - Marriott International, Inc. today announced the signing of its first AC Hotel by Marriott in Paris, the 166-room AC Hotel Paris Porte Maillot. The hotel will be operated under a franchise agreement…

Austin, Texas (USA) - September 18, 2012 — A new partnership was formed last week when representatives from Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)— a global professional association— participated in the 47th Annual…

(Peru) - September 19, 2012 - Marriott International, Inc. continues to grow its world-class luxury JW Marriott hotel brand with the opening of the 153-room JW Marriott Cusco. The much anticipated hotel stands at an altitude of 11,154 ft…

Dallas (USA) – September 18, 2012 – VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, today announced their continued involvement with Give Kids The World Village (GKTW) in Kissimmee, Florida. In…

Providenciales (Turks & Caicos) - September 16, 2012 - The voting lines are closed, the trophies polished, and the VIP guests starting to arrive, as Turks & Caicos makes the final preparations for the most important evening of the…

Bangkok (Thailand) - September 16, 2012 - Centara Hotels & Resorts has made its first move into Mauritius with the soft opening of Centara Poste Lafayette Resort & Spa Mauritius set for December 2012. “This is a very significant…

Cape Town (South Africa) - September 16, 2012 - The Loerie Awards may be the highlight of September’s creative calendar, but there is a lot on offer for visitors wanting to soak up the city’s culture, design, and creative innovation…

London (United Kingdom) - September 16, 2012 - The European Convention Bureau held its tenth annual Euro-Congrès Summer Soirée on Thursday at the recently-opened Waldorf Astoria Hotel in London's Syon Park, set in 200 acres by the River…

London (United Kingdom) - September 16, 2012 - The travel and tourism industry in China is substantially bigger than automotive manufacturing and supports almost as many jobs as the mining sector. This is according to new research from…

Parsippany, N.J. (USA) - September 15, 2012 - Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) today announced that its subsidiary, Wyndham Vacation Ownership (WVO), has acquired privately held Shell Vacations LLC (Shell) and its subsidiaries. Shell is one of…

Orlando, Fla. (USA) - September 15, 2012 – Aloft Hotels has taken several initiatives to maintain a modern edge over the competition, one of which is the installation of cutting-edge guest service technology from software company Intelity.…

Bangkok (Thailand) - September 14, 2012 - Jacques Mury, General Manager of Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin, has announced the appointment of Anucha Suphan as Director of Sales of Centara Grand Beach Resort&Villas Hua…

St. George’s (Grenada) - September 14, 2012 - In keeping with the pronouncement in the 2012 budget, the government of Grenada, in partnership with the European Union and GRENLEC, will launch the Carriacou Wind Energy Project. The financing…

London (UK) - September 17, 2012 - EasyJet Chief Executive Carolyn McCall OBE will headline World Travel Market’s (WTM) new Talk Business Series on Thursday, November 8. McCall will be the first of three senior business leaders to speak…

Madrid (Spain) - September 14, 2012 - Despite concerns over the global economy, international tourism demand continues to show resilience. The number of international tourists worldwide grew by 5% between January and June 2012 compared to…

Markham, ON (Canada) - September 13, 2012 – Northwind-Maestro PMS is the preferred solution provider for hundreds of high-touch independent operators and hotel groups. Northwind now delivers the highest level of guest service thorough its…

Panama City (Panama) - September 13, 2012 - W Hotels Worldwide today announced it has signed an agreement with Evolution Tower Corp, a joint venture between F & F Properties and EFC Group Inc., to debut the W Hotels brand in Central…

New York (USA) — Sept. 13, 2012 — Flip.to, a brand advocate platform that helps hotels turn their guests into brand advocates, announced today that well-known hospitality technology executive, Ed St. Onge, has joined its team as President,…

Jacksonville, FL (USA) - September 12, 2012 – Thanks to new client acquisition, high client retention and, most important of all, reaching and surpassing client goals, digital travel marketing company Vizergy continues to grow and get…

Las Vegas, NV (USA) - September 11, 2012 - Las Vegas Sands Corp. announced today that it has chosen Madrid, Spain as the preferred location to build an integrated resort development for the European market. The company said it has now…

Las Vegas (USA) - September 10, 2012 - The Trump Organization has announced today that it will be bringing Luxury Vacation Ownership to Trump International Hotel Las Vegas through Hilton Grand Vacations, the timeshare division of Hilton…

Hong Kong (Hong Kong) - September 10, 2012 - The Peninsula Hotels, Asia’s oldest hotel brand, today ushered in a new era with three landmark debuts, the launch of “Peninsula Moments,” a new multi-million-dollar global brand campaign, the…

Providence (USA) - September 10, 2012 - The 88-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Huntsville, Alabama opened on Monday, August 13, 2012. Located at 320 Providence Main Street, the SpringHill Suites Huntsville West/Research Park will…

Denton, TX (USA) - September 9, 2012 - The Old Irish Bed & Breakfast at Patricks’ Pastures will offer vintage-style cottages in a quaint country setting, surrounded by alpacas, llamas and other animals. Also included will be a venue for…