Market Analysis and Sales Office Audit - Look Beyond the Obvious in Turnaround Situations - By Carol Verret

One of the first targets for analyzing the potential for a distressed hotel to ‘turn around’ is the sales department and the related market reports. While this is absolutely correct, it is important to look beyond the conclusions to the basis of the data to ensure that it is not skewing the performance of the hotel and the sales department. ...more

Get Personal with Your Email List

You have a solid list of email contacts that you’ve built up over years, but do you have any other information about the recipients besides their email address? ...more

Century Casinos Appoints New General Manager for Century Casino Calgary

Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq and Vienna Stock Exchange: CNTY) announced today the appointment of Al Wilson as the new General Manager of the newly acquired Century Casino in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ...more

Hotel Management Agreement Performance Standards - The Owner's Return Test - By Jim Butler, Author of Www.HotelLawBlog.com

The hotel management agreement or HMA is one of the most important factors in the financial success or failure of a hotel, and the value of an owner's or lender's interests in the property. One of the many important provisions in the HMA can be the performance standard the Operator is required to meet, and the consequences of such a failure. This is the third article in the series on this subject. ...more

The Siegel Group Continues Expansion with Acquisition of 17th Siegel Suites Location

The Siegel Group Nevada, Inc., a Commercial Real Estate & Business Development Company, today announced that it had completed its acquisition of the Charleston Plaza Apartments; a 64 unit apartment complex situated on approximately .43 acres. ...more

The Kardashians, The Mirage, TLK Fusion and BRAVADA International Sign Partnership to Open a “Kardashian Retail Project” in Las Vegas

BRAVADA Muscle Flex Inc. (Pink Sheets: MFLI) The Kardashians, The Mirage, a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), TLK Fusion and BRAVADA International (Symbol: MFLI) jointly announced today that they have signed a partnership agreement to open what is being described as an exciting project that is certain to create extraordinary international appeal and demand at The Mirage in Las Vegas. ...more

Bales of Straw Keep Foxwood Resort's New Chinook Cottage Cool & Cozy - By Glenn Hasek

For more than 125 years after Foxwood Resort was founded in 1876 on the edge of Lake of Bays in the Muskoka area of Ontario, there was not a lot that was 'green' about the property - except for the surrounding scenery of course. ...more

Don’t Believe This Press Release

Verify for yourself: Pineapple Hospitality’s new line of ERPTM* guest amenities are independently tested and proven to be truly biodegradable**. ...more

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Announces Public Offering of Common Stock

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISLE) today announced that it has commenced an offering of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. The Company intends to grant the underwriters of the offering an option for 30 days to purchase up to 1,350,000 additional shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. ...more

Hotel ADA Defense Lawyer: Department of Justice (DOJ) ADA Enforcement 'sweeps' Hit the West Coast. What You Need to Know Now. - By Jim Butler, Author of Www.HotelLawBlog.com

Hotel ADA defense lawyer with the latest update on ADA 'sweeps' by the Department of Justice coming to Portland, San Francisco and elsewhere. ...more

PKF-Hospitality Research Releases Hotel Horizons(r) Forecast Accuracy Assessment

Lessons Can Be Applied To 2011 Budgeting Process ...more

Red Ink Rising

The road to fiscal sustainability ...more

CapEx in Crisis - May 2010 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

U.S. Hotel Brands in the Caribbean: Over-Supplied or Under-Represented? - By Parris E Jordan and La H Baik

The various islands of the Caribbean region offer warm sunshine, beautiful beaches, and other natural attractions along with unique cultural experiences. ...more

Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending June 19th, 2010

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