Alluring Descriptions Are Key To Converting Reservations - By Doug Kennedy
Despite the advances in training methodology that have been made in recent years, it still amazes me how many hotels still end up with a highly transactional reservations sales process. ...more

Home Sweet Hotel - By Daniel Edward Craig
The increasing popularity of condo-hotel developments has put within reach a lifestyle previously reserved for the rich and famous: living in a hotel. Having been living in a hotel for the past few months, I've discovered that it's not as always as glamorous as it sounds. For any aspiring Donald Trumps out there, a cautionary tale. ...more

Workouts and Special Servicing for Hotel Loans: What is so different about TROUBLED HOTEL LOANS? - By Jim Butler, author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
Hotel Lawyer on troubled hotel loans, hotel workouts, hotel bankruptcies, and hotel deeds in lieu of foreclosure. ...more

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Travel Industry Association Forecasts Stable Leisure Travel Market Despite Rough Economy
The Travel Industry Association (TIA) today released its annual travel forecast indicating that an uncertain economic climate is leading American and global travelers to change their behaviors. Although leisure travel is stable, business travel is projected to decline and the United States is likely to be hit hard by a further decline in international arrivals. ...more

Cornell Study Examines Employee Preferences for Work Hours
Forty Hours Doesn't Work for Everyone: Examining Employee Preferences for Work Hours ...more

Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending October 25, 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

Weekly U.S. Lodging Performance for the week ending 25 October 2008
The U.S. hotel industry posted year-over-year declines in all three key performance measurements during the week of 19-25 October, according to data from STR. ...more

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Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Executive Vice President Retires
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISLE) announced today that Executive Vice President Allan Solomon will retire effective today. He will continue to serve in a consulting capacity as a senior advisor. ...more

Blizzard Moves Forward with New VP
Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc. of Glenwood Springs, Colorado is renowned as one of the leading providers of professional internet marketing services for the travel and hospitality industry in the United States. Blizzard has enjoyed steady growth for more than ten years and has recently taken another strategic leap forward in appointing George Meshkov as the new Vice President of Sales. ...more

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NaturCert at the World Travel Market on 11th-13th November in London
NaturCert is the global independent organisation which has developed the NaturCert Certification Program for the environment and society. Today NaturCert announces that it will attend Philoxenia 2008:24th International Tourism Exhibition that takes place in Thessaloniki, Greece. ...more

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Web2.Opalooza
Online peer reviews, the most visible part of the Web 2.0 phenomenon, have become a tidal wave of whispers, replacing word of mouth with (as one travel industry solution, the Avalon BUZZ Report calls it) 'word of mouse'. ...more

Faster, Cheaper, Better - How a Web Portal helps to organize Events
MICEpoint launches its new web portal MICEpoint.com. It helps professional Event Managers to find qualified meeting industry suppliers around the globe with an extensive, in-depth search. ...more

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