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Wyndham Hotel Group on Monday announced plans to manage the first new-construction Planet Hollywood hotel in the Middle East. By Andy Sambidge

The award-winning process used by management to upgrade customer service and reposition the brand at the Vivanta by Taj-Holiday Village Goa is described in detail in the featured article in the February 2011 Cornell Hospitality Quarterly (CQ).

Hotel comparison website Priceline announced a major expansion of its "hotel freebies" search service March 14, adding the ability to search for whether a hotel offers free internet access.

In the days since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked northern Japan, the country has received no mercy from the elements. A subsequent tsunami rinsed coastal areas of structures and human life and now the area is at risk of radiation from nucle ...

On vacation in Tokyo last week, Winnie Cheong and her mother were at the Shibuya train station, an hour away from their hotel, when the ground trembled. At first Cheong, a Singapore resident who has been through mild earthquakes before, thought the n ...

As we interact with different types of people in our every day business activities, it is amazing what we can discover if and when we take the time to actively listen to the stories people share. By Dr. John Hogan, CHE CHA CMHS and Howard Feiertag

The Orgwide Problem Solving Process beats a 4 leafed clover every time! By Jim Hartigan

Earlier this week the news was all a buzz about 2 major restaurants, owned by renowned chef Daniel Boulud, that announced that they would be closing in the next few weeks. By Dale Dyck

Tim Hart, Rubicon CEO, to Lead Business Intelligence Division at Travelclick

OpenTravel Alliance (OpenTravel), the travel industry’s leading distribution specification and standards development organization, announces the addition of a working lab during this year’s Advisory Forum, being held in Las Vegas Nevada Apr ...

For hoteliers, the power of harnessing mobile?s convenience and relevance has been nothing short of transformative in aiming to meet a new range of heightened expectations today?s affluent guests demand and by extension, streamline a new layer of ope ...

Egencia announced its mobile strategy and investment for 2011 and the upcoming launch of new mobile features and capabilities for business travelers and corporate clients. The first mobile application release will be available on iPhone and Mobile We ...

The plug-in allows Facebook users to leave hotel comments directly on the hotels.com site, which will then appear on their friends? Facebook news feed. Comments made by friends can be shared in the stream on the hotels.com page.

Leonardo Da Vinci used the Goldren Ratio when he painted the Mona Lisa. The pyramids in Egypt were also built according to the Golden Ratio; even the Eiffel Tower maintains it. This article suggests, you should use the same design principles for your ...

Social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have been embraced by Madison Avenue as effective new ways to reach consumers. But what happens when behavior on social media is deemed antisocial?

There is ongoing confusion about Facebook Likes versus Shares versus Recommendations. In a nutshell, Facebook simplified all this recently with a revamped Like button functionality that does what Share and Recommend did before.

Urges Hotel Managers to Take Immediate Action

Prestigious hotel management company signs agreement to implement industry leading solution within its growing global portfolio.

Uncorkd enables restaurants to have their own iPad wine menu with a quick and easy web-based platform. Now, restaurants small and large can have an electronic wine menu that wows diners with a personal sommelier on the table.