Where In The World Is Human Resources Headed? - By J. Ragsdale Hendrie
What a lonely discipline HR can be, even in the midst of Hospitality hooplah. You have been downsized, outsourced, seen as an operations barrier, mistrusted by employees, dismissed by Management. The discipline has been marginalized, you are transactional rather than strategic. ...more

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Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending July 5, 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

UK Chain Hotels Market Review - May 2008
Occupancy steady but overall profit dips ...more

European Chain Hotels Market Review - May 2008
Budapest enjoys highest profit growth ...more

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Generate Risk Free Revenue with Sutherland Global Office Solutions
Are you looking for a new way to appeal to the business traveler? Imagine if you were able to offer a team of resources, available 7x24, to assist your business traveler guests with managing their work including fine tuning that presentation, proof reading their proposal, or helping them illustrate a creative idea. ...more

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Fairmont Turnberry Isle Names New General Manager
David Feder, a distinguished 30-year veteran of hotel and resort management, has been appointed general manager of the legendary Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura, Fla. ...more

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Langham Hotels International Signs Management Agreement for Boutique Vineyard Resort + Spa In New Zealand
Langham Hotels International (LHI) has signed a new management agreement which takes Langham Place, a sister brand of The Langham, outside Asia. The luxury hotel operator will manage the five-star boutique Vineyard Resort + Spa on behalf of Isola Estate on Waiheke Island, an exclusive enclave 30 minutes off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, which will open in 2010. ...more

Shamrock-Hostmark Hotel Fund Successfully Completes its First Asset Sale
The Shamrock-Hostmark Hotel Fund, LP, announced the sale of a SpringHill Suites by Marriott located in Miami, Florida. The transaction took place on June 30, 2008. ...more

IHG announces four new hotel openings in port Ghalib Resort, Egypt after being awarded management contract
IHG announces that Sovereign Hospitality Holdings, owned by M.A. Kharafi Group of Kuwait, has awarded IHG the exclusive management contract for Port Ghalib Resort, in Marsa Alam, Egypt. ...more

Chateau in France For Sale
This private luxury hotel, a former 19th century hunting lodge - set in the idyllic splendour of a 100-acre woodland park, is located in the Burgundy countryside close to Dijon, France. ...more

Historic B&B in Belgium For Sale
This beautiful mansion is located in Belgium, near to Brussels, Antwerp, Aachen, Maastricht in a tourism area, totally rebuild, renovated and refurnished in 2007-2008. ...more

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Marriott profit falls, sees U.S. weakness into 2009
Marriott International Inc (MAR.N), the world No. 3 hotel operator, reported lower quarterly profit on Thursday and expects weak economic growth and soft U.S. lodging demand to persist into next year. ...more

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Cornell Survey to Examine Hotel Industry's Major Concerns
Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research is sponsoring a research project that seeks to identify key issues of concern for hoteliers throughout the world. The study will be conducted by Professor Cathy Enz, who investigated this question in a similar research project in 2001. ...more

Statement regarding Stevan Porter, President Americas Region
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), announces that Stevan Porter, President of IHG's Americas region, is undertaking medical treatment which necessitates him relinquishing his responsibilities. ...more

LRA Worldwide to Conduct Brand Assurance Program for aloft Hotels
Philadelphia-Based Consulting Company Expands its Global Quality Assurance Program for Starwood Hotels & Resorts ...more

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