Hotel Industry News Archive for 2012

Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the UK's largest privately owned hotel operator with over forty 4 and 5 star hotels throughout the UK and Spain, has further increased its market presence by agreeing terms with the owners of the historic 48 bedroom Haycock Hotel in Wansford near Stamford.

Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), one of the world's largest hospitality companies, has been once again named among the Top 50 Companies for Executive Women by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE).

Jones Lang LaSalle’s Global Office Index and Global Market Perspective reports point to consistent leasing and rental performance in 2012

Over the past few weeks Joe Buhler and I have been having numerous Google+ conversations concerning the effectiveness of social media. Joe is a principal of buhlerworks, an expert in development and execution of social web marketing strategies. Several conversations dealt with the many myths surrounding social media so I asked Joe to write a guest column on the subject for Hospitality Marketing Blog. For hoteliers simply dabbling in social media, here is your wake-up call.

The 11-story, 130-room hotel at 111 Cone Street Northwest, which had previously been the Centennial Inn Atlanta Hotel, underwent a $7 million conversion that included enhancements throughout the hotel.

Consolidated revenue increased 26.3 percent to $269.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 from $213.3 million in the same period last year.

The travel and hospitality industry’s leading professional association, the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), has named its 2012 Americas Region Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

Check around you - the look, feel, smells and sounds that customers notice when they spend time at your bar, café or restaurant.

Hotels in Riyadh achieved the highest Average Room Rate (ARR) and Gross Operating Profit Per Available Room (GOPPAR) in the region for the month of December and full year 2011, according to the latest HotStats survey by TRI Hospitality Consulting.

Executive Hotels & Resorts announced that it had acquired the non performing first, second and third mortgages secured by the hotel portion in the Mountainside Lodge in Whistler, B.C. and has now completed a debt for equity swap to take over ownership of the hotel and its associated parking.