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Luncheon Program
Date: November 13, 2007 Topic: TBA Speaker: Traci Mercer, Director of Hotel Market Management, Western Region - Expedia.com Location: Sofitel Hotel Holiday Celebration Date: December 3, 2007 Topic: Joint Holiday Party with HFTP & TTMA Speaker: N/A Location: Fogo De Chao Brazilian Steakhouse 
Tuesday - November 13, 2007 
Leverage OTA's & Make BIG ProfitLuncheon ProgramDuring this program presented by Expedia.com, you will learn how to improve your online footprint by working more effectively with Online Travel Agencies (OTA's). If increasing RevPAR at your property is important to you, this program is a must-attend event. Topics to be covered include forecast and trends for Lodging, Air, and Consumer Segments, what you can do to get MORE business for your property, Merchant Model 101 - your Expedia Special Rate (ESR) wholesale vs. Global Distribution System (GDS) retail listings, and more.
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 A Hotelier's
Guide to Budget Planning in '08 | By Max Starkov and Jason PriceHoteliers are in the height of the budget planning season for 2008. Understandably, there is a great level of anxiety in the industry. Are you allocating the right budget for hotel marketing? What are your peers doing with their budgets? What are the best practices for 2008? Web 2.0, social media, consumer generated media—what should I do about these new media formats? What are the latest trends in Internet marketing and how should I account for them in the new budget? For a second year in a row, Hospitality eBusiness Strategies takes a closer look at some important aspects of Internet marketing in hospitality and what marketing activities and line items should comprise the 2008 Internet marketing budget. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend ECONOMIC INSIGHTS  Hotel
Budgeting | Hoteliers Underestimate 2006 Unit-level Costs | PKF Reports19 October 2007 | After two consecutive years of double-digit profit gains in 2004 and 2005, U.S. hotel managers expected they would be able to achieve yet another year of extraordinary growth on the bottom-line. When preparing their budgets for 2006, the 400 hotel managers in our sample estimated that a 9.2 percent gain in total revenue would translate into a 21.3 percent surge in profitability. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Weekly
U.S. Lodging Performance 10/14/07 - 10/20/07 | Smith Travel Research25 October 2007 | Smith Travel Research (STR) is the recognized leader in providing accurate, actionable information and analysis to the lodging industry. Since 1985, the company has served the industry operating on the key principals of integrity, confidentiality and customer service. STR provides timely information and analysis to all major North American hotel chains and a growing number of chains in Europe and Asia. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Smith
Travel Research Reports Third Quarter And September Year-to-Date 2007 Results
For The U.S. Lodging Industry25 October 2007 | Smith Travel Research (STR) announced third quarter and September year-to-date 2007 results for the U.S. lodging industry today. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Senior
Lodging Executives Request Administration, Congress Take Immediate Action On
Issues Of Concern17 October 2007 | Washington, D.C. | Senior executives from 18 of North America’s largest hotel chains joined staff from the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA) for a two-day series of meetings with officials from the Bush Administration and key members of the United States Senate. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Hotel
Construction in the Asia-Pacific Region Is at a Record Level; A Burgeoning
Pipeline in China Is Set to Unfold | LE Reports9 October 2007 | Portsmouth, N.H. | Lodging Econometrics (LE), the Global Authority for Hotel Real Estate, reported to the Lodging Industry that there are a total of 1,555 Hotels with 366,679 rooms in the Construction Pipeline for the 24 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. LE President, Patrick Ford, said, “Hotel Development is at a hectic pace— the Pipeline for the region has reached new record highs. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Construction
Pipeline in Europe at New Cyclical High Hotel Openings in 2008 to Set Record
Pace17 October 2007 | Lodging Econometrics (LE), the Global Authority for Hotel Real Estate, reported to the Lodging Industry that there are a total of 814 hotels having 139,133 rooms in the Construction Pipeline throughout Europe. LE President Patrick Ford said, “Hotel Construction is at a robust pace. Half the Pipeline, 407 projects / 72,205 rooms, are already Under Construction. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend 1,200
Marketers Can’t Be Wrong: The Future Is in Consumer Behavior | NYtimes.com18 October 2007 | Consumer behavior as a route to effective marketing was a central focus of the largest gathering ever of an influential trade organization. View Article | Send to a Friend Canadian
Lodging Reports For The Week Ending October 13, 2007 | Smith Travel Research18 October 2007 | Smith Travel Research (STR) is the recognized leader in providing accurate, actionable information and analysis to the lodging industry. Since 1985, the company has served the industry operating on the key principals of integrity, confidentiality and customer service. STR provides timely information and analysis to all major North American hotel chains and a growing number of chains in Europe and Asia. View Article | Send to a Friend AIF
Study by PricewaterhouseCoopers Reports Robust Financial Indicators In Multibillion
Dollar Timeshare Industry17 October 2007 | The AIF annual benchmark study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) of the financial performance of the timeshare industry released today by the ARDA International Foundation (AIF) underscores the ongoing, robust financial performance of the multibillion dollar vacation ownership industry. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend American
Travelers Turning Green (But Not At Any Cost), According To New National Survey5 October 2007 | WASHINGTON, DC | More than half of all U.S. adults say they would be more likely to select an airline, rental car or hotel that uses more environmentally friendly products and processes, according to the results of the latest travelhorizons™ survey by the Travel Industry Association (TIA) and Ypartnership. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend  HOTEL HIGHLIGHTS & OPENINGS IRHA
announces the Launch of the Most Comprehensive and Prestigious Awards Program & Gala
Ceremony in the Hospitality Industry10 October 2007 | In the tradition of the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards, the International Restaurant and Hotel Awards™ is the world’s most prestigious awards ceremony recognizing the best value, moderate, and luxury travel establishments that go above and beyond industry standards. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Modular
Hotels: Tiny Space, Big Experience, Low Price | usatoday.com19 October 2007 | Capsule hotels, pod hotels, overnight caskets: Whatever you call them, modular hotels, long embraced by Japanese businessmen, have evolved into a hip and affordable travel option that has gained traction in parts of Europe and the U.S. The westernized pod-hotel concept offers more space than its Japanese counterpart—think cruise ship cabin, not sleeping coffin. View Article | Send to a Friend Hampton
Hotels declares war on scents | By Kitty Bean Yancey - Hotel Hotsheet19 October 2007 | Hampton Hotels is turning up its nose at the current lodging rage for signature scents wafting in the air. The company, which includes Hampton Inns and Hampton Inn & Suites, has announced a chain-wide “Non-Scents” program, based on research that guests want their rooms to smell fresh and clean rather than retain the odor of cleaning products, perfume or (horrors) cigarette smoke. View Article | Send to a Friend Star-studded
Hotels | MSNBC.com18 October 2007 | Why do stars flock to one hotel and shun another? Because some cater better to their peculiar needs. Stars, after all, suffer wear and tear. A film personality on a press tour may spend weeks traveling across continents to promote a new film, chatting with journalists, attending premieres, making television appearances—without a minute's break in between. Tokyo one day, Hong Kong the next. Exhaustion and jet-lag take their toll. View Article | Send to a Friend Loews
Plans to Unveil Major Branding Changes | modernagent.com18 October 2007 | Loews Hotels will roll out a number of new initiatives in the first quarter of 2008, according to Nancy Mendelson, senior vice president of marketing. The changes will represent the fruition of a branding transformation first put in motion two years ago when Loews Hotels Chairman and CEO Jonathan Tisch decided to shift the 18-property group from being an asset management company to a brand. View Article | Send to a Friend Choice
Hotels Opens 36 New Hotels In September17 October 2007 | Silver Spring, Md. | Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) continues to grow with the announcement of 36 newly-opened franchised properties during the month of September, including the second Cambria Suites hotel. The openings include hotels in 15 states and 3 countries that add more than 2,500 rooms to the company’s existing 445,000-plus rooms. Select properties that opened in September include: View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Intercontinental
Hotels Group (IHG) Announces New Chief Marketing Officer9 October 2007 | InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) [Lon: IHG; NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] today announces Tom Seddon as chief marketing officer, effective November 1. Seddon, 39, will join IHG's Executive Committee, reporting directly to chief executive Andrew Cosslett. He replaces Peter Gowers who was recently appointed chief executive of IHG's Asia Pacific region. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend BUSINESS/MEETINGS The
Virtual Meeting Ground | By Catalin Cighi8 October 2007 | Meeting space is a key feature of most upscale and luxury hotels, and as interest in remote-conferencing piques among business travelers, a space’s technology can be as crucial as its square footage. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Hotel
RFPs Insisting On Last-Room Availability 9 October 2007 | Buyers negotiating for 2008 hotel rates are finding a heavy cost to last-room availability in key markets, hoteliers are receiving more queries as to their environmental policies and both are seeing the process from request for proposals to agreement elongate and increase in complexity. View Article | Send to a Friend Tough
Hotel Meeting Negotiations Loom | btnmag.com15 October 2007 | Despite industry analyst forecasts of further rate and occupancy increases and difficult meeting negotiations ahead, meeting buyers still can find discounts, add-ins and favorable contractual clauses by being flexible in meeting time and location in this continuing seller's market. View Article | Send to a Friend MPI'S
Involvement in EIBTM Grows Stronger as the Association's Global Strategy is
being Implemented15 October 2007 | DALLAS, TX/LONDON | Meeting Professionals International (MPI) involvement in EIBTM grows stronger and the association is involved in a number of initiatives at this year’s event in Barcelona. The latest information on the European Meetings and Events Conference taking place in London in April 2008 plus the opening of offices in Singapore as well as planned future expansion will be their headline news. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend MPI
Engages To Co-create The Premier Pan-European Conference In 20089 October 2007 | DALLAS | More than 600 international meeting and event professionals are expected to attend The European Meetings and Events Conference, co-created by Meeting Professionals International (MPI), April 18-20, 2008. The event, formerly known as the Professional Education Conference-Europe, is the first international meetings and events industry educational conference hosted in London. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend INTERNATIONAL Hotels
in India - Trends and Opportunities | HVS Reports17 October 2007 | HVS has been in the forefront of providing strategic advisory for virtually every major industry participant for the past 11 years. Having reviewed the market performance for over a decade, it has been particularly interesting to observe and draw statistical co-relation on benchmark performances, market segments and demographic customer profiles for the industry over the long-term horizon. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Extract
From The Deloitte Asia Pacific Performance Review | Putting Out The Welcome
Mat -17 October 2007 | Asia is the world’s most inhabited region, with a population of more than 3.5 billion. During 2006, they were joined by 167m international arrivals, making the region the second most favoured destination after Europe. According to the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) arrivals were up by a further 9.7% in the first quarter of 2007, compared to a 7.8% rise in the whole of 2006, showing acceleration in demand. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Russian
Hotels Top Choice For Investors, Despite Shortage Of Stock | Jones Lang LaSalle
Hotels Reports9 October 2007 | London, Increasing visitor numbers, a growing economy and rising average room rates are fuelling investor interest in Russian hotels. Moscow is the most expensive European city in which to stay with average room rates at $352 per night; a 20% increase on last year’s figure. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Latest
Hotstats European Chain Hotels Market Analysis | Paris Room Sales Take First
Place3 October 2007 | Paris led the field in both rate and revpar during August, but London was not far behind. Revenue per available room in the French capital rose by 15.7 per cent to Eu163.53, driven largely by the highest average rate in the survey at Eu210.29, up 6.6 per cent. Moscow and Vienna show impressive rate growth. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend London
Boosts Uk Hotels Market But Cautious Times Ahead | PricewaterhouseCoopers Forecasts28 September 2007 | The UK hotel sector is continuing its stellar performance of recent years but may be approaching uncertain times, according to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Hospitality Directions Europe - UK Hotel Forecast. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Kempinski
to manage five new properties in Middle East and Africa18 October 2007 | of management agreements for a total of five properties in Egypt, Morocco and Syria. 'These are landmark projects to be involved in, all of them being situated in the top tourist and business destinations in the Middle East and Africa. We have joined together with an esteemed company to establish this partnership. I am delighted to working with Nesco to create luxury properties and embrace the creative process facing us. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend FEATURED DOWNLOAD  Weekly U.S. Lodging
Performance 10/07/07 - 10/13/07 | Smith Travel ResearchSmith Travel Research (STR) is the recognized leader in providing accurate, actionable information and analysis to the lodging industry. Since 1985, the company has served the industry operating on the key principals of integrity, confidentiality and customer service. STR provides timely information and analysis to all major North American hotel chains and a growing number of chains in Europe and Asia. Individual hotels, management companies, appraisers, consultants, lenders and other lodging industry analysts also rely on STR data for the accuracy they require.
TRAVEL INTERNET MARKETING FOCUS Are
Online Travelers Saying "Buh-Bye" To The Web? | forrester.com11 October 2007 | Online Spending Growth Masks A 9% Decline In US Leisure Bookers. The number of US leisure travel Bookers — online travelers who use the Internet to both research and buy travel — fell 9% from 2005 to 2007. View Article | Send to a Friend Hyatt
Place™ Introduces the Hotel Industry’s First Location-Based Webpage Using iGoogle™16 October 2007 | CHICAGO | Hyatt Place today announced the hotel industry’s first customized webpage populated with location-specific content using iGoogle1. This marks the first time a hotel brand is providing guests with the ability to immediately view relevant, local online content to assist them during their stay. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Choice
Hotels Deploys Innovative, Web-based Property Management System To All Domestic
Economy Hotels16 October 2007 | Silver Spring, Md. | Worldwide lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) announced today that it has completed the full deployment of its proprietary Web-based hotel property management system, choiceADVANTAGE, to all Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn brand hotels. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Lodging
Interactive Launches Search & Social Media Integrated Marketing Services
for Hotels18 October 2007 | Parsippany, NJ | Lodging Interactive, a leading provider of interactive marketing services to the hospitality industry, today announced the roll out of comprehensive Search Engine and Social Media integrated marketing services to help hotels drive online awareness and bookings. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend IATA
Creates Standard Mobile-Phone Checkin Code | btnonline.com15 October 2007 | The International Air Transport Association today announced a global standard that enables airline members to offer consistent mobile phone checkin and boarding pass options. A handful of carriers already have deployed such checkin procedures, but IATA said various standards that apply in different regions have precluded a global solution. "Passengers want the convenience of self-service options in a paperless environment. View Article | Send to a Friend The
Golden Keys of E-Commerce | By Naseem Javed9 October 2007 | It only takes a minute to establish if one is holding that magical key or just toying with a rusty screwdriver. Today, in order to have a commanding presence with universal access on e-commerce, domain names must act like very special golden keys as without it, the entire exercise of Internet-centric commerce becomes almost useless. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Travel Meets Web
2.0: A Match Made In Heaven | imediaconnection.com4 October 2007 | With the advent of Web 2.0, travel companies are realizing they must incorporate rich media and other tools in order to enrich the customer experience. View Article | Send to a Friend REVENUE MANAGEMENT FOCUS IDeaS
Releases First Comprehensive Hospitality Demand Study for 2008 Singapore Formula
One Grand Prix26 September 2007 | IDeaS, the leading provider of hospitality revenue optimization solutions and services, has developed the first comprehensive hospitality demand report for the inaugural Singapore Formula One Grand Prix, to be held on September 28, 2008. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend New
Book by Dr. E. Andrew Boyd, PROS Chief Scientist, Explores Important Lessons
in Pricing 10 October 2007 | HOUSTON | PROS, a world leader in pricing and revenue optimization science and software for manufacturing, distribution, services, hotel/cruise, and airlines, announces the release of Dr. E. Andrew Boyd’s latest work on Pricing Science and Management. Chief Scientist Dr. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Yahoo!
Canada and Online Revealed Canada Conference form Strategic Marketing Partnership9 October 2007 | Toronto, ON | Online Revealed Canada, Canada’s authority for Internet marketing education has entered into a strategic partnership with Yahoo! View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Search
Engine Marketing – Paid Advertising | By Sachin Suri5 October 2007 | In traditional print advertising or similar ad vehicles, companies pay for the number of people who are supposed to see the ad, or at least that is what is supposed to happen. With search engine marketing, companies participating in PPC (Pay per Click) programs actually pay the search engines each time people click on their ads. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend JDA
Software Group and The Rainmaker Group Continue Partnership, Expand Relationship
in Hospitality Market3 October 2007 | SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. | JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), the leading provider of hospitality enterprise pricing and revenue management solutions, today announced it has expanded its partnership with The Rainmaker Group, the world leader in automated revenue management software and services to the gaming hospitality industry. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend RESORT MARKETING FOCUS Luxury
Travel Clubs Put High Price On Exclusivity | Usatoday.com16 October 2007 | MIAMI — Why are thousands of millionaires queueing up for the right to plunk down as much as $459,000, plus annual dues of up to $35,000, just for a few weeks of access to vacation homes? View Article | Send to a Friend Oslo
Statement on Ecotourism | By The International Ecotourism Society26 September 2007 | On behalf of the staff and Board of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), I am pleased to present the Oslo Statement on Ecotourism. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend TIA’s
Annual Marketing Outlook Forum Will Focus On The Future Of Travel26 September 2007 | WASHINGTON, DC | TIA’s annual strategic forecasting conference for the U.S. travel industry, the Marketing Outlook Forum, will feature enhanced programming this year, including early results of a major new study on the Chinese travel market, major presentations by high-level speakers plus an additional half-day of free professional development seminars. The conference will take place October 22 – 25 in Charlotte, NC. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend HOTEL DIRECTOR OF SALES & MARKETING The
Power Of Travel: The Hotel You Choose May Make A Difference | concierge.com17 October 2007 | Now that the travel industry is beginning to tackle social issues from poverty to health care, the hotel you choose can make the difference betweena child going hungry or being fed, a wildlife habitat being protected or destroyed, a woman giving birth to a healthy child or one infected with HIV. View Article | Send to a Friend An Extra Night, An Upgraded
Price | MSNBC.com12 October 2007 | Q: I’m having a problem with a hotel honoring a room price. I tried to book three nights at the Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik in Croatia, but for some reason the site wouldn’t accept my dates. So I phoned Hilton’s toll-free number, and was offered a rate of 181 euros a night. They never asked me how many people were staying in the room. View Article | Send to a Friend Forget
The Fruit Basket, Fortified Vodka Greets Vip Guests | By Kitty Bean Yancey
- Hotel Hotsheet11 October 2007 | Just when I think I've heard the craziest hotel amenity, I get word of something that tops it. Now comes "turn up" service. As in: Turn up guests' energy or libido or intellectual focus with a shot of vodka mixed with a choice of elixir. View Article | Send to a Friend A
Hotel That Reaches Out To Those In Need Of Sleep | NYtimes.com9 October 2007 | Droopy-lidded natives proclaim that New York is the city that never sleeps. So there would seem to be little demand for a special position of sleep concierge, a hotel version of Mr. Sandman. Go to City Room » But then there are the out-of-towners, the jet-lagged business executives and the bright-lights-big-city vacationers for whom New York is a robber of rest. View Article | Send to a Friend SALES & MARKETING FACULTY Cornell
Report Underscores Importance of Trust in Decision Making 17 October 2007 | A hotel executive team makes its best decisions when it addresses the concerns of all the team members - call it the conflict of ideas. But an open clash of ideas can also create bruised feelings and strained relationships, which damage implementation and the decision process. To prevent that damage, hotel executives need to promote trust among their top managers, according to a new study from Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Travel
Threats Announces Initiative to Increase Safety and Security Awareness for
Students Traveling Overseas15 October 2007 | Orlando, FL | Travel Threats () announced today a partnership initiative with schools, colleges and universities to increase travel security and situational awareness for students traveling internationally. Travel Threats Student International Travel Safety (SITS) Program lessens the likelihood of student travelers falling victim to an untoward incident while traveling overseas. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Announcing
The UNLV-JMBM Hotel Developers Conference9 October 2007 | LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES | The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) and Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP (JMBM) today announced co-sponsorship of the only hotel summit designed to provide senior executives with a comprehensive program that examines both the compelling economic benefits and some of the daunting practical challenges of a specific topic confronting the hospitality industry. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Bob
Alter, Chairman, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. to present at Cornell’s
"Conversations with Entrepreneurs"5 October 2007 | Ithaca, NY | Bob Alter, chairman, Sunstone Hotel Investors, will be the next featured speaker in the “Conversations with Entrepreneurs” series presented by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend COLUMNS All
Change | Changing A Hotel's Brand Requires Careful Management | By Ian Graham17 October 2007 | In this article we explore some of the issues that arise when hotel owners and operators decide to change the hotel brand. In fact, we believe many of the issues are similar in each of the following circumstances. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Insider
Secrets for Branding and Selling Fractional Ownership to the Elusive Affluent
Buyer | By Lawrence Hefler and Susan Adams16 October 2007 | In the world of livestock, it’s been said that “a brand is a cow’s only return address”… sort of a short story about trust, relationships, and options. In the world of shared resort real estate, and the increasingly popular fractional ownership option, a brand is not only your home address but just may be what gets you to the customer’s address. That’s where the branding story begins. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Putting
the "Hospitality" back in the Hospitality Industry | By Brenda Fields8 October 2007 | What other industry is so directly involved with serving its customers in many significant areas to their well being? Food, drink, and sleep are three of the most important needs of an individual. But just meeting these needs does not ensure a successful operation or ensures client loyalty. Nor does it ensure that the customer's needs were met with good service in a hospitable manner. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend How
To Engage That “portable Generation”, Who Will Ultimately Run Your Business!
| By J. Ragsdale Hendrie8 October 2007 | We have called them everything, from Gen X’ers, to Generation Y to the Me. Where many of us now in Senior positions were the product of Walkmans and Beepers, what has been technically spawned is remarkable, and our future leaders, General Managers and Key Middle Management are connected, as never before. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend THE LATEST ENTRIES FROM TOP HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY BLOGS Do you look at a room before taking it? That's a common practice in Europe. I heard from Hotsheet reader James Whitesell from Florida who tells this cautionary tale: "My wife and I were in Utah and checked into a m...  Monday, October 29 - Posted on USA Today Hotel Hotsheet | Kitty Bean Yancey Atelier Sul Mare, hotel museum in SiciliaAtelier Sul Mare is one of those rather unique hotels where each room is different. This hotel is even call Hotel Museum "Museo Albergo". Each room has been decorated to refl... Monday, October 29 - Posted on Hotel Blogs 2.0 | Guillaume Thevenot The Hotel Fairy: Denver Marriott City CenterOnce in a while, an air hostess - who will remain anonymous - will act like my Hotel Fairy who will share with you on video the hotels she experience across the world. No wor... Monday, October 29 - Posted on Hotel Blogs 2.0 | Guillaume Thevenot Flying past those airport nightmaresWhat to do if your business trip devolves into a worst-case scenario. By Lindsay Blakely, Business 2.0 Magazine October 18 2007: 1:04 PM EDT You need to get to that meeting... Sunday, October 28 - Posted on Revenue Management Forum Fun Hospitality Halloween Costume Contest!Local Vancouver F&B job search site RaisinJobs.com has launched a terrific Halloween costume contest. The prizes are huge: dinners at restaurants around Vancouver and two ... Sunday, October 28 - Posted on Vacant Ready | Chris Clarke All Blogs ECONNECT RSS FEEDS  Stay on top of what's
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Hospitality & Travel Companies Turn Out For HSMAI University's
Simulation Seminars4 October 2007 | MCLEAN, VA | Turning out for two extraordinary seminars on View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Guide
For Going Green, E-mail Etiquette Highlight HSMAI University's Upcoming
Fall Webinars1 October 2007 | MCLEAN, VA | The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) University will present a series of educational seminars in October highlighting key topics such as View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend Award
For ‘Advancing Excellence’ To Be Bestowed On HSMAI’s Ilsa
Whittemore18 October 2007 | MCLEAN, VA | Recognized for being a “mentor, volunteer and leader,” the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International’s (HSMAI) associate executive director Ilsa Whittemore will receive the 2007 Women Who Advance Excellence in Associations award. View Article | Print Article | Send to a Friend FEATURED EVENTS  HSMAI
Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference (at HEDNA)
3 December 2007 HSMAI’s
Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference is a conference designed to
bring leading industry experts together to discuss the hottest issues and
trends in Internet marketing. HSMAI's Internet Marketing Strategy
Conference will take place in conjunction with the annual HEDNA
Conference. Phoenix, AZ  HSMAI/CHA
Caribbean Sales & Marketing Strategy Conference
13 - 14 December 2007 Sales
and marketing professionals in the Caribbean will take away a wealth of
information and resources pertaining to the hottest topics, issues and
trends that are invaluable for growing their business when the first
Caribbean Hotel Sales and Marketing Strategy Conference convenes in San
Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 13-14, 2007. Puerto Rico  HSMAI
Adrian Awards Gala
28 January 2008 In its
51st year, the Adrian Awards continues to capture and showcase industry
achievers and ROI-producing materials from hotels, airlines, attractions,
car rental companies, casinos, convention centers, cruise lines,
destinations, restaurants, and spas, as well as time share and extended
stay properties and industry suppliers. New York, NY  HSMAI's
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9 - 10 April 2008 HSMAI's
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Annual Resort Conference
16 - 18 April 2008 The
resort industry will gather for their annual forum to discuss and explore
issues unique to resort marketing and operations when the 8 th annual
Resort Conference takes place at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego from
April 16-18, 2008. The event is sponsored by the Hospitality Sales &
Marketing Association International (HSMAI) and The University of Denver's
School of Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management. San Diego, CA All HSMAI
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advanced.HSMAI-U offers workshops and seminars in various cities, and "Webinars" incorporating 60-minute presentations conducted "live" via the web with audio conference linkage. Upcoming 2007 Webinars
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