The Interactive Customer Experience Solution (ICE) from Intelity, a touch technology system, is now available in the hospitality industry. The in-room concierge and back-end monitoring system organizes, tracks, and measures all hotel activity at the touch of a screen.

Two WelTec hospitality students experienced the trip of a lifetime in their first year of study when they were selected to go to France as part of an exchange with French school, Les Sorbet.

SUMMERVILLE — As Sheila Crump Johnson emerged from the darkly tinted Lincoln Navigator outside Woodlands Resort and Inn, her facial expression revealed no hint of her mood to the expectant staff waiting to greet her. Those employees only see her, often described as "America's first black female billionaire," for a few hours every quarter at the luxury property her company bought in 2006.

Quaint ... friendly ... charming. They are all words that suit the Southern hospitality you find along the streets of Edenton. Located on the Albemarle Sound's Edenton Bay, the village of Edenton is a 1712 town that features three centuries of historic architecture behind tree-lined sidewalks and waterfront vistas. Many structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and two ...

The robust hospitality market in Niagara Falls, Ont., is welcoming a pair of new residents.

ROME, Ga. -- The Fighting Saints of Carroll College and the Cougars of the University of Sioux Falls, happy to get away from the wintry weather of their home states, are enjoying Georgia hospitality while preparing to meet on the football field....

LAUGHLIN - The local hospitality industry will venture onto a new trail in March when Laughlin hosts its first Wings and Wildlife Festival of Southern Nevada, the Greenway Heritage Trails West committee was told at its Tuesday meeting in the Clark County Regional Government Center on Laughlin Civic Drive between Casino Drive and Thomas Edison Drive.

A couple of weeks into the winter sports season (by the sports we cover, not according to the calendar) and I have witnessed way too many turnovers on the basketball court.

The Alabama State Department of Archives and History made a special exception recently to open its doors as the appropriate venue for a ball for local area princesses.

The Conrad Hong Kong has announced the appointment of Lucinder Ng as Director of Sales & Marketing. Ms Ng is responsible for developing and implementing the commercial goals of the hotel, directing activities across sales, marketing communications, revenue management and reservations. Lucinder Ng joins the Conrad Hong Kong with extensive experience in the hospitality industry. She was previously ...

The Iberotel Fleesensee is not due to open until 1 July next year, but that has not deterred Lloyd Fonds, the German investor, from wanting to take early possession of the four-star hotel. Lloyd Fonds is to pay its compatriot the developer GBI roughly €17.6 million for the 156-room hotel, which is part of the Land Fleesensee development in northeastern Germany. GBI must be delighted when it sees ...

New York, NY | Hospitality eBusiness Strategies (HeBS), the industry's leading full-service Internet marketing services and strategies consulting firm for the hospitality and travel verticals, today announced receipt of five prestigious Adrian Awards presented by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI). For the 52nd Annual Adrian Awards Competition, the largest and ...

The engagement of Lucy Margaret Thompson and Carl Wittichen Israel was announced at a dinner last Friday hosted in their honor at the home of Elisabeth and Jim Byram.

This article summarizes the historical tourism trends in Greece until 2007 and describes the most significant new hotel developments expected to beacon the tranformation of the country into a major competitive player in the global hospitality industry. This article is written by Themis Trakas and Pavlos Papadimitriou.

HD Online Expo HD Online Expo enables the hospitality industry to "Experience Hospitality Design" ALL YEAR LONG . It's the virtual component to HD EXPO and HD BOUTIQUE that extends the life of both events for BOTH the exhibitor and attendee.

CROATIAN Prime Minister Ivo Sanader relaxed after his European Union membership talks with some old-fashioned Yankee barbecue. After chairing a UN Security Council session last weekend, Sanader and his daughters stopped by Southern Hospitality on...

Phoenix, AZ -- December 19, 2008 -- MSI (Multi-Systems, Inc.) a leading provider of hospitality technology and services recently hosted the first annual Consultant Roundtable, featuring some of the industry's best and brightest minds.

CRESTVIEW - Okaloosa County staffers are preparing an ordinance that would allow permitted restaurants to have dogs in designated outdoor portions of their businesses.County Commissioners agreed with a request from Angler's Beachside Bar and Grill to develop a doggie-dining ordinance for unincorporated areas of the county."We in the restaurant business are in the hospitality business as much as ...

The GMR-backed Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd got only 15 proposals for 13 plots for building hotels across all segments, with the big three hospitality players ITC, Taj and Oberoi staying away from the bidding process.

My family in Britain argues with the neighbours about noise, but for my cousins in Iraq, one of a host of less trivial grievances was their neighbours' hospitality to cross-dressing al Qaeda fighters.

property governance ( Cover Story December 12) was sensationalist and misleading and the analysis of the Hospitality Property Fund structure was inaccurate and incomplete.

India Hospitality Corp. today announced the following.

Cambean Hospitality, a Miami Beach-based hospitality group that owns and manages four boutique hotel properties in the South Beach area, has announced the selection of Plan A Public Relations & Marketing, Inc. to manage their marketing and communications activities. Plan A will be responsible for increasing exposure and building brand recognition for Cambean Hospitality and their properties, as ...

The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has announced the recipients of the annual Albert E. Koehl Award for advertising and marketing and the Winthrop W. Grice Award for public relations excellence. The recipients will be honored at HSMAI’s annual Adrian Awards Gala on Jan. 26, 2009, at the New York Marriott Marquis. The HSMAI Adrian Awards honor creative ...

MADISONVILLE Seven-year-old Danya Parrish is asking her Western Kentucky community for help granting a Christmas wish. The Earlington girl, with her mother and an aunt, has placed buckets in local businesses to collect money for her ailing father. She wants to raise enough so her dad can stay in the Hospitality House of Louisville and continue to receive treatment after he's released ...

MSI (Multi-Systems, Inc.) a leading provider of hospitality technology and services recently hosted the first annual Consultant Roundtable, featuring some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. In an effort to further their own understanding and expose their servant leadership style, MSI brought together several of hospitality’s leading consultants; for a one day session to further ...

The Westower Tavern at West Ballina. THE Judd family's Westower Tavern at West Ballina has been sold to Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group. After a heart-wrenching decision to sell the tavern, the deal was completed on December 1.

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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Ernst & Young examines the eco-friendly efforts of hotels and resorts in eight regions of the world, finds progress in the greening of the hospitality industry and identifies 10 areas in which the business could do better.

BY ANDREA SACHS Tempted to leave the 80-hour-a-week grind to run a multi-room slice of paradise? Good news: According to the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the hospitality industry may generate 300,000 new jobs by 2014. Not all will be in paradise, of course, but here are some tips on pursuing this career path, courtesy of Hix Island House manager Bob Gevinski and the AHLA. Take a class. ...