Oriens Travel and Hotel Management Corp., a company that seeks out mid/lower-end hotel properties in developing countries and reorganizes them under the Hotel PURE brand, is pleased to announce the company has completed the redesign and launch of its new and improved web site, http://www.HotelPURE.com

John Williams’ latest task as general manager of the Skirvin Hilton required training not from his days studying hotel management in college, but rather a stint in high school shop class.His handiwork of days spent building the model for a gingerbread house replica of the Overholser Mansion was put on display Friday in the historic hotel’s lobby."We sat around this summer as we do and planned ...