HOSPITALITY HEADLINES

• Starwood Hotels makes landmark entry in Bermuda (Caribbean Net News, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands)
• Moloka'i hotel has new management (The Honolulu Advertiser)
• BRIEF: Buffalo Thunder Misses Payment: Resort's credit rating downgraded over $11.5M delinquent obligation (Albuquerque Journal, N.M.)
• Good news/bad news in tourism report (Destin Log, Fla.)
• Railways struggle with budget hotels (Hindustan Times, New Delhi)
• Hotel officially becomes Best Western (High Point Enterprise, N.C.)
• CIB gets OK to raise taxes on hotel stays (The Indianapolis Star)
• Klobuchar: Economy visits tourism with 20 percent decline (The Bemidji Pioneer, Minn.)
• Tourism and hospitality now the region's top industry (Daily News, Los Angeles)
• W Hotels set to open a Miami Beach location: LUXURY W HOTELS, WHICH HAS A FORT LAUDERDALE SITE, NOW WILL OPEN ONE IN MIAMI BEACH (The Miami Herald)
• Economic free fall shakes Caribbean: With the United States in the midst of recession, the tourist-dependent Caribbean searches for ways to cushion the blow during a four-day summit. (The Miami Herald)
• 'It's not just a renovation ? it's a new hotel': New Hotel Abrego includes restaurant, meeting room (The Monterey County Herald, Calif.)
• Lawsuit seeks Executive Inn foreclosure (The Paducah Sun, Ky.)
• Rockin' relics: Memorabilia arrives at casino (Tulsa World, Okla.)
• Financing a hotel is a tough job (News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.)

INSIDE HOTEL ONLINE TODAY
DAILY EMAIL NEWS

• IDeaS Revenue Optimization and Multi-Systems Inc. Complete Certified System Integration
• Financing a Hotel is a Tough Job, "Not for the Squeamish" says Bridget Chisholm of Urban Hotel Group
• Lodgian, Inc. Obtains Extensions on $71.6 million of its Mortgage Debt; Ceases Mortgage Payments on the Holiday Inn Phoenix West with Hopes to Return the Property to the Lender on a Consensual Basis
• $500 million W Hotel Set to Open in South Beach, Florida, For $12,000 a Night You Too Can be "Wowed"
• Los Angelians Are Going Out Less, Ordering Fewer Drinks, Watching Prices More / Hotel Bel-Air Wins for Top Appeal / Zagat Nightlife Survey
• Beachtree Properties Select Aqua Hotels & Resorts to Rebrand the 53-room Hotel Molokai
• Orchid Resorts & Escapes Now Featured on LuxuryLink.com; Luxury Link and Orchid Resorts & Escapes Team Up to Bring More Exceptional Properties to the Sophisticated Traveler
• Pinnacle Realty Investments Represented Owners of Sheraton Newton Hotel, Newton, Massachusetts, Hotel to be Rebranded as Crowne Plaza
• Board of Directors Elected for Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association; James Purdum, Penn State Hospitality Services, Named Chairman
• "It's Not Just a Renovation! It's a New Hotel"; Hotel Abrego Opens in Monterey, California
• Starwood Hotels Plans Entry into Bermuda With St. Regis Bermuda
• Former Radisson Hotel, High Point, North Carolina Officially Becomes Best Western
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• Glenn Fogel from Priceline, SVP of Lodging for Expedia and CMO from Orbitz to Speak at the Travel Distribution Summit, Sept, Chicago
• $75 million Hotel Proposal by Urban Hotel Group Gaining Momentun with Greensboro, North Carolina Offcials
• Developer Hollander Investments Unveils Plans for Two Hotels on Tacoma, Washington Waterfront
• New Wedding Trends for 2009 Impact the Way Couples Plan Their Big Day; Online wedding planning is a growing trend  
• Through the Eyes of a Hotel Butler: Small Details - Big Degree of Difference / Osvaldo Torres Cruz
• Hawaii Tourism Responds Swiftly to Challenges; Hawaii Tourism Authority Approves $3.4 million for Marketing in Japan, North America, Australia and New Zealand
• Hotel Indigo Opens in Central West End, St. Louis, Missouri Despite Delays and Disputes Following $17 million Renovation
• Drury Hotels Wins Grudging Approval from Santa Fe's Historic Design Review Board of its Plans for Redevelopment of the St. Vincent Hospital Property to a Hotel
• A Common Sense Review Process for Capital Investments / Dr. John Hogan
• Roomlinx Wins Global Business Planning Competition in Wales, U.K.; Denver-based hospitality company wins one year of free office space and support package to expand into Europe
• Engaging Service: 22 Ways to Become a Service Superstar / Bryan K. Williams
• EZYield.com and SoftBrands Commence Offering of Integrated Software Suite Through New Global Technology Partnership
• Travel Intelligence Group Partners With RateTiger to Enhance Competitive Positioning; Online travel provider benchmarks rate parity
• priZem & Aprinda Join Forces to Stimulate Hotel Revenues and Accurately Create Financial Awareness!
• Double JJ Ranch, Waterpark and Golf Resort, Western Michigan’s Four Season Destination Resort, Under New Ownership and Management
• Discounted Rates Fuel a Very Busy Fourth of July Weekend for Miami, Fort Lauderdale Hotels
• Clayton, New Mexico Community Implement Efforts to Save Landmark Eklund Hotel After Closing Due to Foreclosure
• Travel Systems Expert Flo Lugli Named as Executive Vice President of Marketing for Wyndham Hotel Group
• Tamir Kobrin Appointed General Manager at the Leela Palace Kempinski Udaipur in Rajasthan, India

Top five viewed pages during June 2009

1. Top Ten Historic Hotels According to AAA's 65 Full-time Inspectors
   
2. Which Hotel Markets are Worst and Which Will be the Best?; Recap Steve Rushmore NYU Presentation / Jim Butler
   
3. User-generated Reviews Are Exploding! It Used to Be That an Unhappy Hotel Guest Would Tell 3 Others, Now They  Tell 3 million (With Less Effort) / Jonathan Barsky, Lenny Nash
   
4. Dana Point's St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort Set for Auction on July 7, 2009; Owner Makallon Resorts LLC Stopped Making Mortgage Payments Earlier this Year
   
5. The "W" Hotel Is the Talk du Jour / Bob Rauch