Not What, Not How, but Who? Western Companies Face a Worldwide Talent Crunch
Faced with an aging workforce and a growing demand for skilled workers in emerging markets like China and India, companies in the West are grappling with a talent crunch of unprecedented scope. ...more

Lessons from the Field - Defining Hospitality - By John Hogan
As I was completing a project today, I came across something I wrote more than 20 years ago and it caused me to reflect a moment. ...more

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AH&LA 2008 Lodging Industry Profile Reveals Increased Hotel Profits, Sales, and International Arrivals
Reveals $139.4 Billion in Sales, Qualifies Consumer Characteristics and Expenditures ...more

LE's Mid-Year Report for South America Shows the Lodging Construction Pipeline at 341 Projects/56,316 Rooms
South America's Construction Pipeline for Q2 decreased to 341 projects/56,316 rooms after cresting in Q1 2008. ...more

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Back To The Future: Meet The Hotel Guest Of 2020 - By Jitendra Jain
It is the year 2020. The past twelve years have been a flurry of development in the areas of design, nanotechnology, robotics, medicine, the internet, security and law. Contrary to popular opinion, the hotel industry has not been slow on the uptake. It's been the decade of hospitality renaissance. A coming of age, an evolution of service as it should be...and a tribute to true personalization. Here's a look at the hotel guest experience in the year 2020 and how guests have helped the industry become truly magnificent. ...more

CheckinWiz Partners with LoyaltyMatch, Short Listed for Red Herring's Top 50 Tech Awards of Innovative Canadian Companies
CheckinWiz is pleased to announce a partnership with Kitchener-Waterloo based LoyaltyMatch. LoyaltyMatch recently announced its short listing for Red Herring's Top 50 Tech Awards celebrating the most innovative and promising companies in Canada. ...more

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Hard Rock Hotel San Diego Taps Matt Greene from HR Vegas
Hard Rock Hotel San Diego has tapped hospitality guru Matt Greene, former senior vice president of operations at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, as the hotel's new general manager. ...more

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Colliers Launches Global Real Estate News Forum
The site will be a single source for up to the minute news from Colliers International around the world and is the first website of its kind to be developed by a global commercial real estate services provider. ...more

New Upscale Cambria Suites Hotel Planned for Fort Worth
First Female Developer for Cambria Suites Brand Marks a Total of Six New All-Suites Hotels Planned for Texas ...more

Manzanillo Resort In Mexico For Sale
Excellent Branding Opportunity in Manzanillo, Mexico. This is a former timeshare resort with 32 units/villas that easily can be expanded and converted. ...more

Jumeirah to Manage Luxury Resort in The US Virgin Islands
Jumeirah Group Appointed by Timbers Resorts to Manage the Jumeirah Botany Bay Resort on St. Thomas Island ...more

IHG Brings Hotel Indigo Brand to Central America
First Property Expected to Open in 2009 in San Jose, Costa Rica ...more

Mubadala Acquires 50% Stake in Kor
Los Angeles, California-based Kor Hotel Group and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), a business development and investment company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, announce the formation of a strategic partnership through Mubadala's acquisition of fifty-percent of Kor Hotel Group. The agreement will focus on aggressive global expansion of The Tides and Viceroy brands in key gateway cities and top resort destinations. ...more

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Fairmont Gets Dirty - California Coastal Clean-Up Day
One thousand colleagues of California Fairmont Hotels & Resorts accompanied by friends, family members and recruits scoured the state's inland waterways and beaches for litter last Saturday, September 20, 2008 as part of the 24th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. ...more

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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Announces Americas RevPAR Growth to 31 August 2008
2% Growth Year over Year ...more

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Lodging Interactive Offers Free Web 2.0 Social Media User's Guide for Hotels
Lodging Interactive, a leading interactive marketing agency servicing the hospitality industry, has published the hospitality industry's first Web 2.0 Social Media User's Guide. The guide serves to educate hoteliers on how to proactively establish and manage hotel profiles on the leading Social Media websites Facebook, Wikipedia, MySpace, Squidoo, Twitter, PhotoBucket and others. This comprehensive user's guide is offered by Lodging Interactive via a free download. ...more

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