HOSPITALITY HEADLINES

• Kauai tempts Chinese business travelers (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
• Hotel tax may need room for longer stay (Times Union, Albany, N.Y.)
• Tourist arrivals to South Asia up 12 per cent last year (dpa, Berlin)
• Where does a president stay in Las Vegas? Small, eco-friendly hotel hosts guest-in-chief (Las Vegas Sun)
• Hotels introduced to water conservation practices (Jordan Times, Amman)
• Area hotels had a record 2011 (The Kansas City Star, Mo.)
• Brandon Knight's mother sues Hyatt Regency, alleging discrimination, assault (The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
• Tourism leaders meet in Memphis to call for better transportation, marketing (The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.)
• New downtown hotel planned (Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.)
• BRIEF: Hyatt general manager at Orlando airport chosen for this year's James B. Greene Award (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
• Florida tourism funding untouched amid budget cuts (Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.)
• Crowne Plaza facing foreclosure (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• New tourism chief aims to improve area's brand (Tampa Tribune, Fla.)

INSIDE HOTEL ONLINE TODAY
DAILY EMAIL NEWS

• Need a Hotel in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl? Good Luck! Some Rates Soar Up to 1758% Over the Norm
• PwC US Predicts Indianapolis' Surrounding Regions to Benefit From $150 million in Direct Spending Generated by Super Bowl XLVI
• Where Does the President of the United States Stay While in Las Vegas? The Eco-Chic Element of Course
• Crowne Plaza Near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, One of 17 Hotels Owned by Columbia Sussex, Facing Foreclosure
• Kansas City Area Hotels Post Record 2011 with 6.6 million Room Nights Sold; RevPAR & Occupancy Also Gain Ground
• Hotel Selling's 'S' Factors: Six Serious Selling Sins & Sound (Rx) Solutions / Ed Iannarella
• EzRMS successfully implemented at One King West Hotel & Residence in Toronto
• Benchmark Hospitality International Launches 'BE', A Private Label Chain Code for Travel Professionals
• The 424-room W Seattle in Washington and Owner, Host Hotels & Resorts, Launch Multi-Million Dollar Renovation; First Floor Public Spaces Closed with Unveiling Planned for March 2012
• Former Madison Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama to Undergo $5 million Overhaul and Rebrand as a 130-room DoubleTree Hotel
• New, LEED Pursuing $43 Million Boston Hostel Expected to Open in April
• IHG Unveils the 271-suite Crowne Plaza Suites Tequendama Bogota in Colombia; The Second Crowne Plaza Owned by Sociedad Hotelera Tequendama in Colombia
• Worldhotels Adds Three Properties Owned by the Chambers Group to its Portfolio; The 100-room Designhotel Elephant in Prague, the 72-room Lux11 in Berlin and the 88-room Weinmeister also in Berlin
• Hyatt Regency Indianapolis in Indiana Completes $20 Million Renovation of its 499 Guestrooms and Rooftop Restaurant
• The San Juan Marriott in Puerto Rico Unveils its Newly Renovated Lobby and Bar; Completing a 4 Year Project with Earlier Upgrades to Guestrooms and Restaurants
• Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Presents its Golden Pineapple Awards Recognizing Hospitality Employees for their Superior Service; 200 Employees Nominated, 9 Collegiate Scholarships Presented to Employee Family Members
• John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts Appoints Robert Henley as General Manager of University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center Springfield, Missouri
• John Yeadon Named Director of Sales and Marketing of the 533-room Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in Minnesota
• The Peabody Little Rock Hotel in Arkansas Appoints Denise Evans as Executive Meeting Manager and Erika Farrell as Catering Sales Manager
• Vincent Muraco Appointed Executive Chef, Andaz 5th Avenue, New York City
• San Francisco Travel Association Names Jon Ballesteros to New Vice President, Public Policy Position

• Cornell School of Hotel Administration and Sabre Hospitality Solutions Collaborate on New Emerging Marketing Course
• Horizon Hospitality's Success Formula: Strong Markets, Strong Managers, Strong Tools; Corporate Execs Work Hard to Free Up Property Managers to Focus on Revenue
• When Diners' Eyes Feast on Their Cellphones - It's a Whole New World with a Whole New Set of Table Etiquette Issues
• Sex for Sale in Las Vegas and The Consumer Electronics Show / Terence Ronson
• With the Las Vegas Era of MegaResort Construction Finished, Renovations on are the Rise Allowing Shrewd, Smaller Resorts to Shine
• AC Hotels by Marriott to Debut in France with the 143-room AC Hotel Nice; To Open in Early 2013 Through a Rebranding of the Elysee Palace Hotel in Nice Under a Management Contract with SNC Hoche Promotion
• MENA Hotel Performances Split in 2011; Turkey, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia Best Performing Markets while Struggles Continue Elsewhere in Region
• The Knowland Group to Begin Service in Hamburg; World's Most Respected Hotel Reader Board Service to Begin February 1
• Peoria, Illinois Council Rejects Using $3.5 Million in TIF Money for Marriott Hotel Project
• In a Pressure Cooker Setting, Chefs Struggle for Personal Health
• Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces Launches Vivanta by Taj in Surya, Coimbatore Bringing Portfolio of Brand to 22
• U.S. Travel Association Launches 2012 Vote Travel Campaign; Plans to have a Significant Presence at the Upcoming Political Party Conventions and Host Nationwide Rallies and Events to Raise Travel Industry Profile
• Huntington Hotel Group Chosen to Manage the 152-room Hilton Garden Inn Valencia Six Flags in California
• Florida International University Names its Hospitality School the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management; Honoring the Chaplin Family for their Ongoing Support
• Two Key Appointments Made for the 116-key Boutique Hyatt 48 Lex in New York; Brian Twomey Named as Assistant General Manager and Maria Ordóñez-Maloney Named as Sales Manager
• Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association Elects New Committee Officers and Board Directors

Top five viewed pages during December 2011

• Top 10 Hospitality Industry Trends for 2012 / Robert A. Rauch
• My Decision: Timing is Everything / Bill Marriott
• Cloud Computing - The Why and How it Benefits Hoteliers: Hotel-Online 3Qs Series on Best Practices in Hotel Marketing and Operations
• Pizza Fliers Spur Arrests at Tourist Hotels in Orange County, Florida
• A Look at Some of the Most Expensive New Year's Eve Dinners in Las Vegas - Foodies Rejoice!