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One-On-One with Ritz-Carlton President And COO Simon Cooper: Recovery Steady As Groups ReturnBy Michael B. Baker

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. president and COO Simon Cooper recently spoke with Business Travel News hotel editor Michael B. Baker about corporate travel's... KEEP READING

Starwood Launches First Two TelePresence SitesBy —Michael B. Baker

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide last month went live with its first two remote conferencing studios, and hosted its first in-hotel Cisco... KEEP READING

First Hyatt Earnings Report Since IPO Finds Fourth-Quarter Rise In OccupancyBy Michael B. Baker

Hyatt Hotels Corp. today, in its first public earnings report in decades, reported that occupancy, though not rates, began to creep upward at its... KEEP READING

Remnants Of Business Travel Decline And Harbingers Of Growth In Marriott EarningsBy Michael B. Baker

Marriott International today reported signs of resurgence in business travel as it released fourth-quarter and full-year performance results.... KEEP READING

Starwood: Rise In Business Travel Mitigated Late '09 Revenue DeclineBy Michael B. Baker

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, while posting a fourth-quarter 2009 loss yesterday, credited a boost in business travel demand with mitigating... KEEP READING

Marriott Launches Onsite Remote Conferencing Studios, Plans For 25 By SummerBy Michael B. Baker

Marriott International today launched its first two remote conferencing studios under its new GoThere Virtual Meetings brand and further detailed its... KEEP READING

Smith Travel Details Depths Of 2009 Hotel PerformanceBy Michael B. Baker

Smith Travel Research this week reported final 2009 performance data for the U.S. hotel industry showing across-the-board decreases in all metrics for... KEEP READING

Buyers Still Hold Hotel Cards: Program Consolidations Yield Lower 2010 Rates, More PerksBy Michael B. Baker

Travel buyers are reporting success in lowering hotel rates globally and upping inclusive amenities for 2010, even in cases where they already had gone... KEEP READING

Starwood Amends Suit To Implicate Top Hilton ExecutivesBy Michael B. Baker

Starwood Hotels & Resorts on Thursday filed an amended version of its complaint of corporate espionage against Hilton Worldwide, claiming that the use... KEEP READING

Pipeline Report Shows Regional Epicenters Of Hotel ConstructionBy Michael B. Baker

Shanghai, Mexico, Brazil, London and the United Arab Emirates each had the largest active hotel development pipeline in their respective regions,... KEEP READING

PKF Revises 2010 Hotel Forecast, Sees Less Severe Rate DeclineBy Michael B. Baker

PKF Hospitality Research today raised its expectations of U.S. hotel demand and rate performance for 2010, based on a better-than-expected performance... KEEP READING

Amex To Provide Ritz-Carlton E-FolioBy Michael B. Baker

American Express today announced an agreement with Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. to provide electronic folio data for 40 of its properties across North... KEEP READING

Smith Travel Research Sees U.S. Hotel Recovery In 2011By Michael B. Baker

Smith Travel Research this week issued a forecast calling for the U.S. hotel industry's rates, revenue and occupancy to begin a recovery in 2011.... KEEP READING

Starwood To Move Headquarters to ConnecticutBy Hospitality Design

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide will be moving its headquarters from White Plains, N.Y., to Stamford, Conn., in January 2012, according to the... KEEP READING

Carlson's Joly Plans Hotel Revival, Long-Term DevelopmentBy Michael B. Baker

Carlson CEO Hubert Joly's five-year plan for Carlson Hotels Worldwide, when unveiled early next year, will include a project to revitalize the Radisson... KEEP READING

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