WASHINGTON -- The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) is pleased to announce the publication of the 2002B Specification that provides the travel industry and travel related services the ability to deliver new features and enhanced capabilities to travelers, through enhanced XML transactions.

DALLAS -- Hotels.com ROOM, the largest specialized provider of discount lodging worldwide, announced today its top 10 destinations for 2002.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. & ORLANDO, Fla. -- Hilton Hotels Corporation HLT and CNL Hospitality Corp. today announced the formation of a partnership which acquired two hotels. On December 24, 2002, the CNL-Hilton partnership completed the acquisition of the 500-room Doubletree Hotel at Lincoln Centre in Dallas, Texas, and the 428-room Sheraton El Conquistador Resort and Country Club in Tucson, Arizona...

WASHINGTON -- MeriStar Hospitality Corporation MHX, the nation's third largest hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced that the company will not pay a common share dividend for the 2002 fourth quarter.

PORT CHESTER, NY -- Walsh Associates has won a contract from Host Marriott to coordinate $3 million in furniture, fixtures and equipment purchases for the extensive redesign of four Courtyard by Marriott properties. The hotels are among the first in the nation to benefit from a nationwide program to change the interior décor of the Marriott properties.

WASHINGTON--MeriStar Hospitality Corporation MHX, the nation's third largest hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced that the company will not pay a common share dividend for the 2002 fourth quarter.

WASHINGTON, Marriott International, Inc. MAR today announced it has signed definitive agreements to sell the stock of its MSLS management business to Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc. SRZ and the assets of nine Marriott Senior Living Services (MSLS) communities to CNL Retirement Partners, Inc. for approximately $259 million in cash. Last week, Marriott announced it had completed the sale of 12 senior...

MCLEAN, VA -- With the publication and release of the "2002 Sourcebook," the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) provides meeting planners with an annual comprehensive guide and reference tool, featuring articles on all aspects of planning, up-to-date listings of hotels, convention centers, and other meeting facilities and services.

ATLANTA -- Six Continents Hotels, Inc. (www.sixcontinentshotels.com), the world's leading hotel group, is making the holidays a little sweeter for many Atlanta citizens in need this season. Valued at more than $100,000, the 8,736 cake donation, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of Holiday Inn, was made today at the Hosea's Feed the Hungry and Homeless organization located in downtown Atlan...

MCLEAN, VA -- Taking center stage as emcee of the travel industry's largest and most prestigious international awards competition, presented by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), will be Bruce J. Himelstein, CHME, senior vice president of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, and global chair of HSMAI.