Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), today announced its award-winning Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) program is offering its members direct access to the US Open, which begins on August 29th at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York. Starting today, SPG members can bid Starpoints on a variety of once-in-a-lifetime experiences including premium lu...

MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Little Chef has selected the MICROS Restaurant Enterprise Solution (RES) to provide fast, flexible service to customers in its new concept sites. Little Chef, which serves over 20 million hungry travelers every year, is piloting the new...

Great Hotels of the World, the London-based hotel sales and marketing alliance has launched a new RFP tool on its website (http://www.ghotw.com/venuefinder). The new tool will make it easier and quicker for meeting planners to complete the RFP process as well as being more user-friendly.

With a stellar performance in the first quarter of 2011 under their belts, hotel management in Dubai is expectant of a resumption of business as usual following the downturn — although challenges remain relating to rates and competition. Kathi Everden reports.

In today's world, people are staying connected in myriad ways - in person, by phone, online via social channels - and all the while, sharing experiences with one another through their stories. The Holiday Inn brand understands the importance of personal connections and the value in stories shared with business colleagues, friends, family or even someone you've never met before. With that in mind,...

The first BEST WESTERN PREMIER hotel in Kansas opened last month in Kansas City. With 82 guestrooms, an on-site lounge and Pause… The Spa, the newly-built BEST WESTERN PREMIER KC Speedway Inn & Suites is located in the heart of Village West, at the entrance to the Kansas Speedway and across from LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.

Google has added a tool to search with its new Hotel Finder application. Joining other hotel aggregators, the site is Google’s latest foray into travel search. But how does the site stack up against competitors like Kayak and Bing Travel? We take a look for you. Like all things Google, Hotel Finder’s user-end layout is minimalistic and easy on the eyes. There’s no clutter or an overwhelming amoun...

It isn’t often that you get a lot of candor from TripAdvisor about the hazards of user-generated content, but parent company Expedia says TripAdvisor “faces potential liability” for content users post in reviews, blogs, comments and social media. Expedia isn’t saying there is any immediate litigation in the offing, but warns “there is no guarantee that the company [TripAdvisor] will avoid future ...

Guests loyal to the Loews Hotel luxury brand are experiencing service delivery like never before now that its properties are migrating to the Hotel Service Optimization System (HotSOS) from MTech. For the past 15 years Loews Hotels have automated their processes for responding to guests requests and work order fulfillment via MTech's Espresso! Quality Management solution. Today, the Loews Miami B...

With 25,000 square feet of meeting space including 14 separate meeting rooms accommodating events of all sizes, the Embassy Suites Denver - Downtown Convention Center hotel doesn't worry about having too little broadband to support the needs of event delegates or guests thanks to its partnership with PSAV® Presentation Services. Since opening in December 2010, PSAV has equipped the 403-room/suite...