Bad news for now, but recovery on the horizon | hotelnewsnow.com

As the Americas Lodging Investment Summit got under way Monday, season six American Idol finalist Stephanie Edwards took the ALIS stage and sang of not wanting to hear any more bad news about the hotel industry. Smith Travel Research president Mark Lomanno was on stage behind Edwards and served as one of the background singers for the tune. But minutes after the song-and-dance ended, Lomanno acknowledged during the opening general session that...