SOME 150 orphans and senior citizens together with some students in Kedah were recently treated to a breaking of fast dinner by the Sentosa Regency Hotel in Alor Setar, Kedah.

PETALING JAYA: As travellers become more Internet and social media-savvy, airlines have started to leverage on social media sites for branding, promotion and marketing.

Consumers are bargaining for cheaper hotel accommodations and tour packages, even though prices are already lower than a few years ago as tourism has not recovered from the global economic crisis and local political unrest.

Malalaking diskwento ang alok ng mga bigating hotel sa Visayas kasunod ng dagok sa turismo ng hostage-taking sa Quirino Grandstand. Nagpa-Patrol, Zyann Ambrosio, TV Patrol, Linggo, Setyembre 5, 2010

Cisco's futurist seeks smarter products through technology.

The Hall calls: The Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame has counted some 7,000 ballots, and a sizable group of 20 new members, including sportscasters Jon Miller and Gary Radnich and DJs Bonnie Simmons and Dave Morey, will be inducted into its fifth class. "It is a... San Francisco Bay Area - Hall of fame - Jon Miller - United States - Disc jockey

Anyone who has recently traveled to a major U.S. city knows the shock of finding a hotel, car rental or restaurant bill laden with extra charges. It's a growing trend among cities to add bed taxes, airport concession taxes and other charges to visitors' bills in order to fund tourism marketing campaigns, airport improvements and other projects.

What to do if you're trapped in a culture clash.

As the Gators and their fans gear up for their season opener, some local store owners are just as excited. Gators Plus store manager Christina Rodenwoldt said her store plans their entire year around football season. Indiana resident Tim Sousley said he has planned for a while to come to Gainesville . . .

Allpro Parking, a Buffalo-based parking facility operator, appointed Alan E. Kraemer vice president of business development and Robb Rice business development manager. Kraemer most recently was national sales manager/Pittsburgh area manager with Parking Company of America Airports.

The Knowland Group, a Lewes-based business development firm, is set to hire as many as 180 employees for its Salisbury, Md, office and call center in the coming months to handle growth in its business with the hotel industry.

Stripped of its ties to the Hilton chain, Downtown's biggest hotel faces a second crisis: Mortgage holder Black Rock Financial Management Inc. foreclosed on the property.

Australians staying in central Christchurch are fine and being looked after, their hotel manager says.

Australians staying in central Christchurch are fine and being looked after says hotel manager.

More guests are bringing their own devices, taking a small but significant bite out of the bottom line as the hospitality industry struggles to pull out of a deep slump. The nation's hotel industry, already struggling to pull out of its worst slump in decades, is now suffering from another loss in revenue because of the booming popularity of cellphones and laptop computers.

Fantasia Barrino surprised clubgoers on karaoke night at the Dusk lounge in New York.

REXBURG, Idaho -- A 22-year-old woman who has been working as a housekeeper at a Rexburg hotel to save money for college turned in $5,000 she found in a bank envelope while cleaning a room. Kelsey Ricks says it was simply a matter of doing "what's right." Springhill Suites Marriott sales manager Ben Lee says the hotel was able to return the money to the businessman who had stayed in the room ...

A 22-year-old woman who has been working as a housekeeper at a Rexburg hotel to save money for college turned in $5,000 she found in a bank envelope while cleaning a room.

Six Months After Opening, the JW Marriott Hotel Welcomes Its 100,000th Guest, Serves as Headquarter Hotel for ASAE and Promotes Revitalization of Downtown Los Angeles

From left are Gordon Ipson, manager of economic development with Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative, Tod Faris, executive director of AEDC and Bryan Ziegler, director of the Iowa Small Business Development Center at Indian Hills Community College.