The newly remodeled Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center is offering 10% off the total bill for events booked through Oct. 15.

PHUKET: Dragon Air intends to increase services on its Hong Kong-Phuket route.Cathay Pacific Airways, parent company of Dragon Air, says traffic to Phuket is robust with an average load factor of 90 t...

Dubai UAE 1, September 2010 Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Media City Dubai Media City has enhanced its sales team with the recent promotion of Ahmed Adam to Senior Sales Manager. In his new role Adam's key responsibilities include the development of the MICE and Leisure segments.

By Barry Parr: The County Times has a good summary of the Half Moon Bay city council’s threatened dissolution if its proposed 1% sales tax increase is rejected by voters. The full article is well worth reading. “The council has done everything in its power to keep the city whole,” [city county member John] Muller said. “If it doesn’t pass, we could seriously not be in business much longer ...

Orange County's legal team will argue before a judge Sept. 8 in Circuit Court that Orbitz, Expedia and other online vacation travel booking firms should pay the full retail rate for taxes owed on hotel rooms.

SWEET HOME — After four months as events manager for the OregonJamboree in Sweet Home, Erin Regrutto has been promoted to festivaldirector, according to Kevin Strong, president of the Sweet HomeEconomic Development Group, which sponsors the annual three-daycountry music event.

Troy-based Automation Alley, an association of tech companies in Southeast Michigan, announced the finalists Tuesday for its 10th annual awards gala to be held Oct. 1 at the Royal Park Hotel in downtown Rochester.

High street store Debenhams has revealed that home owners, eager to lift the gloom of the recession, have created the most unlikely shopping boom of all time - highly ornate chandeliers.

The new board of directors for the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce include John Bell of Willis Hall, chairman; David Chin of GoSmallBiz as past-chair; Al Aldrich of Strategies 360, chair elect; Michael Meeks of Dewar, Meeks & Ekrem, treasurer; Perry McConnell of Hansen, McConnell & Pellegrini, legal counsel; and Caldie Rogers, president/CEO.

Some say it’s based on looks. Others claim location. And still, others say it’s all about the history.

Libra OnDemand, the leading provider of Cloud-based hospitality applications designed to drive sales and increase revenues for the world’s premier hotel organizations, continues its impressive growth pace with the addition of two experienced professional hospitality technology executives.

The Marshall Convention and Visitors Bureau approved an new online hotel booking engine for the www.visitmarshalltexas.org site during its regular meeting Monday afternoon at City Hall.

Calling all grocery-budget heroes. Bottom Dollar Food will need plenty of help when the discount grocery chain makes its debut in King of Prussia later this year, so the North Carolina-based company will hold a hiring event on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 30 and 31 at the Dolce Valley Forge Hotel, 301 W. DeKalb Pike, King of Prussia, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The new board of directors for the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce include John Bell of Willis Hall, chairman; David Chin of GoSmallBiz as past-chair; Al Aldrich of Strategies 360, chair elect; Michael Meeks of Dewar, Meeks & Ekrem, treasurer; Perry McConnell of Hansen, McConnell & Pellegrini, legal counsel; and Caldie Rogers, president/CEO.

Herald Assistant Editor The Sapulpa City Council received the monthly numbers for the Municipal Golf Course at the regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 16.

Some hotels, including the 15-room Castle Post and the 367-room Hilton Lexington Downtown, are fille

Faithful Central Bible bought the Inglewood arena for $22 million a decade ago, with ambitious plans to make it a family entertainment venue. But now the Forum mostly sits empty and is embroiled in a legal dispute with management company SMG. At the Tabernacle in Inglewood on a recent Sunday, more than 2,000 members of the Faithful Central Bible Church jammed the aisles of the warehouse-turned ...

This Merdeka, we celebrate some Malaysians who have unusual jobs. KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — Fancy room that comes with a personal butler, and a pool in your suite is what most people would love to experience at least once in their lifetime, but the price tag that comes along with it might just be too pricey for the average traveller. Imagine a job ...

The troubled Hilton Pittsburgh has dumped its latest manager after a court battle that pitted the Downtown hotel's owner against its lender. Prism Hotels and Resorts of Dallas took over management of the Hilton last week, more than a month after Shubh Hotels Pittsburgh LLC, the hotel owner, sued to oust Virginia-based Crescent Hotels & Resorts, which had been hired in February.

In response to a growing outcry over salaries and benefits to public employees, which have steadily increased in the past few years, the city of Morgan Hill launched a page on its website listing the information for all of its employees. Publicizing the information is a way to let the public know that the city has nothing to hide, City Manager Ed Tewes said. The outreach effort follows recent ...