Business Wire

1. New Digby Analysis Reveals Continued Mobile App Adoption Within Retail And Hospitality, Setting The Stage For Location-Based Marketing Capabilities
   5/8/2013

   Digby, the leader in location-based marketing for retailers and brands, recently unveiled analysis that shows an increase in mobile app adoption from 2012-2013, setting the stage for similar growth in more advanced mobile technologies such as location-based marketing

2. HomeAway Software Launches RezOvation Web, New Cloud Software Designed To Help Innkeepers Manage Their Business
   5/8/2013

   HomeAway, Inc., the world’s leading online marketplace for vacation rentals, recently announced that HomeAway Software has launched RezOvation WebSM, a convenient and affordable property management software created for innkeepers and boutique hotels

3. Denver-Area Hotel To Be Converted To A Hyatt Place Hotel
   5/8/2013

   Hyatt Hotels Corporation recently announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a franchise agreement with affiliates of DiNapoli Capital Partners and Rockwood Capital for a hotel in the Cherry Creek-Glendale neighborhood of Denver

4. DoubleTree By Hilton Hotel Opens New Hotel In Binghamton Following Two-Year Renovation
   5/7/2013

   DoubleTree by Hilton, Hilton Worldwide’s fastest growing full service brand, recently announced the opening of its newest hotel in New York with the DoubleTree by Hilton Binghamton

5. U.S. Hotel Guests Spend More To Rent Rooms, But Not On Much Else
   5/7/2013

   Now that the national hotel occupancy rate is approaching its long run averages and scarcity has returned in certain markets and property types, guests have to pay more to rent rooms

6. Robert LaCasse Joins Davidson Hotels And Resorts Team As General Manager Of The Hyatt Regency Newport
   5/2/2013

   Robert “Bob” LaCasse has joined Davidson Hotels & Resorts’ team as general manager of the Hyatt Regency Newport, a resort property in downtown Newport surrounded by the waters of Narragansett Bay

7. Marcus Hotels & Resorts Enhances Successful Miller Time Pub & Grill Restaurant Concept
   5/2/2013

   Marcus Hotels & Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corporation, recently announced it has reintroduced its Miller Time Pub & Grill concept, creating a comfortable, neighborhood social spot while paying homage to its beer-inspired roots

8. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Partners With Keynote To Ensure The Quality Of Strategic Mobile Initiatives
   5/1/2013

   At STAREAST 2013 Keynote, the global leader in Internet and mobile cloud testing & monitoring, announced that Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (“Starwood”), the most global high-end hotel company in the world, uses Keynote’s DeviceAnywhere platform to test compliance of dozens of mobile apps and websites created for all of Starwood’s groups and properties, including Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton and others, with corporate branding standards

9. Country Inns & Suites By Carlson Partners With Genevieve Gorder To Announce New Brand Identity And New Generation Hotel Prototype
   4/11/2013

   Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world’s largest and most dynamic hotel groups, recently announced Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM has launched a new brand identity and a new generation hotel prototype

10. Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham In West Palm Beach, Florida Selects Comcast Business Hospitality
    4/9/2013

    Comcast Business, a unit of Comcast Cable, the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to business and residential customers, recently announced that Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham in West Palm Beach, Florida, has selected Comcast Business Hospitality for data, phone and TV services for its 112-suite property