Construction is under way on the new Holiday Inn StarCenter, located north of Dallas in Frisco, Texas. The hotel is expected to open this summer
March 01, 2003
Staybridge Suites Opens in Tallahassee
Staybridge Suites Tallahassee held its grand opening celebration Feb. 28. The hotel offers 104 guest rooms and 1,020 square feet of meeting space
March 01, 2003
Baltimore’s Grand Isle Resort to Add a Crowne Plaza
InterContinental Hotels Group plans to build a 300-room Crowne Plaza hotel as part of Baltimore’s $350 million Grand Isle Resort, located about
March 01, 2003
Doubletree Augusta Completes Updates
The Doubletree Hotel Augusta, formerly the Augusta Towers, recently finished a $7 million facelift. The hotel’s makeover included upgrades
March 01, 2003
Holiday Inn Comes to Denton, Texas
A new Holiday Inn opened March 9 outside of Dallas in Denton, Texas. The property contains 153 guest rooms and 5,000 square feet of function space
March 01, 2003
Phoenix CVB Expands Sales Team
Kevin Kamenzind was named senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Greater Phoenix CVB, effective May 1. Kamenzind comes to Phoenix
March 01, 2003
Benchmark to Manage Texas’ Lakeside Resort
Benchmark Hospitality, based here, plans to manage The Lakeside Resort & Residences, located near Dallas in Flower Mound, Texas, when it opens in
March 01, 2003
Maryland’s Atrium Court Hotel to Become Crowne Plaza
InterContinental Hotels Group plans to convert the Atrium Court Hotel, located in Rockville, Md., into the Crowne Plaza Rockville this summer
March 01, 2003
Cisco to Acquire WebEx
Cisco, a leading networking applications company based here, plans to purchase WebEx, a corporation specializing in business-to-business meeting
March 01, 2003
Calif.’s Courtyard Vacaville Completes Makeover
The Courtyard Vacaville finished a renovation early this year. The project included the renovation of the property’s 127 guest rooms, 2.739
March 01, 2003
Minneapolis Courtyard to Become a Renaissance Hotel
CSM Lodging, based here, plans to begin a large-scale renovation of the Courtyard Minneapolis Downtown at the Depot this spring and transform it into
March 01, 2003
Westin Slated for Indianapolis Airport
Plans are in the works for the construction of a new Westin hotel connected to the Indianapolis International Airport. According to press reports
March 01, 2003
D.C.’s Mayflower Hotel Acquired
Rockwood Capital purchased the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, located here, for an undisclosed amount. The hotel underwent more than $20 million in
March 01, 2003
Midwest Airlines to Expand Milwaukee Flights
Midwest Airlines plans to launch service from Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
March 01, 2003
Dallas’ Hilton Anatole Begins $40 Million Upgrade
Construction is under way at the Hilton Anatole Hotel, located here, on the conversion of its famed Stemmons Auditorium into a new ballroom. The
March 01, 2003
$100 Million Development Slated for Coachella, Calif.
The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians plans to construct a $100 million resort at its Spotlight 29 Casino, located here, about 25 miles
March 01, 2003
Fla.’s Rosen Centre Hotel Completes Upgrades
The Rosen Centre Hotel, located here, completed a multimillion-dollar meeting space upgrade. The project included a refurbishment to the hotel
March 01, 2003
Philly Radisson to Wrap Up Renovations
The Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel, located here, plans to finish its $15 million facelift this spring. The project includes the refurbishment of
March 01, 2003
Courtyard Denver Cherry Creek Debuts
The Courtyard Denver Cherry Creek opened March 5. The hotel, formerly a Four Points by Sheraton, underwent a major renovation before debuting
March 01, 2003
Durango’s Purgatory Village to Add Resort
Plans are in the works for the construction of a new resort at Purgatory Village, located here. The 130,000-square-foot property, scheduled to