Marriott International partnered with Ian Schrager, former head of Morgans Hotel Group and co-founder of Studio 54, to develop a new brand of

The Hilton Garden Inn Harrisburg East opened here May 25. The hotel, located in Harrisburg’s TecPort Business Park, offers 126 guest rooms

The Le Meridien at Beverly Hills [Calif.] closed its doors June 9 for a facility-wide facelift and plans to reopen as SLS Los Angeles in March 2008

Construction began June 19 on the 87-acre Echelon Resort Las Vegas. The development is slated to contain 5,300 guest rooms spread out between five

The Madison [Wis.] Marriott West is currently updating its lobby, a project scheduled to finish in September. The 238-room hotel offers guests 50

Wisconsin's Brookfield CVB, located about 20 minutes outside of Milwaukee, appointed Rodney Raschka executive director, effective June 26. Raschka

Prism Hotels & Resorts recently transformed the Radisson Hotel Historic Richmond [Va.] into the Doubletree Hotel Richmond Downtown. Along

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide plans to break ground in 2007 and 2008 on seven aloft hotels in Texas. The properties will include the

Discussions are underway for a major expansion to the Thunder Valley Casino, located here. The United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, plans to expand its service between Atlanta and San Diego and initiate flights between San Diego

The Charleston Riverview Hotel was recently transformed into the Charleston Marriott after a facility facelift. The hotel’s multimillion-

Stoney Creek Hospitality Corporation plans to break ground later this summer on the Stoney Creek Inn and Conference Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

The Wingate Inn, located here, was renamed the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Bloomington West June 25. As a part of its transformation,

The Kalamazoo County CVB appointed Greg Ayers president, effective Aug. 6. Ayers previously worked as the director of the South Bend/Mishawaka [

Construction is under way on an $11 million renovation of The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common. The project is scheduled to finish by early 2008 and

Michael J. Carrier was named president of the Oklahoma City CVB, effective July 16. Carrier comes to his new position from working as general

The New Orleans Metropolitan CVB (NOMCVB) enlarged its staff with the addition of six sales managers. The additions include Kelly Buchler, who

Construction is in the works on a $25 million guest room renovation at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, located here, scheduled to finish

Plans are in the works for a complete transformation of Detroit’s historic Pick-Fort Shelby Hotel into a Doubletree Hotel after a major

Gerard “Jerry” Gallagher, executive director of the Minneapolis Convention Center, died of a heart attack June 25. Gallagher began his