Effective July 9, Hotel Godin, located here, was reflagged Opus Montreal. The property was acquired for an undisclosed amount by Trilogy

Hersha Hospitality Trust purchased the Holiday Inn Norwich for $16.1 million. The 134-room hotel offers 12,662 square feet of meeting space.

Bruce Skidmore was appointed director of sales for the Monterey County CVB. Skidmore brings 20 years of industry experience to his new position

The Vancouver Airport Authority unveiled a major expansion in late June. The project added more than 118,000 square feet of space to the airport

The Hilton Pittsburgh plans to finish a guest room facelift and begin a meeting space expansion by the end of the year. As part of the expansion

The Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf, located here, recently finished a $6 million guest room and fitness center renovation. In addition, the

The Fort Worth CVB appointed John J. Cychol, III, FCDME, its new vice president of meeting sales, effective Aug. 6. Cychol comes to his new

The Convention Industry Council (CIC) appointed Richard W. Hunter Jr., its new director of its APEX initiative, a best practices program for the

The Shores Resort & Spa, located here, recently added a new restaurant named Azure and a new spa named Indulge. The hotel offers 212 guest

The Grand Lodge, located next to the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., will be rebranded a Radisson in September. The hotel is connected to

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide recently broke ground on the aloft Montreal Airport. The hotel, which will be located near the entrance

Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group plans to unveil the Hotel Palomar Arlington [Va.] in October. The hotel is located near the Potomac River in

Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which had been in talks to purchase all or part of the Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu and possibly

Plans are in the works for the construction of the Montego Bay Convention Center, scheduled to open in December 2007. The center will sit on 23

The OHANA Honolulu Airport Hotel recently finished a $6 million facelift to its guest rooms, meeting space and restaurant. The hotel contains 308

InvestWestFinancial/Pacifica Hotel Company purchased King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel, located here, for an undisclosed amount and plans to

Frontier Airlines plans to begin nonstop service between its Denver International Airport (DEN) hub and three Midwest destinations. Beginning Oct

Discussions are in the works for the construction of a 156,000-square-foot mixed-use development next the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex

Construction is under way on a conference space expansion at Traverse City’s [Mich.] Great Wolf Lodge. The project, scheduled to finish in

Virgin America, a new San Francisco-based airline, plans to begin service Aug. 8 with two daily flights between San Francisco International Airport (