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 (

The Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, located here, plans to undergo a $30 million renovation. The project will take place in two phases, with phase

The Hampton Inn Channel Islands Harbor, located here, opened in June. The hotel offers 95 guest rooms and meeting space for up to 500 people in

William R. Wilson Jr., president and CEO of the Berkshire Visitors Bureau, located here, retired June 30. Wilson spent 23 years as leader of the

Construction is under way on the new Embassy Suites Loveland, Colorado Hotel and Convention Center, with an opening date set for March 2009. John

Harrah’s Entertainment announced a $1 billion expansion of Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace that includes a new hotel tower and a major increase

MPI’s 2007 World Education Congress (WEC), which was held July 28-31 in Montreal and drew in approximately 3,700 attendees, announced the

Plans are under way to redevelop a former Sheraton in Houston and open it as an Omni property in 2009. When it opens, the hotel is expected to