Home of the Mets Will be Home for Meetings

Citi Field, the new stadium where the New York Mets will begin playing in 2009, will be available for meetings, announced Metropolitan Hospitality, a

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Holiday Inn Select in Memphis Completes Upgrades

The Holiday Inn Select Downtown Memphis completed its renovation. The facility’s two ballrooms and three meeting rooms can accommodate

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Two Hotels Planned in Pensacola

Two new hotels will be completed here by spring 2010. The first is Hotel Indigo, a 162-room boutique luxury hotel. Features include a rooftop

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Trump’s Chairman Tower Almost Complete

The Chairman Tower at the Trump Taj Mahal will officially open by the end of this year, Trump Entertainment Resorts announced. The first 20 of the

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Cambria Suites Planned in Rhode Island

The first Cambria Suites hotel in Rhode Island will be built here, according to hotel owner Seaview Inn. The 129-suite hotel includes flat-screen

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Amelia Island Ritz Building a Bigger Ballroom

The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island started construction on a $22.1 million ballroom addition. Upon its scheduled completion in fall 2009, the new

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Southwest to Start Minneapolis-Chicago Route in 2009

Southwest Airlines will begin flying between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago’s Midway Airport beginning in March 2009, the low-fare airline

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New Campaign Unveiled to Fight Hawaii’s Tourism Slump

Tourism officials in Hawaii unveiled a $4.5 million winter campaign to lure visitors to the island state. The effort is part of the more than $12.5

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Hampton Inn Sudbury Opens in Ontario

Hampton Inn Hotels & Suites, a division of Hilton Hotels, announced the opening of its 25th hotel in Canada, the 121-room Hampton Inn Sudbury

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Bryan-College Station CVB Appoints New Director

Shannon Overby has been named the Bryan-College Station CVB’s new director, the CVB announced. Overby served as interim director since July

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Hilton Plans to Increase Presence in Mexico and the Caribbean

Hilton Hotels announced it will quadruple its presence in the Caribbean and Latin America by adding 150 new hotels to the portfolio over the next

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Homewood Opens Second Hotel Near Miami Airport

Homewood Suites by Hilton announced the opening of its second hotel here. Homewood Suites by Hilton Miami-Airport West offers studio, one- and

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Wii Available at Six Marriott and Renaissance Hotels

The Wii video game system is now available at six Marriott International properties. Guests can choose from 20 Wii games in their rooms. The games

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Quality Hotel Gets a New Name and Look

Vikram Chatwal Hotels, a division of Hampshire Hotels & Resorts, announced the opening of Stay. The 210-room hotel was formerly called The

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Hotel Plans Halted at Chicago’s Aqua Building

Strategic Hotels & Resorts announced it will not proceed with its previously announced contracted purchase of hotel development space at the Aqua

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Tightened Credit Market Affecting Milwaukee Projects

An economic slowdown and tightening credit markets are creating delays for a number of developments in downtown Milwaukee. Construction of the 22

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Solís The Palmyra Opening Soon in Jamaica

Solís The Palmyra Resort & Spa is set to open here in March 2009. The 299-room luxury resort offers a 5,500-square-foot ballroom and

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Rio Grande Valley Officials Want to Target Ecotourists

At a recent ecotourism summit at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Rio Grande Valley officials and environmental advocates said that more effort

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Aloft Coming to Denver Airport

Starwood’s aloft hotel brand is entering Denver with the opening of aloft Denver International Airport in January 2009. The 144-room hotel

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Renovations Complete at Marriott in D.C. Suburb

The Fairview Park Marriott recently completed a $3.5 million renovation on its lobby, lounge and restaurant. An earlier renovation of the guest

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