Ronnie Price was named the new assistant director of the San Antonio CVB. Price currently serves as director of group strategy for Marriott

Business travelers can expect increases in travel costs and slower than usual growth for the travel industry in 2009, according to the National

MGM Mirage CEO Terry Lanni announced he will retire this month as questions surfaced about his educational background, Bloomberg News reported.

The 136-room aloft Chesapeake is up and running here. The new property is the first aloft hotel in Virginia, according to the developer. Loft-like

Crowne Plaza Hotel Newark Airport opened after a $10 million renovation and conversion from a Four Points by Sheraton. The 260-room hotel is

Sense, A Rosewood Spa is open at The Carlyle here. The bi-level spa is located on the third floor. The Art Deco-inspired design of the spa is in

The Pennsylvania Convention Center started work on its long-anticipated $700 million expansion. The makeover will include a new business center,

Gaylord Entertainment Co. said it will no longer develop a resort a convention hotel in Chula Vista, Calif. The firm announced that an extended

Montage Beverly Hills is up and running here. The 201-room luxury hotel, which has a sister property in Laguna Beach, Calif., includes 9,000

The 105-suite Cambria Suites Pueblo is open here. The hotel is near the Pueblo Convention Center, Colorado State University-Pueblo and the

Joie de Vivre, California’s largest boutique hotel collection, promoted Ingrid Summerfield to president. Summerfield will be responsible for

The Edgewater Beach and Golf Resort here is undergoing a $250,000 facelift. The facility’s conference center features more than 32,000

The last of the vegetation was planted on the green roof of the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre. The 340,000-plus-square-foot expansion

The Clarke Hotel will open here in December. The new boutique hotel features a conference and banquet facility that accommodates up to 120 people

The 158-room Sheraton Houston West Hotel opened here. The facility includes complimentary use of desktop computers in the lobby. The hotel also

Riu Tequila here will reopen Nov. 28. More than $15 million was spent to refurbish the 10-year-old resort. Renovations at the 664-room property

James J. Murren was named chairman and CEO for MGM Mirage, effective Dec. 1, the company announced. Terry Lanni, the firm’s chairman for

The Fairmont Chicago completed a $50 million renovation. Among the new features: renovated and expanded guest rooms, the new 11,000-square-foot

The city council here dissolved a tax levy that would have helped finance the expansion of the Barker’s Island Inn Resort & Conference

The Overland Park Marriott completed a $20 million renovation here. Refurbishments were made to all 398 guest rooms, hotel corridors, the