Edgewater Resort Gets Makeover in Panama City Beach, Fla.

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

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Vancouver CC Expansion Almost Complete

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

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Clarke Hotel Set to Open in Waukesha, Wis.

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

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New Sheraton Opens in Houston

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

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Riu Tequila to Open in Riviera Maya After Renovation

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

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Murren Elected CEO at MGM Mirage

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

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Fairmont Chicago Completes Renovation

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

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Hotel Plan Scrapped in Superior, Wis.

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

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Overland Park Marriott Completes Renovation

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

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MPI Appoints Meetings Gurus to New Council

MPI announced the appointment of an exclusive group of global industry leaders that will form an Executive Advisory Council. The council will

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Rudnitsky Takes Dolce’s Top Post

Steven A. Rudnitsky has been named president and CEO of Dolce Hotels and Resorts, effective Dec. 8. Rudnitsky recently stepped down as president

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Wyndham Names Danziger CEO

Eric A. Danziger was appointed president and CEO of Wyndham Worldwide Hotel Group. Danziger formerly served as CEO of WhiteFence, an online home

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Starwood to Develop aloft hotel in Phoenix

The 121-room aloft Phoenix Downtown will debut in January 2011, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced. The hotel will be within

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Kloeppel Promoted to President of Gaylord Entertainment

Gaylord Entertainment Company promoted David Kloeppel to president, effective immediately. Kloeppel previously served as the firm’s

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Holiday Inn Express Opens Near LaGuardia Airport

Holiday Inn Express, LaGuardia Airport is up and running here. More than $5 million has been invested over the last two years to convert the

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Door County CVB Hires New Director of Marketing and Sales

Mary Dennis was named director of marketing and sales for the Door County CVB here, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Dennis has served as

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Atlantis Sky Bridge in Reno Completed

The Atlantis Sky Bridge, a 650-foot span connecting the Reno-Sparks Convention Center to the Atlantis Casino Spa, is complete. The $12.5 million

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Lancaster County CC and Marriott Opening Pushed Back

The new Lancaster County Convention Center and Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square are slated to open April 21, six weeks later than originally

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Marin County CVB’s New Slogan is ‘Out There’

The Marin County CVB changed its marketing slogan: “Marin, just a little out there.” The new tagline represents “the uniqueness

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Facelift Finished at Holiday Inn in Stamford, Conn.

Renovations at the 380-room Holiday Inn Select here are complete. The $20 million makeover included a redesign of the hotel’s public spaces

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