Encore Las Vegas, a $2.3 billion luxury casino-resort, is up and running here. In the face of a deep recession and low tourism numbers for Sin

The Westin Jersey City Newport is slated to open here in February 2009. The 429-room hotel offers views of the Manhattan skyline, the Hudson River

The new Phoenix Convention Center will officially debut Jan. 7, when it hosts its first meeting in the completed site. The American Meteorological

The West Hollywood Marketing and Visitors Bureau launched OnePointNine, a new blog that highlights celebrity sightings, cultural events and

The Metropolitan Tucson CVB is offering up to a $20,000 credit to groups booking meetings in Tucson in 2009. Earlier this month the bureau

Four new properties recently earned Two Palm status in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Florida Green Lodging Program

The Baton Rouge Cambria Suites is up and running. The 127-suite facility is the first Cambria Suites property in Louisiana, Choice Hotels

Viceroy Miami is set to open here in February 2009. The 168-room hotel will include a rooftop pool, a 28,000-square-foot spa and a two-acre

The U.S. hotel industry posted double-digit declines in two of the three key performance measurements for the November 2008 reporting period,

Edwin Frizzell was appointed general manager of the 600-room Hilton Toronto, effective Jan. 19. Frizzell will be responsible for overseeing the

Alicia Miller joined Hilton Americas-Houston as senior sales manager. Miller previously served on the sales team at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center here will add an additional 40,000 square feet of meeting space by the end of 2009. The center already

Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancun, Mexico, will host the MPI’s MeetDifferent conference Feb. 20, 2010. Moon Palace boasts the

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch completed the third and final phase of a $50 million renovation. Refurbishments at the 27-

Joie de Vivre’s properties in California’s Silicon Valley were certified green by Santa Clara County. The properties certified as

A new convention center will not be built in Memphis in the next five years, city councilman Shea Flinn announced.Flinn sits on the convention center

Embassy Suites Kennesaw here is slated for completion this October. The 192-suite property will include 9,580 square feet of meeting space. Ruth

The 204-room Doubletree Guest Suites Fort Shelby/Downtown Detroit is up and running after a $90 million renovation. The property was built in 1917

The Miami Mart Airport Hotel here reopened as the Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Hotel & Exhibition Center. The hotel is three miles from Miami

The Hilton Garden Inn Ames is up and running here. The hotel offers 112 rooms and 2,300 square feet of meeting space. The facility also includes a