The Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza is undergoing a $9 million makeover. Renovations include improvements to the hotel’s 295 guest

A new state-owned casino is planned in Dodge City. Boot Hill Casino and Resort, an $87.5 million project, will open in a year with slots and

A new 14-story hotel is planned here that would connect to the Hotel Pere Marquette to create a headquarters hotel for the Peoria Civic Center. If

The new Setai San Diego changed its name to Sè San Diego to avoid any confusion with The Setai Miami, which is currently owned by bankrupt

The Holiday Inn Santa Monica Beach-At the Pier is undergoing a renovation scheduled to be completed in January. Upgrades include improvements to

Phase II of L.A. Live, a $2.5 billion entertainment complex located next to the Staples Center, is open. Joining the Nokia Theatre and Nokia Plaza

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-