Hotel Equities recently broke ground on a Courtyard by Marriott about 40 miles north of Atlanta in Buford, Ga. The hotel is expected to open by

Naples Bay Resort plans to open The Hotel at Naples Bay Resort Feb. 29. The property is scheduled to house 85 guest rooms and 3,150 square feet

The Arrabelle at Vail Square, a Rock Resorts property, held its grand opening Jan. 5. The property features 36 hotel rooms, 66 condos, a 2,622-

The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, located on Maui’s northwest shore, reopened Jan. 7 after a $160 million facelift. The project included the

The Lodge at Suncadia, located 80 miles west of Seattle in Cle Elum, Wash., is slated to open in April. The property, situated on 6,400 acres,

Carlson, a global travel and hotel company, appointed Hubert Joly its new president and CEO, effective March 1. Joly will come to Carlson after

Intrawest, a resort development company, named William A. Jensen its new CEO, effective June 1. Jensen, who comes to Intrawest with more than 30

Plans are in the works for a $35 million renovation of the Hyatt Regency Houston. The project, slated to finish in October, will include the

The Wingate by Wyndham Henderson [Nev.] celebrated its grand opening Jan. 7. The hotel features 22 suites and 3,000 square feet of meeting space

Graydon Dawson, Ed.D., was named MPI’s new director of knowledge, effective Jan. 14. In his position, Dawson will lead the association

Starwood Hotels & Resorts plans to open an aloft hotel in Green Bay, Wis., by the end of this year. The property will house 105 guest rooms

NYLO, a new brand of hotels, opened the NYLO Plano in mid-December. According to NYLO, the hotel aims to be environmentally friendly by using

The Great Wolf Lodge, located here, celebrated its grand opening Jan. 11. The facility offers an 80,000-square-foot indoor waterpark, 402 guest

InterContinental Hotels Group plans to transform the Executive West Hotel-Louisville into a Crowne Plaza by the end of this year. The conversion

Plans are in the works for the construction of a Mondrian hotel in Palm Springs, Calif., across the street from the destination’s convention

The Portland Oregon Visitors Association (POVA) plans to officially change its name to Travel Portland Jan. 17. On the same day, the association

PCMA set an attendance record at its 52nd Annual Meeting held Jan. 13-16 in Seattle, with an unaudited total of more than 3,400 attendees.“It

Plans are in the works for the construction of the Fairmont Avanterra, Palm Desert, scheduled to break ground in 2009. The resort will be located

At PCMA in Seattle, the Hawaii Convention Center announced that they are now offering a promotion for meeting planners who book with them before Dec

John Q. Hammons recently opened the Embassy Suites East Peoria-Hotel & Conference Center here. The eight-story property offers 226 guest