As part of its $600 million expansion, the Phoenix Convention Center officially connected its West Building and North Building Jan. 22. The 150-

Crews are busy at work on an expansion of the Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa here, scheduled to finish in late 2009. The

Clearview Hotel Capital and Starr International Co. purchased the JW Marriott Hotel New Orleans from Ashford Hospitality Trust for an undisclosed

The Hilton Garden Inn Billings [Mont.] opened Jan. 24. The hotel offers 128 guest rooms and 4,000 square feet of function space, which includes a

Cavallo Point – the lodge at the Golden Gate, is scheduled to open this summer across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. The

The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, located here, is slated to open by early February. The hotel is expected to house 115 guest rooms and

Starwood Hotels & Resorts celebrated the grand opening of its Sheraton Cable Beach Resort here Jan. 28. The sprawling property offers 694

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts recently opened Aura Cozumel Wyndham Grand Bay here. The $22 million boutique property sits adjacent to the Wyndham

On Jan. 25, the rooftop of the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino Las Vegas lit on fire, forcing the property to close and evacuate its employees and

The Doubletree Hotel San Jose recently completed a $1.3 million makeover of its eight parlor suites and two presidential suites. The property

Boutique hotel inventor Ian Schrager and J.W. Marriott, Jr., have partnered to develop a new lifestyle hotel brand titled Edition. Plans are in

Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI) FutureWatch yearly industry survey predicts planners can expect strong attendance this year.

The Interlaken Resort and Spa will reopen as The Lodge at Geneva Ridge March 21 after a massive makeover. The property will offer 146 guest rooms

InterContinental Hotels Group recently opened the Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport. The property offers 238 guest rooms and 16,000 square feet of

InterContinental Hotels Group plans to build a Crowne Plaza in Las Vegas. The property, expected to sit just west of the Las Vegas Strip, will

The Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas is slated to debut March 31. The 64-story luxury property will offer 1,282 guest suites, 2,

The Hotel Indigo Boston-Newton Riverside recently opened here. The hotel features 191 guest rooms and two meeting rooms.

The Renaissance Orlando Hotel-Airport recently completed a property-wide refurbishment. The nine-story hotel offers 297 guest rooms and 20,000

Industry veteran Jeff Farina was appointed vice president of business development for the Wyndham brand. Farina comes to his new position from

Choice Hotels International plans to build a new Cambria Suites hotel 22 miles outside San Antonio in Schertz, Texas. The hotel is expected to