The SpringHill Suites by Marriott Hampton opened in Hampton, Va. The 124-rom hotel is located a short distance from the Hampton Roads Convention

The Hyatt Place Nashville/Franklin/Cool Springs opened April 24 about 10 miles from downtown Nashville in Franklin, Tenn. The hotel, formerly an

The Lancaster [Pa.] County Convention Center is scheduled to open in March 2009. The facility is slated to house 45,000 square feet of exhibit

The Fayetteville Hotel and Conference Center was renamed the Doubletree Hotel Fayetteville May 1 after an $8 million renovation. The hotel offers

The Doubletree Palm Beach Gardens plans break ground this month on its 10,000-square-foot Executive Meeting Center. The new facility is slated

The George Washington Hotel–A Wyndham Historic Hotel opened April 30 about 78 miles east of Washington, D.C., in Winchester, Va. The

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide opened The Westin National Harbor, located on the Potomac River in Prince George’s County, Md., in late

NYLO Hotels plans to break ground later this year on a hotel in Overland Park, located about 13 miles from Kansas City, Kan. The property will

The Great Wolf Lodge Grand Mound [Wash.] held its grand opening April 28. The resort, located about 18 miles south of Olympia, Wash., offers 398

Hotel Indigo Chicago-Vernon Hills [Ill.] opened May 8. Formerly an AmeriSuites Hotel, the hotel has gone through a $5 million renovation in

The Georgia Aquarium, located here, plans to break ground on a $110 million expansion in August and finish it by the end of 2010. The expansion

Upgrades are under way at San Francisco’s Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf. The hotel recently redid its guest rooms and lobby and plans to

The Greater Phoenix CVB has promoted several of its staff members. Jerelle Anthony, national convention sales manager, added the Chicago and

Construction is under way on a massive expansion of The Peabody Orlando. The project, slated to finish in late 2010, will add a 32-story tower to

The Embassy Suites Irvine-Orange County Airport finished a $6 million renovation in early May. The project included upgrades to the hotel’s

The Sheraton Suites Tampa Airport Westshore was purchased for an unspecified amount by Square Mile Capital Management and Davidson Hotel Company

Tom Lang was appointed director of the Kissimmee CVB, effective April 28. He’s previous work experience includes serving as chairman of the

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide plans to construct an aloft hotel and an Element hotel in Lexington, Mass., located about 12 miles from

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide opened The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center Aug. 22 in Lombard, Ill., located about 20 minutes from Chicago

Harrah’s Entertainment and AEG plan to begin construction next summer on a 20,000-seat arena one block off the Las Vegas Strip. The arena