Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino proved his commitment to Boston's proposed convention center recently when he helped break a legislative stalemate by agreeing to contribute $157.8 million of city funds for the acquisition and cleaning of the center...
In May, Portland, OR's new Fifth Avenue Suites Hotel opens downtown with 82 guest rooms, 135 550-square-foot suites, and four grand suites. The property is being constructed in the 1912 Lipman Wolfe building, most recently a department store, and...
On the flight up the Australian coast from Sydney to Brisbane, the view is remarkable, just one giant crescent of sand after another for the entire 75-minute trip. The east coast's endless beaches were just the beginning of the extraordinary...
With Hilton Hotels Corp.'s acquisition of Bally Entertainment Corp. nearly a done deal, and the reuniting of Hilton with Hilton International apparently just a matter of time, new Hilton President and CEO Stephen Bollenbach offered some insight...
Buchheit, director of travel and meeting services at Black & Decker Corporation in Towson, MD, is tired of paying ever-steeper airfares for business and meeting travel on monopoly routes. A founding member of Business Travel Contractors...
Long regarded as a place for adventure, challenge, and trend-setting innovation, and for those in tune with the great outdoors, the Northwest remains a favorite stomping ground for visionaries who like to do things on a grand scale. When insurance...
UNDER CONSTRUCTION * Hilton Hotels Corp. broke ground in September on a 600-room property at Boston's Logan International Airport. When the $100 million Logan Airport Hilton and Towers opens in fall 1999, the ten-story property will offer 30,000...
A low-cost commuter airline has set its sights on the mid-Atlantic market, with hopes of a take-off by early spring. The airline, to be called Shuttle America, plans to serve secondary airports such as New Haven, CT; Wilmington, DE; and Baltimore...
Lynette Owens & Associates (LOA) is taking advantage of new communications technologies to provide up-to-date information to its hotel and insurance clients. The a nine-year-old, Rancho La Costabased hotel marketing and respresentation firm...
