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Honeymoon Registries Create New Revenue Stream
The wedding travel market is a lucrative one for hotels and resorts in exotic destinations, and more couples are turning to honeymoon registries to make their dream trips a reality. Hotels that make their...
City Sights, Marriott Gaslamp Quarter
In January, the Marriott Gaslamp Quarter, located in San Diego, expanded its Altitude Sky Lounge by adding a new indoor-outdoor venue called City Sights. Anny Rouillard, director of design at Stanford Hotels Corporation, the...
Puccini Group Puts Bets on Hotel Division
When Amy Jakubowski joined the Puccini Group in January as its new partner and managing director, she had big plans to help the restaurant-focused design firm expand into the boutique and lifestyle hotel space....
Dolce CFO Debra Bates on the Rise of Lifestyle-Meeting Hotels
Although the number of female chief financial officers is on the rise at major corporations—up 35 percent in 2013—men still account for 90 percent of these high-paying, leadership roles. But Debra Bates knows the...
Pressing the Reset Button on TripAdvisor
For a hotel with less-than-desirable TripAdvisor reviews, a major renovation could offer a quick ticket to improving its online reputation. In July of last year, TripAdvisor updated its review removal policy to give hotels...