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News for hotel and lodging professionals
AH&LA SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: American Hotel & Lodging Association
How to prepare a crisis-management plan
6/18/2013
- HotelNewsNow.com
A crisis-management plan ensures that the hotel's guests and employees are safeguarded in case of natural or manmade crises, writes Ryan Sorensen, president of Lodgistic Solutions. To form a crisis-ma Read More
News for travel agents
ASTA SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: The American Society of Travel Agents
First call: Royal Princess a subtle entry in cruise-ship size war
6/18/2013
Cruise editor Tom Stieghorst was in Southampton, England, last week for the christening of the Royal Princess by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. In his first look at the completed Royal Princess, he Read More
$4B improvements planned by Los Angeles World Airports
6/17/2013
- San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) (free registration)
Los Angeles International Airport will receive the bulk of more than $4 billion earmarked for capital improvement projects by Los Angeles World Airports. The spending will take place over five years a Read More
News for professionals in the spa industry
ISPA SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: International Spa Association
Smiles are worth their weight in customer-loyalty gold
6/18/2013
- Fox Business Small Business Center
Receiving a smile and a greeting at an independent business was the most oft-cited reason consumers felt loyalty to that business, according to a survey of 2,000 consumers. One-third of respondents ci Read More
Luxury hospitality news
SmartBrief on Luxury Hoteliers
Published in partnership with: Luxury Hoteliers
Could U.K. see a rise in repurposed prison hotels?
6/18/2013
- Guardian (London), The
Plans for new superprisons in the U.K. could mean that old prisons may get new life as boutique hotels. In 2005, the Malmaison boutique hotel company converted the Oxford prison into a hotel with 95 r Read More
Private club news and information
National Club Association SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: National Club Association
States prepare for Affordable Care Act changes
6/12/2013
- Stateline
As the deadline for the Affordable Care Act approaches, state regulators are racing to decide which health insurance plans qualify, how to increase the number of doctors and nurses and whether to not Read More
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