Archive for February 2012
Join the chain gang: Why the big-brand hotel will often trump the little independent
By
Frank Barrett, Mail on Sunday Travel Editor
Last updated at 12:45 PM on 28th February 2012
Is your holiday hotel just a ‘base to stay’ or do you go out of your way to spend care and attention trying to find a place that will be the significant and memorable part of your time away?
It may seem hard to believe, yet research indicates that until recently most people saw a hotel purely as a functional [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Woman robbed in Walmart parking lot
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WMAR) – Police in Anne Arundel County are looking for a man who robbed a woman outside a Glen Burnie Walmart.
Just after 8:00 p.m., February 24, police responded to the Walmart on Chesapeake Center Drive for reports of a robbery of a citizen.
Officers spoke with the 23-year-old female victim, who told them she was approached by an unknown male subject while she was at her car in the parkin [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Choice Hotels Opens 5000th Domestic Franchised Property
SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) today announced that it has reached 5,000 domestic franchised properties online with the opening of the Comfort Suites hotel of Katy, Texas. The company, which franchises such well-known hotel brands as Comfort Inn, Quality and Econo Lodge, currently boasts more than 6,100 properties worldwide, representing more than 49 [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Choice Hotels Opens 5000th Domestic Franchised Property
SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
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today announced that it has reached 5,000 domestic franchised properties online with the opening of the Comfort Suites hotel of Katy, Te [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Ground broken in Huntsville for first dual-build Home2 Suites by Hilton … – The Huntsville Times
Rendering of Home2 Suites by Hilton/Hampton Inn Suites to be built in Huntsville. (Submitted photo)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Home2 Suites by Hilton’s first combined property with Hampton Inn Suites will be going up near Bridge Street Town Centre.
A ground-breaking ceremony was today for the four-story hotel complex that will have a 78-suite Home2 Suites and a 97-room Hampton Inn Suites, with guests s [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Butler to host Lunch Forum Feb. 28 with Jack DeBoer
Interested in starting a business? Entrepreneur Jack DeBoer is coming to Butler Community College to discuss the lessons he’s learned from his years innovating the hotel industry.
This Entrepreneurship Lunch Forum will be hosted by Butler’s Entrepreneurship Institute from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Over the years, Jack DeBoer became the epitome of entrepreneurial spirit as he championed the conce [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]
Marshall Jackson on Travel – MJ on Travel Hotel Review – The W Hotel Washington DC
If you ever had the pleasure of visiting the historic Hotel Washington back in the day and thought it was grand, you should see it now. The Hotel Washington is now the
W Washington DC, and like most W Hotels that I’ve had the pleasure to visit, very nicely done. I recently spent one night at the W DC to celebrate my 42nd birthday, complete with meat overload dinner at the nearby Fogo de Chao. I booked a “Cash [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]