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Choice Hotels Names Simone Wu Senior Vice President, General Counsel …

SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 16, 2012 — SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, today announced that it has named Simone Wu senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary. In this position, she will provide leadership to the business as the primary legal advisor to the c [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]

Man who lived in Pelham hotel pleads guilty to supporting terrorism

Man who lived in Pelham hotel pleads guilty to supporting terrorism Published 4:45pm Friday, February 10, 2012 By NEAL WAGNER / City Editor An Uzbek native who lived for about two years at a Pelham extended-stay hotel pleaded guilty on Feb. 10 to counts of supporting terrorism, threatening to kill President Barack Obama and possessing a gun while living illegally in the United States. Kodirov Ulugbek Kodirov, 22, [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]

CAA North & East Ontario Recognizes Excellence in Local Hospitality

OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 7, 2012) - CAA North East Ontario (CAANEO) is pleased to announce that five hotels and two restaurants in the North East Ontario region have been named to the prestigious CAA/AAA Four Diamond list for 2012, a testament to the excellence in hospitality that exists locally. Area lodgings and restaurants receiving the coveted Four Diamond Award include (number of consec [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]

Downtown hotel decision stalled until Feb. 6

While the Des Moines City Council Friday delayed final approval on the much-debated hotel project proposed for downtown, one conclusion did come forward: The council doesn’t know enough about thin bricks. Earlier this week, a city design board recommended that the project’s developer use full bricks on the street-facing sides of the Hampton Inn and an extended stay hotel slated for the 100 block of W [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]

Assault reported at group home: Orange Police Blotter

Published: Thursday, March 03, 2011, 8:45 AM By Sun News staff Follow Share Email Print ORANGE ASSAULT, WOODCREST DRIVE: Police were called at 7 a.m. on Feb. 22 to a local group home for a report of an assault in progress, where two employees said a resident became angry and stomped on one’s foot, smashing her toes, then kicked the other employee in the shin, leavi [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]

Countdown to Toronto’s Ritz-Carlton hotel opening

DAY 5 (Saturday, Feb. 12) The lobby of the Ritz-Carlton, Toronto, feels quiet and expectant, like a cathedral before worshippers file in. A man in a hard hat stands in a corner, surveying the room, as if mentally ticking to-dos; otherwise, it’s just me and a couple of security guards. Curious, I pop behind the front desk, imagining darkened computer screens coming alive in five days’ time, when the h [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]

Chatham Lodging Trust to acquire upscale extended-stay hotel in Pittsburgh, US

Feb 01, 2011 (Datamonitor Financial Deals Tracker via COMTEX) — Chatham Lodging Trust, a US-based hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), has signed a contract to acquire an upscale extended-stay hotel in Pittsburgh, US for $24.9 million. The acquisition will be funded in part through the assumption of an existing $7.3 million mortgage loan. Following completion of the acquisition, the hotel will be [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]

Combine calls for 3 Warriors – Honolulu Star

Three former University of Hawaii football players — slotbacks Greg Salas and Kealoha Pilares, and running back Alex Green — will be invited to participate in the National Football League Scouting Combine in February, according to UH head coach Greg McMackin. “I’m excited and honored,” said Salas, who set the UH single-season record with 1,675 rec [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]

Green invited to NFL combine – Honolulu Star

Former University of Hawaii running back Alex Green yesterday accepted an invitation to play in the Texas vs. The Nation all-star football game. “I’m looking forward to it,” Green said of the Feb. 5 game in the Alamodome in San Antonio. Green, who is 6 feet 2 and 230 pounds, said he has been told he will be invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, also in February, in Indianapolis. The combine con [Read More Extended Stay Hotel Review News]