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Wingspread Retreat & Executive Conference Center Takes Top Honor in 2019 Stella Awards
Wingspread Retreat & Executive Conference Center | December 3, 2019
Meetings Professionals Name the “Best Conference Center Category in the Midwest Region” Racine, Wisconsin, December 2019… Wingspread Retreat & Executive Conference Center has taken top honors in Northstar Meetings Group’s prestigious 2019 Stella Awards. Meetings and events professionals and a panel of judges named this Frank Lloyd Wright-designed facility the Best Conference Center in the Midwest Region. The Stella Awards honor excellence in the meetings industry and distinguish meeting venues from around the globe that consistently deliver quality service and innovation to meeting and event professionals. With nearly 10,000...
Benchmark Resorts & Hotels® Again Takes Top Honors in Stella Awards
Northstar Meetings Group | November 19, 2019
Named 2019 Best Overall Boutique & Lifestyle Hotel Brand The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, November 19, 2019… For the second consecutive year, BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company’s signature brand, Benchmark Resorts & Hotels®, has taken top corporate honors in Northstar Meetings Group’s prestigious Stella Awards. Meetings and events professionals and a panel of judges named it the Best Overall Boutique & Lifestyle Hotel Brand. Benchmark spans 80 exceptional properties in prominent domestic and international destinations. In a highly competitive field, Benchmark Resorts & Hotels was chosen over internationally pro...
Founder of Extended-Stay, Jack DeBoer, Honored With ISHC Pioneer Award at ALIS
ISHC | February 25, 2019
Los Angeles (21 February 2019): The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) in partnership with the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) recognized Jack DeBoer, the founder of extended-stay, with the prestigious Pioneer Award. Andrea Belfanti, Executive Director of ISHC, commented, "Jack DeBoer is extremely deserving of this award and ISHC is honored to be able to give it to him. As the pioneer of the extended-stay concept over 40 years ago, his vision has forever changed the landscape of the hospitality industry. Today the extended-stay segment is even more relevant to our industry than ever before and continues to...
Independent Hotels Must Resolutely Defend Their Most Prized Asset: Inventory
Expedia.com | June 2, 2016
by Taylor Smariga A hotel's inventory is its lifeblood. As the digital world becomes a more important part of the circulation of that inventory, dozens, even hundreds of technology solutions have been built to help hotels promote and sell their inventory. There are two broad segments of companies that help hotels sell their inventory online: Firstly, there are technology providers that help hotels drive direct bookings. This is a highly competitive and highly fragmented industry, comprised mainly of small- to mid-sized companies and a few big players. This competition leads to innovation, competitive pricing and differentiated pro...
Chatham Lodging Completes $1.1B Acquisition of 52-hotel, 6,976-room Portfolio from Inland American
Chatham Lodging Trust | November 18, 2014
Expands NorthStar Relationship with 48-Hotel, $1.1 Billion Joint Venture, Acquires Four Strategic Hotels for $107 Million PALM BEACH, Fla., November 18, 2014 - Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE: CLDT), a hotel real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing in upscale extended-stay hotels and premium-branded, select-service hotels, today announced that it completed the previously announced acquisition of a 52-hotel, 6,976-room portfolio from Inland American (Inland). The combined total purchase price was approximately $1.1 billion, before deal costs and funding of escrows. Chatham acquired four hotels as part of the sale of the 52-ho...
