01/08/2009
Lodging chief named (The Bulletin)
The Oregon Lodging Association, a Wilsonville-based trade organization representing the state’s lodging industry, named Jeff Hampton as president and CEO.After a three-month assignment as interim director for the association, Hampton began his new job Monday. He was formerly policy and research manager at Travel Oregon, which promotes tourism for the state, and worked in regulatory agency ...
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01/08/2009
Retiring debt could help lodging tax fund (Daily Record)
KITTITAS COUNTY — Kittitas County commissioners on Wednesday are expected to consider a way that could strengthen the county’s lodging tax revenue fund and retire a debt at the same time.
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01/09/2009
Recession hurts state's lodging industry (KOB-TV Albuquerque)
The recession is costing the state's tourism industry millions and may get worse in 2009. The past two months have been some of the worst in recent history for New Mexico hotels, with more and more empty rooms.
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01/07/2009
Extortion group hurls grenade into lodging house in Kabacan, North Cotabato (Philippine News Agency)
COTABATO CITY, Jan. 7 (PNA) –- Suspected extortion group fired rifle grenade Tuesday night at a new lodging house in Kabacan, North Cotabato, police said.
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01/08/2009
Officials: lodging tax good for Grove (Grove Sun Daily)
On Tuesday, January 13th, Grove citizens will be asked to decide whether or not the city should enact a five percent hotel/motel tax, which would go into effect in the early summer.
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01/08/2009
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-08 13:23 STOCKS NEWS US-Goldman upgrades U.S. lodging sector (Interactive Investor)
Stocks on the move Real-time Equity news
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01/09/2009
Palin aide discloses campaign travel costs (Anchorage Daily News)
An aide to Sarah Palin is disclosing as gifts more than $13,000 in airfare and lodging from the John McCain campaign, logged while helping the Alaska governor with state business during her bid as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
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01/09/2009
Bellman named hotel employee of the year (Honolulu Advertiser)
Edmund "Buster" Civerolo — who next month will mark 31 years working as a hotel bellman — yesterday was named the Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year at the Hawai'i Hotel & Lodging Association's Na Po'e Pa'ahana (the hardworking people) awards luncheon at the Sheraton Waikiki.
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01/09/2009
New social media platform for hotels launched (eyefortravel.com)
Lodging Interactive has rolled out its travel 2.0 marketing services for hotels. The HuBBub social media platform is a turn-key marketing service which leverages travel 2.0 technologies to extend a hotel's online branding, marketing and communication strategies.
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01/09/2009
Portage Theft (WTAJ-TV Altoona)
Thursday night in Portage, Cambria County, residents asked about recent theft by Joe Stancovich. The former water plant manager stole about $8,000 last year from the municipality, spending it mostly on food and lodging during conferences and seminars.
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