Courtesy Inn on Fifth NAPLES, Fla. — Downtown’s Inn on Fifth has begun construction of a $15 million expansion that will be the largest redevelopment effort on Fifth Avenue South since the 2008 financial crisis. A three-story building to be constructed across the street from the inn will add suites, a meeting room and more […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A 165-room hotel to open this spring near Fort Bragg and the Fayetteville Regional Airport will be the most upscale property in the city. The Embassy Suites Fayetteville/Fort Bragg will have 12,000 square feet of meeting space, including an 8,200-square-foot ballroom, a private dining room, several breakout spaces and patios and prefunction […]

BRANSON, Mo. – The Chateau on the Lake has hired David Hume as director of sales. Hume has 19 years of hospitality experience including positions with the Mission Point Resort in Mackinac Island, Mich., and The Abbey Resort in Fontana, Wis. MONTEREY, Calif. – Tammy Blount has been named president and CEO of the Monterey […]

Photo courtesy Anaheim Convention Center ANAHEIM, Calif. – It doesn’t get more local than the rooftop. The Anaheim Convention Center is growing its own food on the building’s rooftop so that executive chef Otis Huemmer can always have fresh, local herbs on hand. The 2,000-square-foot garden sits on the center’s 1960s box office roof. The […]

Courtesy Kalahari Resorts SANDUSKY, Ohio – Kalahari Resort, with the largest indoor water park in the United States, has expanded its convention center. In early January, the resort unveiled a $22 million addition that doubled the size of its current convention center. More than 215,000 square feet of meeting space was added, the equivalent of […]

Many business travelers report that staying healthy while traveling can be tricky. In a survey of 200 business travelers by KRC Research for Omni Hotels, 56 percent said they had indulged in food and drink while traveling and later regretted it. About 56 percent said they wish hotel restaurant menus had more low-fat options. Business […]

Photo courtesy Anaheim CVB ANAHEIM, Calif. — By this time next year, patrons of the Anaheim Convention Center will be soaking up the California sunshine in the center’s new garden spot. Work will begin in April on the Grand Plaza, 100,000 square feet of outdoors that will “let our clients use their imagination and create […]

Photo courtesy Amelia Island Resort AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — TRT Holdings, the owner of Omni Island Hotels and Resorts, will invest $85 million in one of its newest properties, Amelia Island Resort, which was mired in bankruptcy only a year ago. The move shifts the resort’s focus to meetings and conventions. Tom Digby, the managing […]