By Brian Moran: Are you just employing workers or actually finding leaders who can help grow your company? Follow these tips for hiring and keeping strong leaders.

The Paris-born brand unveils a 24-Hour curated soundtrack by French bossa nova band Nouvelle Vague and ‘Sparkling’ aperitif cocktail program.

InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the opening of the Holiday Inn Express Rio Branco hotel. The 110-room new-build hotel is owned by Inter Oceanica Hotelaria Ltda and is franchised by an affiliate of IHG.

Jim “Goody” Goodman joins Seattle Waterfront restaurant with extensive background in BBQ.

Dubai based hotel chain, Auris Group has chosen Connect by eRevMax, a solution that will provide real time two-way connectivity between hotels and Online Travel Agencies, Meta-search Engines, Travel Agents and Corporate clients.

As the official caterer for both a dinner and lunch for Barack Obama during his recent visit to Malaysia, the Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur marshaled a team of 35 chefs and 300 service staff to prepare special, but not too spicy, meals for POTUS.

By Sam Weston: How can you increase your website's booking revenue without the expense of pro-actively targeting new visitors? It's simple – convert more of the potential guests already visiting your site.

By Katie Scheer: Turning an inquiry into a guest is the ultimate goal of hotel sales. Here are four sales skills necessary to get the ultimate "C", a closed sale.

By Jim Butler: European banks are at an inflection point and are selling off troubled debt. Is there now opportunity for hotel investors buying bad loans and sourcing troubled hotel and real estate investments in Europe (and Italy)?

Starwood Hotels & Resorts have announced its debut in Ajman with the opening of Ajman Saray, a Luxury Collection Resort, Ajmanin the United Arab Emirates (UAE).