Washington-based hotel giant Marriott International announced today that all of its lodging brands in the U.S. and Canada will become 100 percent smoke-free beginning in September. The new policy covers more than 2,300 hotels and corporate...
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”
MANY have described our “new” Ne...
IT'S a tough award to win. Being named “catering manager of the year” at Hyatt Hotels means hitting sales targets, winning the support of management and constantly delivering quality. This year's winner — Cheryl Martin, catering manager at the Hy...
LOOKING for flexible event space can be a challenge. Hotel ballrooms land convention center spaces offer many amenities, yet often come with restrictions such as existing decorative features, rigging, high costs for accessing power, and catering ...
WEDDINGS are one occasion when the right location is a requisite. In the current event market, that often means taking the festivities out of traditional wedding locations such as hotels and private clubs. But with the move into unconventional ve...
EVENTS are big business at city and country clubs, but to keep up with the high-tech demands of members and competition from other venues, clubs feel the pressure to upgrade their technological capabilities. From adding state-of-the-art audiovisu...
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, based in White Plains, N.Y., announced Monday that its upscale Westin Hotels & Resorts brand will become the first hotel chain to introduce a systemwide policy banning smoking. Effective next month, all...
The latest version of the “Essential Venue Guide for London Eastside” is now available to help event pros pick sites in London's East End. Produced by the Tower Hamlets Council, the new edition features more than 60 unique sites for exhibitions...
FROM his start as a meeting planner in the automotive industry, David Dvorak, CMP, has moved into the hotel business in big way. As vice president of catering and convention services for White Plains, N.Y.-based Starwood Hotels & Resorts, his dep...
