August 29, 2008 Today's Headlines: Shangri-La Names CEO, COO Los Angeles Catches Hotel Pool Party Wave Adelson Brushes Aside Fears Of Macau Slowdown AH&LA Launches Voter Education Web Site Singapore Swissotel Merchant Court On Market Warimpex May Change Warsaw Hotel Project Into Office LodgeNet Realigns Into Three Divisions E-Marketing Blog: Great New Web Site Designs Shangri-La Names CEO, COO Shangri-La Asia Ltd. names Madhu Rao managing director and chief executive officer of Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. Greg Dogan is named chief operating officer. Read the full story >> ADVERTISEMENT HOTELS' Hotelier Radio Listen in as industry's leading hoteliers discuss their experiences, challenges, future plans, vision and outlook on the industry in podcasts featured on HOTELS' Hotelier Radio. Click here to tune in to Hotelier Radio. Los Angeles Catches Hotel Pool Party Wave In Southern California, hotel pool parties operate on a smaller scale than in Las Vegas, but they have multiplied over the last few years. Just look at this weekend: They're at the boutique Custom Hotel near LAX, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, both Standard Hotels in West Hollywood and downtown L.A., the W Hotel in Westwood, the LAX-adjacent Sheraton Gateway Hotel and even The Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey. Read the full story >> Adelson Brushes Aside Fears Of Macau Slowdown Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson and his executives dismiss concerns over the prospect of a slowing economy and Beijing's recent measures to restrict visits of mainlanders to Macau. Read the full story >> AH&LA Launches Voter Education Web Site American hotel employees now have a new online tool to help them actively participate in this year's U.S. elections. The American Hotel & Lodging Association's new voter education program, LodgingVotes.com, offers AH&LA members a single comprehensive political, grassroots action, and voter education Web site. Read the full story >> Singapore Swissotel Merchant Court On Market Swissotel Merchant Court, a 476-room hotel near Clarke Quay, has been put up for sale by global tender. Read the full story >> Warimpex May Change Warsaw Hotel Project Into Office Warimpex is mulling changing a Warsaw-based hotel project into an office project due to the current boom in the office sector in Poland. Read the full story >> LodgeNet Realigns Into Three Divisions LodgeNet Interactive Corp. is realigning into key business units: hospitality, healthcare and hotel networks. As part of this realignment, its operations addressing the hospitality and healthcare markets will be organized into two divisions. hotel networks, the media marketing division, will continue to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. Read the full story >> E-Marketing Blog: Great New Web Site Designs Scott van Hartesvelt looks at some of the best and the worst among new hotel Web site designs. Read the full story >> Click here for all news headlines ADVERTISEMENT Keep Your Culinary Keen with Food & Beverage Bites Find out what's current and upcoming in the culinary corner of hotelkeeping with Food & Beverage Bites eNewsletter from HOTELS. This free monthly F&B briefing delivers food and beverage news, menu ideas and product information relevant to the world of hotelkeeping. Subscribe today! readers' choice - our most popular web pages Hotel Capitalization Rates Continue To Soften Hilton Garden Inn Integrates Breakfast With Marketing Message Beijing Rates, Revenue Spike During Olympics Spotlight On: Jean-Pierre Etcheberrigaray, F&B Concept Specialist Thompson Hotels To Open In Seoul Rate, RevPAR Increase Globally In July HOTELS' Daily News Service is edited by Jeff Weinstein +1 630 288 8260. Copyright © 2007 Reed Business Information. All rights reserved. For information about sponsorship opportunities, contact David Wood +1 630 288 8267.

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