HI Original Features                              9/17/2002

Is It Time to Rebalance the FF&E Reserve Account?
Guest columnist Chad Crandall discusses the best approaches to reallocating funds in a down market to keep a hotel looking fresh. 


Reader Feedback

We're getting more interactive! Starting today you can sound off with your distinctive point of view in our new Reader Feedback section. That's right, we want to hear your insights and great ideas on issues that are directly affecting the hospitality industry. At the end of every story we publish you'll see a convenient e-mail link. Just click it and soon you too could tell everyone you know (and many you don't) exactly what you think.

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Events

This November, don't miss the resurgence of the hospitality industry.  Visit the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show and join over 45,000 of your peers for more than 1,750 vendors, 40 seminars, and countless networking opportunities. To take part in the Show where it all comes together, register at www.ihmrs.com.

 

Explore the current success and tremendous growth opportunities in timeshare development. Participate in interactive roundtables, one-on-one discussions, network functions, and mobile workshops. Don't miss it!

 

Information Management Network (IMN) is proud to present the International Hospitality Real Estate Summit. This program is being held in conjunction with Barcelona Meeting Point's (BMP) International Real Estate Show &Symposium. IMN's International Hospitality Real Estate Summit will be held in Barcelona on 9th-11th October 2002. For more information you may go to www.imn.org/a402/hie.


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  News Briefs

Leisure Travel Up, Business Travel Down For First Six Months Of Year

Paul Pastoor To Head New Prestige Resorts Division

Preferred Hotels & Resorts Elects Preferred Advisory Board Members

Interval Promotes Marcos Agostini To Caribbean Region Director

Island Outpost Hires Daniel Reid As C.O.O.

First Best Western Opens In Yemen

One Of Key West's Newest Resort Properties Becomes A Doubletree

Atlantica Hotels Announces Two Hotel Openings, One Hotel Conversion

IGCA Calls Special Shareholders' Meeting

Six Continents Announces Launch of New Website in Spanish

Ian Schrager Hotels Implement Pegasus' Central Reservations System