Judy Cronkhite

Judy Cronkhite is the Director of Sales and Marketing at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. She has over 28 years of hotel experience, primarily

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Atlanta Area Hotel to Get Courtyard Brand

Noble Investment Group acquired the former Holiday Inn Decatur Hotel and Conference Center in Decatur, Ga., with plans to redevelop the property and

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Cvent to Launch Pharma Meetings Tool

Cvent, a meetings management technology provider, announced plans to roll out a new meetings management solution aimed to help planners of health

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PwC: Hotel Upswing to Continue

A new lodging forecast from PwC anticipates the U.S. hotel recovery will continue to gain momentum this year, driven both by gains in occupancy and

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Schrager Launches Hotel Brand in Chicago

Hotelier Ian Schrager announced plans for Public, a new luxury hotel brand that will have its first location in Chicago’s iconic Ambassador

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Hotel Profits Rose in 2010

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Joplin, Mo., Ravaged by Major Tornado

The city of Joplin, Mo. is reeling from the effects of a Sunday evening tornado that has left at least 116 dead and done substantial damage to

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KSL Buys Foreclosed Ariz. Resort

KSL Capital Partners purchased the Inter-Continental Montelucia Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz., for $115 million from the banks that

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Trump Marina Now Golden Nugget

New Jersey casino regulators granted the sale of the Trump Marina Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., to Landry’s Inc., owner of the Golden Nugget

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Seattle Marriott Completes Redo

The Seattle Marriott Waterfront completed a four-month, $4 million renovation project that included all 345 guest rooms. Enhancements were also made

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Dallas CC Hotel to Open Early

Developers of the Omni Dallas Hotel, a city-owned convention headquarters hotel, said work on the property is running so far ahead of schedule that

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Wisconsin Resort Reopening

The shuttered Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wis., is scheduled to reopen in June, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Meetings Focus Hot Topic eNewsletter

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Sheraton Returning to Omaha

After a 10-year absence, the Sheraton brand will return to Omaha when the Sheraton Omaha Hotel opens in October, following a renovation and

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Twitter Tips

A little bird told me that it couldn’t be easier to get started on Twitter, and it’s a wonderful way to broadcast your events, network

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Social Awareness

The very way we interact with each other is changing rapidly, with major news events reaching us first via “tweets,” momentum for social

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Baja Sur Unveils All-Suite Resort

The Villa del Palmar Beach Resort and Spa opened in Loreto on the Sea of Cortez in Mexico's Baja California South. The luxury property. the first

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Hilton Anatole Debuts $125 Million Makeover

The Hilton Anatole in Dallas wrapped up a five-year, $125 renovation that encompassed its 1,606 Asian-inspired guest rooms, 600,000 square feet of

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Hyatt Regency New Orleans to Reopen

The Hyatt Regency New Orleans. closed since Hurricane Katrina,  has set a reopening date of Oct. 19. 2011, following a $275 million 

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Vegas Veteran Tapped to Sell Chicago

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