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Industry news for the week of March 23, 2009
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OPENINGS AND RENOVATIONS:
An Allegria Hotel & Spa will open in May in Long Beach, N.Y. The seven-story property will include 120 rooms, 30 suites, a spa and the Atlantica restaurant operated by chef Todd Jacobs.
The former Columbus Airport hotel in Columbus, Ga., has reopened as the Doubletree Hotel Columbus. The renovated 176-room hotel is operated by Pezold Management under a franchise agreement with a subsidiary of Hilton Hotels Corp. and managed by Valley Hospitality Services LLC.
Hilton Hotels & Resorts has opened the renovated Hilton Stockton in Stockton, Calif. The 198-room hotel is operated by Stockton Hospitality LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacifica Host Hotels, under a franchise license agreement with Hilton.
The Allison, a luxury inn and spa slated to open in August 2009 in Newberg, Ore., has been accepted as a member of Preferred Boutique Hotels. The property, in Oregon's wine country, will feature 85 guest rooms and suites, along with a 15,000-square-foot spa.
MANAGEMENT CHANGES:
Jolie Quest Hotels and Resorts has hired Jayne Betts as its director of revenue management.
Martin Professional, an automated lighting company based in Aarhus, Denmark, has hired Morten Ørnstrand-Søborg as business area manager-clubs and bars.
RELOCATIONS:
Global Lighting, to 545 Franklin Ave., Mount Vernon, N.Y. 10550. Telephone: 914-591-4095; fax: 914-591-3796.
Material ConneXion, to 60 Madison Ave., 2nd flr., New York NY 10010. Telephone: 212-842-2050; fax: 212-842-1090
BUSINESS BRIEFS:
Meyda Lighting has established Meyda Custom Lighting, a division specializing in custom lighting fixtures, lamps, stained-glass windows and more.
Morgans Hotel Group Co. has launched a new, fully integrated and optimized web site at www.morganshotelgroup.com .
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has been ranked No. 39 on the 2009 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list, its sixth year on that roster.
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