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Articles in Dec 13, 2004, issue of Hotel & Motel Management

• Playing it safe during big events: prepayments, guarantees help hoteliers plan
  by Robert Selwitz
• New York events provide interesting highlights
  by Bruce Adams
• Noncompete agreements help employers keep trade secrets
  by Peter Ripin
• Earnings reports boost lodging stocks
• Clarksville, Tenn.- based JRD Partnership opened a 49-room America's Best Inn in Clarksville, Tenn
  by Heather Gunter
• Entertainment options
• Direct from bikini bottom …
• Ensuring the best fit for the job: in-depth screening helps hoteliers identify quality employees
  by William Atkinson
• Industry insight
• Transactions
  by Jeff Higley
• Hotels' satisfaction performance recovers
• Shell Vacations is building the Vino Bello vacation-ownership resort in Napa Valley, Calif. Completion of the first 64 units is expected by the end of 2005
  by Elaine Simon
• Vacuum covers
• By the numbers
• Owners work to maintain employees at damaged properties
  by Dennis Blank
• The happiest New Year's Eve event is one that's accident free
  by Anthony Marshall
• Industry recovery is No. 1 pick for top story of 2004
  by Bruce Adams
• Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, Little Torch Key, Fla., is introducing an Island Wellness Escape package, which offers new techniques in spa therapy and treatment
  by Heather Gunter
• RCI introduced an enhanced version of RCI Elite Rewards, its credit card and customer-loyalty program
  by Elaine Simon
• Insulating windows
• Quotable
• Barcelo plans JQH deal, portfolio growth
  by Bruce Adams
• Creativity, communication help employee retention
  by Joanne L. Harris
• Variety of strategies help improve hotel employee satisfaction
  by Jonathan Barsky
• Third-party screening: weeding out the 'bad apples'
  by William Atkinson
• Kimpton Hotels announces a partnership with Haagen-Dazs ice cream as part of their Women InTouch program
  by Heather Gunter
• Interval International, a vacation exchange company, launched Interval Data Services through a strategic alliance with AccuData America, an independent provider of multisourced, compiled data products
  by Elaine Simon
• From boardroom to borders
• Internet access
• New per diem rates based on independent data
  by Bruce Adams
• According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive, 52 percent of American business travelers book their business travel online, but 33 percent still use offline channels such as travel agents to make or amend their business-travel reservations
  by Elaine Simon
• Ownership transfer strategies, estate planning go hand-in-hand
  by Mike Henning
• Companies, guests target quality amenities
  by Dennis Blank
• Hotel investment conference: the right industry, the right time!
• Floor resurfacer
• Knowledge is power for Hyatt class
• Vanity tops
• Companies seek new franchisee wells
  by Tony Dela Cruz
• The Leading Hotels of the World launched Leading Spas, a luxury spa evaluation and certification program that is designed as a benchmark for global luxury standards
  by Elaine Simon
• For best results, pay salespeople for their revenue volume
  by Howard Feiertag
• Study offers insight into potential timeshare purchasers
• A new America's Best Inn is open in Chickasaw, Ala
  by Heather Gunter
• Bathtub liners
• Eggshell finish
• Overbuilt or underdemolished? LIIC panel evaluates guestroom supply
  by Jeff Higley
• Gaudy, neon signage and insensitive architecture are among the "big brand" nuisances criticized by hoteliers in research conducted by independent hotel group Summit Hotels and Resorts
  by Elaine Simon
• AAHOA's Franchise Advisory Council Summit a success
  by Nash Patel
• Several resorts joined RCI's network of affiliated resorts
  by Elaine Simon
• The 263-room Jekyll Oceanfront Resort, located on Jekyll Island just six miles off Georgia's coast, is now open as a Clarion Resort
  by Heather Gunter
• Hospitality dryer
• In-room television
• Kimpton Hotels introduced its Forgot It?
  by Heather Gunter
• Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration opened The Robert A. and Jan M. Beck Center, a state-of-the-art learning facility for the school's undergraduate and graduate programs
  by Elaine Simon
• Remote baggage service, check-in win positive reviews from hoteliers
  by Dennis Blank
• Internet products
• The Hampton Inn, Colorado Springs, Colo., is now a Comfort Inn hotel
  by Heather Gunter
• Electronic DND
• Banquet chairs
• Radisson Hotels & Resorts and its managed hotels group in the Americas have joined forces with Mission Foods and the New England Culinary Institute to create a low-carb menu that debuted at all of its Radisson-managed properties throughout the United
  by Heather Gunter
• The International Society of Hospitality Purchasers raised $62,000 in donated goods for Gifts In Kind International, a nonprofit group that gathers and distributes new and used merchandise to charities nationwide
  by Elaine Simon
• Events
• Capital provider
• After a $20-million renovation, the Holiday Inn—King of Prussia is now a 225-room Crowne Plaza Hotel in King of Prussia, Pa
  by Heather Gunter
• Entertaining needs
• Vanity tops: Hotel Vanities International offers practical and elegant chain-approved bath products at low prices
• Brandlike benefits, independence drive growth of hotel collections
  by Shannon McMullen-Coyne
• Programs, surveys costly without ROI
  by Joanne L. Harris
• Negotiating replacement reserve helps cash-flow issues
  by Jeff Wilder
• After the bell
• The Econo Lodge Inn & Suites in Lincoln, N.H., is now open
  by Heather Gunter
• Custom golf carts
• Washer-extractors