Now that the national hotel occupancy rate is approaching its long run averages and scarcity has returned in certain markets and property types, guests have to pay more to rent rooms. However, after the guests have checked in, managers are struggling to get them to spend more on the additional services and amenities offered by hotels. This finding comes from the recently released 2013 edition of Trends in the Hotel Industry, the annual compendium of hotel operating statistics prepared by PKF Hospitality Research, LLC (PKF-HR) that dates back to 1937.
Revlon (NYSE: REV), The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) and Lilly Tartikoff have announced the 20th Anniversary of the EIF Revlon Run/Walk for Women. Revlon Brand Ambassadors Emma Stone and Olivia Wilde will host the 2013 event in New York today, May 4th and Halle Berry will host in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 11th with co-hosts Entertainment Tonight's Brooke Anderson and Dancing with the Stars' Carrie Ann Inaba.
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) (the 'Company') today reported its first quarter 2013 results. First quarter 2013 net income was $59 million, or $.08 per diluted share, which included $6 million (net) of favorable special items.
FOX UFC SATURDAY powered the network to a primetime win across key demographics this past Saturday night, including in Adults 18-49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Wake up! No time to dose or you'll miss the fun. Winner of 11 Tony's including Best Musical, score, book and more, this audience was in for a real treat, but someone forgot to set the 'time to laugh alarm'.
On May 11, 2013 from 6-9 p.m. at Uniondocs (322 Union Avenue, Brooklyn), AxcessArt-New York's newest artist showcase from the combined creative efforts of cultural curators Vanessa Fernandez and Jerry Gomez-debuts The Voyage Out featuring the works of Carol Adrianza and Jess Demonte.
STARZ welcomed its new STARZ Original Series 'Da Vinci's Demons' on Friday, April 12, the same day it bid a triumphant farewell to the 'Spartacus' franchise with record viewership that night and across the weekend.
Waterloo is among the most famous battles ever fought - the defeat of Napoleon's French army by the combined forces of Wellington and Blucher on 18 June 1815 was a turning point in world history and the outcome at Waterloo had a major influence on the shape of Europe for the next century and beyond. As the bicentenary of this monumental event approaches, interest in the clash between Emperor Napoleon I and the Duke of Wellington has never been greater. The battle was a milestone, and it cannot be fully understood without a detailed, on-the-ground study of the landscape in which it was fought. This is the purpose of David Buttery's essential new battlefield guide.
WE tv announced today a slate of three new unscripted original series and a corresponding scheduling strategy that will give today's busy women more weekend viewing options.
Revlon (NYSE: REV), The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) and Lilly Tartikoff are proud to announce the 20th Anniversary of the EIF Revlon Run/Walk for Women.
Discovery Communications today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the SBS Nordic operations of ProSiebenSat.1 Group, originally announced in December 2012.
They're all fighting for third place now. For the first time, The Colbert Report" has overtaken "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" among Adults 18-49 for a full quarter to give COMEDY CENTRAL the #1 and #2 late night talk shows in the key advertiser demographic, joining The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" at the top of the ratings charts.
Scheduled for April 28 and 29, The Ten Minute Playhouse is the next entry in Playhouse Nashville's 2013 season in residence at Street Theatre Company located at 1933 Elm Hill Pike. Deadline for submissions by Tennessee playwrights is 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 7. Submissions may be sent as PDF attachments via email to TMPHSubmissions@gmail.com.
Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Vivienne Benesch Artistic Director and Sarah Clare Corporandy Managing Director, is proud to announce programming for its 30th Anniversary season featuring Tennessee Williams' classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (June 28-July 7), the Pulitzer and Tony-winning Clybourne Park (July 19-28) and Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors (August 9-16) on the Bratton Theater Mainstage. CTC's innovative The New Play Workshop (July 11-13; August 1-3) will present two exciting new plays and in a signature Chautauqua event two years in the making, The Romeo & Juliet Project will re-interpret this classic tale of star-crossed lovers in a ground-breaking multi-disciplinary reimagining on July 27 on the celebrated 5000-seat Ampitheater stage.
As we anticipate the warm days and cool spring nights,OpenTable (OPEN), the world's leading provider of online restaurant reservations, is pleased to announce the 2013 Diners' Choice Award winners for Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants in the United States. These awards reflect the combined opinions of more than 5 million reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for more than 15,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Turner Sports and CBS Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV combined to deliver the most viewed first week of the NCAA Tournament in 20 years (1993). The combined coverage averaged 8.9 million total viewers, up 9% over last year's 8.2 million. The 2013 NCAA Tournament is averaging a 5.8 U.S. HH rating, up 7% from a 5.4 last year. It is the highest average rating for the tournament's first week in 15 years (5.9/15 in 1998).
CBS Sports and Turner Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV combined to deliver the most-viewed first week of the NCAA Tournament in 20 years (1993), according to Nielsen Fast National ratings.
Against the backdrop of the Tianguis Turistico tourism conference attended by Federal, State and business representatives, Aeromexico and Tesoros de Mexico Hoteles y Restaurantes (Treasures of Mexico, Hotels and Restaurants) are announcing a major commercial agreement to promote luxury tourism representing the finest hotel service and gastronomy in Mexico through various joint promotion marketing strategies.
Former Nevada Governor Bob Miller will be signing his new book, Son of a Gambling Man, My Journey from a Casino Family to the Governor's Mansion, from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Hudson News store in Terminal 1 at McCarran Las Vegas International Airport today, March 15. This is an open to the public, pre-screening area of the airport.
Bob Sokoler, real estate and technology expert, has joined a select group of the America's leading real estate experts, along with noted real estate professionals and coaches, Jay Kinder and Michael Reese, to co-write the book titled, "Ultimate Home Buyers Guide: The Nation's Leading Expert Advisors Reveal Their Secrets of Success for Buying Right in Any Market." The book was released by CelebrityPress - a leading business book publisher.
