Doug Herring, President and CEO of American Beacon Advisors up until its recent sale, has been named Vice President-Operations Finance and Strategic Planning at American Airlines. He will be responsible for the financial activities related to American’s Operations function, as well as oversee the group’s strategic planning activities.
Herring led American Beacon Advisors from March 2006 [...]

There’s a new yellow rose in Texas. Mr. John Q. Hammons’ new 10-story, 283-suite Embassy Suites® San Marcos – Hotel, Spa and Conference Center (www.sanmarcos.embassysuites.com) today opened at 1001 McCarty Lane in San Marcos decked in brilliant yellow trimmings in honor of its collaborative relationship with the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF). The $50 million hotel [...]

Sport Clips, the national hair care franchise for men and boys, has partnered with 360training.com to deliver online continuing education courses to its licensed cosmetologists in select states across its 588 locations across the nation. The online courses provided will provide an efficient and cost effective method for licensed stylists to stay current with mandatory [...]

Ideally located, Austin’s Arts et Metiers Hotel is the right place for you to stay in Paris. Nestled in a quiet street in the heart of Le Marais, just in front of the Museum and Conservatory of the Arts et Metiers and very near Beaubourg, Les Halles and Notre Dame, Austin’s Arts et Metiers [...]

If you are planning for a particular holiday destination at Paris, then Austin’s Saint Lazare Hotel is the perfect place for you to reside. Located next to the Saint Lazare Station in a lively area of the ninth district, Austin’s Saint Lazare Hotel Paris has direct access to Opera, Champs Elysees, Montmartre and another famous [...]

Ideally located, Austin’s Arts et Metiers Hotel is the right place for you to stay in Paris. Nestled in a quiet street in the heart of the Marais, just in front of the Museum and Conservatory of the Arts et Metiers and very near Beaubourg, Les Halles and Notre Dame, Austin’s Arts et Metiers Hotel [...]

Ideally located, Austin’s Arts et Metiers Hotel is the right place for you to stay in Paris. Nestled in a quiet street in the heart of the Marais, just in front of the Museum and Conservatory of the Arts et Metiers and very near Beaubourg, Les Halles and Notre Dame, Austin’s Arts et Metiers [...]

With even modest hotels charging from $200 to $300 a room all over the world (and sometimes more), the smart traveler is frequently turning to the rental of lower-cost vacation homes or apartments.
We have learned that it is rather easy to find, say, a perfectly acceptable $139-a-night apartment in Manhattan to substitute for a Manhattan [...]

O’ LAKES - Paradise Lakes, the clothing-optional resort off U.S. 41, has held nude road races, screened “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and hosted a strip poker tournament to attract new members.
Now, the nation’s largest nudist resort by membership is offering its members luxurious incentives to draw more people. The resort hopes to gain 1,000 [...]

The owner of the financially distressed Lajitas Resort in far West Texas got a little breathing room Tuesday when a foreclosure sale in Brewster County was canceled.
“My client has agreed to delay the sale for month. It will give the Lajitas folks some more time to get their new loan or additional money together,” [...]

Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. has completed the sale of several properties, including two in Austin, to Walton TCC Hotel Investors V LLC as it prepares for a buyout.
Fort Worth-based Crescent [NYSE: CEI] has sold the Omni Austin Hotel and Austin Centre office building at 701 Brazos in downtown, as part of a transaction announced [...]

This Mother’s Day, The Renaissance Austin Hotel will host a truly unique tribute to Foster and Adoptive Moms with a “Salute to Foster/Adoptive Moms,” a complimentary Mother’s Day brunch and program that honors moms who give the gift foster children want most: a family.
May is a significant month for mothers nationally, serving as National Foster [...]