Smartcool Systems Inc., whose Energy Saving Module (ESM)(TM) makes refrigeration and air conditioning systems more energy and cost-efficient, has received an order from the seven-storey, 246-guestroom Radisson SAS Hotel located in Media City, Dubai.
Before making its purchase decision, the Radisson SAS Hotel completed comprehensive testing of Smartcool’s technology in June and July 2008. The testing [...]

The Rezidor Hotel Group will bring its fresh and energetic mid-market brand Park Inn to the holy city of Makkah in Q1-2009: The Al Diyafa Park Inn Makkah will be in the Al Zahir area approximately three kilometres from the Haram, the mosque of the prophet. It adds 221 rooms to the Rezidor portfolio – [...]

Brussels | The Rezidor Hotel Group, the Brussels-based hotel management company, announces plans for its first property in Makkah, Saudi-Arabia. The Al Diyafa Radisson Hotel is currently slated to open in 2010.
Located within walking distance of the Al Diyafa shopping mall and less than two miles from the legendary Haram mosque, the new hotel will [...]

NATCHEZ — Potential contractors for the new convention center hotel were in town Wednesday to talk to possible subcontractors and finalize pricing, developer Tom Bauer said.
Construction and financing plans are on track and going well, Bauer said.
He has been in communication with Country Inn & Suites and is moving ahead with work to bring the [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. Four North Carolina hotels and two restaurants were among the top-rated in North America in a survey released today.
The Fearrington House Country Inn in Pittsboro was the state’s lone five-star hotel in the Mobil Travel Guide rankings, and one of only 53 hotels and restaurants in the U-S and Canada that received that [...]

A five-floor, 66-unit condo building could be the latest in a string of new developments just south of the city’s historic downtown area along South Main Street.
But the Katy Trail Lofts proposal has stalled at City Hall amid opposition from some nearby residents and businesses who contend that it would be too high and large [...]

Country Inns & Suites By Carlson(R), the mid-tier lodging brand of Minneapolis-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, today announces the opening of its 400th hotel. The landmark hotel, located at 1630 Olmsted Drive, has a prime location in Portage, Ind., near the southern shore of Lake Michigan and 45 minutes east of Chicago.
The grand opening ceremony of [...]

Northern Kentucky University had to rent space at a hotel because so many students want to live on campus this fall, a school official said.
Twenty freshmen have been assigned to 10 rooms at the Country Inn & Suites in Wilder when the school year begins on Aug. 18. A shuttle will take them to and [...]