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		<title>Marriott To Report Earnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, July 16, Marriott will report its Q2 earnings that may provide some insight as to the state of the economy. Why is it important?  Marriott operates more than 3,200 lodging properties worldwide, and the company&#8217;s performance offers insight on &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/marriotts-earning-report-to-provide-sign-of-economic-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3332&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>iGroupNation Interview With Kim Reynolds, CMM, CMP Strategic Meetings Solutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Reynolds, CMM, CMP and Principle of Strategic Meetings Solutions located in Dallas, Texas is one accomplished meetings and events entrepreneur.  Kim has been in the hospitality and meetings and events industry for 25 years and shares her insights in &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/igroupnation-interview-with-kim-reynolds-cmm-cmp-strategic-meetings-solutions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3251&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>California Reports 32 Hotels In Foreclosure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;challenges&#8221; for San Francisco&#8217;s biggest business are coming thick and fast. That oft-used word at last Tuesday&#8217;s San Francisco Visitors &#38; Convention Bureau luncheon rang loud and clear two days later when the Four Seasons Hotel on Market Street &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/california-reports-32-hotels-in-foreclosure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3325&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>iGroupNews To Launch New Monthly Segment &#8211; iGroupNation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, July 13, iGroupNews will launch a new monthly segment that features information, inspiration, and insight from passionate professionals who plan meetings and conferences and those who support their efforts representing hotels, destinations, and other related services called iGroupNation.  &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/igroupnews-to-launch-new-monthly-segment-igroupnation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3244&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DFW Area Launches Co-Op Program For Meeting Planners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cities and convention and visitors bureaus of Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas and Irving, along with American Airlines and several ground transportation providers, launched an incentive program on July 9 designed to boost business travel to North Texas. Called DFW &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/dfw-area-launches-co-op-program-for-meeting-planners/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3240&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Four Seasons SFO In Default</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millennium Partners is in default on its two-year $90 million loan for the 277-room Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, according to the developer. The luxury condo and hotel developer and operator has purposefully stopped making debt payments as a strategy &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/four-seasons-sfo-in-default/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3235&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Blows Off Kremlin For Night At 02 Lounge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report issued by the NY Times, President Obama took leave of his Russian hosts on Tuesday night to seclude himself in his Moscow hotel with his wife, Michelle, and their daughters. The first family enjoyed a relaxed evening at &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/obama-blows-off-kremlin-for-night-at-02-lounge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3231&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Signs Deal With Hyatt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft recently signed a deal with Hyatt to put the hotel chain’s ads on Verizon phones, where users will be directed to the hotel’s mobile website.  Scott Howe, corporate VP of Microsoft’s advertiser and publisher group told Reuters he expects &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/microsoft-signs-deal-with-hyatt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3227&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some Independent Meeting Planners Are Losing Their Shirts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When meeting cancel, hotels are the only winners because they collect a percentage of their anticipate revenues based upon the attrtition agreed to by the end-user.  But meeting and event planners who work on 100% commission are on the short-end &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/some-independent-meeting-planners-losing-their-shirts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3221&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Omni Rewards Tweets</title>
		<link>http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/omni-rewards-tweets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a NY Times article, Omni Hotels has been monitoring Twitter to offer guests surprise perks. For example, Kevin Colón, 35, from Superior, Colo., twittered about his plans to watch the Final Four college basketball championships in April with &#8230; <a href="http://groupsinternational.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/omni-rewards-tweets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groupsinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6011785&amp;post=3218&amp;subd=groupsinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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