Los angeles Hotels News

Auto Club: Top Southern California Hotels and Restaurants Earn AAA Four Diamond Awards
LOS ANGELES, CA-- - Eighty-five Southern California hotels and 37 restaurants have earned the 2012 AAA Four Diamond Award®, the Automobile Club of Southern California announced today. Eighteen locations ...

Starwood Closes 2011 Adding the Most New Hotel Rooms in Its History Plus More New Deals Than since Pre-Crisis
From the American Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announced that building on a year of record growt

Starwood Says Hotel Conversion Opportunities in North America Expected to Rise in 2012 with Uptick in Portfolio ...
From the American Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced today that it opened 27 hotels in North America in 2011, more than it had predicted this time last year with the addition of several high quality conversions that were signed and opened during the course of the year.

LodgeNet Installs Envision Interactive HDTV Platform at the L.A. LIVE Complex in Downtown Los Angeles
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET - News), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses ...

Keith Smith Appointed Chairman of Los Angeles Branch Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco appointed Keith Smith chairman of the Los Angeles Branch board of directors, effective January 1, 2012. In addition, The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System appointed Mr.

Historic Dallas Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa Becomes Luxe Hotels’ First Branded Property in Texas
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of the continued brand expansion of the Luxe Hotels’ portfolio, CEO Efrem Harkham announced today the addition of the historic Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa in Dallas, Texas, making it the newest Luxe branded property. The announcement was made at The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS). The stylish, uptown Dallas property is managed by CAM Hospitality ...

Hotel room prices rise 4.3% in 2011
Los Angeles hotels, however, post a 2.4% decrease. Rates are expected to rise nationwide as travel in the U.S. grows, creating more demand for hotel rooms. With business and leisure travel growing, the average price for a hotel room rose 4.3% nationwide last year and is expected to climb further this year, helping the industry rebound from the Great Recession.

Trump says lack of bank lending hurting hotels
LOS ANGELES, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Real estate mogulDonald Trump said on Tuesday that U.S. hotel construction willbe held back until banks start lending money for developmentprojects. "Unless the banks ...