Omaha Hotels News

Airlines, hotels wield social media
Booking a flight? Go on Facebook. Running late to the hotel? Send a tweet.

Social Media Give Travel Industry a Lift
Hotels, airlines and other segments of the multibillion-dollar travel industry are aggressively tapping into social media, ramping up their use of online sites such as Facebook and Twitter to build loyalty to their brands.

United Way helps fund activities for area Girl Scouts
To coincide with the kickoff of Sedalia-Pettis County United Way’s 2010-11 fundraising campaign, The Sedalia Democrat will publish a series of articles that highlight the various agencies in Sedalia and Pettis County that United Way supports.

Tivus, Inc. Engages Public Auditing Firm
OMAHA, NE--(Marketwire - September 2, 2010) - Tivus, Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : TIVU ), a provider of turnkey media entertainment technology to the hotel and hospitality industry, today announced it has retained the Houston, Texas, auditing firm of M&K CPAS, PLLC, a PCAOB and CPAB approved public accounting firm.

Supertel Hospitality, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Board Member
NORFOLK, NE--(Marketwire - September 3, 2010) - Supertel Hospitality, Inc. ( NASDAQ : SPPR ) announced that Richard A. Frandeen has joined the Board of Directors. Richard Frandeen has over 40 years of banking and real estate experience. His experience includes financing a wide variety of commercial real estate including hotel, office, retail, multifamily, senior housing and industrial projects ...

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LivingSocial Launches Hyperlocal Daily Deals in Washington, D.C. and New York City
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading group buying site LivingSocial today expanded its Deals program to include neighborhood-specific savings for the first time. Recognizing that some residents like to shop, dine and play in their immediate area, LivingSocial kicks the program off with hyper-targeted deals in three regions of the D.C. area and four in New York City. LivingSocial is ...

Restaurateurs turn to Nabity group
OMAHA - Owners of several Omaha food businesses say that while the Omaha City Council's 2.5 percent dining and drinking tax is better than the 4 percent version Mayor Jim Suttle proposed in July, it's still 2.5 percent too much for a struggling industry to bear.