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Serge Duffault (left), a member of the UNITE HERE Local 26 staff, and Jairo Leal (right), a Houseman at Battery Wharf Hotel for 10 years, picket at the 150-room Battery Wharf Hotel in Boston. Local 26 members went on strike against the hotel on September 5, demanding compensation and sexual harassment protections in line with other union hotels in Boston. The hotel continues to operate with the exception of its restaurant and room service.
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Authority Green Lights Selling Boston’s Hynes Convention Center
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By Jonathan Trager
Tourism Toronto has hired Scott Beck, head of Visit Salt Lake for the past 14 years and former chair of Destinations International, as its new President & CEO.
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Scott Beck Tapped as Head of Tourism Toronto
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By Jonathan Trager
Tourism Toronto has hired Scott Beck, head of Visit Salt Lake for the past 14 years and former chair of Destinations International, as its new President & CEO.
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Barron Hilton, Hotel Industry Giant, Dies at 91 |
By Grant Broadhurst
Philanthropist and former Hilton President and CEO William Barron Hilton died of natural causes at the age of 91 at his home in Los Angeles on the night of September 19. The son of Conrad Hilton – who founded the eponymous hotel company in 1919 – Barron Hilton greatly expanded his father’s hotel empire in the United States.
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Travel CEOs Issue Joint Statement Supporting Brand USA Reauthorization
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By Todd McElwee
More than a dozen prominent travel industry leaders including Jonathan Tisch, Chairman & CEO, Loews Hotels & Co.; Arne Sorenson, President & CEO, Marriott International; Christine Duffy, President, Carnival Cruise Line; and Roger Dow, President & CEO, U.S. Travel Association, are calling on Congress and the administration to reauthorize Brand USA.
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HOTS read that the recent Cape Town marathon in South Africa included some trees crossing the finish line. Reuters reported about 20 people strapped saplings to their backs for the marathon to promote the planting of trees native to South Africa rather than invasive species, which sounds like a tree-mendous cause. Still, HOTS thinks running a marathon is grueling enough without a tree strapped to one’s back, but HOTS has to give the runners credit for running with a wild idea (and some baby trees). HOTS thinks awareness for other causes could be generated in similar manners. Anyone up for promoting the construction of housing for the poor by running a marathon with a house strapped to one’s back? Personally, HOTS selflessly volunteers to promote alternative means of transportation by riding a Segway in a marathon.
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