<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Hospitality</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/industries/hospitality?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><description>Hospitality</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Gaming Board OKs Mandalay Sale]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7362-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7362-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Illinois Gaming Board members on Thursday unanimously approved the sale of Mandalay Resort Group to MGM Mirage Inc., the world's second-largest gambling company, removing the final hurdle to the deal closing next week.]]></description><author>APOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Marriott Design Stresses Aesthetics]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32487-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32487-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ORLANDO -- At the new JW Marriott hotel here, the bright yellow rooms are light and open, the golf course was designed by Greg Norman and the Italian restaurant on the ground floor grows its  vegetables out back.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Fuzzy Snapshot Of Tourism Spending]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45983-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45983-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Getting a fix on how much tourists spend in the Washington region can be a bit challenging.]]></description><author> Bill Brubaker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hotel Union Chief Eyes Bid to Lead AFL-CIO]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36332-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36332-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John W. Wilhelm, president of the hotel workers union, is telling colleagues that he is committed to challenge John J. Sweeney for the presidency of the AFL-CIO, according to sources close to him.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balancing Nevada, National Interests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52469-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52469-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sen. Harry M. Reid, at times, has had to balance his party's national political agenda against his state's more parochial economic interests.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tourists Urged to  Look Past The District]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37092-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37092-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The whole notion of Northern Virginia can be a bit perplexing to out-of-towners, U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) told a regional tourism conference at historic Oatlands Carriage House in Leesburg.]]></description><author> Bill Brubaker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union Reaches Tentative Deal With Hotels]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10440-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10440-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The tentative labor deal will help the nation's capital avoid a strike by hotel workers during the upcoming inauguration.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin and Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hotels, Union Negotiators Break Off Talks After 3 Hours]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5340-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5340-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Contract talks between the local hotel union and 14 large D.C. hotels ended abruptly last night as negotiators for the hotels refused to increase their pay and benefits offer, complicating efforts to avoid a strike before the presidential inauguration next week.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin  and Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union, Hotels Have Made Little Progress in Talks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49779-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49779-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In September, the city's unionized hotel workers were on the verge of striking, threatening to walk off the job at any moment if the 14 major hotels that employ them wouldn't meet a series of demands.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convention Board Backs Mayor on Hotel Site]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30162-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30162-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The board of the Washington Convention Center Authority voted Thursday in favor of putting the city's largest hotel on a site favored by Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D). But the board said it will study whether the site is a feasible space.]]></description><author> Dana Hedgpeth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union Sees Progress In Talks, Hotels Don't]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44162-2004Nov11.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44162-2004Nov11.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Officials representing 14 major Washington hotels and Unite Here Local 25 yesterday gave mixed reports of progress in negotiations for a new contract for 3,800 hotel workers.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barcelo Crestline to Acquire Missouri-Based Hotel Group]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43176-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43176-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Barcelo Crestline Corp., a privately held McLean hotel company, said yesterday it plans to acquire a Missouri-based firm that is one of the country's largest independent owners and operators of hotels.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Progress Reported In Hotel Negotiations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34088-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34088-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Labor and management have hit an impasse, which has included union threats of a strike over better working conditions, protection of health and other benefits.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[EEOC Sues Virginia Hotel Over English Fluency Policy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9663-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9663-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal agency filed a lawsuit against the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington yesterday, claiming the hotel discriminated against a former dishwasher by failing to rehire him because he does not speak fluent English.]]></description><author> Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union, Hotels Still Deadlocked]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9618-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9618-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Union and hotel officials met Tuesday for the first full day of negotiations in two weeks. But they said they did not come closer to a deal on a contract for 3,800 hotel workers at 14 hotels in the District who have been working without one since Sept. 15.]]></description><author> Dana Hedgpeth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Francisco Hotel Workers Strike]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60794-2004Sep29.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60794-2004Sep29.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unionized workers at four large San Francisco hotels went on strike Wednesday morning over issues similar to those causing an impasse between hotels and their workers at several large hotels in Washington.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin and Dana Hedgpeth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union, D.C. Hotels Recess Negotiations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55137-2004Sep27.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55137-2004Sep27.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Negotiations over a new contract for D.C. hotel workers broke off early Monday as the union and representatives of 14 major hotels reported little progress in resolving the impasse between them.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boardman Takes Tougher Stance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52785-2004Sep26.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52785-2004Sep26.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Negotiator for D.C. hotel workers faces crucial test of his leadership.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most D.C. Hotels Have Kept Union at Bay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45916-2004Sep23.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45916-2004Sep23.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Three years ago, before the trendy Hotel Monaco in Washington's Penn Quarter filled its goldfish bowls and tucked in its high-thread-count sheets, managers went to a local human resources association to see what the unionized hotels in the area paid employees.]]></description><author> Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hotels, Union Agree Only to Talk Again Next Week]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39774-2004Sep21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39774-2004Sep21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/hospitality</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Negotiators for 14 D.C. hotels and the hotel employees union, meeting yesterday after a six-day impasse, reported little headway in resolving substantive issues but said there were enough hints of progress to warrant continued talks.]]></description><author> Dana Hedgpeth and Neil Irwin</author></item></channel></rss>