Grant of 75,000 Stock Options Approved for Northampton

TORONTO — Canadian hotelier, Northampton Group Inc., has announced that, in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Board of Directors has approved a...

Sheraton Shows Its Pride

TORONTO — The Sheraton Centre is celebrating World Pride by taking part in numerous activities to show support for the event taking place from June 20 to...

GTHA Welcomes New Chair

TORONTO — The Greater Toronto Hotel Association (GTHA) held its annual general meeting last week, bidding farewell to outgoing chair Robert Housez and ushering in a new...

Temple Acquires Two Days Inn Hotels

WINNIPEG — Two Thunder Bay, Ont. hotels are being snatched up by Temple Hotels Inc., for a combined $26.5 million. The Winnipeg-based real-estate investment...

Days Inn Announces Two Grand Openings

TORONTO — Realstar Hospitality is continuing to expand the The Days Inn brand. This week the company celebrated two grand openings — one in Vernon, B.C. and...

Reuters: Airbnb Launches In-home Restaurant Experience

SAN FRANCISCO — During the past six years, Airbnb has been slowly stealing share from the hotel industry through its online accommodation-sharing business, and now the San...

Ryerson’s Ted Rogers School Expands Co-op Programming

TORONTO — The Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) at Ryerson University is expanding its co-op program, so students enrolled in their second year of the Hospitality...

Hilton Brand Launches Magazines

MCLEAN, Va. — Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts and Conrad Hotels & Resorts announced the launch of two magazines, available online and in hotel rooms for free. “These...

ORHMA Elects New Board Members

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association (ORHMA) elected its new Board of Directors for 2014-2015 at its annual meeting held this week at...

Fairmont Royal York Opens “Bee Hotel”

TORONTO — The Fairmont Royal York is building buzz around its pilot pollinator bee hotel.   Created to address the declining population of pollinator bees, which are responsible for...