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The article offers news briefs related to the hotel industry. Scott Anderson has been appointed president of Kohler Co. Hospitality & Real Estate Group in St. Andrews, Scotland. Lloyd A. Thola has opened Motel 6 in Goodland, Kansas. Key West Inns Inc. announced the opening of its 20th franchised hotel in Hogansville, Georgia.

This section presents branding briefs in the lodging and hospitality industry in North America, as of September 2004. Dimension 3 Hospitality will allegedly open the first franchised Motel 6 in Canada, a 79-room property in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Toronto-based Realstar Hospitality Corp. is allegedly the Motel 6 master franchisor in Canada. On the other hand, a new AmericInn Lodge & Suites opened in Oswego, Illinois. OI Properties is the developer of the 59-room hotel. Charlevoix Land Co. broke ground in July 2004 on a 53-room property in Charlevoix, Michigan. Meanwhile, New Clarion properties include the Clarion San Jose, California Airport and the Clarion Sports Complex in Kansas City, Missouri. The San Jose property had been a Park Plaza, while the Kansas City hotel is a conversion from Adam's Mark. Other Choice openings include Comfort Suites properties in Ocean City, Maryland and Buffalo, New York; Comfort Inns & Suites in Lakeland, Florida and Dover, North Hampton; a Comfort Inn in Matthews, North Carolina; and the Quality Inn Navajo Nation Capital in Window Rock, Arizona. Choice Hotels established a subsidiary in Mexico to begin direct franchising in the country. German Fernandez is managing director of the unit.

A review is offered for the Motel 6 located in Biloxi, Mississippi.

The article offers news briefs related to hospitality industry. Hotels Holiday Inn Long Island-Manhattan View and Crowne Plaza Long Island-MacArthur Airport, recently opened in New York. Fairmont Battery Wharf Resort hotel opened in Boston last month. Fifty motel locations and seven hotel properties were bought by Accor Morth America Inc. in 2008.

The article offers information on the scope, objectives and purpose of the annual top performers study of the journal involving the lodging industry in the U.S. The study is initiated to provide hotel owners and operators a comparison of their basic operating performances against properties in similar markets and segments. It gains data on the performances of hotels, motels and resorts regardless of its size in the market. The study is open to all properties with subscription of the journal.

The article presents a calendar of events related to the hospitality industry in 2006. The America Lodging Investment Summit will be held at Century Plaza Hotel & Spa in Los Angeles, California from January 23 to 25. The 30th annual Hotel, Motel & Restaurant Supply Show of the Southeast will be held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in South Carolina on January 24 to 26. The 4th Annual Hospitality Law Conference will be held at InterContinental Hotel in Houston, Texas on February 2 and 3.

Reports on the conversion of a Motel 6 property in Columbus, Ohio into a Red Roof Inn which are both owned by Accor Lodging North America.

Comments on the failure of the motel industry in November 2001. Description of motels in the early 1900s; Controversy surrounding the emergence of exterior-corridor hotels; Reason for the defranchising of motels by franchise companies.

Profiles the motel, La Quinta. Details of remodeling and restructuring since 1992; Attractions for holiday-makers; Comments of John Kaegi, senior vice-president of marketing.