Hotels in Riyadh achieved the highest Average Room Rate (ARR) and Gross Operating Profit Per Available Room (GOPPAR) in the region for the month of December and full year 2011, according to the latest HotStats survey by TRI Hospitality Consulting.

The new store is located at 5225 Old Hickory Blvd., Suite 204 in Hermitage, Tenn, 1 mile north of I-40 next to Firehouse Subs.

Check around you - the look, feel, smells and sounds that customers notice when they spend time at your bar, café or restaurant.

The travel and hospitality industry’s leading professional association, the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), has named its 2012 Americas Region Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

As part of its ongoing efforts to help elevate the coffee industry in China’s Yunnan Province, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced that it has signed an agreement to form a joint-venture company with Ai Ni Group, one of the province’s most established coffee operators and agricultural companies in Yunnan.

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Worldwide system sales grew 7%, prior to foreign currency translation, including 29% in China and 8% at YRI. System sales in the U.S. were even.

Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts

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Travelers on Frontier Airlines flights can now surf the web while flying on the airline’s Embraer 190 fleet, which will offer onboard Wi-Fi service beginning today.