Gordon Ramsay takes over Montreal restaurant

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is setting up shop in Canada, where he will take over a longstanding institution in Montreal, the Rôtisserie Laurier BBQ.
The Montreal Gazette first reported that Ramsay – the enfant terrible of celebrity chefdom – has become one of four partners in the iconic family-style restaurant, located on chic Laurier Avenue West in the city's tony Outremont neighbourhood.
Ramsay already has restaurants across the United States, including in New York, Florida and Los Angeles.
The Michelin star chef has honed a reputation as a tough-talking chef on reality cooking shows, including Hell's Kitchen and The F Word.
He made headlines more recently after a bitter public row with his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson, who worked for many years as chief executive of Gordon Ramsay Holdings.
Ramsay fired Hutcheson this fall, then published an open letter pleading with his mother-in-law to not sever all ties with his family.
The Rôtisserie Laurier BBQ has been open for 75 years, serving simple home-style cooking including barbecued chicken.

Giada De Laurentiis angered over false John Mayer rumor

Chef and Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis is furious over false rumors that have surfaced concerning her and John Mayer this week in Star magazine.

According to Star, Giada hooked up with Mayer while in NYC at the Standard Hotel’s Boom Boom Room, where an unknown "source" said Mayer put his arm around the famous TV chef. The same "source" says they later met up at the Hotel Gansevoort, where they "disappeared into a suite together," says E! Online.

Both reps have denied these claims, and the angry Giada claims on Twitter she hasn’t seen Mayer, who isn’t even a friend of hers, since 2007.

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Supertel Hospitality Reports 2010 Third Quarter Results

 --  Revenue from continuing operations rose 6.5 percent
   --  Net loss per diluted share of $(0.02) compared to prior year
       net loss of $(0.06) per diluted share
   --  FFO of $0.10 per diluted share, and FFO without impairment of
       $0.15 per diluted share
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DC Mayor Fenty breaks ground with Marriott for $520 million convention center hotel project

WASHINGTON (AP) - D.C. officials are breaking ground on a long-delayed convention center hotel with officials from Marriott International Inc.

The $520 million Washington Marriott Marquis Hotel is slated to open in spring 2014. It will have nearly 1,200 rooms and 46 suites and will be one of only four Marriott Marquis properties in the country.
At the groundbreaking Wednesday, Mayor Adrian Fenty said the project would create 1,600 construction jobs and more than 1,000 hotel jobs once it opens.

The D.C. government and the Washington Convention and Sports Authority are covering $206 million of the development price tag.

Bed Bug Registry web site launched

November 10, 2010 - Hospitality Business News -
The Bed Bug Registry is a free, public database of user-submitted bed bug reports from across the United States and Canada. Founded in 2006, the site has collected about 20,000 reports covering 12,000 locations.

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Home Inns Reports Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results

SHANGHAI, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!hmin/quotes/nls/hmin (HMIN 46.01, +0.06, +0.13%) , a leading economy hotel chain in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010.

Third Quarter 2010 Financial Highlights
Total revenues for the third quarter increased 20.9% year over year to RMB 879.5 million (US$131.5 million), within the guidance range of RMB 875 million to RMB 895 million.
Net income attributable to Home Inns' shareholders for the quarter was RMB 144.6 million (US$21.6 million), including share-based compensation expenses of RMB 14.2 million (US$2.1 million) and foreign exchange loss of RMB 1.7 million (US$0.3 million). This compared to a net income attributable to Home Inns' shareholders of RMB 86.7 million in the third quarter of 2009, which included share-based compensation expenses of RMB 7.8 million and gain on buy-back of convertible bonds of RMB 4.3 million.

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Owner of Holiday Inn shot and killed

CRESTVIEW, Fla. -- Police say the owner of a Panhandle hotel has been shot and killed following an incident with a longtime employee.
The Crestview police department told the Northwest Florida Daily news that 55-year-old Rajiv "Roger" Parikh was found dead on the second floor of his hotel Wednesday morning.
Police say they were called to the Holiday Inn Express in Crestview after an employee barricaded himself inside one the rooms. The employee is now in the Okaloosa County Jail and has been charged with homicide.

Bankrupt Reno, Nev., Hotel Casino Sells for $3.9M

The bankrupt Siena hotel-casino in Reno, Nev., has been sold at auction for $3.9 million to a group of investors who say they plan to reopen it as soon as possible under the same name.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gregg Zive on Wednesday approved the sale of the Siena Hotel Spa Casino to Grand Siena LCC, on the condition that the group close the deal with bankruptcy lawyers within 48 hours.

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