The staff at the Holiday Inn Select located in Naperville has been working away these past few months in raising money for the American Red Cross in helping the Haiti relief efforts. Twice in the month of February, employees at the Holiday Inn were allowed to wear jeans for a minimum donation of $5 each time. They collected a total of $310, which was the most ever donated during their Jeans Day! All the money raised went to the Red Cross for the Haiti relief efforts. Along with, $56.11 in change was also donated from their water fountain. more…

Saturday was considered the first day of spring and in Chicago it felt far from it. Snow fell the whole day, which was weird from having weather in the 60’s all week long.

The Harvest Inn located in St. Helena is having an amazing season celebrating its 30^th birthday. To honor this milestone, their combining endless indulgence with wonderful saving in their two-night Silver Escape package.

Included in the stay you will be receiving two complimentary wine tastings, wine and cheese tasting on Friday and Saturday evenings. And a wine country welcome basket filled to the top with wine, chocolates, olive oil and snacks more…

A big congratulation goes out to the Orchard Hotel for being selected as an official “2009 best of Local” award recipient by local.com.

Local.com’s “2009 Best of” program features the best businesses as rated by consumers in 15 cities and 20 categories across the U.S. Businesses were ranked based on the quality and quantity of the reviews that had been submitted about their business by visitors to local.com. more…

It’s back again; on April 6^th, 2010 the 7^th Annual Hotel Hero Awards will be held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Over 120 nominations were sent in and the judging panel has selected the 2010 Hotel Hero Award Finalists! There are five finalists in each category that will then be chosen down to one. Being a finalist in the extremely competitive set of nomination is truly a remarkable achievement!

Portfolio is congratulating the 2010 Hotel Hero Award Finalists Cornell Richmond from the Orchard Hotel in the category “Beyond the Call of Duty”, Mary Jane Haney from the Orchard Hotel finalist in the “Unsung Hero” category, and Beth Comandao also from the Orchard Hotel finalist in the “Lifetime Achievement-Operations” category. more…

The Radisson located in Los Angeles, California have just set itself above and beyond the basic Radisson hotels out there, in which they joined the Green Key Eco-Rating Program as a member and registered hotel, and is pleased to announce the achievement of a 4-Key rating! A 4 Green Key rating demonstrates that the Radisson LAX has shown national industry leadership and commitment to protecting the environment through wide ranging policies and practices. more…