Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines

Morgans Hotel Group Co. (Nasdaq: MHGC) and developer Cape Advisors, Inc. today announced the opening of Mondrian SoHo on March 1st, with an exclusive preview at the end of February.

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today announced the expansion of the upscale hotel brand's resort portfolio in Mexico with the addition of the 286-room Wyndham Cabo San Lucas Resort in downtown Cabo San Lucas. The resort becomes the eighth...

Shares of Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) are higher on the session by 1.11%, trading at $35.48. Overall call volume is now running at 16.94x the daily average, with 25% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,660 contracts have traded on the session so far. Gaylord...

Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. (Nasdaq: HMIN) today announced plans to open a total of 260 to 280 new hotels in 2011, of which 100 to 110 will be leased-and-operated hotels and 160 to 170 will be franchised-and-managed hotels. In addition, as previously announced, Home Inns has set plans...

Cusick's Corner The market continues to consolidate, but it's still not exhibiting clear signs of any directional bias. This is not stating that the rally is over, it's a sign that leadership is shifting out of Commodities (thanks to the Dollar move) and more into Tech (XLK). All eyes will be on...

Directors of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.085 per share of common stock. The dividend will be paid February 15, 2011 to shareholders of record on January 25, 2011.

Shares of Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) are lower on the session by 1.47%, currently trading at $40.96. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A...

Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) announced today that Carl Wilson, executive vice president and chief information officer at the company since 1997, will retire March 31. Bruce Hoffmeister, a 22-year Marriott veteran, will succeed him as Global Chief Information Officer on April 1.

We are maintaining our long-term Neutral recommendation for Marriott International Inc. (MAR), a worldwide operator and franchisor of a broad portfolio of hotels and related lodging facilities. Given the company's strong pipeline, significant international exposure, solid balance sheet, lower...

We are maintaining our long-term Neutral recommendation for Marriott International Inc. (MAR), a worldwide operator and franchisor of a broad portfolio of hotels and related lodging facilities. Given the company's strong pipeline, significant international exposure, solid balance sheet, lower...

Consumer services industry was the best performing industry on Tuesday, with an increase of 3.09%. Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ: CTRP) spiked 6.85%, and Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDSN) added 2.45%. Resorts & Casinos industry continued to move higher. It added 2.69% today...

Shares of Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CTRP) are trading up 5.8% at $44.05 per share during the Tuesday afternoon trading session. The day's trading range for shares of Ctrip.com International, Ltd has been between $42.00 and $44.68 per share. Analysts covering Ctrip.com International,...

Shares of Carnival PLC (NYSE: CCL) rose about 1.4% after analysts at Deutsche Bank upgraded company's stock from “hold” to “buy.” Deutsche Bank has a target price of $57.50 for the company. Shares of Annaly Capital Management Inc (NYSE: NLY) dropped about 2.5% after the company raised $1.29 billion...

At 10:20 am, the Dow gained 0.05% to 11,676.08, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.22% to 1,269.08 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.01% to 2,691.70. The industries that are supporting the market today are: Consumer Services: This industry jumped 3.62% by 10:20 am. The top...

J.P. Morgan is upgrading Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd. (NYSE: OEH) to Overweight from Neutral and raising its year-end 2011 price target to $17 from $11. “Our price target implies ~30% upside from current levels,” J.P. Morgan writes. “We believe OEH is an attractive small cap play on our anticipation...