HotelNewsNow.com is a division of Smith Travel Research and is affiliated with STR, RRC Associates, and STR Global. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, HNN’s staff is exclusively dedicated to a digital platform that includes a multimedia website and various email newsletters that provide headlines, community and insight for the global hotel industry.
Relying on integrity, credibility and experience, HotelNewsNow.com delivers targeted content to the global hotel industry. Its reader community includes executives who own, manage, or finance hotels, as well as the managers and employees who oversee the operations of hotels worldwide.
With first access to data from the STR companies, HNN provides vital information in a timely manner for today’s busy hotel executive.
HotelNewsNow.com's Web site and newsletter are updated regularly each business day to keep pace with a worldwide audience.
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Jeff Higley
Editorial Director, Digital Media/Director of Communications
jeff@HotelNewsNow.com
Jeff Higley is the former editorial director for Hotel & Motel Management magazine and has specialized in hotel industry journalism for a dozen years. He oversees all aspects of the HotelNewsNow.com digital platform, including the HNN Web site and daily newsletter. Jeff also leads STR’s corporate public relations efforts and is a speaker at a number of industry events.
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Stacey Mieyal Higgins
Managing News Editor
stacey@HotelNewsNow.com
Stacey Mieyal Higgins is responsible for managing and creating news content for HotelNewsNow.com’s Web site and daily newsletter. Stacey joined the HNN team with four years of experience in hotel trade journalism. She is a member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Under 30 Gateway Council. She is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College.
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Patrick Mayock
Associate News Editor
patrick@HotelNewsNow.com
Patrick Mayock specializes in writing articles and creating multimedia news content for HotelNewsNow.com’s Web site and daily newsletter. Patrick joined the HNN team after a tenure reporting for a business trade journal. He is a graduate of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.
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Shawn A. Turner
Associate News Editor
shawn@HotelNewsNow.com
Shawn A. Turner focuses on news writing and editing for HotelNewsNow.com. Shawn’s past work experience includes stints as a financial journalist in Vermont and Ohio, as well as working as a media and investor relations professional at a publicly traded company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in newspaper journalism with a minor in marketing from Kent State University in Ohio, and a master’s degree in business journalism from Baruch College in New York.
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Lynsie Chamberlain
Sales Executive
chamberlain@HotelNewsNow.com
Lynsie Chamberlain is responsible for developing and maintaining partnerships with clients of HNN and STR. Lynsie brings with her two years of award-winning advertising sales experience in the newspaper industry. She is a member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Under 30 Gateway.
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Rachael Spann
Communications Coordinator
spann@str.com
Rachael Spann is responsible for communications and media relations for STR, as well as marketing, promotion and outreach for the HotelNewsNow.com brand. She has experience in consumer sales and marketing. Rachael is a member of the Public Relations Society of America. She is a graduate of Bowling Green State University.
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