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Have you seen the price of cotton lately?

Standard Textile understands the price of cotton and has designed a compete line of products that reduces your total operational costs, while enhancing the guest experience. Imagine receiving products that arrive at your hotel Room Ready For You Laundered with Tide-from the box to the guestroom!

Standard Textile’s Decorative Products Division is your single source for Draperies, Bedding, and much more!

Contact: Jenny Mazanek
jmazanek@standardtextile.com
phone: 800/888-4000
fax: 513/679-8533

WH&LA would like to thank the following companies for investing in our Strategic Marketing Partnership program for the 2011 year.

Gold

Heartland Payment Systems
Dennis Carpenter
877/573-2255

Procter & Gamble
Joe Bishop
262/206-1794

Rural Mutual Insurance Company
Eric Wolf
608/828-5491

Society Insurance
Brad Korkow
888/576-2438

Silver

Sealy, Inc.
D.J. Turner
800/707-3259

Bronze

A-1 Textiles & Hospitality Products
Dawn Aguilera
800/351-1819

Thank you all for your support!

While WH&LA does not endorse any members, we form Strategic Marketing Partnerships with companies that have an interest in working with Wisconsin’s Lodging Industry.

Okay, so I missed this big announcement from the US Treasury, Federal Reserve & Secret Service last April.  Not that I have these in my wallet all that often either!  But, in the interest of full awareness & safe money handling, here’s the info:

• beginning February 2011, new $100 bills will hit circulation
• the old design will still be considered ‘legal tender’
• there are a number of new security features built into the new design
• the “$100 is the highest value denomination” issued
• and is also the “most often counterfeited denomination outside the U.S.”

So, how do you ensure you & your staff are accepting only legal $100 bills? Check out the following resources from the Dept of the Treasury at newmoney.gov:

1. Interactive Note: mouse over this note to see the ‘hidden’ bell in the ink pot, the 3-D security ribbon woven through the bill, and more
2. Additional Security Features: scroll down the page to view, in detail, 12 more security features on the new bill, some of which were retained from the older version
3. Download educational & training materials, including a free booklet & poster

And hey, if you’d like to throw one of these new bills my way when they come out next February, go right ahead!

USA TODAY featured an article about rising room tax rates, featuring a quote from WIA.

“More cities, counties and states are looking to raise taxes on hotel rooms as they battle budget shortfalls and cuts in services.

Among those increasing taxes or considering it: Baltimore; Scottsdale, Ariz.; Santa Clara, Calif.; and Connecticut.

Taxing visitors is an old habit for local governments. Revenue from taxes on hotel rooms and rental cars have been used to fund tourism promotion, build stadiums and repair roads.

While the taxes can infuriate travelers, they’re seen as a politically palatable option in tough economic times.

“The government entities are hurting financially and are looking for creative means to generate more revenue,” says Trisha Pugal, CEO of Wisconsin Innkeepers Association.”

To read the rest of the article and comments, click here.