Hospitality & Tourism

Do you plan to visit the new Potawatomi Hotel?

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino recently gave members of the media a tour of the new 19-story, 381-room hotel at the casino in the Menomonee Valley. The hotel will open for business on Aug. 18. An official grand opening event will be held on Oct. 1. Features of the new hotel include: a casual dining restaurant, a coffee bar operated by Stone Creek Coffee, a fitness center and seven meeting rooms with a total of 12,000 square feet of meeting space. The hotel also has a 3,000-square-foot presidential suite available for $4,000 a night.

Summer is here and for many in Wisconsin, that means getting out of town to escape the heat.

VISIT Milwaukee has named its officers and board of directors for the 2014-’15 term.

Marcus Hotels & Resorts, a division of Milwaukee-based The Marcus Corp., has installed Tesla High Power Charging Stations at most of its owned and managed properties nationwide.

Milwaukee-based Funjet Vacations today launched Weddings by Funjet, a destination wedding planning service.

As Milwaukee prepares for its lineup of lakefront festivals and neighborhood events this summer, Visit Milwaukee has unveiled a new campaign promoting the buzz of activity.

Marcus Hotels & Resorts, a division of Milwaukee-based Marcus Corp., has agreed to assume hotel management responsibilities at the Heidel House Resort & Spa in Green Lake.

Milwaukee-based Marcus Corp. today announced that Thomas Riley has been named senior vice president-development of Marcus Hotels & Resorts and MCS Capital LLC.

Tourism made a $17.5 billion impact on business sales Wisconsin in 2013, up 4 percent over $16.8 billion in 2012, according to a report released by the state today.