Glendale, AZ . Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa offers 320 guest rooms including 33 suites. The hotel & conference center offers ‘Everything Under the Sun,’ with designs in rich colors inspired by desert sunsets & splashed with contemporary accents & furnishings. Go talk to the director of Sales & Marketing to promote it to local businesses as well as locals, who will have family and friends coming from snow belts.

Grand Rapids, MI . The JW Marriott Grand Rapids is everything you would expect and nothing you could have imagined. Situated in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, the JW Marriott Grand Rapids is meticulously designed for both business and pleasure. As the first JW Marriott hotel in the Midwest, the hotel offers 337 well-appointed, smoke-free rooms and suites on 23 posh floors. Each of which is outfitted with typical amenities like a 37” plasma TV, as well as numerous other uncommon personal luxuries. From shareholder’s meetings to lavish wedding receptions to intimate weekend getaways, the JW raises the bar. Go talk to the director of Sales & Marketing to promote it to local businesses as well as locals.

Baton Rouge, LA-Scottsdale-Gilbert, AZ-West Palm Beach, FL-Richmond, VA . The 17-unit Kona Grill upscalecasual chain is adding locations in the DMAs noted, with the first Kona Grill opening in December in Baton Rouge. The rest pop in 2008. Kona, an American grill and sushi specialist, is based in Scottsdale. Go make the call and get in on the GO $$ before your competition gets it.

Madison, WI . Hy-Vee out of Des Moines, IA plans to open its first store in Cheddar country. The site in your DMA is a former Kmart. Check it out and don’t miss the GO $$ as well as the long term marketing dollars.

Jacksonville, Gainesville, Orlando, Daytona and Naples, Tampa, FL . Outback Steakhouse parent OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc. is selling an 80% stake in the six-unit Lee Roy Selmon’s BBQ chain to its NFL Hall of Famer namesake and founder and Selmon’s president Peter Barli. Immediate expansion will include Oldsmar, FL in early spring 2008 followed by Jacksonville, Gainesville, Orlando, Daytona and Naples. Don’t miss the GO $$. Mark your calendar for a call in January to develop the relationship.

Phoenix, AZ . Designs of the Interior DOTI just opened a new store in the East Valley. Jill Pauline is the owner of the 4,400 sq. ft. DOTI unit. The new store will serve Chandler, Mesa and Gilbert areas east of Phoenix. Go make a call, congratulate her and help her with marketing it a success.

Washington, DC-Southern Maryland-Coastal Delaware . Supermarket News reports Harris Teeter is opening 15 new stores and eight major remodels in the DMAs mentioned. Watch for them and get in on the GO $$.

Boyne Falls, MI . The Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa at Boyne Mountain Resort is a condo-hotel that offers 220-rooms and suites with a restaurant/lounge and the 18,000 sq. ft. Solace Spa. Make a call to the condo-resort property manager at Boyne Mountain.

Killeen, TX . Hansa opened a 10-room Hilton Garden Inn . Talk to the marketing and sales director to help them advertise the meeting rooms, restaurant and lounge facilities.

Auburn, AL . La-Z-Boy has installed a 5,000 sq. ft. Comfort Studio Gallery in Furniture Expressions in Martin and Shirley Dorman’s 9,000 sq. ft, store Go help make it a success.

Atlanta, GA . Hey Dawgs…Nation’s Restaurant News has honored several restaurants in your DMA as “What’s Hot in Atlanta.” Owners of restaurants love to promote their being honored as it helps retain current customer loyalty as well as letting new customers try out their fare. Call on Todd Rushing and Bob Amick at TAP , 1180 Peachtree St.; same guys for TROIS ..same address; Tom Catherall of Here to Serve Restaurants at LOLA in the Terminus Bldg, 3280 Peachtree Rd.; Kevin and Melissa Rathburn, Cliff Bramble and Kirk Parks at Kevin Tathburn Steak , 154 Krog St and Alberto Fedeli at Allegro , 560 Dutch Valley Rd.

Blairsville, PA . Horizon Properties LLC and Buffalo Lodging Assoc. LLC announced the opening of the 93-room Hampton Inn & Suites . Go talk to the sales and marketing director to help them bring the new property to the minds of local businesses for conferences and meetings.

Yonkers, NY . Regency Furniture has opened a 4,200 sq. ft. England Custom Comfort Center in their 38,000 sq. ft. store. Go help them make it a success.

Tucson, AZ . Embassy Suites Tucson-Paloma Village has opened the 119-suite hotel. Go visit the sales and marketing director to advertise the new facility to local businesses for business meeting and conferences as well as restaurant and lounge facilities.

Ft. Myers-Sarasota-Naples-Boca Raton, FL . South Florida chain Baer’s based in Pompano has installed Better Homes and Gardens Furniture Galleries in their four stores in the DMAs mentioned. Store managers are in Boca, Roger Sass; Sarasota, Paul Brasacchio; Ft. Myers, Brady Chancellor; and Naples Kathy Smith. Go congratulate them and get in on the long term branding to make the new additions more successful.