Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, says it has entered into an agreement with Sceptre Hospitality Resources, of Denver, to use that company's WindsurferCRS system as its reservation platform, technology that it hopes will add more access to reservation,

The Travelodge Hotel at the Spokane Convention Center downtown plans to change its affiliation and to begin operating as Downtown City Center Best Western Hotel, a Best Western Plus hotel, within the next 30 days, says Meredith Rainville, general manager.

MPM Technologies Inc., a 25-year-old Spokane-based company that develops waste-to-energy technology, says its Carbon Cycle Power subsidiary is in discussions with Spokane Valley machining and manufacturing company Wheeler Industries Inc. to build a patent

Spokane-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC is developing a new consumer-based testing product line, known as Cinch, says CEO Dr. Francisco Velázquez. Cinch, Velázquez says, will allow customers to order laboratory tests from hom

International call center and business outsourcing company Qualfon Inc. has acquired Center Partners Inc., the Fort Collins, Colo.-based call center with outlets in Liberty Lake and North Idaho. Brian Kearney, a Denver-based spokesman for Qualfon, dec