March, 2004
Top Read Articles
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High
Speed Internet Access in Hotels; A New Amenity Opens Up New Liabilities
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Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., Billionaire to Sell Hotel Chain, Pocket $185 Million
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Customers,
Professionals Offer Tales of Good, Bad Very Ugly Service
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2004
Rankings of the 10 Largest International Hotel Groups and the 20 Largest
Brands; InterContinental Hotels Group Overtakes Cendant
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Loews
Hotel Executives Draw Lessons from TLC Reality Show
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Revenue
Management - The Integration of Revenue Drivers / Carol Verret
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Travelers'
Increasing Use of Cell Phones Pinches Hotels' Profit
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Employee
Perks Can Often Backfire; Bosses Advised to Weigh Tastes
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New
Management Turns Gaylord Entertainment into Hospitality Industry Giant
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Top
Ten Pitfalls for Hoteliers To Avoid When Managing Online Travel Sites
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Five
Stars from the Mobil Travel Guide and Five Diamonds from the Automobile
Association of America Can Be an Innkeeper's Best Friend
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Hotel
Chains Hoping Self Serve Kiosks Gain Widespread Acceptance; Potential to
Cut Labor Costs Over the Long Run
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Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / February 2004
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Extended
Stay America Hotel Chain to Be Sold to New York Investors
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Liesel
and Matthew Pritzker Legal Case Alleging They have Been Wrongly Cut Out
of the Hyatt Hotel Empire Continues in Cook County Court
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Hotel
Common Sense � Job Descriptions Set the Tone and Direction for Effective
Sales Efforts - for both General Managers and Sales Professionals
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Hoteliers
Aggressively Maintain Rate Parity through Multiple Distribution Channels
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FelCor
Sells Four Hotels for $30 Million; Announces Holiday Inn(R) - Santa Monica
Acquisition
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Service
Unions Combine, Presenting Huge Challenge to Hospitality Industry
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Kimpton
Hotels & Restaurants Expanding into New York, Boston and San Diego
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Joint
Venture Between Donald J. Trump and Talon International Development to
Build $500-million Trump International Hotel & Tower in Toronto
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Auditors
Ernst & Young Issue Warning about Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts
Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
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Franchisees
on the De-flagging Fence: A Gamble Or A Golden Goose?
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Hilton
Adding 14 New Resorts Over the Next 36 Months; Reflects the Changing Mix
of Hotel Customer, Now 40% Business vs 60% Leisure
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Donald
Trump's Problems in Atlantic City Can Start with the Books and the $1.8
billion in Debt
March 31, 2004
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Supply
and Demand or Price Gouging? Some San Antonio Hotels Charging Double and
Triple the Normal Rates During NCAA Final Four
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After
a $92 million Expansion, the U.S. Army Reopens its Military-only Shades
of Green Resort at Walt Disney World; No Traces of its Former Unionized
Work Force
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Donald
Trump Downplays Auditor's Warning Letter, Believes Bondholders Will Approve
Accepting Less than Face Value on $1.3 billion in Bonds
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Westin
Hotels Now Offers $16 Flat Rate for Unlimited 24-Hour Internet Access,
Local and Long Distance Calls
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Best
and Worst Performance for Airline, Hotel and Online Travel Agency Web Sites;
The Speediest Site in Hotel Category Was Intercontinental.com
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1850s
Former New England Tavern and a 1950s University Campus Hotel Added to
National Trust Historic Hotels of America®
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Myrtle
Beach, S.C., Council Agrees to Bail Out the City-financed Radisson Plaza
Hotel by Issuing $47.7 million in BondsArlington
Hospitality, Inc. Reports Net Loss for 2003 was $5.6 million, Compared
to a Net Loss of $1.7 million for 2002; Sold 11 Hotels
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Richfield
Assumes Management of San Leandro Hilton Garden Inn
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Rezidor
SAS Developing 220 room Park Inn Connected to the Sarvar Spa, Hungary
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M3
Hotel Accounting & Payroll Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary
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Greater
Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors Bureau Reports the David L. Lawrence
Convention Center Hosted 28 Conventions in 2003; 25 Future Conventions
Booked
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Younan
Properties, Inc. Acquires the 377-room Holiday Inn Select Dallas-North;
Peter Bheda Appointed Manager
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Canad
Inns of Winnipeg Moving Forward on $35 million Hotel and Entertainment
Complex in Grand Forks, North Dakota
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Potomac
Hospitality Services, Inc. and Philip Schonberger Partner to Franchise
the Marriott Execustay in Hartford and Springfield, Mass. Markets
March 30, 2004
March 29, 2004
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Franchisees
on the De-flagging Fence: A Gamble Or A Golden Goose? Former Franchisees
Talk Specifics About Channel Loyalty and How They Leverage VIP International
Channel Marketing to Succeed as Independents
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2004
Rankings of the 10 Largest International Hotel Groups and the 20 Largest
Brands; InterContinental Hotels Group Overtakes Cendant / MKG Consulting
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Los
Angeles Hoteliers Experience Hosting the 2000 Democratic National Convention
Sets Example and Warning to Boston Hoteliers
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Expanded
Jacob Javits Convention Center Part of $2.8 Billion NYC Plan; When Opened
in 1986, it Was Already Inadequate in Size
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Mitsui
Fudosan and Accor Converting Office Building in Tokyo's Ginza District
into 209 room Mercure Hotel Ginza Tokyo
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Kuwait
City Hotel Occupancy Nearly Doubles Since 2000 Despite the Expansion of
New Hotel Rooms
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American
Hotel & Lodging Association Hosting its 2004 U.S. Lodging Industry
Summit, May 11, 2004 in Washington, D.C.
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J/Brice
Design International Awarded $21.6 Million Contract; Leading Boston Firm
to Design Five Marriott Hotel Interiors
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Hotels,
Resorts, Conference Centers Provide Expert Advice, New Ideas for Meeting
Planners at HSMAI�s Affordable Meetings® West Show, June 9-10, 2004,
Long Beach Convention Center
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Hilton
Garden Inn and Candlewood Suites Among Four New Hotels Planned for Bakersfield,
California
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Gregg
Enright Named General Manager of the OHANA Keauhou Beach Resort on Hawaii's
Big Island
March 26, 2004
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Service
Unions Combine, Presenting Huge Challenge to Hospitality Industry / John
R. Hendrie
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Strong
Rebound in Hotel Performance During Second Half of 2003 Benefits The Hongkong
and Shanghai Hotels, Limited / Hotel Operating Statistics / Significant
Appointments Made within The Peninsula Hotels Group
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A
$60 million 300 room Great Wolf Lodge and 55,000 Sq ft Indoor Water Park
in Planning Stages at Paramount's Kings Island Near Cincinnati, Ohio
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Jackie
Gaughan's Four Downtown Las Vegas Hotel-casinos Acquired by Barrick Gaming
for $82 million; Hotels have 1,850 rooms, 45% of Downtown Room Inventory
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J.W.
Marriott, Jr. Receives Arizona State University's Global Services Leadership
Award
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Dallas
Based Harrell Hospitality Group Inc Plans Marriott Courtyard Development
in the United Kingdom
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Strong
Travel Forecast for 2004 by World's Most Affluent Leisure and Business
Travelers
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Ron
Paynter Appointed General Manager Horseshoe Bay Resort Marriott Hotel and
Conference Center � Opening October, 2004 Near Austin, Texas
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Cheryl
Boyer Named Leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers' New York Hospitality &
Leisure Practice
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March 25, 2004
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Garfield
Traub Selected From Field of Five Development Teams to Develop 500-room
Sheraton Hotel Adjacent the Puerto Rico Convention Center
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Ocean
City, NJ Hotel Owner James M. Dwyer Charged with $36 million Worth of Bank
Fraud
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Radisson's
Parent Company Carlson May Cover Future Losses for the City-financed Radisson
Plaza Hotel in Myrtle Beach
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US
Casino Workers Union Urges UK Shareholders to Reject London Clubs Proposal
to Reward Senior Officers Involved in Aladdin Hotel & Casino Debacle
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Hotel
Union, H.E.R.E., Continues Boycott of Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's North
Shore
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Xanterra
Gears Up by Hiring More than 3,000 Seasonal Employees for Yellowstone National
Park Lodges and Restaurants
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Marshall
Management, Inc. Signs Four Hotel Management Contracts
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Pollard
Brook Resort in Lincoln, NH is the New Flagship of InnSeason Resorts
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Student
Chefs Preparing and Serving Dinner at Virginia Tech�s Donaldson Brown Hotel
and Conference Center
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General
Manager Dimitrios Zarikos Oversees the Opening of Four Seasons Resort Provence
at Terre Blanche
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Governor
of New Hampshire Nominates Sean O'Kane, Former Center of New Hampshire
Holiday Inn GM, for State Tourism Post
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4th
Global Travel & Tourism Summit Set for Doha, Qatar May 1-3, 2004
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Jon
Makhmaltchi Named West Coast Regional Director of Sales for Small Luxury
Hotels of the World
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Greg
Martinez Appointed Director of Sales at the Doubletree Hotel & Executive
Meeting Center in Berkeley, California
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Stacy
Keen Appointed Director of Travel Industry Sales for Turtle Bay Resort
on Oahu's North Shore
March 24, 2004
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Tony
Bruno, VP and General Manager of Disneyland Resort Hotels, Maps Out 2004
Changes
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NASA
Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, Seeking Developer for
250 room Hotel and Conference and Education Center
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How
Online Contracting Can Maximize Hotel Revenue / H. Liman
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Kimpton
Hotels & Restaurants Expanding into New York, Boston and San Diego
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Contrarian
Capital Management Acquires the The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Harrisburg, PA;
Tishman Hotel Corp. Remains as Manager
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Built
in the 1950s as the Pittsburgh Plaza Hotel, The Independent Airport Plaza
Hotel Will Get $2 million Makeover to Assimilate a Historical Country Inn
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Radisson
Hotels & Resorts Selects 60 Hotels for the Brand's Top Honor, The President's
Award; Selected from 310 Properties
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Sheraton
New York Hotel & Towers Implementing Fuel Cell Technology; The 250-kilowatt
Direct FuelCell® Power Plant Expected to Provide 10% of the Power and
Domestic Hot Water Needs for 1,750 room Hotel
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Chef
Donald Carlson of NAU's School of Hotel & Restaurant Management Teaches
Kitchen Basics (Culinary Arts for Managers) Free on the Dish Network, A
Public Service of Northern Arizona University, and Kendall-Jackson Wineries
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AAA
Signs with Travelweb for Access to Competitive Hotel Inventory
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Warnick
& Company Represeneted Hilton in Sale
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High
Speed Hotel Directory Delivers Membership Rewards Program Section
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Nanci
Figueroa Promoted to Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Two of Kimpton
Boutique Hotels� Chicago Properties
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The
Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa Receives the Highest Rating of 127 Westins
in Meeting Planner Satisfaction Index
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The
Sheraton at Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, NJ, Receiving $2 million Guestroom
Renovation
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Alfredo
Rosas Appointed Director of The Puerto Vallarta Tourism Trust
March 23, 2004
March 22, 2004
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Liesel
and Matthew Pritzker Legal Case Alleging They have Been Wrongly Cut Out
of the Hyatt Hotel Empire Continues in Cook County Court
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Developers
Tom Hicks and Ross Perot Jr Break Ground on W Dallas Victory Hotel and
Residences, 250 rooms, 70 High-end Condos
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Profile:
John Adams, General Manager of the 575 room Starr Pass Marriott Resort
& Spa
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IMIC
Hotels Replaced by Interstate Hotels as Manager of the The Sheraton Columbia
Hotel & Conference Center
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Dallas-Fort
Worth Hotels & Convention Centers Await Impact of Gaylord Texan Resort
& Convention Center on Lake Grapevine
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A
Cluster of Five Hotels Planned in Rancho Cucamonga; Existing Hotels Ratchet
Up Improvements
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Built
in 1973 the Sheraton Hotel Raleigh Receiving a $30 million Makeover, Will
Re-open as Westin Franchise
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Colonial
Williamsburg Renovating the Williamsburg Lodge and Conference Center; Adding
130 Guest Rooms and Luxury Spa
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Radisson
SAS Hotel Berlin Opens - with the World�s Largest Indoor Hotel Aquarium,
Stocked with 2500 Tropical Fish
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Wrap-up:
The 16th annual Hotel Investment Conference
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The
Plasencia Group Launches Sunbelt Hospitality, Led by Robert Wiemer in Houston
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John
A. Ueberroth Signs an Agreement to Become the Largest Shareholder, Chairman
of the Board and CEO of The Independent Hotel Corporation, IndeCorp
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Residence
Inn Boulder Longmont Receives Award for the Highest Guest Satisfaction
Score of All 466 Residence Inns Nationwide
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La
Quinta Inn & Suites in Galveston, Texas Is 100th Franchised Property
for La Quinta Corporation
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2004
IH/M&RS Gold Key Awards Competition is Open to all Designers of Hotels,
Motels, Timeshares, Restaurants, Clubs, Cruise Ships, Casinos, Conference
Centers and Spas
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Final
Deadline in Search for Top 100 People Who Dramatically Influenced the Hotel
Industry
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Ed
Proenza Named General Manager of the 387-room Hilton Long Beach Hotel &
Executive Meeting Center
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Thomas
Parke Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for Turtle Bay Resort
on Oahu's North Shore
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Donna
Wheeler Promoted to Assistant Vice President of Marketing for Aston®Hawaii
March 18, 2004
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Hotel
Utility Costs; Surge Protection Is Needed / Robert Mandelbaum
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Las
Vegas Health Officials Report 1,174 Gastrointestinal Illness Complaints
Between Dec. 3 and March 12 at the California Hotel
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Stamford
Hotels and Resorts Banishes Ridiculously High Mark-ups; Reduces Hotel Telephone
Room Charges to Rates Cheaper than Mobile Phones, Cuts All Mini-Bar Charges
by 50%
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Privately
Held Crown Hotels, with 27 Hotels, Exploring an IPO
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Woodbine
Development Corporation the Managing General Partner for a 500 room Hyatt
Destination Resort Being Developed Near Austin, Texas
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Pent
Up International Demand to Boost China, Hong Kong and Macau Tourism Industry
in 2004
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Hotels
in Barcelona Achieved Some of the Highest Occupancy Levels Across Europe;
Conference Demand Supports Occupancy Outside the Peak Summer Months / Deloitte
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Anchorage
Convention & Visitors Bureau Eliminates Four Staff Positions, Plans
More Attention to the Internet; City Collected $500,000 less in Bed Tax
Compared to 2002
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Richard
Scharf Appointed President and CEO, Denver Metro CVB; Bureau's Annual Budget
Ranks 41st in U.S.
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Three
of Five Lodging Segments (Upper Upscale, Upscale and Midscale without F&B)
Experiencing Robust Performance Improvements in 2004 / PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Marcus
Corporation Reports Net Earnings were $2.3 million for the 3rd Qtr 2004;
Improved Performance from Baymont Inns & Suites
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The
MeriStar Owned Renaissance Hotel Dallas North Reflagged Doubletree Hotel
Dallas Near The Galleria
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Sunstone
Hotels Investors Spending $2.4 million to Convert Radisson Hotel in Oxnard
to a Courtyard by Marriott
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Built
in 1925, ARAMARK Harrison Lodging's Colgate Inn in Hamilton, NY Undergoes
Renovation
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Michael
Consuelo Appointed Director of Group Sales at Grand Wailea Resort Hotel
& Spa
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Marci
Benoit Recipient of Hilton's "Spirit of Pride" Award for the 4th Quarter,
2003
March 17, 2004
March 16, 2004
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New
Management Turns Gaylord Entertainment into Hospitality Industry Giant
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Is
Your Hotel Prepared? Malicious Email Viruses Could Devastate Your Business
/ Terence Ronson
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Top
Ten Pitfalls for Hoteliers To Avoid When Managing Online Travel Sites
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Pan
Pacific, Kempinski, Rydges and Wyndham Align to Better Compete Against
the Mega Brands; Global Hotel Alliance - a Shared Marketing Partnership
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Vail
Resorts Acquisition of Heavenly Ski Resort on Lake Tahoe Two Years Ago
for $99.2 million Proves to be a Windfall
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Meet
the Money® Conference Set for May 6, 2004; 14th Annual Conference on
Hotel Lending Trends
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�Protecting
Your Brand Online� Will Drive HSMAI's Hotel Internet Marketing Strategy
Conference, April 21, 2004 in New York
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Doubletree
Recognizes Top Hotels for Performance During 2003
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Hilton
Adding 14 New Resorts Over the Next 36 Months; Reflects the Changing Mix
of Hotel Customer, Now 40% Business vs 60% Leisure
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The
575 room Starr Pass Marriott Resort & Spa Will be Tucson's Largest;
Major Impact on Tucson's Economy Expected
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Isle
of Capri Casinos, Based in Biloxi, Shifts Focus to Markets Outside the
United States
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WinTrack
PM, Mintek�s Mobile Preventative Maintenance Solution, Helps Hawaii�s Mauni
Lani Resort Preserve its Most Valuable Assets
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Thayer
Interactive Group Receives Top Honors for Website Marketing Excellence
at HSMAI Adrian Awards Show
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Intercontinental
Hotels Group Makes Executive Changes Within Brazil Hotels
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Montenegro
Expected to be the Fastest Growing Travel & Tourism Economy in the
World; WTTC Spells Out Recommendations for Montenegro to Tap Potential
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Noble
House Hotels and Resorts Appoints Raluca Leibowitz General Manager of Grove
Isle Resort & Club in Coconut Grove, Florida
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Radisson
Lexington Hotel Invests $1 Million To Renovate Four Floors
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John
F. Edman, Director of the Minnesota Office of Tourism, Named 2004 Spirit
of Hospitality Award Recipient by the Bloomington Convention & Visitors
Bureau
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Shaun
Robinson Named General Manager of the 221-room Doubletree® Hotel San
Diego/Del Mar
March 15, 2004
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USFS
announces Project Reveille; Guests to receive free local and long distance
calls and high speed Internet; hotels to get upgraded PMS from Ramesys
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Unlock
the Power of Your Hotel Web Site / H. Liman
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Measurements
of Success; Don Farrell, Chairman of Signature, Talks to the �Top Dogs�
of Linchris Hotel Corporation
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Four
Seasons Hotel Washington, DC; A Quarter Century Commitment to Staff, Guests
and to the Nation's Capital
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FastBooking�s
Unmatched Display Views Open Enormous Windows of Opportunities for Hotel
Owner/operators and Guests Alike
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Hilton's
Connie Awards for Best Overall Performance Presented to Hilton Seattle
Airport & Conference Center, Hilton Santa Cruz and Hilton Scottsdale
Resort & Villas
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Disney
Planning for Big Year in Anaheim Amid Board Drama / Sandi Cain
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John
Q. Hammons Developing $50-million, 300-suite Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention
Center in La Vista, Nebraska; The $30 million, 225-room Courtyard®
by Marriott® Oklahoma City Downtown/Bricktown Opens
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Great
Eagle Holdings Limited Will Assume Management and Rebrand as Langham the
Sheraton Towers
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Southgate
in Melbourne, Australia and Sheraton Auckland Hotel & Towers in Auckland
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JER
Partners Acquires the Hilton Ontario Airport Hotel for $30 million; Signs
Long Term Management Contract with Interstate Hotels & Resorts
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Princess
Hotels & Resorts' Hotel Princess Zona Rosa in San Salvador, El Salvador
Converted to a Hilton
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Dramatic
Increases in U.S. Lodging Industry IPOs, Equity Offerings and M&A Activity
Will Occur in 2004
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USA's
Largest Hotel, the 5,034-room MGM Grand, Getting a Makover at the Old Age
of 10
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Madrid
Bombing Revives Fears of Travel Slump
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Santa
Fe's Hotels & Restaurants Will Feel the Most Impact When, or If, "Living
Wage" Ordinance Ever Takes Effect; $10.50 an Hour Minimum Wage Would be
Phased in by 2008
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BringYourPet.com
Connects More Travelers to Pet Friendly Lodging
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The
Revenue Management Machine, Powered by Aspire, Coming to Washington DC
- March 18, 2004
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The
20 Year Old Sheraton Tacoma Hotel For Sale; Asking Price: $36 million
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Antony
Treston Appointed General Manager of the Mount Juliet Conrad, Co. Kilkenny,
Ireland
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Teri
Burns Named Executive Director of Utah Hotel and Lodging Association
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Hoteliers
Meet with Airlines Concerning Issues of Airline Crew Contracting; Taxes,
Ground Transportation, Safety and Security, Accounting, and Contracting
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Orient-Express
Hotels Ltd. Reports $23.6 million Net Earnings for the Year 2003; RevPAR
Up 9% to $183 from $168 / Hotel Operating Statistics
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Jurys
Doyle Hotel Group Reports 2003 Occupancy Levels in Ireland, the UK and
the United States Down by Less than 1% Compared to 2002; Pre-tax Profits
Amounted to €45.8 million
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Are
You Sure that Kitchen Design Will Work? But How Well? / Lee Simon
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Prime
Hospitality Converts Two Radisson Branded Hotels to Prime Hotels &
Resorts; Plans to Convert 12 Wyndham Hotels Later this Year
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City
of Portland Acquires the Doubletree Portland Downtown Hotel through Power
of Eminent Domain; Property to Become Dormitory at Portland State University
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Fred
Benninger, Longtime MGM Executive, Las Vegas Resort Developer Dies at 86
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Hong
Kong 2003 Visitor Arrivals Totalled 15.54 million, Down 6.2% from the Previous
Year; Could Exceed the 20 million Mark in 2004
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Jenni
Drowley, Warren Schatzle and Vali Glover Recipients of Marriott GM of the
Year Award
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Opened
17 Years Ago the Shangri-La Beijing Receiving Massive US$72 million Upgrade
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Choice
Hotels International Expecting 4,000 Franchisees at 50th Annual Convention
- May 12-14, 2004, in San Diego
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Mandarin
Oriental, New York Implements GoConcierge, Provides Concierge Team with
Technology it Needs to Deliver Five-Star Service Quality
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Bartech
Hires Mark Holzberg as President Bartech USA - Former TravelCLICK Executive
to Lead US Market Expansion
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Leading
the Way in Direct to Consumer Sales www.Usbesthotels.Com Signs Agreement
With La Quinta Properties and Venetian Resort
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HotelClub.com�s
American Operations are Taking Off
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TeleAdapt
Now Provide Disposable Cameras to Hotels and Resorts
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MeriStar
Hospitality Completes Sale of Five Hotels for Aggregate $29.5 Million
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Adel
Baban Appointed Resident Manager at the 144-unit Dar Al Sondos Hotel Apartments
by Le Meridien
March 2, 2004
March 1, 2004
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Caribbean
Hotels & Resorts: The Seasonality Issue / Petr Kulic HVS
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Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What
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Four
Seasons Reports 4th Qtr Net Earnings of $11.7 million, Compared to $7.6
million for Prior Year Same Quarter; RevPAR Up Nearly 12% to $203 from
$182 and Occupancy Up 4.1% to 65.4% / Hotel Operating Data
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Top
Union Representing Hotel Workers, HERE, Merging with Union of Needletrades,
Industrial and Textile Employees; Follows Trend of Consolidation in Organized
Labor
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Despite
Having Neither Cash Flow Nor Operating Income Wynn Resorts' Stock Price
Up 180% Since IPO
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City
of Hampton Contemplating Foreclosing on the Waterfront Radisson Hotel to
Recoup $7.1 million Owed
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Dallas
Hoteliers, Restaurateurs Find it Difficult to Quantify Losses Due to Smoking
Ban
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All
the Facts: 16th Annual Hotel Investment Conference, March 14-16, 2004,
Atlanta, Georgia
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Cendant
to Franchise Days Inn Hotels in China; Wingate and Days Pproperties in
Ireland
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�Online
Contracting� Increases Travel Agent Production and Support; Allows Hotels
to Set Rates and Allotments As the Situation Demands
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History
Meets High Tech; Holiday Inn at Six Flags Brings High-speed Internet to
1800�s Building
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Ritz-Carlton
South Beach Selects Titan Of New York for Asset Management and Sales &
Marketing Support
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Sol
Melia Breaks Ground on the 688 room Gran Melia Pudong, Shanghai
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Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts Developing the 750 room Shangri-La Pazhou, Guangzhou
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Jo
Kenzel Named Director of Employee Relations and Recruitment for Benchmark
Hospitality
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Kimberly
K. Schaller Named VP, Chief Marketing Officer and Timothy R. Bugas Named
VP of Sales for Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
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Elsie
Chia-Ozaku Appointed Director, Global Sales - Raffles International hotels
in Singapore
February, 2004 Top Read
Articles
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The
Top Ten Performing International Hotel Markets - Highest Occupancy, Average
Room Rate and RevPAR in 2003
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More
Hoteliers Consider Flying Own Flag; Difficult to Justify the Enormous Franchise
and Royalty Fees
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Hotel
Operators Must Share Blame with the Economy for Stagnant Performance; For
Some Hotel Markets, a 40% Decline in Revenue Since 2000 has contributed
to an 80% drop in net operating income / Rick Swig
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Hotel
Executives Starting to Review Online Lodging Reviews; Comments Like "God
awful" and"Run away as fast as you can" May or May Not Be Objective
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KSL
Recreation Corp., Wants to Sell Six of its Properties; Time to Unlock the
Value Created in Longer Held Resorts
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Monty
D. Hundley and Stanley Tollman Built a Huge Hotel Empire in the 1980s and
'90s; After a Long Trial Hundley Convicted of Fraud, Tollman Remains a
Fugitive
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HSMAI
Survey of 7,000 Members Reveals the �Top 10 Issues of Concern� Facing Sales
and Marketing Executives in 2004
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2004
the Year of Direct Online Distribution; Now is the Time to Fight Back with
a Smart Direct-to-Consumer Internet Strategy / Max Starkov and Jason Price
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Managing
Hotel Labor Costs / Robert Mandelbaum
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How
to Safeguard Your Guests from Being the Next Identity Theft Victims / Diana
S. Barber
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Marriott'
Board of Directors Approves Six New Executive Appointments
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Boutique
Hotels: Rethinking the Fundamentals in a New Business Environment / Brenda
Fields
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Hotel
Operators Must Make Difficult Choices to Exploit Their Most Profitable
Asset: How They Get the Best Return on Their Known Customers
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CNL
Hospitality Properties Deal for 6 KSL Resorts Valued at Over $2.1 billion
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The
626-room Grosvenor Resort at Walt Disney World Files for Bankruptcy; Unable
to Repay $51 million in Debt
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Basic
Components of a Hotel Website: Current Weather, Flash Animation, and Virtual
Tours?? Plain Talk About Internet Sales / Neil Salerno
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How
Can I Efficiently Manage All Those Travel Sites? 5...4...3...2...1...DONE!!!
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How
do I Successfully Manage All These Extranets � Top Hoteliers Find A Way
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Hampton
Studies Guest Touchpoints; Results in New Product Standards and Technology
to be Rolled Out Immediately in the 1,250-hotel Hampton System
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How
Business Travelers Risk Exposing Their Companies When Remotely Accessing
Company Networks; In-room Hotel Access Among Risks / Rodney Thayer
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Host
Marriott Corporation Sales Six Marriott Hotels; Anticipates the Sale of
Approximately $500 million of Assets in 2004
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Power
of the Menu; Increasing Profitability Through the Layout, Design, and Pricing
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People,
Product, Service: An Operator�s �Back to the Basics� Manual for Success
/ Wayne Goldberg
February 26, 2004
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Online
Lodging Reviewer, TripAdvisor, Ranks Top Hotels Worldwide, Based on the
Quantity and Quality of Information Found on the Web
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The
$400 million Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Contracting with a Host of Top
Names - Greg Norman, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Nick Bollettieri and Others
to Create Unique Resort
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The
Sea Turtle Inn, a 193-room, Independently Operated Resort in Atlantic Beach,
Florida, Acquired by Ashford Hospitality Trust for $23,100,000
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Worldspan
Facing Increasing Pressure to Cut Costs; Employees Fear Many Jobs Will
Be Shifted to India
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Room
Yield Management Programs and Cost Measures Put in Place Following 9/11
Allow Major Vegas Hotels to Improve Cash Flow Per Room
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The
Venetian Agrees to Pay $1 million in Fines to Settle Fixed Promotional
Contest Complaint
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The
94-year-old Saint Paul Hotel Receiving Multi-million Renovation
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Sol
Melia Reports Net Profit of 49.1 million euros, an Increase of 260% Over
2002; RevPar in the Sol Meliá Portfolio Decreased by 1.7% Compared
to 2002
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Maureen
O�Hanlon, SVP Sales and Marketing for Prime Hospitality, Elected Chairman
of the Americas Board for HSMAI
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After
$3 million Renovation the Former Park Plaza Hotel Reflagged as The Clarion
Hotel Tampa Westshore
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Buckhiester
Management USA Launches REVolution� Food and Beverage
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Ronald
M. Gebhardt Named Director of Sales and Marketing at The Melrose Hotel,
Dallas
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Brent
Barker, Concierge at Chicago�s Hotel Burnham, Inducted into Les Clefs d�Or
USA
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Randall
A. Churchey, former President of RFS Hotel Investors, Inc., Elected to
Innkeepers USA Trust�s Board of Trustees
February 25, 2004
February 24, 2004
February 23, 2004
February 20, 2004
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The
Top Ten Performing International Hotel Markets - Highest Occupancy, Average
Room Rate and RevPAR in 2003
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Disney
Hotel Housekeepers Approve Contract; On Heavy Days with More than 10 Checkouts,
Their Room Quota Reduces from 14 to 13 Rooms
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The
Hotel Butler - Recognizing the Value Butlers Bring to the Bottom Line /
Steven Ferry
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The
Oceanside, California City Council Seeking Hotel Developer to Build Beachfront
Resort
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Utah-based
Crystal Inns "Double Branding" 13 Limited-service Hotels with the Rodeway
Inn & Suites Brand
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With
a RevPAR Increase of 7.4%, Austria Was an "Island of Prosperity" in the
European Hotel Landscape in 2003; Chain Hotel Results in Europe -
YTD December 2003
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Developer
William L. Shaw Planning $6 million Hotel at Southern Illinois University;
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation an Architect
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Hunzinger
Construction Co. Acquires Downtown Milwaukee Land for $1; Will Build $32
million, 255-room Sheraton Hotel
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Eight
More Cities to Offer Passkey; Charlotte, Cincinnati, Hartford, Ontario,
Richmond, Toronto, Washington D.C., and Wildwoods Join the Passkey-enabledSM
Network
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Lodgian
Sales Three Holiday Inns for Aggregate Price of $9.2 million
-
Paul
Keeler, VP - Food & Beverage for Hilton Hotels Corporation Named Menu
Strategist of the Year
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Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Fred Julius as General Manager for The Northland Inn
in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
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Signature
Promotes Harold Cook to National Account Manager
February 19, 2004
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How
to Safeguard Your Guests from Being the Next Identity Theft Victims / Diana
S. Barber, Esq.
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Chef
In a Suit; Christian Abell explains why he hung up his chef's whites and
put on a suit and tie to take over as F&B director at the JW Marriott
Hong Kong
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Castle
& Cooke Resorts, LLC, Initiates the Re-branding of the Manele Bay Hotel
and The Lodge at Koele to the Four Seasons Brand
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No
World-class Hotel at Miami International Airport; Hotel Developers Turn
Down Offer to Renovate Deteriorating 259 room Airport Hotel
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TravelCLICK
Reports 6.3% Increase in Electronic Hotel Room Nights Worldwide in Q4;
Travel Agent Bookings Represent 40% Higher ADR than Consumer Internet Channel
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Caesars
Entertainment and The Big Sandy Band of Western Mono Indians Developing
$200 million Hotel / Casino Just North of Fresno, California
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Mandarin
Oriental Hotel Group to Manage the 142 villa Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi
in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand
-
Regent
International Hotels Signs Agreement to Operate the USD $60.5 million Regent
Ningbo to Open 2005 in China
-
Designed
by Architects Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo from Hawaii, The Conrad
Bali Resort & Spa in Indonesia Set to Open
-
Majestic
Resorts Inc. Appoints Conrad® Hotels to Manage 378-suite Hotel in Las
Vegas
-
John
Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. Reports 2003 Year End Net Loss of $7,061; Total
Revenues Down 2.1% Compared to Prior Year / Hotel Operating Statistics
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Tut
Systems Introduces Service Management Platform for Wired and Wireless High-Speed
Internet Access in Hotels / Tut offers small and mid-sized hotels a Complete
Package for High-Speed Internet Services
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Visual
One Installs GolfPro at Foxhills
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High
Speed Hotel Directory Helps Travelers Before and After They Reach Their
Destination
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Tulip
Inn Lausanne Beaulieu Named 2004 Tulip Inn of the Year for the Central
European Region
-
Jason
Yarbrough Appointed Senior Vice President of Franchise Sales and Development
for the Country Hearth Inn Franchise System
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Sea
Trail Plantation Promotes Kimberley Curtis Johnston to Director of Resort
Operations
February 18, 2004
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Price,
Dependability and Service Keep The Hotel Group Turning to Ramesys for their
Telecom Needs
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People,
Product, Service: An Operator�s �Back to the Basics� Manual for Success
/ Wayne Goldberg, SVP, La Quinta Corporation
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Managing
Hotel Labor Costs / Robert Mandelbaum, PKF Consulting
-
Noble
Investment Group Plans To Acquire the Winston-Salem Adam's Mark Hotel;
Will Redevelop into 316-room Marriott Hotel and a 150-suite Embassy Suites
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San
Diego's Tourism Industry Rebounds, Grows 5.9% in 2003; Hotel Occupancy
of 69.5% Third Highest Among Top 25 U.S. Destinations
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Thailand
Attracts About 555,000 U.S. Visitors Yearly; Tourism Authority of Thailand
Looks at Survey in Bid to Attract More Americans
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Air
Pacific & Colonial Funding F$73.5 million Novotel Resort on Denarau
Island in Fiji
-
Inter-American
Data, Software Provider to Resorts and Casinos, Acquired by Agilysys, Inc.
for $36.5 million in Cash
-
Business
Travelers Turn to High Speed Hotel Directory to Locate Accommodationso
-
InterContinental
Hotels Group Deploys Simplified Chinese Website for the Holiday Inn Brand
-
Choice
Hotels Augments Sleep Inn Franchise Sales Team; David Aupied, Brian
Bible and Thomas J. Sommer Appointed Franchise Sales Directors
February 17, 2004
February 16, 2004
February 12, 2004
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Best
Western Soldiers Field, MN, Marches Forward with Latest ASP Soluiton
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The
585-room Roney Palace Hotel and Condominiums, Miami Beach Files for Bankruptcy;
11 Partners Cannot Agree On How to Pay for Renovations
-
Former
Executive Housekeeper Suing Moscow, Idaho Hotel Claiming Job Loss Due to
Disability; Claims Hotel Management Used Same Tactic as She Was Taught
to Get Rid of Unwanted Employees
-
With
Hotels Dating Back to the 17th-century, National Trust Historic Hotels
of America Often Played Host to Presidents and Sometimes the President
Leaves Behind an Interesting Tale
-
MeriStar,
Which Owns 89 Hotels, Reports Full-Year 2003 Net Loss of $388 million
Compared with a Loss of $161 million a Year Earlier; Full-year RevPAR Declines
3% / Hotel Operating Statistics
-
Choice
Hotels, With 4,810 Franchised Hotels, Reports 2003 Net Income of $71.9
million, Compared to Prior Year Net Income of $ 60.8 million / Brand
Operating Statistics
-
On
Command Acquires Controlling Interest in Hotelevision, Inc.
-
Debt-heavy,
Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Seeks to Recapitalize; Reports 2003 Full
Year Net Loss of $87.3 million Compared to a Net Loss of $12.0 million
for Full Year 2002
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Open
Hospitality Announces Partnerships with Several Premier Hotel Groups
-
The
Revenue Management Machine ... Powered by Aspire Announces Dates in Dallas,
March 8 and Washington DC, March 18, 2004
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2004
Survey Reports Statistics on Pet-Friendly Travel and Pet Related Purchases
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Golden
Tulip UK Developing £5.5 million Tulip Inn near Castleford, UK; Using
Modular Construction Technique, the 119 room Hotel Will be Built in 34
Weeks
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Chef
Andre Soltner Opened Lutece in 1961; Competition from Trendier Restaurants
Forces 43 Year Run to End
-
The
Camelback Inn's 453 Adobe-style Casita Guest Rooms Upgraded, Resort Now
a JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts
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First
Ever American Food & Wine Revolution Takes Place on April 15th - 21st,
2004 in Oxford, United Kingdom
February 11, 2004
February 10, 2004
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More
Hoteliers Consider Flying Own Flag; Difficult to Justify the Enormous Franchise
and Royalty Fees
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Midscale
Franchisor Hands Franchisees 22% Increase in Internet Bookings; Country
Hearth Inn Fuels 22% Growth in 2003 with New Internet Booking Technology,
Branding Strategy for Franchisees; Projects 28% Growth in 2004
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Boutique
Hotels: Rethinking the Fundamentals in a New Business Environment / Brenda
Fields
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Marriott
Reports 2003 Net Income Up 81% to $502 million from $277 million for 2002
Full-year Revpar for North American Properties Fell 1.3%, Expects 2004
Revpar to Increase 3% to 4%, Plans to Add 25,000 to 30,000 Rooms in 2004
/ Hotel Operating Statistics
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Asbestos
Removal Slows and Adds Major Expenses to Hotel Renovation or Redevelopment
-
Trendwest
Resorts Building $56 million Vacation Ownership Resort in Indio, California
-
MeriStar
to Spend Approximately $225 million On Renovations At Its Core 73 Hotel
Properties Over the Next Two Years; Taking Advantage of Size and Scale
to Accelerate Renovations and Reduce Costs
-
Canouan
Resorts Development Turning The Island of Canouan Into a Major Destination
Resort
-
U.S.
Raised Kobe Beef In Short Supply, Even at $100 A Pound
-
Hospitality
Investors Group Acquires the 800 room Regal Constellation Hotel at Toronto
Airport; Planning Repositioning and Renovation
-
Group
of 32 Investors Bring Historic Sacajawea Hotel Back to Life in Three Forks,
Montana
-
InterContinental
Hotels Group Appoints Gina LaBarre Vice President, Brand Management, Candlewood
Suites
-
Christel
DeHaan, Co-founder of Resort Condominiums International, Presented with
2004 International Society of Hospitality Consultants Pioneer Award
-
Alain
Montigny, Executive Chef at Dolce Chantilly Awarded �Meilleur Ouvrier de
France�
February 9, 2004
-
Hotel
Executives Starting to Review Online Lodging Reviews; Comments Like "God
awful" and "Run away as fast as you can" May or May Not be Objective
-
Power
of the Menu; Increasing Profitability Through the Layout, Design, and Pricing
-
Encore
Enterprises Acquires Four Marriots Properties for $18M; Pineapple
Management Services Assigned Management Contracts
-
KSL
Recreation Corp. Intends to Sell the Claremont Resort & Spa in Oakland
and Maintain the Management Contract
-
Marriott'
Board of Directors Approves Six New Executive Appointments
-
Kimpton
Hotels to Open the 112-room Onyx Hotel and Ruby Room in Boston
-
Choice
Hotels� Victor G. Trapani Award Awarded to Four Franchise Sales Directors:
Robert O�Leary, Tesh Patel, Steve Waguespack and Guy Gridley
-
Iraq
Reconstruction a Boom for Kuwait Hotel Industry; Gulf Emirate Poised to
Exploit Strategic Location
-
Holiday
Inn San Juan Undergoing a Multi million Reconstruction, Will be Managed
by Flagship Services Corporation
-
RIU
Hotels & Resorts Opens the 60 million Euros Riu Palace Las Americas
in Cancun
-
Woodfield
Suites Launches Free Wireless High-Speed Internet Access
-
Baltimore
International College Appoints Marshall Management to Manage the Park Hotel,
Located in Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland
-
New
Hotel E-distribution & Reservation System Offers Automated Room Rate
and Allotment Management
-
SuiteSpeed
Announces SuiteScope Proactive Network Monitoring for Hotel Internet Access
-
Belmonte
Appoints Lee Dushoff To Hospitality Solutions Team
-
Chubb,
a Division of UTC Appoints Robert M. Aquilino to Second Stint as Onity
President
-
Hospitality
Telecommunications Expert Patricia M. Donohoe Joins The Prism Partnership,
LLC to Expand Telecom Practice
February 6, 2004
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