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June 2004 - Top Read Articles The 2004 Ranking of Hotel Groups; Including the Ten Hotel Groups with the Greatest Increase in Number of Rooms Top Ten Revenue Management Mistakes Hotels Can Make / Dr. Gabor Forgacs Yielding Software – Must Have or Luxury? Woman Who Claimed a Mouse in Her Soup Charged with Attempted Extortion and Conspiracy to Commit a Felony 10 Ways to Bulletproof Your Hotel Against Legal Attacks / Diana S. Barber Identity Problem for Some of the Hotel Industry’s Biggest Frequent Guest Programs: Members Cannot Correctly Identify all the Hotel Brands Within Marketing Plans Must Be a "Living Being" / Hotel Common Sense They Cannot Sit On Shelves! Leading Hotel Chains and Online Intermediaries to Debate Revenue Management and Pricing Strategies After Doing the Math, Some Hotel Franchisees Consider Going Independent; Full Utilization of Travel Web Sites an Alternative to Brand Franchise Fees Owner Host Marriott Not Sure of the Fate for Marriott Mountain Shadows Resort, Scottsdale After Five Years of Litigation Strategy Starwood Prevails in Appeal of Woodley Road Decision Leona Helmsley, Now 83, Continues to Run Her New York Hotel Business; Occasional Forgetfulness May Be a Problem Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / June 2004 The 12 Classic Cocktails; In a Wave of Nostalgia Noble House Hotels Features the Drinks Our Grandparents Used to Have Cendant’s Hotel Group Consolidates Brand Leadership, Increases Field Support Staff Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center Puts Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and Austin on Notice That It's A Player Anschutz Entertainment Plans to Build a 1,500-room Hotel and Entertainment Center Near Staples Center; $1 billion Project Catches LA City Officials by Surprise Average Daily Rates in the U.S. Lodging Industry Will Rise by 3.0% in 2004 / PricewaterhouseCoopers Starwood Atlanta Cluster Converts 312% More Business With Cross-Property Lead Sharing Solution; Achieves 42% Revenue Gain, 18-Month ROI on Technology Investment Have You Hugged Your Travel Website Market Manager Today? Industry’s First Seamless GDS Yield Management Reservation Profitability Tools at HITEC; Client-Focused Rate Management Tutorials and Classes Provided A Full Recovery of the Worldwide Hospitality Industry Possible within 1 to 2 Years; Potential Terrorism Attacks a Big Threat Foxwoods, the World's Largest Casino, Expanding Again Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring Four Wyndham Owned Hotels for $227 million; Approximately $134,500 per Room Carlson Hotels Worldwide Inititates New Brand Building Strategies June 30, 2004 Hotel Development in Orange County, California All But Dries Up; Handful of Small Hotels Opens, Little Construction Under Way / Sandi Cain The Great Lakes Companies Starts Construction of $60 million Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Waterpark Resort in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains U.S. Military Contractors Ring Up $11 million in Charges at the Kuwait Hilton; Congressional Probe Continues Wisconsin Dells Now Has 8,000 Hotel Rooms, Attracting the More Affluent HITEC 2004 Draws 600 Booths and 4,500 Attendees; HITEC 2005 Set for Los Angeles Convention Center June 20-23, 2005 Slohat Hotels L.P. Begins $5 million Renovation of The Doubletree(R) Hotel Houston-Allen Center Innkeepers USA Trust Acquires 182-room Clarion Hotel in Downtown Louisville; Plans Repositioning to Hampton Inn Brand for All-In Cost of $60,000 Per Key Comparing the Hotel Industries in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa; All Three Have Similar Performance Trends and Challenges Owners of Downtown Chattanooga's Clarion Hotel Seeking to Re-position the Hotel or Sell It Bartech Automatic Minibars Selected for Paris Las Vegas; Premiers PDA-based Solution to Dramatically Reduce Refill Costs Grenada Resort Owner Arnold Hopkin Renames 32 room Resort the Blue Horizons Garden Resort The World Tourism Organization Urges Caribbean States to Push Tourism Up the Agenda Marcos Agostini Named Chairman of The Caribbean Hotel Association Timeshare Committee June 29, 2004 NORTHWIND Announces Point of Sale System and Online Table Reservations to Strengthen Maestro Total Hospitality Solution Top Ten Revenue Management Mistakes Hotels Can Make / Dr. Gabor Forgacs Humphrey Hospitality Trust Moving 71 Third Party Hotel Management Contracts to Royal Host The Kor Hotel Group Completes $13.5 million Renovation to the Sheraton Gateway LAX Chili's Grill & Bar Facing More Lawsuits Over Salmonella Outbreak; Health Officials Claim Dishwashing Sanitizer Stopped Working Several Days Before the Outbreak The State of Pennsylvania Commissioned Feasibility Study for Proposed $40 million Resort Within a State Park Comes Up Empty Downtown Vegas Rooting for Golden Nugget Newbies Tim Poster and Tom Breitling to Lead Fremont Street to a Comeback Developers Eric King and BBL Construction Open $11.5 million Courtyard by Marriott in Saratoga Springs, New York HotelTraining.com Developing Diverse Selection of Web Based Workshops and Tutorials; Seeks Additional Hospitality Industry Training Content Providers MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Acquires the 484-room Marriott Irvine for $92.5 million European Hotel Profitability Levels Tumble for Third Consecutive Year / Deloitte Since 1947 the Mexican Government Has Prohibited Casinos, Texas-Mexico Border Towns Hope for a Change June 28, 2004 Significant Amount of New Development Money Entering the Mexican Hotel Investment Scene; Mexico City An Active Market / Hans Desai, HVS Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What / June 2004 Merchandining - Merchandising During the Dining Experience / Lee Simon Combined Occupancy for Renaissance Grand Hotel and the Renaissance St. Louis Suites 40% in the 1st Qtr 2004; Reserves Tapped to Subsidize Operations and Cover Debt Service on $98 million in Bonds Owner of the Helena Holiday Inn Downtown Ponders Reorganization Under Bankruptcy InterContinental Hotels Group Provides Incentive Program to Attract African-American, Hispanic and Native American Entrepreneurs to Hotel Industry; Reduces the Initial Application Fee to $10,000 Orsini Bros. Inns, Inc. Opens First Canadian Doubletree Resort - the 224 room Doubletree Resort Lodge & Spa Fallsview - Niagara Falls Cendant's Hotel Group Reports Online Bookings Two Months Ahead of Last Year, 2 million Room-nights Booked So Far this Year Four Seasons Opens the 242-room Four Seasons Resort in Whistler, B.C. David Hart, CEO of Hart Hotels, Named Chairman of the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau Pegasus Solutions Providing Global Internet Distribution Services for Accor Hotels Pebble Beach Company Selects Springer-Miller Systems as Preferred PMS Vendor The Plasencia Group Advises on the Sale of the Marriott Irvine, Orange County, California Howard Feiertag Awarded Virginia Tech's Excellence in Outreach Award Flag Choice Hotels Appoints Pauline Clarke as Senior Director, Franchise Services June 25, 2004 Owner Host Marriott Not Sure of the Fate for Marriott Mountain Shadows Resort, Scottsdale Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring Four Wyndham Owned Hotels for $227 million; Approximately $134,500 per Room Donald J. Trump Acquires Hollinger International's Interest in The Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago for $73 million; The 90-story Tower Has Pre-sold $500 million in Condo-Hotel Units Contract Negotiations Stall Between Los Angeles' 17 Union Hotels and HERE; Hotels Seeking 5 Year Contract, Union Wants 2 Year Contract The Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, the City's Leading Convention Hotel, Posted 50% Occupancy for the Past Three Years Stout Properties Decides to Test the Waters, Puts the 289 room Holiday Inn Bordeaux, Fayetteville, North Caroline Up for Sell Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges Acquisition Financing of Nashville Hotel Delaware North Companies Opens The 109 room Lodge & Conference Center at Geneva State Park, Ohio; Owned by Ashtabula County and the State of Ohio, First Ohio State Park Lodge Built in 13 Years The 12 Classic Cocktails; In a Wave of Nostalgia Noble House Hotels Features the Drinks Our Grandparents Used to Have Martin Sinclair Appointed General Manager Four Seasons Resort Nevis; Departing General Manager Robert Whitfield to Take Helm at New Four Seasons Hotel in Palo Alto, California San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Rebrands itself “Only in San Francisco.” New Theme Incorporated into Bureau’s Marketing Efforts Michael Gallegos' Company, American Property Management Corp., Has Acquired 45 hotels and Sold Six 14 years; Recieves Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2004 Luxury Spending Survey: Fear of Global Terrorism is Not Deterring the Elite Affluent from Traveling Abroad This Summer Standing Vacant Since the 1980s and 95 Years after Opening an Aberdeen, South Dakota Hotel Ready to Re-Open June 24, 2004 Identity Problem for Some of the Hotel Industry’s Biggest Frequent Guest Programs: Members Cannot Correctly Identify all the Hotel Brands Within Colorado Springs Hotel Occupancy Down 4.2% for First Five Months of 2004 Compared to Previous Year; 6,000 Rooms Built Since the mid-1990s Wynn Resorts $40 million Buyout Offer of Las Vegas Country Club Viewed as Positive Move for Las Vegas Tourism Wright Investment Properties Completes Renovation of Historic William Len Building into 90 suite Residence Inn - Memphis; Was 240-room Hotel Until the 1970s The 147-room Courtyard by Marriott in Dearborn, Michigan Completes Total Renovation; Part of Courtyard’s Reinvention Design School of Hotel & Tourism Becomes Independent at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Knights Inn Brand Entices Developers with Fixed, Flat Monthly Charge that Includes Royalty and Marketing Fees Kevin Murphy, Brett Butcher and Nigel Roberts Appointed to SVP Positions with Langham Hotels International Highpointe Goes 100% Wireless with StayOnline PrinterOn Named by Choice Hotels International as Endorsed Vendor for Hotel Guest Printing Services Educational Institute Offers Online Distance Learning Courses to Individuals Through CourseLine® TeleAdapt Helps Guests Get a Charge From Hotel Staff The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Names Allan Sherwin as the Dr. Lewis J. & Mrs. Ruth E. Minor Chef de Cuisine in Hospitality Business Kimpton Hotels to Standardize on Hotel Information Systems’ epitome Enterprise and Property Management System June 23, 2004 Cendant’s Hotel Group Consolidates Brand Leadership, Increases Field Support Staff JSC Moskva Krasnye Holmy Appoints Raffles International to Manage a 235-room Swissôtel Branded Hotel in Moscow French Chain Hotel Performance On the Rise, May 2004 RevPAR Up +8.5% Over Previous Year / MKG Bed and Breakfast Innkeeper's Lifestyle; Finance, Marketing, Maintenance, Chef... Cayuga Nation's $500-million Catskill Casino Holds Great Economic Promise Capital Lodging's $300 million IPO Completion Date Unkwnown; Plans to Acquire 22 of 27 Crown American Hotels Best Western Names David Kong Executive Vice President, International Operations Kerzner and Istithmar Agree to Expand Atlantis, the Palm, Dubai to 2,000 Rooms, Development Costs Grow from $650 million to $1.1 billion Hotels Accelerating Adoption of Advanced Technology Solutions to Manage Group Business; Passkey Empowers Hotels to Increase their Online Group Bookings Four Vendors Demonstrate Live, Fully Automated Supply System to Distribution Channel Integration at HITEC; Real-time bookings, automated PMS confirmation and distribution channel updates happen before your eyes Blizzard Internet Marketing Debuts Web Site Statistic-Tracking Programs; Blizzard Tracker now provides enhanced, detailed reports enabling hotels to measure the effectiveness of Web site marketing and promotions BIG News From Sceptre At HITEC: Channel- and Revenue-Management Consulting Now Available As Stand-Alone Service Larkspur Hospitality Selects PrinterOn In-Room Guest Printing Services for All Hotels Pegasus Announces New Customers for PegsTour™ Service and New Agreements from Its Hotel Company Customers Wynn Las Vegas Selects Agilysys Materials Management System; Industry-Leading Inventory and Procurement Software to Streamline Hotel Operations InfoGenesis and Adaco Provide Return on Investment for Hoteliers Pueblo Bonito Hotels & Resorts Acquires the Solare Vallarta Sunset Bay Resort; Will Renovate and Reposition as Samba Vallarta DSRA, LLC. Completes $2 million Renovation of the Former 165-room Howard Johnson Hotel; Rebranded as Clarion Hotel, Chester, Virginia June 22, 2004 NORTHWIND President Outlines Hot Technology Trends in Audio Interview; Dehan Discusses How to Halt Rate Erosion via Standardizing Rates Across all Channels, Importance of Integrating Yield Management with GDS, PMS LG Electronics And LodgeNet Develop First HDTV Satellite Programming Solution For Hotels The 2004 UK Conference Market Survey; Among Items Revealed: Most Popular Venue: City Centre Hotels, Major Factor Causing Dissatisfaction at Venues: Food The Town of Vail and Vail Resorts Inc. Working Together in a Massive $1 billion Renovation of the 42-year-old Resort Village The 121-year-old Antlers Hotel in Downtown Colorado Springs Will Become a Hilton Hotel Following $7.5 million Remodeling World's Largest Auto Racing Trade Show Taking Its 40,000 Attendees to Orlando; Big Loss for Indianapolis Kirk Kerkorian, Majority Owner of MGM Mirage Continues Working His Magic on Las Vegas; Launched Era of Megaresorts First American Hotels and Welcome Holdings Merging; The Soleil Group Owns 11 Hotels in the Carolinas AMResorts® Investing $4 million in the Former Oasis Puerto Aventuras, Will be Reconceptualize as the Sunscape® Puerto Aventuras Riviera Maya Bierwirth & Partners Appoint Dolce International to Manage the 172 room Parkhotel Berlin Müggelsee Mintek Introduces WinTrack PM Management Alerts; New System Delivers Maintenance Data by E-mail or Pager, Helps Owners Manage Assets Effectively Guest-Tek Launches GO Internet Solution for Small Hotels; Company Targets Underserved Market Segment Pegasus Announces Plans for Newest Version of its NetBooker™ Booking Engine for Hotel and Travel Portal Web Sites Gaylord Texan Selects Agilysys Software for Front and Back Office; Industry-Leading Software Streamlines Operations, Enhances Guest Service The Dorchester Selects TravelCLICK as Electronic Distribution Partner PrinterOn Sees Usage Double for Notebook Printing by Hotel Guests; Amount of paper printed equals the height of a ten-story hotel Merlot Communications Announces Breakthrough in Reducing Installation Costs for Wireless Access Points Maxim Revenue Management Solutions and TravelCLICK Sign Strategic Alliance; Introduce Revolutionary Executive-level Revenue Management Product Chris Dewey Joins Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC HSMAI World Quest Tackles Complexity of International Meetings June 21, 2004 One-on-One Audio Interview with Northwind's Warren Dehan: What's Next for Maestro PMS? Choice Hotels Commits to Cohorts® for Database Enhancement and Analysis: Testing Proves Household-Based Segmentation Delivers ROI Hotelier Morris Moinian Set to Buy Former 1,000-Room Hyatt Orlando; Plans to Renovate and Include Time-shares The Profits of Hotels Group Queens Moat Houses Wildly Over-stated for 10 Years Before Its Near Collapse Pansy Ho Chiu-king and MGM MIRAGE Will Co-own and Jointly Operate a Major Hotel Casino in Macau S.A.R. Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest Opens After a $110-million Restoration San Antonio's Adam's Mark Hotel Getting $6.3 million Renovation, Will Rebrand to Crowne Plaza Premier Hotel Corporation, Gumbo Limbo Management & Development, and The Generation Companies Named Suburban Franchise System's Top Franchisees Financial Street Holding Co., Ltd. and Ritz Carlton Developing 256 room Hotel In Beijing Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Sheraton Hotel Washington, DC Carol Verret Consulting and Training / June WebCast: Presenting the Product and Closing the Sale - June 30, 2004 Fu Wah International Group Appoints Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific to Manage the First Park Plaza Hotel in China - The 216-room Park Plaza Wangfujing Beijing HOFEX 2005 Exhibition in Hong Kong Teams Up with HOSTEC StayOnline Announces New QuickResponseCoveragePlusSM Wireless HSIA Leader Sets Itself Apart with Innovative Repair Program Exciting New ASP From M-TECH Helps Hotels Deliver On Service Promises And Exceed Guests’ Expectations Produced By Hoteliers For Hoteliers, ‘Essentials Of Hotel Ownership’ Conference Hailed By All Who Attend Bartech Expands to Full Minibar Product Line; Introduces First Upgradeables and Combination Automatic Minibar Plus Refrigerator Raffles Knowledge, the Subsidiary Training Arm of Raffles International, Offers Eighteen-month Hospitality Management Diploma Programme in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Scott Robison Named Director of Sales for Lansdowne Resort, Virginia The Plasencia Group Appoints Eric M. Holtze as Director of Financial Analysis Philip Ommen Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore June 17, 2004 CHIP Hospitality Manages Online Travel Distribution Channels with EZ Yield SynXis Debuts its Next Generation Reservation System at HITEC 2004 in Dallas; Web-based, modular system includes a first-of-its-kind Dashboard Midscale Operators Navigate with Centralized Business Intelligence, Enterprise Accounting; Use 2/3 Less Accounting Staff Lexington Services Introduces First-To-Market Hotel Website Package Booking Engine ; Package Select Delivers Higher RevPAR, Convenience New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Rules Ladies Night Promotions Are Unfair, Men Not Treated Equally Consolidation of Nantucket's Luxury Hotels Continues; Stephen Karp Plans to Acquire the 60 room Jared Coffin House for $11 million Mandalay Resort Group Board Meets for 7 Hours Before Accepting MGM Mirage Offer; Deal Will Recieve Thorough FTC Investigation, Likely Causing Delay Big Hotel Chains Have Legitimized the Time Share Business, However, Like the Automoble, Most Time Shares Drop in Value Rather than Appreciate Carlson Hotels Worldwide Recognizes Best in the Brands; Sean Shannon, GM of the Radisson on John Deere Commons, Moline, Illinois Named Best Radisson General Manager Operating 2,000 Hotel Rooms and 14 Restaurants in Yellowstone National Park, Concessioner Xanterra Finds Uncommon Answers to Common Environmental Challenges After an Eight Month Competitive Bidding Process, The Phoenix City Council Selects Sheraton as Operator of a New 1,000-room Convention Hotel Private Property Management Selects Conrad Hotels to Operate 350 room Hotel in Dubai; The Conrad Dubai Scheduled to Open in 2007 Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Contract for $30 million Radisson SAS Palace Hotel Located in Ohrid, Macedonia, To Open in 2006 Accelerated Marketing Group Auctions 173-room Former Ramada Inn In Tucson, Arizona for $4.2 million Hotel Information Systems is Selected by Kimpton to Install Epitome Enterprise and Property Management System to the Onyx and 70 Park Avenue Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki and Golf Club Energizes Aloha Attitude, Transforms Concierge Operations With GoConcierge.net’s Web-based Solution Millennium Hotels & Resorts USA Announce Rollout of EzRMS™; Product Suite throughout North America Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC, Brokers Sale of the Howard Johnson Express Inn - Fort Myers, Florida BringYourPet.com primes Pet Owners on Proper Hotel PETiquette Leading Thai hotel company seeking General Manager for the opening of 200 room luxury resort located in Southern Thailand. Requires Asian hotel experience and opening hotel experience June 16, 2004 NORTHWIND Successfully Completes Rollout of its Maestro ASP Front Office System to 65 Suburban Franchise System Properties Ramesys Dominates as the Leader of UNIX and Web Based Property Management Systems (PMS) and Brings Latest Enterprise Offerings to HITEC Le Meridien Revs Up the Momentum; Obtains New Long-term Partnerships with Several High-profile Asia Pacific Hotel Owners as Recapitalisation Strategy Continues / Steve Shellum About 6,000 Hotels Around the World Now Provide Wi-Fi Access; Far More Important than Designer Shampoo Leona Helmsley, Now 83, Continues to Run Her New York Hotel Business; Occasional Forgetfulness May Be a Problem The Waterford Group Tackles 33-year Hotel in Downtown Hartford; Will Transform into 392 room Hilton Mandalay Resort Group Accepts $7.9 billion Buyout Offer from MGM Mirage; Will Be World's Largest Gambling Company and Dominate Las Vegas Market Ted Horner Inducted into the HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame Las Vegas Hilton Buyer, Colony Capital, Obtains Gaming License; Will Invest Up to $26 million for Renovations, Names Nicholas Ribis Key Executive Case Study: With GuestWare’s Help, Service Teams at La Cabana All Suite Beach Resort and Casino Drastically Reduce Room Defects, Accelerate Response Time Thailand Government Backed Initiative Seeks to Create Recognised Seal of Approval for Thai Hotels and Resorts Steven J. Belmonte Named To AAHOA Industry Relations Committee Park Inn Brand Names Larry Wozniak of the Park Inn in Stevensville, Michigan General Manager of the Year Aptech Computer Systems Completes Rollout of its Profitvue® ASP Enterprise Back Office Accounting System for Amerimar Enterprises, Inc. Roland Fasel Appointed General Manager at the 451 room InterContinental London Chris Goblirsch Appointed Director of Information Technology for Benchmark Hospitality BringYourPet.com Finds Hotels Catering to the Canine Crowd The Revenue Management Machine Powered by Aspire … Continued Momentum in May 2004 with Outstanding Atlanta Event The 6-year-old Orange County (California) Tourism Council May be Victim of Budget Cutbacks Resort Data Processing (RDP), Inc. Announces the Selection of the RDP Software for Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah AMResorts Opens Dreams Los Cabos Suites Golf Resort & Spa Terry Logsdon Appointed Vice President of Development for Carlson Hotels Southeast Region of the United States Assistant Food & Beverage Director sought by The Tokyo American Club in Tokyo, Japan. Requires two years experience in a similar position in the USA or Asia and understanding of Japanese language June 15, 2004 Yielding Software – Must Have or Luxury? Lodgenet Announces Major Milestones; More Than One Million Rooms Served Overall, Nearly Half Of Company’s Interactive Room Base Now Digital, On-Screen Controls Enhancing Entertainment In 435,000 Guest Rooms, Digital Control Rights Secured From All Major Studios Meet The Gold Standard to Manage ALL Online Travel Websites – EZ Yield.com, Inc Booth # 312 at HITEC June 22-24 2004 Dallas Texas It's Been 40 Years Since Harlem Got a New Hotel, Now About to Get Two Salt Lake City's Core Group of Hotels Going Through a Musical Chairs-style Game of Name Changes Hotel Costs for Health Coverage, Utilities and Property Insurance Putting Damper on 2004 Rebound Developers Have Plans for at Least Four New Hotels in Fayetteville, North Carolina Area The 120 room Hamiltonian Hotel $844,943 in Arrears to City of Hamilton, Ohio; Not in Best Interest of City to Foreclose Bonaventure Resort & Spa's Original Developer, The Ireland Companies, to Redevelop the 496 room Resort into 252 Condominiums; Wyndham to Manage the Resort Real Estate Company Grupo Plan Assigns Starwood to Manage the 15 room Puerta Campeche Hotel In Mexico's Yucatan Habitat for Humanity Big Benefactor of Hotel Renovations Designing For Optimum Global Ratings / Cheryl Griggs Peterson Investment Group and Westbank Projects Developing a Downtown Vancouver Hotel to be Managed by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Celebrates 100th WinTrack PM Installation; System Transforms Cheeca Lodge & Spa’s Preventative Maintenance Process SDD and Telemanager.net Announce Merger to Deliver New Next Generation Communications Profiability Solutions Blue Square Studios Implements Custom Technology Solutions for Hilton Hotels' Food & Beverage Operations StayOnline Offers Smooth Sailing/Surfing at Sailport Resort ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Selects LexKeySM by Maxim Revenue Management Solutions for Company-Wide Deployment Steven J. Belmonte, Founder to Keynote at the Washington State Hotel & Lodging Association’s Annual Convention Eduard Hoogeweegen Appointed General Manager, Dusit Inya Lake Resort, Myanmar Independent European Hotel Groups, Hampshire Hospitality & Leisure and Partner Hotels Europe Collaborate June 14, 2004 Starwood Atlanta Cluster Converts 312% More Business With Cross-Property Lead Sharing Solution; Achieves 42% Revenue Gain, 18-Month ROI on Technology Investment Worth Noting \| "Technology Strategies for the Hospitality Industry"; Listen to Author Peter Nyheim Discuss this Book - Hospitality and the Future of Technology Proposed MGM Mirage-Mandalay Merger Might Eliminate Some Deep Discounting of Room Rates on the Internet Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center Puts Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and Austin on Notice That It's A Player Portland Developer Paul Brenneke Awarded the Avalon Hotel & Spa In Settlement with Former Partners; Grand Heritage Hotels Appointed Manager Average Daily Rates in the U.S. Lodging Industry Will Rise by 3.0% in 2004 / PricewaterhouseCoopers Environmentally Responsible Cuisine Decisions Stretches Through All of Xanterra Parks & Resort's 64 Restaurants JeCheon City, South Korea in Design Phase for Massive Ski and Golf Resort Project Expected to Cost $822 million Colorado Reports 11.2 million Ski Visitors in 2003-04, Down 3.4% from Previous Year; International Ski Visitors up 10% Wynn Macau to Include 600-room Hotel and 100,000-square-foot Casino; Expected to Cost $705 million Acquired by Joo Kim for $4.05 million, The Royal Hotel in Richland, Washington Will Receive $2 million Renovation, Rebranded Clarion; Hotel Originally Built as a Holiday Inn in 1973 Visual One Systems to Introduce Web-based PMS at HITEC; “V1Net” is Designed for Chains, Management Companies, and Limited Service Properties Vail Resorts Inc. Reports 3rd Qtr Net Income of $62.5 million; Best Ever Third Quarter Towne Park Ltd. Chooses Educational Institute for Training, Certification The Radisson Plaza Resort Tahiti Providing Three-week Intensive Training Program Prior to Resort’s Opening Gloria Shirk Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the Fredericksburg Inn & Suites in Fredericksburg, Texas June 11, 2004 Accor Acquires 28.9% Stake in Club Méditerranée; Will Accelerate the Development of Club Méditerranée Three of Tulsa's Largest Hotels Have New Owners in 2004 Broderick Advisors New Asset Manager of the Resort at Squaw Creek French Chefs Jacques and Laurent Pourcel Partner with the Dusit Thani for New Restaurant Modeled after the Le Jardin des Sens in Montpellier, France InterContinental Hotels Will Operate a 424 room Hotel at the 500 Atlantic Avenue Project in Boston; Signs Long-term Lease with Intell for the First Twelve Floors The Historic Grand Royale Hotel in Downtown Binghamton, New York Now a Clarion Collection Franchise of the Choice Hotels International System Country Club Lima Hotel Selects TravelCLICK as Electronic Distribution Partner June 10, 2004 Developer Intell Boston Harbor LLC Begins Construction on 424-room InterContinental Hotel in Boston When Completed, the $250 Million Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa near Palm Springs Will Set a New Standard for Tribal Casinos in California Pyramid Advisors and the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund Spending $6.5 million to Convert the Adam's Mark Hotel & Suites in Indianapolis to a Hilton Real Estate Developer Joseph Chetrit May or May Not Buy the Bankrupt Roney Palace Hotel and Condominiums for $153.5-million Unique Agreement With Non-Profit Salvation Army Allows for Contruction of Homewood Suites by Hilton in Salt Lake City Detroit Officials Favor Expanding Cobo Center from 700,000 sq ft to 900,000 sq ft Over New $1-billion Convention Center David Thompson Named Vice President and Controller of Hilton Hotels Corporation Choice Hotels Joins HotelRooms.com The Antlers Hotel Preparing for Brand Change; Miguel Martin Appointed Food and Beverage Director Nasser Samman, GM of The Garden City Hotel Named “2004 General Manager of the Year” by the HSMAI Big Apple Chapter Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Amerihost Inn in Le Mars, Iowa and the Amerihost Inn in LaGrange, Georgia Molinaro Koger Advises in the Sale of Miami Beach Ritz Plaza Hotel; Kimpton to Rebrand and Manage The Sports Club/LA Company Installs priZem international Labor Reporting Database System Farooq M. Rehmatwala, Area Vice President and General Manager of the Hilton Miami Airport Named the “2004 South Florida Tourism Professional of the Year” MAI Canada, Ltd Will Exhibit at HITEC for the First Time; Showing New ‘Vision’ Sales & Catering Application Winegardner & Hammons Completes Renovation and Rebranding of the former Radisson Airport Hotel, Now Columbus Airport Marriott REI Real Estate Services Building a 136 Hilton Garden Inn in Downtown Bloomington, Indiana Philippe Sizaret named General Manager of Te Tiare Beach, an Outrigger Resort Sunset Beach Resort & Spa and its Sister Resort, Sunset at the Palms, Receiving $27 million Investment; Themed Water Park to be Built June 9, 2004 Ramesys' Latest PMS Is Lightning Fast, Ultra Thin And Web-Based - How This Technology Meets The New Demands Placed On PMS Solutions Today 2004 Manhattan Hotel Market Overview - HVS International / NYU Dow Hotel Company to Manage the 565-room Holiday Inn Select Downtown Hotel & Spa San Francisco; Will Oversee $15 Million Renovation Wild Salmon or Farm-raised Salmon Debate Continues at Restaurant Tables Two and Half Mile Long Boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland Keeps Visitors Coming Back A Cinderella Story - EZ Yield Evolves from the Garage to The Standard in Online Distribution Channel Management Jumeirah International and Interactive Sites Complete Phase One of Major Hotel Website Overhaul The Shaftesbury: Boutique Hotel in Soho, Piccadilly, Central London is First with BW Premier Status Day Hospitality Group Rebrands Fairfield Inn-Kennesaw to Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott–Kennesaw Panda Hotel (1,026 rooms) in Hong Kong Automates Management of Corporate Clients BringYourPet.com Mirrors the Growth of the Pet Traveling Public Jeffrey Brower Named General Manager at L’Auberge de Sedona Chuck Bedsole Named Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Hospitality & Leisure Practice in Dallas Agenda Set for Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers Hospitality Training Conference August 1-4, 2004, Gaylord Opryland, Dallas, Texas June 8, 2004 Industry’s First Seamless GDS Yield Management Reservation Profitability Tools at HITEC; Client-Focused Rate Management Tutorials and Classes Provided HVS Executive Search Presents Lodging Leadership Award For Board Performance To Arlington Hospitality and The Lodging Industry’s Top Performing Chief Executive Officer of 2003 Award to Jonathan Tisch, CEO of Loews Hotels Pacifica's Formula: Hand-picked Hotels and Renovating with Unique Designs Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Recognizes Managers Demonstrating Extraordinary Levels of Hospitality; Ron Vlasic, GM of Hotel Allegro Chicago Presented with the Bill Kimpton Award The Relais & Châteaux Association Reorganizes; Appoints Jacques-Olivier Chauvin, Chief Executive Officer Top Two Officials of President Casinos Inc. Failed to Protect Shareholders by Acquiring the Broadwater Hotel for $40.5 million / U.S. Bankruptcy Court Report The Occupancy Rate for Kansas City Area's 29,000 Rooms Was an Anemic 56% in 2003; 1st Qtr 2004 Occupancy of 51% Projects to 58% for the Year Foxwoods, the World's Largest Casino, Expanding Again Is Gambling America's National Pastime? The American Gaming Association Makes a Case for It RezTrack™ Offers New Product To Measure Hotel Web Activity, ROI Revenue Management Boot Camp Back by Request - July 27-29 / Three Days that Will Improve Your RevPAR Results Hampton Inn Savannah North Sale by HREC Investment Advisors SynXis Enhances its Commitment to Account & Revenue Management Services with New Hires Worldwide New Slip-in Cooling Cartridges Now Available to Replace Discontinued ACP / ClimateMaster VTAC Series Vertical PTAC Kinseth Hospitality Assumes Management of the Hilton Garden Inn – Independence, Missouri June 7, 2004 Leading Hotel Chains and Online Intermediaries to Debate Revenue Management and Pricing Strategies A Full Recovery of the Worldwide Hospitality Industry Possible within 1 to 2 Years; Potential Terrorism Attacks a Big Threat / NYU Survery The 2004 Ranking of Hotel Groups; Including the Ten Hotel Groups with the Greatest Increase in Number of Rooms / MKG The 2004 LIIC Top Ten: An Annual Survey of Lodging Investment Trends and Challenges Hotel Technology - Next Generation Group (HTNG) Paying Dividends for Hoteliers; Eliminates Many of the Barriers that Prevent Vendor Products from Talking to Each Other Host Marriott Corporation Acquiring the The Fairmont Kea Lani Maui for $355 million, or $789,000 per room; Will Continue to be Managed by Fairmont MGM Mirage Offers to Buy Mandalay Resort Group for $7.65 billion Santa Ana Pueblo Stalled in $75 million Refinancing of the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Proposed $50 million Hotel Across from Providence, Rhode Island Convention Center Under Scrutiny Castrop Wolfe Development Co. Acquires the Dublin (Ohio) Wyndham Hotel for $5.3 million; Will Reposition with Clarion Hotel Flag Steven J. Belmonte To Keynote Best Value Inn Conference -- Again; Members to gain insight on the benefits of bringing family values to hospitality Marriott International Partners With M-Tech For Online Preventive Maintenance Winston Hotels and Canyon Capital Realty Provide $16.85 Million Loan for the Acquisition and Conversion of Cornhusker Square Hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska to Marriott InterContinental Hotels Group Opens 23 Hotels in March and April 2004 Pyramid Advisors LLC and Morgan Stanley Partnership Reflags Adam's Mark Houston as Houston Marriott Westchase HEI Hospitality Acquires its First Hotel, the 410-room Sheraton Music City in Nashville, Tennessee Popular Web Site is Taking Pet-Friendly Properties on an Interactive Tour Nir E. Margalit Named Executive Vice President/General Counsel For Kimpton Group Holding LLC William Geiler Joins Interstate Hotels & Resorts as EVP, Acquisitions Hyatt International Appoints Peter Stettler to Vice President - Indonesia and Chris Koehler to General Manager of Grand Hyatt Beijing Fran Brasseux and Jason Smith Appointed to Newly-created Executive Positions with Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International American Skiing Company Names Brandon McCarter Eastern Lodging Vice President June 3, 2004 Marketing Plans Must Be a "Living Being" - They Cannot Sit On Shelves! Hotel Common Sense Real Estate Developer Belz Enterprises Boosts Corporate Value with Hotel Group Business Intelligence Gains - Prestigious Peabody Hotel Group Operates Paperless; Internet Back-Office and Business Intelligence Reduce AP Staff 33%, Cuts Month-End Close 20% Rocco Forte Commences US$28.48 million Renovation of Brown's Hotel, London Controversy Swirling in Hotel Developer Selection Process for Columbia, S.C. Convention Center Hotel Kentucky Governor Seeks Developer to Build Hotel at Lexington Horse Park JJW Hotels & Resorts Group Acquires the De Vigny and Balzac Hotels in Paris for $65 million The Lincoln Plaza Hotel in Reading, Pa. Will be Branded with the Wyndham Name; Inns of Distinction Appointed Manager Raffles Hotel Singapore Continues Pursuit of Excellence EuroTulip Hospitality Management Completes Euro 6.8 million Renovation of the Tulip Inn Amersfoort Linda Norman and Lynn Ericksen Appointed to General Manager Posts for Hilton Former Hampton Inn Oakland Airport Reflags to La Quinta Inn Sunstone Hotels Opens the 196-room JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek Richard Kessler Holds Topping Out Ceremony for The 126-room Mansion on Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia Signature Hires Holly Zoba as Regional Sales Manager June 2, 2004 NORTHWIND Expands Operations as Sole Provider of its Maestro Suite of Property Management Solutions in North America, Adds UK Distributors, Strengthens Support Standards Anschutz Entertainment Plans to Build a 1,500-room Hotel and Entertainment Center Near Staples Center; $1 billion Project Catches LA City Officials by Surprise Florida Officials Looking at Truth in Menu Issues Related to "Fresh catch" or "Catch of the day" State of Florida Files Racial Bias Suit Against the Southern Inn in Perry; State Has 13 Witnesses Woman Who Claimed a Mouse in Her Soup Charged with Attempted Extortion and Conspiracy to Commit a Felony Sunburst Hospitality Completes Long-Term Disposition Plan, Reduces Debt, Improves Year-Over-Year RevPAR Ocean Properties Ltd. Receives Nod to Build a 400-room Hotel and Condo Next to Palm Beach County Convention Center; Taxpayers to Front Subsidy of Approximately $14.5 million Developer Charles Wang Proposing 300 room Hyatt Regency on Long Island, New York Kane Realty Corporation and Concord Hospitality Partner to Build 240 room Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina Have You Hugged Your Travel Website Market Manager Today? Innovative Training Option Offered by HotelTraining.com Michael Tatro and Steve Cross Appointed to Vice President Positions with Marshall Management, Inc. Bali Boutique Resorts Use Pelican System to Manage Limited Room Allotments PRpro Tapped By Multi-Systems Inc. To Pump Up Marketing, Sales Effort Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC, Brokers Sale of the former HomeGate Studios and Suites - El Paso, Texas College Station Property Goes Fully Wireless; Lane Hospitality Taps StayOnline Again Ameristar Casinos to Buy the Former Black Hawk Casino by Hyatt for $115 million; Will Invest $75 million for 300 room Hotel Long-delayed $45.4 million Renovation of the Historic President Hotel on Track, Developer Ron Jury Obtains Permanent Construction Loan for the 214-room Boutique Hotel in Downtown Kansas City Meadowood, Napa Valley's First Luxury Hotel, Undergoing Improvements June 1, 2004 Yielding Software – Must Have or Luxury? Maintaining Rate Integrity While Maximizing Online Exposure Has Become a Real Challenge 10 Ways to Bulletproof Your Hotel Against Legal Attacks / Diana S. Barber After Five Years of Litigation Strategy Starwood Prevails in Appeal of Woodley Road Decision After Doing the Math, Some Hotel Franchisees Consider Going Independent; Full Utilization of Travel Web Sites an Alternative to Brand Franchise Fees LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 241 room Hilton Alexandria Old Town for $59 million; Sandcastle Resorts & Hotels Named Manager HEI Hospitality Raises $275 Million in Equity; Seeks to Acquire Hotels with 200 to 500 rooms in the Top 50 U.S. Markets The Windsor/Aughtry Firm Gets Early Nod from Columbia, S.C. for 225-room Convention Center Hotel; Must Build Higher End Hilton Rather than a Hilton Garden Inn Sage Hospitality Resources Among Principals in New 228 room Residence Inn in Downtown Denver; $44 million Project Requires No Public Money Shaner Hotel Group in Dispute with General Contractor; Florida Fairfied Inn Opens Nearly a Year Late Carlson Hotels Worldwide Inititates New Brand Building Strategies Encore Enterprises Acquires the Ramada Ltd. in Grapevine, Texas; Will Convert to a Fairfield Inn and Suites Following $700,000 Renovation Red Lion Hotels to Create a “Brand Mascot” Using the Lion Character Springer-Miller Systems to Integrate Expedia's Direct Connect Technology; Hoteliers Will Benefit with Real-Time Connectivity for Internet Reservations $25 million Rehabilitation Earns Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey Honors Destination Marketing 101: Take Care of Mom / John R. Hendrie Accor Appoints 11 General Managers Across Asia Pacific Jim Chapman Appointed Executive Chef of Food Operations in Yellowstone National Park Thomas Haas Appointed Corporate Director of Food and Beverage for Tiburon Hospitality Management Elliot Mills Named Director of Operations for the Outrigger Reef on the Beach, Honolulu Ursula Schoefl Appointed Director of Rooms at the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers May 2004 - Top Read Articles What Do Meeting Planners Want? Hotel Sales Managers Want to Know! / Carol Verret What It Takes to be a Hotel Professional: The Things You Can Control / Chris Longstreet Hotel Revenue Management this Summer - a Game of Skill, Art and Most of All Nerves / Carol Verret Eight Markets Likely to Outperform the U.S. Hotel Industry’s Improving Operating Trends in ’04 50 Most-Popular Destinations for Memorial Day 2004 Accepting Minor Guests in Your Hotel; A Checklist for Handling the Challenges of Underage Guests / Diana S. Barber U.S. Summer Travel Season Will Start With a Bang; Top Ten Destinations Travelers Would Most Like to Visit This Summer Third Party Websites Deliver Potential Trouble for Hotels; "You Get What You Pay For" Marriott Spartanburg Four Months Late on $400,000 Land Lease Payment to the City Hyatt International Appoints Four to GM Posts The New Market Segmentation and Pricing Model for Independent Hotels / Brenda Fields Cornell Study Quantifies the Destination Spa Experience -- Differentiates the Merits of a Destination Spa Vacation from Other Vacation Experiences Resorts Seeking Wireless High-speed Internet Access Should Exercise Caution Global Update: Who’s Where and Doing What March/April 2004 2003 U.S. Hotel Profit Loss To Be Reversed in 2004; Expense Creep and Control Influence Profitability / PKF The Westin Innisbrook Resort Owners Seeking to Hand Over the Resort Instead of Repaying $102-million in Outstanding Loans Hilton, Kimpton, Sol Melia, Best Western, Hotwire, Priceline and WorldRes to Discuss Revenue Optimization Strategies in the Hospitality Sector Hotel Life Expectancy / Stephen Rushmore Giant Leap In Dubai, 31 Hotels Being Built or Confirmed for Future Construction InterContinental Hotels Group Provides Rigorous and Structured Training for Hotel Revenue Managers Highlights and Predictions from the 2004 AH&LA U.S. Lodging Summit Tampa's Fifth-largest Hotel, The Ashley Plaza, Shutters 200 Rooms Following Complaints about Deplorable Conditions Marriott Honors 12 Employees Out of Approximately 128,000 with its J. Willard Marriott Award of Excellence May 28, 2004 Global Update: Who's Where and Doing What / May 2004 InterContinental Hotels Doubles First-quarter Pretax Profits; Plans to Sell Up to UKpound 500 million of Hotels Ten Years Ago, Missouri Rolled the Dice on Riverboat Gambling U.S.-Singapore Joint Venture to Renovate Abandoned Bangkok Building into the 542-room Millennium Hilton Hotel Travellers Deciding to Forgo a Trip to Greece this Summer; Olympic Games are Failing to Boost the Greek Economy Construction Starts on 95-room Bridgewood Hotel and Conference Center, Neenah, Wisconsin SRS-WORLDHOTELS Implements Latin America Business Strategy; Appoints Maria Diez and Tom Moncho to Team Hôtel Royal Monceau, Paris, Undergoing Renovation and Repositioning; Joins the Mandarin Oriental Brand Donald Padgett II Appointed the New President of Pinehurst Resort Matthew J. Hart Appointed President and Chief Operating Officer, Hilton Hotels Corporation Visual One and Rocksoft Announce More Deals in Ireland Xanterra Parks & Resorts Completes Renovations to Four of its Seven Hotels in Grand Canyon National Park May 27, 2004 Long Before Walt Disney Bought Land for Disneyland Park in the Early 1950s, Walter Knott Planted the Seeds of the Amusement Industry in Orange County, California QualAsia Formed to Provide Authoritative Organization to Inspect and Evaluate Hotels Across Asia; Harry Nobles Appointed Chairman of New Asian Hotel Rating Service Technolgy Initiatives Play Pivotal Role for Harrah's Financial Fortunes GTECH Holdings Corp. and Marsella Development Corp. Proposed $43-million, 193-room Hotel in Downtown Providence Will Not Move Forward Accor Matching New Zealand's Growth in Visitors with Plans for Management of More than 12 New Hotels Palacio Hospitality Group Converts Two California Hotels to Choice Brands The Landmark Westin Governor Morris Receiving Multi-Million Dollar Transformation; Sleek New Look from Designer Dayna Lee Larkspur Hotels, LLC Acquires the 107 room Tiburon Lodge and Conference Center The 730 room Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate On Schedule for an October Opening Two Best Western Phuket Resorts Introduce “Online Contracting” David Vining Named Vice President of Marketing for Jameson Inn and Signature Inn Hotels Mark Lefever Named Chief Financial Officer of Resorts International Hotel, Inc. Mike Henderson Promoted at StayOnline, Inc. Stacy Pederson Appointed Director of Human Resources for Lansdowne Resort in Lansdowne, Virginia May 26, 2004 Web Based PMS Solutions Offer Chains a Painless Solution to Issues of Legacy Systems, Varying Ownership and Data Sharing Hotels First Ventured into Retail Amenity Sales Offering Robes for Sale, Now Guests Are Laying Out $4,000 for a Complete Ritz Carlton Bed Set; The Broadmoor Generates $500,000 a Year Selling Room Amenities Hotel Operators Can Gain Market Share Through Distinctive Brand Images; A 100-room boutique hotel can develop more identity within a market than its 1,000-room competitor through customer impact points / Rick Swig Stanford Hotels Appoints Jim Durbin as General Manager of Downtown San Diego Hotel Property Currently Undergoing a $38 Million Renovation InterContinental Hotels Group Signs Nine New Management Contracts in China Marriott Honors 12 Employees Out of Approximately 128,000 with its J. Willard Marriott Award of Excellence Hotel Owner Leadership Development Program Created by The Owners’ Association of InterContinental Hotels and InterContinental Hotels Group Warmbrodt Hotel Investments, Inc. Advises FelCor in the Sale of the Holiday Inn-Westport, St. Louis, Missouri and Also Selected to Advise on Disposition of 360 room Holiday Inn - Albuquerque, New Mexico The National Trust for Historic Preservation Includes Detroit's Derelict Madison-Lenox Hotel to Most Endangered Historic Places in America Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casinos Roll with Bartech Minibars; Hollywood and Tampa Locations Install Automated Minibars in 750+ rooms Affinia Hospitality of New York Finds the EZ Solution to Managing All Those Travel Websites Visual One Exhibits at the Dubai Hotel Show SuiteSpeed Ranks No. 2 on List of Fastest Growing Companies; Increases Revenue 900% with HSIA Installations Nationwide PHR Managed Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Books First Group; Opening Scheduled February 2005 Michael Cicutto Appointed Director of Conference Services for The Georgian Terrace Hotel, Atlanta May 25, 2004 Hotel Revenue Management this Summer - a Game of Skill, Art and Most of All Nerves / Carol Verett Counting Tourists; Destinations Use a Hodge-podge of Number-crunching Methods Former Employee Sues Walt Disney World Over Dress Code; Refused to Remove Muslim Head Scarf Almost 400,000 Employed as Hotel Housekeepers in U.S.; San Antonio Hotel Veterans Love the Work The Top 10 European Destination Markets for Total GDS Room Nights in 2004 Q1; Electronic Room Nights Grew 16.2% According to TravelCLICK 50 Most-Popular Destinations for Memorial Day 2004 Outrigger Hotels & Resorts Appointed to Manage the Clearwater Resort Located on the South Island, in Christchurch's Lakes District Significant Growth Forecast for North American Conference Center Industry; PKF Consulting's Conference Center Trends Report Sees Turnaround Starwood to Own 50% of First W Hotels Resort, 80 room Resort to be Located on Private Island in the Republic of Maldives Wireless Joins Active Duty at Five CWB Properties; StayOnline Keeps Military Reservists and Other Guests Connected to Home Unisys and KoolConnect Partner to Offer Digital Video-on-Demand Services for Hotel Guests New Solution Includes Revenue Sharing Business Model Kamala Bay Terrace Resort’s Online Contracting System Shows Encouraging Results Prime Hospitality Corp Converts Three Wyndham Hotels in the Phoenix Area to the PRIME Hotel Brand Orient-Express Hotels to Acquire Luxury Canal and River Cruise Company "Afloat in France" Chef David Meador Opens Noble House Hotels and Resorts Signature Restaurant Concept, BALEEN, at The Inn and Spa at Loretto May 24, 2004 AH&LA Drops Mississippi Hotel & Lodging Association's Membership for $70,000 Unpaid Dues Ski Resorts Expand Year Round Revenues, Add Outdoor & Indoor Waterparks / Jeff Coy & Bill Haralson Peabody Hotel Group Proposing $135 million, 500-room Peabody Hotel in Nashville; Would Seek up to $40 million in Public Assistance Rezidor SAS Hospitality Takes Over Management of Seven Hotels in France, Acquired by the Financial Group Darthall B.V. Spring Capital Group Completing Multimillion-dollar Renovation of the Salishan Lodge and Golf Resort Seneca Niagara Casino Is Cash Cow for G. Michael "Mickey" Brown and Lim Kok Thay; Tribe Seeks More Accountability The 880 room Le Meridien Heathrow Receives £15m Renovation, Reflagged to the Park Inn Brand Designed for Yield Management Professionals, the HSMAI Revenue Management Strategy Conference Set for Monday, June 21, 2004 in Dallas Merlot Communications Launches U.S. Channel Partner Program Susan Lemmen Appointed General Manager for the AmericInn Lodge & Suites in Oswego, Illinois Craig W. Johnson Appointed General Manager for The Mansion on Forsyth Park and historic Kehoe House, Savannah, Geogia Nicole La Valette Appointed Sales Manager for Wyndham Sunshine Suites, Grand Cayman May 21, 2004 Maintaining the Marketing Investment; Examing How U.S. Hotels Answered the Marketing Investment Question During the Industry Recession / Robert Mandelbaum Cornell Report Aims to Maximize the Economic Value of the Hospitality Workforce The Average Selling Price per Hotel Room in 2003 was $70,308, 16% Increase from Prior Year / Lodging Econometrics Saunders Hotel Advisory Group Acquires The Residence Inn, Merrimack, New Hampshire for $9.3 million Rossi Ralenkotter Named President and CEO of The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $43.35 million in Financing for Two Historic Hotels Designer Adam Tihany Redefines the Las Vegas Buffet; The Mirage Buffet Revolutionizes All-you-can-eat Dining Educational Institute Releases Three New Titles in “10-Minute Trainer” Series William J. Heaney Appointed Vice President of Sales, WestCoast Hospitality Corporation David Kurland Named Managing Director and Deborah Yager Fleming the Director of Sales and Marketing for Rosewood's Acqualina on Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Kevin E. Mallory Appointed Senior Managing Director with CB Richard Ellis' Hotel Practice Richard Behr Named General Manager of Merv Griffin's Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas Efficient Ways to Distribute Room Rates and Room Inventory / Allotment Institut de Management Hotelier International Plans Hotel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference, London, May 28, 2004 Pet Friendly Lodge Triples First Quarter Earnings with BringYourPet.com Caroline B. Wilsey Appointed Director of Conference Services for Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Colorado Springs, Colorado May 20, 2004 Federal Judge Orders Developer R. Donahue Peebles to Pay $12 million to Contractors Over Delays in the Construction of the Royal Palm Crowne Plaza The Shuttered Hastings Hotel and Conference Center in Hartford, Conn. May Find New Life as Culinary School Hotel Appraisals Becoming More Difficult in Face of Demands to Value Intangible Assets / Lawrence E. Henry, MAI Environmental Management Practices in US Hotels / Ishmael Mensah The Top 10 Asia-Pacific Destination Markets for Total GDS Room Nights in Asia-Pacific in in 2004 Q1; Electronic Room Nights Grew 26% According to TravelCLICK Choice Hotels Names the Best Hotel Within Each Brand; The 2004 Inn of the Year Awards Jones Lang LaSalle Names David Baffsky ‘Asia Pacific Hotelier of 2003’; Grows Accor Asia Pacific from 44 Hotels in 1993 to 210 Today NCL/National Content Liquidators Announces the Opening Dates for Two Hotel Liquidation Sales; the 208 room InterContinental Central Park South Hotel, NYC & and the 146 room Holiday Inn Madeira Beach, FL Cheyenne, Wyoming Task Force Considers Site, Financing for $30+ million Convention Center Snyder Nationwide Real Estate Negotiates Sale of Four Points Destin / Fort Walton Beach, Florida Diversification Continues; Mixed-Use Shouldn't Mean Mixed-Message Innkeepers USA Trust Acquires the 216-room Four Points by Sheraton in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, for $30 million LaSalle Investment Management Giving the Karon Villa Phuket Beach Resort a US$20 million refurbishment, Appoints InterContinental Hotel Group to Manage as a Crowne Plaza Hotel Woodstock, Vermont Inns Committing Nearly $2 million to Improvements Hyatt International Appoints Four to GM Posts May 19, 2004 Vintage Inns Chain Increases GDS and Web Reservations 500%; Four-Property Hotel Group Leverages NORTHWIND’s Maestro Yield Management, GDS Interface for Projected $1M in e-Bookings Eight Markets Likely to Outperform the U.S. Hotel Industry’s Improving Operating Trends in ’04, Lodging Econometrics After Being Vacant for 15 Years a Redevelopment Plan for Historic Skirvin Hotel Is Approved by Council in Oklahoma City PRIME Hotels & Resorts Adds Fifth Property with the Conversion of the Wyndham Sunnyvale to PRIME Hotel Sunnyvale U.S. Summer Travel Season Will Start With a Bang; Top Ten Destinations Travelers Would Most Like to Visit This Summer New Castle Hotels and Resorts Renovating the 155 room Ramada Plaza Hotel in Shelton, Conn; Will Rebrand Marriott Courtyard Houston Hotels Enjoyed 31% Jump in Revenue in January and February; Super Bowl Provides Spike in Revenue but Not Occupancy Crown Realty & Development Planning to Spend Up to $30 million Sprucing Up The Doubletree La Posada Resort in Paradise Valley, Arizona Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of SpringHill Suites BWI to Ashford Hospitality Trust on Behalf of The Buccini/Pollin Group Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC, Brokers Sale of the Days Inn MainGate East - Orlando, Florida Small Luxury Hotels of the World Adds Three New Member Hotels in The Americas Region John Unwin Named Senior Vice President for Hotel Operations at Caesars Palace; Leaving Post as Chief Operating Officer for Ian Schrager Hotels Great Wolf Lodge, Kansas City, Kansas, Enjoyed Outstanding First Year of Business Brett Boreing Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for The Northland Inn, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Coming to a City Near You - Revenue Management 101; Understanding the Fundamentals of Revenue Management to Drive RevPAR and Market Share in as little as 30 days! Interactive Web Cast - Presenter: Carol Verret, Consultant and Trainer for the hospitality industry in the areas of sales, marketing and customer service. Date & Time: May 21, 2004, 12:00 Noon, Mountain Daylight Time (last day to register) May 18, 2004 2003 U.S. Hotel Profit Loss To Be Reversed in 2004; Expense Creep and Control Influence Profitability Doubletree Novi Doubles In-Room Entertainment Revenue, Enhances Guest Service With Interactive TV Upgrade; Suburban Detroit Hotel Riding Wave of Regional Turnaround, Boosts In-Room Revenue 100% The New Market Segmentation and Pricing Model for Independent Hotels / Brenda Fields Marriott Expects to Add Up to 95,000 Rooms Over The Next Three Years; Since 1990, Portfolio of Properties Outside the U.S. has Grown from 15 Hotels to Nearly 550 Capital Lodging, a Newly Organized REIT Acquiring 22 Hotels from Crown Hotel Holding Co., Prism Hotels Will Manage Hotels Le Meridien to Operate Three New Hotels in Thailand and Cambodia Owned by TCC Property Management Co First American Operated Gaming Facility, The Sands Macao, Opens in The People's Republic of China's Special Administrative Region of Macao Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City Selects TravelCLICK as Electronic Distribution Partner Lodgian's 179-room Mayfair House Hotel in Miami Sold for $14.7 million Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC, Brokers Sale of the Holiday Inn University Area - South Bend, Indiana Franchisees and General Managers Gain Direct Control Over their Property Pages and Marketing Messages on Suburban Franchise Systems Redesigned Web Site David Merritt Appointed Senior Vice President of Development, Lane Hospitality Jeffrey Stephen Parker, Director of Information Systems for Magnolia Hotels, Named 2004 CHTP of the Year May 17, 2004 Highlights and Predictions from the 2004 AH&LA U.S. Lodging Summit Choice Hotels Offers New Prototypes for MainStay Suites, Comfort Inn and Quality Brand Franchisees Four Years Ago Wyndham Received the Worst Grade in NAACP's Annual Lodging Report; Diversity Priories Now Paying Off Cornell Study Quantifies the Destination Spa Experience -- Differentiates the Merits of a Destination Spa Vacation from Other Vacation Experiences European Airport Hotel Markets Have Had a Tough Time of Late; Heathrow and Gatwick Markets Suffered Double-digit revPAR Declines in 2003 Resorts Seeking Wireless High-speed Internet Access Should Exercise Caution StayOnline Helps Hilton Woodcliff Break New Ground; Hotel Noted as State’s Most Technologically Advanced Meeting Venue Adds Wireless Internet Access Sydney First New City Hotel Since the 2000 Olympics Opens, the 115 room Formule 1 Kings Cross A Wingate Inn & Suites with a Water Park Planned for Billings, Montana Tim Flors and Janice Pavlich Named Regional Sales Managers for Baymont Inns & Suites May 14, 2004 Crowne Plaza Tackles Guest Sleep Deprivation; Brand's Sleep Advantage Program Provides Seven Pillows per Bed, Ear Plugs, Eye Masks and More Wrap Up: Fourth Annual Resort Management Conference; Paul Schultz Chosen the Resort Executive of the Year for 2003 Caneel Bay Resort Acquired By CBI Acquisition LLC REIT Equity Inns Maintains Stable Dividend Since 9/11, May Acquire a Dozen Hotels to Existing Portfolio of 92 The Historic Paradise Inn in Mount Rainier National Park Will Receive $10.8 million Renovation Molinaro Koger Structures Sale of Hilton Hotel Pasadena, California Hawaii's First Smoke-Free Hotel, OHANA Reef Lanai in Waikiki, Sees Double-digit Increases in Occupancy Since Converting in November 2003 Betty Price, Front Desk Associate at the Baymont Inn & Suites — Albuquerque Receives New Mexico Lodgers Association Employee of the Year Award Collins Plaza Hotel in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Receiving Multi-million-dollar Renovation, Will Be Rebranded as the Cedar Rapids Marriott The Hotel Phoenix Yogyakarta Completes Renovation, Rebranded as Grand Mercure Phoenix Yogyakarta Michael D. Hirsch and William Fitzgerald Named Area Vice President, South Central for Hilton Hotels Corporation Wolfgang Grimm Speaks to the 2004 Southern Cross University/Hotel School InterContinental Graduates NOVA and Shift4 Team Up for High Speed Communications Gary Marshall Named Vice President of the Great Hotels Organisation Asia Pacific Employees of Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Sign Collective Bargaining Agreement with Management May 12, 2004 Holiday Inn Sydney at Rooty Hill Selects Maestro Enterprise Suite to Automate Front Office, Sales & Catering and Work Order Scheduling Meet the Money Conference Wrap Up - Hallways Buzzing with Deals Among the Nearly 400 Attendees Secretive UK Hotel Owner, Andrew Davis Has Acquired 16 Hotels, Has 10 On a To Buy List The 318-room Radisson Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Owned by MeriStar, May Be Sold to High End Condominium Developer New Format for the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® - A Day Long Hospitality Conference, for Upper Level Hospitality Management on Saturday, November 13, 2004, Precedes IH/M&RS Exhibits Prime Hospitality Corp. Converts Wyndham Salt Lake City to The PRIME Hotel Salt Lake City Convention Center; 11 more Wyndham Conversions Planned RIU Hotels & Resorts Achieves a High Degree of Loyalty, Average for Repeat Guests is 45% Outrigger Hotels & Resorts Assumes Management of the Exclusive Te Tiare Beach Resort in the Society Islands of French Polynesia Cities from Anaheim to Laguna Beach, Rife with New Resorts, Look to Grab Summer Business; Sunnier Outlook Ahead for Summer Travel Season New Florida Hard Rock Casino Hotels Select Unirez by Pegasus for Electronic Distribution Services