June 2005 - Top 25
Read Aritcles
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Starwood
to Debut New Brand to Compete Directly with Courtyard by Marriott and Hilton
Garden Inn; The Design Work for the Yet to Be Named Brand Being Done by
Same Team that Created W Hotels
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Heavenly
Beds Are Not the Only Weapons Being Wielded in the Hotel Wars
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Top
Five "Must Dos" to Raise Room Profitability; Revenue Management Viewpoint
/ Kelly Blake and Bonnie Buckhiester
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Wyndham
International, Inc. Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by the Blackstone
Group for $1.15 Per Share or Approximately $3.24 Billion
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Avoiding
The Pitfalls of Condo Hotel Structuring; Steps To SEC Compliance / Peter
Connolly
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Starwood
Targets Niche Markets to Increase Revenues, Brand Aswareness
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Hotel
Common Sense; �The Stranger within our gates� / John Hogan
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Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / June 2005
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Restuarants
and Bars Operated by N9NE Group at Morongo Casino Resort Go Dark; Targeted
the Wrong Crowd
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Hilton
Hotels Corporation Enters into a Master Licensing Agreement with Starbucks
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Observers
Say Blackstone Will Have No Problem Expanding Wyndham's Business through
Franchise and Third-party Hotel Management Agreements
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Revenue
Management: Too Tactical and Not Strategic Enough; Highlights from HSMAI's
Revenue Management Strategy Conference
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A
�Who�s Who� of Revenue Management Executives Headline the 2nd Annual HSMAI
Revenue Management Strategy Conference
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Group
of Hoteliers File Lawsuit Challenging the Legality of 5% Hotel-room Tax
Used to Fund a Competing, Publicy Owned Convention Hotel
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Lead
the Trend to Becoming Guest-Centric; Demonstrating Behavior Not Normally
Experienced by the Guest / John R. Hendrie
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What
Most Hotel-condo Projects Have in Common Is a Hotel Brand with Cachet
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Questions
Linger Whether the Pritzker Clan Agreement Will Remain Intact Over the
Long Haul; Inside the Pritzker Family Feud
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Kimpton
Hotels Closes $157 Million Fund; Seeks to Double the Number of Kimpton-owned
and Managed Properties
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Ritz-Carlton
Grand Cayman Developer Wins $30 million Jury Verdict from Fluor Daniel
Caribbean, Inc., the General Contractor for the Project
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Hotels
Increase Marketing Budgets by 6.1% in 2004; Hotels Continue to Shift Marketing
Dollars from Advertising to Person-to-Person Selling / PKF Study
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How
to Make a Condo Hotel Deal � Part II / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik
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Best
Tip for Increasing Tips... Smile
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The
Former Marquis Resort in Palm Springs Reopening as Hotel Zoso
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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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Four
Seasons and JMB Begin Process to Sell Ritz-Carlton Chicago; Upon Completion
of a Sale, Four Seasons Will Cease Managing the Hotel
June 29, 2005
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New
England Resort Becomes Second Shell Vacations Systems Franchisee
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GoConcierge
Enhances Customer Service at Omni Hotels; Hotelier Selects Web-based Guest
Services Solution to Add Efficiencies at 14 Properties
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East
West Partners Developing 200 room Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa Near
Beaver Creek Resort on Land Acuired from Vail Resorts
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More
than 1,000 Attending Caribbean Hotel Association Conference in Miami; Positive
News Prevails
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Great
Wolf Resorts Joint Ventures with The Chehalis Indians to Build $80 million
Indoor Waterpark Resort Mid-way between Portland and Seattle
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Stanford
Hotels Corporation Acquires the Hilton Charlotte for $56 million; Hilton
Brand to be Retained; Significant Investment Planned
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Eagle
Hospitality Acquires the 299-suite Embassy Suites San Juan Hotel
& Casino for $60 Million
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JAL
Hotels Co., Ltd. Opens Five Asia/Pacific Hotels in 2005
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HREC
Investment Advisors Announces Listing For Sale of St. Mary Lodge and Resort,
Including 86 Acres of Land Adjacent to Glacier National Park, St. Mary,
Montana
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The
Grand Lake Lodge, the Only Private Complex within Rocky Mountain National
Park, Likely to be Sold at a Substantial Price
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San
Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Appoints 2005-2006 Board of
Directors; Rick Swig of RSBA & Associates Installed as Chairman
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Warner
Consulting Group Introduces Telecom Management Program Saving Hotels Up
to 60% on Telecom
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Mintek
Mobile Data Solutions Celebrates 250th WinTrack PM Installation at Horseshoe
Bay Resort Marriott
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Peppermill�s
Wendover Properties Select LMS ARTS from Agilysys, Inc.; Industry-Leading
System Chosen to Book Flights on Charter Airline
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John
Q. Hammons Building a 125,000-square-foot Convention Center and Adding
a 152-suite Tower to the Embassy Suites in Rogers, Arkansas
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Royal
Media Hotels & Resorts Building the 259 room Royal Media Milan Hotel
& Towers
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Ward
Childs Named Senior Food and Beverage Director, Executive Assistant Manager
at Grand Hyatt New York
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Signature
Destinations Club� Names Jay Harbison as Vice President of Hospitality
and Membership Operations
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Tracy
Walker Named General Manager of Hilton Newark Airport
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Columbia
Hospitality Names Greg Duff, Vice President of Development/General Counsel
June 28, 2005
June 27, 2005
June 24, 2005
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Highland
Hospitality Corporation Acquiring the 410-room Wyndham Palm Springs for
$57.0 million, Approximately $139,000 per Room
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Tourism
Authority of Thailand Reports the Number of Tourists Visiting Phuket, Phangnga
and Krabi Provinces has Dropped by 70% Compared Last Year; Hotel Occupancy
Averaging 20%
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Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Sam Haigh President & Chief Operating Officer
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Eagle
Hospitality Properties Trust Acquires the 351 room Hilton Glendale for
$79.8 Million from Hilton Hotels Corporation; Hilton Will Continue to Manage
the Hotel
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Amstar
Group, LLC and Davidson Hotel Company Joint Venture to Acquire the 500
room Hilton Alexandria Mark Center for $93.1 million
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Regent
International Hotels Appoints Tom Manno as Senior Director of Sales and
Operations
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Bruce
T. Fery Named EVP of Hotels for Earl Holding's Grand America Hotels and
Resorts
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Marriott
Closes Purchase and Sale Transactions with CTF, Walton Street Capital,
Sunstone, and Tarsadia; Involves 29 Renaissance Hotels and three Courtyard
Hotels
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CNL
Hotels Completes $8 million Renovation of The 310-room BWI Airport Marriott
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Pacifica
Companies Acquiring the 198 room Radisson in Stockton, California
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Unconventional
Marketing and Advertising Campaign Clinches Five Awards for Hilton Kuala
Lumpur
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AWI
Gaming, Inc. Acquiring Sturgeon's Inn & Casino in Lovelock, Nevada
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Nicholas
D. Davaz Appointed General Manager of Simpson House Inn, Santa Barbara,
California
June 23, 2005
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What
Most Hotel-condo Projects Have in Common Is a Hotel Brand with Cachet
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Tom
Higgins, Former CEO of Best Western, Now in Charge of a Ministry Complex
and Convention Center in High Point, North Carolina
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Bank
Seeks Foreclosure on the 212 room Hotel Seagate in Downtown Toledo
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InterContinental
Boston Hotel and Residences Subject of Call for Boycott from Local Hotel
Union; The 424 room Hotel at Mid-point of Construction
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More
Than 88% of Travelers Not Able to Let Go of Their Cell Phone, Laptop, or
PDA While on Vacation / Travelocity Survey
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California
Hotelier Terry Brown Gifts $1 million to San Diego State University's Hospitality
and Tourism Management program
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Yvonne
La Penotiere Appointed President of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, the Americas
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Larkspur
Hospitality Acquires the Hyatt Sainte Claire in San Jose, California; Renamed
The Sainte Claire, a Larkspur Hotel
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Barefoot
Resorts, Ltd. Developing 114 room Mandarin Oriental Branded Resort on Secluded
Barefoot Beach Area of Grand Cayman Island
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The
Softwear Group Proudly Announces George A. Zugmier Joins Board of Directors
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SECURE-RES
Appoints Two To Sales-Leadership Team
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Hotel
Monticello of Georgetown, A European-style Luxury, Boutique Hotel, Sold
by Molinaro Koger
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Harrison
Conference Center and Hotel, Princeton Forrestal Center Announces Two New
Management Team Members
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Clee
Varon Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Deerhurst Resort, Muskoka,
Ontario
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InterContinental
Hotels Group Opens its 80th Staybridge Suites in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
June 22, 2005
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Millennium
& Copthorne Hotels to Switch to SynXis; Worldwide hotel company will
use SynXis RedX� for all of their distribution management needs
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New
Lodgenet Agreements to Bring Digitally Delivered Widescreen Movies Plus
High-Definition Video-On-Demand and Satellite Programming Through SIGNETURE
HDTV SM Systems
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Wi-Fi
Going from an Added Value to an Expected Amenity; In 2002, 1,000
Hotels Were Equipped for Wireless Connection, Nearly 25,000 Hotels Expected
to Offer Wi-Fi by 2007
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Two
Time Share Resorts on Cape Cod Close Unexpectedly
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Three
French Waiters Suing New York's "21" Club Claiming Age and Accent Discrimination
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Ohio
State University Considers Renaming the 151 room Blackwell Hotel, Namesake,
Roger D. Blackwell, Is a Convicted Felon
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Hawaii,
Illinois, and Pennsylvania Have Biggest Budgets for Travel and Tourism
Promotion; TIA Ranks All the States Budgets for 2005
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Resignation
of Atlanta CVB Executive VP Carey Rountree Not Linked to Loss of
the 100,000 Attendee National Association of Home Builders
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Defender
of the Environment, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to Deliver Keynote Address at
the Caribbean Hotel Association�s Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference 2005
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Following
a US $30 million Restoration, the 54 room Hotel Caruso in Ravello, Italy
Re-opens
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Hotel
Online's One-on-One Audio Interview - Terry Brown Discusses How the Softwear
Group Has Expanded the Traditional Property Management Functions with Several
New Concepts
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Domina
Hotel Group, With a Portfolio of 49 hotels, Creates Four New Brands and
New Corporate Identity
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Noble
House Hotels & Resorts Chooses Coyle Hospitality Group's New SpasQore
Mystery Shopping Tool for its Growing World Class Spa Outlets
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Hotel
Information Systems Unveils its New Internet Native Property Management
System at HITEC 2005
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The
45-storey Grosvenor House West Marina Beach by Le Meridien Opens; Dubai
Hotel Has 12 Restaurants and Bars
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New
HotelEXPERT v.5.0 Actuates Guest History via �FUNDAMENTALS"
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BusinessJet
Class Adds Guaranteed Aircraft Availability Pricing; Introduces one-way
rates & advance purchase discounts to private jet charter
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Make
Your Meetings "Commercial Free" with Interstate Hotels & Resorts
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Microtel
Inns & Suites Building an 85-room hotel at Charles Pointe, a $750 million-plus
Master-planned Community in Bridgeport, West Virginia
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Valencia
Group Appoints Jason P. Melton as VP of Corporate Finance and John C. Boulware
as Corporate Controller
June 21, 2005
June 20, 2005
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Manugistics
to Showcase Next-Generation Chain Group Pricing Technology / In the �Year
of ADR,� Chain Hotels Capture More Group Business; Manugistics Centralized
Solution Drives Higher Daily Rate
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SynXis
and E-site Marketing Establish New Marketing Relationship; Hotel customers
will benefit from award-winning revenue enhancing products and services
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Best
Tip for Increasing Tips�Smile
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Revenue
Management Systems -- Considerations for Evaluation / Carol Verret
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Highgate
Holdings Brings in New Management, Plans Rebranding for the 310 room Wyndham
in Arlington, Texas
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Rampant
Optimism in U.S. Hotel Investment Arena / PKF
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Dow
Hotel Company Purchases the 353-Room Doubletree Bellevue Hotel for Approximately
$48.5 million; Plans Renovation and Conversion to Hilton Brand
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Three
Generations of Luxury: Rosewood Celebrates 25 Years
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Ashford
Hospitality Trust Finalizes Acquisition of 30-Hotel Portfolio for
$465 Million from CNL Hotels & Resorts
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�You're
Hired� Says the Trump Organization; Visual One�s Property Management System
to be Installed at the New Trump International Hotel and Tower, Las Vegas,
NV
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Marshall
Management, Inc. Signs Management Contract for Tidewater Inn in Easton,
Maryland
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EasyRMS
Implements Fully Functional Upload Interface to NetRez CRS for Groupe Lucien
Barrière � in Cooperation with IndeCorp, The Independent Hotel Corporation
& The Leading Hotels of the World
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InnLink
and The Rubicon Group Create Strategic Alliance for Revenue Management
and Enhanced Inventory and Distribution Controls
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Omni
Hotels Selects Nirvana Technology Real-time Online Booking Tool for New
Spa Web Portal at Omni Interlocken Resort in Denver
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VFM
Interactive Launches Vscape® � a Rich Media Distribution Solution Providing
Unprecedented Control to Hotels
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John
Q. Hammons to Develop a Major Hotel in Lawrence, Kansas
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Michael
Koffler Moving as General Manager from the Hyatt Regency Monterey and Highlands
Inn in Carmel to the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego
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Roberta
Rinker-Ludloff Named Vice President Sales and Marketing for Conrad Hotels,
North America
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Outrigger's
Condominium Collection Appoints Key Executives; Charles Okazaki Named General
Manager of the Outrigger Kanaloa at Kona
June 17, 2005
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SynXis
RedX Distribution Management System Gains Momentum and Customer Approval
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Questions
Linger Whether the Pritzker Clan Agreement Will Remain Intact Over the
Long Haul; Inside the Pritzker Family Feud
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Ayres
Hotel Group, with 16 European-style Boutique Hotels, Now a 100 year Old
Family Business
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As
Renovations Begin on the French Lick Springs Hotel and Resort, its Remodelers
Have Turned into Treasure Hunters
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Developers
Want to Turn the Former Crabtree Sheraton Hotel, Raleigh, Into a 40-story
Glass Tower with a Luxury Hotel and Condominiums
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Hilton
Hotels Corporation Sells Three Hotels to the RLJ Urban Lodging Fund, LP;
Two Hilton Suites and One Embassy Suites for $72 million in Cash
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The
Halekulani Works with a Fashion Designer to Turn a 2,135 sq ft Suite in
to an Aesthetic and Emotional Experience
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New
Hilton Vancouver, Washington, Owned by the City, Integrates Some of the
Most Advanced Environmentally-friendly Features Found in the Hotel Industry
Today
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Travelodge
in Salina, Kansas Fined $8,000 for Operating a Continental Breakfast Service
Without a Food Service License
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Hersha
Hospitality Acquires the 188 room Marriott Courtyard-Boston/Brookline for
$54.5 million
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Aloha
Kapalua! � Visual One and the Kapalua Land Company Ink Agreement; Famous
Maui, Hawaii resort selects the Visual One PMS, Golf, Retail, Back Office
Accounting and Condominium Owner Management systems
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Electrobug
& Pricing Intelligence Launch Unprecedented Combined Dynamic and Traditional
Package Price Tracking
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Visual
One to Feature V1Net at HITEC; Web based PMS Is On Show in Los Angeles
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Executive
Hotel Management Rebrands the 197-room Radisson Knoxville to Crowne Plaza;
Plans a $1.5 million Renovation
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Portola
Plaza Hotel Experiences Rapid ROI with Blue Square Studios' Hospitality
Toolkit and e-Marketing Services
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Developer
Robert A. Rauch Opens Homewood Suites by Hilton in Del Mar, California
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Carol
Daniel Joins Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants As Vice President, Restaurants
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Jan
Chovanec Named General Manager of the Conrad Indianapolis
June 16, 2005
June 15, 2005
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Six-Property
Les Hotels Jaro Chain Selects Maestro Multi-Property PMS, Sales & Catering,
CRO, and ResEze Internet Booking
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Industry
First: The Concierge Assistant System Gains Real-Time Website Interface
for Improved Guest Service
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Mintek
Mobile Data Solutions to Introduce WinTrack Work Order Kiosk at HITEC;
Company Also to Feature Lodging Asset Management Suite at L.A. Event
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Hersha
Hospitality Trust Forms Joint Venture with Waterford Hospitality Group;
HT Acquires Preferred Equity Interest in Nine Marriott and Hilton Hotels
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John
Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. Announces Execution of Merger Agreement; CEO Hammons
Keeps Equity Stake and Maintains Leadership Role Managing 64 Hotels
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Hotel
Real Estate is Alive in 2005 / Scott Smith, MAI
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How
to Make a Condo Hotel Deal � Part II / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik
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New
Hotel Technology Surround Us; Yet Face-to-face Selling is Still Most Productive
/ Neil Salerno
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Robert
Burns, Georg Rafael and Adrian Zecha to Be Honored at the Upcoming 16th
Annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific; The Three Created Regent
International in Early 70's
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Horst
Schulze's West Paces Hotel Group Wins Management Contract for 120 room
Hotel On Campus of University of Illinois
*~~*~~*~~*~~* HITEC 2005 Spotlight *~~*~~*~~*~~*
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Ramesys
Dominates as the leader of Web Based Property Management Systems (PMS)
and Brings Latest Enterprise Offerings to HITEC
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Get
More from Your In-Room Entertainment System with EXTENWAY
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PrinterOn
Turns the Tables on Hotelier Attendees and Invites Them to 'Be the Guest
at HITEC 2005 and Print from the Comfort of their Hotel Rooms to the PrinterOn
Sponsored Printing Station
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T.I.
Resort LLC Selects Boykin Management Company to Operate the Bilmar Beach
Resort in Treasure Island, FL.
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Developer
Nick Desai Opens the 75 room Holiday Inn Express hotel in Windsor California
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GuestWare
Unveils New SmartRunner for Pocket PC and Java-Enabled Cell Phones at HITEC;
Application Adds Speed, Functionality to Industry's Leading Rapid Response
System
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MICROS
and Kinetics Reseller Agreement Is "Good News for Travelers Everywhere";
Kinetics hotel and airline self-service solutions now available for users
of MICROS property management systems
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Kohler
Co.�s Resort Group to Install Datavision's Business Intelligence Suite;
Datavision to provide tools for revenue management, golf/spa analysis,
labor control and CRM
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Pegasus
Solutions Expands Presence in Asia-Pacific Region with Opening of a Beijing
Office
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Colin
Ankersen Appointed General Manager at Harrison Conference Center and Hotel,
Princeton Forrestal Center
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Jim
Bullock and Hal Powell Appointed to Regional VP of Sales & Marketing
for Benchmark Hospitality
Pascal
Metivier Appointed President of Assa Abloy Hospitality for Europe, Middle
East, Africa and Latin America
June 14, 2005
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Web
Savvy Consumers Help Industry Marketers Gain Insight on e-Mail Marketing
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Top
Five "Must Dos" to Raise Room Profitability / Kelly Blake and Bonnie Buckhiester
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Ashford
Hospitality Trust Selects Aptech for 54-Property REIT; Execuvue business
intelligence tool to automate consolidation of financial data from all
Ashford hotels for faster, better decision making
-
Wyndham
International, Inc. Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by the Blackstone
Group for $1.15 Per Share or Approximately $3.24 Billion
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Brand
Equity: Raising the Flag / Theodore Noseworthy / Canadian Lodging Outlook
- April YTD
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Fifty
Questions to Ask Before Entering a Joint Venture / Steve Gold
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Ramada
Brand Launches Second Phase of Repositioning
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Hotel
Insurance Expense: Minor Cost, Major Concern; PKF Study Finds Premiums
Doubled Since 1999
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Arte
Nathan, SVP of Wynn Resorts Ltd., Learned Firsthand the Challenges of Supervising
9,500 Employees; the Largest "From-scratch Hiring" in Gaming History at
the Wynn Las Vegas
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Kimpton
Hotels & Restaurants Selects Coyle Hospitality Group to Measure Global
Performance of its Diverse Brands; Mystery Shopping Tools Innovative, Customizable
and User-Friendly
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Musselman
Kidwell Concepts Partners with BlueGreen Corporation to Prepare Managers
for Upcoming Growth at Orlando Resorts
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White
king Salmon, Sometimes Referred to as Ivory Kings, Fast Becoming the New,
Gotta-have Salmon Dish in East Coast Restaurants
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One
Year Old Danat Hotels & Resorts, Owned by Abu Dhabi-based National
Corporation for Tourism & Hotels, Sets Strategy to Capitalise on the
Government's Aim of Increasing Visitor Numbers
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Visual
One Enters Egyptian Market; Visual One Systems Selected by Abercrombie
and Kent Nile Cruises
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Executive
Education Programs Hosted at ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Facilities Rank High
in Financial Times' Top 50
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Elsafe
Providing a 'Safe' Environment for Business Travelers and HSIA Users
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Hear
Terry Brown Discuss How the Softwear Group Has Expanded the Traditional
Property Management Functions with Several New Concepts on Hotel Online's
One-on-One Audio Interview
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Sheraton
New York Hotel & Towers Becomes First Hotel in Manhattan to Use Environmentally
Friendly High Temperature Fuel Cell Technology; Direct FuelCell Power Plant
Will Provide Roughly 10% of the Hotel's Electricity and Hot Water
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In
Biloxi the Soon to Open Hard Rock Casino Draws 2,300 Applicants for Job
Fair
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Noble
Investment Group Names Jim Williams General Manager of its Winston-Salem
Embassy Suites and Ron L. Stephens as Director of Marketing for its Winston-Salem
Hotel and Convention Center Complex
June 13, 2005
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Luxury
Marco Beach Ocean Resort Aims at 5th Diamond, Leverages The Concierge Assistant;
Guest services streamlined by tapping guest histories to anticipate individual
tastes, delights visitors
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Aptech
Announces Targetvue; Automates Enterprise Planning and Budgeting; Targetvue
is Newest Application for Driving Growth Goals, Profitability for Owners
and Operators
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For
Hoteliers Looking for Solutions to Their Declining Telecom Revenues, the
Myriad Product Offerings May be Just What the Doctor Ordered
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Two
Galveston Island Holiday Inn Franchisees Battle for Territorial Rights
in Court
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Los
Angeles Hotel Workers and Employers' Council Reach Tentative Agreement;
Agreement Expires in November 2006
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Marathon
Asset Management, LLC Takes Lead Equity Position in the 1,000 room Hyatt
Convention Center Hotel in San Antonio
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Thriving
New York City Nightlife Scene Surveyed by Zagat; Current Most Popular Nightspot
Is a Restaurant with a Bar - Pastis; Shut Down - the Fabled Spectrum where
John Travolta Danced in Saturday Night Fever and the Oak Bar at the Plaza
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Developer
Marlin Torguson Planning the $500 million Bacaran Bay Casino Resort in
Biloxi; First Biloxi Casino to Offer Condominium-hotel Lodging
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St.
Julien Hotel & Spa in Boulder, Colorado Calls Construction Company's
Claim Seeking $6.3 million in Damages for Unpaid Work Ludicrous
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Developer
Gus Chafoulias Takes Back Control of the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Rochester,
Minnesota; Lost Control of it More than 2 1/2 Years Ago
-
New
HotelEXPERT v.5.0 Actuates Guest History via "FUNDAMENTALS"
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UNITE
HERE Members Vote to Strike at the Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley,
California; Labor Dispute Goes Back to September, 2001
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Optims
America and Carol Verret Launch the Revenue Management Accelerator Seminar
in New York
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Signature
Worldwide and Smith Travel Research Announce Alliance to Deliver Star Report
Training
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Luxe
Worldwide Hotels Taps PRPRO to Market Its Representation Services for Independent,
Luxury Hotels
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Tim
Laib, Regional Director of Operations for Shilo Inns, Named a Winner of
AH&LA 2005 Most Valuable Volunteer Awards
June 10, 2005
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Benchmark
Going Strong with Maestro as Recommended Property Management Solution;
Benchmark Hospitality Installs 12th Maestro System from NORTHWIND
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Hear
Terry Brown Discuss How the Softwear Group Has Expanded the Traditional
Property Management Functions with Several New Concepts on Hotel Online's
One-on-One Audio Interview
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When
"Selective Service" Means Superior Service / Wayne Goldberg, Executive
Vice President of Operations, La Quinta Corporation
-
Four
Seasons Hotels Inc. Anticipates Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces as the New
Operator and Lessee of The Pierre, Effective June 30, 2005
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About
120 Housekeepers, Cooks and Other Workers Began a Two-week Strike at the
Hyatt West Hollywood
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April
2005 Occupancy Hit 84% for the Philadelphia Center City Hotels and 86%
for Philadelphia Airport Hotels
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Coral
Sands, a Hilton Head Island Time-share Company at the Center Consumer Complaints,
Agrees to Measures Aimed at Helping Buyers Understand its Sales Contracts
-
CSM
Lodging Completes Renovation of the Former Holiday Inn West, Reopens as
th Marriott Minneapolis West in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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Vail
Resorts and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Developing The Ritz-Carlton
Residences, Vail, Approximately 108 Condominiums at the Base of Vail Mountain
in LionsHead Village
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Owned
by the Village of Schaumburg, the 500 room Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel
Is Set to Open in Mid 2006; the Hotel and Convention Center is the Most
Expensive Development Ever Taken on by the Village at $226 million
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Florida's
Department of Environmental Protection Looking for More Hotels that Voluntarily
Take Extra Steps to Recycle, Conserve Water and Electricity
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inter-touch
To Lead in Next Generation Mobile Broadband Services for Business Travellers
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HSMAI's
World Quest Agenda Includes International Protocol and Latest Trends in
Planning International Meetings; Dates Set in Washington DC, NYC and Chicago
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Santa
Monica's Shutters on the Beach Redefines the Brand; Re-invented Room Designed
by Michael S. Smith
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Bellstar
Appoints Jackie Frederick General Manager for the Spirit Ridge Vineyard
Resort & Spa, Osoyoos, British Columbia
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Spokane
Howard Johnson Inn's Fredrick Schoener Named Howard Johnson International's
National Salesperson of the Year
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William
F. Smith Named Managing Director of Acquisitions and Development for The
Generation Companies, LLC
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For
sale - 132 room Ramada Limited, Tucson, Arizona. Great opportunity for
hands-on owner. Near proposed convention center
June 9, 2005
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Omni
Hotels Reaps Revenue Increase with Manugistics and The Rainmaker Group;
Powerful Centralized Automated Revenue Management Solution Maximizes Room
Value While Recognizing Loyal Customers
-
Group
of Hoteliers File Lawsuit Challenging the Legality of 5% hotel-room Tax
Used to Fund a Competing, Publicy Owned Convention Hotel
-
British
Company, Taylor Woodrow, Acquires the Clearwater Adam's Mark for $31.5
million; Plans to Demolish the 30-year-old Hotel and Build 113 Condominiums
and a 78-room Hotel
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By
2007, China Will Replace the United States as the Largest Originator of
World Tourists
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Crescent
Hospitality Corporation Signs Three Management Contracts, Portfolio Grows
to 25 Hotels
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Prescott
Realty Group and Apollo Real Estate Advisors Planning to Spend $100 million
on Adding a Condo Tower and Renovating The Stonleigh Hotel in Dallas
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Forbes
Hamilton Management Company To Manage Executive Inn Rivermont, Owensboro,
Kentucky
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Gwelo
Developments Appoints Outrigger to Manage Multi-million Resort in Darwin,
Northern Territory - The Outrigger Pandanas Darwin
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Accor
Appointed Manager of the Former Corus Hotel Hobart; Will be Re-branded
the Mercure Hotel Hobart
-
Full
Service Representation Firm for Unique Independent Hotels, Actually Sells
Room Nights, Not Just a Brand or Image!
-
Nirvana
Technology Partners with Spa Finder to Provide First Web-Based Spa Services
Reservation Program -- Consumers Can Book Treatments in Advance through
Spafinder.com
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Prairie
Realty Advisors Procures $155 million in Total Financing for 15 Hotels
in Five States
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Warmbrodt
Hotel Investments, Inc. Advises FelCor in the Sale of the Holiday Inn and
Holiday Inn Express-Moline, Illinois; Also Selected to Advise on Disposition
of the 288-room Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center-Davenport, Iowa
-
When
Security Counts...Count On VingCard to Upgrade Your Electronic-Locking
System
-
Tom
Nolan Promoted to Regional Vice President of ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
-
Stuart
Newmark Named Senior Vice-President of Operations, The Kessler Collection
-
Lisa
Giaimo Named Vice President of Sales and Marketing for CSM Lodging
-
The
Minister of Tourism, Malaysia, the Honorable Datuk Dr. Leo Michael Toyad,
Leading a Mission to Canada and the USA
-
Sergio
Olmedo Named Head Chef at The Gran Hotel Sóller, Majorca
June 8, 2005
-
Hotel
Operators Must Make Difficult Choices to Exploit their Most Profitable
Asset: How They Get the Best Return on their Known Customers
-
Vantis
Expands Relationship with SKYCITY Entertainment Group in New Zealand; SKYCITY
Grand Hotel Selects Vantis for Internet, GDS, Voice and Booking Engine
Services
-
Heavenly
Beds Are Not the Only Weapons Being Wielded in the Hotel Wars
-
Developers
Frank Leo and Gerard Kenny Sign Mandarin Oriental Group to Operate Hotel
and Branded Residences in Proposed 90-story Tower in Chicago
-
Singapore
Expects to See Tourists Double in 10 years - But Will the Hotel Industry
Be Ready?
-
Starwood
Signs Agreement with HEI Hospitality and Gatehouse Capital to Operate W
Hotel & Residences in Hollywood, California
-
Fairmont
Hotels Installing Self-service Kiosks in All North America Hotels; Includes
Guestroom Mapping and Airline Check-In Features
-
Vatika
Group Appoints Starwood to Manage Two Westin Brand Properties in New Delhi
- the 300 room Westin New Delhi Hotel and the Westin Serviced Residences
-
Will
the Condominium Hotel and Fractional Ownership Concept Penetrate Europe,
Middle East and Africa? / Jose Ventura
-
Once
Duluth's Most Elegant Hotel, the 1925-era Hotel Duluth May be Developed
into a Sheraton Hotel and Condominiums
-
Developer
Giorgio Borlenghi Planning a Luxury Extended-stay Hotel, The Granduca,
in Houston
-
An
Affiliate of Marcus Corp. Paid $21.9 million for the Wyndham Milwaukee
Center Hotel, $3.5 million Higher Then What MeriStar Paid Five Years Ago
-
Blue
Square Studios Partners with Specialized Providers to Enrich Hospitality
Toolkit with Destination Content, Spa Booking Engine and On-line F&B
Service
-
Spanish
Hotel Chains Set-out Internet Distribution Strategy
-
Rezidor
SAS Plans to Open the 251 room Radisson SAS Hotel Dubai Media City in December
2005
-
The
Rodeway Inn Old Town Scottsdale Named Rodeway Inn of the Year by Choice
Hotels, the Franchisor of the Brand
-
With
an Abundance of Independent Hospitality Businesses, The Whiteface Region
in State of New York Creating a Local Brand "Forever Adirondack Quality
Assurance"
-
For
Sale: Boutique hotel overlooking Acapulco, 10 units with a restaurant,
Asking US$ 1,500,000
June 7, 2005
-
Tiburon
Hospitality Management Is Cashing In on Partnership with Huntington Financial
-
Ashford
Hospitality Trust Selects Aptech for 54-Property REIT; Execuvue business
intelligence tool to automate consolidation of financial data from all
Ashford hotels for faster, better decision making
-
Siegel
Sez and Jon Inge's Technology Newstand
-
So,
You Are Thinking About Attaching a Water Park to Your Hotel / Mark Moore
-
Four
Seasons, Gaylord Hotels, Walt Disney World Resorts and Courtyard by Marriott
Most-favored Hotel Brands in Which to Hold Meetings / MeetingNews Survey
-
Four
Seasons and JMB Begin Process to Sell Ritz-Carlton Chicago; Upon Completion
of a Sale, Four Seasons Will Cease Managing the Hotel
-
The
Procaccianti Group Acquiring Five-Doubletree Hotel Portfolio for $300 Million
from GE Asset Management; Hotels Will Receive Multi-Million Renovations
and Re-branding
-
Hasu
Shah, CEO of Hersha Hospitality, Named the Lodging Industry's Top Performing
Chief Executive of 2004 by HVS Executive Search
-
David
Burroughs and W. Thomas Castleberry Inducted into the HFTP International
Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame
-
Tom
Civitano Recognized with TravelCLICK's E-Marketer Lifetime Achievement
Award; Hyatt International Named E-Marketer of the Year
-
The
J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Gifts $100,000 to the California
Hotel & Lodging Association's "We Welcome Service Animals" Program
-
Doubletree
Hotels Adds Nine Properties,All Are Conversions; Approximately 25 Additional
Doubletree Deals in Various Stages of Planning
-
Hilton
International Signs Two Management Contracts for Beijing, Conrad Beijing
and Scandic by Hilton to Open in 2008
-
Digital
Alchemy's CRM Programs Leveling E- Marketing Playing Field for Hotels
-
AnyRate
Software Launches Enhanced Rate Search Technology
-
Tampa
Awarded 2009 Super Bowl Even though the City Doesn't Meet the Hotel Standards
the NFL Requires of Host Cities
-
InterContinental
Hotels Group's Americas Region Hires Two VPs, Irene Hoek and Bill Bagwill
-
The
MainStay Suites Greenville, SC Named Inn of the Year for Choice Hotel's
MainStay Suite Brand
-
First
Hospitality Group Opens 116 room Hilton Garden Inn St. Paul/Oakdale, Minnesota
-
La
Quinta Announces Agreement for First Property in Mexico - the Development
of a La Quinta Inn & Suites in the city of Juarez, in the state of
Chihuahua
-
Omni/Dunfey
Hotels Alumni Set November 2005 Reunion Dinner
-
Procaccianti
Group Puts the Shine Back on the Waterford Marriott Hotel in Oklahoma City
-
Benjamin
Brunt Named Vice President, Strategic Investments at Noble Investment Group
-
General
Manager sought for 62 unit Holiday Inn Express in Annawan, Illinois. Requires
prior hotel management experience, Holidex/Pegasus preferred
June 6, 2005
June 3, 2005
-
Hilton
Hotels Corp. Initiates Distribution Standard and Online Accreditation Process
for Third Party Online Travel Sites / Expedia.com and Hotels.com Are the
First Fully Accredited Distributors, Hotwire.com, Priceline.com, and Travelweb.com
Have Received Temporary Accreditation
-
A
Company with Slick Travel Web Sites, Including goalaska.com and travelalaska.net,
Stiffing Customers and the Businesses Providing the Services
-
Boykin
Lodging Hires Investment Bank to Identify Alternatives for the Company
-
Mountain
View Grand Resort & Spa, a Historic New Hampshire Resort, Acquired
by Great American Life Insurance Company; Stephen Wright Appointed Managing
Director
-
City
of Marietta Signs Remington Hotel Corporation to Operate the Marietta Conference
Center & Resort
-
Wynn
Las Vegas Average Daily Room Rate Was $308 During First Month of Operation;
Revenues Exceeding Expectations
-
Encore
Hospitality, LLC, a Mississippi Developer of Limited-service Hotels, Obtains
$85 million in Funding for Growth
-
Neptune
Hospitality Advisors to 'Market for Sale' the Radisson Riverfront and the
Radisson City Center Hotels in Saint Paul
-
Aztec
Arranges the Historic Sale of World-Famous Fontainebleau Hotel, A Miami
Beach Landmark
-
Accor
Adding Six New Properties in Thailand and Vietnam; New Southern Thai Resorts
Show Confidence in Post-tsunami Recovery
-
K
Partners Hospitality Group LP Building a Hawthorn Suites Hotel Adjacent
to the Laredo (Texas) Entertainment Center
-
Wynn
Resorts Las Vegas Selects PAR'S SpaSoft
-
The
27-suite Kú Scheduled to Open this Fall on Anguilla
-
Caribbean
Hotel Association Study Concludes More than 188,000 Travel & Tourism
Jobs Could Be at Risk Due to New United States Passport Regulation
-
Kayak.com
and TIG Global Announce Preferred Marketing Partnership; TIG Global to
Advertise Across Kayak Network For More Than 100 Of Its Hotel Clients
-
Thomas
J. Voss, Formerly the GM of Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, Named Managing
Director of Manchester Grand Resorts
-
Hal
L. Cook Named VP of Operations for Merritt Hospitality, LLC; Will Lead
New Regional Team
-
Nina
Santellanes Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hyatt Regency
Tamaya Resort & Spa in New Mexico
-
Donald
Bremner Appointed Food and Beverage Manager for the InterContinental The
Barclay New York
June 2, 2005
June 1, 2005
May 2005 - Top 25 Read Aritcles
-
Newly-designed
Hilton Technology Room a Laboratory for Gathering Customer Feedback; Helps
Determine Which Pieces Appropriate for Full-scale Deployment
-
Computer
Input Error Resulted in the Holiday Inn in the Walt Disney World(R) Resort
Selling 1,208 Rooms for 93 cents Each
-
Accused
of Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Customer, Judge Proposes Hyatt Regency
DFW Hotel Be Fined $375,000 or Suspending Alcohol Permit for 75 Days
-
AAA
Survey Identifies Top 10 Factors Travelers Consider when Choosing Accommodations
/ Location, Price, Discounts, Diamond Rating Top List
-
The
3-Ps of Successful Hotel Management / Bruce Wienberg
-
Ten
Ways to Establish Yourself as a Hotel Industry Authority / Karen Weiner
Escalera
-
Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / May 2005
-
Serious
About A Hotel Sales Career? Here are 10 Recommendations
-
Some
Hotels May Be Doctoring Photos on Their Internet Sites
-
Some
Reports That Wyndham International Inc. Might Be Up for Sale
-
Disconnect
-- Aligning the Revenue Management and Sales Strategies / Carol Verret
-
Is
the Sky Falling on the Convention Center Industry / Thomas Hazinski and
Hans Detlefsen
-
Hotel
Occupancy Recovery Not Enjoyed by All
-
Classy
Clearance Sale Gives Public Chance to Own Piece of Plaza Hotel; Dinner
Plates with Plaza Crest - $35 each
-
Marriott
International Honors 13 Employees Out of a Worldwide Workforce of 133,000
-
Innkeepers
USA Trust Believes a Hotel General Manager Misappropriated Approximately
$430,000; Postpones Release of 1st Qtr Results Until Issues Are Resolved
-
Nearly
200 Employees of Four Seasons Resort Maldives Find Temporary Work at U.S.
Four Seasons Properties
-
Two
Labrador Retrievers and Six German Shepherds Key Components of Wynn Las
Vegas Security Operations
-
Web
Reservations are Still Not for Everyone In Fact, Not Even the Majority
/ Don Farrell
-
How
to Increase Your Hotel's Internet Revenues
-
What
Restaurants Do When There's a Fly (or Finger) in the Soup
-
Preparing
for the Assault by Organized Labor on Hospitality / John R. Hendrie
-
Melvin
Tennant, Director of San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Resigns
Unexpectedly Following City Probe
-
Northwoods
Resort in Big Bear Lake, California Part of Ponzi Scam; Unwitting Hotel
Investors Hoping to Get 14 Cents Back on the Dollar
-
Business
Travelers Cite "Value" When Selecting a Hotel as More Important Attribute
then "Hotel Brand"
May 31, 2005
-
NORTHWIND
Delivers Maestro Profitability Tool Suite to Boost ADR, Drive Repeat Business;
Properties Maximize All Areas of Hospitality Profitability
-
Golf
Industry Leaders Gather in Prague June 16-17, 2005; The Golf Business Forum
Brings Together Professionals Involved in the Business of Golf
-
While
Global Hotel Chains Are Trying to Get to Grips with Third-party Online
Providers, Smaller Hotel Groups and Independents Are Welcoming Them with
Open Arms / Steve Shellum
-
Online
Travel Agents vs Travel Search � The Debate / Bhanu Chopra
-
Fashion
Designer Giorgio Armani and Mohamed Ali Alabbar Sign 'Armani Hotels and
Resorts' Agreement for International Collection of Luxury Hotels and Resorts
-
April
Results for the European Hotel Industry: Best Monthly Performance in 5
Years
-
John
Q. Hammons Hotels Completes $8 million in Improvements to Fort Collins,
Colorado Property; Rebrands 255 room University Park Holiday Inn to Hilton
Fort Collins
-
Broughton
Hospitality Group Awarded the Management Contract for the Inn at East Beach,
Santa Barbara, California
-
Alfred
D. Wiles Named GM and Peter J. Regan as DOS for the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel,
Washington DC
-
Scott
Flexman Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Lansdowne Resort
in Lansdowne, Virginia
-
Pennsylvania
Tourism & Lodging Association Names Phillip Murray, Historic Gettysburg
Hotel, General Manager of the Yea
-
Gregory
Leinweber Appointed Director of Sales for the Mansion on Forsyth Park,
Savannah, Georgia
May 27, 2005
May 26, 2005
-
Maestro
Users Group Findings Spotlight Operator Objectives; Incubator for Best
Practices; Owners, chain operators, property managers combine professional
insights on industry direction, future
-
Papal
Transition - Impact on Daily Hotel Performance in Rome
-
Waterford
Development LLC Ordered to Redesign 17 Handicapped Accessible Rooms to
Meet Connecticut Code at the Soon to Open 409-room Marriott Hartford Downtown
-
Gaming
Industry Chief Information Officers Form "Special Interest Group" Within
the HTNG Organization; Will Address Interopoerability Issues Unique to
Casino Hotels
-
Crescent
Real Estate and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC Break Ground on Texas'
Only Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas
-
The
$365 million L'Auberge du Lac Resort Casino Opens in Lake Charles, Louisiana
-
The
204 room Hilton Monterey Reportedly Sold for More than $20 million; MeriStar
Hospitality Selling to Ocean Park Hotels
-
Country
Hearth Inns Opening 31 New Hotels in 2005; Mid-scale Chain Currently at
78 Properties
-
Travelodge
Brand Seeks Improved Results through Training, Revised Standards for the
Breakfast Program and New Standards for Staff Uniforms
-
MSI's
Longevity, Success Paves Way for Internal Growth, Executive Promotions
-
Raymond
Vermolen Named Hotel Manager for the 686-room Hotel InterContinental The
Barclay in New York
-
Patricia
C. Walsh Appointed Controller of Stonewall Resort, Weston, West Virginia
-
Joe
Massar Named Director of Sales and Marketing for The Melrose Hotel, Dallas
-
Scot
Hamilton Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing of LaPlaya Beach &
Golf Resort in Naples, Florida
-
For
Sale 5 star quality Caribbean resort/marina with considerable vacant acreage
for future development
May 20, 2005
-
President
Bush's Push for Tax Reform; Any Impact on the Hospitality Industry? / Kevin
F. Reilly, JD, CPA
-
Taj
Hotels Resorts May Replace Four Seasons as Operator of The Pierre; Indian
Hotels Company, Which Runs the Taj Chain, Would Invest Up to $35 million
to Renovate the 224 room Luxury Hotel
-
Starwood
to Sell Historic Hotel Danieli in Venice for Approximately $244 million;
Retains Long-term Management Agreement
-
Owners
& Asset Managers: Need Expert Advice, Referral? Ask A Trusted Consultant
/ David M. Brudney
-
Ramada
Worldwide Providing Signage Incentive Program to Help Offset Franchisees'
Cost of Replacing Property Signs to Conform with the Brand's New Logos
-
Onnam
Entertainment's First Casino Planned for Biloxi, a $250 million 500 room
Resort
-
The
Former 217-room Adam's Mark Clearwater Beach Resort May be Leveled for
Redevelopment
-
Melvin
Tennant, Director of San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Resigns
Unexpectedly Following City Probe
-
New
U.S. Hotel Room Construction Should Reach 98,000 in 2005, Highest Level
Since 2000 When Room Starts Were 120,000
-
Bangkok
Based Minor International Plc Planning on a US $21 million Project to Open
Three Resorts in the Maldives
-
Blue
Square Studio Launches 2.2 Version of Rebranded "Hospitality Toolkit" at
HITEC 2005
-
Anthony
Rodio Named President of the Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort and Spa
-
John
W. Maibach Appointed General Manager for the 84 room Black Point Inn on
the Maine Coast
May 19, 2005
-
Hi-Tech
Hotel Installs Latest Entirety PMS from Ramesys
-
LaSalle
Hotel Properties Acquires the 112 room Onyx Hotel for Approximately $28.6
million; Kimpton Continues to Manage the Boston Hotel
-
Robin
Brown, Who Spent 14 years as GM of the Four Seasons Hotel Boston, Creating
a Buzz with His Involvement in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Residences,
Boston
-
Companies
Vying to Win One of Singapore's Two Lucrative Casino Developments Will
Need to Offer an Integrated Resort, Something Special and Original
-
Vail
Resorts Selling the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa for $62 Million;
Retains 15-Year Management Contract
-
Aqua
Hotels & Resorts Enters Fourth Year of Business; Hawaii Chain Refining
Key Amenities into the Seven Pillars of the 'Aqua Brand'
-
Ten
California Coastal Resorts Put Aside Competition, Band Together to Make
Marketing Pitch
-
Southwestern
Pennsylvania's Summit Inn Placed on National Register of Historic Places
-
After
Five Years Championing the Hospitality Industry, Peter Ilchuk Stepping
Down as President of the Lodging Association of the Florida Keys and Key
West
-
Steigenberger
Hotels AG will Manage the Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe in Dresden, Germany
-
United
Tribes Technical College Moving Forward with 250 room Hotel and 30,000
Sq Ft Convention Center in Bismarck, North Dakota; The Hotel Will Also
Serve as a Classroom for Hotel Management and Culinary Students
-
Travel
Planners from the United Kingdom Provide Insight to Palm Springs Hoteliers
to Attract Sun-seeking Brit Vacationers
-
GolfHero
Announces HOTELPAR Program; Online Golf Vacation Packages with Cutting
Edge Technology
-
Stephano
Anamisis, General Manager of the Residence Inn by Marriott in Lakeland,
Fla., Named LBA's GM of the Year
-
Peter
H. Mason Appointed the Division Director for Konover Hotel Corporation
-
Steven
Smith Named General Manager For Hyatt Regency Long Beach
-
Hospitality
ales professinal with 25 years experience in hotel sales & marketing
seeking opportunities to provide "task force assistance" to quality hotel
companies
May 18, 2005
May 17, 2005
May 16, 2005
-
Nearly
200 Employees from the Tsunami Danaged Four Seasons Resort Maldives Find
Temporary Work at U.S. Four Seasons Properties
-
Accused
of Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Customer, Judge Proposes Hyatt Regency
DFW Hotel Be Fined $375,000 or Suspending Alcohol Permit for 75 Days
-
AAA
Survey Identifies Top 10 Factors Travelers Consider when Choosing Accommodations
-
Hilton
Hotels Corporation Recognizes 2004 Development Awards; Lawrence Lui, Stanford
Hotels Corporation Named Developer Of The Year for Hilton Hotels &
Resorts Brand
-
Plans
Finalized for a $100 million Great Wolf Resort near Paramounts Kings Island
near Cincinnati
-
Developer
Richard C. Kessler Planning New Grand Bohemian Hotel and Residences in
St. Petersburg, Florida
-
Hotelier
Richard Kessler's Attention to Detail is Absolute; His Tastes Are the Kind
Only a Lot of Money Can Buy
-
Sandwiched
Between Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City Hoping the Planned
300-room Sheraton Desert Cove Resort Will Make the City more of a Destination
-
City
of Anaconda, Montana Seeking Hotel Developer to Resume Construction of
40 room Resort Adjacent to the Jack Nicklaus Designed Old Works Golf Course
-
Innkeepers
USA Trust Acquires the 224-room Westin Governor Morris hotel in Morristown,
N.J. for Approximately $35.1 million
-
Hotel
Occupancy Recovery Not Enjoyed by All
-
National
Park Service Selects Xanterra Parks & Resorts to Continue as Yellowstone
Concessionaire For Another 5 Years
-
Innkeepers
USA Trust Reports 1st Qtr Net income of $2.1 million / Hotel Operating
Statistics
-
Macau's
Greek Mythology Casino Reveals Its Expansion Plan
-
True
North Hotel Group Opens 121-suite SpringHill Suites by Marriott and a Conference
Center in Devens, Massachusetts
-
Rocco
Forte Hotels Will Lease from Frankonia Eurobau AG & Co.KG a Euro 71.5
million Hotel with 160 Rooms Under Constuction in Munich
-
Wynn
Las Vegas Selects Pegasus Solutions' Electronic Distribution Services to
Reach Consumers and Travel Agents
-
Ian
Pullan is New General Manager at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii
-
Gary
Robinson to Head up the Flagship Restaurant Mezzanine in the Grosvenor
House, West Marina Beach, Dubai by Le Meridien
-
Benchmark
Hospitality Appoints Danny Watts Director of Rooms at Stonewall Resort
in West Virginia
May 13, 2005
-
Yield-O-Matic(r)
Launched New Version: YOM-2.0
-
Some
Reports that Wyndham International Inc. Might Be Up for Sale
-
Caesars
Entertainment, Inc. Selling the Reno Hilton to Grand Sierra Resort Corp.
for Approximately $150 million; Plans to Reconstruct the Hotel to Resemble
a Traditional Lake Tahoe Lodge with With One of the World's Largest Indoor
Water Parks
-
Ten
Ways to Establish Yourself as a Hotel Industry Authority / Karen Weiner
Escalera
-
Once
Again a New Brand Adorns a 381 room Hotel In Salt Lake City, Now it is
a Radisson
-
Developer
Don Kenney Sales 5 Hotels Near Columbus, Ohio Airport for $29.5 million
-
Gordon
"Butch" Stewart Presented the Caribbean Hotel Association's 2005 Lifetime
Achievement Award
-
Fairmont
Takes 15% Equity Interest in Joint Venture to Own and Manage Five Hotels
in Kenya
-
The
104-room Tucker's Point Hotel & Cottages Will be Bermuda's First New
Luxury Resort in Over 30 years; Construction Cost Expected to be $800,000
per Room
-
Developers
of ChampionsGate Building a New Condominium Hotel; Omni Hotels Will Manage
-
Northridge
Capital, LLC Acquires the 58 room Hotel Telluride in Telluride, Colorado;
Intends to Convert into Condo Hotel
-
The
Antonopoulos Group Completing $21 million Investment in the Le Place d'Armes
Hotel & Suites, Montreal
-
The
Steigenberger Hotel Group Signs Management Contracts for Hotels in Norderney,
Germany and Merano, Italy
-
First
Quarter 2005 Results Across China Show RevPAR Increased by 18% to US$70;
Visitor Arrivals to Beijing and Shanghai Booming / Deloitte
-
Carlson
Hotels Asia Pacific Secures Two Management Contracts for New Radisson Branded
Hotels in Fiji and Shanghai
-
Molinaro
Koger Structures Sale of Sierra Suites® Portfolio
-
TIG
Global's New RFP Tracking & Reporting Captures More Meetings and Group
Business for Hotel Clients
-
USFS
Selects MSI As Exclusive PMS Provider For Hawthorn Suites Hotels; Extended-stay
hotels joining the US Franchise Systems family will be required to install
WinPM
-
Xinjiang
Haotai Industry Development Co. Ltd Names Starwood to Manage the Sheraton
Urumqi Hotel in China
-
Noble
House Hotels Names Stacy Martin as General Manager and Verdell Ekberg As
Director of Marketing for The Shores Resort & Spa, Daytona Beach
-
Ian
Shub Appointed Central Reservations Manager for Shilo Inns
-
Reservations
Booked via choicehotels.com Averaging $1.3 million per Day in 2005
-
Nashville
Airport Marriott Completes $2.3 Million Hotel Renovation
-
Director
of Housekeeping sought for 4-diamond hotel in Colorado. The property has
292 guest rooms, 65 condominiums and in-house laundry
May 11, 2005
-
Royal
Holloway Reaps Huge Financial Benefits with Kx
-
Innkeepers
USA Trust Believes a Hotel General Manager Misappropriated Approximately
$430,000; Postpones Release of 1st Qtr Results Until Issues Are Resolved
-
All
Grown Up in Anaheim; Tourism's Come a Long Way Since Disneyland Opened
in the 1950s / Sandi Cain
-
IndeCorp
Undergoing Corporate Name Change to the Preferred Hotel Group; Adding the
Boutique Brand
-
S.
D. Malkin and Interstate Hotels Selected to Develop 302 room Westin Resort
in Oceanside, California
-
The
JBG Companies Names Crestline Hotels & Resorts as the Management Company
for the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Formerly the Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in
Washington, DC
-
Market
Metrix Announces First Quarter 2005 Hospitality Index Results; Customer
Satisfaction with Hotels Drops for First Time Since 9-11, First-Ever Measure
of Satisfaction With Vacation Clubs
-
Hong
Kong Tourism Officials Forecasting Over 27 million Visitors in 2006; Vastly
Improved from 2003 with 15.5 million Visitors
-
Accor
Reopens the Sofitel Lisboa; the 171 rooms Transformed to Reflect Sofitel's
Art de Vivre à la Française
-
Construtora
Sao Jose of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Named 'Developer of the Year' by InterContinental
Hotels Group
-
Timeshare
Cash-Flow Modeling and Market Feasibility / Canadian Lodging Outlook -
March 2005 Year-to-Date
-
Las
Vegas: Gambling. Orlando: Disney. New Orleans: Bourbon Street. Atlanta:
Hmmm . . .
-
Rockingham
Asset Management LLC Planning a Sprawling Paradise of Golf Courses, Resorts
and Marina Near Puerto Libertad in Sonora, Mexico
-
A
Wisconsin Icon, The Abbey Resort on Geneva Lake, Receiving New Look with
$40 million Renovation
-
Owned
by the City of Vancouver and Clark County the $73.1 million Hilton Vancouver
Washington and Attached Convention Center Nearing Completion
-
Carol
Verret Consulting and Training Adds "The Franchise Analyzer" to Suite of
Hospitality Services
-
BringYourPet.com
Launches Monthly Marketing Campaign with Value Added Services
-
Carson
Valley Inn Selects Hotel Information Systems As Property Technology Provider
-
Ted
Arps Joins Davidson Hotel Company as Senior Vice President-Business Development
-
TJ
Angeleno Named General Manager of the Residence Inn by Marriott on Hilton
Head Island, South Carolina
-
James
E. Sichta Promoted to Partner & Vice-President-Operations at Broughton
Hospitality Group
-
Heather
Nelson Appointed Director of Sales for WORLDHOTELS, Midwest Region
May 10, 2005
-
Is
the Sky Falling on the Convention Center Industry; A Critical Review of
the Brookings Institution Research Brief on Convention Centers as Economic
Development Strategy / Thomas Hazinski and Hans Detlefsen
-
Larkspur
Hospitality Selects SynXis Distribution Management Products and Services
-
Two
Labrador Retrievers and Six German Shepherds Key Components of Wynn Las
Vegas Security Operations
-
Business
Travelers Cite "Value" When Selecting a Hotel as More Important Attribute
then "Hotel Brand" / 2005 National Business Travel Monitor
-
Executives
at HSMAI Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Urge Suppliers to Measure
Customer Behavior; Identify Industry Need for More Universal Standards
-
Kansas
City the Nation's 13th Largest Casino Market
-
Proposed
$600 million Pigeon Falls Village in Tennessee Includes 3 Hotels with 400
room Each and 800 Condos
-
Waterford
Hotel Group Awarded Management of Clarion Inn & Suites Albany Airport;
The Firms Portfolio Now at 28 Properties
-
Serenata
Product Release: New @folio Solution Enables Hotels to Send Their PMS Folios
by Email; First Hotels to Install Serenata @folio Are the Four Seasons
Hotels Ritz Lisbon and Sydney
-
HREC
Advises on Sale of The Gulph Creek Hotels Portfolio, Greater Philadelphia,
in $92,000,000 Transaction
-
Owned
by the University of Victoria in British Columbia, the Swans Suite Hotel
Completes Refurbishment
-
Richard
Benoit, IT Manager for the Gaylord Palms Resort, Will be Honored as the
2005 Certified Hospitality Technology Professional of the Year
-
New
Facility for MTech a Win for Employees, Customers and Community
-
Historic
Marriott Stone Mountain Inn Receives $630,000 Room Renovation; 40 Years
of Hospitality in Stone Mountain Park, Georgia
-
Hermann
Simon Appointed Senior Vice President for Kuwaiti Based Refad Hotels &
Resorts
-
Gerold
Held Appointed General Manager of the Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel, St.Petersburg,
Russia
-
The
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Appoints Bob Pellegrinias as
Vice President of Sales at the Boston Convention Marketing Center
-
Marco
Scherer Named Assistant General Manager for the Hotel Monaco in Chicago
-
4-Star
San Francisco Business Hotel seeking cutting edge Executive Chef with French/Mediterranean
and Bay Area cuisine background
May 9, 2005
May 6, 2005
-
Wingate
Inn Brand Aims to Sustain Competitive Edge; Enhancement Plan Includes Upgrading
Bed, Bath, Shower, Complimentary Breakfast, Adds Muscle to Marketing Plans
-
Rolling
the Dice on Canadian Casino Hotels - Lyle Hall / Colliers International
/ Including Q1 2005 Hotel Transaction Summary
-
Barry
S. Sternlicht, Founder of Starwood Hotels, Fulfills Commitment to Stay
through Transition Period; Will Now Focus on the Private Equity Firm Starwood
Capital
-
Embassy
Suites Hotels Set to Open Six Hotels in Spring/Summer 2005; Four Hotels
are Being Built by Mr. John Q. Hammons
-
Customer
Service - Panacea or Placebo / John R. Hendrie
-
Developer
Leon Cohen Considering Twin 110-story Towers in Downtown Miami with 500
Apartment-hotel Units and 1,000 Condo Units
-
Hotel
and Restaurant Workers at Caesars Entertainment's Four Mississippi Casinos
Poised to Unionize; HERE Using "Card Check" Method of Certifying a Union
-
Small
Luxury Hotels Sees 14% Revenue Growth in 2005 First Quarte; Travel to France
& Italy Rises
-
Gupta
Group and Choice Hotels Joint Venture to Develop Clarion and Sleep Inn
Branded Hotels in India
-
Arlington
Hospitality Opens the AmeriHost Inn & Suites in Lansing, Michigan;
Randy Paradine the Opening General Manager
-
Hotelex
Shanghai 2005 Draws 587 Exhibitors from 14 Countries and 27,139 Attendees
from 69 Countries
-
Thompson
Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Radisson Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
-
REVPAR
International Opens Florida Office; New Location Will Meet Increasing Market
Demand in the Southeast United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America
-
Adaco
Services, Inc. Adds Several New Hotel Clients in the U.S. and Around the
World
-
Ojai
Valley Inn and Spa Selects PAR Springer-Miller Systems SMS|Host(r) Hospitality
Management System
-
TThe
Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University
of Houston Graduating 70 Seniors; Joseph Machicote Providing Commencement
Address
FelCor
Appoints Erik Nylen as Vice President of Capital Transact
May 3, 2005
-
Global
Update: Who's Where and Doing What / May 2005
-
Ty
Warner Closes Purchase of Miramar by the Sea, Located On one of the Most
Valuable Beachfront Properties in California
-
Food
Service Ware Washing 201 / Lee Simon
-
Five
Key Executives Form Greater China Leadership Team for InterContinental
Hotels Group
-
RockResorts
Awarded Management Contract for the 56-room Lodge & Spa at Cordillera
in Vail Valley, Colorado
-
Santa
Fe Tourism Industry Slowly Rebounding; March Hotel Occupancy at 69%, Up
10% Over Last Year
-
Charlotte's
Half-booked Convention Center Loses Money Every Year; City Seeks $37.5
million for Expansion
-
Kansas
City's Landmark Restaurants Boast Decades of History; Abundance of Independent
Restaurants Makes Kansas City Unusual
-
Owner
of Spokane's Davenport Hotel Building Adjacent Tower Adding 250 Hotel Rooms
Plus Residences
-
The
AmericInn Annual Convention Draws 400 Franchise Owners and Managers; Scott
Doble, Manager of AmericInn of Rochester, MN, Receives Annual Innkeeper's
Award
-
Hotel
Auction: GE Capital (Lender) Orders Immediate Sale, Thursday, May 18th,
2005, Suggested Opening Bid of $985,000 for 84-Room Hotel (formerly Super
8) plus Personal Residence at 1042 West Main Street, Gaylord, Michigan
-
Premier
Hotel Management Group Chooses ProfitSword to Provide Business Intelligence
Software to its Portfolio
-
Bartech
Develops Custom Minibar for the Famous Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
-
Thomas
Niles Appointed Executive Vice President of Development for The Procaccianti
Group
-
Domina
Hotels & Resorts Launching Four New Hotel Brands Worldwide
-
Rim
Hospitality Adds 1,411 Rooms, Now Managing 28 Hotels
-
Grenadian
Hotelier Royston Hopkin Receives Knighthood Title from Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II
-
Accovia
Offers Blocked Space Allotments on Scheduled and Charter Flights
-
Gold
Key Solutions Joins with World's Most Prestigious Concierge Association
for The Les Clefs d'Or USA's Pan American Congress in New Orleans
-
TOP
INTERNATIONAL Hotels and TOP City&CountryLine Hotels Choose RateTiger
for its Hotels to Manage Extranet Websites
-
Mammoth
Mountain Ski Area chooses Visual One Systems; 820-unit hotel/condominium
mega-resort will use PMS, S&C, Accounting and Condominium modules
-
Affordable
Meetings® West Show Featuring 240 Companies Representing Hotels and
Resorts, Conference Centers, CVBs; June 15-16, 2005, San Jose McEnery Convention
Center
-
Sol
Meliá Selects PegsTour®, Service Grows as More Wholesalers Seek
Automated Hotel Reservations through Pegasus Solutions
May 2, 2005
-
The
3-Ps of Successful Hotel Management / Bruce Wienberg
-
Newly-designed
Hilton Technology Room a Laboratory for Gathering Customer Feedback; Helps
Determine Which Pieces Appropriate for Full-scale Deployment
-
Serious
About A Hotel Sales Career? Here are 10 Recommendations / Ed Iannarella
-
Big
Conventions Increasingly Asking for Incentives, Including Cash
-
In
2004, Las Vegas Hosted 38 of the Nation's 200 Largest Trade Shows, Second-place
Chicago Hosted 18 and Third-ranked Orlando Hosted 18
-
Chicago
Tribune Correspondent Vincent Schodolski Reviews the Wynn Las Vegas
-
Remington
Hotels Corp. Agrees to Pay the City of Marietta $2.3 million a Year to
take over Marietta Resort and Conference Center
-
Massive
$145 million Renovation Nearing Completion for Ty Warner's Four Seasons
Biltmore Resort in Santa Barbara
-
A
Proposed Downtown Colorado Springs Convention Center is Dead; Project Drew
Criticism from Local Hoteliers
-
The
American Hotel & Lodging Association Outstanding Employee of the Year
Awarded to Sarah Duffala, Employee with the Memphis Marriott Downtown
-
Starwood
Hotels and Lehman/Starwood Capital Joint Venture Propose to Acquire the
Le Méridien Brand, Management and Franchise Business
-
What
Restaurants Do When There's a Fly (or Finger) in the Soup
-
'Hotel
Doctors' Prescribe Cure for Poor Property Performance
-
Hampton®
Completes First Stage of "Make it Hampton," Upgrades Entire Hotels Portfolio
-
Fred
J. Kleisner the 2005 Recipient of the Arthur Landstreet Award; Honored
for Impact on Education and Training in the Hospitality Industry
-
Sami
Zoghbi, Managing Director for Le Meridien Hotels in the Middle East, Acknowledges
Gulf Hotels Most Profitable in Le Meridien's Network, Set to Expand Again
-
The
Historic Cornhusker Hotel Becomes a Marriott
-
Visual
One Selected for Park Hall Hotel, Leisure and Conference Centre
-
MTech's
PMWorks Earns Its 500th Customer and Continues to Help Hotels Automate
Preventative Maintenance
-
PAR's
SMS|Host Hospitality Management System to be Installed at Tamarack Resort
-
New
BusinessJet Class Web Site is Insiders Air Charter Resource
-
Hilton
Listed in FT Best Workplace List 2005
-
Dennis
Szefel Will Act as President of Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts;
Bruce Fears Resigns
-
Pete
Koerner Appointed Kimpton Hotel's National Director of Facilities
-
Cristina
Romero-Peri Returns as Director of Sales and Marketing at Las Ventanas
al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort, Los Cabos
-
Roland
Zadra Elected President of Romantik Hotels & Restaurants; Urs Zurbriggen
Appointed Vice President
-
Shift4
Handles Over $1 Billion Worth of Transactions in March
April 2005 Top 25 Read Articles
-
The
Most Expensive State for Vacationers is Hawaii at $518 per Day, The Least
Expensive - Nebraska at $184
-
Owners
of Downtown Hyatt Regency Upset About Convention Center Deal
-
Hotel
Guests Not Picking Up the Phone / Robert Mandelbaum
-
Global
Update: Who�s Where and Doing What / April 2005
-
Mobil's
2005 America's Best Hotel and Resort Spas Includes 68 Properties with Three-
Four- and Five-Stars
-
Now
That Online Hotel Booking Is Here to Stay, New Challenges Emerge / Neil
Salerno
-
Increase
A.D.R. with Rate and Competition Analysis Pricing Model Designed By Revenue
Source One
-
What
Impact Are Search Engines Having on Hotel Distribution Online?
-
New
Web Site Dubbed �Single Best Source� for E-Distribution Information, Services
-
Third-Party
Booking Sites Still Dominate Internet Sales; Why Do So Many Consider this
Bad / Neil Salerno
-
Hyatt
Hotels Appointed Operator of the $1.5 billion Cosmopolitan Resort &
Casino on the Las Vegas Strip
-
Hotel
Spa Survey Indicates 1 in 3 Guests Spend More on Spa Treatments than Hotel
Dining
-
Do
You Know Where Your Business Is Coming From?
-
Hotel
Common Sense: Identifying Your Customers / John Hogan
-
Harrah's
Casino, East Chicago, to Close Monday for Transition to New Ownership
-
Elad
Properties Backs Down from Controversial Plan for the 805-room Plaza Hotel;
Fewer Condos, More Hotel Rooms Provides Union with More Jobs Saved
-
Hospitality
Column: Knowing Your Customers / Carol Ruddick
-
Independent
Boutique Hotels Can Compete With their Big Box Neighbors / Neil Salerno
-
The
Warwick Hotel, a Houston Landmark, Sold to the Owners of the Hotel ZaZa
in Dallas
-
Oh,
What a Web We Weave! Pitfalls with Descriptive Language / John R. Hendrie
-
U.S.
Hotels Break Three-Year Losing Streak; Unit-Level Profits Rise 11.4 Percent
In 2004 / Mark Woodworth
-
Unable
to Get Visas for Foreign Workers, The Broadmoor Hotel Enters Summer Season
About 100 Employees Short; Locals Not Willing to Work for $8 to $9.50
an Hour
-
Atlanta's
Georgia World Congress Center On the Verge of Losing its Biggest Trade
Show, the National Assoc. of Home Builders in 2007 and 2008
-
The
21-story, 291-room Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Opens
-
Hyatt
to Assume Management of Adam's Mark Jacksonville; Reflagged Hyatt Regency
Jacksonville Riverfront -- $10 Million Renovation Underway
April 27, 2005
-
Ramesys'
Solutions Enhance Business at Historic Sussex Hotels
-
Hilton
at Chicago Airport Provides Haven for Guests with Allergies
-
United
States Travelers to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean Will Soon Need Passports
-
Harrah's,
Caesars Complete Sale of Four Casinos to Colony Capital
-
Business
Travelers Feel Safe and Value Security Assurances
-
UNITE
HERE Proposes Corporate Governance Reform at Station Casinos
-
HFTP
to Hold Historic Meeting in Australia
-
AAA
Travel Renews Hotel Commission Processing Agreement with Pegasus Solutions
-
Agilysys
Announces Customized Hospitality Solution For IBM iSeries Platform
-
Lauderdale
Officials, Business Owners Not Thrilled About Hosting Meeting of the Organization
of American States
-
Myrtle
Beach Hotel Board to Sell Unusable Items From Radisson During Switch to
Sheraton
-
Tourism
Promotion Bill Will Help Market New Atlanta Aquarium
-
Philadelphia
Naval Shipyard Leads Booming Cruise Business in Pa.
-
ASBTA:
Travelers Booking Online Missing Out On Best Deals Travel Industry Has
to Offer
-
Ashford
Hospitality Trust to Acquire 30-Hotel Portfolio for $465 Million
-
InterContinental
Hotels & Resorts' Summer Hot Happenings 2005
-
Comfort
Inn & Suites Hotel in Mt. Laurel Receives Gold Hospitality Award
-
Hotel
Auction. GE Capital (Lender) Orders Immediate Sale, Thursday, May 18th,
2005 Suggested Opening Bid of $985,000 (see terms of sale). 84-Room Hotel
(formerly Super 8) plus Personal Residence with Separate Garage, All Situated
on 4.3+/- acres. 1042 West Main Street, Gaylord, Michigan. Located at the
intersection of I-75 and M-32
April 26, 2005
April 20, 2005
-
Caring
for Customers and Getting to be #1: Ramesys Reinvents its Approach and
Measures Dramatic Results
-
The
Landmark Hotel Jerome in Aspen Sold to the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort in
Colorado Springs
-
La
Quinta Recognizes the Best of 2004; La Quinta Inn & Suites-Stockbridge,
Georgia Honored for Receiving the Best Quality Control Score in the Company's
History
-
Downtown
Kansas City, Missouri Hotel Changing Brand Name for the Fifth Time
-
California
Hotel Buying Seen Keeping Pace With 2004's Record; The Hotel Market is
Sizzling Again / Sandi Cain
-
How
to Even the Playing Field, As Independents Suspiciously Eye the Chain Hotels
/ John R. Hendrie
-
Fortune
International and Sonesta Finalize Deal to Develop Five-Star Condominium
Hotel in Key Biscayne; The Current Sonesta Beach Hotel Resort Will be Demolished
in Fall 2006
-
National
Association of Home Builders Paying $2.7 million to Get Out of Contract
with the Georgia World Congress Center; Atlanta's Largest Trade Show Cancels
2007 and 2008 Events
-
Benchmark
Hospitality International Takes Over Management the French Lick Springs
Resort
-
SECURE-RES
Helps Pacifica Hotel Company Achieve 120% Revenue Gain
-
Founders
Award Pays Tribute to Prof. Kaye Chon, Head of The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University's School of Hotel and Tourism Management
-
Hospitality
eBusiness Strategies to Boost Suburban Extended Stay Hotels' Direct Internet
Distribution; Service to Include Website Optimization and Direct Distribution
and Marketing Strategy
-
AMResorts
Opens Three Mexico Resorts Under the New Brand - Dreams Resorts & Spas;
The All-inclusive Resorts Accepted by Preferred Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
-
The
Outrigger Beach Club & Spa, Palm Cove is First Resort in Australia
to be Awarded Five STARS Under AAA Tourism's New Resort STAR Rating System
-
Saudi
Amjad Holding Company Names Rezidor SAS Hospitality to Operate the Radisson
SAS Royal Suite Hotel in Jeddah
-
MSI
Is On The Move; Hospitality Technology Provider Plants New Roots to Prepare
for Future Growth, Expansion of Products, and Larger Customer Assistance
Center
-
Christopher
R. Alto Appointed General Manager at The Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C.
-
Issam
Nizam Named Director of Rooms for the Independent Westminster Hotel in
Livingston, New Jersey
-
HSMAI
to Hold a Revenue Management Strategy Conference in Conjunction with HITEC
2005
-
Seeking
small to mid sized Caribbean resort or marina for a fully qualified client.
Must be on an English speaking island with a stable, healthy and tourist
friendly government
April 19, 2005
-
Adding
Tax-Payer Financed Hotels Not the Cure-all For Convention Centers
-
Florida's
Hurricane-battered Hotels Get Back on Their Feet
-
Sierra
Club Totally Opposed to Mark Bragg's Proposed $400 million Golf Resort
in Palm Springs
-
Government
of Macau Gives Go Ahead for the $975 million 600 room MGM Grand Macau;
The Resort Will be 50/50 Owned and Jointly Operated by Pansy Ho Chiu-king
and MGM MIRAGE
-
Hotel
Performance in Macau Is On its Way to Winning the Jackpot
-
Sands
Resorts Holdings LLC. Appoints Boykin to Manage Five Condominium Resort
Properties in Myrtle Beach
-
Wyndham
Investing $16.5 million in Upgrades to its Puerto Rican Casino Properties;
Appoints Four Industry Veterans to Lead Casino Operations
-
In
Charleston, South Carolina, the $56 million Convention Center Seeks its
Place Within a Glut of Meeting Space throughout the U.S.
-
Grand
Geneva Resort Boosts Direct Mail Response by 300%
-
Sonnenblick-Eichner
Company Arranges $68,500,000 in Financing for Two California Hotels
-
Passionate
About Personalised Service - Rocco Forte Hotels Allows Website Visitors
to Speak Free to a Hotel Rep
-
Ballymore
Appoints Radisson Edwardian Hotels to Operate a 4-Star Hotel at New Providence
Wharf
-
Winning
Brand Loyalty; Discerning Your Guest's Tribal Loyalties / Richard K. Hendrie
-
MGM
Mirage Inc., Reports 1st Qtr Net Income of $111 million, Up 5% Over Prior
Year; Room Rates, Gaming Volume Surge Up / Hotel Statistics
-
Orient-Express
Reopens the Miraflores Park Hotel in Lima, Peru, Following a $4.6 million
Renovation and Expansion
-
La
Quinta to Open Second New York City Property in Mid-May; New 100-Room La
Quinta Inn Queens, New York City, is Located Less than Two Miles from Mid-Town
Manhattan and Ten Minutes from La Guardia Airport
-
The
Sheraton Cleveland City Centre, Owned by Lehman Brothers, Reflagged - Crowne
Plaza Cleveland City Centre
-
Westmark
Hotels Appoints Shelley McCool to Regional Sales Manager in Fairbanks
-
Christian
Dangel Appointed Sales and Marketing Director at Al Raha Beach Hotel in
Abu Dhabi
-
StayOnline
Strengthens Management Team with Three New Hires; Wireless Hospitality
Professionals Parrish, Lewis and Watkins Join Company
-
International
hotel chain seeking three Regional Group Sales Managers. Requires 3 to
5 years of luxury market segment experience
April 18, 2005
April 15, 2005
-
Elad
Properties Backs Down from Controversial Plan for the 805-room Plaza Hotel;
Fewer Condos, More Hotel Rooms Provides Union with More Jobs Saved
-
Albuquerque
Seeks Answers on How to Fund and Build a $120 million 600-room Convention
Center Hotel
-
Marriott
Holds 'Education Summit' to Reach Potential Minority Hotel Owners; Seeks
to Double Minority Proprietors
-
Constructed
in 1979 As a Drury Inn, Developer Andy Patel Successfully Transforms the
Property into the La Quinta Inn Tulsa Central
-
HVS/American
Hospitality Management Company Adds the Country Suites by Carlson, Chanhassen,
MN to Hotel Management Portfolio
-
Guest
Services, Inc. Launches New Corporate Brand; New Image Speaks to the Company�s
Core Business
-
Western
Hospitality Group, LLC Arranges the Acquisition of the Country Inn &
Suites, Tempe, Arizona
-
Molinaro
Koger Structures Sale of Hilton Deerfield Beach Florida
-
The
Domina Inn Brand Arrives in Latvia, Opens First Hotel in Riga
-
Agilysys
Partners with Group 1 Software To Enhance Industry-Leading Property Management
System
-
STUART
DEAN COMPANY; Refinishing & Maintenance of Marble, Metal and Wood for
Guest Bathrooms and Public Areas
-
M3
Hotel Accounting Reaches Milestone - 100 Hotel Management Companies
-
Bob
Prewitt Presented the International Association of Conference Center's
Mel Hosansky Award for Distinguished Service
-
Elsafe
Selected by Accor as its Sole Approved Provider of In-Room Safes
-
Karmar,
S.A. Signs Franchise Agreement with InterContinental Hotels to Open the
Crowne Plaza Asuncion in Paraguay
-
Following
Multi-million dollar Renovation, the Former Sherwood Inn Reopens as the
Red Lion Hotel in Tacoma
-
Salem
Waterfront Hotel & Suites Implements LuxuryRes Reservations System,
Unveils New Website
-
J.
Thomas Baker Named Vice President of Marketing for Melrose Hotels
-
Robb
Hall and Michael Roddy Appointed to Key Hotel Posts with CSM Lodging
-
Mark
Pinsley Named President and CEO of Adaco Service
April 13, 2005
-
Ramesys
Announces the Distribution and Implementation of the Kinetics Conference
Center and Venue Solution in the US
-
Architect
Cesar Pelli Selected to Design the 4,000 room Hotel-casino for MGM Mirage's
$4.7 billion Project CityCenter
-
DINE,
Developer of Punta Mita, Achieves Ecological Excellence; The Rosewood La
Solana Resort and a Starwood Luxury Property Set to Join the The Four Seasons
Resort
-
Gaylord
Entertainment Acquiring the Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel for $107 Million
-
Taj
Hotels Resorts and Palaces to Develop and Manage a Resort at the Palm Island
Jumeirah Crescent in Dubai
-
Leisure
Travel Hits Six Year High in the U.S.; Top Three Most Desired Destinations
- Florida , California , Hawaii / YPB&R Survey
-
Starwood
Vacation Ownership Adding More than 1,000 Units at Nine Properties in North
America, Hawaii and the Caribbean
-
Low
Interest Rates and High Demand for Hotel Assets Fuels Value Gains / Canadian
Lodging Outlook - Feb 2005 YTD
-
LTD
Management Co. LLC Developing Two Hotels Side by Side at Baltimore Washington
International Airport; A 203-room Sheraton and a 260-room Westin Hotel
-
Hotel
Developer Richard C. Kessler Opens Luxury Hotel in His Hometown, Savannah,
Georgia; The Mansion on Forsyth Park Home to More than 400 Pieces of Unique
Artwork
-
Accor
North America Hotels Selects TravelCLICK's Channel Manager
-
Oceans
Resorts Buys Beachfront Daytona Hotel; Atlantic Las Brisas Inn & Suites
Will Target The Budget Traveler
-
Local
Investor Group Acquiring the Historic Black Point Inn in Prouts Neck, Maine
-
Remington
Hotel Corporation Selected to Operate the157-room Hilton Santa Fe
-
Adarsh
Group Appoints Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts to Operate Three New Hotels
in Bangalore, India
-
Adaco
Services, Inc. Adds Several New Hotel Clients in the U.S. and Canada
-
Giulia
Racchi Named Senior Group Sales Manager of Westminster Hotel in Livingston,
New Jersey
-
Resort
Data Processing, Inc. seeking Software Support and Installation professionals.
Requires computer and networking knowledge in a hotel/condominium environment.
Positions are located in Vail, Colorado, rquires extensive travel
April 12, 2005
-
Stelios,
Intercontinental, Expedia, Google, Cendant, Yahoo!, Kuoni, lastminute.com,
Opodo, Ryanair, Sol Melia and Many More Debate Future of European Travel
Distribution
-
Hilton
Hotels Guarantees Up to $25 million for Baltimore's Publicly Financed 752
room Convention Center Hotel in the Event Hotel Fails to Meet Projections
-
Foxwoods
In the Final Stages of Negotiating Management and Development Agreements
to Build a $270 million Hotel/Casino Near Wichita, Kansas
-
Oh,
What a Web We Weave! Pitfalls with Descriptive Language / John R. Hendrie
-
Indiana
Companies Cook Group and Lauth Group Join Forces to Develop $240 Million
French Lick Casino and Resorts Project
-
Boykin
Lodging Sells French Lick Springs Resort and Spa for $25 Million
-
JAL
Hotels Co., Ltd., Operator of the Nikko Hotels, Expands with Hotels in
Dalian and Tianjin, China
-
Despite
the 90-minute Presentation, More than 3 million Americans Own a Time-share
Unit
-
Pyramid
Advisors Offers StarCite Reg Tools To Make Meeting Planning Easier
-
Hyatt
Regency Boston Completes $10.5 Million Renovation; Incorporates Green Initiatives
Into Renovation
-
NORTHWIND
Opens Virginia Office, Taps Industry Professional Margaret Legum For Business
Development Position
-
The
2005 HITEC® Will Feature 280 Companies Integral to the Use of Technology
in the Hotel Industry
-
BusinessJet
Class Announces Association with Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc.
-
Thomas
Geshay Appointed Senior Vice President of Real Estate for Tarsadia Hotels
-
Robert
Filipelli Named Arizona Biltmore's Director of Sales & Marketing
-
Melanie
Penoyar Appointed Director of Development & Awards Competition for
the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
-
Ashford
Hospitality Trust, Inc. seeking a Vice President of Debt Investments. Duties
include sourceing and underwriting hotel real estate investments and debt.
Requires bachelor's degree, MBA preferred and 7 to 10 years experience
in hotel lending
April 11, 2005
-
Now
That Online Hotel Booking Is Here to Stay, New Challenges Emerge
-
New
Web Site Dubbed 'Single Best Source' for E-Distribution Information, Services
-
Square
Mile of Dirt has City of Rancho Mirage Dreaming of a Luxury Hotel and Golf
Resort
-
A
$1.2 billion Mega Resort/Casino Envisioned on Nassau's Cable Beach
-
Identifying
Your Customers / Hotel Common Sense - John Hogan
-
Newspaper
Digs Up Answers for Questions Concerning Proposed $55.9 million Convention
Hotel in Lancaster, PA
-
UBS
Realty Investors Acquires the 432-room Westin Galleria Hotel in North Dallas
for $95 million
-
Hilton
Head Island's Landmark, the Westin Resort, Acquired by Starwood Capital
for $73.4 million
-
St.
Louis Hotel Developer William S. Stallings Ordered to Pay $615,000 for
Defaulting on GMAC Lease
-
Best
Practices in Responsible Tourism - WTTC's 2005 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
-
Hotel
Room Revenues in the state of Texas for the Year 2004 Totaled $4.8 billion,
Up by 7.46% Over Last Year
-
Millennium
and Copthorne Upgrading the Four Points by Sheraton to the Millennium Hotel
Buffalo Airport
-
Sage
Hospitality Selected as New Management Company for JW Marriott Denver at
Cherry Creek
-
InterContinental
Hotels Group Appoints Kieron Ritchard Vice President, Strategy � Greater
China
-
Le
Meridien Endorses TravelCLICK�s FuturePACE Report
-
Grand
Casino Mille Lacs and Grand Casino Hinckley Select Lodging Management System
from Agilysys
-
Thomas
Hoeborn Appointed General Manager of the Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa
-
Danny
Hiatt, GM of the Wynfrey Hotel, Named Chairman of the Alabama Hospitality
Association
-
Crestline
Appoints Carol Simon as General Manager for the New Stonewall Jackson Hotel
& Conference Center, Staunton, VA
April 8, 2005
April 7, 2005
April 6, 2005
-
Do
You Know Where Your Business Is Coming From?
-
Rack
is The Rule: The Napa River Inn Takes Internet Risks to Raise Rates and
Boost Reservations by 33%
-
Larry
May: The Passing Of Another Hotel Soldier / David M. Brudney
-
Hospitality
Properties Trust Contracts with Carlson Hotels to Manage 12 Hotels Currently
Operating Under the Prime Hotel Brand
-
Staybridge
Suites Enters the United Kingdom Market; InterContinental Hotels Signs
Two Management Agreements for New Build Staybridge Suites
-
California
Hotel Buyers Closed a Record 320 Deals in 2004; The highest-priced, the
261-room Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, Sold for $124.4 million, or $476,628
per Room
-
Embassy
Suites Recognizes Top Hotels; Patrick Wilson Named 2004 General Manager
of the Year
-
The
W Dallas Victory Hotel & Residences Adding 2nd W Residence Tower; Nears
Sellout of First 61 Condo Units
-
E-Mail
Marketing Campaigns �Clicking� For Digital Alchemy Customer Hotels; Hotels
Experiencing 34% to 55% Open Rate from e-mail Blast Campaign
-
The
Top 10 Issues for Discussion at the 5th Global Travel & Tourism Summit
in New Delhi from April 8-10, 2005
-
Glendale,
Arizona Officials Finalizing Agreement with John Q. Hammons to Build a
Privately Financed, 320-room, Marriott Renaissance Hotel and Spa
-
The
Former Wilson World Hotel & Suites, Spartanburg, SC, Now Managed by
Hospitality Management Corporation as a Radisson Hotel
-
The
324-room Sheraton Concord, Calif. Rebranded as Crowne Plaza
April 5, 2005
April 4, 2005
-
Increase
A.D.R. with Rate and Competition Analysis Pricing Model Designed By Revenue
Source One
-
GoConcierge.net
Announces Asia Expansion; Six Leading Hotels Install Company�s Industry
Leading, Web-based Concierge Solution
-
The
2005 World Ranking; 10 Largest Hotel Groups and 20 Largest Brands
-
Global
Update: Who's Where and Doing What - April 2005
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InterContinental
Hotels Group Plans To Dispose of Ten Wholly Owned Properties in Australia,
New Zealand and Fiji
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Gary
Seibert Appointed Hilton Area Vice President & Managing Director -
Hawaii, Replacing the Retiring Peter Schall
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The
Fate of an Anchorage Hotel that Helped Pioneer Color Television and Brew
Pubs Is Up in the Air, Again
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Hotel
Spa Survey Indicates 1 in 3 Guests Spend More on Spa Treatments than Hotel
Dining
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Outrigger
Enterprises Breaks Ground On Waikiki Beach Walk
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The
Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston and The Algonquin in New York Among Six
Additions to National Trust Historic Hotels of America
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PhoneSuite,
an AAHOA Founding Sponsor, Delivers High End, Low Cost Solutions
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Resort
Data Processing, Inc. Adds Expedia Direct Connect Technology to its Property
Management System - Better Enabling Properties to Save Time and Money
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Representing
a $13 million Investment, the Four Comfort Bed Will Be in All Four Points
by Sheraton Hotels in North America by End of Summer 2005
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Bettina
Landt Appointed General Manager at The Wauwinet, a Relais & Châteaux
Property on Nantucket Island
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David
and Jacqueline O'Hara Appointed to Manage the Dhoni Mighili in the Maldives
April 1, 2005
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The
Warwick Hotel, a Houston Landmark, Sold to the Owners of the Hotel ZaZa
in Dallas
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Hyatt
to Assume Management of Adam's Mark Jacksonville; Reflagged Hyatt Regency
Jacksonville Riverfront -- $10 Million Renovation Underway
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Lowe
Enterprises Acquires the Dolce Hamilton Park and Dolce Tarrytown House;
Properties Will be Renamed and Managed by Destination Hotels and Resorts
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Boykin
Lodging Company Sells Hotel 71in Chicago, Illinois for $95 million
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Hotel
Chain Website, HolidayInn.com, Ranked Number One as a Source for Online
Reservations; Popularity Higher then Third-party Website
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Hotel
Financial Strategies Closes Seven Hotel Loans Totaling $109,000,000.00
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NCL/National
Content Liquidators, Inc. Liquidating the Complete Contents of the Former
Mountain Shadows Marriott Resort, Scottsdale, AZ and Quality Inn Beach
Block, Atlantic City, NJ.
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June
Ericson, National Award-Winning Hotel Designer Is Promoted To Senior Associate
at J/Brice Design International, Inc.
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Americas
Best Value Inn's 475 Properties Switch to Newly Launched GenaRes for CRS,
GDS, Internet and Voice Reservations Processing
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ARAMARK
Harrison Lodging's Rizzo Conference Center Launches $18 Million Expansion
to Double Its Size
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Optimum
Hotel Brokerage Sells Days Inn in Niantic, Connecticut
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StayOnline
Shapes the Future of Hospitality WiFi with Industry Leaders; Wireless Solutions
Company to host North American Symposium on WiFi and Mobility Computing
in Hospitality in April
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BusinessJet
Class Puts Jet Charter Booking Online for Travel Agents
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Dog
Friendly Hotels Catering To Large Dogs Find A Niche Market
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Coral
Hospitality Taps Jamie Bruce As New Vice President Of Sales And Marketing
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Windmill
Point Resort To Install SMS|Host Hospitality Management System
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The
21-story, 291-room Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Opens
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La
Quinta Boosts Company Owned Hotels through Alliance with Sleepwill Laboratories
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Big
Island's Keauhou Beach Resort Re-branded an Outrigger; Property Enhancements
Completed or Under Way
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Benchmark
Hospitality Names 2005 Top Sales Executives
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Clarisa
Jimenez Appointed Executive Director and CEO of the Puerto Rico Hotel &
Tourism Association
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Silvio
Bion and Thierry Brovelli Appointed to GM Posts with Intercontinental Resorts
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Matthew
T. Hoffmann Appointed General Manager for The Council House and Wingspread
in Racine, Wisconsin
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The
Navy Lodge Program Opens its 43rd Lodge at Naval Air Station in Willow
Grove, Pennsylvania
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Denver's
Westin Tabor Center Appoints Key Executives
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General
Manager sought for the new Mississippi Telecommunications Conference Center
in Jackson, Mississippi. The GM will plan, direct, manage and oversee the
activities and operations of the MTCC. Requires six years of increasingly
responsible experience in hotel, convention center or special event facility
management
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