General Contractor Awarded Bid for Faro Blanco Resort HyattHotel in Marathon, Florida; Hotel-Onlin
June 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive General Contractor Awarded Bid for Faro Blanco Resort Hyatt Hotel in Marathon, Florida Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 123 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Chicago, IL. June 3, 2013 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 123 hotel projects in the last two weeks to Hotel Construction, a nationwide database of hotel construction projects, openings, and key decision makers (Owner/Developers, Architects and Contractors). These proposed hotels are still in the planning stages. Now is the perfect time to have your product drawn into plans, o...
Las Vegas Culinary Union Creates Website to Warn Visitors ofPotential Strikes and Disruption of Se
June 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Las Vegas Culinary Union Creates Website to Warn Visitors of Potential Strikes and Disruption By Ed Komenda, Las Vegas Sun McClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 31, 2013--The Culinary Union has launched a new website to warn travelers about possible labor disputes in Las Vegas. VegasTravelAlert.org allows Las Vegas-bound visitors to sign up for email alerts about potential strikes as resort leaders work to ink new contracts with the Culinary, which represents more than 60,000 workers. "The website will be regularly updated with information about actual and potential labor disputes affec...
Adaco Continues to Grow with New and Existing Clients – MeetAdaco at HITEC 2013; The global provid
June 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Adaco Continues to Grow with New and Existing Clients - Meet Adaco at HITEC 2013 Norwalk, CT — June 4, 2013 — Adaco, a leader in cloud-based solutions for hospitality procurement, inventory and menu engineering, is pleased to announce that the success of Adaco.Net continues to accelerate. The fully-integrated purchasing and operational control system has been selected for a number of properties with existing clients in recent months across the globe, including Starwood Hotels, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Loews Hotels & Resorts, and Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts. New prop...
Travel Tripper Announces Upcoming Booking Engine Launch / June2013
June 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Travel Tripper Announces Upcoming Booking Engine Launch June 4, 2013 - Next week, Travel Tripper is launching its latest development: a new web booking engine. The latest booking engine brings a beautiful interface, intuitive user experience, and new revenue-maximizing strategies to the market. The new booking engine draws from years worth of data from the current booking engine, using insights to deliver a product that maximizes revenue for the hotel by ensuring a great user experience for every guest. Each step of the booking process focuses on presenting upsells in a natural way that bl...
Benderson Development to Include a 105-room Home2 Suites byHilton at New Cabela Crossings Project
June 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Benderson Development to Include a 105-room Home2 Suites by Hilton at New Cabela Crossings Project By Jonathan Epstein, The Buffalo News, N.Y.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News June 03, 2013--Say goodbye to Walden Village shopping center. Say hello to Cabela's Crossing, the soon-to-be-rebranded retail plaza featuring not only the nationally known outdoor retailer but also a new Hilton-flagged hotel aimed at the regional and Canadian shoppers who flock to the Galleria mall area. Benderson Development Co. said Monday it is putting in a 105-room, all-suites hotel on the western tip of the C...
Driftwood Hospitality Management Enters International JointVenture with Pacrim Hospitality Service
June 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Driftwood Hospitality Management Enters International Joint Venture with Pacrim Hospitality Service North Palm Beach, Fla. and Halifax, Nova Scotia – June 3, 2013 – Driftwood Hospitality Management, LLC (Driftwood) and Pacrim Hospitality Services Inc. (Pacrim) today announced the formation of an international joint venture which, within five years, is expected to represent nearly $100M in hotel real estate. The JV will target 100- to 300-room full-service and extended stay properties across Canada, the United States and select foreign markets. With three properties already in t...
Sandwiched Between Two Giant Hotel Developments, COMO HotelsMaking First U.S. Push in Miami Beach
June 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Sandwiched Between Two Giant Hotel Developments, COMO Hotels Making First U.S. Push in Miami Beach By Hannah Sampson, The Miami Herald McClatchy-Tribune Regional News June 04, 2013--Sandwiched between two giant hotel developments, the future Metropolitan by COMO is a significantly smaller affair. But the hotel's 74 rooms, two pools, seafood restaurant and spa represent a big step in the continuing evolution of Miami Beach, hotel representatives and experts say. The property is the first U.S. outpost for COMO Hotels and Resorts, a Singapore-based hospitality company founded by entrepre...
Wynn Resorts Facing Federal Probe Over $135 million DonationMade to the University of Macau, Which
June 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Wynn Resorts Facing Federal Probe Over $135 million Donation Made to the University of Macau By Dave Wedge, Boston Herald McClatchy-Tribune Regional News June 04, 2013--Wynn Resorts, which is seeking to build a $1 billion waterfront casino in Everett, is facing a federal probe into a massive donation the Las Vegas gaming behemoth made to a Chinese university headed by a top government official, according to recent court filings. In an April 8 filing in a Nevada court, federal prosecutors said they are investigating a $135 million donation from Wynn to the University of Macau, which is head...
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