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HITEC 2015 Online Registration and Housing Bureau Open
January 21, 2015
AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA (January 21, 2015) - Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), producers of HITEC, are proud to announce that attendee registration and the housing bureau for the 2015 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) are now available online. HITEC is the world's largest hospitality technology exposition and conference. This year's event will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas USA from June 15-18. "We are thrilled to be bringing back HITEC to Austin this year," said Frank Wolfe, CAE, CEO of HFTP. "Each year this event gets bigger and more innovative and who b...
Marriott Expects to Reach One Million Rooms Open or in Development in 2015
Marriott International, Inc. | January 20, 2015
New Hotels Expected to Drive Over $50 Billion in Real Estate Investment and Create More Than 150,000 Anticipated New Hotel Jobs DAVOS, Switzerland and BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 20, 2015 -- Continuing its trajectory of rapid global growth and creating opportunity, Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) said today that it expects its portfolio of hotels either open or under development to surpass 1 million rooms by the end of 2015. When open, the hotels under development will have generated more than $50 billion in real estate investment globally by Marriott's owner partners and created over 150,000 anticipated new hotel jobs. Arne Sorenson...
Alliance Hospitality Selected to Manage the 354-room San Jose Holiday Inn in CA; Owned by Aju Hotels
Alliance Hospitality | January 20, 2015
San Jose, CA, January 20, 2015 - Alliance Hospitality announced today that it will manage the Holiday Inn located in San Jose, near the Mineta San Jose International Airport. Aju Hotels and Resorts, a subsidiary of Korean company Aju Corporation, recently acquired the property. Rolf Tweeten, Chairman of the Board for Alliance Hospitality, made the announcement. The San Jose Holiday Inn will be the second US property both owned by Aju Hotels and managed by Alliance Hospitality. "We're enthused to work with Alliance Hospitality again because of this very successful working relationship that we have built over the past year," said Jinhee M...
Sage Hospitality Appoints Bob Megazzini as General Manager at the 484-room Westin Cleveland Downtown
Sage Hospitality | January 20, 2015
CLEVELAND, OH (January 20, 2015) - Sage Hospitality, one of the leading hotel management and investment companies in the nation is pleased to introduce the new general manager of The Westin Cleveland Downtown, Bob Megazzini. In his new position, Megazzini will lead the 484-room, contemporary, art-driven hotel in operations and guest services. Megazzini has an accomplished background in the hotel industry and brings more than 30 years of management leadership. Previously, he held positions as General Manager of the Marcus Hotels and Resorts property, The Cornhusker Marriott, and at multiple property locations with Marriott International,...
Elegant Hotels Group Names Adrian Grant as General Manager of Tamarind on the West Coast of Barbados
Elegant Hotels Group | January 20, 2015
BARBADOS - JANUARY 20, 2015 - Elegant Hotels Group has announced the recent appointment of Adrian Grant as the General Manager of its west coast Barbados property, Tamarind. With over 20 years of hotel industry experience and a long-standing history with Elegant Hotels, Grant brings a wealth of successful leadership, managerial positions, and a results-driven approach to his new role. Most recently, Grant was the General Manager at The Club Barbados Resort and Spa. From 2003-2004, Adrian led Tamarind as General Manager, and has previously assumed the same role at two of the collection's other Barbados hotels, Crystal Cove and Turtle Bea...
RoomKeyPMS Adds Automated Marketing Platform Clairvoyix to Library of Interfaces
RoomKeyPMS | January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015, Vancouver, BC: RoomKeyPMS, the leading cloud-based property management software for the global hospitality industry has once again expanded their product interface library to include Clairvoyix, a SaaS guest marketing system. Clairvoyix is a leading provider of hospitality specific database marketing systems and digital agency services. Their Saas solution is preferred by both internationally recognized branded chains as well as independent hotels. Their hospitality solution includes support for highly targeted e-mail, social media, and mobile campaigns, with ROI based on actual spend. "RoomKeyPMS is continuously searc...
The 284-room Radisson Hotel Phoenix North Opens in Arizona Completing Renovation and Conversion
R.A. Rauch & Associates | January 20, 2015
PHOENIX, Jan. 20, 2015 -- North Phoenix got a fresh addition to its hotel portfolio last week with the opening of the Radisson Hotel Phoenix North. The newly-flagged Radisson® boasts a modern design scheme, fresh amenities and the Yes I Can!SM service philosophy the brand is known for after partners R.A. Rauch & Associates, Brixton Capital and Dan Norville applied their industry expertise to transforming a once-struggling property. "Radisson Hotel Phoenix North is a testament to a strong partnership between the hotel's owners," said Robert Rauch, President and Founder of R.A. Rauch & Associates. "The combination of financial, c...
FCS Interview by Donald Trump Jr. Aired on Bloomberg Corporate Review Segment
FCS | January 20, 2015
Guest host Donald Trump Jr. interview with FCS' Akina Ho provides insight into latest innovations in hospitality operations software and mobile technologies available to hotels and resorts around the world. Boca Raton - January 20, 2015 - FCS Computer Systems (FCS), a leading global provider of comprehensive hospitality solutions and services, recently shared details of its unique expertise in hospitality operations and mobile applications management during an interview with MMP (USA), Inc.'s the Corporate Review. Originally aired by Bloomberg Television on January 11, 2015, the segment demonstrates how many of today's leading hospitali...
IHG Signs with SiLee Ltd to Develop the 268-room Holiday Inn Busan Seomyun in South Korea
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) | January 20, 2015
20 January, 2015 - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world's leading hotel companies, has signed a management agreement with SiLee Ltd to develop the 268-room Holiday Inn Busan Seomyun in South Korea's second largest city of Busan. Situated in Seomyun, the city's central business district (CBD) and a short drive from the International Airport, business travellers will enjoy the hotel's close proximity to Busan International Finance Center (BFIC) and Busan City Hall. The hotel's short walking distance to the Bujeon subway station – directly linked to the KTX Train Station which connects to Seoul's Incheon International Ai...
Florida’s Palm Beach County Hotel & Lodging Association Elects Officers and Directors for 2015
| January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015 - At the Association's Annual Meeting held on January 14, 2015 at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, the membership unanimously elected Officers and Directors for 2015: Bill Murray, President of the Association for the last two years and General Manger of the Best Western Palm Beach Lakes & Hawthorn Suites, handed over the leadership to Cheri Rutledge, General Manager of the West Palm Beach Marriott President: Cheri Rutledge, West Palm Beach Marriott, West Palm Beach 1st Vice President: George Isaac, Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront Resort, Singer Island 2nd Vice President: John Bailey, Hilton Suites, Boca Raton Treasurer...
The Hotel Group Celebrates Opening of the 120-key Courtyard by Marriott-Walla Walla in Washington
The Hotel Group | January 20, 2015
Walla Walla, Washington - January 20, 2015 - The Hotel Group, a nationally recognized Top 40 hotel management and ownership company based in Seattle, Washington, is proud to announce the opening of the new Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Walla Walla, Washington. The recently opened 120-room hotel features an innovative lobby space as well as Courtyard's latest contemporary room design and provides flexibility and choices that allow guests to optimize and elevate their travel experience. The property is owned by Walla Walla Hospitality, LLC and managed by The Hotel Group. The three-story hotel features an indoor swimming pool and outdoor ...
Hernando Hotel Group Opens the 82-room Hampton Inn Hernando in Mississippi
Hampton Hotels | January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015 - HERNANDO, Miss., and MCLEAN, Va. - Hampton Hotels, Hilton Worldwide's global brand of more than 2,000 mid-priced Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, and Hampton by Hilton hotels, today announced the official opening of its newest property, the 82-room Hampton Inn Hernando, located at 2675 McIngvale Road in Hernando. The hotel is owned by the Hernando Hotel Group. It is the only Hampton hotel in the Hernando area. "We are confident that our convenient location to Memphis and to the surrounding area businesses and shops will make us an attractive choice," said Ellen Self, general manager, Hampton Inn Hernando. "Wheth...
Hard Rock & All Inclusive Collection to Build the 1,800-room Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Cancun in MX
Hard Rock International | January 20, 2015
Opening in Late 2017 Orlando, Fla. - January 20, 2015 - Hard Rock International - owner of one of the world's most iconic and recognized brands - announces Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Cancun. The upcoming all-inclusive resort will be situated along the stunning shores of the Caribbean Sea, just a 15-minute drive from the Cancun International Airport. Set to open in late 2017, the oceanfront property will be the third Yucatan Peninsula property in the Hard Rock International portfolio and will feature 1,800 lavishly appointed oceanfront guestrooms. "We are excited to welcome our fifth property in Mexico and build upon our collaboration with...
Smart Hotelier’s Action Plan 2015 – How to Monetize Your Digital Marketing Resolutions
the Author and HeBS Digital | January 20, 2015
By Sara O'Brien In early January, in this year's Top 10 Digital Marketing Resolutions, presented by HeBS Digital for the 15th consecutive year, we provided an action plan to follow during 2015. Created to help alleviate the complexity of our industry's most recent innovations, this action plan was designed to help you concentrate on what's most important: engaging your key customer segments and increasing direct online conversions and revenues! We went a step further and last week we presented an interactive webinar "Action Plan 2015: The Smart Hotelier's Top 10 Digital Marketing Resolutions", attended by hundreds of hoteliers. We recei...
Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) Selected to Operate Three Courtyard by Marriott Hotels
Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) | January 20, 2015
ATLANTA, Ga. (January 20, 2015) - Following recent announcements for two separate management assignments, Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG), an Atlanta-based, private hotel ownership and management company, today announced that it has been selected by Garrison Investment Group to operate three Courtyard by Marriott Hotels in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Naples and Ft. Lauderdale/Coral Springs, Fla. These three hotels bring HVMG's managed portfolio to 42 hotels and 8,060 rooms in 16 states nationwide. "With five, third-party management agreements signed in the past thirty days, 2015 is on track to be one of the most active in our entir...
Penn State Study Finds Lodging Demand More Stable in University Towns
| January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015 - UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The new International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Penn State Research Report entitled, "University Lodging Demand: An Analysis of its Stability and Guidance for Estimating its Growth Potential at the Market Level," reveals the demand for college and university lodging is more stable than the typical lodging demand, and that markets dominated by a college are more stable in terms of not only occupancy rates, but also average room rates. "At many recent hotel investment conferences and in recent issues of hotel trade magazines, hotel developers have proposed that a ho...
Ashford Trust Acquires the 232-room Memphis Marriott East in Tennessee for $43.5 Million
Ashford Trust | January 20, 2015
DALLAS, Jan. 20, 2015 -- Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) ("Ashford Trust" or the "Company") announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the 232-room Memphis Marriott East hotel for total consideration of $43.5 million in cash ($187,500 per key). The acquisition is expected to close within the next 30 days. Upon closing, the property will be managed by Remington Lodging. The purchase price of $43.5 million represents a trailing 12-month cap rate of 7.6% on net operating income and a trailing 11.6x EBITDA multiple. On a forward 12-month basis, the purchase price represents an estimated cap rate of 8.6%...
Star Ratings Australia Partners with ReviewPro to Improve Guest Experience at Australian Hotels
ReviewPro | January 20, 2015
Barcelona, Spain- January 20, 2015 - Today, Australia's national accommodation ratings organization announces a long-term strategic partnership with ReviewPro to provide the company's Guest Intelligence solution to accommodation providers across the country. In the first phase of the two-phase project, Australia's Star Rated properties will have access to ReviewPro's online reputation management platform and Global Review Index™ (GRI), the B2B online reputation score used by hotels worldwide as a benchmark for guest satisfaction, based on consumer review data collected from 142 online travel agencies (OTAs) and review sites in more th...
Gemstone Hotels & Resorts Awarded Management Contract for Vermont’s Topnotch Resort
Gemstone Hotels & Resorts, LLC | January 20, 2015
PARK CITY, Utah - January 20, 2015 - Gemstone Hotels & Resorts, a full-service hotel management company that specializes in owning and operating luxury and upscale urban hotels and resorts, today announced it entered into an agreement to operate Topnotch Resort in Stowe, Vt. The luxury resort looks out on Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak, and recently completed a $15 million renovation focused on guest rooms, two popular food and beverage outlets, meeting spaces and other public areas. The property is a New England icon, member of the Preferred Hotels collection, and carries AAA's prestigious four-diamond certification. "We b...
Hotel Yearbook 2015 Explores the Future of the Hotel Business
The Hotel Yearbook | January 20, 2015
The Hotel Yearbook and Hsyndicate announce the publication of The Hotel Yearbook 2015, the 9th edition in this series, first published in 2007. Made up of editorial contributions written exclusively for The Hotel Yearbook by some 70 experts and opinion leaders from around the world, the publication focuses on the future of the hotel industry and the trends and innovative ideas that will have an impact on its development. In addition to insightful articles and interviews featuring such highly respected industry leaders as Giovanni Angelini (former Shangri-La CEO), Vivek Badrinath (Deputy CEO of Accor), and Nicholas Clayton (CEO, Group Op...
CRU Property Management Renovates and Converts Clarion to 267-room Wyndham Garden Shreveport in LA
CRU Property Management | January 20, 2015
Promotes Deborah Coleman to Corporate Director of Sales and Hires Michael Green as GM SHREVEPORT, LA - JANUARY 20, 2015 - CRU Property Management, LLC is pleased to announce the first phase of the planned revitalization of the 267-room Clarion Hotel Shreveport has been completed and is proud to announce the hotel as the new Wyndham Garden Shreveport. The Wyndham Garden Shreveport has been open during the first phase of the renovation. The second phase of the renovation is currently underway and expected to be completed the first part of 2015. CRU Shreveport, LLC, an affiliate of CRU Investments and CRU Property Management, acquired the...
Development Launched for the 350-room Fairmont Wuhan Slated to Open in China in 2017
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts | January 20, 2015
SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - January 20, 2015 - Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, a luxury brand in the FRHI Hotels & Resorts (FRHI) portfolio, Oceanwide Hotel Investment Management Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Central Business Area Construction Investment Joint Stock Company, today announced the development of a new hotel in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, Central China. Joining the brand's growing collection of properties in China, Fairmont Wuhan is slated to open in 2017. Fairmont Wuhan will feature 350 guestrooms, four distinctive dining outlets and approximately 2,500 square meters (26,910 square feet) of event and banquet space. The world...
HoteliersFriend: Finally! An All New Representation Company with a Hotel-Centric Approach!
HoteliersFriend | January 20, 2015
Sales & Marketing Solutions for Independent Hotels Worldwide! Detroit, MI (January 20, 2015) --- HoteliersFriend is an all new hotel representation company founded by industry professionals with more than twenty years experience: promoting hotels, resorts and vacation destinations to North America. HoteliersFriend employs a hotel-centric approach and provides world-class sales representation, marketing and promotions for independent hotels worldwide. HoteliersFriend's service packages are all designed to offer a "more exclusive" representation that guarantees focus and dedication to the brand. HoteliersFriend tailor fits its servi...
HELP Conference 2015 Announces John Fish and Lee Pillsbury as Keynote Speakers
Hotel Equity & Lender Perspectives (HELP) Conference | January 20, 2015
Fourth Annual Event Scheduled for April 13-14, 2015 BOSTON, January 20, 2015 - Officials of the Hotel Equity & Lender Perspectives (HELP) Conference today announced that it has secured John Fish, longtime chairman and CEO of Suffolk Construction Company, one of the largest construction companies in the United States, and leader of the effort to bring the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics back to the United States via Boston, as its keynote speaker to kick off the conference. The event will be held at the Seaport Hotel, April 13-14, 2015. The conference theme is "Making Waves," and each speaker and/or panel will address certain issues th...
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