Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Launches Search For New CEO / March 2013
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive MIAMI, FL (March 26, 2013) - The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the organization's top position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), with responsibilities for the overall operation of the Association. CHTA is a Federation of National Hotel Associations (NHA) across the Caribbean Region. The CEO will direct the development and execute plans to include support of the member National Hotel Associations and its Allied Members, membership development and support, advocacy programs, regional marketing, internal and external communications and...
Benchmark Hospitality International Names Cedric A. Fasbender Vice President, Operations / March 20
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, March 2013 … Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has appointed Cedric A. Fasbender vice president of operations. Greg Champion, Benchmark's chief operating officer, made the announcement. Mr. Fasbender will be based in Benchmark's Home Office in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston. "It is a pleasure to welcome Cedric to Benchmark Hospitality International," said Mr. Champion. "He comes to his new position with extensive hotel and hospitality management company experience, both with independent prope...
Why Now is the Time to be Buying Hotels in Europe / Zachary Schwartz / March 2013
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Zachary Schwartz March 2013Investors See Upside: Lured by continued distress, more realistic values and attractive trailing twelve-month yields, hotel investors doing deals in Europe now stand to benefit most. While most reports show that hotel transaction levels dropped off during 2012, this was driven by outside factors and influences such as lack of financing, lack of product, and economic uncertainty, rather than a lack of desire to participate in steep discounts to valuations from the last cycle peak. Of course, availability of debt proved the greatest constraint in 2012. It is ex...
North Carolina Luxury Inn Announces August 2013 Construction Schedule; Hotel-Online and BuildCentra
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive North Carolina Luxury Inn Announces August 2013 Construction Schedule Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 156 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Chicago, IL. March 25, 2013 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 156 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, or offer const...
Architect Confirmed for New 150-Room Hotel in Yonkers New York; Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/U
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Architect Confirmed for New 150-Room Hotel in Yonkers New York Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 147 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Chicago, IL. March 11, 2013 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 147 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, or offer construction...
Tourism Tidbits: New Ideas for Marketing Your Brand / Dr. Peter Tarlow / March 2013
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Dr. Peter TarlowMarch 2013 One of the current buzzwords in tourism marketing is branding. its relationship to social media and to marketing is something often discusses at tourism seminars and conferences. Branding is often a lot more complicated than what most people realize. A tourism brand must not only stand for something but it must also be clear that the brand does not stand for something else. For example, in our community we do not tolerate poor service. In this month's Tourism Tidbits we discuss branding, social media and ways to stay ahead of the pack. It is always the custome...
National Marketing Agency Executive is Featured Speaker at Hospitality University; Joe Tamney, CEO
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive WAYNE, Pa. – March 5, 2013 – Joe Tamney, CEO of Boyd Tamney Cross in Wayne, Pa., was a featured speaker at the West Virginia Hospitality & Travel Association's annual Hospitality University on February 4, 2013. Tamney spoke on the topic, "The 3 Rs: Strategies to Increase Revenue and Profits." The three-day event, held at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., focused on trends impacting the industry and attracted executives from state chambers of commerce, convention and visitors bureaus, resorts, hotels and restaurants. Tamney's agency has worked with a num...
Boomtown Casino New Orleans, a Pinnacle Entertainment Property, Breaks Ground on $20 Million 150-ro
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive HARVEY, La., March 1, 2013 -- Boomtown Casino New Orleans, a Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:PNK) property, broke ground today on a previously announced $20 million hotel project. The 150-room five-story hotel will include eight beautiful suites, a fitness center, conference space and 250 additional parking spaces. The new addition will be connected to Boomtown's existing facility that includes a casino, entertainment venue, restaurants and meeting space. Construction begins immediately and is expected to take approximately 14 months to complete. The hotel addition will create approxim...
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