Final Phase of $90 million, 10-Year Transformation Begins for the 1,499-key San Francisco Marriott
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive San Francisco, C.A. (March 6, 2013) — The San Francisco Marriott Marquis is set to complete the final phase of its $90 million, 10-year transformation, it was announced today by Frank Manchen, Director of Sales & Marketing. The hotel has been completely transformed and modernized with the most recent projects encompassing the lobby, meeting space, fitness center, Bin 55 Restaurant and Wine Bar, Mission Grill, Starbucks Cafe, and second floor atrium. Specific changes to the function space include raising the ceiling in the Golden Gate Ballroom, remodeling the second-floor Atrium t...
San Diego’s Hoteliers Win Round One in Court Fight with Mayor Bob Filner Over Tourism Marketing Fun
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Lori Weisberg, The San Diego Union-Tribune March 8, 2013 San Diego's tourism bureau had to cancel its TV ad campaign for this summer because its funds are frozen. — Scott Allison San Diego's hotel owners won round one of their battle with Mayor Bob Filner on Tuesday when a judge agreed to a speedy hearing on their request to force the mayor to release frozen tourism marketing funds. At issue before Superior Court Judge Timothy Taylor was a plea from the hoteliers for an accelerated hearing schedule on their suit against Filner and the city over the release of millions of dollars ...
Room Tax to Fund Planned $520 million Expansion of the San Diego Convention Center Upheld / Lori We
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Lori Weisberg, The San Diego Union-Tribune March 13, 2013 The planned $520 million expansion of the convention center would add 740,000 square feet of additional space. — K.C. Alfred San Diego's plan to expand its 24-year-old convention center cleared a major hurdle Monday, with a tentative court ruling upholding a hotel room tax to finance the $520 million project. Superior Court Judge Ronald Prager concluded that a room tax approved last year by the city's hotel owners was a legal means of raising funds to pay for the expansion, which is dependent on the levy for the bulk of ...
Total Number of International-Brand Hotel Rooms in Russia is to Double by 2018 According to KPMG Re
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive LONDON, March 12, 2013-- According to KPMG's latest Report: 'International Hotel Operators in Russia', the number of international-brand hotel rooms in Russia is expected to more than double from 21,885 in October 2012 to 47,534 by 2018. The growth of the industry accelerated last year, with more than 8 new international brand hotels opening, and plans for a further 27 announced. KPMG reports that Russia's key business and tourism centres, Moscow and St Petersburg continue to offer the most hotels in Russia. However, the wave of major international events to be hosted in the country over t...
Three More Roberts Brothers Hotels Sold in Bankruptcy Auction for a Combined $5.2 million / March 2
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Lisa Brown, St. Louis Post-DispatchMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News March 25, 2013--Three out-of-state hotels owned by St. Louis development firm Roberts Cos. were sold at auction last week. The hotels, located in Tampa, Fla., Spartanburg, S.C., and Marietta, Ga., sold in an online auction March 19 for a combined $5.2 million, according to court filings. A hearing is set for April 3 in St. Louis to finalize the sales. Each hotel had four bidders, according to court filings. Harishyan Singh bought the Tampa hotel for $1.14 million; Sumitra Arora bought the Spartanburg hotel for $2.5 mill...
RoamingAround Proving that Boosting Cell Service is Boosting Guest Satisfaction; After adding the R
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Danvers, Mass. — March 12, 2013 — Coming on the heels of a complete redesign and renovation, the Holiday Inn & Suites – Atlanta Airport North installed Roam Boost from RoamingAround, a solution that provides voice and data signal coverage in areas of the hotel that would otherwise suffer mobile phone dead spots. The in-building cellular solution is not only making the 330-room hotel a premier place to stay for travelers visiting Atlanta, but it is greatly increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty. Roam Boost delivers strong mobile phone signal coverage by amplifyin...
Hospitality’s Mobile Expert Asks: How Guest-Centric is Your Mobile Strategy? Today’s travelers expe
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Danvers, Mass. — March 6, 2013 — Who said you can't have it all? In today's mobile-dependent environment, consumers have come to expect it all and more during their travels. RoamingAround, hospitality's mobile technology experts, is providing hotels of all sizes and brand affiliations with a full-service mobile marketing strategy that addresses issues with Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), offers front desk bypass and self-service check-in/-out, customizes branded mobile apps, processes mobile payments, generates mobile offers, and amplifies the buildings cellular coverage. "Hosp...
Creek Nation Tribe Expanding River Spirit Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma with New 22-story, 500-room Mar
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World, Okla.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News March 18, 2013-- Muscogee (Creek) Nation gaming officials are expanding their River Spirit Casino and entering a partnership with Margaritaville to open a 22-story hotel along the Arkansas River. The 500-room hotel tower will finish in early 2015 and will accompany a new casino, restaurant, pool-bar area, theater and more -- all bearing Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville brand, according to Muscogee (Creek) Nation Casinos officials. "We wanted something that would really sizzle," said Pat Crofts, casino chief executive officer....
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