ZDirect Fortifies Global Growth; Providing Service to Six Continents / January 2013
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive [Hallandale Beach, FL— January 17, 2012] — ZDirect, a company that has been providing hotels with electronic customer-relationship management solutions since 2002, enters the new year with its customer base now spanning six out of seven continents, and 2,000+ hotels and resorts using its ZMail® electronic communication platform. With more than half of hotels (58 percent) projecting marketing budget increases by at least 10 percent this year and more than 56 percent of marketers planning to grow their email marketing budget, ZDirect is positioned to grow exponentially in 201...
China’s Home Inns & Hotels Management Appoints Mr. Yi Liu as an Independent Director and Co-cha
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive SHANGHAI, Jan. 2, 2013-- Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. (NASDAQ: HMIN) ("Home Inns Group" or "the Company"), a leading economy hotel chain in China, today announced the appointment of Mr. Yi Liu as an independent director and co-chairman of the board of directors of the Company, replacing Mr. Yunxin Mei, effective on January 1, 2013. Mr. Mei will remain as a senior consultant to the Company following his retirement. Mr. Liu is the vice chairman and CEO of Beijing Tourism Group, whose main business includes hotel management, travel agency services, retail sales, catering services, a...
Hotel Managers Group (HMG Hotels) Welcomes Yolanda Bender as Corporate Director of Sales and Market
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive San Diego, CA, USA January 29, 2012 - For all of our managed hotels, HMG Hotels has had a history of maintaining a strong Sales and Marketing presence. Joel Biggs, President/CEO HMG Hotels is proud to announce the appointment of Yolanda Bender to our corporate leadership team as Director of Sales and Marketing. Ms. Bender's background in the hospitality industry is extensive, including time spent with Campbell Lodging where she oversaw sales teams for a portfolio of 14 national brands including Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites, Marriott TownePlace Suites, Marriott Springhill Suites, Hil...
Richfield Hospitality Assumes Management of the 242-room Wyndham Lisle-Chicago Hotel and Executive
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive LISLE, Ill./DENVER, Colo., January 3, 2012—Richfield Hospitality , a leading hotel management company, today announced that it assumed management of the 242-room Wyndham Lisle-Chicago Hotel and Executive Meeting Center. "A new contract with a new owner is a powerful way to close out one year and start the next," said Greg Mount, president of Richfield Hospitality. "The Wyndham Lisle fits our sweet spot for multi-dimensional, full service hotels in major markets and their environs. I'm confident that we will reposition the hotel to achieve meaningful results for the property's new own...
Wyndham Hotel Group, in a Deal with Colony Capital, Brands 56 Former Jameson Inn Hotels Throughout
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive PARSIPPANY, N.J. (January 14, 2013) – Wyndham Hotel Group, the world's largest hotel company with nearly 7,260 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today announced that, through a deal with affiliates of Colony Capital, LLC, including Colony Financial, Inc., it has branded 56 properties throughout the mid-Atlantic and southeast corridor of the U.S. Formerly Jameson Inn properties, the hotels now fly the Baymont Inn & Suites®, Days Inn® and Howard Johnson® brand flags and will be managed by Aimbridge Hospitality. "We are proud to welcome these ...
Cubs Owners Propose Hotel near Chicago’s Wrigley Field in Association with a $300 Million Renovatio
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Ameet Sachdev, Chicago TribuneMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jan. 18, 2013--The owners of the Chicago Cubs said Thursday that they would like to build a hotel next to Wrigley Field, a proposal that sweetens their bid for tax incentives and other government assistance to help pay for a $300 million renovation of the aging ballpark. The Ricketts family said it has an agreement with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., whose brands include Sheraton and the Westin, to develop a boutique hotel on property the family owns on the northwest corner of Clark and Addison streets that it...
Witham Family Partnership, Owners of 10 Bar Harbor, Maine Hotels, Propose New 103-room Property; Wo
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News, MaineMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jan. 04, 2013--BAR HARBOR, Maine -- Fresh on the heels of a four-story hotel opening this year in downtown Bar Harbor, another is proposed for a former local nursing home site. The Witham Family Partnership is working with DBL Enterprises to redevelop the former Summit House property at the end of Norman Drive. The Witham Family Partnership is headed by hotelier David J. Witham, who owns or co-owns 10 other hotel properties in Bar Harbor, three in Ellsworth and one in Hancock. Another large hotel -- the West Street H...
Williamsburg, Virginia Hotel Industry Completes another Troubled Year with the Close of 2012 / Janu
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Steve Vaughan, The Virginia Gazette, WilliamsburgMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jan. 05, 2013--Although the tourism economy seemed to strengthen somewhat in 2012, the fallout from failures of the last few years continued to be felt, manifesting itself particularly in the troubles of the local hotel industry. Hotel troubles A roundup of hotels found that at least 18 had changed flags or closed since 2009, due to the recession and poaching by timeshares. The slow implosion of the Williamsburg Hotel-Motel Association began with the demise of the all-important phone bank for reservations....
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