12 Social Media Resolutions to Help You Get Social in 2013 / Anne Sweeney / January 2013
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive by Anne SweeneyJanuary 2013 Social media gurus are busy posting New Year's Resolutions with tips for making the most of the latest apps, new sites, and marketing opportunities in 2013. There is great advice out there and some dynamic new social media platforms to consider. They are perfect for hoteliers who have embraced Social Media, established their brand, gained qualified fans and followers, understand the basics and post useful and relevant content on a regular basis. Our resolutions are made for those who don't. They are for the property that last posted on Halloween, the hotel page ...
Beverly Hills, California’s New Boutique 32-room SIRTAJ Hotel to Open in February 2013 / Janu
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive BEVERLY HILLS, CA (January 29, 2013) – SIRTAJ Beverly Hills , located at 120 S. Reeves Drive, mere footsteps away from the very heart of the city's famed decadent Beverly Hills Triangle, opens doors mid-February. Offering a welcomed departure from the urban boutique hotel standard, SIRTAJ is an oasis of independence – even daring to identify itself as approachable – both warm and welcoming. A chic, sexy retreat with a scent of spice and a nod to the east, SIRTAJ eschews the notion of snobbery and invokes the ideals of atithi seva–Indian hospitality – in which ...
Stephen Calland Appointed as Director of Food & Beverage for the 393-room St. Kitts Marriott Re
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive FRIGATE BAY, ST. KITTS – January 22, 2013 – The St. Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino announces the appointment of Mr. Stephen Calland as their new Director of Food & Beverage. Stephen Calland's passion for food & beverage combined with over 30 years of international culinary industry experience provides him with a wealth of understanding and expertise in all aspects of food & beverage. From being Head Chef at an Organics Institute in the UK, Stephen then moved into management where he introduced numerous successful food and beverage programs, brand...
IACC-Americas Names Shane Brassel USA Conference Center Chef of the Year; Qualifies to Compete in T
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive (St. Louis, MO) – January 30, 2013 – Shane Brassel, Executive Chef at Charles F. Knight Conference Center in St. Louis, MO was the winner of the US position in the IACC-Americas qualifying cook-off and the right to represent the United States at the International Association of Conference Centers' tenth annual Copper Skillet Cooking Competition. The event was held at the Summit Executive Centre in Chicago on January 18. Other chefs from IACC chapters in North America, Europe, and Australia Asia-Pacific will join Chef Brassel at Eaglewood Resort & Spa outside Chicago, IL in ...
Roomlinx Announces Significant Technology Breakthrough with the Delivery of its Interactive TV Plat
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Denver, Colorado – January 29, 2013 -- Roomlinx Inc., (OTC: RMLX), the innovative developer of media networks and interactive TV (iTV) applications for the hospitality industry today announced the successful implementation and operation of Roomlinx iTV distributed via a Roomlinx installed and managed HSIA (High Speed Internet Access ) network. Roomlinx has now completed multiple property installations, totaling approximately 1,000 TV units, all providing high definition Interactive TV via the Roomlinx designed and installed 802.11n dual band 5Ghz networks. According to Gary Sandhu, R...
Roomlinx Provides Update On Service Deployment; Over 20,000 Hyatt Rooms In Service To Date / Januar
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Denver, CO, January 18, 2013– Roomlinx, Inc. (OTCBB: RMLX), the innovative developer of media networks and interactive TV applications for hotels, today provided an update on the status of its deployment efforts with Hyatt Hotels. As of January 11, 2013, Roomlinx had over 20,000 rooms in service under its Master Service Agreement with Hyatt Hotels to deploy services to up to 60,000 rooms. Roomlinx installations to date have focused on key markets including Orlando, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Maui. In addition to rooms in service, 22,00...
Selling your Room for $0 / Jean Francois Mourier / January 2013
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jean Francois Mourier January 2013 It's amazing to me how many of the hotel industry's standard processes are based simply upon "what worked in the past". Consider MLOS (check out last article "The MLOS Myth" on this very subject), historical pricing, apprehension about using OTAs and then today's topic jacking up room rates when your property's occupancy hits a predetermined level. The one thing that all of these long-standing beliefs have in common is that they are less and less likely to yield the best results in today's online market. I believe that the major reason that hote...
Bruce Karsh, a Founder of Oaktree Capital, Acquires the Ritz-Carlton, Clayton, Missouri from Maritz
January 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tim Bryant, St. Louis Post-DispatchMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jan. 04, 2013--Although sale terms remain confidential, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Clayton has a new owner. Maritz, Wolff & Co., which had owned the luxury hotel since the 1990s, sold the property in late December, said Jeff Barone, vice president of asset management at Maritz, Wolff. The sale has a confidentiality clause, but a source, requesting anonymity, said Thursday the new owner is Bruce Karsh, a founder of Oaktree Capital Management, in Los Angeles. Karsh, who is from St. Louis, was unavailable for comment. L...
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