After a Year of Round-the-Clock Construction, the New 100-suite Tower is Complete at the Hard Rock
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Robert Evatt, Tulsa World, Okla.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News March 20, 2013--CATOOSA -- After a year of round-the-clock construction, crews have officially finished building a 10-story tower at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. The new tower adds 100 suites to the Cherokee Nation-run resort for a total of 454 rooms. The expanded count puts the Hard Rock in a tie for the title of largest hotel in the area with the 454-room Hyatt Regency Tulsa downtown. Guests had started staying in the new tower a few months ago as rooms were completed floor by floor, and Cherokee Nation Princi...
Brothers Roscoe and Richard Williams Open the 101-room Hampton Inn and Suites in Prattville, Alabam
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Marty Roney, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News March 12, 2013--PRATTVILLE -- The hotel that replaces a Prattville landmark held its grand opening Tuesday. Hampton Inn and Suites offers 101 rooms, and marks a total investment of about $7 million by brothers Roscoe and Richard Williams, who own the business. The new hotel sits on the lot where the Holiday Inn once stood, also owned by the Williams brothers. Built in March of 1974, the Holiday Inn once sat by itself atop the hill overlooking I-65, surrounded by cotton fields and pastures. "Back then from downtown,...
Vista Investments to Develop a 94-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Glendale, California / March 201
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Daniel Siegal, Glendale News-Press, Calif.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News March 01, 2013--A new hotel received final approval from the City Council on Tuesday, giving visitors to Glendale another lodging option within walking distance of the Americana at Brand, Glendale Galleria and other downtown businesses. In a 4-1 vote, the council approved a proposal from Los Angeles-based developer Vista Investments, LLC to build a five-story, 94-room Hampton Inn & Suites on an L-shaped lot on the southwest corner of Brand Boulevard and Colorado Street. Vista Investments owns eight other hote...
StepStone Hospitality Completes Renovation of the 103-room Hampton Inn Boston-Braintree in Massachu
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive BRAINTREE, Mass. - March 13, 2013 - StepStone Hospitality today announced that it has completed a renovation of Hampton Inn Boston-Braintree located at 215 Wood Road in Braintree, MA. "This renovation demonstrates our commitment to providing guests with the most up-to-date and high quality accommodations they've come to expect during their travels," said Gary Hibyan, general manager. "When travelers visit Hampton Inn Boston-Braintree they will continue to find the friendly service and value-added amenities synonymous with the Hampton name, all backed by our 100% Hampton Satisfaction Guaran...
Heather Turner Joins DiNapoli Capital Partners as Managing Director and Principal / March 2013
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Heather Turner Joins DiNapoli Capital Partners as Managing Director and Principal Los Gatos, CA - March 19, 2013 - DiNapoli Capital Partners, a privately held real estate investment firm, is pleased to announce that Heather Turner has joined the firm as Managing Director and Principal. She will lead the firm's hospitality platform with responsibility for new acquisitions and portfolio management. "Heather deepens our hotel transactions and asset management expertise as we enter this next cycle of investment," said F. Matthew DiNapoli, President and CEO of DiNapoli Capital Partners. "We be...
Hotel Technology Next Generation and China Hospitality Technology Alliance Form Strategic Partnersh
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive CHICAGO AND BEIJING | March 20, 2013 – Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) and China Hospitality Technology Alliance (CHTA) today announced a program of strategic cooperation to enhance and expedite the sharing of information, development of global standards and integration of hospitality technology in both Chinese and Western hospitality markets. Cooperation between HTNG, the membership association that unites the world's hospitality companies and technology innovators to solve industry challenges, and CHTA, an non-profit organization of Chinese hospitality technology leaders, w...
HTNG’s Most Innovative Hospitality Technology of 2012 Award Given to the Personal Media Network fro
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive CHICAGO | March 6, 2013 – Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the membership association that unites the world's hospitality companies and technology innovators to solve industry challenges, today announced that its member hoteliers had voted to award the 2012 "Most Innovative Hospitality Technology Award" to the Personal Media Network™ from Quadriga. The award is given annually to the technology that became available for use at hotels during the previous year. Voters selected this year's winners from a diverse field of 22 hospitality technology entrants. Product entries c...
Michael Leven, President and COO of Las Vegas Sands and a Self Proclaimed ‘Hotel Sales Guy’ Donates
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive McLean, Va. (March 22, 2013) – The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) and the HSMAI Foundation today announced, in conjunction with the annual Leadership Conference, a $1.0 million donation from the Mike and Andrea Leven Family Foundation. Their gift, combined with a $500,000 gift from Las Vegas Sands Corp., results in $1.5 million going toward HSMAI leadership programming and the development of HSMAI's presence in the Las Vegas area. Michael Leven, the current president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands, is a longtime industry leader, for...
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