Case Study – Expedia Partnership Keeps Ship Afloat DuringChallenging Times / Brett T. Forshag / Ma
May 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Case Study - Expedia Partnership Keeps Ship Afloat During Challenging Times By Brett T. Forshag,Vice President of Sales, HRI Lodging, Inc., May 7, 2013 The New Orleans hotel market is a difficult mistress, simultaneously enticing and demanding, rewarding and infuriating hoteliers in the Crescent City. Never is this more apparent (and occasionally painful) than when taking over a hotel in need of renovation and reflagging. Visitors to New Orleans love the city's architecture, its history, its unique atmosphere and idiosyncratic lifestyle. As a result, visitors expect a certain amount of cha...
The Three-Year $168 Million Renovation is Complete for the2,019-room Hyatt Regency Chicago / May 2
May 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Three-Year $168 Million Renovation is Complete for the 2,019-room Hyatt Regency Chicago May 2, 2013 - Located next to the intersection of Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue - the crossroads of Chicago - and on the southern shore of the Chicago River, Hyatt Regency Chicago unveils the anticipated results of a three-year renovation designed by the acclaimed architects and planners at Bentel + Bentel, involving the East Tower lobby, East and West Tower guestrooms, as well as meeting spaces and re-concepted dining experiences into a modern, sleek oasis for travelers and locals alike. Hyatt R...
Scaled Down Convention Center Projects in Osceola County,Florida Does Little in Bolstering Areas T
May 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Scaled Down Convention Center Projects in Osceola County, Florida Does Little in Bolstering Areas Tourism Corridor By Sara K. Clarke, Orlando SentinelMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 06, 2013--It was an outrageous claim: Osceola County was going to get a convention-center complex so big you could see it from the moon. Fifteen years and many fizzled efforts later, the best the county could muster is 46,000 square feet of meeting and event space in the recently opened Osceola County Conference Center. Meanwhile, 17 miles away, Orange County's government-run convention center, which op...
NewcrestImage Finalizes Merger and Brings All Three CompaniesUnder the Same Banner / May 2013
May 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Newcrest Image Finalizes Merger and Brings All Three Companies Under the Same Banner Frisco, Tex., May 31, 2013. The highly anticipated merger of Newcrest Management and Image Hospitality has been completed, and the two companies have now become NewcrestImage, a vertically integrated company offering a broad portfolio of services in hotel development, construction, and management. The alliance, which had included Newcrest Development, Brightman Construction and Image Hospitality, has been rebranded, with all three groups under the NewcrestImage banner. Since the initial merger announcement...
Chef Krisztian Karkus Hired as Executive Chef for the 322-keyMeritage Resort and Spa in Napa, Cali
May 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Chef Krisztian Karkus Hired as Executive Chef for the 322-key Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, California NAPA, Calif. (May 30, 2013) – The Meritage Resort and Spa, located in Napa, Calif., has hired Krisztian Karkus as its new executive chef. Chef Karkus, comes to The Meritage Resort from one of its sister properties in the Meritage Collection, The Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, Calif. With his experience in working at resorts throughout the country and around the world, Chef Karkus, who grew up in Hungary, plans to continue to introduce new flavors and dishes across each of th...
Destination Hotels & Resorts Appoints Kevin Barosso asAssistant Vice President of National Sal
May 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Destination Hotels & Resorts Appoints Kevin Barosso as Assistant Vice President of National Sales Englewood, Colo. – May 7, 2013 – Destination Hotels & Resorts announces the appointment of Kevin Barosso as Assistant Vice President of National Sales. In his new corporate role, Barosso will lead the Destination Hotels & Resorts National Group Sales Organization, including business plan development and revenue achievement. The position will also provide leadership, performance management oversight and future deployment strategy for the affinity team leaders and affinit...
HVS Projects Hotel Values to Return to Pre-Recession HighsLast Seen in 2006 / May 2013
May 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive HVS Projects Hotel Values to Return to Pre-Recession Highs Last Seen in 2006 By Sara K. Clarke and Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel McClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 05, 2013--Hotel-valuation company HVS hosted its first-ever nationwide update last week -- linking hoteliers in Orlando with those in 11 other markets for a seminar on how the lodging industry is faring. The company, which recently opened an Orlando office, projected 2013 will be a year of more transactions and refinancing deals with increasingly favorable terms. The company also expects U.S. hotel values to finally return to ...
Glen Cove Mansion Launches Roaring 20s Meeting Package On LongIsland’s Historic Gold Coast, Settin
May 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Glen Cove Mansion Launches Roaring 20s Meeting Package On Long Island's Historic Gold Coast, Setting for The Great Gatsby Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, May 2013 … The I.A.C.C.-certified Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center, arguably the nation's first dedicated conference center hotel, was the original summer estate of the historic Pratt family of Standard Oil and later The Pratt Institute. The former manor house was once one of 600 palatial mansions that once made up Long Island's legendary Gold Coast, made forever famous when F.S. Fitzgerald used it as the setting...
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