Vicki Denfeld Promoted to Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, for Crestline Hotels &am
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive FAIRFAX, Va., March 20, 2013 -- James Carroll, President and CEO, Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc., today announced the promotion of Vicki Denfeld to Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing for the company. Ms. Denfeld joined Crestline in 2002 as Vice President of Sales & Marketing, and over the past 11 years has been promoted to Senior Vice President and now her current role as Executive Vice President. "Vicki is an integral part of our Company's senior leadership team," said Carroll. "With her direction and guidance in sales and marketing, Crestline has become one of the ...
Norfolk, Virginia and Gold Key PHR Hotels and Resorts to Take Another Shot at a $126 Million Hotel-
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jillian Nolin, The Virginian-PilotMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News March 02, 2013--NORFOLK -- The city will take another shot at a $126 million hotel-conference center downtown, this time working with Virginia Beach-based Gold Key PHR Hotels and Resorts. But the heavily subsidized project will have to survive the sequester first. The deal, formally announced Friday after months of negotiations, is similar to what has been proposed in the past. Gold Key would pay the majority of the construction costs for the hotel, while the city would pay for a 50,000-square-foot, high-tech conference ...
Two-year Saga of Stalled Contract Negotiations Rages on with Nearly 100 Union Backers Arrested in P
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Ed Komenda, Las Vegas SunMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News March 21, 2013--They sat in the middle of Las Vegas Boulevard and waited for the cops to throw them in jail. But the nearly 100 members of the Culinary Union Local 226 were not quiet in their waiting, blocking traffic for an hour Wednesday evening and chanting a message for the decision-makers of the Cosmopolitan resort, where union employees have been working without a contract for two years. "Cosmopolitan, look around, Las Vegas is a union town!" they yelled. "... No justice, no peace! ..." The public act of civil disobedience ...
UniFocus Lyncs Partners With Our Dedicated Teams Worldwide / March 2013
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Dallas, March 18, 2013 – UniFocus, a leading international hospitality provider of Smart Productivity Tools and Survey Solutions announces today the utilization of the latest communications technology transforming the way business gets done. "The dedication and personal service highly valued by our clientele in over 100 countries worldwide is now even easier to accomplish. Through the incorporation of the Microsoft's Lync system, our teams have the ability for real time face-to-face connections and collaborations with any of our business partners, wherever they may be located globall...
The Coming Bubble Could be Ugly / Joel Ross / March 2013
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive by Joel Ross, HotelNewsNow ColumnistMarch 2013 While revenue per available room exceeded what I predicted in 2012, it was primarily because some of what lies ahead is slower to arrive than I had thought. The bubble is growing, and unless Washington—and especially President Obama—act to reduce entitlements and overall spending and accomplishes true tax reform, the result of the bursting bubble someday will be very ugly. The projections of valuation increases going to the sky, which come forth from some appraisers, are based either on not understanding the macro issues, or simply...
2012 Construction Report North America; 21 Hotel Waterpark Resorts Opened in 2012 in USA / Jeff Coy
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive 2012 Construction Report North America21 Hotel Waterpark Resorts Opened in 2012 in USA By Jeff Coy, ISHC March 2013 For the parents of young children and hotel-resort owners, 2012 was a good year, not a great year, but a good one for hotel waterpark resorts. Twenty-one (21) waterparks opened in the USA during 2012 compared to 27 in 2011, 20 in 2010 and the record high of 40 in 2007. While money is just beginning to loosen up for families and hotel developers, new hotel construction is still rather flat, but resort acquisitions and expansions are rising. Of 21 projects opening, only two...
U.S. Lodging Growth Continues Despite Federal Economic Malaise / March 2013
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive March 12, 2013, Atlanta, Ga. – Despite news of "fiscal cliffs" and "sequesters" coming out of Washington D.C., the U.S. lodging industry is forecast to continue to achieve strong gains in both revenue and profits in 2013. According to the recently released March 2013 edition of Hotel Horizons®, PKF Hospitality Research, LLC (PKF-HR), is projecting that U.S. hotels will enjoy a 6.1 percent increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR) for the year, along with a 10.2 percent boost on the bottom-line net operating income. "The uncertainty and fear generated by Congress' handling o...
Startling Survey Results Reveal Entry Process Deters Millions of Overseas Travelers to the U.S.; 10
March 1, 2013
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013-- Overseas travelers are avoiding the United States due to "embarrassingly" lengthy and inefficient Customs and entry procedures at the nation's gateway airports according to a new survey released today by Consensus Research and the U.S. Travel Association. By experience and word-of-mouth, at least 100 million overseas travelers are receiving the message to avoid travel to the United States – costing the economy at least $95 billion in total output and 518,900 jobs across the economy. "Too many visitors to our country – one in three – report tha...
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