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Donald Trump Aiming for Luxury in Washington DC’s Landmark Post Office Built Between 1892 and 1899
October 7, 2013
Oct. 07--WASHINGTON -- Washington DC is free of skyscrapers, so the one conspicuous point on the city's skyline is the 96-metre-tall tower of the Old Post Office Pavilion. But behind the imposing facade, it's a low-rent place of hot-dog stands and T-shirt shops. New York real estate magnate Donald Trump wants to change this. His aim is to convert the building into a luxury hotel for the high and the mighty in the US capital. In early August Trump signed a rental agreement initially to run for 60 years. For 200 million dollars, the building is to be completely revamped. One of the highlights is to be a 1,200-square-metre ballroom, becomi
Adrian Loveridge’s Barbados Tourism Matters Column: A Continued Facade of Delusion
October 7, 2013
Oct. 07--When you read such emotive statements as "in two months we would have reached the enviable target of over one billion earned impressions on our digital properties supporting brand Barbados", you perhaps cannot fail to be left in a condition of awestruck wonder. But then, reflecting on the words, what does this actually mean and how does it impact on our current tourism performance? It's quickly realised that, while the less informed may get blown away with the flowery phraseology, certainly in the last 17 consecutive months it has not had any positive effective on driving increased long stay visitor arrivals. We are also now in
Holi Corp. Hopes to Break Ground in Q1 2014 for 160-room Hotel in Navarre Beach, Florida
October 7, 2013
Oct. 07--MILTON -- Having a new hotel built on the site of the former Holiday Inn on Navarre Beach is coming closer to reality. Holi Corp president Marilyn Hess, who owns the lease on the 18-acre property, has submitted a request asking Santa Rosa County to approve specific incentives to help move the new hotel's development forward. "Our plans are progressing to the point where we are in a position where we feel we can break ground in the first of the year," said Joel Farley, spokesperson for Holi Corp. "We're very excited." The proposed project will be a 160-room hotel with a national brand. Included will be an indoor and outdoor pool
New-Build 70-room Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Opens in Aztec, New Mexico
October 7, 2013
Oct. 07--AZTEC -- Aztec now has 70 more beds to offer its visitors. Although delayed by a couple of days, the new Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham in Aztec opened its doors for business at noon Friday. Located at the south end of downtown Aztec near the intersection of Pepsi Way and U.S. Highway 550, the hotel is positioned to capture motorists traveling up from Albuquerque or down from Durango, Colo. And the availability of added lodging for tourists couldn't have come at a better time. With events like the Aztec Highland Games and Celtic Music Festival and the Northern Navajo Nation Fair drawing visitors to the area over the weeke
Joe and Francis McCann Partnership Sues Former Partners in Holiday Inn Express in Lewiston, ID
October 6, 2013
Oct. 06--Joe and Frances McCann Limited Partnership has filed suit in 2nd District Court against William J. Lawson, Christopher R. Ashenbrener and L&A Hospitality LLC., on five counts, including fraud and violating their fiduciary duty. McCann is suing the same two Spokane-area entrepreneurs that it joined back in October 2000 to build the Holiday Inn Express on Nez Perce Drive in Lewiston. With Ashenbrener's and Lawson's hotel expertise, the three parties joined forces to form AL&M. In 2005, they entered into another admission agreement to construct the College Place apartments at 814 Fourth St., and the 108-unit Suncrest apart
Developers Bringing More Hotels to Meridian, MS; Ascent Hospitality Plans Two, Others in the Works
October 6, 2013
Oct. 06--MERIDIAN -- City officials are working together to get things moving for a developer who wants to build two new hotels in Meridian. This comes just two days after Mayor Percy Bland announced another hotel development. Bland said on Tuesday that an additional plan is in the works for a new hotel, unrelated to the one recently announced by John Tampa of Ascent Hospitality Management Co. Tampa, who first announced his plans in September, told the Meridian City Council at a work session on Thursday that he is moving ahead with his plans to build a Marriott Fairfield Inn and Suites; a Marriott TownePlace Suites, an office building a
Peachtree Hotel Group of Atlanta Acquires the Hilton Garden Inn in Tupelo, Mississippi
October 5, 2013
Oct. 05--TUPELO -- The Hilton Garden Inn in Tupelo has been sold to Peachtree Hotel Group of Atlanta. The hotel in the Fairpark District was opened by Master Hospitality of Memphis in November 2006 and represented a $22 million investment The hotel opened with 110 rooms, but within six months, Master Hospitality owner Tom Ricketts announced an expansion of the hotel. Forty-eight rooms were added, with the work completed in 2008. HREC Investment Advisors represented Ricketts and Master Hospitality in the deal. Peachtree owns or manages 40 hotels across the country. In the undisclosed purchase agreement with Master Hospitality, the compan
Austin, Texas Hotel Development Boom Rolls On; 40% Increase in Guest Rooms Likely by 2016
October 5, 2013
Oct. 05--During the past decade, downtown Austin ushered in a wave of housing with new condominium and apartment towers. Now, a tide of hotel development is sweeping the central business district that could add more than 3,200 guest rooms during the next three years, a roughly 40 percent increase over the current downtown stock of just more than 8,000. Those numbers don't even include the latest announcement, a project proposed by Chicago-based Magellan Development Group that could rise 35 to 50 stories with one or two hotels, plus apartments, at East Fifth and Brazos streets. And about another 1,450 rooms are in the planning stage in o