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Work Begins on 77-room Country Inn & Suites in Enid, Oklahoma
August 1, 2013
Aug. 01--ENID, Okla. -- The co-owner of a planned Country Inn & Suites said he is anxious about getting his hotel built. Mihir Barve confirmed Thursday dirt work on the 77-room hotel at 710 Mill Run has begun, and he hopes to have the hotel completed within the year. Site plans for the hotel were approved by the city in July 2012. Barve said despite other hotels being built in Enid, the market and economy can sustain the Country Inn & Suites. "It's not a full-service hotel, so it's gonna be along the lines of like a Holiday Inn Express. It's somewhere like maybe a three star-type property," Barve said. He said the typical guest
Maui’s Former Ritz-Carlton Time-Share Units to Become Montage Kapalua Bay, a Luxury Hotel
August 1, 2013
Aug. 01--A 50-room hotel will replace unsold time-share units at Maui's former Ritz-Carlton time-share and condominium resort in Kapalua under a plan by the property's new owner and management firm. The all-suite luxury hotel is projected to open early next year following a multimillion-dollar upgrade to the property now known as the The Residences at Kapalua Bay, the firms announced today. After the conversion, the resort will become the Montage Kapalua Bay managed by Montage Hotels & Resorts, a company hired by an affiliate of real estate firm Lantern Asset Management that acquired the Kapalua property earlier this year at a forec
Westar Associates Break Ground on New Marriott Spring Hill Suites in Atascadero, CA
August 1, 2013
Aug. 01--Developers broke ground on a 130-room Marriott Spring Hill Suites hotel on Atascadero's north end last week. The four-story Marriott project, located on six acres in the Home Depot shopping center on San Ramon Road and El Camino Real, is slated to be complete in 2014. The approximately 80,000-square-foot hotel will have a "wine country inspired design" with exhibit space, a pool, Jacuzzi and a bar, according to a press release. The hotel project also includes two additional building pads totaling 18,000 square feet suitable for restaurants, gas stations or retail. Details on possible tenants for those spots weren't disclosed. C
Iowa City’s Century Old Jefferson Building May Return to its Past Glory as a Hotel Once Again
August 1, 2013
Aug. 01--IOWA CITY -- A century after opening as one of Iowa's nicest hotels, there's talk of returning downtown Iowa City's Jefferson Building to its past glory. The University of Iowa and the city of Iowa City want to study the possible re-purposing of the UI-owned property, 129 E. Washington St., with a leading idea being to convert it from its current mix of retail and office space into a boutique hotel. "The notion of it going back to a hotel, with everything that is happening with downtown Iowa City right now, we think it's a consistent vision and would be an asset to downtown," said Jeff Davidson, the city's director of planning
DeBartolo Development Acquires the Aqua Waikiki Pearl; Future Planned Development Includes 2 Hotels
August 1, 2013
Aug. 01--The developer of a planned regional shopping center in Kapolei has bought a Waikiki hotel. Florida-based DeBartolo Development LLC, which plans to develop the Ka Makana Alii mall on 67 acres leased from the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, announced today that it has bought the 132-room Aqua Waikiki Pearl. A price was not disclosed. Formerly known as the Honolulu Prince Hotel, the Waikiki Pearl at 415 Nahua St. between Kuhio Avenue and Ala Wai Boulevard completed a $5 million renovation in 2009 under previous owner Ramsfield Hospitality Finance based in New York. DeBartolo said its first hotel acquisition in Hawaii enha
Visit Seattle Continues to Push Boundaries with nSight Business Intelligence
nSight | July 31, 2013
nSight Helps One of World's Most Inventive Cities Target Travelers with Search-Driven Data NASHVILLE, TN – August 1, 2013 – Visit Seattle, the official destination marketing organization (DMO) for Seattle, has signed with nSight to provide a complete view of its global online opportunity and drive incremental visitors to Seattle using its new business intelligence solution. nSight, the largest aggregator of global travel search and booking data, enables Visit Seattle to understand its active travel consumers, create more relevant marketing and make better business decisions – all based on searches that are happening now. Most rece
Westin St. John Resort and Villas in the U.S. Virgin Islands to Get $12 Million Makeover
July 31, 2013
July 31--ST. THOMAS -- The Westin St. John Resort and Villas is getting a makeover. Beginning in August, the resort will spend about $12 million for renovations during the next year. The bulk of the spending will be going towards improving 96 beach and poolside rooms. The renovations will not include improvements for the remaining 76 rooms and 146 villas on the property. "We try to update on a regular basis," said Dawn Parisi, director of sales and marketing for the resort. The carpeting and the wallpaper are the main indoor aesthetics that will be replaced. The exterior "shake," or the wood siding that covers the outside of the buildin
Can Zagat’s New Restaurant App Out-Yelp The Original?
July 31, 2013
July 31--How can one more restaurant review app make your smartphone any smarter? While "To Yelp" has become a popular verb in some circles, Zagat is making a comeback bid with a slightly different approach. Monday the well-known guidebook company, owned by Google since 2011, released a revamped free app that incorporates both the expected restaurant review material with the addition of a roundup of blog posts from its various city editors. The app is available for both iOS and Android phones. So not only can you look up restaurants and find out what other Zagat-eers think of them, but if you have a mind to, you can read blog posts such