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Polynesian Themed, 361-room Sofitel The Palm Dubai Opens; Christophe Schnyder, General Manager
Sofitel, Manged by Accor | September 6, 2013
September 6, 2013 - Located on Dubai's must visit destination, the iconic Palm Jumeirah, the hotel boasts 361 island chic inspired guest rooms and suites, as well as 182 fully serviced apartments. Nestled within the tranquil groves of the Palm Jumeirah, the resort is encapsulated by a private 500m stretch of pearlescent beach, enabling guests to indulge in breath-taking sea views. Trumping a total of 100,000 square metres, Sofitel The Palm Dubai's distinct French luxury offering is embraced by rich and iconic elements of Polynesian culture and civilization. With an organic architecture and lush vertical gardens created by the French bot...
Through a Conversion, IHG to Open First Hotel in Turkey, the Holiday Inn Diyarbakir – City Center
IHG | September 6, 2013
September 6, 2013 - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the largest hotel companies in the world, continues to grow its presence in Turkey with the signing of its sixteenth hotel in the country and its first in Diyarbakir: Holiday Inn Diyarbakir – City Center. The 161-room hotel will be converted from an existing building under a franchise agreement with BED Turizm Company and coordinated by POYA Hotel Project Management Company. Due to open in 2015, the hotel's facilities will include a gym, spa, bar, restaurant, five meeting rooms on the mezzanine level, and a banqueting area on the roof terrace. The hotel will also feature ...
Benchmark Hospitality Names Ender Oktayuren Executive Chef at World of Whirlpool in Chicago, IL
Whirlpool Brand | September 6, 2013
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, September 6, 2013 - Benchmark Hospitality International®, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has named Ender Oktayuren executive chef for World of Whirlpool, located in the historic Reid Murdoch Building in the River North area of Chicago. Ken Jesina, conference center manager for World of Whirlpool, Whirlpool Corporation's flagship brand and product experience center for influencers in the appliance industry, made the announcement. "It is a pleasure to welcome Ender to the leadership team here at the World of Whirlpool," said Mr. Jesina. "He has been with us for a year and a half as so...
Radisson Blu Warwick Philadelphia Appoints Shannon Munley-Foster as Director of Sales and Marketing
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group | September 6, 2013
PHILADELPHIA (September 6, 2013) -- The new Radisson Blu Warwick Philadelphia today announced the appointment of Shannon Munley-Foster as director of sales and marketing. Munley-Foster will oversee all sales, marketing and public relations functions for the 301-room historic property. "Shannon will play a crucial role as we complete the conversion of the Radisson Plaza - Warwick Hotel Philadelphia to a Radisson Blu property," said Joanne Cunningham, general manager of the hotel. "Her extensive background in developing and executing sales and marketing initiatives for hotels throughout the US is vital to the property during this exciting...
Jeffery Burrell Named General Manager of the 230-key Westin Riverfront Beaver Creek, Colorado
Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain | September 6, 2013
AVON, Colo. (Sept. 6, 2013) - The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain is pleased to announce that Jeffery Burrell is now serving as the General Manager of the award-winning resort. With more than 15 years of hospitality experience, Burrell helped open The Westin Riverfront in 2008 as the Director of Operations, a position that he held for more than 4 years and where he oversaw the sustainable luxury efforts that helped the resort become Colorado's first Silver LEED certified hotel. Burrell most recently served as the General Manager of Virginia's historic Mountain Lake Lodge, which completed an extensive multi-mi...
Choice Hotels Appoints Thomas Song as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Choice Hotels | September 6, 2013
ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 6, 2013 -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's largest hotel companies, today announced it has named Thomas Song as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Mr. Song will report to Patrick Pacious, Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Operations at Choice Hotels. In his new role, Mr. Song will direct strategic initiatives that drive growth and profitability. He also will lead the company's efforts to identify and evaluate corporate investment opportunities, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic business alliances. "In today's global marketplace, companies with unique...
Honey, I Shrunk The Ritz: Historic Greenwich Village, NY Building Reborn as The 107-room Marlton
The Owners | September 6, 2013
New York City, September 5, 2013 - Built in 1900, the building once known as the Marlton House has long attracted bold-faced names and counterculture icons. From Lillian Gish to Neal Cassady, the building's past is as storied as the neighborhood it sits in. Valerie Solanas was living in the Marlton House when she shot Andy Warhol, and Lenny Bruce lived here while standing trial for obscenity. Dame Maggie Smith, John Lithgow, and Mickey Rourke all spent time here, while Jack Kerouac wrote two novellas, The Subterraneans and Tristessa, while living in the hotel. In more recent years, the building has served as a freshman dormitory for The...
HFTP Extends the Next Version of GUESTROOM 20X
GUESTROOM 20X | September 6, 2013
Austin, Texas, USA (September 5, 2013) - Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) announces an extension to the GUESTROOM 20X project schedule. A new version of the special exhibit was set to debut at the 2014 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®), which displays the hospitality industry's most innovative technologies for the guestroom. Instead it will be moved to a future date to allow time for the development of a wider range of game changing guest technologies. The most recent version was shown at HITEC 2012 in Baltimore, Md. The additional time for the exhibit's production allows for ...
EI Signs GAP Agreement with Human Capital Hotel & Tourism Training Institute in Kenya
American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute | September 6, 2013
Orlando, Florida, September 6, 2013 - The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) has established a Global Academic Partner (GAP) agreement with Human Capital Hotel & Tourism Training Institute (HCHTTI), an academic institution established in Mombasa, Kenya, in January 2013 to provide short- and long-term training programs in hospitality and tourism. Under the direction of David Kimanthi, CHT, the institute prepares students for hospitality and tourism training careers in East Africa. The school is strategically affiliated to Human Capital Experts Limited, a leading consultancy firm in recruitment, capacity building and...
Founders of La Quinta, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises to Enter Hospitality Hall of Honor
Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management | September 5, 2013
HOUSTON—Pioneering hotelier Sam Barshop and successful restaurateur Richard Melman will be inducted into the Hospitality Industry Hall of Honor this year at the University of Houston's Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management. The Hall of Honor, which is housed at Hilton College, was created in 1995 to recognize industry leaders who have made extraordinary contributions to American and international business and society. Barshop, founder of La Quinta Inns & Suites and creator of the limited-service hotel concept, is a Texas native whose lodging career began in San Antonio in 1963. In 1968, he opened the first tw...
RFR Holding Selects Interstate Hotels to Manage New York’s Landmark Paramount Hotel
RFR Holding LLC | September 5, 2013
September 5, 2013 - The Paramount Hotel, a landmark property in the heart of New York's Theater District, is proud to announce its new management company, Interstate Hotels & Resorts. RFR Holding LLC, which owns the hotel, chose Interstate Hotels & Resorts as it is the leading U.S. - based global hotel management company, with over 50 years of success that is unmatched in the hospitality industry. Built in 1928, The Paramount was recently upgraded with a spectacular design and new amenities, and requires a game-changing management team to elevate the growing Paramount brand. The new management company will enhance operations at ...
New California Hotels Corp. to Open The OCEAN ONE Resort in Lauderdale By The Sea, FL in Spring 2014
New California Hotels Corporation | September 5, 2013
LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA, Fla., Sept. 5, 2013 -- After two years of planning and development, New California Hotels Corporation plans to unveil OCEAN ONE in the Spring of 2014. The venture brings two new boutique concepts to Lauderdale By The Sea, OCEAN ONE Resort and The Bungalows. The OCEAN ONE Resort is located at 4116 Ocean Avenue. The Resort will be Lauderdale By The Seas' largest comprised of 186 guest rooms located on 3.5 acres of land adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and 26 Bungalows directly on the beach. The former Holiday Inn is undergoing a complete transition, two brand new restaurants, a pool with cabanas, and other amenities c...
New California Hotels Corp. Brings 17-Acre Mixed Use Development with 192-room Hotel to Troy, MI
California Hotels Corporation | September 5, 2013
TROY, Mich., Sept. 5, 2013 - New California Hotels Corporation together with Park Avenue Investments LLC, is developing a new concept for the Detroit area. The 17 Acre mixed use development will be named LA SQUARE, a brainchild of CEO Remo Polselli. The development was inspired by The Grove in Los Angeles, California. Originally, the site of the Northfield Hilton, it is currently, the Met Hotel Troy. LA Square will be located off of the I-75 and Crooks Exit at 5500 Crooks Road in the City of Troy, Michigan. The hotel access road from Crooks Road, once a boulevard directly to the hotel will be converted into a 200 yard long 60 ft. wide p...
Vancouver Based Executive Hotels & Resorts Starts Construction on Executive Hotel Le Soleil New York
The Executive Group Of Companies | September 5, 2013
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Sept. 4, 2013 - The Executive Group announced today it has started construction on the Executive Hotel Le Soleil New York; a 163 suite boutique luxury hotel which will be a sister hotel to its already successful Executive Hotel Le Soleil Vancouver. Building off the popularity of the Executive Le Soleil brand and style of design, this new location is under construction in the heart of Mid Town Manhattan at the prime intersection of 5th Avenue and W 36th St. The projected completion date for the Executive Hotel Le Soleil New York is late 2014 and when completed, will be the 17th location in the Executive Hote...
Accor Signs Agreement for Three Moscow, Russia Hotels that Will Add 700 Rooms to Group’s Portfolio
Accor | September 5, 2013
September 5, 2013 - Accor, the world's leading hotel operator, announces that it has entered into a long-term Management Agreement with one of the largest Russian development companies PATERO Development* to manage a hotel complex as part of a multi-functional center to be constructed next to Kievsky Railway Station, in the center of Moscow. This development will add 700 rooms to the capital of Russia and confirms the Group's commitment to Russia, as Accor celebrates its 21st anniversary on the Russian market. The Group currently operates 5 hotels in Moscow and a network of 18 hotels in Russia and the CIS. "Russia is one of the most imp...
Occidental Grand Papagayo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica to Become Adults Only Beginning November 2013
| September 5, 2013
(Madrid, Spain) - September 5, 2013 - Occidental Hotels & Resorts has announced that Occidental Grand Papagayo will convert to an Adults Only property beginning November 1, 2013. This transition will make the property, located on a quiet hillside cove overlooking the lush tropical gardens of Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, the first Adults Only hotel in the luxurious Central American destination. The decision to convert the resort to an Adults Only location grew from a number of significant factors including past guest metrics that proved a growing trend from Papagayo's clientele requesting an Adults Only experience. Occidental Hotels a...
Cheraz Ecker Named as General Manager for the 356-room Loews Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Loews Madison Hotel | September 5, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC (September 5, 2013) --- Loews Hotels & Resorts today announced the appointment of Cheraz Ecker as General Manager of Loews Madison Hotel. With 25 years of hospitality experience, she will manage all sales, marketing and operational aspects of the hotel. Ecker was most recently the Director of Rooms Division for the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. While there, she successfully reversed declining service scores and implemented processes that significantly increased revenues without compromising quality. Previously, Ecker was Director of Operations for The Venetian Las Vegas Resort Hotel Casino and opene...
1H 2013 Total Hotel Transactions Increase Slightly (YoY); Portfolio Transactions Begin to Accelerate
Lodging Econometrics | September 5, 2013
September 5, 2013 - Lodging Econometrics' (LE's) report: For 1H 2013 Total Hotel Transactions and Property Transfers improved to 604 hotels/ 85,200 rooms, up 240 hotels over the 1H 2012 total of 364 hotels. Of the 240 hotels, 216 were for hotels sold within portfolios. Individual transactions at 334 hotels are up only 32 hotels Year over Year (YoY). M&A Property Transfers are non-existent but are expected to accelerate as the first leg of the real estate cycle is likely to draw to a close over the next 12 – 18 months. Transaction volume is a long way from the record of 3,218 hotels/ 441,617 rooms set in 2007, just as the financial...
Marriott International Appoints Dennis Whitelaw Country Manager and General Manager for Costa Rica
Costa Rica Marriott Hotel San Jose | September 5, 2013
New York (Sept. 5, 2013) - Marriott International reinforces its presence in Central America with the appointment of Dennis Whitelaw as both the Country Manager responsible for all managed properties in Costa Rica and General Manager for Costa Rica Marriott Hotel San Jose. Dennis is an award-winning leader with more than 32 years of hospitality experience with Marriott International. "Dennis' past and present successes with our brand and his strength in connecting travelers to new destinations will heighten the brand's presence in Central America, further establishing us among Costa Rica's most celebrated accommodations" said Kevin Schw...
Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Todd M. Felsen as Vice President of Operations
September 5, 2013
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, September 5, 2013 - Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has named Todd M. Felsen vice president of operations. Greg Champion, Benchmark's chief operating officer, made the announcement. Mr. Felsen will be based in Benchmark's Home Office in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston. "We congratulate Todd on his new appointment with Benchmark Hospitality," said Mr. Champion. "He comes to his position with significant proven experience and success with on-property leadership positions, and as well as previous corporate leadership expertise. Todd is a welcome ad...
The Minneapolis Marriott West Hotel Receives Prestigious TripAdvisor Green Leaders Award
TripAdvisor | September 5, 2013
Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2013 ... CSM Lodging, a division of CSM Corporation, has announced that its property, the Minneapolis Marriott West Hotel, located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has received the prestigious Bronze GreenLeaders™ Award from TripAdvisor®, the world's largest travel website. The GreenLeaders program helps travelers plan greener trips by identifying environmentally-friendly lodging accommodations across the United States. TripAdvisor awards GreenLeaders status to hotels that have met a set of environmental standards developed by a leading environmental consulting firm, with input from expert partners. The...
Aqua Hospitality to Assume Management of the 216-key Pacific Monarch in Honolulu, Hawaii
September 5, 2013
Honolulu, Hawaii - September 5, 2013 - Aqua Hospitality continues to expand its Waikiki portfolio with the addition of the Pacific Monarch, a condominium resort just a block and a half to Waikiki beach. Effective October 16, 2013, the company will assume management of the property, which will be flagged under the company's Aqua Hotels and Resorts brand. "The Pacific Monarch offers the sought-after combination of spacious, comfortable rooms and a fabulous location near all Waikiki has to offer," said Elizabeth Churchill, Aqua Hospitality's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "We are pleased to be able to offer our guests a styl...
Aimbridge Hospitality Chosen to Manage the 223-room Embassy Suites Baton Rouge in Louisiana
Aimbridge Hospitality | September 5, 2013
DALLAS, TEXAS (September 5, 2013) - Aimbridge Hospitality, the nation's second largest independent hotel management and investment firm, announced today that it has been chosen to manage the Embassy Suites Baton Rouge Hotel, located in the heart of Baton Rouge just minutes from Louisiana State University. The Embassy Suites Baton Rouge will soon undergo a full renovation to the property's public space, meetings and events space and all guestrooms. The hotel will remain open during renovations, and the updates and improvements are expected to be complete in summer 2014. The all-suite, 223-room hotel boasts more than 7,000 square feet of ...
Duetto Expands its Commitment to Innovation with a Newly Expanded Customer Success Team
Duetto | September 5, 2013
Revenue Management Professionals with Decades of Experience, Deliver First-Class Support for Hoteliers Who Get the Duetto Edge San Francisco, September 5, 2013 -- Duetto, the only cloud-based technology firm focused on revenue management for the hotel industry, announced the expansion of its Customer Success Team to support the accelerating adoption of Duetto Edge -- an innovative product that is helping hotels increase revenues by optimizing demand with new data sets while integrating previously unavailable operational intelligence. Duetto's Co-Founder and Chief Analytics Officer, Marco Benvenuti, said, "We are pleased to further our ...
