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Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Downtown/Seaport Transforms Historic Warehouse Into Hotel
Residence Inn by Marriott | June 24, 2013
The 120-suite Property is Owned by an Affiliate of Norwich Partners and Managed by True North Hotel Group, Inc Boston, MA - June 25, 2013 - A new 120-suite Residence Inn by Marriott opened this week in downtown Boston's Seaport District, breathing new life into a six-story classical revival-style 1900s building once likely used for sugar and molasses warehousing. Located at 370 Congress Street, the Residence Inn Boston Downtown/Seaport will operate as a Marriott franchise, owned by an affiliate of Norwich Partners and managed by True North Hotel Group, Inc. Group One Partners, Inc., of Boston served as architect and designer. Originall...
Driftwood Hospitality Management Appointed to Manage Costa Rica’s Arenal Lodge
Driftwood Hospitality Management | June 24, 2013
North Palm Beach, Fla. - June 25, 2013 - Driftwood Hospitality Management (www.TheDriftwoodDifference.com) today announced it has been selected to manage the 50-room Arenal Lodge in Fortuna de San Carlos, Costa Rica. This charming mountain escape is the company's third property in Costa Rica. It joins the oceanfront Flamingo Beach Resort & Spa and San Jose's city center Holiday Inn San Jose Downtown - Aurola, rounding out Driftwood's offerings for metropolitan, beach and mountain travelers. "The number of international travelers to Costa Rica has increased substantially over the past few years, with a record 2.34 million in 2012. We...
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Expands Presence in Saudi Arabia with Three New Hotels in Makkah
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | June 24, 2013
Scheduled to Debut in 2015, the New Sheraton, Westin and Four Points by Sheraton Hotels Add Nearly 1,500 Rooms to the Holy City MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia---Jun. 25, 2013 -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) has signed an agreement with Jabal Omar Development Company to open three new hotels in the Holy City of Makkah. As part of the Jabal Omar Development project, Starwood will add 1,496 rooms to the city under the company's Sheraton®, Westin® and Four Points® by Sheraton brands when the hotels open in 2015. Starwood currently operates 10 properties in Saudi Arabia, the second largest market for the company in the Midd...
The 100-suite Residence Inn Hotel Opens in Irmo, South Carolina
Residence Inn | June 24, 2013
Owned by South Side Parners, LLC and Managed by Solara Hospitality, LLC Irmo, South Carolina - June 25, 2013 - The 100-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in Irmo, South Carolina is scheduled to open on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Located at 944 Lake Murray Boulevard, the Residence Inn Columbia Northwest/Harbison will operate as a Marriott franchise, owned by South Side Parners, LLC and managed by Solara Hospitality, LLC. Located 10 minutes from downtown Columbia and 13 miles from Columbia Metropolitan Airport, the Residence Inn Columbia Northwest/Harbison offers its guests convenient access to the University of South Carolina, Lake Murray, Har...
The 300-room Embassy Suites Baltimore Downtown Opens in Maryland, Re-flagging the Tremont Suites
Embassy Suites Hotels | June 24, 2013
MCLEAN, Va., June 25, 2013 -- Embassy Suites Hotels welcomes the arrival of the upscale hotel brand's third property in the state of Maryland, the Embassy Suites Baltimore-Downtown. After undergoing extensive renovation, the newly converted property now includes an array of exciting new and re-concepted amenities for business and leisure travelers alike in the thriving downtown Baltimore area. "We're pleased to mark the official opening of our Baltimore-Downtown property," said John Rogers, global head of Embassy Suites Hotels. "As we're focused on growing the brand in urban markets, this is an excellent demonstration of how our flexibl...
Quadriga Announces Suite of Smart TV Solutions From LG, Philips and Samsung
Quadriga | June 24, 2013
Fully Integrated with Sensiq Platform and New PMN Solution - Supported by Contract Signings in Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the USA See us at HITEC 2013, Booth 1243 25th June 2013 - Quadriga, the hospitality industry.s leading integrator of network applications and entertainment systems, has announced today it is incorporating the new Smart TV ranges from LG, Philips and Samsung into its portfolio, to offer its customers unparalleled choice and flexibility. It also announces the option for hotel customers to enjoy the functionality of its leading Sensiq platform and its award-winning PMN solution via these new Smart TVs, without ...
Southern Living Introduces a Branded Hotel Collection Featuring Properties in 18 Southern States
Southern Living | June 24, 2013
New York, NY - June 25, 2013 - Time Inc.'s Southern Living introduces the Southern Living Hotel Collection, a small, curated group of independent, four- and five-star level hotels, resorts and inns that span 18 Southern states and offer the best in authentic Southern hospitality. Hotels in the collection are vetted according to the same criteria editors use to determine editorial coverage. The collection is by invitation only. Each hotel in the collection provides a memorable experience through impeccable service, outstanding cuisine, high-quality facilities and the finest amenities. The collection will launch with 15 hotels, but the br...
Marc Sternagel of Novotel New York Times Square Named ‘General Manager of the Year’ by HSMAI Chapter
Novotel | June 24, 2013
New York, NY - June 25, 2013 - Marc Sternagel of Novotel New YorkTimes Square has been named 'General Manager of the Year' by the Greater New York Chapter of the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI). Presented last week at the 20th annual Frank W. Berkman Tourism Achievement Award black-tie event, Sternagel accepted the prestigious honor as he oversees a complete $85 million renovation of the 480-room Novotel New York Times Square. Upon completion in September 2013, the project will create an edgy and exciting respite for contemporary travelers to emerge and engage in the heart of Times Square. Educated in...
Intelity’s ICE Introduced to Vietnam and Casino Markets at The Grand Ho Tram Strip
Intelity | June 24, 2013
The launch will be Intelity's first implementation of its ICE guest service technology in Vietnam and at a casino property. HO TRAM, Vietnam and ORLANDO, Fla., June 25, 2013 -The Grand Ho Tram Strip, the first large-scale, integrated luxury resort and entertainment destination in Vietnam, will feature Intelity's ICE guest services platform. The installation in the resort's 541 guest rooms and suites will mark several achievements for one of the dominant companies in hospitality technology - first launch in a casino hotel, first partnership with a Vietnamese hotel, and the first installation of the ICEbox, Intelity's new hotel TV solutio...
Quadriga Americas Expands Operational Team to Support Growing Customer Base
Quadriga | June 24, 2013
Following Industry Recognition for its Technology Quadriga Americas Expands Team See Us At HITEC 2013, Booth 1243 TORRANCE, CA - June 25th 2013: Quadriga Americas announces that it has expanded its organization in three key areas, to support its growing business and customer base: field sales, business operations and financial management. This expansion follows industry recognition for the company's Personal Media Network mobile application which was awarded HTNG's "Most Innovative Technology Award 2012". Quadriga is the global hospitality industry's leading integrator of network applications and in-room entertainment systems, with offi...
FCS and Metropolis Technologies Partner to Distribute i-Guest Mobile Guest Services Platform for Hot
FCS | June 24, 2013
Partnership between leading industry technology providers makes best-in-class hospitality guest services platform widely available to hotels across North America. Atlanta, GA and Ft. Lauderdale, FL — June 25, 2013 — FCS Computer Systems, a leading global provider of comprehensive hospitality guest services applications and solution design services, has announced that an agreement has been signed with the leading telemanagement software provider Metropolis Technologies to distribute the revolutionary hospitality guest services platform, FCS i-Guest. Through the new agreement, Metropolis will now offer the mobile-friendly FCS i-Guest ...
iTesso’s New i4Guests Provides Mobile Self-Service Solution for Guests
iTesso | June 24, 2013
PMS-integrated mobile check-in solution also handles secure payment transactions MINNEAPOLIS — JUNE 25, 2013 — The days of checking into a hotel and hoping the front desk agent assigns you a room in your ideal area of the hotel—whether close to or far from the elevators, near the pool, away from the ballroom, or whatever your preference—are now in the past. iTesso, maker of the hospitality industry's most comprehensive hotel enterprise management system, has unveiled a self-service mobile solution that enables guests to select their own guestroom, as well as providing a host of other convenient benefits to both the guest and hot...
Clairvoyix and SundaySky Partner to Deliver Personalized Video Solutions to the Hospitality Industry
SundaySky | June 24, 2013
SmartVideo Promises to Revolutionize Guest Experiences that Boost Loyalty and Engagement Visit Clairvoyix in Booth # 1049 at HITEC 2013 Henderson, Nev., June 25 , 2013 – Clairvoyix, the leader in enterprise class, hospitality specific marketing automation, announced today at HITEC 2013 a partnership with SundaySky, the creator of SmartVideo, to bring personalized, real-time video solutions to the hospitality industry. The partnership combines two powerful marketing platforms to help hospitality brands communicate meaningful marketing and transactional messages that will further endear guests to their properties, their people, and thei...
Clairvoyix Brings Big Data Down to Size and Quantifies the Value of the Marketing Database
Clairvoyix, LLC | June 24, 2013
Using Historical Transactions in the Marketing Database Clairvoyix is able to Determine the Unrealized Value of a Property's Past Guests Visit Clairvoyix in Booth # 1049 at HITEC 2013 Henderson, NV, June 25, 2013 – Clairvoyix, the leader in enterprise class, hospitality specific marketing automation, is once again "bringing big data down to size" by giving our clients the ability to assign a dollar amount to the past guest data stored in their Clairvoyix hosted marketing database. Today Clairvoyix announces the Database Valuator, a web based application that analyzes the past guest history of one or more properties in a Clairvoyix h...
MICROS Introduces the MICROS Commerce Platform
MICROS Systems | June 24, 2013
A Fully Integrated Enterprise Solution Set to Revolutionize the Hospitality and Retail Space Columbia, MD – June 25, 2013—MICROS Systems, Inc., a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to introduce the new MICROS Commerce Platform (MCP). MCP is a single commerce engine that seamlessly connects all consumer touch points, to deliver a groundbreaking and rapidly deployable open solution for commerce needs across the hotel, restaurant and retail markets, powering your enterprise with a unified offering. MICROS' fully integrated enterprise solutions are leading the way w...
Langham Hospitality Group To Open the 266-room Langham Place, Haining in China in 2014
Langham Hospitality Group | June 24, 2013
24 June 2013, Hong Kong - Langham Hospitality Group has announced it will manage the first new luxury city centre hotel under the Langham Place brand in Haining, a bustling metropolis in the Zhejiang coastal province. The property, which is being developed by Hong Kong-based Mingly Real Estate Corporation, is scheduled to open in 2014. Featuring 266 spacious guest rooms and suites, Langham Place, Haining will be part of an integrated complex comprising a retail shopping centre, commercial offices and residential apartments. Says Langham Hospitality Group's Chief Executive Officer Brett Butcher, "we are delighted to introduce the Langham...
Attention Vacation Rental Reservations Agents: Go Beyond Website Search Support
Doug Kennedy | June 24, 2013
by Doug Kennedy As President of a hospitality industry sales training company for most of my entire career, I have had the opportunity to conduct reservations sales training for just about every niche of the lodging industry. I have trained five star hotels and one-star youth hostels; destination hotels and all- inclusive resorts; city center and airport hotels, conferences centers and ski resorts. But there is one niche of the lodging industry that has by far the biggest need for training such as we at KTN provide: the vacation home rental industry. I recall often hearing reservations agents at my traditional resort clients saying "Dou...
The 134-room Hilton Garden Inn Opens in Marina Del Rey, California Managed by Pacifica Hotel Company
Pacifica Hotel Company | June 24, 2013
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. - June 24, 2013 - Hilton Garden Inn® the award-winning brand of upscale, yet affordable hotels, announced the opening of the 134-room Hilton Garden Inn Marina del Rey, representing an addition to the brand's growing portfolio of more than 570 hotels worldwide. Operated and managed by Pacifica Hotel Company, Hilton Garden Inn Marina del Rey is just six miles from Los Angeles International Airport and 11 miles from the University of California, Los Angeles. "Admiralty Way is one of the most prestigious addresses in Marina del Rey and with amenities like our Marina Grill and Bar, outdoor pool and whirlpool, Hilton G...
Quadriga Announces CoCo – The Little Box That Does Big Things
Quadriga | June 24, 2013
Full IP infrastructure over coax "out of the box" See us at HITEC 2013, booth 1243 June 24th 2013: Quadriga announces a new cost-efficient, innovative solution to bring high-speed IP infrastructure to customer hotels utilizing existing coaxial cabling. The new 'CoCo' solution from Quadriga, delivered via an agreement with partner Teleste, effectively converts a coax network into a full IP infrastructure, enabling hotels to respond easily and cost-effectively to the growing guest requirements for faster upload and download times and the need to access bandwidth-intensive services and applications such as video-streaming. Quadriga is the ...
Fulcrum Hospitality LLC Acquires the 99-room River’s Edge Hotel & Spa in Portland, Oregon
Fulcrum Hospitality | June 24, 2013
The Investment in Partnership with Singerman Real Estate LLC Represents Fulcrum's Increasing Foray into Principal Hotel Investing in Conjunction with Institutional Equity Partners. June 24, 2013 - This morning, Fulcrum Hospitality LLC ("Fulcrum") announced the acquisition of the 99-room River's Edge Hotel & Spa in Portland, Oregon (www.riversedgehotel.com), partnering with Singerman Real Estate LLC ("SRE"). OLS Hotels & Resorts ("OLS") will manage the property, with Fulcrum also engaged by the collective ownership group to asset manage the hotel. "We are thrilled to be investing in this exceptional boutique hotel," noted Steven ...
RLJ Lodging Trust Acquires the 150-room Vantaggio Suites Cosmo in San Francisco for $29.5 Million
RLJ Lodging Trust | June 24, 2013
BETHESDA, Md.- June 24,2013 - RLJ Lodging Trust (the "Company") (NYSE: RLJ) today announced that it acquired the 150-room Vantaggio Suites Cosmo ("the Hotel") in San Francisco, CA for a purchase price of $29.5 million, or approximately $197,000 per key in an off-market transaction. The purchase price per key represents a significant discount to replacement cost given the high barriers-to-entry in San Francisco. The Company purchased this Hotel with cash available on its balance sheet. The Hotel, which is located three blocks from Union Square, was constructed in 1930 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Recently, t...
Morguard Corporation Completes Acquisition of Five GTA Hotels for $70.5 Million
Morguard Corporation | June 24, 2013
MISSISSAUGA, ON, June 25, 2013 - Morguard Corporation (TSX: MRC) ("Morguard") is pleased to announce that it has completed the purchase of three Courtyard by Marriott and two Residence Inn by Marriott properties for $70.5 million (excluding closing costs). The five properties acquired comprise 632 guest rooms and 4,155 square feet of function space, located in Mississauga, Markham and Vaughan. The assets occupy prime locations within their respective markets, and are close to corporate demand generators and drivers of leisure demand. The hotels were opened in 2002 and were recently renovated in 2011/2012. In connection with the purchas...
Crestron Brings New Level of Comfort & Energy Efficiencies to Hotels
Crestron | June 24, 2013
Crestron Fusion™ Software Now Natively Supports MICROS® OPERA Property Management Systems Rockleigh, NJ, June 24, 2013 - The modern hotel has embraced control and automation technologies to provide guests with an added layer of comfort and convenience, while also achieving significant energy savings for its properties. Crestron has played a pivotal role in shaping the high-tech hotel by creating solutions that enhance the hotel stay for guests and increase efficiencies for facility managers. Crestron is pleased to announce its native support of MICROS® OPERA, the premier global property management system (PMS) platform. MICROS OPERA no...
Swisscom Hospitality Enhances its Managed Services and Business Development Teams in the Americas
swisscom | June 24, 2013
New Appointments Continue Growth Plans Started in January Swisscom Hospitality has announced today the recent hiring of Deb Sander, Brian Fillo and Graham Macdonald, three seasoned hospitality technology professionals, as part of its growth program in the Americas. Deb Sander joins Swisscom as Senior Manager, Americas NOC, based at the Company's US HQ in Dulles, Virginia (DC metro area). Deb comes to Swisscom directly from Marriott International, where she served for more than ten years, most recently in managerial positions at Marriott's Network Operations Center (NOC) in nearby Frederick, Maryland. "I'm thrilled to have the opportunit...
