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Daniel Vosovic, 26 Year Old Graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, Designs Line of Uniforms and Accessories for NYLO Hotel
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive ATLANTA (Dec. 4, 2007) -- Announcing the latest hotel amenity: the 24/7 fashion show, thanks to a partnership stitched together between loft lifestyle hotel brand NYLO Hotels and designer, author, fashion blogger and reality TV celebrity, Daniel Vosovic. The collaboration unfolds in a unique collection, NYLO Wear by Daniel Vosovic. Eighteen months in the making, the apparel blends comfort with couture. It premiers in time for NYLO Plano at Legacy, the brand's inaugural hotel opening, Dec. 18, in North Dallas. Created for frontline workers and fashionistas, NYLO Wear is an...
Vista Capital Company Arranges $27.3 Million of First Mortgage Financing for the Hilton Garden Inn in Fairfax, Virginia / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Santa Monica, California December 18, 2007 - Vista Capital Company announced that it procured $27,320,000 of first mortgage financing for the Hilton Garden Inn located in Fairfax, Virginia, 15 miles west of Washington, D.C. Opened in 2002, the Hilton Garden Inn is an upscale, full-service, 149-room, five-floor hotel offering approximately 5,065 square feet of meeting and banquet space, dining at the 66-seat Great American Grill, an executive business center, a 24-hour fitness center, an indoor heated pool, and parking for 260 vehicles. The ten-year fixed-rate loan was ...
U.S. Travel Industry Lauds Congress for Action That Improves Security and Sends Welcoming Message to International Visitors / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive WASHINGTON, DC (December 19, 2007) Travel industry officials today praised congressional leaders for passing legislation that improves and strengthens U.S. visa and entry policies to increase efficiency and enhance security in the travel process. The travel industry leaders noted broad congressional support for the travel-related provisions in the 2008 Fiscal Year 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, and expressed gratitude for the leadership of Senators Robert Byrd (D-WV), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Harry Reid (D-NV), Daniel Inouye ...
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April 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Best Western Ville-Marie in Montreal Chooses MSIs Products to Automate Luxury Hotel . PHOENIX DECEMBER 13, 2007 - MSI, a leading supplier of hotel technology, announced that the Best Western Ville-Marie has chosen WinPM for its beautiful 3 diamond luxury hotel in Montreal. Following the decision, MSI staff worked to customize the WinPM software to accommodate operational procedures needed for the full service Canadian hotel, adding FrenchEnglish forms and automation for nested tax rates that vary depending on the type of travel. The propertywhich installed MSIs WinPM prope...
The Victorville, California Planning Commission Denies Application for a 120 key Value Place Extended stay Hotel; Plans Lacked Pool, Gym and Recreat
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Dec. 4, 2007 - VICTORVILLE -- Following a recent rejection by the Planning Commission, a company that wants to build a four-story, rent-by-the-week motel plans to appeal tonight to the City Council. "We see a huge potential for people using this as permanent housing, but that's not the intent of a hotel," said Ryan McEachron, chairman of the Planning Commission. "If they want to build a hotel, they need to build it to the standards we've required."...
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April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive December 13, 2007 (Los Angeles, CA) Viceroy Hotels and Resorts, one of Kor Hotel Groups luxury brands, today announced a new joint venture with Indochina Land, Vietnams preeminent real estate developer, and Secured Capital Japan to develop its first offering in Asia. Viceroy China Beach will debut in 2010. We are excited to be developing our first project in Asia on Vietnams China Beach, a destination which will provide our guests access to deep cultural traditions, rich history and captivating geography in a rapidly emerging tourism market. Our partnership wit...
Vlad Gritsman Appointed General Manager of the Homewood Suites by Hilton® hotel in Frisco, Texas / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive FRISCO, Tx., December 10, 2007 Homewood Suites by Hilton® today announced that Vlad Gritsman has been appointed General Manager of the new Homewood Suites by Hilton® hotel located at 3240 Parkwood Boulevard. The 117-suite hotel, currently under construction, is scheduled to open in late December 2007. This hotel is owned and managed by locally based Magnolia Lodging LLC. As General Manager, Gritsman will direct all areas of the hotels operations, including guest services, sales and marketing efforts and hotel administration. Based on Vlads outstanding record in...
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants to Enhance Online Presence; Selects VFM Interactive as Rich Media Production & Distribution Provider; VFM to produce and
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants to Enhance Online Presence; Selects VFM Interactive as Rich Media Production & Distribution Provider . VFM to produce and distribute new rich media for all Kimpton properties San Francisco, CA and Toronto, Canada, December 14, 2007 Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, the first and leading collection of boutique hotels throughout the United States and Canada, is ramping up its online marketing with more rich visual content through a new partnership with VFM Interactive, the leading producer and distributor of hotel rich media. As part of the pa...
Major Changes Made in the Tenth Edition of Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive December 2007 - The Financial Management Committee of the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA), in conjunction with the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP), published the tenth edition of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI) in the fall of 2006. The first edition of the USALI was published in 1926 by the Hotel Association of New York City. The purpose of the first USALI was to establish a uniform responsibility accounting system for the lodging industry. Changes were made by the AH&LA and HFTP in order to keep pace wi...
Nobody Asked Me, But No. 35 / Casino Expansion Has Transformed America, Exercise Awareness / Stanley Turkel / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Nobody Asked Me, But No. 35 .. Casino Expansion Has Transformed America, Exercise Awareness By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC December 2007 1. While we were napping- in the past nineteen years, since the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, casino expansion has transformed America. Prior to that legislation, only Las Vegas and Atlantic City legalized casinos (in 1978). According to the American Gaming Association (AGA), at the end of 2006 there were 460 commercial casinos in 11 states which reached a record $32.42 billion in gaming revenues. While four out of five American adu...
Israeli billionaire and Elad Group Owner Yitzhak Tshuva Comments on the Aquisition of the Plaza Hotel in New York; Wants to Build 30 More Plaza Hote
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Ran Rimon, Globes, Tel Aviv, IsraelMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Dec. 11, 2007 - Fishman Holdings controlling shareholder Eliezer Fishman and Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) controlling shareholder Yitzhak Tshuva received the global entrepreneurship award yesterday at the closing session of the "Globes" 2007 Israel Business Conference at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv. "I would like to tell you how I started," said Tshuva. "At the age of 12 I went to work on building sites, lifting concrete blocks to support my ...
Trump Hits into Rough in Scotland: Sand and Farmer Trap Plans for "The World's Greatest Golf Resort" / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tom Hundley, Chicago TribuneMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Dec. 6, 2007 - BALMEDIE, Scotland -- Donald Trump, the Barnum-esque New York property developer, has swept into this small seaside community with grandiose plans to build "The World's Greatest Golf Resort." But the local zoning commission wants to protect a scientifically significant sand dune. And a crusty farmer named Michael Forbes refuses to sell his 23 acres that sit right smack in the middle of Trump's dream. If you think ...
The Once Hot Condo-hotel Trend Continues to Chill; Trump Has Contracts for About 65% of the 339 Condo-hotel Units at Chicago's Trump Internatio
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Kathy Bergen and Susan Diesenhouse, Chicago TribuneMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Dec. 2, 2007 - -- The acid test is just about to begin. As soon as Trump International Hotel & Tower, the city's first new-construction condo-hotel, gets a city permit to begin its phased opening, developer Donald Trump will find out for sure whether Midwesterners and others are willing to fork over megabucks to buy a pad in his luxury inn. Though hawking a killer brand at a killer site, the flamboyant salesman is aiming to ink sales at a...
New Jersey Casino Control Commission Denies a License Renewal for the Tropicana Casino & Resort; Columbia-Sussex and its CEO, William J. Yung III, F
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia InquirerMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Dec. 13, 2007 - ATLANTIC CITY -- In a stunning development, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission yesterday denied a license renewal for the troubled Tropicana Casino & Resort, saying that a trustee would operate the Boardwalk facility immediately until a buyer was found. It was only the second time a license renewal has been denied in the 29-year history of legalized gambling in Atlantic City. The Tropicana's attorney, Paul O'Gara, said the ca...
Tropicana Provides Update on Atlantic City License; Company intends to repay senior debt with proceeds of potential sale of its Tropicana Atlantic Cit
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. - December 13, 2007 - Tropicana Entertainment, LLC (the Company or Tropicana Entertainment) announced today that the Company will repay its senior debt with proceeds of the sale of its Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City that was mandated yesterday when the New Jersey Casino Control Commission denied the Companys gaming license renewal application. The Commission determined on December 12, 2007 not to renew the Company's license to operate the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, directing instead that control of the casino resort b...
From Millions of Reviews and Opinions TripAdvisor Furnishes Funniest Traveler Comments of 2007 / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Ten Priceless Posts NEEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 26, 2007 - TripAdvisor(R), the world's largest travel community, today announced the ten funniest traveler posts of 2007, as chosen by TripAdvisor editors. Many of these gems and more can be found on our humor blog, http://tripadvisor.typepad.com/. 1. Not So Great Expectations "I could have done without the blood-stained mattress and the (actual) chunk of poop on my bedspread, but I didn't expect the Hilton." 2. Rest in Peace "I spent the night in the (hotel) room and experienced a friendly spirit. This presence got into bed with me...
Top Ten Luxury Travel and Lifestyle Trends for 2008 / Karen Weiner Escalera / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive From The Desk of Karen Weiner Escalera Top Ten Luxury Travel and Lifestyle Trends for 2008 December 2007 Luxury markets will continue to expand, while consumers of all high-end luxury products will hone their tastes ever more pointedly. The urge for self expression will spread while a new ethical and environmental consciousness will take an even firmer hold. These are among the many forces that will help dictate where and how the affluent will spend their money in the new year of 2008. 1. Traditional demographics wont define luxury consumers. Buying behavior, geography...
Top Names to Speak at TravelCom 2008; Executives from InterContinental Hotel Group, YouTube, Priceline, Travelocity, and TripAdvisor to Headline Event
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive WASHINGTON, DC (December 17, 2007) Prominent leaders in e-commerce and the travel industry, including those from hospitality will be among the speakers who will provide valuable insight into the latest trends in ROI, technology learning and development at the Travel Industry Associations (TIA) TravelCom 2008 conference, to be held April 8 10 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Renowned speakers confirmed to date include Suzie Reider, Chief Marketing Officer of YouTube, Jeff Boyd, President and Chief Executive Officer of Priceline, Michelle Peluso, President and Chief Executiv...
TravelCLICK and Travelport GDS Improve Travel Agent Advertisement Awareness and Bookings; Worldspan Accents Now Delivers Top-of-Screen Placement to Wo
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report TravelCLICK and Travelport GDS Improve Travel Agent Advertisement Awareness and Bookings . Worldspan Accents Now Delivers Top-of-Screen Placement to Worldspan by Travelport Terminals Worldwide CHICAGO and LANGLEY, UK (December 10, 2007) TravelCLICK, Inc., the leading provider of emarketing solutions for the hotel industry, and Travelport GDS, one of the worlds largest global distribution system (GDS) providers, announced today that Worldspan AccentsSM advertising has been enhanced and repositioned for top visibility among travel agents through the Worldspan by Travelport ...
Tourism Can Help in Global Action on Climate Change and Poverty / World Tourism Organization / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Bali, Indonesia, 13 December 2007 - The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, Francesco Frangialli, addressing the UN Climate Change Conference committed the sector to the common cause of climate change response, linking it closely with the fight against poverty. We are all part of the great global economic pattern of tourism Mr. Frangialli said. Whether we come here to enjoy the beaches or the conference halls or both, we are contributing to local commerce, to jobs, to investment and to export income. In so doing we are providing sustainable livelihoods t...
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April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By: Neil Salerno Hotel Marketing Coach December 2007 Somewhere along the line, I became a champion for Internet third-party travel aggregators. It didnt happen intentionally; I guess it evolved from my belief that travel partnerships can help to build hotel sales. If someone can help me fill empty rooms, that works for me. Thats why it amazes me that there are still many hoteliers who reluctantly participate in third-party travel portals. Recently, I read another article which stated that supplier web sites are gaining more ground against third-party sites in overall mark...
Owned by Dow Chemical and Managed by Dolce International, The Ashman Court Hotel in Midland, Michigan Rebranded H Hotel, Dually Named for Herbert Henr
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive $25 Million Renovation and Expansion Underway Montvale, NJ (December 20, 2007) The Ashman Court Hotel in Midland, Michigan is now known as the H Hotel, a Dolce Hotel and Conference Destination. Owned by Dow Chemical and managed by Dolce International since 2006, the property is currently undergoing a $25 million renovation and expansion project. The H is dually named for Herbert Henry Dow, Dow Chemical's founder and "The Human Element, Dow's advertising campaign. As part of the rebranding, a new logo has been introduced and the hotel's restaurants and bar will be r...
Approval of Hotel Plans in Tacoma's Downtown Brewery District Will Require a Creative Architect and Some Out-of-the-Box Thinking, a Typical Fre
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By John Gillie, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Dec. 14, 2007 - If Tacoma's downtown Brewery District is to become the home of a 160-room hotel where the former Columbia-Heidelberg Brewery now stands, it will take a creative architect, a flexible owner and some out-of-the-box thinking from preservationists to get the job done. That's the message that emerged from an initial exchange Wednesday night between Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission and the developer and owners of the new hotel. ...
Tom Netting Named Managing Director of the New Grand Hyatt San Antonio / December 2007...
April 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive SAN ANTONIO - December 14, 2007 - Veteran Hyatt Corporation executive Tom Netting has been named managing director of the new Grand Hyatt San Antonio, which will open in February 2008. Netting comes to the Alamo City from the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, California, where he was managing director since 2004. His distinguished career with the Hyatt Corporation spans three decades, in which he worked his way up from a member of the housekeeping staff to senior level positions in the United States and the Caribbean. Professionally and personally, I am...
