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A Throwback to the Past – the Traditional Travel Agent Making a Comeback / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tom Belden, The Philadelphia InquirerMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 10, 2007 - Mark Naples, a Center City media consultant, was at his wit's end this spring trying to arrange a unique honeymoon in South Africa. As someone who travels 200,000 miles a year on business, Naples thought he knew how to efficiently book trips the modern way, on a computer. "I bet I spent 15 or 20 hours on it," Naples said Monday as he was leaving on his trip. "One day I did nothing else. It was just getting me do...
Squirrel Systems Transitions to New Leadership / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Squirrel Systems Transitions to New Leadership July 10, 2007 - Squirrel Systems interim president Charles Young, announced today the addition of Bob Mackett to Squirrel Systems executive team. A long-time member of the Marin Investments team, Bob comes to Squirrel with a strong sales, marketing and distribution background. His role will be to coordinate the strategic direction of the Company and to strengthen the focus on sales and marketing. With several significant projects scheduled for release in the immediate future, Bobs background makes him an ideal fit for...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive www.SpaClique.com Launched As the Spa Communitys First Social and Professional Networking Web Site Roswell Georgia - July 31, 2007 - Estimates of the number of Spa consumers range from 30 to 60 million active spa goers in North America alone. Elisa Kayson, SpaClique.coms Publisher gave her elevator speech: take social networking concepts from "My Space" and professional networking concepts from "LinkedIn", then add in a portion of your favorite consumer spa finding index along with management resources for the professional and you have the idea We noticed that mos...
Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $212,500,000 Construction Financing for St. Regis Resort & Residences Deer Crest, Deer Valley, Utah / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $212,500,000 Construction Financing for St. Regis Resort & Residences Deer Crest, Deer Valley, Utah LOS ANGELES, CA July 31, 2007 - Sonnenblick-Eichner Company announced today that they have arranged $212,500,000 of construction financing for the new St. Regis Resort & Residences Deer Crest, located on the mountain at Deer Valley Ski Area in Deer Valley, Utah. The non-recourse construction loan was provided by a syndicate of three domestic and international money center banks and financial institutions. Upon completion, the St. Regis Deer Crest w...
President Solitaire in Bangkok, Thailand Joins Prestige Hotels of the World / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive President Solitaire in Bangkok, Thailand Joins Prestige Hotels of the World Compass Hospitality Manages this Luxurious Residence in Bangkok which is the Newest Addition to the Prestige Hotels of the World Bangkok, July 27, 2007 - Compass Hospitality announces that President Solitaire, a luxurious residence and hotel located in downtown Bangkok, Thailand has joined the membership of Prestige Hotels of the World. Featuring a select range of luxurious hotel properties located in major tourist cities, the Prestige Hotels of the World is part of the Keytel Group which ce...
Auberge Resorts Opens First of its New Brand – the 89 room Solage Calistoga in Napa Valley, California / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Auberge Resorts Opens First of its New Brand - the 89 room Solage Calistoga in Napa Valley, California CALISTOGA, Calif., July 12, 2007 - The much-anticipated Solage Calistoga opened today in Napa Valley, California. Paving the way for the next generation of Napa Valley resorts, Solage Calistoga is a design-focused, environmentally conscious resort featuring a hip bistro, full-service spa offering treatments with a playful twist on Calistoga's historic mud bath tradition, as well as exclusive Kate Somerville facials and a 130-foot swimming pool surrounded by cabanas...
Hotel Equities Assigned the Management Contract for the 170-room Simpsonwood Conference and Retreat Center in Northeast Atlanta; Richard Welch Named G
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hotel Equities Assigned the Management Contract for the 170-room Simpsonwood Conference and Retreat Center in Northeast Atlanta; Richard Welch Named General Manager Atlanta, GA July 11, 2007 Atlanta-based Hotel Equities (HE) added its first full-service management contract to its portfolio when it took over the 227-acre, 170-room Simpsonwood Conference and Retreat Center in northeast Atlanta on July 1, 2007. Located at 4511 Jones Bridge Circle NW in Norcross, Georgia 30092, Simpsonwood offers the natural beauty and serenity of a tree-shaded retreat nestled on...
How Do You Serve Food to Someone Who Can't See? Sheraton Overland Park Hotel Staff Gets Lessons to Properly Serve Blind Guests / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Alan Bavley, The Kansas City Star, Mo.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 19, 2007 - July Huaman was a little nervous. In a couple of days, the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel where she's a waitress would welcome about 100 blind and visually impaired guests. How do you serve food to someone who can't see? How do you clean their room? How do you direct them around the vast spaces of a convention hotel? Those were some of the questions the hotel's workers faced as they prepared...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Screen Pilot Launches GoTrip.mobi Direct To Consumer Mobile Marketing Tool for Hotels July 9, 2007 - Digital marketing & technology firm Screen Pilot Group announces the launch of its white labeled mobile marketing and CRM platform for hotels and resorts. GoTrip.mobi is the industry's most significant and anticipated mobile product launch this year. "GoTrip answers to the need of the traveling consumer that expects a higher level of interaction with a brand" says Tom Dibble, CEO of the Screen Pilot Group. "We offer the ability to generate new business from mobile search an...
Coastal Hotel Group Intends to Bid on the Salish Lodge & Spa; Has Managed the One of a Kind Resort for Seven Years / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Nancy Kelsey, Seattle TimesMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News July 28, 2007 The Seattle-based Coastal Hotel Group said it intends to bid on the Salish Lodge & Spa in Snoqualmie sometime next week. The historic lodge, which sits just before the drop of the Snoqualmie Falls, went on the market in June and the owners are soliciting bids. Coastal President Yogi Hutsen said the group would make a bid and it was still planning to pursue construction of a separate conference hotel that would have up to 250 rooms on 25,000 square...
Morgans Hotel Group Appoints Scott Williams as Chief Marketing Officer; Starwood Veteran to Lead Marketing and Branding at MHG / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Morgans Hotel Group Appoints Scott Williams as Chief Marketing Officer . Starwood Veteran to Lead Marketing and Branding at MHG NEW YORK - July 25, 2007 - Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC) (MHG) today named Scott Williams Chief Marketing Officer, effective immediately. In this capacity, Williams will oversee and architect MHGs marketing and brand strategy and will report directly to Ed Scheetz, MHGs President and Chief Executive Officer. Williams joins MHG from Starwood Hotels, where he served as the Chief Creative Officer, SVP Advertising since 1999. As Chie...
New Generation Hotel Management Appoints Scott Parisi as Vice President, Operations / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive New Generation Hotel Management Appoints Scott Parisi as Vice President, Operations July 25, 2007 New Generation Hotel Management announced that it has appointed Scott Parisi, CHA, as Vice President, Operations. Mr. Parisi will oversee the day to day operations of New Generations latest additions to its management portfolio located in the upscale Basking Ridge area of New Jersey. In his role as Vice President, Operations, Scott will also assist in the overall growth and expansion of NGMs entire third party management division. New Generation Hotel Management...
Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Scott D. Mumma Director of National Sales / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Scott D. Mumma Director of National Sales The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, July 26, 2007 - Benchmark Hospitality International has appointed Scott Mumma director of national sales for the leading hospitality management company. Eric Terry, vice president of sales & marketing, made the announcement. Mr. Mumma is based at Benchmark's northeast offices, located at The Heldrich in New Brunswick, New Jersey. "I am so pleased to announce Scott's new appointment within our company," said Mr. Terry. "He has been an important leader within our sa...
Fairmont Names Shane Krige to General Manager of the The Plaza Hotel in New York City; Formerly the Managing Director of The Mansion on Turtle Creek,
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Fairmont Names Shane Krige to General Manager of the The Plaza Hotel in New York City . Formerly the Managing Director of The Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas TORONTO, July 17, 2007 - Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is pleased to announce the appointment of Shane Krige as General Manager of The Plaza Hotel in New York City. Following a $400 million lobby-to-roof renovation, Krige will oversee all activity for the hotel segment of the new development, which includes 282 hotel rooms and condo-hotel units. The hotel is slated to open this fall, to coincide with the landmark prope...
Molinaro Koger Promotes Samantha Fisher to Vice President, Los Angeles / May 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Molinaro Koger Promotes Samantha Fisher to Vice President, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California July 25, 2007 Rob Koger, President of Molinaro Koger (MK), announced today that Samantha Fisher has been promoted to Vice President, Los Angeles. Ms. Fisher, who joined MK in 2003, previously directed hospitality asset analysis on the west coast for the firm. She has been involved in more than $500 million in hotel transactions throughout the United States, working closely with clients such as The Kor Group, Tarsadia Hotels, Innkeepers USA, Marriott International, and Starwood H...
Shannon Bryant Awarded AH&LA's Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year Award in the Small Property Category, the Administrative Assistant at Reg
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Shannon Bryant Awarded AH&LA's Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year Award in the Small Property Category, the Administrative Assistant at Regency Suites Hotel, Atlanta ATLANTA (June 2007) The Regency Suites Hotel, the original boutique hotel in Midtown Atlanta, is proud to announce that Ms. Shannon Bryant, an administrative assistant with the hotel, recently was awarded the Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year Award in the small property size category. Shannon, a 28-year-old resident of Marietta, Georgia, has worked for Regency Suites Hotel since 2004, begi...
Judge Orders New Owner of the Holiday Inn Express in Rochester, Minnesota to Reinstate Nineteen Former Employees Who Had Lost Their Jobs When Hotel
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Matthew Stolle, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 3, 2007 - Nineteen former employees of the Holiday Inn Express who lost their jobs four days before Christmas after the downtown hotel changed hands won a major victory in court in their efforts to get back their jobs. In a temporary injunction, a federal judge on Monday ordered the owner of the hotel, CMPJ Enterprises, to offer the former housekeepers and maintenance workers "immediate and full reinstatement" to their jobs under the terms and ...
Rocco Forte Hotels Rebrands as The Rocco Forte Collection / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Rocco Forte Hotels Rebrands as The Rocco Forte Collection 30 July 2007 - Luxury hotel company Rocco Forte Hotels has today rebranded as The Rocco Forte Collection, operating under the new positioning of The Art of Simple Luxury. The aim of the rebrand is to reflect how far the company has come in ten years and the fact that, like collectables, all nine (soon to be 14 hotels) are individual in character and style but are linked by the companys brand values of elegant design and attentive personalised service. As part of the rebranding, the company will introduce: ...
Pegasus Solutions, Inc. Introduces the Next Generation of its Hospitality Technology Platform, RezView® NG /July 2007
March 30, 2007
Pegasus Solutions, Inc. Introduces the Next Generation of its Hospitality Technology Platform, RezView® NG . DALLAS (June 26, 2007) Pegasus Solutions, Inc. will introduce the next generation of its hospitality technology platform, RezView® NG, at HITEC in Orlando, Fla., June 25 through 28. Representing one of the industrys first major overhauls to the central reservation system (CRS) in years, Pegasus revamped RezViewNG CRS has been designed to meet the evolving business requirements of todays hotel. Pegasus newest CRS offering will provide customers with consistent views of data through convergence of CRS, PMS an...
Consumer Behavior, Customer Centric Data Focus of HSMAI Revenue Management Strategy Conference / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Consumer Behavior, Customer Centric Data Focus of HSMAI Revenue Management Strategy Conference MCLEAN, VA (July 5, 2007) From a keynote address on demand modeling to a series of hot topic breakout sessions, consumer behavior and a customer-centric approach to revenue management were recurring themes at the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Revenue Management Strategy Conference held last week in Orlando, FL. A record crowd of 260 industry professionals attended the annual conference, held in conjunction with HITEC and presented...
Retaining Hospitality Graduates: Employer, Graduate and Recruitment Perspectives / Jeff Ross / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Retaining Hospitality Graduates: Employer, Graduate and Recruitment Perspectives By Jeff N Ross, Managing Director, Hospitality Graduate Recruitment, July 2007 Introduction Developing and implementing an effective hotel recruitment strategy is all very well, but how many organisations actually seriously focus upon employee retention, which is arguably the most important component of a resourcing strategy? There are obvious benefits of managing effectively employee retention, and these are well documented academically. Reduced recruitment costs, reduced labour turnov...
No Doorman to Greet You! How Reputations Fade / John R. Hendrie / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive No Doorman to Greet You! How Reputations Fade By John R. Hendrie, July 2007 Most of us now know about Brands. We are what we say we are. Our Brand then is verified by our consumer, based upon how we delivered on the expectation(s). Their Experience is impacted by what they feel, how all their senses interacted, and how their perceptions turned into reality the validation process. Sometimes the changes are so subtle. You remember the celebrated Hotel Lounge when it opened. The bottle of Makers Mark is still the same, as is the bartender, Andy. ...
The Newly Renovated Renaissance M Street Hotel Debuts Renaissance's Imaginative New Look and Feel – Part of $2 Billion Global Brand Investm
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Newly Renovated Renaissance M Street Hotel Debuts Renaissance's Imaginative New Look and Feel - Part of $2 Billion Global Brand Investment Washington, - 13 July 2007 - celebration showcased Renaissances latest innovations in design and décor, technology, culinary arts, signature cocktails such as the Martizzi and a series of creative vignettes representing several striking Renaissance properties in major cities throughout the United States. The Renaissance M Street Hotel, following an extensive $25.2 million makeover, was transformed into a surreal su...
Minor International PCL. Signs Starwood to Manage the St. Regis Hotel & Residences, Bangkok Opening in 2010 / July 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Minor International PCL. Signs Starwood to Manage the St. Regis Hotel & Residences, Bangkok Opening in 2010 Bangkok 24th July 2007 Starwood Hotels & Resorts today announced it has entered into an agreement with Rajadamri Residence Company Limited, a subsidiary of Minor International PCL., in which Starwood will manage the St. Regis Hotel & Residences, Bangkok. Situated at a prominent location along Rajadamri Road, the capital's most prestigious commercial and residential address, the St. Regis Hotel & Residences, Bangkok comprises 198 guestrooms, 22 serviced apa...
