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Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Sells Six Slower Growth Hotel Assets Located in Secondary Markets to DLJ Real Estate Partners for $150.5 Million / July
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive  Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. Sells Six Slower Growth Hotel Assets Located in Secondary Markets to DLJ Real Estate Partners for $150.5 Million SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., July 2, 2007 - Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (NYSE: SHO) announced that on June 29, 2007, it completed the sale of six non-core hotels for gross proceeds of $150.5 million, or approximately 10.7x projected 2007 EBITDA, to affiliates of DLJ Real Estate Partners. The sold hotels include the following properties:    Property               Location                 Â...
Donna Duffer, Former Controller for Palm Beach CVB, Gets 10 Years for $1.6 million Theft / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Nancy L. Othon, South Florida Sun-SentinelMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 31, 2007 - Donna Duffer grew up going to the racetrack with her parents and learned how to play poker the way most people learn a language. Years later, she said, her online gambling got so uncontrollable that she couldn't stop herself from stealing from the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau. "The only thing I'm not sorry for is I got caught," said Duffer, 55, after pleading guilty Monday to grand theft and money laundering ch...
InterContinental Hotels Group Appoints Dexter Chia to Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Greater China / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive InterContinental Hotels Group Appoints Dexter Chia to Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Greater China Singapore, 25 July 2007 - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has promoted Dexter Chia, to vice president, sales & marketing, Greater China. In his new appointment, Dexter will oversee brand performance and extend IHG’s brand leadership in Greater China. He will also provide direction with sales and marketing strategies to drive revenue and maximize hotel performance. Previously regional director of sales & marketing, Greater China, Dexter has made significant contrib...
Cuba Strives to Regain Momentum in its Stumbling Tourism Industry; the Communist Nation is Looking to Build 50 Boutique Hotels in Historic Areas / J
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-SentinelMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 6, 2007 - HAVANA When university professor Santiago Gonzalez travels the world, the native Spaniard prefers to stay at small hotels, the kind that reflect the local character of the place he's visiting. In Cuba, he recently checked into the 27-room Hotel Santa Isabel, a former colonial mansion in the heart of Old Havana, complete with an inner courtyard garden and high-ceiling rooms with colonial-style furniture. The deluxe hotel blends in well with...
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March 30, 2007
By David M. Brudney, ISHC, June 2007 My brother has been after me for years to take my first cruise. He and my sister-in-law have taken 17 cruises, every one of them a fun-filled, entertaining experience. For more than three decades, friends, colleagues and even clients have raved about cruises and have been reassuring me repeatedly how much I would enjoy one. The numbers, I must say, are pretty impressive: more than 12.6 million passengers - - about 10.6 million from North America - - will cruise this year, an increase of 4 percent over last year, according to the Cruise Lines International Association. And the industry con...
Crowne Plaza Cincinnati Blue Ash Opens, the Former Clarion Is Owned and Managed by Trivedi & Sons / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive  Crowne Plaza Cincinnati Blue Ash Opens, the Former Clarion Is Owned and Managed by Trivedi & Sons ATLANTA (July 24, 2007) – IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced today that the Crowne Plaza Cincinnati Blue Ash has recently opened. The 200-room conversion property is owned and managed by Trivedi & Sons, under a license agreement with a company in the InterContinental Hotels Group.  “This property offers access to many of the Queen City’s key locations, making it attractive ...
The I Hate Cold Calls Web Cast / Carol Verret / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Carol Verret Consulting and Training Consulting Training Seminars . . . . The "I Hate Cold Calls" Web Cast . August 10, 2007 Many of you asked for a repeat of this popular web cast – probably because youÂ’ve found out that cold calls donÂ’t work! This web cast includes new material you wonÂ’t want to miss about Web 2.0 and hotel sales! You should hate cold calls especially to those lists that begin with A or those Business Journal lists of every industry in the local market! How much time do you and your staff spend on them -- what is the ROI on that sales time in terms of leads generated and closed?Â...
Atlantic City Casinos Take Aim at Affluent Night Owls with Openings of New York-style Nightclubs – Bottle Service, Dancers, 6AM Closings / Jul
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia InquirerMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 6, 2007 - ATLANTIC CITY -- The battle for the youth market in this casino town is heating up as gambling halls open flashy nightclubs to lure in younger customers. The latest to enter the mix is Providence, described by its owner as "a New York-style nightclub with a little Las Vegas feel to it," at the Tropicana. It will compete against mur.mur at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, and Trump Taj Mahal's Casbah Nightclub....
Clovis, California – 137 Hotel Rooms that Service a Population of 100,000 – About to Change / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Gabriel Alexander, The Clovis Independent, Calif.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 13, 2007 - Nearly 500 hotel rooms will be constructed in Clovis in less than three years. According to city officials, five major hotels, including Hilton and Holiday Inn franchises, are planned for key Clovis intersections along Shaw and Clovis avenues. This is a far cry from today's hotel scene -- 137 rooms that service a population of 100,000. "We have three hotels and less than 150 rooms," said Mike Dozier, community and economic d...
Langham Hotels Signs Management Contract for 350 room Hotel in Changchun, the Capital and Largest City of Jilin Province; Hotel Will Be Managed Under
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Langham Hotels Signs Management Contract for 350 room Hotel in Changchun, the Capital and Largest City of Jilin Province . Hotel Will Be Managed Under the “Langham Place” Brand (Hong Kong - 24 July, 2007) – Langham Hotels International (LHI) today announced the management contract signing of the Langham Place Hotel, Changchun in China. The management contract is signed with Changchun Jinzuo Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. for a new five-star hotel, which is scheduled to open in 2009 in downtown Changchun. This is LHI’s second new hotel announcement within the past 3 mon...
Carey International Launches the Carey Alliance Network; Carey revolutionizes chauffeured transportation reservation processes by fully disclosing ser
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Carey International Launches the Carey Alliance Network . Carey revolutionizes chauffeured transportation reservation processes by fully disclosing service provider information Washington DC (July 18, 2007) -- Carey International Inc. is cementing its position as the only true global chauffeured transportation brand through the launch of the Carey Alliance Network and a major change in its business practices. The Carey Alliance Network is an extended network of trusted partners that operates in locations outside of the 250 major business centers worldwide serviced by Carey ...
PLC Partners Signs Franchise Agreement for 300 room Cambria Suites to Be Built Near the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive PLC Partners Signs Franchise Agreement for 300 room Cambria Suites to Be Built Near the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York SILVER SPRING, Md., July 30, 2007 - Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) continues to demonstrate significant momentum behind its upscale Cambria Suites brand with the execution of its first franchise agreement in New York City. The 11-story, 300-room Cambria Suites Brooklyn Bridge hotel is located within a few blocks of the Brooklyn Bridge. The site for this hotel, which is owned by PLC Partners, LLC of New York City, was identified and secured ...
The Right Technology and Effective Data Management is Key to Increased Travel Sales and Enhanced Customer Loyalty / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report 9-10th OCTOBER: CRM Technology for Travel Conference Las Vegas is the destination for senior travel professionals who are keen to investigate better ways of sourcing, managing and measuring their customer data – with the intention of generating significant new revenue. The inaugural CRM Technology for Travel Conference is part of EyeforTravel’s 2007 Travel Distribution Summit. “It seems we have identified a clear need among marketing, technology and distribution executives who understand that unless they keep an iron grip on their wealth of customer data, they are squandering millions o...
Wyndham Worldwide Appoints Christopher Feeney as Senior Vice President and Treasurer / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive  Wyndham Worldwide Appoints Christopher Feeney as Senior Vice President and Treasurer PARSIPPANY, N.J. 07-09-2007 — Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN) today announced the appointment of Christopher Feeney as senior vice president and treasurer.  Feeney, who will report to Gina Wilson, chief financial officer, will lead the development, analysis and execution of financial strategies; manage Wyndham Worldwide relationships with financial institutions and ratings agencies; and oversee treasury operations, risk management and cash management. He will also ser...
Biggest Hotel Deal in History – Blackstone Buys Hilton for $26 billion / Jim Butler / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Biggest Hotel Deal in History - Blackstone Buys Hilton for $26 billion By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com 3 July 2007 I almost entitled this blog: "'Paris Hilton, "Get a driver!'" Fresh out of a jail after serving 23 days of a 45-day jail sentence for probation violation following an embarrassing series of drunk driving and driving without a license offenses, the insolent (now reformed) Paris Hilton should just get a driver. She may not have to worry about the cost anymore! Her Granddaddy's company has just been sold for $26 billion, and his shar...
Hospitality Relationships: Building Your Brand Starts with your Guests / J Radsdale Hendrie / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hospitality Relationships: Building Your Brand Starts with your Guests By J. Ragsdale Hendrie, July 2007 It was Tip O’Neill, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, who uttered that reknown phrase, “All politics are local”. The case can be made that all Hospitality relationships are initiated, molded and maintained on the local level, as well. It is extremely difficult nowadays to differentiate ourselves in the marketplace. Our Consumer is savvy. Even when we artfully capture and promote our Brand message, others quickly ape our approach. Therefore, ...
Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 87 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 87 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Chicago, IL. July 23, 2007 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 87 hotel projects in the last three weeks to the New Hotel Construction Projects database. Notable projects entered in the last two weeks include: Marriott Wardman Park Renovation Washington DC Suburban Extended Stay Hotel Columbus GA Holiday Inn Portsmouth VA Courtyard by Marriott Portland OR Best Western Uintah UT The Plaza Inn Palm Beach FL Candlewoo...
Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 99 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 99 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Chicago, IL. July 11, 2007 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 99 hotel projects in the last three weeks to the New Hotel Construction Projects database.  Notable projects entered in the last two weeks include: Nickelodeon Resorts by Marriott San Diego CA  Staybridge Suites Collierville TN SpringHill Suites Roseville CA  Westin @ Museum Plaza Louisville KY Hyatt Place Cedar Hill TX Hampton Inn and Parking Garage Fa...
Broward County Seeking Interested Developers to Construct and Operate a 1,000-room Hotel Adjacent to the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Conven
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Broward County Seeking Interested Developers to Construct and Operate a 1,000-room Hotel Adjacent to the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (July 16, 2007), The Broward County Board of County Commissioners has published a proposal seeking parties interested in the development, construction and operation of a 1,000-room, world-class hotel to be built immediately adjacent to the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center on prime waterfront land.  According to Broward County Mayor Joseph Eggelletion Jr., “This i...
How Reliable Is Your Brand / J Radsdale Hendrie / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive How Reliable Is Your Brand By J. Ragsdale Hendrie, July 2007 Reputations are easily made, and often lost just as quickly. This is ever so apparent in the Age of Information, where we all are bombarded by the minute and caught in that data web, you know, that “enfant terrible”, known as the Internet. We all have different definitions of what a Brand represents. It might be Value, Price, a sense of feeling, touch or panache. It still boils down to reliability, and how well we deliver this product or service is determined by the Consumer, now heavily armed and influ...
Stephen F. Bollenbach of Hilton Hotels Corporation to Receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at HICAP / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive  Stephen F. Bollenbach of Hilton Hotels Corporation to Receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at HICAP HONG KONG: July 9, 2007 - Stephen F. Bollenbach, Co-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Hilton Hotels Corporation, will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP), to be held 10-12 October 2007, at the InterContinental Hong Kong. Potential recipients are nominated and voted on each year by a special committee, with the Award presented to an hotel industry leader who has made a considerable difference...
Bobbie Patterson Now in 25th Year as Executive Director of the Boise Convention & Visitors Bureau / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Joe Estrella, The Idaho Statesman, BoiseMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 20, 2007 - When you became executive director of the convention bureau, did you think you'd still be at it 25 years later? We were so excited and overwhelmed at the thought of starting a whole new organization that we just hoped that we could figure out tomorrow. So I think I would have shaken my head if anybody said I would be here 25 years later. From the beginning, what has the bureau's mission been? Bringing new economy to the city t...
Sylvania, the Lighting Products Company, Files Lawsuit Against Boca Raton Resort & Club Claiming Hotel Trying to Bump Sylvania's Annual Sales M
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Luis F. Perez, South Florida Sun-SentinelMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 8, 2007 - Sylvania likes to hold its annual national sales meeting at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, and it's going to court to make sure it can do so again this year. The company filed a lawsuit on June 29 in Palm Beach County Circuit Court asking a judge to order the resort to honor a 2004 contract for meeting space and hotel rooms. Formally known as Osram Sylvania Products Inc., the lighting company said in its court filing that resort offic...
Bernie Bercuson, a Miami Beach Hotelier for Seven Decades, Dies at 91 / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Elinor J. Brecher, The Miami HeraldMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 6, 2007 - Bernie Bercuson was a Miami Beach hotelier for seven decades -- a visionary who anticipated the "golden age" of Sunny Isles motels and bought and sold properties accordingly -- a prodigious collector of art both sophisticated and shlocky, and a quietly generous philanthropist to hospitals, museums and synagogues. Canadian-born, Bercuson came to South Florida on vacation in 1937 and never left, except to guard a POW camp in Georgia during World Wa...
