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As Competition from Pennsylvania and New York Intensifies, Atlantic City Adds Hotel Rooms and Nongambling Attractions to Help Secure Future / July 2
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia InquirerMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 21, 2007 - ATLANTIC CITY -- The co-owner of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, this city's top-grossing casino, watched as the final steel beam was laid yesterday on what it hopes will secure its future in this gambling mecca. "This will be a four- or five-star hotel in the market, the only one," said an ebullient William S. Boyd, the chairman and chief executive officer of Boyd Gaming Corp. of Las Vegas, who flew in for the topping-off ceremony for Th...
America's Best Franchising Forms Innovative Company To Provide Hospitality Services For Independent Properties and Emerging Brands / July 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive America's Best Franchising Forms Innovative Company To Provide Hospitality Services For Independent Properties and Emerging Brands . ATLANTA (July 16, 2007) - America's Best Franchising, Inc. has announced the formation of America's Best Hotel Services, Inc. (ABHS), a company that will provide a full menu of hospitality services to independent hotels, emerging brands and other franchisors. ABHS will offer all the back office functions traditionally only provided by franchisors. These include Central Reservation Services, website design, GDS representation, Interne...
Major Hotel Chains Report 6.9 Percent Increase In Electronic Bookings for Q1 2007; TravelCLICK's eTRAK Reports Double-Digit Internet Increases, S
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Major Hotel Chains Report 6.9 Percent Increase In Electronic Bookings for Q1 2007 . TravelCLICKs eTRAK Reports Double-Digit Internet Increases, Steady GDS Bookings CHICAGO (August 2, 2007) The hotel industry maintains steady growth as consumers continue an upward trend of shopping for hotels online and booking electronically, according to TravelCLICKs 2007 first quarter eTRAK results, released today. The data shows the total Central Reservation System (CRS) reservations for major hotel brands increased 6.9 percent in Q1 2007, reaching more than 21 million bookings. The Internet contrib...
Worldwide Electronic Hotel Revenue Up 16.8 Percent In Q1 2007, According to TravelCLICK; Quarterly eMonitor Reports Annual Growth for Room Nights at 5
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Worldwide Electronic Hotel Revenue Up 16.8 Percent In Q1 2007, According to TravelCLICK . Quarterly eMonitor Reports Annual Growth for Room Nights at 5.7 Percent CHICAGO (Aug. 6, 2007) TravelCLICK's quarterly eMonitor results indicate continued steady health for the hotel industry based on electronic distribution performance for the first quarter of 2007. The data shows that worldwide electronic hotel revenue from the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and key Internet sites increased 16.8 percent over the first quarter of 2006. The number of electronic room nights booked for the first q...
Award-Winning Hotel du Pont Selects TravelCLICK for Total Property Merchandising Solution; Historic Luxury Hotel Implements iHotelier CRS, Market Inte
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Award-Winning Hotel du Pont Selects TravelCLICK for Total Property Merchandising Solution . Historic Luxury Hotel Implements iHotelier CRS, Market Intelligence, Internet Marketing Services CHICAGO (Aug. 23, 2007) The award-winning Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, DE, has selected TravelCLICK, the leading provider of emarketing solutions for the hotel industry, to provide a comprehensive distribution and marketing solution, including central reservations, market intelligence, Internet marketing services and travel agent advertising. The 217-room independent hotel selected TravelCLICK beca...
Ramada Inn in Ligonier, Pennsylvania Subject of Wrongful Death Suit; 17 Year Old Employee Died in Auto Accident After Working 16 Hour Shift with Acc
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Rich Cholodofsky, Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News August 2, 2007 - The parents of a Cook teenager killed in a traffic accident last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that his employers allowed him to work too long and to drink alcohol while on the job. In a four-count lawsuit, mother Terri Nemcheck contends the owners of the Ramada Inn of Historic Ligonier were negligent when they allowed her 17-year-old son, Sean, to work a 16-hour shift, to have access to alcoholic bever...
Owned by The Village of Lombard, Illinois, The 500 room Westin Lombard Yorktown Center Opens; Brent Menzel the Opening GM / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive 20 Minutes from Downtown Chicago WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - August 22, 2007 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announces the grand opening of The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, an upscale hotel located just outside of the city of Chicago in the rapidly growing suburb of Lombard, Illinois. Operated by a wholly owned subsidiary of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc, The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center is the 150th Westin hotel to open worldwide, a milestone that the brand will celebrate with the release of 150 butterflies at todays ribbon cutting. ...
Davidson Hotel Company Will Manage the Recently Opened 225-room Westin Annapolis, Maryland / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Mixed-Use Development Hotel Opens Strong, Already Becoming Popular with Locals MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 27, 2007 Davidson Hotel Company (DHC), one of the nations largest hotel management companies, today announced it will manage the recently opened 225-room Westin Annapolis in Maryland, the anchor property of a $250 million mixed-use development that includes office and retail space, restaurants and 208 luxury condominiums. The company also oversaw certain elements of the final construction of the new-build property, in addition to all pre-opening activities. Mana...
Web 2.0 and Hotel Sales Strategies for '08; What Are Your Clients Saying About You? / Carol Verret / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Carol Verret Consulting and Training Consulting Training Seminars . . . . Web 2.0 and Hotel Sales Strategies for '08 What Are Your Clients Saying About You? . August 2007 - So you think your clients arent out there talking about you? You think that clients and potential clients dont exchange their thoughts about the experiences they have had at your hotel? Think again! If the term Web 2.0 has you scratching your head, you are not alone. However, it is important that hotel sales departments get up to speed on the concept. Web 2.0 is the trend to User Generated Content, that is, the use of soc...
Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Advises in the Sale of the Baymont Inn and Suites, Omaha, NE and the Hampton Inn Hays, KS / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Warmbrodt Hotel Investments Advises in the Sale of the Baymont Inn and Suites, Omaha, NE and the Hampton Inn Hays, KS Kansas City, Missouri, August 28, 2007 Warmbrodt Hotel Investments, Inc. (WHI) a Kansas City, MO based hotel real estate firm, announced today it advised in the sale of the 129-room Baymont Inn and Suites located in Omaha, NE. The property was sold by StayInn Omaha, Inc. to Omaha Lodging, LLC for an undisclosed amount. The 2 and 3 story, interior and exterior-corridor limited service hotel is located in the growing midtown area of Omaha and adjacent to the new Coco Keys...
Wyndham Worldwide Reports 2nd Qtr Profit Up 28% Year-over-Year; Experiencing Phenomenal Performance in the Vacation Ownership Business / Hotel Operat
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Wyndham Worldwide Reports 2nd Qtr Profit Up 28% Year-over-Year . Experiencing Phenomenal Performance in the Vacation Ownership Business Hotel Operating Statistics by Brand PARSIPPANY, N.J. August 1, 2007 Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:WYN) today announced results for the three months ended June 30, 2007. Financial information discussed in this press release include both GAAP and non-GAAP measures, which include or exclude certain items, or reflect pro forma adjustments, related to the Companys spin-off effective July 31, 2006. These non-GAAP measures differ...
Windsor Capital Group, Inc. and Windsor Management Services Open the 130 room Homewood Suites La Quinta, California / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive LA QUINTA, Calif. - August 17, 2007 - In the desert, a gem sparkles and its name is Homewood Suites La Quinta. Yesterday, Windsor Management Services and the propertys owners officially opened the doors to this 130-room property. It is a first for both the brand and the larger Windsor Hospitality Group portfolio. WHG owns and develops brand name hotels throughout the United States. WMS is Windsor Hospitality Groups division dedicated to third-party management contracts. Several of the properties in Windsors portfolio are in the Hilton Family of Brands, but this is their ...
PT Dua Cahaya Anugrah Building a 232 room W Retreat & Spa on the Isle of Bali in the Seminyak Area / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive W Bali Marks the Brands Fourth Retreat & Spa in the World and First Property in Indonesia August 30, 2007 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT), today announced that W Hotels will open its first property in Indonesia in 2009. W Retreat & SpaBali will be the brands fourth retreat in the world, following the award-winning W Retreat & Spa-Maldives, which opened in September 2006, and the impending openings of W Retreat & Spa-Vieques, scheduled to open in late 2008, and W Retreat & Residences-Koh Samui, scheduled to open in 2009. The newly built W Retr...
The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians Planning an $800 million Resort Casino Just East of San Diego, California / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive SAN DIEGO - August 24, 2007 - The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians today announced plans for an $800 million resort and casino project. The Viejas resort and casino expansion plans include: A new casino A hotel, with a spa, retail outlets and restaurants Resort cabana, pool area Conference & banquet space A movie theater A new parking structure A co-generation power plant The new casino and resort are scheduled for completion in 2012 and will be located adjacent to the existing Viejas Casino, on the Viejas Reservation off of I-8 ea...
The 3,000 suite Venetian Macao Opens as the First Fully Integrated Resort in Macao; The US$2.4 billion Mega Resort the Largest Single Structure Hotel
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive MACAO, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Aug. 27, 2007 - With tens of thousands of guests, VIP's, and more than 1,200 members of the media flocking from throughout the region and across the world to see it and experience it, The Venetian(R) Macao-Resort- Hotel opened its doors today and with it ushered in a new chapter in the storied history of Macao. "In this day and age its commonplace to throw around phrases like historic, groundbreaking, and revolutionary," said Sheldon G. Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp....
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Appoints Valerie Thompson as Vice President of Finance, The Americas / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Appoints Valerie Thompson as Vice President of Finance, The Americas San FRANCISCO, August 13, 2007 Wolfgang K. Hültner, CEO of the Americas, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, has announced the appointment of Valerie Thompson as Vice President of Finance, The Americas, effective today. Based in San Francisco, Ms. Thompson will oversee all aspects of the financial operations of the companys five luxury hotels in the Americas, as well as the portfolio of eight hotels and resorts in development in the region. Ms. Thompson will report directly to...
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March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Uniguest and PC Guardian ® Introduce USB Security Protection Device for Hotel Industry to Combat Data Leakage Anti-theft USB Port Security system now available to prevent illegally obtained user data from PC Workstations among hotels Nashville, TN - August 7, 2007 - Uniguest and PC Guardian are pleased to announce a breakthrough in hotel Public PC Workstation security. In response to the reports of illegal keystroke hardware logging devices found in front desk and business center computer workstations among hotels, Uniguest, in conjunction with PC Guardian, is now offering an exclus...
The University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management Provides Students with Intership Opportunities All Over the Worl
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive HOUSTON, August 30, 2007 Casinos, hunting ranches, luxurious resorts and top-rated restaurants arent just vacation destinations. They also are student internship destinations at the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management. And one of the hottest requests: the United Arab Emirates. We try to match our students with internships in places where they want to be, said Jason Finehout, internship coordinator for the college. This creates a lot of enthusiasm. Students tell me where they ...
The University of Florida Providing 5 Years of Funding for a New On-campus Institute – the Crisis Recovery Tourism Research Institute; Names Ela
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive GAINESVILLE, Fla. AUG. 22, 2007 - The University of Florida Tourism Crisis Recovery Institute, a new on-campus institute housed in the College of Health and Human Performance, hired a well-known figure in the tourism industry to serve as director of strategic operations. Elaine McLaughlin of Ft. Myers, Fla., will bring her numerous years of tourism experience to lead the institute as it begins to research local, national and global crises and its impact on tourism, including travel behavior. The Tourism Crisis Recovery Institute also will work with clients from the travel in...
The Buccini/Pollin Group Breaks Ground on first of its Kind Two in One Hotel Near Baltimore; The 11-story building will house both a Homewood Suites
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Buccini/Pollin Group Breaks Ground on first of its Kind "Two in One" Hotel Near Baltimore . The 11-story building will house both a Homewood Suites by Hilton and a Hilton Garden Inn Wilmington, DE, August 2, 2007 -The Buccini/Pollin Group broke ground in July on a first of its kind design in the hotel industry with the "two hotels in one" Hilton Garden Inn Baltimore Arundel Mills and Homewood Suites by Hilton Baltimore Arundel Mills. This innovative design puts two leading-edge hotels in the same building. The 11-story structure, located just off the Baltimore/Washington...
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March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Nobody Asked Me, But No. 31 .. Blackstones Acquisition of Hilton, The Art of Groveling, The Origin of Franchising, Key Facts about Franchising, Quote of the Month By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC August 2007 1. Blackstones Acquisition of Hilton - If you want my considered opinion about the Blackstone acquisition of Hilton, just remember that private equity investors buy and sell companies usually with other peoples money. They put up a tiny slice of their own capital and multiply it with investments from pension funds, wealthy individuals and foreign government investm...
Presidian Joint Ventures with Local Owners to Renovate and Reopen Downtown Tulsa's Historic Mayo Hotel / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Michael Overall, Tulsa World, Okla.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 24, 2007 - A building permit has been issued to begin work on a $35 million project to reopen downtown Tulsa's historic Mayo Hotel, officials said Thursday. Major construction won't start until January, but the initial $500,000 permit will allow for curb cuts and sidewalk changes to allow the building's first floor to remain open for events during the renovation of the upper floors. The project will include a hotel on the first nine floors of the b...
The Start of Columbia Sussex's $2.5 billion Makeover of the Ageing Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Delayed Because of a Volatile Debt Market
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Arnold M. Knightly, Las Vegas Review-JournalMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 17, 2007 - The start of the Tropicana's $2.5 billion makeover has been delayed until at least 2008 because of a volatile debt market and rising construction costs, a company spokesman confirmed late Wednesday. "There will be a delay in the Tropicana project tied to some operating issues and some credit markets," said Hud Englehart, spokesman for the gaming property's parent company, Fort Mitchell, Ky.-based Columbia Sussex Corp. "The compa...
Some Question Columbia-Sussex' Management of the Tropicana Casino & Resort, Atlantic City / August 2007...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia InquirerMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 10, 2007 - Tropicana Casino chief Fred Buro, who had overseen the layoffs of about 1,000 employees at his Atlantic City casino this year, confirmed yesterday that he was fired by Columbia-Sussex Corp. He said the termination occurred late Wednesday. Columbia-Sussex announced Buro's replacement yesterday. "I was asked to leave," Buro, the Tropicana's president and chief operating officer, said yesterday. He decl...
