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Novac Noury, a Fixture of Manhattan's 1970 Disco Scene, Now Aiming to Develop a Hotel in NYC's Meat Market District / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Novac Noury, a Fixture of Manhattan's 1970 Disco Scene, Now Aiming to Develop a Hotel in NYC's Meat Market District Meat Market - Discos arrow man is now aiming to be a developer > By Lincoln Anderson, August 2007 Originally published in the VILLAGER NEWS Volume 77, Number 7 | July 18 - 24, 2007 Reprinted with Permission . In the wee hours one morning in the early 1980s, heading home after a euphoric night playing his congas at Crisco Disco in Chelsea, Novac Noury bought a newspaper. A listing for a building for sale on Little W. 12th St. caught his eye...
Increasing Online Revenue is Focus of NORTHWIND Maestro's 2008 Users' Conference; Maestro Guest Connections Conference presents workshops, e
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online .Special Report Increasing Online Revenue is Focus of NORTHWIND Maestros 2008 Users Conference . Maestro Guest Connections Conference presents workshops, expert training to support operators 360-degree view of guests, drive profitability, service Markham, ON August 22, 2007 - NORTHWIND Maestro PMS, provider of Maestro Enterprise Property Management hotel software and reservation software solutions for hospitality, today announced that its 2008 Users Conference, titled Guest Connections, will focus on enabling operators to leverage Maestro technology to boost revenue from online channe...
Top Ten Hospitality Trends for Summer and Fall 2007 / North Pacific Management, Inc. / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Top Ten Hospitality Trends for Summer and Fall 2007 For twenty years, North Pacific Management, Inc. has owned and managed prime hospitality and commercial real estate in the lush and thriving Pacific Northwest. With experience managing full-service hotels and outstanding restaurants our company is poised to spot emerging market trends. Here are our top ten hospitality trends for Summer and Fall 2007. 1. Drink Local -- Everyones heard of eating local but now things are moving one step further. Consumers are becoming more aware of and interested in local sustainable...
Newmarket International Launches New Version of its Daylight Sales and Catering Application; New capabilities include powerful integration with market
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report .Newmarket International Launches New Version of its Daylight Sales and Catering Application New capabilities include powerful integration with market leaders Passkey and Cendyn Portsmouth, NH - August 20, 2007 Newmarket International, Inc., the leader in sales and catering solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced the launch of its latest version of Daylight®, a flexible group sales and catering application. The new version includes powerful integration with Cendyns eProposal and Passkey Hotel Direct, giving customers the tools required to increase productivi...
Owners of the New Yorker Hotel Recognize its Past History – the 860 room Art Deco Hotel Built in 1930 Receiving $65 million Restoration / Augus
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Complete Overhaul of Furnishings, Remodeled Lobby, New Restaurants Among Highlights NEW YORK, NY (Aug. 13, 2007) Once the largest hotel in New York, with more than 2,500 rooms when it first opened in 1930, the New Yorker Hotel has launched an aggressive program to revitalize what is still one of the biggest art deco buildings in the heart of midtown New York City. The owners, recognizing the value of the hotels glorious past history, have embarked on an ambitious $65 million renovation and remodeling project to both restore its art deco reputation and add the modern e...
Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $21.6 Acquistion Financing of Hilton Downtown Saint Louis / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online .Special Report Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $21.6 Acquistion Financing of Hilton Downtown Saint Louis SAN DIEGO August 20, 2007 Neptune Hospitality Advisors today announced it arranged senior financing for the 195-room Hilton St. Louis Downtown. Neptune arranged the $21.6 million five-year fixed-rate loan, with 12-months of interest-only, through an international investment bank. The historic Hilton is an elegant four star/four diamond hotel located in the historic Merchants Laclede Building within the heart of downtown St. Louis. The Merchants Laclede Building was originally erect...
Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $24.7 million Acquisition Financing of Orlando Sheraton / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online .Special Report Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $24.7 million Acquisition Financing of Orlando Sheraton SAN DIEGO July 31, 2007 Neptune Hospitality Advisors today announced it arranged senior financing for the 301-room Sheraton Studio City in Orlando, Florida. Neptune arranged the $24.7 million five-year fixed-rate loan, with 12-months of interest-only, through an international investment bank. The Sheraton is located on the world-famous International Drive, just across from Universal Orlando® Resort. The hotel offers 301 guestrooms in a 21-story, octagonal, Art Deco building color...
Neptune Hospitality Advisors Orchestrates Sale of Hilton Garden Inn of Nashville / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online .Special Report Neptune Hospitality Advisors Orchestrates Sale of Hilton Garden Inn of Nashville SAN DIEGO August 1, 2007 Neptune Hospitality Advisors today announced it has arranged the sale of the 110-room Hilton Garden Inn in Nashville, Tennessee. The buyer is Platinum Hospitality Management. The seller, American Property Management Corporation, originally acquired the hotel in mid-2004. The sale price was not disclosed. The Hilton Garden Inn Nashville, which opened in 2002, is a six-story, select-service hotel located minutes away from the Music Citys International Airport. Neptune manag...
Fort Lauderdale Tourism Leaders Confront the City's Mayor Jim Naugle / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Douglas Hanks, The Miami HeraldMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 24, 2007 - Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle could undo decades of tourism marketing campaigns if he continues linking gay vacationers with Broward County's AIDS woes, tourism officials warned Thursday. Broward already faces an "erosion" of conference business with at least one gay group suspending plans for a Fort Lauderdale gathering and some minority organizations questioning whether the county is a tolerant venue for meetings, Broward tourism director Nicki...
Crowne Plaza Oceanfront, Singer Island Recently Liquidated by NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Crowne Plaza Oceanfront, Singer Island Recently Liquidated by NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. August 2007 Singer Island, FL Marriott Vacation Club International recently employed the services of NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. to liquidate the complete contents of the 193 room former Crowne Plaza Oceanfront as the first phase of the redevelopment of the property as a Marriott Vacation Club Resort. This is the second Florida hotel liquidation sale in which Marriott Vacation Club utilized NCLs liquidation management services, the first being the Radisson Suite Beach Reso...
NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. Completes Another Major Florida Hotel Liquidation / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. Completes Another Major Florida Hotel Liquidation August 2007 Bal Harbour, FL - National Content Liquidators, Inc. (NCL), a leading liquidation management company, recently completed the liquidation of the 645 room Sheraton Bal Harbour Beach Resort. Thousands of people attended the 50 day sale, taking one last opportunity to visit the landmark hotel prior to its demolition. The hotel was designed by Morris Lapidus and built by the Tisch family in the late 1950s and was once one of the most glamorous resorts in South Florida. First known as the Ame...
Tom Bodett, the Voice Behind Motel 6, Humorously Lists All the Amenities He Does Not Need When Staying at a Hotel… Including Sewing Kits, Shoe M
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Motel 6 and Tom Bodett have narrowed it down to what really matters in a hotel stay Carrollton, TX - August 23, 2007 -- In an age where hotels have "bedding wars" and offer baskets of fruit you have never heard of, Motel 6 and Tom Bodett have narrowed it down to what really matters in a hotel stay. Bodett, the famous voice behind Motel 6's "We'll Leave the Light On" campaign, humorously lists all the amenities he "does not need" when staying at a hotel, such as sewing kits and Jordan Almonds on your pillow. Simply titled, "Things I Don't Need," Bodett's latest podcast is av...
Resort Owner Jim Confalone Reveals Big Plans for Big Squaw Mountain Resort; Wants to Turn the Underutilized Maine Ski Slope into a Year Round Destin
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, MaineMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 29, 2007 - The owner of Big Squaw Mountain Resort has revived and expanded plans to turn the underutilized ski slope outside Greenville into a four-season facility that could help draw crowds to the Moosehead Lake region. Resort owner Jim Confalone has told staff with the Land Use Regulation Commission that his short-term expansion plans include construction of about 200 condominiums at the resort, upgrades to the existing hotel and base lodge and impro...
A Coalition Public Event Promoters in Monterey, California Launch Web Site Featuring Hotels Designated as Preferred Providers; Seeks to Stop Price G
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Marie Vasari, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 23, 2007 - A coalition of major public event promoters in Monterey County has launched a Web site featuring lodgings designated as Preferred Providers. Sixteen properties, ranging from high-end luxury resorts to a motel, were selected based on several criteria, including policies for pricing and cancellations during special events. The site, www.montereypreferredprovider.com, featured five luxury hotels, four bed and breakfasts, one mot...
Noble Investment Group Plans to Acquire the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee; Built in 1980, the 484 room Hotel Will Receive $15-20 million Renovation / Augu
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal SentinelMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 9, 2007 - The Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, downtown's second-largest hotel, is being sold to an Atlanta-based company that plans to do extensive renovations. Noble Investment Group's plans for the Hyatt, 333 W. Kilbourn Ave., include a refurbishing of its 484 guest rooms, as well as improvements to the restaurants, lounge and other areas, said Clay Spencer, the Hyatt's general manager. The project's costs are estimated in the range of $15 million to...
California Developer Claims Permission Received from Mexican Government to Build a $900 million Resort and Casino in Baja California on the Sea of C
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Joseph Ascenzi, The Business Press, Ontario, Calif.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 13, 2007 -Less than a month after it was formed, a Rancho Mirage development company has announced plans to build two resorts in Mexico, one of which will include a casino and a golf course. Ad Valora has obtained permission from the Mexican government to build Mexicarlo, a hotel resort and casino, said C.M. "Sonny" Ball, a Rancho Mirage resident and the founder and chairman of Ad Valora. Mexicarlo will be built on 1,800 acres of open...
Recap: Memphis Lodging Industry Summit / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By David Flaum, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 23, 2007 - With this year and next shaping up as the best ever for the lodging industry -- although Memphis isn't doing that great -- lodging industry operators had their eye on some future yellow flags Wednesday. Randy Smith, chief executive officer of Smith Travel Research of Nashville, predicted 2007 will be "the most profitable year ever for the hotel industry." Speaking Wednesday at the fifth annual Memphis Lodging Industry Summ...
McCormick Place Seeks to Add a New 1,500 room Hotel in Addition to the Planned 600 room Expansion of the 800 room Hyatt Regency McCormick Place / Au
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Kathy Bergen, Chicago TribuneMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 3, 2007 - After trumpeting the completion of the $882 million West Building addition Thursday, a top McCormick Place official disclosed preliminary plans for another jumbo expansion that could include a 1,500-room hotel located on the block directly north of the newly opened hall. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority board on Tuesday is expected to consider exercising its eminent domain powers to condemn the block, clear...
The Mayflower Inn, Connecticut's Most Prominent High-end Resort, Acquired by American Property Management Corp. / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By George Krimsky, Waterbury Republican-American, Conn.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 31, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, Conn. -- The Mayflower Inn, a town landmark converted into one of the country's premier watering holes for the rich and famous, has been sold. Robert and Adriana Mnuchin of Washington said Monday they had reached agreement with a hotel company based in San Diego to buy the five-star resort and spa for an undisclosed amount, and will stay on to run the operation. They had planne...
Besides Training: Maximizing Hotel Reservations Sales Success / Doug Kennedy / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Besides Training: Maximizing Hotel Reservations Sales Success by Doug Kennedy, August 2007 Although having an effective hotel reservations sales training program is one key ingredient of a sales development action plan, other essential components will ensure that your hotel is actualizing the full potential of each and every transient reservations inquiry. Too often managers only implement the sale training component, and then if they measure the results at all, they do so exclusively through mystery shopping test calls. Other hotels make little or no effort at res...
Marquis Los Cabos Ranked Among the Top 25 Hotels in Mexico and Central and South America by Travel + Leisure Readers / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Los Cabos, Mexico (July 31, 2007) Marquis Los Cabos Beach, Golf, Spa & Casitas Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico was named as one of the Top 25 hotels in Mexico and Central and South America by Travel + Leisure magazine readers in its 2007 World's Best Awards. With only 13 Mexico hotels ranked on the list, Marquis Los Cabos beat out notable five-star properties for the coveted ranking. Travel + Leisure editors screened surveys from among discriminating travelers around the world and the winners were announced in the magazine's August 2007 issue. Adding more recognition, Expedia has na...
Airlines and Luxury Hotels Disappoint: Customers Want More Comfort and Pampering; Market Metrix Announces Second Quarter 2007 Hospitality Index Result
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Airlines and Luxury Hotels Disappoint: Customers Want More Comfort and Pampering -- Market Metrix Announces Second Quarter 2007 Hospitality Index Results --- . SAN RAFAEL, Calif. August 21, 2007 -- Market Metrix, LLC, the leading provider of customer and employee feedback and performance tools for the hospitality industry, today announced results of the Market Metrix Hospitality Index (MMHI) for the second quarter of 2007. Walt Disney World Resorts, Midwest Airlines and Enterprise Rent-a-Car ranked number one in hotel, airline and rental car industry customer satisfaction, respectively....
Owners Brad M. Reiss and John Yoon Complete Restoration of the 126 room Mansfield Hotel Located in Midtown Manhattan / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Owners Brad M. Reiss and John Yoon Complete Restoration of the 126 room Mansfield Hotel Located in Midtown Manhattan New York, NY (August 1, 2007) Located in the heart of the historic preservation district at 12 West 44th Street, the 126-room Mansfield Hotel has emerged from a 12-month restoration to debut as the Citys newest renovated boutique hotel. Originally designed by James Renwick and the firm of Renwick, Aspenwall and Owen, the Mansfield opened its doors in 1904, revealing a property designed in the Beaux-Arts and Second-Empire styles, and in keeping wi...
The Pritzkers Selling $1 billion Stake in Global Hyatt Corporation to Goldman Sachs and Madrone Capital Partners, Affiliated with Wal-Mart Chairman Ro
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive CHICAGO - August 29, 2007 - Tom Pritzker, Chairman of Global Hyatt Corporation, announced today that Madrone Capital Partners, a private investment firm affiliated with Rob Walton and his family, and entities affiliated with Goldman Sachs Capital Partners have agreed to invest a total of $1 billion to acquire equity securities in Global Hyatt Corporation. This investment represents a minority stake in the company and will be used primarily to provide liquidity to the Pritzker family interests that currently own Global Hyatt. Global Hyatt Corporation will be expanding the size of...
