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Michael Tiplady Appointed Senior Vice President of GR8 Leisure Concept Ltd in Hong Kong / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hong Kong, August 16th, 2007 Mr Michael Tiplady has been appointed Senior Vice President of GR8 Leisure Concept Ltd, an Asian Hospitality Group, based in Hong Kong. With more than thirty years experience in the hospitality industry, Tipladys career includes opening and managing five star hotels and resorts worldwide that include Europe, The Middle East, Indonesia, Taiwan, Korea, many parts of China and more locally here in Hong Kong. As a graduate of Thames Valley University and The University of Paisley, Tiplady began his career as a Post Graduate Management Trainee wi...
MagiNet Distributes MTech's HotSOS, Expanding HotSOS Support in Asia, Middle East and Africa Global technology integrator will bring MTech's
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report MIAMI AUGUST 15, 2007 MTech has recently teamed with Singapore-based MagiNet to expand distribution of its coveted HotSOS product throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa. MagiNet provides technology integration services to more than 600 hotels across 40 countries. Offered as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) hosted solution, the guest incident tracking and workflow automation tools provided by HotSOS will be sold and deployed by MagiNet while the solution will continue to be hosted and maintained by MTech. Through this distribution partnership, everyone wins, said Luis C. Segredo, presid...
Martin Rinck Appointed President and Managing Director of Carlson Hotels Worldwide Asia Pacific / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Martin Rinck Appointed President and Managing Director of Carlson Hotels Worldwide Asia Pacific MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3, 2007 - Carlson Hotels Worldwide today announced the appointment of Martin Rinck as President and Managing Director of Carlson Hotels Worldwide Asia Pacific, headquartered in Singapore. Rinck joins Carlson in this key role after serving the last four years as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer of the Rezidor Hotel Group based in Brussels. Rinck assumes his new position from Paul Kirwin, who has been serving a dual role in Asia Pacific as Presi...
Michael Pace Named General Manager of W San Francisco, Replacing Toni Knorr Who Moves to St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Michael Pace Named General Manager of W San Francisco, Replacing Toni Knorr Who Moves to St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (August 9, 2007) -- W Hotels Worldwide is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Pace as general manager of W San Francisco, the citys foremost design hotel. Pace replaces Toni Knorr, the longtime W GM who recently took over the general manager duties at the St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco. Pace joins W San Francisco from Kimpton Hotels, where he has successfully led various San Francisco hotels as general manager since 1998. His m...
Michael J. Dwyer Named Assistant General Manager at the Thayer Hotel, West Point, New York / September 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Michael J. Dwyer Named Assistant General Manager at the Thayer Hotel, West Point, New York West Point, NY (September 2007) Michael J. Dwyer of the Bronx, NY, has recently been promoted to Assistant General Manager at the historic Thayer Hotel at West Point. Mr. Dwyer, who has worked with the Thayer for the past 11 years, will be responsible for supporting the General Manager in all aspects of hotel operations. Prior to his promotion, Mr. Dwyer served as Director of Sales & Catering for the past two years, as Catering Manager from 2003 to 2005, and as Catering Coordin...
Marriott International Plans to Increase Spending Among Diverse Suppliers to 15% by 2009; Expands Program / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 16, 2007 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) announced today plans to increase spending among diverse suppliers to 15 percent by 2009. Additionally, the program will expand to include a new category for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) suppliers and international markets, Brazil and the United Kingdom. "Last year, our company reached record levels in spending," said Mike Tobolski, senior director, Diversity Initiatives, Marriott International, Inc. "We plan to build on our company's success in the U.S. and expand our program to n...
Marriott International Acquires 10.6 acres Across from the Las Vegas Convention Center; May Be Site for High Rise Marriott Marquis Hotel / August 20
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-JournalMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 15, 2007 - Marriott International has acquired 10.6 acres on Paradise Road across from the Las Vegas Convention Center for $186 million, or about $17.5 million an acre, GlobeSt.com reported. Marriott also acquired two hotels and the former Beach night club on the block between Desert Inn Road and Convention Center Drive. The five parcels that Marriott has either acquired or has contracted to acquire stretch from Paradise Road to Debbie Reynolds D...
Constellation Hospitality Group Will Use Cash From Condo Sales to Finance the Lumina Branded 220 room Hotel with 245 Condominiums in Tempe, Arizona
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Donna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Sep. 25--Veteran hotel developers will launch a new hotel-plus condos brand Lumina in downtown Tempe. The 220-room hotel with 245 condominiums will rise in two 15- to 20-story towers at Fifth Street and College Avenue, the site of the former Arizona National Guard Armory, near Sun Devil Stadium and the Wells Fargo Arena. The $200 million project, announced nearly a year ago with the moniker Stadium Towers, is slated to break ground in November and open...
Sahara India Club Royale Corporation Limited and Carlson Hotels Building a Radisson Hotel in Lucknow, India / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Lucknow, August 16, 2007: Sahara India Club Royale Corporation Limited, the hotel business wing of Sahara Infrastructure and Housing has entered into an Management and License Agreement with global leader in Hospitality services Carlson Hotels Worldwide, to establish Radisson Hotel at Sahara City Homes, Lucknow. Situated at the ultra modern Sahara City Homes, Lucknow Township, the hotel will be called Radisson Hotel Lucknow Sahara City Homes. The Hotel would be constructed and owned by Sahara India Club Royale Corporation Limited. The hotel would operate under a lic...
Still a Dealmaker's Paradise; The Upper-Upscale Sector Elbows Its Way to the Front / The Lodging Ledger / Steve Hennis / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report The Lodging Ledger Still a Dealmakers Paradise The Upper-Upscale Sector Elbows Its Way to the Front . HOSPITALITY RESEARCH + CONSULTING SPECIALISTS Summer 2007 Deal Pace Remains Strong through the First Half of 2007 Acquisitions Level Sits on a High Plateau The $575 million sale of the Maui Prince Hotel topped the list of transactions during the 2nd quarter of 2007. . The question inevitably arises during each conference as to which inning the current hotel investment cycle is in. The common answer seems to be around the sixth or seventh inning nowad...
Best Western Listel Whistler Hotel Selects SoftBrands' Medallion Property Management System; Technology Includes Two-Way Interface for Managing A
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Best Western Listel Whistler Hotel Selects SoftBrands Medallion Property Management System . Technology Includes Two-Way Interface for Managing Availability, Rates and Inventory Minneapolis, Minn. Aug. 7, 2007 -- SoftBrands, Inc. (AMEX: SBN), a global supplier of enterprise application software, today announced that Best Western Listel Whistler Hotel in Whistler, B.C., Canada has selected SoftBrands Medallion property management system (PMS) to manage availability, rates and inventory using the Medallion Best Western two-way interface. We wanted a PMS that would help us manage o...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Ithaca, NY, August 24, 2007 For the 45th consecutive year, prominent hospitality leaders will share their wisdom and experience with students in the Deans Distinguished Lecture Series at the Cornell Hotel School this fall. Each Friday entrepreneurs and executives will talk about their careers, giving students direct insight into what it takes to thrive in the hospitality industry. Our speaker series is a great way for students to see how the theory they learn in the classroom can be put to successful use in the field," says Michael Johnson, dean of the Cornell Hotel School....
Landry's Restaurants Falls into Technical Default; Additional Plans for the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas Put on Hold / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Purva Patel, Houston ChronicleMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 17, 2007 - GALVESTON -- A dispute between Landry's Restaurants and its bondholders remained unresolved Thursday after a federal court hearing during which CEO Tilman Fertitta testified that a ruling against the company would force it to halt all new projects. Landry's is asking U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent to make permanent a temporary restraining order against bondholders who've called for the immediate repayment of $400 million in notes. The H...
The Lam Group, Lam Generation Sign Marshall Management to Facilitate Accelerated Development in New York City / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive NEW YORK, N.Y./SALISBURY, Md., August 27, 2007 The Lam Group, a leading hotel and real estate development firm owned by John Lam; Lam Generation, a recently formed hotel development and ownership company operated by Jeffrey Lam; and Marshall Management, a leading, mid-sized hotel management company, today announced that they have signed agreements designed to help the two development companies accelerate their planned development in New York City. Under terms of the agreement Marshall Management will provide strategic and operating consulting services for back of the house...
Wyndham Hotels Assumes Management of the 364-room Lakeside Princeton Conference Center & Hotel in Plainsboro, New Jersey; Renamed The Wyndham® Pri
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Aug. 28, 2007) - Wyndham Hotels and Resorts today announced that it has become manager of the 364-room Lakeside Princeton Conference Center & Hotel in Princeton, N.J., which will be renamed The Wyndham® Princeton Forrestal Hotel & Conference Center. The facility, known locally as the Merrill Lynch Conference Center and formerly the Harrison Conference Center and Hotel, recently completed a multimillion-dollar upgrade to its guest rooms, lobby, public spaces, infrastructure and exterior and plans to invest another significant amount to comply with Wyn...
Luis Rodríguez Named General Manager of Casa Velas Hotel Boutique, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (August 28, 2007) Luis Rodríguez has been named General Manager of Casa Velas Hotel Boutique, the only AAA Four-Diamond adults-only all-inclusive golf resort in Mexico. Rodríguez brings more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry to his new position at Casa Velas, a member of The Leading Small Hotels of the World. As General Manager he oversees day-to-day hotel operations, marketing and sales and food and beverage. Prior to joining Casa Velas, Rodríguez was Resident Manager of the five-star sister hotel Grand Velas All Suites an...
Former Front-desk Staffer at the Park Lane Hotel on Central Park South Sets the Record Straight on Leona Helmsley / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Ellis Henican, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 21, 2007 - He's the star of the perfect Leona Helmsley anecdote. No, not the tale of how a hatmaker's daughter out of Brooklyn courted and won a Manhattan real-estate billionaire. Not the old chestnut about the day the haughty hotelier was dubbed the "Queen of Mean." Not even the story behind her famously snobbish comment, a comment she hotly denied, that "only the little people pay taxes." This story is better than any of those. It invol...
Hotel Queen Leona Helmsley Dies at 87 / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Hoa Nguyen, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 21, 2007--Dubbed the "Queen of Mean" by some but known as a generous benefactor to local nonprofit agencies, Leona Helmsley died yesterday at her backcountry Greenwich estate on Round Hill Road. Mrs. Helmsley had been in declining health the past few weeks and died of heart failure yesterday morning, her New York publicist Howard Rubenstein said. She was 87. Mrs. Helmsley and her late husband, Harry, carved out one of the most recognizable name...
Lodgian Temporarily Suspends Discussions with Interested Suitors; Implements Share Repurchase Program, Continues With Plan for the Sale of Certain Hot
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive ATLANTA, Ga., August 24, 2007Lodgian, Inc. (AMEX: LGN), one of the nations largest independent owners and operators of full-service hotels, today released information to update investors regarding the companys previously announced review of strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value. These plans include implementing share repurchases and a cost reduction initiative that the company anticipates will save between $4 and $4.5 million annually. Since the January 22, 2007 announcement of its review, the company has explored a number of strategic alternatives, includin...
Leo Chandler Appointed Area General Manager at the 601-room St. Louis Airport Marriott / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive ST. LOUIS, MO., August 14, 2007 - Leo Chandler, a 20-year veteran with Marriott International was appointed Area General Manager at the 601-room St. Louis Airport Marriott, according to Marriott International Regional Vice President, Bob Farmery. Chandler was formerly the General Manager at the Toronto Airport Marriott, in Toronto, Canada. "This seasoned hotelier brings a wealth of knowledge and industry expertise to our thriving marketplace and I'm proud to welcome him back to the United States and to our management team," stated Farmery. Chandler joined the award-wi...
Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Linda Cerra General Manager of Montauk Yacht Club / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Linda Cerra General Manager of Montauk Yacht Club The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, August 2007 Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Linda Cerra as general manager of the historic Montauk Yacht Club, located in Montauk, Long Island, New York. Ellen Sinclair, vice president, made the announcement. I am very pleased to announce Lindas newest appointment with Benchmark Hospitality, said Ms. Sinclair. She has been an integral part of our organization since 1998 and brings significant experienc...
Exclusive Tarsadia Hotel Group to Let Knowland Take the Lead; Tarsadia Hotels Signs on with Knowland Group's INSIGHT to Track Group Sales Leads /
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Salisbury, MD (August 23, 2007) - In a move that reinforces The Knowland Group's national growth strategy in the realm of hospitality sales and marketing services, the fast rising firm announced today that it will add the top tier Tarsadia Hotel Group to their in demand client roster. Renowned as one of the top privately owned hotel companies, and a first-class developer of hospitality-related assets in the United States, the Newport Beach, CA based Tarsadia has arranged for The Knowland Group's products INSIGHT and READERS to service several of their properti...
Ali Kasikci Accepts Managing Director Position at Montage Beverly Hills / Jim Butler / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com August 31, 2007 Alan J. Fuerstman, founder and CEO of Montage, today named award-winning hotelier Ali Kasikci as managing director of the new 201-room Montage Beverly Hills, scheduled to open in the city's "golden triangle" in fall of 2008. Ali Kasikci is widely respected as one of the top luxury hotel leaders in the world. His departure has to be a great loss for the Peninsula Beverly Hills and its guests. He will not be easy to replace. Kasikci takes the helm of Montage Beverly Hills Ali Kasikci is one of the gre...
Kate Neu Appointed As Marketing Manager at the Newly Renovated Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa, Dallas, Texas / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive DALLAS August 16, 2007 La Corsha Hospitality Group and the Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa Dallas are proud to announce the appointment of Kate Neu as the new Marketing Manager. She will be responsible for coordinating key marketing alliances, in kind community involvement, aiding in the development of the annual marketing, advertising, and media plans, as well as develop and maintain brand initiatives and awareness for the historical Dallas icon, which will re-open under new management and ownership in the fall of 2007. The Stoneleigh is owned by Prescott Realty Group and Apollo Re...
