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The Long Vacant Clarion Hotel in Hartford, Connecticut Could Benefit From A Redevelopment Plan / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Kenneth R. Gosselin, The Hartford Courant, Conn.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 7, 2007 -- Marketing dollars can't erase the image of decay and desolation that vacant, rundown buildings have projected for years at some of the most traveled entrances to downtown Hartford. But now, the city is developing a proposal that could boost redevelopment of the some of the most blighted commercial areas in and around downtown. The proposal would create a redevelopment district encompassing some of downtown Hartford's biggest ...
Harrah's Entertainment and AEG Agree to Develop a Privately Funded 20,000 seat Arena Just Off the Las Vegas Strip; Will Be Capable of Hosting an
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive LAS VEGAS, Aug. 22, 2007 - Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET0) and AEG today unveiled plans for of an approximately 20,000-seat, privately financed, state-of-the-art arena. This arena is envisioned to be Las Vegas' new home for the most popular and important sports and entertainment events. The site of the venue will be one block east of the world famous Las Vegas Strip on approximately 10 acres of land that is part of the current Harrah's land holdings. As managing partner, AEG will be responsible for developing, operating and programming a full range of live sports and en...
16 of the 17 Harlingen Hotels Continue to Boycott the Harlingen Convention and Visitors Bureau; Lists 9 Demands / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Daisy Martinez, Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TexasMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 28, 2007 - HARLINGEN -- The Harlingen Lodging Association said it will continue to boycott the Harlingen Convention and Visitors Bureau as the city prepares to host a Tourism Summit and Workshop today. The HLA released a statement Monday that said, "Our boycott means that we will not accept any future communication from the Harlingen CVB, attend any meeting or participate in any forums sponsored by the Harlingen CVB..." However, t...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive HORSHAM, PA. AUGUST 28, 2007 Early-bird registration for the 2nd Annual HR in Hospitality Conference (www.HRinHospitality.com), the premier event for hotel, restaurant and foodservice professionals in HR management, employment law and labor relations, is now open. The three-day event is scheduled for March 16-19, 2008, at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort. The event is produced by Human Resource Executive® Magazine and developed and co-sponsored by Cornell Universitys School of Hotel Administration and the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations. HR in Hospitality a...
Hard Rock Hotel – Las Vegas Ahead of Target in Many Key Financial Areas for New Owner Morgans Hotel Group / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Arnold M. Knightly, Las Vegas Review-JournalMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 4, 2007 --The Hard Rock Hotel is out-performing expectations of its new owners and industry analysts. Morgans Hotel Group Co. Chief Executive Office Ed Scheetz said during a conference call Thursday to discuss the company's second-quarter earnings that the property is "ahead of target" in many key financial areas. Second-quarter revenue per available room rates rose to $219.84, a 14.9 percent year-over-year increase. The average daily room ...
Pedal to Metal vs. Plugging Along – HIS Reports for June 2007 show Ups & Downs of Meetings Business in Portland, OR, Indianapolis, and Orange Co
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel sales execs use reports by Hospitality Information Services to determine how well they are competing for organization business. Walnut Creek, CA. August 7, 2007. In the meetings market, experienced sales and catering managers understand how to use market intelligence to increase market share for their hotels, according to Hospitality Information Services (HIS), which tracks the meetings industry in 44 markets in the U.S. and Canada. A comparison of the June 2007 HIS Monthly Market Summaries with the reports for the previous June for Portland, OR, Indianapolis, and Orange Count...
New Study, Collaborated with UNITE HERE, Reports Certain Hotel Workers Are Injured at Different Rates; 35 Union Hotels in the Full Servie Sector Studi
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive (New York, NY) -- A new study released on Monday, August 27, 2007 at PREMUS the Sixth International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, held in Boston, highlights the differences in injury rates by gender, race/ethnicity or both. Dr. Susan Buchanan, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, presented the alarming results that raise many questions as to why certain workers are getting injured at different rates. PREMUS is a prestigious academic conference, gathering researchers from around the world with the goal of pr...
HEI Hotels & Resorts to Acquire Site for Planned 378-Room Hotel in Bellevue, Washington / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive NORWALK, Conn., August 29, 2007HEI Hotels & Resorts, a rapidly growing hotel ownership and operating company, today announced that it is planning to acquire a one-acre site in Bellevue, Washington, for its contemplated development of a 378-room full service hotel. HEI is in advanced discussions with Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) to brand the hotel a full-service Marriott Hotel. The company currently is undergoing final permitting and development planning and expects to open in 2010. HEI is the developer and will manage the hotel. Development is an important ...
Groupe Pacific is Back with Plans for a $110 million Hotel and Office Project for Downtown Fort Lauderdale; Earlier Plan Was a Condo / Hotel / Augus
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Patrick Danner, The Miami HeraldMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 8, 2007 --A year after Groupe Pacific scrapped a 42-story condo development in downtown Fort Lauderdale, the Aventura developer is back with plans for a $110 million office and hotel project. The proposed 30-story 111 Broward Blvd. complex, featuring almost 300,000 square feet of office space and 228 hotel rooms, is slated for a 1.24-acre site west of the federal courthouse on Broward Boulevard. Groupe Pacific marks the latest developer to either propo...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Groups and Meetings the Next Frontier in Online Booking This article is from the Summer 2007 issue of Hospitality Upgrade magazine.To view more articles covering technology for the hospitality industry please visit the Hospitality Upgrade Web site or to request a free publication please call (678) 802-5307 or e-mail. By John Burns In January 2007 PhoCusWright Inc. released Groups and Meetings: Market Opportunity Redefined. Authored by Dr. Daniel Connolly, with assistance from Dr. Bill Carroll and Susan Steinbrink, this report delivers a well-researched, timely and thought-...
The Landmark Green Oaks Hotel in Fort Worth has Date with Wrecking Ball / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Sandra Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TexasMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 28, 2007 - The landmark Green Oaks Hotel in west Fort Worth, famous for hosting Elvis Presley and other celebrities, will be torn down in December to make room for a three-story office building and possibly another hotel, its owners said Monday. The 42-year-old hotel's employees were told late last week about the plans and to not book business or guests beyond November, said Bill Cawley, chairman and chief executive of Dallas-based Cawley Wilcox,...
Green Leaders: EcoRooms & EcoSuites new Board of Advisors hopes to raise the environmental standards of the hospitality industry, educate consumers an
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report . fresh ideas for hospitality The Pineapple has been a symbol of hospitality for centuries. According to legend, captains of New England would mount a pineapple on their fence posts when they had a safe return from sea. This served as an invitation for family and friends to visit and share a meal together. Today, the pineapple serves as a symbol for the highest quality in hospitality . . Green Leaders EcoRooms & EcoSuites new Board of Advisors hopes to raise the environmental standards of the hospitality industry, educate consumers and differentiate green from greenwashi...
JMBM Hotel Lawyers Announce First Green Hotel Development Conference / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive JMBM Hotel Lawyers Announce First Green Hotel Development Conference August 2007 - Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP (JMBM) announced today that The Hotel Developers Conference 2008 (www.jmbm.com/THDC) will focus entirely on green hotel development and renovation. Presented by the 50-lawyer team of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® this green hotel "summit" is co-sponsored by the University of Las Vegas (UNLV) and the Los Angeles Chapter of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). More than 450 hospitality industry leaders are expected to attend, March 12-13, 20...
The Gaylord Texan and Other Hotels Making Grapevine, Texas a Top Texas Market / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By David Wethe, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TexasMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 20, 2007 -- GRAPEVINE -- Like clockwork, the trolley motors down Main Street. The boutiques it passes along the way sport signs that welcome the latest group of conventioneers staying at the nearby Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center. Every other hour, the blue-and-white bus -- made to look like an old-time trolley -- drops off guests from the Gaylord Texan like an armored truck dropping off moneybags. The trolley highlights this town'...
JTC Inc. Building a 100 room Country Inn and Suites by Carlson in Grand Forks, North Dakota / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Yangkyoung Lee and Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 24, 2007 - Grand Forks will have a new hotel in town as early as next summer. It would be Grand Forks' 24th hotel. Foundation work started Thursday morning for construction of the Country Inn and Suites by Carlson at 3101 S. 42nd St., said Todd Innes, managing partner of JTC Inc., the developer of the hotel. The hotel will have four stories with 100 rooms, near the 32nd Avenue exit on Interstate 29 and Menards, Innes said. ...
Manchester Grand Resorts Prepares to Open the 249 room Grand Del Mar in Del Mar, California / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Set to Open October 6, 2007 SAN DIEGO, Calif. (August 24, 2007) Setting an unprecedented new standard for luxury in San Diego, The Grand Del Mar a much-anticipated new resort owned and operated by Manchester Grand Resorts is nearing completion, with the opening date set for October 6, 2007. According to Thomas Voss, president of Manchester Grand Resorts, construction on this lavishly appointed 249-room resort situated on a pristine coastal canyon preserve near the beachfront village of Del Mar is progressing at a rapid pace. Construction has proceeded ...
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Global Update: Whos Where and Doing What August 2007 Heads Above the Rest The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm The Americas Cornell graduate Jorge Pesquera will be the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Since 2004, Pesquera was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association. He also spent ten years as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau. Pesquera also logged four years as Senior Vice President Human Resources for Conrad International...
Offering Immigrant Workers Free English Classes Provides the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center With Above Average Employee Rentention / Augus
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Patrick Mcgee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TexasMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 13, 2007 - GRAPEVINE -- Cristina Carranza said she shied away from talking to most people at her job at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center. Originally from Mexico, she could barely speak English. Now she doesn't hesitate to talk in English to other hotel employees and guests. "When I started, I didn't understand any words -- just hi, bye and good morning," said Carranza, 35, a maintenance worker. Gaylord officials...
Gammon India Ltd. to Develop at Least 38 Wyndham Branded Super 8® and Days Inn® Hotels Throughout India by 2011 / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Aug. 30, 2007) Announcing the second agreement for the expansion of its economy brands in Asia this week, Wyndham Hotel Group, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), of Parsippany, N.J., today said a major construction firm has committed to develop at least 38 Super 8® and Days Inn® hotels throughout India by 2011. Gammon India Ltd., a leading Indian construction and engineering firm based in Mumbai, signed a nonexclusive, seven-year agreement yesterday to develop Wyndham Hotel Groups Days Inn and Super 8 brands to India. Ga...
Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Greg Leeper Regional Director of Sales for French Lick Resort Casino / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Greg Leeper Regional Director of Sales for French Lick Resort Casino The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, July 2007 - Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Greg Leeper as regional director of sales for French Lick Resort Casino, located in French Lick, Indiana. Mark Bommarito, vice president sales & marketing, made the announcement. "I am pleased to welcome Greg to French Lick," said Mr. Bommarito. "He brings significant experience and contacts within the Midwest and nationally to his new role, and ...
Westmont Hospitality Group Spending $10 million to Transition the Travelodge Hotel Main Gate East to Holiday Inn Main Gate East – Kissimmee, Flo
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Westmont Hospitality Group Spending $10 million to Transition the Travelodge Hotel Main Gate East to Holiday Inn Main Gate East - Kissimmee, Florida Hotel to operate as Fun Spots Hotel through summer, Holiday Inn brand to follow completion of $10 million renovation KISSIMMEE, Fla. July 31, 2007 The Travelodge Hotel Main Gate East, formerly the worlds largest Travelodge, recently became the Fun Spots Hotel as the Travelodge sign was displayed for the last time on Friday, June 29. Sleepy Bear, Travelodges brand mascot, waved goodbye as the sign was covered to...
Spectacular Four Winds Casino Resort Opens in New Buffalo, Michigan; May Give Detroit Casinos a Run for the Money / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Heather Newman, Detroit Free PressMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News August 1, 2007 - A gigantic new casino is poised to appear in the southwest corner of the state, attracting day-trippers and resorters from Detroit, Indiana and Chicago. It has more gaming space than Detroit's casinos, a woodsy, luxury lodge ambience, and will have a permanent hotel up and running before any of Detroit's gambling houses. The Four Winds Casino Resort is to open today for news media tours and to the public at noon Thursday just off Exit 1 o...
South Florida Hotels Find Going Green Helps Bottom Line and the Planet / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-SentinelMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Aug. 26, 2007 - Indoor landscaper Judy Glaser values ecology. So when she needed a hotel in Delray Beach for a family visit, the Chicago resident checked online and booked one that's convenient and eco-friendly: The Colony Resort and Cabana Club. The Colony offers many features typical at "green" hotels. It lets guests choose not to have their linens and towels washed daily in order to save water and energy. It places recycling bins in guest rooms and ha...
Five Things Hoteliers Can Do, Today, to Improve Sales / Neil Salerno / August 2007
March 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By: Neil Salerno August 2007 First, stop thinking that lowering your rates will sell more rooms and increase room revenue. It may sell a few more rooms, but it rarely sells enough rooms to offset lowered rates. Its simple economics; simply selling more rooms increases expenses, while even slightly higher rates increase profit. As occupancy demand increases, ADR should increase as well. The tell-tale sign of a hotel-in-trouble is to see increases in occupancy and decreases in average rate. An hotelier who understands and employs the tactics of revenue management monitors and a...
