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John Cooper Named President/CEO for the Yakima Valley Visitors & Convention Bureau / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive John Cooper Named President/CEO for the Yakima Valley Visitors & Convention Bureau Yakima, Wash. May 1, 2007 After a four-month nationwide search for their next President and CEO, The Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau found their ideal candidate right in their own backyard. John Cooper, President and CEO of Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism, has been selected to lead the Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau. A twenty year veteran of the tourism industry, Cooper has spent the last 14 years leading the Bellingham tourism bureau. During that per...
Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Jeff Bloom General Manager for Chaminade of Santa Cruz / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Jeff Bloom General Manager for Chaminade of Santa Cruz The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, May 2, 2007 - Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Jeff Bloom as general manager for Chaminade of Santa Cruz, California. Tom O'Shea, vice president, made the announcement. "I am very pleased to welcome Jeff to Benchmark Hospitality at Chaminade," said Mr. O'Shea. "He comes to the property with over two decades of hospitality leadership experience, a portion of which was spent in California." A seasoned hotelier, Jeff ...
The LIIC Top Ten: 2007 Survey of Lodging Investment Trends and Challenges / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The LIIC Top Ten: 2007 Survey of Lodging Investment Trends and Challenges May 7, 2007 - Each year, the think tank members of LIIC The Lodging Industry Investment Council are surveyed to develop a list of the major hotel investment opportunities and challenges for the coming year. This survey results in the LIIC Top Ten; a highly regarded profile of investment sentiment and attitudes for the lodging industry for the forthcoming 12 months. All together, the members of LIIC represent acquisition and disposition control of billions of dollars in lodging real estat...
Procaccianti Group Providing The InterContinental Kansas City a $15 million Restoration / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Procaccianti Group Providing The InterContinental Kansas City a $15 million Restoration KANSAS CITY, MO. (May 1, 2007) The InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza today announced that a $15 million total restoration of all guest rooms and public spaces is scheduled to begin July 10, 2007. The transformation will be completed in November 2007 and will be a remodel of all 366 guest rooms and public spaces, including the Oak Room Restaurant, Oak Bar and the Lobby. The InterContinental Kansas City will be completely refurbished to provide our guests with th...
Interactive Marketing Can Help Resorts Reach New Audiences & Increase Sales / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Interactive Marketing Can Help Resorts Reach New Audiences & Increase Sales May 2007 - Like many of todays industries, hospitality-focused companies are trying to find new ways to grow their business by tapping into new audience segments. Namely, the purchasing power of todays younger generation, combined with the increasing wealth of seniors has made it more difficult to target the right marketing message. Making matters even more complicated, newer marketing vehicles are now widely available but also much more complex. One challenge faced by everyone involved in todays hospitality indust...
David Bilbe Named General Manager at the Loews New Orleans Hotel / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report David Bilbe Named General Manager at the Loews New Orleans Hotel NEW ORLEANS - May 14, 2007 - Loews New Orleans Hotel - spirited with luxurious mischief in the Big Easy - announces the promotion of veteran hotelier David Bilbe to general manager. Bringing a background of twenty years in hospitality to the position of general manager, Bilbe takes the helm at Loews New Orleans Hotel with an intense knowledge of the hotel and vast understanding of the city of New Orleans. Bilbe boasts an extensive background in the hotel industry, with experience focusing on management, sales and marketing. A ...
Innvest Hotel Brokers Sells Days Inn in Chicopee, MA / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Innvest Hotel Brokers Sells Days Inn in Chicopee, MA Great Neck, NY - May 14, 2007 - Deirdre Ventura, CHB President of Innvest Hotel Brokers announced today that the firm sold the mixed-use 100-unit Days Inn, located at 450 Memorial Drive in Chicopee MA, and the interconnected commercial office building, which traded for an undisclosed price approximately 2.5 times revenue. The Buyers are regional operators with other interests in the New England market. Principal Deirdre Ventura, CHB and Julie Chan, Associate Broker, exclusively handled the transaction. The Days Innfull-...
InnLink and InnQuest Introduce Enhanced Interface / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive InnLink and InnQuest Introduce Enhanced Interface Hendersonville, TN May 30, 2007 - InnLink Central Reservation Services and InnQuest Software are pleased to announce the availability of an enhanced interface between roomMaster 2000 and InnLinks reservation system. Providing voice and electronic distribution services for hotels of all sizes, InnLink provides connection to the four major global distribution services (GDS), the Pegasus network, as well as, the online travel sites. The enhanced interface users will reap the benefits of a tighter integration between their hote...
REI and White Lodging Partnership Building a $325 million Cluster of Four Marriott Branded Hotels Adjacent to the Indiana Convention Center; a JW Ma
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jeff Swiatek, The Indianapolis StarMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 16, 2007 - Meet the new $250 million JW Marriott hotel: a sleeker, less boxy version of the uninspiring rectangle that the city chose to serve the expanding Indiana Convention Center. The redesigned hotel, unveiled Tuesday, will be the largest in the city, with 1,000 rooms and 50 percent more meeting and exhibit space than first planned. Three smaller hotels with another 568 rooms will be built next to the JW Marriott at West and Washington streets, ...
Roberts Hotels Group Developing Two Indigo Hotels in St. Louis, a Conversion in the Central West End and a New Build Downtown / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Roberts Hotels Group Developing Two Indigo Hotels in St. Louis, a Conversion in the Central West End and a New Build Downtown ATLANTA (May 15, 2007) IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], the worlds largest hotel group by number of rooms, announces today plans for two Hotel Indigo developments in St. Louis, Mo.; in the Central West End and downtown. Both properties are being developed by Roberts Hotels Group, and will be managed by Roberts Hotels Management, under a license agreement with a company in the InterContinental Hotels Group. The Roberts Hotel...
Heads of Six Hotel Companies in the U.S. Send Letter to President Bush Seeking Comprehensive Immigration Reform / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Heads of Six Hotel Companies in the U.S. Send Letter to President Bush Seeking Comprehensive Immigration Reform . Current immigration system is badly broken . WASHINGTON, May 14, 2007 - Six leaders of the nation's largest lodging companies have joined together to urge Congress and the Administration to end the impasse and take action on comprehensive immigration reform. In a letter published in Roll Call and distributed to President George Bush and key members of Congress and the Administration, the leaders said, "One thing we believe in is that the current immigration system is...
Accor Partners with LaSalle Investment Management to Build US 96 million Ibis Branded Hotel In Singapore; Accor to Establish Asia Pacific Headquarter
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Accor Partners with LaSalle Investment Management to Build US 96 million Ibis Branded Hotel in Singapore Accor to Establish Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore BANGKOK: 10 May 2007: Asia Pacifics largest hotel group, Accor Asia Pacific, announced today that it would establish its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore by the end of 2007. Accor also announced that its largest ever hotel project in Singapore the construction of a 538 room Ibis hotel in Bencoolen Street in the heart of Singapores central business district is ahead of schedule and will open in earl...
Ian Black Appointed Vice President, Meetings and Convention Sales of the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Appointment Ends 6-month Vacancy PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. May 16, 2007 - Ian Black has been appointed vice president, meetings and convention sales of the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau (PBC CVB). In this role, Black will be responsible for group bookings as well as contracting long-term convention center sales. According to Jim Stuber, interim director of the PBC CVB and who spearheaded the search for a qualified candidate, Black begins his new job May 29. The position has ...
Ira Levy, Owner of the Hawthorn Suites in Rome, Georgia, Named the Hawthorn Suites 'Franchisee of the Year' / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Ira Levy, Owner of the Hawthorn Suites in Rome, Georgia, Named the Hawthorn Suites 'Franchisee of the Year' ATLANTA (April 30, 2007) - Ira Levy, Managing Partner for Battey Downtown Group LLC, owners and managers of the Hawthorn Suites Ltd. at River Crossing in Rome, Georgia, has been named the Hawthorn Suites 'Franchisee of the Year,' an honor presented to the franchisee who best represents Hawthorn Suites, the all-suites brand. In 2004, the Hawthorn Suites in Rome sprung from what was once a rundown building to become a welcome addition to the city's downtown redevelopment. "Ira is...
International Association of Conference Centers Bestows its Highest Honors at 26th Annual Conference; Ron Naples Recipient of The Mel Hosansky Award /
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive International Association of Conference Centers Bestows its Highest Honors at 26th Annual Conference . Ron Naples Recipient of The Mel Hosansky Award (St. Louis, MO - 1 May 2007) - The 26th annual conference of the International Association of Conference Centers, 'Building on the Cornerstone' featured the presentation of awards and honors to recognize members who have served with distinction and made extraordinary contributions to the success of the organization. Neil Pompan, President of IACC, North America and COO of EMCVenues, welcomed an enthusiastic cro...
Carlisle Corporation Signs Global Hyatt Corporation to Manage the 240-room $55 million Hyatt Regency Memphis Hotel and Spa at One Beale / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Carlisle Corporation Signs Global Hyatt Corporation to Manage the 240-room $55 million Hyatt Regency Memphis Hotel and Spa at One Beale MEMPHIS, Tenn. - May 1, 2007 - Carlisle Corporation has signed a management agreement with Global Hyatt Corporation to manage the 240-room Hyatt Regency Memphis Hotel and Spa at One Beale. The hotel will be located at the base of the $175 million mixed-use tower slated to open in downtown Memphis in 2010. The Hyatt Regency Memphis Hotel and Spa at One Beale will be a luxury hotel anchoring the exclusive condominium and retail tower at the foot of Beale St...
Joie de Vivre's Renovation of Best Western Miyako Inn Seen as Key Step In Revitalization of San Francisco's Japantown Neighborhood; 125 room
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Joie de Vivre's Renovation of Best Western Miyako Inn Seen as Key Step In Revitalization of San Francisco's Japantown Neighborhood . 125 room Property Will Re-open as Hotel Tomo SAN FRANCISCO (May 1, 2007) On June 1, 2007, Chip Conley, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, will celebrate the official opening of the companys newest property, Hotel Tomo, located in San Franciscos historic and newly energized Japantown. Inspired by the vibrant, manga/anime-style artistic energy that fuels Japans youth culture, Hotel Tomo has been designed to blend the attribu...
The Financial Impact of Hotel Spas / Elaine Sahlins and Amy Peterson / HVS Canadian Lodging Outlook / March 2007 Results / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Financial Impact of Hotel Spas - Reprint January 2007 - By: Elaine Sahlins and Amy Peterson - HVS International - San Francisco CANADIAN LODGING OUTLOOK March 2007 The Canadian Lodging Outlook is a joint monthly publication of Smith Travel Research and HVS International, Vancouver and Toronto, Canada . The popularity of spa facilities in hotels and resorts has exploded in recent years. For many full-service and resort properties, spas are as much a requirement as restaurants and meeting space. From an operational perspective, the success of a spa does affect a ho...
How Hotel Swimming Pools May Spawn ADA Lawsuits / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report How Hotel Swimming Pools May Spawn ADA Lawsuits . By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com May 2007 In case you haven't noticed, ADA lawsuits -- suits filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act -- are on the rise. Today, I would like to introduce Marty Orlick, one of my hotel lawyer partners who specializes in defending ADA cases. In fact, Marty Orlick has represented property owners in defending more than 200 ADA cases! So let's get Marty's street savvy advice on how to recognize the threat and then to avoid the potential lawsuits lurking at bottom of your pool. Marty...
Hotel Plus Says Thank You at HITEC / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hotel Plus Says "Thank You" at HITEC . Leading online hospitality marketing and distribution provider, Hotel Plus, says Thank you at HITEC. May 18th 2007 Orlando, Fl - Hotel Plus representing the technological vanguard of online revenue generation, marketing and distribution - will be exhibiting at HITEC for the first time this year, giving them an opportunity to meet many of their members for the first time too! HITEC is an opportunity to showcase the leading edge technology being used in our dynamic industry, so what better place for us to be? says Shaun Sim...
Hotel Financial Strategies Announce the Financing of Three Projects Totaling $162,000,000 / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hotel Financial Strategies Announce the Financing of Three Projects Totaling $162,000,000 May 7, 2007 - Hotel Financial Strategies is pleased to announce the financing of three projects totaling $162,000,000. The largest being The Rosseau, a JW Marriott resort. The Rosseau, Canadas first JW Marriott resort, is located on the shores of Lake Rosseau and is the first phase of the all-season Red Leaves resort community in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. The Rosseau consists of 221 condo/hotel keys and 82 luxury waterfront townhomes. Other projects include a 397-room Sheraton...
Where Are We in the Hotel Cycle? What's the Real Threat of New Supply? / Jim Butler / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Where Are We in the Hotel Cycle? What's the Real Threat of New Supply? By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com 22 May 2007 At the recent Meet the Money® conference on hotel financing, Mark Woodworth, Executive VP of PKF Consulting, presented the latest report from PKF Hospitality Research to a crowd of more than 450 hotel industry leaders who gathered to connect with all the top debt and equity financing sources for hotels and hotel-related projects. Mark Woodworth's presentation helped answer the questions on everyone's minds: (1) Where are we in the hotel cycle? (2) ...
Providence Hospitality Partners Completes Restoration of the Historic Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs; Opened in 1893, Modeled after the Sixteenth
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Providence Hospitality Partners Completes Restoration of the Historic Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs; Opened in 1893, Modeled after the Sixteenth Century Villa de Medici (Glenwood Springs, CO)May 24, 2007 - Providence Hospitality Partners has completed an extensive top-to-bottom renovation of the Hotel Colorado. The completion of the year-long, $2 million final stage, and reconfiguration of the historic propertys restaurant and lobby areas, restores the landmark property to its original grandeur. Providence Hospitality Partners, which has managed ...
Half of Hotel Guests Now Expect Breakfast on the House According / YPB&R Study / May 2007
February 28, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Half of Hotel Guests Now Expect Breakfast on the House According / YPB&R Study .. ORLANDO, Fla.- May 16, 2007 - Approximately one-half of hotel guests, whether vacationing or on a business trip, expect a free breakfast as part of their room rate, according to a new study data from YPB&R, an international advertising agency specializing in serving travel and leisure clients. As part of their hotel selection decision-making process, 49% percent of leisure travelers and 53% of business travelers feel getting a free breakfast is very or extremely influential. Business travelers attitudes t...
