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He Ping Li Hotel Company Signs 10-year Agreement with Wyndham Hotel Group to Manage 550 room Hotel Under Construction in Xiamen, Fujian Province / Mar
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report He Ping Li Hotel Company Signs 10-year Agreement with Wyndham Hotel Group to Manage 550 room Hotel Under Construction in Xiamen, Fujian Province First Wyndham Hotel in China PARSIPPANY, N.J. (March 8, 2007) Wyndham Hotel Group, a member of the Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) family of hospitality companies, today announced it will launch the Wyndham® brand in China during the fourth quarter this year with the opening of a newly constructed, 550-room, 26-floor luxury hotel that it will manage in Xiamen, Fujian Province. The Wyndham Xiamen hotel, now under construction by the He ...
Hospitality eBusiness Strategies to Present at Economy & Budget Hotels World 2007/ March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Hospitality eBusiness Strategies to Present at Economy & Budget Hotels World 2007 Workshop to focus on online brand building strategies New York, NY March 20, 2007 Hospitality eBusiness Strategies (HeBS), a leading Internet marketing consulting firm for the hospitality industry, today announced the firm will present an Internet Marketing Workshop: Economy Hotel Branding Strategies Online at the Economy & Budget Hotels World 2007 Conference, May 22-24 at the Millennium Mayfair Hotel in London. Max Starkov, HeBS Chief eBusiness Strategist and Jason Price, HeBS Executive Vic...
Morgans Hotel Group Co. Commences Large-scale Expansion and Renovation Project for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; Two New Hotel Towers and
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Morgans Hotel Group Co. Commences Large-scale Expansion and Renovation Project for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas . Two New Hotel Towers and Expansion of Casino, Meeting Space and Pool . NEW YORK - March 12, 2007 - Morgans Hotel Group Co. (Nasdaq: MHGC) (MHG) and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (DLJMB) today announced a large-scale expansion and renovation project for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The expansion project will include the addition of approximately 950 guest rooms, including an all-suite 15-story tower with upgraded amenities, appr...
Hansji Hotels Transforms the Run-down Sunshine Hotel & Suites Into the Sleek Radisson Phoenix City Center / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hansji Hotels Transforms the Run-down Sunshine Hotel & Suites Into the Sleek Radisson Phoenix City Center IRVINE, Calif., March 8, 2007 Today, downtown Phoenix sports one more feather in its steadily brightening cap: Hansji Hotels, Inc. (http://www.hansjihotels.com) has announced the opening of the Radisson Phoenix City Center at 3600 N. 2nd Ave. Like so many other buildings downtown, the Radisson Phoenix City Center is a far cry from what it was just a year ago. In that time, Hansji Hotels has transformed the run-down Sunshine Hotel & Suites into a sleek symbol of the ...
City of Hampton, Virginia Seeks to Foreclose on Hotel that Owes the City $7.7 million / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jim Hodges, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.McClatchy-Tribune Business News Mar. 2, 2007 - HAMPTON -- The lawyer retained to foreclose on a downtown hotel painted a picture of a city hemorrhaging money because its hands are being tied by a contract written a generation ago. Even a $12.3 million offer to buy the 159-room Hampton Marina Hotel -- known for 20 years as the Radisson -- might not stop the bleeding, Paul Campsen added. Campsen told the council at a special meeting Thursday that its plans to foreclose on the fa...
SpaSoft Announces HTNG Certification; SpaSoft with SMS|Diplomat certified under the HTNG Certification Program / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report SpaSoft Announces HTNG Certification . SpaSoft with SMS|Diplomat certified under the HTNG Certification Program NEW HARTFORD, NY MARCH 13, 2007 PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. (PSMS) a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PTC) --- and the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality management systems --- is pleased to announce that SpaSoft 3.0 with SMS|Diplomat v2.3 is certified under the Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Certification Program. The Single Guest Itinerary is a component of the HTNG Property Web Services Workgroup 2007a Specification...
Accomplishment Wrap-up – HTNG's Third Annual Members' Meeting; Marriott International's CTO Barry Shuler To Succeed Nick Price as
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Accomplishment Wrap-up: HTNG's Third Annual Members Meeting . Marriott International's CTO Barry Shuler To Succeed Nick Price as HTNG President CHICAGO (March 12, 2007) Nearly 300 hotel technology and vendor executives from around the world gathered in Atlanta last week for the third annual Members Meeting and Conference of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG). Highlights of the conference included updates from HTNGs five workgroups, the announcement of the first HTNG-certified products, an in-depth look at Service Oriented Architecture as it applies to hote...
HTNG's Certification Program Launched with Five Certified Products; The HTNG Certified Label and Logo Provides Hoteliers with Assurance of Techno
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report HTNG's Certification Program Launched with Five Certified Products . The HTNG Certified Label and Logo Provides Hoteliers with Assurance of Technology Products with Industry-standard Interfaces ATLANTA (March 7, 2007) At its annual Members Meeting and Conference this week, Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced the first HTNG-Certified products. The HTNG Certified label and logo provide hoteliers with assurance of technology products with industry-standard interfaces. Certified products should be deployable without custom development, with any other com...
Hotels Seeking to Target Meeting Planners Should Exhibit at HSMAI's Affordable Meetings® Mid-America Show – April 11-12, 2007, Chicago;
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Hotels Seeking to Target Meeting Planners Should Exhibit at HSMAIs Affordable Meetings® Mid-America Show - April 11-12, 2007, Chicago . Exposition Space Still Available For Show, New Exhibitor Incentives Offered MCLEAN, VA (March 2, 2007) Companies seeking to target quality meeting planners through one of the most highly-regarded trade expositions in the industry are encouraged to register for the seventh annual Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Internationals (HSMAI) Affordable Meetings® Mid-America show, taking place April 11-12, 2007 at Chicagos Navy Pier, Chi...
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January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Harris Rosen, Founder, Rosen Hotels and Resorts To Share His Entrepreneurial Vision at Cornel Hotel School Cornell Hotel School's "Conversations with Entrepreneurs" spring series to lead with Harris Rosen Ithaca, NY, March 7, 2007 The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration is pleased to announce that Harris Rosen, Founder, President, and COO, Rosen Hotels and Resorts, will launch the Spring 2007 "Conversations with Entrepreneurs" series on March 30. The series brings leading hospitality entrepren...
HPN Named Top 5 Hot Growth Companies by biz AZ Magazine; Site-Selection Firm Has Grown by 227 Percent Since 2003 / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive HPN Named Top 5 Hot Growth Companies by biz AZ Magazine . Site-Selection Firm Has Grown by 227 Percent Since 2003 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (March 13, 2007) Joe Forster, president and chief operating officer of Hospitality Performance Network (HPN) is pleased to announce biz AZ Magazine has selected the site-selection and meeting procurement firm as one of Arizonas top five Hot Growth companies in 2007. We are extremely honored to be recognized by the local business community, said Forster. HPN has experienced tremendous growth since we started in 2002 and we attribut...
HPL Hotels & Resorts to Manage 2nd Resort in the Maldives / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report HPL Hotels & Resorts to Manage 2nd Resort in the Maldives 8 March 2007, Singapore HPL Hotels & Resorts today announced that it will manage a new resort in the Maldives. Scheduled to start operations in the 1st quarter of 2008, Kandooma Beach Resort will be the second HPL Hotels & Resorts managed property in the Maldives and the fourth owned by the HPL Group at the destination. Featuring 160 villas of various categories, ranging from garden and beach villas to sea front duplex and water villas, including one Royal Water Villa, accommodation at the resort will be fresh and contemp...
HITEC 2007 Exhibit Space is 93 Percent Sold Out; Interested Companies Urged to Reserve Space Soon / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report HITEC 2007 Exhibit Space is 93 Percent Sold Out . Interested Companies Urged to Reserve Space Soon AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 1, 2007) - Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) announced that exhibit space for the 2007 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC) is 93 percent sold out, making it vital for interested companies to reserve space. HITEC, produced by HFTP, will be June 25 - 28 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. In addition to the 300+ companies expected to exhibit, HITEC 2007 will also feature for a second time, GUESTR...
Desarrollos Monumentales, S.A. de CV Building a 104-room Holiday Inn Express in San Pedro Sula, Honduras / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Desarrollos Monumentales, S.A. de CV Building a 104-room Holiday Inn Express in San Pedro Sula, Honduras MIAMI - March 30, 2007 - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) today announces that a 104-room Holiday Inn Express in San Pedro Sula, Honduras will be built. This hotel will be the first Holiday Inn Express in Honduras and the fourth IHG property in the country. San Pedro Sula has an estimated population of one million and is the second largest city in the country after the Honduran Capital of Tegucigalpa. The 11-story hotel will be owned by Desarrollos Monumentales, S.A...
HFTP to Honor Hospitality Technology Pioneers with an Award of Merit / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report HFTP to Honor Hospitality Technology Pioneers with an Award of Merit Austin, Texas (March 14, 2007) - Individuals who have made a significant innovation or breakthrough that established a path for others in hospitality technology will be honored at the 35th Annual Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®). The Award of Merit, established by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP), was created in 2002 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of HITEC. Presented every five years, the honor is intended to create a historical bridge between the pre...
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January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Agenda Set for Cornell Hotel Schools Student-Run Conference Showcases Leaders in Innovation and Sustainability April 12-15, 2007 Sustainability Through Innovation April 12-15, 2007 The theme serves as an umbrella for all of the events of Hotel Ezra Cornell (HEC) 82 weekend, tying everything together into a cohesive and coherent conference. Everything that takes place during HEC 82 weekend must, in some way, relate back to the theme 'Sustainability Through Innovation," and all of the print collateral must emphasize the theme. Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:30PM - 7:30PM ...
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January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Guest-Tek to Provide Wireless Internet Access to Hyatt Place Brand . Selected to provide service and support to all 80 corporate-owned Hyatt Place hotels by the end of 2007 Calgary, Alberta, March 14, 2007 - Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., (Guest-Tek) (TSX: GTK), a leader in providing broadband technology solutions to the global hospitality industry, today announced it has completed an agreement (the Agreement) to provide OneView Internet service and support as the brand standard to all corporate owned Hyatt Place hotels. Guest-Tek began deploying ...
Online Metrics Handbook for Travel Marketers...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Online Metrics Handbook for Travel Marketers This article is from the Spring 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. Editors Note: The HSMAI Internet Marketing Advisory Board and TIA’s eCommerce committee joined together to explore the important topic of online metr...
The Online Metrics Handbook for Travel Marketers / by Cindy Estis Green for TIA and HSMAI / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Online Metrics Handbook for Travel Marketers This article is from the Spring 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. . Editors Note: The HSMAI Internet Marketing Advisory Board and TIAs eCommerce committee joined together to explore the important topic of online metrics. Although driven by an interest in developing benchmarks for online metrics, all participants were also eager to define a ...
Green Hotel Development Is Profitable Now! Inspirations from the Pioneers Make it Dangerous NOT to Be Green / Jim Butler / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Green Hotel Development Is Profitable Now! Inspirations from the Pioneers Make it Dangerous NOT to Be "Green" By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com March 28, 2007 - We have talked about a lot of important subjects here on www.HotelLawBlog.com, like hotel management agreements controlling the value of an asset, but I believe we may be on a new frontier where "GREEN" will be more important and faster than anyone ever imagined. It will be faster and better than Gore inventing the internet highway!!! With better results for all our lives and no less phenome...
Grant James Named General Manager and Ron Takayama Named Assistant GM for Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Grant James Named General Manager and Ron Takayama Named Assistant GM for Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII ALM Management Services LLC, an affiliate of Outrigger Enterprises Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Grant James as general manager and Ron Takayama as assistant general manager of the Ala Moana Hotel. In their new positions, James is responsible for all aspects of the hotel including hotel operations, rental program owner satisfaction, and physical Association of Apartment Owners (AOAO) management while Takayama oversees the Rooms Division departments i...
Shanghai Eastern Airline Hospitality Signs Golden Tulip to Manage the 283-room Shanghai Eastern Airline Hotel / March 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Shanghai Eastern Airline Hospitality Signs Golden Tulip to Manage the 283-room Shanghai Eastern Airline Hotel . Amersfoort (NL)/Lausanne (CH), March, 13 2007 Golden Tulip is proud to announce its first hotel in China; the Golden Tulip Shanghai Riverside. The Swiss-Dutch based hotel company will assume management as per the 1st of April, 2007. GAO Jiankang, Chairman of Board of Directors of Shanghai Eastern Airline Hospitality Co., states: It is with great enthusiasm that we embark into this partnership with Golden Tulip. We believe that Golden Tulip has outstanding tool...
The Concierge Assistant® Announces New Guest Service Technology, Hosts Users Meeting at Les Clefs d'Or Congress in Vienna; Leading-edge tools
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report The Concierge Assistant® Announces New Guest Service Technology, Hosts Users Meeting at Les Clefs dOr Congress in Vienna .> Leading-edge tools debut at elite international concierge organization summit Agoura Hills, California March 21, 2007 Gold Key Solutions, developers of The Concierge Assistant® software system, announced it unveiled a new suite of hotel system software at the International Les Clefs dOr (LCD) Congress March 18 23 in Vienna, Austria. New applications include Lost and Found, Key Control, and a Timed Services system for guest scheduling of spa and other ser...
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January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Global Update: Whos Where and Doing What March 2007 Heads Above the Rest The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm The Americas Rick Riess has been named President and Chief Executive Officer for Gavin Newsoms (and Gordon Gettys) PlumpJack Group. He most recently served seven years as Chief Operating Officer of Auberge Resorts, prior to which he spent four years as Regional Vice President for Grand Bay Hotels and Resorts based at the Boulders. Interestingly, at Plumpjack, Riess takes the position left vacant when Robert Goldberg became the President of the Moana Hotel and ...
