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John Washko Promoted to Vice President, Sales & Marketing for The BROADMOOR, Colorado Springs / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report  John Washko Promoted to Vice President, Sales & Marketing for The BROADMOOR, Colorado Springs COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Mr. John Washko, a career veteran of the hotel sales industry, has been promoted to the position of Vice President, Sales & Marketing for The BROADMOOR. Involved in many aspects of the hospitality industry on both a local and national level, Mr. Washko serves as chairman of the HSMAI Resort Marketing Special Interest Group; he sits on the board of Experience Colorado Springs (the convention and visitors bureau) and is chairman of their marketing committee...
Warwick International Hotels Acquires Dallas' Melrose Hotel from Berwind Property Group Inc. / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Suzanne Marta, The Dallas Morning NewsMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 6, 2007 - Warwick International Hotels said Friday that it has purchased Dallas' historic Melrose Hotel and is planning a major upgrade of its guest rooms and public areas. The 83-year-old hotel, in the Oak Lawn neighborhood, will be renamed the Warwick Melrose Hotel and will continue to be run by general manager J. Thomas Baker. Mr. Baker said the hotel's popular Landmark restaurant is slated for some refurbishments, but he promised that the i...
Wolf Hengst Presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Wolf Hengst Presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston January 2007 - The Greater Houston hospitality industry celebrated its own when two cornerstones of the hospitality industry hosted an evening at the Hilton Americas Houston that recognized and awarded some of the most outstanding men and women in its ranks.         The University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management and The Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston (HLAGH) continued a partnership that dates back thirty-five years by ...
Legacy that Refused to End: Even at Age 84, Oklahmoa City Hotelier, W.B. Skirvin, Was Thinking about the Future / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Steve Lackmeyer, The Daily OklahomanMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 28, 207 - W.B. Skirvin was ready to celebrate. At age 84, he was an hotelier, again. For six years, he had been battling his children over control of his landmark Skirvin Hotel, and the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had reversed an earlier ruling against him that had placed the hotel in receivership of a Dallas hotel operator. Skirvin still had so many things left to finish. He had always planned to add another 14 floors to the Skirvin Tower...
Expanding Geographic Reach Prompts Northwest Hospitality Group to Operate Under New Name – Vesta Hospitality / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Expanding Geographic Reach Prompts Northwest Hospitality Group to Operate Under New Name - Vesta Hospitality VANCOUVER, Wash. Jan. 9, 2007Â Richard E. Takach, president and CEO of Northwest Hospitality Group, LLC. announced today that the company will operate under the name 'Vesta Hospitality,' moving forward. Â "After a decade of tremendous success as Northwest Hospitality Group, our organization looked toward the future and found that what we called ourselves -- and what we do and aspire to - were no longer aligned," said Takach. "Our geographic reach has expanded, and our ...
VSi Automated Business Centers: Giving Guests, Owners a Truly Happy New Year; Hoteliers say outsourcing Business Center operations to Vertical Systems
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive VSi Automated Business Centers: Giving Guests, Owners a Truly Happy New Year . . Hoteliers say outsourcing Business Center operations to Vertical Systems Inc. increases guest satisfaction, reduces operational stress and boosts incremental revenues SUNNYVALE, CALIF.— JANUARY 4, 2007 — Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and the TMX Tickle-Me Elmo were highly coveted consumer gifts this past holiday season. But what tops the services list for hotel guests in 2007? Vertical Systems Inc., a company committed to providing comprehensive and innovative guest-services solutions ...
Urgo Hotels Opens Two Marriott-branded Hotels / January2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Urgo Hotels Opens Two Marriott-branded Hotels  at Montreal International Airport . Courtyard and Residence Inn Located in Unique Development MONTREAL, Quebec/BETHESDA, Md., January 9, 2007—A joint venture comprised of Urgo Hotels, a major developer, owner and operator of upscale hotels, and the Real Estate Group of Marathon Asset Management, a private investment fund, today announced the grand opening of the 160-room Courtyard by Marriott and 169 suite Residence Inn by Marriott at the Montreal International Airport. The unique two-hotel complex is situated on a...
Uglyhotels.com – Finding the Ugly Duckling Hotels with Potential for a New, Profitable Life / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Uglyhotels.com - Finging the Ugly Duckling Hotels with Potential for a New, Profitable Life Lodging Unlimited Forms Uglyhotels.com to Acquire “Extraordinary Potential” Hotels . Acquires First Hotel in Williamsburg, Virginia; To Oversee Major Renovation, Convert to Upscale Flag  CHICAGO, Ill., January 29, 2006 - Officials of Lodging Unlimited, Inc. (LUI), a national, mid-sized hotel management company, today announced that it has created uglyhotels.com, a unique Web site that will serve as the base for acquiring “extraordinary potential” hotels.  The company h...
Two Deals that May Change the Lodging World Forever / Jim Butler / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report  Two Deals that May Change the Lodging World Forever By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com January 28, 2007 History is being made. The biggest leveraged buy out ever keeps getting bigger. Sam Zell has orchestrated an auction for his Equity Office Properties. And the latest bid from the Blackstone Group is $54 per share, bringing the deal value to $38.3 billion and topping the prior bid from Vornado. At the same time, one of the biggest hotel deals in history — perhaps small change compared to the Equity Office Properties deal but very significant in its own way Â...
Ex-Tarsadia Executive Re-unite in Forming Twenty4seven Hotels / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Ex-Tarsadia Executive Re-unite in Forming Twenty4seven Hotels NEWPORT BEACH, CA, JANUARY 19, 2007:Â Drew Hardy and David Wani, two former real estate executives with Tarsadia Hotels, have teamed up to form Twenty4seven Hotels, a hotel investment, development and management firm based in Newport Beach, CA . The newly formed company already owns and operates 4 existing hotels, with 2 more under development. The company provides a full range of investment, management and development services for its equity partners. The growth plans for the company are centered on the upscale fo...
Nobody Asked Me, But – No. 24 / Loose Cannon, Fair Franchising, Manhattan Hotel Profits, Hotels of the Future, Interesting Miscellany, Quote of
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Nobody Asked Me, ButÂ… No. 24 .. Loose Cannon, Fair Franchising, Manhattan Hotel Profits, Hotels of the Future, Interesting Miscellany, Quote of the Month By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC January 2007  1. Loose Cannon at Hotel Business Magazine - The recent printed apology by Jerry Merkin, Publisher Emeritus (Hotel Business January 7-20, 2007) regarding his gross misstatements about Lodging Econometrics put us all on notice that his opinions are often suspect. It was patently unfair for Merkin to confuse construction starts with forecasts for new openings. Question:Â...
Nobody Asked Me, But – No. 23 / Biting The Hand That Feeds You?, By The Numbers, Shortage of Hotel Rooms, There is No Free Lunch, Iron Laws of B
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 23 .. Biting The Hand That Feeds You?, By The Numbers, Shortage of Hotel Rooms, There is No Free Lunch, Iron Laws of Business Travel, Happy New Year By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC January 2007 1. Biting the hand that feeds you?  In 2006, most major hotel companies reclassified the points required for free rooms in their frequent user programs. Call it category creep. Some companies like Hyatt and Starwood are adding a new award redemption category that requires more points for free nights. Hilton reclassified about a third of its hotels placing ro...
The 10 Dirtiest Hotels in the U.S. Identified by TripAdvisor; Also 2006 Travelers' Choice Award Winners / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The 10 Dirtiest Hotels in the U.S. Identified by TripAdvisor;Â Also 2006 Travelers' Choice Award Winners NEEDHAM, Mass., Jan. 17, 2007 - TripAdvisor(R), the world's largest travel community, today announced the winners of its 2006 Travelers' Choice(TM) awards. 345 hotels were honored in the fifth year of the competition. Hotels received awards in the following categories: Best Luxury, Best Hidden Gems, Best Inns and B&Bs, Best Bargains, Best Pool, Best for Families, Best for Romance and Best Service. Four Seasons emerged as Best Brand, a new category in the Travelers' Choice ...
Newly Combined TravelCom Res-Expo 2007 to Focus on the Most Important Facet of Buying Decisions: the Customer / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive January 25, 2007 - Booking engines, dynamic packaging, search marketing, CRM… These may be the essential components to get in the race, but in today’s fast-paced online travel marketplace, you need more than that to get into pole position. . What’s Hot Demand User reviews Niche content Personalization Customization The newly combined TravelCom Res-Expo 2007 will take a rich and focused look at the central engine under the hood of all of these changes: the customer. The must-see e-commerce, travel distribution and technology event of 2007 will assemble engaging...
TravelCLICK Selected by Colonial Williamsburg For Integrated Distribution and Marketing Solution; World's Largest Living Museum Implements iHotel
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report TravelCLICK Selected by Colonial Williamsburg For Integrated Distribution and Marketing Solution . World’s Largest Living Museum Implements iHotelier CRS, Market Intelligence CHICAGO (Jan. 22, 2007) – TravelCLICK Inc., a leading provider of hotel business process management (BPM) solutions, announced today that Colonial Williamsburg has selected the iHotelier central reservation system (CRS) for website reservations at its five official Colonial Williamsburg properties in Williamsburg, VA — Williamsburg Inn, Colonial Houses, Williamsburg Lodge, Woodlands Hotel & Suites and Governor's Inn....
2006 Canadian Hotel Transaction Survey / Carrie Russell / Canadian Lodging Outlook – November 2006 Year-to-Date
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive 2006 Canadian Hotel Transaction Survey . By: Carrie Russell, AACI, RIBC - HVS International - Canada CANADIAN LODGING OUTLOOK November 2006 The Canadian Lodging Outlook is a joint monthly publication of Smith Travel Research and HVS International, Vancouver and Toronto, Canada .  By: Carrie Russell, AACI, RIBC - HVS International - Canada To say that 2006 was a robust year for hotel sales would be an understatement! Total investment in Canadian hotels was higher in 2006 than in any of the last 15 years, with over $2.7 billion in total sales. This is 70% higher t...
Recognizing Best Practices in Tourism Development, the World Travel & Tourism Council Names 12 Finalists for Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2007 / Januar
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report  Recognizing Best Practices in Tourism Development, the World Travel & Tourism Council Names 12 Finalists for Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2007 London – 25 January, 2007 - The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announced today the 12 finalists for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2007. Tourism businesses and initiatives from all over the world were encouraged to apply for these prestigious Awards, which represent the highest accolade for best practice in Travel & Tourism development.  An international committee of experts selected the 12 finalists from over 130 applications from mo...
LodgeNet Announces 2006 Top Performing Studio, Movie Titles; Twentieth Century Fox Leads Studios with Top Grossing Movies – The Da Vinci Code He
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report LodgeNet Announces 2006 Top Performing Studio, Movie Titles . Twentieth Century Fox Leads Studios with Top Grossing Movies . The Da Vinci Code Heads List of Top 10 Movies SIOUX FALLS, SD, January 4, 2007 – LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the world’s largest provider of interactive television and broadband solutions to the lodging industry, today announced its list of top 10 movies for guest entertainment in 2006. LodgeNet serves over 6,000 hotel properties worldwide giving approximately 300 million travelers access to hundreds of titles during their stay in 2006. T...
Jordy Tollett, Flamboyant President of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Resigns / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Mike Snyder, Houston ChronicleMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Dec. 30, 2006 -- Jordy Tollett, the flamboyant Houston-booster who vowed last month to fight to retain his job as president of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, announced his resignation Friday. But he will stay on as a consultant next year and receive his full $206,000 annual salary. Tollett, who had headed the bureau since 1998, has been a subject of controversy. Last summer he took a leave of absence for unspecified treatment after tel...
A TALE OF TWO PORTS: THE PORT OF MIAMI AND PORT EVERGLADES HAD MIXED AND CONTRASTING PERFORMANCES FOR FISCAL 2006, AMID A GENERALLY BOOMING INDUSTRY/
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Ina Paiva Cordle, The Miami HeraldMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 6--South Florida seaports showed mixed results in their fiscal 2006 performance, with cargo volume slipping at the Port of Miami and growing at Port Everglades amid a thriving industry, according to recently obtained data. The Port of Miami lost $6 million on $88.1 million in revenue during the year that ended Sept. 30, 2006. While the cruise ship capital of the world gained more passengers, it lost cargo tonnage to comp...
Wyndham Worldwide Appoints Betsy O’Rourke/ January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online .Special Report Wyndham Worldwide Appoints Betsy O’Rourke  to Senior Marketing Post PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Jan. 3, 2007) – Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN) today announced the appointment of travel industry veteran Betsy O’Rourke as senior vice president, marketing and communications. In her new role, O’Rourke will develop corporate marketing programs, oversee Wyndham Worldwide media relations and employee communications and serve as marketing and communications liaison with the company’s business units: Wyndham Hotel Group, Wyndham Vacatio...
NCR Announces Intention to Separate into Two Independent Companies / January2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online .Special Report NCR Announces Intention to Separate into Two Independent Companies Transaction will create two market-leading companies, NCR and Teradata, each sharply focused on different businesses DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced its intention to separate into two independent publicly traded companies through the spin off of 100 percent of the company’s Teradata Data Warehousing business to holders of shares of NCR common stock. The transaction, expected to be tax-free to NCR and its shareho...
Orion Communities Proposing a 325 room Hotel with Condominiums on Site of Radisson Bay Harbor Hotel, Tampa, Florida / January 2007
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Shannon Behnken, Tampa Tribune, Fla.McClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 4, 2006 - TAMPA -- New waterfront condos and a luxury hotel could replace an aging hotel at Rocky Point. Clearwater-based Orion Communities and its affiliate RPS LLC have proposed building two 260-foot towers. One would house a hotel with 325-rooms and 20 condominiums. A 132-unit condo tower is planned next door. The developer has a contract to purchase the 6-acre property -- south of Courtney Campbell Parkway and west of Rocky Point Drive -- co...
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces Assumes Ownership of the 80-year-old Beaux Arts Hotel Facing the Boston Public Garden; The Taj Boston is Taj Hotels�
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces Assumes Ownership of the 80-year-old Beaux Arts Hotel Facing the Boston Public Garden; The Taj Boston is Taj Hotels' Second U.S. Hotel      BOSTON, Jan. 11, 2007 - At noon today, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, with 76 luxury hotels worldwide, unfurled its distinctive white-and- gold flag over the 15 Arlington Street entrance to the 80-year-old classic Beaux Arts hotel facing the Boston Public Garden. The 273-room hotel officially became the Taj Boston at the ceremonial handover. Attending were Taj Hotels CEO Raymond Bickson, General M...
