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Premier Resorts International, Inc. Acquires Ownership of Barefoot Resort Club LLC in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Plans Underway for Waterfron
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Premier Resorts International, Inc. Acquires Ownership of Barefoot Resort Club LLC in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Plans Underway for Waterfront Plaza and Conference Center PARK CITY, Utah (January 3, 2007) - Plans for a new waterfront plaza and conference center at Barefoot Resort in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, will now proceed thanks to an agreement announced earlier today. Bradley T. Goulding and Barbara Zimonja, principals of Premier Resorts International, Inc., a large, condominium-resort management company based in Park City, Utah, have acquired sole ownership of both...
Baha Mar Resorts Harrah's Entertainment and Starwood Hotels Finalize JV and Management Agreements for a $2+ billion Destination Resort in the Bah
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Baha Mar Resorts Harrahs Entertainment and Starwood Hotels Finalize JV and Management Agreements for a $2+ billion Destination Resort in the Bahamas . Will Include a Caesars Resort Hotel & Casino and Four Starwood Branded Properties NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS (Jan. 16, 2007) --- Today, Baha Mar Resorts Ltd. announced that it has signed a joint venture agreement with the worlds best-known gaming and hospitality company a subsidiary of Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) to create and develop Baha Mar, the Caribbeans largest single-phase destination resort. The ...
Bruce Musrasrik Appointed Hotel Manager for the OHANA Islander Waikiki Hotel / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Bruce Musrasrik Appointed Hotel Manager for the OHANA Islander Waikiki Hotel HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII (1/26/2007) Chuck Shishido, vice president of operations for OHANA Hotels & Resorts is pleased to announce the promotion of Bruce Musrasrik to hotel manager for the OHANA Islander Waikiki hotel. In his new position, Musrasrik is responsible for all day-to-day hotel operations and oversees all departments including maintenance, housekeeping and front desk. Musrasrik has over ten years of hospitality experience and has been with the Outrigger/OHANA family since 1996. He first ...
Barbara Minch Appointed Director of Human Resources for The Heldrich, New Brunswick, New Jersey / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Barbara Minch Appointed Director of Human Resources for The Heldrich, New Brunswick, New Jersey The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, January 8, 2007 - Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Barbara Minch as director of human resources for The Heldrich, a new $110 million mixed use property being constructed in downtown New Brunswick, New Jersey. Michael J. Taylor, CHA, CMP, general manager for the hotel, made the announcement. Upon opening, Benchmark Hospitality will operate the property, which will include a 248-guestroom hotel, Christophers Restaurant & Ba...
Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Bryan Lowe Controller for The Heldrich, New Brunswick, NJ / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Benchmark Hospitality International Appoints Bryan Lowe Controller for The Heldrich, New Brunswick, NJ The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, January 2007 - Benchmark Hospitality has appointed Bryan Lowe as controller for The Heldrich, the new $110 million mixed use property being constructed in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mike Taylor, Benchmark's general manager at The Heldrich, made the announcement. "I am very pleased to welcome Bryan to the executive team at The Heldrich," said Mr. Taylor. "He comes to our property with significant experience in the financial operations of a ho...
Foxwoods Resort Names Barry Cregan the Senior Vice President of Resort Operations / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Scott Ritter, The Day, New London, Conn.McClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 26, 2007 - MASHANTUCKET -- The gaming world is changing. And it's Barry Cregan's job to make sure Foxwoods Resort Casino keeps pace. Cregan, the casino's new senior vice president of resort operations, joins an executive team recently recruited by President John O'Brien to guide the company as it prepares for next year's opening of MGM Grand at Foxwoods. The hotel and gaming-industry veteran has a long list of responsibilities in his new job...
Arizona Hotel and Lodging Association Names Mary Maduram the 2006 Employee of the Year; 19 Year Veteran of the Westin La Paloma's Laundry Room
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jeff Commings, The Arizona Daily Star, TucsonMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 11, 2007 - Shortly after Mary Maduram won the 2006 Employee of the Year award from the Arizona Hotel and Lodging Association, she returned to work in the laundry room at the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa as if nothing special had happened. True, it was a once-in-a-lifetime moment hearing her name announced at the Dec. 15 luncheon in Phoenix. But she was not going to let it change how she ironed uniforms or fluffed pillowcases, even as the staff...
Ashford Hospitality Trust Acquiring 51 Hotels for $2.4 billion in Cash; A Transformational Investment / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Suzanne Marta, The Dallas Morning NewsMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 19, 2007 - --Dallas-based Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. said Friday morning that it has agreed to buy 51 hotels for $2.4 billion in cash in a deal that would make it into one of the nation's largest real estate investment trusts. The company said the deal, which includes 24 full-service upper-upscale hotels and 27 premium limited service hotels in 18 states, Washington D.C. and Canada, significantly diversifies Ashford's portfolio in terms of geography, brand...
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January 30, 2007
Aptech Blasts Past 2,500-Property Milestone . Hospitality business intelligence becomes a mainstream must-have business solution PITTSBURGH, January 24, 2007 Aptech Computer Systems announced its Execuvue, Targetvue and Profitvue customized software solutions for hospitality business intelligence, enterprise planning and multi-property enterprise accounting are now used by over 2,500 properties. The milestone confirms the mainstream acceptance of business intelligence applications in the hospitality industry. Aptech Director of Sales Cam Troutman said, The industrys trend toward property consol...
City of Apache Junction, Arizona Rescinds OK for a Value Place Extended Stay Hotel; Objects to Value Place's Low Budget Approach / December 200
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Art Martori, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.McClatchy-Tribune Business News Dec. 30, 2006 - The Apache Junction City Council in a special meeting Friday overturned an earlier decision to allow an extendedstay hotel in the city. Councilman Richard Dietz called for the meeting, at which the City Council voted to rescind its own re-zoning decision, requiring the developer of the Value Place hotel to restart the zoning process, or to build the hotel elsewhere. The City Council on Dec. 5 voted to re-zone roughly two acres near t...
Historic Fisk Building in Downtown Amarillo Targeted for a $15 million Conversion to a Hotel; Deal Likely Hinges on Incentives the City Could Offer
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Karen Smith Welch, Amarillo Globe-News, TexasMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 18, 2007 --The historic Fisk Building in downtown Amarillo could undergo a $15 million hotel conversion in a deal that might hinge on incentives the city of Amarillo could offer developers. On Wednesday, building owner Dick Fausset and property manager Barbara Scroggins of CAP Commercial Realty began asking tenants to prepare to relocate to make way for a potential sale, Fausset said. Fausset Neely's F&A Realty of Ventura, Calif., has had the 1...
Amadeus Selected by Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts to Provide Fully Integrated Revenue Management Solution / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Amadeus Selected by Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts to Provide Fully Integrated Revenue Management Solution Solution will enable Delaware North properties to better forecast demand and optimize revenue generating opportunities across all revenue streams . MIAMI, January 9, 2007 Amadeus, the leading provider of technology and distribution solutions to the hospitality and travel industry, has been chosen by Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, a subsidiary of Delaware North Companies, to implement the Amadeus Hotel Revenue Management System (RMS). Amadeus is...
Outrigger Acquires Hotel Operations Of the 1,154-room Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Outrigger Acquires Hotel Operations Of the 1,154-room Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu HONOLULU - January 3, 2007 - ALM LLC, an affiliate of Outrigger Enterprises Group, announced today that it has acquired the hotel operations of the Ala Moana Hotel from Ala Moana Property Development LLC and Ala Moana Services, LLC, both of which are affiliates of Crescent Heights, Inc., for an undisclosed price. The 1,154-room property at 410 Atkinson Drive will continue to be known as the Ala Moana Hotel. The acquisition includes the front desk, parking, restaurant spaces, meeting and banquet rooms and most ...
GoldenTree InSite Partners, Aimbridge Hospitality and JF Capital Advisors Form Alliance to Acquire Hotel Properties / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive GoldenTree InSite Partners, Aimbridge Hospitality and JF Capital Advisors Form Alliance to Acquire Hotel Properties NEW YORK, January 31, 2007 GoldenTree InSite Partners, Aimbridge Hospitality and JF Capital Advisors announced today that they have formed a strategic alliance to acquire $500 million of value-added hotel assets over the next two years. Each of us has dedicated significant resources and capital to ensure that we meet our investment goals and return targets, said Tom Shapiro, President of GoldenTree InSite Partners. Our successful acquisition this ...
Pitch it or Pour it? Liquor Bottles Gathering Dust in your Storage, Still Drinkable? / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Glenn Jeffers, Chicago TribuneMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 25, 2007 - So, you're wondering: Is that bottle of Baileys Irish Cream, the one gathering dust in your liquor cabinet, still drinkable? Well, we're wondering the same thing. That's why the At Play staff raided its own liquor cabinets--finding bottles of various ages, proofs and varieties--and asked Jerald O'Kennard of the Chicago-based Beverage Testing Institute to assess whether we should drink ... or pitch. We raided our home liquor cabinets and had...
Accor Acquires Control of 52 Dorint Hotels and Consolidates its Presence in Germany / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Accor Acquires Control of 52 Dorint Hotels and Consolidates its Presence in Germany PARIS, January 14, 2007 - Accor, which previously owned a 34% stake in Dorint AG, has acquired control of 52 upscale and midscale hotels that were part of Dorint's network of 93 hotels. As part of a restructuring plan, Dorint's board has decided to split the company in two: By subscribing a EUR52 million capital increase, Accor has acquired a controlling interest in one of the new companies, which operates 52 hotels. Of the hotels, eight were previously operated under the Dorint Sofitel brand...
Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Honors Al Weiss for Community Leadership / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Honors Al Weiss for Community Leadership. ORLANDO, Fla. (December 15, 2006) At its Annual Gala on Dec. 16, 2006, the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association (CFHLA) will present Al Weiss, President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, the 2006 Charles Andrew Hospitality Award for Community Leadership. Each year, the award honors one local leader for their contribution to the areas tourism industry through community service. The award is named after the founding father of the CFHLA, Charles Andr...
Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Awilda Nevarez Director of Human Resources for North Maple Inn, Basking Ridge, New Jersey / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Awilda Nevarez Director of Human Resources for North Maple Inn, Basking Ridge, New Jersey The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, January 2007 ... Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Awilda Nevarez as director of human resources for North Maple Inn, an award-winning 171-guestroom property located in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Dan Santiago, general manager, made the announcement. "I am so pleased to welcome Awilda to Benchmark at North Maple Inn," said Mr. Santiago. "She brings vast experience in human resource leade...
Alex C. Cabañas Appointed Director of Capital Markets and Strategic Planning for Benchmark Hospitality / January 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report Alex C. Cabañas Appointed Director of Capital Markets and Strategic Planning for Benchmark Hospitality The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, January 18, 2007 Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Alex C. Cabañas as director of capital markets and strategic planning for the leading hospitality management company. Dennis Blyshak, chief financial officer, made the announcement. Mr. Cabañas will be based at the companys Home Office, located near Houston. We are so pleased to welcome Alex to our executive management team, said Mr. Blyshak. With his backgr...
Atlantic City Casino Floors Poised to Become Biggest Gambling Spot in the Nation to go Smoke-free; Casino Execs Claim they Could Lose Up to 20% of t
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jacqueline L. Urgo, The Philadelphia InquirerMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Dec. 30, 2006 - ATLANTIC CITY -- The Atlantic City Council yesterday gave preliminary approval to a measure banning smoking on casino floors, unanimously endorsing a move to make this the biggest gambling spot in the nation to go smoke-free. The pending law, which could take effect as early as April 15, is being watched closely because of the possibility that it will send gamblers elsewhere -- or inspire other states to follow suit. The City ...
Two Motels Accused Of Gouging Snowbound...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jim Ludwick, Albuquerque Journal, N.M.McClatchy-Tribune Business News Jan. 3--While a Union County family gained national acclaim for opening their home to snowbound travelers, a couple of Albuquerque hotels allegedly took the opposite approach to hospitality. The City Attorney's Office is looking into allegations that an Econo Lodge and a Best Western more than doubled their prices to take advantage of stranded travelers. Mayor Martin Chavez said Tuesday that the hotels "ought to be ashamed of themselves." Chavez,...
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January 30, 2007
Hotel Online Special Report iHome Named Best Alarm Clock by THE WEEK Hotel Technologies iPOD stereo alarm clock radio continues to win top honors among national and international media; iHome Product substantiates why iPOD-compatible guest entertainment products need to be purchased for hotels RAHWAY, N.J. FEBRUARY 20, 2007 THE WEEK, a spirited newsweekly print magazine that distills the best of news, opinion, and ideas from the U.S. and international media, has named in its February 16, 2007 issue, the Hotel Technologies iHome product to be one of the best alarm clocks for consumers. iHo...
Dave Zeuske and Guy Lindsey Named to Executive Posts with Northview Hotel Group / February 2007...
January 30, 2007
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Dave Zeuske and Guy Lindsey Named to Executive Posts with Northview Hotel Group WESTPORT, CT February 27, 2007 - Northview Hotel Group is pleased to announce the addition of Dave Zeuske and Guy Lindsey to the Northview team. Zeuske joins as President & Chief Operating Officer of NVHG Management, Northview Hotel Groups hotel management company affiliate, established to manage hotels and resorts throughout the U.S. In this position, Zeuske will oversee hotel operations, sales and marketing, revenue management, finance, human resources and information technology. Before joi...
Bacteria-Ridden Remote Controls Are The Likely Place for Guests to get a Cold or Flu / February 2007...
January 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 . Bacteria-Ridden Remote Controls Are the Likely Place for Guests to get a Cold or Flu Pineapple Hospitalitys ZAPLEX disposable remote control protectors are injected with an antibacteria...
