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Jeff Martella Named Regional Director of Hotel Operations, Shilo Inns Suites Hotels / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Jeff Martella Named Regional Director of Hotel Operations, Shilo Inns Suites Hotels PORTLAND, OR - October 24, 2006 - Shilo Inns Suites Hotels has promoted Jeff Martella to Regional Director of Hotel Operations. A 22 year veteran of the hospitality industry, Mr. Martella brings a wealth of valuable experience to his new role of overseeing the day to day operations of Shilos southern region. Martellas first order of business will be to oversee the opening of the new Shilo Inn Suites Hotel in Killeen, Texas, now under construction and scheduled to open February 2007. Over the course of...
The Waldorf=Astoria Appoints Joel Freyberg Executive Director of The Waldorf Towers / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Waldorf=Astoria Appoints Joel Freyberg Executive Director of The Waldorf Towers NEW YORK, NY October 12, 2006 Eric Long, General Manager of The Waldorf=Astoria, has appointed hotelier Joel Freyberg as Executive Director of The Waldorf Towers. Freybergs responsibilities include maintaining the reputation of this exclusive hotel as the preferred New York residence for the worlds elite; from the President of the United States to crown princes, movie stars and rock royalty. Freyberg and his dedicated team will of course continue to provide the exemplary service, for which the hotel is ...
Key West Inns Renews Partnership with InnLink Central Reservation Services / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Key West Inns Renews Partnership with InnLink Central Reservation Services Hendersonville, Tenn. - (October 6, 2006) -- InnLink is pleased to announce that Key West Inns recently extended their 13 year relationship with the reservation services company for another three years. With reservations booked through InnLink up by 12 percent over last year, Key West Inns attributes the successful relationship to InnLinks continued commitment to marketing and technology. Key West Inns, which operates 14 hotels across the Southeast, began working with InnLink in 1993. Not only does InnLink provide K...
Hotel People I Have Known / Harry Nobles / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel People I Have Known E-mail: hospsvc001@aol.com Harry Nobles - October 2006 During my tenure at AAA and in the years since, I have had the privilege of meeting and working with hundreds of hotel owners, managers, and employees. As I near the end of my working life, I look back on this experience with both pleasure and gratitude. The pleasure is because 99.9% of the ladies and gentlemen I have known in this business are true professionals and totally dedicated to the goal of guest satisfaction. I should explain the “99....
Following an Extensive Renovation the Kauai Beach Hotel & Resort Branded a Hilton / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Following an Extensive Renovation the Kauai Beach Hotel & Resort Branded a Hilton LIHUE, Hawaii - Located on 25 lushly landscaped acres of Kauai's "Coconut Coast," the Kauai Beach Hotel & Resort officially became the Hilton Kauai Beach Resort today after the completion of an $18 million renovation. The resort features 350 plush condominium hotel units, cascading waterfalls and dramatic rockscapes surrounding four swimming pools, an on-site spa, upscale dining options and complete meeting facilities. Just five minutes from Lihue Airport, the Hilton Kauai Beach Resort is the ideal central starting ...
HK PolyU to Hold the Third China Tourism Forum / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report HK PolyU to Hold the Third China Tourism Forum . October 26, 2006 - Following the success of the first two China Tourism Forums, The School of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University will hold the Third China Tourism Forum in Hong Kong on 15-16 December 2006. The Forum is co-organized by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The Forum should be of great interest to those who are interested in tourism policy, research and education issues related to the development of tou...
Gina Kunst Appointed as Director of Sales For Holiday Inn New London, Connecticut / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Gina Kunst Appointed as Director of Sales For Holiday Inn New London, Connecticut . NEW LONDON, CT (October 3, 2006) Gina M. Kunst has been named Director of Sales of the Holiday Inn located in New London, CT. The 136-room Holiday Inn is professionally managed by Waterford Hotel Group, a national hotel management firm currently operating 26 properties in 8 states. As director of sales, Kunst will be responsible for the total sales effort of the hotel, including developing and maintaining new accounts, supervising sales related personnel, and implementing sales and marketing strategies so as...
Luxe Worldwide Hotels Chooses EZ Yield.com / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Luxe Worldwide Hotels Chooses EZ Yield.com October 2006 - After successfully testing EZ Yield.com in a core group of hotels, Luxe Worldwide Hotels has designated EZ Yield.com a preferred vendor. EZ Yield.com is the industry leader in online channel management with over three years experience, cutting edge technology, and a proven track record. EZ Yield.com is an easy-to-use, yet technologically advanced, Web-based application for hotel revenue management. Co-founders Edward St. Onge and Henry Danish developed the program in response to the industrys need for a standardized channel management system for internet whol...
EZ Yield Helps Build Consistency for Kor Hotel Group Online / October 2006
April 30, 2006
EZ Yield Helps Build Consistency for Kor Hotel Group Online . - Kor Hotel Group Partners with EZ Yield to Utilize Online Management Tools - October 2006 (Los Angeles) Los Angeles-based luxury hotel operator Kor Hotel Group selects the EZ Yield channel management system to ease information updates on third-party web sites. EZ Yield provides a reliable program that meets our needs of helping to ensure that our hotels information is accurate and up-to-date, says Tom Santora, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Kor Hotel Group. Although other channel management products have tried to follow in EZ ...
Equity Inns Acquires Four Branded Marriott Hotels for $53.8 Million / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Equity Inns Acquires Four Branded Marriott Hotels for $53.8 Million GERMANTOWN, Tenn - October 10, 2006 - Equity Inns, Inc. (NYSE: ENN), the third largest hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced that the Company has signed a contract to purchase four Kentucky hotels with a total of 429 rooms from Musselman Hotels, LLC for $53.8 million. The purchase price represents a capitalization rate of approximately 10% based upon trailing twelve-month net operating income and includes the assumption of $27 million of existing debt. Musselman Hotels will retain management under a three y...
Hotel Online News – Email Archive – Day by Day / October – December 2006
April 30, 2006
Day by Day Index October - December 2006 Links to archives Top 25 Viewed Articles - December 2006 What Do the InterContinental Takeover Rumors Mean? Why IHG? Why Now? Who Will Win the Bid? / Jim Butler The Top 21 Gay Friendly U.S. Destinations Named; Top Three are San Francisco, Key West and New York Wedding Party Room Reservations Abruptly Canceled When the Deauville Beach Resort Managers Realized the Reservations Were for Super Bowl Weekend 2006 Best Hotel Gyms in the U.S. Hotel Owners Nightmare: Money Left on the Table / David M. Brudney Global Update: Whos Where and Doing What / Decem...
The Equity Firm KSL Capital Partners Acquiring ClubCorp, Inc. / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Equity Firm KSL Capital Partners Acquiring ClubCorp, Inc. . October 10, 2006- DENVER - KSL Capital Partners (KSL), a leading private equity firm, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire ClubCorp, Inc., the world leader in delivering premier golf, private club, and resort experiences. ClubCorps portfolio of assets includes nearly 170 clubs and three renowned resorts. The acquisition is scheduled to close by year-end, immediately following ClubCorps sale of Pinehurst Resort. These two transactions, which are subject to customary closing conditions, have an aggreg...
Revealing Cooking Techniques – IH/M&RS Demonstration Kitchen Features Top Chefs / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Revealing Cooking Techniques - IH/M&RS Demonstration Kitchen Features Top Chefs WHITE PLAINS, NY, October 26, 2006 The Demonstration Kitchen at the upcoming International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® (IH/M&RS) will feature a series of impressive culinary demonstrations, as top chefs reveal their cooking techniques, Sunday, November 12, and Monday, November 13, 2006, at New York Citys Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. This intensive culinary program will showcase traditional cooking and pastry demonstrations, allowing attendees to observe the preparation and sample the finished product....
Is the Party Over?; The Challenge of Decreasing Hotel Room Demand / Carol Verret / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Carol Verret Consulting and Training Consulting Training Seminars . . . . Is the Party Over? . The Challenge of Decreasing Hotel Room Demand by Carol Verret, October 2006 Is the party over? Has the hotel industry been lulled into becoming fat, dumb and happy after the stunning REVPAR growth of the last 2+ years? Has the industry peaked and is now on the downside of the curve? Smith Travel reports that nationwide demand was virtually flat this summer and began to decline by 4% or more in the last two weeks of September. Mark Woodworth with PKF forecasts that for full service hotels nationwide in 2...
ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Announces Additions To Its Management Team / October 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Announces Additions To Its Management Team PHILADELPHIA (October 11, 2006) ARAMARK Harrison Lodging (AHL), which provides meeting and recreational support services to conference and corporate training centers, specialty hotels, national and state parks, resorts and other tourist destinations throughout the United States, announced Brian Murphy has joined its management team as National Director of Marketing and Jamie Hodgson as Resident District Manager for the Olympic Peninsula operations. Both Brian and Jamies extensive experiences in the hospitality and tra...
A Revenue Management Marathon – Three Web Casts December 1, 2006 / Carol Verret
April 30, 2006
November 20, 2006 - Begin the race now to win the Revenue Management Marathon in 2007! The three most popular web casts of 2006 with updated content they will not be repeated again, in 2007. 1. Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Revenue Managers Average to Awesome! What makes a revenue manager awesome and another average? The metrics are sometime difficult to define by the managers and, with few training resources available, difficult for a revenue manager to know if they are covering all the bases. This web cast will address those issues for managers who want to hire or evaluate their revenue mangers and for reven...
Over 1,000 Hotels Trust Uniguest for Automated Public PC Computing / November 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Over 1,000 Hotels Trust Uniguest for Automated Public PC Computing Nashville, TN - November 08, 2006 - Nashville-based Uniguest announced today that over 1,000 hotel properties trust Uniguest to manage and support their automated public PC workstations. This is a great benchmark for Uniguest, says Uniguest Founder and President Shawn Thomas. For us, just as there is something about the Dow Jones hitting 12,000, there is something about Uniguest achieving 1,000 customers. And we still feel we have only scratched the surface. Since 2002, Uniguest has been the hotel industry inn...
TeleAdapt Brings Byrne Power to the Guestroom / November 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report TeleAdapt Brings Byrne Power to the Guestroom Sparks, NV, November 07, 2006 TeleAdapt Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of the Byrne Electrical Specialists, Inc. line of Power and Data Centers to their PowerHub line of guestroom power solutions. With the increasing amount of portable electronics that accompany todays guest, the average guestroom is unable to supply an adequate number of conveniently located power outlets. TeleAdapts new PowerHub line is a property-wide solution to power outlet limitations, available outlets located just out of reach or blocked by a large p...
Hersha Hospitality Management Names Marriott Veteran Thomas D. Reese as President / November 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Hersha Hospitality Management Names Marriott Veteran Thomas D. Reese as President PHILADELPHIA, Pa., November 20, 2006Hersha Hospitality Management, a hotel management company of over 50 nationally franchised, midscale and upscale hotels in the eastern United States, today announced that Thomas D. Reese has been named president of the company. All of the companys operational and administrative functions at the corporate and property levels will be under Reeses leadership. Reese spent the majority of his 28 year career in executive operations with Marriott International, most notably as ...
Revenue Management and Packaging Strategy / Gabor Forgacs and Hoffer Lee / November 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Revenue Management and Packaging Strategy by Gabor Forgacs and Hoffer Lee, November 2006 A current study was undertaken to develop a better understanding how hotels utilize the revenue management strategy of value added packaging. The following is a summary of the key findings. What is Packaging? If a hotel offers other products and services bundled together with room nights we call it a package. The most frequently offered packages include food and beverage delights, entertainment or wellness/fitness components. Discounting any or all components is at the discretion of the service provider. Hot...
RedSky IT Wins Prestigious Technology Award / November 2006
April 30, 2006
RedSky IT Wins Prestigious Technology Award November 28, 2006 - RedSky IT has beaten the stiff competition offered by the many PMS suppliers to win the property management system category at the World Travel Market (WTM) and TravelMole Travel Technology Awards 2006. The winning system, Entirety was voted for by users and announced on the World Stage at ExCel, London during the WTM exhibition on Wednesday November 8, 2006. . . The technology awards recognize excellence in innovation, service and performance across the many sectors of the travel industry, a sector that is dependent on technology companies such as RedSky IT....
Lowe Hospitality Group Taps Rick Rush to Join Acquisitions Team / November 2006
April 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Lowe Hospitality Group Taps Rick Rush to Join Acquisitions Team Englewood, Colo. Nov. 1, 2006 Mike Everett, senior vice president of acquisitions for Lowe Hospitality Group (LHG)/Destination Hotels & Resorts (DH&R), today announced that Rick Rush has joined the company as vice president of hospitality investments. The LHG/DH&R acquisitions team is responsible for growing the portfolio of Denver-based Destination Hotels & Resorts. The LHG/DH&R hospitality acquisitions team is also responsible for the sourcing, negotiations and closing of lodging acquisitions on behalf of the companys i...
Pegasus Solutions Launches Web Analytics Service at World Travel Market / November 2006
April 30, 2006
Pegasus Solutions Launches Web Analytics Service at World Travel Market . Breakthrough Offering Analyzes Online Consumer Activity for Hotel Web Sites DALLAS and LONDON (November 8, 2006) Pegasus Solutions, Inc. has launched its Web Analytics service, which enables hoteliers to achieve optimal bookings through an analysis of online consumer activity. Through a relationship with DDSA Partners, the Web Analytics service will offer hoteliers the unprecedented ability to understand online consumers and track online revenue from its originating source through the reservation conversion process. As online travel booking reven...
Pegasus Solutions and Net Trans Partner to Enhance Commission Processing / November 2006
April 30, 2006
Pegasus Solutions and Net Trans Partner to Enhance Commission Processing . DALLAS and TONSBERG, Norway (November 6, 2006) Pegasus Solutions and Net Trans have entered into a new agreement designed to enhance commission processing for travel agents, travel management groups and online providers. With this relationship, Pegasus and Net Trans set a new standard for hotel commission handling with the technology to deliver an end-to-end automated commission process designed to increase the speed of reconciling payments, facilitate automated banking functions and enhance customer satisfaction. Net Trans, a leading provider of com...
