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Burt Cabañas, Chairman & CEO of Benchmark Hospitality, Honored with Two Awards from Florida International University / July 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Burt Cabañas, Chairman & CEO of Benchmark Hospitality, Honored with Two Awards from Florida International University The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, June 29, 2006 - Burt Cabañas, chairman and chief executive officer for Benchmark Hospitality International, has been honored with two distinguished awards from Florida International University (FIU), located in North Miami, Florida. The awards include the FIU Medallion Award, which was presented by FIU President Modesto A. Maidique, and the Torch Award, presented by the FIU Alumni Association. Mr. Cabañas is a 1976 graduate o...
White Lodging Services Building a 1,000 Room Project in Downtown Austin, Texas; The $185-Million Project Will Have Three Marriott Branded Hotels, 50,0
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report White Lodging Services Building a 1,000 Room Project in Downtown Austin, Texas; The $185-Million Project Will Have Three Marriott Branded Hotels, 50,000 Sq Ft of Meting Space AUSTIN, Texas - July 21, 2006 -- White Lodging Services Corporation has announced plans to develop a 1,000-room, $185-million hotel project in downtown Austin, bringing together three leading brands in the largest hotel development in Austin's history. Located on Congress Avenue between 2nd and 3rd streets, two blocks from the Austin Convention Center, the major hotel development will feature a 650-room, full-ser...
Atlanta Hotels Watch Trends and Renovate Guest Rooms to Match Customer Expectations / July 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMcClatchy-Tribune Business News July 15, 2006 --The next time you stay in an Atlanta hotel, don't be surprised to find rooms with luxurious down comforters, 32-inch plasma TVs and bathrooms with spa-influenced amenities like rain-pour shower heads. Metro Atlanta hotels, trying to stay on top of an increasingly competitive market, are pumping millions into renovations to meet the expectations of travelers who are demanding the kind of swank they see on the Travel Channel and HDTV...
Associated Hotels, LLC Formed As Successor to Seymour N. Logan Associates, Inc., a Chicago Hotel Company / July 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report CHICAGO, July 31, 2006 Combining more than 75 years of expertise, lodging industry veterans Jay Fishman, Bryan Curry, and Gary Wood have teamed up to form Associated Hotels, LLC. The new management company will concentrate largely on third-party management contracts, as well as select hotel acquisitions, and is a successor to Seymour N. Logan Associates, Inc., a Chicago family-owned real estate and hotel company dating back to 1942. The new companys main objective is to own and operate top quality hotels where it can increase and enhance value. Associated is targeting branded and independent m...
Joint Venture of Host Hotels, a Dutch Pension Fund and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. Acquiring the Hotel Arts Barcelona, a Ritz-Carlton
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Joint Venture of Host Hotels, a Dutch Pension Fund and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. Acquiring the Hotel Arts Barcelona, a Ritz-Carlton for Approximately $526 million BETHESDA, Md., July 24, 2006 - Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: HST) today announced that its joint venture in the Netherlands with Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the Dutch pension fund, and Jasmine Hotels Pte Ltd, an affiliate of GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd, the real estate investment company of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd, entered into an agreement to purchase the Hotel Arts Barc...
The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino Selects AnyRate Software to Provide Competitive Rate Intelligence / July 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino Selects AnyRate Software to Provide Competitive Rate Intelligence Premier Las Vegas Property to Utilize AnyRate Pricing Tools Las Vegas, Nevada & Germantown, Tennessee - (July 12, 2006) - The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino today announced it has selected AnyRate Software to provide competitive rate intelligence data and reporting to support the hotels complex revenue management processes and strategy. The long-term agreement will allow AnyRates leading-edge competitive rate shopping tools to become an immediate component of The Venetians revenue manage...
Ameritel Planning Two Hotels in Twin Falls, Idaho / July 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Sandy Miller, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho,McClatchy-Tribune Business News Jul. 27--TWIN FALLS --Your eyes aren't deceiving you. The sign in front of what used to be the Ameritel Inn on North Blue Lakes indeed says "Best America Suites." Ameritel and the owners of the locally owned Best America Suites closed the deal last spring. But Ameritel has no plans to leave town. Quite the contrary. Ameritel is planning not just one, but two new hotels on Pole Line Road. On Tuesday, city planners approved a specia...
Andrew Zephirin Named General Manager at the The Crane Resort and Residences, Barbados / July 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Andrew Zephirin Named General Manager at the The Crane Resort and Residences, Barbados St. Philip, Barbados, July 5, 2006 The Crane Resort and Residences, renowned for its unique cliff-top setting overlooking one of the top ten beaches in the world Life Styles of the Rich and Famous in the parish of St. Philip on Barbados pristine southeast coast, recently welcomed Mr. Andrew Zephirin as General Manager to oversee the daily operations and management of the Caribbeans oldest vacation resort. A seasoned and well-respected hotelier, Barbadian Andrew Zephirin, arrived at The Crane...
ARAMARK Harrison Lodging's Hosted Executive Education Facilities Place High on Financial Times Executive Education List / July 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report ARAMARK Harrison Lodging's Hosted Executive Education Facilities Place High on Financial Times Executive Education List Five AHL hosted facilities included on Financial Times Executive Education 2006 Top 60 Customer Program Providers List PHILADELPHIA (July 5, 2006) - Five ARAMARK Harrison Lodging (AHL) managed executive education facilities were among the Financial Times 2006 Top 60 custom program providers. For the past eight years, the Financial Times has annually ranked schools worldwide based on a comprehensive checklist of criteria, including specific categories such as facility, ...
The Scheduled Demolition of the Grand Hotel (aka Superstition Inn) Illustrates the Cyclical Nature of Apache Junction, Arizona History; Once a Resor
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Art Martori, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.McClatchy-Tribune Business News July 8, 2006 - As progress in Apache Junction steams ahead to pave the way for urbanization, it also leaves in its wake the last sepia-toned vestiges of the wildest Western town in the East Valley. The Grand Hotel -- which once drew to Apache Junction the likes of John Wayne, Audie Murphy and Elvis Presley -- will be razed by its new owner, Apache Junction Town Centre, LLC. The development group acquired the property in 2002 as part of a sweeping pur...
Alysia DeSocio Appointed Director of Sales, The Garden City Hotel, Long Island, New York / July 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Alysia DeSocio Appointed Director of Sales, The Garden City Hotel, Long Island, New York GARDEN CITY, Long Island, NY (June 29, 2006) The Garden City Hotel, a world-class luxury hotel located in Long Island, NY, has named Alysia DeSocio as its new Director of Sales. DeSocio will be responsible for global room sales with a focus on account management and new business development. DeSocio has been a Director of Sales for over 12 years at various properties on Long Island and throughout the tri-state region. Alysias years of experience on Long Island was a perfect fit for ou...
Twelve Atlantic City Casinos Do the Unimaginable, All Gambling Operations Ceased; First Citywide Shutdown in Atlantic City's 28-year Casino His
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia InquirerMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Jul. 5, 2006--ATLANTIC CITY -- The casinos here did the unimaginable this morning and ceased all gambling operations amid a state budget impasse that idled New Jersey's gambling inspectors. Security guards at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and at the 11 other gambling halls in the resort, began escorting gamblers off the floor even before the scheduled 8 a.m. deadline, re-routing them to non-gaming areas of their casinos. All hotels, restauran...
Anthony Bowen, Managing Director of the Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort, St. Lucia, Named 2006 Caribbean Hotelier of the Year / July 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Anthony Bowen, Managing Director of the Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort, St. Lucia, Named 2006 Caribbean Hotelier of the Year MIAMI, Florida (July 3, 2006) Anthony Bowen, managing director of the Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort and Spa, in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, was honored by his peers last week, at the 2006 Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference (CHIC), with the 2006 Golden Conch Award as Caribbean Hotelier of the Year. The prestigious award recognizes superior hotel management, as well as the ability to nurture the intricate elements that lay the foundation of success, n...
Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd. Investing $100 million to Build 10 Ramada Hotels in India / December 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd. Investing $100 million to Build 10 Ramada Hotels in India PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Dec. 8, 2006) Wyndham Hotel Group, the lodging unit of Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), today announced it has signed an agreement with Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd. of Bangalore, India, to develop 10 Ramada® hotels totaling at least 1,000 rooms in the Indian states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtr, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. Chender Baljee, Royal Orchid chairman, said his company would invest 5 billion Indian rupees, or about $100 million, to build four-star-quality R...
KSL Building 35 Whole-ownership, Limited-term-use Condominiums at Historic Hotel del Coronado / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report KSL Building 35 Whole-ownership, Limited-term-use Condominiums at Historic Hotel del Coronado . CORONADO, Calif.- Aug. 23, 2006 -- We've all experienced it -- that longing on the final day of a satisfying vacation to linger just a bit longer at a favorite resort. Many of us have even fantasized about what it would be like to own a place at a treasured locale. The legendary Hotel del Coronado, a National Historic Landmark, is making this dream come true with an exclusive real estate offering of 35 luxury whole-ownership, limited-term-use condominiums, known as Beach Village. "For the first time in...
Zero-Based Budgeting in the Hospitality Industry / Jose Acosta / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Zero-Based Budgeting in the Hospitality Industry By Jose Acosta, August, 2006 As we enter the 2007 budget season many individual hotels and hotel companies will present to their owners or asset management team a budget package that has revenues detailed by day and expenses detailed by month. In some cases the operating expenses will be prior year expenses increased by a reasonable CPI index and in other cases will be just straight lined by month. Some of the budget presentations will have explanations on fixed expenses; however, they will lack detail explanation of the rationale of each expen...
Novotel Yogyakarta Reopens After Earthquake; Gives Tourism in Central Java a Boost / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report . BANGKOK, 9 August 2006 Novotel Yogyakarta is re-opening on 14 August after renovation, adding another positive sign that the earthquake stricken area of central Java is quickly getting back on its feet. The renovations were scheduled prior to the 27 May earthquake when the hotel suffered only minor damage. Following the quake Novotel Yogyakarta closed to accelerate the pace of renovation. The US$2 million refurbishment programme covers all rooms, corridors and façade that are expected to be completely finished in October. New wooden floors have been added to guest rooms, the interi...
Amount of Public Subsidy Questioned for 500 room Convention Hotel in Downtown, St Paul; Occupancy in St. Paul's 12 hotels was 59% for First 6 m
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jason Hoppin, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.McClatchy-Tribune Business News Aug. 10, 2006 --St. Paul's RiverCentre Convention & Visitors Authority wants a massive 500-room hotel built on the Cleveland Circle site at Kellogg Boulevard and West Seventh Street, arguably the premier development opportunity in the Twin Cities. Putting a hotel across the street from the Xcel Energy Center would allow St. Paul to book bigger conventions, pumping millions into the local economy, RCVA officials say. Some larger conventions shy away ...
15 Corinthia Owned Hotels Across Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean Will be Rebranded as Ramada Plaza and Wyndham Hotels / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report 15 Corinthia Owned Hotels Across Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean Will be Rebranded as Ramada Plaza and Wyndham Hotels Wyndham Hotel Group to Partner with Corinthia Group in EMEA Countries PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Aug. 10, 2006) Wyndham Hotel Group and the Corinthia Group of Companies today signed an agreement in principle to jointly manage hotels under the Wyndham® and Ramada® brands in the EMEA region: Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The agreement was signed today at the Corinthia Groups headquarters in Malta by Steven A. Rudnitsky, Wyndham Hotel Group president and chief...
Hilton Hotels Corporation Enters Management Agreement for 404-Room Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii; The Wyland Waikiki Will Open Later This Summer As A Doub
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton Hotels Corporation Enters Management Agreement for 404-Room Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii; The Wyland Waikiki Will Open Later This Summer As A Doubletree(R) Hotel . BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Aug. 10, 2006 -- Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE:HLT) has announced the completion of a multi-year agreement with WB-LCP Kuhio Owner, LLC, an affiliate of Lodging Capital Partners, LLC and Westbrook Partners, to manage an upscale, 404-room hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. Formerly the Ohana(R) Waikiki Surf, the hotel's development team is making the finishing touches on a multi-million-dollar transformatio...
What Women (Really) Want; Identifying the Unique Needs of the Woman Business Traveler / Brenda Fields / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report What Women (Really) Want . Identifying the Unique Needs of the Woman Business Traveler by Brenda Fields, August 14, 2006 As an industry, we have come a long way from catering to the woman customer by placing a red rose on the bed or handing her a restaurant menu without the prices. We realize that the woman customer is typically the decision maker in choosing the hotel or restaurant and is more often than not, the one who pays the bills. In 2005, women accounted for approximately 43% of the business travelers, according to the Travel Industry of America. In addition, a recent New ...
Winston Hotels Signs Agreements to Acquire Two Under Construction Hotels in New York City for $55 million Each; The Tribeca and Chelsea Area Hotels
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jack Hagel, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.McClatchy-Tribune Business News Aug. 9, 2006 - RALEIGH -- Winston Hotels is venturing into the Big Apple. The Raleigh real estate investment trust said Tuesday that it expects to spend $110 million on two hotels that are being built in Manhattan. They would be the company's first in New York City. The acquisitions would add urban diversity to Winston's portfolio of 41 hotels, which are primarily in suburban markets. The new hotels, one in the Tribeca section of the ...
The City of Oceanside, California May Invest $27 million to Help Developer S.D. Malkin Properties Inc. Build a $187 million Westin Resort / August 2
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By David Sterrett, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.McClatchy-Tribune Business News Aug. 13, 2006 - OCEANSIDE ---- A tentative agreement to bring a 300-room beach resort to Oceanside is not just about dollars and cents, but also about how the project will fit into the city's downtown and spur development, officials said last week. Under the proposal going before the council Wednesday, the city will have to invest $27 million ---- which is about three times higher than originally expected ---- to help developer S.D. Malkin P...
Starwood Hotels and Intrawest Planning the Westin Verasa Napa, a 160-unit Condominium Hotel located in Downtown Napa, California; The Hotel Will be M
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood Hotels and Intrawest Planning the Westin Verasa Napa, a 160-unit Condominium Hotel located in Downtown Napa, California The Hotel Will be Managed by Intrawest's Hospitality Management Division . WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2006 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and Intrawest Corporation announced plans today to build the Westin Verasa Napa, a 160-unit luxury condominium-hotel located in America's premier wine region, Napa Valley, California. With construction beginning in late 2006 and a planned opening date of 2008, the highly anticipated Westin Verasa Napa will be the f...
