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Caribbean Hotel Association Updates its Image for the First Time in Over 40 Years / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report  Caribbean Hotel Association Updates its Image for the First Time in Over 40 Years SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (August 25, 2006) – The Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) launched its new logo and corporate identity, following the approval of the Board of Directors during the organization’s annual industry conference (CHIC 2006) in Miami, Florida. The new brand image of CHA responds to the organization’s need to update its identity to go with the times and changes of the Caribbean tourism industry. . . “An organization’s logo is its face to the world. After 46 years without making any ch...
HFTP and the Caribbean Hotel Association to Host First Ever Caribbean Finance Technology Professionals Conference in Puerto Rico / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report HFTP and the Caribbean Hotel Association to Host First Ever Caribbean Finance Technology Professionals Conference in Puerto Rico Austin, Texas; August 23, 2006 - Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) and the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) are teaming up to host the first-ever Caribbean Finance and Technology Professionals Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This conference is planned for December 11-12, 2006 at the Westin Rio Mar Beach Golf Resort & Spa. The two-day educational conference will focus on the most recent topics of interest in the finance an...
HFTP Board of Directors Approves Landmark Changes to CHTP and CHAE Programs; Changes Include Creation of a Code of Ethics / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report HFTP Board of Directors Approves Landmark Changes to CHTP and CHAE Programs; Changes Include Creation of a Code of Ethics . Austin, Texas; August 16, 2006 - The Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) International Board of Directors recently approved three landmark changes for the HFTP Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) and the Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) designations. The changes include the creation of a Code of Ethics, formation of the Certification Advisory Council (CAC) and a reworking of the Appeals Procedure. The changes, devel...
Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 68 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report  Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 68 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Chicago, IL. August 28, 2006 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 68 hotel projects in the last two weeks to the New Hotel Construction Projects database. Notable projects entered in the last two weeks include: Westin Hotel and Condominium Portland ME Marriott Hotel and Condo Complex Tallahassee FL Hotel Complex Albuquerque NM The Aspen Hotel New York NY Springhill Suites Terre Haute IN New Hotel Yakima WA Homewood S...
Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 77 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report  Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 77 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Chicago, IL. August 15, 2006 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 77 hotel projects in the last two weeks to the New Hotel Construction Projects database. Notable projects entered in the last two weeks include: Four Points by Sheraton Addition, Philadelphia PA Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, Washington DC Mondrian Hotel, Miami Beach FL Sabeti Condo-Tel, Orlando FL Conference Center Ocean Edge Resort, Brewster MA Hilton Hotel and Residen...
Sandcastle Resorts & Hotels and Wood Partners Planning a 300 room Hilton Topped with 192 Condominiums in the Buckhead Area of Atlanta / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Walter Woods, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Aug. 17, 2006 - A team of developers plans to build a towering 48-story hotel near the Buckhead MARTA station that will be the first metro Atlanta Hilton hotel in 31 years. The Peachtree Street hotel tower, to break ground next fall and open by 2009, will have 300 rooms topped by 192 condominiums. Sandcastle Resorts & Hotels, which owns and operates Hilton hotels in Destin, Fla., and Alexandria, Va., will develop the hotel, while Atlanta con...
Westin's Decision to Go Smoke-free Reinforces the Brand's Positioning Around Personal Renewal / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report . Westin Hotels & Resorts is marking the six-month milestone of its smoke-free conversion in North America with Breathing LightsSM installations in its lobbies nationwide. The artistically designed projections count the number of fresh breaths taken by each Westin guest each day. The design can be viewed by guests and visitors to Westin lobbies nationwide, or by visiting www.westin.com/breathe. Westin became the first major hotel chain to convert all of its smoking rooms in North America to smoke-free late last year, investing more than $3 million in its smoke free initiative. The move co...
$6 million Spa Chateau Opens at the 301-room Chateau on the Lake Resort in Branson, Missouri / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report $6 million Spa Chateau Opens at the 301-room Chateau on the Lake Resort in Branson, Missouri Branson, Mo. — August 15, 2006 - Chateau on the Lake Resort, Spa & Convention Center recently announced the opening of the all-new $6 million Spa Chateau at the 301-room award-winning resort on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri. The 14,000-square foot Spa Chateau is the Midwest's premier new spa offering customized body treatments, massage therapy, facials, manicures, pedicures, salon services and state-of-the-art equipment. Guests can enjoy dry saunas, steam rooms, an indoor coed Jacuzzi, outd...
Be the Brand / John R. Hendrie & Rick Hendrie / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report  Be the Brand by John R. Hendrie, Hospitality Performance & Rick Hendrie, Remarkable Branding, August 2006 Plastic utensils at a fine dining establishment? How gauche! Bright reds, Op Art, and the Rolling Stones in the background at your Spa? How disquieting! Ratty signs, unmowed grass, poorly clipped shrubs at the entrance to your resort? Nasty! Regular paper, four-ply toilet tissue, 60 watt bulbs at your eco property? No Green here! Naugahide booths at your bistro? Mighty retro! A Guest Book at your roadside diner? Really! Not on your life, you say. May we introduce you to a B...
The Wide Diversity of Hotel Brands Opens New Marketing Opportunities for Independent Hotels / Neil Salerno / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report . By: Neil Salerno August 2006 Has the wide diversity of hotel brands created new opportunities for independent hotels? It seems that an argument can be made that there are now so many different brands that even the most experienced traveler has a difficult time discerning the differences among them. The explosion of new and resurrected brands in recent years has out-paced the industry’s ability to define them to the public. Companies like Holiday Inn, Quality Inn, Hilton, Sheraton, and others spent many years defining their core brand hotels to the traveling public, resulting in great succes...
Boston Workforce Development Program Puts Homeless to Work in Hotels / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report  Boston Workforce Development Program Puts Homeless to Work in Hotels By Elizabeth Johnson, American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, August 2006 BostonÂ’s growing hotel industry has a new source for qualified line-level workers, thanks to the collaborative efforts of a state hotel association, a community service agency, and area hotels. The “At Your Service” program is training formerly homeless and other economically disadvantaged clients to become successful hotel employees at leading Boston properties that include the Ritz-Carlton, Fairmont Copley Plaza, and the Bulfinch Hotel.Â...
One-Screen vs. Multi-Step Booking Engines! You Have to Look at the Whole Picture / Neil Salerno / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report By: Neil Salerno August 2006 Every now and then I read an article which raises the little hairs on the back of my neck; I can’t resist busting a myth before it festers into reality. The article outlined a comparison between one-screen booking engines and those which use multi pages. It was a good comparison, but there are still so many dysfunctional hotel web sites, it makes the question of whether to go with a one-screen or multi-step booking engine pretty trite and after-the-fact. If your site needs a boost in production, start with its content; not at the end. If your site needs a booking eng...
Hyatt Signs 20-year Management Agreement to Operate the 501-room Bonaventure Resort and Spa; The Westin, Forida Resort to be Renamed the Hyatt Regen
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-SentinelMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Aug. 31, 2006 --Hyatt Hotels will announce today it is taking over management of the 501-room Bonaventure Resort and Spa, which has struggled to find its niche as an independently run property. Tom Ireland, owner of the Weston resort, has signed a 20-year management agreement with Hyatt, which will rename the resort the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center and Spa. The agreement, effective Friday, could provide a major boost to tourism bu...
Blue Square Studios Produces Dramatic Online Revenue Results for Portola Plaza Hotel / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Phoenix AZ (August 24, 2006) -- Portola Plaza Hotel has achieved dramatic results --a 68 percent increase in on-line reservations, a 94 percent increase in revenue from on-line bookings and a 15 percent increase in revenue per reservation booked on-line -- since selecting Blue Square Studios (bluesqstudios.com) and the company's proprietary Hospitality Toolkit to create and launch an aggressive e-marketing and Internet distribution initiative. After selecting Blue Square in January 2005, and implementing e-marketing initiatives including Hospitality Toolkit e-commerce tracking capabilities, Porto...
Not Everyone is Happy About the Huge Resort Project on Tiny Bimini; the $850 million Project Will Include a 250 room Conrad Hotel, Golf Course, Casi
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jim Wyss, The Miami HeraldMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Aug. 28, 2006 - BIMINI, Bahamas -- For decades, all it has taken to lure tourists to this Bahamian island 48 miles east of Florida has been clear water, world-class fishing and the lack of just about everything else. So Lloyd "Duda" Edgecombe, a Bimini district council member, questions the wisdom of Miami developers who want to build a 250-room hotel, 18-hole golf course, 550-slip marina and glitzy casino on a flattened strip of sand once thick with marshes and mangr...
A Look at Beverages, With a Twist; New Research Provides Insights to Help Hoteliers Increase Revenue and Satisfy Guests / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Business Challenge: How can hoteliers better understand consumers and identify their needs among business and leisure travelers, in an effort to help them increase revenue and guest satisfaction? Solution: Make guests happier by anticipating and satisfying current unmet beverage preferences. Introduction Exceeding expectations. That’s how hoteliers gain success and differentiate themselves among competitors. New research from The World of Lodging and Beverages Study helps operators understand how consumers organize and choose among the lodging alternatives in the marketplace so that they c...
Benchmark's Top Five Dining Trends for 2006… and a Word About Wine / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Benchmark's Top Five Dining Trends for 2006... and a Word About Wine . The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, August, 24, 2006 ... Benchmark Hospitality International, which manages 31 award-winning hotels, resorts, conference centers and condominium resorts throughout the United States and in Japan, has announced Five Top Dining Trends for 2006, as observed by its properties.  The trends were announced by Bob Zappatelli, vice president, food & beverage. Trend #1 Announcing the Demise of Diets Today it's about balanced alternatives instead of dieting.   Low trans fat, smaller plates for redu...
1901 Oil Boom Meant Big Business for Beaumont, Texas Hotels / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Beth Gallaspy, The Beaumont Enterprise, TexasMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Aug. 21, 2006 - BEAUMONT -- Railway travelers stepping out of the Southern Pacific depot in this growing lumber town in the 1890s had their choice of three competing hotels within whistling distance. Less than a decade later, the proprietors of the Beaumont House, the Callahan Hotel and the Crosby House saw a business boom and financial windfall like the rest of Beaumont with the discovery of oil at Spindletop. "At that time, they would have ...
Restoration of the Largest Building in Mississippi, The 1,740 room Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Completed on an 8-month Schedule, Following Three Mon
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Restoration of the Largest Building in Mississippi, The 1,740 room Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Completed on an 8-month Schedule, Following Three Months of Debris Removal . BILOXI, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 2006--Exactly one year to the day Hurricane Katrina rampaged through the Gulf Coast, destroying much of Biloxi's hospitality and tourism industries, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino (www.beaurivage.com), the crown jewel of the Mississippi Gulf Coast gaming industry, will officially reopen on August 29, 2006. The project is speeding toward completion on an 8-month schedule (after three ...
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino will Reopen 12 months After Hurricane Katrina; New Restaurants, Redesigned Guest Rooms / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report  Beau Rivage Resort & Casino will Reopen 12 months After Hurricane Katrina;  New Restaurants, Redesigned Guest Rooms BILOXI, Miss., Aug. 15, 2006 - Blending new amenities with guest favorites, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino will reopen 12 months after Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2006, employing 3,800 Mississippians. The resort will feature the charm and elegance guests have come to love, while offering a fresh new experience that will continue to exceed expectations. "We've been given a rare chance to do it all over again, and we have embarked on an even greater vision," sai...
Thermae Bath Spa – Only Place in Britain Where Hot Springs Bubble to the Surface / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Thermae Bath Spa - Only Place in Britain Where Hot Springs Bubble to the Surface By Bernard Burt - www.SpaGoer.com, August 2006 Jane Austen would be amazed. Smack in the middle of her beloved Bath stands a glass cube straight out of Star Trek. Enter a watery world of well-being at the new Thermae Bath Spa in the city that was Aquae Sulis.  Surrounded by Georgian colonnades, Britain's first thermal spring day spa offers four levels of hydro-healthy fun and relaxation. For £20.00 (about $30 US) you get a locker, access to steam saunas, showers, and rooftop swimming pool, for two hours. Sche...
Greenbrier Promotional Campaign to Appear in Design Annual / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report  Greenbrier Promotional Campaign to Appear in Design Annual International publication to include work created by BOHAN agency in Nashville NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- August 2006 - The AAA Five Diamond Greenbrier resort is accustomed to recognition for its culinary prowess, its golf courses and its spa. Now, its advertising is getting international acknowledgement. A Greenbrier campaign called “Myths” created by BOHAN Advertising|Marketing in Nashville, Tenn., has been chosen for the 2007 Graphis Advertising Annual, one of the top showcase publications in graphic design and advertising. Ed...
Hotels in Atlanta Aim for Luxury Clientele; Rosewood to Have Butlers at the 128 room Mansion on Peachtree / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMcClatchy-Tribune Business News Aug. 19, 2006 - Think supple Egyptian cotton sheets, flat-panel TVs and marble tubs are the tops in luxury hotel living? Pish! How about a room that comes with its own "Mr. Belvedere"? That's right. Ultra upscale brand Rosewood Hotels & Resorts plans to extend butler service to its guests when it opens in spring 2008 at the swank Mansion on Peachtree, a condo and hotel project on the corner of Peachtree and Stratford roads in Buckhea...
Assisted Living Management Experience Gives Hoteliers An Edge / Mark Hamister / August 2006
March 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report  Assisted Living Management Experience Gives Hoteliers An Edge by Mark Hamister, August 2006 In the early 1980’s I realized that my assisted living residences would gain a huge competitive advantage if I started operating them like luxury resort hotels. After a careful study of the Ritz-Carlton and Disney models, we implemented a hospitality-oriented customer service culture and saw an immediate increase in the quality of service and experience delivered by our residences. Our company formally entered the hospitality industry in 2004, with the purchase of one Marriott branded...
