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Leisure Sports Inc. and R.D. Olson Development Building a 174 room $65-million Renaissance ClubSport in Aliso Viejo, California / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Leisure Sports Inc. and R.D. Olson Development Building a 174 room $65-million Renaissance ClubSport in Aliso Viejo, California PLEASANTON, Calif - May 11, 2006 -- Leisure Sports Inc. and R.D. Olson Development announce today the formation of a joint venture to develop and own a Renaissance ClubSport, a full service boutique hotel and world-class fitness resort. This will be the first full service hotel in Aliso Viejo and located at the 1.7 million square foot Summit Office Campus. This $65-million dollar project is a key component in the city's strategic economic and development plan along t...
Cell Phone Chargers are the No. 1 Item Left Behind by Hotel Guests / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Michelle Machado, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 27, 2006 - STOCKTON -- About 5 million Californians are expected to travel 50 miles or more this Memorial Day weekend, and some of them will leave behind more than rumpled bedsheets and soggy bath towels in vacated hotel rooms. There's such run-of-the-mill stuff as clothes, shoes and pillows. "Cell phone chargers are No. 1," said Florida Iturralde, front-office manager for Fairfield Inn Marriott in Tracy. And then th...
The Hilton Ras Al Khaimah Resort & Spa Set to Open December, 2006; Ras Al Khaimah is the Northern Most Emirate of the UAE / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Hilton Ras Al Khaimah Resort & Spa Set to Open December, 2006 . Ras Al Khaimah is the Northern Most Emirate of the UAE Dubai, May 16, 2006: Building on its 14 established properties throughout the Arabian Peninsula, Hilton International has announced the opening date of its first Worldwide Resort in Ras Al Khaimah, and its fifth in the Gulf region. The first phase of the Hilton Ras Al Khaimah Resort & Spa is due to open later this year, on December 1st, 2006, with the second and final phase in the last quarter of 2007. Our Hilton Worldwide Resort brand offers holidaymakers a...
Boykin Lodging Enters Into Agreement to Sell Radisson Suite Beach Resort-Marco Island for $58 million / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Boykin Lodging Enters Into Agreement to Sell Radisson Suite Beach Resort-Marco Island for $58 million CLEVELAND, May 9, 2006 - Boykin Lodging Company (NYSE: BOY), a hotel real estate investment trust, today announced that Boykin Marco LLC ("Boykin Marco"), a subsidiary of the Company, has entered into an agreement to sell the Radisson Suite Beach Resort-Marco Island to an unrelated third party for a price of $58.0 million. The agreement provides for the consummation of the sale to occur on June 30, 2006, which date may be extended at the option of Boykin Marco for up to 30 d...
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Eight Canadian Radisson Hotels Receive the Presidents Award Two hotels also receive Advocate Award for customer satisfaction TORONTO, On -- (May 23, 2006) ---Radisson Hotels & Resorts announced that eight Canadian Radisson hotels have received the prestigious Presidents Award, given to its top-performing hotels and resorts based on performance in 2005. The hotels were among 68 best properties selected from the more than 260 Radisson hotels in The Americas, Asia Pacific and a portion of the United Kingdom. In addition, two Canadian Radisson hotels were among the 18 recipients of the...
Coral Hospitality Hires Ron Taylor as New Regional Director of Sales and Marketing, and Appoints Terry Kingery to Regional Sales Manager / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Coral Hospitality Hires Ron Taylor as New Regional Director of Sales and Marketing, and Appoints Terry Kingery to Regional Sales Manager ATLANTA (May 9, 2006) Coral Hospitality, a full-service hospitality management and investment company specializing in hotels, clubs and residential communities, today announced that Ron Taylor has joined the company as Regional Director of Sales and Marketing. Taylor will work in the Atlanta office of the Naples-based Coral Hospitality, where he will lead the sales, marketing, and business development of the groups two Georgia-based properties, Bra...
Benchmark Announces the Appointment of Robert Boyle as Managing Director for Turtle Bay Resort / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Benchmark Announces the Appointment of Robert Boyle as Managing Director for Turtle Bay Resort The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, May 30, 2006 - Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Robert Boyle as managing director for Turtle Bay Resort, the signature property located on the North Shore of Oahu. Sam Haigh, president and chief operating officer, made the announcement. "I am extremely pleased to announce the promotion of Bob Boyle to managing director of Turtle Bay Resort," said Mr. Haigh. "Bob has an outstanding leadership style, a solid business acumen, ...
Orlando Basking in Spotlight with 1,600 Travel Buyers from 70 Countries in Town for the Travel Industry Association of America's International
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Beth Kassab, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 5, 2006 - Forget Super Bowl ads or even an opportunity for product placement in the year's summer blockbuster. Beginning Saturday, Orlando's top tourism officials are staging the biggest commercial for the local market in the past five years. It's live. It's international. And it's five days long. As an estimated 1,600 travel buyers from 70 countries and more than 200 international journalists descend on Orlando for the Travel Indus...
Portland Harbor Hotel Earns AAA Four Diamond Award / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Portland Harbor Hotel Earns AAA Four Diamond Award for Third Consecutive Year - Portland Harbor Hotel remains Portlands only Four Diamond hotel PORTLAND, Maine May 12, 2005 - Portland Harbor Hotel, the stylish and sophisticated downtown hotel located in the citys hip Old Port waterfront shopping and dining neighborhood, has received the AAA Four-Diamond Award again for 2006. This is the third consecutive year that the Hotel has earned the award, by consistently demonstrating its commitment to providing an unsurpassed level of service and a regal hotel quality. AAA evaluates hotels base...
Portland, Oregon Proposed Convention Center Hotel Faces Large Funding Gap, City Council Opposition / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Ryan Frank, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25, 2006 - Portlanders, you want a shiny new hotel next to the Oregon Convention Center? Pull out your checkbook. The city must scrape together as much as $79 million in taxpayer money if it wants to entice private investors to fork up the rest of the $150 million tab. If that's too rich, the city may have to just build and own the hotel itself. That was the message delivered by the Portland Development Commission...
Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage 1,100-unit Pinnacle Condominium Resort in Las Vegas / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Interstate Hotels & Resorts to Manage 1,100-unit Pinnacle Condominium Resort in Las Vegas ARLINGTON, Va., May 26, 2006Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR), the nations largest independent hotel management company, today announced that it has been selected to manage the 1,100-unit Pinnacle Condominium Resort in Las Vegas. The twin-tower, 36-story structure, currently in pre-sale, is expected to break ground in the fall of 2006 and open in the second quarter of 2009. The resort may offer its condominium owners the opportunity to place their units in a rental arrangement. The $850 ...
At Pinnacle Hotel Management, GM Entrepreneurs and Centralized Accounting Support Growth; When the corporate office handles / May 2006
February 28, 2006
At Pinnacle Hotel Management, GM Entrepreneurs and Centralized Accounting Support Growth - When the corporate office handles accounting, properties focus on profitability Pittsburgh - May 25, 2006 - Pinnacle Hotel Management delivers what investors crave profitability and fast growth. The company manages 17 properties for several different ownership groups and recently acquired an additional nine Marriott-managed hotels. So how does it drive this success? The secret is a combination of management entrepreneurship, centralized support, and hotel computer systems technology. Founded in 1997 by Ron Franklin and D...
Pinehurst Resort Excluded From Possible Sale By its Parent Company ClubCorp / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Pinehurst Resort Excluded From Possible Sale By its Parent Company ClubCorp May 15, 2006 - Pinehurst Resort announced today that its parent company, Dallas-based ClubCorp, has engaged Goldman Sachs as its exclusive financial advisor to explore strategic options, including the possible sale of the company. If the decision is made to sell ClubCorp, the Dedman family will acquire Pinehurst, and the balance of ClubCorp's assets will go to another buyer. The Dedman family, which already owns 70 percent of Pinehurst would effectively increase its ownership and control of Pinehurst to 100 percent, a...
Physical Therapy Sessions: A Good Reminder for Professional Selling Fundamentals / David Brudney ISHC / April 2006
February 28, 2006
By David M. Brudney, ISHC, April 2006 Former basketball great Bill Walton, no stranger to the O.R., defined minor or elective surgery as when they do the operation on someone else, not you. Mindful of Waltons admonition, I have been doing everything I can to put off what may be inevitable surgery on my hip and possibly lower back. This road Ive chosen to travel has led to a very new experience for me: physical therapy - - in a clinic and in the pool. I had not been in a trainers room since my days playing baseball. I remember seeing bats, balls and gloves back then. Now, Im looking at canes, crutches and walkers. As I...
Hotels Increasingly Putting Out the Welcome Mat for 63% of American Households with Pets; Generating New Revenue through Fees and Services / May 200
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Kyle Stock, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21, 2006 - U.S. residents will spend $38.4 billion on their pets this year, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. That's about how much major pharmaceutical companies will pay for research in 2006. It's equal to the debt of the United Kingdom. It's roughly the gross domestic product of Kenya, Cuba or Costa Rica. In other words, we really love, and lavish, our animals. The hotel industry...
Pet-Friendly Properties Join BringYourPet.com to Reach Niche Market / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Pet-Friendly Properties Join BringYourPet.com to Reach Niche Market Knoxville, TN---May 9, 2006--- BringYourPet.com announces its most recent additions to its directory. These include: Best Western Burlington Inn, Best Western Brandywine Valley Inn, Best Western Heritage Inn, Best Western Kennewick Inn, Historic Hotel Bethlehem, Hilton Lake Placid Resort, The Peaks Resort, Bel Age West Hollywood, Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa, Comfort Suites - Biltmore Square Mall, Best Western Dry Creek Inn, Adobe and Pines Inn, Best Western Park Inn, Best Western Inn of Kearney, L'Enfant Plaza ...
The San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau Names David Peckinpaugh as its President and CEO at a Base Salary is $240,000 / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 27, 2006 - San Diego's tourism industry has a new leader. The San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau yesterday named David Peckinpaugh as its president and CEO to replace Reint Reinders, who has led the organization for 15 years. Peckinpaugh, who has had a varied career in the hospitality industry, including stints at such local hotels as La Costa Resort, currently serves as chief marketing officer for Conferon, the cou...
UNITEHere's Message Resonates; Pay Me Now, or Pay Me More Later / John R. Hendrie / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report UNITEHere's Message Resonates; Pay Me Now, or Pay Me More Later By John R. Hendrie, May 2006 A National Law Firm called me last week, seeking permission to use some comments I wrote in an article published last Summer, Ready for Pluckin. They were planning a program for Hospitality Management on Preventative Employee Relations and how to prepare and defend unionization attempts in Hotel properties. Flattered, I, of course, said yes, and we began to discuss the issues, which are bigger than just Lodgings, for it is about all Hospitality Businesses, as well as Health Care. It is a ...
HEI Hospitality Rebranding the Park Hyatt Hotel, San Francisco to a Le Meridien Hotel / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report HEI Hospitality Rebranding the Park Hyatt Hotel, San Francisco to a Le Meridien Hotel Conversion a Key Move in Starwood's Aggressive Expansion of Le Meridien Properties in the U.S. and Worldwide WHITE PLAINS, N.Y - May 10, 2006--Starwood Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:HOT) and HEI Hospitality announced today that the Park Hyatt Hotel at 333 Battery Street in San Francisco has become a Le Meridien Hotel. According to the terms of the franchise agreement, the hotel will be managed by Merritt Hospitality, a division of hotel owner HEI Hospitality. Starwood acquired Le Meridien in November of ...
The Palms Hotel By Lexington in Kissimmee, Florida Adds the 160 Room Former Hampton Inn Following $2.5 million Renovation / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Palms Hotel By Lexington in Kissimmee, Florida Adds the 160 Room Former Hampton Inn Following $2.5 million Renovation CELEBRATION, Fla. The Celebration, Florida based company, Hayes Reid Development Group Inc., is announcing the opening of The Palms Hotel by Lexington. This opening represents the second phase as well as the hotel component of The Palms Hotel and Villas, a condo hotel resort community in the Orlando-Disney area. The Palms Hotel by Lexington adds an additional 160 accommodations and was formerly a three-star Hilton Hampton Inn. The property completed a $...
Thor Equities Planning a $150 million Rehab of the Historic Palmer House Hilton; Preservationists Standing By to Criticize the Necessary Work to Bri
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Ron Grossman and Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12, 20069 - The Palmer House Hilton, a lynchpin of the Loop, took a major step toward landmark status Thursday--but only over the objections of preservationists who argued that the fine print in the designation would harm, not protect, its historic character. With the new owner of the hotel planning to start a $150 million rehab late this year, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted 5-2 to recommend making the 79-year-old hotel, w...
Peter Lloyd Wynne Named General Manager of the Raffles Beijing Hotel / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Peter Lloyd Wynne Named General Manager of the Raffles Beijing Hotel SINGAPORE, 15 May 2006 - Raffles Hotels & Resorts is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Peter Lloyd Wynne as General Manager of the legendary Raffles Beijing Hotel. Built in the early 1900s, Raffles Beijing Hotel has earned a beloved place in Beijings history as the venue for many of the citys significant social and political events. Scheduled to open in June 2006, the 171-room elegantly restored Raffles Beijing Hotel is ideally located at the crossroads of the famous Chang An Avenue and district of Wangfujing,...
February 28, 2006
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 . . PURE Solutions Signs On As A Corporate Sponsor Of FreshStay . FreshStaysrapidly growing online directory of non smoking hospitality properties is the perfect match for the PURE Room...
Pam Swanner Named Vice President of the Greenville (SC) Convention and Visitors Bureau / May 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Paul Huggins, The Decatur Daily, Ala. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 28, 2006 - Pam Swanner, who initiated the North Alabama Birding Trail and helped push local tourism to the forefront of industrial development, has accepted a promotion in Greenville, S.C. She will leave her job as executive director of the Decatur-Morgan County Convention and Visitors Bureau, which she's held since 1997. The Rogersville native's new job will be vice president of the Greenville Convention and Visitors Bureau. She joins a sta...
