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February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Agenda Set for HSMAI's Revenue Management Strategy Conference in Minneapolis on June 19, 2006 - The Politics of Revenue Management MCLEAN, VA (April 14, 2006) Challenging participants to exert stronger leadership, the 3rd Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Revenue Management Strategy Conference in Minneapolis on June 19, 2006 will offer forward-thinking ideas, issues and strategies when it presents a comprehensive program on The Politics of Revenue Management. Timed in conjunction with HITEC 2006 and presented by HSMAIs Revenue ...
Recap: 6th Annual Resort Management Conference; Chris von Imhoff, CEO, Alyeska Resort, Named Resort Executive of the Year / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Recap: 6th Annual Resort Management Conference; Chris von Imhoff, CEO, Alyeska Resort, Named Resort Executive of the Year MCLEAN, VA (April 3, 2006) Predictions of a 5% growth in leisure vacations along with recommendations to focus on total guest revenues highlighted the 6th Annual Resort Management Conference presented by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), the University of Denver School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM) and the International Resort Managers Association (IRMA) at Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina, last week. The la...
Residence Inn by Marriott Daytona Beach Opens with the Marriott Gen7 Suite, Showcasing Zones for Cooking, Dining, Working, Relaxing and Sleeping / Ap
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Residence Inn by Marriott Daytona Beach Opens with the Marriott Gen7 Suite, Showcasing Zones for Cooking, Dining, Working, Relaxing and Sleeping Daytona Beach, FL., April 19, 2006 Trend setters take note, the all-new Residence Inn by Marriott Daytona Beach unveils Marriotts Gen7 suite, a new innovative design that will re-define extended-stay lodging. This 21st century property now open just steps away from the Daytona Beach International Speedway. Marriotts Gen7 suite showcases "Zones" for cooking, dining, working, relaxing and sleeping. All are richly appointed in stylish décor, w...
Legendary Reid's Palace in Madeira, Portugal Completes US $10.5 million Renovation and Spa Construction / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Legendary Reid's Palace in Madeira, Portugal Completes US $10.5 million Renovation and Spa Construction FUNCHAL, MADEIRA (April 24, 2006) - Reid's Palace reopened on April 14 after completing a US $10.5 million renovation and spa construction. The hotel has been closed since January 16, 2006. In this most recent phase of refurbishment, the final 69 of the hotel's 163 rooms have been refreshed. There are now 35 suites and 128 rooms. Two new suites have been created in the main house with panoramic views over the Bay of Funchal. The garden wing rooms have been given a light, ai...
The Billion-Dollar Off-Strip Luxury Resort – Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa Opens in Summerlin, Nevada / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Billion-Dollar Off-Strip Luxury Resort - Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa Opens in Summerlin, Nevada LAS VEGAS - April 17, 2006 -- Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa from Station Casinos, Inc. (NYSE:STN), the first billion-dollar resort to be built off the Las Vegas Strip, will open tomorrow in the upscale master-planned community of Summerlin. The largest entertainment venue from Station Casinos to date, the property is the most lavish off-strip casino ever built in Las Vegas. Inspired by the natural beauty of the neighboring Red Rock mountains and the elegant desert oasis resorts of the ...
South Florida Hotel Room Rates Soar During 1st Qtr 2006 Compared to Previous Year; Are Higher Room Rates a Guarantee of Success? / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Douglas Hanks III, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 25, 2006 - Hotels charged record room rates in South Florida this tourism season as resorts continued to prosper and visitors continued to pay. Only New York City had a higher average room rate than Miami-Dade for the first three months of the year. According to a Smith Travel Research study of major hotel markets, Miami-Dade had an average rate of $173 for those three months -- peaking at $179 in March. Hotels also raised prices with gusto i...
City of Rancho Mirage, California Not Happy About Tribes Plan for a 16 story Hotel / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Kimberly Pierceall, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 18, 2006 - The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Monday unveiled its final design for a 16-story hotel near Rancho Mirage, amid continued negotiation with city and county officials. In 18 months, the tribe expects its high-rise hotel will emerge from the Coachella Valley's desert landscape along Interstate 10 and join two other tribal-owned resorts along the freeway stretch. The tribe hired Orlando-based VO...
Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. Reaches Agreement to Pay Up to $10.4 million for Termination Fees and Related Severance Cost to Terminate Marriott
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. Reaches Agreement to Pay Up to $10.4 million for Termination Fees and Related Severance Cost to Terminate Marriott's Management Contract at the Marriott Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, California CHICAGO (AP) -- Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. on Tuesday said it reached an agreement to terminate a hotel management contract with Marriott Hotel Services Inc., and will pay up to $10.4 million in termination fees and other costs. Marriott Hotel Services manages the Marriott Rancho Las Palmas Resort, based in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The real estate inves...
Radisson Hotel Utica Centre Named the Top-performing Radisson Hotel for 2005 / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Radisson Hotel Utica Centre Named the Top-performing Radisson Hotel for 2005 MINNEAPOLIS (April 11, 2006) ---- Carlson Hotels Worldwide, parent company of Radisson Hotels & Resorts, honored the Radisson Hotel Utica Centre with the Pinnacle award, as the top-performing President's Award winning Radisson hotel for 2005 at the Carlson hotel group's annual business conference held recently in Las Vegas. Radisson Hotels & Resorts awarded 68 of its more than 200 hotels and resorts in the Americas, Asia Pacific and a portion of the United Kingdom, with the prestigious annual President's Award. Th...
The Carlyle Group acquires the Radisson Los Angeles Westside; Davidson Hotel Company Selected to Manage / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Carlyle Group Acquires the Radisson Los Angeles Westside; Davidson Hotel Company Selected to Manage WASHINGTON, D.C. and MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 12, 2006 Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group today announced that it acquired the Radisson Los Angeles Westside from the original developers of the hotel in an off-market transaction. In conjunction with the acquisition, Carlyle retained Davidson Hotel Company, one of the nations largest full-service, independent hotel operators, to operate the 368-room hotel. In addition, Davidson will oversee a $3.5 million renovation of the pr...
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Resorts & Great Hotels June 2006 Private Meetings Summit Set to Begin Winter Park, FL April 10, 2006 - One of the most innovative events in the travel industry, Resorts & Great Hotels 2006 Private Meetings Summit, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas Resort June 19-21, 2006. This extraordinary event will again bring together representatives from 100 of the worlds leading luxury resorts and hotels with the travel industrys most prominent meeting/incentive planners. Since its launch in 2002, the Private Meetings Summit has become the industry standard and is now produced t...
Anna Marie Presutti Takes the Helm at Hotel Nikko San Francisco; Japanese Company's First Female General Manager / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Anna Marie Presutti Takes the Helm at Hotel Nikko San Francisco; Japanese Company's First Female General Manager Tokyo, April 19, 2006 - Anna Marie Presutti, previously Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Nikko Hotels International, has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager of Hotel Nikko (U.S.A.), Inc., and Hotel Nikko San Francisco. Hotel Nikko (U.S.A.), Inc., is a sales and marketing division of JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., which operates Nikko Hotels International. Ms. Presutti is the first female to serve as Vice President and General Manager in the history...
Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. Acquires the 64 room Pinnacle Lodge, Winter Park, Colorado for $3.6 million / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. Acquires the 64 room Pinnacle Lodge, Winter Park, Colorado for $3.6 million DALLAS - April 7, 2006 -- Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. (AMEX:SVL) today announced the acquisition of Pinnacle Lodge, (http://www.pinnaclelodge.com) a 64-room hotel located in the Winter Park area of Colorado for approximately $3.6 million. The property will continue to be operated as a hotel as well as a destination for current Silverleaf members while the Company assesses the possibility of other acquisitions in Winter Park. The Pinnacle Lodge joins Silverleaf's growing list of vacation prop...
Pinnacle Realty Investments Advises on over $400 million in Hotel Transactions in First Quarter 2006 Including the World-Famous Hay Adams Hotel / Apri
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Pinnacle Realty Investments Advises on Over $400 million in Hotel Transactions in First Quarter 2006 Including the World-Famous Hay Adams Hotel Boston, Massachusetts April 20, 2006 Pinnacle Realty Investments (PRI) announced that the firm acted as advisor on over $400 million in hotel transactions during the first quarter of 2006. The transactions included the world famous Hay Adams Hotel in Washington, DC, a portfolio of six full-service hotels located throughout the western states, a Renaissance hotel, and a Sheraton Four Points. Matthew Kenney, Managing Partner for PRI noted that ...
Living at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago: For Hotel Manager Peter Roth and his Family, It's Not a Luxury Accommodation, It's Home / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tran Ha, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 18, 2006- To you or me, the Ritz-Carlton Chicago is a place of platinum cards, presidential suites and high tea. But to 4-year-old twins Teddy and Alex Bahu, it's just "[their friend] Sofia Roth's house." Never mind the revolving door of people coming and going with luggage and bags in tow. Or the army of neatly uniformed bellhops, valets and lobby personnel that is always downstairs. It's where Teddy and Alex go to watch TV on the cool wall-mounted fla...
Hotels Turn Pet Friendly Using How-To Guide by BringYourPet.com / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Hotels Turn Pet Friendly Using How-To Guide by BringYourPet.com Knoxville, TN--April 27-- BringYourPet.com (www.bringyourpet.com) announces the continued success of the book, 'Making Your Property Pet friendly: A How-To Guide.' Many hoteliers have remained on the sidelines with fears of damages, barks, bites, and allergies. The BringyourPet.com book addresses all of these concerns and provides an easy-to-understand blueprint for establishing a profitable pet friendly program at virtually any type of lodging establishment. With no set industry standard, hoteliers who wanted to start or improv...
One Miami Condo-Hotel Owner Considering Switching Tactics; Wants to Sell Condos as a Security Investment Rather then a Real Estate Investment / Apri
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Douglas Hanks III, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 9, 2006 - Owner Markus Friedli says he is quite pleased with the Penguin Hotel after three years of rising room rates at the affordable South Beach getaway. But its four months as a condo-hotel have not been as impressive: Sales are slow for the property's 44 modest but stylish rooms. "I thought it would be easier," the 41-year-old hotelier said after selling seven units. So Friedli might try a third incarnation for the Penguin...
The 554 room Paradisus Palma Real Resort Opens; $120 million Resort is Sol Melia's 2nd Paradisus in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The 554 room Paradisus Palma Real Resort Opens; $120 million Resort is Sol Melia's 2nd Paradisus in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic PUNTA CANA, DR April 7, 2006 Paradisus Palma Real the fifth luxury all-inclusive resort in Sol Meliá Hotels and Resorts five-star Paradisus brand celebrated its official opening on April 5 at an all-out extravaganza held under star-filled Caribbean skies staged against the picturesque shores of Punta Cana. The event also marked the opening night party for the 2006 Dominican Travel Exchange (DATE). With some of the leading touris...
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Relinquishes Management Contract of San Francisco Hotel; Pan Pacific Hotel Has Become the JW Marriott Hotel San Francis
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Relinquishes Management Contract of San Francisco Hotel; Pan Pacific Hotel Has Become the JW Marriott Hotel San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) --- April 19, 2006 - Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) has acquired the AAA four-diamond 338-room Pan Pacific San Francisco in San Francisco, California. Due to the change in ownership, there has been a management transition between Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts and J. W. Marriott, which will took place, today, on April 19, 2006. According to Yasuyuki (Yasu) Nakata, Director and Executive Vice P...
After a 20 Year Hibernation, The Playboy Club Will Open Atop the Palms Casino Resort's New $650 million Fantasy Tower Addition / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Chris Jones, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 20, 2006 - If Playboy Enterprises has its way, bunny ears won't be the company's only signature item spotted around Southern Nevada. From nightclubs to retail stores, the Chicago-based conglomerate is building multiple Las Vegas ventures to capitalize on the city's nearly 40 million yearly visitors. And more Playboy-branded attractions will follow, the company's top executive said Wednesday. "On every level, we're excited abo...
Paula Winkler Named Chief Information Officer for Carlson Hotels Worldwide / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Paula Winkler Named Chief Information Officer for Carlson Hotels Worldwide MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (April 24, 2006)---Carlson Hotels Worldwide today announced the appointment of Paula Winkler as Chief Information Officer for Carlson Hotels Worldwide which includes the brands Regent International Hotels; Radisson Hotels & Resorts; Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts; Country Inns & Suites By Carlson; and Park Inn. Winkler was promoted from within Carlson Hotels' parent company, Carlson Companies, where she was previously vice president of Technology and program executive for Carlson Global Solutions....
Geoff Stewart Named General Manager of the Sheraton Bradley Hotel in Windsor Locks, Connecticut / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Geoff Stewart Named General Manager of the Sheraton Bradley Hotel in Windsor Locks, Connecticut West Hartford, CT April 20, 2006 Peter H. Mason, CHA, Division Director for Konover Hotel Corporation announced that Geoff Stewart has been named General Manager of the Sheraton Bradley Hotel in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Mr. Stewart is a Certified Hotel Administrator and comes to Konover with 30 years of experience running several full service hotels. Throughout his career, Mr. Stewart has worked for several prominent companies in the industry, including Interstate Hotels & Resorts, In...
Omni Hotel at CNN Center Names Peter Cronin Director of Sales and Rosalyn Y. Smith Area Director of Human Resources / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Omni Hotel at CNN Center Names Peter Cronin Director of Sales and Rosalyn Y. Smith Area Director of Human Resources ATLANTA (April 25, 2006) The Omni Hotel at CNN Center today announced two new additions to the hotels management team. Peter Cronin has joined the hotel as director of sales, and Rosalyn Y. Smith has been named area director of human resources. As director of sales, Cronin is responsible for national accounts for the Omni Hotel at CNN Center. Cronin has worked in hospitality sales in Atlanta since 1994. Smith will oversee human resources needs for the down...
Occupancy Taxes Up, Room Rates Up, But Occupancy Down for Orlando Hotels in February 2006 / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Christopher Boyd, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 4, 2006 - Orange County resort-tax revenue was nearly unchanged in February from the same month in 2005, but the monthly report released Monday also reflected a downward trend in occupancy that worries hoteliers. The Orange County Comptroller's Office said hotels collected $11.55 million in resort taxes in February, compared with $11.59 million a year earlier, a 0.3 percent decrease. But the hotel industry was more concerned ...
