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Condo Hotels Sweeping Metro Orlando / 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. 17, 2006 - If hotel-development plans arrived with the thunder of artillery shells, this would be a year of deafening roars. After years bemoaning a lack of decent business-class hotels, Central Florida's travel industry may finally get what it wants. But what makes this wave so unique are the hotels' owners. These new projects would have hundreds of them, most with only a vague understanding of the hospitality industry. Meet...
Solare Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Contract for the Okinawa Marriott Resort Kariyushi Beach / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Solare Hotels & Resorts Signs Management Contract for the Okinawa Marriott Resort Kariyushi Beach Solares 40th hotel in Japan Brings the Groups Total Guestrooms to 8,237 (Tokyo 19, April 2006) Lagoon Resort Nago Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Solare Hotels & Resorts Co. Ltd. (Head Office: Minato Ward, Tokyo; capitalization: Yen 1.285 billion, www.solarehotels.com CEO: A. G. Virili), has signed a long term management contract with the new owner of the Okinawa Marriott Resort Kariyushi Beach (361 rooms), operating under a Marriott franchise agreement, effective...
John Williams and Phillip King Are Two Hotel Operators On Almost Identical Missions, Overseeing the Details in Re-opening Downtown Oklahoma City
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Steve Lackmeyer, The Daily Oklahoman Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 13, 2006 - JOHN WILLIAMS and Phillip King are two veteran hotel operators who at first glance appear to be on almost identical missions. They will be downtown Oklahoma City's newest innkeepers, overseeing almost every detail in two of the city's oldest historic properties -- the Skirvin Hilton and the Colcord Hotel. When the Colcord was built in 1910, it was the city's first skyscraper. The Skirvin was built one year later; it was the...
Novotel Citygate Hong Kong Opens; 440 room Hotel the Site Hotel Partner of AsiaWorld-Expo / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Novotel Citygate Hong Kong Opens; 440 room Hotel the Site Hotel Partner of AsiaWorld-Expo BANGKOK, Monday 3 April 2006: The newly opened Novotel Citygate Hong Kong, adjacent to Citygate shopping complex, brings a stylish addition to Tung Chung, putting the booming business and residential hub firmly on the international map. The contemporary 440-room hotel, located just 5 minutes drive from Hong Kong International Airport, sets new standards for four-star hotels in the city and will make a significant contribution to Hong Kongs tourism industry which is enjoying unprecedented grow...
NORTHWIND Expands Client Support with Four-Diamond Service; Maestro Users Receive Online Training and Upgrades to Boost Productivity / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online .Special Report NORTHWIND Expands Client Support with Four-Diamond Service . Maestro Users Receive Online Training and Upgrades to Boost Productivity Markham, ON - April 25, 2006 - NORTHWIND, a provider of enterprise property management software and reservation solutions for hospitality, announced today it is broadening its commitment to client productivity by enhancing its support offering with Four-Diamond Service. Maestro Four-Diamond Service is now an integral part of the standard support agreement for every NORTHWIND client. Four-Diamond Service now includes the expansion of expert 24/7 syste...
Bank Looks To Foreclose On Staywood Inn Hotel & Conference Center in Normal, Illinois / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Mary Ann Ford, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 7, 2006 - NORMAL -- A bank has filed for foreclosure on the former Holiday Inn in north Normal, and its owners are trying to sell it. That information came out during a Normal Liquor Commission hearing Thursday on charges the business failed to pay its November hotel/motel taxes on time -- the latest in a string of late payments to the town. "Are you interested in buying the property?" Dennis Albanese asked during his he...
Has Your Hotel Recently Gone Smoke Free? Now Available as a Guest Amenity – Nicodrops – a Natural Lozenge for Guests Who Need to Reduce
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Has Your Hotel Recently Gone Smoke Free? . Now Available as a Guest Amenity - Nicodrops - a Natural Lozenge for Guests Who Need to Reduce the Stress Associated with Not Smoking LA MESA, Calif., April 6, 2006, Nicodrops, Inc. (Other OTC:NCDP.PK), developer of the drug-free, non-nicotine smoking alternative, herbal dietary supplement, announces availability of its smoking cessation lozenge to the hospitality industry. The airline industry started the non-smoking trend in 1988, and now the hotel market is following suit. Some of the major hotel groups have recently banned smoking in all of ...
Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $49 million Financing of 672 room Portfolio / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online .Special Report Neptune Hospitality Advisors Arranges $49 million Financing of 672 room Portfolio SAN DIEGO, California - - April 5, 2006 - - Neptune Hospitality Advisors announced today that it has arranged the $49,050,000 senior financing for a 672-room Pinnacle Hotels USA Portfolio located primarily in San Diego, California. The portfolio consisted of 5 properties in San Diego County, California and one in Tulare County, California. Neptune arranged the six individual, non-cross collateralized, 7 year loans through a national commercial real estate lender. The Pinnacle Hotels USA transaction repr...
Five Hotel Projects Join the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor; The Five Properties Adding 900 Hotel and Timeshare Unit
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Five Hotel Projects Join the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor; The Five Properties Adding 900 Hotel and Timeshare Units on Top of the Previously Announced 2,000-room Gaylord National Resort UPPER MARLBORO, Md., April 17, 2006 Less than two months since announcing the expansion of the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor, the 350-acre waterfront community and resort rising from the banks of the Potomac River just south of the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Prince Georges County Executive Jack Johnson and The Peterson Companies today ...
What NYC's Revenue Managers Want You to Know; Insights from the HSMAI NYC Revenue Managers Summit / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report What NYC's Revenue Managers Want You to Know - Insights from the HSMAI NYC Revenue Managers Summit By Laura Osborne and Donna Quadri-Felitti To a standing room only crowd, the Big Apple Chapter of Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) convened the first New York City Revenue Managers Summit, entitled On the Record, on March 29, 2006. The roundtable comprised primarily of directors of revenue of dozens of NYC hotel assets as well as reservations, sales, marketing professionals and even a few general managers packed the room at the USA TODAY offices, sponsor of...
My Top Ten Worst Hotel Inventions / Room With a View – a Column by Larry Mundy / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Room With a View by Larry Mundy April 2006 The unique nature of the lodging industry has led to a number of useful inventions. Phones that dispense automatic wake-up calls. Innkeepers liability limitations. Magnifying peep holes in doors, and the little flippy things that let the guest open the door two inches in complete security. Little strips of paper that say sanitized for your protection. But for every useful hotel innovation, theres another one thats so silly, tacky or just plain irritating that it deserves the Hall of Shame. Here are some of my favorites. Feel free to email me your own, o...
Bed Tech / Room With a View – a Column by Larry Mundy / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Room With a View by Larry Mundy April 2006 After years of mandating new internet devices, in-room yogurt makers and titanium-anodized thresholds, many brands are now getting back to basics by mandating upgrades in bedding mattresses, bedspreads, pillows, everything. This is accompanied by the inevitable ad campaigns Sleep Right Through Your Important Morning Meeting and Feel Like Youre Sinking to the Floor. On the surface this appears to be a very good thing. Guests dont rent hotel rooms to watch TV or consume tasty beverages, or they would be checking into sports bars. They come to sleep...
A Sense of Arrival / Room With a View – a Column by Larry Mundy / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Room With a View by Larry Mundy April 2006 When its time to renovate your hotel, you probably want to hire a professional designer. Otherwise your renovated hotel will look as tasteless as your own bedroom, and there will be no one to share the blame for the cost overruns. If you talk to a professional hotel designer for more than ten minutes (not recommended unless you like hearing the word magenta), you will eventually hear the phrase sense of arrival. The idea is that a guest approaching and entering your facility should have a pleasant and welcoming experience, as if entering the Oscars to the po...
Kingdom Hotel Investments Acquires Movenpick Resort & Spa Mauritius for US $50 million; Movenpick Continues to Operate the Resort / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Kingdom Hotel Investments Acquires Movenpick Resort & Spa Mauritius for US $50 million; Movenpick Continues to Operate the Resort April 14, 2006 - Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI) announces the acquisition of the Movenpick Resort & Spa Mauritius for US $50m including bank debt of US $19.5m. As a result of the transaction, KHI will be the sole owner of the five star hotel, formerly Movenpick Voile dOr Resort & Spa, which is located in the newly established Bel Ombre resort area in Southwest Mauritius. The acquisition has also resulted in a change in the Hotels name: the term "Voile dO...
Asteco Signs Mövenpick to Manage Four Exclusive Hotels within the City of Dubai / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Asteco Signs Mövenpick to Manage Four Exclusive Hotels within the City of Dubai April 2006 - The acquisition of the new properties means that by 2008 the international Swiss hotel chain will operate on no fewer than nine hotels in the United Arab Emirates. It began with the successful operation of the Mövenpick Hotel Bur Dubai, followed by a further four hotels currently under construction in Dubai. Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is thus one huge step closer to its expansion objectives in the Gulf region, underlining its reputation as the fastest growing hotel chain in the Middl...
Merritt Hospitality Expands GuestWare Commitment to 10 Hotels; Software Selected to Strengthen Customer Loyalty, Overall Guest Satisfaction / April 20
February 28, 2006
Merritt Hospitality Expands GuestWare Commitment to 10 Hotels . Software Selected to Strengthen Customer Loyalty, Overall Guest Satisfaction SEATTLEApril 11, 2006Diversified Computer Corp. (DCC), maker of GuestWare, the lodging industrys leading customer relationship management (CRM) system, has announced that Merritt Hospitality LLC will install its software in three of its full-service Hilton properties. GuestWare already has been successfully implemented at seven full-service Marriott hotels and one Renaissance property managed by Merritt. The three Hilton properties that will be adding GuestWare include: the H...
Pacific Hospitality Group, the Development and Management Company of the Meritage Resort at Napa, Building a Second Similarly Named Hotel in Healdsbur
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Pacific Hospitality Group, the Development and Management Company of the Meritage Resort at Napa, Building a Second Similarly Named Hotel in Healdsburg, California (IRVINE, Calif.) - April 26, 2006 - Pacific Hospitality Group, the development and management company of the soon-to-open Meritage Resort at Napa, will build a second similarly named hotel in Healdsburg, 60 miles north in California's Wine Country. Both resorts provide much-needed meeting space in the increasingly popular travel destinati...
Memphis Based Crescent Development Group Planning a $100 million Golden Tulip Hotel at Craig Ranch, in McKinney, Texas / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Steve Brown, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Developers say area will be to McKinney 'what Las Colinas is to Irving' April 19, 2006 - Looking south from McKinney's Craig Ranch, most of the countryside still appears to be farmland. The trucks rolling down State Highway 121 are barely visible from the front door of the new country club. Come back in two years, and you'll be standing in the middle of a European-style town center, with a resort hotel, condominiums, apartments and retail space. "Very quickly we are going to become an...
Marriott's 2,700 Hotels Worldwide Generating Momentum in Cleaning Up Their Communities and Conserving Energy / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott's 2,700 Hotels Worldwide Generating Momentum in Cleaning Up Their Communities and Conserving Energy WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) has designated April as "Environmental Awareness Month," inviting its more than 2,700 hotels worldwide, along with their associates, owners and guests, to engage in initiatives which help preserve their natural surroundings and reduce resource consumption. The event builds on Marriott's award-winning commitment to the environment and gives hotels an opportunity to continually improve efforts toward cleaner air, recycling, ...
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts and Partner Maritz, Wolff & Co. Quietly Showing the Posh Mansion on Turtle Creek to Prospective Buyers / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Five-star hotel may get update to fend off rivals By Steve Brown, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 26, 2006 - Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has quietly been showing the Mansion to prospective buyers with the idea that Rosewood would maintain operations. It's where Mick Jagger and the Stones crash after their concerts. And even the Queen of Swaziland and her court checked in for the night, taking up most of a floor. The landmark Mansion on Turtle Creek has an international following. Now its owners hope to attract a buyer for...
The Navy Accepts Hotel Developer Doug Manchester's Plan for an 800-room, 40-story Hotel at Broadway and Pacific Highway in San Diego / April 20
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Mike Freeman, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 4, 2006 - A 40-story hotel and a 24-story office tower will anchor Manchester Financial Group's proposal to redevelop the waterfront Navy Broadway Complex, a 14.7-acre parcel that's been called a signature project connecting downtown to the bay. Doug Manchester, city officials and Navy commanders showed off conceptual plans yesterday for the $800 million to $1 billion project, a sweeping remake of the waterfront between Broadway and Sea...
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. Promotes Julie Stokes to Vice President of Sales & Marketing and Melissa Wheeler to Vice President of Brand / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. Promotes Julie Stokes to VP of Sales & Marketing and Melissa Wheeler to VP of Brand MADISON, Wis. - April 11, 2006 -- Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. ®, America's largest developer of indoor waterpark resorts, announces the promotion of Julie Stokes to vice president of sales & marketing and the promotion of Melissa Wheeler to vice president of brand. In her new position, Julie Stokes oversees all aspects of marketing, including advertising, promotions, partnerships, e-commerce, creative services and direct sales for Great Wolf Lodge® and Blue Harbor Resort(T...
Mark Sapienza Appointed Executive Chef, The Langham Hotel in Boston / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Mark Sapienza Appointed Executive Chef, The Langham Hotel in Boston BOSTON, Mass. April 21, 2006 The Langham Hotel in Boston has appointed Mark Sapienza to executive chef. In his new position, Chef Sapienza will oversee the hotels two restaurants, Café Fleuri and Julien, in addition to the banquet kitchen and private dining rooms. Sapienza replaces Daniel Kenney, who is moving to Washington, D.C. Sapienza originally joined the hotel in 1998, and his arrival marked the first time in the propertys history that an American chef was selected to lead the French-Mediterranean kitch...
King Pacific Lodge, A Rosewood Resort, Brings Maxim Ridorossi Aboard as the New Chef / April 2006
February 28, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report King Pacific Lodge, A Rosewood Resort, Brings Maxim Ridorossi Aboard as the New Chef PRINCESS ROYAL ISLAND, British Columbia, Canada, April 19, 2006 - King Pacific Lodge, A Rosewood Resort, has named Maxim Ridorossi the chef of the award-winning luxury floating lodge located in pristine wilderness in British Columbia, announced President Michael Uehara. Ridorossi comes to the lodge with a diverse, and distinguished, culinary background that combines free-standing restaurant and hospitality experience. After working in a variety of food and beverage positions at upscale hotels i...
