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Cornell Hotel School Names Cathy Enz Associate Dean for Industry Research and Affairs / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Cornell Hotel School Names Cathy Enz Associate Dean for Industry Research and Affairs Ithaca, NY, March 30, 2006 - Cathy A. Enz has been appointed Associate Dean for Industry Research and Affairs at the Cornell Hotel School. In this new position, Enz will lead the School's Center for Hospitality Research, Office of Executive Education, Office of Corporate Relations, and the newly launched Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship. We are delighted that Cathy will be leading our industry outreach initiatives, said Interim Dean Sherri Kimes. Under her direction, the Cor...
Dieter Huckestein, Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award; Hospitality Industry's Top Honor Bestowed by the American Academy of Hospitality Scie
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Dieter Huckestein, Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award . Hospitality Industry's Top Honor Bestowed by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - March 31, 2006 -- The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, renowned worldwide for awarding excellence in the global travel and luxury services sector, has awarded its distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award to Dieter Huckestein, president & CEO of Yellowstone Club World. The Award was presented earlier this month at the International Hotel & Restaurant Association's 60th Anniversary Dinner, sponsored by BBC Wo...
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Cendants Hospitality Spin-Off to be Named Wyndham Worldwide; Cendant Name Will be Retired PARSIPPANY, N.J. (March 16, 2006) Wyndham Worldwide will become the name of the new hospitality company expected to be created by Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) later this year in the previously announced spin-off of its lodging, vacation exchange and rental, and timeshare resorts businesses, it was announced today. Upon completion of the spin-off, Wyndham Worldwide will be an independent, publicly traded, pure-play company focused on the development and performance of its nine hotel lodging chain...
Columbia Sussex Rebrands the Wyndham Buttes Resort in Tempe, Arizona to The Buttes, A Marriott Resort; A Multi-million dollar Renovation Planned for 3
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Columbia Sussex Rebrands the Wyndham Buttes Resort in Tempe, Arizona to The Buttes, A Marriott Resort; A Multi-million dollar Renovation Planned for 353-room Resort March 28, 2006 - Marriott International, Inc. today announced that the Wyndham Buttes Resort in Tempe, Ariz. has become The Buttes, A Marriott Resort. Nestled on a 25-acre mountaintop overlooking the city of Phoenix, the resort is located at 2000 Westcourt Way. A multi-million dollar renovation is planned by the property's owner and operator, Columbia Sussex Corporation of Fort Mitchell, Ky. The 353-room resort will feature Marr...
Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 48 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel-Online and BuildCentral Add/Update 48 Hotel Projects to the New Hotel Construction Projects Database Chicago, IL. March 20, 2006 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 48 hotel projects in the last two weeks to the New Hotel Construction Projects database. Notable projects entered in the last two weeks include: University Village, Marina CA Dover Downs Hotel and Casino Expansion, Dover DE Chicago Marriott Suites Renovation, Deerfield IL Radisson Kendall Hotel and Suites Expansion, Miami FL The Landing at Evergreen, Vancouver WA Coyote...
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Do What It Takes To WOW: Orchestrating Branded Moments of Truth by Rick Hendrie, March 2006 People are aspirational. Living well is everybodys goal at the moment. Malcolm Knapp, restaurant industry trend tracker as quoted in the Wall Street Journal article Investors Crave Upscale Steak Chains, by Richard Gibson - 3/6/06 In recent articles, Ive considered the prime importance of Branded Moments of Truth. These points of interaction between your guest and your experience are the essential determiners of success, more so than price or physical appearances. If...
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report When Looking for that Brand Differentiator, Dont Overlook the Obvious Health and fitness are mistakenly taking a back seat to beds, baths, breakfast and business centers as the next great guest service amenity to drive guest loyalty and provide incremental revenues; Water workout stations are making a splash with guests young and old . By Milton Velinsky and Steven Belmonte , March 2006 Probably one of the biggest buzz words in 2005 was brand differentiation. Everyone talked about finding the next great guest-service amenity that will make their hotel brand stand o...
The Long Dormant Plan for a 390-room Loew's Hotel in Boston Revived by Developer; Now Tentatively Proposed as a 220 room W Hotel with 100 Resid
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1, 2006 - A long-dormant plan for a 25-story hotel on a parking lot that occupies a central Theater District location is being revived and could go into construction this year, the developer said yesterday. Formerly approved by the city as a Loews hotel, the project at Tremont and Stuart streets now is tentatively slated to be a hip and modern W hotel of about 220 rooms, with 100 luxury residential condominiums on the upper floors. John P...
Philadelphia, Boston End Spat Over Convention Center Marketing Tagline / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 28, 2006 - A brief spat between the Boston and Philadelphia convention center authorities over which city can claim bragging rights to history has ended with Philadelphia agreeing to make a new marketing slogan ... history. Since autumn, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, which runs the new convention hall in South Boston and the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in the Back Bay, has used a new marketing tagline: Boston. Maki...
Owners of Historic Black Point Inn on Maine's Coast Planning to Eliminate 60 Rooms and Sell off Prime Waterfront Real Estate / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Mark Peters, Portland Press Herald, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 9, 2006 - SCARBOROUGH -- Owners of a historic resort in one of Maine's most exclusive summer communities want to downsize the inn and sell off some of its prime waterfront real estate. The Black Point Inn recently filed plans with the town to eliminate almost 60 rooms. Two sections of the main inn, several of its outbuildings and an oceanfront pool would be demolished. By shrinking the resort's size, its owners, BPI Partners LLC, can c...
Big Sky's Resort Property Management Buys Big Sky Division of ResortQuest / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Big Sky's Resort Property Management Buys Big Sky Division of ResortQuest Big Sky, Montana, February 28, 2006 - Resort Property Management, one of Big Sky's largest property management and rental companies representing 130 homes and condominiums, has formally announced the purchase on January 20, 2006, of the Big Sky division of ResortQuest, a company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Resort Property Management is based in Big Sky and owned by Tim Ryan, who serves as the company's president. Ryan also owns and operates the River Rock Lodge, a 29-guestroom property located in Big Sky. ...
Benchmark's Top Ten Hospitality Trends For 2006 / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Benchmark's Top Ten Hospitality Trends For 2006 The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, March 2006 - Benchmark Hospitality International, which manages 31 award-winning resorts, hotels and conference centers in locations throughout the United States - from New York to California and Hawaii - announces its annual "Top Ten Hospitality Trends for the Year" as observed by its properties. 1. Hit the Spa! The hottest trend going in hotels. It doesn't matter if you're a guest at a meeting, staying the night, or just getting away for the weekend, customers want to hit the spa, even if only for an hour...
Benchmark Hospitality International Announces Recipients of The 2006 Top Sales Executives Awards / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Benchmark Hospitality International Announces Recipients of The 2006 Top Sales Executives Awards The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, March 2006 ... Jack Schmidt, chief marketing officer for Benchmark Hospitality International, has announced the recipients of the company's annual Top Sales Executives Awards. Presented at Benchmark's Annual Sales Training Conference, which was held recently at Eaglewood Resort & Spa of Itasca (Chicago), Illinois, award winners were selected from among more than 125 sales and marketing professionals system-wide. Recognition was awarded based on...
January 30, 2006
Benchmark Selects Aptechs Customized Software Solutions for 33 Properties - Benchmark to Standardize All Conference Centers, Hotels on Profitvue Hospitality Software Pittsburgh, PA March 29, 2006 -- Aptech Computer Systems, Inc., a leading hospitality software solutions company, announced today that Benchmark Hospitality International selected Aptechs Profitvue® enterprise back office business accounting software for its 33 conference centers and hotels, and for corporate financial accounting. Installation of Aptechs hotel software is underway with completion anticipated by year end. Alison Yee, ...
For Second Consecutive Year North Maple Inn is a Best Place to Work in New Jersey According to Readers of NJ BIZ / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report For Second Consecutive Year North Maple Inn is a "Best Place to Work in New Jersey" According to Readers of NJ BIZ Basking Ridge, New Jersey, March 9, 2006 - North Maple Inn of Basking Ridge has been recognized as one of the "Best Places to Work in New Jersey" for the second consecutive year. The honor was given to 50 New Jersey companies by NJBIZ, one of the state's most important business publications. In 2005, North Maple Inn ranked number 11 in the medium size company category and was the only hotel in the entire listing. "This is a tremendous honor for all of us at Nor...
Basico Hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico Sets New Standards for Innovation; Industrial Water Tanks Which Serve as Pools / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Basico Hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico Sets New Standards for Innovation; Industrial Water Tanks Which Serve as Pools Berlin, March 22, 2006 - The 15-room hotel, one of the newest members of design hotels(tm), is located on the chic strip of Mexico's Playa del Carmen. With a casual and unconventional twist on what a design hotel should be, Básico is themed around basic concepts and a strong local identity. Both the architecture and design have made use of materials and references from everyday Mexican culture including public schools, 'cantinas' and the petroleum industry of the ...
Columbia Sussex Planning to Rebrand the 707 room Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor to Sheraton; Reflagging Will Be the Hotel's Fourth Brand / Marc
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By June Arney, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 16, 2006 - Downtown Baltimore will get a second Sheraton hotel when the 707-room Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor takes on a new flag by year's end. The 27-story twin towers will operate as the Sheraton City Center after an overhaul of the hotel's rooms and public spaces, officials said yesterday. The property, at 101 W. Fayette St. in Charles Center, is just a few blocks north of the Sheraton Inner Harbor at 300 S. Charles St. The reflagging will b...
Bryce Chalmers-Stairs Appointed Area General Manager for Bellstar's Four Condo-Resorts in Canmore, Alberta / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Bryce Chalmers-Stairs Appointed Area General Manager for Bellstar's Four Condo-Resorts in Canmore, Alberta Canmore, Alberta: March 20, 2006 - Bellstar Hotels & Resorts is pleased to announce the appointment of Bryce Chalmers-Stairs as the Area General Manager for its collection of resorts in Canmore. Bryce will oversee four condo-resorts and the opening of Alberta's first private residence club. Bryce was most recently the manger of the Caribou Lodge, a 200-room hotel in Banff, Alberta. She brings a passion for the business and more than fifteen years of hospitality management experien...
Boykin Lodging Reports Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders for the Year Ending 2005 of $25.0 million versus a Net Loss of $4.9 million for
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Boykin Lodging Reports Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders for the Year Ending 2005 of $25.0 million versus a Net Loss of $4.9 million for the Year-earlier; Currently Owns 21 Hotels CLEVELAND, March 2, 2006 - Boykin Lodging Company (NYSE: BOY), a hotel real estate investment trust, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005. Financial Highlights: Revenue per available room (RevPAR) for the fourth quarter for hotels owned and operating as of December 31, 2005 increased 0.8% to $58.63 from last year's $58.19. The increase in RevP...
City of Atlanta Files Suit Against 12 Internet Companies that Book Hotel Rooms, Claiming They Charge Customers for Taxes that Are Never Forwarded to
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Rhonda Cook, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 30, 2006 - --The city of Atlanta filed suit Wednesday against 12 Internet-based companies that book hotel rooms, claiming they charge customers for taxes that are never forwarded to the city. Atlanta's suit, filed in Fulton County Superior Court, makes the same claims in a federal lawsuit Fulton and Hart counties and several North Georgia cities filed last year. The federal suit, filed last fall, is pending. Atlanta's complaint say...
Six Month Old HSMAI Asia Pacific Names Leadership & Board of Directors, 2006 Agenda / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Six Month Old HSMAI Asia Pacific Names Leadership & Board of Directors, 2006 Agenda MCLEAN, VA (March 16, 2006) Continuing the momentum from its launch in October 2005, HSMAIs new Asia Pacific Chapter has announced key events and initiatives for 2006, including the debut of two regional strategy conferences, industry forums and the hugely successful AsiaConnect industry meeting. In only six months since its inception, the Asia Pacific Chapter has been a great success with a growing membership base and an exciting schedule of events and programs, said Robert A. Gilbert, CHM...
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Aruba Forging Ahead with a $230 million Investment in Tourism the Islands Largest Expansion and Renovation Campaign in Years; . 720 New Rooms Being Added at Four Resorts Oranjestad, Aruba March 2, 2006 -- The Aruba Tourism Authority, together with its private sector partners, is forging ahead in 2006 with major investments in its tourism product totaling over $230 million. Expansions and renovations encompass virtually every sector of the travel industry, from the airport and cruise terminal to hotels, spas and restaurants. The island of Aruba is making significant investment...
Amtrak Revives Plan to Develop a Boutique Hotel Inside Baltimore's Historic Penn Station / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 14, 2006 - Amtrak has revived a plan to open a boutique hotel inside Baltimore's historic Penn Station, which would be a first in an Amtrak-owned station. The passenger rail operator is negotiating with a developer to create a 72-room hotel on three levels at the station, Amtrak spokesman Cliff Black said yesterday. The national rail service is struggling with declining revenues and operating losses that are exceeding $1 billion annually a...
Bob Alter Built Sunstone, Now Thinks Luxury / Sandi Cain / March 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Bob Alter Built Sunstone, Now Thinks Luxury By Sandi Cain - Orange County Business Journal Staff Laguna Beach CA - March 20, 2006 - Bob Alter turned a small Colorado condominium and hotel management company into one of the nations largest real estate investment trusts. San Clemente-based Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., where Alter is chief executive, owns 61 hotels from Newport Beach to New York. Last week, the company counted a market value of nearly $1.7 billion. Along the way, Alter has taken Sunstone public not once but twice, including in 2004, when the company raised $413 million in th...
