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StayOnline Inks Exclusive Deal with Omni Hotels; Wireless HSIA Provider Adds Another Luxury Brand to its Footprint / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report StayOnline Inks Exclusive Deal with Omni Hotels - Wireless HSIA Provider Adds Another Luxury Brand to its Footprint ATLANTA (Jan. 11, 2006) Omni Hotels, the privately-owned luxury hotel chain based in Irving, Texas, has signed a deal with Atlanta-based StayOnline to be the exclusive provider of wireless High-Speed Internet Access (HSIA) to the companys hotels and resorts throughout North America. This announcement comes as Omni Hotels previous HSIA contract expired and the four-diamond brand sought to partner with an experienced provider known for outstanding service and depth of expe...
StayOnline Brings in the New Year with Major New Initiatives, Expanded Portfolio / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report StayOnline Brings in the New Year with Major New Initiatives, Expanded Portfolio . Market Leader in Wireless Solutions for the Hospitality Industry Looks to Explosive Growth in 2006 Atlanta, GA January 31, 2006 StayOnline, the nations market leader in premier High Speed Internet Solutions (HSIS) for the hospitality sector, has started 2006 in an aggressive growth mode with new partnerships, new customer offerings, products and marketing tools both for customers and for the company itself, as well as major new contracts under its belt. In addition, StayOnline is growing by adding m...
AEG Finds New Partner for Entertainment Complex near Staples Center; 56-story, 1,100-room Convention Center Hotel Back on Track / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 13, 2006 - In a deal aimed at salvaging the luxury hotel project critical to efforts to turn around the ailing Los Angeles Convention Center, developers announced Thursday that they will partner with KB Home to build a skyscraper touted as the linchpin of the $4.2 billion l.a. live complex. KB Home, co-founded by billionaire philanthropist and L.A. power broker Eli Broad, will replace Apollo Real Estate Advisors as the financial partner for AEG, which recently broke ground...
Concierge Service Peaks at St. Regis Resort, Aspen with Help of GoConcierge / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Concierge Service Peaks at St. Regis Resort, Aspen with Help of GoConcierge .. Web-based Solution Adds Efficiencies to Propertys Operations ASPEN, COLO. January 31, 2006 Guests visiting the St. Regis Resort, Aspen, a 179-room resort located high in the majestic Colorado Rockies, are receiving an unmatched level of personalized service with the help of GoConcierge, the lodging industrys leading concierge operations solution. Web-based GoConcierge, which was first implemented at the resort and the nearby St. Regis Residence Club last summer, is produced by Los Angeles-based GoConcierg...
The Westin St. Lucia to Be Centerpiece of Le Paradis, Praslin Bay's New Luxury Development on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Westin St. Lucia to Be Centerpiece of Le Paradis, Praslin Bay's New Luxury Development on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - --Jan. 30, 2006 -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) and DCG Properties Ltd., announce plans for a spectacular Westin hotel as the centerpiece of Le Paradis, a new luxury development on the idyllic Caribbean island of St. Lucia in the West Indies. Phase One of this luxury condominium resort will feature 92 two-bedroom units and 16 three-bedroom units, totaling 232 guest rooms, all with views of Praslin Bay. Amenities include an...
Bondholders and Owners of the Renaissance Grand St. Louis and the Renaissance St. Louis Suites Make No Headway in Plan to Rescue the Financially Emb
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tavia Evans, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4, 2006 - Bondholders and the owners of the Renaissance Grand St. Louis and the Renaissance St. Louis Suites have made little headway in reaching a plan to rescue the financially embattled hotels in downtown St. Louis. Neither side could agree on a financial restructuring plan discussed during a Dec. 22 conference call. Steven Stogel, a St. Louis developer who is serving as an unpaid mediator for the parties, said during the conference call he hoped to have...
The Final Phase of St. John's Golf & Conference Center in Plymouth, Michigan Set to Open – the 118 room Inn at St. John's / October 2
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Sylvia Rector, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Plymouth Twp. luxury inn almost ready for guests It completes St. John's project January 6, 2006 - A luxurious 118-room boutique hotel, the Inn at St. John's, is slated to open Jan. 16 in Plymouth Township, offering deluxe amenities that include two-story presidential suites; a pool with a waterfall and lazy river, and a high-end restaurant under the direction of well-known Northville chef Tom MacKinnon. It's the final phase of St. John's Golf & Conference Center -- a resort, retreat and me...
Spice Island Beach Resort on Grand Anse Beach in Grenada Reopens Following a 15-month, US$12 million Rebuilding Project / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Spice Island Beach Resort on Grand Anse Beach in Grenada Reopens Following a 15-month, US$12 million Rebuilding Project GRENADA (Jan. 28, 2006) Spice Island Beach Resort on Grand Anse Beach in Grenada has officially re-opened following a 15-month, US$12 million rebuilding project with the creation of new suite accommodations (highlighted by two $1,500 per night suites), private personal pools suites, personal saunas and attention to service that is unparalleled in the Caribbean. Spice Island Beach Resort is owned and operated by Sir Royston O. Hopkin, KCMG, owner and chairman, ...
Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $44 million in Financing for National Hotel Portfolio / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Arranges $44 million in Financing for National Hotel Portfolio Los Angeles, CA January 17, 2006 - Sonnenblick-Eichner Company announced today that they have arranged $44,000,000 of first mortgage financing for three full service hotels located in Arizona, Florida and Illinois on behalf of a New Orleans-based hospitality investment company. The hotels include: the 209-room Embassy Suites in Schaumburg, Illinois; the 237-room Hilton-Rialto Hotel in Melbourne, Florida; and the 314-room Embassy Suites hotel located in Phoenix, Arizona. The properties were separate...
Bankers Back W Las Vegas With $232.5 Million Dollar Financing / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Bankers Back W Las Vegas With $232.5 Million Dollar Financing LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2006 - Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking ("SG CIB") part of Societe Generale Group and acting as Sole Lead Arranger & Book-runner, is leading a syndicate of banks funding a $232.5 million pre-development credit facility for the W Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Residences, representing a resounding vote of confidence in the project and its ability to lead the new wave of significant projects planned for Las Vegas. SG CIB has fully underwritten the facility which includes a $195 million first-lien term lo...
Woman Seeks $600,000 in Compensatory Damages from Towneplace Suites by Marriott in Chesapeake, Virginia Over Smoking Spat / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By John Hopkins, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7, 2006 - CHESAPEAKE -- Karen B. Nelligan, a visitor here last year, wanted a nonsmoking room in a smoke-free area of an extended-stay Greenbrier hotel. What the Rhode Island woman said she got, however, was a smoke-induced headache, sickness and hostility from a hotel employee who got her fired. In the end, three police officers came to instruct Nelligan to vacate the hotel because her constant complaints were creating a nuisance, accor...
Long Running Controversy Continues Over Financial Operations at the Sloan Convention Center, Owned by the City of Bowling Green, KY and Managed by J
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jim Gaines, The Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 18, 2006 - More legal action may be brewing in the long-running controversy over financial operations of the Sloan Convention Center. Former Bowling Green City Commissioner Jim Bullington, appointed in March to carry on any further investigation of the city-owned center's financial dealings over the past 15 years, told city commissioners Tuesday night there may be cause to seek money back from more as-yet-unspecified parties. And...
Developers of Oklahoma City's Skirvin Hotel Expect March 2007 Opening / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Steve Lackmeyer, The Daily Oklahoman, The Daily Oklahoman Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 31, 2006 - The Skirvin hotel has a new owner today -- and developers say they are on target for opening as a Hilton before the March 2007 Big 12 basketball tournament at nearby Ford Center. The three-month sale closing on the hotel by Oklahoma City to Dallas-based Skirvin Partners concluded Thursday with the wiring of millions of dollars by both the city, investors and banks to make the $51.3 million project a reality. "The deal h...
Providence Preservation Society Calls Proposed 162 room Sierra Suites Hotel Out of Scale and Unattractive; Developers Plan to Redesign the Hotel to
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Cathleen F. Crowley, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10, 2006 - PROVIDENCE -- A group of city businessmen have partnered with a national hotel company to build an 11-story, 162-room hotel in downtown Providence. The developers say it will transform Washington Street, but the Providence Preservation Society and several city residents called the proposed hotel out of scale and unattractive. "It looks like something you might find along a highway to an airport," said Jack A. Gold, executive ...
Owner of the Shore Club Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, Files Multi-million dollar Suit Against Morgans Hotel Group Management, LLC, Formerly Known as
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Owner of the Shore Club Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, Files Multi-million dollar Suit Against Morgans Hotel Group Management, LLC, Formerly Known as Ian Schrager Hotel Management NEW YORK - Jan. 17, 2006 -- Philips South Beach, LLC ("Philips"), owner of the Shore Club Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, filed a multi-million dollar suit today against Morgans Hotel Group Management, LLC ("Morgans"), formerly known as Ian Schrager Hotel Management, and against Ian Schrager, former CEO of Morgans; W. Edward Scheetz, the chief executive officer of Morgans Hotel who directed the management of Morgans...
Shift4 Doubles Merchant Base in 2005; Shift4 Corporation Approaches $15 Billion in Payments Processed / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online .Special Report Shift4 Doubles Merchant Base in 2005; Shift4 Corporation Approaches $15 Billion in Payments Processed Las Vegas, NV, January 26, 2006 $$$ ON THE NET®, Shift4s web-based payment gateway solution with real-time electronic payment authorization, settlement, reporting and fraud control capabilities, processed nearly $15 billion in payments, representing over 92 million transactions for more than 11,000 merchants in 2005. The number of merchants handled in 2005 is more than double that of 2004. Contributing to Shift4s strong growth was a number of significant new customer signings...
The 257 room Sheraton Cincinnati North Hotel Opens Across from Sharonville Convention Center / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The 257 room Sheraton Cincinnati North Hotel Opens Across from Sharonville Convention Center WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Jan. 30, 2006 -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announces the opening of the Sheraton Cincinnati North Hotel. The hotel, formerly a Radisson, just completed a $20 million renovation to its 257 guest rooms and public space to make it the only full-service hotel within walking distance of Sharonville Convention Center. The hotel is owned by River Cities Hotel Partners which is comprised of Eclectic Holdings LLC, Midd Cities Partners, LLC, and Neyer Holdings and i...
Boyd Gaming Contracts with Shangri-La Hotels to Operate Proposed 400-room Hotel at the Echelon Place Development on the Las Vegas Strip / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Boyd Gaming Contracts with Shangri-La Hotels to Operate Proposed 400-room Hotel at the Echelon Place Development on the Las Vegas Strip January 4, 2006 - Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts announced today a management agreement with Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) to operate the 400-room Shangri-La Hotel, Las Vegas. The property is scheduled to open in early 2010, and is Shangri-La's third hotel project under development in the United States. The Shangri-La Hotel, Las Vegas will be part of Boyd Gaming's recently announced 63-acre masterplanned Echelon Place development on the Las Vegas Strip...
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Shamrock Hostmark Hotel Fund LP Makes First Acquisition, Under Contract for Second Property Schaumburg, IL, January 19, 2006 The Shamrock - Hostmark Hotel Fund LP (the Fund) closed on its first acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2005 and has recently gone under contract for its second acquisition. The Fund acquired the 151-room Springhill Suites by Marriott Miami Airport South. The Fund has also entered into an agreement to purchase a mid-sized upscale full-service hotel in the Northeast. These two assets represent excellent examples of the types of acquisitions the fund intends...
The Decline of Service and the Devaluation of Product in the Hospitality Industry; Who's in Charge and Who Will Lead the Way? / John R Hendrie /
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Decline of Service and the Devaluation of Product in the Hospitality Industry; Who's in Charge and Who Will Lead the Way? by John R. Hendrie, January 9, 2006 We continue to bemoan the obvious the decline of Service and the devaluation of Product in the Hospitality Industry. We do not hire for Talent warm bodies will do. We do not pay for that talent minimum wage and tip credit promote ill-equipped Ambassadors. We do not develop our talent training is seen merely as a cost, not an investment. We do not have consistent Standards we present an uneven delivery. W...
Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds The Salt Lake Plaza Hotel / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Luxe Worldwide Hotels Adds The Salt Lake Plaza Hotel Los Angeles, CA, January 19, 2006 Luxe Worldwide Hotels (www.luxehotels.com), a leading provider of marketing services within the hospitality industry, proudly announces the addition of The Salt Lake Plaza Hotel (www.plaza-hotel.com) to its international network of acclaimed resorts. The Plaza Hotel is located at Historic Temple Square, Utahs most visited tourist attraction hosting seven million visitors annually. Temple Square includes the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir, visitors centers, guided tours and more. The Plaza Hotel is als...
Walter Isenberg, the Founder of Sage Hospitality, Opens Fourth Downtown Denver Hotel, the $44 million Residence Inn by Marriott / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Julie Dunn, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 25, 2006 - Walter Isenberg knows a few things about opening hotels. The company he founded in 1984, Denver-based Sage Hospitality Resources, owns or manages more than 45 hotels nationwide, including the historic Oxford Hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott on 16th Street and the Executive Tower Hotel. On Thursday, Isenberg will greet guests at the opening of his fourth downtown Denver hotel, the $44 million Residence Inn by Marriott at 17th and Champa st...
Benchmark Appoints Stewart Weiner GM for Danfords on the Sound, Area Manager for Montauk Yacht Club & Marina / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Benchmark Appoints Stewart Weiner GM for Danfords on the Sound, Area Manager for Montauk Yacht Club & Marina The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, January 5, 2006 - Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of Stewart Weiner as general manager for the 86-guestroom Danfords on the Sound, located in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, and area manager for the 107-guestroom Montauk Yacht Club & Marina of Montauk, Long Island, New York. Ellen Sinclair, vice president for Benchmark, made the announcement. Benchmark assumed management of both properties on D...
Sandra Updegraph Named Director of Sales at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland, Maine / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Sandra Updegraph Named Director of Sales at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland, Maine Christine Perry Appointed Director of Catering PORTLAND, Maine (January 2006) The historic Eastland Park Hotel in Portland, Maine, has made key executive changes in sales and catering. Sandra Updegraph, a hospitality veteran who led the hotels sales efforts in 2001, has returned as director of sales. Christine Perry, a hospitality/food and beverage professional who has worked for respected lodging properties in Portland, Baltimore and Annapolis, Md., ha...
