Analysis-Companies Boost Social and Climate Reporting Amid ESG Backlash
November 4th, 2024
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Nobody Asked Me, But . By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC January 24, 2006 1. For those of you who can face up to the harsh reality of the perishability of the hotel guestroom, here is a logical and workable solution (made possible by the internet): give customers the tools they need to make an informed decision on your website. change your per room price hourly online during the day: increase it if occupancy is strong and reduce it if occupancy is weak. customers can play the waiting game and take the chance that a) rates will increase as the day wears on, or b) rates will decrease and th...
Scott Shontz Named Vice President of Development, ARAMARK Harrison Lodging / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Scott Shontz Named Vice President of Development, ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Philadelphia, Pa. January 23, 2006 ARAMARK Harrison Lodging has promoted Scott Shontz to the position of vice president of development. In his new role, Shontz will be responsible for designing a cohesive strategy to attract new business and maintain existing business for the newly combined parks and resorts and conference center portfolio of ARAMARK Harrison Lodging. Scott is uniquely positioned for his new role based on his extensive financial and operational experience, said Bruce Fears, president, A...
Small Luxury Hotels of the World Finishes Up 10% In Revenue For 2005, Online Booking Jumps 26% / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Small Luxury Hotels of the World Finishes Up 10% In Revenue For 2005, Online Booking Jumps 26% NEW YORK, January 24, 2006 Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), a luxury brand which boasts 359 hotels in nearly 60 countries, announced that it finished 2005 with a 10% increase in reservations revenue over the previous year. A 26% increase in online bookings year over year via SLHs award-winning website, slh.com, is seen as a key contributor to the growth in total reservations revenue. With the ease of booking and wealth of up-to-date information provided on slh.com, ...
Stephen B. Algood Named Chief Operating Officer for Personality Hotels / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Stephen B. Algood Named Chief Operating Officer for Personality Hotels San Francisco, CA - Personality Hotels, San Franciscos original boutique hotel company, has hired Stephen B. Algood as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In his new position as COO, Algood oversees the overall operations of Personality Hotels corporate offices and their five boutique hotel properties that include Hotel Diva, Kensington Park Hotel, Hotel Union Square, Hotel Metropolis and the Steinhart Hotel. Among his many professional duties, he is responsible for: future acquisitions and the growth of Personality Hotels...
Hotel Royal Plaza Appoints Odyssey Leach General Manager; Closed Since 2004, Orlando Hotel Reopens with New Staff, Upscale Image / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Royal Plaza Appoints Odyssey Leach General Manager; Closed Since 2004, Orlando Hotel Reopens with New Staff, Upscale Image ORLANDO, Fla. Jan. 23, 2006 Royal Plaza in the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort has announced the hiring of five key staff members who will be instrumental in the success of the newly reopened and renovated hotel. The full-service, independently operated property reopened last week after closing in August 2004 due to damages caused by Hurricane Charley. Thanks to a multi-million-dollar makeover, the Royal Plaza now features a more contemporary, upscale atmosphe...
The 42-year-old Rose Garden Country Resort & Hotel Near Bangkok Undergoing Facelift, Name Change / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Sujintana Hemtasilpa, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20, 2006 - After experiencing sluggish business during the past two years, the 42-year-old Rose Garden has undergone a 150-million-baht facelift, aiming to increase its annual revenue by 10 percent. Formerly known as Rose Garden Country Resort, the Nakhon Pathom property has changed its name to Rose Garden Riverside as part of its attempt to make the resort better known among younger Thai people. Suchada Yuvaboon, chairwoman of Ros...
CNL Hotels & Resorts to Acquire Grande Lakes Orlando Resort's Two Distinguished Properties, The Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott, for Approximately $
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report CNL Hotels & Resorts to Acquire Grande Lakes Orlando Resort's Two Distinguished Properties, The Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott, for Approximately $753 Million ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 4, 2006 - CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc., the nation's second largest hotel real estate investment trust, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the 500-acre Grande Lakes Orlando resort, comprising a 584-room Ritz-Carlton, a 998-room JW Marriott, a 40,000- square-foot spa and an 18-hole Greg Norman-designed championship golf course. Under the terms of the agreement, CNL Hotels & Resorts...
Bank of America Receives Permission from Federal Bank Regulators to Build and Own a $60 million Ritz-Carlton Hotel Next to its Charlotte Headquarter
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10, 2006 - Bank of America Corp. has received permission from federal bank regulators to build a planned Ritz-Carlton Hotel next to its Charlotte headquarters, stirring concern that banks could expand their role in the real estate business. The bank needed approval because a national bank is only allowed to buy and hold real estate for "the transaction of its business." Ritz-Carlton will operate the 150-room luxury hotel, but Bank of America will o...
Revenue Management 2006 – The Risks and Rewards / Carol Verret / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Carol Verret Consulting and Training Consulting Training Seminars . . . . Revenue Management 2006 . The Risks and Rewards by Carol Verret, January 2006 I know that you are out there the ones who will address that nagging worry in the back of their mind after the holiday hoopla is over can we really achieve that budget in 2006? The answer is yes and no there is no reward without risk. If ever there ever was a year with a little wiggle room for taking risks in your revenue management strategy, this is it. Your staff will be looking at you for your risk tolerance and they will follow your lead w...
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report HSMAI's Revenue Management Special Interest Group Commissions Fundamentals of Revenue Management Special Report MCLEAN, VA (Jan. 23, 2006) The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Revenue Management Special Interest Group has taken on an ambitious project to produce the first-ever comprehensive Fundamentals of Revenue Management special report. The report will be a practitioner-friendly publication that addresses the fundamentals of revenue management for a broad audience of hospitality professionals. With comprehensive content that is both readab...
The Manhattan/Times Square Residence Inn Opens with 357 Suites Featuring Five Zones for Cooking, Dining, Working, Relaxing and Sleeping / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Manhattan/Times Square Residence Inn Opens with 357 Suites Featuring Five Zones for Cooking, Dining, Working, Relaxing and Sleeping WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2006 - Marriott International, Inc.'s (NYSE: MAR) Residence Inn brand, which pioneered the extended-stay category, today announced the official opening of its 500th hotel in the heart of New York City. The Manhattan/Times Square Residence Inn features elements of the brand's new Innfusion decor, reflecting the comforts and luxuries of a modern American home. It is the first Residence Inn in New York City. . Mayor Michael R. Bloomber...
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Legendary Reids Palace on the Island of Madeira Receiving a $10.3 million Refurbishment FUNCHAL, MADEIRA (January 17, 2006) Legendary Reids Palace on the sub-tropical island of Madeira will close from January 16 to April 13, 2006, for a major refurbishment program and the creation of a new spa. The project is an investment of €8.5 million (approximately US $10.3 million). The refurbishment covers 69 rooms and suites, improvement of the two swimming pools, creation of a new meeting/banqueting room and a spa, adjacent to the pool area. Now is the time to rethink Madeira. The isl...
RedSky IT Creates Buzz with Optimistic Start to 2006 / January 2006
January 30, 2006
RedSky IT Creates Buzz with Optimistic Start to 2006 January 19, 2006 - RedSky IT (NJ www.redskyit.com/us), formerly Ramesys, today announces several new contract wins that helps the newly-renamed company start 2006 on an optimistic note. Morey Hospitality (Wildwood, NJ www.moreyhospitality.com) owns five hotels in southern New Jersey and has just selected RedSky ITs Entirety Enterprise Suite to deliver PMS functionality from one centrally hosted location. Part of the Morey Organization, which owns four amusement piers including two beachfront waterparks, several restaurants, and over 100 rides and attractions, Morey ...
Rating Condominiums / Harry Nobles & Cheryl Griggs / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Rating Condominiums E-mail: info@optimumrating.com Harry Nobles & Cheryl Griggs - January 2006 Is the current AAA condo rating policy adequate? Is it fair to the operator, and to the travelers who depend on AAA ratings? If not, what can be done to improve the system and make it more responsive to the needs of both? AAA currently uses such terminology as extended stay, apartment style, varying décor and design, multi-bedroom, and off-site registration to describe and define condominium properties, and has created a separate and distinct CONDOMINIUM classification....
Top 3 Must-Dos to Boost Revenue for Hotel Franchisees / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Top 3 Must-Dos to Boost Revenue for Hotel Franchisees January 9, 2006 - Property owners select a flag group mainly because they believe the franchise will produce more revenue and higher occupancy. Chains know this and employ the most sophisticated rate management systems to optimize their franchisees bottom line, but property-level challenges are preventing many operators from receiving the room-rate optimization they purposely selected their flag to provide. Rate Management (RM) is one area of the hospitality industry where even the best technology must be understood by operators to be e...
Tianjin Urban Construction Group Selects Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific to Operate 238 room Radisson Plaza Hotel Tianjin in China / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Tianjin Urban Construction Group Selects Carlson Hotels to Operate 238 room Radisson Plaza Hotel Tianjin in China SINGAPORE January 18, 2006 Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific today announced the development of the Radisson Plaza Hotel Tianjin, to be located in the Hedong District of Tianjin, one of China's largest industrial cities located approximately 90 minutes south-east of Beijing. Paul Kirwin, president, Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific, said: "As one of China's four municipalities, together with Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing, Tianjin is a key market in China and there is ...
The 120 room Radisson SAS Bosphorus Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey Opens; Philippe Pellaud the Opening GM / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The 120 room Radisson SAS Bosphorus Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey Opens; Philippe Pellaud the Opening GM Brussels, January 2006Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, the first-class, full-service international brand of Rezidor SAS Hospitality, announces the opening of the Radisson SAS Bosphorus Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. The newly-built 120-room hotel offers a modern and stylish design with views of the Bosphorus strait. The hotel is built on the banks of the Bosphorus strait, which joins the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea. With views of the strait and the worlds largest suspension bridge ...
InterContinental Hotels Group Names Ronen Nissenbaum, Regional Vice President Operations, South Central Region for InterContinental Hotels / January 2
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report InterContinental Hotels Group Names Ronen Nissenbaum, Regional Vice President Operations, South Central Region for InterContinental Hotels ATLANTA (Jan. 26, 2006) - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), has named Ronen Nissenbaum, Regional Vice President Operations, South Central Region for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts. In his new role, Mr. Nissenbaum oversees operations at InterContinental properties located in Austin, Dallas, Houston and New Orleans. He also continues to serve as general manager of the brand's flagship property, the InterContinental Buckhead. Und...
Riu Hotels Investing (US) $208 million On Three New Resorts in the Caribbean / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Riu Hotels Investing (US) $208 million On Three New Resorts in the Caribbean January 25, 2006 - A new hotel in Mexico, the ClubHotel Riu Vallarta, is to join the projects for the Riu Palace Riviera Maya and Riu Palace Punta Cana. The Spanish holiday hotel chain RIU Hotels & Resorts is to inaugurate three new resorts in the Caribbean in 2006, which will bring the year to a close with a total of 30 hotels in one of the worlds major resort areas. They are the already-publicised projects for the Riu Palace Riviera Maya in Mexico (scheduled to open on February 6, 2006) and the Riu ...
Quorum Hotels and Resorts Now Operating the Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel and Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas; Dave Muth Named General Mana
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Andrea Jares, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7, 2006 - The Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel and Executive Conference Center in Grapevine has a new owner with plans for $6 million in renovations. Somera Capital Management, based in California, bought the hotel for $65.5 million from Hilton Hotels Corp. "It's a pretty big transaction," said Mark Rome, senior vice president of Molinaro Koger, who negotiated the deal with Bill Stadler, managing director, also in the Dallas office. "The Grapevine-no...
Talbot S.A. Opens Seventh Holiday Inn Express, the 105 room Holiday Inn Express in Puerto Montt, Chile / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Talbot S.A. Opens Seventh Holiday Inn Express, the 105 room Holiday Inn Express in Puerto Montt, Chile MIAMI - Jan. 25, 2006 -- InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) continues the expansion of its Holiday Inn brand in Latin America with the opening of a 105-room 11-story Holiday Inn Express in Puerto Montt, Chile, one of South America's most scenic southern cities on the Pacific Ocean. Situated directly on the ocean in the heart of the city's shopping district, Mall Paseo Costanera, the Holiday Inn Express Puerto Montt, is the 29th hotel opening for the Holiday Inn brand in Latin ...
The Providence Group Poised for Growth in 2006/ January 2006
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report The Providence Group Poised for Growth in 2006 Jan. 5, 2006Duxbury, Mass. Because of its intense focus on improving operations, sales and marketing and overall profitability for client properties, The Providence Group, a management consulting firm for hotel and timeshare resorts, surpassed forecasted revenue expectations in 2005 by 22 percent. Last year, the privately held corporation launched a new division, Villa Consultants International, to serve the luxury villa rental market. Villa Consultants International fulfilled a previously unsatisfied need in the hospitality business by he...
Projects and Programs Represent an Enormous Investment of Financial and Human Capital in the Hotel Industry; Project Portfolio Management Tools Can He
January 30, 2006
Hotel Online Special Report Projects and Programs Represent an Enormous Investment of Financial and Human Capital in the Hotel Industry; Project Portfolio Management Tools Can Help Hotel Companies Manage All of Their Projects Across their Portfolio Like the Investments They Truly Are January 30, 2006 - In todays competitive environment it is just as important to do the right thing as it is to do things right. Project Portfolio tools that can embrace all corporate managed programs; development, design and construction, procurement, IT, marketing, provide the link between business strategy and service delivery. Implem...
Former Wyndham-Controlled Hotels Install Profitvue? Back Office to Improve Accounting / January 2006
January 30, 2006
Former Wyndham-Controlled Hotels Install Profitvue® Back Office to Improve Accounting - Properties Previously Operated by Wyndham Install Aptech Accounting to Support Independent Operations PITTSBURGH, January 19, 2006 Aptech Computer Systems, Inc., a leading hospitality solutions company, announced that the recent trend of Wyndham turnovers resulted in three properties formerly operated by Wyndham installing the Profitvue® back office system for financial accounting and decision support by new ownership. The hotels implementing Profitvue are the Harbor View Hotel and Kelley House, both in Marthas Vineyard, Ma...
