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The Summit Group Building the First Cambria Suites in Boise, Idaho; New All-Suites Brand Designed by Choice Hotels Has 8 Executed Deals / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Summit Group Building the First Cambria Suites in Boise, Idaho; New All-Suites Brand Designed by Choice Hotels Has 8 Executed Deals Silver Spring, MD (October 26, 2005) In the nine months since Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) announced its entrance into the select-service upscale market with the launch of Cambria Suites, the company has doubled its development goal and established its place as a trendsetter not only in the select-service upscale segment, but also in hotel design that meets the needs of today's business travelers. Today, Choice Hotels breaks ground ...
Having Walked Similar, but Disparate Paths in Promoting the Caribbean Tourism, the Caribbean Hotel Association and the Caribbean Tourism Organization
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Having Walked Similar, but Disparate Paths in Promoting the Caribbean Tourism, the Caribbean Hotel Association and the Caribbean Tourism Organization Sign Cooperation Agreement ST. THOMAS, USVI (Sunday Oct. 23, 2005) A historic agreement has been signed by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) in which the two organizations have pledged full cooperation and collaboration between the public and private sectors of the Caribbean tourism industry in order for tourism development to proceed in a coherent, effective and efficient manner. This f...
Great Wolf Resorts and CNL Income Properties Form Joint Venture to Acquire Two Debt Free Great Wolf Lodges for $114.5 million; Great Wolf Plans to Use
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Great Wolf Resorts and CNL Income Properties Form Joint Venture to Acquire Two Debt Free Great Wolf Lodges for $114.5 million; Great Wolf Plans to Use its Proceeds for Future Developments MADISON, Wis. - Oct. 4, 2005--Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:WOLF), the nation's largest owner, operator and developer of drive-to family resorts featuring indoor waterparks, and CNL Income Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust focused on leisure and lifestyle properties, today announced they will form a joint venture to acquire two Great Wolf Resorts properties: Great Wolf Lodge - Wisconsin De...
Value Place Franchise Services Names Cynthia Kelley as its Vice President of Services and Operations / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Value Place Franchise Services Names Cynthia Kelley as its Vice President of Services and Operations WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 4, 2005 -- Value Place Franchise Services has named Cynthia Kelley as its vice president of services and operations. Kelley will provide support for franchisee operations, training and other initiatives to help maintain the brand's high standards nationwide. Ultimately, she'll promote success for the brand and its franchisees. Value Place, a "short-term residential property," is a hotel-apartment hybrid offering weekly stays or longer. It plans to be the national low-cost ...
Choice Hotels International Reports 3rd Qtr 2005 Income of $32.5 million, Up From Prior Year's $24.9 million; Royalty Revenues Rose 12% / Brand O
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Choice Hotels International Reports 3rd Qtr 2005 Income of $32.5 million, Up From Prior Year's $24.9 million; Royalty Revenues Rose 12% Brand Operating Statistics Company Exceeds 4,000 Domestic Units Open New Domestic Hotel Franchise Contracts Rise 17% SILVER SPRING, Md. - Oct. 27, 2005--Choice Hotels International, Inc., (NYSE:CHH) today reported the following highlights for the third quarter of 2005: Adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the third quarter increased 16% to $0.43, excluding the tax effects related to the resolution of certain tax contingencies and the Com...
HSMAI, CHA Set Agenda for First Strategy Conference Focused on Caribbean Hotel Sales & Marketing, Dec. 1-2, 2005 in Miami at the Hyatt Regency / Octob
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report HSMAI, CHA Set Agenda for First Strategy Conference Focused on Caribbean Hotel Sales & Marketing, Dec. 1-2, 2005 in Miami at the Hyatt Regency MCLEAN, VA (Oct. 12, 2005) Sales and marketing professionals in the Caribbean will take away a wealth of information and resources pertaining to the hottest topics, issues and trends that are invaluable for growing their business when the first Caribbean Hotel Sales and Marketing Strategy Conference convenes in Miami, Dec. 1-2, 2005. Presented by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) and the Caribbean Hotel Association (...
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April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Cendant Moves Wyndham Worldwides Corporate Offices to Parsippany, N.J. PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Oct. 12, 2005) -- Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) today announced it has completed the acquisition of the management and franchise business of the Dallas-based Wyndham® hotel chain from an affiliate of The Blackstone Group for $101 million in cash. The acquisition includes 82 franchise agreements, 27 management contracts and the worldwide rights to the Wyndham brand for hotel and timeshare development. As previously announced, Cendant is not acquiring any properties as part of this transaction, which ...
Cendant Corp.Splitting Itself into Four Separate Public Companies – The Cendant Name Will be Retired; Stephen Holmes Will Head the Hotel and Tim
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Cendant Corp.Splitting Itself into Four Separate Public Companies - The Cendant Name Will be Retired; Stephen Holmes Will Head the Hotel and Timeshare Spinoff Intended to Maximize Value for Cendant Shareholders New Companies Will Have Strong Balance Sheets, Significant Scale, Leading Market Positions and Brands, and World-Class, Experienced Management Teams New York, NY October-24-2005 Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to separate Cendant into four independent, publicly traded, pure-play companies one each for Ce...
More Travelers Want Workout Facilities in Hotels / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report More Travelers Want Workout Facilities in Hotels Chicago, IL. October 24, 2005 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 45 hotel projects in the last two weeks to the New Hotel Construction Projects database. Notable projects entered in the last two weeks include: Fun World Palace & Resort, Lithonia GA Hilton Garden Inn, Columbus OH Fairfield Resorts Timeshare, Oceanside CA Gansevoort West Hotel, Los Angeles CA Great Wolf Lodge, Poconos PA Kirkland Hotel, Kirkland WA Sterling Hotel Renovation, Wilkes-Barre PA Waterpark and Tourist Re...
Roseville, California to See Hotel Boom / September 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Roseville, California to See Hotel Boom Chicago, IL. October 10, 2005 - Hotel-Online and BuildCentral have added or updated 36 hotel projects in the last two weeks to the New Hotel Construction Projects database. Notable projects entered in the last two weeks include: European Club Hallandale Beach FL [10/6/2005] Embassy Suites Cleveland-Beachwood Renovations Beachwood CA [10/4/2005] Hyatt Regency New Orleans Renovation New Orleans LA [10/4/2005] PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn Expansion Squaw Valley CA [9/29/2005] Waterfront Mixed-Use Development Sout...
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April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Buckhead America Corp.Acquires Americas Best Inns & Suites Brand and Franchise Rights from US Franchise Systems, Inc. ATLANTA (October 7, 2005) Buckhead America Corp., which franchises Country Hearth Inns, has purchased Americas Best Inns & Suites from US Franchise Systems, Inc. (USFS), the company announced today. In addition, Buckhead America Corp. has changed its name to Americas Best Franchising, Inc. to more accurately reflect its business activities. We are proud to announce this transaction and to add Americas Best Inns & Suites to our portfolio, said Doug ...
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April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Following a £19-million Renovation Overseen by Olga Polizzi, Browns Hotel Set to Re-open in Londons Mayfair 18 October 2005 - Rocco Forte Hotels is pleased to confirm that Browns Hotel will re-open in Londons Mayfair on 12 December 2005, following a £19-million renovation overseen by Sir Rocco Fortes sister, Olga Polizzi, widely regarded as one of Europes finest hotel designers. Olga Polizzis stylish new design maintains the refined English charm for which Browns Hotel has always been known, successfully combining it with a more contemporary and comfortable s...
Telling Stories: Your Brand is About You / Rick Hendrie / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Telling Stories: Your Brand is About You by Rick Hendrie, October 2005 During a recent seminar presentation, I asked my audience if they could tell me what their story was. They responded, as I hoped, giving me a broad series of answers. In essence, their story was any (and all) of the following: The Brand Story The Brand Experience The Company Story The Company History The Company Mission & Guiding Principles Their Personal History Their Personal Guiding Principles Each has value. Each plays a role in creating and maintaining a brand. The best brands combin...
Blue Square Studios Helps Dream Catcher Retreats, A Destination Club, Convert and Retain Members Utilizing the Hospitality Toolkit / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Scottsdale AZ (October 25, 2005) In the ten months since Dream Catcher Retreats (www.dcr.com) announced its selection of Blue Square Studios (www.bluesqstudios.com) as Internet marketing partner, the destination club has been able to identify the marketing avenues that produce the highest conversion rates (up to 28%) and has launched a website that has helped convert over 4,000 inquiries into prospective members. Thanks to Blue Squares Hospitality Toolkit, Dream Catchers new website, www.dcr.com, now also gives its members an unequalled range of information about each property in the group, ...
Sherwood Weiser and Donald Lefton Bankrolling a $261 million Hotel and Casino Project in Black Hawk, Colorado / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Andy Vuong, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 16, 2005 - A pair of well-heeled Miami businessmen are bankrolling a $261 million hotel and casino project in Black Hawk that is laden with great potential as well as controversy. They're snatching up the last major parcel of prime, undeveloped land in Black Hawk, the state's premier gambling town. The 24-acre parcel sits at the town's main entrance, and would be the first gaming property metro-area travelers see when they enter town. However, the developers...
Bill Otto, President of Marcus Hotels, Says the $50.4 million Renovation of the Skirvin in Oklahoma City Will Be Well Worth the Effort / October 200
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Steve Lackmeyer, The Daily Oklahoman Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 16, 2005 - Bill Otto stays at some of Oklahoma City's finest hotels, but he still remembers when he was a lowly desk clerk at his hometown Holiday Inn. He developed an interest in hotels as a child, helping his mother with her catering business. In his climb to the top job at Milwaukee-based Marcus Hotels and Resorts, he won accolades from Wisconsin former Gov. Tommy Thompson for his contributions to that state's tourism and was a delegate to a White House confere...
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April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Results Are In for First-ever Study of Best Practices on Internet Marketing and Distribution for Resorts, Initiated byt HSMAI MCLEAN, VA (Oct. 20, 2005) The results are in on the first-ever, comprehensive study of Best Practices on Internet Marketing and Distribution for Resorts, initiated by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Internationals (HSMAI) Resort Marketing Special Interest Group. According to the findings, many resorts are still at an early stage of adoption of Internet marketing; only about one-half of the participating resorts actively practice search ...
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April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report InterContinental Hotels Priority Club® Members Name Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn the Best Holiday Inn - North America Orlando, Fla. October 5, 2005 Members of InterContinental Hotels Groups Priority Club® Rewards have named Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn Best Holiday Inn North America, a major achievement for the newly redesigned resort which combines two widely successful brands, Nickelodeon and Holiday Inn. Members of Priority Club Rewards, the industry's first and largest hotel loyalty program with more than 26-million members, cast their ballots f...
The Best Hotel General Manager I Ever Met / Neil Salerno / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Best Hotel General Manager I Ever Met - How Do You Measure-up? By: Neil Salerno October 2005 One of the nice things about being in the twilight of a thirty-year career in the hotel industry is that it gives one the ability to reflect back on the many great people who have shaped and influenced that career. After many years in hotel operations as well as sales and marketing, both on-property and as a corporate V.P., I was exposed to many different managers and their management styles. Management styles, experience, and talent are as varied as their numbers, but they all had some...
Consortia-Corporate-Group Best Available Rate (BAR): Good or Bad for Hotels? / Caryl Helsel / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Consortia-Corporate-Group Best Available Rate (BAR): . Good or Bad for Hotels? This article is from the Fall 2005 issue of Hospitality Upgrade magazine.To view more articles covering technology for the hospitality industry please visit the Hospitality Upgrade Web site or to request a free publication please call (678) 802-5307 or e-mail. By Caryl Helsel In 2003, American Express Travel quietly introduced best available rate (BAR) contracts for the 2004 contract year. American Express designed the new program in response to the growing challenge facing travel managers in pr...
Leo Illouz Elected CEO at Bartech Systems International / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Leo Illouz Elected CEO at Bartech Systems International BWI CORRIDOR, MD (October 17, 2005) Bartech Systems International, a premier provider of minibar solutions and the leader in automatic minibar technology, today announced that Leo Illouz, age 54, has been elected to the position of Chief Executive Officer. He joined the company May 15, 2000 as president EMEA. The company has significantly strengthened its balance sheet, Illouz said. Now that Bartech is in good physical condition, I will focus my efforts on improving operating results through strategic operating plans...
Barcelona Hotels Use RateTiger to Manage 3rd party Websites / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Barcelona Hotels Use RateTiger to Manage 3rd party Websites October 2005 - Barcelona - Online distribution has developed itself to be one of the most important segments over the last 4 years for the Barcelona hotel market. It is very complex to manage as many hotels work with a great number of portals, ranging from 20 to 40. It can become a labyrinth impossible to control, especially when trying to implement rate parity with all the different commission structures. Many of the hotels in Barcelona are now managing their online distribution with RateTiger by eRevMax. RateTiger Allocator, a cha...
Behind the Scenes of a Banquet Are Professionals Worrying about Everything / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Aissatou Sidime, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 21, 2005 - There's a lot more to serving a banquet than just setting a plate on a table and offering the diners coffee or tea. A keen eye for detail, hospitality and lots of planning are the keys to success, according to Jesus Socias, banquet director for the Marriott Rivercenter and Marriott RiverWalk. Socias recalls the intensive preparation before serving a foreign president when he worked at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Florida. He had 30 server...
Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring 385-room Hilton Boston Back Bay for $110.0 million / October 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Highland Hospitality Corporation Acquiring 385-room Hilton Boston Back Bay for $110.0 million MCLEAN, VA, October 21, 2005 - Highland Hospitality Corporation (NYSE:HIH), a lodging real estate investment trust, or REIT, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the 385-room Hilton Boston Back Bay hotel. The purchase price for the hotel is $110.0 million, or approximately $286,000 per room. The Company intends to close on this acquisition next week. James L. Francis, Highlands President and CEO, stated, We are pleased to announce our first acquisition subsequent t...
