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The Best Western Potomac View Undergoing Extensive $1.3 million Renovation Project / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Best Western Potomac View Undergoing Extensive $1.3 million Renovation Project (September 23, 2005, Oxon Hill, Maryland) The Best Western Potomac View announces an extensive $1.3 million renovation project. The effort, launching November 2005, is scheduled for completion in March 2006, and will incorporate guestrooms, meeting space and public area renovations. The plans allow the award winning 8-story interior corridor hotel to remain in full operation throughout the renovation phase, with no disruption in services to the Best Western Potomac View hotel guests. At the conclusion ...
Aztec Arranges $20 million for Condo-Hotel Redevelopment Financing for the Breakwater and Edison Condo/Hotels in the Historic Art Deco District of So
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Aztec Arranges $20 million for Condo-Hotel Redevelopment Financing for the Breakwater and Edison Condo/Hotels in the Historic Art Deco District of South Beach Miami, Florida -- October 5, 2005 - Aztec Group, Inc., Florida's leading real estate investment and merchant banking firm based in Miami, is pleased to announce the placement of a $20,000,000 redevelopment loan for the conversion of the Breakwater and Edison Hotels in South Beach, Florida to a condo-hotel. Once complete, the Breakwater / Edison Condo-Hotel will total 95-units including a penthouse addition to the Breakwater building, a...
Australian Hotel Performance Goes from Strength to Strength; RevPAR Up Almost 8% During the First Nine Months of 2005 / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Australian Hotel Performance Goes from Strength to Strength; RevPAR Up Almost 8% During the First Nine Months of 2005 October 26, 2005 - The Australian hotel market seems to be going from strength to strength. Latest figures from the HotelBenchmark Survey by Deloitte show that Australian hotels have posted the strongest growth for the first nine months of any year, well with the exception of the Olympic year that is. And, with revenue per available room (revPAR) at AUS$116, this is in fact only AUS$2 behind highs achieved in 2000. International arrivals to double in nine years But Aus...
ECommerce Consultants Aust Pty Ltd. and eRevMax Choose to Work Together in the Asia Pacific Region / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report ECommerce Consultants Aust Pty Ltd. and eRevMax Choose to Work Together in the Asia Pacific Region Melbourne, Australia and Brussels, Europe. October 21st 2005 ECommerce Consultants Aust Pty Ltd. and eRevMax have announced a partnership which will see eCommerce market RateTiger Allocator and Shopper in the Asia Pacific region. Commenting on the relationship and the extent of its importance in the region, Gary Marshall, Managing Director of eCommerce said, Having invested considerable time and energy in identifying the best system for hoteliers to be able to shop and maintain their online...
Lighthouse Properties Planning a 140-room Hilton Garden Inn in Aurora, Colorado / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 27, 2005 - A Kansas developer plans to spend at least $20 million developing a hotel, restaurant and retail center across from the Fitzsimons campus in Aurora. Lighthouse Properties will build a 140-room Hilton Garden Inn that includes at least 3,000 square feet of meeting space just west of Potomac Street on East Colfax Avenue. The project also will include a stand-alone restaurant and shopping center, said David Boos, executive director of the Salina, Kan. ...
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Hilton Atlanta Form Alliance to Collectively Market 4,159 Guest Rooms / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Hilton Atlanta Form Alliance to Collectively Market 4,159 Guest Rooms ATLANTA, GA., October 4, 2005 Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt three award winning hotels, have teamed up to offer the most comprehensive, convenient, affordable and contiguous meeting package available in Atlanta for 1,000 to 4,000 peak room night groups. This unparalleled collection of hotels will benefit meeting planners destined for Atlanta, which has rapidly become one of the nations most desirable and accessible convention destinations. Encompassing three...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Colony Capital's Acquisition of Raffles Holdings 14 Owned Hotels and 27 Managed Hotels Named Deal of the Year by Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific SINGAPORE, 14 OCTOBER 2005 _ Colony Capital, LLC and Raffles Holdings Limited are very pleased to announce that they have been awarded the prestigious Deal of the Year award at the 16th annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) in Hong Kong today. The transaction between Colony Capital, LLC and Raffles Holdings Limited to purchase the latters entire hotel business for an enterprise value of S$1.72 billion was closed...
Sunburst Hospitality Development Inc. Agrees to Purchase Substantially All the Assets of Arlington Hospitality for Approximately $21.3 million; Subjec
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Sunburst Hospitality Development Inc. Agrees to Purchase Substantially All the Assets of Arlington Hospitality for Approximately $21.3 million; Subject to Bidding Procedures of Chapter 11 Proceedings ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., October 31, 2005Arlington Hospitality, Inc. (HOST.PK) today announced that, on October 25, 2005, it entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement (the Agreement) to sell substantially all of its assets to Sunburst Hospitality Development Inc. (Sunburst) for approximately $21.3 million (subject to certain adjustments), including cash of ap...
Sentry Hospitality Installs Aptech ASP Centralized Accounting / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Sentry Hospitality Installs Aptech ASP Centralized Accounting - Sentry Taps Profitvue and Webvue ASP Back Office Accounting Hosted by Aptech for Centralized Data Analysis, Real-time Financial Reporting to Support Growth PITTSBURGH, October 11, 2005 Sentry Hospitality has implemented Aptech Computer Systems Inc.s Profitvue® and Webvue® ASP back office accounting systems to automate and centralize key financial reporting and analysis functions, Aptech announced today. Manhattan-based Sentry is a privately-held company that develops and operates business destinations, conference centers, golf club resorts, life...
The Fabled New Orleans Restaurant Antoine's Struggle to Resuscitate Itself in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina Will Mirror New Orleans' Fight
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Howard Witt, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 16, 2005 - NEW ORLEANS -- The maitre d' is dead. He perished at home, along with his son, sometime after the levees broke and the floodwaters rushed in and his tiny house in northern New Orleans filled to the ceiling with fetid water. Most of the rest of the restaurant's staff of 130--the chefs, the waiters, the wine stewards, the busboys, the dishwashers--are scattered across 14 states, the homes they fled no longer habitable, the jobs they worked no longer assure...
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Receives US$1 million Bequest for Establishing Andreas Hofer Scholarship / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Receives US$1 million Bequest for Establishing Andreas Hofer Scholarship October 19, 2005 - With a generous bequest of US$1 million from internationally esteemed hotelier Mr Andreas Hofer and his wife, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) will establish the Andreas Hofer Scholarship for outstanding students of its School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM). Prof. Poon Chung-kwong, President of PolyU, said the University is truly grateful for the generosity of Mr and Mrs Hofer. This is the first bequest ever pledged for the Institution. Mr an...
Alticor Names George Aquino General Manager of the 340 room JW Marriott – Grand Rapids / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Alticor Names George Aquino General Manager of the 340 room JW Marriott - Grand Rapids October 7, 2005 - George Aquino has been named general manager of the new JW Marriott Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids. Aquino is a 17-year veteran in the hospitality industry, and has been director of operations and marketing at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel since 2000. He has vast and diverse experience in marketing, food and beverage, and four-star and four-diamond hotel and resort operations. Aquinos appointment as the opening general manager for the new JW Marriott is a natural progression for the 13-year ...
The Albany, New York Region Riding the Upside of a Hotel Building Cycle / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Kevin Harlin, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 17, 2005 - When the Hampton Inn & Suites quietly lighted up its giant sign and opened its doors on Albany's Chapel Street on a Friday night this month, the new hotel was not yet in the chain's reservation system. Without the fanfare, or help from that reservation system, it still managed to sell about a dozen of its 165 rooms that first night, Oct. 7. There's a pent-up demand for rooms downtown, said I. David Swawite, president of Omni Development Co., ...
Adaco Services, LLC, Announces New Hotel Clients / October 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Adaco Services, LLC, Announces New Hotel Clients October 21, 2005 - Adaco Services, LLC, a leader in hospitality software, announces several new hotel clients. Since 1985, Adaco, based in Williamsville, NY, has managed all aspects of the hospitality industrys procurement and operations needs and currently serves more than 500 properties in 51 countries. The following new clients have purchased Adaco software: Marriott Newark Airport, Newark, NJ (591 rooms) to Adaco Eclipse Multi-Property Edition, Purchasing/Operational Control Half Moon Bay Club, Montego Bay, Jamaica (253 ro...
Accor Hotels Has Designed the Tourism Code of Conduct to Guide and Regulate its Ethical Behaviour Concerning the Sexual Exploitation of Minors in Braz
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Accor Hotels Has Designed the Tourism Code of Conduct to Guide and Regulate its Ethical Behaviour Concerning the Sexual Exploitation of Minors in Brazil; Adopted by Accor's 140 Hotels in South America October 3, 2005 - Orlando de Souza, Director of Operations for Accor Hotels, will announce next Thursday September 8 in Rio de Janeiro the introduction of the Brazilian hotel sectors first code of conduct. Known as the "Tourism Code of Conduct Against the Sexual Exploitation of Minors", it will be adopted by the 140 hotels of Accors six chains in seven South American countries. The Code...
Accor Reports Occupancy and RevPAR by Segment and Country for 9 Months Ending September 2005; Third Quarter 2005 sales up 7.9%, Nine-Month up 7.2% /
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Accor Reports Occupancy and RevPAR by Segment and Country for 9 Months Ending September 2005 Third Quarter 2005 sales up 7.9%, Nine-Month up 7.2% Paris, October 26, 2005- Nine-Month revenues Accors consolidated revenues rose by 7.2% to Euros 5,629 million in the nine months that ended September 30, 2005. At constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates, the increase was 4.9%. Expansion accounted for 4.4% of revenue growth for the period, led by the Economy Hotel segment (whose contribution to revenues was +5.2%) and Upscale and Midscale Hotels (+...
Andrew Pascal Promoted to President and COO of Wynn Las Vegas / October, 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Andrew Pascal Promoted to President and COO of Wynn Las Vegas LAS VEGAS - Oct. 6, 2005 -- Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN) is pleased to announce that Andrew Pascal has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Wynn Las Vegas. He will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the resort. Mr. Pascal, who was Executive Vice President and COO of Wynn Las Vegas, has been with Wynn Resorts since 2003, and accumulated more than 15 years of casino industry experience beginning with the Golden Nugget and continuing with the opening and operation of The Mirage casino re...
Americans With Disabilities Act Update: the Hospitality Industry, A Consistent Target of Abusive ADA Litigation, May Get Some Relief from Abusive Laws
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Global Hospitality Advisor .Americans With Disabilities Act Update - The Hospitality Industry, A Consistent Target of ADA Litigation, May Get Some Relief from Abusive Lawsuits Courts Deal Blow to Plaintiffs Lawyers By Martin H. Orlick, October 2005 Abusive lawsuits filed under the Americans With Disabilities Act by professional plaintiffs and driven by the promise of attorneys fees have long been a frustrating reality of doing business in California. Some California courts are finally acknowledging what the business community has known for years: That serial ADA liti...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Seven IH/M&RS Exhibitors Honored with Editors Choice Awards; iHome Wins The Kenneth F. Hine Best of Show Award NEW YORK, NY, November 13, 2005 Seven International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® (IH/M&RS) exhibitors were honored with IH/M&RS Editors Choice Awards during the Opening Ceremony on Sunday, November 13, 2005, at New York Citys Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The 10th annual Editors Choice Awards were presented in six categories: Décor, Flavors, Restaurant, Technology, Essentials and Luxury, along with the Kenneth F. Hine Best of Show award. Editors from the ...
Is eLearning on your Hotel's Training Menu? / Robert Duprey / November 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Is eLearning On Your Hotel's Training Menu? by Robert Duprey, November 2005 Increasingly intense competition, high customer expectations and retaining quality employees are challenges almost every hotelier faces. One of the best ways to address these challenges is through consistent delivery and assessment of your employee training program. Unfortunately, the demands of operating a 24/7 business, time and scheduling constraints and high employee turnover all present challenges and obstacles to delivering training effectively and consistently. What about interactive training (eLearning)? ...
Following Twelve Months of Restoration, One of Geneva's Legendary Landmarks Reopnes as the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva / November 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Following Twelve Months of Restoration, One of Geneva's Legendary Landmarks Reopnes as the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva TORONTO, Nov. 7, 2005 - Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world's leading luxury hotel company, is pleased to announce the opening of Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva, the first and only Four Seasons in Switzerland. Located in the city centre on the banks of Lake Geneva, the view from the Hotel encompasses Geneva's most significant icons: the Jet d'eau - the world's tallest fountain - and the Old Town, where many buildings dated from the 16th century. Also in...
At a Renovation Cost Exceeding $125,000 per room, the Former Marquis Prepares to Reopne as the Hotel Zoso in Downtown Palm Springs / November 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Kimberly Pierceall, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 10, 2005 - Hotel Zoso lacks a famous hotel surname, like the Marriott or Hilton, but it's aiming to be a haven for the hip and the leader among Palm Springs hotels when it opens Dec. 1. The hotel's location is ideal -- a block from downtown Palm Springs and about two blocks from the newly expanded convention center. That is reason enough for Hotel Zoso to be the rate leader in an area steeped with price declines during the su...
The Breakers Resort Boosts Email Promotion Response 300% by Targeting Personal Interests with ZMail / November 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Breakers Resort Boosts Email Promotion Response 300% by Targeting Personal Interests with ZMail . Resort Realizes 70% Repeat Business November 8, 2005 - Gone are the days when delivering a clean room and good service were enough to be competitive in the hospitality vacation industry. Todays resort customers have much less time to spend on recreation. Most are looking for a destination where they can create lifetime memories and transformational experiences, and many are willing to pay a premium price to assure the experience is a good one. To create these valuable experie...
ZDirect and IQWare Inc. Sign Agreement to Private-Label ZMail e-Marketing Sales System for IQWare Users / November 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report ZDirect and IQWare Inc. Sign Agreement to Private-Label ZMail e-Marketing Sales System for IQWare Users . IQWares Email Tools from ZMail Leverage Guest Data for Increased Revenue Miami, Florida November 10, 2005 ZDirect, Inc., a top provider of solutions for travel and tourism in the emerging area of Internet-based dynamic content communication, today announced it signed an agreement to allow IQWare, Inc., a leading provider of hospitality technology, to private label ZDirects advanced e-Marketing technology solution, ZMailtm, for resale to clients. IQWare will re-label th...
