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Hasu P. Shah to Retire as Hersha Hospitality Trust's Chief Executive Officer; Jay H. Shah Promoted to Chief Executive Officer / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hasu P. Shah to Retire as Hersha Hospitality Trust's Chief Executive Officer; Jay H. Shah Promoted to Chief Executive Officer PHILADELPHIA - Dec. 14, 2005 -- Hersha Hospitality Trust (AMEX: HT - News), a real estate investment trust (REIT) and owner of nationally franchised, upscale and midscale hotels, today announced several changes affecting the Company's executive staff, effective January 1, 2006. Mr. Jay H. Shah has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer and has been elected to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Company. Mr. Jay H. Shah is the Company's...
Janice Loux, Boston Union Leader, Wants Pacts with InterContinental Boston and the Mandarin Oriental Boston / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 27, 2005 - The president of the Boston hotel and restaurant workers union, Janice Loux, said she is "cautiously optimistic" she will reach agreements with two new luxury hotel operators in Boston that could lead to the employment of hundreds of union workers. "My negotiations with InterContinental are, I think, moving forward," Loux said. "I think things have taken a positive turn." Loux cautioned that she is "still engaged in a major boycott effo...
James Courtney Appointed General Manager of the 381-room Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown in Utah / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report James Courtney Appointed General Manager of the 381-room Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown in Utah MINNEAPOLIS (Dec. 02, 2005) ---- Radisson Hotels & Resorts today announced that it has appointed James Courtney as the new general manager of the 381-room Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown in Utah. In this role, Courtney is responsible for the overall planning and management of guest services, product quality and financial goals. He was selected for this top position for his outstanding leadership skills and many years of experience in the hotel industry. Most recently, Court...
Despite Decline in Visitor Arrivals, Italy as a Whole Has Seen Hotel Occupancy Grow 2.6% Year-to-October 2005 / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Despite Decline in Visitor Arrivals, Italy as a Whole Has Seen Hotel Occupancy Grow 2.6% Year-to-October 2005 December 21, 2005 - Latest results from the HotelBenchmark Survey by Deloitte show that the sluggish performance of the Italian economy has not cast a shadow on hotel performance. Italian hoteliers have managed to grow revenue per available room (revPAR) by 2.8% year-to-October 2005 - the second year of revPAR growth following two years of decline. This result is especially encouraging considering Italys poor economic conditions, where Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to ...
The 550 room Isle of Capri Casino Resort Biloxi Reopens / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., Opens Biloxi Casino Following Hurricane Katrina Monday December 26, 2:38 pm ET BILOXI, Miss., December 26, 2005 - Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISLE) officials today announced the opening of its land-based casino at the Isle of Capri Casino Resort in Biloxi, Miss. following Hurricane Katrina. The casino, the first land-based casino to open since the change in Mississippi gaming legislation passed in October, includes 950 slot machines, a poker room with nine poker tables, 27 table games, two restaurants and 550 hotel rooms. Plans call...
Unable to Buy a Liquor License, Intrawest Turns to New Jersey Legislature for Help in Securing Liquor Licenses for the Massive Mountain Creek Villag
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By John P. McAlpin, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20, 2005 - New Jersey lawmakers are ready to hand over more than a dozen special liquor licenses worth nearly $2 million to the nation's largest builder of upscale ski resorts -- all because the developer couldn't buy them. The massive Mountain Creek housing and ski resort in Vernon would be granted at least 12 "special permits" to sell alcoholic beverages under a bill moving through the lame-duck Legislature. The bill is so...
My Experience Applying for a Hotel Job; A Real Eye Opener / Barry Williams / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report My Experience Applying for a Hotel Job - A Real Eye Opener By Barry Williams, December 2005 Good Day Good People of Hotel Land! Ive got an awareness enhancing social study for you. All you need to do is to take a day off your regular work (ask your GM about this theyll probably still pay you ) and travel to the nearest city from where you live. Go to hotels unfamiliar to you and apply for jobs that fall within your range of expertise. Dont just apply to help wanted ads, hit as many hotels as possible on the day off youve given yourself. The more the merrier. Hopefully t...
Interactive Sites Becomes Google Success Story / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Interactive Sites Becomes Google Success Story SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Interactive Sites has become the first success story for the Google Sitemaps beta project, reinforcing itself as a leader in hospitality search engine optimization (SEO) solutions. The Google Sitemaps beta project is an experiment designed to aid site owners with tackling two current challenges: keeping Google informed about new web pages or updates, and increasing the coverage of web pages in the Google index. With research from comScore Networks showing that 92% of s...
InnLink Names Hertz Vendor of Choice For Car Rental Services / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report InnLink Names Hertz Vendor of Choice For Car Rental Services Hendersonville, TN December 5, 2005 - InnLink announces the signing of an agreement with The Hertz Corporation that recognizes Hertz as InnLinks vendor of choice for car rental options. The agreement is for InnLinks iLINK, the reservation booking engine used by more than 1000 hotels, and vLINK, the voice reservation component of InnLinks Contact Center operation in Tennessee. The agreement permits customers using InnLinks hotel booking engine or voice services to connect directly to Hertzs electronic or voice reserv...
The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Combines Frank Lloyd Wright's Unique Designs into 2,300 sq ft Suite / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Combines Frank Lloyd Wright's Unique Designs into 2,300 sq ft Suite Tokyo, Japan, November 9, 2005 The Imperial Hotels newly opened 2,300 square feet Frank Lloyd Wright Suite, created in collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, utilizes original design motifs from the hotels world renowned Frank Lloyd Wright hotel building as well as replicas of Wrights most celebrated furniture from the height of his career. It is the worlds only suite to combine the unique architectural plans of the Wright Hotel with interior designs created by Wright fo...
Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino Reopens as Biloxi's Big Player: Heavy Renovations Yields a New Name – IP / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By TOM WILEMON, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss., The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 17, 2005 - BILOXI -- The Asian-themed look of the Imperial Palace has been replaced by the swanky style of the IP. So much has changed at the towering property on Biloxi's Back Bay, which reopens Thursday, that it is marketing itself under a new and abbreviated name. "We're using IP to represent us in the future," said General Manager Jon Lucas. The no-frills rooms have been upgraded into r...
The International Hotel & Restaurant Association Elects New Board of Directors; Dieter Huckestein, Chairman & CEO, Conrad Hotels, Elected President /
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The International Hotel & Restaurant Association Elects New Board of Directors; Dieter Huckestein, Chairman & CEO, Conrad Hotels, Elected President Every world region represented in leadership of hospitality industrys only international hotel and restaurant industry association Paris, 29 November 2005 The International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA) has ushered in a new Board of Directors following elections conducted at the associations Annual General Assembly held last month alongside the IH&RA 42nd Annual Congress in Beijing, China. This distinguished group is compris...
InterContinental Hotels Group Honors Asia Pacific's Top Performing Hotels and People / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report InterContinental Hotels Group Honors Asia Pacific's Top Performing Hotels and People Singapore, 15 December 2005 InterContinental Hotels Group honoured its top-performing hotels and people from across the region at its recent Asia Pacific Leadership Conference 2005 held in Kuala Lumpur. Themed Together We Make a Difference, the conference focused on the various aspects of leveraging brand value, delivering the brand promise, and driving revenue. Presented annually, the awards attracted a record 330 nominations for individual, hotel, and team efforts, from the Groups portfo...
With an Eye to the Future, Hilton International Installs IDeaS ASP Solution at its Cologne and Budapest Locations / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report With an Eye to the Future, Hilton International Installs IDeaS ASP Solution at its Cologne and Budapest Locations - Brings total number of Hiltons using IDeaS to 92 properties Minneapolis, Minnesota December 14, 2005 IDeaS, the leading provider of revenue optimization solutions and one of the industrys fastest growing technology companies has announced that Hilton International have deployed IDeaS Revenue Optimization, ASP delivered solution for its properties in Cologne and Budapest. While almost 100 Hilton properties currently use IDeaS product, these latest deployments represe...
The 350-room luxury Hyatt Regency Curacao Breaks Ground, Part of the $104 million Santa Barbara Plantation Project / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The 350-room luxury Hyatt Regency Curacao Breaks Ground, Part of the $104 million Santa Barbara Plantation Project WILLEMSTAD, CURAÇAO December 2005 The ceremonial groundbreaking of the 350-room luxury Hyatt Regency Curaçao took place on Thursday, December 1, 2005 attended by tourism and hotel officials including Jack Marshall, representative for the shareholders of Santa Barbara Plantation, Chris Smeets, shareholder and driving force behind the project and Nicholas Pritzker, vice-chairman of Global Hyatt Corporation. Dr. Emsley D. Tromp, President of the Central Bank of the Neth...
WW Group Holdings, Inc. Plans to Develop a 210-room Hyatt Regency and Condominium Building in Historic Brunswick, Georgia / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report WW Group Holdings, Inc. Plans to Develop a 210-room Hyatt Regency and Condominium Building in Historic Brunswick, Georgia BRUNSWICK, Ga., Dec. 8,2005 - WW Group Holdings, Inc. is announcing an agreement with Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Hyatt Development Corporation as a part of its plans to develop and construct a 210-room luxury hotel and condominium building as the center-point of Liberty Harbor, along the Intra-Coastal waterway in historic and scenic Brunswick, Georgia -- the Gateway to Georgia's Golden Isles. Liberty Harbor is a planned multi-use development on a 110-acre p...
Hurricane Ravaged Holiday Inn Oceanside on Hutchinson Island Acquired by Affiliate of Billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Eve Samples, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 14, 2005 - South Florida billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga's empire is establishing yet another outpost on the Treasure Coast, this time at the hurricane-ravaged Holiday Inn Oceanside on Hutchinson Island. An affiliate of Fort Lauderdale-based Huizenga Holdings bought the 176-room beachfront hotel last month from two Oklahoma families who owned it for decades, and the firm intends to keep a hotel on the Jensen Beach site, a company official sa...
Dieter Huckestein Retiring After 35 Years with Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hilton International / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Dieter Huckestein Retiring After 35 Years with Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hilton International BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Dec. 22, 2005 -- Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE:HLT) said today that 35-year industry veteran Dieter Huckestein, chairman and chief executive officer of Conrad Hotels and president of the Hilton Global Alliance, has announced his retirement from the company effective in early 2006. Mr. Huckestein, a widely respected lodging industry leader whose career has included managing some of the world's leading hotel properties and overseeing regional operations throu...
The Former Delta Whistler Resort Reopens as the Hilton Whistler Resort and Spa / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Former Delta Whistler Resort Reopens as the Hilton Whistler Resort and Spa WHISTLER, British Columbia - Dec. 12, 2005 -- Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE:HLT) has announced the opening of the Hilton Whistler Resort & Spa (formerly the the Delta Whistler Resort), the area's premier new ski resort. Combining stylish and contemporary features with the rustic allure of a mountain lodge, the resort offers 87 guestrooms, 202 suites and a luxurious array of Hilton amenities. A full spa -- Artesia -- is set to be complete in February 2006. The resort is located at the foot of both Whis...
Hilton Hotels Corporation Accredits Travelweb As a Distributor of Online Room Inventory for Participating Hilton Hotels / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton Hotels Corporation Accredits Travelweb As a Distributor of Online Room Inventory for Participating Hilton Hotels BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. December 22, 2005 Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) announced today that it has accredited Travelweb, a wholly owned subsidiary of priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) as a distributor of online merchant room inventory for participating Hilton Family hotels. Travelweb is now part of a growing roster of HHC-accredited online third-party booking channels that includes: Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Orbitz.com, Lodging.com, Cheaptickets.com and Priceli...
Hilton Reports 560 Hotels and 75,000 Rooms in its Development Pipeline, the Largest it Has Ever Been, as of September 30, 2005; Brand Development High
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton Reports 560 Hotels and 75,000 Rooms in its Development Pipeline, the Largest it Has Ever Been, as of September 30, 2005; Brand Development Highlights BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Dec. 6, 2005 -- Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE:HLT) announced that its Hilton Family of Hotels led the U.S. hotel industry in new room additions from new construction and brand conversions in the first three quarters of 2005 and is projected to maintain that position at least through 2007, according to data recently released by Lodging EconoMetrics(LE), the nation's hotel real estate investment and supply side r...
Hilton Hotels Corporation Designates Priceline.com as Accredited Online Distributor / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton Hotels Corporation Designates Priceline.com as Accredited Online Distributor BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. December 21, 2005 Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) announced today that it has accredited Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) as an online opaque distributor of participating Hilton Family of Hotels room inventory. Priceline is now part of a growing roster of online third-party booking channels approved under the HHC Accreditation Process that was implemented in June 2005, which requires participating Hilton Family hotels to work solely with HHC-accredited distributors when choosing to offe...
American Liberty Hospitality Opens 182 room Hilton Garden Inn in Houston's Galleria Area / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report American Liberty Hospitality Opens 182 room Hilton Garden Inn in Houston's Galleria Area HOUSTON, Tx. December 1, 2005 - Houston's newest Hilton Garden Inn has opened in the heart of the city's famed Galleria area, just steps from the best names in retailing including Neiman Marcus, Cartier, Gucci, Macy's, Tiffany & Co., Saks Fifth Avenue, The Sharper Image, Ralph Lauren Collection, Louis Vuitton, a flagship Foley's and Houston's only Nordstrom. The Hilton Garden Inn Houston/Galleria Area is located at 3201 Sage Road between Richmond and Westheimer with quick access to the Galleria,...
The British Travel Industry Developing New Scheme to Clarify Lodging Product Standards; Uniting the Ratings / John R Hendrie / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The British Travel Industry Developing New Scheme to Clarify Lodging Product Standards; Uniting the Ratings by John R. Hendrie, December 2005 The British thrive with continuity and consistency in a most civilized fashion. Their gifts of tradition and protocol delight we off shore Visitors, although some of the more adventuresome may snicker. But, the trains run on time, the Guards change punctually, and tea is served at 4pm. The British relish order and precision. In their Hospitality world, expectations are delivered with few surprises, a claim few other countries can echo. However...
