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American Airlines Quietly Rolled Out the Industry's First Frequent-flier Program 25 Years Ago; Today, Loyalty Programs Face Significant Challen
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Trebor Banstetter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 26, 2005 - In the late 1970s, Rolfe Shellenberger and a few other marketing executives at American Airlines were kicking around ideas for a way to persuade business travelers to fly the carrier more often. The project was code-named Loyalty Fare, and they initially planned to offer a 25 percent discount on airfares to frequent fliers. "After a while, it seemed to me that wasn't going to w...
The Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas Expands as High-end Rivalry Heats Up / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Suzanne Marta, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3, 2005 - The Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas said Friday that it plans to nearly double its villa lodging and expand its sports club and events space. The $20 million expansion, the luxury resort's first in five years, is to open before the W hotel opens in Hillwood's tony Victory development near downtown Dallas. Four Seasons officials hope the project will give the 20-year-old resort a boost as competition heat...
Dining Trends for 2006; Marriott Food and Beverage Execs, Robin Uler and Brad Nelson, Give Their Forecast for What's Up On the Dining Front / Dec
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Dining Trends for 2006; Marriott Food and Beverage Execs, Robin Uler and Brad Nelson, Give Their Forecast for What's Up On the Dining Front WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2005 - As the New Year closes in, diners from all tiers of the restaurant market will be looking for the next hot item in the culinary world. Robin Uler, senior vice president of food & beverage, spas and retail services, and Brad Nelson, vice president of culinary and corporate chef for Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR), give their forecast for what's up and coming on the dining front in the coming year. Uler and Nelson ar...
The Gaming Arm of Carl Icahn Acquires the 1,907 room Flamingo Laughlin for $170 million; New Name and Theme Included in Planned Renovation / Decembe
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 30--The gaming arm of the Carl Icahn-controlled American Real Estate Partners announced Tuesday it had bought the Flamingo Laughlin from Harrah's Entertainment for $170 million. American Real Estate Partners, owners of the Stratosphere and two Arizona Charlie's casinos in Las Vegas and the Sands in Atlantic City, also bought an undeveloped 7.7-acre parcel in Atlantic City in the deal. The deal is subject to regulatory approval and isn't ex...
The National Park Service Maintains a Negative Outlook on the Rebuilding of the Hurricane Damaged Flamingo Lodge in Everglades National Park / Decem
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By The Miami Herald, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 30, 2005 - The National Park Service's negative outlook on the chances of rebuilding Flamingo Lodge in Everglades National Park is astonishing. The lodge and cabins located in the park's southern end were inundated by hurricane flooding and wind this year. They were pretty humble abodes to begin with and now are unusable. So what? This is Everglades National Park, the national treasure that the federal and state governments are spending $8 billion to replumb ...
Hotels with Exceptional Fitness Rooms Join Fit Hotel Directory / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hotels with Exceptional Fitness Rooms Join Fit Hotel Directory Knoxville, TN - December 14, 2005 Fit Hotel Directory announces the recent addition of the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Minneapolis, MN and the Don Shula Hotel in Miami Lakes, FL. Fit Hotel Directory, organized geographically, lists each hotel's contact information and amenities, a description of the workout facility when provided, as well as color photographs. Visitors can search for a hotel by clicking your choice of state and city. A map of the country aids in selecting regions. The site also offers airline and ...
Luis Fernandes Named Chief Operating Officer forTy Warner Hotels and Resorts / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Luis Fernandes Named Chief Operating Officer forTy Warner Hotels and Resorts SANTA BARBARA, California, Dec. 16, 2005 - Ty Warner, Founder and CEO of Ty Warner Hotels and Resorts (TWH&R), has announced the appointment of Luis Fernandes to the newly-created position of Chief Operating Officer. The announcement represents Mr. Warner's commitment to engage top-quality professionals to direct and establish TWH&R as an ultra-luxury hotel brand. Mr. Fernandes will oversee the management companies that are responsible for operating the company's hotels and resorts as they continue to undergo all...
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. Sells The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii to Westbrook Partners for $250 million; Fairmont Signs Long-term Management Contract
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. Sells The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii to Westbrook Partners for $250 million; Fairmont Signs Long-term Management Contract TORONTO, Dec. 23, 2005 - Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. ("Fairmont" or the "Company") (TSX/NYSE: FHR) today announced that it has sold The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii to Westbrook Partners ("Westbrook") for $250 million. The resort will continue to be known as The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii and will be managed by Fairmont under a long-term management contract. In December 2002, the Company purchased The Fairmont Orchid for $140 million. With the comp...
The Procaccianti Group Acquires The Fairmont at the Plaza, Kansas City; Planning Renovation and Rebranding to InterContinental / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Gene Meyer, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 24, 2005 - The Fairmont at the Plaza, one of Kansas Citys most prestigious hotels, has been sold and will be renamed the InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza next month. The hotel was acquired by The Procaccianti Group of Cranston, R.I., from Maritz Wolff & Co. of Los Angeles. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and officials with the companies could not be reached for comment. A representative with InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, which reached a licensing agreement wi...
Fairmont To Manage a 126-unit Fairmont Residence Club in Indian Wells, California at Miles Avenue and State Highway 111 / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Fairmont To Manage a 126-unit Fairmont Residence Club in Indian Wells, California at Miles Avenue and State Highway 111 TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2005 - Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. ("Fairmont" or the "Company") (TSX/NYSE: FHR) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Miles Avenue Development, LLC ("Miles") to manage a luxury condominium residential development in southern California. The 129 residences will be built on a 20-acre site in the exclusive community of Indian Wells, California. The Fairmont Residences, Indian Wells is scheduled to open in December of 2007 with sales acti...
IFA Hotels & Resorts Signs Fairmont to Manage Planned $250 million Golf/Spa Resort in South Africa's Province of KwaZulu- Natal / December 2005..
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report IFA Hotels & Resorts Signs Fairmont to Manage Planned $250 million Golf/Spa Resort in South Africa's Province of KwaZulu- Natal TORONTO, Dec. 12, 2005 - Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. ("Fairmont") (TSX/NYSE: FHR) announced today another long-term management agreement with its strategic partner, IFA Hotels & Resorts ("IFA"). IFA will invest more than $250 million in the project, located in South Africa's province of KwaZulu- Natal. The development will include a luxury resort, championship golf course, spa and vacation ownership products, including Fairmont Heritage Place. The r...
Life is full of Surprises and Uncertainties for Shirley Brown, Former Front Office Supervisor at the Shuttered Adam's Mark Hotel in Charlotte /
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Leigh Dyer, The Charlotte Observer, N.C., The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 24, 2005 - Most people might get discouraged if they found out their job was ending the week before Christmas. But not Shirley Brown, former front office supervisor at the now-shuttered Adam's Mark hotel in uptown Charlotte. "This is business, and unfortunately things sometimes don't always fall in places that are comfortable," she said during a conversation Friday in her living room, still bare from ...
Fairmont's Board of Directors Forms Special Committee to Advise the Board on the Partial Take-over Bid by Affiliates of Carl Icahn / December 200
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Fairmont's Board of Directors Forms Special Committee to Advise the Board on the Partial Take-over Bid by Affiliates of Carl Icahn TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2005 - Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. ("Fairmont" or the "Company") (TSX/NYSE: FHR) today announced that its Board of Directors has formed a Special Committee of four independent Directors to advise the Board with respect to the partial take-over bid by affiliates of Carl Icahn. The Special Committee, comprised of Peter Godsoe, Chairman of Fairmont's Board and former CEO of Scotiabank, David O'Brien, Chairman and former CEO of EnCana...
Fred Dixon Appointed Vice President of Tourism for NYC & Company / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Fred Dixon Appointed Vice President of Tourism for NYC & Company Charged with Marketing New York City As Premier World Class Travel Destination New York, NY (December 13, 2005) - NYC & Company Chairman Jonathan Tisch and President Cristyne L. Nicholas are proud to announce the hiring of Fred Dixon as Vice President of Tourism Development. Mr. Dixon, a travel professional with over a decade of experience in the industry, will have responsibility for marketing New York City as a premier travel destination to international and domestic retail and wholesale leisure travelers, as well as incen...
Construction Resumes at the 350 room Hotel Marina El Cid in the Riviera Maya; Minimal Hurricane Damage to the $40 million Resort Now Set to Open in Fe
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Construction Resumes at the 350 room Hotel Marina El Cid in the Riviera Maya; Minimal Hurricane Damage to the $40 million Resort Now Set to Open in February 2006 PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico (Dec 2, 2005) -- Hotel Marina El Cid in the Riviera Maya has set the new date of Feb. 18, 2006, for its grand opening. The deluxe all-inclusive resort was in its early stages of construction when Hurricane Wilma struck. A comprehensive evaluation last month by the El Cid Construction Company revealed minimal damage to the $40 million resort near Playa del Carmen. "The property's solid co...
Eight of Twelve Atlantic City Casinos Post Revenue Growth in November 2005 / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 10, 2005 - ATLANTIC CITY -- Eight of the city's 12 casinos reported revenue growth for last month. The Tropicana, which continues to benefit from the popularity of its new mega-retail, entertainment and dining complex, the Quarter, led the casinos with double-digit revenue growth. The resort's casinos generated about $400 million in total gambling revenue in November, a 6.6 percent increase over the same period a year ago, according t...
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April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Educational Institute Offers Customer Service Training with Spirit of Hospitality ORLANDO, Fla., December 2005Service is the spirit of hospitality, and the enhanced Spirit of Hospitality training program from Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association shows employees how to provide the kind of service that builds guest loyalty and increases occupancy. Spirit of Hospitality features the Delivering Quality Guest Service DVD (or video) and a comprehensive leaders guide that teaches all staff members how to see things from the guests point of view, s...
Aqua Hotels Names Elizabeth Churchill, VP Marketing and Guest Services / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Aqua Hotels Names Elizabeth Churchill, VP Marketing and Guest Services HONOLULU, Hawaii - December 27, 2005 - Aqua Hotels & Resorts has named Elizabeth (Beth) Churchill to the newly-created position of Vice President Marketing and Guest Services. In her new position, Churchill will be responsible for strategic marketing and media planning, website administration and management, guest services and customer care as well as development of new project acquisitions. "As Aqua continues to expand, it is important for us to have talented people taking us forward," said Mike Paulin, Aq...
Saskatchewan Hotel Developer Shaun Ng Opens 80 room Days Inn in Prince Albert / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Saskatchewan Hotel Developer Shaun Ng Opens 80 room Days Inn in Prince Albert TORONTO, ON, DECEMBER 8, 2005 - A strong 2005 continued for Days Inns - Canada as it opened its sixth property of the year, a new-construction, 80-room hotel in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. "We are proud to be part of such a strong, growing and well recognized brand in Canada, which is why this is our second new construction Days Inn," said Shaun Ng, Owner and General Manager, Days Inn - Prince Albert . "We are also delighted to offer an upscale Days Inn to the corporate traveller. Our guests will enjoy the compl...
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April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Peppermill Casinos, Inc. Selects DataMagine by Agilysys, Inc. . Industry-Leading Document Management Solution Boosts Efficiency, Cuts Costs CLEVELAND Dec. 2, 2005 Agilysys, Inc., (NASDAQ: AGYS) a leading provider of enterprise computer solutions and hospitality software solutions, announced Peppermill Casinos, Inc. in Reno, NV, has selected DataMagine, a document management solution, to streamline operations at four of its properties. The solution will be installed at Peppermill Hotel Casino in Reno and at the companys three properties in Wendover, NV Peppermill Hotel Casino Wend...
Don Johnson, President & CEO of Vagabond Franchise System, Inc. Inducted Into the California Hotel & Lodging Association Hall of Fame / December 2005
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Don Johnson, President & CEO of Vagabond Franchise System, Inc. Inducted Into the California Hotel & Lodging Association Hall of Fame LOS ANGELES - Dec. 7, 2005 -- The California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) inducted Don Johnson, CHA, President & CEO of Vagabond Franchise System, Inc. into the CH&LA Hall of Fame tonight in Los Angeles, near the Vagabond corporate headquarters at the Crowne Plaza LAX. The Hall of Fame award is CH&LA's most prestigious honor, presented to California hoteliers or industry executives recognized for outstanding contributions of leadership, service, and p...
Hilton Sells the 395-room Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel & Executive Conference Center in Dallas, Texas, to Affiliate of Somera Capital Management for Approxi
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton Sells the 395-room Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel & Executive Conference Center in Dallas, Texas, to Affiliate of Somera Capital Management for Approximately $65.5 million BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Dec. 20, 2005 -- Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE:HLT) announced today that it has sold the 395-room Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel & Executive Conference Center in Dallas, Texas, to an affiliate of Somera Capital Management for approximately $65.5 million. It is estimated that the new ownership will spend $6 million in additional capital to upgrade the property. The hotel will continue to operate as a Hil...
Don Dennis Appointed General Manager of University Tower Hotel in Seattle, Washington / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Don Dennis Appointed General Manager of University Tower Hotel in Seattle, Washington SEATTLE, WA (December 20, 2005) Bob Foster, president of Noble House Hotels & Resorts (www.noblehousehotels.com) has appointed Don Dennis general manager of University Tower Hotel, the companys latest addition to its collection of 12 boutique styled hotels and resorts, located across the United States. Karl Kruger, general manager of The Edgewater, Noble House Hotels & Resorts other Seattle hotel, has been named managing director-Seattle, looking after both The Edgewater and University T...
Carlson Hotels Worldwide Names Doug Abbott Vice President of Sales for the Americas Region / December 2005...
April 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Carlson Hotels Worldwide Names Doug Abbott Vice President of Sales for the Americas Region MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Dec. 20, 2005) ---- Carlson Hotels Worldwide today announced that Doug Abbott has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Sales for the Americas region. In his new role, Abbott will be responsible for both developing and implementing sales strategies and leading the region's sales team for the company's brands, which include Regent International Hotels, Radisson Hotels & Resorts®, Park Plazasm Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites By Carlsonsm and Park Inn...
