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A New Build St. Regis Hotel Under Development in Mexico City; Architect Cesar Pelli Designing the 189 room and 100 Private Residence Building / Septem
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report A New Build St. Regis Hotel Under Development in Mexico City; Architect Cesar Pelli Designing the 189 room and 100 Private Residence Building WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Sept. 29, 2005 -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announced today plans to build the first St. Regis Hotel in Latin America. Scheduled to open in 2007, the St. Regis Hotel, Mexico City is owned by Grupo 1818, a group of several prominent Mexican real estate investors and developed by Ideurban Consultores, one of the largest real estate development companies in Mexico. When it debuts, the St. Regis H...
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March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Spa Industry Study: What Happens When Guests Phone It In September 28, 2005 - Coyle Hospitality Group recently conducted 200 reservation calls to upscale spas throughout the United States in an effort to benchmark the quality of the initial encounter many guests have with a spa. Forty-four states were represented. All spas were scored using 24 service benchmarks designed by CHG staff. These service benchmarks indicate performance in Service, Hospitality, Attention to Detail, and Revenue Generation. Results are available in aggregate form only, with individual spa data remaining confid...
Searching for Hotel Software?; A Guide to Finding and Purchasing the Right Property Management System / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Searching for Hotel Software? A Guide to Finding and Purchasing the Right Property Management System Chicago - (September 2005) - Whether you are an independent hotel, a franchise property, or a multiple hotel corporation, choosing technology can be challenging and risky. You must identify a software solution that meets your business goals, operational needs, system infrastructure, and human resource capabilities. The combination of these components makes your hotel unique, and requires software that is equally so. There are many solutions available from high-quality software vendors. I...
The Sofitel Los Angeles Undergoing a $35 million Extreme Makeover / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Sofitel Los Angeles Undergoing a $35 million Extreme Makeover World-Class Designers, a Celebrity Chef and a Leading Bar & Lounge Operator Come Together to Transform the Hotel Into One of LA's Most Vibrant Locales LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2005 - Sofitel, the prestige brand of Accor hotels, announced today that the Sofitel Los Angeles will undergo a $35 million transformation, fusing French sophistication with the energetic pulse of Hollywood. Sofitel Los Angeles has engaged designers Cheryl Rowley and Yabu Pushelberg, celebrated chef Kerry Simon and nightlife pione...
Accor Opening Sofitel Hotels in Guangzhou and Shanghai / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Accor Opening Sofitel Hotels in Guangzhou and Shanghai BANGKOK, 21 September, 2005 Accor continues its rapid expansion in China with the signing of management agreements for three hotels, including two new Sofitels, in the Shanghai area and in Guangzhou. Sofitel Guangzhou will be Accors first Sofitel in one of southern Chinas main commercial hubs. Located right in the citys central business district, the 470-room, 28-storey hotel will be part of a one-block development that will include an adjacent 60-storey office building. The hotel is scheduled to open in late 2007 with th...
FelCor's 430 room Sheraton Park Central in Dallas Housing and Feeding Employees of the Sheraton New Orleans, W French Quarter and W New Orleans
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Cheryl Hall, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 18, 2005 - HOTEL HOME TO 633 GUESTS, 633 STORIES: Ray Hammer has a full hotel that he's urgently trying to empty. But first he has to help his 630 guests at the Sheraton Park Central reconstruct lives ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Hammer, 47, is general manager of the Sheraton on LBJ Freeway and the adjacent Westin Park Central on Merit Drive. New York-based Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. operates the hotels, which are owned by Irving-based FelCor Lodgi...
Senate Hospitality Group Selected to Manage the Proposed Riverwalk Resort and Convention Center in Orange Beach, Alabama / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Senate Hospitality Group Selected to Manage the Proposed Riverwalk Resort and Convention Center in Orange Beach, Alabama Orange Beach, Alabama, September 28, 2005 Riverwalk Orange Beach is pleased to announce Senate Hospitality Group (SHG) has been chosen to manage the Riverwalk Resort and Convention Center. SHG has an extensive background in hospitality and entertainment management with over 125 years of experience in the industry. They have been involved in the creation and development of over 75 hotels and resorts that are ranked by AAA as 3 Star and above. They also managed th...
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March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report When Times Get Tough Get Tougher! Sell Harder Before You Cave-in on Rates By: Neil Salerno September 2005 When times get tough, natural human tendency tempts hoteliers to reduce rates in order to drive more business. At least thats the general idea. Over and over again, this can of worms rears its ugly head every time there is a dip in occupancy. Caution use some serious thought and harder selling before you cave-in on rates. If you dont you may be setting yourself up for longer term disappointment. Its a common belief that reducing ones rate will radically improve occup...
SECURE-RES Reservation System For Navy Lodge (DON) Program Meets With Success / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report SECURE-RES Reservation System For Navy Lodge (DON) Program Meets With Success Jacksonville, FL(September 14, 2005)Since going live in April, a nationwide web-based reservations system created by SECURE-RES for the Navy Lodge Program has met with tremendous success, resulting in over 1,088 reservations, 3,979 room nights and $367,000 in revenues for participating hoteliers. The Navy Lodge Program provides accommodations for traveling members of the military, their families and other authorized patrons. The SECURE-RES system is used by the Navy Lodges Jacksonville, Florida call-center st...
Search Engine Marketing in Hospitality / Max Starkov and Jason Price / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Search Engine Marketing in Hospitality By Max Starkov and Jason Price, September 2005 Search engine marketing is an essential component of the hotel direct online distribution strategy. According to Forrester research about 80% of overall website visits begin in a search engine or a directory service. Many other surveys also show that up to 85% of Internet users rely on search engines to locate relevant information on the Web (e.g. Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc). Search marketing is an extremely dynamic field. Search algorithms change, new search techniques and formats introduced, new search servic...
TravelCLICK Names New CFO and CIO / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report TravelCLICK Names New CFO and CIO CHICAGO (September 7, 2005) TravelCLICK Inc., a leading provider of hotel e-commerce solutions, today announced the appointment of Scott Smith to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Todd Hinkel to Chief Information Officer. Mr. Smith will report directly to TravelCLICK President and CEO, Robert Post. Mr. Hinkel will report to TravelCLICK Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Bzdawka. Mr. Smith has over 25 years of executive financial, operating and investment experience in a wide variety of industries including technology-based business services compani...
A $300 million Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort, Hotel & Retail Shops Planned Near the Kansas Speedway in Wyandotte County / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 16, 2005 -- Two competitors are welcoming the proposed Schlitterbahn Vacation Village and waterpark to the Kansas City market. In interviews Thursday, officials at Oceans of Fun and Great Wolf Lodge said the ambitious $300 million waterpark resort, hotel and retail shops planned for 300 acres just east of Interstate 435 and Kansas Speedway in Wyandotte County would add to the region's rapidly growing tourism and draw more business for everyone. "Villa...
Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. Selling the Marriott Schaumburg for Approximately $23.9 million, or $60,000 per room to the Procaccianti Group / Septemb
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. Selling the Marriott Schaumburg for Approximately $23.9 million, or $60,000 per room to the Procaccianti Group CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2005 - Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SLH) today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with The Procaccianti Group to sell the Marriott Schaumburg for approximately $23.9 million, or $60,000 per room. The 398-room property contributed $3.6 million of EBITDA on a trailing twelve-month basis. The transaction, subject to customary closing conditions, is anticipated to close during the fourth quarter. The hotel is ...
Couples Resorts Acquires the Sans Souci Resort & Spa in Jamaica; Pierre Paul Battaglia Continues as General Manager / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Couples Resorts Acquires the Sans Souci Resort & Spa in Jamaica; Pierre Paul Battaglia Continues as General Manager Ocho Rios, Jamaica September 23, 2005 Couples Resorts has recently acquired the Sans Souci Resort & Spa, located at White River, St. Mary, Jamaica and announced that the highly respected Sans Soucis General Manager, Pierre Paul Battaglia, will continue his tenure at the resort known as the Jewel of Jamaica. Couples Resorts will add the resort to its already existing trio of Couples Swept Away, Couples Negril and Couples Ocho Rios. . Pierre Paul Battaglia Ori...
Sales & Marketing Disciplines Undergo Changes, Experts Declare End to Normal, Redefine Rules at HSMAI, NYU Industry Strategy Conference / September 20
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Sales & Marketing Disciplines Undergo Changes, Experts Declare End to Normal, Redefine Rules at HSMAI, NYU Industry Strategy Conference Laurence S. Geller Provides First-hand View of Recovery Efforts in New Orleans NEW YORK, NY (Sept. 26, 2005) Laurence S. Geller, president and CEO of Direct Strategic Hotel Capital, told attendees at the recent Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)/NYU Industry Strategy Conference that: Its a time for serious urban planning, not for ad hoc rebuilding. There needs to be some cohesive leader to p...
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March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Nobody Asked Me, But . By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC September 27, 2005 1. If you read the hotel trade press regularly, you would think that hotel franchisors owned and operated all the hotels in their system. Their advertising campaigns stress the improvement in amenities like wireless HSIA and new beds. They talk about tightening standards and strengthening the brand. But they never mention that the costs for these amenity improvements are borne solely by the franchisees (owners of the hotels) and not by the franchisors (providers of reservation systems without any fiduciary ...
The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Books 2,229,979 Room Nights (925 Convention Groups) Over the Next 16 Years / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Books 2,229,979 Room Nights (925 Convention Groups) Over the Next 16 Years September 27, 2005 - The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) has just completed a record-breaking fiscal year (2004/2005) in which they booked 925 convention groups, representing a total of 2,229,979 hotel room nights over the next 16 years. The citywide economic impact of these bookings is estimated at $1.4 billion. Another 1,837 groups, representing a potential 5,410,979 room nights, were added on a tentative basis through 2028. "San Francisco's c...
ResortQuest Names Scott Bunce Territory Vice President for the Western Region / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report ResortQuest Names Scott Bunce Territory Vice President for the Western Region NASHVILLE, Tenn. September 20, 2005 ResortQuest, the nations largest vacation rental property company, has named Scott Bunce territory vice president for the Western region. Bunce will be responsible for the management of marketing and operations for the company in North Americas top ski destinations. With vast experience in property management working with Destination Hotels and Resorts and Intrawest Destination Hotels, the role of territory vice president of the Western region is tailor made to what ...
Sentry Hospitality Ltd Developing $60 million 250 room Hotel and Conference Center in New Jersey, Just Across Delaware River from the Philadelphia I
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Henry J. Holcomb, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 28, 2005 - A New York developer with Philadelphia roots will announce today that his firm will build a resort community along the Delaware River in New Jersey with an executive conference center, restaurants and residences. The Riverwinds complex, scheduled to open in late 2007, will be next to the RiverWinds Community Center and the 7,100-yard public golf course that opened in 2002 in West Deptford Township, Gloucester County, directly across the river fro...
The RIU Chain Opens the 856 room ClubHotel Riu Ocho Ríos, its Third All-inclusive Resort in Jamaica / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The RIU Chain Opens the 856 room ClubHotel Riu Ocho Ríos, its Third All-inclusive Resort in Jamaica September 23, 2005 - RIU will open its third resort in Jamaica in October, 2005. ClubHotel Riu Ocho Rios, the chains largest resort, will have 856 rooms and feature RIUs world-famous all-inclusive formula. The RIU chain will open ClubHotel Riu Ocho Ríos, its third resort in Jamaica and the chain's largest, with a total of 856 rooms and its all-inclusive formula, on October 28, 2005. The resort is a small, authentic holiday city with 90,000 sq m of gardens and a wide array of services,...
Restaurant Pagers that Flash, Vibrate or Beep May be Getting Some New Bells and Whistles / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Karen Robinson-Jacobs, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 29, 2005 - Restaurant coaster pagers -- those clunky hunks of plastic that flash, vibrate and/or beep when your table is ready -- are getting some new bells and whistles. After changing the technology little since the mid-1990s, makers are now hawking souped-up models that can do everything from tell time to play electronic games. And some firms are trying to expand their use beyond restaurant lobbies to stores, health care facilities and other pl...
The 6th Annual Resort Management Conference Set for Mar. 19-21, 2006 at the Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The 6th Annual Resort Management Conference Set for March 19-21, 2006 at the Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina MCLEAN, VA (Sept. 19, 2005) Dates are set for the 6th Annual Resort Management Conference, presented by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), the University of Denver School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM) and the International Resort Managers Association (IRMA) Mar. 19-21, 2006 at the Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina. In an intensive two-day period, resort professionals will have the unique opportunity to network,...
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Sells the Residence Inn Pittsburgh to Apple Six Hospitality Ownership, Inc. for $11 million / September 2005...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Interstate Hotels & Resorts Sells the Residence Inn Pittsburgh to Apple Six Hospitality Ownership, Inc. for $11 million ARLINGTON, Va., September 7, 2005Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR), the nations largest independent hotel management company, today announced that it had completed the previously announced sale of the Residence Inn Pittsburgh to Apple Six Hospitality Ownership, Inc. for $11 million. OConnell Hospitality Group LLC acted as broker on the transaction. The company used approximately $2.9 million of the net sale proceeds to pay down its senior term loan. The rem...
Red Lion Hotels Launches New Brand Image and Outlines Growth Initiatives; New Corporate Name, New Look Reinforce Brand Revitalization / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Red Lion Hotels Launches New Brand Image and Outlines Growth Initiatives; New Corporate Name, New Look Reinforce Brand Revitalization SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 20, 2005 - WestCoast Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: WEH) today announced an aggressive growth plan to expand Red Lion Hotels into over 100 markets in the next five years. Leveraging its strength in the Western U.S. market, the initial focus will be to expand the brand into new cities in California, Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota and Texas. To reflect its commitment to the revitalized brand and outwardly portray its new energy, the company...
