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Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association Balancing Donations with Efforts to Book Displaced Conventions / 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. 6, 2005 - Twenty-four hours after Hurricane Katrina flattened New Orleans and much of the rest of the Gulf Coast, phones started ringing at the Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association. Fall is the peak of Southern states' convention season and now scores of organizations face moving or canceling their events. "Six major convention groups are in play right now and we suspect we're going to get a lot more," said Rick Hughes, association president. ...
Janis Cannon Named Vice President, Brand Management, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, the Americas / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Janis Cannon Named Vice President, Brand Management, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, the Americas ATLANTA (Sept. 27, 2005) - InterContinental Hotels Group has named Janis Cannon, vice president, Brand Management, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, the Americas. In her new role, Cannon is responsible for overseeing and driving the successful implementation of marketing strategies and tactical marketing programs for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts in the Americas to support its short- and long-term growth and profitability objectives. She will develop overall profit growth strategies, in...
Jack Burkam Named General Manager for the Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort Near Cumberland, MD / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Jack Burkam Named General Manager for the Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort Near Cumberland, MD CUMBERLAND, Md. and MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 16, 2005 - Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. today announced the appointment of Jack Burkam as General Manager for the Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort near Cumberland, MD. This unique resort sits on the shore of a pristine 243-acre lake in a beautiful forested area, and boasts Marylands only Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. Mr. Burkam has an extensive hospitality industry background that spans some 20 years. He joins Crestline from Mirbeau Properties whe...
MonteLago Village Resort, Lake Las Vegas, Appoints Jan Baird Sales Manager / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report MonteLago Village Resort, Lake Las Vegas, Appoints Jan Baird Sales Manager Lake Las Vegas, Nev. (September, 2005) -- MonteLago Village Resort, Lake Las Vegas, has appointed Jan Baird as its newest Sales Manager responsible for corporate, government, and association groups, and their related meetings and conferences. Jan will also be working with leisure and incentive groups including golf, spa, and reunions. In addition, Jan will be visiting local businesses to identify their meeting and hospitality needs and to introduce MonteLago Village Resort as the newest lodging option at La...
Interstate Signs Management Contract to Operate the 402-room Radisson Plaza Hotel Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Will Convert the Hotel to the Sherat
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Interstate Signs Management Contract to Operate the 402-room Radisson Plaza Hotel Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Will Convert the Hotel to the Sheraton Flag ARLINGTON, Va., September 28, 2005Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR), the nations largest independent hotel management company, today announced that it has signed a management contract to operate the 402-room Radisson Plaza Hotel Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Interstate will assume management on September 28, 2005, and immediately convert the hotel to the Sheraton flag. The hotels new name will be Sheraton Myrtle Beac...
HSMAI's 5th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Set for San Francisco, CA, Dec. 7, 2005 / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report HSMAI's 5th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference Set for San Francisco, CA, Dec. 7, 2005 MCLEAN, VA (Sept. 14, 2005) Effective Internet Marketing in a Global Marketplace will be on tap as expert speakers and panelists gather for the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Internationals (HSMAI) 5th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference to be held in San Francisco, CA, at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. Timed in conjunction with HEDNA 2005, the Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference is an intensive full-day forum designed to bring leadi...
Carpionato Properties Inc. Planning a $40-million 200-room InterContinental Hotel in Downtown Providence; Condos on the Upper Floors to Finance the
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Andrea L. Stape, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 10, 2005 - Another hotel project may be in the works for downtown Providence. Carpionato Properties Inc. of Johnston, is buying a small triangle of land from the city for $2.8 million. The developer is planning to build a $40-million, 15-story high-end hotel with condominiums on the property, according to John Kokot, executive vice president for Carpionato. The land is bounded by Memorial Boulevard and Exchange Street and is directly across Steepl...
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Details Workforce Relief Fund and Payroll Details for 1,150 Team Members Affected by Hurricane Katrina / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Details Workforce Relief Fund and Payroll Details for 1,150 Team Members Affected by Hurricane Katrina BOSSIER CITY, La., Sept. 4, 2005 - Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISLE) today announced that Hurricane Katrina affected all of Isle's 1,150 team members on the Gulf Coast and the company is committed to providing general emergency assistance to its workforce. The Isle of Capri Relief Fund, headed by former Isle president Jack Gallaway, has been established with an initial $500,000 grant from the company. Additional contributions will be accepted at any Isle...
FEMA Sets Up Shop in The Imperial Palace-Biloxi, Hotel Weathered Hurrican Better than the Other Dozen Casino Hotels in the Gulf / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 2, 2005 - The Imperial Palace Mississippi hotel and casino in Biloxi, Miss., weathered Hurricane Katrina better than the rest of the dozen hotel/casinos in the Gulf city and is being used by FEMA as a headquarters in disaster relief. The Imperial is owned by the family of the late Ralph Engelstad, the Thief River Falls native who built casinos in Las Vegas and Biloxi, as well as the hockey arenas in Grand Forks and Thief River Falls. Mississippi law re...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report A Wide Range of Educational Offerings and Entertainment Planned for the 35,000 Lodging and Foodservice Professionals Attending the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show Starting November 12, 2005 at New York Citys Jacob K. Javits Convention Center WHITE PLAINS, NY, September 16, 2005 From a new after-hours networking party to a demonstration of cooking techniques and an inspirational keynote by a courageous Rwandan hotelier, a wide range of educational offerings and entertainment has been planned for the benefit of the 35,000 lodging and foodservice professionals attending the Inte...
Estimated 200 Technology Companies Bringing their Products to the 2005 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Estimated 200 Technology Companies Bringing their Products to the 2005 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® WHITE PLAINS, NY, September 27, 2005 Keeping ahead of the explosive growth of technology in the hospitality industry, the 2005 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® (IH/M&RS) will offer the largest number of technology exhibitors in five years, as well as a full schedule of tech-related educational seminars, a Technology Innovation Center and an eBusiness Center. An estimated 200 technology companies will bring their products to the show -- Saturday, November 12, through...
Continental Development Corporation Building a 550 room InterContinental Hotel Near San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Continental Development Corporation Building a 550 room InterContinental Hotel Near San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center ATLANTA, Sept. 21, 2005 - InterContinental Hotels Group plans to open its latest InterContinental Hotels & Resorts property in San Francisco. The new InterContinental San Francisco will join its sister hotel, the InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco, in the City by the Bay. Located in San Francisco's South of Market Area (SOMA), the InterContinental San Francisco will be at the corner of Howard and Fifth streets and adjacent to the new Moscone West Convention Ce...
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Sells Nine Hotels in Australia and New Zealand to Eureka Funds Management Ltd for £164 million in Cash / Septe
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Sells Nine Hotels in Australia and New Zealand to Eureka Funds Management Ltd for £164 million in Cash Singapore, 1 September 2005 InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ( IHG ) today announced it has sold nine hotels in Australia and New Zealand to Eureka Funds Management Ltd ( Eureka ), for A$390 million (£164 million) in cash (before transaction costs), above the net book value of A$315 million (£133 million). IHG has also sold a further hotel, Holiday Inn Suva to FNPF Investment Limited (FIL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fiji National Provident ...
Intrawest Corporation Reports Net income of $32.6 million for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2005; Results of Abercrombie & Kent During First Year of Owne
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Intrawest Corporation Reports Net income of $32.6 million for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2005; Results of Abercrombie & Kent During First Year of Ownership Exceeds Expectations All dollar amounts are in U.S. currency Further execution of real estate joint venture business model delivers positive free cash flow Geographic and business line diversification provides offsets to impact of adverse winter weather at British Columbia ski operations VANCOUVER, Sept. 12, 2005 - Intrawest Corporation, one of the world's leading destination resort and adventure-travel companies, a...
Michael Smith, General Manager of the Hyatt Regency in Downtown New Orleans, Has Some Stories to Tell / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Susannah A. Nesmith, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 4, 2005 - NEW ORLEANS -- It's the place where you can get hot scrambled eggs, when there are no eggs, where the phone lines occasionally work, when there are no phone lines, where the elevators even go up and down, sometimes. The Hyatt Regency in downtown New Orleans has joined a long line of hotels around the world in which journalists, government officials and emergency personnel have congregated to weather a crisis and manage -- or cover -- the response. ...
Houston Hotels Bracing for Another Wave of Evacuees / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 20, 2005 - Hotels throughout the area are bracing for another wave of evacuees as Hurricane Rita bears down on the Texas coast. While hotels here are mostly full, largely because of Hurricane Katrina victims, a major convention scheduled for this weekend has been postponed, opening up a large block of rooms downtown and in the Galleria area. The Texas Association of School Boards and Texas Association of School Administrators decided Tuesday to reschedule their convention for later ...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Unsettled Spirits Rattle the Halls Inside Some of Americas Oldest Hotels WASHINGTON, D.C., September 29, 2005 As the cool, autumn air rattles the leaves outside, unsettled spirits rattle the halls inside some of Americas oldest hotels. A stay at one of the National Trust Historic Hotels of America member hotels means experiencing fine service and first-class amenities, but for some it may also mean encounters of the supernatural kind. The Historic Hotels of America roster includes properties that date back to the 1600s, some of which host guests who just cant seem to leave. Kitchen C...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, a Joint Venture of The Walt Disney Company and the Government of the Hong Kong SAR Opens; Includes the 400 room Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel and the 600 room Disneys Hollywood Hotel HONG KONG, Sept. 9, 2005 - Dumbo gleams. Brass fittings sparkle on the horseless carriages of Main Street, U.S.A. Mickey Mouse's tux is pressed to perfection. Even the rocket ships of Space Mountain are poised for the stars. All is in eager readiness for the dawning of a new frontier in family entertainment in China. Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is about to open. ...
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong Opens within the International Financial Centre / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong Opens Within the International Financial Centre TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2005 - Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world's leading luxury hotel company, is pleased to announce the opening of Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, the second of three planned properties in China and a significant addition to the brand's growing Asian portfolio. "Four Seasons has made dramatic entry into another of the world's great cultural and business centres, heralding a new generation of luxury hotels in Hong Kong," said Wolf Hengst, president, worldwide hotel operations, Four Seasons Hotels a...
InterContinental Hotels Group Develops Two New Niche Hotel Concepts, a Repositioning of the Holiday Inn Select and a new Holidome® Recreation Cent
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report InterContinental Hotels Group Develops Two New Niche Hotel Concepts, a Repositioning of the Holiday Inn Select and a New HolidomeRecreation Center Model LAS VEGAS, Sept. 21, 2005 - From its annual Americas Investors and Leadership Conference, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today unveils two niche hotel concepts within the Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts family of brands geared towards Generation X and families. Holiday Inn is repositioning its Holiday Inn Select® line extension for Generation X and is introducing a new Holidome® Recreation Center model for family leisure travelers. Th...
The 40-storey Hilton Nanjing Voted the Most Beautiful High Rise in Nanjing / September 5, 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The 40-storey Hilton Nanjing Voted the Most Beautiful High Rise in Nanjing September 26, 2005 Nanjing, China --- The 40-storey Hilton Nanjing has been awarded the best designed high rise building in the city of Nanjing by a key local newspaper through public appraisal. As one of the local leading papers, with a circulation of more than 500,000 copies, the Jinling Evening Newspaper launched a public activity called "Vote the most beautiful high rise in Nanjing" in August 2005. From the very beginning of their nomination, the Hilton Nanjing was one of the hottest properties. Many local citizen...
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Contributing $6 million to Katrina Relief Efforts / September 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Contributing $6 million to Katrina Relief Efforts $2.5 Million Goes to Rebuild Local Non-Profits LOS ANGELES - Sept. 9, 2005 -- The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, one of the nation's largest philanthropic organizations, is contributing $6 million to Katrina relief efforts, including $2.5 million to area foundations to rebuild non-profit organizations in the region. The foundation board allocated $2.5 million to the Salvation Army; $1 million to the American Red Cross; $1.5 million to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, now also receiving funds on behalf of the...
Hilton Hotels Corporation Reports Status of Hotels Affected by Hurricane Katrina; Establishes Employee Relief Fund / September 5, 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton Hotels Corporation Reports Status of Hotels Affected by Hurricane Katrina; Establishes Employee Relief Fund BEVERLY HILLS, Calif - Sept. 2, 2005 -- Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE:HLT - News) continues to monitor the status of Hilton, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hampton, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton hotels in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. "Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with those impacted by the tragic events of the past week," said Stephen Bollenbach, co-chairman and chief executive officer, Hilton Hotels Corporation. "The outpouring of offer...
A Chance for You to Respond: Katrina Employee Relief Fund Set up by Highpointe Hotel Corporation / September 5, 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report A Chance for You to Respond: Katrina Employee Relief Fund Set up by Highpointe Hotel Corporation Gulf Breeze, FL -- September 12, 2005 Highpointe Hotel Corporation, a Gulf Breeze, Florida-based company that operates five Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn and Suites properties in New Orleans, announced today it has created the Hampton Inns of New Orleans Employee Relief Fund. The fund, established through Whitney Bank in Pensacola, Florida, will accept donations for hotel employees and their families who were affected by Hurricane Katrina, and assist them by providing resources for food and sh...
