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The $100+ million 401 suite Great Wolf Lodge at Paramount's Kings Island Now Under Construction / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The $100+ million 401 suite Great Wolf Lodge at Paramount's Kings Island Now Under Construction MASON, Ohio - Aug. 18, 2005--Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. held an official groundbreaking ceremony today, commemorating construction of the $100+ million family resort destination being built adjacent to Paramount's Kings Island. The four-story, log-sided, northwoods themed resort is scheduled to open in late 2006. Once complete, the 401-suite Great Wolf Lodge will feature a gigantic, year-round, indoor waterpark standing 90-feet tall from floor to ceiling. The 84-degree waterpark will house six pool...
Graves Hospitality Corporation Appoints Scott Fischburg and Shawn Nayyar to Vice Presdent Positions / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Graves Hospitality Corporation Appoints Scott Fischburg and Shawn Nayyar to Vice Presdent Positions MINNEAPOLIS August 4, 2005 Graves Hotels.Resorts., the new hotel division launched last week by Minneapolis-based Graves Hospitality Corporation, today announced the promotions of Scott Fischburg to Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Shawn Nayyar to Vice President of Hotel Operations. Both corporate-level positions have overall responsibility for the companys portfolio of hotels and resorts throughout the U.S., including the newly rebranded graves| 601 hotel Minneapolis and futu...
Hotel Owner Jeff Vander Wolk Employee Bonus Program Makes Running the Governors Inn in Santa Fe Very Easy / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Kathaleen Roberts, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 30, 2005 - SANTA FE, N.M. - The first year the Inn of the Governors launched its employment laboratory in downtown Santa Fe, its human guinea pigs took home $3,000 bonuses. This year, those employees will likely fetch $4,500 in profit sharing. "It makes running a business very easy," hotel owner and chief researcher Jeff Vander Wolk said. "You have a wonderful rapport with your people." It also makes sound business sense, he maintained. ...
Three Marquee Golf Projects, Collectively Costing $1 billion, Nearing Completion in Sarasota, Florida Area: Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, The Conc
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 9, 2005 - Developers of three marquee golf projects under way in the two-county area are seeing green - and not just from their collective $1 billion investment. In Sarasota, The Founders Club is already open for play. At the exclusive Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed course, club officials have filled 101 memberships. The club will limit its equity membership to 275. Development and construction is under way on 262 home sites. Residents will likely be...
Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Installs The Concierge Assistant Software; Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Installs The Concierge Assistant Software / Aug 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Installs The Concierge Assistant Software Security key concern for ultra-luxury spa resort that tracks guest preferences for elite guests, celebrities and former presidents Agoura Hills, California August 9, 2005 -- The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, a 225-room luxury spa resort on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, installed The Concierge Assistant software system from Gold Key Solutions to automate its signature guest service operation, Gold Key announced today. The software application allows property staff to automatically and securely create profiles of ea...
Guest Service Crests at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa With the Help of GoConcierge; Web-based Solution has Ripple Effect on Concie
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Guest Service Crests at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa With the Help of GoConcierge . Web-based Solution has Ripple Effect on Concierge Operations, Guest Satisfaction LOS ANGELESAugust 16, 2005Concierges at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa, a luxurious oceanfront property in Southern California, are providing superior guest service in a highly efficient, paperless manner with the help of GoConcierge, the lodging industrys leading concierge operations solution. Web-based GoConcierge is produced by GoConcierge.net, Los Angeles. I know it has made ...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Global Update: Whos Where and Doing What August/September 2005 Heads Above the Rest The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm The Americas Jean-Jacques Pergant has been named Co-President of the newly created LXR Luxury Resorts formed by Blackstone Real Estate Advisors following their acquisition of Wyndham International. The group combines the top eleven Wyndham properties (mostly luxury resorts including El Conquistador and the Boulders) with the former Boca Resorts and New York's Rhiga Royal. Pergant shares the presidency with Joseph Berger, while John Tolbert is named Pres...
German Hoteliers Struggle to Maintain Growth at the Same Levels During the First Six Months of 2005; RevPAR Up Just 1.2% / Deloitte / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report German Hoteliers Struggle to Maintain Growth at the Same Levels During the First Six Months of 2005; RevPAR Up Just 1.2% August 2005 - German hotel performance was looking good the end of 2004, with revenue per available room (revPAR) up 4.7% - the second highest rate of growth reported by any country in Europe. However, latest results from the HotelBenchmark Survey by Deloitte show that German hoteliers have struggled to maintain growth at the same levels during the first six months of this year, with revPAR up just 1.2%. With the Confederation Cup games complete, a potential election loom...
Gary Selesner Named President of Caesars Palace / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Gary Selesner Named President of Caesars Palace LAS VEGAS - Aug. 8, 2005 -- Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) announced today that Gary Selesner has been named President of Caesars Palace. A 21-year veteran of the gaming industry, Selesner previously served as Caesars Palace's general manager. Selesner will have responsibility for the property's day-to-day operations, and report to Tom Jenkin, president of Harrah's Western Division. "Gary has had a distinguished career, including leadership positions for a broad range of markets, properties and brands," Jenkin said. "His expertise...
Benchmark Appoints Four Executives to the Senior Leadership Team at the French Lick Springs Resort and Casino / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Benchmark Appoints Four Executives to the Senior Leadership Team at the French Lick Springs Resort and Casino THE WOODLANDS (HOUSTON), TEXAS, August 2005 - Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the appointment of four key executives to the Senior Leadership Team at the historic French Lick Springs Resort and Casino, located in French Lick, Indiana. Benchmark assumed management of the resort in April of this year. French Lick Springs Resort and Casino is part of a $240 million restoration and development program, which includes the historic resort, the equally historic West Baden ...
The Hines Co. Planning a Hotel Conference Center with 280 rooms and 45 Condominiums on Lake Grapevine in Flower Mound, Texas / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Hines Co. Planning a Hotel Conference Center with 280 rooms and 45 Condominiums on Lake Grapevine in Flower Mound, Texas By Andrea Jares, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27, 2005 - Construction on a 16-story conference hotel on Lake Grapevine, with 280 rooms and 45 condominium residences, could start early next year, the president of the company planning the project said Friday. For years, a hotel has been planned for the Lakeside DFW business park in Flower Mound. The Hines Co., which has built skyscrapers and corporate headquarters, aims to get t...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Twenty-three Finalists and the Designer of the Year the Starwood Design Group Named for the 25th Annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design WHITE PLAINS, NY, August 9, 2005 Twenty-three competition finalists and the Designer of the Year the Starwood Design Group have been named for the 25th annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design. Represented by 15 design firms, the finalists were selected from more than 170 entries, and include properties from Canada, England, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and the United States. T...
Time-share Giant Fairfield Resorts Being Sued; Buyers Contend Their Purchases of Fairfield Vacation Time in Recent Years have Proved Virtually Worth
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Jerry W. Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 13, 2005 - Fairfield Resorts is being sued by time-share buyers in federal court in Orlando seeking class-action status for thousands of people who have purchased vacation time from the Orlando-based time-share giant. Fairfield, which is owned by the Cendant Corp., is the nation's largest time-share company and has been in business since 1966, growing to become a more than $500 million a year powerhouse in competition with Marriott, Hilton and other brands...
Fairfield Resorts in Williamsburg, Va. Subject of Overtime Lawsuit Filed by 44 Immigrant Workers; Dispute Involves Independent Contractor vs Employe
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Carol Scott, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 17, 2005 - WILLIAMSBURG -- More than 40 workers from Mongolia, Slovakia, Russia and Ukraine are suing Fairfield Resorts Inc. and five companies that staff the resorts, saying they are owed three years in overtime pay for regularly working up to 85 hours per week at three Williamsburg-area resorts. Workers had to pay a deposit sometimes $300, sometimes two weeks of wages to companies owned by Bob Nunnery and Michailo Sandulyak for permission to work at Fairf...
Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Which Manages 65 Hotels Around the World, Reports Net Income of $15.8 million for the 2nd Qtr Ended June 30, 2005 Up from a P
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Which Manages 65 Hotels Around the World, Reports Net Income of $15.8 million for the 2nd Qtr Ended June 30, 2005 Up from a Profit of $12.8 million in the Year-earlier Hotel Operating Statistics TORONTO, Aug. 11, 2005 - Four Seasons Hotels Inc. (TSX Symbol "FSH.SV"; NYSE Symbol "FS") today reported its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005. As previously announced, effective the first quarter of 2005, we have adopted US dollars as our reporting currency. All amounts disclosed in this news release (including amounts for prior periods) are in US dollars...
FFC Capital Corporation Joint Ventures with Waterford Hospitality Group, LLC to Purchase the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts / August 200
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report FFC Capital Corporation Joint Ventures with Waterford Hospitality Group, LLC to Purchase the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts PITTSBURGH - Aug. 2, 2005 -- FFC Capital Corporation announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Waterford Hospitality Group, LLC to purchase the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The newly formed partnership, FFC/Waterford Marlboro Holding, LLC, which is owned 90% by FFC Capital Corporation and 10% by Waterford Hospitality Group, LLC, took ownership of the hotel on August 1. Waterford Hotel Group, Inc., an affiliate of Waterford...
Francois Chopinet Appointed General Manager of the InterContinental Carlton Cannes / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Francois Chopinet Appointed General Manager of the InterContinental Carlton Cannes CANNES, FRANCE (August 26, 2005) Francois Chopinet has been appointed General Manager of the illustrious InterContinental Carlton Cannes. In his new role, Chopinets responsibilities will include increasing the stature of the famed hotel, a favorite among countless dignitaries and celebrities. Chopinet is an InterContinental veteran with more than 25 years experience within the InterContinental Hotels Group, having held the position of General Manager at the InterContinental Geneva (his prior appointm...
FelCor Lodging Trust Reports a Net Loss of $4.7 million Applicable to Common Stockholders for 2nd Qtr 2005; Surrenders Five Limited Service Hotels to
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report FelCor Lodging Trust Reports a Net Loss of $4.7 million Applicable to Common Stockholders for 2nd Qtr 2005 . Surrenders Five Limited Service Hotels to their Mortgage Holders IRVING, Texas, Aug. 3, 2005 - FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (NYSE: FCH), one of the nation's largest hotel real estate investment trusts (REITs), today reported operating results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2005. Highlights: Second Quarter Results: Same-Store EBITDA increased to $80 million in the second quarter of 2005, from $68 million in the same period of 2004, a 17 percent increase. ...
Intercontinental, Expedia, Starwood, Cendant, Yahoo! and More Assess the Future of Online Travel Distribution / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Intercontinental, Expedia, Starwood, Cendant, Yahoo! and More Assess the Future of Online Travel Distribution August 8, 2005 - Top executives representing the leading hospitality companies and distributors will share their wealth of experience, knowledge and expert predictions at EyeforTravels annual Travel Distribution Summit USA. The Travel Distribution Summit USA is the fastest and cheapest way to form profitable new distribution partnerships, strengthen old alliances, take a peek at the future and ensure your pricing, sales and marketing strategies are on track Tim Gunstone, ...
Survey Finds 14 Hotel Suites Costing Over US$10,000 Per Night / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Survey Finds 14 Hotel Suites Costing Over US$ 10,000 Per Night 2005 List Selected by Celebrity Panel of Elite Travelers and the Magazine's Editors NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2005 - While other travel magazines use the summer to announce their lists of top rated hotels and resorts, Elite Traveler, the worldwide luxury lifestyle magazine distributed onboard private jets and mega-yachts, announced its selection of the 101 Most Decadent Suites in the World. "Our readers are spending on average $147,000 this summer on hotels, resorts and spas, and in a typical stay, they take two suites and two regular...
Equity Inns, Inc. Acquires a Homewood Suites and a Hampton Inn in Peabody, Massachusetts from Paramount Hotel Group for $15.2 million, or $74,000 per
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Equity Inns, Inc. Acquires a Homewood Suites and a Hampton Inn in Peabody, Massachusetts from Paramount Hotel Group for $15.2 million, or $74,000 per Room GERMANTOWN, Tenn. - Aug. 17, 2005 -- Equity Inns, Inc. (NYSE: ENN), a hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase two Hilton branded hotels for $15.2 million, or $74,000 per room. This purchase price includes an additional investment of $1.1 million for the refurbishment of the hotels. Acquisition of the hotels will follow the satisfactory completion of due diligen...
Equity Inns, Inc. Acquiring Four Midwest Hotels for Approximately $25.9 million, or $69,000 Per Room / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Equity Inns, Inc. Acquiring Four Midwest Hotels for Approximately $25.9 million, or $69,000 Per Room GERMANTOWN, Tenn. - Aug. 23, 2005 -- Equity Inns, Inc. (NYSE: ENN), the third largest hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), as measured by the number of hotels, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase four hotels from partnerships controlled by Hospitality Specialists, Inc. (HSI), a hotel developer and management company, for approximately $25.9 million, or $69,000 per room. Acquisition of the hotels will follow the satisfactory completion of due diligence, and t...
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Web Site Conundrum Are You Winning the Electronic Marketing Game? By: Neil Salerno August 2005 For some time now, I have urged hotels, especially the Independent variety, to play hard at the electronic marketing game. There are big rewards for those who play well. The Internet revolutionized travel marketing and gave us the ability to market hotels on a global scale...at rates everyone can afford. To win, there are three primary elements which need your attention; The Global Distribution System (GDS), third-party aggregators, and, of course, your own web site. The GDS is on...
Hilton and Marriott Chains Experimenting with Dumping the Tub / August 2005
March 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tony Mecia, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 29, 2005 - As travelers take showers, hotel-company executives have been watching. And apparently they like what they see. In a move spurred by what hotels say is customer demand, major U.S. hotel chains are getting rid of what would seem to be an essential element of a bathroom: the bath. They're replacing tubs with bigger shower stalls in a nod, they say, to the reality that few travelers take baths on the road. Hilton Hotels Corp. has quietly started testing shower-only roo...
