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No Debuts and a Few Less Rooms Mark Hotel Scene in Orange Country, California / Sandi Cain / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report No Debuts and a Few Less Rooms Mark Hotel Scene in Orange Country, California By Sandi Cain, May 2005 Orange County Business Journal Staff Its the same story on the hotel scene for a second year in a row: No new hotels on the list of Orange Countys 50 biggest. Total employment at the top 50 hotels was flat in the past year at 14,421, just 11 fewer workers than a year earlier. Total rooms on this weeks Business Journal ranking was 20,849, down slightly from 20,914 in 2004. Hotel renovations cut slightly into this years room count. The consistency reflects the uncertainty t...
Northwoods Resort in Big Bear Lake, California Part of Ponzi Scam; Unwitting Hotel Investors Hoping to Get 14 Cents Back on the Dollar / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveThe Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 16, 2005 - By the busload, investors were shuttled to Northwoods Resort in Big Bear Lake to see its snow-edged pool, a giant fireplace warming the lobby and the Adirondack-style furniture. This, Clayton Olson recalls thinking, looks like a good place to put money. "It was a pretty fancy affair. They wined and dined everyone pretty nice," he said. Olson, however, couldn't see that more than one-third of the money invested in Northwoods did not stay there, according to Robb Evans & Associates LLC, the company a...
NORTHWIND Delivers Maestro Profitability Tool Suite to Boost ADR, Drive Repeat Business / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online .Special Report NORTHWIND Delivers Maestro Profitability Tool Suite to Boost ADR, Drive Repeat Business Properties Maximize All Areas of Hospitality Profitability and Improve Guest Marketing with Rate & Yield Management, CRM,and Maestro Analytic Business Intelligence Markham, ON May 31, 2005 NORTHWIND, a provider of enterprise property management and reservation solutions for hospitality, is delivering a suite of end-to-end Profitability Tools to optimize revenue, provide superior guest service, track guest performance, and analyze market and segment value. The Maestro Profitability Suite include...
Emaar Properties Awards Accor the Management Contract for Novotel Hyderabad, the First New Build Novotel for Accor in India / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Emaar Properties Awards Accor the Management Contract for Novotel Hyderabad, the First New Build Novotel for Accor in India Hotel adjacent to Cyberabad Convention Centre, Indias first purpose built convention hall BANGKOK, 26 May, 2005 - Emaar Properties, the Middle Easts largest real estate development company has awarded Accor the management contract for Novotel Hyderabad, which will serve the Cyberabad Convention Centre currently being built by Dubai-based property developer along with its joint venture partner Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation ...
Nashville Airport Marriott Completes $2.3 Million Hotel Renovation / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Nashville Airport Marriott Completes $2.3 Million Hotel Renovation NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 27, 2005 The 398-room Nashville Airport Marriott recently completed a $2.3 million dollar hotel renovation, which included the unveiling of the new, state-of-the-art, 7,200 square-foot Cumberland Ballroom. Constructed with an innovative, cost effective building alternative branded, Sprung Instant Structure, the intriguing bubble-shaped design incorporates a series of aluminum-arched ribs integrally connected by modular architectural covered panels that are virtually seamless. Step inside and ...
Mohonk Mountain House Receives the National 2005 Star of the Industry Award in Guest Relations from the American Hotel & Lodging Association / May 200
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Mohonk Mountain House Receives the National 2005 Star of the Industry Award in Guest Relations from the American Hotel & Lodging Association NEW PALTZ, NY - (May 16, 2005) - Mohonk Mountain House, a "Victorian-castle" resort 90 miles north of New York City, won the national 2005 Star of the Industry Award in Guest Relations from the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA). The resort also received the 2005 Star of the Industry Award in the Guest Relations category from the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association (NYSH&TA). Introduced over 30 years ago, the AH&LA's Star o...
Bangkok Based Minor International Plc Planning on a US $21 million Project to Open Three Resorts in the Maldives / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Sujintana Hemtasilpa, Bangkok Post, ThailandKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 20, 2005 - Minor International Plc, the country's largest hospitality and food service operator, is embarking on a US$21-million (840 million baht) project to open three hotels on three islands of the Maldives with a Maldivian partner. The three hotels, with a total of 190 rooms, have been built on the islands of Dhigufinolhu, Bodu Huraa and Veligandu Huraa in the Indian Ocean. The 50-room, four-star hotel on Bodu Huraa is scheduled to open in the last quarter of this year. The other two will open next...
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Milestone Internet Marketing Licenses Hotels to HTMLs Handbook To Best Western International (BWI) For Online Education Santa Clara, California (May 2005) - Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. announced today that Best Western International, The World's Largest Hotel Chain®, has licensed the online version of its internet marketing handbook, Hotels to HTMLs A Complete Guide to Internet Marketing for the Lodging Industry, for its North American members. As part of the agreement, Best Western has secured rights to offer the electronic version of Hotels to HTMLs exclusively through the Be...
Middle East Travel & Tourism Poised for Robust Growth in 2005; Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Beirut are Examples of Government Leaders Recognizing the Enormous
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Middle East Travel & Tourism Poised for Robust Growth in 2005; Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Beirut Are Examples of Government Leaders Recognizing the Enormous Impact of Travel and Tourism DUBAI, UAE and LONDON, UK May 4 The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) released its 2005 Travel & Tourism forecasts for the Middle East countries today at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, UAE. Releasing forecasts prepared on its behalf by Oxford Economic Forecasting, which follow the United Nations standard for Tourism Satellite Accounting, the WTTC reported that Middle East Travel & Tourism post...
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Interior Design Firm Ba-haus/knf Transforms the Doubletree Grand Hotel, on Miamis Biscayne Bay MIAMI, Fla., May 19, 2005 A preferred choice for groups, corporate travelers and leisure guests including pre-and post-cruise visitors the Doubletree Grand Hotel, situated on Miamis scenic Biscayne Bay, has completed a $5 million renovation, lavishly transforming its guest rooms and meeting space. Located within the 42-story Grand Condominium and Commercial Center in the burgeoning Miami Performing Arts District, the 152-room full-service property offers easy access to Downt...
Melvin Tennant, Director of San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Resigns Unexpectedly Following City Probe / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Melissa Monroe, San Antonio Express-NewsKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 20, 2005 - Melvin Tennant, the subject of a city manager's probe, stepped down Thursday as head of the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, the most powerful agency in the city's billion-dollar tourism industry. Tennant's resignation stemmed from a personal relationship between him and an employee in his office, according to city officials. He was placed on paid administrative leave earlier this week as the city investigated the matter. Roland Lozano, assistant to the city manager, declined to disclose...
McCormick Place Reaches New Deal with Labor Unions to Help Chicago Better Compete for Trade Shows / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Barbara Rose, Chicago TribuneKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 5, 2005 - McCormick Place officials announced an agreement with labor unions Wednesday to help Chicago compete for trade shows by lowering the cost of doing business here. The package, negotiated over 10 months, addresses longstanding complaints from exhibitors such as being required to hire union workers to plug in electrical equipment and paying higher labor rates before 8 a.m. Unlike the last attempt at reform in 1998, the new agreement goes beyond work rule changes to set up a permanent Labor Management Council w...
Marriott International Honors 13 Employees Out of a Worldwide Workforce of 133,000 / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott International Honors 13 Employees Out of a Worldwide Workforce of 133,000 WASHINGTON, May 25, 2005 - Marriott International, Inc. honored 13 employees out of a worldwide workforce of 133,000 with the J. Willard Marriott Award of Excellence at a gala held last night in Washington, D.C. This prestigious award was established in 1987 as a lasting tribute to the companys founder J. Willard Marriott and his ideals of achievement, character, dedication, effort and perseverance. Marriott also announced the recipient of the Alice S. Marriott Award for Community Service, name...
Marriott Worker Wins Top Hospitality Employee Award / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott Worker Wins Top Hospitality Employee Award MEMPHIS, Tenn. (May 2, 2005) -- The St. Jude hospital children and parents who stayed at the Downtown Marriott Hotel where Sarah Duffala worked pumped her up for her own cancer battle. "I saw them come through, they were all smiling," she said. "I said, 'I can't be any different.'" Through her nine months of chemotherapy every other week, starting more than two years ago, she wasn't any different. Although she changed to a less intensive job at the hotel, she never miss...
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott International Sees Asia as Worlds Most Robust and Dynamic Market By Steve Shellum, Publisher/Editor, HOTEL Asia Pacific, May 2005 MARRIOTT International is focusing much of its international expansion strategy squarely on Asia Pacific. "Overall, we see the region as the most robust and dynamic of any market worldwide," says president of international lodging, Ed Fuller. Much of that focus is firmly on China, where the group currently has 31 properties [including Hong Kong]. There are 11 signed deals in the pipeline, with more than 3,700 rooms - which represents almost 45% of ...
Market Metrix Announces First Quarter 2005 Hospitality Index Results; Customer Satisfaction with Hotels Drops for First Time Since 9-11, First-Ever Me
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Market Metrix Announces First Quarter 2005 Hospitality Index Results .. -- Customer Satisfaction with hotels drops for first time since 9-11 -- . -- First-Ever Measure of Satisfaction With Vacation Clubs, Places Disney Vacation Clubs on Top -- SAN RAFAEL, Calif. May 10, 2005 -- Market Metrix, LLC, the leading provider of market research services for the hospitality industry, today announced results of the Market Metrix Hospitality Index (MMHI) for the first quarter of this year. Ritz-Carlton, JetBlue Airways and Enterprise Rent-A-Car ranked number one in hotel, airline and rental...
The Marcus Corporation Plans to Acquire the Wyndham Milwaukee Center; Major Renovation and Repositioning Planned / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Marcus Corporation Plans to Acquire the Wyndham Milwaukee Center; Major Renovation and Repositioning Planned MILWAUKEE - May 26, 2005-- Marcus Hotels & Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS), today announced it intends to purchase the Wyndham Milwaukee Center hotel from MIP Milwaukee, LLC. Upon completion of the sale, Marcus Hotels & Resorts will own and manage the property. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed but is expected to close on Friday, May 27. "The Wyndham Milwaukee Center will be an excellent addition to our distinctive portfolio of hot...
. D. Malkin and Interstate Hotels Selected to Develop 302 room Westin Resort in Oceanside, California / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report S.D. Malkin and Interstate Hotels Selected to Develop 302 room Westin Resort in Oceanside, California SAN DIEGO - May 10, 2005 -- In a unanimous decision in late April, Oceanside's City Council voted to select S. D. Malkin Properties and Interstate Hotels and Resorts to develop a two-block, beachfront resort across from the historic Oceanside Pier. The council accepted the Malkin/Interstate team's proposal for a 302-room Westin hotel with 72 timeshare units; ocean view spa; two ocean view restaurants; bar; and ocean view meeting and function space. The resort will eventually anchor an eigh...
Nearly 200 Employees of Four Seasons Resort Maldives find Temporary Work at U.S. Four Seasons Properties / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Deborah Fleck, Detroit Free PressKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 13, 2005 - The Four Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas is reaching out to help its family halfway around the world in the Maldives. The floods produced by December's tsunamis washed away the jobs of about 400 employees on the tiny island of Kuda Huraa. Although no one was killed or seriously hurt there, the resort was ruined. While it is being rebuilt, manager Armando Kraenzlin has been busy finding jobs for his employees. Nearly 200 are working at resorts around the world, and 12 have just come to Irving. "W...
Maestro Users Group Findings Spotlight Operator Objectives; Incubator for Best Practices / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online .Special Report Maestro Users Group Findings Spotlight Operator Objectives; Incubator for Best Practices Owners, chain operators, property managers combine professional insights on industry direction, future Markham, ON May 26, 2005 NORTHWIND, a provider of enterprise property management and reservation solutions for hospitality, concluded its three-day Maestro Users Group in Florida this April, and weeks afterward participants are still discussing the experience and comparing insights. Users Group attendees were hotel company owners, chain executives, CIOs, and a number of managers who journ...
Michael Walsh Named General Manager of Rocco Forte's Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg, Russia / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Michael Walsh Named General Manager of Rocco Forte's Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg, Russia 4 May 2005 - Rocco Forte Hotels is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Walsh to the role of General Manager of Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg, effective 1 May 2005. Since 2003, Michael has been General Manager of Hotel Astoria's sister hotel and next door neighbour, the four-star Angleterre Hotel, which is branded as a Forte property. Michael will retain this role while also taking over the reins at Hotel Astoria. Michael graduated with a degree in Hotel Management in 1981 and has enjoy...
Melissa Trench Promoted to Director of Marketing for Couples Resorts, Miami Headquarters / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Melissa Trench Promoted to Director of Marketing for Couples Resorts, Miami Headquarters MIAMI, FLORIDA May 2005 After only two years with Couples Resorts as Sales and Marketing Communications Manager, Melissa Trench has been promoted to Director of Marketing in their Miami headquarters. In this new role she will serve as a liaison between Couples Resorts and their primary tour operators and marketing partners. She will be responsible for overseeing the advertising and public relations initiatives as well as marketing finances. As Manager of Sales and Marketing Comm...
New Facility for MTech a Win for Employees, Customers and Community / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report New Facility for MTech a Win for Employees, Customers and Community MTechs new 30,000-square-foot Miami headquarters brings Class-A space with the latest technologies to a community in need of revitalization; expansion paves the way for additional capabilities and staff to accommodate red-hot sales of the companys HotSOS (Hotel Service Optimization System Miami May 9, 2005 Making a career out of helping hospitality companies grow their businesses and bottom lines by better managing their customer experiences and assets, MTech itself now is expanding to accommodate snowballing ...
MTech’s PMWorks Earns Its 500th Customer and Continues to Help Hotels Automate Preventative Maintenance / February 2005
February 28, 2005
MTech’s PMWorks Earns Its 500th Customer and Continues to Help Hotels Automate Preventative Maintenance MIAMI, Fla. (May 2, 2005) — MTech recently celebrated the 500th installation of its PMWorks preventative maintenance scheduling software, helping hotels of all sizes and types automate operations to improve productivity and ensure guestrooms and public spaces are in excellent working order for significantly enhanced satisfaction scores, repeat business and word-of-mouth referrals. “After studying several technologies, we partnered with MTech because PMWorks is by far the easiest way for a hotel or a gro...
