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February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Wynn Las Vegas, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau Select TravelCLICKs iHotelier CRS Platform Over 200 hotels added within the first five months of 2005 CHICAGO (June 21, 2005) TravelCLICK announced today that over 200 hotels have implemented the iHotelier central reservation system (CRS) in 2005. Properties such as Wynn Las Vegas, The Ritz Paris and The Hotel Nikko Düsseldorf have implemented iHotelier for enhanced website and/or GDS connectivity this year. Additionally, TravelCLICK announced that the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau has selected iHotelier to provide r...
Tracy Walker Named General Manager of Hilton Newark Airport / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Tracy Walker Named General Manager of Hilton Newark Airport NEWARK, N.J. - June 28, 2005 -- Hilton Hotels Corporation announced today that Tracy Walker has been named general manager of the 378-room Hilton Newark Airport, adjacent to Newark Liberty International Airport. A 16-year veteran of the hospitality industry, Walker most recently served as hotel manager of the landmark Fontainebleau Resort in Miami. Walker started her career in the hospitality industry with Hilton Hotels Corporation in 1988 at the Burbank Airport Hilton & Convention Center, serving in front desk, banquet, catering...
Hawaii, Illinois, and Pennsylvania Have Biggest Budgets for travel and tourism promotion; TIA Ranks All the States / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hawaii, Illinois, and Pennsylvania Have Biggest Budgets for Travel and Tourism Promotion; TIA Ranks All the States Budgets for 2005 WASHINGTON, DC -- States plan to spend $602.7 million for travel and tourism development and promotion in fiscal year 2004-5, according to the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) 2004-5 Survey of U.S. State and Territory Office Budgets. The figure increased 10.6 percent compared to last year's actual budget. The survey includes responses from 47 states. Delaware, Indiana, New York, the five U.S. territories, and Washington, DC did not submit data. ...
Top Five Must Dos to Raise Room Profitability / Kelly Blake and Bonnie Buckhiester / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Top Five "Must Dos" to Raise Room Profitability - Revenue Management Viewpoint By Kelly Blake and Bonnie Buckhiester June 14, 2005 - The industry is in a healthy recovery. According to the Travel Industry Association of America, Americans will be traveling in record numbers this summer, building on the momentum in travel recovery from 2004 with an expected 2.3 percent increase in leisure travel. Nevertheless, you might find yourself asking, "The hotel market is finally booming; so why is everyones revenue up but mine?" The answer has a lot to do with how well you forecast demand and manage...
Tom Nolan Promoted to Regional Vice President of ARAMARK Harrison Lodging / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Tom Nolan Promoted to Regional Vice President of ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Philadelphia, Pa. June 6, 2005 Rory Loberg, president, ARAMARK Harrison Lodging (AHL) has announced the promotion of Tom Nolan to regional vice president. In his new role, Tom will oversee all aspects of the Southeast region. We are fortunate to have such a dedicated individual on our team, said Loberg. In the time he has been with us, Tom has played an impressive role in the growth of ARAMARK Harrison Lodging and we feel confident that his knowledge and expertise will continue to contribute to the comp...
Tiburon Hospitality Management Is Cashing In on Partnership with Huntington Financial / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Tiburon Hospitality Management Is Cashing In on Partnership with Huntington Financial Carefree, AZ - June 7, 2005 - Carefree-based Tiburon Hospitality Management has implemented a progressive and unique accounting cost control management program by strategically partnering with Huntington Hospitality Financial Corporation (HHFC) and centralizing the accounting systems for two of Tiburons three resort properties. According to Melissa Morales, corporate director of financial operations for Tiburon Hospitality Management, by outsourcing the accounting services to Huntington, it has allowed the ...
Charge your cellphone for FREE at the TeleAdapt Stand During the HITEC Show / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Charge your cellphone for FREE at the TeleAdapt Stand During the HITEC Show . Visit the TeleAdapt stand 941 for FREE cellphone re-charging London, June 17, 2005 - TeleAdapt, a global provider of connectivity tools and Internet Access Points to the hospitality market provides all HITEC attendees free use of its universal cellphone charger, the AnyFill Charger. HITEC takes place this year in Los Angeles, California from 21-23 June and is the biggest hospitality technology show in the world. On the basis that visitors will follow the same pattern as other hotel guests many will have forg...
British Company, Taylor Woodrow Acquires the Clearwater Adam's Mark for $31.5 million; Plans to Demolish the 30-year-old Hotel and Build 113 C
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Aaron Sharockman, St. Petersburg Times, Fla.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 8, 2005 - CLEARWATER -- An international home builder has snatched up the waterfront Adam's Mark Hotel for $31.5-million, another inroad into a real estate landscape already buzzing. Taylor Woodrow plans to demolish the 30-year-old hotel that now anchors S Gulfview Boulevard for 113 luxury condominiums and a smaller, 78-room hotel, the developer said. Originally, the company had considered only condominiums for the site. But it altered plans to include a hotel component after talking with city officia...
Aptech Announces Targetvue; Automates Enterprise Planning and Budgeting; Targetvue is Newest Application for Driving Growth Goals, Profitability for O
February 28, 2005
Aptech Announces Targetvue, Automates Enterprise Planning and Budgeting - Targetvue is Newest Application for Driving Growth Goals, Profitability for Owners and Operators Visit Aptech at HITEC in booth 719 PITTSBURGH, June 13, 2005 Hospitality operators gained a powerful ally this quarter when Aptech Computer Systems, Inc. added Targetvue®, an enterprise planning application, to its suite of Performance Management tools. Enterprise planning encompasses all elements of budget creation as well as ongoing forecasting. Performance Management, widely used in the manufacturing, banking and retail industries, is ...
Tampa Awarded 2009 Super Bowl Even though the City Doesn't Meet the Hotel Standards the NFL Requires of Host Cities / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveSt. Petersburg Times, Fla.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 6, 2005 - TAMPA -- When the Super Bowl first came to Tampa in 1984, hotel rooms were so scarce that thousands of local residents offered to lease their homes to make up the difference. Tampa has since become one of the National Football League's favorite hosts, and two weeks ago won its fourth Super Bowl, the 2009 game. Still, rooms remain hard to find. And heading into NFL spring meetings in Washington, many people discounted Tampa because of the hospitality handicap. But members of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committ...
Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Anticipates Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces as the New Operator and Lessee of The Pierre, Effective June 30, 2005 / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Anticipates Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces as the New Operator and Lessee of The Pierre, Effective June 30, 2005 TORONTO, June 10, 2005 - Four Seasons Hotels Inc. (TSX Symbol "FSH.SV"; NYSE Symbol "FS") has received confirmation that the shareholders of 795 Fifth Avenue Corporation, the owner of The Pierre, have approved Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces as the new operator and lessee of the Hotel. As previously disclosed, Four Seasons had been in discussions with the landlord of The Pierre to explore alternatives through which Four Seasons' leasehold interest in the...
Thomas J. Voss, Formerly the GM of Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, Named Managing Director of Manchester Grand Resorts / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Thomas J. Voss, Formerly the GM of Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, Named Managing Director of Manchester Grand Resorts June 2, 2005 - Thomas J. Voss, formerly the General Manager at the largest hotel in Southern California, the 1,625-room Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego on San Diego Bay, has been elevated to Managing Director of all Manchester Grand Resorts. This includes the Manchester Grand Hyatt, Whitetail Club, an exclusive, four-season golf and sporting resort and private residential community in McCall, Idaho, downtown San Diego's Marriott Hotel and Marina, and The Gran...
Regent International Hotels Appoints Tom Manno as Senior Director of Sales and Operations / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Regent International Hotels Appoints Tom Manno as Senior Director of Sales and Operations MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (June 23, 2005) ---- Regent International Hotels today appointed Tom Manno as senior director of sales and operations. In his new role, Mr. Manno will focus on developing and executing sales, marketing and operations plans for Regent International Hotels in the Americas. Mr. Manno will report to Monica Neumann, vice president of operations for Regent International Hotels. "Tom's extensive experience in sales and marketing, as well as his leadership at the helm of numerous gol...
Tim Laib, Regional Director of Operations for Shilo Inns, Named a Winner of AH&LA 2005 Most Valuable Volunteer Awards / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Tim Laib, Regional Director of Operations for Shilo Inns, Named a Winner of AH&LA 2005 Most Valuable Volunteer Awards WILSONVILLE, OR June 13, 2005 - Always striving for excellence in the hospitality industry, Shilo Inns is proud to announce that Tim Laib CHA, Regional Director of Operations for Shilo Inns has garnered the coveted Most Valuable Volunteer Award by the American Hotel & Lodging Association. He was awarded this honor based on his expertise and commitment to helping Oregons lodging industry grow and thrive. Mr. Laib has worked in the hospitality industry for ...
Tom Higgins, Former CEO of Best Western, Now in Charge of a Ministry Complex and Convention Center in High Point, North Carolina / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Nick George Maheras, High Point Enterprise, N.C.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 23, 2005 - HIGH POINT -- It's a long way from Phoenix. And from the top job at one of the world's largest corporations. Tom Higgins, though, says he loves where he has landed -- as chief operating officer of Providence Place. In August 2004, Higgins decided he wanted a different kind of life, so he did not renew his contract as president and chief executive officer of Phoenix-based Best Western International, the world's largest hotel chain. In 2002, he had left the similarly high-powered post of pre...
Northwest Hospitality Group Appoints Ted Capener Jr. as General Manager and Jacque Clark as Director of Sales for the Homewood Suites Salt Lake City /
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Northwest Hospitality Group Appoints Ted Capener Jr. as General Manager and Jacque Clark as Director of Sales for the Homewood Suites Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, Utah (May 12, 2005) - Homewood Suites Salt Lake City, a Hilton Hotel opening this fall in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, has appointed Ted Capener, Jr. as General Manager and Jacque Clark as Director of Sales. Capener and Clark bring to the new property a combined 29 years of experience in the hospitality industry, over half of which has been in the state of Utah. Ted Capener comes to Homewood Suites with almost ...
Thompson Calhoun Fair Closes Nine Hotel Transactions / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Thompson Calhoun Fair Closes Nine Hotel Transactions Atlanta, Georgia, June 1, 2005 Thompson Calhoun Fair announced today that they advised multiple sellers in the disposition of nine hotels during the month of May. Located in urban and suburban markets across the country, the properties comprised 1,882 rooms, which included these assets: Howard Johnson Greensboro, NC 175 rooms AmeriHost Inn Pella, IA 60 Econo Lodge Kannapolis, NC 71 Fifth Season Inn Ft. Smith, AR 138 Hawthorn Suites Orange County, CA 142 Hampton Inn Hilton Head, SC 125 Microtel Inn...
California Hotelier Terry Brown Gifts $1 million to San Diego State University's Hospitality and Tourism Management program / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report California Hotelier Terry Brown Gifts $1 million to San Diego State University's Hospitality and Tourism Management program SAN DIEGO (Wednesday, June 22, 2005) -- San Diego State University today announced a $1 million contribution to its acclaimed Hospitality and Tourism Management program from California hotelier Terry Brown, president of Atlas Hotels Inc. The gift will endow an Executive-in-Residence program that will bring top hotel industry executives to the classroom. "Imagine yourself at 19, and the person who is teaching one of your classes is running a multi-million dollar bus...
Larkspur Hospitality Selects SynXis Distribution Management Products and Services / May 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report SynXis Reaches 7,000 Properties on its Reservation & Distribution Management System Company shows its global strength by adding GDS connectivity services for Jumeirah International McLean, VA, June 09 - SynXis, a Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) company, announced it has added 600 new hotel properties so far this year, bringing the total property count in the system to well over 7,000. SynXis has added several new highly-popular hotels and chains to compliment its portfolio, including The Breakers Palm Beach, Larkspur Hospitality, several of the Outrigger Lodging Services properties, and 38 un...
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels to Switch to SynXis / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Millennium & Copthorne Hotels to Switch to SynXis Worldwide hotel company will use SynXis RedX for all of their distribution management needs DALLAS, TX - June 22 SynXis, a Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) company, announced today that Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C) will use the SynXis RedX Distribution Management System beginning the last quarter of 2005. M&C, the London-listed international hotel arm of the Hong Leong Group Singapore, owns and operates over 90 hotels in 18 countries. Hotels marketed under M&Cs chain code, MU, will use RedX to connect to GDSs and online r...
SynXis Reaches 7,000 Properties on its Reservation & Distribution Management System / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report SynXis Reaches 7,000 Properties on its Reservation & Distribution Management System Company shows its global strength by adding GDS connectivity services for Lindner Hotels Dallas, TX, June 16 - SynXis, a Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) company, announced it has added 600 new hotel properties so far this year, bringing the total property count in the system to well over 7,000. SynXis has added several new highly-popular hotels and chains to compliment its portfolio, including The Breakers Palm Beach, Larkspur Hospitality, several of the Outrigger Lodging Services properties, and 38 unique pro...
SynXis and E-site Marketing Establish New Marketing Relationship / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report SynXis and E-site Marketing Establish New Marketing Relationship Hotel customers will benefit from award-winning revenue enhancing products and services Dallas, TX June 20 - SynXis, a Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) company, announced today a preferred marketing agreement with E-site Marketing, an award-winning Internet marketing solution provider. The relationship will give hotel properties using the SynXis RedX distribution management system access to e-marketing services such as search engine optimization, website design and development, e-marketing tools and pay-per-click-advertisi...
SynXis RedX Distribution Management System Gains Momentum and Customer Approval / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report SynXis RedXTM Distribution Management System Gains Momentum and Customer Approval DALLAS, TX - June 17 SynXis, a Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) company, today introduced RedX, the new name for the next-generation distribution management system that was recently launched and is now in use by 500 hotels around the world. We wanted to give the new product a name to differentiate it from our classic systems and make it stand out from the competition, explained Bill Nicholson, president and general manager, SynXis. After doing some market research, we realized the best name was literally r...
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report When Selective Service Means Superior Service by Wayne Goldberg, Executive Vice President of Operations, La Quinta Corporation June 2005 All too often in our industry, great customer service is associated exclusively with upper upscale and luxury brands the Ritz-Carltons of the world, for example, or the Four Seasons. There is a reasonable explanation for this: Many brands in that segment do provide outstanding guest service, and customers pay a premium to receive it. That said, selective service can be, and in our view must be, superior service. True success in our segment de...
