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Electrobug & Pricing Intelligence Launch Unprecedented Combined Dynamic and Traditional Package Price Tracking / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Electrobug & Pricing Intelligence Launch Unprecedented Combined Dynamic and Traditional Package Price Tracking --See Electrobug at Hitec at stand 1024-- LONDON As dynamic packages continue to grow as a share of travel revenue, both agents and suppliers have found that they need some mechanism for measuring their competitiveness in this space. Traditional packages continue to be a significant revenue generator, especially for resort breaks in key school holiday seasons. Electrobug Technologies and Pricing Intelligence both UK-based firms have teamed up to provide an integrated solu...
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Electrobug Offers Light Versions of Rate Check for Small Independents LONDON -- June 6, 2005 - In an effort to enable smaller hotels to get access to rate intelligence on themselves and competitors, Electrobug Technologies has created two additional versions of Rate Check for small independent hotels. These versions offer the core functionality of a rate monitoring tool at discounted rates. While rate intelligence tools like ours have been extremely popular with large city hotels, we think smaller regional hotels have a similar need, and have been held back by high price tags and comp...
EasyRMS Implements Fully Functional Upload Interface to NetRez CRS for Groupe Lucien Barrière – in Cooperation with IndeCorp, The Indepen
February 28, 2005
EasyRMS Implements Fully Functional Upload Interface to NetRez CRS for Groupe Lucien Barrière in Cooperation with IndeCorp, The Independent Hotel Corporation & The Leading Hotels of the World Paris 17th June 2005: EasyRMS announced today the successful completion and activation of the EzRMS / NetRez CRS Upload Interface on behalf of the Groupe Lucien Barrière Hotel Group, Paris, France. Mr. Nicolas Ricat, Executive Vice President Marketing of Lucien Barrière is delighted by this latest enhancement to his technology platform stating EasyRMS were initially selected by our group for their initiative and abil...
Tom Civitano Recognized with TravelCLICK's E-Marketer Lifetime Achievement Award; Hyatt International Named E-Marketer of the Year / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Tom Civitano Recognized with TravelCLICK's E-Marketer Lifetime Achievement Award; Hyatt International Named E-Marketer of the Year CHICAGO (June 6, 2005) TravelCLICK and the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) honored excellence in electronic marketing for 2004. Top honors went to Hyatt International. TravelCLICK also recognized outstanding career achievement in electronic marketing and regional excellence within several additional E-Marketer of the Year categories. The winners in these categories included, a hotel brand, a hotel group and four i...
Once Duluth's Most Elegant Hotel, the 1925-era Hotel Duluth May be Developed into a Sheraton Hotel and Condominiums / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Jane Brissett, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 8, 2005 - Historic Greysolon Plaza in downtown Duluth, Minn., is likely to be purchased by the company that plans to build a new Sheraton hotel and condominiums. George Sherman of Sherman Associates in Minneapolis confirmed Tuesday that he is negotiating to purchase the 1925-era building, once known as the Hotel Duluth, at 231 E. Superior St. Once the city's most elegant hotel, it now is the site of 150 low-income apartments for senior citizens. Sherman's plan for a $36 million hotel-condominium just acr...
Driftwood Hospitality Management Appoints Three to General Manager Positions / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Driftwood Hospitality Management Appoints Three to General Manager Positions MIAMI, FL - (June 20, 2005) - Driftwood Hospitality Management continues to expand its portfolio with the new management contract for Marriott Courtyard Richmond Airport. This entrepreneurial hospitality company has also tapped three general managers for hotels in Pennsylvania, Virginia and California. Raymond Smith is the General Manager of the latest acquisition, Marriott Courtyard Richmond Airport. Smith has worked in the industry for fifteen years, including stints as Executive Chef and Director of Food an...
Doubletree Hotels Adds Nine Properties,All Are Conversions; Approximately 25 Additional Doubletree Deals in Various Stages of Planning / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Doubletree Hotels Adds Nine Properties, All Are Conversions; Approximately 25 Additional Doubletree Deals in Various Stages of Planning BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (June 6, 2005) Doubletree® Hotels today announced that between January and June of this year the brand has added nine new hotels to its growing roster. This rapid growth pattern puts Doubletree on a solid development pace that could potentially add nearly 20 hotels to the brands current collection of 160 full-service properties during 2005. With approximately 25 additional Doubletree deals in various stages of pla...
Domina Hotel Group, With a Portfolio of 49 hotels, Creates Four New Brands and New Corporate Identity / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Domina Hotel Group, With a Portfolio of 49 Hotels, Creates Four New Brands and New Corporate Identity Milan, 22nd June 2005 - Domina Hotel Group is fast making a name for itself as one of the most dynamic operators in the world of hospitality, and is now showing further enterprising spirit by announcing the global launch of four new hotel brands, which will add up to over 250 properties by 2015. Domina Hotel Group has set out a new corporate identity for the holding Domina Hotel Group, whose Chief Executive Officer is Francesco Borrello, as well as naming the brands that relate to t...
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Digital Alchemys CRM Programs Leveling E- Marketing Playing Field for Hotels Properties of all sizes can now compete with the bigger brands by promoting pre-stay packages or marketing to generate repeat business through affordable, customizable on-line marketing initiatives that are CAN-SPAM Act compliant FORT WORTH, TEXAS JUNE 6, 2005 The bigger hotel brands have been doing it. Some luxury resorts and spas are successfully using it. So when will Web-based, property-level email marketing and customer-relationship management tools become available, and more importantly, af...
DiamondRock Hospitality Acquires a 2,330 room Portfolio of Four Hotels for $315 million / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report DiamondRock Hospitality Acquires a 2,330 room Portfolio of Four Hotels for $315 million BETHESDA, Md., June 23, 2005 - DiamondRock Hospitality Company ("DiamondRock") (NYSE: DRH) today announced that it acquired a 2,330 room portfolio of four full-service hotels for a contractual purchase price of $315 million from a New York based real estate investment fund. The portfolio includes the Marriott Los Angeles Airport (Los Angeles, California), Renaissance Worthington (Fort Worth, Texas), Marriott Atlanta Alpharetta (Alpharetta, Georgia), and Frenchman's Reef & Mor...
A False Start; Citing Sales Shortfalls, the Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach Wants to Cancel Contracts for Condo-hotel Units Sold / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Douglas Hanks III, The Miami HeraldKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 25, 2005 - Citing sales shortfalls, the Deauville Beach Resort wants to cancel contracts for condo-hotel units at the oceanfront complex in Miami Beach, according to people representing the buyers and letters from the hotel. The 485-room North Beach hotel that played host to the Beatles on their second Ed Sullivan Show appearance had launched plans to convert into a condo-hotel project and sell off rooms individually. But more than a year after sales started, letters were sent to buyers saying that the Deauvil...
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Kohler Co.s Resort Group to Install Datavisions Business Intelligence Suite . Datavision to provide tools for revenue management, golf/spa analysis, labor control and CRM FT LAUDERDALE, FL (JUNE 15, 2005) Datavision Technologies, the premier vendor for business intelligence systems for the hospitality industry, will be installing their DVEnterprise Business Intelligence Suite for the Hospitality and Real Estate Group of Kohler Co., located in the Village of Kohler, Wis. The DVEnterprise suite collects, integrates and warehouses data from a variety of on-property systems: PMS, p...
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report One Year Old Danat Hotels & Resorts, Owned by Abu Dhabi-based National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels, Sets Strategy to Capitalise on the Governments Aim of Increasing Visitor Numbers (Abu Dhabi, June 2005): Danat Hotels & Resorts is accelerating the pace of its expansion plans, less than a year after its formation as the hospitality division of Abu Dhabi-based National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels (NCT&H). The group, which has launched two new hotels in the past six months, is mapping out a strategy to capitalise on the governments aim of increasing visitor numbers four-fol...
David Burroughs and W. Thomas Castleberry Inducted into the HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report David Burroughs and W. Thomas Castleberry Inducted into the HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame AUSTIN, TEXAS; June 6, 2005 - Two hospitality technology pioneers, both developers of first-generation management systems, were selected for induction into the HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame. David Burroughs, a property management system pioneer, and W. Thomas Castleberry, an early developer of central reservation and distribution systems, were chosen for their three decades of dedication to the industry. Both Burroughs and Castleberry will be honore...
Donald Bremner Appointed Food and Beverage Manager for the InterContinental The Barclay New York / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Donald Bremner Appointed Food and Beverage Manager for the InterContinental The Barclay New York NEW YORK, NY (June 2, 2005) - Donald Bremner was recently named Food and Beverage Manager for the InterContinental The Barclay New York. In this position, Bremner will lead the development and implementation of all food and beverage programs at the 686-room hotel in midtown Manhattan. Bremner is the Executive Manager in charge of a 15,000 square-foot banquet operation, a 65 cover restaurant and bar, room service, minibar, kitchen and stewarding. Although small, the food and beverage o...
Executive Hotel Management Rebrands the 197-room Radisson Knoxville to Crowne Plaza; Plans a $1.5 million Renovation / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Executive Hotel Management Rebrands the 197-room Radisson Knoxville to Crowne Plaza; Plans a $1.5 million Renovation Tennessee receives its first Crowne Plaza hotel ATLANTA (June 16, 2005) - InterContinental Hotels Group announced today the opening of its newest 197-room Crowne Plaza hotel in Knoxville, Tenn., with plans to complete a $1.5 million renovation by the end of 2005. "This is the 7th opening for the Crowne Plaza brand in North America this year," said Kevin Kowalski, vice president, brand management, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts. "We are excited to be growing our port...
Crescent Hospitality Corporation Signs Three Management Contracts, Portfolio Grows to 25 Hotels / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Crescent Hospitality Corporation Signs Three Management Contracts, Portfolio Grows to 25 Hotels FAIRFAX, Va. - June 8, 2005 -- Crescent Hospitality Corporation, a rapidly growing hotel management company, today announced that it had signed three new management contracts, bringing the company's management portfolio to 25 hotels in less than three years. Concurrently, the company announced that it planned to double in size to as many as 60 hotels over the next 12 to 18 months. "We are a young, focused and aggressive company which has been quietly building an infrastructure to suppor...
Coyle Hospitality Group Launches Spa Division; Renowned Hospitality Firm Now Offers Their Unique Combination of Credibility, Market Knowledge and Expe
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Coyle Hospitality Group Launches Spa Division . Renowned Hospitality Firm Now Offers Their Unique Combination of Credibility, Market Knowledge and Experience to the Spa World New York, (May 31 2005) Coyle Hospitality Group has launched their much anticipated spa division under the direction of James T. Coyle, president, and Stephanie Perrone, vice president of spa services. Coyle Hospitality Group has developed a reputation over the last decade as the premier quality-assurance consulting and mystery shopping firm that specializes exclusively on hospitality clients. Coyle Hospitality Gr...
Noble House Hotels & Resorts Chooses Coyle Hospitality Group's New SpasQore Mystery Shopping Tool for its Growing World Class Spa Outlets / June
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Noble House Hotels & Resorts Chooses Coyle Hospitality Group's New SpasQore Mystery Shopping Tool for its Growing World Class Spa Outlets New York (June 22, 2005) Noble House Hotels & Resorts has selected Coyle Hospitality Groups innovative and new SpasQore mystery shopping program, built specifically for spas. Noble House will utilize Coyle Hospitality Groups SpasQore as a quality assurance tool in its nine world-class SpaTerre spas including Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, recently recognized with Four-Stars in the Mobil Travel Guides 2005 Americans Best Hotel and Resort Spas. De...
Hotel Information Systems core Introduced at HITEC / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Information Systems core Introduced at HITEC Lake Forest, CA (June 20, 2005)... Hotel Information Systems, a division of MAI Systems Corporation (OTCBB: MAIY.OB) announces its enterprise solution Hotel Information Systems core at HITEC 2005 being held in Los Angeles, CA from June 20th to 23rd, 2005. core is a comprehensive suite of internet native, browser delivered software applications developed by Hotel Information Systems comprised of tools for Property Management, Corporate Management, Distribution Channel Management, Central Reservations, and Reservation Portal. The suite of sol...
Avoiding The Pitfalls of Condo Hotel Structuring; Steps To SEC Compliance / Peter Connolly / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Global Hospitality Advisor . Avoiding The Pitfalls of Condo Hotel Structuring - Steps To SEC Compliance June 2005 By: Peter Connolly, Esq. The hottest financial structuring device to hit the hotel development business in years is the re-emergence of the condominium hotelsboth as new construction projects, as well as converting existing hotels into condominiums. For new construction, a condo hotel structure allows developers to reduce the required equity component from as much as 40 percent of construction costs to as low as ten or 15 percent by using presales for ...
How to Make a Condo Hotel Deal – Part II / Jim Butler and Guy Maisnik / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Global Hospitality Advisor . How to Make a Condo Hotel Deal Part II by Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik, June 2005 This is Part II of a two-part series. Part I appeared in the March 2005 issue of the Global Hospitality Advisor. This article by Jim Butler and Guy Maisnik was originally published in the February 2005 issue of Urban Land Magazine by the Urban Land Institute (ULI),© 2005. ULI is the copyright owner of the article. This article is reprinted with the permission of ULI. Challenges for the Hotel Operator The hotel structure needs to be designed to handle the specific op...
What Most Hotel-condo Projects Have in Common Is a Hotel Brand with Cachet / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Prashant Gopal, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 23, 2005 - Condo towers featuring hotel-like comforts are all the rage these days. So it's no surprise that hotel developers have taken the concept to the next level, offering for-sale units in their luxury hotels. In North Jersey, the W Hotel plans to build a 25-story waterfront tower in Hoboken that will have 225 guest rooms topped with 40 condos. Residents and guests will share the hotel's health club, concierge, spa and other amenities. And residents will be able to order housekeeping, linen servi...
Industry First: The Concierge Assistant System Gains Real-Time Website Interface for Improved Guest Service / June 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Industry First: The Concierge Assistant System Gains Real-Time Website Interface for Improved Guest Service Guests Use Propertys Website, Enter Requests Directly into Concierge System Without Email . Agoura Hills, California June 15, 2005 Gold Key Solutions, provider of The Concierge Assistant tm software application, announced today it has developed and implemented the industrys first real-time bridge to the hotels online concierge guest service system. Hotel guests may now enter any requests or inquiries directly into the propertys website and this information is automa...
