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Jüergen Stütz Appointed Senior Director of Sales for the Caribbean for Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Jüergen Stütz Appointed Senior Director of Sales for the Caribbean for Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts April 20, 2005 -- Juergen Stutz has been appointed Senior Director of Sales for the Caribbean for Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts, announced Emanuel Schreibmaier, senior vice president of sales in The Americas for Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts. Stütz will be responsible for implementing the sales strategies for Paradisus Puerto Rico, Paradisus Punta Cana, Meliá Caribe Tropical, Meliá Santo Domingo and the soon-to-open luxury resort Paradisus Palma Real in Punta Cana. Also, in conjun...
Identifying Your Customers / Hotel Common Sense / John Hogan / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Common Sense . Identifying Your Customers by John Hogan, MBA CHA MHS CHE, April 2004 . I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week. Mario Cuomo, former Governor, New York . When Howard Feiertag and I began planning to offer the industry a conversational style resource that addressed hotel sales, we spent many hours discussing what needed to be included. A wide range of topics was discussed, but we both agreed that we needed to begin with the very first rule in selling, which is often overlooked or mistak...
June Ericson, National Award-Winning Hotel Designer Is Promoted To Senior Associate at J/Brice Design International, Inc. / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report June Ericson, National Award-Winning Hotel Designer Is Promoted To Senior Associate at J/Brice Design International, Inc. April 1, 2005 - June Ericson has been promoted to Senior Associate at J/Brice Design International, Inc., one of the nation¹s leading interior design firms specializing in the hospitality Industry worldwide. Ericson was lead designer of the J/Brice team responsible for the gut rehab, redesign and repositioning of the Westminster Hotel in Livingston, NJ, winner of Lodging Hospitality's "Upscale Hotel of the Year" in 2004. Ericson, who joined J/Brice in l993, rose throug...
Coral Hospitality Taps Jamie Bruce As New Vice President Of Sales And Marketing / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Coral Hospitality Taps Jamie Bruce As New Vice President Of Sales And Marketing NAPLES, FL (March 2005) Coral Hospitality, a Naples-based full-service hospitality management company, announced that they have selected Jamie Bruce as the new Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In this new role, Bruce will oversee all sales and marketing efforts on behalf of Coral Hospitality with a focus on the hotel and resort division, The Coral Collection of Fine Hotels & Resorts. He will ensure maximized revenue growth and visibility of the company, jump starting marketing endeavors for new proje...
Former Manager at Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel Charged with Tax Evasion; Received Vendor Rebates / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveKyodo News International, TokyoKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 8, 2005 - TOKYO -- Tax authorities have filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors against a former top official of Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel for allegedly evading tax on income he received in rebates in connection with the hotel's wedding business, sources familiar with the case said Friday. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau alleges Itaru Miura, 54, the former hotel official, evaded 40 million yen in income tax on about 110 million yen rebates he received from three firms for a three-year period through 2003...
Time-share Owners at Island Links Resort on Hilton Head Island Sue Developer over Fees / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Peter Hull, The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, S.C.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 21, 2005 - A group of time-share owners at Island Links on Hilton Head Island has sued the resort's management company, charging the developer changed the resort's covenants without approval from property owners and levied "one time" assessment fees that would deny owners the right to use their property if the fee was not paid. Reba Management and Island Links Horizontal Property Regime, both controlled by island-based developer Dwight Trew, made changes to the master deed, the property ass...
Hotel Performance in India is Booming; For the 12-months to February 2005, RevPAR in Mid-market and Above Hotels Throughout India Increased by 29% / A
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Performance in India is Booming; For the 12-months to February 2005, RevPAR in Mid-market and Above Hotels Throughout India Increased by 29% HotelBenchmark launch country survey for India 8 Apr 2005 - In response to the rapid growth of the hotel market in India over recent years, Deloitte has launched an India edition of the HotelBenchmark Survey. The India survey is another first for Deloitte's HotelBenchmark team and is being showcased this week in New Delhi at the World Travel Tourism Council's 5th Global Travel & Tourism Summit. This is the first time ever that comp...
Hotel Guests Not Picking Up the Phone / Robert Mandelbaum / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Guests Not Picking Up the Phone by Robert Mandelbaum, April 2005 Ever since the mid-1990s, hotel managers have noticed the guest use of in-room phones has stagnated. The reasons are fairly obvious the increased use of cell phones and calling cards, as well as a backlash against telephone call surcharges. For a typical U.S. hotel, the revenue derived from local and long-distance phone calls remained relatively flat from 1998 through 2000, and then declined severely from 2001 through 2004. While the drop in revenue since 2001 can be partially attributed to the industry...
Shell Vacations Club Purchases Units at Famed Ilikai Resort on Waikiki / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Shell Vacations Club Purchases Units at Famed Ilikai Resort on Waikiki Northbrook, IL April 6, 2005 Shell Vacations has recently announced the purchase of a block of units in the Ilikai complex to be called The Waikiki Marina Resort at the Ilikai on Oahu. The Ilikai has been the backdrop for several major television shows and home to a long list of presidents, celebrities and dignitaries who have enjoyed its special aloha over the years. Located at the gateway to Waikiki, the Ilikai of today is a mixed-use property that contains a combination of fully owned condominiums, hotel acc...
Akihito Ikeda Appointed President of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts; Steve Halliday Appointed President of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts North Americ
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Akihito Ikeda Appointed President of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts; Steve Halliday Appointed President of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts North America Singapore - April 6, 2005 - Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts is pleased to announce several senior executive appointments, namely the transition of former Pan Pacific President Mr. Ichigo Umehara to President of Tokyu Hotels and Chairman of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts; Mr. Akihito (Arthur) Ikeda as the new President of the Singapore-based company; and Mr. Steve Halliday as President of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts North America. Ik...
Issam Nizam Named Director of Rooms for the Independent Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Issam Nizam Named Director of Rooms for the Independent Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey Issam Nizam has been named director of rooms for the independent luxury Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey, announced Michael Polese, general manager. The elite AAA Four-Diamond rated hotel has also earned top honors in the upscale hotel category of Lodging Hospitality magazines Annual Design Competition. A resident of Lyndhurst, New Jersey, Nizam has more than 17 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He joined the Westminster staff as revenue manager in Decem...
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts' Summer Hot Happenings 2005 / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report InterContinental Hotels & Resorts' Summer Hot Happenings 2005 NEW YORK, N.Y. (April 27, 2005) – InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is celebrating the summer season with new hotel openings across the globe (Beijing, Jordan, Cyprus, Germany) and extensive renovations and additions at a number of InterContinental properties. The luxury hotel collection also announces the creation of the Euro-Dollar meeting incentive program as well as reintroducing the widely popular global Luxury Escapes program. INTERCONTINENTAL PROGR...
Designs of Hope Raises More Than $435,000 for UNICEF / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Designs of Hope Raises More Than $435,000 for UNICEF CHICAGO, Ill., (April 26, 2005) – More than $435,000 was raised Saturday, March 19, by the second annual “Designs of Hope” gala, sponsored by InterContinental Hotels & Resorts to benefit the United States Fund for UNICEF. Over 400 people attended the event, which supported UNICEF programs that provide care and support for orphans and children around the world made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. “This year’s event was an incredible success that will help to make a difference in the lives of so m...
InterContinental Hotels Group Plans To Dispose of Ten Wholly Owned Properties in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report InterContinental Hotels Group Plans To Dispose of Ten Wholly Owned Properties in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji (SINGAPORE) 4 April 2005 InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] announced plans to dispose of ten wholly owned properties in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji with an intention of retaining management agreements over them. The planned sale is a continuation of IHGs strategy of growing its management and franchise businesses and reducing asset ownership. That has so far resulted in disposal of 121 hotels for A$4.30bn (£1.75bn). 106 of the ...
Owners of Hyatt Regency Upset About Convention Center Deal / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Owners of Downtown Hyatt Regency Upset About Convention Center Deal SAN ANTONIO, Texax (April 25, 2005) -- Hyatt Corp.'s proposal to manage the 1,000-room Convention Center hotel has so angered the owners of the downtown Hyatt Regency San Antonio that they've taken their case to arbitration. The dispute jeopardizes the 30-year relationship between Hyatt Corp. and SA2000, the company that owns the Hyatt Regency. But SA2000 officials believe a Hyatt Corp.-operated Convention Center hotel would compete with their hotel. In a series of letters to ...
Hyatt to Assume Management of Adam's Mark Jacksonville; Reflagged Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront — $10 Million Renovation Underway /
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hyatt to Assume Management of Adam's Mark Jacksonville; Reflagged Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront -- $10 Million Renovation Underway CHICAGO - March 31, 2005 -- Hyatt Hotels & Resorts announced today that it has assumed management of Adam's Mark Jacksonville, renaming it Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. The 966-room hotel was purchased by Jacksonville Waterfront Partners, LLC - a joint venture between Oxford Lodging Advisory & Investment Group, LLC and Longwing Real Estate Ventures, LLC, a member of the Dubai Investment Group - from HBE Corporation. Located in the heart of t...
Hyatt Regency Boston Completes $10.5 Million Renovation; Incorporates Green Initiatives Into Renovation / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hyatt Regency Boston Completes $10.5 Million Renovation; Incorporates Green Initiatives Into Renovation Boston, Mass. (April 12, 2005) -- Riding the forefront of technology, while staying attuned to aesthetic comfort and promoting environmental responsibility, Hyatt Regency Boston proudly unveils their newly renovated hotel. Renovations at this four-star, four-diamond hotel include modernizing the look and feel, incorporating WiFi access, and enacting eco-friendly initiatives. But all guests see is a luxury enclave amidst the bustling streets. "We've...
Hyatt Hotels Appointed Operator of the $1.5 billion Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hyatt Hotels Appointed Operator of the $1.5 billion Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip LAS VEGAS, Nev. (April 7, 2005) -- In a city defined by mega-resorts, it will be unlike any other. At a location centered in the heart of Las Vegas action, it will be at the most desirable address. And, with visionary architecture straight out of Manhattan and Miami, it will be uniquely different. What "it" amounts to is a partnership that joins world-renowned operational excellence and distinctive design with unmatched luxury and style on th...
Study Reports Spa-specific Revenue per Occupied Room from 59 Resorts / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Study Reports Spa-specific Revenue per Occupied Room from 59 Resorts April 2005 - This is HFDs latest economic study for the spa and hospitality industry. In this 2003 2004 study conducted in the 4th quarter of 2004, fifty-nine (59) resort-based spas from four and five star resorts throughout the world participated. Here are some of findings from this research study: . HFDS 2003 2004 Spa-Specific Revenue per Occupied Room Year 2003 US Year 2003 Non-US Year 2003 All Properties Year 2004 US (1st 3 qtrs.) Year 2004 Non-US (1st 3 qtrs.) Year ...
Reported Crimes at Charlotte Area Hotels Up 15.5% in 2004; of 2,400 Incidents Many Are Car Break-ins / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Richard Rubin, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 4, 2005 - Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are trying to tamp down a surge in crime at hotels and motels, where car break-ins often leave visitors with a sour taste. All reported crimes at hotels jumped 15.5 percent in 2004, to more than 2,400 -- many of which are car break-ins. That rate includes even faster increases in west and southwest Charlotte. Late last year, police began providing more security advice to hotel owners and guests. Now, they are mulling an ordinance that would require cooperation fro...
The Landmark Hotel Jerome in Aspen Sold to the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort in Colorado Springs / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveThe Denver PostKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 19, 2005 - The landmark Hotel Jerome in Aspen has been sold to the upscale Broadmoor Hotel and Resort in Colorado Springs, the Aspen Daily News reported Monday. Officials at The Broadmoor and the Hotel Jerome declined to comment on the deal, but the sale was recently completed and the transaction is scheduled to close May 2, the paper reported. The purchase price was not given. "It would be a good fit," said Ilene Kamsler, president of the Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association. "They're very similar in their historic nature; they ha...
Boykin Lodging Company Sells Hotel 71 in Chicago, Illinois for $95 million / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Boykin Lodging Company Sells Hotel 71 in Chicago, Illinois for $95 million CLEVELAND, March 30, 2005 - Boykin Lodging Company (NYSE: BOY), a hotel real estate investment trust, today announced that Boykin Chicago L.L.C., a joint venture between the Company and AEW Partners III, L.P., a real estate opportunity fund managed by AEW Capital Management L.P. (AEW), has sold Hotel 71 in Chicago, Illinois to an unrelated third party for a price of $95.05 million. A portion of the net proceeds from the sale were used to repay the outstanding balance on the mortgage for which the property ser...
Host Marriott Corporation Names 2004 'Best in Class' Awards / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Host Marriott Corporation Names 2004 'Best in Class' Awards April 22, 2005 - Host Marriott Corporation announced the winners of the second annual "Best In Class" awards at a banquet held at the Hyatt Regency Reston on April 14. The event celebrated the dedication, excellence, partnership, operational and financial success of Host Marriott's 107 multi-branded hotel general managers in 2004. Twenty-eight hotels were acknowledged for achieving superior results in eleven separate categories that included: AWARD WINNERS General Manager of the Year Lisa L. LaPiana, Chicago Mar...
Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center On the Verge of Losing its Biggest Trade Show, the National Association of Home Builders in 2007 and 20
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 16, 2005 - Metro Atlanta is on the verge of losing its biggest trade show, the National Association of Home Builders' annual gathering, which was expected to draw 100,000 visitors in 2007 and again in 2008. Officially, the chairwoman of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, Vicki Escarra, said the home builders group was considering pulling out over concerns about whether the city has enough convention space. But others familiar with the situation say the home builders are upset over what they consider to be sle...
