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Fort Worth, TX to Send Longhorn Steers to New York City in Tourism Promotion/January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By David Wethe, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 13, 2005) -- Look out, New York. Here come the cattle. Five Texas longhorn steers that are usually in the daily trail drives at the Fort Worth Stockyards will soon be shipped to New York City's Times Square along with two NASCAR race cars to promote Fort Worth tourism on Jan. 26. Officials for the Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau said Tuesday that the $50,000 trip is one of the largest promotional stunts they have ever do...
Telkonet’s High-Speed Internet Access System to be Installed in all 31 Sandman Hotels / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Telkonet’s High-Speed Internet Access System to be Installed in all 31 Sandman Hotels Germantown, MD, Telkonet, Inc. (Amex: TKO), the leader in commercial powerline communications (PLC), announced today it has signed a contract to install its high-speed Internet access system in all 31 Sandman Hotels, Inns and Suites located throughout Canada.. Four Sandman hotels located in Alberta already have Telkonet’s system installed, with the remaining 27 hotels to be installed by the end of May 2005. Salim Kassam, Vice President of Marketing for Sandman Hotels, Inns and Suites, stated, “We...
Telkonet Signs with MST, Trump Properties Communications Service Provider
January 30, 2005
Telkonet Signs with MST, Trump Properties Communications Service Provider Germantown, Md. (Jan. 7, 2005) -- Telkonet, Inc. (Amex: TKO), the leader in providing in-building broadband access over existing electrical wiring, today announced that it has teamed with Microwave Satellite Technologies (MST) to provide a complete Internet solution, including NuVision Broadband ™, to residents in Trump properties in New York, including the Trump Place, Trump World Tower, and the Trump International Hotel and Tower. MST is a global communications technology company that provides wired a...
2004 Performance exceeds expectation at the Taj Palace Dubai/January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Jan. 10, 2005) -- Upbeat on the business performance for the year 2004, the Taj Palace Dubai is happy to announce that it surpassed business projections for 2004. Room occupancy all year round last year registered a whooping 92 percent. It scored the highest occupancy record in October during the Gitex exhibition and all other seasons posted higher occupancy ratings compared to 2003. General Manager Yannick Poupon in a recent employee ‘Town Hall’ meeting congratulated his entire team for the excellent job done and exten...
Travis Tague Named Corporate Director of Human Resources for Expotel Hospitality Services, LLC / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Travis Tague Named Corporate Director of Human Resources for Expotel Hospitality Services, LLC Metairie, LA (January 12, 2005) -- Expotel Hospitality Services, L.L.C., a hotel management company with twelve hotels in seven states, has promoted Travis Tague to Corporate Director of Human Resources. For the past five years he was Director of Human Resources for the Doubletree New Orleans, one of the hotels owned and operated by Expotel. Tague brings more than 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry tand extensive knowledge of the New Orleans hospitality market to his new role...
TIG Global, HSMAI Publish First-Ever Distribution Strategy Guide
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report TIG Global, HSMAI Publish First-Ever Distribution Strategy Guide for Hotel Industry MCLEAN, VA (Jan. 6, 2005) – With so much to learn about managing a hotel’s distribution channels, TIG Global, an Internet marketing firm, and the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) have released a just-completed Special Report designed to “de-mystify distribution” in the hotel industry. It is a comprehensive guide that was developed in response to a need in the industry to better understand how to ...
TIG Global Guiding Internet Presence Close To 50 New Hotel Clients In Fourth Quarter 2004 / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report TIG Global Guiding Internet Presence Close To 50 New Hotel Clients In Fourth Quarter 2004 Internet Marketing Firms Highly Adaptable Services And Strong Results Driving Force Behind New Partnerships Washington, D.C. TIG Global, LLC, announced that in the fourth quarter of 2004 the company has added close to 50 independent and branded hotel properties to its extensive portfolio of clientele. Acting as the hotels full-service Internet marketing partner, TIG Global will provide these clients with its comprehensive web presence management and marketing services, which has...
Tiburon Hospitality Management Aggressively Pursues Travel Industry Market / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Tiburon Hospitality Management Aggressively Pursues Travel Industry Market Carefree, AZ - January 24, 2005 - With the recent hiring of a seasoned travel industry veteran, Tiburon Hospitality Management (THM) is aggressively expanding its presence in the travel industry market. According to John Davies, vice president of sales and marketing for THM, the addition of Kimberly Freer as corporate director of travel industry sales adds a whole new dimension to this relatively young and dynamic hotel management company. Because our properties are in such unique locations, we recognize how import...
Tourism Hotels & Leisure Plans to Acquire Up to 48% of Golden Tulip Hospitality; Partnership Will Comprise 534 hotels in 45 Countries / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Tourism Hotels & Leisure Plans to Acquire Up to 48% of Golden Tulip Hospitality; Partnership Will Comprise 534 hotels in 45 Countries Sydney (Australia), Amersfoort (The Netherlands), 17th January 2005 ASX listed Tourism Hotels & Leisure (THL) (formerly Travel Holdings Limited) and Golden Tulip Hospitality B.V. (Golden Tulip), based in The Netherlands, today announced that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership involving a cross shareholding structure that will see the new combined group become one of the largest operators of hotels in the world, wit...
Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Springhill Suites in Pinehurst, North Carolina / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Springhill Suites in Pinehurst, North Carolina ATLANTA, Georgia, January 24, 2005 - Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC, an Atlanta - based hotel real estate firm, announced today that it advised Pinehurst/Southern Pines Hotel, L.P. in the disposition of the SpringHill Suites in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The 107-room SpringHill Suites is a leisure and commercial oriented, limited-service hotel located directly off of U.S. Highway 15/501, which is the main thoroughfare in Pinehurst. The three-story, all suites hotel opened in August 1999. The hotel features ...
Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Hampton Inn in Matthews, North Carolina and the Hampton Inn in Concord, North Carolina / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Hampton Inn in Matthews, North Carolina and the Hampton Inn in Concord, North Carolina ATLANTA, Georgia, January 3, 2005 - Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC, an Atlanta-based hotel real estate firm, announced today it advised ORIX Capital Markets, LLC in the disposition of the Hampton Inn in Matthews, North Carolina. The 92-room property is located at 9615 Independence Point Parkway in Matthews, only nine miles from downtown Charlotte. The hotel is comprised of a five-story, interior corridor building and features an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness cente...
Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Fairfield Inn – Fenton (St. Louis), Missouri / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Fairfield Inn - Fenton (St. Louis), Missouri ATLANTA, Georgia, January 25, 2005 - Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC, an Atlanta-based hotel real estate firm, announced today that it advised The Mullenix Companies and Dominion Hospitality in the disposition of the Fairfield Inn by Marriott located in Fenton, Missouri. The hotel is situated proximate to the intersection of Interstates 44 and 270, approximately 10 miles southwest of downtown St. Louis in one of the citys most densely developed commercial sub-markets. The Fairfield Inn consists of a three-story...
KSL Resorts Switches to SynXis Distribution Technology/January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report KSL Resorts Switches to SynXis Distribution Technology-- Advanced Rate and Revenue Management Features Played Key Factor in Decision-making Process -- MCLEAN, Va. (January 11, 2005) – SynXis announced today that KSL Resorts has switched to the SynXis Distribution Management services and technology for its comprehensive reservation and rate management solutions. KSL Resorts is well known in the industry for their portfolio of high-end resorts including Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa (Maui, HI) and the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa (Phoenix, AZ). ...
The Swig Company Puts the 692-room Fairmont Chicago Up for Sale / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Discount Hotels London, Sydney, Rome, AmsterdamParis, Melbourne, Lisbon, Barcelona, Berlin, Hong Kong, New York, Auckland Discount Hotels London, Sydney, Rome, AmsterdamParis, Melbourne, Lisbon, Barcelona, Berlin, Hong Kong, New York, Auckland The Swig Company Puts the 692-room Fairmont Chicago Up for Sale CHICAGO January 24, 2005 On behalf of The Swig Company, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has been appointed to market for sale the 692-room Fairmont Chicago. The hotel is ideally located in the heart of Chicagos business district and a block away fro...
Five Luxury Cruise Ships Adding 3,500 Rooms to Jacksonville Super Bowl Inventory / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Frank Fitzpatrick, The Philadelphia InquirerKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 26, 2005 - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Portability is a familiar concept in the NFL. Television-network villages, tons of bulky football equipment, and entire teams journey weekly from city to city. For Super Bowl XXXIX, however, the cutting-edge league is experimenting with something new. Like so many Port-a-Potties, 3,500 hotel rooms will be whisked into town before the big game and moved out again the day after it concludes. At least one-fifth of all Super Bowl-related rooms in and around Jacksonville ne...
John Valletta, Super 8 President, Seeks to Improve System Quality; New Prototype Design Package Offered Free to Developers / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report John Valletta, Super 8 President, Seeks to Improve System Quality; New Prototype Design Package Offered Free to Developers KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Jan. 17, 2005) Calling on owners and operators to continue winning along the way, Super 8 President John Valletta today outlined a plan to drive additional revenue to the chains more than 2,000 motels while improving system quality. In his address to the more than 1,000 franchisees attending the Super 8 Motels International Conference here, Valletta said those goals would be accomplished through unprecedented levels of fiel...
Sunburst Hospitality Purchases Arkansas-based Glenwood Country Club, Plans Golf Resort Development / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Sunburst Hospitality Purchases Arkansas-based Glenwood Country Club, Plans Golf Resort Development Silver Spring, MD January 14, 2004 Sunburst Hospitality announced today that the company has purchased the Glenwood Country Club and Estates located in Glenwood, Arkansas. Sunburst plans to upgrade the club, renovate the golf course, and develop the surrounding property for resort and retirement ownership. Located near tourist-rich Hot Springs, Arkansas, the Glenwood Country Club will immediately benefit from proximity to Sunbursts Clarion Resort on the Lake located on Hot Springs...
Visual One Selected for The Strand Palace Hotel, London / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Visual One Selected for The Strand Palace Hotel, London Visual One beats competition for the 800 bedroomed hotel in Central London Jan 18th 2005 - Visual One Systems are delighted to announce that the The Strand Palace Hotel, London, have placed an order for their integrated Front Office, Sales Ledger, Sales & Catering and Point of Sale system Peter OMeara, General Manager of The Strand Palace said We spent quite some time in assessing presentations from four different companies using a number of criteria so as to be able to take a balanced view of what was on offer before decidin...
Steiner Leisure Limited Announces Agreement by Mandara Spa to Build and Operate the Spa at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel in Orlando,
January 30, 2005
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Starwood Hotels Sells the Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel to the Hotel Group/january 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood Hotels Sells the Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel to the Hotel Group WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Jan. 13, 2005) -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announced that it has completed the sale of the Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel to Clinton Street Investments, LLC an affiliate of The Hotel Group Opportunity Fund II, LLC based in Edmonds, Washington for $11.5 million. The 263-room Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel located in Engelwood, Colorado will remain in Sheraton's portfolio as a franchise property managed by T...
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Expands into Resort Market of Taiwan with Signing of the First International Resort in Yilan County, Taiwan
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood Hotels & Resorts Expands into Resort Market of Taiwan with Signing of the First International Resort in Yilan County, Taiwan -- Sheraton Yilan Resort, Taiwan is expected to open in June 2006 -- Singapore, 5th January 2005 - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc (NYSE: HOT) and Ilan Sky Line Entertainment Company have announced a franchise agreement to operate the first international resort in Yilan County, Taiwan. The newly built 180-room Sheraton Yilan Resort is schedul...
Starwood Reaches a Milestone Announcing its 30th Property in China, the Sheraton Chongquing Hotel/january 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood Reaches a Milestone Announcing its 30th Property in China, the Sheraton Chongquing Hotel Singapore (Jan. 13, 2005) - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc (NYSE: HOT) and Chongqing Taizheng Company Limited have announced an agreement whereby Starwood will manage the Sheraton Chongqing Hotel in China. This newly built 330-room Sheraton Chongqing Hotel is scheduled to open in January 2008. “China, with its natural landscape, bustling cities and rich history, is a key destination for business and leisure travelers aroun...
Marriott Opens the 575 room JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, First New Resort in Tucson in 18 Years / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott Opens the 575 room JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, First New Resort in Tucson in 18 Years WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2005 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) today announced the opening of the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, the first new resort in Tucson, Ariz., in 18 years. Starr Pass features 575 spacious guest rooms, including 35 deluxe suites; a 20,000-square-foot full-service spa with 23 treatment rooms; seven dining venues; a 27-hole Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course; and more than 88,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. Owned by Starr Pass Resor...
I Would Like to See your Hospitality Standards. Where Are They? Anybody Seen Them? / John Hendrie / January 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report I Would Like to See Your Hospitality Standards. Where Are They? Anybody Seen Them? By John R. Hendrie, January 2005 Id like to review your standards, said the Auditor. Which ones, I responded. My accountant uses GAAP to make sure I balance my books correctly; my CPA uses the IRS standards, to ensure that I reflect my business activities accurately; my chef follows the Requirements of the Health Department; my architect and builder always work with the Building Inspector to insure that we are in code; my elevators are up to spec; the Fire Marshall has approved my capacit...
