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New York City Survey of Restaurant Workers Finds Minorities in the Back of the House and Whites in Front of the House; Piques Interest of State Att
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Leslie Casimir, Daily News, New YorkKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 25, 2005 - Leonel Baizan had been a waiter for five years when he applied for a job at a French restaurant in midtown. But his work experience didn't help much. "She didn't ask me, 'Can I see your resume?'" recalled the 30-year-old Mexican immigrant, who has lived in the city since age 6. "She said, 'Go to the kitchen.' But I didn't come there to be a delivery boy or a [dish]washer. I came there to be a waiter." A survey of 530 restaurant workers and 35 of their employers found that owners routinely hire immi...
Hospitality Industry's Top 10 Thoughts for 2005 – Ernst & Young LLP / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hospitality Industry's Top 10 Thoughts for 2005 - Ernst & Young LLP 1. Hospitality Investing: What a difference a year can make. Improved hotel operating performance over the past year -- and the anticipation of continued improvement for the foreseeable future -- has led to positive investor sentiment and increased capital markets activity in the sector. According to a recent report issued by Principal Real Estate Investors, Real Estate Research Corp., and Torto Wheaton Research, unleveraged average annual returns for full-service hotels are anticipated to exceed 13 percent ...
Heywood Sanders, Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Stirs Debate Concerning Publicly Funded Convention Centers and Hotels in the
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Melissa S. Monroe, San Antonio Express-NewsKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20, 2005 - The debate about whether convention centers and attached hotels promise to bring in the numbers that consultants say they do took another jolt from San Antonian Heywood Sanders in his recent analysis for the Brookings Institution. The purpose of his study is to "provide a frank reality check on the overly optimistic forecasts" cities use to justify new public investments in convention facilities. The report doesn't study San Antonio, but mentions it among other cities that are expanding conv...
Doubletree Hotels Spending $300 Million in Product Enhancement Across North America; Adds Six New Hotels / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Doubletree Hotels Spending $300 Million in Product Enhancement Across North America; Adds Six New Hotels BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - -Jan. 20, 2005 -- Doubletree(R) Hotels (NYSE:HLT) announced today that the brand has successfully reached the halfway point of an aggressive $300 million product enhancement program being undertaken by property owners. During the past several months, the Doubletree executive team has implemented a series of new brand standards. From innovative designs to guest technology services to a luxurious sleep experience, the brand's main vision behind this effort is to...
Days Inns Worldwide Plans Series of Initiatives to Boost Revenue; Hires 27 Directors of Business Development to Improve Overall Quality and Consistenc
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Days Inns Worldwide Plans Series of Initiatives to Boost Revenue; Hires 27 Directors of Business Development to Improve Overall Quality and Consistency KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Jan. 14, 2005) Days Inns Worldwide today announced a series of initiatives directed to the single goal of boosting revenue per available room while delivering guest value. Addressing nearly 2,000 attendees during the brands biannual conference here today, Days Inn President Joe Kane outlined the key traits that he said comprise the soul of the brand and underscore the brands sunsational service commitment....
Hotel Online News – Email Archive – Day by Day / Februrary – March 2005...
January 30, 2005
Inside Hotel Online today Day by Day Index January - March 2005 Links to Previous Months Inside Hotel Online today Daily Emails March 2005 February 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 Monthly Top Read Articles March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2...
Vijay Dandapani Appointed to the Board of Directors of the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show for 2005 / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Vijay Dandapani Appointed to the Board of Directors of the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show for 2005 WHITE PLAINS, NY, January 26, 2005 Vijay Dandapani, chief operating officer of Apple Core Hotels, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show (IH/M&RS) for 2005. Dandapani succeeds Xavier S. Lividini as one of two representatives of the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. (HANYC) on the nine-member Board. As chief operating officer of Apple Core Hotels, Dandapani has been instrumental in the companys growth ...
Frank Poe, Director of Dallas Convention Center, Distinguishing Dallas from its Competitors- Including the new Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Ce
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Suzanne Marta, The Dallas Morning NewsKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 22, 2005 - After he took charge of the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau in 2003, Phillip Jones got an earful about poor service at the convention center. "With almost everyone I talked to about the center, the conversation came back to, 'You need someone like Frank Poe,' " Mr. Jones said. As an industry outsider, Mr. Jones had never met Mr. Poe, who spent more than 16 years overseeing the Dallas Convention Center before taking a similar job in 1997 Birmingham, Ala. Once the city renewed its search last y...
Distinguished Hotels International Names David Moth Executive Vice President for Miami Beach Office / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Distinguished Hotels International Names David Moth Executive Vice President for Miami Beach Office NEW YORK - January 28, 2005 - Distinguished Hotels International (DHI), a new marketing and management consortium headquartered in New York and London, has opened a development and sales office in Miami Beach and named veteran hospitality professional David Moth as Executive Vice President. Moth was most recently general manager for The Tides Hotel in Miami Beach. In his new role, he will work out of the Miami Beach office, overseeing membership development, sales and marketing for DHI...
Reported Illness Plagues Cruise Ships / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10, 2005 --Four cruise ships reported outbreaks of intestinal illness in December to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. None of them was sailing from South Florida ports when the outbreaks occurred. Norwegian Cruise Line had two episodes. About 2.9 percent of passengers aboard its Norwegian Sea vessel were ill on a seven-night voyage ended Dec. 11 in Houston. About the same time 4.2 percent of passengers on the Norwegian Dream fell ill on...
Reported Illness Plagues Cruise Ships...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10, 2005 --Four cruise ships reported outbreaks of intestinal illness in December to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. None of them was sailing from South Florida ports when the outbreaks occurred. Norwegian Cruise Line had two episodes. About 2.9 percent of passengers aboard its Norwegian Sea vessel were ill on a seven-night voyage ended Dec. 11 in Houston. About the same time 4.2 percent of passengers on the Norwegian Dream fell ill on...
Driftwood Hospitality Management Reflags the 215 room Hilton-Oklahoma City Northwest to Crowne Plaza Hotel / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Driftwood Hospitality Management Reflags the 215 room Hilton-Oklahoma City Northwest to Crowne Plaza Hotel ATLANTA (Jan. 19, 2005) - InterContinental Hotels Group announced today the opening of a 215-room Crowne Plaza Hotel in Oklahoma City, Okla., with plans to complete a $2.5 million renovation this year. The hotel is owned and managed by Driftwood Hospitality Management, LLC, under a license agreement with a company in the InterContinental Hotels Group. The property was formerly known as the Hilton-Oklahoma City Northwest. This contemporary hotel's renovations will i...
Crown American Hotels Headquarters in Johnstown Plans to Lay Off All 42 Employees / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Jeff McCready, The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 14, 2004 - All 42 employees at the Crown American Hotels headquarters in downtown Johnstown will lose their jobs by late March, the company told the state this week. Word of those layoffs comes days after the state was notified that Crown is in the process of selling 10 of its 26 hotels and terminating 809 employees. Crown officials have been mum about the situation. The job losses became public because of a federal law that requires the state to be notified before large layoffs. That allows ti...
Marriott Opens First Courtyard in Mid-San Fernando Valley; Owners Invest $11 Million to Renovate Landmark Ventura Blvd. Hotel from Inside Out / Januar
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott Opens First Courtyard in Mid-San Fernando Valley; Owners Invest $11 Million to Renovate Landmark Ventura Blvd. Hotel from Inside Out SHERMAN OAKS, CALIF.January 25, 2005The most visible hotel in the busy Sherman Oaks/Encino area of Los Angeleson Ventura Blvd. just west of the Sherman Oaks Galleria and Interstate 405has reopened as the Courtyard by MarriottLos Angeles/San Fernando Valley. The owners of the hotel that once was the Valley Radisson have invested $11 million in a total renovation of the property. The renovation began in July 2003 and was completed last month. Dav...
Colorado Hotels Have Opportunity to Outsource Housekeeping Departments / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Christine Tatum, The Denver PostKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21, 2005 - Procter & Gamble is checking into the hotel-cleaning business. The Cincinnati-based consumer-products behemoth announced Thursday that metro Denver is the launching pad for what the company hopes will become a national hotel-cleaning service that specializes in using Procter & Gamble brands commonly found in U.S. households. The company has tested the service for more than two years at two hotels in Lakewood. Procter & Gamble has teamed with Coverall Cleaning Concepts, also in Cincinnati, to offer outsou...
Hotel Construction Signs Along the Road to Recovery; Measuring Hotel Developer Intent / R. Mark Woodworth and Robert Mandelbaum / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Construction Signs Along the Road to Recovery; Measuring Hotel Developer Intent By R. Mark Woodworth and Robert Mandelbaum, January 2005 Introduction The economic and political events of 2001 through 2003 effectively brought new hotel construction to a trickle. During the late 1990s, construction activity added approximately 150,000 rooms per year to the U.S. inventory. The current annual rate of inventory increase equals about 75,000 rooms. As these numbers indicate, hotel developers are patiently waiting for conditions to once again justify normal levels construction. Hote...
The Differences Between Traditional Lodging Development and Condominium Hotel Development / John Montgomery and Kevin Holt / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Differences Between Traditional Lodging Development and Condominium Hotel Development By John Montgomery and Kevin Holt From Trump Tower in Chicago to the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas to Colorados Beaver Creek Lodge, condominium hotels have surfaced as the hottest trend in the lodging industry. Perhaps the best way to understand condominium hotels is to distinguish among traditional hotel rooms, hotel residences and condo-hotel units. Traditional upscale hotel guest rooms are typically 350 to 450 square feet in size and are part of a hotel that is owned and operated by a ho...
Paul Coury, Developer of Tulsa's Boutique Ambassador Hotel, Wants to Turn 95 Year Old Office Building in Downtown Oklahoma City into Luxury Hot
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Richard Mize, The Daily OklahomanKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 28, 2005 - Deluxe room service could be headed for downtown Oklahoma City's historic Colcord Building. Owners are lining up investors to help turn the 95-year-old office building into what one early developer envisioned: a hotel. A "boutique" hotel. That means small, by modern hostelry standards, but with higher finish and a higher level of service, said Paul Coury, president of Tulsa's Coury Properties, one of three managing partners of the planned Colcord Hotel LLC. Coury, who developed Tulsa's boutique Ambassador...
Detroit Officials Salivating at Prospect of the Las Vegas Sands Building a new Detroit Casino-Convention-Hotel Complex Entirely with Private Funds /
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Tom Walsh, Detroit Free PressKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21, 2005 - DETROIT CAN LOOK WEST FOR INSPIRATION: Grand Rapids is only 149 miles from Detroit, but it might as well be on another planet, so stark are the differences in how the two cities address their regional needs. A week from Tuesday, Grand Rapids will throw a dinner party for 2,500 people to celebrate completion of the final phase of the impressive $211 million DeVos Place convention center downtown. In Detroit, meanwhile, after three years of huffing about a new or expanded convention complex to replace Cobo ...
Choice Hotels Closes 2004 WithDouble-Digit Increases in CRS Revenue / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Choice Hotels Closes 2004 With Double-digit Increases in CRS Revenue -- Business Delivered via Choicehotels.com Up 37 Percent, Total Internet Delivery Up 22 Percent -- Silver Spring, Md. (January 26, 2005) – Worldwide lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International Inc. (NYSE:CHH) delivered a 16 percent increase in revenues to its franchisees via the company’s central reservations system (CRS) over 2003, with Internet bookings soaring as travelers increasingly prefer to book their lodging accommodations via the web. Indeed, Choice Hotels’ proprietary...
Certifying Third Party Intermediaries a Timely Topic Discussed at Hotel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference; Executives from Over 40 Hotel Companie
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Certifying Third Party Intermediaries a Timely Topic Discussed at Hotel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference; Executives from Over 40 Hotel Companies Attended MCLEAN, VA (Jan. 10, 2005) Timely and pertinent issues of certifying intermediaries and the new generation of online travel search engines headlined the agenda at the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Internationals (HSMAI) 3rd Hotel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference held in Los Angeles. Travel and hospitality executives from more than 40 hotel companies attended the day-long event, which also addresse...
Cendant Hotel Group Appoints Daniel Del Olmo as VP of International Marketing and Marc Stanley as VP of International Sales / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Cendant Hotel Group Appoints Daniel Del Olmo as VP of International Marketing and Marc Stanley as VP of International Sales PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Jan. 14, 2005) Cendant Hotel Group International today announced the appointments of Daniel Del Olmo as vice president of international marketing and Marc Stanley as vice president of international sales. Daniel Del Olmo, who will be responsible for marketing Cendants Ramada®, Days®, Howard Johnson®, Wingate® and Super 8® brands outside North America, formerly served as director of marketing for the Wingate Inn and AmeriHost Inn® brands....
Carlson Hotels Worldwide is First Hotel Company to Meet Two Top Data Privacy Frameworks / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Carlson Hotels Worldwide is First Hotel Company to Meet Two Top Data Privacy Frameworks-- Company Becomes TRUSTe Member and Joins the U.S. Safe Harbor -- MINNEAPOLIS (January 17, 2005) - Carlson Hotels Worldwide today announced it has achieved certification by two top data privacy frameworks, TRUSTe and the U.S. Department of Commerce's "Safe Harbor" program, becoming the first hotel company to accomplish this dual status. Carlson, whose hotel brands include Regent International Hotels; Radisson Hotels & Resorts; Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts; Country Inns & Su...
Carlson Names Trudy Rautio as Chief Financial Officer / January 2005...
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Carlson Names Trudy Rautio as Chief Financial Officer-- Financial Veteran Becomes Company's First Female CFO -- MINNEAPOLIS (January 18, 2005) – Trudy Rautio today was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Carlson Companies by Carlson Chair and CEO Marilyn Carlson Nelson. “Trudy has tremendous experience both within and outside of our own operations, and her business acumen and counsel will be invaluable,” said Nelson. In her new role, Rautio will direct all financial operations of the company, report to Chai...
