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Four Seasons Adopts the US Dollar as its Reporting Currency / April 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Four Seasons Adopts the US Dollar as its Reporting Currency (April 26, 2005) -- Four Seasons Hotels Inc. (TSX Symbol "FSH.SV"; NYSE Symbol "FS") has announced that it will adopt the US dollar as its reporting currency effective commencing the first quarter of 2005. The Company has historically prepared the consolidated financial statements in Canadian dollars. Effective for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, Four Seasons has adopted US dollars as its reporting currency. With the majority of its management fe...
David and Jacqueline O’Hara Appointed to Manage the Dhoni Mighili in the Maldives / April 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report David and Jacqueline O’Hara Appointed to Manage the Dhoni Mighili in the Maldives Maldives, April 4, 2005 – Per Aquum Resorts & Spas is delighted to announce the appointment of David and Jacqueline O’Hara as the new management couple for Dhoni Mighili. David and Jacqueline, who are both from Australia, have worked across a range of top resorts andrestaurants worldwide and their combined experience will ensure they preserve and exceed the besoke, personalised philosophy of Dhoni Mighili. Prio...
Choice Hotels Scandinavia Converting 30 Hotels to the Clarion Collection Brand / April 2005
January 30, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Choice Hotels Scandinavia Converting 30 Hotels to the Clarion Collection Brand Silver Spring, Md. (April 5, 2005) — Choice Hotels International’s (NYSE:CHH) Clarion Collection, an extension of the Clarion brand, is finding its niche outside the United States, resulting in significant brand growth. This summer, Choice Hotels Scandinavia is converting more than 30 hotels to the Clarion Collection brand because it fits well with the style of hotels in the region. Sixteen Clarion Collection hotels thr...
Major Hotel Chains Grew Internet Reservations by 28% in First Half of 2004 TravelCLICK Reports eTRAK Results from 30 Leading Brands / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Major Hotel Chains Grew Internet Reservations by 28% in First Half of 2004 TravelCLICK Reports eTRAK Results from 30 Leading Brands . CHICAGO (October 4, 2004) TravelCLICK today released its first half results from the companys eTRAK report, demonstrating that Internet reservations received at the central reservation offices (CROs) of the major hotel brands grew 28% in the first half of 2004 versus the same time period in 2003. The report noted that brand websites were the source of 73% of the brands centrally booked Internet reservations. eTRAK is a quarterly benchmarking repo...
Zagat Survey 2005 NYC Restaurants; Average Check Now at $37.45, Only Four Restaurants Left Requiring Jackets and Ties; Gramercy Tavern Rated Most Popu
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Zagat Survey 2005 NYC Restaurants; . Average Check Now at $37.45, Only Four Restaurants Left Requiring Jackets and Ties, Gramercy Tavern Rated Most Popular Restaurant in NYC NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2004 - It's Zagat time of year -- the Zagat Survey 2005 New York City Restaurant Guide has just been released. The results of the guide show the New York dining scene in its most revolutionary year since the Survey began in 1979. Despite the demise of many of the city's oldest and most renowned classic French restaurants, the industry has greatly improved and diversified. This year, 226 restaur...
NAACP Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with the Yachtsman Resort Hotel in Myrtle Beach Mandating Policy Changes, Discounts and a Monetary Settlement
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Emma Ritch, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 21, 2004 - The NAACP settled its discrimination lawsuit with the Yachtsman Resort Hotel, mandating policy changes, discounts and a monetary settlement for the plaintiffs. As part of the settlement announced Wednesday, the hotel did not admit to discrimination during Atlantic Beach Bikefest but will pay compensation, costs and attorney fees. Yachtsman General Manager Tom Gardiner did not return calls seeking comment. Reynolds Williams, a lawyer for the hotel, and plaintiff lawyer Rick Talisman were ab...
Wyndham Completes Sale Six Hotels to Lone Star Funds and Three Hotels to Thayer Lodging Group / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Wyndham Completes Sale Six Hotels to Lone Star Funds and Three Hotels to Thayer Lodging Group DALLAS - Oct. 25, 2004 -- Wyndham International, Inc. (AMEX:WBR) announced today the closings of two asset portfolio transactions: six hotels to Lone Star Funds and three hotels to Thayer Lodging Group. Lone Star Funds: The Company has sold three non-proprietary and three Wyndham-branded assets to Dallas-based Lone Star Funds for an undisclosed price. The six hotels included in the transaction: the 124-room Union Station - A Wyndham Historic Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.; the 147-room T...
Valley Hospitality, Owner of the 177 room Columbus (GA) Wyndham, Considering Rebranding to Marriott…the New Telephone Directory Says So / Octo
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Tony Adams, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 28, 2004 - Valley Hospitality, the company that owns the Columbus Wyndham hotel, is working to change the brand of the 177-room property to Marriott. Although management with Valley Hospitality managers would not comment on the change Wednesday, the company already has purchased an advertisement in BellSouth's Real Yellow Pages telephone directory listing the 800 Front Ave. hotel as a Marriott. The full-page ad also includes Valley Hospitality's other Columbus-area hotels -- Hampton Inn North and Econo L...
San Jose Marriott and Wiotel Provide Interactive Hospitality Network for Guests / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report San Jose Marriott and Wiotel Provide Interactive Hospitality Network for Guests Wiotels Hospitality Network chosen for enhanced guest services San Jose, CA (October 13, 2004) The San Jose Marriott, one of Silicon Valleys newest full-service hotels, has selected Wiotel to implement an interactive suite of hotel applications for its networked business guests. Through wired and wireless laptop connections, hotel guests can now directly access enhanced guest services for everything from intuitive document printing, scheduling hotel housekeeping services, to online ordering for in-ro...
Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey Buries Time Capsule; 50 Years from now Will Provide Glimpse into Services, Foods, Cultures of the One Yea
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey Buries Time Capsule; 50 Years from now Will Provide Glimpse into Services, Foods, Cultures of the One Year Old Hotel October 7, 20 - Fifty years from now, a time capsule buried on the grounds of Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey, will provide a glimpse into the past upon its scheduled opening in the fall of 2054. The three-foot by one-foot cylinder was filled, sealed and placed in the ground recently in a formal ceremony attended by hotel staff and representatives of the many local groups that contributed to its contents. In...
Dialing Room Service for a Venti Caramel Macchiato; Room Service Waiters at Denver's Westin Tabor Center Learn a New Language – the Starb
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Robert Barba, The Denver PostKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18, 2004 - Guests at the Westin Tabor Center Hotel are getting a new perk. Literally. The hotel is now offering room service from its in-house Starbucks kiosk. "To the best of my knowledge, we are the only one offering it," said Dani Stern, general manager. All Westin Hotels provide in-room Starbucks coffee in individual packages with a coffee pot, a Westin spokesman said. The Westin Tabor Center, 1672 Lawrence St., is going above that and offering its guests a venti caramel macchiato -- or anything else from the menu --...
The 352-room West Palm Beach Marriott Reopens; PBM Properties, LLC Completes Renovation and Conversion of Former Sheraton / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The 352-room West Palm Beach Marriott Reopens; PBM Properties, LLC Completes Renovation and Conversion of Former Sheraton WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., - October 28, 2004 West Palm Beachs only full-service Marriott, the re-branded, upscale, 352-room West Palm Beach Marriott, officially dedicated Friday, October 22, 2004 with Marriott International Chairman and CEO J.W. Marriott, Jr., and a host of local dignitaries attending. While in the midst of a renovation and conversion from a Sheraton Hotel, the West Palm Beach Marriott immediately came to the aid of their community. While the hot...
Marketing Hotel Websites to their Fullest; Lowest-Rate Guarantees, Booking Friendly, Search Engine Friendly / Felix Laboy / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Marketing Hotel Websites to their Fullest; Lowest-Rate Guarantees, Booking Friendly, Search Engine Friendly Taking Control - Now is the time to focus efforts on driving traffic to your website By Felix B. Laboy, October 2004 (As reprinted from HSMAI Marketing Review) As the economy (slowly) begins to come around and the travel industry continues its recovery, its time for hotels and some hotel companies to break the grip that third-party websites have on their inventory. Much as some industry executives would have you believe otherwise, there are no villai...
Hotel Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2004 / 14 New Hotel Waterparks Open, 32 Under Construction / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2004 14 New Hotel Waterparks Open, 32 Under Construction By Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson, October 1, 2004 The USA hotel industry reached 62.7% for the first eight months of 2004, up almost two points over a year ago and only one point below benchmark Year 2000. Hotel room rate averages reached $86.55, which is higher than Year 2000 levels. . USA HOTEL INDUSTRY TRENDS 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Occupancy 62.7% 60.8% 61.2% 60.1% 63.7% Average Room Rate $86.55 $83.60 $84.01 $84.85 $86.04 Sour...
What Is a Waterpark — Really? Blending Swimming Pools, Amusement/Theme Parks, Hotels & Resorts Calls for New Definitions / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report What Is a Waterpark --- Really? . Blending Swimming Pools, Amusement/Theme Parks, Hotels & Resorts Calls for New Definitions By Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson, October 1, 2004 In the beginning, there was the Garden of Eden, the first theme park designed as paradise on earth until somebody took a bite of the apple and it was renamed Paradise Lost. Years later, God told Noah, "I wanna build a waterpark, so get ready!" After the Great Flood receded from the earth, the attractions industry started to evolve from pleasure gardens in the 1500s to the amusement parks, theme parks and waterpa...
Condominium Hotels: The Latest Strategy for Hotel Waterpark Resorts/ October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Condominium Hotels: The Latest Strategy for Hotel Waterpark Resorts By Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson, October 1, 2004 Over the past three years, we have written extensively about a significant evolution in the waterpark industry: the waterpark resort. As we have described the concept in previous articles, the waterpark resort involves the pairing of some type of lodging with an indoor waterpark. Other components may also be present, but it is the synergism created by the hotel and the indoor waterpark that has made the waterpark resort concept so successful. The good news about waterpa...
Warmbrodt Hotel Investments, Inc. Advises FelCor Lodging Trust in the Sale of the Holiday Inn-Mountainview in Albuquerque, New Mexico / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Warmbrodt Hotel Investments, Inc. Advises FelCor Lodging Trust in the Sale of the Holiday Inn-Mountainview in Albuquerque, New Mexico KANSAS CITY, Missouri, October 15, 2004 - Warmbrodt Hotel Investments, Inc. (WHI), a Kansas City based hotel real estate advisory firm, announced today it advised FelCor Lodging Trust in the sale of the Holiday Inn-Mountainview in Albuquerque, New Mexico. . Located at the northeast quadrant of I-40 and I-25, the Holiday Inn-Mountainview is in close proximity to the University of New Mexico, Sandia National Labs, downtown Albuquerque, Lovelace Health Systems, a...
WestCoast Hospitality Reports 3rd Qtr 2004 Net Income of $3.5 million, Occupancy Up Year over Year in Each of Past Ten Calandar Months / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report WestCoast Hospitality Reports 3rd Qtr 2004 Net Income of $3.5 million, Occupancy Up Year over Year in Each of Past Ten Calandar Months ADR Increases 2.0% and RevPAR Increases 7.0% SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 28, 2004 - WestCoast Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: WEH) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2004. System-wide RevPAR (revenue per available room) for comparable hotels (hotels owned, leased, managed and franchised for at least one year) increased 7.0% in the third quarter of 2004 to $52.71 from $49.27 in the third quarter of 2003. The increase...
Visual One Marches on to Lumley Castle and Coombe Abbey / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Visual One Marches on to Lumley Castle and Coombe Abbey 30th September 2004 - Visual One is pleased to announce the signing of the contract to install the market leading integrated Visual One System at Lumley Castle and Coombe Abbey. Visual One is supplying Front Office (PMS), Sales and Catering, Point of Sale and Web Bookings to both historic properties. . If there was ever a place that lived up to the name 'No Ordinary Hotel' it is Lumley Castle. In the past it has played host to kings and princes, now with a unique reputation as a luxury hotel we welcome guests from across the globe. ...
Foxhills Club & Resort Goes All the Way with Visual One / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Foxhills Club & Resort Goes All the Way with Visual One October 22nd 2004 - Twenty minutes from London's Heathrow airport lies a golf resort ranked as one of the world's best by The Observer. At the heart of the 400 acre estate stands a nineteenth century manor house. In the grounds there are three championship golf courses, choice of three pools, a tennis club, health club, squash courts, spa, 4 star hotel, creche and adventure playground, two rosette restaurant, a Brasserie and conference centre. Perhaps it is no wonder Foxhills was ranked No. 1 hottest short break destination in 2002 by t...
Market Snapshot – Vienna / HVS International / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Market Snapshot Vienna By Katerina Giannouka & Bernard Forster, October 4, 2004 Vienna hotels have sustained the recent economic slowdown relatively well. There has been continued investment in Vienna's tourist infrastructure. Despite the entry of new hotel supply to the market our outlook is positive. Economy The key points affecting the Austrian economy according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) latest Austria Country Forecast Summary (21 June 2004) are as follows. Since 1999, Austria has been governed by a centre-right coalition government comprising the Austrian Peo...
The Government Market / Carol Verret Consulting and Training November WebCast / November 8, 2004
April 30, 2004
Carol Verret Consulting and Training Consulting Training Seminars . Carol Verret Consulting and Training October WebCast - Presenting "The Government Market" "Training Bytes: Skill Sets for Hunters" Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at 2:00pm Eastern Time/11:00am Pacific Register Now Greenwood Village, CO, November 09, 2004 - Carol Verret Consulting and Training announces the December webcast for Training Bytes: Skill Sets For Hunters, a series of brief, real time web casts designed for hotel sales people. Training Bytes is a cost-effective method for sales people to receive and participate in live trai...
Vantis Partners with VFM Interactive to offer Hotel Clients Rich Media Solutions / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Vantis Partners with VFM Interactive to Offer Hotel Clients Rich Media Solutions Stronger visuals will help improve hotels visibility on the Internet and increase online bookings Calgary, Alberta, Canada October 28, 2004 Vantis, formerly VIP International and Lexington Services, further demonstrated its commitment to working with clients to optimize their profitable revenue today by announcing a new partnership with Toronto-based VFM Interactive, the hotel industrys leading provider of online rich media solutions. Through the agreement, Vantis will offer clients services ...
Vantis Launched from VIP International, Lexington Services / October 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Vantis Launched from VIP International, Lexington Services One-Stop Channel Marketing Powerhouse for Travel Industry Rolls Out New Name, Brand and Services Calgary, Alberta, Canada October 4, 2004 Vantis International Corporation, formerly VIP International and Lexington Services, today signaled its intent to redefine the channel marketing category through the consolidation of both companies and rollout of the Vantis name, brand, and escalating suite of services. The newly created company is dedicated to optimizing profitable revenue for hotels, car rental companies and airl...
