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VFM Interactive releases PhotoFlicks®; Innovative Rich Media Turns Still Photographs into Audio-enhanced Slide Shows to Increase Hotel Bookings On
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report VFM Interactive Releases PhotoFlicks® . Innovative Rich Media Turns Still Photographs into Audio-enhanced Slide Shows to Increase Hotel Bookings Online Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 10, 2004 VFM Interactive released PhotoFlicks today, the latest and -- most innovative -- product in its portfolio of rich media for the hotel and lodging industry. PhotoFlicks uses a hotels current photography to create moving slide shows enhanced by music and voice-over narration. By using existing images, PhotoFlicks are exceptionally cost-effective, making it now possible for any hotel property...
Arquitectonica the Lead Architect for Downtown Phoenix's New Landmark, the 1,000 room Sheraton Hotel / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Arquitectonica the Lead Architect for Downtown Phoenix's New Landmark, the 1,000 room Sheraton Hotel PHOENIX, Nov. 10, 2004 - Downtown Phoenix is expecting an exciting vibrant skyline with the addition of a new landmark 1,000 room Sheraton Hotel as the design firms have now been chosen. The hotel's lead architect is Arquitectonica, who will partner with the Arizona office of RSP Architects. The building will be located at the northwest corner of Van Buren and Third Street and will be roughly 30 stories tall. The $350 million hotel is slated to be completed in 2008, in conjunction ...
Per Aquum Resorts & Spas Signs Management Contract for The Fortress, a New Build Resort in Galle, Sri Lanka, Owned by Fortress Ltd. / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Per Aquum Resorts & Spas Signs Management Contract for The Fortress, a New Build Resort in Galle, Sri Lanka, Owned by Fortress Ltd. Maldives, October 28, 2004 Per Aquum Resorts & Spas, the specialist Resort and Spa Management Company, today announces the management contract for The Fortress, a new build property in Galle, Sri Lanka, owned by Fortress Ltd. Per Aquum Resorts & Spas will be consulting on the construction and pre-opening phases of The Fortress effective immediately and as the appointed management company will be in charge of the continued operation of the property foll...
The Resort at Paws Up in Western Montana Plans June 2005 Opening; Long Time Caribbean Hotelier Jamie Holmes Appointed GM / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The Resort at Paws Up in Western Montana Plans June 2005 Opening; Long Time Caribbean Hotelier Jamie Holmes Appointed GM November 2, 2004 - The Resort at Paws Up will bring a new level of five-star service and amenities to Montana when it opens in June 2005, combining luxury with unforgettable adventure on 37,000 acres of untamed western wilderness. The prestigious hotel brand, Small Luxury Hotels of the World, recently named Paws Up as its first member in Montana. Paws Up is privately owned by businessman Dave Lipson and his wife Nadine, who live in a circa 1915 farmhouse on the pro...
Passkey Releases Automated Rooming List Management Product; New Functionality Eliminates Manual Keying of Room Lists for Passkey Users / December 2004
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Passkey Releases Automated Rooming List Management Product - -New Functionality Eliminates Manual Keying of Room Lists for Passkey Users Boston, MA - Dec 1, 2004 - Passkey International, Inc., has released a new tool to overhaul the slow and cumbersome process for managing rooming lists. Passkey's new module, aptly named Passkey Room List Manager, streamlines the management of groups by allowing users or their customers to securely upload any spreadsheet based room list into Passkey, eliminating the need to re-key data, guaranteeing data entry accuracy, and resulting in substantial time saving...
The Radisson Hotel – New Orleans, Owned and Managed by Wyndham, Converting to Park Plaza Brand / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
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 Radisson Hotel - New Orleans, Owned and Managed by Wyndham, Converting to Park Plaza Brand NEW ORLEANS, La. (November 17, 2004) --- Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts, part of Minneapolis-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, today announced that the former Radisson hotel in New Orleans will join the full-service hotel chain...
Travel and Tourism Leaders Focus on India – 5th Global Travel & Tourism Summit Set for April 8-10, 2005 in New Delhi, India / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
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 Travel and Tourism Leaders Focus on India - 5th Global Travel & Tourism Summit Set for April 8-10, 2005 in New Delhi, India November 10, 2004 - At an event to launch the 5th Global Travel & Tourism Summit, which will take place from April 8-10, 2005 in New Delhi, India, a panel of industry leaders all pointed to th...
Hilton Hotels Corp. Considers Putting the Palmer House Hilton Up for Sale; Hilton Has Owned the 1,639-room Hotel Since 1945, May Seek up to $250 mi
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Thomas A. Corfman, Chicago TribuneKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 3, 2004 - Hilton Hotels Corp. is putting up for sale the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago's oldest and second-largest hotel. Hilton, which has owned the hotel since founder Conrad Hilton snapped it up in 1945, is aiming for a price of roughly $250 million, sources said. The famed hotelier paid a hefty $20 million for the hotel, established in 1871 by legendary Chicago entrepreneur Potter Palmer. Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Hilton is expected to conduct a formal study of its options before officially putting the 1,639-r...
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April 30, 2004
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 Peter Strebel Promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Cendant Corporations Hotel Group PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Nov. 15, 2004) Cendant Corporations Hotel Group today announced the promotion of Peter Strebel, a 22-year lodging veteran, to executive vice president and chief marketing offic...
Patrick Kluck Appointed General Manager of the Carefree Resort & Villas, Carefree, Arizona / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
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 Patrick Kluck Appointed General Manager of the Carefree Resort & Villas, Carefree, Arizona CAREFREE, AZ .- November 18, 2004 - Tiburon Hospitality Management President and COO Greg Champion announced today the appointment of Patrick Kluck to General Manager of the Carefree Resort & Villas. Kluck brings more than 19...
San Antonio Mayor Wooing PGA Tour to Build Luxury Hotel, Golf Resort in San Antonio, Texas / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Rebeca Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-NewsKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 21, 2004 - Although plans for a world-class PGA Tour resort in North Bexar County could be in place within weeks, precious few details are known about the proposed golf development, even by local officials involved in the discussions. "People think we know more than we do, and we really don't," County Judge Nelson Wolff said. Wolff, Mayor Ed Garza and other local leaders are planning a trip to the PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on Dec. 3 in an attempt to woo a luxury golf course, resor...
Pegasus Solutions Introduces Weekly Hotel Commission Processing for Travel Agents / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Pegasus Solutions Introduces Weekly Hotel Commission Processing for Travel Agents Enhanced Service Also Includes Weekly Direct Deposits in 20 Countries DALLAS (November 8, 2004) - Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) today announced the introduction of weekly commission payments from hotels to travel agents, planned for the first quarter of 2005. Pegasus industry-leading commission processing service, used by 35,000 hotels worldwide and the top 10 travel agencies in the U.S., processes an average of $40 million in hotel commissions each month. Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions is a global leader in providing technology ...
Pegasus Solutions Brings Electronic Hotel Booking Service to New Trans-Atlantic Customers / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Pegasus Solutions Brings Electronic Hotel Booking Service to New Trans-Atlantic Customers DALLAS (November 15, 2004) Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) today announced it has signed up three new customers for its electronic distribution service: Russell Hotel Reservations, Ventura s.p.a. and Expovision. These companies are now offering real-time hotel bookings directly from the reservation systems of Pegasus participating hotel customers. Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions is a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors. Russell Hotel Reservations (RHR) is a fast-growing corp...
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April 30, 2004
DER Group Selects Pegasus Solutions Electronic Distribution Services to Launch New European Travel Web Site Introduction of www.derhotel.com Coincides With Multi-Service Contract Extension; Pegasus Providing Distribution & Financial Services to German Company Through 2007 DALLAS (November 10, 2004) - Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) today announced that Germany-based DER Group, including the prominent tour operator DERTOUR and travel agency chains DER and DER Business Travel, is using Pegasus electronic distribution services to channel live hotel inventory to its new travel Web site, www.derhotel.com. Pegasus...
Paul Caccia Appointed Food and Beverage Director at the Four Points by Sheraton Denver Cherry Creek / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
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 Paul Caccia Appointed Food and Beverage Director at the Four Points by Sheraton Denver Cherry Creek DENVER, Colo. Nov. 16, 2004 The Denver Four Points by Sheraton Denver Cherry Creek, located near the citys upscale Cherry Creek shopping district, has added two new key players to its team. Food and Beverag...
Other Revenue Is Good Revenue / Robert Mandelbaum / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Other Revenue Is Good Revenue by: Robert Mandelbaum, November 2004 From 2000 to 2003, the average U.S. hotel struggled with a 15 percent decline in revenue. Since rooms revenue represents 68 percent of the total revenue at a typical hotel, the extraordinary declines in rooms occupied and ADR were certainly the major contributors to the fall-off in total revenue. Fortunately, hotels earn revenue from sources other than the rental of guest rooms. Full-service hotels have seen their food and beverage revenues decline in recent years, but not to the same degree as rooms revenue. On the othe...
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April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Orange County California Hotels See Little Impact Good or Bad from Labor Turmoil in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlantic City, N.J. By Sandi Cain Orange County hotels have seen little impactgood or badfrom labor turmoil in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlantic City, N.J. Contracts at the countys unionized hotels at and around the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim arent set to expire until 2006 at the earliest. Even then, there arent signs of discord found in other areas. We dont anticipate any (strike) activity at this time, said Martin Lopez, an assistant to the...
Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells 350 Room Crowne Plaza® Hotel in Hartford, Connecticut / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells 350 Room Crowne Plaza® Hotel in Hartford, Connecticut Fairfield, Connecticut, November 9, 2004 Optimum Hotel Brokerage announced today that the firm has closed on the sale of the Crowne Plaza® Hotel in Hartford, Connecticut. Joe McCann, president of Optimum Hotel Brokerage, represented the buyer in the transaction. The 350-unit hotel was sold by Dallas-based FelCor Lodging Trust, the nations second largest hotel real estate investment trust. The Hartford Crowne Plaza Hotel is a high quality, full service asset. It has a valuable and visible pre...
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April 30, 2004
Spot Light International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show Onity Set to Roll Out Revolutionary Spread Spectrum Wireless DDC Device-to-Device Networking in 2005 Booth # 3338 Beta testing now complete and production set to begin on Spread Spectrum wireless EMS application, setting the stage for the wireless property of the future. ATLANTA NOVEMBER 8, 2004 Onity / Senercomm®, the leading global provider of electronic control solutions for lodging applications, has successfully completed beta testing on a landmark new energy-management devicethe SensorStat® Wireless DDC. This revolutionary new thermosta...
Oliver Key Appointed Hotel Manager at the Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Oliver Key Appointed Hotel Manager at the Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii Kohala Coast, Hawaiis Big Island, November 2, 2004 David Roberts, Regional Vice President, Hawaii Region, and General Manager of The Fairmont Orchid, is pleased to announce the appointment of Oliver Key as Hotel Manager. Mr. Key brings 11 years of hospitality experience to the position, which involves overseeing and providing a support mechanism for hotel operations including the front office, guest services and food and beverage departments. As Hotel Manager, Mr. Key will assist the team at the 540-room resort el...
Chicago's Suburban and O'Hare Hotel Markets in a Rebranding and Remodeling Mode / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Kathy Bergen, Chicago TribuneKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 12, 2004 - Since its completion in early 2003, the 362-suite Renaissance Chicago O'Hare Hotel has been standing empty, a towering testament to the persistent weakness of the airport and suburban hotel markets. Now, the hotel has been sold to new owners who plan to open it in February 2005. This transaction along with other recent hotel acquisitions, groundbreakings, and property upgrades are sending signals that the hotel market may be strengthening, if slightly and slowly. "When big players . . . get involved, it's...
Orange County, California Hotel Sales are Back; Nineteen Hotels Changed Hands in the First Half of 2004, versus 13 a Year Earlier / Sandi Cain / Novem
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Orange County, California Hotel Sales are Back; Nineteen Hotels Changed Hands in the First Half of 2004, versus 13 a Year Earlier . Aliso Creek Inn and golf course: highest price per room of all sales By Sandi Cain, November 2004 Orange County, California hotel sales are back. Nineteen hotels changed hands in the first half of the year, versus 13 a year earlier, according to Costa Mesa-based Atlas Hospitality Group. Thats the highest six-month total since 2001. Atlas President Alan Reay said the pick up in hotel sales comes from pent-up investor demand since 2001 and a positive e...
Barrick Gaming Corp. Acquiring the Golden Nugget Laughlin for $31 million from Poster Financial Group. / November 2004...
April 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Matthew Crowley, Las Vegas Review-JournalKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11, 2004 - Barrick Gaming Corp. expanded its Southern Nevada portfolio on Wednesday, acquiring the Golden Nugget Laughlin for $31 million from Poster Financial Group. The deal, which the companies expect to close in the first quarter of 2005, requires state and federal regulators' approval. The deal includes working capital at the sale's closure, and grants Barrick rights to use the Golden Nugget name for up to two years. Barrick Gaming co-founder and President Stephen Crystal said his company plans to k...
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April 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Our "Pick of the Month" E-mail: info@optimumrating.com November 2004 We are often asked what hotels or resorts we like best, what would we recommend to others, or where we would like to visit again. These questions come from clients, guests, and friends. Beginning in 2005, we will try to provide some answers. On a regular basis we will highlight a property that we feel merits special recognition. We expect our choices to run the gamut from large well-known resorts to small obscure inns. Our selection process is really quite simple. We will choose places we know well, hav...
