The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Elects Richard D. Farrar as President of the Alumni Association / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Elects Richard D. Farrar as President of the Alumni Association EAST LANSING, Michigan (July 2004) – The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University’s Alumni Association announced that Richard D. Farrar was elected President at their May 24, 2004 meeting in Chicago.  Mr. Farrar had served as the Association’s Vice President last year and has been on the Executive Board of Directors for the past three years. Mr. Farrar is a 30-year veteran of Marriott International, Inc. and currently serves as Vice Presid...

Is the Hotel Industry Smart Enough to Avoid Overbuilding; Ten Reasons Why Real Estate Markets Become Overbuilt / Jack B. Corgel / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report   Is the Hotel Industry Smart Enough to Avoid Overbuilding;  Ten Reasons Why Real Estate Markets Become Overbuilt July 2004 - Are we seeing a decline in the risk of overbuilding in hotel markets?  No matter how rosy the economic picture, the bogeyman of oversupply is always lurking around the next corner.  Given recent experience, is the hotel industry now smart enough to avoid this bully?  In a current report, Jack Corgel, Ph.D., looks at the whole phenomenon and presents a list of ten reasons to explain overbuilding in terms of real estate market cycles.  1. Long Delivery Lags Â...

Resort Data Processing (RDP), Inc. Annual Conference Set for September 20th through September 23, 2004 at the Lodge at Vail, in Vail, Colorado / July

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report Resort Data Processing (RDP), Inc. Annual Conference Set for September 20th through September 23, 2004 at the Lodge at Vail, in Vail Colorado July 21, 2004 - Resort Data Processing (RDP), Inc. announces their Annual RDP Customer Conference, and the release of RDPWin, Resort Data Processing’s new Windows based property management software system.   The Resort Data Processing annual conference will take place Monday September 20th through Thursday, September 23, 2004 at the Lodge at Vail, in Vail Colorado.   The focus on the 2004 Resort Data Processing conference will be the release of RDPW...

Rik Blyth Named Managing Director of Caneel Bay, St John, USVI / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report  Rik Blyth Named Managing Director of Caneel Bay, St John, USVI DALLAS --July 1, 2004 -- Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, the premier manager of ultra-luxury hotels and resorts throughout the world, is proud to announce the appointment of Rik Blyth as Managing Director of Caneel Bay. Mr. Blyth will assume his position on Monday, June 21 succeeding Brian Young who is relocating to Dallas to assume his new role as Vice President of Operations at Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. Though Rik began his career with Hyatt Hotels in Seattle in 1980, holding management positions of increasing responsibility a...

Rocco M. Angelo, Associate Dean of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Florida International University, Recipient of EI's Lamp o

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report Rocco M. Angelo, Associate Dean of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Florida International University, Recipient of EI's Lamp of Knowledge Lifetime Achievement Award ORLANDO, Fla., July 2004 - The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) will present the Lamp of Knowledge Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Rocco M. Angelo, CHA, associate dean of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Florida International University, on Tuesday, July 27, during the 2004 International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Conference in Phil...

Extreme Makeover: Changing Guest Preferences Called for $25-million Renovation at Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report Extreme Makeover: Changing Guest Preferences Called for $25-million Renovation at Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club Carmel, CA, July 26, 2004 -- Extreme makeovers aren’t only for people. Changing guest preferences and new demographics called for an extreme makeover of one of the most elegant divas of Carmel, CA resorts, Quail Lodge Resort and Golf Club. As a film star returns to the silver screen to wide acclaim, Quail’s $25-million renovation earned the legendary property a number of coveted honors: it was recently named “U.S. Comeback Hotel of the Year” by Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Rep...

$20 million in State Tax Credits for Proposed Downtown Providence Convention Center Hotel Viewed as Fiscally Irresponsible / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Edward Fitzpatrick, The Providence Journal, R.I.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 20, 2004 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce is backing Governor Carcieri's veto of a bill providing $20 million in state tax credits for the downtown hotel being developed by former state Rep. Vincent J. Mesolella Jr. In a statement issued yesterday, the Chamber's board of directors said it does not dispute that more hotel rooms are needed near the Rhode Island Convention Center. But citing "significant private sector interest in developing one or more hotels in Provi...

Hawaii Land Development Corporation and the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds Acquiring the Princeville Resort from the Princeville Corporation, Owner

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report  Hawaii Land Development Corporation and the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds Acquiring the Princeville Resort from the Princeville Corporation,  Owner Since 1979 PRINCEVILLE, Hawaii - July 16, 2004 -- Princeville Corporation has entered into an agreement to sell the 9,000-acre Princeville Resort on Kaua'i to a newly formed joint venture company, Princeville Associates, LLC, led by kama'aina developer Jeffrey R. Stone, it was announced today. The transaction now enters a due diligence period, with the sale closing expected to occur by the end of 2004.   The acquisition includes th...

The Revenue Management Strategy – The Pre-Plan Marketing Plan / Carol Verret / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Carol Verret Consulting  and Training Consulting Training Seminars . The Revenue Management Strategy . - The Pre-Plan Marketing Plan . Carol Verret / July 2004 July 2004 Why would the development of a revenue management strategy be important prior to the marketing plan development -- and why is a revenue management strategy different from the budget? A revenue management strategy that incorporates all of the revenue drivers such as GDS, the web site and the electronic distribution channels is key. However, it requires the involvement of the sales department and all other profit centers of the hotel. This ...

Post Ranch Inn Receives Small Luxury Hotels Hotel of the Year Award / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report  Post Ranch Inn Receives Small Luxury Hotels "Hotel of the Year" Award July 19, 2004 - The Post Ranch Inn, a luxury eco-hotel in California, has been named Hotel of the Year for 2004 by Small Luxury Hotels of the World.   The environmentally-sensitive 30-room property overlooks the Pacific along the Big Sur coastline and strongly supports measures to conserve resources whilst also helping to protect threatened flora and fauna. Strict SLH award criteria measure both the standards of quality achieved by the hotel and its support for international marketing initiatives. SLH glo...

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report    The Peninsula Hotels Names New Properties’ Management Appointments, Marketing and Communications Structures July 21, 2004 - Mr Peter C. Borer, Chief Operating Officer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Jan Svoboda as Hotel Manager of The Peninsula Hong Kong, Mr Hans Hordijk as The Peninsula Bangkok Resident Manager, Mr Paul Tchen as Vice President, Operations Planning & Support, and on the Marketing and Communications side Ms Dianna Balabon as Vice President, Sales and Marketing (America & Europe), Mr Arthur Kiong as Vice ...

Pelican System Opens US Office / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report   Pelican System Opens US Office July 6, 2004 - Pelican System has announced the opening of an office in the United States. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, the office will build on Pelican’s considerable success in Asia to introduce Pelican’s innovative online reservation and distribution system to the American market.  “We believe the unique features of Pelican system will attract significant attention from US hoteliers,” said H. Liman, director of Pelican System.  “Our ability to assign room allotment based on rate category and multi rates layer structure (US patent pending) will help h...

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report   Pelican™ System and Hotel Booking Solutions Join Forces Singapore June 28, 2004 -- Pelican Systems, a division of HotelExchange, Pte. Ltd, and Hotel Booking Solutions L.L.C., an American hotel industry technology company based in New Orleans have announced plans for a strategic alliance that will draw on the strengths of each company to provide a complete, automated distribution system.   “Partnering with Hoboobox will provide a seamless interface with Pelican’s hotel PMS system, allowing instant access to room inventories and reduce the need for duplicate entries of confirmed reservat...

Pelican Reservation System Helps Hotels to Regain Control their Room Rate and Room Inventory (allotment) / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report   Pelican Reservation System Helps Hotels to Regain Control of their Room Rate and Room Inventory (allotment) July 26, 2004 - Pelican System brings on-line reservation services to the next level by allowing hotels to take reservations, distribute room rates, and to manage room allotments for three major market segments with one application. Pelican offers hotels the facilities to enhance their web sites by providing travel agents and corporate clients with direct and secure connections to access confidential rates / allotments as well as instant reservation confirmation for internet users. Pe...

Pegasus Solutions Speeds RFP Process for Utell by Pegasus Member Hotels Via Deployment of New Lanyon Technology / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Pegasus Solutions Speeds RFP Process for Utell by Pegasus Member Hotels Via Deployment of New Lanyon Technology RFPs Returned to Corporate Travel Managers via Easy Three Step Process; Lanyon Consolidates Disparate Information Into One Content Control Center NBTA Booth # 2415 DALLAS (July 28, 2004) - Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) announced that its Utell by Pegasus member hotels are among the first properties to utilize Lanyon’s latest hotel RFP technology.  Lanyon’s Content Control Center (“3C”), introduced to participating hotels this month as 2005 corporate negotiations get underway, eliminates significant...

After $19 million Renovation, Peabody Hotel Group Reopens the 263 room Hilton Little Rock Metro Center / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report After $19 million Renovation, Peabody Hotel Group Reopens the 263 room Hilton Little Rock Metro Center Natick, MA  July 16,  2004 - The Peabody Hotel Group (PHG) today announced that it  has completed  a  renovation  of the Hilton Hotel located at 925 South University Avenue in Little Rock. The hotel will reopen on Saturday July 17 as the Hilton Little Rock Metro Center.   As part of the $19 million renovation, exterior improvements to the 263 room  hotel  include the addition of an upscale new facade with a dramatic grand entrance, and a complete overhaul of the grounds to in...

Pawtucket, R.I., City Council Losing Patience with Hand-picked Developer for Proposed 200 room Hampton Inn on City Land / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy John Castellucci, The Providence Journal, R.I.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 8, 2004 - PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Plans by a politically connected developer to build a hotel on publicly owned land along the waterfront were thrown into disarray yesterday when the City Council lost patience with his efforts to chip away at guarantees that city officials insisted on having in the deal. The agreement that Pawtucket was offering Alfred Carpionato, of Carpionato Properties, contains a clause returning the land to the city if the 200-room hotel isn't 75-percent complete 4 1/2-years after C...

BringYourPet.com Extends its Paw to Hotel Chains around the World / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report BringYourPet.com Extends its Paw to Hotel Chains Around the World Knoxville, TN – July 8, 2004 – BringYourPet.com, one of the world’s fastest growing online hotel directories for pet-friendly hotel and travel lodging, is offering corporate and franchised hotel chains around the world special discounted pricing for registering multiple properties with the Web site through the month of July.  Company spokesperson Brian Bailey states that, “Due the amount of interest we’ve been getting from large hotel chains and franchises over the past couple of months, we want to encourage them to registe...

Patel Name has Long History of Success in Hospitality / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Benita Newton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 19, 2004 - Look at hotel broker David Mumford's database of potential hotel buyers, and you might see an oddly organized list. Instead of ordering by last name, Mumford has resorted to sorting by telephone number to keep track of the thousands in the database named Patel. "Just looking up the name Jay Patel, I can find 200 of them," said Mumford, president of Mumford Co., a Newport News hotel brokerage. "Sorting by telephone number was the only way we could maintain some level of ability to distin...

Becker Ventures Acquires Paramount Hotel for $126.5 million from Morgans Hotel Group; Hard Rock / Sol Meliá Joint Venture Will Operate as Re-br

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report Becker Ventures Acquires Paramount Hotel for $126.5 million from Morgans Hotel Group; Hard Rock / Sol Meliá Joint Venture Will Operate as Re-branded Hard Rock Hotel New York New York, NY July 7, 2004 … Hard Rock Cafe International and Sol Meliá Hotels and Resorts today announced that its 50:50 joint venture (Lifestar Hotels LLC) has entered into a series of agreements with Becker Ventures LLC to develop and manage the Paramount Hotel which Becker recently acquired from Century Paramount LLC.  The purchase price of the hotel was $126.5 million.  The hotel will undergo a mult...

Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Undertaking $50 million in Renovations at Most Every Property in Portfolio / July 2004

March 31, 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 Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Undertaking $50 million in Renovations at Most Every Property in Portfolio San Francisco, CA - July 12, 2004 -  With business conditions around the world rebounding, and an overall positive outlook for future business growth, Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts is planning ahead for the co...

Las Vegas Sands Planning $1.6 billion 3,000 room Palazzo Casino Resort Directly Across from Wynn Las Vegas / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Rod Smith, Las Vegas Review-JournalKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 13, 2004 - Las Vegas Sands on Monday released new details about its planned $1.6 billion Palazzo casino resort on the Strip at Sands Avenue and started marketing a $975 million credit package to provide financing for the project. The new megaresort adjacent to The Venetian, which the company already owns and operates, is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2007 and will feature more than 3,000 hotel suites, a 105,000-square foot-casino and a 375,000-square-foot mall. "(The Palazzo) represents a shift to ...

Patrick Quek, a Founder of PKF Consulting, Retiring as its President and CEO / June 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report Patrick Quek, a Founder of PKF Consulting, Retiring as its President and CEO;  . Thomas E. Callahan and David E. Arnold Will Split CEO Responsibilities San Francisco.  July 1, 2004.   Patrick Quek, one of the  founders of PKF Consulting, the national hospitality consulting firm, is retiring as its president and CEO, the firm announced today. PKF Consulting is one of three entities under the holding company, Hospitality Asset Advisors International.  The other two are the PKF Capital Markets Group and the Hospitality Research Group, based in Atlanta. CEO responsibilities will ...

Paula R. Fenner, Director of Catering at The Adolphus, Named Caterer of the Year by the National Association of Catering Executives / July 2004

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report  Paula R. Fenner, Director of Catering at The Adolphus,  Named "Caterer of the Year" by the National Association of Catering Executives DALLAS, TX (July 28, 2004) - Paula R. Fenner, director of catering at The Adolphus, has been named "Caterer of the Year" by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).  This award, considered the top honor for caterers in the industry, recognizes those individuals who exemplify the goals and values of NACE.  It also acknowledges the recipient's contribution to the association on the local and national level.  The award was presented on J...