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Pat Corso's New Company, National Resort Management Group, Awarded 10-year contract to Manage PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens,
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Al Greenwood, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 27, 2004 - PINEHURST, N.C. -- Pat Corso, who ran the Pinehurst Resort for years before resigning in February, has started a company to manage resorts. His company, National Resort Management Group, won a 10-year contract in June to manage PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The contract can be extended another 20 years. "We are just as excited as we could be," he said. "This is terrific." The resort has been managed by Dolce International, a company that owns and manages conference ...
Visitors Wishing to Enter the United States Facing Tougher Restrictions; Number of Overseas Arrivals Still Only 71% of the Previous Peak in January 20
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Visitors Wishing to Enter the United States Facing Tougher Restrictions; Number of Overseas Arrivals Still Only 71% of the Previous Peak in January 2001 PricewaterhouseCoopers Expects National Security Regulations to Remain Deterrents to Inbound Travel Contributing to Arrivals Lagging Pre-September 11 Share of 13 Percent of Total Demand NEW YORK, July 29, 2004 - PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts overseas arrivals to the U.S. will increase by 3.1 percent from 2Q 2004 to 4Q 2004, reaching a level of 1.59 million arrivals in December 2004, as compared to recent troughs of 1.48 million an...
Orlando, the Nation's Second Largest Hotel Market with 116,000 rooms, Has Few Hotel Openings in the Next 18 Months; Good News for the Existing
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveThe Orlando Sentinel, Fla.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 21, 2004 - The nation's hotel business is showing the first real signs of a rebound from its prolonged construction slump, though Orlando won't see many new rooms for several years, a new industry survey said Tuesday. The amount of hotel construction entering in the planning pipeline rose in each of the first two quarters of 2004 -- the first back-to-back quarterly increases in more than four years, according to Lodging Econometrics, a Portsmouth, N.H., market research firm. "Nationally, we're seeing a modest upturn -- no...
Authorities Suspect a Homemade Bomb that Blew Up SUV and Passenger in the Opryland Hotel Parking Lot / July 2004...
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Dave Goldiner, Daily News, New YorkKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 22, 2004 - Anti-terror investigators descended on the famed Opryland hotel in Nashville yesterday after an SUV exploded in the parking lot outside the famous country music resort in a blast heard for miles around. Authorities suspect it was a homemade bomb that obliterated the Range Rover, throwing driver William Young from the sport-utility vehicle and killing him instantly. The Tuesday night blast occurred a half mile from the main entrance of the 2,881-room Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, and a...
Hotel Chain Best-rate Guarantees Taking Hold; Third-party Travel Sites No Longer the Place to Look for the Best Discounts / July 2004...
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-TribuneKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 25, 2004 - The defining experience for many online consumers, the moment in which the Internet finally lived up to its hype, came when they saved a huge amount on a hotel room. Imagine five-star accommodations for a two-star price. It seemed too good to be true. Turns out, it was. Gone are the days of the post-Sept. 11 travel slump in which hotels, desperate to fill up vacant rooms, flooded online travel sites such as Expedia and Travelocity with discounted rates. "There are far fewer bargains on thos...
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March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report On Better Business at Onity The re-hire of former top executives who catapulted the companys growth in the late 1990s, combined with a new, streamlined Web Site, and new customer focused initiatives to come cap a successful 18-month brand repositioning. ATLANTA MAY 25, 2004 Its definitely not business as usual at Onity. Its better business at Onity. After successfully cultivating its new brand identity, corporate name and expanded mission for nearly 18 months, Onity (formerly TESA Entry Systems Inc.) emerges today stronger than ever as the industrys leading o...
Proposed $90 million, 600-room Omni Hotel in Downtown Fort Worth Seeking City Approval; Proposal Does Not Use Taxpayer Funds / July 2004...
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TexasKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 27, 2004 - FORT WORTH, Texas -- A $90 million, 600-room luxury hotel could be built across from the Fort Worth Convention Center by November 2007 with more than $50 million in public money. A proposal for the privately owned, Texas-themed hotel -- in discussions for nearly a year -- calls for developer Omni Hotels of Irving to get about $47.5 million in tax rebates and refunds from the city, state and county. In addition, the city would spend about $12.5 million to construct two parking garages, o...
OpenTravel Alliance Participating in HTNG Property/Distribution Solution Workgroup / July 2004...
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Hotel Online Special Report OpenTravel Alliance Participating in HTNG Property/Distribution Solution Workgroup July 26th, 2004, Bellingham, WA. The OpenTraveltm Alliance (OTA), representing over 130 travel and technology leaders involved in creating and implementing industry-wide open e-business specifications using XML, and Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) today announced OTA's participation with industry partners in an HTNG workgroup. The Property/Distribution Solution workgroup, initiated by Cendant Travel Distribution Services, Wyndham International, IDeaS Revenue Optimization and Maxim Rev...
Nikko Hotels International Awarded Management Contract for the 160 room Palau Royal Resort Now Under Construction / July 2004...
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Hotel Online Special Report Nikko Hotels International Awarded Management Contract for the 160 room Palau Royal Resort Now Under Construction TOKYO, July 26, 2004 - The tropical resort setting of The Republic of Palau, famous for its pristine diving environment, will be the location of a new Nikko Hotels International resort hotel that is scheduled to open next summer, according to JAL Hotels Company, Ltd., operator of the Nikko Hotels International luxury hotels chain. "Palau Royal Resort," now under construction, is expected to open in July 2005. The owner of the hotel is Royal Palau Enterprises, Lt...
NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. Opens the Liquidation Sale of the Mall of America Grand Hotel, Bloomington, Minnesota / July 2004...
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Hotel Online Special Report NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. Opens the Liquidation Sale of the Mall of America Grand Hotel, Bloomington, Minnesota July 15, 2004 - The Metropolitan Airport Commissions (MAC) has contracted with NCL/National Content Liquidators, Inc. of Springboro, OH to liquidate the entire contents at the Mall of America Grand Hotel, formerly the Doubletree Hotel. The hotel will then be demolished as part of the expansion project at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. This will be the third property that NCL has liquidated for the Commission. The 320-room hotel contents liquidation i...
Northern Arizona University Considering an On-campus Hotel and Conference Center to Complement its Hospitality Program / July 2004...
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Sara Kincaid, The Arizona Daily Sun, FlagstaffKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 27, 2004 - A Northern Arizona University on-campus hotel and conference center should focus on attracting "drive-to" associations with a three-star hotel, says consultant who did a feasibility study for NAU. The university has considered an on-campus hotel and conference center to complement its hospitality program, but had backed off when the city issued requests for proposals for its own conference center last year. The hotel and conference center is still part of the campus' master plan, however,...
The 2004 NAACP Lodging Industry Report Card; Survey Results for 13 Hotel Chains / July 2004...
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Hotel Online Special Report The 2004 NAACP Lodging Industry Report Card; Survey Results for 13 Hotel Chains July 2004 - The NAACP Economic Reciprocity Initiative (ERI) was launched in 1996 as a sustained consumer movement measuring corporate Americas com-mitment to the African American citizenry and other people of color. ERI targeted companies are surveyed for their activity in employment, equity ownership and franchise opportunities, advertising and marketing, philan-thropy (charitable giving) and vendor relationships. Lodging Industry Report Card (Year 7) This is the seventh year of measuring the lodgin...
Government of the Kingdom of Morocco Selects Kerzner Joint Venture as a Developer/Operator for Proposed $230 million Resort Casino along Morocco'
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Government of the Kingdom of Morocco Selects Kerzner Joint Venture as a Developer/Operator for Proposed $230 million Resort Casino on Morocco's Atlantic Coast PARADISE ISLAND, The Bahamas - July 22, 2004 -- Kerzner International Limited (NYSE:KZL), a leading international developer and operator of destination resorts, casinos and luxury hotel properties, today announced that the Company and its local partners, Societe Maroc Emirates Arabs Unis de Developpement ("SOMED") and Caisse de Depot et de Gestion ("CDG"), have collectively entered into an agreement with the Government of the Kin...
Innkeepers Alert; Beware of Bogus Money Orders from Nigeria for Advance Deposits / July 2004...
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Jeff Tucker, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 29, 2004 - The owner of the Abriendo Inn Bed and Breakfast wants to get the word out on yet another scam from Nigeria that could cost local businesses money. Mark Chase said he's been in contact for the past few months with a group apparently from Nigeria that allegedly attempted to swindle several thousand dollars from the inn. Chase said he didn't suffer any damages in the scam and turned over the correspondence with the group to his bank, which has alerted authorities. "What they do is send you a fake ...
Key Speakers Set for International Hotel Conference; October 17-19, 2004, Monte Carlo, Monaco / 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 Key Speakers Set for International Hotel Conference; October 17-19, 2004, Monte Carlo, Monaco CHICAGO, Ill., USA / MONTE CARLO, Monaco, July 9, 2004 Organizers of the International Hotel Conference are expecting record attendance at their second annual event, in response to the beginning of a rebound in the g...
Molinaro Koger Opens Los Angeles Office / July 2004...
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Hotel Online Special Report Molinaro Koger Opens Los Angeles Office McLean, Virginia July 16, 2004 Molinaro Koger announced today that the firm has opened an office in Los Angeles to better serve clients with hotel properties in the Pacific region. James Aylor, Managing Director of the firms West Coast operations, will head the new office, which is located in Century City. Molinaro Kogers recent assignments in southern California include the Hilton Hotel Pasadena and Hyatt Regency Anaheim. We are highly enthusiastic about our team and this expansion of our West Coast presence, said Rob Koger, Presi...
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March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The Former 377 room Adams Mark Mobile Purchased by Retirement Systems of Alabama from the Presidio Group; Will Undergo a $15.7 million Renovation July 20, 2004 - Dr. David G. Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, is nationally recognized for his commitment to profitable investing in Alabama. His investment strategy can be summed up as follows: The stronger the Retirement Systems of Alabama can make Alabama, the stronger the Retirement Systems will be. Mobile will continue to be a thriving international center for tourism through The Robert Trent Jones G...
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March 31, 2004
Wyndham International to Install WinTrack PM - Mintek Mobile Data Solutions Mobile Preventative Maintenance Solution - in 50 of its Hotels DUNEDIN, FLA.July 20, 2004With the goal of reducing unplanned capital spending related to maintenance issues, Wyndham International announced that it will implement WinTrack PMMintek Mobile Data Solutions mobile preventative maintenance (PM) solutionin 50 of its owned, full-service hotels. Wyndham plans to install the WinTrack PM system over the next six months. "Wyndham hired an independent consulting firm to evaluate available PM systems before selecting Minteks solution," s...
The Switzerland Based Minotel International Hotel Consortium Opens Call Center in Highland, Illinois / July 2004...
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 24, 2004 - HIGHLAND, Ill. -- An international hotel chain has chosen Highland for its new U.S. call center. Anne Balke-Sanchez, the director of the Americas Division of MinOtel International, said the independent company initially opened its first U.S. call center in Atlanta last year. Now, it is being moved to Highland. "I grew up in Highland, and I decided to relocate back to this area because it was of Swiss origins, and the hotel chain was Swiss founded," Balke-Sanchez said. MinOtel International was ...
Mexico's Emerging Destinations; The Riviera Maya, Punta Mita and the Cabo Corridor / Hans Desai / July 2004...
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Mexico's Emerging Destinations; The Riviera Maya, Punta Mita and the Cabo Corridor Though the more established destinations still hold their own, their "not so distant cousins" (Riviera Maya, Punta Mita and the Cabo Corridor) are showing up on the radar screen. By Hans Desai, July, 2004 The Riviera Maya, Punta Mita and the Cabo Corridor are currently three of the most popular locations of choice for new resort development in Mexico. These "emerging" markets represent the outer fringes of the better known locations of Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos. Though the more establi...
MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Completes $8.0 million Renovation at the 500-room Sheraton Colorado Springs / July 2004...
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Completes $8.0 million Renovation at the 500-room Sheraton Colorado Springs Hotel Has One of the Highest Guest Satisfaction Indexes Among Sheraton Hotels Nationwide ARLINGTON, Va., July 28, 2004 MeriStar Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: MHX), one of the nations largest hotel real estate investment trusts (REIT), today announced that it had completed an $8.0 million renovation program at its 500-room Sheraton Colorado Springs. The renovation is part of the companys previously announced, multi-year plan to dramatically enhance the quality and...
Federal Trade Commission Officially Requests more Information from MGM Mirage and Mandalay Resort Group; Competitive Consequences of Proposed Merger
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Rod Smith, Las Vegas Review-JournalKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 28, 2004 - MGM Mirage's pending $7.9 billion buyout of Mandalay Resort Group hit its first snag Tuesday when the Federal Trade Commission officially requested more information from the two companies about the competitive consequences of their proposed merger. Antitrust experts said the so-called "second request" suggests the federal investigation has reservations about the competitive issues raised by the merger first announced in June. The requirement to submit information when such a merger agreement is reac...
The MGM Mirage-Mandalay and Harrah's-Caesars Mergers Create Questions No One Can Answer; Worst-case Scenario: the Federal Antitrust Officials
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Rod Smith, Las Vegas Review-JournalKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 18, 2004 - The recent spate of mergers, merger agreements and rumors about mergers is beginning to turn the real estate on the Strip into a giant Monopoly board with fewer and fewer players who have larger and larger stakes in the game. Two of the biggest players right now are MGM Mirage Chairman Terry Lanni and the company's controlling shareholder, Kirk Kerkorian. They want to be able to use the giant Mandalay Convention Center their company would get from a pending buyout of Mandalay Resort Group as a cash ...
Mega-Acquisitions Could Force Other Gaming Companies to Take Hard Look at Their Revenue and Cost Structures / July 2004...
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Mega-Acquisitions Could Force Other Gaming Companies to Take Hard Look at Their Revenue and Cost Structures By Brian Ford, July 29, 2004 If they can win regulatory approval, Harrahs Entertainment Inc. and MGM Mirage Inc. expect big payoffs from their respective acquisitions of Caesars Entertainment Inc. and Mandalay Resort Group. Harrahs recent agreement to acquire Caesars for $5.2 billion came about a month after MGM Mirage said it would acquire Mandalay Resort for $4.8 billion. Both transactions are subject to assumption of debt. The combined Harrah's and Caesars will create th...
