Exclusive Resorts' Multi-million Dollar Residences to be Luxuriously Appointed with Naturopathica Holistic Health Spa Products / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report   Exclusive Resorts' Multi-million Dollar Residences to be Luxuriously Appointed with Naturopathica Holistic Health Spa Products Premium East Hampton Botanical Skincare Line Debuts in Lavish Vacation Homes Worldwide Denver (July 28, 2004) - Naturopathica Holistic Health Spa in East Hampton, NY, announced a strategic partnership with Exclusive Resorts, the pioneer and global leader in the luxury residence club industry. For the first time, Naturopathica is introducing its premium botanical skin-care line as an amenity available outside of its spa in East Hampton, New York.  Naturopathi...

Exclusive Resorts(tm) Selected as Luxury Residence Club of Choice by Neiman Marcus InCircle Rewards® / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report Exclusive Resorts(tm)Selected as Luxury Residence Club of Choice by Neiman Marcus InCircle Rewards® DENVER (July 29, 2004) - Exclusive Resorts, the pioneer and global leader in luxury residence clubs, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Neiman Marcus InCircle Rewards, the membership rewards program for the luxury retailer's most loyal customers. The partnership will focus on integrated marketing efforts and Exclusive Resorts will be the only luxury residence club recommended by Neiman Marcus to its affluent InCircle Rewards customers. "InCircle Rewards continually strives to a...

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Hotel Online  Special Report  Erik Sabato Appointed by Cendant Hotel Group to Increase the Company’s Share of the Sports Market PARSIPPANY, N.J. (June 30, 2004) – Cendant Corporation’s Hotel Group today announced the appointment of Erik Sabato as director, sports accounts, responsible for managing key client relationships and strategies throughout North America and developing new marketing initiatives to increase the company’s share of the sports market.    Sabato, who will be based in Colorado, had served the Hotel Group as a contractor since February 2002 and was an integral part of the successful launch o...

Educational Institute Incorporates Certification Opportunities into New Managing Beverage Service Textbook / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report Educational Institute Incorporates Certification Opportunities into New "Managing Beverage Service" Textbook LANSING, Mich., July 2004 - "Managing Beverage Service," a new book by Lendal H. Kotschevar, Ph.D., and Ronald F. Cichy, Ph.D., CHA, CFBE, CHE, introduces students to the challenges of managing beverage service in a hospitality environment. It also prepares them to earn hospitality skills certification from the Educational Institute (EI) of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, which published the book.  EI's responsible alcohol service seminar, CARE (Controlling Alcohol Risks Effe...

Detroit's Three Casinos Remain Housed in Temporary Facilities, an Abandoned IRS Center, a Converted Bread Factory, a Renovated Warehouse; Vegas

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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Larry Eichel, Detroit Free PressKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 19, 2004 - DETROIT -- When this city and the state of Michigan decided to go into the urban casino business in 1996, a lot of promises were made. And some have been kept. But two of the biggest still hang in the balance -- and with them the future shape of the entire endeavor. What's happening in Detroit, which will cease being the largest U.S. city with full-scale gaming halls once Philadelphia gets its slot parlors going, is a reminder that government-sponsored gambling schemes rarely go exactly according to pla...

Michael J. Deitemeyer Named President, Omni Hotels / July 2004

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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  Michael J. Deitemeyer Named President, Omni Hotels IRVING, Texas, July 6, 2004 - Omni Hotels today announced that Michael J. Deitemeyer, formerly the company's chief operating officer, has been promoted to president, effective immediately.  This promotion is in keeping with the company's strategic growth initiati...

Hospitality Management Corporation Assigned Management Contract for Days Inn DFW North / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report  Hospitality Management Corporation Assigned Management Contract for Days Inn DFW North Dallas, TX, July 28, 2004:  Leo E. Spriggs, President, Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC), is pleased to welcome the Days Inn DFW North, Irving, Texas, to HMC’s portfolio of managed properties.    The hotel, an award-winning, five-Sunburst Days Inn, and a multi-year Chairman’s Award Winner for Quality, features 131 guest rooms and suites, a full-service restaurant, an Olympic-size outdoor lap pool, fitness area, 24-hour shuttle service to and from DFW Airport, and a full, hot complimentary...

Dallas Convention Center Has Difficulty Getting Signed Contracts for Major Events; Only 5 of 23 Scheduled Conventions in 2005 Have Signed Contracts

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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveThe Dallas Morning NewsKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 7, 2004 - During the next six months, the Dallas Convention Center anticipates a full house -- at least 10 major shows bringing more than 160,000 guests and an estimated $283 million in economic impact. But for 70 percent of those events, some as early as next month, the center has no signed contracts -- and no legal recourse if client groups decide to take their dollars elsewhere. Convention Center officials blame a strong buyers' market. It's hard to put pressure on clients, they say, when groups aren't lining up to use Da...

Major Dallas Hotel Operators Invited to Evaluate Dallas CVB Sales Processes; Bureau Not Acheiving Sales Goals / July 2004

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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Suzanne Marta, The Dallas Morning NewsKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 26, 2004 - When Phillip Jones was asked how convention bookings were going this year, his report was less than glowing. "They suck," the chief of the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau told a recent gathering of hotel industry officials. Convention bookings are on pace to be about 10 percent better than last year. But with three months left in the fiscal year, the bureau has reached only 35 percent of its goal for hotel bookings related to conventions. For the last three fiscal years, the bureau hasn't met its s...

Donahue Peebles Rose to Prominence in South Florida as the Country's First Black Developer of a Major Convention Hotel; Peebles Says He's

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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Douglas Hanks III, The Miami HeraldKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 19, 2004 - Donahue Peebles rose to prominence in South Florida as the country's first black developer of a major convention hotel. Eight years later, Peebles says he's tired of that distinction. "One of the things that's taken me aback more than anything else is the tendency of this marketplace to classify people," Peebles said from the ninth-floor suite of offices in Coral Gables of Peebles Atlantic Development. "I'm an 'African-American' developer. My hotel is an 'African-American' hotel. It was race that kin...

Dr. Daniel J. Mount, CHA, Joins the UniFocus Research Advisory Board / July 2004

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Hotel Online  .Special Report Dr. Daniel J. Mount, CHA, Joins the UniFocus Research Advisory Board  DALLAS — July 19, 2004  — UniFocus today announced that Dr. Daniel J. Mount, an associate professor in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management, has been named to its Research Advisory Board (RAB).   The purpose of the UniFocus RAB is to ensure continued development of advancements in its research methodologies, design, applications, and analysis, as well as its actionable reporting capabilities.    Over the past year UniFocus introduced several significant enhancements to its Loyalty Management measurement ...

Daniel H. Lesser Named Senior Managing Director of the Hospitality and Gaming Group, Cushman & Wakefield / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report Daniel H. Lesser Named Senior Managing Director of the Hospitality and Gaming Group, Cushman & Wakefield NEW YORK, July 14, 2004 -- Daniel H. Lesser has been named senior managing director of the Hospitality and Gaming Group, at Cushman & Wakefield. "Dan is driven to help his clients succeed, and his dedication and professionalism show through everyday," said Brian Corcoran, executive managing director, Cushman & Wakefield. Mr. Lesser previously served as Managing Director of the group with Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (C&W) at the World Headquarters in New York and has been with the firm f...

David Griffin Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the 548 room Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report   David Griffin Named Director of Sales and Marketing for the 548 room Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel LAS VEGAS -- July 28, 2004 - Opening in January 2005, The Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel announces David Griffin as director of sales and marketing. Griffin oversees the marketing and branding efforts as well as directs the transient, group and catering sales teams for the new hotel adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center.  A 25-year veteran of the hospitality industry, Griffin brings a wealth of experience to the property. He most recently functioned as director of sales and marketing a...

David J. Garon and Carrie McAllen Named General Manager and Director of Sales and Marketing at Dow Hotel Company's Holiday Inn Select in San Fran

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report David J. Garon and Carrie McAllen Named General Manager and Director of Sales and Marketing at Dow Hotel Company's Holiday Inn Select in San Francisco July 6, 2004 - The Dow Hotel Company, LLC (DHC) announces that David J. Garon, CHA and Carrie McAllen have joined the company as General Manager and Director of Sales and Marketing at the company’s newest hotel, Holiday Inn Select in San Francisco’s Financial District. DHC began managing the hotel under a long-term contract on July 1, 2004, and plans a fifteen million-dollar renovation to begin in the fall of this year.  The hotel, an impress...

Daniel M. Bergmann Named General Manager of The MUSE Hotel, New York City / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report  Daniel M. Bergmann Named General Manager of The MUSE Hotel, New York City NEW YORK, NY – JULY 26, 2004 - Poised amidst the pulse of Times Square, The MUSE announces Dan Bergmann as general manager of the intimate luxury hotel. His responsibilities include directing hotel operations, sales and marketing efforts and revenue management as well overseeing business for DISTRICT, the signature David Rockwell designed restaurant.   Bergmann most recently functioned as general manager at the Dylan Hotel, a Style Hotel appealing to scions of the fashion industry and fortune 500 companies. A 2...

Le Meridien's First Art+Tech Property in Asia Aims to Raise the Benchmark; Typical Reception Desk has Been Banished / HOTEL Asia Pacific / July 2

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Hotel Online  Special Report Le Meridien's First Art+Tech Property in Asia Aims to Raise the Benchmark; Typical Reception Desk has Been Banished. Cyberport sets the scene for Le Meridien By Steve Shellum, Editor of HOTEL Asia Pacific Dean Schreiber is a guy who just can’t say no. The GM of the sleek new Le Meridien Cyberport in Hong Kong has an “anything-goes” attitude when it comes to service. “Yes, you can please all the guests all the time,”  he says. “There’s no way we can say ‘no’ in this hotel.” Schreiber is pushing his “can-do” philosophy to the limit, with a number of innovations that would have m...

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Hotel Online  Special Report Discussions on Union Mergers, Sexual Harassment Highlight Cornell’s Third Annual Legal Roundtable Ithaca, N.Y., July 14, 2004 – The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration recently sponsored its third annual roundtable on legal issues in the hospitality industry. Participants included counsel from lodging and restaurant companies, members of prestigious private-practice law firms, professors in labor and employment law from leading law schools and universities, as well as corporate partners of the Center. “We continue to be very...

Hotel and Resort Leaders Discuss the Future of Design at Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Roundtable / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report Hotel and Resort Leaders Discuss the Future of Design at Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Roundtable Ithaca, N.Y., July 26, 2004 – The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration recently held its first roundtable on design trends in the hospitality industry. Invited participants were design leaders and visionaries from top hotels and resort management companies, interior design companies, and architecture firms in the industry. “We were delighted with the discussions that focused on design innovation in the future,” said Cornell Hotel ...

15th Century Convent in Evora, Portugal Undergoing Conversion; the 59 room Hotel Convento do Espinheiro Will Join The Luxury Collection, by Starwood /

March 31, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report 15th Century Convent in Evora, Portugal Undergoing Conversion; the 59 room Hotel Convento do Espinheiro Will Join The Luxury Collection, by Starwood  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - July 20, 2004 -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (NYSE:HOT) has finalized a long-term agreement with SPPTH-Sociedade de Promocao de Projectos Turisticos e Hoteleiros for the exclusive Hotel Convento do Espinheiro to join The Luxury Collection in mid- 2005. The 59-room hotel in Evora, Portugal is part of a 15th century convent that is currently undergoing complete renovation and conversion for use as a hotel. ...

The 203 room Conrad Miami Opens; Conrad's First New-build Hotel in the U.S / July 2004

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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 203 room Conrad Miami Opens; Conrad's First New-build Hotel in the U.S MIAMI (July 1st, 2004) – The chic, stylish and much anticipated Conrad Miami opens its doors today.    “We are delighted to bring this new and luxurious hotel to North America.  We have made every effort to bring novelty to Miami and a...

Managing Human Resources in the Hospitality Industry: Putting Values Into Practice / David Wheelhouse and Chris Longstreet / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report Managing Human Resources in the Hospitality Industry: Putting Values Into Practice By David Wheelhouse, CHRE, Anchor Consulting, and  Chris Longstreet, CHA, Society for Hospitality Management July 2004 Our job as managers in the hospitality industry requires us to match our policies, procedures, and practices with the values by which our company operates.  A company’s values are put into practice in several ways: the choice of measurements that will be used to gauge performance and success, the treatment of employees, the allocation of wages and benefits, and the kinds of p...

Columbia Metropolitan CVB Funds Training for First Responders: Hotel Front Line Staff / July 2004

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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy John C. Drake, The State, Columbia, S.C.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 21, 2004 - They are Columbia tourism's first responders: hotel desk clerks, waiters and cab drivers. And they hold the key, tourism officials say, to whether the city's effort to market itself as a place "Where Friendliness Flows" succeeds. On Tuesday, the Columbia Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau began a series of classes, funded with restaurant tax proceeds, to teach those front-line communicators the art of being friendly. "I think I'm friendly naturally," said Lance Reardon, 35, a bellman and...

Colter Bay Village, A Partnership Between Concessioner Grand Teton Lodge Company and the National Park Service, Opened in 1957; Designed to Serve 3,00

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Hotel Online  Special Report Colter Bay Village, A Partnership Between Concessioner Grand Teton Lodge Company and the National Park Service, Opened in 1957;  Designed to Serve 3,000 Visitors a Night GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, July 13, 2004 - Because their days were filled with activities like tending cattle, harvesting crops, sewing clothes, chopping firewood, raising children, preparing meals, stockpiling winter stores, repairing tools and defending their homes, Wyoming's pioneer women weren't all that concerned that their furniture didn't match. These rock-solid priorities of the West's early settlers a...

Hotel, Upscale Gym Planned at Summit Complex in Aliso Viejo, California; a 175-room Renaissance ClubSport / Sandi Cain / July 2004

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Hotel Online  Special Report Hotel, Upscale Gym Planned at Summit Complex in Aliso Viejo, California; a 175-room Renaissance ClubSport By Sandi Cain, July 2004  Orange County’s youngest city is set to get its first hotel. Construction on a 175-room Renaissance ClubSport in Aliso Viejo is expected to begin before the end of the year. The hotel is expected to open in 2006. The Renaissance ClubSport is part of the next phase of Parker Properties LLC’s Summit Office Campus development in Aliso Viejo, which was incorporated three years ago. Two four-story, speculative buildings also are planned for the office complex...