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March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report A Happy Union? Raffles Internationals Recent Labour Troubles in Cambodia Raise Interesting Issues By Mark Keith, HOTEL Asia Pacific - August 2004 The recent termination of 300 staff in Cambodia by Raffles International will, no doubt, become part of local hotel lore. It is not our aim here to point fingers or determine who is right and who is wrong in this particular dispute, but the case does raise some interesting general issues about hotel management/staff relationships. [Editor's note: the following points are in no way referring to Raffles or its Cambodian properties, but are observatio...
John McKibbon, a Marriott Hotel Franchise Owner, Gifts $250,000 to USF's School of Hotel and Restaurant Management / August 2004
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Dana Sanchez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 7, 2004 - BRADENTON, Fla. -- A $500,000 endowment to USF's School of Hotel and Restaurant Management will bring greater visibility and credibility to the school and provide the local tourism industry with more qualified graduates, a local professor said. John Walker, a professor at USF's School of Hotel & Restaurant Management, received the first endowed professorship in the Sarasota-Manatee campus' 30-year history. Walker, who failed English in high school, has since authored seven books on tourism and h...
Hotel Market Update Report Western Canada; Hotel Transactions, Market RevPar, Occupancy Report, Mid Year 2004 / Aug 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Market Update Report - Western Canada . Hotel Transactions, Market RevPar, Occupancy Report Mid Year 2004 August 2004 - As we reach the mid point of 2004 the long awaited optimism the hotel industry has been hoping for has finally arrived. It seems that 2003 may have been the bottom of the cycle in terms of hotel performance across the country as positive trends are emerging in most markets. The general economic climate in is improving, the newly elected Liberal minority government seems to have instilled confidence, and for at least the next 12-18 months, the industry looks set...
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Vigilant About Protecting its Trademarks / August 2004
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Patti Rosenberg, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 25, 2004 - You don't have to be in Virginia to enjoy the Williamsburg Inn. Maryland has one, too. The Williamsburg Inn in Williamsburg boasts "distinctive food and wines in an atmosphere of graceful elegance" in its dining room, the Regency Room. A phone book ad promises "Elegant Dining In Fine Colonial Style" at the Williamsburg Inn in White Marsh, a suburb of Baltimore. The name of the establishment is written in a fancy, old-fashioned script similar to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's logo. Even...
Trump Hotels & Casino $400 million Cash Infusion Will Finance Upgrades in Atlantic City Casinos and Expansion in Las Vegas and Pennsylvania / Augus
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia InquirerKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 10, 2004 - Donald J. Trump and Credit Suisse First Boston reached agreement last night on a bankruptcy plan that would inject $400 million into his struggling Atlantic City casinos and that opens a line of credit for Trump to expand his global gambling empire into new jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania. But Trump, the real estate mogul and reality-TV star, will have a diminished role in Atlantic City and companywide if the plan goes through. Trump will go from chief executive officer and biggest shar...
Travelocity Acquires the Remaining 50% of the Travelocity Europe Joint Venture for $32.8 million / August 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report Travelocity Acquires the Remaining 50% of the Travelocity Europe Joint Venture for $32.8 million MUNICH, Germany - Aug. 23, 2004 -- Travelocity Europe, a joint venture of Sabre Holdings Corporation's (NYSE:TSG) Travelocity(R) and the Otto Group's Otto Freizeit und Touristik GmbH (OFT), has announced a restructuring that will further strengthen its businesses throughout Europe. In a move that positions it for further growth in Europe, Travelocity will acquire the remaining 50 percent of the Travelocity Europe joint venture it does not already own, excluding the operations in Germany, Euro...
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Mexico Travel Portal Partners with Leading US Online Travel Agency; Affiliation Delivers Qualified Customers to Online Booking Agency, Automated Booking Capability to Mexico Portals Visitors July 29 2004, London, England / Scottsdale, AZ, USA - US-based TravelHero.com (www.travelhero.com) and leading Mexico Travel Portal Mexperience.com (www.mexperience.com) signed an agreement this month to sell Mexico travel products online. The agreement brings together Mexperiences rich content about Mexico with TravelHeros automated travel reservation technologies. As part of the deal, Mexperien...
TravelCLICK Expands Commitment to iHotelier / August 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report TravelCLICK Expands Commitment to iHotelier - Industry veterans focused on expanding market presence . CHICAGO (August 16, 2004) TravelCLICK announced a significant expansion of its iHotelier team as the company continues to invest in its rapidly growing reservations and website marketing services products. This expansion of personnel, coupled with upcoming enhancements to its advanced iHotelier CRS platform, will ensure that TravelCLICKs customers have not only the best electronic distribution capability in the marketplace of the future, but also the finest customer support ava...
Carol Verret Consulting and Training / August WebCast: Prospecting – New Business Development / August 27, 2004
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Carol Verret Consulting and Training Consulting Training Seminars . Carol Verret Consulting and Training August WebCast - Prospecting - New Business Development "Training Bytes: Skill Sets for Hunters" August 27, 2004 at 2:00pm EDT/11:00am PDT Register at www.carolverret.com/webcast_training.htm Prospecting - New Business Development Greenwood Village, CO, August 11, 2004 Carol Verret Consulting and Training announces the August Schedule 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 fo...
Tradewinds Corporation Berhad Selects InterContinental Hotels Group to Manage the Mutiara Kuala Lumpur and Mutiara Penang / August 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report Tradewinds Corporation Berhad Selects InterContinental Hotels Group to Manage the Mutiara Kuala Lumpur and Mutiara Penang Kuala Lumpur, August 26, 2004 Arena Target Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Tradewinds Corporation Berhad (formerly known as Pernas International Holdings Berhad) announced the appointment of InterContinental Hotels Group to manage two of Malaysias premium hotels. The appointment was the result of an extensive search for a reputable international hotel management company that can enhance the offerings of Mutiara Kuala Lumpur and Mutiara Penang to international tra...
African-American Congregation Acquires the 280 room Quality Hotel and Econo Lodge in Toledo for $2.8 million / Aug 2004
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Gary T. Pakulski, The Blade, Toledo, OhioKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6, 2004 - A long-time Southwyck-area hotel used by Ohio Turnpike travelers has been bought by a local church which will continue to rent rooms while also using the facility for worship and to provide services to the under-privileged. Signs with a new name, Dreamplex Hotel and Conference Center, have gone up at the former Quality Hotel and Econo Lodge on Reynolds Road. A company formed by First Church of God, 3016 Collingwood Blvd., bought the property from Darrell Ducat for $2.8 million last week, accord...
The Falor Companies Acquiring The Tides Hotel on Miami's South Beach; Will Convert into a Condominium-hotel / August 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report The Falor Companies Acquiring The Tides Hotel on Miami's South Beach; Will Convert into a Condominium-hotel MIAMI, FL August 18, 2004 The Falor Companies, a Miami and Chicago-based hospitality firm, have entered into a definitive agreement to purchase The Tides hotel on South Beach. The company plans to convert the 45-suite hotel, located at 1220 Ocean Drive, into a condominium-hotel. The condo/hotel industry trend continues to thrive and we are not strangers to the growing arena, nor the hot South Florida market, commented Robert Falor, President and CEO of The...
Three Oaks Hospitality adds Exclusive Private Club to Portfolio / August 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report Three Oaks Hospitality Adds Exclusive Private Club to Portfolio August 16, 2004- San Antonio, TX -- Three Oaks Hospitality, Inc., a hotel, resort and private club Management Company based in Boca Raton, Florida, has added the highly exclusive Argyle Club to their list of clients. The Argyle Club, based in Alamo Heights, just outside of San Antonio, Texas, is the whos who private club in Texas. Membership at the exclusive Argyle Club is difficult to obtain and is by invitation only. The private club has been in operation since the 1850s. Three Oaks Hospitality, Inc. originall...
Second Quarter 2004 Hotel Sales in the State of Texas Grow 4.02% Over Previous Year / August 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report Second Quarter 2004 Hotel Sales in the State of Texas Grow 4.02% Over Previous Year Texas Hospitality Indicator rises 5.1% over last year's second quarter. August 18, 2004 - Virtue Group has released the quarterly results of the Texas Hospitality, Bar, and Restaurant Report (collectively known as the Texas Hospitality Indicator) for the second quarter of 2004. The quarterly report observes three key performance indicators for the hospitality industry in the state of Texas; Sales for hotels and lodges, food and beverages sales estimates for full service restaurants and alcoholic bev...
Cell Phone Reception a Big Issue During and After Construction of the Mammoth Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center / August 2004
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Ellena F. Morrison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TexasKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 30, 2004 - GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Glitzy glamour and high-dollar decorations inhabit almost every inch of the sprawling Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center on Lake Grapevine. But some guests say the $480 million hotel falls short in one critical area: cellphone signals. "Hello? Hello?" said John Ramirez, frustrated from trying to call his New York office while visiting the Texan recently. "Everything is coming through garbled." But few complaints have been filed. And, judging by the number of ...
Temp It, Temp It! Internal Temperatures Required for Certain Cooked Foods / August 2004
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Rick Allen, Ocala Star-Banner, Fla.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 29, 2004 - Mom always told us to make sure the pork and chicken are thoroughly cooked "or you'll get sick!" Some added ". . . and die!" for emphasis, but not all. Would Mom steer us wrong? Absolutely not. According to food safety experts, pathogens that cause foodborne illnesses aren't killed until the internal temperature of certain foods are reached and hold for at least 15 seconds. The temperatures are different for different foods. "Most people don't think it's important, but it can kill you," says Nancy G...
Telkonet Expands Marketing Reach into Hospitality Industry; Telkonet to Offer High-Speed Internet Access to Best Value Inn, Hospitality International,
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Hotel Online Special Report Telkonet Expands Marketing Reach into Hospitality Industry . Telkonet to Offer High-Speed Internet Access to Best Value Inn, Hospitality International, and Historic Hotels of America Germantown, MD, August 5, 2004, Telkonet, Inc. (Amex: TKO), the leader in commercial powerline communications (PLC) and the Company bridging the Outlet to the Internet, now has approved vendor agreements from Best Value Inn, and Hospitality International and National Trust Historic Hotels of America, to offer its high-speed Internet access system to their hotel owners. These new agreements are in addition ...
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Hotel Online Special Report Telkonets New Internet Pricing Packages Help Smaller Hotels Attract More Business Travelers . For the Business Traveler A Day without the Internet is Like a Day without Sunshine Germantown, MD, August 25, 2004, Telkonet, Inc. (Amex: TKO), the leader in commercial powerline communications (PLC) and the Company bridging the Outlet to the Internet, today unveiled two high-speed Internet packages designed to help smaller hotels build their business with business travelers. In the hospitality world, the business traveler is a high-value commodity who represents repeat revenue and extend...
Tarsadia Boosting Upscale Hotel Holdings With Sutton Place Hotel in Newport Beach Buy / Sandi Cain / August 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report Tarsadia Boosting Upscale Hotel Holdings with Sutton Place Hotel in Newport Beach Buy Hotel is changing hands for the second time in its 20-year history By Sandi Cain, August, 2004 Tarsadia Hotels, also of Newport Beach, is in escrow to buy the 435-room Sutton Place near John Wayne Airport from Stanley Ho of Hong Kong for an undisclosed price, sources said. Ho is best known as the gambling czar of Macau Island off the coast of China. The changeover tentatively is slated for mid-October. The pending deal would represent another move by Tarsadia Hotels into the more upscal...
Many Tampa Area Hotels Shuttered in Advance of Hurricane Charley / August 2004
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Randy Diamond, Tampa Tribune, Fla.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 13, 2004 - TAMPA, Fla. -- Hotels along Pinellas County beaches closed Thursday, telling guests they must leave in preparation for Hurricane Charley's assault, and downtown Tampa hotels said they planned to do the same early today. Thousands of hotel guests are affected. Hotels in other low-lying areas in the Tampa Bay area said they were waiting for orders from emergency management officials on whether they could stay open. The hotel closings began to have a domino effect. Tourists told to leave shuttered hot...
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Despite a No-alcohol Concept The Taj Palace Dubai Running 95% Occupancy; Taj Hotels Opening Indias First Service Apartments Complex, Taj Wellington Mews 01 Aug 2004 - Dubai - Taj Palace Hotel Dubai is well on its way as it turns another year older. Three years ago on June 20th, Taj Palace Dubai became the ninth premium property of the Indian Hotels Company under its Taj International Luxury brand. It was the first time ever for a five star Dubai hotel to open with a unique no-alcohol concept. That same year, a market survey rated the hotel as having the largest rooms in t...
Hong Kong-based Veritas Limited Building Raffles Taimana Resort Tahaa, French Polynesia / August 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report Hong Kong-based Veritas Limited Building Raffles Taimana Resort Tahaa, French Polynesia SINGAPORE, 23 August 2004 Raffles International has signed an agreement with Hongkong-based Veritas Limited to manage a 65-villa luxury resort in French Polynesia. Named Raffles Taimana Resort Tahaa, French Polynesia, the resort will be managed under Raffles Internationals luxury Raffles brand and will be part of its exclusive collection of luxury hotels, which includes Raffles Hotel, Singapore; Raffles Grand Hotel dAngkor, Siem Reap; Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh; Raffles LErmitage Bev...
PGA Tour Studying San Antonio as Potential Site for a TPC Course and 700 room Resort / August 2004
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Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveSan Antonio Express-NewsKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6, 2004 - The Professional Golfers' Association of America may have dumped plans for a PGA Village development in Northeast Bexar County, but PGA Tour -- a separate organization -- now is considering the same land for another major golf project, the property owner confirmed Thursday. In other words, the fight over the 2,600-acre site atop the Edwards Aquifer may not be settled. Florida-based PGA Tour is studying San Antonio as a potential site for a Tournament Players Club, which a source said could include at least one top-...
Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Holiday Inn Midtown – Savannah, Georgia / Aug 2004
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Hotel Online Special Report Thompson Calhoun Fair Brokers Sale of the Holiday Inn Midtown - Savannah, Georgia ATLANTA, Georgia, August 2, 2004 - Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC, an Atlanta-based hotel real estate firm, announced today that it advised Gateway Hotels, Inc. in the disposition of the Holiday Inn Midtown in Savannah, Georgia. The hotel is located in a commercially oriented, mid-market area located on Abercorn Street, the major street artery that traverses the city and provides access from Interstate 95 to historic downtown Savannah. Constructed in 1982, the property is a 171-room hotel encompassing over 2,755 square...
