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Resort Data Processing Announces their Attendance at Florida Hotel & Motel Association's 2004 Annual Conference / Aug 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Resort Data Processing Announces their Attendance at Florida Hotel & Motel Association's 2004 Annual Conference The Trade Show will be held August 24 -26, 2004 at the Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, FL August 5, 2004 - "The Florida Hotel & Motel Association's trade show is a great way for our current customers and potential customers in Florida to touch and feel our new products", says Bob Kippola, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Resort Data Processing, Inc. "We want to keep our name fresh in peoples minds, and the Florida Hotel & Motel Association's trade show attendees ...
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Resort Data Processing Installations in Stevens Holtze Corporations Hotels August 18, 2004 - Resort Data Processing (RDP), Inc. announces the selection of the RDP software for the two additional Stevens Holtze Corporation's hotels. The Denver Colorado "Magnolia Hotel" has used the Resort Data Processing, Inc. software for many years and now the Dallas Texas "Magnolia Hotel", and Houston Texas "Magnolia Hotel" properties will implement the RDP solution as well. "RDP has proven time and again to be an incredible asset in our hotels. Their robust stability, product support and cautious innov...
Richard Curtis Appointed V.P. of Marketing (Europe, Middle East, Africa) for Small Luxury Hotels / Aug 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Richard Curtis Appointed V.P. of Marketing (Europe, Middle East, Africa) for Small Luxury Hotels August 5, 2004 - Small Luxury Hotels of the World has tapped Richard Curtis to be Vice-President of Marketing, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Curtis brings over 15 years of International brand and marketing communications experience to the luxury group having previously held international director-level marketing positions for both Hilton and Marriott. Curtis will operate with a $4.5 million budget and will initially focus on the core European markets for SLH of Belgium, France, Germany, I...
Rikki Boparai Named Director of Operations of Cheyenne Mountain Resort / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Rikki Boparai Named Director of Operations of Cheyenne Mountain Resort COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Aug. 27, 2004 - Rikki Boparai has been named director of operations for Cheyenne Mountain Resort, announced Laura Neumann, vice president and general manager. Boparai, who has 10 years of hospitality management experience with major resorts, joined Cheyenne Mountain Resort two years ago as director of rooms. Under his leadership, significant strides were made in growing leisure business: FIT rooms increased from 13,000 in 2002 to more than 24,000 expected this year. He also ov...
Privately Held Hyatt Mulls Going Public, Growing by Acquisition / Aug 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Kathy Bergen, Chicago TribuneKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 31, 2004 - The privately held Hyatt hotel chain, the pearl of the Pritzker family empire, is being groomed to go public or to grow by acquisition as early as next year, according to a company document obtained by the Tribune. Such moves would cap a process launched in March 2003 when the Chicago-based business announced a restructuring that brought domestic and international operations under one umbrella. The "Global Hyatt" initiative was aimed at improving the quality and consistency of Hyatt products and preparing...
Officials Not Happy with Provo/Orem, Utah Convention Bureau: 5,000 Room Nights Booked at Mid-year vs $1 million Annual Budget / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake TribuneKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 11, 2004 - PROVO, Utah -- The Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau may have been privatized, but that did not stop county leaders Tuesday from issuing a very public warning. "You've got to understand that if there's no production, there's no renewal of contract," County Commissioner Jerry Grover warned Joe Racker, president and CEO of the bureau that was privatized a year ago. Commissioners' concerns were triggered by Racker's midyear report, which showed the nine-member bureau is falling far short of ...
Jeff Vander Wolk, Owner of the Inn of the Governors in Santa Fe, Creates Employee Profit Sharing Plan Inspired by Noted Consultant Dr. W. Edwards D
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Rosalie Rayburn, Albuquerque Journal, N.M.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 19, 2004 - SANTA FE, N.M. -- An employment experiment is under way in the heart of Santa Fe and the scientist in charge believes the outcome will make his hotel a model for the industry. Jeff Vander Wolk, owner of the Inn of the Governors, has made his Santa Fe hotel a laboratory for an employee reward system inspired by the management philosophy of W. Edwards Deming. In November, Vander Wolk launched a profit-sharing program that offers employees incentives such as increased income, investment opportun...
Wayport Selects PrinterOn to Expand the Mobile Office for Connected Travelers / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Wayport Selects PrinterOn to Expand the Mobile Office for Connected Travelers Web-based Guest Printing Service To Be Marketed to Wayport-enabled Locations Austin, TX and Kitchener, ON August 18, 2004: Wayport, one of the worlds largest providers of high-speed Wi-Fi wireless and wired Internet access in more than 3,000 locations including hotels, airports, McDonalds and other retail brands, has selected PrinterOn Corporations Guest Printing Service with a multi-year marketing and affiliate sales agreement to offer Web-based printing to Wayport-enabled locations. . Wayport wil...
The Private Investment Firm, Blackstone Group, Acquiring Prime Hospitality Corp. for Approximately $790 million; Plans to Convert 37 Wellesley Inns &
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The Private Investment Firm, Blackstone Group, Acquiring Prime Hospitality Corp. for Approximately $790 million; . Plans to Convert 37 Wellesley Inns & Suites to Extend Stay America Brands FAIRFIELD, N.J., Aug. 18, 2004 - Prime Hospitality Corp. (NYSE: PDQ) announced today that it had signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of The Blackstone Group for $12.25 per share, a 42% premium to the closing price on August 18th. The total value of the transaction, including debt, is over $790 million. Prime Hospitality Corp. (Prime) controls three hotel brands -- AmeriSui...
Real-life Profit Unfolding at the Golden Nugget; Internet Millionaires Timothy Poster and Thomas Breitling Report Net Income of $3.2 million During Fi
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Real-life Profit Unfolding at the Golden Nugget; Internet Millionaires Timothy Poster and Thomas Breitling Report Net Income of $3.2 million During First 6 Months of Ownership LAS VEGAS - Aug. 10, 2004 -- Poster Financial Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, the entities that own and operate the Golden Nugget Las Vegas and Golden Nugget Laughlin (collectively the "Golden Nugget Group"), today reported results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004. Second Quarter 2004 Results Poster Financial Group, Inc. ("Poster Financial Group") reported the following amounts for the quarter ended ...
Former Naval Fuel Depot in Richmond, Calif. the Proposed Site for a $700 million 1,100- room Hotel and Casino / Aug 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Rebecca Rosen Lum, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 30, 2004 - In a month, Richmond officials expect to sell Point Molate to a developer who plans a high-end hotel/casino complex on the picturesque former winery and naval fuel depot, City Hall and developer sources said. Upstream Development, LLC, in partnership with a Las Vegas investor and a federally recognized Indian tribe, is drawing up designs for a $700 million "upscale resort destination," including a 1,100- room hotel, a performance venue for major music acts, 15 restaurants and...
The Long Delayed $104 million Headquarters Hotel Next to the Pittsburgh Convention Center May Get Funding from the State's New Gambling Law /
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 10, 2004 - The proposed $104 million headquarters hotel to be located Downtown, next to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, long stalled by a $34 million funding shortfall, finally appears to be ready to move off dead center. The city-county Sports & Exhibition Authority plans to meet Friday with Cleveland developer Forest City Enterprises to put together a game plan to get the 500-room hotel built. "We're very anxious to get the project moving," authority Executive Director Mary Conturo said. The impetus...
Most Common Thing Hotel Guests Leave Behind – Cell Phone Chargers / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Emma Ritch, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 28, 2004 - Next time you check out of a hotel, be sure to look for your cell phone charger. Grand Strand hotel workers say chargers are the most common thing guests leave behind -- but it's not at all the strangest. Sex toys, canes, toothbrushes, camping cots and full liquor bottles are some of the weird things Greg Williams, president of Myrtle Beach Rooms for Rent, says he finds. "Once we found a triple-X movie sitting in the VCR, so I ended up mailing it to [the teenage guests'] parents," Williams said....
Hotel Occupancy in Philadelphia Area Climbs to Highest Level in 3 Years / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Tom Belden, The Philadelphia InquirerKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 10, 2004 - Philadelphia-area hotels are putting more heads in beds than at any time in the last three years. Hotel occupancy and, just as important, the average rate travelers are willing to pay for a room have gone up steadily through the first six months of the year compared with last year, and were especially strong in June, according to the most recent data available from Smith Analytics, the local division of the national Smith Travel Research firm. The hotels' improving performance is due to a combinatio...
Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center in Harrisburg, PA Awarded Hotel of the Year by HMC / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center in Harrisburg, PA Awarded Hotel of the Year by HMC Dallas, TX, August 24, 2004: The Hospitality Management Corporations (HMC) annual General Managers Conference for their managed properties was recently held in Dallas. The conference was held at the Radisson DFW South in Irving, Texas, on August 16-18, 2004. Guest speakers included representatives from Signature, Inc.; TravelClick; Wausau Insurance; Safety First; Hospitality Safeguards, Inc.; and Pro-Active Training Solutions, Inc. Awards were presented to HMCs outstanding proper...
Hard Rock Hotels in Bali and Pattaya Choose Pelican System/ August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Hard Rock Hotels in Bali and Pattaya Choose Pelican System Singapore, 16 August 2004 Hard Rock Hotels in Bali (Indonesia) and Pattaya (Thailand) have signed an agreement to implement Pelican System (Version 2.0) to assist the hotels in rates management and allotment distribution. This agreement also applies to the remaining number of the eight hotels managed by HPL Hotels & Resorts (Singapore), including Concorde Hotels, Casa del Mar - Langkawi, The Lakehouse - Cameron Highlands and Rihiveli Beach Resort - Maldives. The implementation schedule is expected to be completed soon, and wi...
Pegasus Solutions Processing Travel Agent Commissions Worldwide for Hilton International / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Pegasus Solutions Processing Travel Agent Commissions Worldwide for Hilton International Agreement Covers 400 Hotels on Five Continents DALLAS (August 23, 2004) - Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) announced the signing of a contract with Hilton International (HI) to provide hotel commission processing services through 2006. Under the agreement, the 400 hotels operated by Hilton International can participate in the Pegasus commission processing service, the hotel industrys leading travel agent commission processing service. Dallas based Pegasus is a leading worldwide provider of hotel reservations-related services ...
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Chosen to Operate a 160-room Boutique Hotel in Seattle's South Lake Union Neighborhood / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Chosen to Operate a 160-room Boutique Hotel in Seattle's South Lake Union Neighborhood SEATTLE, August 12, 2004 - Underscoring the momentum building for 2200 Westlake, a high-profile mixed-use development project in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, development partners Vulcan Inc. and Milliken Urban Limited Partnership today announced the hotel and grocer that will anchor the project. Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts has been chosen to operate a 160-room, five-star boutique hotel. Its first hotel in the U.S. Northwest, Pan Pacific will be the focal ...
William S. Achenbaum, the Owner of Gansevoort Hotel New York City, Attempting to Buy the $54 million Mortgage on the Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Resort
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Douglas Hanks III, The Miami HeraldKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 13, 2004 - A New York hotelier has signed a contract to buy the $54 million mortgage on the Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Resort, and he said he hopes either to foreclose on the Miami Beach hotel or force a sale of the business. The mortgage came due Saturday, and the hotel's owner, R. Donahue Peebles, is negotiating with Union Planters Bank to extend the loan, his lawyer said Thursday. Union Planters had tried to sell the loan last month to William S. Achenbaum, the owner of a boutique Manhattan hotel who said he i...
Paul Kennedy, MBE, Wins 2004 Meeting Professional International's Marion N. Kershner Memorial Chapter Leader Award / Aug 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Paul Kennedy, MBE, Wins 2004 Meeting Professional International's Marion N. Kershner Memorial Chapter Leader Award Award winners serve as models of professional excellence and leaders for the meetings industry DALLAS - 10 August 2004 - Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announces the recipients of its 2004 Meeting Professional Awards, sponsored by Hilton Hotels, recognizing members who are models of professional excellence, significant contributors to the meetings industry, and active with MPI and civic organizations. Paul Kennedy, MBE, of the United Kingdom, received th...
Predictive Powers of Hotel Cycles / John B. Corgel / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Predictive Powers of Hotel Cycles By John (Jack) B. Corgel, Ph. D Whether we want to accept the fact or not the hotel business (both the sale of rooms and assets) is a cyclical business. Cycles exist in the hotel business for some good and well documented reasons. Most importantly, hotels are not the same as most other commodities like, say, tooth paste. By this I mean that when the demand for rooms suddenly spikes, as it did during the recent holiday season in New York City, the supply of rooms cannot correspondingly expand within a short period to satisfy the new level of demand. Sh...
Hotel Success Hinges on Relationship Between Owner, Asset Manager, GM / Rick Swig / RSBA Associates / August 2004
March 31, 2004
RSBA & Associates Hospitality Consulting Services 400 Spear Street, Suite 106 San Francisco, CA 94105 Email: rickswig@rsbaswig.com Web site: http://www.rsbaswig.com Email: rickswig@rsbaswig.com Web site: http://www.rsbaswig.com Hotel Success Hinges on Relationship Between Owner, Asset Manager, GM . Without proper vision, planning and communication, the relationship can be adversarial and destructive . by Rick Swig, August 2004 The Relationships between the owner, asset manager, management company and general manager are crucial to the success of a hotel. The General Manager is the critical link between ...
Florida Theme Parks, Hotels Reopen Quickly Despite Hurricane Damage / August 2004
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Greg Groeller, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 15, 2004 - Tourists ventured out of their hotels Saturday morning to find most of Orlando's major theme parks open for business, despite downed trees, debris and cosmetic damage to some structures in the parks. Less than 24 hours after closing early to prepare for Hurricane Charley, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios -- as well as SeaWorld Orlando and Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios -- all threw open their gates to visitors. But Disney chose not...
Harris Interactive Survey Claims 49% of Travelers Believe Online Travel Sites Offer Lower Hotel Rates Rather than Calling Hotels Directly or Using Hot
March 31, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Harris Interactive Survey Claims 49% of Travelers Believe Online Travel Sites Offer Lower Hotel Rates Rather than Calling Hotels Directly or Using Hotel Websites CHICAGO, August 25, 2004 - Orbitz (Nasdaq: ORBZ), today announced the results of a national survey of travelers with internet access that reveals the majority (91%) want to comparison shop multiple hotel brands when booking a hotel. According to the Orbitz Hotel Survey, conducted online by Harris Interactive(R), nearly half of consumers (49%) believe web sites like Orbitz offer the lowest hotel rates more than calling hotels...
