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BIG News From Sceptre At HITEC: Channel- and Revenue-Management Consulting Now Available As Stand-Alone Service / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report BIG News From Sceptre At HITEC: . Channel - and Revenue - Management Consulting Now Available As Stand-Alone Service Denver-based channel-management specialists answer industry need for education and support on maximizing revenues through all channels Denver, Colo. - June 21, 2004 - Hoteliers needing assistance with revenue management strategies and implementation should visit the Sceptre Booth No. 608 at HITEC, June 22 through 24 at the Dallas Convention Center. In addition to providing GDS connectivity through the major Internet channels through its acclaimed reservations tec...
Hampton Inn Savannah North Sale by HREC Investment Advisors / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online .Special Report Hampton Inn Savannah North Sale by HREC Investment Advisors Savannah, GA: JUNE 7, 2004 - HREC Investment Advisors have arranged the sale of the 106-room Hampton Inn Savannah North in Savannah, Georgia on behalf of The Kessler Collection. The buyer of the property was Newport Hospitality Group, Inc. The Kessler Collection is a dynamic real estate and hotel management company that is based in Orlando, Florida with unique three, four and five diamond properties and art galleries located in Celebration, Orlando, St. Augustine, Savannah and Grand Junction, CO. HREC Investment Advisors is the r...
San Antonio's Adam's Mark Hotel Getting $6.3 million Renovation, Will Rebrand to Crowne Plaza / June 2003
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Melissa S. Monroe, San Antonio Express-NewsKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 19, 2004 - San Antonio's downtown Adam's Mark hotel will convert to a Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts property next month, giving franchise owner InterContinental Hotel Group its 17th local hotel. It already has a local presence with Holiday Inns, Candlewood and Staybridge suites. Crowne Plaza is a result of a joint venture between Pyramid Advisors, a Boston-based hotel company, and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund IV-Domestic, which acquired a portfolio of eight Adam's Mark hotels late last year from St....
Chili's Grill & Bar Facing More Lawsuits Over Salmonella Outbreak; Health Officials Claim Dishwashing Sanitizer Stopped Working Several Days B
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Karen Robinson-Jacobs, The Dallas Morning NewsKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News June. 29, 2004 - Brinker International was named Monday in two more federal lawsuits over a salmonella outbreak a year ago at a Chili's Grill & Bar in a Chicago suburb. The outbreak sickened more than 300 diners and employees and hurt company sales in the Midwest. The case is considered unusual because the Dallas-based company hasn't settled the litigation. The company has pushed for mediation since last summer, a Brinker spokesman said, but a lack of documentation of the individual cases has delayed the t...
Scott Robison Named Director of sales for Lansdowne Resort, Virginia / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Scott Robison Named Director of Sales for Lansdowne Resort, Virginia LANSDOWNE, Virginia, June 2004 - Benchmark Hospitality has announced the appointment of Scott Robison as director of sales for Lansdowne Resort, the capital region's premier, full-service resort and executive conference facility. Gerard Dumont, vice president and general manager for Lansdowne, made the announcement. Mr. Robison comes to Lansdowne Resort from the Hilton Washington and the Capital Hilton, both located in Washington, DC. At these properties he served in the role of assistant director of sales. Dur...
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Rebrands itself Only in San Francisco. New Theme Incorporated into Bureaus Marketing Efforts June 24, 2004 - The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) has launched a new branding campaign, titled Only in San Francisco. . . Were here to unveil an unprecedented marketing/branding campaign, a major effort of the SFCVB to enhance tourisms economic recovery that has garnered phenomenal participation from the business community, said SFCVB President and CEO John A. Marks at a press conference on June 22. ...
SDD and Telemanager.net Announce Merger to Deliver New Next Generation Communications Profiability Solutions / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report SDD and Telemanager.net Announce Merger to Deliver New Next Generation Communications Profiability Solutions Merger Creates A Single, Integrated, Technology-Based Service For Maximizing Communications Profitability DELRAY BEACH, FL (June 14, 2004) - SDD and Telemanager.net are merging their organizations with the express intent of delivering a communications profitability management solution that integrates SDDs renowned JAZZ Enterprise TM communications accounting software and Telemanager.nets measurement and verification-based management service programs. The merger will enable own...
Humphrey Hospitality Trust Moving 71 Third Party Hotel Management Contracts to Royal Host / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Humphrey Hospitality Trust Moving 71 Third Party Hotel Management Contracts to Royal Host COLUMBIA, MD - Jun 29, 2004 -- Humphrey Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NasdaqNM:HUMP - News), a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today that, subject to lender approval and completion of documents, the Board of Directors of the REIT have agreed to enter into a management agreement with Royal Host, a publicly owned real estate investment trust. Royal Host owns, franchises and manages hotel properties in the United States and Canada. Royal Host has management experience in both limited se...
Real Estate Developer Joseph Chetrit May or May Not Buy the Bankrupt Roney Palace Hotel and Condominiums for $153.5-million / June 2003
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveThe Miami HeraldKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 10, 2004 - A real estate investor with a stake in Chicago's Sears Tower has won permission to buy the Roney Palace hotel and condominiums out of bankruptcy, but he has objected to the $153.5-million price for the Miami Beach complex, lawyers for the sellers said Wednesday. The venture headed by Joseph Chetrit, whose $840-million deal in April for the Sears Tower set a new high-water mark for Chicago real estate, signed a $153.5-million contract to purchase the oceanfront property. But a lawyer for the New York real estate mogul las...
Financial Street Holding Co., Ltd. and Ritz Carlton Developing 256 room Hotel In Beijing / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Financial Street Holding Co., Ltd. and Ritz Carlton Developing 256 room Hotel In Beijing The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing Financial Street To Open Fall 2006 CHEVY CHASE, Md.-- June 19, 2004 -- The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. will open a fourth luxury hotel in China, in fall of 2006, in the Beijing's Financial Street area, the heart of the capital city's emerging financial district. The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing, Finance Street will be located at the intersection of Taipingqiao Street and Jinchengfangdong. The 256-room property will be a showplace of glass and chrome contemporary desig...
Acquired by Joo Kim for $4.05 million, The Royal Hotel in Richland, Washington Will Receive $2 million Renovation, Rebranded Clarion; Hotel Original
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Lan Nguyen, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 11, 2004 - The Royal Hotel in Richland not only has a new owner, it also will get a new name June 28. The property, which will be renamed The Clarion Hotel, was purchased Dec. 10, 2003, by Joo Kim for $4.05 million according to the Benton County Treasurer's Office. The hotel was bought from previous owner Sung H. Suh, who had owned it since June 2003. Along with the name, there will be many other changes for the hotel, said Ginny Hill, general manager, adding it will return "to the glory days." Thirte...
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report RezTrack Offers New Product To Measure Hotel Web Activity, ROI Bethesda, MD, June 8, 2004 E-site Marketing announces the launch of RezTrack, a Web site traffic and analysis product that tracks the complete life cycle of a Web site booking, from the originating source and booking path to the final booking conversion. The product was developed by E-site Marketing, specialists in Internet marketing and Web site development for the hospitality industry, and the initial product launch will be in partnership with SynXis, a leading hospitality industry provider of reservation services and distr...
Sage Hospitality Resources Among Principals in New 228 room Residence Inn in Downtown Denver; $44 million Project Requires No Public Money / June 2
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Aldo Svaldi, The Denver PostKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 28, 2004 - Construction started Thursday on a high-rise Residence Inn by Marriott designed to serve business travelers planning stays of longer than a week. Backers of the 14-story property at 1725 Champa St. include Sage Hospitality Resources and Shames-Makovsky Realty Co. The extended-stay hotel will have 228 rooms, said Brad Robinette, a senior vice president with Sage. The hotel got its start when Denver real estate broker Evan Makovsky purchased a parking lot early in 2003. Private backers are financing the project...
Combined Occupancy for Renaissance Grand Hotel and the Renaissance St. Louis Suites 40% in the 1st Qtr 2004; Reserves Tapped to Subsidize Operations
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Christopher Carey, St. Louis Post-DispatchKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 26, 2004 - Moody's Investors Service said Friday that it might cut its rating on $98 million in bonds for the Renaissance hotels in downtown St. Louis because of continued losses. The credit-rating agency noted that combined occupancy and average daily room rates for the Renaissance Grand Hotel and the Renaissance St. Louis Suites have fallen from last year's levels. "The watch-list action reflects our view that break-even cash flows are unreasonable to expect this year or next year, given weak demand a...
The Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, the City's Leading Convention Hotel, Posted 50% Occupancy for the Past Three Years / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy John Gallagher, Detroit Free PressKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 25, 2004 - About the time General Motors Corp. and Marriott International finished renovating the former Westin Hotel at the Renaissance Center in 2001, the travel industry sank into a prolonged slump. The industry appears to be gathering strength again. And that has Marriott executives hopeful that their commitment to the Ren Cen hotel will pay off soon. John W. Marriott III, the chain's executive vice president, said during a visit to Detroit on Thursday that the Marriott Renaissance Center posted 50-percent ...
The Relais & Châteaux Association Reorganizes; Appoints Jacques-Olivier Chauvin, Chief Executive Officer / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The Relais & Châteaux Association Reorganizes; Appoints Jacques-Olivier Chauvin, Chief Executive Officer Monday, 7 June 2004 - President Régis Bulot and his Board of Directors have just appointed: Jacques-Olivier Chauvin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Since 1999 Jacques-Olivier Chauvin has been Deputy Director General in charge of marketing and communication. Aged 36, he takes over fom Jean-Louis Bottigliero, who recently became the new owner of Hostellerie de Levernois, a Relais & Châteaux in Beaune ( Burgundy ). Jacques-Olivier Chauvin will continue to be in charge of the following...
Red Lion Hotels to Create a Brand Mascot Using the Lion Character/ June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Red Lion Hotels to Create a Brand Mascot Using the Lion Character Spokane, WA -- June 1, 2004 - West Coast Hospitality Corporation, representing Red Lion Hotels and WestCoast Hotels in the U.S. and Canada, has unveiled a new advertising and marketing campaign for Red Lion Hotels that will launch this June in a series of print ads. WestCoast Hospitality retained ISM Boston, an advertising agency specializing in the travel industry, to develop a new contemporary brand image for the Red Lion brand. Built around the tag line Stay Comfortable, the campaign uses an illustrated lion th...
Operating 2,000 Hotel Rooms and 14 Restaurants in Yellowstone National Park, Concessioner Xanterra Finds Uncommon Answers to Common Environmental Chal
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Operating 2,000 Hotel Rooms and 14 Restaurants in Yellowstone National Park, Concessioner Xanterra Finds Uncommon Answers to Common Environmental Challenges DENVER, June 16, 2004 - It's not easy to be an environmental leader when recycling facilities are often on the other side of a mountain pass and your laundry load exceeds 2.5 million pounds each year. Because of the endless challenges of operating sustainable facilities in the world's first national park, employees of concessioner Xanterra Parks & Resorts in Yellowstone National Park have had to find uncommon answers to common en...
The Lincoln Plaza Hotel in Reading, Pa. Will be Branded with the Wyndham Name; Inns of Distinction Appointed Manager / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The Lincoln Plaza Hotel in Reading, Pa. Will be Branded with the Wyndham Name; Inns of Distinction Appointed Manager DALLAS - June 2, 2004 -- Wyndham International, Inc. (AMEX:WBR) announced today that it has entered into a long-term franchise agreement to brand a hotel located in Reading, Pa. The hotel is slated to convert to the Wyndham brand in the third quarter 2004, expanding the Company's distribution in a key, suburban market. Through a franchise agreement with Genesis Ventures I, the Lincoln Plaza Hotel in Reading, Pa. will be branded with the Wyndham name, expanding Wy...
Ramesys' Latest PMS Is Lightning Fast, Ultra Thin And Web-Based – How This Technology Meets The New Demands Placed On PMS Solutions Today /
February 28, 2004
Ramesys' Latest PMS Is Lightning Fast, Ultra Thin And Web-Based - How This Technology Meets The New Demands Placed On PMS Solutions Today South Plainfield NJ - June 9, 2004 - Ramesys, a leading provider of hospitality solutions for over 20 years, offers the innovative and proven web-based PMS solution, Entirety for Windows, which is the fulfillment of the company's belief that web-based technology will be a significant revenue generator for the company in the future. The user-friendly Entirety solution for Windows includes modules to support operations at both the independent property and corporate level includes Web bookings,...
Ramesys Dominates as the Leader of UNIX and Web Based Property Management Systems (PMS) and Brings Latest Enterprise Offerings to HITEC / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Ramesys Dominates as the Leader of UNIX and Web Based Property Management Systems (PMS) and Brings Latest Enterprise Offerings to HITEC June 16, 2004 - With a diversity of solutions covering both character and web/Windows PMS, enterprise systems and telecom solutions, the company believes it has something for everyone. Ramesys, long established as a 24 year vendor of quality PMS with its ImagInn UNIX software used at nationwide chains such as Country Inns & Suites by Carlson, Microtel Inns by USFS and Baymont Inns & Suites, has continued its successful development program with new contracts over the past six months with all its ...
Kane Realty Corporation and Concord Hospitality Partner to Build 240 room Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Kane Realty Corporation and Concord Hospitality Partner to Build 240 room Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina RALEIGH, NC (June 2, 2004) Kane Realty Corporation announced today that Raleigh-based Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company will build a Renaissance Hotel at North Hills. The 240-room Renaissance Raleigh Hotel will anchor the new mixed-use district of three city blocks currently under construction at Six Forks Road and the Beltline in Raleigh. Construction on the hotel will begin this fall with completion expected in late 2005. Renaissance is a quality-tier, f...
Raffles Hotel Singapore Continues Pursuit of Excellence / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Raffles Hotel Singapore Continues Pursuit of Excellence June 3, 2004 - Close to half a million affluent worldwide respondents of several prestigious luxury international surveys and publications have a common ultimate favourite Raffles Hotel, Singapore. These respondents uncompromising judgment and taste have resulted in the team at Raffles Hotel working overnight to urgently renovate the Trophy Room to make room for these welcomed new additions to join the remarkable collection of esteemed awards and accolades achieved over a decade, since the reopening of the Hotel in 1991. ...
February 28, 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 The Radisson Plaza Resort Tahiti Providing Three-week Intensive Training Program Prior to Resorts Opening PAPEETE, TAHITI June 11, 2004 The Radisson Plaza Resort Tahiti, in keeping with its strong focus on guest service, has entered into its final phase of an intensive employee training program in anticipatio...
