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World's Largest Auto Racing Trade Show Taking Its 40,000 Attendees to Orlando; Big Loss for Indianapolis / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Bill Ruthhart, The Indianapolis StarKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 21, 2004 - The city's second-largest convention will be leaving in 2005, taking more than 40,000 visitors and the $26 million-plus they spend to Orlando. The Performance Racing Industry has held the world's largest auto racing trade show in Indianapolis since 1998, but the show's booming growth coupled with limited space at the Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome led to the move. "Space was the ultimate factor, and we've been getting more and more requests from our existing exhibitors and new companies tha...
Roland Fasel Appointed General Manager at the 451 room InterContinental London / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Roland Fasel Appointed General Manager at the 451 room InterContinental London June 16, 2004 - Roland Fasel has taken the helm at the InterContinental London, located on Hyde Park Corner. Fasel will be responsible for the renovation and repositioning of the 451-room hotel which boasts a full time staff of 320, calling on his eighteen years of 5-star hotel management experience in three continents. Roland Fasel joins the InterContinental London from Badrutts Palace Hotel, St Moritz, formerly a Rosewood Hotels & Resorts property, where he held the position for Managing Director ...
Resort Data Processing (RDP), Inc. Announces the Selection of the RDP Software for Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Resort Data Processing (RDP), Inc. Announces the Selection of the RDP Software for Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah June 16, 2004 - The reason we chose the Resort Data Processing Software for Solitude Mountain Resort, is Resort Data Processings strong history with Internet Reservations, Condominium Management and consistent customer service among mountain properties said Solitudes Condominium Lodging Manager, Brandon Hansen. According to Bob Kippola, Vice President of RDPs Sales and Marketing Solitude Mountain Resort is a perfect match for the Resort Data Processing, Inc. softwar...
The Profits of Hotels Group Queens Moat Houses Wildly Over-stated for 10 Years Before Its Near Collapse / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Brian O'Connor, Daily Mail, LondonKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 19, 2004 - The profits of hotels group Queens Moat Houses were wildly over-stated for 10 years before its near collapse with UKpound 1 billion write-offs in 1993, a DTI report says. Unacceptable accounting went on for 20 years, with abuses escalating to "extreme accounting" in its last year. Though it once owned 190 hotels and had a market value of UKpound 900 million, QMH's board did not have any idea how it was trading, the annual audit was largely a "ticking" exercise and merchant bank Charterhouse "did not ...
Real estate Company Grupo Plan Assigns Starwood to Manage the 15 room Puerta Campeche Hotel In Mexico's Yucatan / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Real Estate Company Grupo Plan Assigns Starwood to Manage the 15 room Puerta Campeche Hotel In Mexico's Yucatan Joins Starwood's Luxury Collection WHITE PLAINS, N.Y - June 14, 2004 -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) signed an agreement with Grupo Plan to take over the management of the company's Puerta Campeche hotel in Mexico. Dating back to the mid-1600's, this charming and quaint hacienda-style hotel joins Starwood's portfolio of Luxury Collection properties. Located in the city of Campeche on the Yucatan peninsula and declared a World Heritage site by UNESC...
Pueblo Bonito Hotels & Resorts Acquires the Solare Vallarta Sunset Bay Resort; Will Renovate and Reposition as Samba Vallarta / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Pueblo Bonito Hotels & Resorts Acquires the Solare Vallarta Sunset Bay Resort; Will Renovate and Reposition as Samba Vallarta Bonita, CA - June 2004 Effective June 2, 2004, Pueblo Bonito Hotels & Resorts, the leading hotels of Mexico , has acquired Solare Vallarta. This all-inclusve, four star resort will be renamed Samba Vallarta, an all-inclusive resort by Pueblo Bonito. Owners will be investing upwards of $1.4 million in renovations to the lobby, motor lobby, guest accommodations, main restaurant and pool area. Situated alongside a secluded 12 mile long stretch of one of Bahia ...
Proposed $50 million Hotel Across from Providence, Rhode Island Convention Center Under Scrutiny / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Cathleen F. Crowley, Providence Journal, R.I.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 4, 2004 - Governor Carcieri wants to scrutinize a proposal to build a Providence hotel partially subsidized by the state. On Wednesday, the governor's staff sent letters to Mayor David N. Cicilline and to the finance committee chairmen of the House and Senate requesting any documents related to Vincent Mesolella's hotel project. Carcieri opposes the plan, and last week his staff criticized state legislators for not doing their own "due diligence" on the hotel project. Mesolella, a former state represent...
PrinterOn Sees Usage Double for Notebook Printing by Hotel Guests / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report PrinterOn Sees Usage Double for Notebook Printing by Hotel Guests . Amount of paper printed equals the height of a ten-story hotel DALLAS, TX, June 22, 2004 PrinterOn Corporation has seen the number of guests using its in-room web-based printing service across hotels in North America double since January 1. If all of the pages printed by guests using the PrinterOn service in the past six months were stacked together, the number of pages printed would equal the height of a 10-story hotel. PrinterOns Guest Printing service lets guests print remotely and securely from their hotel roo...
PrinterOn Named by Choice Hotels International as Endorsed Vendor for Hotel Guest Printing Services / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report PrinterOn Named by Choice Hotels International as Endorsed Vendor for Hotel Guest Printing Services Convenient In-room Web-based Printing Attractive Amenity for Business Travelers DALLAS, TX, June 22, 2004 - Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) has endorsed PrinterOn as a remote guest printing service vendor for its Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, MainStay Suites, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn brand properties. The web-based remote printing service allows guests using a hotel's high-speed Internet service to print documents from their room to the hotel's existing...
The Great Lakes Companies Starts Construction of $60 million Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Waterpark Resort in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains / June
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The Great Lakes Companies Starts Construction of $60 million Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Waterpark Resort in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains Sixth Great Wolf Lodge now open or under construction in the United States SCOTRUN, Pa. - June 30, 2004 -- Construction of the $60 million Great Wolf Lodge(R) indoor waterpark resort in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, is officially underway. The northwoods-themed, four-story, log-sided resort will serve as Pennsylvania's premier family resort and indoor waterpark. Once complete, Great Wolf Lodge will feature: a 90,000 square-foot indoor w...
The Plasencia Group Advises on the Sale of the Marriott Irvine, Orange County, California / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The Plasencia Group Advises on the Sale of the Marriott Irvine, Orange County, California Transaction Closes Quickly, Allowing Players in Hospitality, Real Estate to Achieve Strategic Goals Tampa, Florida, June 28, 2004 The Plasencia Group, Inc., the leading hospitality transaction and consulting services firm representing owners of hotels, resorts, and golf courses, served as advisor to CIGNA Corp. in its sale of the Marriott Irvine to MeriStar Hospitality (NYSE:MHX). Located in Irvines Business Complex immediately adjacent to the San Diego Freeway (I-405), the 484-room hotel offer...
Popular Web Site is Taking Pet-Friendly Properties on an Interactive Tour / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Popular Web Site is Taking Pet-Friendly Properties on an Interactive Tour Knoxville, TN June 3, 2004 BringYourPet.com (www.bringyourpet.com) has launched an interactive tour to help guide hotel advertisers through the Web site and make it easier for them to discover the benefits of listing their pet-friendly properties. The 5 minute tour, which can be found at www.bringyourpet.com/tour, is designed to feature and highlight the advantages and charitable work of the BringYourPet.com Web site. With everything weve added since we launched last year, we felt it was important to put this t...
BringYourPet.com Finds Hotels Catering to the Canine Crowd / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report BringYourPet.com Finds Hotels Catering to the Canine Crowd Knoxville, TN--June 15, 2004 When dog clubs and organizations hold competitions, the four-legged contestants need a place to rest their heads too. Hotels are finding that marketing to and catering to dog show people is worth the investment. Over the years, hotels have gradually moved away from completely banning all furry friends from their premises, to allowing only small dogs in a handful of smoking rooms, and now some are letting the whole place go to the dogs! Aside from the obvious benefit of having a large number of rooms booke...
State of Florida Files Racial Bias Suit Against the Southern Inn in Perry; State Has 13 Witnesses / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Gary Fineout, The Miami HeraldKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 2, 2004 - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Attorney General Charlie Crist on Tuesday charged that a Perry motel owner routinely discriminated against black customers, forcing them to stay in run-down rooms and trying to prevent them from using the motel pool. Using a new law passed by legislators a year ago, Crist sued in Tallahassee, asking for at least $85,000 in damages for civil rights violations and unfair and deceptive trade practices. Raj Patel, owner of the Southern Inn in Perry, has 20 days to respond. In past intervie...
February 28, 2004
Pegasus Announces New Customers for PegsTour Service and New Agreements from Its Hotel Company Customers Hotel companies indicate their support for service that provides automation of hotel reservations for tour and wholesale operators DALLAS (June 23, 2004) At the HITEC show today, Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) continued the introduction of its new PegsTour service, announcing a number of hotel companies and tour/wholesale operators that have agreed to participate in the service. Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions is a leading worldwide provider of hotel reservations-related services and technology. Pega...
Pegasus Solutions Providing Global Internet Distribution Services for Accor Hotels / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Pegasus Solutions Providing Global Internet Distribution Services for Accor Hotels Leading Brands Including Sofitel, Novotel and Mercure Available on Thousands of Travel Web Sites via Pegasus Online Distribution Network DALLAS (June 28, 2004) Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) announced the implementation of a three-year Internet hotel reservations technology/ distribution agreement with Paris-based Accor, one of the largest groups of hotels worldwide and the leader in Europe. Accors global portfolio of nearly 4,000 hotels in 90 countries will be available for online booking via the thousands of third-party We...
Real Estate Developer Belz Enterprises Boosts Corporate Value with Hotel Group Business Intelligence Gains – Prestigious Peabody Hotel Group Ope
February 28, 2004
Real Estate Developer Belz Enterprises Boosts Corporate Value with Hotel Group Business Intelligence Gains Prestigious Peabody Hotel Group Operates Paperless; Internet Back-Office and Business Intelligence Reduce AP Staff 33%, Cuts Month-End Close 20% June 3, 2004 - Anyone visiting a Peabody flagship property in Memphis, Orlando, or Little Rock knows these beautiful hotels are about more than ducks. Although the trademark Peabody ducks are frequently seen in advertising and splashing in the marble fountains adorning the lobby of each hotel, the three Peabody properties are clearly about luxury and service....
Hotels Accelerating Adoption of Advanced Technology Solutions to Manage Group Business; Passkey Empowers Hotels to Increase their Online Group Booking
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Hotels Accelerating Adoption of Advanced Technology Solutions to Manage Group Business; - Passkey Empowers Hotels to Increase their Online Group Bookings QUINCY, Mass. - June 22, 2004 - Both chain hotels and independents are accelerating their deployment of group management solutions to protect and increase their group business. As learned from the lessons of the transient merchant model, hotels now see that deploying their own online group management solutions is mission-critical. Over the past two years, Passkey International, Inc. has been the solution of choice, becoming the industry ...
Fu Wah International Group Appoints Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific to Manage the First Park Plaza Hotel in China – The 216-room Park Plaza Wangfuj
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Fu Wah International Group Appoints Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific to Manage the First Park Plaza Hotel in China - The 216-room Park Plaza Wangfujing Beijing BEIJING, People's Republic of China - June 17, 2004 - Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Fu Wah International Group to manage the first Park Plaza hotel in China. Fu Wah will build the Park Plaza Wangfujing Beijing which is due to open in December 2005. The hotel will be managed by Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific, regional headquarters for Carlson Hotels Worldwide in for the Asia-Pacifi...
Park Inn Brand Names Larry Wozniak of the Park Inn in Stevensville, Michigan General Manager of the Year / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Park Inn Brand Names Larry Wozniak of the Park Inn in Stevensville, Michigan General Manager of the Year Brand Recognizes 12 Hotels for Outstanding Quality and Service MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (June 15, 2004) ---- Park Inn, part of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, today announced that Larry Wozniak of the Park Inn in Stevensville, Mich., has been selected as the General Manager of the Year. The company also announced that it has awarded twelve hotels the brand's prestigious 2003 Presidential Award for outstanding quality. The Presidential Award was created to recognize and reward ho...
Panda Hotel (1,026 rooms) in Hong Kong Automates Management of Corporate Clients / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Panda Hotel (1,026 rooms) in Hong Kong Automates Management of Corporate Clients Hong Kong, 8 June 2004 -- Panda Hotel has announced the adoption of an automated system of online contracting to manage their network of corporate clients. A component feature of the Pelican online reservation system, online contracting is intended to reduce dependence on manual administration for corporate bookings in the 1,026 rooms hotel. The online-contracting feature allows the hotel to set and adjust seasonal rates and room allotments for single clients, and to create grouping of clients with similar pr...
Pacifica's Formula: Hand-picked Hotels and Renovating with Unique Designs / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Pacifica's Formula: Hand-picked Hotels and Renovating with Unique Designs SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-- - June 7, 2004 -- When Hotel Business magazine recently published its annual rankings of the nation's top 100 hotel management companies, Pacifica Hotel Company (PHC) was ranked first in occupancy, sixth in Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR), and ninth in Average Daily Rate (ADR). The rankings, which include large management companies whose revenues dwarf Pacifica's, validate the 11-year-old company's highly focused strategy of choosing quality properties, renovating them with unique designs...
Philippe Sizaret named General Manager of Te Tiare Beach, an Outrigger Resort / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Philippe Sizaret named General Manager of Te Tiare Beach, an Outrigger Resort HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII - June 9, 2004 - Philippe Sizaret has been named General Manager of the Te Tiare Beach, an Outrigger Resort on Huahine Island in French Polynesia announced Barry Wallace, Senior Vice President of Operations of Outrigger of Hotels & Resorts. Sizaret is a veteran hotelier of the area, most recently serving as general manager of the Maitai Polynesia in Bora Bora. For the last 20 years, he has held various management positions throughout Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Thailand, Malaysia and New Cale...
PRpro Tapped By Multi-Systems Inc. To Pump Up Marketing, Sales Effort / June 2004
February 28, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report PRpro Tapped By Multi-Systems Inc. To Pump Up Marketing, Sales Effort Leading property-management system provider soon to premier Web-based enterprise and centralized corporate services for hospitality; Former hospitality trade magazine editor with more than 20 years of hotel operations and media-relations experience heads PR practice Phoenix June 1, 2004 Multi-Systems Inc. (MSI), the leader in property-management and integrated operations/marketing technologies for the lodging industry, has retained Barbara A. Worcester, dba PRpro, a hospitality-specific public relations agent base...
