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Robert E. Wilson Appointed General Manager for The Thayer Hotel West Point / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Robert E. Wilson Appointed General Manager for The Thayer Hotel West Point West Point, NY (January 2004) - Robert E. Wilson of Thompson Ridge, NY has been named General Manager for The Thayer Hotel West Point, part of the Fisher Hotels Group. Mr. Wilson has been associated with Fisher since 1982. Since 1998, he was Director of Finance for The Thayer Hotel, where he was responsible for overseeing the property through an estimated $26 million historical renovation in conjunction with the Department of C.F.S.C. of the United States Army. In 1994, Mr. Wilson moved to White...
New Module for Property Management System: RDP Announces New Work Order & Asset Management Module / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report New Module for Property Management System: RDP Announces New Work Order & Asset Management Module January 14, 2004 - RDP has released the "Work Order & Asset Management" module, based on our new Windows based RDPWin technology. The module is designed to automate the process of entering and completing a work order request, as well as tracking all fixed assets. Designed by our customers, this module not only automates the Maintenance Department, but is meant as a guest service tool as well. For example, many of our customers have sophisticated guest service desks who buy groceries for inco...
Roy Cordeiro and Peter Thoene Appointed Directors of Sales & Marketing for Outrigger's Marriott and Waikiki Beachfront Properties / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Roy Cordeiro and Peter Thoene Appointed Directors of Sales & Marketing for Outrigger's Marriott and Waikiki Beachfront Properties HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII - January 12, 2004 - Outrigger Hotels & Resorts has announced that two of its most experienced sales and marketing executives have taken on new responsibilities in the New Year. As of January 1, 2004, Peter Thoene is the new director of sales & marketing for the Waikoloa Beach Marriott and Wailea Marriott, both Outrigger-owned and managed resorts, and is responsible for the combined sales forces of these two deluxe beachf...
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report HBE Corporation Sells Eight Adams Mark Hotels for $236 million to Pyramid Advisors/Morgan Stanley Joint Venture; Re-flagging in Progress BOSTON, Mass., January 8, 2004 A joint venture between Pyramid Advisors LLC (Pyramid), a Boston-based full-service hotel company, and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund IV-Domestic (MSREF), a private real investment fund affiliated with and sponsored by Morgan Stanley, acquired a portfolio of eight Adams Mark hotels comprising 2,887 rooms from St. Louis, Mo.-based HBE Corporation for $236 million on December 30, 2003. Pyramid and MSREF plan...
The Procaccianti Group Names Three New Vice Presidents / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The Procaccianti Group Names Three New Vice Presidents PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jan. 12, 2004 -- Officials of The Procaccianti Group (TPG), a New England-based, full-service, privately owned hotel ownership, management and construction company, today announced that it has named three new vice presidents to further strengthen its management expertise: Scot Hamilton, vice president, sales and marketing; Christopher Dixon, vice president, food & beverage; and Lisa Hugo, vice president, human resources. "Each of these individuals has a proven track record in hospitality management and wi...
Archon Corporation Acquires Fee Ownership of the 416 room Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada for Approximately $36.0 million / January
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Archon Corporation Acquires Fee Ownership of the 416 room Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada for Approximately $36.0 million LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2004 - Archon Corporation ("Archon") (OTC Bulletin Board: ARHN - News) announced today the closing of the purchase of the fee ownership of the 416 room Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall (the "Pioneer") in Laughlin, Nevada on December 29, 2003. Archon purchased the fee interest from an affiliate of GE Capital pursuant to an early purchase option under its existing lease agreement. The purchase price was approximately $36.0 mi...
Hotel Online: Hospitality News
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Ted Jackovics, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 15--CLEARWATER -- Although the final returns aren't in yet, Pinellas County expects that 2003 was a record year for numbers of overnight visitors, with an estimated 4.8 million surpassing the previous high of 4.7 million in 2001. This year's outlook remains positive, as European visitors enjoy an increasingly favorable return on currency versu...
Philadelphia Center City Hotels Boost Occupancy in November to 71.3% / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Philadelphia Center City Hotels Boost Occupancy in November to 71.3% By Maria Panaritis, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19, 2004 - Even as tourism rebounds in Center City, thousands of hotel rooms in the Southeastern Pennsylvania suburbs remain unfilled. Hotel occupancy in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties rose no higher than about 63 percent in November, compared with 71.3 percent in Center City. The four counties account for about 17,000 of the region's hotel rooms; there are 15,000 in Philadelphia. There was a sh...
Pet-Friendly Hotels Find Success With BringYourPet.com/ January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Pet-Friendly Hotels Find Success With BringYourPet.com Knoxville, TN -- January 5, 2003 -- As pets take to the road in mass, pet-friendly lodging becomes the vacation stop of choice for pet-lovers everywhere. Hoteliers are now barking up the right tree with BringYourPet.com. Its no surprise that Pets have garnered devotion in the form of millions of dollars from pet lovers. As the pet travel industry dreams up more products for easier travel with pets such as travel pillows, pet seat belts and travel beds, it seems more and more hoteliers are joining the trend. Many upscale hotels offer lu...
Pestana Hotels & Resorts Selects LRA Worldwide to Manage Guest Satisfaction Survey Program / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Pestana Hotels & Resorts Selects LRA Worldwide to Manage Guest Satisfaction Survey Program; Leading Portuguese Hotel Company to Stay in Close Contact with its Guests LISBON, Portugal/HORSHAM, Pennsylvania; January 23, 2004 Pestana Hotels & Resorts, a leading international leisure and travel company, today announced that it has selected LRA Worldwide to design and implement a guest satisfaction survey program for their 32 hotels and resorts around the world. As Pestanas strategic consulting and research partner, LRA Worldwide will be measuring guest satisfaction and loyalty using an innova...
New Trend? The 175-room Hotel Pere Marquette Outsources Cleaning of Guest Rooms / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive New Trend? The 175-room Hotel Pere Marquette Outsources Cleaning of Guest Rooms By Steve Tarter, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 6, 2004 - PEORIA, Ill. -- The trend towards outsourcing cleaning services is coming to the hotel industry in Peoria. The Hotel Pere Marquette, 501 Main St., is now contracting the cleaning of guest rooms with Sonshine Cleaners, a Bloomington company. "Housekeeping has been an ongoing problem for a number of years, just coming up with a number of employees and maintaining a high level of service. With const...
The 1,000-room Expansion for Peabody Orlando May be Back on Track / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The 1,000-room Expansion for Peabody Orlando May be Back on Track The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Susan Strother Clarke Column By Susan Strother Clarke, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30, 2004 - Looks like those long-awaited plans to expand the Peabody hotel may be back on track. That doesn't mean you'll find GM Alan Villaverde at the controls of a backhoe, ready to break ground. But Villaverde confirmed this week that the design of a new, 1,000-room tower and more convention space should be completed this year -- and, barring anythin...
Having Problems with Your Current High Speed Internet Solution? Paradyne Can Help / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Having Problems with Your Current High Speed Internet Solution? . Paradyne Can Help January 2003 - Paradyne's customers are not relying on problematic HPNA equipment to satisfy important guest connectivity needs. Install BitStorm ADSL solutions and connect your guests with confidence! Deploying high-speed services in the Hospitality and other in-building environments (MxU) is not as easy as many assume. There are many demands on the distribution network in a hotel complex that greatly tax the performance of the access technology. A service provider and the building management or ownership group must carefully consider ...
Is Wireless only High-Speed Internet Access Really a Bargain? Find Out What You Need to Know About HSIA Deployments to Assess All the Costs Related t
January 30, 2004
Is Wireless only High-Speed Internet Access Really a Bargain? . Find out what you need to know about HSIA deployments to assess all the costs related to a wireless only solution and prevent customer satisfaction issues from becoming worrysome. A wired solution removes risks. January 2004 Beware of the hidden installation costs. Are there enough wireless access points in the proposal to ensure coverage in all rooms and desired areas? It is not as simple as it seems to locate access point s that provide coverage to desired areas. Additional access points may be needed after the installation is started which will add costs...
ADSL or Wireless in the MxU Environment? It's Quite Easy to Assume that Deploying Wireless HSIA in a Hospitality MxU Environment Would Be the Mos
January 30, 2004
ADSL or Wireless in the MxU Environment? Its Quite Easy to Assume that Deploying Wireless HSIA in a Hospitality MxU Environment Would Be the Most Cost Effective and User-friendly Access Technology If One Believes the Hype. Read the facts. January 2004 - Paradynes customers face tough decisions when deploying connectivity technology today and are choosing infrastructure solutions. Installing BitStorm ADSL solutions provides for your guest needs now and in the future. . . Its quite easy to assume that deploying wireless in a hospitality or residential MxU environment would be the most cost effective a...
Sol Melia Invests $140 million in New Paradisus Resort, Puerto Rico / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Sol Melia Invests $140 million in New Paradisus Resort, Puerto Rico Thursday, 29th. January, 2004. Coinciding with the celebration of FITUR, the International Tourism Trade Fair in Madrid, Sol Meliá has announced the scheduled opening in March, 2004, of its first hotel in Puerto Rico. The new hotel will make it 13 Latin American and Caribbean countries in which the hotel company operates 80 hotels, also making it the leading hotel chain in the region. After an investment by Sol Meliá of 140 million dollars in its construction, the luxury facilities and magnificent location of the new...
Demand in the Full-service Hotel Sector is Expected to Increase by 6.3% in 2004; Best and Worst Hotel Markets in Terms of RevPAR Growth / PKF Consult
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Demand in the Full-service Hotel Sector is Expected to Increase by 6.3% in 2004; Best and Worst Hotel Markets in Terms of RevPAR Growth / PKF Consulting Current Turnaround Will Continue Through 2005; Investment Climate to Improve January 26, 2004 - The U.S. hotel industry is in the early stages of an upswing, following the long-endured bottoming-out that began in mid-2001. The upswing is expected to carry through 2005 and bring with it an improved climate for hotel investment. These findings were revealed in a recent joint study by PKF Consultings Hospitality Resea...
The 2,300 Meeting Planners of PCMA Will Receive Fawning Treatment in Indianapolis / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The 2,300 Meeting Planners of PCMA Will Receive Fawning Treatment in Indianapolis By J.K. Wall, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 11, 2004 - Two 18-foot ice castles and 1,000 pounds of plastic snow will greet some special guests tonight in the ballroom of the Marriott Downtown. They'll sip on martinis, chilled by pouring vodka down four curvy ice luge tracks. They'll be treated to 6,000 prawns, 900 bottles of wine and 650 pounds of duck and veal. The guests of honor are the 2,300 people attending the Professional Convention Management ...
The Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach Completes $15 million Renovation of 530 rooms / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach Completes $15 million Renovation of 530 rooms HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII - January 20, 2004 - The Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach, fronting a prized stretch of Waikiki beach, has reached a significant milestone in its $18 million renovation by completing the last remaining 105 guest rooms and its expansive lobby. Now, the hotel's entire 530-room inventory has been renovated with a contemporary design decor of tropical elegance. Nearly $15 million was spent on room renovations, which included all 500 guestrooms, 30 oceanfront suites and all public...
Don't Wait for Signs of a Better 2004! Hoteliers Will Realize the Gains So Desperately Sought by Giving Customers Exactly What They Want / Willia
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Don't Wait for Signs of a Better 2004! Hoteliers Will Realize the Gains So Desperately Sought by Giving Customers Exactly What They Want by William F. Orilio, MHS / January 2004 Lets not forget who we are. To a large extent, we put ourselves on hold after September 11, 2001. We waited to see what was going to happen next, and when nothing did, we became disconnected. Now, more than ever, its time to pick up the pace. Its time for that big move. Its time to keep the momentum going. We shouldnt be looking for a better 2004 because its already arrived. We just hav...
Online Rich Content Is an Important Branding Asset as Well as a Compelling Marketing Tool for Hotel Franchisees to Drive Revenues Through All Online C
January 30, 2004
Online Rich Content Is an Important Branding Asset as Well as a Compelling Marketing Tool for Hotel Franchisees to Drive Revenues Through All Online Channels, Both Direct and Indirect January 2004 - The importance of the Internet as a hotel research and discovery channel is often understated. Indeed, while the average hotel today generates 10-20% of its bookings online, we often fail to focus on the fact that 50% of all people who research hotel accommodation online actually book offline. Accordingly, between 20-40% of a hotels bookings are actually directly and indirectly generated as a result of a hotels Internet pres...
Meeting Bookers Optimistic 2004 Will Mark Rebound Despite Potential Hurdles; Attendance Boosts at Recent Conventions Have Made Orange County Californi
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Meeting Bookers Optimistic 2004 Will Mark Rebound Despite Potential Hurdles; . Attendance Boosts at Recent Conventions Have Made Orange County California Hoteliers Hopeful By SANDI CAIN, January 2004 For Orange Countys meeting industry, 2004 truly could be a happy new year. Meeting planners, corporations and industry analysts are projecting a long-awaited upturn as a growing economy, improved business conditions and new product launches fuel new demand for meetings and conventions. But challenges remain, and visitor-related businesses are keenly aware that one terrorist in...
The New Realities of Hotel Sales – Focus on Revenue Generation / Carol Verret / January 2004
January 30, 2004
Carol Verret Consulting and Training Consulting Training Seminars . The New Realities of Hotel Sales Focus on Revenue Generation . Carol Verret / January 2004 January 2004 The issue of sales focus is not a very sexy topic but then January tends to be a month of focusing upon executing the plans made last year. The Marketing Plans are done (they are done, aren't they?) and now is the time to implement the ambitious goals laid out within them. None of this is going to happen unless and until the sales force is focused. I walked into a hotel recently and asked the Director of Sales what the issues were tha...
Hotel Online: Hospitality News
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 15--CARSON CITY, Nev. -- State Controller Kathy Augustine said Wednesday that two new reports issued by her office suggest positive trends for Nevada and show a "significant rebound" from the 2001 nationwide economic slowdown. Almost every performance indicator, including taxable sales, gaming activity, job growth and income, continued to i...
