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Onity Offers Services to Cendant Franchisees at No Capital Cost / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Onity Offers Services to Cendant Franchisees at No Capital Cost PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Feb. 2, 2004) Cendant Corporations Hotel Group has announced an agreement with Onity to offer electronic locks and other services at no capital cost to Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Travelodge®, Howard Johnson®, Knights Inn®, Villager, Wingate Inn® and AmeriHost Inn® franchisees. Under the agreement, Onity, formerly TESA Entry Systems Inc., will offer Cendants hotel franchisees electronic guest-room door locks, energy management systems, black-mold prevention service and closed-circuit...
The 172-room Hilton Odawara Resort and Spa Opens; Hidehiko Yamaguchi the Opening General Manager / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report The 172-room Hilton Odawara Resort and Spa Opens; Hidehiko Yamaguchi the Opening General Manager Tokyo, January 28, 2004 ..Hilton Internationals first Worldwide Resort in Japan promises to put back what life takes out by offering a healthy approach to vacations through spa and fitness facilities and wholesome spa cuisine. When it opens on February 1, 2004, the 172-room Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa, will be one of the most comprehensive health retreats in the Greater Tokyo Area and will provide upscale accommodation coupled with eastern and western approaches to health ma...
The Oceanside, California City Council Seeking Hotel Developer to Build Beachfront Resort / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Oceanside, California City Council Seeking Hotel Developer to Build Beachfront Resort By Rob O'Dell, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19, 2004 - OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- The Oceanside City Council is officially looking for a new company to build the beachfront resort that the city has been wanting for nearly two decades. On Wednesday, the council unanimously approved plans to solicit developers to build a high-end beach resort on two vacant parcels near the city's pier. The city will send information to more than 400 develope...
January 30, 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 Maureen OHanlon, SVP Sales and Marketing for Prime Hospitality, Elected Chairman of the Americas Board for HSMAI MCLEAN, VA (Feb. 25, 2004) -- Hospitality sales and marketing executive Maureen OHanlon, senior vice president, sales and marketing for Prime Hospitality, has been elected Chairman of the Americas Boa...
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Orange Countys 50 Largest Hotels with Meeting Rooms Report 3% Jump in Space in 2003 By SANDI CAIN, January 2004 Orange Countys 50 largest hotels with meeting rooms reported a 3% jump in space in the past year, mainly on the strength of new resorts that added a combined 27,464 square feet of space. That brings the total of indoor meeting space at the countys largest hotels to 1.13 million square feet, according to this weeks Business Journal list. The list ranks hotels based on the square footage of permanent, indoor meeting space. Mirroring the trend of recent years, bi...
Hong Kong Based Park Lane Hotels International Group to Manage the 500 room Golden Tulip Grand Ningbo Hotel / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Hong Kong Based Park Lane Hotels International Group to Manage the 500 room Golden Tulip Grand Ningbo Hotel February 2004 - Located in the most rapidly developing university area of Ningbo, the Golden Tulip Grand Ningbo Hotel is one of the pioneers in international hotel brands to enter the city of Ningbo. The five star deluxe hotel is due to be constructed as a 30-storey tower with a completion date envisaged in April 2006. The hotel will comprise 500 state of the art hotel rooms, extensive conference facilities and food and beverage outlets geared toward both the discerning ...
Capacity Limit Violations Remain Easy to Find in Chicago's Night Club Scene / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Capacity Limit Violations Remain Easy to Find in Chicago's Night Club Scene Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 17, 2004 - With a rock band wailing in the back of the bar, 65 people danced and drank Saturday night in Quenchers Saloon, despite a sign behind the cash register stating the tavern's limit was 50. Just two weeks earlier, the North Side bar had been closed by the Chicago Fire Department after a surprise inspection found 183 people inside, more than three times what authorities deem safe. Though a city inspection crackdown has brought man...
Connecticut's Two Indian Casinos Reaps Windfall from Neighboring Rhode Island and Massachusetts Gamblers / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Connecticut's Two Indian Casinos Reaps Windfall from Neighboring Rhode Island and Massachusetts Gamblers By Tom Wanamaker, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 4 - NEW ENGLAND GAMING DYNAMICS: If a new study by a Massachusetts university is correct, Connecticut's state government owes a debt of gratitude to its counterparts in neighboring Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Because Providence and Boston do not permit casino gaming, Hartford is reaping the benefits. According to "New England Casino Gaming: A Foxwoods Resort & Mohegan Su...
School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at Northern Arizona University Subject to Consolidation as University Restructures / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at Northern Arizona University Subject to Consolidation as University Restructures By Sara Kincaid, The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 24, 2004 - --Northern Arizona University seems to have taken a page from corporate America with its restructuring options - middle management will take the most hits as NAU downsizes from 10 colleges and schools to just five. Half of the dean and up to half of the associate dean positions will be reduced, depending on the restructuring proposal chosen by NAU...
Miami-Dade County Records Highest Percentage Growth in Room Rate and Occupancy in 2003 Among the Top 25 Hotel Markets / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Miami-Dade County Records Highest Percentage Growth in Room Rate and Occupancy in 2003 Among the Top 25 Hotel Markets By Dale K. DuPont, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6, 2004 - Miami-Dade County had the highest percentage growth in room rate and occupancy in 2003 among the top 25 hotel markets surveyed by Smith Travel Research. The numbers are approaching the record year of 2000, when occupancy averaged 69.7 percent and daily rates were $110.47. Anaheim, Calif., also registered a 3.9 percent increase in occupancy, but Miami was alone with ...
No World-class Hotel at Miami International Airport; Hotel Developers Turn Down Offer to Renovate Deteriorating 259 room Airport Hotel / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive No World-class Hotel at Miami International Airport; Hotel Developers Turn Down Offer to Renovate Deteriorating 259 room Airport Hotel By Ina Paiva Cordle, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19, 2004 - The Miami-Dade Aviation Department made an offer developers and hoteliers found easy to refuse: It asked for a company to spend millions to renovate the aging airport hotel, run it as an upscale franchise, then hand over millions in annual operating profits. Not one company offered a proposal by Friday's deadline. The county has been trying for mo...
MeriStar, Which Owns 89 Hotels, Reports Full-Year 2003 Net Loss of $388 million Compared with a Loss of $161 million a Year Earlier; Full-year RevPAR
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report MeriStar, Which Owns 89 Hotels, Reports Full-Year 2003 Net Loss of $388 million Compared with a Loss of $161 million a Year Earlier; Full-year RevPAR Declines 3% Hotel Operating Statistics ARLINGTON, Va., February 12, 2004--MeriStar Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: MHX), one of the nations largest hotel real estate investment trusts (REIT), today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2003: The companys net loss was $(62) million, or $(0.97) per share, for the 2003 fourth quarter, compared to a net loss of $(125) million, or $(2.76) ...
MeriStar to Spend Approximately $225 million On Renovations At Its Core 73 Hotel Properties Over the Next Two Years; Taking Advantage of Size and Scal
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report MeriStar to Spend Approximately $225 million On Renovations At Its Core 73 Hotel Properties Over the Next Two Years . Taking Advantage of Size and Scale to Accelerate Renovations and Reduce Costs ARLINGTON, Va. - Feb. 10, 2004 -- MeriStar Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: MHX), one of the nation's largest hotel real estate investment trusts (REIT), today announced that it has implemented an innovative renovation program that will dramatically reduce costs and accelerate the renovation process at its hotels. Called Velocity®, the new program is estimated to reduce guest room re...
Power of the Menu; Increasing Profitability Through the Layout, Design, and Pricing / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Power of the Menu; Increasing Profitability Through the Layout, Design, and Pricing Menus Future: Strange Meat Cuts, New Placement and More Descriptions for 2004 February 9, 2004 - Many restaurants are changing where items are located on menus to increase or decrease sales, and they are strategically pricing items ending with round numbers or ".95" to underscore the image of their restaurants. These are some of the findings from Gregg Rapp, a Menu Engineer and Consultant who recently spoke with hundreds of restaurateurs around the country. Rapp is known for increasing prof...
Baltimore International College Appoints Marshall Management to Manage the Park Hotel, Located in Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Baltimore International College Appoints Marshall Management to Manage the Park Hotel, Located in Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland SALISBURY, Md., February 9, 2003 Marshall Management, Inc., a leading mid-sized management company, today announced that it has signed its first management contract in Europe. The 43-room Park Hotel, located in Virginia County Cavan, Ireland is 50 miles northwest of Dublin. Baltimore International College (BIC), a leading institution that offers culinary and hotel management degrees, own the property. This is the third property we manage for ...
Marriott Reports 2003 Net Income Up 81% to $502 million from $277 million for 2002; Full-year Revpar for North American Properties Fell 1.3%, Expects
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott Reports 2003 Net Income Up 81% to $502 million from $277 million for 2002; Full-year Revpar for North American Properties Fell 1.3%, Expects 2004 Revpar to Increase 3% to 4%, Plans to Add 25,000 to 30,000 Rooms in 2004 . Hotel Operating Statistics February 10, 2004 Highlights from the year: Marriott added more than 31,000 hotel rooms and timeshare units in 2003, bringing the global system to 2,718 hotels and timeshare units (490,564 Rooms). Conversion pace of non-Marriott hotels to Marriott brands continued to be strong in 2003 and into 2004, accou...
John Marriott III Presented with the Distinguished Hospitality Leadership Award from The Dedman School of Hospitality at Florida State University / Fe
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report John Marriott III Presented with the Distinguished Hospitality Leadership Award from The Dedman School of Hospitality at Florida State University WASHINGTON - Jan. 28, 2004 - John Marriott III, executive vice president, Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), was recently presented with the Distinguished Hospitality Leadership Award from The Dedman School of Hospitality at Florida State University. The award is the first of its kind and recognized Mr. Marriott for his leadership in the lodging industry. In addition to this recent honor, John Marriott was also named one of 20...
Marriott Leverages Distribution Capabilities; Makes Inventory of Hotel Rooms Available to Expedia.com and Hotels.com / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott Leverages Distribution Capabilities; Makes Inventory of Hotel Rooms Available to Expedia.com and Hotels.com WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2004 - Expedia.com(R) and Hotels.com announced today they have signed an agreement with Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) to provide Expedia.com and Hotels.com customers with greater access to rooms at Marriott properties. Participating brands include Marriott Hotels & Resorts, JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance Hotels & Resorts, Residence Inn by Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott, TownePlace Suites by Marriott, Fairfield Inn by Marr...
Marriott' Board of Directors Approves Six New Executive Appointments / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott' Board of Directors Approves Six New Executive Appointments February 9, 2004 - Marriott International, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has approved the following executive appointments: Pamela G. Murray has been named executive vice president and general manager, enterprise accounting services, and a corporate officer. Murray will continue to play a significant role in the leadership of major process improvement projects to streamline Marriott's financial systems and reporting. Murray joined Marriott in 1980 as a staff accountant in corporate finance...
Marriott.com Sets One-Day Booking Record of 25,000 Reservations Made on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004 / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott.com Sets One-Day Booking Record of 25,000 Reservations Made on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004 WASHINGTON Feb. 20, 2004 Marriott.com, the web site of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), set a record for revenue in 2003 with gross sales of more than $1.4 billion, a 29 percent increase from 2002, the company said. Online bookings on Marriott.com continue to grow. So far this year, Marriotts web site has already booked a record number of reservations on two separate days. The latest record took place Tuesday, Feb. 10, when more than 25,000 bookings were made. Marr...
Walt Disney World Resorts Ranks Number One in Hotel Customer Satisfaction; Market Metrix Fourth Quarter 2003 Hospitality Index Results / February 200
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Walt Disney World Resorts Ranks Number One in Hotel Customer Satisfaction; Market Metrix Fourth Quarter 2003 Hospitality Index Results Membership in Frequent-Stay Programs Doubles Repeat Business; Programs Grow Nearly 12 Percent in 2003 SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 3, 2004 - Market Metrix, LLC, the leading provider of market research services for the hospitality industry, today announced results of the Market Metrix Hospitality Index (MMHI) for the fourth quarter of 2004. Walt Disney World Resorts, Jet Blue Airways and Enterprise Rent-A-Car ranked number one in hote...
Castle & Cooke Resorts, LLC, Initiates the Re-branding of the Manele Bay Hotel and The Lodge at Koele to the Four Seasons Brand / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Castle & Cooke Resorts, LLC, Initiates the Re-branding of the Manele Bay Hotel and The Lodge at Koele to the Four Seasons Brand TORONTO, Canada, February 18, 2004 -- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts announced today that it has signed a letter of agreement with Castle & Cooke Resorts, LLC, to initiate the re-branding of the Manele Bay Hotel and The Lodge at Koele, both on the Hawaiian island of Lana'i. When details are finalized, the two properties are expected to join the Toronto-based company's two award-winning properties in Hawaii: Four Seasons Resort Maui and Four Seasons Res...
DEMA Names Mandarin Oriental to Manage a 128-villa Resort and Spa Under Development on the Riviera Maya, Mexico / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report DEMA Names Mandarin Oriental to Manage a 128-villa Resort and Spa Under Development on the Riviera Maya, Mexico HONG KONG, Feb. 20, 2004 - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group announced that it will manage an exclusive 128-villa resort and spa currently under development on a pristine section of the secluded Riviera Maya coastline. The resort is being developed by Desarrollos Marinos del Caribe (DEMA), a company with significant experience in Mexicos construction, hotel development and financial industries. We are proud to be working with Mandarin Oriental on the development of ...
Managing Hotel Labor Costs / PKF Consulting / February 2004
January 30, 2004
Hotel Online Special Report Managing Hotel Labor Costs by: Robert Mandelbaum, PKF Consulting February 2004 - From 2000 to 2002, hotel managers were faced with a 14 percent decline in total revenue. In response, management was forced to reduce their operating expenses in order to limit declines in profitability. Because payroll and related costs comprise 44 percent of hotel operating expenses, it was inevitable that hotel managers looked at their labor costs when the time came to cut costs. To examine how controllable hotel labor costs really are, we pulled payroll and related information from our Trend...
