Chubb, a Division of UTC Appoints Robert M. Aquilino to Second Stint as Onity President / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report Chubb, a Division of UTC Appoints Robert M. Aquilino to Second Stint as Onity President  Aquilino’s direction spurred Onity to global leadership in electronic security and energy management solutions for hospitality and commercial applications ATLANTA — FEB. 6, 2004 — Robert M. Aquilino, who as president spearheaded the global growth of Onity from 1997 until 2001, is returning as Onity’s president. He was named to the position by Chubb, a division of United Technologies (UTC), Onity’s Hartford, CT-based parent company, and assumes his leadership role at Onity in early February. Atl...

The Andrew, 62 room Boutique Hotel in Great Neck, NY, Joins the Clarion Collection / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report The Andrew, 62 room Boutique Hotel in Great Neck, NY, Joins the Clarion Collection GREAT NECK, N.Y. (Feb. 1, 2004) - The Andrew, a Clarion Collection hotel, located at 75 North Station Plaza, is now open.  The hotel is only 25 minutes from New York City and a block away from the Long Island Railroad. The Clarion Collection is franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH), one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors.  This brand extension of the upscale Clarion brand features unique, historic or  The Andrew, a Clarion Collection hotel 75 North Station Pla...

First Ever American Food & Wine Revolution Takes Place on April 15th – 21st, 2004 in Oxford, United Kingdom / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report  First Ever American Food & Wine Revolution Takes Place on April 15th - 21st, 2004 in Oxford, United Kingdom OXFORDSHIRE, UK. (February 11, 2004) - An all-star cast of the hottest and most lauded American culinary icons will descend upon the prestigious Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a 15th Century manor house and 2-Michelin Star restaurant located outside of London, on April 15th - 21st, 2004 for the very first American Food Revolution. The innovative and unprecedented event celebrates the creativity, culture and influences of American chefs on the international culinary scene. M...

Hostmark Hospitality Group Rolls Out the Amalfi; A 215-room Retrofited Boutique Hotel in Chicago / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hostmark Hospitality Group Rolls Out the Amalfi; A 215-room Retrofited Boutique Hotel in Chicago By Kathy Bergen, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News  Feb. 1, 2004 - Public displays of optimism have been few and far between in the hotel business since 2001.  But on Monday, unabashed hopefulness will have its day when Hostmark Hospitality Group rolls out a new brand of boutique hotel, the Amalfi, in River North.  The 215-room hotel named for the sun-dappled Amalfi Coast in southern Italy will open in the dead of winter, just as the hospitality industry is...

Air Pacific & Colonial Funding F$73.5 million Novotel Resort on Denarau Island in Fiji / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report Air Pacific & Colonial Funding F$73.5 million Novotel Resort on Denarau Island in Fiji 18 February 2004: Fiji's International airline, Air Pacific, and financial services group, Colonial, have joined forces to fund a F$73.5 million resort project on Denarau Island in Fiji. Accor - the largest hotel group in the Asia Pacific region - has been appointed managers of the hotel, which will open in mid-2005 as the Novotel Denarau Island Resort.  The Novotel development is the largest hotel infrastructure project in Fiji since the 2000 coup. The project was announced by the Prime Minist...

Inter-American Data, Software Provider to Resorts and Casinos, Acquired by Agilysys, Inc. for $36.5 million in Cash / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report  Inter-American Data, Software Provider to Resorts and Casinos, Acquired by Agilysys, Inc. for $36.5 million in Cash CLEVELAND, Feb. 18, 2004 - Agilysys, Inc.  (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of enterprise computer solutions, today announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Inter-American Data, Inc. (IAD), for $36.5 million in cash.  The transaction closed on February 17, 2004. IAD is a leading developer and provider of software and services to hotel casinos and major resorts in the United States and all of its solutions run on IBM platforms.      "T...

Accor Websites Report Six million Room Nights Booked Online in 2003, an Increase of 57% over Prior Year's 3.9 Million Bookings / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report Accor Websites Report Six million Room Nights Booked Online in 2003, an Increase of 57% over Prior Year's 3.9 Million Bookings PARIS, Jan. 29, 2004 - More than six million room nights in Accor hotels were booked online in 2003, an increase of 57% over the prior year's 3.9 million bookings. Room nights reserved on Accor hotel websites (the accorhotels.com portal, as well as sofitel.com, novotel.com, mercure.com, suite-hotel.com, ibishotel.com, etaphotel.com, hotelformule1.com, motel6.com and redroof.com) accounted for 83% of total online bookings, compared with 17% for online distr...

Accor Asia Pacific Appoints Four to GM Posts / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report  Accor Asia Pacific Appoints Four to GM Posts BANGKOK, February 24, 2004 — Accor Asia Pacific is pleased to announce the following appointments. Patrice Larroque has been appointed general manager of Sofitel Westlake Hangzhou Hotel in China. Patrice has been with Accor since 1997 and was most recently general manager of the Imperial Palace Suites Quezon City, Philippines.  Frederic Lemoine-Romain has been appointed general manager of the Imperial Palace Suites Quezon City. Frederic joined Accor in 1994 in French Martinique and later relocated to Asia. He was most recently gene...

With a Thousand American Society of Association Executives in Town, Baltimore Leaders Listen Carefully at Their Feedback / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive With a Thousand American Society of Association Executives in Town, Baltimore Leaders Listen Carefully at Their Feedback By June Arney, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News  Feb. 11, 2004 - Who better to judge a city than the people who decide where thousands of others will hold business and professional meetings for decades to come?  So, it's with open ears that the sales team that pitches Baltimore is listening this week to the thoughts of nearly 1,000 association executives and meeting planners who are gathered here for a meeting of the American Socie...

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report  Alain Montigny, Executive Chef at Dolce Chantilly Awarded ‘Meilleur Ouvrier de France’  10th February 2004: Alain Montigny, Executive Chef at Dolce Chantilly, the leading conference & resort destination owned and operated by Dolce International and situated near Paris, has been awarded ‘Meilleur Ouvrier de France’ (MOF), the highest award to be given in France on the grounds of professional excellence.  Alain will be presented with his Gold Medal in March this year.   ‘Meilleur Ouvrier de France’ translates as best workman of France and takes place every three years....

American Hospitality Management Company Completes IT initiative for 2003 / February 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report American Hospitality Management Company Completes IT initiative for 2003 January 30, 2004 - At the beginning of 2003 American Hospitality Management Company set a goal to increase efficiencies throughout the company and its hotels by leveraging technology and the internet.  “The new systems have been fully integrated and have been used without problems for a full month,” announced Kirby D. Payne, CHA, President. The new systems include: An internal website that contains operating policies and procedures (PAPs) for the company’s staff at its various hotels.  The password pro...

Andres Araya Named Resort Manager of Rosewood's Las Ventanas al Paraiso, Los Cabos / January 2004

January 30, 2004

Hotel Online  Special Report Andres Araya Named Resort Manager of Rosewood's Las Ventanas al Paraiso, Los Cabos LOS CABOS, Baja California, Mexico, Jan. 30, 2004 -- Las Ventanas al Paraiso, Rosewood's acclaimed Five-Diamond resort in Los Cabos, has named Andres Araya resort manager, announced Managing Director Luis Fernandes. Araya comes to Las Ventanas with 17 years of hospitality management and food and beverage experience at noted luxury hotels and resorts around the world.  Most recently, he was executive assistant manager /director of food & beverage at the Ajman  Kempinski Hotel & Resort, United Arab Emirates...

Ramesys' ImagInn Platinum Property Management System is on Par for Emerald Hills Resort / March 2004

January 30, 2004

Ramesys' ImagInn Platinum Property Management System is on Par for Emerald Hills Resort April 2, 2004 - Ramesys, South Plainfield, NJ, providers of complete enterprise hospitality technology solutions, announces that they will install the ImagInn Platinum property management solution (PMS) at the Emerald Hills Resort in Florien, LA. Emerald Hills Resort, a 119-room luxury property situated among the rustic splendor and serene woodlands of the Kisatchie National Forest, featuring a championship 18-hole golf course, needed a PMS that would enable it to pay the utmost attention to detail and ensure it to be the prime vacation / bus...

Financially Struggling American Skiing Co. Lays Off Chief Operating Officer Mark J. Miller / June 2003

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Financially Struggling American Skiing Co. Lays Off Chief Operating Officer Mark J. Miller By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News  Jun. 21, 2003 - In its ongoing efforts to reduce expenses, financially struggling American Skiing Co. is laying off chief operating officer Mark J. Miller and not filling the vacant position.  Miller's departure from the company was revealed in a statement to investors that blamed "a challenging business environment affecting the entire U.S. travel industry and the overall economy [that] requires the company ...

Linda Welsh and Tim Trowbridge Appointed to GM Posts with Manga Hotels / June 2003

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report    Linda Welsh and Tim Trowbridge Appointed to GM Posts with Manga Hotels MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – Manga Hotels, Inc. based in Mississauga, Ontario is pleased to announce the appointment of two General Managers effective July 7, 2003. Linda Welsh has been appointed to the position of General Manager of the Comfort Inn & Suites Sheridan Park located at 2085 North Sheridan Way in Mississauga just off the QEW near the Oakville border.  Linda most recently held the post of Operations Manager at the Comfort Inn Lundy’s Lane in Niagara Falls.  Previous to that, she had operated various ho...

Vail Resorts Inc. 3rd Quarter Earnings Drop Nearly 25% to $35.5 million from $47 million a Year Earlier / June 2003

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report Vail Resorts Inc. 3rd Quarter Earnings Drop Nearly 25% to $35.5 million from $47 million a Year Earlier Skier Visits VAIL, Colo., June 12 , 2003 - Vail Resorts, Inc.  (NYSE: MTN) announced today results for the third quarter of fiscal 2003, ending April 30, 2003.      THIRD QUARTER PERFORMANCE      Mountain revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2003 was $211.7 million, a 9.6% increase from $193.2 million for the comparable period last year.  Excluding the May 2002 acquisition of the Heavenly Ski Resort, third quarter "same-store" mountain revenue at the Company's four Col...

Michael Hoffmann Named Managing Director The Carneros Inn, New Luxury Resort in Napa, California Opening Fall 2003 / June 2003

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report Michael Hoffmann Named Managing Director The Carneros Inn, New Luxury Resort in Napa, California Opening Fall 2003 NAPA, Calif. (June 16, 2003) - Keith Rogal, founder and CEO of Carneros Partners, a San Francisco-based development group, has announced the appointment of luxury hotelier Michael Hoffmann, a veteran of Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton and Peninsula Group properties, to the position of managing director of The Carneros Inn. The Carneros Inn is a new private resort community located at the center of Napa Valley's beautiful Carneros winegrowing region. Hoffmann's appointment is the f...

Matthew J. Hart, EVP and CFO of Hilton Hotels Corporation, Receives C. Everett Johnson Award from the Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report   Matthew J. Hart, EVP and CFO of Hilton Hotels Corporation, Receives C. Everett Johnson Award from the Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - June 4, 2003 -- Matthew J. Hart, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Hilton Hotels Corporation, received the C. Everett Johnson Award from The Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council (IREFAC) at the 25th Annual International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference in New York. This acknowledgement is given annually to an outstanding leader in lodging development and finance w...

Unclear Legal Climate Prompts MGM MIRAGE to Discontinue Online Gaming Operations / June 2003

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report   Unclear Legal Climate Prompts MGM MIRAGE to Discontinue Online Gaming Operations June 4, 2003 - MGM MIRAGE today announced that it would discontinue operations of its online casino, PLAYMGMMIRAGE.com, on June 30, 2003.   "We set out to prove that online casino gaming could be implemented with the same high standards of regulatory integrity as land-based operations," said Terry Lanni, Chairman and CEO of MGM MIRAGE. "We were successful in demonstrating a working model that provided the proper checks for jurisdictional control, age verification and the necessary security and ...

Marion Anderson Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for The Fairmont Chateau Whistler / June 2003

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report  Marion Anderson Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing for The Fairmont Chateau Whistler  Whistler, British Columbia, June 1, 2003 – Bringing a wealth of experience in the tourism industry combined together with an intimate knowledge of Whistler Resort to her new position, Marion Anderson has joined the team at The Fairmont Chateau Whistler as the new Director of Sales & Marketing.   Prior to her move to The Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Anderson worked with Tourism Whistler as Senior Sales Manager. Her past experience also includes Director of Sales with Crown Resort Accomm...

Fortune Magazine Ranks Martiott International in Top 50 Companies for Minorities; Minorities Occupy More than 50% of All Supervisory Positions and 11%

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report    Fortune Magazine Ranks Martiott International in Top 50 Companies for Minorities;  . Minorities Occupy More than 50% of All Supervisory Positions and 11% of all General Manager Positions WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 24, 2003 – For the sixth year in a row, Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) has been named to Fortune magazine’s list of top 50 companies for minorities, according to the July 7 issue.  The company was recognized for its overall diversity programs.  Minorities occupy more than 50 percent of all supervisory positions and 11 percent of all general manager position...

Sugarbush Resort Appoint Fandango Resorts the Hotel Operator for the $85 million Lodge at Lincoln Peak / June 2003

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report    Sugarbush Resort Appoint Fandango Resorts the Hotel Operator for the $85 million Lodge at Lincoln Peak WARREN, Vermont (June 6, 2003) -- William Shoaf and Matthew Bailey, principals of Fandango Resorts, announces that their firm has been retained to assist in the development and management of the soon-to-be constructed Lodge at Lincoln Peak in Warren, Vermont.  Construction of the $85 million lodge is slated to begin this summer. The Lodge at Lincoln Peak will have approximately 140 mountain residences ranging in size from compact studios and efficient one-bedroom units to ...

Lexington Services Goes Mobile – Expands Its Distribution Network to Growing Wireless Reservation Bookers / June 2003

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report    Lexington Services Goes Mobile - Expands Its Distribution Network to Growing Wireless Reservation Bookers HITEC Booth #1302 IRVING, Texas—June 23, 2003--Lexington Services (http://www.lexres.com), the proven innovator in reservation services, electronic distribution and channel management, today announced an agreement with OpenGrid, the first and most advanced mobile commerce solution for the lodging industry. Travelers will be able to access and reserve subscribing Lexington member hotels via OpenGrid’s FastBook™, the first wireless reservations product exclusively designed for hotel...

Optimizing Revenues and Profits across Distribution Channels: Lexington Services and Maxim Revenue Management Solutions present LexKey / June 2003

February 28, 2003

Hotel Online  Special Report    Optimizing Revenues and Profits Across Distribution Channels: Lexington Services and Maxim Revenue Management Solutions Present LexKeySM Dallas, TX, 09 - June-2003 – Lexington Services (Lexington), the largest provider of global hotel reservations in North America and second largest in the world, and Maxim Revenue Management Solutions (Maxim RMS), the global leader in Profit Optimization and Revenue Management solutions to the hospitality industry, today announced a long-term strategic partnership that promises to revolutionize the hospitality distribution paradigm. The two companies are...