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Lexington Services Unveils LexBook — Next Generation Hotel Internet Booking Engine / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Lexington Services Unveils LexBook -- Next Generation Hotel Internet Booking Engine HITEC Booth #1302 IRVING, Texas - June 17, 2003 - -Lexington Services (http://www.lexres.com), the proven innovator in electronic distribution and channel management, announced today the development of LexBookSM -- its new hotel Web site booking engine that enables hotels, resorts, and management companies to manage and control inventory and increase revenues through their own Web site. Through LexBook, Lexington hotels can increase bookings by allocating room inventory, rates and booking restrictions to ...
Hotel Operators Leverage Technology to Reduce Labor Costs, Increase Revenue, Drive Occupancy; ROI Verified / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online .Special Report Hotel Operators Leverage Technology to Reduce Labor Costs, Increase Revenue, Drive Occupancy; ROI Verified Companies Use Systems to Boost Internet Bookings, Raise RevPAR, Occupancy . HITEC BOOTH # 520 . MARKHAM, ON (NORTHWIND) June 17, 2003 - When a hotel company buys a new system of any kind, verifying the return on investment (ROI) a year later for their technology outlay is like winning the lottery; you knew it was possible, but seeing the justification in financial terms is the real reward. Realizing a concrete ROI from your technology investment has nothing to do with luc...
Le Pavillon in New Orleans Reaps 800% Higher Response Rate with New Guest Online Comment Card / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Le Pavillon in New Orleans Reaps 800% Higher Response Rate with New Guest Online Comment Card . Digital Alchemy® Drives Repeat Business for Hotel Companies, Independents with 25% Completion Rate for Online Comment Card in its Email-Based CRM Suite - FORT WORTH, Texas, June 16, 2003 -- Digital Alchemy, the leading provider of email-based CRM solutions for hotel management companies, today announced a major addition to its popular Data2Gold e-Relationship ManagerSM email product that gives hoteliers a powerful tool for enhancing their brand, inspiring guest loyalty, and driving repeat ...
Built in 1862, The InterContinental Le Grand Hôtel Paris Reopens Following Multi-million dollar Renovation / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Built in 1862, The InterContinental Le Grand Hôtel Paris Reopens Following Multi-million dollar Renovation . French Government's Department Beaux Arts Ensured that the Designers and Architects Retained its Second Empire Style PARIS, FRANCE (June 2, 2003) - The historic InterContinental Le Grand Hôtel Paris has re-opened its doors following an eighteen-month multi-million dollar renovation. The restoration of the Le Grand Hôtel has been breathtaking in its scope and painstaking in its details, entailing far more than simply re-silvering the mirrors, re-gilding the colu...
LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 296-room Lansdowne Resort for $115.8 million; Benchmark Hospitality Continues as Manager / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report LaSalle Hotel Properties Acquires the 296-room Lansdowne Resort for $115.8 million; Benchmark Hospitality Continues as Manager BETHESDA, Md - June 17, 2003 -- LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) today announced it has acquired Lansdowne Resort for $115.8 million. The AAA Four-Diamond resort, located on 207 acres in Lansdowne, Virginia along the Potomac River, currently features 296 guest rooms and suites, an 18-hole championship golf course designed by award-winning architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and 45,000 square feet of conference center meeting and pre-function space. A se...
LaSalle Hotel Properties Selective Portfolio Works Well; 16 Hotels in 10 States / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive LaSalle Hotel Properties Selective Portfolio Works Well; 16 Hotels in 10 States By Marguerite Higgins, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 24, 2003 - Shares of LaSalle Hotel Properties showed little change this week despite the recent purchase of a local luxury resort. The Bethesda real estate investment trust (REIT), which owns 16 hotels in 10 states, bought the Lansdowne Resort in Lansdowne, Va., near Leesburg, last week for $115.8 million from the Stone Group, a group of private investors. Raymond Martz, vice president for finance and inv...
BAA Lynton Developing 600 room Hotel at the New Heathrow Terminal 5; Insignia Hotels to Advise on Selection of Hotel Operator / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Larry Winston Named VP of Sales for Carlson Hotels Portfolio of Five Hotel Brands MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (June 24, 2003) ---- Carlson Hotels Worldwide today announced the appointment of Larry Winston as vice president of sales for the companys portfolio of five hotel brands. In his new position, Winston will be responsible for the development and implementation of sales strategies and the administration of the worldwide sales team representing the companys hotel brands. Ranging from luxury to limited service, the brands of Carlson Hotels Worldwide include: Regent International Hotels,...
Hotels Hike Phone Surcharges to Counter Declining Revenues in Florida, U.S. / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hotels Hike Phone Surcharges to Counter Declining Revenues in Florida, U.S. By Will Rodgers, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 17, 2003 - TAMPA, Fla.--Michael Handlery takes no chances with hotel room telephone charges. As chairman of the American Hotel & Lodging Association and part owner of two California hotels, Handlery knows to check the price of a local or long-distance call before picking up a room phone or dialing into the Internet. But most travelers taking family vacations don't, industry experts said. And after phoning home o...
To Be Raffled – the Kimberley Hotel on the Scottish Coast; $2 Million Hotel Selling for $11 per Chance / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report To Be Raffled - the Kimberley Hotel on the Scottish Coast; $2 Million Hotel Selling for $11 per Chance June 3, 2003 - Pack your bags and kiss your boss goodbye. In a case of Survivor meets Monopoly, one lucky winner will head to the renowned Kimberley Hotel on the Scottish coast to assume the position of new owner and manager-all taxes paid. The property hits the market in a most unusual way-this summer the present owners will draw the name of one lucky person from 350,000 entries who pay just $11 and correctly answer three questions posted on the hotel's website. Nearly ...
Kevin H. Smith Promoted to EVP/GM At the New Yorker Hotel Ramada Inn & Plaza / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Kevin H. Smith Promoted to EVP/GM At the New Yorker Hotel Ramada Inn & Plaza NEW YORK CITY Kevin H. Smith, 50, has been promoted to executive vice president/general manager at the 1,013-room New Yorker Hotel Ramada Inn & Plaza. Mr. Smith, who was most recently managing director, has been on the board of directors of the hotel since 1993 a position he will continue to retain. A resident of Mamaroneck, N.Y. with his wife, Karen Judd Smith, and their children, Ozzie, Kerestell and Janell, Mr. Smith graduated from Northwestern University in 1974 with a B.S. in anthrop...
Chefs from Kessler Collection of Grand Theme Hotels Presenting A Taste of Florida Menu at the James Beard House / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Chefs from Kessler Collection of Grand Theme Hotels Presenting A Taste of Florida Menu at the James Beard House ORLANDO, Fla. (June 10, 2003) The Kessler Collection Executive Chefs Team will be preparing an exquisite Taste of Florida dinner to a full-house at New Yorks prestigious James Beard House on Thursday, June 19, 2003. The dinner will be presented in the Beards renovated brownstone in the heart of Greenwich Village. The Kessler Executive Chef Team includes Chef Jean-Louis of the Starlight Grille at the Sheraton Studio City Hotel, Orlando; Chef John Paul Dargo of...
Johnson & Wales University Expands Denver Campus; Plans to Renovate Treat Hall to 55 room Training Hotel / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Johnson & Wales University Expands Denver Campus; Plans to Renovate Treat Hall to 55 room Training Hotel By Ellen Sweets, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 9, 2003 - Johnson & Wales University on July 30 will complete the long-planned acquisition of six buildings on its Park Hill campus that it does not already own. And university president Mark Burke said the culinary and hospitality school's student body has grown so quickly that officials are also negotiating for property in the nearby Stapleton redevelopment neighborhood. "Our original busin...
Galloping Gourmet Graham Kerr and Thomas Keller Among the Prominent Travel and Hospitality Leaders Receiving Honorary Degrees from Johnson & Wales Uni
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Galloping Gourmet Graham Kerr and Thomas Keller Among the Prominent Travel and Hospitality Leaders Receiving Honorary Degrees from Johnson & Wales University PROVIDENCE, R.I. - June 4, 2003 - Johnson & Wales University, Americas Career University®, hosted graduation ceremonies at each of its five locations in May. Along with 7,066 undergraduate degrees, and 423 graduate degrees, 15 honorary doctorate degrees were presented to a prestigious group that included several prominent leaders from the travel and hospitality industries. Providence Campus At the commencement cere...
Jonathan Tisch Going Down the Ladder Serving as Banquet Waiter, Line Cook, Room Attendant, Bellboy / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Jonathan Tisch Going "Down the Ladder" Serving as Banquet Waiter, Line Cook, Room Attendant, Bellboy By Cara Buckley, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 5, 2003 - The white tablecloths hung perfectly. The cutlery gleamed; the glasses shone; the entire table was set, almost to a fault. But the banquet captain in training, a man named Jonathan Tisch, was unable to master the art of folding linen napkin into fans. "He's doing very good, except for the napkins," said Danny Outerino, a banquet captain at Loews Miami Beach, peering at the near-perfec...
Jennifer Ramsey elected president of The International Society of Hospitality Purchasers, Inc. / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Jennifer Ramsey elected president of The International Society of Hospitality Purchasers, Inc. WASHINGTON, D.C., June 12, 2003 The International Society of Hospitality Purchasers, Inc. (ISHP) today announced that Jennifer Ramsey, principal of Ramsey Purchasing, has been elected president of the non-profit professional organization. She replaces Alan Benjamin, managing partner of Benjamin West LLLP, who was named past president and remains on the board of directors. Alan solidified and expanded our organization during his two-year tenure, and my goal is to continue...
John Hogan Appointed Director, Education and Cultural Diversity at Best Western / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report John Hogan Appointed Director, Education and Cultural Diversity at Best Western PHOENIX, June 9, 2003 - Best Western, has named John Hogan director of Education and Cultural Diversity. The new post is an expanded role for Hogan who joined the company in April of 2000 as director of Education and Training. Hogan will have oversight of promoting cultural diversity as a viable business strategy in a variety of operations and marketing initiatives. These include education and training, purchasing, marketing programs, community service programs and establishing scholarships...
Jodi Gellman Named Director of Catering Hotel Thayer at West Point / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Jodi Gellman Named Director of Catering Hotel Thayer at West Point West Point, NY (June 2003) The historic Hotel Thayer at West Point recently appointed Jodi Gellman of Monroe, NY, as its new Director of Catering. Ms. Gellman had previously served as Director of Marketing and Sales, Conference Services, at the Thayer from 1992 to 1999. As Director of Catering she is responsible for all aspects of the department, including the day-to-day activities. Prior to rejoining the Thayer, Ms. Gellman worked as Manager, Education Administration, and Meeting Planner for Groupe Clar...
Jack Campbell, CPA, President/CEO of Campbell Motel Properties, Awarded a Most Valuable Volunteer Award by the American Hotel & Lodging Association /
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Jack Campbell, CPA, President/CEO of Campbell Motel Properties, Awarded a Most Valuable Volunteer Award by the American Hotel & Lodging Association Recognition for Efforts on Behalf of California Hotel & Lodging Association SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- June 25, 2003 -- Jack Campbell, CPA, President/CEO of Campbell Motel Properties, was awarded a Most Valuable Volunteer Award by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) during the Las Vegas International Hotel & Restaurant Show, June 17-18, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The award was given to Campbell for his outstanding ...
Irving, Texas Suspends Convention Center and Hotel Project / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Irving, Texas Suspends Convention Center and Hotel Project Irving, Texas June 20, 2003 - The board of directors of the Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau (ICVB) has announced plans to suspend development of the citys planned 350,000-square-foot convention center and headquarters hotel project. Volatility in the hotel market and a general economic downturn were cited as primary factors in the boards recommendation to slow the process, which was formalized by the Irving City Council at its Thursday evening meeting. From the boards perspective, this move is a suspen...
The Internet verses Company CROs; That Is Not the Question! / Bill Peters / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report The Internet verses Company CROs; That Is Not the Question! By William D. Peters, June 2003 Recently I have seen several very well written articles ( 1, 2 ) about the Internet and company CROs. In my opinion both articles were right on but only in part. The Hospitality Industry is so diversified that it can be very confusing and misleading to a Hotel Executive who is trying to understand the big word, RESERVATIONS. I do not mean this in a derogatory way but in a positive sense. Todays market place is confusing. What seems to work for one company of similar type hotels do...
Is The Internet Delivering On Its Promise? Well, It Depends on How you Look at It / Neil L. Salerno / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Is The Internet Delivering On Its Promise? Well, It Depends on How you Look at It by Neil L. Salerno, CHME June 2003 As the esteemed Mr. Covey might say, what a great difference a paradigm shift makes. Recently, I read an interesting, well-written article, comparing the value of hotel chain central reservations offices (CROs) and the opportunities present with the Internet. Well, it depends on how you look at it. The article focused on the comparative closing ratio of CROs, a healthy 38 percent versus the Internets, rather anemic by comparison, 8 percent. I have no reason t...
Headed by Richard Hartman, InterContinental Hotels Puts New Focus on The Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Headed by Richard Hartman, InterContinental Hotels Puts New Focus on The Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions June 4, 2003 - The Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA) of InterContinental Hotels Group today announces a new geographical structure. Headed by Richard Hartman, the recently appointed Managing Director, the EMEA region will comprise four geographical divisions, in addition to a more streamlined and focused regional centre. Each division will be operated as an individual business unit divided into the following geographical areas - UK & Ireland; Western & S...
IDeaS Revenue Optimization and Statability Announce Partnership IDeaS and Statability Partner to Provide Advanced Reporting / May 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report IDeaS Revenue Optimization and Statability Announce Partnership IDeaS and Statability Partner to Provide Advanced Reporting MINNEAPOLIS, MN JUNE 3, 2003 IDeaS, Inc., a leading provider of revenue management solutions and one of Americas fastest growing technology companies, and Statability, a U.S. company that provides web-based, multi-unit operations reporting, announced today that they have partnered to provide enhanced services to joint clients. We are pleased to be able to offer Statabilitys consolidated reporting to IDeaS growing base of global hotel chains, said Gale Ward,...
IDeaS Expands Hospitality Market Approach; New Consulting, Products and Services Signal Solutions Approach for IDeaS / June 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report IDeaS Expands Hospitality Market Approach; New Consulting, Products and Services Signal Solutions Approach for IDeaS MINNEAPOLIS, MN JUNE 13, 2003 IDeaS, the leading provider of hospitality revenue management solutions and one of Americas fastest growing technology companies, announced today that the company is expanding its consulting, deploying a new generation of products and offering enhanced services to clients, all designed to bring the best possible Revenue Optimization Solution to each and every hotel and group. The hospitality market has experienced increased volatility an...
