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Hilton International Secures 10 Year Extension for Hilton Beijing Management Contract / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton International Secures 10 Year Extension for Hilton Beijing Management Contract April 22, 2003 - Hilton International is pleased to announce that it has secured an extension of the Hilton Beijing's management contract for a further 10-year period. Located in the business and diplomatic district with easy access to the Beijing International Airport, the 364 guest room hotel has established itself as one of the capital's most successful five-star properties since opening in January 1994. The existing contract was due for renewal between Hilton International (HI) and...
Building Pride in a Job Vital to the Hotel Industry; Housekeepers Compete in Fastest Bedmaking Competition / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Building Pride in a Job Vital to the Hotel Industry; Housekeepers Compete in Fastest Bedmaking Competition By Susan Erler, The Times, Munster, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 3, 2003 - VALPARAISO, Ind.--Veteran housekeeper Lisa Eslick's expert hands snapped a crisp white sheet in the air and smoothed it over a queen-size mattress as seconds ticked away on a timer. At just over 3 minutes, Eslick was one of the fastest bedmakers in a competition put on by Focus Hospitality Services, owner of a hotel chain that includes the Holiday Inn Express in Valparaiso. ...
Quality Inn & Suites Hampton, Va, Sued for $1 million After Guest Claims Lice Infestation / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Quality Inn & Suites Hampton, Va, Sued for $1 million After Guest Claims Lice Infestation By Kim O'Brien Root, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 18, 2003 - HAMPTON, Va.--Nathan Osburn began to itch. The Roanoke resident -- a law enforcement officer in town for a funeral -- first chalked it up to a detergent allergy from the sheets in his Hampton hotel room. But the next morning, he noticed bug bites and then, little bugs in the bed. When he saw a doctor, he discovered he had pubic lice, more commonly known as crabs. Now, Osburn...
Annett Holdings, Inc. Reflags Best Inn & Suites to Baymont Inn & Suites-Des Moines Airport Conference Center / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Annett Holdings, Inc. Reflags Best Inn & Suites to Baymont Inn & Suites - Des Moines Airport Conference Center MILWAUKEE (March 28, 2003) - Baymont Inns & Suites is pleased to announce the opening of its newest franchise property in Des Moines, Iowa. The hotel, located at 6221 SW Army Post Road, will convert to Baymont Inn & Suites-Des Moines Airport Conference Center effective April 1, 2003. The hotel is owned by Annett Holdings, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa. Ken Parsons continues to serve as the hotel's general manager. Dan Daniele, president of Baymont Franchises International, s...
Kansas City's Bartle Hall Booking Policies Subject Of Lawsuit Filed by Consumer Show Promoter / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Kansas City's Bartle Hall Booking Policies Subject Of Lawsuit Filed by Consumer Show Promoter By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 9, 2003 - Years of sparring over event-booking policies at Bartle Hall came to a head Tuesday when a top consumer show producer sued the city for better show dates. Pat Riha Productions alleged that city officials reneged on dates they promised the company in 2001 for Riha's 2004 annual Boat and RV shows. The company alleged that some of those dates were given to another show in violation of writte...
Fighting Spirits! Rank-and-file Staff at Bali InterContinental Resort Talk About Their Hopes, Fears, Dreams / HOTEL Asia Pacific / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Fighting Spirits! Rank-and-file Staff at Bali InterContinental Resort Talk About Their Hopes, Fears, Dreams By Steve Shellum, Publisher/Editor, HOTEL Asia Pacific April 2003 Rank-and-file staff in Bali are struggling to survive as the fall-off in guests and the resulting reduction in service-charge income drastically cuts their take-home pay. Many are finding it difficult to support extended families or pay off mortgages and bank loans. We talk to employees of the Bali InterContinental Resort about their hopes, fears, dreams and aspirations Parwata, 31 Bartender, Padi Prada Bar I re...
Murray Bailey's Update / Big Hotel Groups / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Murray Bailey's Update / Big Hotel Groups April 2003 - Hilton International which, like other big hotel groups, has found it difficult to expand in India, is not the first to try, try again. The failure rate is high: Accor first tried with Oberoi, signing an agreement in 1993 and abandoning it in 1997 after fewer than five hotels had been added - but Oberoi's own brands were growing well. That year Accor signed an agreement with Mahindra, which had its own Guestline hotels. The target was to add 15 hotels before 2002; none were added, and the JV was abandoned in 2002. ...
Uncertain Times Call for Return to Backyard Basics / David Brudney ISHC / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Uncertain Times Call for Return to Backyard Basics David M. Brudney, ISHC, April 2003 Uncertainty is the only thing certain about operating a hotel in todays new business realities. The target just keeps moving. These days the term back to normal seems more and more like a fairy tale. Every day hotel operators must deal in a business world that may have changed forever due to 9/11, terrorists threats, the Home Security Acts impact on tourism, the war, the Enron scandal, the economy, gas prices and the near disappearance of the business traveler, the Holy Grail of our industry. And look out for a new emerging ...
Best Western Taking Firm Stance on Brand Identity / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Best Western Taking Firm Stance on Brand Identity April 10, 2003 - Brand Identity compliance topped the list of subjects discussed at Best Western's International Board meeting in Madrid as the chain took the next step in improving branding and consistency. "Reinforcement of proper branding requirements at every one of our more than 4,000 hotels is critical if we are to continue our mission of global consistency and quality," according to Tom Higgins, president and chief executive officer for Best Western International, Inc. "Branding is a tremendous marketing advantage and a comm...
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report ARAMARK Harrison Lodgings Bob Johns Wins IACCs Education Award PHILADELPHIA, PA April 24, 2003 Bob Johns, general manager of ARAMARK Harrison Lodgings Center for Executive Education at Babson College in Wellesley, MA, has been announced as the winner of the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC) Award of Excellence in 2003. Johns, who received the award in recognition of his educational endeavors on behalf of IACC-North America, has played an intricate role in the conference center industry for the past 25 years. The presentation was made at IACCs 22nd...
Continued Growth at Synxis® Fuels Personnel Changes / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Continued Growth at Synxis® Fuels Personnel Changes McLean, VA, April 10, 2003 - SynXis Corporation, a leading provider of reservation management and distribution systems for the hospitality industry, announced today the appointment of Konstantine Trivizas as Managing Director of European Operations and the promotion of Bernard Ellis to Senior Vice President of Channel and Product Strategy. Trivizas is a former project and consultancy executive in the area of channel management, revenue and customer relationship optimization for the hospitality industry. He has held senior level position...
Aston Hotels and Resorts Chooses Lexington Services for Global Reservation Services / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Aston Hotels and Resorts Chooses Lexington Services for Global Reservation Services IRVING, Texas & HONOLULU - April 28, 2003 -- Lexington Services, part of MyTravel North America, the largest provider of global hotel reservations in the nation and second largest in the world, announced today that Hawaii-based Aston Hotels and Resorts(R)Hawaii, a ResortQuest International company, has extended its current agreement for an additional three years. The long term extension builds on the relationship Lexington and Aston have established since 1999. Aston owns and operates 33 properties througho...
Asian Hotel Performance in March 2003 – Pretty Gloomy / Deloitte & Touche / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Asian Hotel Performance in March 2003 - Pretty Gloomy April 2003 - How bad will it get? This is the burning question for many Asian hoteliers in light of the recent combination of events namely SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), the war in Iraq and the continued depressed global economic conditions. Pretty gloomy appears to be the answer as preliminary figures from the March 2003 Deloitte & Touche HotelBenchmark Survey reveal. Across Asia all hotels experienced a 4.6 percent decline in revPAR (revenue per available room) when measured in US dollars. Hong Kon...
The AmericInn of Ironwood, MI Awarded the AmericInn Chairman's Award at the 2003 AmericInn Lodging System Annual Convention / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report The AmericInn of Ironwood, Michigan Awarded the AmericInn Chairman's Award at the 2003 AmericInn Lodging System Annual Convention Chanhassen, MN (April 21, 2003) AmericInn International, LLC Chairman and CEO Luke Fowler is pleased to report the 2003 AmericInn Annual Convention was a complete success. This year, the magical festivities were held April 6-8, 2003 at the RiverCentre, Radisson Riverfront Hotel & Science Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota. This year the AmericInn Annual Convention reached a record high of 450 attendees. The event brought our chain together an...
Joint Venture between Planet Hollywood, Starwood Hotels and Others Signs Agreement to Acquire Aladdin Resort & Casino; Plans to Re-theme 'Planet
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Joint Venture between Planet Hollywood, Starwood Hotels and Others Signs Agreement to Acquire Aladdin Resort & Casino; Plans to Re-theme to "Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino, a Sheraton Hotel" LAS VEGAS, April 23, 2003 - Aladdin Gaming, LLC announced today that it signed a Purchase and Sale Agreement to sell the 2,567-room Aladdin Resort & Casino and the 7,000 seat Theatre of Performing Arts located on the Las Vegas Strip. The Purchase and Sale Agreement is subject to bankruptcy court approval. The agreement was reached between Aladdin Gaming, LLC, owner of the Aladdin Resort & Casino,...
Second Group to Make Bid for Bankrupt Aladdin; Plans Asian-themed Resort Named ASIA / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Second Group to Make Bid for Bankrupt Aladdin; Plans Asian-themed Resort Named ASIA By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 29, 2003 - Planet Hollywood's $635 million bid to buy the Aladdin won't be the only offer a federal court considers for the bankrupt megaresort, a prospective bidder said Monday. Financial Capital Investment Co.'s Richard Alter said his group of entirely U.S.-based investors plans a bid for the Aladdin that would top the Planet Hollywood group's offer to spend $90 million to refurbish the property. Finan...
Accovia Offers Industry Leading Airfare Management and Shopping Solution as a Web Service/ April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Accovia Offers Industry Leading Airfare Management and Shopping Solution as a Web Service Travel Suppliers, Wholesalers and Retailers Able to Integrate Complete Air Solution in Weeks Montreal, Canada April 28, 2003 AccoviaTM Inc., the global leader in automated travel packaging technology, today announced the immediate availability of the Accovia Air Solution as a Web Service. Accovia's Air Solution is an end-to-end technology solution for automating the entire air distribution process from itinerary search, availability and pricing searches, to the booking and delivery of ticke...
Indonesian Hospitality Company, Jakarta Setiabudi International Tbk Assigns Five Hotels to Accor for Management and Rebranding / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Indonesian Hospitality Company, Jakarta Setiabudi International Tbk Assigns Five Hotels to Accor for Management and Rebranding BALI, 14 April, 2003 - Accor has affirmed its confidence in Indonesia and Bali tourism with the announcement of 10 new management contracts, the single largest consolidation of hotels by an international hotel management company in the country. With these new contracts Accor will now manage a total of 32 hotels around Indonesia under its Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure and Ibis brands. Five key properties owned by leading Indonesian hospitality company, Jak...
Andrew Jordan Named Executive VP of Sales & Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer, Wyndham International / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Andrew Jordan Named Executive VP of Sales & Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer, Wyndham International DALLAS - April 7, 2003 -- Wyndham International, Inc. (AMEX:WBR) today announced that Andrew Jordan has been promoted to executive vice president of sales & marketing and chief marketing officer, replacing David Johnson who has left the company to become chief executive officer of a new hotel management company, Aimbridge Hospitality. Jordan, formerly Wyndham's senior vice president of marketing, is now responsible for the company's sales, marketing, revenue management and corpo...
Arthur Coffey Named President and CEO at WestCoast Hospitality Corporation / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Arthur Coffey Named President and CEO at WestCoast Hospitality Corporation April 7, 2003 - WestCoast Hospitality Corporation today announced that Arthur Coffey has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the retirement of Donald Barbieri, which was announced in early March. Mr. Coffey most recently held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for WestCoast Hospitality Corporation as well as President of WestCoast Hotels. Mr. Coffey has held the title of Executive Vice President and CFO since 1998 and from 1990 to 1998...
The Asian American Hotel Owners Association Annual Convention & Trade Show Set for April 24-26 in Long Beach, California / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report The Asian American Hotel Owners Association Annual Convention & Trade Show Set for April 24-26 in Long Beach, California Earvin Magic Johnson Leads Line-Up of Keynote Speakers and Educational Sessions Atlanta, April 1, 2003 The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) Annual Convention & Trade Show, taking place April 24-26 in Long Beach, Calif., promises to be one of the industrys premier events. Keynote speaker Earvin Magic Johnson kicks-off the three-day event, which features political forces such as consultant James Carville, who led Former President Bill C...
Six Continents Facing UKpound 110 million Bill for Cost of Demerger; Fee Bonanza for Bankers, Brokers, Lawyers and Accountants / April 2003
February 28, 2003
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Six Continents Facing UKpound 110 million Bill for Cost of Demerger; Fee Bonanza for Bankers, Brokers, Lawyers and Accountants By James Rossiter, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 2, 2003 - Three big banks have racked up UKpound 15 million in advisory fees from pubs-to-hotels operator Six Continents for telling the board and shareholders not to accept a UKpound 5.6 billion takeover bid from entrepreneur Hugh Osmond. Schroder Salomon Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch share up to UKpound 10 million for their work as joint financial advisers to ...
TravelCLICK.net Enhances Free GDS Hotel Booking Data Average – Daily Rates Can Now Be Viewed for Over 400 Cities / Feb 2003
January 30, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report - TravelCLICK.net Enhances Free GDS Hotel Booking Data - Average Daily Rates Can Now Be Viewed for Over 400 Cities CHICAGO -- February 11, 2003 TravelCLICK has added Average Daily Rate (ADR) to its free GDS market data on the www.travelclick.net Web site. The GDS booking data is continuously updated to display the most recent e-commerce results for the hospitality industry. TravelCLICKs Web based GDS data has also been improved with easy-to-read charts, and now provides two full years of booking information for over 400 cities worldwide. "TravelCLICK is making hotel booking in...
Chinese Hotels Choose Texas Firm For GDS Reservations; iHotelier continues to penetrate the Asian market / March 2003
January 30, 2003
Hotel Online Special Report Chinese Hotels Choose Texas Firm For GDS Reservations iHotelier Continues to Penetrate the Asian Market Houston, TX (March 18, 2003): iHotelier, a division of Webvertising Inc, has announced that it will be powering GDS reservations for 38 properties in China. Asia System Media (ASM) Group, best known as the publisher of the YPPA Gold Award-winning Chinese Yellow Pages, chose iHotelier because of its high level of customer service along with state-of-the-art technology. ASM has been providing reservation services to hotels all across China for over five years. iHotelier has also bee...
