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Copenhagen's Hotel Boom: Five New Hotels Due to Open in 2003 / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Copenhagen's Hotel Boom: Five New Hotels Due to Open in 2003 October 2002 - Since 1998 Copenhagen has increased its hotel capacity by more than 24 per cent, and the city expects to offer close to 2,200 new rooms before the end of 2004. Currently, Copenhagen has close to 12,000 hotel rooms in total but, with these five newcomers opening next year, that figure will be boosted by over 1,200 rooms. First Hotel Nørregade, set to open at the end of 2003, will be Copenhagens fifth five-star hotel, offering 270 rooms in what was once one of the citys largest department stores. Two four-star ...
Hotel Common Sense – The Ten Most Important Characteristics of Successful Sales Professionals in the Hospitality Field / John Hogan, MBA CHA MHS
April 30, 2002
Hotel OnlineSpecial Report Hotel Common Sense The Ten Most Important Characteristics of Successful Sales Professionals in the Hospitality Field October 2002 by John J. Hogan, MBA CHA MHS "There really is no such thing as outstanding individual sales performance in the hospitality world... continuing successful sales are the results of total team effort by the entire staff" Harry Mullikin, retired President, Western International (WESTIN) Hotels David Letterman has taken the concept of top ten lists to a level of amusement, but in our every day world we need to regularly assess what it takes ...
Columbia, S.C. City Council Ponders Public or Private Financing for Hotel Proposed Next to for Convention Center / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Columbia, S.C. City Council Ponders Public or Private Financing for Hotel Proposed Next to for Convention Center By C. Grant Jackson, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 9--Should the city of Columbia be in the hotel business? City Council will ponder that question today as it starts the process of choosing a developer for a hotel to support the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Convention center officials say an adjacent hotel is critical to the success of the $346 million facility. The center, under construction at Senate and Li...
Colorado Governor's Tourism Conference Honors Three for Outstanding Tourism Efforts / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Colorado Governor's Tourism Conference Honors Three for Outstanding Tourism Efforts October 25, 2002 - Three awards, honoring outstanding tourism efforts, were presented at a reception last night during the 2002 Governor's Conference on Tourism in Grand Junction. The annual awards include Outstanding Individual Contribution to Colorado Tourism and Outstanding Community Tourism Initiative. In addition, a first-ever honor, the Colorado Tourism Office Chairman's Award, was presented. "The Colorado tourism industry is made up of extraordinary people doing incredible work," says Sarah MacQuiddy....
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott and Leisure Sports, Inc. Set to Open the 175 room Renaissance ClubSport in Walnut Creek, Calif.; Renaissance Brands First Property in Conjunction with ClubSport Full-Service Hotel with 85,000-Square-Foot Sports and Fitness Resort WASHINGTON Oct. 24, 2002 Marriott International, Inc. and Leisure Sports, Inc. announced today that the 175-room Renaissance ClubSport is scheduled to open in Nov. 2002 in Walnut Creek, Calif. Located at 2805 Jones Road, this newest addition to the Renaissance Hotels, Resorts and Suites portfolio is the brands first property in conjun...
Clarion Hotel @ RTP Taps Richfield To Maximize Market Potential, Improve RevPAR Performance / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Clarion Hotel @ RTP Taps Richfield To Maximize Market Potential, Improve RevPAR Performance Deal marks third management contract signed in October Denver, Colo. October 27, 2002 Richfield, a SWAN solution that has been providing practical, profitable hotel management services for more than 30 years, was retained this month by MicroHospitality, a Silver Spring, MD-based development company, to manage and operate The Clarion Hotel @ Research Technology Park in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. As a family-owned and operated business, we were looking to align ourselves with a comp...
China's Hotel Investment Market / Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report China's Hotel Investment Market Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, October 2002 The Peoples Republic the worlds most populous nation, also has one of the worlds fastest growing economies. Such characteristics have made it the focal point of Asian investment. There is a definite trend in foreign investment away from South East Asia to China. This fundamental shift in the economic composition of Asia will continue to have implications for the hotel sector, not just within China but across the entire region. Driven by the desire to benefit from an increasingly affluent domestic population as...
The 1,192-room Marriott Hotel in Downtown Chicago Is for Sale / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The 1,192-room Marriott Hotel in Downtown Chicago Is for Sale By Thomas A. Corfman, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 31--One of Chicago's largest and best-known hotels, the Marriott on North Michigan Avenue, is being put up for sale by a joint venture that includes an investment firm headed by former Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci. Bids for the prominent 1,192-room property at 540 N. Michigan Ave. could reach a lofty $230 million, or more than $190,000 per room, despite the industry-wide downturn in travel, sources close to the joint venture sai...
FelCor Undertaking a $3.6 million Renovation of the Former SouthPark Suite Hotel in Charlotte: Rebranded Doubletree Guest Suites Charlotte/SouthPark /
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report FelCor Undertaking a $3.6 million Renovation of the Former SouthPark Suite Hotel in Charlotte; Rebranded Doubletree Guest Suites Charlotte/SouthPark CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Oct. 22, 2002) - Doubletree Hotels has announced the official opening of the Doubletree Guest Suites Charlotte/SouthPark. Formerly the SouthPark Suite Hotel, this newest Doubletree all-suite property will continue to be owned by FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. and managed by Doubletree Hotel Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hilton Hotels Corporation. Located just 10 miles from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport ...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Rooms Channel Marketing What Are Your Options? By Michael Squires October 2002 The current reservation channel options are too complex for hotels to manage by themselves. So many hotel operators have voiced that quote in the past year it has become an industry cliché. Reservation channels, their options and pricing plans are multiplying and changing so fast that a new species of reservation marketing company has evolved to handle the shifting environment. Often called representation companies or reservation service providers, these new firms offer more than ...
Owner Claims Four Seasons Staff Freeloaded $180,000 in Services at Caracas Four Seasons; Fierce Legal Battle Continues, $120 million Hotel Remains Clo
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Owner Claims Four Seasons Staff Freeloaded $180,000 in Services at Caracas Four Seasons; Fierce Legal Battle Continues, $120 million Hotel Remains Closed By Cara Buckley, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 25, 2002 - In July, 18 months after opening, the Four Seasons hotel in Caracas was shut down. Before the mudslinging, before the shouting, the Four Seasons hotel in Caracas was the toast of the town. It rose 21 stories high out of the upscale Altamira neighborhood, a marriage of luxury and modernity with an unmatched pedigree: Four Seasons' ...
Separating the Hotel Looker From the Hotel Buyer / Stephen Rushmore / Canadian Lodging Outlook / Sept 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Separating the Hotel Looker From the Hotel Buyer CANADIAN LODGING OUTLOOK August 2002 Year to date The Canadian Lodging Outlook is a joint monthly publication of Smith Travel Research and HVS International, Vancouver and Toronto, Canada By: Stephen Rushmore - MAI, CHA, CRE, president and founder of HVS International The number of hotels transactions has declined dramatically since September 2001. Over the past six months, HVS International has counted only 32 major hotel transactions in the United States compared to 63 sales for the same period the year before. This unprecedented dr...
Cornell Quarterly Names New Editor – Michael Sturman, Associate Professor of Human Resources Management at Cornell / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Cornell Quarterly Names New Editor - Michael Sturman, Associate Professor of Human Resources Management at Cornell ITHACA, N.Y. Oct. 22, 2002 - Michael Sturman, an associate professor of human resources management at Cornell Universitys School of Hotel Administration, was named editor of the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly as of July 2002. Now in its 42nd year of publication, the Cornell HRA Quarterly is considered the premier journal of applied research serving the hospitality industry. It is aimed at an audience of practitioners as well as scholars. Sturman...
California Lodging Industry Association Relocates with California Restaurant Association in Sacramento / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report California Lodging Industry Association Relocates with California Restaurant Association in Sacramento Sacramento, October 7, 2002 - This week the California Lodging Industry Association (CLIA) took another major step in advancing its presence in Sacramento politics. CLIA relocated its suburban headquarters to a downtown location one block north of the State Capitol, headquarters of the California Restaurant Association (CRA). The move establishes a greater presence for the lodging industry to statewide lawmakers who influence the industrys vitality. Equally significant is the n...
Cathy Kopp Appointed Accor's Corporate Human Resources General Manager / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Cathy Kopp Appointed Accor's Corporate Human Resources General Manager Paris, 21 October, 2002. - Cathy Kopp has been appointed Corporate Human Resources General Manager of Accor, replacing Volker Büring, who is leaving the position. Ms. Kopp will report to John Du Monceau, Member of the Management Board in charge of Services, Human Resources and Sustainable Development, and will work in close cooperation with the Chairman and the members of the Management Board. Volker Büring, Accor's Corporate Human Resources General Manager for 13 years, will be pursuing opportunities as a human resour...
Choice Hotels International, Inc. Reports 3rd Qtr 2002 Net Income of $21.9 million, Up from $19.8 million for Same Quarter of 2001; Hotels in the Syst
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Choice Hotels International, Inc. Reports 3rd Qtr 2002 Net Income of $21.9 million, Up from $19.8 million for Same Quarter of 2001; Hotels in the System Grew 4.2% to 3,434 Brand Operating Statistics Silver Spring, Md. (October 29, 2002) - Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), today reported third quarter 2002 recurring net income of $21.9 million, or $0.54 recurring diluted earnings per share (EPS), compared to $19.8 million of recurring net income and $0.45 recurring diluted EPS reported for the third quarter of 2001. "Choices franchise system continues to enjoy strong unit ...
Budapest: Market Profile / Deloitte & Touche / October 2002
April 30, 2002
By Katharine Le Quesne and Julia Felton, Deloitte & Touche Budapest is Hungary's capital and the nation's economic and administrative hub. The city was formed in 1873 through the unification of the formerly separate townships of Buda, Obua and Pest. Today the city covers an area of 525 km2 and has a population of some two million people. Economic and tourism review Hungary was one of the first countries in central/eastern Europe to embark on social, political and economic transition from communism. The transition is still on going but much progress has already been made. Despite the effects of the Russian financial crisis and som...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Global Update: Whos Where and Doing What October 2002 Heads Above the Rest The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm The Americas At Island Outpost' Strawberry Hill, located in the historic Blue Mountains of Jamaica, new General Manager Mara Bouvier has brought Catherine Peplowski as Executive Chef. Like Bouvier, Peplowski joins from the Inn at Morro Bay, California, where she last served as Executive Chef. Her past experience includes the Sea Turtle Inn, located in Atlantic Beach, Florida; Mark's in the Grove and Mark's Place, in Coconut Grove, as well as Williams Island. She g...
Shut For 18 years, Detroit's Icon Book-Cadillac Hotel Now Attracting Developers / October 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Shut For 18 years, Detroit's Icon Book-Cadillac Hotel Now Attracting Developers By Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 30, 2002 - For 18 years, the once-elegant Book-Cadillac Hotel attracted scavengers, urban explorers and failed investors whose numerous plans for the hulk at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Washington Boulevard just fizzled. Now, the downtown Detroit hotel has managed to attract two big-time suitors: Hilton and Marriott. Developers working with the international hotel chains are competing for the chance to br...
The 182-room Holiday Inn Towne Center in Boca Raton, Florida, Acquired by HEI Hospitality for Approximately $8.5 million / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The 182-room Holiday Inn Towne Center in Boca Raton, Florida, Acquired by HEI Hospitality for Approximately $8.5 million Holiday Inn Sign to Stay New York, New York - October 29, 2002 - MONY Realty Capital, Inc., a Littleton, CO-based institutional investor, has sold the 182-room Holiday Inn Towne Center in Boca Raton, Florida, to Connecticut-based HEI Hospitality in a transaction valued at approximately $8.5 million. Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners was the owner's exclusive representative in this sale. Scott Stephens, managing director in Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners' Tampa office, a...
Case Study: Florida GM Puts Proactive Twist on Employee Retention with Strong Emphasis on Technology Training, Continuing Education / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report Case Study: Florida GM Puts Proactive Twist on Employee Retention with Strong Emphasis on Technology Training, Continuing Education Best Western Gateway Grands Gromoll Advises Peers to Teach, Tap Student Talent at Local Colleges to Stem Attrition Rates Northwind Booth Number 743 Best Western Product Showcase November 4, 2002 - A year ago, Ron Gromoll read the names of World Trade Center-related hijackers in the Gainesville newspaper, scrolled through the two-year guest history in his hotels PMS system, found one of the hijackers names, and sent it to the FBI. As gene...
Best Western Adds 37 Hotels in North America and 38 International Hotels During Third Quarter; Worldwide Total Now 4,043 / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Best Western Adds 37 Hotels in North America and 38 International Hotels During Third Quarter; Worldwide Total Now 4,043 PHOENIX - Oct. 14, 2002 -- Best Western, THE WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL CHAIN(R), added 37 hotels in North America and 38 new international hotels in the third fiscal quarter which ended Aug. 31, bringing the brand's total number of hotels worldwide to 4,043. In North America, Best Western opened 34 hotels in the United States and three hotels in Canada. Third quarter U.S. hotel additions include: Best Western IPG Florida Homes (50 three-to-five bedroom homes), Clermon...
The Former Westin Beechwood Fort Worth Now Managed by Interstate Hotels; Renamed The Creeks at Beechwood Hotel & Conference Center / Oct 2002
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Hotel Online Special Report The Former Westin Beechwood Fort Worth Now Managed by Interstate Hotels; Renamed The Creeks at Beechwood Hotel & Conference Center WASHINGTON - Oct. 15, 2002 -- Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR), the nation's largest independent hotel management company, today announced that it has signed an agreement to manage The Creeks at Beechwood Hotel & Conference Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The 286-room luxury complex is the fourth hotel/conference center property managed by Interstate. "With The Creeks' capabilities as a conference center and its location just 20 minutes from DFW a...
California Hotelier Seeking Future Occupancy Tax Reimbursement to Fund Renovation Costs / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive California Hotelier Seeking Future Occupancy Tax Reimbursement to Fund Renovation Costs By Darla Martin Tucker, The Business Press, Ontario, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 28--A Riverside company that specializes in renovating decrepit hotels wants to negotiate an occupancy tax deal with the city of Ontario that will help transform an aging hotel near Interstate 10. Dynasty Suites, owned by the Patel family of Riverside, purchased the Good Night Inn at 1801 E. G St. in January for about $5 million. The company wants to invest $12 million turning the 33-y...
