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KPMG Consulting is Now BearingPoint / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report KPMG Consulting is Now BearingPoint New York, NY, October 2, 2002 - Today KPMG Consulting, Inc., one of the world's largest business consulting and systems integration companies, announced that it has changed its name and its brand to BearingPoint, Inc. The new brand underscores BearingPoint's global commitment to set a clear direction for clients so they achieve desired results with their business systems. To further demonstrate its global client reach, BearingPoint will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BE," a move that strengthens Bear...
Baymont Honors Top System Performers / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Baymont Honors Top System Performers MILWAUKEE, WISC. (October 11, 2002) The best of the best will be honored, as owners and operators of Baymont Inns & Suites nationwide gather in Milwaukee next week for the chain's annual conference. Baymont franchisees will gain insight on initiatives to further improve performance at Baymont's properties. The highlight of the conference will be an awards' ceremony honoring those properties that excel in quality. "The focus Baymont Inns & Suites places on quality is not only for our guests, but also for our franchisees and their associates," sai...
Baymont Moves Into California – Strategic Market Partnership Development program provides impetus for brand growth / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Baymont Moves Into California Strategic Market Partnership Development program provides impetus for brand growth MILWAUKEE, WISC. (September 30, 2002) The Gateway to Southern California is opening for Baymont Inns & Suites. The middle-market brand that has quickly become a favorite with franchisees and travelers in other parts of the country is now set to break ground on its first property in California. The 105-room, four-story Baymont Inn & Suite will be located near Ontario Airport adjacent to Ontario Mills Mall and will be built as part of a joint-venture agreement with Lew Wolff, ...
Barcelo Crestline Corporation's Charles W. Scott Extending Barceló's Presence to Canada / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Barceló Crestline Corporation's Charles W. Scott Extending Barceló's Presence to Canada McLean, VA, October 30, 2002 Barceló Crestline Corporation, a major U.S. hotel management and opportunistic real estate company, today announced that it has developed aggressive plans to expand into the Canadian hotel market. The company, through its affiliate Barceló Hospitality Canada, anticipates co-investing in hotel properties to obtain management contracts under favorable terms. Its investment participation will generally be in the form of sliver equity, mezzanine debt or through an appro...
Family Files Wrongful Death and Negligence Lawsuit Against Florida Restaurant for Violations Against Florida Beverage Law / October 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Family Files Wrongful Death and Negligence Lawsuit Against Florida Restaurant for Violations Against Florida Beverage Law By Steve Blanchard, The Sun, Port Charlotte, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 4--In a move they hope will keep other parents from facing the tragedy of losing a child, the family of DeSoto County native Christopher John Fugate filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Hooters of America and several of its employees Thursday. The lawsuit did not disclose monetary details. Fugate died in June from injuries sustained in a car a...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report BDL Hotels Limited Implement EzRMS and Ez-QUOTE at The Express by Holiday Inn, London Hammersmith October 8, 2002 - BDL Hotels Limited announced today the implementation of EzRMS Core Module and Ez-QUOTE Deal Quotation Modules at their Express by Holiday Inn property in London Hammersmith a 135 bedroom hotel utilising the Brilliant PMS system provided by Citadel Hospitality. Mr David Thompson, Operations Director for BDL Hotels looks forward to seeing the results of EzRMS within the companys high volume locations. Having previously evaluated other solutions, we concluded that ...
Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers' Fight for Livelihood as Hurricane Insurance Policies Skyrocket / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers' Fight for Livelihood as Hurricane Insurance Policies Skyrocket By Gregory Richards, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 8--AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.--A slew of coastal bed and breakfasts may soon go out of business because their hurricane insurance policies are too expensive. The owners of four Victorian inns in historic Fernandina Beach have found themselves the victims of a statewide insurance crisis and may have to close as earlier as Oct. 15. As the insurance industry tries to limit its risk from natural di...
Ayres Breaks Ground on L.A. Hotel, Expanding Two Others / Sandi Cain / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Ayres Breaks Ground on L.A. Hotel, Expanding Two Others By Sandi Cain Staff Reporter Orange County Business Journal October 2002 Costa Mesa-based Ayres Hotel Group has opened three hotels in the past year, broken ground on a fourth and plans to expand two Orange County sites, all in a hotel market that has been anemic for more than a year. To be sure, Ayres is swimming against the tide: in the past year, OC has seen the number of hotel rooms planned here plunge 25% from a year earlier to 33 projects. That compares to 55 in the planning stages in San Diego and 50 in Los Angeles, according to...
Developer William Gurasich Converting Goodall-Wooten Mansion in Austin, Texas to 48-room Boutique Hotel and Upscale Restaurant / October 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Developer William Gurasich Converting Goodall-Wooten Mansion in Austin, TX to 48-room Boutique Hotel and Upscale Restaurant By Cara Anna, Austin American-Statesman, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 2--The 104-year-old Goodall-Wooten Mansion, most recently home to a drug rehabilitation center, will open this year as a "boutique" hotel. Local developer William Gurasich owns the historic property at Rio Grande Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and said he is the sole investor in the hotel, which is rapidly being renovated for an opening "around...
Australia Tourism Knocked by Bali Blast / October 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Australia Tourism Knocked by Bali Blast By Barbara Drury, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 20--Australia is starting to calculate the economic fallout from the Bali bombing with tourism among the first to suffer. The A$15.4 billion ($8.5 billion) inbound tourism industry is bracing itself for a slowdown as western travellers follow advice to leave Indonesia and avoid anywhere in South-east Asia. After last week's attack, Australian government intelligence received a warning of a "generic threat" to westerners in Indonesia. Bali is not ...
Aston Hotels & Resorts®Hawaii Appoints Lafitaga, Hanna and Yamamoto to New Management Positions / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Aston Hotels & Resorts®Hawaii Appoints Lafitaga, Hanna and Yamamoto to New Management Positions HONOLULU (Oct. 8, 2002) - Aston Hotels & Resorts®Hawaii, a ResortQuest International Company, announces the appointment of three employees to management positions. Milton Lafitaga, has been hired as Sales Manager at Aston Hotels & Resorts®Hawaii. He will be handling airline, travel agent and travel partner accounts. Lafitaga has a background in sales and marketing, having worked most recently at Hard Rock Café. He has held positions at Atlantis Adventures, Royal Hawaiian Cruises and ...
ARESCOM Completes Deployment of Wired and Wireless HSIA Solutions In Dozens of Business Hotels / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report ARESCOM Completes Deployment of Wired and Wireless HSIA Solutions In Dozens of Business Hotels 260-room Ramada Plaza-North near Los Angeles airport installs ARESCOMs High Speed Internet Access solutions to fuel its goal of tripling bookings with business travelers FREMONT, CALIF. OCT. 30, 2002 In todays economy, or any economy, theres nothing quite like an ROI equation with zero on the I side of the equation and enormous potential R and thats exactly what High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) provider ARESCOM INC. delivers to hotels, according to Vic Juardo, Fron...
ARESCOM Hospitality Network Forms Systems Integrator Partnership with e-Communications & Networking / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report ARESCOM Hospitality Network Forms Systems Integrator Partnership with e-Communications & Networking Former Wayport, STSN executives with 1,000+ hotel installations to begin deploying ARESCOMs wired & wireless High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) solutions FREMONT, CALIF. / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH OCT. 16, 2002 ARESCOM, Inc., a global provider of High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) equipment and related services for the hospitality, residential property, telecommunication and ISP markets, has established a Systems Integrator partnership with Salt Lake City-based e-Communications and Net...
Historic Alonzo Ward Hotel In Aberdeen, SD Receiving $6 million Makeover; Includes Luxury Condominiums, a Restored Ballroom / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Historic Alonzo Ward Hotel In Aberdeen, SD Receiving $6 million Makeover; Includes Luxury Condominiums, Restored Ballroom By Elissa Grossell, American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 30, 2002 - A downtown landmark has come full circle. Aberdeen's Blackstone development company hopes to restore the Alonzo Ward Hotel to the splendid social hub it once was, and it plans to do so by mid-2004. Past hotel owners and current staff think it's enough to make Alonzo himself proud. Blackstone is a privately-funded public/private partnership forme...
John Q. Hammons Seeking $41 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds from the City of Albuquerque for Hotel / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive John Q. Hammons Seeking $41 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds from the City of Albuquerque for Hotel By Rosalie Rayburn, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 9--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--The Albuquerque Development Commission next week will hold a public hearing on a proposal to issue $41 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds to build a 9-story luxury hotel near Downtown. Hotel entrepreneur John Q. Hammons, developer and owner of the Crowne Plaza Pyramid at Journal Center, wants the city to approve the bonds for a 261 room Embassy Suites hotel wit...
Speculation Grows as to Who Will Acquire Bankrupt Aladdin Resort & Casino / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Speculation Grows as to Who Will Acquire Bankrupt Aladdin Resort & Casino By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 28--One year to the day since the Aladdin filed for bankruptcy, the likeliest bidders for the 2,567-room megaresort aren't talking despite Wall Street speculation that a bid for the troubled property will soon be made. Most insiders think Strip heavyweights Park Place Entertainment, MGM Mirage, Mandalay Resort Group and Harrah's Entertainment won't bid on the $1.05 billion Aladdin. Instead, speculation on a possi...
HK PolyU to Launch Advanced Hotel Management Program / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report HK PolyU to Launch Advanced Hotel Management Program Hong Kong Winter School 2003 17 October 2002 - The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (HTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) will launch the Hong Kong Winter School 2003 to help senior hospitality executives keep abreast of the industrys advancement in service quality and other management issues. Introducing this new initiative, Prof. Kaye Chon, Head of HTM, said, Service quality is deemed as the cornerstone of the hospitality industry. The Winter School provides a valuable opportunity for senior executives to meet ...
Hotel The Cypress in Nagoya Will be Rebranded Sofitel The Cypress Nagoya / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel The Cypress in Nagoya Will be Rebranded Sofitel The Cypress Nagoya 16 October 2002: Accor is to add its second deluxe Sofitel hotel in Japan following agreement for the rebranding of a prominent hotel in the heart of Nagoya, Japan's fourth-largest city and a highly significant commercial and industrial centre. Hotel The Cypress in Nagoya will join Accor's prestige brand from 4 December 2002.and will be rebranded Sofitel The Cypress Nagoya. The hotel enjoys a highly convenient location in the centre of the city, just a few minutes walk from Nagoya Railway Station (where the b...
Accor Finalizes the Acquisition of a 30% Interest in Dorint AG / Oct 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Accor Finalizes the Acquisition of a 30% Interest in Dorint AG Paris, October 8, 2002 - Accor has signed final agreements with German hotel-industry Dorint AG and its primary shareholder Dr. Herbert Ebertz. Following a capital increase approved by Dorint AG shareholders at a Shareholders Meeting on Friday August 16, in Hamburg, Accor now holds a 17% interest in the German group. Under the terms of these agreements, Accor is to buy another 13% interest. As a result, Accor will own 30% of Dorint AG. From 2008 to 2010 Accor has a possibility to increase its share by another 25% interest, ...
AFM Hospitality Corporation Realigns Corporate Structure In Advance of Pending Acquisition of Trigild Services of San Diego, CA and Marshall Manageme
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report AFM Hospitality Corporation Realigns Corporate Structure In Advance of Pending Acquisition of Trigild Services of San Diego, CA and Marshall Management, Inc. of Salisbury, MD Lawrence P. Horwitz and Stephen H. Phillips to Lead Operating and Development Operations SEATTLE, WA & TORONTO, ON - October 3, 2002 AFM Hospitality Corporation (TSX:AFM) today announced a realignment of corporate structure and executive responsibilities, following two years of dynamic growth in both its franchise and management divisions. The realignment is designed to assure effective integration of new ...
Vail Resorts Inc. Pushes Cost-cutting to Extreme: Eliminates President Andrew Daly's Position; Stock Near All-time Low / October 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Vail Resorts Inc. Pushes Cost-cutting to Extreme: Eliminates President Andrew Daly's Position; Stock Near All-time Low By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 25--With its stock near an all-time low, Vail Resorts Inc. has pushed cost-cutting to a new extreme: President Andrew P. Daly will be out of work Nov. 1. His position has been eliminated. "Given the difficult external climate in the entire U.S. travel industry and the U.S. economy, as well as the prospects of war and terrorism, the company must evaluate every position to ens...
iHotelier & Virtual-Agent Services Join Forces To Power Colony Beach / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report iHotelier & Virtual-Agent Services Join Forces To Power Colony Beach . A complete solution for all reservation and distribution needs HOUSTON, Texas (November 7, 2002): iHotelier, a division of Webvertising Inc, has announced that they will be powering voice and GDS reservations for The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort in Longboat Key, Florida. Chicago-based, Virtual-Agent Services will be working with iHotelier to run the contact center operations. The Colony has been using iHoteliers Web reservation services for almost a year. Their decision to start using iHotelier for voice and ...
Caliente Tropics Resort Chooses iHotelier For GDS Representation / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Caliente Tropics Resort Chooses iHotelier For GDS Representation Houston, TX (December 16, 2002): iHotelier, a division of Webvertising Inc, has announced that Caliente Tropics Resort in Palm Springs, California, has chosen iHotelier as its seamless GDS connectivity provider and representation company. This decision comes after almost six months of working with iHotelier for Internet reservations. According to Charlie Robles, Caliente Tropics Resorts Director of Tiki Development, they decided to go with iHotelier not just because of their high-end technology but also their outstanding...
Top 10 Dining Out Trends of 2003; Restaurants Focused on Keeping Guest Counts Up for 2003 / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Top 10 Dining Out Trends of 2003; Restaurants Focused on Keeping Guest Counts Up for 2003 MIAMI - Nov. 26, 2002-- iDine, a dining rewards program whose more than 11 million members are among the most frequent diners, has divulged its predictions for the Top 10 Dining Out Trends of 2003. We spend a lot of time listening to our restaurant participants, says George S. Weidemann, president and CEO of iDine Rewards Network Inc., which sees the industry from both perspectives that of its 11 million rewards members and of the 9,000 participating restaurants. The industry has seen a slo...
