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Developer Tom Arnot Constructs and Opens $10 million Hilton Garden Inn in 8 Months / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Developer Tom Arnot Constructs and Opens $10 million Hilton Garden Inn in 8 Months By Rona K. Johnson, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 26, 2002 -- A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held today at the new Hilton Garden Inn, but the $10 million hotel already was doing good business Friday on its first day open. "We had 50 percent occupancy on Friday and Saturday nights," said Douglas DeMars, general manager of the Hilton Garden Inn. The 100-room hotel at 4301 Dartmouth Drive is the fastest-built Hilton Garden Inn ever, DeMars said. Co...
SynXis® Appoints Two Industry Veterans to Board of Directors; John Russell and Larry Hough / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  SynXis® Appoints Two Industry Veterans to Board of Directors; John Russell and Larry Hough MCLEAN, VA – November 11, 2002 – Jim Kelly, president and CEO of SynXis, a leading provider of reservation management and distribution systems for the hospitality industry, announced today the appointment of John Russell, CEO of Hospitality Artists, LLC and immediate past chair of the American Hotel & Lodging Association and Larry Hough, president and CEO of Sato Travel, a Navigant International Company, to the company’s Board of Directors. Kelly explains, “Both John and Larry have valuable ...
Lack of Signed Hotel Room Contracts Makes NFL Nervous About 2005 Super Bowl in Jacksonville / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Lack of Signed Hotel Room Contracts Makes NFL Nervous About 2005 Super Bowl in Jacksonville By David DeCamp, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 1, 2002 - The National Football League's top brass is putting the pinch on Jacksonville Super Bowl organizers because they haven't signed up enough hotels for the 2005 event. Without places to put guests, the league could take its massive event of 100,000 visitors elsewhere. And NFL senior vice president Jim Steeg, who essentially runs the Super Bowl, has seen only four hotel contracts...
The $54 million Sugar Land Marriott Town Square Topped Off; Hotel is a Public-private Partnership Between Crestline, Stormont Hospitality Group and th
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  The $54 million Sugar Land Marriott Town Square Topped Off; Hotel is a Public-private Partnership Between Crestline, Stormont Hospitality Group and the City of Sugar Land, Texas Sugar Land, TX  Nov. 4, 2002  Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. will celebrate a milestone in the construction of the Sugar Land Marriott Town Square with a topping-off ceremony at the site on Nov. 20. The Sugar Land project is Crestline's first Texas venture, and the Virginia-based company is eager to expand its management in the state with additional hotel properties. The topping-off ceremony in Sugar...
Environmental Stewardship a Top Priority for National Parks Lodging Operator Xanterra; Balances Economics and Environmental Concerns / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Environmental Stewardship a Top Priority for National Parks Lodging Operator Xanterra; Balances Economics and Environmental Concerns November 25, 2002 – Companies that make environmental stewardship a top priority will ultimately become more profitable and successful than companies that don’t, according to Xanterra Parks & Resorts, the country’s largest national and state park and resort operator. Xanterra embraces “natural capitalism,” a business model that promotes economic prosperity while preserving the natural capital that all life depends upon. According to the central concept...
Vito Stellato Named Senior Vice President, Human Resources Prime Hospitality Corp./ Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Vito Stellato Named Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Prime Hospitality Corp. FAIRFIELD, NJ, November 25, 2002 – PRIME HOSPITALITY CORP. (NYSE: PDQ) has named Vito Stellato to its’ Senior Vice President, Human Resources position. Stellato has over 20 years’ of human resources experience in the lodging industry as Sr. VP Human Resources for La Quinta Inns, Inc. and VP HR positions with Harrah’s Las Vegas and New Orleans, and Embassy Suites. Most recently he served as a founding member of Turtle Creek Consulting Group, specializing in strategic planning and business process i...
Receipt of the Five Diamond Award Represents Successful Culmination of a Five-year Plan for the Stein Eriksen Lodge / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Receipt of the Five Diamond Award Represents Successful Culmination of a Five-year Plan for the Stein Eriksen Lodge November 18, 2002 - To receive the Five Diamond award, a hotel must represent the ultimate in world-class service and facilities. It is estimated that only 0.25 percent of lodging properties evaluated by AAA receive this highest ranking. For 2002 only 60 lodging properties of an estimated 30,000 properties evaluated by AAA received this honor. For Stein Eriksen Lodge, the receipt of the Five Diamond award represents the successful culmination of a five-year plan. The Lodg...
Motel Owner in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Awaiting Jury Trial Over Sign Ordinance Violation / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Motel Owner in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Awaiting Jury Trial Over Sign Ordinance Violation By Dawn Bryant, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 14, 2002 - A statue of a bent-over Osama bin Laden getting a "lesson from America" started as a patriotic gesture at the Hurl Rock Motel on Ocean Boulevard. But the likeness has created a buzz among tourists and city zoning regulators, with the year-long battle over whether it's a sign ordinance violation or a constitutionally protected political statement to be settled by a jury. "I want my day...
Energy Expert Says 200+ Hotel Audits Reveal Most Properties Can Save Tens of Thousands of Dollars Annually by Reducing Energy Consumption 20-30% / Nov
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Energy Expert Says 200+ Hotel Audits Reveal Most Properties Can Save Tens of Thousands of Dollars Annually by Reducing Energy Consumption 20-30% AH&LA energy standards committee member provides gems on how to add the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars in new sales through simple energy saving products and practices Minneapolis, Minn.—(Oct. 31, 2002) Like E.F. Hutton, when Phil Sprague talks, people listen. Energy expert Sprague has helped hundreds of properties realize greater efficiency and cut energy consumption and costs 20 to 30 percent, saving most properties ...
Sol Meliá's RevPar For Approximately 359 Hotels Declines by 6.2% for First 9 months of 2002 Compared to Same Period Last Year / November 2
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Sol Meliá's RevPar For Approximately 359 Hotels Declines by 6.2% for First 9 months of 2002 Compared to Same Period Last Year November 14, 2002  * The 1,7% increase in revenues and 8% increase in EBITDAR for the third quarter 2002 (July to September) indicate a moderate recovery after the low point reached in July * In spite of the difficulties seen in the travel industry and political instability in Latin America, the improved performance of Spanish city hotels and mainland resorts in the third quarter have generated better than expected results Sol Meliá has today announc...
Oklahoma City Seeks Experienced Developer to Save Historic Skirvin Hotel / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Oklahoma City Seeks Experienced Developer to Save Historic Skirvin Hotel By Steve Lackmeyer, The Daily Oklahoman Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 5, 2002--Developers seeking to save the Skirvin Hotel will get to tell Oklahoma City officials how they think they can best reopen the historic downtown building. Monday marked the first meeting of the Skirvin Property Review Board, a group consisting of Mayor Kirk Humphreys; city council members Willa Johnson, Larry McAtee and Amy Brooks; Assistant City Manager JoeVan Bullard; Oklahoma Historical Society Director Bob ...
Six Continents Hotels Highlights Success of Online Initiatives and Outlines 2003 E-Commerce Goals / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Six Continents Hotels Highlights Success of Online Initiatives and Outlines 2003 E-Commerce Goals November 19, 2002 - As the first hotel company to offer web bookings more than seven years ago, Six Continents Hotels, Inc. highlighted the success of its online initiatives, and outlined its aggressive 2003 E-commerce goals. "We have seen a significant impact on the hotel industry since the Internet emerged nearly eight years ago -- and Six Continents Hotels has been instrumental in this tremendous growth," said Eric Pearson, vice president of E-commerce for Six Continents Hotels. "From th...
Simplicity, Not Basics; Post Hospitality Bubble of 2000 / William Orilio, MHS / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Simplicity, Not Basics; Post Hospitality Bubble of 2000 by William Orilio, MHS / November 2002 I got home on a Saturday at 1:30 AM, which is quite unusual for me, for two reasons. First, I am never home that early. Second, I am hardly ever home on weekends. That’s why I remember this so clearly. I was reading a trade journal when it came to me – an epiphany, of sorts. Oddly enough, I recall thinking this many times before, but never did anything about it. I guess I was just tired of reading about again and again. How many times and how many ways are we going to hear the lifel...
Developers Eyeing Pontiac, Mich Silverdome Site for Convention Center, Hotel / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Developers Eyeing Pontiac, Michigan Silverdome Site for Convention Center, Hotel By Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 26, 2002 - Imagine the Pontiac Silverdome site with an aquarium, a casino or an automotive exhibit center. These are a few of the features proposed for the 127 acres of prime real estate in Pontiac. Three development plans for the land that now houses the Silverdome -- with price tags ranging from $300 million to $415 million -- will be evaluated by the City Council and Stadium Authority in the coming months.Â...
The Silicon Valley Conference Center, Owned by Novell, Inc, Now Managed by Benchmark Hospitality / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  The Silicon Valley Conference Center, Owned by Novell, Inc, Now Managed by Benchmark Hospitality THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, October 31, 2002 ... Benchmark Hospitality has announced that it will assume management of the Silicon Valley Conference Center, located in San Jose, California, effective November 1, 2002. Burt Cabañas, chairman and chief executive officer of Benchmark, made the announcement, saying, “We welcome this excellent conference center into the Benchmark family of properties. It brings our presence in California to four superb facilities, and complements our ability t...
Six Continents Hotels Pulls Out of Thai Partnership Developing Hotel on Siam Paragon Site; Kempinski and Accor Considered Front Runners / November 200
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Six Continents Hotels Pulls Out of Thai Partnership Developing Hotel on Siam Paragon Site; Kempinski and Accor Considered Front Runners By Boonsong Kositchotethana, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 28--Six Continents Hotels, one of the world's largest hotel groups, has exited its partnership with Bangkok Intercontinental Hotels Co (BIHC), the operator of Siam Centre and Siam Discovery shopping malls, after it became apparent that it would not be part of the new Siam Paragon development. BIHC is a partner along with The Mall Group in the 12-...
ResortQuest International Merges Shoreline Rentals and Worthy Rentals, Under the New Name ResortQuest Hilton Head Island / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report ResortQuest International Merges Shoreline Rentals and Worthy Rentals, Under the New Name ResortQuest Hilton Head Island Reorganization will offer homeowners more marketing clout         HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (November 20, 2002) – ResortQuest International has merged two of the island's oldest and largest home and villa rental companies, Shoreline Rentals and Worthy Rentals, under the new name ResortQuest Hilton Head Island.         The companies, which manage 650 condos, homes and villas between them, will be consolidated under one roof in Shoreline's curre...
Search Engine Optimization and Internet Distribution Expertise Drive Shawnee Inn's Selection of PS Hospitality / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Search Engine Optimization and Internet Distribution Expertise Drive Shawnee Inn's Selection of PS Hospitality™ Integrated GDS and Internet Marketing Programs Increase Web-based Hotel Revenue Alexandria, VA (November 26, 2002) – PS Hospitality™, a pioneering hotel revenue generation services firm, today announced that it is providing revenue generation and Internet optimization services to The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort, a historic 110-room resort in the heart of the Pocono mountains. PS Hospitality™ is implementing its Driving Revenue ProgramSM, a series of integrated hotel sal...
Newmarket International partners with systems integrator Serenata IntraWare / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Newmarket International Partners with Systems Integrator Serenata IntraWare Newmarket’s NetXchange I-ServerSM & Serenata’s NetHotel integration and Customer Relationship Management solutions link together leading PMS and Sales & Catering systems PORTSMOUTH, N.H. / MUNICH — NOV. 22, 2002 — Newmarket International Inc. — the makers of DelphiTM and other leading group, sales, catering and banquet solutions — has formed a strategic technology alliance with Serenata IntraWare AG, a leading provider of integration services, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and data warehousing solut...
Switch To Sceptre Has Hoteliers Reaping Revenue Rewards / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Switch To Sceptre Has Hoteliers Reaping Revenue Rewards Customer service support and channel-management services are key to growth in reservations volume for properties Denver, Colo. — November 11, 2002 — SCEPTRE, a SWAN solution, has been receiving rave reviews from customers regarding its customer service support and channel-management services. The company has been helping small chains and independent hotels and resorts increase their sales and profits through global-distribution system representation, private-label voice reservations and consulting services for more than a deca...
French Couple Planning a $20 million Destination Resort in Paso Robles, CA; Would Include Culinary and Baking School / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive French Couple Planning a $20 million Destination Resort in Paso Robles, CA; Would Include Culinary and Baking School By Kathleen Haley, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 22--A $20 million resort planned to be built off Highway 46 East in Paso Robles would combine an 80-room hotel, a Parisian bakery and 17 single-family homes in a design that simulates a European village. A French couple who recently moved to Paso Robles, Didier and Beatrice Cop, hope to construct the destination resort on 21 acres at the northeast corner of B...
Voters Reject Hotel Occupancy Tax Increase to Expand San Jose's Convention Center / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Voters Reject Hotel Occupancy Tax Increase to Expand San Jose's Convention Center By Rodney Foo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6, 2002 --A proposal to raise the hotel occupancy tax to expand San Jose's convention center fell just short of achieving a two-thirds majority required for passage, despite a well-financed campaign backed by downtown business and labor interests. "If there's good news here -- although we're disappointed to lose -- close to two-thirds of the people view this as helping San Jose's economy," Daniel Fenton, ...
Following a $22 million Renovation, The San Carlos Hotel in Manhattan Set to Reopen in May 2003 / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Following a $22 million Renovation, The San Carlos Hotel in Manhattan Set to Reopen in May 2003 NEW YORK, NY – November 4, 2002 – San Carlos Hotel Inc. is pleased to announce the re-opening of the San Carlos Hotel, slated for May 2003. Following a 16-month, $22 million renovation, the San Carlos Hotel plans to be one of Manhattan’s premier, four star hotels featuring oversized accommodations, superior amenities and close proximity to the U.N., many corporate headquarters and cultural institutions. The renovation project began in February 2002, as originally scheduled, just months ...
