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Johnson & Wales Incentive Package for Charlotte Campus Includes $10 million in Public Funding for Private Schools from State of North Carolina / Novem
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Johnson & Wales Incentive Package for Charlotte Campus Includes $10 million in Public Funding for Private Schools from State of North Carolina By Ellison Clary, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6, 2002 - The state of North Carolina is putting up $10 million in the biggest part of an incentives package to bring Johnson & Wales University to downtown Charlotte. School and Charlotte officials announced the economic development prize in June, saying the university will open an $82 million campus at Gateway Village starting in the fall of...
PrinterOn's Driverless Printing for Hotel Guests Further Enhanced Self-Managed Printing Utility Supports Unattended Business Centers / November 2
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  PrinterOn's Driverless Printing for Hotel Guests Further Enhanced Self-Managed Printing Utility Supports Unattended Business Centers New York, NY - November 8, 2002: PrinterOn Corporation, a Web services company specializing in wireless and remote Internet printing, has enhanced its Focus software for driverless printing in hotel and public printing venues. The enhanced software complements PrinterOn's driverless printing service for hotel business centers and adds features tailored for hospitality applications. From the convenience of their room, guests can print documents, emails, email...
The Rotten Pineapple (international symbol of hospitality) / By: Steve D'Erasmo / Hospitality Upgrade Magazine / Fall 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Rotten Pineapple This article is from the Fall 2002 issue of Hospitality Upgrade magazine. To view more articles covering technology for the hospitality industry please visit the Hospitality Upgrade Web site or to request a free publication please call (678) 802-5303 or e-mail. . Fall 2002 By: Steve D'Erasmo The pineapple is regarded as the international symbol of hospitality. We spend a great deal of time taking care of our guests and extending gracious hospitality. Yet, in the midst of all our efforts, we treat our colleagues, peers and business partners like dirt. In today's w...
Mobil Travel Guide Drops The Phoenician Resort to Four Stars After Nine Years at the Top Tier / November 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Mobil Travel Guide Drops The Phoenician Resort to Four Stars After Nine Years at the Top Tier By Donna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 8, 2002 - For the first time in at least a quarter century, Arizona has no five-star resorts, according to Mobil Travel Guides. The oil company bestowed its annual ratings Thursday. After nine years at the top tier, the Phoenician, the pricey Phoenix resort with a Scottsdale address, slipped to four-star status in the 2003 travel books, which are expected to be on store shelves later this month.Â...
Pertlink & Infotel Join Hands to Deliver Winning IT Solutions to the Hospitality Industry of Vietnam / November 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Pertlink & Infotel Join Hands to Deliver Winning IT Solutions to the Hospitality Industry of Vietnam Hanoi – November 6th, 2002 - Pertlink Limited headquartered in Hong Kong, has today signed an Memorandum of Understanding “MOU” with Phuc An Company Limited (INFOTEL) headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to deliver innovative Information Technology (“IT”) solutions to the hospitality of Vietnam. The partnership has evolved as a direct result of Pertlink’s visibility in creating Vietnam’s first free wireless high speed internet project at the Hanoi Horison Hotel www.swiss-belhot...
Interior Architect Andree Putman Juxtaposes History and Chic with the Opening of the Pershing Hall Hotel, Paris / November 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Interior Architect Andree Putman Juxtaposes History and Chic with the Opening of the Pershing Hall Hotel, Paris By Gary A. Warner, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--The techno music from DJ Emmanuel S is thumping a big bass beat. You can feel it when you press your hand against the old stone in the wall of the Pershing Hall hotel, the one that was once a piece of the bridge at Chateau-Thierry captured by American troops in World War I. A young couple dressed entirely in black sip pastis and espresso on a balcony decorated with a...
Passkey Goes Global; Opens Office in Dublin, Lyon Convention and Visitors Bureau First European City to Become Passkey-enabled / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Passkey Goes Global - Opens Office in Dublin Ireland, Lyon Convention and Visitors Bureau First European City to Become Passkey-enabled QUINCY, Mass.  November 19, 2002  Passkey, North America's meetings and conventions standard for group hospitality management and distribution, has entered the worldwide marketplace with the introduction of Passkey International, Inc. The European arm of the company kicked off operations last month with the addition of the Lyon (France) Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) to its Passkey-enabledSM global network. Citing a desire to add this state-of-t...
Park Plaza Hotels in North America, Europe and India Unify to Form One Brand / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Park Plaza Hotels in North America, Europe and India Unify to Form One Brand Agreement Strengthens Brand Worldwide MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Nov. 25, 2002) ----- Park Plaza hotels, part of Minneapolis-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, today announced an agreement with its brand partners — London-based Park Plaza Hotels Europe and Sarovar Park Plaza Hotels of India — to unify many areas of the company, including global distribution systems, marketing and brand management. While the entities will continue to operate within their current leadership structures, each has agreed to work in tand...
Investors, Hotel Chains and the Puerto Rican Government Pouring $2.2 billion into New Resorts, Golf Courses / November 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Investors, Hotel Chains and the Puerto Rican Government Pouring $2.2 billion into New Resorts, Golf Courses By Ivan Roman, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--FAJARDO, Puerto Rico -- With dozens of hotels going up in Puerto Rico, Louis Phillipe is sure the 12th hole of the golf course wrapped around two hills will make Inter-Continental Cayo Largo Resort stand out. Golfers will tee off from high up, down a valleylike fairway carved through trees and small hills, just to hit the ball up again to an elevated green on the ocean, fa...
By Mid-Year 2002, Hotel Profits Were Again Down, But Not Out; RevPAR Decline Only Tells Part Of The Story / PKF / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report By Mid-Year 2002, Hotel Profits Were Again Down, But Not Out; RevPAR Decline Only Tells Part Of The Story Atlanta, GA, November 18, 2002 - U.S. hotels are in pain, but claims of sharp declines in RevPAR (rooms revenue per available room) - the traditional measurement of hotel financial health - tell only part of the story. The real concern for hotel owners and operators should be the declines in profitability they are facing. A mid-year 2002 analysis performed by The Hospitality Research Group of PKF Consulting (HRG) finds that the average U.S. full-service hotel suffered a 21.3 percen...
Review of 9/11 Predictions and the Hotel Sector Outlook into 2003 / Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels – Octobr 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Review of 9/11 Predictions and the Hotel Sector Outlook into 2003 by Melinda McKay, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels October 2002 It has been nearly one year since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Following the tragedy, the country began to regroup and formulate predictions on the overall economic and various industry sector performances in the year that would follow. In this report, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels examines which post 9/11 predictions came to fruition and which did not, and in doing so discusses the status and outlook of the economy, hotel sector and c...
Optimism and Budgeting / Alexander Feneck, Hospitality Research Group of PKF Consulting / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Optimism and Budgeting By Alexander Feneck, Hospitality Research Group of PKF Consulting November 2002 The budget season is just about over, and the hopes for 2003 have been factored into dollars and cents. Whenever a general manager forecasts for the following year, he/she hopes and plans to do better than the competition. This is as true today as it was in the fall of 2000. When the hotel industry budgeted for 2001, it was expecting a slowdown in growth, but not a decline performance. Due to the unforeseeable events and volatility of 2001, the hospitality industry exper...
4 IH/M&R Show Attendees Will Each Win $1,000 for Wearing an Onity Button / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  4 IH/M&R Show Attendees Will Each Win $1,000 for Wearing an Onity Button Contest to button up brand’s recognition, highlight transformation of electronic lock manufacturer TESA Entry Systems into Onity (Booth 3338) — a one-stop shop for electronic solutions including electronic locks, related smartcard technology, in-room safes, CCTV security surveillance and energy management systems 0 ATLANTA — NOV. 5, 2002 — Onity, Inc. (formerly TESA Entry Systems) is staging a new-brand awareness contest for this year’s International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, in which four lucky w...
Apollo Real Estate Advisors and RIDA Development Corp. Break Ground on $175 million 730 room Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Apollo Real Estate Advisors and RIDA Development Corp. Break Ground on $175 million 730 room Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate November 22, 2002 - On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, Omni Hotels, Apollo Real Estate Advisors and RIDA Development Corporation broke ground on a $175 million luxury resort in the ChampionsGate master- planned community located near Orlando, Fla. The hotel is scheduled to open in fall 2004 and is the largest in the United States to break ground since September 11, 2001. More than 200 attendees were on site for the groundbreaking event. As part of the ceremony...
Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club Builds 88 One-Bedroom Villas, Renovates Golf Clubhouse / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club Builds 88 One-Bedroom Villas, Renovates Golf Clubhouse BREWSTER, MA -- Golfers and visitors to the Cape Cod area now have more to experience on Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club’s already spacious 400-acre property. Ocean Edge announced today, the opening of Linx Tavern & Bar and the completed renovation of the much anticipated Golf Clubhouse. Ocean Edge also formally announced the completion of 88 one-bedroom villas in the Arbor Village, which were completed in August 2001. Designed by Boston’s own Peter Niemitz, President of the Niemitz Design Group,...
Noble Investment Group Assumes Management of the Courtyard by Marriott at Hanes Mall in Winston Salem, NC / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Noble Investment Group Assumes Management of the Courtyard by Marriott at Hanes Mall in Winston Salem, NC Atlanta, November 1, 2002 – Noble Investment Group, a nationally renowned hospitality company based in Atlanta, assumed the management today of the Courtyard by Marriott in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The 123 room hotel is located in the Hanes Mall area of Winston Salem and is owned by Raleigh, North Carolina-based Winston Hotels (NYSE: WXH), a real estate investment trust (REIT) and owner of premium limited-service, upscale extended-stay and full-service hotels. Noble has ...
Newmarket International partners with Passkey International to resell the Passkey Enterprise Solution in EMEA / Oct 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Newmarket International partners with Passkey International to resell the Passkey Enterprise Solution in EMEA Two global technology leaders expand on their recent integration alliance PORTSMOUTH, N.H./QUINCY, MASS. — NOV. 20, 2002 — Passkey International — the meetings and conventions industry standard for group hospitality management and distribution — has partnered with Newmarket International Inc. — the world leader in travel industry sales, marketing and catering solutions, with renowned solutions like Delphi — exclusive rights to resell the Passkey Enterprise Solution in ...
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April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Green Suites International Joins Microtel’s National Accounts Program Offering Nature’s MistTM at Pre-Negotiated Rates Upland, Calif.—Nov. 25, 2002—Green Suites International, lodging’s leading provider of ecological solutions delivering economic benefit, has joined the National Accounts Program of Microtel Inns & Suites Franchising, Inc. — agreeing to provide Microtel franchisees the opportunity to purchase its Nature’s MistTM Deodorization System at pre-negotiated rates. Nature’s Mist is a two-component natural deodorization system that neutralizes odors on contact. T...
New York City 2003 Restaurant Survey; Dining Frequency and Spending Drop, New Restaurants Still Outnumber Closures / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report New York City 2003 Restaurant Survey; Dining Frequency and Spending Drop, New Restaurants Still Outnumber Closures Zagat 2003 NYC Survey Finds Diners Widely Favor ‘Casual, Local’ Places NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2002 - While not exactly basking in the best of times, New York’s restaurants— and NY diners— have survived recession, terror and other existential jitters of the past year in a surprisingly strong state, with a few unexpected side dishes to go along with real growth that may have been unthinkable a year ago. So reports the 2003 Zagat New York City Restaurant Survey published t...
Le Méridien Minneapolis, First Fully Integrated Art + Tech Hotel in the U.S.; 255 Rooms Feature 42-inch Plasma TV Screens, General Manager is R
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Le Méridien Minneapolis, First Fully Integrated Art + Tech Hotel in the U.S.; 255 Rooms Feature 42-inch Plasma TV Screens, General Manager is Robert Bormes November 26, 2002 (Minneapolis, MN): As the Midwestern weather turns cold, anticipation is heating up for the March 2003 opening of Le Méridien Minneapolis. The first Le Méridien hotel to fully feature the luxury hotel company’s Art + Tech design product, the 21-story property will be adjacent to Minneapolis’ new high-energy Block E Development. “Given Le Méridien Minneapolis’s proximity to the city’s high-end shoppi...
Management Changes Take Place at MeriStar Hospitality and Interstate Hotels & Resorts / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Management Changes Take Place at MeriStar Hospitality and Interstate Hotels & Resorts WASHINGTON- Nov. 5, 2002 -- MeriStar Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: MHX) and Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR) today provided details to previously announced plans to split the management responsibilities of the two companies. "Following the merger between Interstate Hotels Corporation and MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, we determined that the increased size of the management company to more than 400 hotels required the full-time attention of a dedicated management team," said Paul Whetsell, chairma...
Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea Completes $3 million Expanded Spa Facility / Dec 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea Completes $3 million Expanded Spa Facility Wailea, Maui – December 16, 2003 – Nestled between mountain and sea on 15 spectacular oceanfront acres, the intimate 380-room Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea introduces its new $3 million dollar expanded facility, The Spa at Four Seasons. Encompassing 21,000 square feet, the expansion project includes remodeling and new construction of 13 treatment rooms and suites, the creation of a Healing Garden, and a new 1,000-square-foot fitness center.  The project also includes a complete renovat...
Maritz Poll Reports Fewer Americans Plan to Travel this Holiday Season / Nov 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Maritz Poll Reports Fewer Americans Plan to Travel this Holiday Season ST. LOUIS - November 22, 2002 - A recent Maritz Poll reports that fewer Americans plan to travel over the upcoming holiday season than last holiday season. However, of those who do plan to travel, a higher proportion plan to fly this year than last year. Maritz Poll found that 28% of Americans said they plan to travel over the holiday season, down from 33% last year. Of those who plan to travel, 41% will travel by airplane, up from 35% last year. Furthermore, 50% of Americans who plan to travel will drive ...
Best Western Opens First hotel in Republic of Macedonia; The Best Western Hotel Turist, Skopje / November 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Best Western Opens First hotel in Republic of Macedonia; The Best Western Hotel Turist, Skopje PHOENIX, Nov. 13, 2002 - Best Western International announces the opening of the company's first hotel in Republic of Macedonia (formerly Yugoslavia). The Best Western Hotel Turist in the city of Skopje. The four-star hotel is located city-center near popular businesses and shopping. The hotel features 74 guestrooms and suites, a restaurant, snack bar, conference facilities and business and fitness centers. The hotel plans to cater to business travelers. "We are proud to welcome the ...
