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Enterprise Solution Delivers Maximum Operational Control and Profitability, Emerges As Common Theme at Three Top Hospitality Events / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report Enterprise Solution Delivers Maximum Operational Control and Profitability, Emerges As Common Theme at Three Top Hospitality Events Markham, ON November 4, 2002 - Hospitality vendors are gearing up for a series of venues this month where cautious hoteliers will go to evaluate new technologies and other hotel goods for purchase in the coming year. For many operators, enterprise technology solutions are at the head of the shopping list. NORTHWIND will be on hand at each of the following events with its Maestro suite, which includes: PMS, Sales & Catering, Club/Spa Management, Corp...
Ralph Louis Engelstad January 28, 1930 – November 26, 2002 / Bio / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Ralph Louis Engelstad January 28, 1930 - November 26, 2002 November 26, 2002 - Veteran gaming executive, entrepreneur and humanitarian Ralph Engelstad, who built and owned the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and in Biloxi, Mississippi, passed away last night at his home after a valiant battle with cancer. He was 72. Ralph, as he preferred to be called (no formality of "Mr." for him), was perhaps best known publicly as an ingenious casino owner and operator. Privately, he was a loving family man. His strength came from his devoted wife of 48 years, Betty. Ralph a...
Casino Owner Ralph Engelstad Dies in Las Vegas at Age 72 / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Casino Owner Ralph Engelstad Dies in Las Vegas at Age 72 By David Tortorano, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 28--Casino owner Ralph Engelstad, the erstwhile all-American hockey goalie who built casinos in Biloxi and Las Vegas, died late Tuesday after a long bout with cancer. He was 72. His wife of 48 years, Betty Engelstad, said her husband was at their home in Las Vegas and passed away in his sleep. Mrs. Engelstad also said the Imperial Palace and the other Engelstad properties would continue to operate under the Engelstad fa...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Seventh Annual Editors Choice Awards for Best New Products Presented to Five Winners During IH/M&RS - Table Shox Wins Kenneth F. Hine Award for "Best of Show" - NEW YORK, NY, November 9, 2002... The Seventh Annual Editors Choice Awards for Best New Products were presented to five winners, along with the Kenneth F. Hine Award for Best of Show, during the Opening Ceremony of the 87th annual International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® (IH/M&RS) on November 9, 2002, at New York Citys Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The Editors Choice Awards allow exhibiting comp...
New Econo Lodge Protoytpes a Vibrant Departure from Traditional Economy Lodging Design / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report New Econo Lodge Protoytpes a Vibrant Departure from Traditional Economy Lodging Design Design is Economical, Efficient and Innovative Silver Spring, MD (November 4, 2002) New prototypes for Econo Lodge brand hotels, one of eight brands franchised by Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH), include a first-ever Inn & Suites option for the brand as well as a non-traditional use of color, space and materials that sets a new standard in economy lodging. Weve created a new look for Econo Lodge that is a vibrant departure from traditional economy lodging design and costs, ...
EasyRMS hits the USA…./ Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report EasyRMS Hits the USA.... November 11, 2002 - The National Hotel, and The Palms Hotel South Beach, Miami, Florida announced today implementation of the EzRMS Internet Suite of Products at these two exclusive Art Deco properties becoming the first clients of Easy (Ez) Revenue Management Solutions within the United States. Both hotels utilise the Opera PMS system provided by Micros Fidelio and also become the first EasyRMS clients to integrate with Fidelios latest product offering. Mr Jeff Lehman, General Manager of both the National & Palms Hotels selected EzRMS over competitor produc...
Dolce International Appoints Eric Sather General Manager at Aspen Meadows in Aspen, Colorado / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Dolce International Appoints Eric Sather General Manager at Aspen Meadows in Aspen, Colorado MONTVALE, NJ (November 2002) -- Steve Giblin, President of the Americas for Dolce International, has appointed Eric Sather General Manager at Aspen Meadows in Aspen, Colorado. Sather is a long-time Dolce associate with ten years experience with the Company. He started his career with Dolce International in 1990 as Assistant Controller at Lakeway Inn & Resort in Austin, Texas and has held various management positions with the organization including Assistant General Manager at Oak Brook Hills Res...
Are Bar Patrons Developing Tolerance for $10 Drink Prices? / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Are Bar Patrons Developing Tolerance for $10 Drink Prices? By Wendy Navratil, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 18, 2002 Valet or taxi: $11. Cover charge: $20. Vodka and Red Bull: $12. A Saturday night of unfettered revelry? Priceless. Or so it would seem from the crowds forming at some of the upper-bracket bars and clubs in downtown Chicago--Domaine, Sugar and Moda among the newest of them. Each has some combination of the following: extravagant interiors, cutting-edge deejays, double-digit drink premiums, $10 to $20 admiss...
The $300 million, 950-room JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa Opening with 70% Plus Occupancy; Huge First-time in Arizona Groups Booked / November
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The $300 million, 950-room JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa Opening with 70% Plus Occupancy; Huge First-time in Arizona Groups Booked By Donna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 27, 2002 - The JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, slated to open Saturday, is nearly full for December and expecting three huge first-time-in-Arizona groups to pack the guest rooms and ballrooms in January. "If we don't rent one (more) room night to a leisure guest, we'll still be at 75 percent occupancy for January, and even higher in February, Marc...
Some Average Room Rate Scenarios for Proposed Denver Convention Hotel As High as $300 per Night for Break Even / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Some Average Room Rate Scenarios for Proposed Denver Convention Hotel As High as $300 per Night for Break Even By Mark P. Couch, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 17, 2002 - Denver's proposed convention-center hotel would require higher-than-average room rates -- as much as $300 a night -- to pay for its construction and operation, based on an industry formula that determines hotel project costs. Rates would be $100 more than -- in some cases, double -- the nightly charges at comparable downtown hotels, prompting concern that Denver taxpayers wil...
Denver Hotel Occupancy Not Bouncing Back as Anticipated Eight Months Ago / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Denver Hotel Occupancy Not Bouncing Back As Anticipated Eight Months Ago By Mark P. Couch, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 26, 2002 -- Denver-area hotels have stumbled through 2002 with occupancy and average room rates lagging behind year-ago levels, according to the monthly Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. Average room rates in October were $86.48 per night, compared with $88.43 a year ago -- the eighth time this year that monthly rates fell compared with the previous year. For the year to date, average room rates are $85.11. The percentage ...
Newmarket International Widens Competitive Gap with the Release of Customer-driven DelphiTM v9.1 / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Newmarket International Widens Competitive Gap with the Release of Customer-driven DelphiTM v9.1 Latest version of worlds leading Sales & Catering software helps hotels better compete for every piece of business, while improving company-wide productivity and profitability PORTSMOUTH, N.H. NOV. 14, 2002 Newmarket International Inc. the makers of DelphiTM and other leading group, sales, catering and banquet solutions is pleased to introduce Delphi v9.1, next-generation software that makes it easier for hotels and management companies to aggressively compete for every pie...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Decatur Real Estate Developer Places Comfort Inn, Ramada Limited and Country Inn & Suites In Richfields Hands Real Estate Investors Of Decatur LLC turn over its entire hotel portfolio to Richfield based on the companys success with the Holiday Inn Select and its relationships with the franchise community Denver, Colo. November 4, 2002 Richfield, a SWAN solution that has been providing practical, profitable hotel management services for more than 30 years, was awarded the management contract for the remaining three Decatur area hotels owned and operated by Real Estate In...
Daylight Software Teams With The Melrose Hotel Company to Support and Manage Growth / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Daylight Software Teams With The Melrose Hotel Company to Support and Manage Growth Daylight enterprise, an Advanced Sales and Catering solution, was selected to support The Melrose Hotel Companys customer expansion into new markets DOVER, N.H. NOV. 8, 2002 In an effort to become the most efficient marketing organization in the hotel industry, the Melrose Hotel Company needed an Advanced Sales and Catering solution from a software vendor that could handle rapid growth and change. They found the solution in Daylight Software. "We decided to convert to Daylight enterprise," sa...
OPINION: Dallas Should Consider the True Price for Conventions / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive OPINION: Dallas Should Consider the True Price for Conventions By Henry Tatum, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 21--Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau officials were hoping to attract media attention this fall. And they certainly got their wish. They thought the big story would be the $130 million expansion at the Dallas Convention Center. But that positive news has been lost in the furor over bureau expenditures for the wining and dining of clients, limousines for its chief executive, lavish trips for outgoing board chairmen and taking...
David Whitney, Head of Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau, Credit Card Expenditures Under Scrutiny / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive David Whitney, Head of Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau, Credit Card Expenditures Under Scrutiny By Ed Housewright, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 8--The Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau has spent thousands on trips, dinners and alcohol, according to a WFAA-TV (Channel 8) report Thursday night. According to interviews and records obtained by WFAA, David Whitney, president and chief executive officer of the bureau, has incurred numerous expenses on his corporate credit card. Among them: $2,800 on wine over the last two years. ...
To Restore Confidence, Dallas CVB Initiates Policy Changes On Trip, Dinner and Alcohol Expenditures / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive To Restore Confidence, Dallas CVB Initiates Policy Changes On Trip, Dinner and Alcohol Expenditures By Brett Shipp and Holly Warren, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 12, 2002 - Executive members of the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau announced policy changes Monday in response to questions about some of the bureau's spending on trips, dinners and alcohol. WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reported last week on numerous expenses by David Whitney, president and chief executive officer of the tax-supported entity, ranging from a $2,200 trip to Mexico t...
Crowne Plaza Hotels And Resorts Designs New Services For Small- To Mid-Sized Meetings / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Crowne Plaza Hotels And Resorts Designs New Services For Small- To Mid-Sized Meetings ATLANTA (November 14, 2002) (LOND/USA: SXC) - Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts today announced the roll-out of new meetings service initiatives, as well as a new logo and national print advertising and marketing campaign, all designed to position the brand as "THE PLACE TO MEET" -- the ideal upscale hotel choice for small- to mid-sized business meetings. The hotel brand, which currently averages 40% in revenues from small and mid-sized business meetings, developed key meeting service offerings based...
Hostmark Managed Crowne Plaza San Francisco International Opens Following Multi-Million Dollar Renovation / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Hostmark Managed Crowne Plaza San Francisco International Opens Following Multi-Million Dollar Renovation Schaumburg, IL, November 12, 2002 Hostmark Hospitality Group, the management company of the Crowne Plaza San Francisco International Airport, recently oversaw the completion of the property's multi-million dollar renovation. Located in Burlingame, CA, two miles south of the airport and adjacent to Bayside Park, the 309-room property (including 11 suites,) features expanded meeting and banquet facilities and several 24-hour services including a fully-equipped fitness center, business...
Contacts International Hospitality Group Partners with The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism to Present Management Seminar and Workshop to St
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Contacts International Hospitality Group Partners with The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism to Present Management Seminar and Workshop to State Hotels (Hanoi Nov 5th, 2002) Vietnam, is taking steps to attract more visitors to the country and by marketing itself as A Destination for the New Millennium. The Government has earmarked US$30 million for the tourism sector, so that they can carry out a national tourism action program through to 2005. This includes improvement in the management of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). The Contacts International Hospitality G...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report ConnectedHotels High-Speed Highway to Guest Loyalty Adds Two Weatherford, Texas, Properties to its Network SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS (Nov. 7, 2002) Two lodging properties in Weatherford, Texas, have joined the ConnectedHotel network of properties providing High-Speed Internet Access (HSIA) free to guests in an effort to boost occupancies and guest satisfaction during todays lodging industry downcycle. Nick Panchal, owner of the 56-room Hampton Inn Weatherford, located at 2524 South Main Street, said he views High-Speed Internet Access as a must-have technology amenity in todays fiercel...
Concorde Hotels Selects Virtual-Agent Services / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Concorde Hotels Selects Virtual-Agent Services SCHAUMBURG, IL (November 18, 2002) Virtual-Agent Services (VAS), provider of call center solutions announced today that Concorde Hotels (www.concorde-hotels.com) has selected VAS for its North American hotel reservations and customer service call handling. The partnership with VAS is designed to allow Concorde Hotels North American operations to provide continued high quality service to customers. The Concorde Hotels Group is experiencing rapid expansion, having welcomed 16 new members in 2001 and 12 more in 2002. The group includes ho...
Competition to Sell Discounted Hotel Rooms Over the Internet Heating Up / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Competition to Sell Discounted Hotel Rooms Over the Internet Heating Up By Suzanne Marta, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11, 2002 - Competition to sell discounted hotel rooms over the Internet is heating up, and much of that pressure is coming from Dallas-Fort Worth companies. As hotels scramble to sell rooms left idle by business travelers, online merchants -- who buy hotel rooms at a discount, then sell them to consumers for 15 percent to 30 percent more -- have been left with a ready supply of inventory. The discounted sales are m...
Sunburst Hospitality Completes $2 million Renovation of the Comfort Inn by the Bay; 30 Years of Continuous Operation / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Sunburst Hospitality Completes $2 million Renovation of the Comfort Inn by the Bay; 30 Years of Continuous Operation San Francisco, CA November 26, 2002 Sunburst Hospitality announced today that the Comfort Inn by the Bay, has completed a $2 million renovation and will celebrate 30 years of continuous operation on December 1, 2002. This renovation ensures that guests are provided rooms in pristine condition despite the hotels calendar age, said Chad Olson, General Manager of the Comfort Inn by the Bay. We are extremely proud of the hotels unique features, fine views a...
