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22 Hotels Named 'Best of the Best' for Best Western International / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report 22 Hotels Named "Best of the Best" for Best Western International LAS VEGAS, Nov. 6, 2002Best Western, THE WORLDS LARGEST HOTEL CHAIN®, announces 22 winners of its annual Best of the Best Awards. The program, now in its third year recognizes Best Western hoteliers throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean for excellence in quality and service. In addition, 44 hotels have been chosen as honorable mention. Best of the Best winners are chosen based on strict criteria including two quality assurance reviews conducted during the year in which they must receive a perfect sco...
Bathroom Is Barometer of Hotel Cleanliness According to New Survey / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Bathroom Is Barometer of Hotel Cleanliness According to New Survey November 6, 2002 - When asked how they determine if a hotel room is clean, nearly three quarters of respondents said it was by the condition of the bathroom. To top it off, when given a choice of what they would most like to find after arriving in a hotel room, a truly clean room and bathroom was the number one pick of half of those surveyed. Cleanliness ruled over in-room amenities such as a whirlpool or spa (23 percent), a fully connected "office" (13 percent), a book and video library (6 percent), a working...
Six Continents, Starwood and Shangri-La to Sponsor Hotel Security Workshops in Bali and Jakarta / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Six Continents, Starwood and Shangri-La to Sponsor Hotel Security Workshops in Bali and Jakarta Hong Kong, November 19, 2002 - Three leading hotel groups Six Continents Hotels, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts have joined forces to sponsor hotel security workshops in Bali and Jakarta. The one-day events, organised by HOTEL Asia Pacific magazine and Bali Discovery Tours, take place in Bali on December 16 and Jakarta on January 9. Full details of venues, topics and speakers will be announced shortly. The HOTEL Asia Pacific Hotel Security Workshops are aimed at...
Six Continents Hotels, Inc. and Diplomat Companies Start Construction on First 'Balanced Full Service' Holiday Inn / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Six Continents Hotels, Inc. and Diplomat Companies Start Construction on First Balanced Full Service Holiday Inn October 31, 2002 - Construction began this week on Sugarloaf Parkway in the north Atlanta suburb of Duluth for the first balanced full service concept Holiday Inn® hotel in the United States and the ground breaking marked a break through both for Diplomat Companies and Gwinnett County. Earlier this year, Six Continents Hotels, Inc. parent company of Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts announced the balanced full service Holiday Inn hotel concept, which is des...
Mexico's Escalera Nautica Project Includes 10,400 Hotel Rooms, Ultimately Cost about $1.7 billion; Government's Most Ambitious Plan SinceCre
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Mexico's Escalera Nautica Project Includes 10,400 Hotel Rooms, Ultimately Cost about $1.7 billion; Government's Most Ambitious Plan Since Creating Cancun in the 1970s By Ricardo Sandoval, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 20, 2002 - SAN JOSE DEL CABO--For 22 years, Luis Velasco hustled to keep up with exploding development in Southern California. Tired of the grind, the building contractor retired to this slow-lane seaside town on the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, where he spends his days fishing or serving as a sport...
Best Western Implements Onsite Customer Service and Sales Training at 2,300 Hotels; Seeks to Drive Incremental Revenues, Increase Reservation Call Con
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Best Western Implements Onsite Customer Service and Sales Training at 2,300 Hotels; Seeks to Improve Incremental Revenues, Reservation Call Conversion LAS VEGAS, Nov. 6, 2002 - Signature, Inc., the largest sales and customer service training company for the hospitality industry in North America, has been selected by Best Western International to deliver on-site customer service and sales training to every Best Western hotel located in Canada, U.S. and the Caribbean. BestREV® was developed exclusively for Best Western by Signature. BestREV sessions will concentrate on...
Best Western Unveils First 45 European Hotels to Carry the Best Western Premier Product Name / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Best Western Unveils First 45 European Hotels to Carry the Best Western Premier Product Name London, England, Nov.12, 2002 - Best Western International, THE WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL CHAIN®, and the largest hotel chain in Europe, today announced the first 45 hotels which will carry the Best Western Premier product name effective January 2003. Best Western Premier hotels are a select group of European Best Western hotels offering a higher level of amenities, services and unique features. Plans call for 125-150 Best Western Premier hotels over the next two years. To qualify for the Best...
Three Best Western Hoteliers Recognized for Excellence in Marketing and Public Relations / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Three Best Western Hoteliers Recognized for Excellence in Marketing and Public Relations LAS VEGAS, Nov. 5, 2002 - Three Best Western hoteliers have been recognized with the Best Western INNfluence Award for their innovative and effective public relations and marketing initiatives that have helped increase exposure and drive business. The award winners include: Susan Bullotta and Victor Martin from the Best Western Sterling Inn Banquet and Conference Center in Sterling Heights, Mich., Barbara Vogl of the Best Western Cottonwood Inn in Cottonwood, Ariz. and Nacho Mar...
Choice Hotels Names Brent Russell President & CEO of Flag Choice Hotels Of Australia / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Choice Hotels Names Brent Russell President & CEO of Flag Choice Hotels Of Australia November 6, 2002 - Choice Hotels International, Inc., today announced that Brent D. Russell, national vice president, franchise operations, has been named president and chief executive officer of Flag Choice Hotels of Australia, effective January 15, 2003. "Brent Russell has demonstrated clear, measurable leadership in his experience with Choice, which includes sales and marketing, operations and delivering exceptional service to our franchisees," said Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr., Choice's president and...
The 630-room Radisson Hotel Astrodome, Two Others, Being Foreclosed on by Lehman Bros. / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The 630-room Radisson Hotel Astrodome, Two Others, Being Foreclosed on by Lehman Bros. By Ralph Bivins, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 2, 2002 - A trio of large hotels near Reliant Stadium is falling into foreclosure as Houston's hotel business retreats. The three, the Radisson Astrodome Hotel, the Holiday Inn Astrodome and the Days Inn Astrodome, have been posted for foreclosure after the owners defaulted on a $28 million note. The foreclosure by Lehman Bros., a New York investment firm, is not expected to interrupt operations of the ...
Revenue Boot Camp for Hotels – Intense Training Jan. 21-23 Jumpstarts and Captures New Income / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Revenue Boot CampSM for Hotels - Intense Training Jan. 21-23 Jumpstarts and Captures New Income Scottsdale, Nov. 20, 2002 Get serious for hotel training like never before! Tough talk to make the cash register ring is the hallmark of Aspire Marketing, which announces Winter 2003 Revenue Management Boot Camp SM - Beyond RevenueSM, a highly interactive training program customized to help independent hotels, resorts and boutiques increase revenues and improve revenue management critical for todays challenging times. Participants spend three intense days, January 21-23, 2003 in Scottsdal...
Bucking Convention – Anaheim Center Expansion Seems to Pay Off as Other Cities Struggle / Sandi Cain / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Bucking Convention - Anaheim Center Expansion Seems to Pay Off as Other Cities Struggle By Sandi Cain Staff Reporter Orange County Business Journal November 2002 The high-flying 1990s spawned a frenzy of convention center building, expansion and remodeling. The tough going of the early 2000s is sorting out winners and losers. In Los Angeles, Boston and Houston, expanded centers havent lived up to rosy projections. Boston expected 38 conventions its first year. Instead, it has 18 through 2013. The Los Angeles Convention Center only has 16 events booked for 2003, down from 35 in 2001. An...
Baron Ah Moo Named Vice President of Sales Wellesley Inns & Suites Brand / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Baron Ah Moo Named Vice President of Sales Wellesley Inns & Suites Brand FAIRFIELD, NEW JERSEY (November 4, 2002) ---- Baron Ah Moo has joined Prime Hospitality Corp.® as Vice President of Sales for its Wellesley Inns & Suites brand. Prior to joining Prime, Ah Moo served as Managing Director of Mexico Operations for Vingcard. He has also held various sales and operations positions, including Front Office Manager, Director of Sales, Controller, Assistant General Manager, General Manager, and Director of Operations. Baron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Admi...
Agritourism — an Industry that Combines Agriculture and Tourism — Becomes Increasingly Popular Among Farmers / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Agritourism -- an Industry that Combines Agriculture and Tourism -- Becomes Increasingly Popular Among Farmers By Didi Tang, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 18--On a hot June afternoon, corn farmers Mike and Carrie Shryock mowed four miles of paths for a corn maze on their family farm in Callaway County. Neither was sure if the new venture would be a success. Four months later, standing among a pack of tourists in a red barn next to the cornfield, Dennis Shryock, the father, was beaming from ear to ear. "It's been a very good year,...
Accor's Nine-Month Sales Hold Steady 1% Increase in Third Quarter / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Accor's Nine-Month Sales Hold Steady 1% Increase in Third Quarter Paris, November 5, 2002 (in EUR million) 2001 2002 Change reported Change Like-for-like Hotels 3,828 3,803 - 0.6 % - 1.0 % Services 364 351 - 3.6 % + 16.8 % Other activities 1,305 1,248 - 4.4 % - 2.1 % Total Group 5,497 5,402 - 1.7 % - 0.1 % Consolidated sales for the first nine months of 2002 were down 1.7%. On a like-for-like basis, sales held steady over the period (- ...
Antonio E. Vera Named Director of Sales for the Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort in México / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Antonio E. Vera Named Director of Sales for the Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort in México BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 14, 2002 Antonio E. Vera, has been named director of sales for the Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort in México effective immediately. Vera most recently served as regional commercial director for all resorts for Grupo Posadas, Fiesta Americana Hotels in México. With more than 13-years of experience in the hospitality industry, Veras career began in 1989 as the director of sales and marketing for the Fiesta Inn Golf, Holiday Inn Cancùn and Fiesta ...
ASTA, Best Western Announce 'Model Travel Agency Program' / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report ASTA, Best Western Announce "Model Travel Agency Program" Honolulu - November 4, 2002 - The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), in collaboration with Best Western International, is launching the "Model Travel Agency Program." This initiative will provide agents with tools which they can use to assist in creating business and action plans, developing and pursuing profitable business relationships, and operating their agency at maximum efficiency to better serve their customers. "The Model Travel Agency Program is going to be one of the defining benefits of ASTA membership," said Ric...
Alliance Reservations Announces Direct Supplier Links Through hobooBox / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Alliance Reservations Announces Direct Supplier Links Through hobooBox Phoenix and New Orleans, USA (November 12, 2002) - Alliance Reservations Network (ARN), the owners of www.worldtraveldeals.com and hundreds of other destination web sites, and the booking engine technology behind many portal sites like www.arizona.com, www.iowa.com and www.alaska.com, has chosen hobooBox technology to interface with the hundreds of net rate hotel vendors ARN currently works with. hobooBox technology is bound to revolutionize the net rate hotel distribution industry. No longer will hotel revenue m...
New Mexico Lodging Association Opposes Developer John Q. Hammons Bond Plan for Embassy Suites Hotel / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive New Mexico Lodging Association Opposes Developer John Q. Hammons Bond Plan for Embassy Suites Hotel By Rosalie Rayburn, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 15, 2002 - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--Both statewide and Albuquerque area hotel associations have come out against the city of Albuquerque's plan to issue bonds to build a 261-room Embassy Suites hotel near Downtown. Hotel developer John Q. Hammons Industries has asked the city for about $41 million in bonds to build the hotel on nine acres at Lomas west of Interstate 25. The hotel plans will...
Andre Balazs Acquires Miami Beach's Raleigh Hotel / November 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Andre Balazs Acquires Miami Beach's Raleigh Hotel By Cara Buckley, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 22--Andre Balazs, the owner of New York's celebrated Mercer Hotel, the man who transformed a decrepit oil company office in downtown Los Angeles into a place to be seen, has bought Miami Beach's Raleigh Hotel. The Lido Spa, a resort in Miami Beach that has seen better days, is also said to be under contract with Balazs. Balazs declined to comment on the Lido. Along with New York's Mercer, Balazs owns the storied Chateau Marmont and the Standard...
6 Continents Hotels' Franchisees Pay Just Pennies per Occupied Room to Guarantee Non-Smoking Rooms / Nov 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report 6 Continents Hotels' Franchisees Pay Just Pennies per Occupied Room to Guarantee Non-Smoking Rooms UP IN SMOKE: Guest Satisfaction & Occupancy When Non-Smoking Rooms Are Overbooked 54.8% of hotels place guests who prefer non-smoking rooms in smoking rooms, while 14.1% report a policy of sending these potential guests to the competition down the street. When Smoking Rooms Are Overbooked 65.8% of hotels place smoking guests in non-smoking rooms, and another 9.2% report sending these potential guests to neighboring hotels. Source: Clean Air At Night, Cornell Hotel And Re...
Charles Fraser Dies at 73, Credited with Transforming an Isolated Island into Hilton Head Island, a World-class Resort / January 2003
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Charles Fraser Dies at 73, Credited with Transforming an Isolated Island into Hilton Head Island, a World-class Resort By Scott Dodd, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 31, 2002 - Charles Fraser, the visionary developer who helped transform Hilton Head Island into a world-class resort and who died in a boat explosion earlier this month, is receiving praise from throughout South Carolina and the country. At a memorial a week ago at the harbor he created, speakers who included S.C. Gov.-elect Mark Sanford called Fraser a dreamer, a mentor...
Pieces Fall into Place for Wynn Resorts' Casinos in Macau, Las Vegas / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Pieces Fall into Place for Wynn Resorts' Casinos in Macau, Las Vegas By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 17, 2002 -- Plans are almost finalized for his casino resort in Macau and construction is under way at his $2 billion Le Reve, and Steve Wynn no longer has to worry about lining up financing for Wynn Resorts. Life is good but busy, Wynn said Monday. "I'm going to interview 100,000 people for 8,000 jobs (at Le Reve) plus another 2,400 in Macau," Wynn said. "We spent more than two years on design and budget and almost ha...
Wyndham Appoints Four Area Directors of Sales & Marketing; Lisa Black, Ken Stone, Phillip Valerio and Ronald Taylor / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Wyndham Appoints Four Area Directors of Sales & Marketing; Lisa Black, Ken Stone, Phillip Valerio and Ronald Taylor DALLAS (Dec. 2, 2002) - Wyndham International, Inc. (AMEX:WBR) today announced the appointment of four new area directors of sales & marketing to oversee the key markets of Texas, Ohio, Chicago and Atlanta. Lisa Black, Ken Stone, Phillip Valerio and Ronald Taylor were named to these respective positions for their ability to successfully increase market share and achieve unparalleled revenues. Lisa Black, area director of sales and marketing for Area...
