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Over 39 million Americans Booked Travel Using the Internet in 2002; Up 25% Over Last Year / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Over 39 million Americans Booked Travel Using the Internet in 2002; Up 25% Over Last Year WASHINGTON, DC -- December 9, 2002 - Travelers tend to be quite computer savvy, using the Internet at a greater rate than the general public, according to the Travel Industry Association of Americas latest Travelers Use of the Internet study. Some 96 million travelers are currently using the Internet. The number of Americans using the Internet for actual travel planning has increased dramatically since 1997, when only about 12 million Americans were planning and researching travel opt...
Accor Soars Higher by Selecting Onity as a Preferred Supplier of Guestroom Safes Worldwide / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Accor Soars Higher by Selecting Onity as a Preferred Supplier of Guestroom Safes Worldwide Owner/operator/franchisor of 3,800 hotels comprising 425,000 guestrooms in 90 countries expands partnership with Onity, a one-stop shop for electronic hospitality solutions ATLANTA / PARIS DEC. 4, 2002 Publicly traded Accor S.A. (Euronext Paris Symbol AC), one of the worlds largest hospitality companies, has selected Onity, Inc. (formerly TESA Entry Systems) as a preferred global supplier of in-room safes for its 3,800 hotels comprising 425,000 guestrooms in 90 nations. Once again, Ac...
The Toomey Family's Radisson Hotel in Norfolk, Va., Successfully Emerges from Bankruptcy Reorganization / December 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Toomey Family's Radisson Hotel in Norfolk, Va., Successfully Emerges from Bankruptcy Reorganization By Christopher Dinsmore, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 24--NORFOLK, Va.--The Radisson Hotel Norfolk has successfully emerged from its two-year-old Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Norfolk Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge David H. Adams entered the final decree this week in the case of hotel owner Patrick Investments Corp., finding that the reorganization plan approved a year ago has been consummated. Located across Bramblet...
Nippersink Country Club and Lodge to Be Auctioned; Former Hangout for Organized Crime Leaders / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Nippersink Country Club and Lodge to Be Auctioned; Former Hangout for Organized Crime Leaders By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 15--An 80-year-old Walworth County golf course and resort with a colorful past linked to Chicago's underworld and such big name entertainers as Frank Sinatra will be sold in a sealed bid auction in January. The 160-acre Nippersink Country Club and Lodge has an 18-hole championship golf course with a country club on Lake Tombeau. It also has a 46-unit hotel, 33 cottages and five single-family hom...
Canadian Niagara Hotels Company Anticipating a Long Strike at Niagara Falls Hotels and Restaurants; HERE Local 75 Files Unfair Labour Practice Charges
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Canadian Niagara Hotels Company Anticipating a Long Strike at Niagara Falls Hotels and Restaurants; HERE Local 75 Files Unfair Labour Practice Charges Claiming Union Supporters Terminated NIAGARA FALLS, Canada - Dec. 9, 2002 -- Canadian Niagara Hotels (CNH) continued its intimidation campaign following the first strike ever in the hotel and restaurant complex. As well, the Company faces more unfair labour practice charges (U.L.P. s) before the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The day after the one-day strike, management retaliated against many of the strikers who participated in the d...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Niagara Universitys College of Hospitality and Tourism Management Develops Formal Relationship with Yuda Business College in Beijing December 16, 2002 - As it prepares to play host to the 2008 Olympic Games, and as it continues to move closer to becoming the most popular tourist destination on earth, the nation of China is looking to Niagara Universitys College of Hospitality and Tourism Management to help provide the expertise the Asian country needs to be successful. Letters of intent to establish a formal relationship with NU have been signed by officials of Yuda Busi...
Natalie Hart Appointed Regional Vice President of Sales for the AmeriSuites Texas Region / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Natalie Hart Appointed Regional Vice President of Sales for the AmeriSuites Texas Region FAIRFIELD, NEW JERSEY (December 18, 2002) ---- Natalie Hart has joined Prime Hospitality Corp. as Regional Vice President of Sales for the AmeriSuites Texas region. Harts professional background in sales planning and analysis spans over fifteen years. Most recently, she has held the position of Director of Sales for TravelCLICK in South Texas. Over the past three years, she has consulted over 150 hotels on E-Commerce strategy and revenue management planning and execution. Prior to ...
Steve Ross of the Related Companies, L.P., Dennis Swanson of Viacom and The Coca-Cola Company Honored for Extraordinary Contributions to New York City
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Steve Ross of the Related Companies, L.P., Dennis Swanson of Viacom and The Coca-Cola Company Honored for Extraordinary Contributions to New York City Tourism New York City (December 4, 2002) - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined NYC & Company to honor Steve Ross of the Related Companies, L.P., Dennis Swanson of Viacom and The Coca-Cola Company as outstanding leaders who have made extraordinary contributions to New York City tourism. Joining the Mayor at NYC & Companys 2nd Annual Leadership in Tourism Awards were NYC & Company Chairman Jonathan M. Tisch and President & CEO Cristyne L...
Holiday Connections, a New Jersey Based Vacation Club Charged with Fraud / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Holiday Connections, a New Jersey Based Vacation Club Charged with Fraud By Kevin G. Demarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 7--Michaely Wieland admits she got suckered in, but nothing prepared her for the shrill train whistle blasting in her hotel room again and again and again. Usually Wieland and her husband, Roger, wouldn't bother responding to vacation package solicitations, but the sales pitch from Holiday Connections, a Hasbrouck Heights -based vacation club, seemed somewhat different. "They told us a lot of things we wa...
Irving, Texas, Hotels Enjoy Little Home Field Advantage with NFL Teams / December 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Irving, Texas, Hotels Enjoy Little Home Field Advantage with NFL Teams By Dan Koller, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 24, 2002--Irving is home to more than 70 hotels, but the NFL teams that visited Texas Stadium this season all stayed away. A survey of the 10 opponents on the Dallas Cowboys' home schedule (two preseason games plus eight regular-season games) found that all of them stayed at hotels in other cities when they came to town. An official with the Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau said teams want to stay off the Cowboys' ...
North Carolina Hoteliers Oppose Proposed $71 million Hotel, Conference Center and Golf Course on North Carolina State University's Centennial Cam
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive North Carolina Hoteliers Oppose Proposed $71 million Hotel, Conference Center and Golf Course on North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus By Anna Griffin, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 31, 2002 - RALEIGH, N.C.-- By design, N.C. State University's Centennial Campus is supposed to be a sort of right-brain central, perched high above the messy realities of budget crunches, academic infighting and political controversy. But this brick-and-glass monument to the world's best engineers, computer programmers and graphic designe...
Incite Response Introduces 'My Boomerang' Personalized Web Page Service for Hospitality Marketing / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Incite Response Introduces "My Boomerang" Personalized Web Page Service for Hospitality Marketing -- Customized Web sites support personalized direct mail and e-mail programs -- DENVER (Dec. 5, 2002) Incite Response, a personalized direct response company that works with hospitality clients, has launched My Boomerang, a personalized Web page application that gives hospitality marketers a direct, online connection with key guests, meeting planners and prospects. My Boomerang allows hospitality companies to use direct mail and e-mail to guide customers to their own personalized Web page...
Mohegan Sun Reports 4th Qtr Gaming Revenues Up 32.0% Over Prior Year / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Mohegan Sun Reports 4th Qtr Gaming Revenues Up 32.0% Over Prior Year Dec 4, 2002 - The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the "Authority"), the operator of a gaming and entertainment complex located near Uncasville, Connecticut ("Mohegan Sun"), today announced its operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2002. Highlights for the quarter were as follows: Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure of earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, pre-opening costs and expenses, relinquishment liability reassessment, accretion of rel...
Creative Hotel Associates Developing Hotel in Middlebury, VT; Town's First New Hotel in 176 Years / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Creative Hotel Associates Developing Hotel in Middlebury, VT; Town's First New Hotel in 176 Years December 17, 2002 - Bob Hazard and Jerry Petitt have now been running Creative Hotel Associates for five years and are still actively looking for new sites as well as management contracts. When they saw a site in Middlebury, Vermont back in the spring of 2001 they knew it had great potential it was a historic college town in beautiful scenery with varied sources of business. What they didnt realize at the time was that Middlebury hadnt had a new hotel in 176 years. Now the v...
Michaelia Wagner, Sheraton Suites Plantation, Florida Employee, Awarded Top Hospitality Courtesy Prize / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Michaelia Wagner, Sheraton Suites Plantation, Florida Employee, Awarded Top Hospitality Courtesy Prize By Cara Buckley, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 5--The shirts wouldn't wrinkle. That was about as much as Michaelia Wagner was told. She knew the deadline: Nearly five-dozen shirts had to be picked up, cleaned and returned to the hotel by sunup. Wagner, 24, is no laundress by trade. But one night last February, she chose to spend her downtime alongside her washing machine, an act that placed her among the nominees for Broward's annual top hosp...
MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Drops Common Share Dividend for the 2002 Fourth Quarter; Sells the 317-room Holiday Inn Select in San Diego, Californ
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Drops Common Share Dividend for the 2002 Fourth Quarter; Sells the 317-room Holiday Inn Select in San Diego, California WASHINGTON - Dec. 30, 2002 -- MeriStar Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: MHX), the nation's third largest hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced that the company will not pay a common share dividend for the 2002 fourth quarter. Based on its forecasted 2002 taxable income, the company is not required to pay a dividend to maintain its REIT status. For each of the previous four quarters, the company has paid a $0.01 per share...
Opinion: Never, Never Accept Mediocrity! / Richard J. Welch CHA, CHME / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Opinion: Never, Never Accept Mediocrity! by Richard J. Welch CHA, CHME December 2002 Some time ago, Days Inns started a program to rate the level of Quality for their franchisees using a Sunburst rating system. This system used the hotels Quality Assurance scores obtained by the various franchisees over a given period of time to determine how many Sunburst a particular hotel would obtain. One Sunburst being the lowest, and five Sunburst being the highest. Actually, the American Automobile Association and Mobile Oil have been doing it for years. This system would demonstrat...
JW Marriott, the Third Name for the $366 million Resort at Summerlin, Boosts Fortunes for the Property / December 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive JW Marriott, the Third Name for the $366 million Resort at Summerlin, Boosts Fortunes for the Property By John Gurzinski, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 1--What a difference a year has made for the operators of Summerlin's JW Marriott and its leased Rampart Casino. Last November the former Regent Las Vegas was purchased in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court auction for $80 million by Vancouver, British Columbia-based Hotspur Resorts. Hotspur leased the $366 million property's casino to Nevada-licensed Millennium Management, the operators build...
Marcus Hotels Names Diane Tanner asVP of Acquisitions and Development and Peter Rockwood Named VP of Sales and Marketing / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Marcus Hotels Names Diane Tanner asVP of Acquisitions and Development and Peter Rockwood Named VP of Sales and Marketing MILWAUKEE, Wis.-- Dec. 9, 2002-- Marcus Hotels and Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS - News), today announced that it has added two senior management positions. Diane Tanner will join the company as vice president of acquisitions and development, and Peter Rockwood was named vice president of sales and marketing. "Both of these areas play key roles in our future growth," said Bill Otto, president & chief operating officer of Marcus Hotels and Reso...
Marcia Spenst, CHA Named Hotelier of the Year by Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Marcia Spenst, CHA Named Hotelier of the Year by Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association Colorado Springs, December 4, 2002; Marcia Spenst, CHA is the recipient of the 2002 Hotelier of the Year award given by the Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA). The award was given at the CH&LA annual conference, held at The Broadmoor Resort November 18-20, 2002. The association has honored Spenst with the prestigious annual award for her invaluable participation, and overall contribution to the growth of the Colorado hospitality industry. As the General Manager of East West Resort...
Managing Interest Payments / Alexander Feneck, Hospitality Research Group of PKF Consulting / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Managing Interest Payments By Alexander Feneck, Hospitality Research Group of PKF Consulting December 2002 It may be difficult to recall, given the current dismal performance of the lodging industry, but hotel revenue grew at a compound annual rate of 6.5 percent from 1994 through 2000. While enjoying such strong revenue growth, controlling expenses was not a concern. However, as the lodging industry slowed and then declined during 2001, expenses became a critical focus as owners and managers looked for ways to protect profits. Fixed costs are considered to be beyond t...
Mainsail Management Group Signs Franchise Agreement with Marriott ExecuStay for 200 Corporate Apartment Units in Tampa-St. Petersburg / December 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Mainsail Management Group Signs Franchise Agreement with Marriott ExecuStay for 200 Corporate Apartment Units in Tampa-St. Petersburg Washington, D.C. Dec. 23, 2002 Marriott ExecuStay, the corporate housing division of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), today announced the signing of its second franchise agreement, with Mainsail Management Group, Inc., based in Tampa, Fla. Effective Jan.1, 2003, Mainsail will become the Marriott ExecuStay franchisee for some 200 class-A corporate apartment units in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. The agreement calls for Mainsail to combine with a...
MaguirePartners Providing $9-million Makeover for Doubletree Hotel Pasadena; Will Reflag as Westin / December 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive MaguirePartners Providing $9-million Makeover for Doubletree Hotel Pasadena; Will Reflag as Westin By Don Jergler, Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--PASADENA, Calif.--The Doubletree Hotel will become The Westin Pasadena before year's end, according to property managers for the well-known inn located in the heart of Pasadena. MaguirePartners, which developed and owns the hotel, opted against renewing its contract with Beverly Hills-based Hilton Hotels Corp. that has managed the hotel under the Doubletree flag since 1989. In...
Family Owned Mader's German Restaurant in Downtown Milwaukee Passes 100 Years of Eating, Drinking / Dec 2002
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Family Owned Mader's German Restaurant in Downtown Milwaukee Passes 100 Years of Eating, Drinking By Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 7--John Kennedy, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan share something beyond the presidency. John Candy, Oliver Hardy and John Belushi have similarities that stretch past the fact that they were all corpulent comics. The blood between Janet Leigh and Alfred Hitchcock runs deeper than a shower drain. What do they all have in common? A meal at Milwaukee's famous Mader's, historically home to som...
