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Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort, Owned by Emirates Airline and the Hotel & Resort Investment Company, Opens in Fujairah , United Arab Emirates / Dec
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort, Owned by Emirates Airline and the Hotel & Resort Investment Company, Opens in Fujairah , United Arab Emirates (Dubai, December 5, 2002): The doors open today at Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort, the first international brand hotel to launch on the UAE East Coast for two decades. Located on the two kilometre Al Aqah Beach near Dibba, the 218-room resort has a commitment to introduce the region to the worlds travel industry as a top class sun, sea and soft adventure destination, according to hotel manager Patrick Antaki. The German and Br...
Hotels Near Airports Provide Better Safety and Security Features According to The Center for Hospitality Research – Cornell Hotel School / Dec 2
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Hotels Near Airports Provide Better Safety and Security Features According to The Center for Hospitality Research - Cornell Hotel School ITHACA, N.Y. - December 10, 2002 - People who worry about traveling and spending time in public places may be relieved to learn that most U.S. hotels are pretty safe places to be, a study by a Cornell University hospitality-industry expert finds. Hotels near airports offer the most safety and security features, with large hotels, luxury hotels of any size and new hotels also ranking high on the safety and security indexes devised by Cathy Enz, a ...
John Q. Hammons Hotels Completes $6 million renovation of the Crowne Plaza Pyramid, Re-branded as the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North / Dec 2002...
April 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report John Q. Hammons Hotels Completes $6 million Renovation of the Crowne Plaza Pyramid, Re-branded as the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. and SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Dec. 18, 2002 Springfield, Mo.-based John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. (AMEX: JQH) announced that following a $6 million renovation, the Crowne Plaza Pyramid in Albuquerque, N.M., was officially re-branded as the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North. Located at 5151 San Francisco Road, N.E., the property is owned and managed by John Q. Hammons Hotels, the nations leading independent builder, developer...
iHotelier Expands In Europe; Firm Launches Direct Sales Office in Spain / September 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report iHotelier Expands In Europe Firm Launches Direct Sales Office in Spain HOUSTON, TX (September 18, 2002): Having established a strong client base in the United States and Latin American markets, iHotelier, a division of Webvertising Inc, has announced the opening of its European office in Spain. This office will be responsible for supporting all of iHoteliers clients in Spain and other countries across the continent and will be the principal European sales and support office. The firms business plan outlines the development of a reseller/distributor network throughout Europe that wil...
So You Want to Build a Hotel Indoor Waterpark / Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report So You Want to Build a Hotel Indoor Waterpark By Jeff Coy and Bill Haralson, September 2002 If youre planning to add an indoor waterpark to your existing hotel or start from scratch with a new construction project, like the Kalahari Resort or Great Wolf Lodge at Wisconsin Dells, you may want to get the experts involved early. Did you hear the one about the guy who built a yacht in his basement and then had to tear down his house to get the boat out? Well, it can be the same problem in reverse when youre building an indoor waterpark. Many times, you have to build the wat...
2002 Hospitality Compensation and Benefits Survey Offers Valuable HR Information / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report 2002 Hospitality Compensation and Benefits Survey Offers Valuable HR Information LANSING, Mich., September 2002 - Hospitality human resource professionals will find a wealth of information in the new 2002 edition of the Hospitality Compensation and Benefits Survey prepared for the American Hotel & Lodging Association by Smith Travel Research. The survey was funded by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation and is being sold by AH&LA's Educational Institute. The Hospitality Compensation and Benefits Survey serves as an analytical tool to aid human resource staffs in m...
Wyndham Selling 13 Hotels for $447 million to Pay Debt / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Wyndham Selling 13 Hotels for $447 million to Pay Debt Agreement Furthers Wyndham's Strategic Plan of Becoming a Branded Hotel Operating Company DALLAS (Sept. 24, 2002) - Furthering its strategy of becoming a proprietary-branded hotel operating company, Wyndham International, Inc. (NYSE:WYN) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Westbrook Hotel Partners IV, LLC to sell 13 hotel properties for approximately $447 million. All 13 properties will be managed or asset managed by Sunstone Hotel Investors, LLC. Sunstone currently operates 61 properties thro...
Culture Plays More Important Role in Marketing of Las Vegas Resorts / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Culture Plays More Important Role in Marketing of Las Vegas Resorts By Rod Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 12--A new art and antiquities exhibit planned in the MGM Grand underscores the growing importance of culture in developing new markets for Las Vegas resorts. Detailed plans for the new exhibit are expected to be announced within a month, according to spokesman Alan Feldman. The new exhibit will be of "major significance" in the art world as well as an added art experience for visitors to Las Vegas, Feldman said. "In the art ...
One Year Later, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of The Travel Recovery / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report One Year Later, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of The Travel Recovery September 11, 2002 - What a year, says Tom Parsons, CEO of Bestfares.com I have never seen this many major changes in the 20 years we have been monitoring the travel industry. Following the terrorist events of Sept. 11, 2001, and an unprecedented three-day shutdown of American airspace, most U.S. airlines began to make substantial changes in the way they did business. From huge cutbacks in service to major airlines charging for amenities; and from paper tickets becoming obsolete to travel agents being run out ...
TravelCLICK Digital Media Now Includes Orbitz Advertisements / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
TravelCLICK Digital Media Now Includes Orbitz Advertisements Hotels Can Target Online Travel Customers with Promotional Messages CHICAGO (September 23, 2002) - TravelCLICK, the leading provider of electronic media to the travel industry, announced today that it has entered into a long-term partnership with Orbitz, the travel Web site with the most low fares. Through this new affiliation, TravelCLICK will provide Orbitz with advertising and promotional messages from hotel properties worldwide. Under the agreement, geographically targeted advertisements from hotels are shown on Orbitz' Web pages when a consumer indicates a de...
Hutchinson and Trust Co. Making Progress in Thailand Time Share Business / September 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hutchinson and Trust Co. Making Progress in Thailand Time Share Business By Nondhanada Intarakomalyasut, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 18--Given the prosperity of Thailand's tourism industry and the government's policy of promoting long-stay tourism, Hutchinson and Trust Co, the region's largest time-share trustee, says it sees strong potential for the vacation ownership industry in Thailand. Since the opening of its office in Thailand four years ago, the company has developed a network of 25 local resorts in its time-share trust, servin...
Teamsters Boycott Park Place Properties in Atlantic City / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Teamsters Boycott Park Place Properties in Atlantic City WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2002 - The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today announced a union-wide boycott of Park Place Entertainment properties (NYSE: PPE - News). The action stems from an apparent corporate strategy to destroy Teamster affiliates, which has resulted in a series of serious labor disputes between the Teamsters Union and Caesar's Palace, Hilton, and Bally's in Atlantic City, New Jersey. "Although the Teamsters Union and its affiliates have had a productive relationship with Park Place Entertainment and its several...
Tampa Convention Center and ARAMARK Team to Open Five Cafes / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Tampa Convention Center and ARAMARK Team to Open Five Cafes TAMPA, FL -- Sept. 18, 2002 -- Having just completed a $5.9 million expansion last year that doubled its number of meeting rooms, the Tampa Convention Center, located directly on Tampas downtown waterfront, is now adding 28 boat slips, a full-service waterfront restaurant, five "convention cafés" and a business center. The convention centers first foray into unique dining options was the recent addition of a Starbucks breakfast nook serving gourmet coffees and bakery items. Now the convention center has opened fiv...
Despite Push in Europe, Regent Is Losing More Hotels than Adding / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Despite Push in Europe, Regent Is Losing More Hotels than Adding September 2002 - Regent International Hotels, established in Asia but now US-based, is once again losing more hotels than it is adding - despite a push in Europe. Its disastrous loss of two prestige resorts in Las Vegas was accompanied by loss of its flagship Regent in Hong Kong, now an Inter-Continental. This year the 54-room Schlosshotel in Berlin was reflagged a Regent. But the hotel is managed by Dorint Hotels, and with few details revealed, this appears to be little more than a reservations agreement. Regent is...
The $50 million Stonewall Resort in Weston, W.Va., Readies for October Opening / September 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The $50 million Stonewall Resort in Weston, W.Va., Readies for October Opening By Rick Steelhammer, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 3, 2002 - WESTON, W.Va. -- The new, $50 million Stonewall Resort at Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park, its opening twice delayed in the past two years, is now being readied for an October debut. Resort officials, who recently hired the first 30 employees for what will eventually be a staff of 200, say the Oct. 1 opening date is firm. "We've got so much momentum going toward our opening," Jeff Kmiec,...
Scott Spurlock Named General Manager for Virginia Crossings Resort, Glen Allen, Virginia / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Scott Spurlock Named General Manager for Virginia Crossings Resort, Glen Allen, Virginia THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, August 2002 Benchmark Hospitality has formally announced the appointment of Scott Spurlock as general manager for Virginia Crossings Resort, located in Glen Allen, Virginia, just north of Richmond. Mr. Spurlock, who has nearly two decades of professional hospitality management experience, had been serving as the interim general manager since April of this year. Scott Spurlock was previously assistant general manager for the Cheyenne Mountain Resort and the Country Club of C...
Ethnicity of Sommeliers Provides New Face in Wine Service / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Ethnicity of Sommeliers Provides New Face in Wine Service By Carolyn Jung, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 25, 2002 - Draped in a crisp dark suit and the aura of authority, Monterey-born Alpana Singh walks toward a table of diners pondering the hefty wine list at Everest restaurant atop the 40th floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange Building. Now and then, patrons do a double-take and ask, "Can you send over the sommelier?" Calmly and politely, Singh will reply, "I am the sommelier." Female. Twenty-five years old. Of East Indian he...
Redevelopement Costs of The Setai in Miami Beach Soar to $190 million / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Redevelopement Costs of The Setai in Miami Beach Soar to $190 million By Cara Buckley, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 18--Tearing down the front of an old building will drive up costs for Miami Beach's Setai condo hotel $6 million plus another $10 million in federal tax credits, according to developer Jonathan Breene. The Setai, located at 20th Street and Collins Avenue, was slated to consist of a 40-story condo tower along with an eight-story boutique hotel wrapped inside a 1936 façade. Last Friday, Miami Beach's building department ordere...
Whitbread Hotel Company Orders Serenata NetHotel for Its 59 Marriott Hotels / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Whitbread Hotel Company Orders Serenata NetHotel for Its 59 Marriott Hotels Munich, 1 September 2002 - The Whitbread Hotel Company, one of the leading hotel organizations in Great Britain, will install Serenata NetHotel in the 59 properties which it operates under the brand name of Marriott. The key factor for this decision was the hotel group's desire to provide their sales operation with detailed information on the locally administrated customer data. The 59 Marriott hotels use the Fidelio Property Management System. On a central level, the company uses the Delphi Sales and Catering system...
Scotsman Inn Chain Owner Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy / September 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Scotsman Inn Chain Owner Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 6, 2002 - Wichita businessman Ken Peters has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. With his brother Robert, Ken Peters built a small chain of budget motels in the 1980s under the Scotsman and Mark 8 labels in Wichita, Hutchinson and San Antonio. The brothers were in the home-building business for 32 years before entering the motel business in 1978. According to the bankruptcy filing, Peters, 67, still owns a one-half interest in four of t...
Room Rates, Occupancy Fell in July for Sacramento, Calif. Hotels / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Room Rates, Occupancy Fell in July for Sacramento, Calif. Hotels By Andrew LePage, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 12, 2002 - Many local hotels and motels suffered a sharp drop in occupancy during July as the average cost of a night's stay also fell compared with a year ago, the latest industry survey shows. The average occupancy at Sacramento-area hotels and motels fell to 61.1 percent in July, down 7.4 percentage points from an average occupancy of 68.5 percent in July 2001, according to PKF Consulting, an industry analyst. The aver...
Superior Small Lodging Association Seeking Growth Outside Florida; May Add Rating System / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Superior Small Lodging Association Seeking Growth Outside Florida; May Add Rating System By Cara Buckley, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 23--SMALL-HOTEL CLUB HOPES SOBE'S FINEST WILL JOIN: A club for small hotels born out of Fort Lauderdale's 1980s image overhaul wants Miami-Dade's inns to join its fray. Will SoBe's chi-chi boutiques bite? By kicking Spring Breakers out, the Superior Small Lodging Association got its start in 1989 when Broward's keg-infested beaches were struggling to become the place where frat boys weren't. "We understood ...
Southern California Edison Quadruples Rebate for Guestat Programmable Digital Thermostat / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Southern California Edison Quadruples Rebate for Guestat Programmable Digital Thermostat Limited-time expanded rebate reduces the cost of the Guestat Energy Management System by 64% for qualifying SCE customers Upland, Calif.(Sept. 25, 2002) If you still use old-fashioned manual thermostats and HVAC units that guests can keep changing, you are throwing money out the window in energy costs. The solution Green Suites Internationals Guestat Programmable Digital Thermostat lets a hotel manage heating and cooling costs while enhancing guest satisfaction for about $75 per guestroom...
Sunterra Corporation European Subsidiary Acquires Royal Regency Hotel in Paris / Sept 2002...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Sunterra Corporation European Subsidiary Acquires Royal Regency Hotel in Paris September 19, 2002 - Grand Vacation Company, the European subsidiary of US-based Sunterra Corporation, has recently acquired, for an undisclosed sum, the timeshare business of the Royal Regency hotel resort in Vincennes, one of the most desirable residential areas of Paris. Situated a short metro or taxi ride from the romantic heart of Paris, the Royal Regency accommodation facilities include 48 tastefully decorated and spacious city apartments -- from studios to 3 bedroom which comfortably sleep up to ...
