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Barry Sternlicht Keynote Speaker at 13th Annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific, Hong Kong / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Barry Sternlicht Keynote Speaker at 13th Annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific, Hong Kong NEWPORT BEACH, California, USA --- Barry S. Sternlicht, chairman and chief executive officer of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. will address delegates at the 13th Annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) on October 17, 2002. HICAP, formerly known as the Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Conference, will be held October 16-18, 2002 in Hong Kong. According to HICAP founder Rob Stiles of Sonnenblick-Goldman Company, Sternlicht was invited to provide the keynote spe...
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa Makes Food and Beverage Appointments / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa Makes Food and Beverage Appointments August 7, 2002, Farmington, Pa. -- Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa is pleased to announce that Brad Kelly has joined the resort as chef de cuisine of Lautrec restaurant. His new responsibilities include managing the restaurants kitchen, menu planning and design, and recipe development. Lautrec is the resorts French Bistro featuring contemporary, lighter French cuisine. Prior to joining Nemacolin Woodlands, Kelly was sous chef at Charles-Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA; Inn at Little Washington, Washington, VA...
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport's Opening Spurred Construction of More than a Dozen New Hotels; Occupancy Dropped 12.1% During the First H
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Austin-Bergstrom International Airport's Opening Spurred Construction of More than a Dozen New Hotels; Occupancy Dropped 12.1% During the First Half of 2002 By Shonda Novak, Austin American-Statesman, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 16--The hotel business is hurting, and more pain is likely next year. Last year's recession, led by the brutal technology downturn, and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were a double whammy from which hotels have not yet recovered. "By the end of June last year, we definitely were seeing a downturn, and by summer, it was the...
The 254-room Sheraton Austin Reflagged by Thayer Lodging to Crowne Plaza Austin Hotel / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The 254-room Sheraton Austin Reflagged by Thayer Lodging to Crowne Plaza Austin Hotel ATLANTA (Aug. 9, 2002) - The 254-room Crowne Plaza Austin Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, conveniently located in the heart of Austin's convention and entertainment district, joins the upscale hotel portfolio of Six Continents Hotels. The 18-story property looks onto Waller Creek, and offers guests romantic views of an outdoor waterfall and downtown Austin. With a 12,000 square-feet Executive Meeting Center and state-of-the-art business amenities, this property is ideal for smaller g...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Revenue Boot CampSM Program - Designed to Dramatically Improve Revenue Capture During Todays Economy Baltimore, MD August 12, 2002 Aspire has announced program dates for its newly revamped Revenue Management Boot CampSM - Beyond RevenueSM The program focuses on how to drive revenues through increasing reservation sales conversion by 10 points, improving a hotels website capture by 15% and increasing GDS results by 15%. Aspires one-of-a-kind 3 day, Revenue Boot Camp program is designed to give hotels and resorts new resources, tools and knowledge in how to make more money ...
Culture, Language, Government, Economy and Currency Impact the Success or failure of Online Travel Bookers in Asia-Pacific / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Culture, Language, Government, Economy and Currency Impact the Success or failure of Online Travel Bookers in Asia-Pacific By Lorraine Sileo, August 6, 2002 With the online travel market in Asia Pacific expected to reach $13.3 billion in 2004, according to PhoCusWright, it is understandable why U.S. travel companies are moving into the region. Online travel in the U.S. is getting saturated, and the European market is growing slower than expected, forcing many travel companies to look east for their next big opportunity. But whether or not they succeed depends largely on how w...
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Establishing Degree Programs in Culinary Arts / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Establishing Degree Programs in Culinary Arts August 26, 2002 - The Art Institute of Pittsburgh has received approval from the State of Pennsylvania Department of Education and The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) to introduce a bachelor's degree program in Culinary Management and an associate's degree program in Culinary Arts. The Art Institute will begin enrollment in the new programs on October 7, 2002. A $1.75 million construction project is nearing completion on The Art Institute's ninth floor. Three n...
High Speed Intenet Access Provider ARESCOM Continues to Post Strong Revenue Growth / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report High Speed Intenet Access Provider ARESCOM Continues to Post Strong Revenue Growth Low-cost solutions, unwavering commitment to the customer help Silicone Valley leader nearly double its annual revenues to $58 million in Fiscal 2002; FY 2003 looks even brighter FREMONT, CALIF. AUG. 16, 2002 ARESCOM Inc., a global provider of High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) equipment and related services for the Hospitality, Residential Property, Telecommunication and ISP markets, continues to demonstrate strong revenue growthposting an 87-percent gain in Fiscal 2002. In Fiscal 2002, ended June ...
ARESCOM Plugs Into PRPRO For Industry, Media Connectivity / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report ARESCOM Plugs Into PRPRO For Industry, Media Connectivity Former hospitality magazine editors team with HSIA provider to speed awareness of wired and wireless connectivity solutions FREMONT, CALIF. AUG. 14, 2002 ARESCOM Inc., a global provider of High-Speed Internet Access equipment for the Hospitality, Residential Property, Telecommunication and ISP markets, has tapped the expertise of PRPRO, a hospitality-specific public relations firm based in Cleveland, to speed awareness of ARESCOM Hospitality Networks wired and wireless HSIA solutions and related tech ameniti...
ARESCOM Hospitality Network Forms Systems Integrator Partnership With Lee Communications / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report ARESCOM Hospitality Network Forms Systems Integrator Partnership With Lee Communications AHN teams with proven hospitality telecom solutions provider to deliver wired and wireless High Speed Internet Access FREE to business-class hotels across the nation FREMONT AND PLEASANTON, CALIF. AUG. 21, 2002 ARESCOM Inc., a global provider of High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) equipment and related services for the Hospitality, Residential Property, Telecommunication and ISP markets, has established an alliance with Hospitality Systems Integrator Lee Communications Inc. to deliver to busines...
Owners of Hilton Palacio del Rio Lose Arbitration to Hilton Hotels Corp. Over Territorial Exclusivity / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Owners of Hilton Palacio del Rio Lose Arbitration to Hilton Hotels Corp. Over Territorial Exclusivity By Adolfo Pesquera, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 8--An arbitration panel ordered downtown luxury hotel owner Palacio del Rio Ltd. to pay attorneys' fees for Hilton Hotels Corp. in their dispute over a territorial exclusivity clause Palacio del Rio alleged was broken when Hilton acquired Promus Hotel Corp. The dispute began after Hilton's 1999 acquisition of Promus, which added 12 San Antonio hotels to Hilton's holdings in Bexar ...
American Motels Acquisition Company LLC Completes Ninth Transaction in 2002; Adds Park Inn in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report American Motels Acquisition Company LLC Completes Ninth Transaction in 2002; Adds Park Inn in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin SEATTLE, WA August 15, 2002 - American Motels Acquisition Company LLC announced that it has completed its ninth transaction of the 2002 calendar year, bringing the companys total number hotels either owned or leased (with options to purchase) to 20, representing nearly 2,400 rooms. We are pleased to announce the addition of the Park Inn Hotel & Conference Center in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin to the American Motels portfolio, said Lawrence P. Horw...
The Summit Group of Sioux Falls Acquiring the 252-room Ambassador Hotel in Downtown Detroit / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Summit Group of Sioux Falls Acquiring the 252-room Ambassador Hotel in Downtown Detroit By Daniel G. Fricker, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 13, 2002 - -- A South Dakota hotel development and management company is scheduled to purchase the Ambassador Hotel in downtown Detroit Aug. 22 and begin converting it to a Holiday Inn Express & Suites. The Summit Group of Sioux Falls will spend more than $5 million to renovate the 252-room hotel three blocks from the soon-to-open Compuware Corp. headquarters, Jennifer Larsen, Summit's vice presiden...
Alliant Energy's Investment in Laguna del Mar Resort on the Sea of Cotez Proving to be a Drag on Earnings / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Alliant Energy's Investment in Laguna del Mar Resort on the Sea of Cotez Proving to be a Drag on Earnings By Lee Hawkins Jr., Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 18--Alliant Energy Corp. wanted to build a castle in the sand. The Madison utility holding company lent a Mexican development company $41 million in 1999 to build the 3,200-acre Laguna del Mar resort, made up of 1,681 home and multi-family condominium sites. The luxury resort was to feature a beach, a lagoon, a man-made lake, a members-only golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus ...
Aladdin Resort & Casino's Inexperienced Owners, Poor Design Lead to Disaster / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Aladdin Resort & Casino's Inexperienced Owners, Poor Design Lead to Disaster By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 18--The Aladdin tale, on the surface, seems like a million other Sin City stories: Outsiders arrive, flush; outsiders leave, broke. And that plot is a big part of the Aladdin story, but two years to the day after the property opened, and nine months after it filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors, casino industry insiders still talk about what went wrong with the $1.3 billion megaresort. The owners...
Letters Show How Adam's Mark Hotel Chain Aimed to Reduce Consent Decree / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Letters Show How Adam's Mark Hotel Chain Aimed to Reduce Consent Decree By Karen Branch-Brioso, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6, 2002 - WASHINGTON -- Seventeen days after Ralph Boyd was confirmed as assistant attorney general for civil rights, a Federal Express letter landed on his desk from the St. Louis-based president of Adam's Mark hotels. Rebuffed by Justice Department lawyers who had already denied his hotel chain's request for an early end to anti-discrimination monitoring, Fred S. Kummer tried again. It was just nine months into...
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Accovia Delivers the Industrys Broadest Suite of Travel Automation and Management Solutions for Travel Packaging Travel Marketers and Suppliers Increase Profits through Automated Procurement, Dynamic Packaging, e-Commerce and e-Distribution of Travel Services Montreal, Canada August 19, 2002 AccoviaTM Inc., the global leader in automated travel packaging, today announced the availability of the industrys broadest suite of Travel Automation and Management Solutions. The Accovia technology suite enables traditional travel agents, online travel agencies, tour operators, travel wh...
Walk Ins from I-40 Highlights Albuquerque's Summer Lodging Business / August 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Walk Ins from I-40 Highlights Albuquerque's Summer Lodging Business By Rosalie Rayburn, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 23--Corporate cutbacks and the hassles of air travel have made 2002 tough for summer tourism. But hotel and tourism executives say motorists have helped fill Albuquerque hotel rooms. Hotels along I-40 say the summer months have brought an influx of drive vacation business while hotels near the Albuquerque International Sunport say summer occupancy figures fell flat. At the Best Western on Rio Grande and I-40 the num...
Alain Grange Named President and Managing Director, Cendant International Timeshare Resort Group / Aug 2002
March 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Alain Grange Named President and Managing Director, Cendant International Timeshare Resort Group PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Aug. 13, 2002 - Cendant Corporation announced today that Alain Grange has been named President and Managing Director, Cendant International Timeshare Resort Group. In this newly-created position, Grange will lead Cendant's efforts to expand its timeshare resort development portfolio beyond the United States. Developers within the Cendant Timeshare Resort Group currently market vacation ownership interests at resorts outside the United States on a limited basis, with ...
Hotel ZaZa Selects the Ze-Net HSIA Solution / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel ZaZa Selects the Ze-Net HSIA Solution DALLAS, Texas, June 5, 2002 -- The new luxury Hotel ZaZa in Dallas has selected Ze-Net Technologies to provide its broadband infrastructure and both wired and wireless high speed Internet access solutions. As the rising star of a new standard in luxury business hotels, the Hotel ZaZa is planning ahead by implementing its technology strategy to provide high-speed Internet access throughout the hotel today, while incorporating the broadband infrastructure it will need to meet the Internet-driven amenity challenges of tomorrow. Opening in Octobe...
iHotelier Provides Seamless GDS Connectivity / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report iHotelier Provides Seamless GDS Connectivity 8 Offering Clients Single Image Inventory via the Pegasus Switch Houston, TX, (May 8, 2002) iHotelier, a division of Webvertising, Inc., has successfully completed a seamless connection via the Pegasus Ultraswitch System to the major Global Distribution Systems (GDSs) and the vast network of Pegasus Powered Sites (ODD). iHotelier has obtained final certification from Pegasus and all four major GDSs and as of May 1, 2002, has commitments from 30 of its more than 300 hotel clients to be represented on the iHotelier WV chain code. iHoteli...
The Historic Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware Commited to Safety, Health and the Environment; Receives SafePlace® Accreditation / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Historic Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware Commited to Safety, Health and the Environment; Receives SafePlace® Accreditation WILMINGTON, DEL - (May 1, 2002) - SafePlace Corporation, an independent provider of safety accreditation of lodging, commercial, healthcare and educational facilities, today announced the launch of the SafePlace® Accreditation program with the accreditation of its first lodging property, the historic Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware. The award marks the first successful completion of SafePlace Corporations independent assessment of hotel facilit...
Developer Charles Givens Appoints Gemstone Resorts to Manage the Hotel ZaZa in Dallas / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Developer Charles Givens Appoints Gemstone Resorts to Manage the Hotel ZaZa in Dallas DALLAS, Texas / PARK CITY, Utah, May 31, 2002 -- In what many hotel industry insiders regarded as one of the years most highly sought-after management contracts, the luxury Hotel ZaZa in Dallas has named Gemstone Hospitality as its new operator. The developer and owner, Charles Givens Interests, reviewed the qualifications of more than 12 management companies before awarding the contract to Gemstone. It is the fourth major management assignment Gemstone has obtained in the past five months. T...
Hotel Operators in Tokyo and Seoul will Receive Significant Short-term Boost from the World Cup / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Operators in Tokyo and Seoul will Receive Significant Short-term Boost from the World Cup Home Advantage? The 2002 World Cup Tokyo and Seoul, May 30, 2002 Jones Lang LaSalle, the worlds largest real estate services and investment management firm, has released a research report that examines the impact of the 2002 World Cup on the real estate markets of the host nations. The report also looks beyond 2002 and draws out the implications of the experiences of previous hosts. On May 31, 2002, the 17th FIFA World Cup football (soccer) tournament begins. The tournament in South Ko...
