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Brian Knoderer Named Regional VP, Franchise Sales and Development – Midwest Region for Prime Hospitality Corp. / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Brian Knoderer Named Regional VP, Franchise Sales and Development - Midwest Region for Prime Hospitality Corp. May 17, 2002 - Prime Hospitality Corp. has appointed Brian Knoderer as Regional Vice President, Franchise Sales and Development, for its Midwest region. Knoderer will focus on expansion of the AmeriSuites and Wellesley Inns & Suites brands. Knoderer joins Prime Hospitality from Choice Hotels International, where he was Director of Franchise Development for the Clarion Hotel brand. Responsible for growth of that brand in 11 Midwestern states, he was a top salesperson...
Four Hospitality Industry Leaders Awarded Honorary Doctorates at Johnson & Wales / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Four Hospitality Industry Leaders Awarded Honorary Doctorates at Johnson & Wales PROVIDENCE, R.I. - May 24, 2002 - Four prominent leaders in the hospitality world received honorary degrees during commencement exercises at Johnson & Wales Universitys five campuses. A total of 7,240 students graduated from Johnson & Wales Universitys campuses in Providence, R.I.; Charleston, S.C.; Norfolk, Va.; North Miami, Fla.; and Denver, Colo. At the Providence Campus: Wing T. Chao, executive vice president, Master Planning, Architecture and Design, Walt Disney Imagineering and vice chairman...
John Marriott, EVP Sales and Marketing, Marriott International, Co-chairs Task Force to Help Stimulate Travel Between the United States and Japan / M
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report John Marriott, EVP Sales and Marketing, Marriott International, Co-chairs Task Force to Help Stimulate Travel Between the United States and Japan Washington, D.C. May 29, 2002 John Marriott, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), has been asked by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to co-chair a special task force to help stimulate travel between the United States and Japan. George Kirkland, president of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau, has also been asked to...
John H. Bell, Director General and CEO of the Caribbean Hotel Association Retiring After 28 Years of Service / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report John H. Bell, Director General and CEO of the Caribbean Hotel Association, Retiring After 28 Years of Service SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (April 30, 2002) John H. Bell, director general and CEO of the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), announced his retirement after 28 years with CHA and almost four decades working in the Caribbean hospitality industry. John Bells departure is a huge loss to CHA and the Caribbean hospitality industry at large, said Ralph Taylor, president of CHA. John has done a truly outstanding job helping to build the association from its early yea...
Wildflower Hotel Resorts Ltd. Revives Proposal for Golf, Hotel Resort in Grand Prairie, Texas / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Wildflower Hotel Resorts Ltd. Revives Proposal for Golf, Hotel Resort in Grand Prairie, Texas By Stephanie Sandoval, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 3--A Seattle-based firm has revived plans to build a golf and hotel resort with a city conference center on the Estes Peninsula at Joe Pool Lake. Wildflower Hotel Resorts Ltd. expects to lay out financing and development plans by September and start building by year's end. Still, some city officials are containing their enthusiasm for the project, citing seven years of unrealized dreams as ...
Jim Ball Named SVP / Director of Operations for The Scottsdale Plaza Resort, a Division of The Dawson Companies, Ltd. / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Jim Ball Named SVP / Director of Operations for The Scottsdale Plaza Resort, a Division of The Dawson Companies, Ltd. May 2002 - Jim Ball has been named Senior Vice President / Director of Operations for all divisions of The Dawson Companies, Ltd. These companies include The Scottsdale Plaza Resort, The Dawson Group, Arizona Arrangers, and U.S. Arrangers. As Senior Vice President, Mr. Ball will be responsible for the daily operations and management of these businesses as well as overseeing the successful growth of the company. Most recently, Mr. Ball was Vice Chairman of the Board fo...
Jill Wilder Named Vice President and Officer of Aptech Computer Systems Inc. / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Jill Wilder Named Vice President and Officer of Aptech Computer Systems Inc. PITTSBURGH, May 7, 2002 - Longtime hospitality industry veteran Jill Wilder was named Vice President of Aptech Computer Systems Inc. today, a position in which she will also serve as a general officer of the corporation. Wilder, whose name is synonymous in the hotel industry with professional Customer Support, joined Aptech in 1986. She was a key player and leader during its transition from a multi-product company to a focused national provider of high quality hospitality accounting and business intel...
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report James B. Singerling Named Michigan State Universitys The School of Hospitality Business 2002 Industry Leader of the Year CHICAGO, IL May 20 James B. Singerling, CCM, CEC, Chief Executive Officer/EVP of the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) has been named Michigan State Universitys The School of Hospitality Business 2002 Industry Leader of the Year, The School Director and Professor Ronald Cichy announced today. In addition, some of the club communitys most successful business leaders today were granted The Schools Distinguished Alumni award at a lavish Chica...
John Q. Hammons Hotels' Vision 27 Years Ago of Bringing Resort Life to the Untapped Ozarks is a Thriving Reality / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report John Q. Hammons Hotels' Vision 27 Years Ago of Bringing Resort Life to the Untapped Ozarks is a Thriving Reality SPRINGFIELD & BRANSON, Mo - May 28, 2002 -- Springfield, Mo.-based John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. (AMEX:JQH - News) today announced its award-winning Chateau on the Lake luxury resort in Branson, Mo., is celebrating its 5th anniversary of adding significant hotel and convention space in the finest European traditions to Branson. Located five miles from Branson's entertainment center, high atop a mountain overlooking Table Rock Lake, Chateau on the Lake features 301 gracio...
John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. Reports Profitable First Quarter, RevPAR Down 6.4% from 2001 First Quarter / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. Reports Profitable First Quarter, RevPAR Down 6.4% from 2001 First Quarter SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - May 8, 2002-- John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. (AMEX: JQH) today reported on its first-quarter 2002 results. First-Quarter Results Basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 29, 2002, were $0.05, equal to the first quarter of 2001. Total revenues for the 2002 first quarter were $107.4 million, a decrease of $7.9 million, or 6.9% compared to the 2001 first quarter. Although the remaining economic slowdown adversely affected our performance, ...
John Moser Named Chief Marketing Officer of Manhattan East Suite Hotels; Will Lead Branding Effort For 10 Hotels / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report John Moser Named Chief Marketing Officer of Manhattan East Suite Hotels; Will Lead Branding Effort For 10 Hotels NEW YORK - May 7, 2002 -- John Moser has been named the new Chief Marketing Officer of Manhattan East Suite Hotels, announced the company's Managing Director Laurence Denihan. A 20-year veteran of the New York-based hospitality company, Moser most recently served as general manager of the company's luxury hotel The Benjamin, which opened in April 1999. Manhattan East Suite Hotels is a distinctive collection of ten luxury and business suite hotels. "John has t...
JMI Realty Completes $104 million in Financing for New Omni San Diego Hotel in Ballpark District / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report --- JMI Realty Completes $104 million in Financing for New Omni San Diego Hotel in Ballpark District SAN DIEGO, April 29, 2002 - Culminating a four-year effort, JMI Realty today announced that has closed for the new Omni San Diego Hotel and Metropolitan condominiums that are planned across from the Ballpark in downtown San Diego. This transaction is the largest -- and one of just a few -- hotel loans that have closed in the United States since September 11. "JMI Realty and John Moores promised the people of San Diego that we would build a four-star hotel next to the Ballpar...
Some Hoteliers Climb Corporate Ladder Before They Know It / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Some Hoteliers Climb Corporate Ladder Before They Know It By Melissa S. Monroe, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 10--A hotel's general manager, such as the Sheraton Gunter's John Gallegos, is typically its highest-paid and most prestigious employee. But many general managers enter the business taking such jobs as cleaning restrooms, making beds or parking cars. Before you know it, the managers say, 15 or 20 years have gone by and they're at the top. "I got started in the industry with no intentions of staying," said Gallegos, who ha...
Convention Center Plans in Irving, Texas Hinges on Success of Stormont Hospitality Obtaining Financing for 450 room Hotel / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Convention Center Plans in Irving, Texas Hinges on Success of Stormont Hospitality Obtaining Financing for 450-room Hotel By Lee Powell, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 13--Just because architects will begin designing Irving's proposed convention center and hotel does not mean the complex is a done deal. Far from it. The more than $100 million project could still crumble before the city's eyes if a key piece an adjoining hotel does not soon fall into place. And at least one Irving City Council member says land near Texas Sta...
Hotel Internet Bookings Up, More Travelers Surf the Web for a Deal / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hotel Internet Bookings Up, More Travelers Surf the Web for a Deal By Donna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 2--More U.S. travelers are using the Internet and fewer are using travel agents, according to a national travel survey released this week. The 2002 Travel Monitor, conducted by Yesawich, Pepperdine & Brown and Yankelovich Partners, is an annual poll of U.S. passengers attitudes towards travel. The group polled 1,351 leisure travelers and 1,200 business travelers January through March. The good news for East Valley travel a...
The 36 Unit Inn at the Falls, Poughkeepsie, New York Sells for $2,950,000 / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The 36 Unit Inn at the Falls, Poughkeepsie, New York Sells for $2,950,000 May 10, 2002, Great Neck, NY: Deirdre Murphy, CHB Operating Partner of Wilder Group, LLC a New York based hotel brokerage, today announced that the firm has sold the 36 Unit Inn at the Falls, located in Poughkeepsie, New York for $2,950,000. Wilder Group managing partner Deirdre Murphy, CHB and Kevin Jeffrey, Director of Hotel Sales, handled the transaction. The Inn at the Falls, was built in 1985 on the former covered wagon site in Red Oak Mill. The Inn has won many awards over the years including the pre...
Hospitality International's Alliance with InnLink Results in Reservations' Increase of Over 100% / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Hospitality International's Alliance with InnLink Results in Reservations' Increase of Over 100% Hendersonville, TN and Tucker, GA May 8, 2002 - HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL announced that reservations volume has more than doubled since the company implemented InnLinks complete array of reservation services in December of 2001. Hospitality International, Inc., located in Tucker, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb, is the exclusive franchisor of Scottish Inns, Red Carpet Inn, Master Hosts Inns, Passport Inn and Downtowner Inns. Founded in 1982 and with over 250 hotels in the United States, Cana...
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe Selects Infinium to Manage HR, Payroll, and Accounting in 3 Casinos / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report May 6, 2002 - The newest member of the Infinium community of Native American Gaming organizations is Dakota Nation Gaming Enterprise. The organization is a corporation of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe that owns and operates Dakota Connection Casino, Dakota Sioux Casino, and Dakota Magic Casino with locations in North Dakota and South Dakota. According to the organizations CEO, Robert Mudd, Infinium was selected because of its reputation as the hospitality and gaming industrys preferred provider of financial, HR, and payroll solutions, and its track record for delivering applications, servic...
Many of the Biggest Gaming and Hospitality Organizations in Reno Run on Infinium / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report May 28, 2002 - While Infinium solutions are in use at 90 percent of the hotels and casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, the companys strong presence in the biggest little city in the world is not as well known. In fact, many of the biggest names in Reno and the surrounding area, including Lake Tahoe, use Infinium enterprise solutions to run their core business operations. Among them are Atlantis Resort, Boomtown Casino, Circus Circus Hotel, Club Cal Neva, Eldorado Hotel, Fitzgeralds, Harrahs Casino Hotel, Peppermill Hotel, Phoenix Hotel and Casino, and Silver Legacy in Reno; John Ascuaga...
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Infinium Announces IBM eServer iSeries Channel Partners, Broadens Industry Expertise May 14, 2002 - Infinium, a leading provider of enterprise business solutions to the hospitality and gaming industry, has recently signed IBM eServer iSeries channel partnership agreements with six new partners, including Inter-American Data, Inc., whose customers include Mandalay Resort Group, Park Place Entertainment, and Harrahs Entertainment. We understand the value of working with channel partners that share our vision and commitment to the IBM iSeries, and can help us to provide the total solutio...
Rampart Resort Management Selects Infinium to Support Expansion and Growth / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report May 21, 2002 - Rampart Resort Management, operators of The Rampart Casino at the Resort at Summerlin near Las Vegas and owner/operators of The Cannery Hotel and Casino in North Las Vegas, has selected Infinium as their software solution provider for financials and human resources/payroll. With the grand re-opening of the multi-million dollar Rampart hotel, casino, and conference center in Summerlin slated for June, 2002, and the $100 million Cannery property set to open in December, 2002, the company needed an industry-savvy partner to help them run their behind-the-scenes operations. We bet...
InTown Suites to Convert its 65 Suburban Lodge Properties to InTown Suites Flag / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report InTown Suites to Convert its 65 Suburban Lodge Properties to InTown Suites Flag InTown Suites Now Largest Owner/Operator of Economy Extended-Stay Hotels ATLANTA, Ga., May 13, 2002 -- InTown Suites, a leader in the economy extended-stay hotel segment, today announced that it will convert its recently acquired portfolio of 65 Suburban Lodge hotels to the InTown Suites brand by years end. The first 20 properties are expected to begin conversion this week. InTown Suites acquired Suburban Lodges of America, Inc., effective May 1, 2002. The acquisition included 65 owned hotels, 6...
Institut de Management Hotelier International (IMHI) Staging Conference and 20 Year Anniversay Gala June 20-22, 2002 in Paris, France / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Institut de Management Hôtelier International (IMHI) Staging Conference and 20 Year Anniversay Gala June 20-22, 2002 in Paris, France Celebrating 20 Years of Successful Partnerships Cergy Pontoise - Paris, France, 29 May 2002 IMHI will be celebrating its 20th anniversary on 20- 22 June 2002. Created as a joint venture between Cornell Universitys School of Hotel Administration and ESSEC Business School, IMHI (Institut de Management Hôtelier International) educates managers with an international experience and outlook to lead companies in the growing and dynamic hospital...
National Trust Historic Hotels of America Signs Agreement with HubX to Provide Central Reservations Services / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report National Trust Historic Hotels of America Signs Agreement with HubX to Provide Central Reservations Services Organization Adds GDS Code and Hires Director of Marketing Distribution WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2002 - National Trust Historic Hotels of America, a membership marketing association with 185 members, has signed an agreement with Newton, Mass., based HubX to provide central reservations services effective June 1, 2002. This includes Internet distribution services (IDS), private-label voice and reservations through the global distribution systems (GDS). In addition, HHA has acqu...
