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Business Partner Sues Boston – Area Celebrity Chef Todd English / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Business Partner Sues Boston - Area Celebrity Chef Todd English By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 19--In a lawsuit filed yesterday, a business partner of Todd English alleged that the celebrity chef had spent lavishly on personal expenses for himself, his wife, and his girlfriend while company loans and rent at Kingfish Hall restaurant in Boston sometimes went unpaid. English, who is separated from his wife, denies all allegations, including that he used corporate funds for personal benefit, a spokeswoman said. In Suffolk Superi...
Ameristar Casino Hotel Loses Top Executive Again; General Manager Thomas Burke is Leaving / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Ameristar Casino Hotel Loses Top Executive Again; General Manager Thomas Burke is Leaving By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 27--The Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City has lost its top executive for the second time in four months. The company announced Wednesday that general manager Thomas Burke is leaving Ameristar "by mutual agreement," effective Friday. In an interview, Burke confirmed that Friday also will be the last day at Ameristar for Bruce Lowder, the casino's vice president of finance. "My leaving is tr...
SynXis and AgentWare Change the Way Hotels Sell to Travel Agents / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report SynXis and AgentWare Change the Way Hotels Sell to Travel Agents McLean, VA and Atlanta, GA June 17, 2002 SynXis Corporation, a provider of reservation management and distribution systems for the hospitality industry and AgentWare, a leader in Internet based travel technology, announced today a partnership that will, for the first time, bring web-only hotel rates and availability directly to thousands of travel agents. John Russell, CEO of Hospitality Artists and immediate past Chairman of AH&LA was instrumental in igniting the alliance between AgentWare and SynXis. This is revo...
SynXis® Announces System Enhancements at HITEC New Features Allow Hotels to Strengthen Relationships with Travel Agents / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report SynXis® Announces System Enhancements at HITEC New Features Allow Hotels to Strengthen Relationships with Travel Agents HITEC Booth # 1048 McLean, VA June 24, 2002 This week at HITEC, SynXis (booth # 1048), a provider of reservation management and distribution systems for the hospitality industry, is introducing three new initiatives to help hotels build better relationships with travel agents. The initiatives enhance travel agent commission processing, allow agents to book directly on a hotels website and provide them with web-only rates and promotions. Given ...
Sunterra Seeking $150 million in Damages from Andersen; Blames Failure on Accounting Firm / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Sunterra Seeking $150 million in Damages from Andersen; Blames Failure on Accounting Firm By Todd Pack, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Sunterra Corp., the Orlando-based time-share operator whose meteoric rise in the 1990s ended in financial collapse two years ago, blames its failure on the beleagured Arthur Andersen accounting and consulting firm. Sunterra is suing the firm in federal court in Orlando, saying Andersen "purported to audit" its financial statements for 1998 and 1999 and "should have discerned that Sunterra's financ...
Donald Trump Moving from Brand Name to Equity Partner in Trump Grande Ocean Resort / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Donald Trump Moving from Brand Name to Equity Partner in Trump Grande Ocean Resort By Douglas Hanks III, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 17--Donald Trump is buying into the Sunny Isles Beach project that already bears his name Last December, the New York real-estate magnate signed what amounted to a licensing deal with local developers Michael and Gil Dezer, letting them rename their hotel and condominium complex the Trump Grande Ocean Resort. In exchange for using his name, the Dezers agreed to pay Trump millions of dollars, give him a share o...
Amstar Group of Colorado Seeks to Cash in on The 210-room Sunburst Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Amstar Group of Colorado Seeks to Cash in on the 210-room Sunburst Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz By Donna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 18--The Sunburst Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., is for sale. The 210-room hotel, owned by a real estate investment firm in Colorado, and managed by Noble House, is expected to fetch $26 million to $30 million, said John Strauss, vice president for Los Angeles-based Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, which is marketing the inn. Sunburst general manager Darren Smith said the staff would stay the same after ...
Union Officials and Downtown Las Vegas Properties Continue to Talk Tough, Despite a Looming July 1 Strike Deadline / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Union Officials and Downtown Las Vegas Properties Continue to Talk Tough, Despite a Looming July 1 Strike Deadline By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--Union negotiators and Stratosphere executives reached a tentative contract agreement Monday after a two-hour negotiating session, union officials said. The five-year deal mirrors contracts Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 already made with major Strip operators. "We want to applaud the Stratosphere for reaching an agreement," said Glen Arnodo, Culinary politi...
Future Las Vegas Strip Development Hinges on Efforts of Desert Inn Owner Steve Wynn / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Future Las Vegas Strip Development Hinges on Efforts of Desert Inn Owner Steve Wynn By Dave Berns, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--Conventional wisdom states that future Strip development, especially at the north end of Las Vegas Boulevard, hinges upon the efforts of Desert Inn owner Steve Wynn. Once Wynn receives the needed money and pulls the trigger on his planned $1.63 billion Le Reve, the thinking goes, everything else will fall into place. But a quick survey of the Strip scene shows expansion work has begun, is about to beg...
American Skiing Co. Struggling to Overcome Muddied History in Steamboat Springs, Colorado / May 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive American Skiing Co. Struggling to Overcome Muddied History in Steamboat Springs, Colorado By Jason Blevins, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 31--STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.--B.J. Fair is mending fences. As the chief of Maine-based American Skiing Co., the financially bedraggled parent of the Steamboat ski area, Fair has plenty of work to do in Ski Town USA. Fair addressed Steamboat's business leaders Thursday at an annual economic summit and promised increased investment and a less heavy-handed involvement in the resort's day-to-day operations. The...
Dolce Skamania Lodge Completes $15 million Expansion / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Dolce Skamania Lodge Completes $15 million Expansion By Steven Gardner, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 21--STEVENSON, Wash.--It's clear why Dolce is part of the Skamania Lodge name. Some loyal local customers blanched last year when Dolce International, a Montvale, N.J., company, bought the lodge and attached its name to the property. Now, a just-completed $15 million expansion is probably quelling some of those ill feelings, in part because the new space may end up creating 60 jobs at the 300-employee Skamania County hotel a...
Six Continents Retail Experiences Rapid Growth Coupled with Reduced Costs Using Ramesys Solutions / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Six Continents Retail Experiences Rapid Growth Coupled with Reduced Costs Using Ramesys Solutions June, 2002 - In January 2001, Six Continents Retail (formerly Bass Leisure Retail) began rolling out a new concept in the hospitality market. Identifying a gap in the budget sector for a sub 30 bedroomed product, they wanted to expand the experience of a traditional British bed and breakfast. This was achieved by providing their guests with consistency, good quality rooms, phone/modem access, satellite television and a friendly service normally associated with pub accommodation. Their goal was simple: turn their lodges into superior ...
Local Bank Financing Allows Former Castaways Motel on Anna Maria Island, FL to Renovate, Reopen as Siam Garden Resort / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Local Bank Financing Allows Former Castaways Motel on Anna Maria Island, FL to Renovate, Reopen as Siam Garden Resort By Christopher Cole, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--ANNA MARIA, Fla.--Siam is usually associated with a breed of cat, one of the few usages of the archaic word in today's language. Think elephants instead, say the owners of a new hotel property in this quiet city on Anna Maria Island. Those lumbering beasts are the national symbol of Siam, the south Asian country known since 1946 as Thailand. And they're the de...
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Shoneys Inn-Nashville North in Goodlettsville First Shoneys Inn to Convert to the GuestHouse International Name Hendersonville, Tennessee, June 18, 2002---In the first step of Sholodges major renaming program for its 70 hotels, Shoneys Inn-Nashville North in Goodlettsville today raised the new GuestHouse International sign, becoming the first Shoneys Inn to convert to the GuestHouse International name since ShoLodge announced its acquisition of the chain in May. The name change is a major element in the companys growth plans, increasing its presence in other parts of the ...
Sharon Adam and Karen Butleras Appointeed to Key Sales Postions at Manhattan East Suite Hotels, New York / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Sharon Adam and Karen Butleras Appointeed to Key Sales Postions at Manhattan East Suite Hotels, New York NEW YORK, June 20, 2002 Manhattan East Suite Hotels, New Yorks largest all-suite hotel collection, is proud to announce the appointments of Sharon Adam as Travel Agent National Sales Manager and Karen Butler as National Sales Manager. Ms. Butler's position was recently created to better serve the needs of the Manhattan East's growing West Coast market. In the role of Travel Agent National Sales Manager Ms. Adam will be responsible for the New York City market as well as t...
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Set to Unveil 11 New and Innovative Restaurants and Bars / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts to Unveil 11 New and Innovative Restaurants and Bars Hotel Asia Pacific June 2002 By Steve Shellum Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is set to unveil plans for 11 new and innovative restaurants and bars over the next 12 months, with many additional concepts under development. The group plans to create vibrant restaurants that will heighten the guest experience as part of the US$130 million renovation programme announced earlier this year. New concepts are also being designed for the companys new hotels in Dubai, Oman and China. Today, restaurants...
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Art of the Deal in a Tough Environment: Saunders Boston Success Story July 1, 2002 - It was the happiest day the Boston lodging community has had in a long time. Gathered together under the sweltering summer sun in front of TV crews and dozens of guests, were Mayor Tom Menino, a life-long Bostonian, and Pat McCann, CEO of Dublin-based Jurys Doyle Hotel Group. They exchanged pleasantries and then a $14,000,000 check. To be exact, it was McCanns money that went to Menino a $14,000,000 purchase order for the building that was once Bostons oldest Police Headquarters,...
The Old Sam Houston Hotel, Vacant Since 1975, Getting $14 million Renovation / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Old Sam Houston Hotel, Vacant Since 1975, Getting $14 million Renovation By Ralph Bivins, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 20--The old Sam Houston Hotel, closed for years, is about to make a comeback. When it opened in 1924, its operators considered it an ideal hotel for business travelers because it was located near the Union Station train depot. In those days, rooms went for $2 to $2.50 a night. Today, a faded sign painted on the building's west side gives proof of the bargain rates of the 1920s era. Nightly room rates will be a lit...
Stephen P. Taylor Joins Horwath Hospitality Investment Advisors (HHIA) As Managing Director / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Stephen P. Taylor Joins Horwath Hospitality Investment Advisors As Managing Director Hotel Industry Veteran Beefs Up Horwaths Hotel Investment Sales and Loan and Capital Presence in South Florida PALM BEACH, Fla. June 18, 2002 Joel Hiser, President & CEO of Horwath Hospitality Investment Advisors (HHIA), announced today that Stephen P. Taylor, CHA, has joined HHIA as managing director to further accelerate the companys sales and capital markets efforts in the Palm Beach area. Taylor has more than twenty-five years of hotel industry experience in diverse roles...
Simón Suárez, EVP of Coral Hotels & Resorts, Assumes Presidency of the Caribbean Hotel Association / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Simón Suárez, EVP of Coral Hotels & Resorts, Assumes Presidency of the Caribbean Hotel Association New Slate of Officers Elected for 2002-2004 FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (June 20, 2002) - Simón Suárez, executive vice president of Coral Hotels & Resorts in the Dominican Republic, assumed the presidency of the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) during the closing of the Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference (CHIC 2002), which was held June 16-19, at the Wyndham El Conquistador Resort & Country Club, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. In his first comments as CHA President, Suárez explained th...
H. Scott Ackerman Named Regional Vice President of Sales, AmeriSuites / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report H. Scott Ackerman Named Regional Vice President of Sales, AmeriSuites FAIRFIELD, NEW JERSEY (June 4, 2002) ---- AmeriSuites® hotels has named two persons to sales management positions. H. Scott Ackerman as Regional Vice President of Sales, AmeriSuites southern region. Ackerman will oversee sales for 20 AmeriSuites hotels in Florida, North Carolina and Louisiana. Ackerman joins AmeriSuites from Davidson Hotel Group in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was Regional Director of Sales. A 17-year veteran in the hospitality industry, Ackerman has also held sales and marketing positions throughout...
Three Women Sue Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. for Alleged On Board Sexual Assault / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Three Women Sue Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. for Alleged On Board Sexual Assault By Ina Paiva Cordle, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 5, 2002 - --A bride, her mother and a girlfriend each filed suit Tuesday against Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., alleging that the chief officer -- and in one case, also the ship's doctor -- sexually assaulted them during a four-night Caribbean cruise onboard the Majesty of the Seas. The three suits, filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, refer to incidents that allegedly occurred during a 15-minute period in the ship's...
Florida Officials Seek Hoteliers Help to Pass Statute Preventing Solicitors with Fliers on Hotel Property / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Florida Officials Seek Hoteliers Help to Pass Statute Preventing Solicitors with Fliers on Hotel Property June 7, 2002 - I have a need for some information regarding the Hotel and Motel industry throughout the State of Florida. Locally here in Tampa, FL I deal with the Hillsborough County Hotel / Motel Association and we have a good working relationship and have worked together primarily with the concerns of trespassers and solicitors on the hotel / motel properties. Locally we have a problem with small restaurants / pizza businesses entering the properties of the hotels / motels and pla...
Jim Bode and Tim Paulus Named to Top Management Positions for Roney Palace Beach Resort / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Jim Bode and Tim Paulus Named to Top Management Positions for Roney Palace Beach Resort MIAMI BEACH, FL- June 2002 - The newly renovated Roney Palace Beach Resort announced today the appointment of its two top management positions. Jim Bode has been named General Manager and will be responsible for overseeing all departments of hotel operations. Prior to joining the Roney Palace Beach Resort, Bode served seven years as general manager of the Ft. Lauderdale Marriott. Tim Paulus has been named Director of Sales and Marketing. He will be responsible for all resort revenue, with a ...
