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Ramada Inn Rockville Receives $1 Million Face-Lift / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Ramada Inn Rockville Receives $1 Million Face-Lift ROCKVILLE, MD (June 18, 2002) Located in Maryland's high tech Washington, D.C. suburbs, the Ramada Inn Rockville is welcoming guests with a new look. The property has invested over $1 million to completely renovate guest rooms, add a new restaurant and create additional meeting space. The Ramada fully renovated its 161 guest rooms. All of the rooms include new furniture, carpeting, window and wall treatments and fixtures. In addition, upgraded amenities such as data port light fixtures are designed for the convenienc...
Sunstone Hotel Investors Rebranding Holiday Inn Select in Riverside, Calif. to Marriott Following $5 million Renovation / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Sunstone Hotel Investors Rebranding Holiday Inn Select in Riverside, Calif. to Marriott Following $5 million Renovation By Leslie Berkman, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 25--Upgrading to meet the demands of corporate travelers, the Holiday Inn Select in Riverside is doing more than putting on a lighter coat of paint, adding meeting and banquet rooms and sprucing up its swimming pool and landscaping. The Holiday Inn Select in downtown Riverside will become a Marriott this fall following a $5 million renovation. The 292...
Affordable Family Health Insurance At Center of HERE Local 1's Negotiations with Trump Indiana / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Affordable Family Health Insurance at Center of HERE Local 1's Negotiations with Trump Indiana June 12, 2002 - Trump Indiana employees, including food and beverage and housekeeping workers, are angry over the company's recent contract proposals that include drastic increases in the employee cost of health care without a substantial increase in wages. Thursday's rally will include a guerilla theater action to illustrate the plight of low-wage workers facing skyrocketing health care costs. Passing motorists won't be able to miss seeing a mock casino hospital, where the health o...
The Fractional Ownership Ritz-Carlton Club Opens Adjacent to the The Ritz- Carlton, St. Thomas, USVI / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Fractional Ownership Ritz-Carlton Club Opens Adjacent to the The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas, USVI ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, June 3, 2002 - With views of Great Bay, The Ritz-Carlton Club, St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) is now welcoming Members to the newest Ritz-Carlton Club property. Adjacent to, The Club offers all the features of a luxury resort, with the privacy of a second home. Located on the beaches of the eastern tip of St. Thomas, the 80-residence (at build-out) Ritz-Carlton Club, St. Thomas provides Members with personal concierge services, which assist them ...
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company to Manage the Entrada Project in Santa Barbara, CA; 56 Fractional Ownership Condominium Units / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company to Manage the Entrada Project in Santa Barbara, CA; 56 "Fractional Ownership" Condominium Units By Maria Zate, Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 21--Developer Bill Levy and his team have sealed a deal with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company to manage and operate the Entrada project on lower State Street. The 56 luxury condominium-style units will become the newest property offered by The Ritz-Carlton Club, which features "fractional ownership" vacation homes with the amenities and services found at fiv...
Ritz-Carlton Moving 142 Corporate Employees from Atlanta to Montgomery County, Md. / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Ritz-Carlton Moving 142 Corporate Employees from Atlanta to Montgomery County, Md. By Caroline Wilbert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Atlanta is losing one of its glitziest corporations. Ritz-Carlton, operator of 45 luxury hotels throughout the world, is moving its corporate offices next summer to Montgomery County, Md. The reason has little to do with Atlanta. The company is moving to be near its parent company, Marriott International, according to spokeswoman Stephanie Platt. But the city will take a slight hit eco...
Vacation Rental Firm Cequis of San Diego Investigated in Scams / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Vacation Rental Firm Cequis of San Diego Investigated in Scams By Frank Green, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 5, 2002 - Kalpana Patel thought she had found the perfect spot for a summer family reunion: Three sprawling rentals along scenic Mission Beach. So the Los Angeles housewife sent a $14,000 check earlier this year to Cequis of San Diego, a property management firm that finds vacation renters for owners of a string of beach homes in this area. But Patel's reunion plans which included hosting many of her relatives from Africa...
Vail Resorts Development Company Opens the Red Sky Golf Club in Colorado / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Vail Resorts Development Company Opens the Red Sky Golf Club in Colorado June 29, 2002 - Red Sky Golf Club, and the first of its two golf courses, a 7,113-yard, Par 72 Tom Fazio course, will celebrate its grand opening Saturday, June 29. The golf course, started in 1998, takes full advantage of its natural surroundings by combining rolling juniper trees and sage brush on the front nine followed by mountain setting play through aspens on the back nine. The club and course are located 15 minutes from the slopes of Beaver Creek, 25 minutes from Vail, and 20 minutes from the Vail/Eag...
New Hilton, Inter-Continental Properties Mirror Industry Automation Trend with Rapsodia Back Office Enterprise Suite / June 2002
February 28, 2002
New Hilton, Inter-Continental Properties Mirror Industry Automation Trend with Rapsodia Back Office Enterprise Suite Rapsodia Levels the Playing Field for Mid-Sized PMS Vendors Competing Against Industry Leader June 2002 - Like the islands of Hawaii that hint of a huge mountain range just below the water line, two new resort hotels opening within a month of each other in first quarter, 2002 are rock-solid indications of a broad technology trend emerging in the hospitality industry: enterprise applications. The Hilton Los Cabos Beach and Golf Resort, which commands the southern tip of Baja California on the Pacific ...
February 28, 2002
Six Continents Largest Latin American Operator Partners for Growth, Profitability with Rapsodia Back Office Enterprise Suite Strong System Partner, With 40% of Mexican Hotel and Resort Industry, Penetrates U.S. Market, Targets Front-Office Resellers June 2002 - When Carlos Maldonado, the high-spirited scion of the Maldonado paper and pulp family of Mexico, takes on a challenge he keeps one thing in mind: the welfare of both his employees and hotel guests. Maldonado stepped up to become president of Milenium Hoteles in 1998 when it spun off from parent company Copamex Turismo, and was just in time to help the compa...
Harrell Hospitality Group has the Downtown Ft. Worth Ramada Plaza Hotel Under Contract; Planning $15 million Renovation / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Harrell Hospitality Group has the Downtown Ft. Worth Ramada Plaza Hotel Under Contract; Planning $15 million Renovation Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 21--FORT WORTH, Texas--A Dallas investment group is negotiating to buy and overhaul the aging downtown Ramada Plaza Hotel in a deal that could prompt the city to postpone construction of its own 600-room, $120 million facility. Officials with the Harrell Hospitality Group said Thursday that they have the Ramada property under contract and hope to buy the building before the end of...
Ron Warren and Gary Ettinger Appointed to Executive Vice President for ASTON Hotels & Resorts Hawaii / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Ron Warren and Gary Ettinger Appointed to Executive Vice President for ASTON Hotels & Resorts Hawaii HONOLULU (June 3, 2002) - ASTON Hotels & Resorts Hawaii, a ResortQuest International Company, has promoted Chief Financial Officer Ron Warren and Gary Ettinger to Executive Vice President. Ron Warren and Gary Ettinger have been integral members of our Executive Committee and invaluable resources to ASTON in their respective areas of expertise, said Kelvin Bloom, president of ASTON Hotels & Resorts Hawaii and regional vice president of ResortQuest International, Inc. We look forward...
Rolf Salomon Named Managing Director of The Meliá Cancun Convention Center Beach & Spa Resort / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Rolf Salomon Named Managing Director of The Meliá Cancun Convention Center Beach & Spa Resort CANCUN, Mexico (June 13, 2002) - The Meliá Cancun Convention Center Beach & Spa Resort announces Rolf Salomon as Managing Director. Salomon joins the resort with 21 years of hotel management experience in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. Salomon joins Meliá Cancun from Club Regina Raintree Resorts International in Mexico City, as director of hotel operations. Previously, Salomon served in management positions for eight years with Westin Hotels ...
Richard Lillis Joins Horwath Hospitality Investment Advisors as Managing Director / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Richard Lillis Joins Horwath Hospitality Investment Advisors as Managing Director Hotel Industry Veteran Beefs Up Horwaths Hotel Investment Sales and Asset Management Presence in South Florida DELRAY BEACH, Fla. June 17, 2002 Richard Lillis of Boca Raton has joined Horwath Hospitality Investment Advisors (HHIA) as Managing Director of its Miami office, the company announced today. Lillis has more than 25 years experience in commercial real estate and hotel operations in Florida, Chicago and New York among other national locations. Lillis will further accelerat...
Riu Hotels Building Two Hotels in Cancún: the 714-room Riu Cancún and the 450 room Riu Palace Las Américas / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Riu Hotels Building Two Hotels in Cancún: the 714-room Riu Cancún and the 450 room Riu Palace Las Américas Mexico main target for RIU Hotels expansion June 6, 2002 - Group's largest establishment opens in Puerto Vallarta, will construct two hotels in Cancún and plans to expand into Cabo San Lucas The Spanish holiday chain, RIU Hotels & Resorts has decided to focus strongly on Mexico as a key part of its latest plans for international expansion. On May 15, RIU opened its largest establishment - and it's in Mexico. The 5-star ClubHotel Riu Jalisco is set in Puerto Vallarta, ...
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Roger Clute Named Vice President of Sales for Northwest Lodging Intl (USA) SEATTLE, WA Veteran hotel sales executive Roger H. Clute has been selected as the new Vice President of Sales for Northwest Lodging International (USA) Inc. In making the announcement, Tom Matthews, President of Northwest Lodging International, which operates as the hospitality management division Canadas AFM Hospitality Corporation (TSE:AFM), said We are truly pleased to have someone of Roger Clutes proven capabilities taking the leadership role in the sales function for Northwest Lodging Internationa...
Rick Adie Will Be General Manager at the Statler Hotel on Cornell Campus, Also Joining Cornell's Faculty / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Rick Adie Will Be General Manager at the Statler Hotel on Cornell Campus, Also Joining Cornell's Faculty By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 7--Longtime Hyatt Regency Crown Center hotel general manager Rick Adie is moving from the lodging industry to academia -- sort of. Later this month, Adie, 48, will become general manager at the Statler Hotel on the campus of his alma mater, Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y. The university-owned Statler provides a laboratory and real-world work experience for students in the univers...
Renaissance Hotels Names Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel as 2001 Hotel of the Year / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Renaissance Hotels Names Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel as 2001 Hotel of the Year PITTSBURGH, Pa. June 2002 Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel, owned by Denver-based Sage Hospitality Resources, has been named Hotel of the Year for 2001 by Renaissance Hotels and Resorts. Just one year old, the luxury hotel at 107 Sixth Street in Pittsburghs Cultural District was selected from more than 120 Renaissance hotels worldwide to receive the designation. The brand targets discriminating business and leisure travelers with comfortable, tastefully decorated surroundings, thoughtful amenit...
Record Decline in 2001 Hotel Profits, Worst in Over 60 Years; Fall-Off To Continue In 2002 / PKF Consulting / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Record Decline in 2001 Hotel Profits, Worst in Over 60 Years; Fall-Off To Continue In 2002 Atlanta, GA, June 3, 2002 - The average U.S. hotel suffered a 19.4 percent decline in profits in 2001, according to the 2002 edition of Trends in the Hotel Industry-USA, published by PKF Consulting and the Hospitality Research Group (HRG). PKF Consulting and HRG announced the availability of the latest annual Trends report today. The downturn represents the first decline in hotel profitability since 1991, and the largest single-year drop recorded since 1938. Given the firm's projections for a co...
A Challenge to HITEC / Terence Ronson / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report A Challenge to HITEC June 7, 2002 - With almost two weeks to go until HITEC 2002 kicks off at the McCormick Center in Chicago, Im on a crusade - offering a challenge to the hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of attendees and that is to develop ONE item that would truly enhance customer service THE UNIVERSAL POWER PLUG & SOCKET. I cannot believe that there is anything much higher on the list of bug-bearers than the annoyance of having to carry multiple adaptors as we jet around the world and stay in different hotels in different countries. Traveling around Asia for example betwee...
The Power of Email Marketing in the Hospitality Industry: Developing a Total Email Marketing Strategy / Jason Price & Max Starkov / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Power of Email Marketing in the Hospitality Industry: Developing a Total Email Marketing Strategy June 2002 By Jason Price and Max Starkov Boston Consulting Group describes the marketing power of the Internet in terms of reach and frequency. Nowhere is this better illustrated than through email marketing. Following the lead of the airlines, many hospitality managers are evaluating email marketing for its low cost, rapid dissemination, and measurability. As many marketers have demonstrated, a well-executed email strategy can produce results. It can strengthen existing market share ...
Pinnacle Realty Investments Arranges Financing for New Kimpton Hotel to be Developed in Downtown Boston / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Pinnacle Realty Investments Arranges Financing for New Kimpton Hotel to be Developed in Downtown Boston June 27, 2002 - Pinnacle Realty Investments Mortgage Capital Group arranged a $15.2 million construction / mini-permanent mortgage, for the development of a new Kimpton Hotel in downtown Boston. The loan represents approximately 70 percent of the overall development costs. Matthew Kenney, Managing Director of Pinnacle Realty Investments, handled the transaction. The 112-room hotel will be located on Portland Street in the Bullfinch Triangle neighborhood of Boston. The site is less t...
OPINION: Philadelphia Needs to Stop Chasing Conventions Away / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive OPINION: Philadelphia Needs to Stop Chasing Conventions Away By Tom Ferrick Jr., The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 19--Pity the poor board at the Convention Center. Here it picks Bob Judge as new executive director to replace the retiring Bob Butera. (Under the One-Good-Bob-Deserves-Another Theory?) Judge's main mission: Persuade the Pennsylvania legislature to cough up half of the estimated $464 million it will cost to expand the center. Judge brings a lot of political connections to the table. He was state revenue secretary in the Ri...
Michael Pendergast Named General Manager of The Fairmont Kansas City / June 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Michael Pendergast Named General Manager of The Fairmont Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Mo. June 11, 2002 - Kevin Frid, Regional Vice President, U.S. Central Region, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts today announced the appointment of Mr. , Kansas City, Mo. This position will be effective immediately beginning Monday, June 10, 2002. Mr. Pendergast joined Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in 1994 where he held his most recent position as hotel manager for The Fairmont New Orleans. Prior to his tenure with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Mr. Pendergast joined Hyatt Hotels Corporation in 1984 where he held several pro...
