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Travel Industry Turns to Public Relations as Effective Marketing Tool Central Florida Agency Continues to Grow / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Travel Industry Turns to Public Relations as Effective Marketing Tool Central Florida Agency Continues to Grow SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. (March 5, 2002) PRofit from PR, a public relations and marketing business specializing in hospitality and tourism, continues to grow and add new clients to its portfolio. PRofit from PR has formed a strategic alliance with The NetEffect. The NetEffect is an information technology solutions provider, specializing in the hospitality industry, with offices in Fort Myers, Fla., Washington DC, and Dallas. The partnership allows both businesses to provide cli...
Passkey Names Former Hotel Executives Paul Rantilla and Andrew Mace to Sales Positions / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Passkey Names Former Hotel Executives Paul Rantilla and Andrew Mace to Sales Positions QUINCY, Mass. April 23, 2002 Tim Durant, executive vice president for Passkey, an ASP solution for group reservations management and distribution, announced the appointment of Paul Rantilla as vice president sales, Americas and Andrew Mace as vice president, hospitality sales. These two key posts are fundamental to the company¹s growing sales efforts and further enhance the firm¹s footprint in the hotel and travel sector. Rantilla will head up sales for the company, drawing business opport...
Phil Bakes Honored at Johnson & Wales University / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Phil Bakes Honored at Johnson & Wales University PROVIDENCE, R.I. - April 24, 2002 - Phil Bakes, chairman and CEO of FAR&WIDE Travel Corporation, spoke with students of The Hospitality College at Johnson & Wales University about the tourism and travel industry as part of the Distinguished Visiting Professor program on March 27. Bakes said the travel industry is on its way back, but that the growth is uneven and unpredictable. Bakes credits his company's vision as the key to remaining stable in the market. "A vision unifies people. September 11 was a b...
Six Spirit of Hospitality Award Winners Named by Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Six Spirit of Hospitality Award Winners Named by Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association Philadelphia, PA (April 2, 2002) - Six hospitality industry awards were presented during the Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Associations (PTLA) Spirit of Hospitality Awards Dinner. Kirby Payne, chairman of the American Hotel & Lodging Association officiated the awards presentation, and Governor Mark Schweiker presented the awards. The awards dinner was the finale of the PTLA Annual Conference held at The Loews Philadelphia Hotel. Awards were presented to the following recipients: Christ...
Edward F. Mayotte, President and CEO of Skytop Lodge, Named to Pennsylvania Governor's Travel and Tourism Council / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Edward F. Mayotte, President and CEO of Skytop Lodge, Named to Pennsylvania Governor's Travel and Tourism Council April 8, 2002 - "This Administration is continually looking for ways to bring tourism jobs, growth and opportunity to Pennsylvania," Gov. Schweiker said. "These seven individuals surely will contribute to the promotion of Pennsylvania's tourism industry because they recognize that tourism is an economic- development tool that has far reaching effects on Pennsylvania's economy." The new members are: -- Edward F. Mayotte, President and CEO of Skytop Lodge in Sk...
Online Travel Advertising: Success Factors And Recommendations For Improved Effectiveness / Jane Butler / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Online Travel Advertising: Success Factors And Recommendations For Improved Effectiveness A PhoCusWright White Paper / March 2002 By Jane Butler Overview In a recession, advertising spending always takes a hit. But in a recession exacerbated by terrorism, travel advertising would be expected to take a special beating. But online travel is the largest e-commerce category, and online travel companies are growing faster than the travel industry as a whole. New entrants continue to cram the market. And travel agencies and suppliers are competing more heavily with fare sale...
Occasional Sanity / Jonathan Locke, FoodSense / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Occasional Sanity By Jonathan Locke, FoodSense LLP Today were going to discuss the benefits of government regulation. You might want to close your eyes and take a few deep breaths before we get started. Well set the mood with a quick descent into madness. Anyone in foodservice will tell you that sanity is overrated. If we valued it much, wed have gone into a calmer profession, like bullfighting. The exhilaration in foodservice comes from surfing just out in front of chaos, with the knowledge that it might come crashing down at any time, and that only skill and luck can keep yo...
Novasol, a Marketer of Privately Owned Holiday Properties for Rent, Acquired by Cendant / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Novasol, a Marketer of Privately Owned Holiday Properties for Rent, Acquired by Cendant LONDON, April 18, 2002 - Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD - news) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Novasol AS (Novasol), the leader in the Northern European vacation home rental sector. Novasol specializes in the marketing of privately owned holiday properties for rent, under the Novasol and Dansommer brand names, principally across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Eastern Europe. The transaction will be Cendant's third vacation rental sector acquisitio...
PowerPoint Presentation Yours Is a Very Bad Hotel Leaps to CRM Prominence with College Professors, Hotel Managers and Fortune 500 Companies / April 20
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive PowerPoint Presentation "Yours Is a Very Bad Hotel" Leaps to CRM Prominence with College Professors, Hotel Managers and Fortune 500 Companies By Monica Soto, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 18, 2002 - Lesson one: Never make enemies with someone who creates PowerPoint presentations for a living. Shane Atchison and Tom Farmer took a red-eye to Houston on Nov. 14 to meet a client the next morning. Atchison, chief executive officer of Zaaz, a Seattle Web-design company, and Farmer, its director of strategy, had a guaranteed hotel reservation at...
Hotels Pay Just Pennies Per Occupied Room to Guarantee Non-Smoking Rooms and an Odor Free Hotel / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Hotels Pay Just Pennies Per Occupied Room to Guarantee Non-Smoking Rooms and an Odor Free Hotel Green Suites Internationals Natures Mist TM POR program helps properties bolster guest satisfaction, loyalty and occupancy with ZERO UPFRONT INVESTMENT & PROVEN BENEFIT$ FOR ALL Upland, Calif.(April 22, 2002) For years, hoteliers have said: You cant put a price on guest comfort. Well tens of hundreds of properties today say that you can and for only pennies an Occupied Room thanks to the Natures MistTM Odor Control System. Owner/operator VIPs Hotels Inc. said Green ...
National Guard Foots $750,000 to San Francisco Hotels for Billeting Soldiers / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive National Guard Foots $750,000 to San Francisco Hotels for Billeting Soldiers Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 30--The California National Guard has spent more than $750,000 to house soldiers in hotels -- including the four-star Marriott in downtown San Francisco -- rather than in military facilities while assigned to protect four major bridges, government records show. The total tab for the guard's antiterrorism efforts on four state suspension spans already exceeds $2.5 million, according to the Department of Finance. Go...
Nancy B. Perry Appointed Executive Director of The Virginia Beach Hotel/Motel Association / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Nancy B. Perry Appointed Executive Director of The Virginia Beach Hotel/Motel Association VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. April 22, 2002 - The Virginia Beach Hotel/Motel Association (VBHMA) has appointed Nancy B. Perry as its new Executive Director. The announcement was made by the Board of Directors of VBHMA. Perry will be charged with overseeing the management and marketing of the 173-member association, fostering communication within the Virginia Beach hotel/motel industry and representing the members best interests regarding tourism related issues on state and local levels. Perry will act a...
Hilton New Orleans Riverside Expands Existing $35 Million Renovation / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton New Orleans Riverside Expands Existing $35 Million Renovation April 2002 - The Hilton New Orleans Riverside has just received approval to initiate a $2.6 million dollar second phase to its existing $35 million dollar renovation projected to be completed by year-end. Phase II calls for the conversion of the rooftop "Horizons" room into a new 2450 sq. ft. Executive Level Lounge, along with seven executive guestrooms and two 2000 sq. ft. Suite Parlors. The roof top lounge will not only have a beautiful expanded view of the city but also the capacity will increase from ...
North Carolina Hotel and Motel Association Opposes Hotel at North Carolina State University; Faults Market Study / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive North Carolina Hotel and Motel Association Opposes Hotel at North Carolina State University; Faults Market Study By Dan Kane, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 18--N.C. State University leaders have relied on a series of marketing studies to justify their confidence in a planned $65 million hotel and conference center. Critics in the private hotel industry, who will take their case to university trustees today, cite the same studies when they predict that the project will be a big money-loser for NCSU. The studies conducted for ...
N.C. State University's $65 million Campus Hotel Project Draws Concern; Potential Drain on Public Resources / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive N.C. State University's $65 million Campus Hotel Project Draws Concern; Potential Drain on Public Resources By Dan Kane, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 12--RALEIGH, N.C.--Legislative leaders want assurances from N.C. State University that a long-planned four-star hotel and conference center for Centennial Campus will not become a drain on public resources. Sen. Howard Lee said Thursday that he and the two other co-chairmen of the Senate Appropriations Committee are concerned that the $65 million project has shifted from privat...
Musselman Hotels Discover The Power of iHotelier / Multi Flag Hotel Corporation Chooses iHotelier For Consolidated Online Reservations / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Musselman Hotels Discover The Power of iHotelier Multi Flag Hotel Corporation Chooses iHotelier For Consolidated Online Reservations HOUSTON, Texas (April 9, 2002) iHotelier, a division of Webvertising, Inc., has signed the Musselman Hotel Corporation (Louisville, KY), www.musselmanhotels.com, as another hotel group that will be using iHotelier as a unified Online Reservations Management System. Musselmans corporate management will be able to manage & review, individually or as a group, the web performance of its combination of 23 flagged and independent properties. Furtherm...
Multiculturalism in the Foodservice Industry / Jonathan Locke, FoodSense / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Multiculturalism - in the Foodservice Industry By Jonathan Locke, FoodSense LLP Pitfalls of Diversity I have a hard time with diversity. The words too short, the concepts too broad. And everyone seems to think its a good idea, before they bother to define it. I will grant you that nineteenth-century Ireland would have benefited from a good corn crop, and that the average Mafia informer should vary his route to work but on the other hand, I am content with indoor plumbing, and have no wish to diversify. So lets talk about multiculturalism instead. Any consultant (ahem) ...
Hotel Mult-Units Weekly Report / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Weekly Hotel Update Report Published each Friday, 48 weeks per year. This recent week is provided courtesy of Hotel-Online.com, Research Report for Foodservice and ihospitality. Find out who, what, where and when before and as they open. Subscribers receive between 15-35 new hotel location openings per week. Report data is derived from more than 400 daily and weekly sources including legal filings, license filings, permits, press releases, web sites, newspapers and classified ads. Each day our research department verifies, qualifies and updates new and expanding activity in the hotel industry. Through daily interview with ...
6th Annual International Multicultural Tourism / Hotel Ownership Summit & Trade Show / July 17-21, 2002 at Miami Beach, FL / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report 6th Annual International Multicultural Tourism / Hotel Ownership Summit & Trade Show / July 17-21, 2002 at Miami Beach, FL April 2002 - The 4-day educational summit is presented by Black Meetings & Tourism Magazine, National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators & Developers (NABHOOD), www.africanamericantravel.com & Horizons Marketing Group. The theme Growing the Industry Together will focus on creating partnerships while developing strategies to maximize the economic impact of the minority travel market. The Summit is designed to educate attendees on how to market to minoritie...
Tim and Diane Mueller File Suit Accusing the American Skiing of Illegally Breaking Contract to Sell Steamboat / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Tim and Diane Mueller File Suit Accusing the American Skiing of Illegally Breaking Contract to Sell Steamboat By Jason Blevins, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 6--The rebuffed buyers of Steamboat ski area have sued American Skiing Co. to force the sale. Tim and Diane Mueller, owners of Okemo ski resort in Vermont and the heads of the Triple Peaks investment team, filed suit Friday in Denver's U.S. District Court, accusing the financially troubled American Skiing of illegally breaking its contract to sell Steamboat. "American Skiing Company's b...
Conrad Hotels Signs Management Agreement with Mount Juliet, a Golf and Sporting Estate in Ireland / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Conrad Hotels Signs Management Agreement with Mount Juliet, a Golf and Sporting Estate in Ireland BRUSSELS, Belgium - April 1, 2002 -- One of Ireland's premier golf and sporting estates today became the 14th hotel to join the international luxury portfolio of Conrad hotels -- the Mount Juliet(R) Conrad(R), located in southeast Ireland just 75 miles from Dublin in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. The management agreement signed last month between Conrad Hotels and Mount Juliet Properties, includes Conrad's management and marketing of the hotel resort and its conference facilities. The 59-room ho...
Lender for the Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden, Vermont Orders Auction / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Lender for the Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden, Vermont Orders Auction April 1, 2002 - The lender for the Mountain Top Inn has ordered that the resort property, located in Chittenden, Vermont, be auctioned before the summer season; to allow the new buyer to be in place prior to the start of the busy season. An on-site auction will take place on April 30, 2002. The auction, conducted by Tranzon Auction Properties of Portland, Maine, offers a unique and valuable piece of real estate available for purchase in an exciting format. The property to be auctioned is a 24,655...
Customer-Relationship Management Software Helps Salt Lake City's Hotel Monaco Beat the Competition / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Customer-Relationship Management Software Helps Salt Lake City's Hotel Monaco Beat the Competition April 2002 - The historic Hotel Monaco, a boutique hotel set in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, is winning the race for new and repeat business with the help of customer-relationship management software provided by Seattle-based GuestWare. Beating the competition is not an easy task in the highly competitive Utah capital, but GuestWares Guest Recognition and Incident Tracking modules have helped the property to do just that. Thanks, in part, to the level of customer service that GuestWare enabled, the Hotel Monaco w...
Mohegan Sun Opens 1,200-room Hotel, Will Attempt to Attract Conventions that Otherwise Might go to Boston or New York / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Mohegan Sun Opens 1,200-room Hotel, Will Attempt to Attract Conventions that Otherwise Might go to Boston or New York By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 19--UNCASVILLE, Conn.--Since it opened in 1996, the Mohegan Sun casino has established itself as one of the premier gambling destinations in New England, a smaller rival to the nearby Foxwoods Resort Casino and Atlantic City to the south. With the opening of a hotel next week, Mohegan Sun is now pressing to diversify beyond gambling and, like Foxwoods, move into the potentially ...
