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Starwood's Asia Pacific President, Miguel Ko – Exclusive Interview with Hotel Asia Pacific / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood's Asia Pacific President, Miguel Ko - Exclusive Interview with Hotel Asia Pacific Hotel Asia Pacific April 2002 By Raini Hamdi In the Starwood driving seat In an exclusive interview, Starwood's Asia Pacific president, Miguel Ko, talks to Raini Hamdi about the groups expansion plans for the region and its relationship with owners Few hotel CEOs of the global chains in Asia Pacific can say that walking into their job was a breeze. Starwoods head honcho in the region Miguel Ko can make such a claim. When he walked into Starwoods Singapore headquarters last N...
Cypress Apparel Group Introduces Exclusive New MicroCrest Customized Bathrobe / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Cypress Apparel Group Introduces Exclusive New MicroCrest Customized Bathrobe SHEFFIELD, MA (April 22, 2002) - Cypress Apparel Group, long recognized as one of the industry leaders in luxury bathrobes for the hotel industry, has announced the immediate availability of their highly anticipated new MicroCrest customized bathrobe. This unique new robe design utilizes a specially developed weaving process that allows a hotel, chain or spa to incorporate their name or logo directly into the microfiber fabric. This proprietary process creates an elegant "private watermark" effect in the f...
Meliá White House Hotel, Acquired by Sol Melia for 80 million euros, Completes 30 million euro Renovation / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Meliá White House Hotel, Acquired by Sol Melia for 80 million euros, Completes 30 million euro Renovation April, 2002 - The Vice Chairman of the Spanish hotel company Sol Meliá, Sebastián Escarrer, presided over the official inauguration of the Meliá White House Hotel which, after being purchased at the end of 1999 by the company for 80 million euros, has been subject to a very thorough 30 million euro renovation and refurbishment. To celebrate the fact, the hotel organized an original themed gala dinner attended by a large number of figures from the Spanish and British tourism indust...
Sol Melia Hotels & Resort Expanding Gran Melia and All-Inclusive Brand Properties in Mexico / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Sol Melia Hotels & Resort Expanding Gran Melia and All-Inclusive Brand Properties in Mexico ACAPULCO, Mexico (April 22, 2002) -- After opening its 11th hotel in Mexico in Puerto Morelos just four months ago and upgrading its Mexico City hotel to the luxury Gran Meliá brand at the same time, Spain-based Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts, is continuing to ride a wave of success in Mexico. During the 27th Annual Tianguis Turistico, Mexico's largest trade show and marketplace for wholesalers, tour operators and travel agents from 40 countries, Sol Meliá announced another Gran Meliá upgr...
McCann Inc., a New York Based Construction Firm, Departs Two Ritz-Carlton Hotel Projects in Miami / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive McCann Inc., a New York Based Construction Firm, Departs Two Ritz-Carlton Hotel Projects in Miami By Douglas Hanks III, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 19--The builder of the Ritz-Carlton hotels in South Beach and Coconut Grove has left both projects, halting construction at the half-finished South Beach resort and prompting the lender to take charge in Coconut Grove. McCann Inc., a New York-based construction firm, notified Miami Beach inspectors on April 12 it was off the job in South Beach and wouldn't be coming back. The construction site, w...
Suburban Franchise Systems, Inc. Initiates Marketing Assistance Program for Franchisees / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Suburban Franchise Systems, Inc. Initiates Marketing Assistance Program for Franchisees March 26, 2002; Atlanta, GA - Suburban Franchise Systems, Inc. announced today the launch of their new Marketing Assistance Program (MAP), an initiative to provide highly customized local marketing support to franchisees. The program features a comprehensive property-level Sales and Marketing Evaluation and the company's new and improved Sales and Marketing Planner. "The MAP program brings customized marketing support to a whole new level," explained Franchise Marketing Manager Jeff Huepper. ...
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Despite a Painful 2001, Mandarin Oriental Determined to be Recognised as One of the Worlds Top-three Luxury Hotel Groups Mandarin Oriental Comes Out Fighting Hotel Asia Pacific April 2002 By Steve Shellum Badly bruised, but fighting fit, the Mandarin Oriental remains determined to develop into one of the worlds top three luxury hotel groups. While it is too early to predict a return to a less challenging business environment, Mandarin Oriental has successfully confronted difficult times before - and has emerged a stronger organisation, says CEO Edouard Ettedgui. The g...
Millennium & Copthorne Create Prototype for a New Breed of Practical Hotels – the M Singapore / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Millennium & Copthorne Create Prototype for a New Breed of Practical Hotels - the M Singapore Hotel Asia Pacific April 2002 By Raini Hamdi M an initial reaction checks out the prototype for what could be the first of a new breed of sleekly practical hotels Many design and marketing teams have spend countless hours (and dollars) on research and development in an attempt to nail down exactly what today's customer really wants. But new prototypes in the 4-star area are so few and far between that the M Singapore is worthy of close examination. The hotel, owned by Hong Leong ...
Check-in to Check Out – The MSI WinPM Wireless Hand-held Solution/ April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report "Check-in" to Check Out The MSI WinPM Wireless Hand-held Solution Phoenix, Arizona - (April 10, 2002) Multi-Systems, Inc. (MSI), an Integrated Technology leader in Property Management Systems for the lodging industry, in a joint effort with Symbol Technologies, Inc. and VingCard a.s., has successfully installed their new WinPM Wireless hand-held solution. The initial installation at the Lodging Enterprises Oak Tree Inn located in Green River, WY, and was completed February 2002. Lodging Enterprises properties are primarily situated near railroad stations and specialize in ...
Michael Marquez Named Regional VP of Franchise Sales and Development for Prime Hospitality Western Region / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Michael Marquez Named Regional VP of Franchise Sales and Development for Prime Hospitality Western Region FAIRFIELD, N.J., April 17, 2002 - Prime Hospitality Corp. (NYSE: PDQ) has named Michael Marquez, Regional Vice President of Franchise Sales and Development for its Western Region. Marquez, a veteran franchise developer, will focus on growing the AmeriSuites and Wellesley Inns & Suites hotel brands in markets such as California, Arizona, Colorado and the Pacific Northwest. "Michael brings ten years experience in new construction and conversion development to our corporation's dyn...
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Mohegan Suns $1 billion Project Sunburst a Finalist for Architectural Projects of Outstanding Quality and Originality New York, NY, March 28, 2002 - Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC of New York City (KPF), the architectural firm, is pleased to have been selected as one of three finalists in the MIPIM Awards Competition, 2002. The project nominated is Mohegan Sun, Project Sunburst, one of KPF's most exciting and expansive projects to date. The MIPIM awards are presented in recognition of architectural projects of outstanding quality and originality that are well integrated in...
MGM MIRAGE Reports 1st Qtr Net Income of $83.4 million, Compared with $85.2 million in Prior Year's 1st Qtr, Net Revenue Down 4% Versus 2001 / Ap
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report MGM MIRAGE Reports 1st Qtr Net Income of $83.4 million, Compared with $85.2 million in Prior Year's 1st Qtr, Net Revenue Down 4% Versus 2001 Room Statistics LAS VEGAS, April 17, 2002 - MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGG) today reported first quarter diluted earnings per share of 51 cents on net income of $82 million, compared with 52 cents per diluted share on net income of $83.9 million in the 2001 first quarter. Diluted earnings per share before preopening expenses and extraordinary items was 52 cents in the 2002 first quarter, compared with 53 cents per diluted share in the 2001 quarter. Net inco...
Benchmark Names Mark Ansteth Director of Sales & Marketing at Cheyenne Mountain Resort / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Benchmark Names Mark Ansteth Director of Sales & Marketing at Cheyenne Mountain Resort COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 25, 2002 -- Mark Ansteth has been appointed the director of sales and marketing for Cheyenne Mountain Resort. Ansteth brings 25 years of hospitality and travel industry management experience to Cheyenne Mountain Resort. He has assumed responsibility for overseeing all sales and marketing activities and programs at the upscale resort set in the Colorado Rockies in the shadow of famed Pike's Peak. "A major focus of our sales and marketing efforts will be buildin...
Marriott Offering Fractional Ownership at 47 Park Street Hotel in London / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott Offering Fractional Ownership at 47 Park Street Hotel in London April 23, 2002 - Marriott Grand Residence Club, the newest fractional ownership brand of Marriott International, Inc. , announced today the second property in its developing portfolio. Marriott Grand Residence Club, Mayfair-London offers an exceptional opportunity for fractional property ownership at one of London's most prestigious addresses, 47 Park Street, Mayfair. Marriott Grand Residence Club assumed management of the existing 47 Park Street Hotel earlier last week. Located in the heart of London's Mayfa...
Marriott Reports Reports Earnings Down 32% from the First Quarter of 2002 / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott Reports Reports Earnings Down 32% from the First Quarter of 2002; System Wide Sales Down 4% Key Lodging Statistics WASHINGTON, April 18, 2002 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR - news) today reported diluted earnings per share of 32 cents in its 2002 first quarter ended March 22, down 32 percent from the first quarter of 2001. Net income for the quarter was $82 million compared to $121 million a year ago. Systemwide sales totaled $4.6 billion, a decrease of four percent compared to the 2001 first quarter. J.W. Marriott, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Marr...
London Hotel Market RevPAR Declines 16 percent in March 2002 / Andersen / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report --- London Hotel Market RevPAR Declines 16 percent in March 2002 / Andersen Easter hampers recovery London 30 April 2002 - Andersen, a leading adviser to the international hotel industry, today released preliminary first quarter results for the performance of London hotels. Since the events of September 11 the performance of the UK hotel industry has been under pressure as visitor numbers have dwindled. The impact has been most severely felt in London, where RevPAR declined by an unprecedented 34.7 percent in October 2001 and the occupancy level in 2001 hit a seven-year low. ...
The 73-year-old Lennox Hotel Reopens as the Renaissance St. Louis Suites Hotel / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The 73-year-old Lennox Hotel Reopens as the Renaissance St. Louis Suites Hotel By Charlene Prost, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 4--Susan Joynt still remembers 40 or so years ago when her parents, like thousands of others, took the family to dinner in the Rathskeller restaurant on the lower level of the Lennox Hotel downtown. "It had dark-wood paneling, strolling violinists and was very elegant," she said. "It was the place to go." Joynt returned Wednesday, one of the first to walk through the newly renovated 73-year-old hotel at 827 ...
The $1.63 billion Le Reve Megaresort Likely to Start New Building Boom on Vegas Strip / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The $1.63 billion Le Reve Megaresort Likely to Start New Building Boom on Vegas Strip By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 26--Steve Wynn's $1.63 billion Le Reve megaresort could lead to construction of as many as three additional projects on the site of the New Frontier, property owner Phil Ruffin said Thursday. A major U.S. hotel operator last week signed a letter of intent with Ruffin to build an $800 million hotel-casino on the northeast corner of the New Frontier site, he said. Ruffin also wants to build a $1 billion ...
The 680-room Le Meridien Frankfurt Airport Will be Designed Entirely in Art + Tech Style / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The 680-room Le Meridien Frankfurt Airport Will be Designed Entirely in Art + Tech Style Due to Open Summer of 2005 LONDON, April 16, 2002 - Juergen Bartels, chief executive officer of Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts, today announced the company's plans to manage the 680-room Le Meridien Frankfurt Airport, due to open in 2005. Touting the dramatically-designed, futuristic property as "the top airport hotel in the world," Bartels says that Le Meridien Frankfurt Airport represents a new breed of hotel: one which integrates with the new culture of intra-European rail tra...
Conference Center Hotel on Grapevine Lake Near DFW International Airport in Early Proposal Stage / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Conference Center Hotel on Grapevine Lake Near DFW International Airport in Early Proposal Stage FLOWER MOUND, TX -- April 15, 2002 - Lakeside DFW Land, Ltd., a joint venture of the Peter P. Stewart family and Pat Cornell of Cornell-Rader, and Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that they have signed an agreement to pursue the development of Lakeside DFW, a 163-acre tract of land overlooking Grapevine Lake in Flower Mound, Texas. Located six minutes north of DFW International Airport on International Parkway (FM 2499) and the new Lakeside Parkway, the developmen...
Lance Mendell and Robert Leahy Named Food and Beverage Director, Chef of the Year for Crown American Hotels / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Lance Mendell and Robert Leahy Named Food and Beverage Director, Chef of the Year for Crown American Hotels JOHNSTOWN, PA - Crown American Hotels is pleased to announce that Mr. Lance Mendell has been named the 2001 Food and Beverage Director of the Year. Mr. Mendell is the Food and Beverage Director at the company's Wyndham Garden Hotel RTP-RDU Airport located at 4620 South Miami Blvd. in Durham, North Carolina. He has been with Crown American Hotels for two years. This is the fifth year that Crown American Hotels has made this recognition among its 19 Food and Beverage Directors. ...
Marriott to Take Over Closing Hyatt Regency in Knoxville, Tennessee / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Marriott to Take Over Closing Hyatt Regency in Knoxville, Tennessee By Bill Brewer, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 29, 2002 - Questions about who will run Knoxville's largest hotel were apparently answered Thursday when a new owner/operator was identified in city records. Marriott will replace longtime downtown hotelier Hyatt Regency when the Hyatt closes next month, according to business license applications filed Thursday with the city finance department's business tax office. Marriott Knoxville will open Tuesday, April 3...
Westin Kierland Resort & Spa Opens Golf Clubhouse Designed by Hill Glazier Architects, Inc / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Westin Kierland Resort & Spa Opens Golf Clubhouse Designed by Hill Glazier Architects, Inc PHOENIX - April 25, 2002 - The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa debuted the first piece of the $180-million resort last week when the new clubhouse at Kierland Golf Club opened its doors to guests. Kierland Golf Club, a 27-hole, par-72 championship daily fee course, has been open to the public for the past six years. During that time, the golf club had been working out of a temporary clubhouse on the course. Although it was just a temporary building, the shop was recently named one of the Top 100 Golf...
Kenneth Kerr Named Elegant Hotels Limited's Chief Financial Officer / April 2002
February 28, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Kenneth Kerr Named Elegant Hotels Limited's Chief Financial Officer BARBADOS (April 9, 2002) - - Elegant Hotels Limited, one of the Caribbeans leading hotel groups, has named Kenneth Kerr Chief Financial Officer. Elegant Hotels owns and operates 6 beachfront properties on Barbados, making it the largest hotel group and employer on the island. Kerrs 16 years of global expertise includes 10 with Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts and its parent, Six Continents Hotels (formerly Bass Hotels & Resorts). Kerr joined Inter-Continental as group director audit New York/London a...
