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USA Investment Partners Plans 40-story Tower Adjacent to Royal Hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard; Mixture of Time Share and Condos / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report USA Investment Partners Plans 40-story Tower Adjacent to Royal Hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard; Mixture of Time Share and Condos LAS VEGAS - March 6, 2002 - Resort Magic, a division of USA Investment Partners, recently unveiled plans to add an upscale 40-story tower adjacent to the recently renovated Royal Hotel property in the center of the Las Vegas Boulevard strip. The new tower will add 426 additional vacation ownership units with two floors of timeshare suites and two floors of 10,000 sq. ft full ownership penthouses. Resort Magic timeshare owners will enjoy first class servic...
Cristina Romero-Peri Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Las Ventanas al Paraiso in Los Cabos, Mexico / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Cristina Romero-Peri Named Director of Sales and Marketing for Las Ventanas al Paraiso in Los Cabos, Mexico LOS ANGELES, March 26, 2002 -- Las Ventanas al Paraiso, Rosewood's acclaimed Five- Diamond resort in Los Cabos, Mexico, has named Cristina Romero-Peri director of sales and marketing, announced Managing Director Edward T. Steiner. Romero-Peri has 12 years of hospitality sales and marketing experience, including the last four years with Las Ventanas. She joined the resort in 1998 as sales manager and in 2000 became Las Ventanas' assistant director of sales and marketing. Previously, s...
Rocco Forte Builds New Hotel Chain Years after Family Feud / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Rocco Forte Builds New Hotel Chain Years after Family Feud By Cliff Feltham, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--It is six years since multimillionaire hotel tycoon Sir Rocco Forte lost his job. He was deposed as the head of an empire created by his father after one of the most bitter takeover battles in City history marked by ruthlessness, intrigue and treachery worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy. Rocco is now building a new hotel business and a new life. It is a venture into which he has sunk a large part of his personal fortune. The co...
Convention Centers in Riverside, Palm Springs and Ontario, California Concerned about Flat Revenues / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Convention Centers in Riverside, Palm Springs and Ontario, California Concerned about Flat Revenues By Adam Eventov, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 9--Even though convention centers in San Bernardino and Riverside counties were not hit as hard as some others in the state following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, it will be tough going for the region's convention business this year. While some conventions were canceled or postponed at centers in Riverside, Palm Springs and Ontario, those venues weren't as severely bruis...
Rick Ueno, GM at Westin Riverwalk San Antonio, Sets Plans to turn Hotel into a Four-star and Four-diamond Property in a Year / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Rick Ueno, GM at Westin Riverwalk San Antonio, Sets Plans to turn Hotel into a Four-star and Four-diamond Property in a Year By Melissa S. Monroe, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 26, 2002 - The Westin Riverwalk San Antonio is a baby compared to many downtown hotels, but its new, ambitious General Manager Rick Ueno plans to turn it into a four-star and four-diamond property by next year. Westin Riverwalk's general manager, Rick Ueno, reflects on the direction he hopes to take the hotel in the future. Ueno said the emphasis will be on enha...
The Restaurant Industry, the Largest Employer of Immigrants in the Nation, Hoping Guest Worker Program Is a Part of Immigration Reform / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Restaurant Industry, the Largest Employer of Immigrants in the Nation, Hoping "Guest Worker Program" Is a Part of Immigration Reform By Jerry W. Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 10--When it became clear the September terrorist hijackers entered the country through the soft underbelly of the nation's immigration visa system, restaurant industry lobbyist Lee Culpepper knew he had a problem. The restaurant industry is the single largest employer of immigrants in the nation, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. More ...
USA Investment Partners Plans 40-story Tower Adjacent to Royal Hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard; Mixture of Time Share and Condos / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report USA Investment Partners Plans 40-story Tower Adjacent to Royal Hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard; Mixture of Time Share and Condos LAS VEGAS - March 6, 2002 - Resort Magic, a division of USA Investment Partners, recently unveiled plans to add an upscale 40-story tower adjacent to the recently renovated Royal Hotel property in the center of the Las Vegas Boulevard strip. The new tower will add 426 additional vacation ownership units with two floors of timeshare suites and two floors of 10,000 sq. ft full ownership penthouses. Resort Magic timeshare owners will enjoy first class servic...
2002 Resort Management Conference – All the Details / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report 2002 Resort Management Conference - All the Details Will Explore New Travel Trends, Peer into Future of Resort Management COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (March 7, 2002) More than 200 hospitality and lodging management professionals will convene at the Broadmoor Hotel, April 14-16, to learn about the latest travel trends and look into what the future may have store for the resort industry at the 2002 Resort Management Conference. Presented by the University of Denver School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management and the International Resort Managers Association, the 2002 ga...
Bill Paulos and Partners Put $6 Million into Fixing Casino Problems at the JW Marriott Las Vegas / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Bill Paulos and Partners Put $6 Million into Fixing Casino Problems at the JW Marriott Las Vegas By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 23--Las Vegas gamblers have heard the pitch from executives at the Resort at Summerlin since it opened in 1999 and then again after it was renamed the Regent Las Vegas. "We want locals," the bosses said. "The (Resort/Regent) wants your business." But they didn't get enough of the local gambling business, and the $370-million hotel-casino was sold for $80 million last fall in bankruptcy ...
Ray Sims, Joins the iHotelier Team / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Ray Sims, Joins the iHotelier Team Unmatched experience paired with unmatched service & technology HOUSTON, Texas (March 26, 2002) iHotelier, a division of Webvertising, Inc., welcomes the addition of Mr. Ray Sims to their team. The eleven-year Lexington Services executive, and twenty-year industry veteran is now iHoteliers Senior Business Developer. As a part of the Lexington organization since its infancy, Mr. Sims played a critical role in their rapid industry growth. iHotelier has made significant strides over the past few years in developing its complete suite of ...
Profile: Rossi Ralenkotter VP of Marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Profile: Rossi Ralenkotter VP of Marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadan At Work Column By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 3--AUTHORITY'S VICE PRESIDENT PROMOTES TOURISM IN LAS VEGAS: Rossi Ralenkotter feels fortunate to be carrying the tourism torch for Las Vegas, the greatest leisure destination in the world, as far as he's concerned. He's a hometown product whose father was a craps dealer. He used to cruise Fremont Street when he attended Bishop Gorman High Scho...
The Pension Fund of the Republic of Turkey Appoints Raffles as Manager of Two Hotels in Turkey / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel OnlineSpecial Report advertisement The Pension Fund of the Republic of Turkey Appoints Raffles as Manager of Two Hotels in Turkey SINGAPORE, March 22, 2002 - Raffles International Ltd (RIL) is pleased to announce that it has signed agreements to manage two deluxe hotels in Turkey in the cities of Izmir and Bursa. The sealing of the contracts for the two hotels owned by the Pension Fund of the Republic of Turkey translates into an increase of 527 rooms to RIL's current portfolio. These two hotels, currently The Hotel Celik Palas in Bursa and The Grand Hotel Efes in Izmir are undergoing extensive redevelopme...
Raffles International Guestrooms 'Evolving with the Senses' / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel OnlineSpecial Report Raffles International Guestrooms "Evolving with the Senses" March 26, 2002 - An innovative guestroom concept, Rafflessense aims to better define and meet customer needs. Not unlike the thought and energy one would invest in designing spaces for optimum living within one's home, Rafflessense is a "living" spatial concept that not only sensitively regards the needs of the five senses of the guests, but aims to create a unique experience to exceed the expectations of the guest in five areas through their senses. From an operational standpoint, viewing these five areas (the study, entertainment, sle...
Raffles Renames Four Landmark Hotels; Appoints Yvette Thuering General Manager at Raffles Brown's Hotel, London / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Raffles Renames Four Landmark Hotels; Appoints Yvette Thuering General Manager at Raffles Brown's Hotel, London March 18, 2002 - Raffles International Limited (RIL) today announced that four of its landmark Raffles brand hotels -- Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg, Brown's Hotel London, Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh and Grand Hotel d'Angkor Siem Reap -- will bear the "Raffles" name from 18 March 2002. They will be renamed Raffles Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, Raffles Hotel Le Royal and Raffles Brown's Hotel. This is in line with RIL's strategy to consolida...
Northwest Hospitality Negotiating for Six Hotels / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Northwest Hospitality Negotiating for Six Hotels By Steven Gardner, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 13--For a company committed to cautious growth in the hotel industry, the inventory is changing quickly at Northwest Hospitality Group. Northwest has added less than one hotel a year since its inception in 1996, currently owning four hotels, including Homewood Suites in Vancouver, worth a total of about $40 million. One of those, the Alderwood Inn in Portland, came in February. Rick Takach, Northwest's president, said the co...
Hotel Undergraduates Shift With the Industry Towards Business Intelligence / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Undergraduates Shift With the Industry Towards Business Intelligence Internationally Known Robert Morris University Uses Internships, Business Intelligence Software to Teach Strategic Management; Professor Predicts Wireless Will Become Hotel Industry Standard March 2002 - For the past six years, when Dr. Denis Rudd wanted to convince 150 undergraduate students in the Hospitality and Tourism Management program at Robert Morris University that losing one guest results in eight more customers slipping away, he had no way to prove it. Showing the relationship between action and reaction remained theoretical. Rudd...
Rhode Island Agency Wants to Close Down Tourism Web Site, Visitri.com / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Rhode Island Agency Wants to Close Down Tourism Web Site, Visitri.com By Timothy C. Barmann, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 26, 2002 - The state agency that once tried to help an East Greenwich entrepreneur expand his tourism-related Web site is now threatening to take legal action against him. The state's tourism division has demanded that visitri.com stop using a Web site address that, the division says, confuses visitors about who sponsors it. The tourism division has asserted that the name of the site may lead people to confus...
California Hotel Operators Reach Prop. 65 Settlement; Agreement Deal Limits Hotel Liability from Attorneys Who Sue on Behalf of General Public / Marc
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report California Hotel Operators Reach Prop. 65 Settlement; Agreement Deal Limits Hotel Liability from Attorneys Who Sue on Behalf of General Public SACRAMENTO, Calif. - March 19, 2002 -- Under the guidance of the California Hotel & Lodging Association, California's hotel and lodging operators have reached a settlement agreement that will provide a way to limit their liability regarding claims filed under Proposition 65. If approved by a judge, the settlement, which includes new warning/compliance guidelines, would limit a lodging operator's liability from "bounty hunters" -- private atto...
Princesa Sofia Inter-Continental Barcelona installs IDeaS Revenue Management Solution / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Princesa Sofia Inter-Continental Barcelona Installs IDeaS Revenue Management Solution MINNEAPOLIS, March 6, 2002 IDeaS, Inc., a leading provider of revenue management solutions, announced today that the Hotel Princesa Sofia Inter-Continental Barcelona has installed and is operating IDeaS e-yieldTM Revenue Management Solution. The implementation is part of a selected rollout of IDeaS Revenue Management Solution by Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts, a brand of Six Continents Hotels. The Princesa Sofia Inter-Continental Barcelona, a five-star property, is located on the renowned Diagonal...
Pinnacle Marketing Partners Opens to Assist Properties in Generating Additional Revenue / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Pinnacle Marketing Partners Opens to Assist Properties in Generating Additional Revenue March 15, 2002 - Kevin F. Kelley, CHME has started a new hospitality consulting company to assist Resorts and Hotels increase their top line revenue streams through more efficient and effective sales and marketing methods. Kelley, a 20 year veteran of the hospitality industry has a proven track record of delivering results through a variety of innovative and fundamental methods. Most recently he was Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Wyndham Luxury Resorts based at The Boulders Resort in Carefre...
Pillion Hotels Offers a Different Option in Hotel Management; A Leasing Arrangement that Carries Less Risk and No Additional Fees for the Owner / Marc
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Pillion Hotels Offers a Different Option in Hotel Management; A Leasing Arrangement that Carries Less Risk and No Additional Fees for the Owner By Sandra Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 19--FORT WORTH, Texas -- David Ralakis can say it no other way: He loves the hotel industry. "It's so much a part of my life," Ralakis says, recalling his childhood days of running through the hallways of some of Europe's finest hotels, which his parents were managing. Today, Ralakis owns and manages his own hotels. But he is setting off ...
Complaints About Labor and High Costs at Philadelphia Convention Center Give Groups Pause About Rebooking / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Complaints About Labor and High Costs at Philadelphia Convention Center Give Groups Pause About Rebooking By Marcia Gelbart, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--Drawing more than 20,000 people a year, the Buyers Market of American Craft was one of the first events booked at the Convention Center when it opened in 1993 and has returned there almost twice a year since. But after her experience last month, show organizer Wendy Rosen said she was thinking about moving the trade show from Philadelphia. She contends that it cost $50,000 mor...
Pepper Martin, Maintenance Chief at the TownePlace Suites-Kennesaw Awarded Franchise Service Team Member of the 2001 / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Pepper Martin, Maintenance Chief at the TownePlace Suites-Kennesaw Awarded Franchise Service Team Member of the 2001 ATLANTA (April 1, 2002) Marriott International recently named Pepper Martin, Maintenance Chief at the TownePlace Suites-Kennesaw hotel, winner of the franchise Service Team Member of the 2001 Award. Nominated by General Manager Warren Schatzle and management company Day Hospitality Group (DHG), Martin competed against representatives from 95 TownePlace Suites hotels nationwide. As Marriotts guest, he traveled to the annual Marriott Managers Meeting in San Diego, Cal...
Pat Westcott Appointed Director of National Accounts by Omni Hotels / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Pat Westcott Appointed Director of National Accounts by Omni Hotels Denver, Colo. - March 21, 2002 - Pat Westcott has been appointed as Director of National Accounts by Omni Hotels. She will be located in the newly opened national sales office in Denver, Colorado. Pat brings to Omni Hotels a strong strategic experience in total account management within a national sales organization. Her knowledge of the Denver market and her customer relationships will strengthen Omni's position in the marketplace. Before joining the Omni family, Pat has held many positions within the industry incl...
