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The Holiday Inn Express Anchorage Goes Ahead With Multi-Million Dollar Expansion / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  The Holiday Inn Express Anchorage Goes Ahead With Multi-Million Dollar Expansion Anchorage, AK – March 4, 2002 - The Holiday Inn Express Anchorage has been receiving a face-lift of sorts, expanding both its inside and out. The expansion is being made to accommodate more guests and to add more comfort to their stay.  “Seeing a need to accommodate all of our guests, we have worked hard to expand not only our product but our service,” says Tammy Griffin, General Manager of the Holiday Inn Express Anchorage. “When we opened the property we never expected we would need to expand so ...
Historic Gulf Hills Resort Reinvents Itself in Ocean Springs, Miss. / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Historic Gulf Hills Resort Reinvents Itself in Ocean Springs, Miss. By Timothy Boone, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 15--OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss.--A lot has happened to Gulf Hills Resort since it opened in 1927: It's been a dude ranch and a secluded playground for stars such as Elvis Presley and Judy Garland (and reportedly Al Capone and the Chicago mafia). The hotel has suffered a devastating fire and fallen into bankruptcy at least twice. After a two-year renovation, which managers say cost well in excess of $1 million, Gulf Hills h...
Arapahoe Inn in Keystone, Colorado Rebrands from Independent to GuestHouse International Franchise / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Arapahoe Inn in Keystone, Colorado Rebrands from Independent to GuestHouse International Franchise Atlanta, GA; March 7, 2002 - GuestHouse International Franchise Systems, the owner-friendly franchise, announced today the recent opening of the brand's first location in Colorado. The 60-room two-story GuestHouse International Inn in Keystone is located within walking distance to the ski lifts of the Keystone Mountains, the third largest ski resort in the U.S. The hotel is also the closest lodging facility to the Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort, the oldest ski resort in Colorado. Formerly an i...
GuestHouse International Initiates Franchise Advisory Committee with Five Members / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report GuestHouse International Initiates Franchise Advisory Committee with Five Members Atlanta, GA; March 11, 2002 - GuestHouse International Franchise Systems today announced a new initiative in their owner-friendly approach to franchising. In February, the brand held its first ever Franchise Advisory Committee (FAC) meeting in Atlanta. The FAC was formed to give franchisees and corporate representatives a forum to come together and discuss ways to enhance the system and the services offered to franchisees. "GuestHouse International was formed based on the ideas and needs of hotel owners, so ...
Grenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort Started as One Man's Dream… / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Grenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort Started as One Man's Dream... By George Graham, The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 3--HAINES CITY, Fla.--When Linda Gilbert ended her round of golf on the south course at Grenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort on Feb. 18, she was stunned to find everything was locked up. She was even more astonished when she found out why. The owners of the celebrated resort had declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy that morning. The sudden bankruptcy left 350 employees out of work, with no severance or vacation pay. Employees who worke...
Developer Tom Arnot's Hilton Garden Inn in Grand Forks, ND Temporarily Stalled by City / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Developer Tom Arnot's Hilton Garden Inn in Grand Forks, ND Temporarily Stalled by City  By Tu-Uyen Tran, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 19--The Grand Forks City Council voted Monday night to table indefinitely a UND zoning proposal that includes a Hilton Garden Inn, delaying the project. The city wants to use the hotel as a bargaining chip to secure a piece of university land for a future 42nd Street underpass. The issue in brief is this: To get the 100-room Hilton Garden constructed, UND needs to rezone roughly 32 acres on the sou...
Hotel Crisis Strategies Good Times Ahead (Finally!) / The Plasencia Group, Inc. / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Hotel Crisis Strategies Good Times Ahead (Finally!) by The Plasencia Group, Inc. March 2002 We at The Plasencia Group feel rather positive about what lies ahead for the balance of the year. We have spent the last few weeks speaking with our close friends throughout the industry with the goal of painting a clear picture for our clients and ourselves of what we might expect. We thought we would take a moment to share with you the information we have gathered. It’s All Relative A wise philosopher once said, “To know where you’re going, you must look to where you’ve been.” ...
The Clubhouse at The Georgia Club, a New Resort Near Athens, Georgia, Selects Benchmark Hospitality To Manage Hospitality Facilities / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Clubhouse at The Georgia Club, a New Resort Near Athens, Georgia, Selects Benchmark Hospitality To Manage Hospitality Facilities THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, February 20, 2002 ... Benchmark Hospitality has announced that it has been selected to manage The Clubhouse at The Georgia Club, a new resort located near Athens, Georgia, approximately one hour north of Atlanta. Burt Cabañas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Benchmark, made the announcement.  “We are extremely pleased to be involved with this outstanding resort project,” stated Mr. Cabañas. “We look forward to ann...
Geotourism Study Examines the Travel Habits of 55 million Americans Classified as Sustainable or 'Geotourists' / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Geotourism Study Examines the Travel Habits of 55 million Americans Classified as Sustainable or “Geotourists”  WASHINGTON, DC —March 13, 2002 - The Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) and National Geographic Traveler released results today of the first, large-scale national study of the current and potential consumer market for geotourism. The Geotourism Study examines the travel habits and attitudes of the 55 million Americans now classified as sustainable or “Geotourists,” as well as the nearly 100 million traveling Americans moving in that direction. The term g...
Mayor of Miami Beach Pushing for a Full-Scale Pull Out of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Mayor of Miami Beach Pushing for a Full-Scale Pull Out of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau The Miami Herald Tourism Column By Cara Buckley, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 10--David wants the beach's money back. Tony thinks that's a bad idea. Now it's up to a merry band of seven to decide who's right, and who gets the $5 million prize. The David in question is David Dermer, mayor of Miami Beach. The Tony is Tony Goldman, CEO of Goldman properties, owner of SoBe's Park Central and The Hotel boutique hotels. The $5 million is the...
City of Fort Worth Funds $2.6 million for Preliminary Design Work on Proposed 600-room Convention Center Hotel / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive City of Fort Worth Funds $2.6 million for Preliminary Design Work on Proposed  600-room Convention Center Hotel By Ginger D. Richardson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 6--FORT WORTH, Texas--City leaders took the first step Tuesday toward making a luxury 600-room convention center hotel a reality, voting 8-0 to approve $2.6 million for the project's initial phases. The money, which will be advanced from the city's general fund, will be used for preliminary design and development work on the hotel. The facility could cost about...
Texas Hotels Have Had to Make Cuts, But Better Times May Be on the Way / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Texas Hotels Have Had to Make Cuts, But Better Times May Be on the Way By Sean Wood, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 6--A recovery in the ailing hotel industry is just four to seven months away, according to hotel executives and industry analysts. To tide them over, hotel managers have made dramatic cuts, including shutting down restaurants, trimming services and laying off large numbers of staff members. For some properties, even four to seven months may be too long; hotel foreclosures, though still few, increased about 50 per...
Zella Fontenot , 18 Year Housekeeping Veteran at Holiday Inn Atrium – Beaumont, Named Associate of the Year for John Q. Hammons Hotels / March
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Zella Fontenot , 18 Year Housekeeping Veteran at Holiday Inn Atrium - Beaumont, Named Associate of the Year for John Q. Hammons Hotels By Christopher Clausen, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 28--BEAUMONT, Texas--Zella Fontenot has wanted a new car, but she and her husband Wilson didn't know where the money would come from. Wednesday, she got 5,000 possible answers when her employer, John Q. Hammons Hotel Inc., operator of the Holiday Inn Atrium, named Fontenot, a room attendant in the housekeeping department, its associate of the...
Marriott ExecuStay Marks Three Years as Part of Marriott International; Debuts New Logo / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott ExecuStay Marks Three Years as Part of Marriott International; Debuts New Logo WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 26, 2002 – Celebrating its three-year anniversary as part of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), ExecuStay, the temporary housing division of Marriott International, Inc., today announced that it has changed its logo and subsequent name presentation. The brand, now called “Marriott ExecuStay;” introduces a new tagline, “Temporary Housing With a Familiar NameSM” and has a slightly revised logo that features the Marriott logotype above the ExecuStay brand name.  Joe ...
Hot Picks For European Hotel Investors in 2002 / Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Hot Picks For European Hotel Investors in 2002 Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Releases Hotel Investment Strategy Annual 2002 – A Blue Print for Hotel Investment London, 4th March 2002 — Prudent hotel investors will have to pick their market exposure in Europe more carefully than ever in 2002, according to a report to be released this week by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels and LaSalle Investment Management will jointly issue the Hotel Investment Strategy Annual (HISA 2002), providing investors with recommended investment opportunities for the coming year. Acco...
Bethesda-based E-site Marketing Expands With Prestigious New Clients / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report   Bethesda-based E-site Marketing Expands With Prestigious New Clients Bethesda, Maryland - March 2, 2002 - Felix B. Laboy, president and Robert Dawson, vice president, of E-site Marketing, L.L.C. announce the further expansion of their hospitality Internet marketing company. Launched in March of 2000, this once-fledgling marketing firm has rocketed to a preeminent position in the hospitality marketing industry. New clients include both American and international hospitality firms. E-site Marketing has grown its customer base 1,700% since its launch, and presently serves 40 clients t...
The Embassy Suites Hotel Denver International Airport-Gateway Updates Facilities with a $4M Renovation Project / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Embassy Suites Hotel Denver International Airport-Gateway Updates Facilities with a $4M Renovation Project March 8, 2002--The Embassy Suites Hotel® Denver International Airport-Gateway, part of the nation’s leading brand of upscale all-suite hotels, today announced the 210-suite hotel has completed a six-month, $4 million full-scale renovation project to update all of its interior and exterior spaces and increase its value in the Denver market. “We practically built a new hotel for $4 million, and we believe we will see a return on our investment with increased occupancy rates,” s...
EI Offers Online Exams for Professional Certification Candidates / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement EI Offers Online Exams for Professional Certification Candidates ORLANDO, Fla., March 2002 - Professional certification candidates can now get instant examination results with the new online certification exam option available from the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. This new way to take the exam for EI's executive and department-head level professional certification programs enables candidates to receive immediate test results, rather than waiting for three weeks to receive their scores by mail. They also get an item analysis that det...
Eric Bruckner, Who Made a Fortune in Motel Investments in the 1960s and 1970s, Charged with Grand Theft / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Eric Bruckner, Who Made a Fortune in Motel Investments in the 1960s and 1970s, Charged with Grand Theft By Maria Zate, Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 6--Former Hope Ranch millionaire and convicted felon Eric Bruckner appeared in court Tuesday to answer three felony charges filed by the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office. Mr. Bruckner is charged with one count of grand theft stemming from a $6,900 unpaid bill with Wine Cask catering. The other two charges are claims of unpaid hotel bills at the Inn of the Spanish Gar...
Hotel Development; Project and Development Services Approach – Jones Lang LaSalle Case Studies / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Hotel Development; Project and Development Services Approach - Jones Lang LaSalle Case Studies Also See: Top Ten Pitfalls in Hotel Development February 2002 Case Studies The Diplomat Resort Hollywood, Florida Situation Jones Lang LaSalle was retained by a government approved fiduciary in December 2000 to assist in the completion of the development and pre-opening activities for this deluxe mega-resort with extensive golf, marina and retail facilities in South Florida. The property includes a 1,000-room convention hotel with multiple food and beverage outlets, a 60-room luxury ...
Tourism Industry Must Create Package Products and Events Within Driving Distance Or Lose this Summer's Traffic to Those Who Do / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Tourism Industry Must Create Package Products and Events Within Driving Distance Or Lose this Summer's Traffic to Those Who Do QUINCY, MA. --March 15, 2002 - The current economic environment for Tourism demands an immediate shift in priorities and market segments in order for marketing organizations, travel suppliers and tourist attractions to get results, says Joe Veneto, The Opportunity Guy. Travel suppliers and destination-marketing organizations must capitalize on visitors in the local, in-state and regional leisure markets in order to attract customers and get past the current "n...
The Drawbridge Inn, a 485 Room Independent Hotel in the Cincinnati Area, to Convert to a Villager Premier Hotel / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Drawbridge Inn, a 485 Room Independent Hotel in the Cincinnati Area, to Convert to a Villager Premier Hotel PARSIPPANY, N.J. (March 11, 2002) - Villager Franchise Systems today announced that The Drawbridge Inn and Convention Center, a large, full-service hotel in Fort Mitchell, Ky., will become a Villager Premier mid-market, extended-stay hotel this spring. The Drawbridge Villager Premiere Hotel will continue to be operated by the original owner and builder, Jerry Deters, and his wife, Marge Deters, a prominent northern Kentucky developer. A landmark in Fort Mitchell for the past 31...
Prospects for a New Hotel – Casino to Revitalize the Aging Las Vegas Downtown Market Appear Dim / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Prospects for a New Hotel - Casino to Revitalize the Aging Las Vegas Downtown Market Appear Dim By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 24--Amble along the walkways of the Fremont Street Experience and you'll see a series of entryways to dated casinos. Missing are the freshly built appeal of a Mandalay Bay, the camcorder focus of a faux Eiffel Tower, the skyward reach of a Bellagio water show. Downtown casino investment is measured in the tens of millions of dollars -- not the billions that Strip developers like to raise.Â...
Doppler Weather Radar Finding Use in Hotel Rooms for Energy Managment / March 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Doppler Weather Radar Finding Use in Hotel Rooms for Energy Managment Doppler technology ultrasonic sensors stand out as the most advanced method to control HVAC usage in hotel rooms March 2002 - As hoteliers increasingly search for ways to control their bottom lines, energy management has become one of the most efficient ways to manage operating costs.  In a sea of new energy efficient products, Doppler technology ultrasonic sensors stand out as the most advanced method to control HVAC usage in individual hotel rooms. “For the last decade, infrared sensors have dominated the mark...
