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The Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston Kicks Off Another Semester of the Master of Hospitality Managem
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston Kicks Off Another Semester of the Master of Hospitality Management OnLine January 2002 - The Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston has kicked off another successful semester of the Master of Hospitality Management (M.H.M.) OnLine degree program. The program differs from the traditional on-campus program only in the method of delivery. There is no distinction between the M.H.M. earned on campus and online.  The Conrad N. Hilton College would like to welcom...
Michelle Gehman, GM of the Hilton Garden Inn Lancaster in Pennsylvania, Receives the Brand's First General Manager of the Year Award / Jan 2002.
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report Michelle Gehman, GM of the Hilton Garden Inn Lancaster in Pennsylvania, Receives the Brand's First General Manager of the Year Award BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Jan. 30, 2002--Hilton Garden Inn(R) recognized select hotels and their team members last week for outstanding performance in loyalty and customer service during 2001 with the brand's first annual Hilton Garden Inn Hotel Performance Awards. The awards were presented at the Hilton Hotels Corporation Focused-Service Brand Conference held in New Orleans.     "With more than 125 Hilton Garden Inn properties now open across North Am...
Despite a Tough Fourth-quarter, MGM Mirage Revenues Grew to $4.01 billion, up 29% for the Year / Property Operating Results / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report  Despite a Tough Fourth-quarter, MGM Mirage Revenues Grew to $4.01 billion, up 29% for the Year Property Operating Results January 31, 2002 - MGM MIRAGE today reported earnings before nonrecurring expenses of 18 cents per diluted share for the 2001 fourth quarter, compared with 43 cents per diluted share in the 2000 quarter. Consolidated net revenue was down 13% to $896.3 million in the 2001 quarter compared with $1.03 billion in the comparable 2000 quarter. For the three months ended December 31, 2001, operating cash flow ("EBITDA") was $228.2 million when compared with $317.3 millio...
Minaz Abji Named President of CHIP REIT / CHIP Hospitality / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report Minaz Abji Named President of CHIP REIT / CHIP Hospitality VANCOUVER, BC (January 25, 2002) - Stuart Belkin, Chairman of Canadian Hotel Income Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CHIP REIT), has announced that Minaz Abji will replace Steven Bellringer as president, effective March 1. Mr. Abji is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CHIP REIT and CHIP Hospitality, the company’s hotel management subsidiary. Mr. Bellringer announced on January 24 that he would be relinquishing his duties as president after two years at the helm of CHIP REIT. He will r...
CNL Hospitality Corp. Acquires Eight Marriott Hotels for Approximately $181 million in Cash / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report CNL Hospitality Corp. Acquires Eight Marriott Hotels for Approximately $181 million in Cash Marriott Retains Long-Term Management Agreements                   WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2001 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) today announced that it has agreed to sell one Residence Inn, three Courtyard by Marriott hotels, three SpringHill Suites hotels and one TownePlace Suites hotel to CNL Hospitality Corp. for approximately $181 million in cash. Marriott International developed and will continue to operate the eight hotels under long-term management agreements w...
Fred Lounsberry Heads Up Universal Studios Tourism Groups at Troubled Time / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Fred Lounsberry Heads Up Universal Studios Tourism Groups at Troubled Time By Todd Pack, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 28--Fred Lounsberry is going to have a rough year. Despite the weak economy and fears of terrorism, the Universal Studios executive must find a way to bring people back to its theme parks in Orlando, California, Japan and Spain. But that isn't all. Lounsberry also is chairman of Visit Florida, the state's tourism-marketing agency. Over the next six months, he'll direct a $20 million advertising campaign aime...
Artie & Lisa Ahier Preparing to Open the Long Beach Lodge Resort on Victoria Island / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report Artie & Lisa Ahier Preparing to Open the Long Beach Lodge Resort on Victoria Island Tofino, BC - Long Beach Lodge Resort is a 43-room hotel on the beach at Cox Bay, between Pacific Rim National Park and Clayoquot Sound, scheduled to open in May 2002. Set among towering trees and taking full advantage of the rugged coast line and sandy beach, the new lodge will be created for the discerning traveler who prefers first class service, in a relaxed informal setting. The design has been chosen to be warm and welcoming with natural colours, fabrics and textures through out. One of the lod...
2002 Lodging Conference Set for October 1-4, 2002 at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Resort in Phoenix / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report 2002 Lodging Conference Set for October 1-4, 2002 at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Resort in Phoenix Seventh Annual Lodging Conference Enjoys Record Attendance PHOENIX, Ariz., January 23, 2002 — Organizers of the 7th annual Lodging Conference today announced record attendance at its annual event held in January 2002, and that they have already begun planning for the 2002 Lodging Conference, which is slated for October 1-4, 2002 at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Resort in Phoenix. “We achieved record participation in a down year in spite of a postponement due to the Sept...
South Florida's $6 billion Lodging Industry Is Nervous As it Enters the Heart of the Winter Season / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive South Florida's $6 billion Lodging Industry Is Nervous As it Enters the Heart of the Winter Season By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--South Florida's $6 billion lodging industry is nervous as it enters the heart of the winter season that generates big profits in most years. Tourists to South Florida are booking later, spending less and leaving town faster than a year ago, according to a half dozen hotel operators canvassed last week. With the memory of the September terrorist attacks beginning to recede and the c...
Lou Weckstein, President of John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc., Inducted Into The School of Hospitality Business' “Wall of Fame'' at Mi
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The National Conference Center at Lansdowne Repositioning Itself with $29 million Renovation and Name Change; Bruce McIntosh the VP and GM LANSDOWNE, Va., Jan. 17, 2002 - A new name today joined the exclusive roster of America's leading meeting facilities with the official unveiling of The National Conference Center at Lansdowne following a comprehensive $29 million improvement campaign. Located in Lansdowne four miles east of historic Leesburg, Virginia and within quick and easy reach of Dulles International Airport and Washington D.C., the 110-acre conference complex is the former ...
Chef Jean-Marie Lacroix Developing New Restaurant Concept for The Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Chef Jean-Marie Lacroix Developing New Restaurant Concept for The Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia Lacroix at The Rittenhouse Scheduled to Debut mid-2002 PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11, 2002 - Philadelphians and visitors to the city will have a new restaurant to enjoy when The Rittenhouse Hotel debuts Lacroix at The Rittenhouse in mid-2002. Currently known as TreeTops, the new restaurant will be overseen by internationally acclaimed chef Jean-Marie Lacroix, who joined the hotel as Executive Chef in fall 2001. According to David Benton, vice president and general manager of The ...
Steve Wynn's Le Reve Megaresort Projected to Cost $1.63 Billion / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Steve Wynn's Le Reve Megaresort Projected to Cost $1.63 Billion By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 11--Steve Wynn expects financing for his planned Le Reve megaresort to be completed by the end of February, with construction to begin about six weeks later. The water-themed hotel-casino will cost $1.63 billion, about the same amount he spent to build Bellagio while at the helm of Mirage Resorts, Wynn said this week. "We're working on financing that will be a new thing for Nevada, something that (Gov.) Kenny Guinn would s...
Hospitality Associates, Inc. Reflagging 31 Properties with La Quinta / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report Hospitality Associates, Inc. Reflagging 31 Properties with La Quinta January 28, 2002 - Achieving another milestone in its franchise program, La Quinta(R) Corporation announces the addition of 31 properties located throughout the West and Pacific Northwest with the signing of a franchise agreement with Hospitality Associates, Inc. The opening of the properties, 13 Inns (836 rooms) and 18 Inn & Suites (1191 rooms), should be completed by the first of June. This underscores La Quinta's commitment to increasing market share and brand expansion by entering the states of Idaho and Montana f...
Noble House Hotels and Resorts Reopens LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort Following a $45 million Renovation / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report   Noble House Hotels and Resorts Reopens LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort Following a $45 million Renovation January 15, 2002 - LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, a Noble House Resort, will reopen today after an extensive $45 million renovation and construction project. The comprehensive renovation has transformed this local landmark into a luxurious, 189-room boutique resort located directly on the picturesque Gulf of Mexico. Together with an all new championship Bob Cupp-designed golf course, function space, Baleen Restaurant by premier Noble House chef and restaurateur Robbin Haas, fitness cen...
Lou Weckstein, President of John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc., Inducted Into The School of Hospitality Business' “Wall of Fame'' at Mi
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Lou Weckstein, President of John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc., Inducted Into The School of Hospitality Business' ``Wall of Fame'' at Michigan State University SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Jan. 18, 2002 -- J ohn Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. (AMEX:JQH) proudly announces that Lou Weckstein, CHA, president, was recently inducted into The School of Hospitality Business' "Wall of Fame" at Michigan State University. Weckstein was honored for donating his time and talent to The School of Hospitality Business, as well as for his major contributions to the hospitality industry and to numerous civic, community and phi...
The Las Vegas International Hotel & Restaurant Show Calling for Nominations Hero and Heroine Award / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report The Las Vegas International Hotel & Restaurant Show Calling for Nominations Hero and Heroine Award LAS VEGAS - The 23rd annual Las Vegas International Hotel & Restaurant Show (LVIHRS), June 19 and 20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, is calling for nominations for its annual Hospitality Hero and Heroine Award. The deadline for nominations is May 1. The Hospitality Hero/Heroine Award exemplifies a hospitality employee who has demonstrated a selfless act of courage while on the job in a lodging or restaurant property. Such acts encompasses saving a life or lives, protecting a ...
Las Vegas Convention Center Demonstrates Resilience & Growth / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Las Vegas Convention Center Demonstrates Resilience & Growth LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2002 - Las Vegas is home to one of the largest convention facilities in the world totaling 3.2 million square feet with this month's opening of a $170 million, 1.3-million-square-foot expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC). The expansion of the convention center's South Hall is the most ambitious construction project in the 47-year history of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). The LVCC will show off its new space for the first time Jan. 8-11 to the more than 110,000 expecte...
Lodging Executives Sentiment Slips Back – Robust Feeling of Future Recovery has Waned / Jan 2001...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Lodging Executives Sentiment Slips Back - Robust Feeling of Future Recovery has Waned Durham, N.H., Dec. 31, 2001 -- The current hospitality industry sentiment has executives feeling ever so slightly better than the previous four months about present conditions and still highly optimistic about the future. According to the latest attitudes of lodging industry executives, the Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LEsI) slipped back to 50.0, flatlined in December, down slightly from November's reading of 54.7. With present conditions inching upward, to 14.7 in December from 9.4 in November,...
Florida Keys Hotels Enjoyed 85 to 90% During Holiday Season / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Florida Keys Hotels Enjoyed 85 to 90% During Holiday Season KEY WEST, Fla - Jan. 2, 2002-- Florida Keys lodging businesses enjoyed strong occupancy during the Christmas and New Year's holiday season, Monroe County tourism officials reported Wednesday. They added that the outlook for future tourism flow to the Keys is beginning to brighten.       "Our occupancy levels averaged 85 to 90 percent for the past two weeks," said Peter Ilchuk, executive director of the Lodging Association of Key West and the Florida Keys. "But most importantly, general managers are telling me their rese...
Accor Names André Martinez Managing Director of Economy Hotels and Christian Karaoglanian Named Managing Director for Hotel Development / Jan
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Accor Names André Martinez Managing Director of Economy Hotels and Christian Karaoglanian Named Managing Director for Hotel Development Paris, 14 January 2002._ André Martinez took over the function, on 1 January 2002, of Managing Director of Economy Hotels with Accor to replace Didier Gros who has decided to pursue other career opportunities. Christian Karaoglanian took over the function of Managing Director for Hotel Development on 1 January 2002. He replaces André Martinez. André Martinez, who graduated from HEC (MBA) and the Paris Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Mast...
Johnson & Wales University Symposium Sixty Days Later: How September 11th Has Changed the Hospitality and Tourism Industry / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Johnson & Wales University Symposium "Sixty Days Later: How September 11th Has Changed the Hospitality and Tourism Industry" PROVIDENCE, R.I. - January 8, 2002 - The events of September 11 profoundly changed the landscape of the hospitality and tourism industry. In the wake of the terrorist attacks and changing economic climate, Johnson & Wales University hosted a symposium with a panel comprised of the industry's key leaders and strategists titled "Sixty Days Later: How September 11th Has Changed the Hospitality and Tourism Industry." Dick Brush, Dean of The Hospitality College at Johnson & Wale...
Accor and Jin Jiang Establish a Hotel Sales Network in China; The Jin Jiang Oriental Tower Hotel in Shanghai to be Reflagged Sofitel Jin Jiang Tower,
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Accor and Jin Jiang Establish a Hotel Sales Network in China; The Jin Jiang Oriental Tower Hotel in Shanghai to be Reflagged Sofitel Jin Jiang Tower, Pudong Paris, 22 January 2002. - Accor and the Chinese hotel group Jin Jiang International Management Corporation have signed an agreement to establish a hotel sales and distribution network in China, via a joint venture. Three sales and distribution centres will be opened in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing to sell rooms at the Jin Jiang group's 53 hotels and Accor's 15 hotels accross the country. The centres will target major national ...
Executive Chef Jerry Quinn of South Beach Fame Opens The Black Duck at The Park South Hotel, NYC / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Executive Chef Jerry Quinn of South Beach Fame Opens The Black Duck at The Park South Hotel, NYC NEW YORK Jan 3, 2002 - The Black Duck, a 75-seat restaurant and lounge, is now open and serving Pan-Atlantic bistro fare at ManhattanÂ’s new Park South Hotel, a boutique property located on 28th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. With the look and feel of a neighborhood bistro, The Black Duck offers guests a relaxing and welcoming ambiance and an unpretentious menu created by acclaimed South Beach Chef Jerry Quinn who is responsible for establishing the reputation of Miami BeachÂ...
Gaylord Palms Resort Names Jeanine Payne Director of Sales / Jan 2002...
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Gaylord Palms Resort Names Jeanine Payne Director of Sales KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Jan. 11, 2002) – Gaylord Palms™ Resort and Convention Center has promoted Jeanine Payne from associate director of sales to director of sales, according to Mike Mason, vice president of sales and marketing. Payne has been with the resort nearly two years.  Payne’s new roll will be focused on overseeing the transition from pre-opening to opening mode for the resort’s sales team. Long-term responsibilities include overseeing the relationship between the sales department and other internal departments, as well...
