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Group's Booking of Adam's Mark Hotel in Denver Underscores End to NAACP Boycott / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Group's Booking of Adam's Mark Hotel in Denver Underscores End to NAACP Boycott By Virginia Culver, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 25--A predominately black denomination is booking a meeting at the Adam's Mark Hotel in downtown Denver, once targeted as part of a national boycott. The boycott against the hotel chain, lifted in December, was launched by the NAACP after blacks charged that the hotel chain discriminates against them. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church chose the Adam's Mark for a regional meeting May 16-19 of about 200 m...
Boston's $800 million Convention Center Has No Bookings for 2004 and 2005 / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Boston's $800 million Convention Center Has No Bookings for 2004 and 2005 By Meg Vaillancourt, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--The steel frame being built for Boston's massive new convention center already dominates the Seaport area, but marketing officials have so far booked just nine conventions for the first decade the new center will be open. The $800 million taxpayer-funded project is to open in 2004, but there are no confirmed bookings yet for its first two years. The nine conventions confirmed so far will occur between 2006 and 2012....
Peter A. Finamore Named Vice President of Hospitality for The Borgata, a $1 billion, 2,010 room Resort Scheduled to Open in Summer of 2003 / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report   Peter A. Finamore Named Vice President of Hospitality for The Borgata, a $1 billion, 2,010 room Resort Scheduled to Open in Summer of 2003 The Second Wave of Executive Appointments     February 8, 2002 - The Borgata, a joint venture development of Boyd Gaming Corporation and MGM MIRAGE , today announced the appointment of three executives who will be among the senior executives at the resort: Peter A. Finamore, Vice President of Hospitality Victor D. Tiffany, Vice President of Food and Beverage Paul F. Tjoumakaris, Vice President of Slot Operations The B...
SEC Realty, LLC, Opens the Holiday Inn Express/Mountain Inn on the Slopes at Big Sky, Montana / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  SEC Realty, LLC, Opens the Holiday Inn Express/Mountain Inn on the Slopes at Big Sky, Montana First Holiday Inn Express® Slope-side Development Situated in Heart of Big Sky Resort and Mountain Village ATLANTA, (February 27, 2002) - Holiday Inn Express announced today that the new 90-suite Holiday Inn Express/Mountain Inn hotel in Big Sky, Mont. will open March 1, representing another addition to the mid-scale brand’s portfolio of limited-service hotels. SEC Realty, LLC, operated under a license agreement with an affiliate of Six Continents Hotels, Inc., and managed by Peter ...
Baymont Loading Up 50% of their Rooms with Special Amenities / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Baymont Loading Up 50% of their Rooms with Special Amenities Breaks Through the Competitive Clutter, Providing New Amenities to Travelers MILWAUKEE - Feb. 20, 2002 - Travelers expect the ``little extras'' when they travel; but when budgets are tight, the special amenities seem out of reach. That's what makes the introduction of Baymont Inns & Suites' new "Ovations Rooms'' so timely. While others in the travel industry cut back on amenities, Baymont, a division of the Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS), adds upscale amenities for a value even the most cost-conscious can't ignore. Â...
Audit Criticizes Kansas City's Bartle Hall Convention Center's Security, Food Service / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Audit Criticizes Kansas City's Bartle Hall Convention Center's Security, Food Service By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 23--Security at Bartle Hall is "woefully inadequate" and the city convention center's food service contract with a local catering firm is a "bizarre" deal that guarantees the company cannot lose money, Missouri Auditor Claire McCaskill said Friday. City officials responded that the lucrative food service contract at Bartle Hall was put out for new bids earlier this week under terms that should be more to M...
Barceló Hotels Adds Hotels in Honduras and Panama/ Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Barceló Hotels Adds Hotels in Honduras and Panama Honduras is the eighteenth nation to have Barceló hotels Palma de Mallorca, 7th February 2002 - This February Barceló Hotels & Resorts inaugurates their first hotel in Honduras: the Barceló Palma Real Beach Resort & Casino. Built in 2001 and with 4 stars, it has 42 rooms and 84 vacancies in the first phase of construction. This will soon be increased by 118 bedrooms more. A holiday resort, it is situated on Playa Roma, 25 Km to the east of the city of La Ceiba, on the Atlantic Coast, the third most important city in Honduras and...
Bankers Learn Future of Hotels / PKF Consulting / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Bankers Learn Future of Hotels in Northern California PKF Consulting Holds “Risk Management” Seminar to Show State of Current Hotel Loans San Francisco, CA. February 12, 2002 – PKF Consulting, the international hospitality consulting firm, and Pacific Coast Bankers Bank, a consortium of member banks serving seven Western states, held a seminar to update PCBB loan officers and other executives on the prospective financial health of Northern California hotels in today’s economy. Representatives from more than 35 banks attended the seminar at the Orchard Hotel in San Francisco on ...
The Islands Of The Bahamas win Platinum for Preview Magazine at the HSMAI Golden Bell Public Relations Awards Competition / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report The Islands Of The Bahamas Win Platinum for Preview Magazine at the HSMAI Golden Bell Public Relations Awards Competition Nassau, February 4, 2002 - Preview magazine, the Ministry of Tourism's official travel professional's guide to The Islands Of The Bahamas, was awarded the Platinum prize as the Most Outstanding Entry in the Convention and Visitors Bureau Category, in the Golden Bell Public Relations Awards Competition. Sponsored by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), the awards were presented in New York on Tuesday, February 29 and accepted by Mr. Vincent...
Best Western International Plans to Add More Than 300 Hotels by End of 2002; Focusing on Key International Gateways and Underserved North American Cit
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Best Western International Plans to Add More Than 300 Hotels by End of 2002; Focusing on Key International Gateways and Underserved North American Cities PHOENIX - Feb. 21, 2002 - Best Western, The World's Largest Hotel Chain(TM), has developed aggressive expansion initiatives for the 2002 fiscal year. The company's development team is focusing on key international gateways and 35 North American cities that are underserved by Best Western. In total, the hotel chain plans to add more than 300 hotels around the globe. International Last year, the Best Western flag flew for the first t...
Best Western International Invests in Moving Customer Service Solutions from Call Center to to the Web / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Best Western International Invests in Moving Customer Service Solutions from Call Center to to the Web MENLO PARK, Calif. - Feb. 27, 2002 -- KANA® (NASDAQ:KANA), a provider of external-facing eCRM solutions, today announced Best Western International has purchased a number of products from the KANA iCARE™ suite. These include KANA Contact Center™ software, KANA Connect™ software, and KANA Response™ software, which are designed to move customer service to the Web with a complete web-architected, eCRM solution. The company has already deployed KANA Response to manage e-mail interac...
Six Continents Hotels Appoints Brian Quinn as Regional Director, Development For Northeastern U.S. and Gordon R. Watkins Named Vice President of Devel
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Six Continents Hotels Appoints Brian Quinn as Regional Director, Development For Northeastern U.S. and Gordon R. Watkins Named Vice President of Development for the Western U.S. February 22, 2002 - Six Continents Hotels Inc., the world’s leading global hotel group, announced today that Brian Quinn has been named regional director of development for the northeastern United States, responsible for the development of the Crowne Plaza® and Inter- Continental® brands in the region. Brian Quinn will focus on franchise prospects as well as development, acquisition and management contract...
Singaporeans Sell A$175.0 million Worth of Australian Hotel Assets in 2001 / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Singaporeans Sell A$175.0 million Worth of Australian Hotel Assets in 2001 Sydney, February 7, 2002 – The sale of the Parkroyal on St Kilda Road Hotel, Melbourne wrapped up sales activity for 2001, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. The owner, Singa Hotels and Properties, sold the 4.5 star, 220 room property to a Malaysian businessman for A$37.65 million, in a deal due to settle in March 2002. Singa Hotels and Properties is the wholly owned Australian subsidiary of Singapore-based Singatronics PARKROYAL ON ST KILDA ROAD HOTEL   562 St Kilda Road St Kilda Road Centr...
Diplomat Hotel Corporation Acquires the Former Clarion Hotel at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online .Special Report  Diplomat Hotel Corporation Acquires the Former Clarion Hotel at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport ATLANTA, Georgia, January 31, 2002 - Thompson Calhoun Fair, LLC, an Atlanta-based hotel real estate firm, announced today it advised a large New York-based Investment Banking firm in the disposition of the 189-room full-service, former Clarion Hotel located at 3601 North Desert Drive in Atlanta, Georgia for an undisclosed sum. The convention hotel opened in 1974 and is minutes from Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport. The property was sold to Atlanta-based, Diplomat H...
DeeAnn Rapozo, Millicent Agena, Hakim Ouansafi and Lopaka Mansfield Appointed to GM Postions with Aston Hotels & Resorts / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  DeeAnn Rapozo, Millicent Agena, Hakim Ouansafi and Lopaka Mansfield Appointed to GM Postions with Aston Hotels & Resorts HONOLULU (Feb. 21, 2002) — With a reputation for promoting from within, ASTON Hotels & Resorts Hawaii is proud to announce the appointments of long-time employee DeeAnn Rapozo to General Manager of the ASTON Kaha Lani and the appointment of Millicent Agena to Resort Manager of the ASTON Kauai Beach Villas. Both were born and raised on Kauai. Four of six of ASTON’s Kauai properties are now led by women born and raised on Kauai.  Rapozo, who has worked in the A...
Benchmark Hospitality Hires Aspire for Revenue Boot Camp Program – Designed to Dramatically Improve Revenue Capture / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Benchmark Hospitality Hires Aspire for Revenue Boot Camp™ Program - Designed to Dramatically Improve Revenue Capture Baltimore, MD – (January 31, 2002) – Several Benchmark Hospitality hotels and conference centers attended Aspire’s new revenue management program, Beyond Revenue™ last week in Leesburg, Virginia. The program was held at Lansdowne Resort and focused on how to improve revenue capture for Benchmark Hospitality through new resources and knowledge and using key revenue channels: Internet Reservation sales Yield/revenue management GDS To date, numer...
Asia Pacific Hotel Investors Bank on Medium Term Trading Expectations / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report Asia Pacific Hotel Investors Bank on Medium Term Trading Expectations Asia Pacific Hotel Investors Bank on Medium Term Trading Expectations Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Releases Latest Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey Sydney, February 13, 2002 — Despite a worsening of short term trading outlook, hotel investors in the Asia Pacific remain optimistic of recovery over the medium term, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels' latest Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey (HISS). The survey, which targets the world's 1,800 largest investors and owners of tourism properties, is the only global sur...
A Year of Two Halves: European Hoteliers Rise to the Challenge / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report A Year of Two Halves: European Hoteliers Rise to the Challenge Amsterdam / London – 21 February 2002 - Andersen, the leading adviser to the international hotel industry, today released 2001 hotel performance data for major European markets at the European Hotel Managers Association annual conference in Amsterdam. Across Europe hotels reported an average annual occupancy of 66 per cent, a decline of 4.4 percent on 2000. Encouragingly, average room rates (in euros) moved ahead marginally to reach €112. As would be expected, there was a marked difference in the performance of the ...
Architectural Firm Truman Howell & Associates Designs New AmericInn Prototypes for Metropolitan Markets / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report   Architectural Firm Truman Howell & Associates Designs New AmericInn Prototypes for Metropolitan Markets Minneapolis, MN (February 10, 2002) – AmericInn International, LLC Chairman and CEO Luke Fowler announces the unveiling of two new AmericInn metropolitan prototypes. AmericInn now offers a straight-line 76-room, 4-story center entry metropolitan prototype and a straight-line 78-room, 4-story end entry metropolitan prototype (both with a porte-cochere option) in addition to the three traditional prototypes already used by the AmericInn Lodging System. The interior design...
Details of Speakers and Topics for HSMAI Affordable Meetings® Mid-America Show; April 17 – 18, 2002 / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Details of Speakers and Topics for HSMAI Affordable Meetings® Mid-America Show; April 17 - 18, 2002 WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 26, 2002) – The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International’s (HSMAI) second annual Affordable Meetings® Mid-America show, taking place April 17 - 18, 2002, at Chicago’s Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, will offer a dynamic program of outstanding educational seminars on topics related to cost-effective meeting planning. Qualified meeting planners from across the country can attend Affordable Meetings® Mid-America free-of-charge. During Affordable Meeti...
Accor Casinos Increases its Friendly Bid to 65 Euros per Share for Compagnie Européenne de Casinos / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Accor Casinos Increases its Friendly Bid to 65 Euros per Share for Compagnie Européenne de Casinos Paris, February 6, 2002. - Accor Casinos has increased its bid to 65 euros per share and 160.7 euros per convertible bond, for all outstanding Compagnie Européenne de Casinos securities. The new bid comes after the friendly purchase bid made by Accor Casinos on January 10, 2002, at a price of 52 euros per share and 129.50 euros per convertible bond, and the rival bid announced by the Partouche Group on January 28, 2002, at a price of 59 euros per share and 144.68 euros per convertible bo...
The Worst is Over for Australian Tourism / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online   Special Report The Worst is Over for Australian Tourism SYDNEY, February 7, 2002 — Whilst 2001 was undoubtedly one of the toughest years on record for tourist operators and investors, the worst appears to be over with December international visitor arrivals reductions falling less than in the three previous months. Month International Monthly Arrivals 2001 vs 2000 and 1999 vs 2000 vs 1999 September -11.9% 1.4% October -16.2% -8.0% November -20.5% -12.1% December -10.7% 9.6% "Whilst the annual results were down 2.6%, we should be careful when comparing thi...
Hoteliers Have Mixed Views About Recovery / American Lodging Investment Summit – Marian Edmunds / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Hoteliers Have Mixed Views About Recovery / American Lodging Investment Summit By Marian Edmunds February 12, 2002 - Curtis Nelson, president and chief executive officer of Carlson Hospitality called on delegates at the American Lodging Investment Summit held in in Los Angeles from February 3-5, 2002 to contact their senators as a matter of urgency over reforms to travel and tourism which are under consideration. If the reforms are carried they are likely to raise the profile of travel and tourism and provide a boost to business travel with measures such as a tax credit of $1200...
Year-over-year Perspective of Average Daily Room Rates of Hotel Bookings Made Through the Global Distribution Systems and Via the Internet / Feb 2002
January 30, 2002
Hotel Online Special Report  Year-over-year Perspective of Average Daily Room Rates of Hotel Bookings Made Through the Global Distribution Systems and Via the Internet Pegasus Solutions Provides Recap of ADR by Distribution Channel DALLAS (February 27, 2002) - To gain a year-over-year perspective of how hotel industry average daily room rates performed in 2001, Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) evaluated electronic reservations transaction data representing hotel bookings made through the global distribution systems (GDS) and via the Internet for actual guest stays in 2001 and 2000. Dallas-based Peg...
