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World Tourism Bodies Collaborat on a Joint Statement Asking Governments to Work Together in Partnership / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report World Tourism Bodies Collaborat on a Joint Statement Asking Governments to Work Together in Partnership LONDON, Oct. 2, 2001 - Leading travel and tourism industry associations from around the world have collaborated on a joint statement asking governments to work together in partnership to address concerns facing the global travel and tourism industry. In the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States, the statement calls for a multi-government partnership to ensure that measures to strengthen security are effective, harmonised internationally and applied globa...
TOURISM IN ASIA: Development, Marketing & Sustainability – The Fifth Biennial Conference / May 23-25, 2002, Hong Kong
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report TOURISM IN ASIA: Development, Marketing & Sustainability The Fifth Biennial Conference (Incorporating Tourism in Indo-China/Southeast Asia Conference) May 23-25, 2002 Miramar Hotel, Hong Kong Conference organized and co-hosted by: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Hotel and Tourism Management (Hong Kong SAR, PRC) University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College (USA) University of Angers ESTHUA (France) May 23-25, 2002 Miramar Hotel, Hong Kong Conference organized and co-hosted by: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Hotel and Tourism Ma...
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Tomorrows Systems - Here Today; Conditions for Change Are More Acute Then Ever Before By Geoffrey Lipman Chairman GTREX, Speech Delivered at Eye for Travel Conference. Amsterdam. 15 October 2001 I want to make 4 points to underscore my theme Tomorrows systems - Here Today. The conditions for change are more acute then ever before. The Web can provide the great leap forward An infinite number of Web Opportunities are emerging The GTREX Open Systems Vision can help realization Conditions for change are more acute then ever before. Post S...
Tish Brown Named Director of Group and Leisure Travel for Baymont Inns & Suites and Woodfield Suites / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Tish Brown Named Director of Group and Leisure Travel for Baymont Inns & Suites and Woodfield Suites MILWAUKEE (Oct. 29, 2001) Baymont Inns & Suites and Woodfield Suites is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Tish Brown to director of group and leisure travel for both brands. In her new role, Ms. Brown will be responsible for coordinating programs in the Motorcoach/Tour and Sports Group markets, AAA and FIT Wholesale, which is a group of international tour operators. In the short time Tish has been with us, she has shown the kind of leadership needed to ...
Hotel Common Sense – Sales Staff Must Have Time to Sell / John Hogan CHA MHS / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Common Sense Sales Staff Must Have Time to Sell By John Hogan, CHA MHS - October 2001 In sales, you must make the customer remember you Victor Kiam, former owner, New England Patriots, Remington Shavers "It" happens everywhere, regardless of the brand, the location or the type of hotel. "It" happens more at medium and smaller sized hotels (under 100 rooms), but we have all seen "it" at 600 room convention hotels. The "it" of course is the extent that non-sales jobs the sales staff frequently finds itself assigned to. The problem comes when the sales manager or t...
Thailand Hoteliers Must Face Reality of Big Losses / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Thailand Hoteliers Must Face Reality of Big Losses By Natalie Suwanprakorn, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 16--The hotel industry must take a more analytical approach to dealing with the current tourism decline to prevent long-term losses. James Batt, joint managing director of Laguna Resorts and Hotels, was critical of reports that some hotel and tourism executives believed the recent decline was only temporary and that targeting European and Asian markets would be enough to balance the loss of American and Japanese tourists. "The h...
About One Quarter of Thailand's 200 Plus Golf Courses Struggling to Survive; Seeking Help from Tourism Authority / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive About One Quarter of Thailand's 200 Plus Golf Courses Struggling to Survive; Seeking Help from Tourism Authority Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 8--Thailand was once a haven for golfers from around the world lured by attractive courses, low fees, good accommodation and excellent services. But now at least a quarter of the country's 200 or so courses are struggling to survive. Like many other businesses, they have been hit by the recession, with revenue from service charges falling as well as membership subscriptions. Golf club me...
Good News for Hotel Telephone Profits for a Change; New Telecom Yield Manager creates annualized average $130,000 flow-through revenue / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Good News for Hotel Telephone Profits for a Change New Telecom Yield Manager creates annualized average $130,000 flow-through revenue October 22, 2001, Dallas, Texas TIV Operations Group, Inc. today announced the introduction of CallYIELD a Telephone Revenue Yield Management System for hotels. Describing it as an innovative system for top-line telephone revenue capture, CEO David Larsen announced today, We are very excited to introduce CallYIELD which represents over 10 years of research, development and deployment in hotels all around the world. CallYIELD is described ...
Travel and Tourism Industry Gains Momentum on Capitol Hill; Interest in Travel Tax Credit Grows / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Travel and Tourism Industry Gains Momentum on Capitol Hill; Interest in Travel Tax Credit Grows WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 15, 2001-- In a series of high-level meetings with Congressional leaders and Administration officials, the Travel Business Roundtable stressed the urgent need for timely government action to stimulate travel and tourism. As a result of these meetings, Senate leaders, including many members of the Senate Finance Committee, expressed interest in a limited tax-credit for either personal or business travel. Rather than seek a bailout, the best way ...
Tampa Convention Center Expansion Completed; Seeks Larger Groups / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Tampa Convention Center Expansion Completed; Seeks Larger Groups Tampa, FL - October 24, 2001 - With the completion of a $5.9 million convention center expansion that doubles its number of breakout rooms, Tampa is drawing larger meetings than ever before. The expansion of the 600,000-square-foot Tampa Convention Center, which is located directly on the downtown waterfront, doubles its number of breakout rooms from 18 to 36 through a reconfiguration of already existing space. Divided equally between the centers first and third floors, the new rooms range from 500 to ...
Tampa Convention Center Large Conventions Picking Up 60 to 70% of Room Block / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Large Conventions at Tampa Convention Center Picking Up 60 to 70% of Room Block By Jeff Harrington, St. Petersburg Times, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 31--TAMPA, Fla.--Leaders of DSLcon expected their convention in Tampa last week would be a big improvement over their last gathering. At least there would be no blizzards. In April, a snowstorm hit Denver on the eve of the trade group's convention, knocking out power, shutting down the airport and blocking the arrival of many participants. This time, the weather cooperated, but a sour economy, a terro...
Texas Rolls Out New Tourism Campaign Targeting In-state and Regional Travelers / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Texas Rolls Out New Tourism Campaign Targeting In-state and Regional Travelers By Sean Wood, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 4--DALLAS--International tourists are taking a back seat as state and local tourism officials shift their focus, for now at least, to attracting in-state and regional travelers. The state rolled out a new marketing campaign Wednesday asking Texans and residents of neighboring states to "Rediscover Texas" as Fort Worth officials canceled one overseas trip and said they are re-evaluating the others. Lt. Go...
Thomas W. Lattin Joins PKF Consulting as Executive Managing Director of Capital Markets Services / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Thomas W. Lattin Joins PKF Consulting as Executive Managing Director of Capital Markets Services San Francisco, CA. October 12, 2001 - PKF Consulting, the international hospitality advisory firm, will expand its hotel real estate brokerage and capital markets services under the direction of Thomas W. Lattin, who joins the firm as Executive Managing Director of Capital Markets Services for PKF Consulting's affiliate company, Hospitality Asset Advisors, Inc. The announcement was made today by Patrick Quek, President and CEO of PKF Consulting and its parent company,...
Travel Industry Association Survey Indicates Main Reason For Those Not Traveling Is Finances, Not Safety / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Travel Industry Association Survey Indicates Main Reason For Those Not Traveling Is Finances, Not Safety WASHINGTON, DC October 18, 2001 - A second Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) survey taken after the September 11 terrorist attacks shows no change in travel intentions by Americans, despite the upcoming holiday season. The results are from the TIA Travel Confidence Survey conducted October 1214, the second in a series of consumer polls among a representative sampling of 1,000 U.S. adults by telephone. While the survey shows that over half of Am...
Profile: Tom Breitling, Co-founder Travelscape.com / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Profile: Tom Breitling, Co-founder Travelscape.com Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadan At Work Column By |Craig L. Moran, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 28--Tom Breitling took off to find the sky. The 32-year-old is president of Travelscape.com, the Las Vegas arm of the Bellevue, Wash., travel giant Expedia.com, a company aiming to send discount-loving passengers skyward. His connection to flying seems logical, given that his father was a pilot for 35 years and two of his three brothers are pilots now. Breitling has his pilot's license...
Economic Stimulus Package for Travel and Tourism Industry Support Grows; Travel Business Roundtable Urges Congress to Act / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Economic Stimulus Package for Travel and Tourism Industry Support Grows; Travel Business Roundtable Urges Congress to Act WASHINGTON - Oct. 5, 2001-- With Congress and the Bush administration expected to act on a package of tax relief and other initiatives designed to stimulate economic growth, the Travel Business Roundtable (TBR), has called on lawmakers to take immediate action to help the travel and tourism industry recover from the devastating economic fallout that followed the events of September 11. In a letter distributed to all members of Congress, Jonathan M. Tisch, chairman o...
Despite Increased Security, Travelers Remain Wary; Nearly 25 Percent Uncertain About Upcoming Travel Plans / Travel Business Roundtable Survey / Octob
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Despite Increased Security, Travelers Remain Wary; Nearly 25 Percent Uncertain About Upcoming Travel Plans WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2001 - Even before Sunday's retaliatory strikes in Afghanistan, a quarter of all travelers had cancelled, put on hold or remained uncertain about their next planned trip. Lingering concern about security, the threat of continued military action and the economic impact related to the September 11 terrorist attacks were cited by travelers who changed their plans, according to a comprehensive nationwide survey of business and leisure travelers...
Sydney's Post Olympic Hotel Contraction Continues with the Closing of Sebel Parramatta Hotel / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Sydney's Post Olympic Hotel Contraction Continues with the Closing of Sebel Parramatta Hotel Sydney, November 1, 2001 The Sebel Parramatta Hotel, Sydney closes its doors today, November 1. The 174 room hotel was recently purchased by a joint venture between Marsim Goup and McDonald Industries for approximately A$18 million in a deal brokered by Mark Durran and Geordie Clark of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. Strategically located is one of Australias fastest growing regions, the 4.5 star property opened in August 2000, aiming to capitalise on its proximity to the ...
Why Does Swiss Cheese Have Holes? / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Why Does Swiss Cheese Have Holes? BREWSTER, Ohio, Oct. 29, 2001 - People wonder why the worlds most recognized cheese has holes. During the Swiss cheese-making process, three active cultures are responsible for fermentation. Two of the cultures are responsible for the depletion of lactose. The third culture gives Swiss cheese its unique, sweet and nutty flavor, and also forms carbon dioxide gas, which creates the fun holes you see(1). During the ripening period, Swiss cheese is stored in a cool place for several weeks. Then the cheese is put in a warm place (70 ...
Owners Renovating and Reflaging the Holiday Inn Quebec Sainte-Foy As a Clarion Hotel / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Owners Renovating and Re-flagging the Holiday Inn Quebec Sainte-Foy As a Clarion Hotel Toronto, CANADA, October 15, 2001 - Choice Hotels Canada continues its banner year with its latest franchising deal, a Clarion Hotel in Ste-Foy, Quebec. The 12-storey full-service (formerly a Holiday Inn) hotel marks the 18th franchise deal in 2001 for Choice Canada. "Clarion is a great fit for this hotel and I am delighted to be associated with Choice Canada. I look forward to a long and prosperous relationship," said Steve Devito, one of four owners of the new Clarion Hote...
Starwood Considering Additional Public Subsidies, Delayed Opening for Planned 1,120-room in Boston / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Starwood Considering Additional Public Subsidies, Delayed Opening for Planned 1,120-room in Boston By Meg Vaillancourt, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 28--With room bookings and hotel financing scarce, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is poised to seek major changes in its planned 1,120-room "headquarters hotel" at the $800 million convention center being built in South Boston. According to industry sources, Starwood is considering a number of options, including a request for public subsidies, a delayed opening, phased construction, and cut...
Stanfield Hospitality Consultants, LLC Issues Industry Challenge / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Stanfield Hospitality Consultants, LLC Issues Industry Challenge NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 27, 2001) - We at Stanfield Hospitality Consultants, LLC extend our deepest sympathy to the victims, families and friends impacted by the recent tragedies in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. We also applaud the thousands of 'heroes' involved with this event! With that said, SHC will contribute 15% of its company profits from September 11 through November 11, 2001 to the "September 11th Fund". We hope our hospitality and travel related industry partners will follow this example...
The 256-room Club Med in St. Lucia, Closes, 330 Employees Laid Off / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Club Med Closes Hotel in Vieux Fort, St. Lucia Caribbean News Agency, Barbados, West Indies Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 25--CASTRIES, St. Lucia--The 256-room Club Med all-inclusive hotel in St. Lucia, has become the latest casualty of the declining world economic environment and will not reopen for the normally busy winter season, officials said on Thursday. It is the fifth hotel to cease operations here this year because of falling business resulting from the international recession. Two of the others, operated by the British company Rex Resorts Inter...
Wolfgang Puck Discusses Recovery of Las Vegas Restaurant Industry / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Famous Chef Discusses Recovery of Las Vegas Restaurant Industry By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 17--Las Vegas isn't the only city suffering from a downturn in tourism business as a result of last month's national tragedy, said Wolfgang Puck, who owns six restaurants here. The celebrity chef, in town Monday to christen the $1 million renovation of Spago at The Forum Shops at Caesars, said his restaurants have felt the hit everywhere, especially in San Francisco, an area that was already in the economic dumps as the do...
