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Capital One, LLC Acquiring Flamingo Reno Casino Hotel; Will Close Property for Improvements, Approximately 1,000 Employees Impacted / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Capital One, LLC Acquiring Flamingo Reno Casino Hotel; Will Close Property for Improvements, Approximately 1,000 Employees Impacted LAS VEGAS-- Oct. 5, 2001-- Park Place Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:PPE) today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell the Flamingo Reno casino/hotel in downtown Reno, Nev., to RFC Reno, LLC, a subsidiary of Capital One, LLC, anticipating sale completion within 30 days. Park Place said it will close the Flamingo Reno at 12 noon on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Following the sale of the property, Park Place will ...
The 100-room Regency Premier Hotel Padlocked During Full Weekend in Columbia, Missouri / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The 100-room Regency Premier Hotel Padlocked During Full Weekend in Columbia, Missouri By Andrew Waters, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--The Regency Premier Hotel downtown is in receivership and was forced to close yesterday, leaving scores of guests without accommodations during an event-packed weekend. Taste of India restaurant, a tenant in the lower level of the property at 1111 E. Broadway, received notice to vacate the premises by Nov. 1 from the Kansas City receiver for Jaymine Enterprises, which owns the hotel. Farha...
Hilton Signs Letter of Intent to Sell Red Lion Chain (42 hotels) and Selected Doubletree Locations to WestCoast Hospitality / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Hilton Signs Letter of Intent to Sell Red Lion Chain (42 hotels) and Selected Doubletree Locations to WestCoast Hospitality BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. & SPOKANE, Wash - Oct. 18, 2001-- Hilton Hotels Corp. (NYSE:HLT) and WestCoast Hospitality Corp. (NYSE:WEH) today entered into a non-binding letter of intent whereby Hilton will sell to WestCoast Hospitality its Red Lion chain of hotels and five Doubletree hotels. The companies are making this announcement because they will be disclosing the proposed transaction in connection with pursuing potential franchises. The transact...
The Pomeranc Group and Bobby Valentine Team Up at Just Opened Ramada Plaza Hotel @ La Guardia / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Pomeranc Group and Bobby Valentine Team Up at Just Opened Ramada Plaza Hotel @ La Guardia NEW YORK (Oct. 2, 2001) The Ramada Plaza Hotel® @ La Guardia Airport, located in New York Citys borough of Queens across the street from Shea Stadium, the U.S. Tennis Associations National Tennis Center and La Guardia Airport, has officially opened all of its 217 guest rooms and suites. The eight-story hotel features Bobby Vs Sports Bar & Restaurant, named for its owner, New York Mets Manager Bobby Valentine, and a museum of one-of-a-kind baseball memorabilia. We are tremen...
Richard Wilhelm Named Managing Hotel Director for Vector Holdings / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Richard Wilhelm Named Managing Hotel Director for Vector Holdings MIAMI, Oct. 17, 2001 - Allen Weintraub, President of Vector Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VHLD), announced today the company has retained Hospitality Advisory Group, Inc., which is led by Mr. Richard Wilhelm. "I am very excited to be part of Vector Holdings, Inc. in their pursuit as a leader in the boutique hotel industry. I feel South Beach has excellent potential for growth due to a high year-round occupancy rate as well as the company's proposed acquisitions of the premier boutique hotels in S...
Randy Whittemore Named President and CEO Humphrey Hospitality Trust, Inc.; Unlikely to Pay Fourth Quarter 2001 Dividend / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Randy Whittemore Named President and CEO Humphrey Hospitality Trust, Inc.; Unlikely to Pay Fourth Quarter 2001 Dividend COLUMBIA, Md.- Oct. 16, 2001-- Humphrey Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUMP), a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today that Randy Whittemore has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the REIT. Mr. Whittemore has served as a director of the REIT since November 1994. He most recently served as senior vice president of Anderson & Strudwick, Incorporated, a brokerage firm based in Richmond, Virginia, which served as underw...
2001 Paul Brown Award Won by Tallahassee's Robert A. Riedel / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement 2001 Paul Brown Award Won by Tallahassee's Robert A. Riedel October, 2001 - The Florida Hotel & Motel Association (FH&MA) has presented its 2001 Paul Brown Award for Distinguished Service to Hospitality Education to Robert A. Riedel, CHA, CHE of Tallahassee. Announced at the organizations annual conference in Orlando, the award is named for the late St. Petersburg hotelier, Paul Brown, who founded FH&MAs Educational Trust Fund and served as the associations president in 1963-64. Riedel became the twentieth recipient of the award since its inception in 1979. ...
Randy Hayden Named Vice President and Managing Partner of Dow Hotel Company's New Division – Food Service Management / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Randy Hayden Named Vice President and Managing Partner of Dow Hotel Company's New Division - Food Service Management SEATTLE, Washington, October 17, 2001 The Dow Hotel Company (DHC), a Seattle-based hospitality ownership and management company, today announced the formation of its Food Service Management Division. The new division will provide hotel quality food and service to hospitals, retirement communities, businesses and universities throughout the western United States. We see this as a natural extension of our current hospitality services, said Murray...
Senior Hospitality Executives Launch The Prism Partnership / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Senior Hospitality Executives Launch The Prism Partnership Consultants Fuse Strategy with Implementation Boston MA (October 2, 2001) Four senior hospitality executives have joined forces to offer best practices counsel to the industry. In a joint announcement on the formation of The Prism Partnership, Bill Watson, Gary Leopold, Mark Haley and Carol Bullock-Walter stated, We formed The Prism Partnership to bridge strategy with core business competencies in marketing and sales, operations, technology and human resources for the hospitality industry. As industry expert...
Hotel Crisis Strategies / The Plasencia Group, Inc. / Sept 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Crisis Strategies by The Plasencia Group, Inc. September 25, 2001 The Plasencia Group has reviewed potential steps which hotel owners and asset managers may wish to take to preserve asset value given current market conditions. Several such suggestions are found below, following our latest set of Industry Observations. Industry Observations - Falling interest rates typically mean one thing to hotel developers: build! However, two items that are sure to curtail new development: lenders will have no appetite in the near term; and, hotel brands and owners will save their capi...
Portland, Oregon Area Hotel / Tourism Officials Switch Gears; Advertising Plans Now Geared Regionally / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Portland, Ore. Area Tourism Officials Plan to Advertise Regionally By Jeffrey Kosseff, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 14--The Westin Salishan Lodge planned to launch an East Coast advertising blitz next year. But those plans changed Sept. 11. Now the bulk of the Gleneden Beach hotel's advertising will stay in the Northwest. "It's a good time for us to capitalize in our region, because we'll find that people are more apt to drive," said Jeff Gehrman, the hotel's director of sales and marketing. That's the feeling among Orego...
Disney Indefinitely Postpones the Opening of the2,880-room First Phase of the $460 million Pop Century Resort / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Disney World Postpones Resort Opening; Universal Orlando, Fla., Lays Off 100 The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 17--The news got even more grim for Central Florida's slumping tourism industry on Tuesday: Disney World indefinitely postponed the opening of its huge Pop Century resort, and Universal Orlando laid off 100 full-time employees. The latest one-two punch underscored how badly the tourism-driven region has been devastated by the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks. Pop Century, 5,760-room complex planned to equal the sprawling All-St...
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Seeks Applicants for International Ph.D. Scholarships in Hotel and Tourism Management / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Seeks Applicants for International Ph.D. Scholarships in Hotel and Tourism Management Hong Kong - October 17, 2001 - As part of its strategic vision to internationalize the university, the President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is continuing the international postgraduate scholarship scheme started in 2000. The scholarships are known as The Hong Kong Polytechnic University International Postgraduate Scholarships for PhD Studies. They will be offered to full-time PhD applicants only. The applicant should possess a firs...
Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris Installs IDeaS e-yieldTM Revenue Management Solution / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hôtel Plaza Athénée Paris Installs IDeaS e-yieldTM Revenue Management Solution MINNEAPOLIS, October 23, 2001 IDeaS, Inc., a leading provider of revenue management solutions, announced today that Hôtel Plaza Athénée Paris has installed and is operating IDeaS e-yieldTM Revenue Management Solution. This implementation follows a successful pilot program conducted during the first two quarters of 2001. The financial and operational benefits of installing IDeaS Revenue Management Solution far exceeded our expectations, as well as IDeaS' guarantee. The Hôtel Plaza Athénée estim...
Aberdeen, South Dakota Hotels Fill Up for Opening of Pheasant Hunting Season / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Aberdeen, S.D.-Area Inns Fill Up for Opening of Pheasant Hunting Season By David Dickey, American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 19--Saturday will be an early Christmas for many area merchants. However, they aren't expecting a visit from a man with a white beard and a red suit. Santa Claus, in this case, will be wearing upland game hunting clothes, carrying a shotgun and running birds dogs. Saturday is opening day for the 2001 pheasant hunting season, and residents and non-residents are expected to flood area hunting lands in search of ...
Pebble Beach Co. Permanently Lays Off 170 Employees from Management to Manual Labor / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Pebble Beach Co. Permanently Lays Off 170 Employees from Management to Manual Labor By Victoria Manley, The Monterey County Herald, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 12--Pebble Beach Co. executives gave pink slips to 170 employees Thursday in the biggest sign yet that the Peninsula's tourism industry has been flattened by the fallout of terrorism and the slumping overall economy. The company -- Monterey County's sixth largest employer and largest property tax payer -- slashed its 1,740 workforce by about 10 percent with the permanent layoffs, said Chief ...
Parker Blake Provides Art Consulting for Western U.S. Casinos – Black Hawk Casino by Hyatt, Santa Ana Star, Palace Station, Four Winds Casino /
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Parker Blake Provides Art Consulting for Western U.S. Casinos -- Black Hawk Casino by Hyatt, Santa Ana Star, Palace Station, Four Winds Casino Castle Rock, Colo. October 18, 2001 - When it comes to planning the artwork that creates memorable ambience for gamers, four casinos in the West and Midwest decided not to gamble instead, they all invested in custom-designed art programs created by Parker Blake, a Colorado-based art consulting firm. Parker Blake recently provided art consulting for two redesigned areas of The Palace Station Casino in Las Vegas. The companys ...
Atlantic Stars Hospitality Group Open The Park South Hotel in Manhattan / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Atlantic Stars Hospitality Group Open The Park South Hotel in Manhattan NEW YORK -- September 4, 2001 -- The Park South Hotel, located in Manhattan's emerging "Rosehill" neighborhood, officially opened its doors on September 4 announced Don Glassie, head of Atlantic Stars Hospitality Group, owner and operator of the hotel. The 143-room hotel, housed in an historic 1906 building, features classic-contemporary design, along with state-of-the-art amenities, personalized services and an in-house bistro featuring New American cuisine and a cocktail lounge. The Park South provides ...
PGA National Resort & Spa Selects Lexington Services for Global Reservations / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report PGA National Resort & Spa Selects Lexington Services for Global Reservations DALLAS (Oct. 8, 2001) Lexington Services, a subsidiary of Travel Services International, Inc., the largest provider of global hotel reservations in the nation and second largest in the world, today announced PGA National Resort & Spa as its newest member. Under the agreement, Lexington will provide centrally hosted reservations technology and support to the Florida-based PGA National Resort & Spa. Lexington Services, through an alliance with Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC), is the exclusiv...
Court Orders The Orleans Hotel and Casino to Renovate 800 Rooms to Comply with Disabilities Act / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Court Orders The Orleans Hotel and Casino to Renovate 800 Rooms to Comply with Disabilities Act By Chris di Edoardo, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 4--The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday ordered Coast Resorts to renovate more than 800 rooms at The Orleans to bring the hotel into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. In addition to the hotel rooms, the company was ordered to redo two slot kiosks. The renovations are projected to cost more than $800,000. The decision is the latest local victory for the Sa...
Occupancy Remaining Below 20% at Many Orlando Hotels; 62 Conventions Have Rebooked Out of 335 that Cancelled / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Occupancy Remaining Below 20% at Many Orlando Hotels; 62 Conventions Have Rebooked Out of 335 that Cancelled By Meg Laughlin, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 8--ORLANDO, Fla.--In the Orlando area, disaster spells fun: At the fabulous new Universal Studios attraction, Islands of Adventure, visitors to Spider Man plummet from the top of a burning New York skyscraper to the sidewalk below. In Poseidon's Adventure, they are caught in burning chambers listening to screams of "we're all going to die." At Disney World, pirates clank swords, ghosts fi...
One-Two Punch Weakens Major U.S. Lodging Markets for Balance of 2001 and Most of 2002 / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report "One-Two Punch" Weakens Major U.S. Lodging Markets for Balance of 2001 and Most of 2002 Hospitality Research Group, Torto Wheaton Research Examine Details of Financial Damage to Hotels BOSTON, MA and ATLANTA, GA - October 9, 2001. Boston-based Torto Wheaton Research (TWR) and the Atlanta-based Hospitality Research Group (HRG), the research affiliate of PKF Consulting, recently released an econometric Hotel Outlook report for the top 75 US cities covering full- and limited-service segments nationwide. The regularly updated Hotel Outlook provides detailed forecasts and analysis of up...
Low-Occupancy Pains Unite Florida Hoteliers, Resort Managers / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Low-Occupancy Pains Unite Florida Hoteliers, Resort Managers By Juana Jordan, Tallahassee Democrat, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--The Hilton Naples Tower is hurting. Occupancy at the newly built 199-room hotel has been running about 12 to 20 percent in the past month. The 960-room Boca Raton Resort & Club properties reports the same. Occupancy is about 20 percent compared with 80 and 90 percent last year. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, bookings at many of Florida's hotels have been canceled, put on hold or rescheduled for next year. Touri...
Green Suites International's O-Tech Cleans Up Laundry Operations Waste / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Green Suites International's O-Tech Cleans Up Laundry Operations Waste Direct Injection Ozone Laundry System typically reduces chemicals, water and sewer usage 40% & energy to heat water 60%; Utilities rebates cover up to 80% of upfront investment & GSIs leasing packages ensure monthly cost savings far exceed regular payments. Upland, Calif.(Oct. 29, 2001) STOP letting your hotel laundry operations take you to the cleaners! With Green Suites Internationals unique O-Tech Direct Injection Ozone Laundry System, hotels can: Reduce chemicals usage an average of 40 percent with Oz...
