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April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Australias Tourism Industry Dented, but Resilient Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Sydney, October 23, 2001 - Whilst there is little doubt that Australias tourism industry has been dented by the events of 11 September and the demise of Ansett Airlines, there have been very few comments that have done justice to the resilience of the Australia tourism industry. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels draws on the industrys past performance and current responses to highlight the factors which are likely to help counter the impact of these events. The Tourism Industry Over the pa...
Australian Hotels Facing Challenges from September Shocks / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Australian Hotels Facing Challenges from September Shocks Sydney - 26 October 2001 - Latest results from the Australian edition of the Andersen Hotel Industry Benchmark Survey show September 2001 hotel and serviced apartment performance results are varied across capital city markets. Properties with a high international visitor exposure, and those whose group or leisure bookings were affected by airline capacity constraints were amongst the worst affected during September. However, several markets within Australia not only withstood Septembers market shocks, but a...
American Skiing Company Offering 50 of the 167 Remaining Quarter Share Units at Attitash Bear Peak at Absolute Auction / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement American Skiing Company Offering 50 of the 167 Remaining Quarter Share Units at Attitash Bear Peak at Absolute Auction BARTLETT, N.H., Oct. 23, 2001 - Grand Summit Resort Properties, Inc., a subsidiary of American Skiing Company Resort Properties, Inc., will sell its remaining inventory at the Grand Summit Resort Hotel and Conference Center at Attitash Bear Peak, New Hampshire, at auction on November 3, 2001. "Interest from prospective buyers to date has significantly surpassed our expectations,'' said Hernan Martinez, chief operating officer of American Skiing Compa...
Questions Arise About Atlantic City's Status As Gaming Destination / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive EDITORIAL: Questions Arise About Atlantic City's Status As Gaming Destination By Michael Pollock, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 30--A rendering shows the planned $1 billion Borgata which is still under construction in Atlantic City. The project is adding to the high concentration of casino hotels in close proximity, which benefits Atlantic City as a gaming destination. New York gaming raises Atlantic City concerns Casinos are coming. Casinos are coming. That clarion call has been sounded countless times over the past quarter-cent...
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Are You Wondering Why You Cant Get More Revenues from Your Website? Ellicott City, MD (October 29, 2001) These are tough times for the hospitality industry and many in the industry are looking to make their current resources work better and smarter. Aspire, an international training and marketing company that specializes in offering solutions for the hospitality industry, has put together a list of the 10 most important tools to turbo charge your website and drive more revenues. These are low cost (in some cases just a bit of someones time), high impact steps you can take toda...
New Revenue Resources for New Times in Hotel Industry; Hotels Need to Tackle the New Travel Mindset / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report New Revenue Resources for New Times in Hotel Industry Hotels Need to Tackle the New Travel Mindset Phoenix, AZ (October 22, 2001) New income-driving tools called Revenue Recovery Resources are specifically designed for hotels to navigate thru the unprecedented challenges of our new world, announced Aspire, a marketing and training company for the hospitality industry. Aspire developed this program to help its hospitality clients as they rebuild from recent setbacks and are challenged to conduct their business with renewed urgency, sensitivity and creativity. This new program also ...
First Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism – Macau, May 22, 2002
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report First Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism May 22, 2002 Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT), Macau SAR Hosted by: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Hotel and Tourism Management (Hong Kong SAR, PRC) Institute for Tourism Studies (Macau SAR, PRC) May 22, 2002 Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT), Macau SAR Hosted by: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Hotel and Tourism Management (Hong Kong SAR, PRC) Institute for Tourism Studies (Macau SAR, PRC) School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Po...
Asia Pacific, An Untapped Opportunity in the Fervour of Global Hotel Consolidation / Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Asia Pacific, An Untapped Opportunity in the Fervour of Global Hotel Consolidation Sydney, 17 October 2001 Whilst Asia Pacifics established hotel markets have been swept up in the fervour of hotel consolidation, the regions emerging markets still represent opportunities. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels quantifies the prolific hotel M&A activity that has dominated the transaction headlines since 1997 in the latest edition of Hotel Topics. Since 1997 there have been 120 portfolio transactions around the globe totalling US$75.0 billion. Despite a mere 1.7% o...
Lodgian, Inc. Reports its President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Arasi, Has Resigned / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Lodgian, Inc. Reports its President and CEO, Thomas Arasi, Has Resigned ATLANTA, Oct. 2, 2001 - Lodgian, Inc., (NYSE: LOD), announced today that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Arasi, has resigned. The company has appointed David Hawthorne as interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Lodgian, Inc. owns or manages a portfolio of 106 hotels with approximately 19,971 rooms in 32 states and Canada. The hotels are primarily full service, providing food and beverage service, as well as meeting facilities. Substantially all of Lodgian's hotels are affiliated with ...
Angsana Great Barrier Reef Achieves AAA Tourism's 5 Star Status Within First Year / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Angsana Great Barrier Reef Achieves AAA Tourism's 5 Star Status Within First Year Scores Highly On Well-presented Suites, Housekeeping, Décor & Furnishings, Lush Gardens & Surroundings - Palm Cove, Cairns, Queensland, 2 October 2001 Within a year of its inception, Angsana Resort & Spa Great Barrier Reef has joined the elite group of high quality spa resorts in Australia. The resort was recently granted a 5-star rating by the AAA (Australian Automobile Association) Tourism, the national tourism body of the Australian motoring organizations. Angsana achieved exceptional res...
Investors Say Real Estate Agent Took, Sold Their Miami Hotel / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Investors Say Real Estate Agent Took, Sold Their Miami Hotel By Douglas Hanks III, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 23--In March, lawyer Franklin Zemel called the Miami Beach Police Department to report a stolen hotel. It's not that someone absconded with the three-story South Beach building at 634 Washington Ave. Zemel claims his clients, a group of Italian investors that bought the property in 1996, lost it to their real estate agent, who secretly installed himself as the sole officer of their partnership, borrowed about $2 million against ...
Wyndham Anatole Hotel Adjusts to Marketplace; Bolsters Sales Team / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement The 1,620-room Wyndham Anatole Hotel Adjusts to Marketplace; Bolsters Sales Team DALLAS (Oct. 30, 2001) - The Wyndham Anatole Hotel, the Southwests largest convention hotel, is pleased to announce several changes to its sales team, designed to bolster the hotels strategic sales initiatives and generate meeting and convention business for the 1,620-room Dallas landmark. One member of the Wyndham National Sales team, Gale McClurkan, and three veteran members of the Wyndham Anatole Hotel Sales team, Diana McClure, CMP; Pam Stefanek and Sue Supplee have shifted respo...
American Classic Voyages Files for Bankruptcy; 2,150 Employees Laid Off / go to
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Chicago, Ill.-Based Cruise Line Goes Under Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 20--Billionaire financier Sam Zell, better known for buying companies in bankruptcy, saw one of his own hit rough waters when his troubled cruise line filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors. American Classic Voyages Co., the only operator of U.S.-flagged cruise vessels, said Friday it was forced into bankruptcy by the sharp decline in tourism in the wake of last month's terrorist attacks. But the company, which was in the process of moving its headquarters from...
San Antonio Rolls Out $500,000 Regional Visitor Campaign / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement San Antonio Rolls Out $500,000 Regional Visitor Campaign Alamo Citys Second-Largest Industry Responds to Travel Decline October 18, 2001 - The San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau (SACVB) has rolled out an additional comprehensive regional marketing campaign to help shore up the Alamo Citys visitor industry during the post-Sept. 11 period. Developed in coordination with local industry leaders, the stepped-up $500,000 campaign targets travel consumers in drive markets throughout Texas and neighboring states, said SACVB Executive Director Steve Moore. It enha...
Adam's Mark Lays Off 20% of its Managers at the Chain's 24 Hotels / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Adam's Mark Lays Off 20% of its Managers at the Chain's 24 Hotels By Earl Daniels, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 5--Citing the slowdown in business as a result of the events of Sept. 11, the St. Louis-based parent company of the Adam's Mark hotel fired 20 percent of its managers at the hotel chain's 24 hotels, including managers in Jacksonville. It is not known how many people were let go at the Adam's Mark hotel in Jacksonville since the company's announcement last Friday. Hotel officials characterize the cuts as the ...
Arizona Hoteliers Hoping the World Series Gets Tourism Back On Track / October 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Mesa, Ariz., Hotel Officials Hope World Series Boosts Area Tourism By Donna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 23--The Major League Baseball World Series could smack a grand slam for the Valley of the Sun's languishing hotel industry, local tourism experts say. Local hoteliers say they might fill a few more rooms this weekend because the Arizona Diamondbacks will host the World Series opener, but the big boost will come weeks or months later. A short sleeve-shirted crowd will have cold-weather dwellers from all around the coun...
Nevadan At Work Column: Art ManterisVP of Race and Sports Book Operations for Station Casinos / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadan At Work Column By Dave Berns, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 14--If professional and college sports fill the candy store of life, for years Art Manteris has been taking action on which is more popular -- peppermint or spearmint, jawbreakers or bubble gum. The candy of choice might change from week to week, but the craving for the sweet stuff is always there. So in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the self-analysis by many who have pondered the meaning of life in the ensuing days ...
Amy Kerber of The Holiday Inn Express of Walla Walla, WA Named Outstanding General Manager of the Year By the Washington State Hotel & Lodging Associa
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Amy Kerber of The Holiday Inn Express of Walla Walla, WA Named Outstanding General Manager of the Year by the Washington State Hotel & Lodging Association Walla Walla, WA October 17, 2001 - Amy Kerber of The Holiday Inn Express of Walla Walla, WA has won the Outstanding Manager of the Year award from the Washington State Hotel & Lodging Association in the small property category. This category competes among hotels with 100 rooms or less. Kerber received the award at the annual WSHLA conference at the Semiahoo Resort in Blaine, Washington on October 8, 2001. K...
AH&LA President Joseph A. McInerney's Weekly Update / October 9, 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report AH&LA President Joseph A. McInerney's Weekly Update / October 9, 2001 October 9, 2001 Dear Friends & Colleagues, This is an important week for myself personally and for AH&LA. Our first Kitchen Cabinet meeting will be held here at AH&LA headquarters on Thursday, October 11. This is especially timely in light of the assault launched on Afghanistan on Sunday in response to last month's deadly terrorist attacks. In addition to what is believed to be a sustained military campaign, Americans will continue to see tightened security against expected terrorist reprisals. We are loo...
AH&LA Seeking Entries for Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year, Outstanding Manager of the Year, and Outstanding General Manager of the Year / Oct
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report AH&LA Seeking Entries for Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year, Outstanding Manager of the Year, and Outstanding General Manager of the Year Washington, September 28, 2001 - The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) is seeking entries for the Stars of the Industry awards competition, which honors outstanding lodging employees and creative public relations programs. Sponsored by Visa USA, the competition is open to all AH&LA member properties. The employee awards - Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year, Outstanding Manager of the Year, and Outstanding General Manage...
American Hotel & Lodging Association Providing Members with Essential Security Training Videos / Oct 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report American Hotel & Lodging Association Providing Members with Essential Security Training Videos Washington, September 28, 2001 - In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the United States, the lodging industry naturally has a heightened sensitivity about its guests and employees. To address this matter, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) is providing its members with specially priced, essential security training and instructive videos to help properties effectively meet the challenges of the days ahead. Through its Orlando, Fla.-based Educational Institute (EI), AH...
Joseph A. McInerney, CHA President/Chief Executive Officer of AH&LA, Provides Update to Lodging Industry / October 2, 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Joseph A. McInerney, CHA President/Chief Executive Officer of AH&LA, Provides Update to Lodging Industry October 2, 2001 October 2, 2001 "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." Dear Friends & Colleagues, At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin made the above statement. And now, more than 200 years later, it is especially relevant to our world and the world of hospitality today. Together we can muster the strength as both a nation and an industry to survive this terrible crisis. Although lodging is experiencing pain...
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement ABCDs of the Re-Budgeting Game Submitted to Hotel Online Viewpoint Forum by Cherif R. Medawar sncca_gm@hilton.com October 23. 2001 In the wake of September 11th tragedy, most hotel companies are re-doing their budgets and guessing, as best they can, the potential of their hotels in different markets throughout the US. This new budgeting process will be successful if hotels take into account the four variables that predicate the accuracy of their numbers. I call them ABCDs of the re-budgeting game: A is for ability of the Sales Team to acquire, maintain a...
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Seven of Australias Hotel Management Schools Unite to Form the Association of Australian Hotel Schools Canberra, September 21, 2001. Seven of Australias full-fee hotel management schools have united to form the Association of Australian Hotel Schools (AAHS). The founding members include the Australian International Hotel School (AIHS) in Canberra; the International College of Hotel Management (ICHM) in Adelaide; the International College of Tourism and Hotel Management (ICHTM) in Manly; Kenvale College of Tourism and Hospitality Management in Sydney;...
