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Concierges Say They Are a Vital Part of the Hotel Industry / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Concierges Say They Are a Vital Part of the Hotel Industry By Cara Buckley, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6--Convincing hotel managers that friendly greetings and troubleshooting are vital for the bottom line has never been more important for South Florida's concierges, who met at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts Monday to map out ways they could weather the current economic storm. "General managers need to understand the concierge is the personality and face of the hotel," said Miguel Pena, chief concierge at the Wyndham Grand B...
Harrell Hospitality Group, Inc Assumes Management of the Columbia Lakes Resort and Conference Center, in West Columbia, Texas / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Harrell Hospitality Group, Inc Assumes Management of the Columbia Lakes Resort and Conference Center, in West Columbia, Texas Dallas, Texas - November 12, 2001 - Harrell Hospitality Group, Inc (OTCBB HLTLA) is pleased to announce that it has assumed the management of the Columbia Lakes Resort and Conference Center, located in West Columbia, Texas. (45 minutes south of Houston) The Resort, nestled in 2,000 wooded acres, comprises 165 guestrooms, full restaurant and lounge facilities, 15,000 square feet of meeting space, an 18 hole Tom Fazio designed golf course, a cham...
Olympus Real Estate Partners Acquires the Financially Troubled Clarion Beach Hotel in Ventura / November 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Olympus Real Estate Partners Acquires the Financially Troubled Clarion Beach Hotel in Ventura Ventura County Star, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 16--Officials of a Dallas-based real estate investment fund announced Thursday it has purchased the financially troubled Clarion Beach Hotel in Ventura and will turn it into a full-service Marriott by the middle of next year. Olympus Real Estate Partners, which owns properties worth $5 billion including 55 hotels and resorts throughout the United States, bought the hotel out of bankruptcy, but terms were...
Chope's Cafe in La Mesa, NM, Loses Liquor License After 60 Years of Operations / November 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Chope's Cafe in La Mesa, NM, Loses Liquor License After 60 Years of Operations By Claire OBrien, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 29--After more than 60 years in business, a well-known La Mesa restaurant has lost its liquor license in an unusual chain of events that has owners and customers frustrated. Chope's Restaurant, a popular regional fixture owned by the Yañez family since 1941, lost its license to sell alcohol Oct. 31 when an inspector from the state Department of Public Safety Special Investigations Division came into the ...
City Hotels Appoints Radisson SAS to Manage a New First-class, 46 room Hotel in the Center of Paris / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report City Hotels Appoints Radisson SAS to Manage a New First-class, 46 room Hotel in the Center of Paris New Boutique Property Located on Site of Former Louis Vuitton Headquarters Brussels, November 2001.... Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with City Hotels, a Belgium-based hotel real estate company, to manage a new first-class, 46 room hotel in the center of Paris. The property, located on the site of the former headquarters for well-known designer Louis Vuitton, is currently undergoing the final stages of construction and will open its doors to the public in Feb...
Cendant Enhances Support for Hotel Franchisees With Several Senior Appointments / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Cendant Enhances Support for Hotel Franchisees With Several Senior Appointments PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Nov. 15, 2001) Cendant Corporations Hotel Division today announced several senior appointments and provided more details regarding its ongoing reorganization. Joe Kane, one of two newly appointed group presidents & chief executive officers, announced that his direct reports will include Bob Foley, Travelodge president & chief executive officer; Mary Mahoney, Howard Johnson president & chief executive officer; and Steve Belmonte, Ramada president & chief executive officer. Kane will conti...
Cendant's Nine Lodging Brands Will be Organized Under the Leadership of Joe Kane and Bob Weller / November 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Cendant's Nine Lodging Brands Will be Organized Under the Leadership of Joe Kane and Bob Weller PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Nov. 2, 2001) Cendant Corporations Hotel Division today announced it has begun a reorganization designed to position the worlds largest lodging franchisor even more firmly as the service leader in the hotel industry. Stephen P. Holmes, chairman & chief executive officer of Cendants Hospitality Division, which encompasses the Hotel Division, the companys timeshare exchange as well as vacation ownership sales and marketing and the European co...
Grupo del Caribe Planning a Multi-Billion-Dollar Resort Destination in the Dominican Republic; three Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses, Several Ho
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Grupo del Caribe Planning a Multi-Billion-Dollar Resort Destination in the Dominican Republic; Three Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses, Several Hotels PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, Nov. 20, 2001 - Grupo del Caribe, one of the Caribbeans largest development groups, today unveiled plans to develop what will be the Caribbeans premier destination, Cap Cana, in the Dominican Republic. The multi-billion-dollar project will sit on 30,000 acres and five miles of oceanfront property on the easternmost point of the Dominican Republic, next to Punta Cana. Grupo del Caribe hand...
So How Bad Was September for Canadian Hotels.. Pretty Bad! / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel OnlineSpecial Report So How Bad Was September for Canadian Hotels .. Pretty Bad! CANADIAN LODGING OUTLOOK September 2001 September 2001 Year-to-Date The Canadian Lodging Outlook is a joint monthly publication of Smith Travel Research and HVS International, Vancouver and Toronto, Canada By: Salim Gulamani - HVS International - Vancouver The Alberta Mountain Region market suffered the largest decline in occupancy during the month of September from 92.0% in 2000 to 65.8% in 2001, or by 26 points. The Toronto markets all suffered occupancy declines greater than 20%. Other eastern cities that reported major dec...
Christopher R. Perry Named VP of Sales & Marketing for Boutique Hotel Group's Five Manhattan Properties / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Christopher R. Perry Named VP of Sales & Marketing for Boutique Hotel Group's Five Manhattan Properties NEW YORK, NY, November 14, 2001 - Boutique Hotel Group has appointed Christopher R. Perry as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Mr. Perry is a career hospitality industry executive and joins the Group with over 15 years of experience in selling and marketing luxury properties in New York City. As Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Boutique Hotel Group, Mr. Perry will oversee the sales division and marketing program for the largest boutique hotel portfolio in Manhattan; five sm...
Candlewood Hotel Company Reports RevPAR Down Just 2.7% from Year Ago Third Quarter / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Candlewood Hotel Company Reports RevPAR Down Just 2.7% from Year Ago Third Quarter Hotel Statistics WICHITA, Kan., Nov. 7, 2001 - Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNDL), a leading owner, manager, developer and franchisor of high quality, value-oriented, business-travel hotels, today announced results for its third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2001. During the third quarter, Candlewoods growth was slowed by the weak economy. The effects of the softer market were offset by Candlewoods strength in the extended-stay business, and a stronger, focused direct s...
Caribbean Media Exchange Calls for Urgent Tourism Action / November 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Caribbean Media Exchange Calls for Urgent Tourism Action WASHINGTON, DC (October 31, 2001) -- The Caribbean media and the tourism industry have to work more closely with each other and with local communities if there is to be truly sustainable tourism. These were among the recommendations emerging from the first Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) on Sustainable Tourism held this month at Beaches Grande Sport in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The CMEx sessions brought together the regions media minds, with local, regional and international stakeholders of the worlds largest ...
Chad Callaghan VP of Loss Prevention for Marriott International, Inc. Named Best in Industry for Excellence in Security / November 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Chad Callaghan VP of Loss Prevention for Marriott International, Inc. Named Best in Industry for Excellence in Security WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2001 - The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) has awarded its highest lodging security award, the Raymond C. Ellis, Jr. Award, to Chad Callaghan, vice president of loss prevention for Marriott International, Inc. The award, which recognizes excellence in security within the hotel and entertainment industry, was recently presented at the ASIS 47th Annual Seminar and Exhibit in San Antonio, Texas. Chad has dedicated his career ...
Funded by Contributions, a $20 Million TV Advertising Campaign Featuring George W. Bush, Will Encourage Americans to Start Traveling Again / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Funded by Contributions, a $20 Million TV Advertising Campaign Featuring George W. Bush, Will Encourage Americans to Start Traveling Again Organized under the banner of the Travel Industry Association of America WASHINGTON, DC November 20, 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush will appear in his first-ever advertisement encouraging Americans to start traveling again and see America as part of a projected $20 million domestic and international advertising campaign organized under the banner of the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA). The ads are part of a bro...
Apex Hospitality Corporation Acquires Ramada Inn, North Brunswick, NJ for $6.4 million / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Apex Hospitality Corporation Acquires Ramada Inn, North Brunswick, NJ for $6.4 million New York, NY November 7, 2001 Intell Hospitality North Brunswick, a private hotel investor, has sold the 131-room Ramada Inn in North Brunswick, New Jersey, to Apex Hospitality Corporation in a transaction valued at approximately $6.4 million. Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners was the owners exclusive representative in this sale. Senior managing director Paul Fitzpatrick and associate director Nolan Hecht of Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners New York office oversaw the marketing and disposition o...
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Global Update: Whos Where and Doing What November 2001 Heads Above the Rest The Newsletter of The Boutique Search Firm The Americas Vail Resorts Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Adam Aron announced the appointment of Edward Mace as Rockresorts¹ new President. Mace will be based in Denver. For the past several years, he was the President and CEO of Fairmont Hotels. Prior to joining Fairmont, he also served as President and CEO of Lincoln Hotels. Mace is a graduate of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. Olivier Masson will be the General Manager of the newest Four Se...
Jesse Jackson Urges Boston Hotel Workers Strike if You Must, Negotiate if You Can / November 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Jesse Jackson Urges Boston Hotel Workers "Strike if You Must, Negotiate if You Can" By Meg Vaillancourt, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 20--With their contract set to expire at the end of the month, unionized workers at nine major Boston hotels voted last night to authorize a strike, should union officials fail to reach an agreement with management. Union officials stressed their opposition to management proposals that would allow them to assign workers to shifts of less than eight hours and require workers to accept overtime. The union also...
BON Management Group Selected to Manage the Irvine Suites Hotel in Lake Forest, California / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report BON Management Group Selected to Manage the Irvine Suites Hotel in Lake Forest, California Westlake Village, California (November 9, 2001) BON Management Group, Inc., a hotel management company based in Westlake Village, California has recently been selected to manage the Irvine Suites Hotel, a 90 room all-suite hotel located in Lake Forest, California. This property, BONs second all-suite hotel, is particularly exciting as the owner is committed to infusing capital to improve the facility, said Jane Gorney, president of BON Management Group, Inc. This c...
Beijing Hotel Market Overview – Jones Lang Lasalle Hotels / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Beijing Hotel Market Overview - Jones Lang Lasalle Hotels November 21, 2001 Introduction to Beijing Beijing is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China and along with Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing, is one of the four centrally administered municipalities of China. This allows it increased autonomy in economic, financial and administrative decision-making. The city is situated in the north of the Huabei Plain and covers a land area measuring 16,808 square kilometres. According to the Beijing State Statistical Bureau, the population of Beijing is 13.8 million, mak...
Developers of the Westin Beechwood Hotel and Creeks Hope to Stave Off a Dec. 4 Foreclosure / November 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Developers of the Westin Beechwood Hotel and Creeks Hope to Stave Off a Dec. 4 Foreclosure By Sandra Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 17--FORT WORTH, Texas -- The developer of the new Westin Beechwood Hotel and Creeks at Beechwood golf course in north Fort Worth said Friday that it hopes to stave off a Dec. 4 foreclosure. Beechwood has been working with its lender, CoServ Realty Holdings in Denton, since the spring to restructure $53 million in loans on the property near the Texas Motor Speedway, said David Farmer, Bee...
Open Only 45 Days, Lender Files Foreclosure Petition Against the $53.5 million Westin Beechwood in Fort Worth / November 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Open Only 45 Days, Lender Files Foreclosure Petition Against the $53.5 million Westin Beechwood in Fort Worth By Jenni Smith, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 16--The lender that financed the 45-day-old Westin Beechwood hotel and the adjacent Creeks at Beechwood golf course in north Fort Worth has filed a foreclosure petition against the $53.5 million development. Unless a settlement is reached between CoServ Realty Holdings and Beechwood Co., the properties will go to auction Dec. 4 in Denton County. It is the largest foreclosure posti...
Baymont Inns & Suites Completes Transition of its Reservation System / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Baymont Inns & Suites Completes Transition of its Reservation System Begins Work on State-of-the-Art Two-way System MILWAUKEE, Wis., November 19, 2001Baymont Inns & Suites today announced that it has successfully completed the transition of its reservation system to the new state-of-the-art facilities of InnLink Corp., one of the nations leading reservation service providers. The migration to InnLinks central reservation center (CRC) in Nashville, Tenn., went without a hitch, and early results point to significantly enhanced guest service and improved contribut...
Barceló Hotels & Resorts Opens $19 million Convention Center at the Barceló Bávaro Beach Resort in Dominican Republic / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Barceló Hotels & Resorts Opens $19 million Convention Center at the Barceló Bávaro Beach Resort in Dominican Republic Palma de Mallorca, 12 November 2001. - 20 October saw the official inauguration ceremony of the Convention Center which Barceló Hotels & Resorts has developed in the Dominican Republic in the record time of one year. With an investment of around 19 million dollars, the Convention Center of the Barceló Bávaro Beach Resort, Golf, Casino & Convention Center becomes one of the largest and most modern conference halls in the whole of Latin America and the C...
Barcelo Hotels & Resorts Launches Unified Reservations System Through Lexington Services / Nov 2001
April 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Barceló Hotels & Resorts Launches Unified Reservations System Through Lexington Services Second largest international hotel chain in Spain to use centrally hosted reservations at more than 50 properties DALLAS (Nov. 5, 2001) Lexington Services, a subsidiary of Travel Services International, Inc., the largest provider of global hotel reservations in North America and second largest in the world, today announced Barceló Hotels & Resorts as its newest member. Under the agreement, Lexington will provide centrally hosted reservations technology and support to more than 50 of ...
