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St. Kitts & Nevis Hotel Association Offers All NY and DC Firefighters, Police Officers and EMS Workers Complimentary Stays Through December, 2002 / Se
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report St. Kitts & Nevis Hotel Association Offers All NY and DC Firefighters, Police Officers and EMS Workers Complimentary Stays Through December, 2002 Directed to Restore Their Spirits and Thank Them for Their Efforts BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - Sept. 18, 2001-- At a meeting last week, members of the St. Kitts & Nevis Hotel Association and the St. Kitts Ministry of Tourism teamed up to offer complimentary hotel stays to all firefighters, police officers and EMS workers involved in the rescue efforts following Tuesday's tragic events in New York and Washington, D.C. A letter inviti...
Spartan Hospitality Educators Summit Launches the 75th Anniversary of School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Spartan Hospitality Educators Summit Launches the 75th Anniversary of School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University August 31, 2001 - East Lansing, Michigan. Graduates of The School of Hospitality Business who are hospitality educators, industry recruiters, and former faculty members have been invited to campus to participate in The Spartan Hospitality Educators Summit on Friday, September 7, 2001 at the University Club of Michigan State University. Over 40 participants from all over the United States are expected to attend, with Dr. Terry Umbreit, a 196...
Meritus Hotels & Resorts Relinquishes its Management of Meritus Westlake Hanoi; Accor Assigned Management Contract by Owner United Overseas Land / Sep
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Meritus Hotels & Resorts Relinquishes its Management of Meritus Westlake Hanoi; Accor Assigned Management Contract by Owner United Overseas Land Flagged the Sofitel Plaza Hanoi BANGKOK, September 5, 2001 - In a move to further strengthen its lodging portfolio in Vietnam, Accor has signed a management agreement that will add another Sofitel to its six existing hotels in the country. The 322-room Sofitel Plaza Hanoi (formerly the Meritus Westlake Hanoi) enjoys a prime location, 35 minutes from Noi Bai International Airport and just 10 minutes from the capital's historic ...
Owner Earl Holding Racing to Complete Olympic Resort at Snowbasin / September 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Owner Earl Holding Racing to Complete Olympic Resort at Snowbasin By Kristen Moulton, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 23--Construction crews are racing the clock to complete the metamorphosis of Snowbasin from a family ski hill into an Olympic resort. With 20 weeks to go before the world's best racers streak down the slopes, Snowbasin and its contractors are a long way from finishing three opulent lodges and a ski-services building. Natural rock and half logs are still being affixed to the lodges, which are filled with massive Engleman...
Turner Broadcasting System, Awards Beers Contract to Build the 600 Room $100 million Omni Hotel at CNN Center / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Turner Broadcasting System, Awards Beers Contract to Build the 600 Room $100 million Omni Hotel at CNN Center STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sept. 27, 2001-- Beers, one of Skanska's American subsidiaries, has been awarded a contract for construction management services to build a $100 million, 28-story hotel tower at the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Beers' contract is worth $61.2 million, approximately SEK 660 million. The order is included in the order bookings for the second quarter of 2001. The customer is a partnership between Omni Hotels, an American hotel chain, and Turner Broadcast...
John Shigley, President of Caesars Palace, Resigns; Third Executive of a ParkPlace Entertainment Casino to Leave / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive John Shigley, President of Caesars Palace, Resigns; Third Executive of a Park Place Entertainment Casino to Leave By Dave Berns, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 6--The president of Caesars Palace announced Wednesday that he had quit the job he held since March to "pursue personal opportunities," according to a spokeswoman for the megaresort's parent company, Park Place Entertainment. The immediate departure of John Shigley makes him the third top executive of a Park Place casino property to leave his job since the July 10 appointment ...
Hotel Security: The Technology Factor / Pertlink and Hotel Asia Pacific Launch Online Survey / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Security: The Technology Factor Pertlink and HOTEL Asia Pacific Launch Online Survey Hong Kong September 24th, 2001 - Pertlink and HOTEL Asia Pacific have launched an on-line survey to assess security initiatives taken by hotels in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks. Results of the questionnaire, which can be accessed at www.pertlink.net, will be featured in the October issue of HOTEL Asia Pacific. The article will also be made available on numerous industry related web sites. We are all deeply saddened by these tragic events, and we should seize this opportuni...
Saunders Hotel Group & Jurys Doyle Hotel Group Come Together On Boston Police Headquarters Hotel Project / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Saunders Hotel Group & Jurys Doyle Hotel Group Come Together On Boston Police Headquarters Hotel Project BOSTON, Aug. 31, 2001 - In a reaffirmation of the close ties that bind Boston with its sister city Dublin, Boston's Saunders Hotel Group (SHG) today announced that it has joined forces with Ireland's Jurys Doyle Hotel Group to develop and manage the police headquarters hotel in the Back Bay. The international alliance, which will bring more than 200 urgently needed hotel rooms to Boston and revitalize a landmark city building, is a result of the companies' common approach to hote...
South Padre Island Deploys 24 Hour Ferry Service / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report South Padre Island Deploys 24 Hour Ferry Service Texas Economic Development Confirms 'All Clear' for South Padre Island Tourism AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24, 2001 - Following Town Hall meetings at Port Isabel City Hall and South Padre Island Convention Center on September 18 and 19 to discuss the impact of a recent barge accident on tourism traffic to one of the state's most popular tourist destinations, Texas Economic Development (TxED) officials confirmed that South Padre Island is still very much open for tourism business. The accident, which occurred on September ...
South Padre Island, Texas, Tourism Grinds to Halt after Bridge Collapse / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive South Padre Island, Texas, Tourism Grinds to Halt after Bridge Collapse By Robert W. Gee, Austin American-Statesman, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 19--SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas--The Island was open for business Tuesday, but except for several hundred stranded vacationers, business stayed away. All large hotels and most restaurants remained open despite an exodus of vacationers after sections of the only bridge to the mainland collapsed Saturday. Few tourists have ventured onto the island since then. Cameron County Judge Gilberto Hinojosa said Monda...
Collapsed Bridge at South Padre Island, TX Causes Deaths; Island's Tourist Industry Faces Obstacles / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Collapsed Bridge at South Padre Island, TX Causes Deaths; Island's Tourist Industry Faces Obstacles Island community meeting quickly hits a sour note By Bonnie Pfister, San Antonio Express-News SOUTH PADRE ISLAND Sept 17, 2001 - An emergency community meeting that opened with nearly 1,000 people singing "God Bless America" disintegrated quickly into shouting, as visitors here complained of unsympathetic hoteliers and rental-car companies demanding full payment despite the extenuating circumstances. ...
San Francsico's No. 1 Industry – Tourism, Battered / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive San Francsico's No. 1 Industry - Tourism, Battered By Marilee Enge, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 24--The lines for San Francisco's cable cars have mostly vanished, and 10 floors of the historic Westin St. Francis Hotel are shuttered. From Fisherman's Wharf to Market Street, merchants, hoteliers and others say the city's normally bustling tourist sector is far too quiet. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have battered the city's No. 1 industry, already weakened by the dot-com bust and a shrinking market in business travel. Cancel...
Showing Responsibility for Safety and Security Issues Radisson SAS Revives New Responsible Business Programme / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Showing Responsibility for Safety and Security Issues Radisson SAS Revives New Responsible Business Programme Brussels, September 2001 Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts is bringing environmental and social activities to the forefront in a new Responsible Business (RB) programme that is currently being drafted. It will take a three-pronged approach covering environmental, social and economic performance, while addressing a wide audience of stakeholders, including guests, staff and property owners, government, suppliers and business partners, as well as local and internat...
El Dahabia for Touristic Resorts E.P.C, Egypt, Opens US$45 million Radisson SAS Golden Resort Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report El Dahabia for Touristic Resorts E.P.C, Egypt, Opens US$45 million Radisson SAS Golden Resort Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Radisson SAS' First Resort in Egypt Brussels, August 2001... Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts marks its entry into the North African market, with the official opening of its Sharm El Sheikh property in Egypt. The owner of the property, El Dahabia for Touristic Resorts E.P.C, Egypt, invested US$45 million for the development of this unique and stylish resort. This move is in line with the chain's Middle East and North Africa (MENA) expansion strategy to...
Robert Mondavi Donates $35 million to the University of California, Davis; Will Create the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science / Sept 2
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Robert Mondavi Donates $35 million to the University of California, Davis; Will Create the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science By Reed Fujii, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 20--California vintner Robert Mondavi, a Lodi High School graduate who once spent summers nailing together grape crates, and his wife, Magrit, announced Wednesday a gift of $35 million to the University of California, Davis. That personal gift includes $25 million to establish a new wine and food institute and $10 million to name the university's ...
Riu Hotels: From a Small Family Business to an International Company / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Riu Hotels: From a Small Family Business to an International Company Septembr 25, 2001 - Riu Hotels: from a small family business to an international company came into being in 1953 with a small hotel in Majorca, and now has 96 establishments with 12,000 employees and is present in 10 countries A total of 96 holiday hotels with categories ranging from three to five stars in Spain, Portugal, the Caribbean, the United States, North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, offering globally 25,960 rooms and just over 50,000 beds,with 1.5 million customers and 12,000 employees, unite...
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March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Robert H. Burns to be Honored by The University of Hawaii School of Travel Industry Management at the Annual Celebrate a Legacy In Tourism, November 14, 2001 The University of Hawaii School of Travel Industry Management (TIM) will honor Robert H. Burns, November 14, 2001, at the third annual Celebrate a Legacy In Tourism Fundraiser and Silent Auction. Each year, an individual who has made significant and long-term contributions to the travel industry is honored and recognized by over 400 key tourism industry members at this event, which will be held at the Roy...
The 75-year-old Landmark Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls, NY Names New Castle Hotels As Managers / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The 75-year-old Landmark Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls, NY Names New Castle Hotels As Managers SHELTON, CT September 11, 2001 New Castle Hotels has been named the new managers of the Queensbury Hotel, a 75-year-old landmark property in Glens Falls, NY, announced Gerald P. Chase, president, chief operating officer of the Shelton, CT-based hotel ownership and management company. New Castle assumed management of the full-service property on August 23, 2001, and immediately implemented a 100-day plan to put in place operational, accounting, food and beverage, sales a...
Neil Poisson Named VP of Operations for the Woodfield Suites Brand and District Director of Baymont Inns & Suites / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Neil Poisson Named VP of Operations for the Woodfield Suites Brand and District Director of Baymont Inns & Suites To serve dual role MILWAUKEE (Sept. 10, 2001) Baymont Inns & Suites and Woodfield Suites is pleased to announce the recent hire of Neil Poisson. In his new position, Poisson plays a dual role serving as the vice president of operations for the Woodfield Suites brand and district director of Wisconsin-area Baymont Inns & Suites. The Woodfield Suites and Baymont Inns & Suites brands comprise the limited-service lodging division of The Marcus Corporation (NY...
Philadelphia Hoteliers Believe Business Is On the Rebound, But a Very Slow Rebound / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Philadelphia Hoteliers Believe Business Is On the Rebound, But a Very Slow Rebound Demand for Philadelphia Hotel Rooms Rose in Summer By Marcia Gelbart, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 5--Demand for Center City hotel rooms rose slightly in June and July, the first positive indications that an otherwise bleak year might include some bright spots. It's been a tough year for Philadelphia hoteliers. Data for the first half of 2001 show that hotel occupancy rates have fallen more than 5 percent compared with the same period last year. T...
Perini Building Co. Awarded Contract to Build the 199-unit Marriott Grand Residence Club in Environmentally Sensitive Lake Tahoe / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Perini Building Co. Awarded Contract to Build the 199-unit Marriott Grand Residence Club in Environmentally Sensitive Lake Tahoe SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Sept. 19, 2001-- Perini Building Co., a division of Perini Corp., Wednesday announced its multi-million dollar construction contract to build the Marriott Grand Residence Club, Lake Tahoe a quarter ownership property with the services of a fine resort. The contract is with Marriott Vacation Club International, a division of Marriott International Inc. The 400,168 sq. ft. facility is targeted to open November 2002. Des...
The 'Perfect Storm' / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / September 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Global Hospitality Advisor - The "Perfect Storm" Time for a Disaster Plan Audit? 10 Questions to Help You Decide ... September 2001 Worst Hurricanes in a Century. Many scientists are now predicting that the Caribbean and entire East Coast of the United States - from Florida to New England - could be in for more and bigger hurricanes. They may be the worst in a century, and the onslaught is likely to continue for years, perhaps decades, to come, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. According to articles just published in the Journal of Science, the Atlantic...
The Pensacola Beach Factor — Hospitality's Opportunity / Michael Squires / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Pensacola Beach Factor - Hospitality's Opportunity By Michael Squires September 17, 2001 The impact of the 9/11 attacks on our country is being felt deeply by many who were not in New York or Washington. Individual lives, markets, and entire industries have been shaken by the assault, but there may be a positive result to the severity of the trauma. Hospitality, particularly, is one of the industries dependent on worldwide financial and emotional stability. If people and companies are not comfortable with their immediate future, they generally dont spend as much on travel or take t...
Professor Paul Phillips Appointed to the Charles Forte Chair of Hotel Management at the University of Surrey / Sept 2001...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Professor Paul Phillips Appointed to the Charles Forte Chair of Hotel Management at the University of Surrey 5 September, 2001 - The School of Management Studies for the Service Sector is pleased to announce the appointment to the Charles Forte Chair of Hotel Management of Professor Paul Phillips. Professor Phillips offers an excellent mix of academic and professional qualifications and experience for this challenging appointment. He is a qualified chartered accountant; he holds a PhD dealing with strategic planning systems for large hotel companies; he has an MBA; and he has ...
