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The Federal Trade Commission Orders Epic Resorts, LLC to Refund Consumers for Alleged Vacation Travel Package Fraud / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Federal Trade Commission Orders Epic Resorts to Refund Consumers for Alleged Vacation Travel Package Fraud September 5, 2001 - The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement today ordering refunds to many consumers who bought travel packages from Epic Resorts, LLC, and its wholly owned subsidiary Epic Travel, LLC. Under the order, the companies are required to refund the money of customers who requested, but did not receive, their refunds within a 30-day cancellation period. The Commission filed its complaint in U.S. District Court in Florida against Epic Resorts a...
The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management Receives Official Approval for its 4-year BSc (Honours) Degree Programme in International Hospitality M
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management Receives Official Approval for its 4-year BSc (Honours) Degree Programme in International Hospitality Management Dubai: September 26th 2001: The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, in academic association with the prestigious École hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland, is pleased to announce that it has received the official approval from the U.A.E. Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for its four-year Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree programme in International Hospitality Management. This is the firs...
Casinos Try to Analyze Economic Effect / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Casinos Try to Analyze Economic Effect By Dave Berns, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 17--Hotel occupancy rates were as low as 50 percent this past weekend at the Strip's most successful megaresorts, as tens of thousands of guests stayed home after Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Fewer customers could be found at Bally's, the Flamingo and Bellagio, among other well-known casinos, than on a typical Friday or Saturday night, when weekend occupancy rates typically run as high as 100 percent. "We ca...
Second Largest Embassy Suites Opens, 455-Suite Property Anchors $1.5 Billion Multi-Use Complex in Chicago / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Second Largest Embassy Suites Opens, 455-Suite Property Anchors $1.5 Billion Multi-Use Complex in Chicago CHICAGO -- Sept. 7, 2001-- Officials and business leaders from the City of Chicago, MCL Companies, and Hilton Hotels Corporation today celebrated the opening of the 455-suite Embassy Suites Hotel(R) Chicago Downtown-Lakefront at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony. The newly constructed hotel represents a significant milestone for Hilton Hotels Corporation -- the 2001st hotel in the company's system, coinciding with the year 2001. The property also is the cornerstone...
Jean-Marc Dizard, GM at Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, Challenged with Marketing Hotel Sitting of Airport Property / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Jean-Marc Dizard, GM at Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, Challenged with Marketing Hotel Sitting of Airport Property By Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--From an upper floor at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, Jean-Marc Dizard surveys a half-empty parking lot that before Sept. 11 would have been crammed with cars. The general manager of the year-old Hyatt doesn't mince words about how the terrorist attacks have ravaged his business. At least 1,800 room bookings for the last two weeks of...
Investor Unloads 135 million Shares of Disney Stock / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Investor Unloads 135 million Shares of Disney Stock By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 21--BURBANK, Calif.--One of The Walt Disney Co.'s largest shareholders dumped 135 million shares of the company's stock Thursday, further depleting Disney's market price, which has lost nearly 60 percent from its highs last October. Disney shares bottomed out Thursday at $15.50, its lowest value since 1995, and closed at $16.98, down $1.52. The stock gained a nickel in after-hours trading. Disney declined to name the shareholder b...
Denver Area Hotels Likely To See Revenues Decline 3% to 8% for Year-end 2001 As A Result Of Terrorist Attacks / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Denver Area Hotels Likely To See Revenues Decline 3% to 8% for Year-end 2001 As A Result Of Terrorist Attacks Denver, Colorado - September 24, 2001- The events of September 11th, 2001 have impacted Denver area hotels tremendously. However, the events of September 11th did not have an immediate disastrous impact on the local market, says Patrick Hallman, Vice President of Hospitality Real Estate Counselors, Inc.? (HREC?). The city was experiencing strong lodging demand in the downtown area as a result of a city-wide convention that was underway. Furthermore, the ...
MGM MIRAGE to Install Daylight enterprise in its Properties / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report MGM MIRAGE to Install Daylight enterprise in its Properties Selects Daylight for Customer Service, Multi-Property Functionality DOVER, NH MGM MIRAGE has selected Daylight enterprise for installation in10 of its 13 North American luxury casinos and resorts, beginning immediately. Nine of these 10 properties will install enterprise as a replacement and upgrade of current sales and catering software, Windows Delphi. In addition to selecting Daylights sales and catering system, MGM MIRAGE resorts will install Daylights OLAP reporting tool, Daylight Dimensions. The software will be...
Cancellations Compound Problems for Dallas-Area Hoteliers in Weak Year / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Cancellations Compound Problems for Dallas-Area Hoteliers in Weak Year By Suzanne Marta, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 17--Dallas-area hoteliers were counting on the autumn months to salvage a year of declining occupancy and revenue brought on by the economic slowdown. After the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, that hope is gone. Except at hotels that hosted displaced airline passengers, the hospitality industry last week was dead. And the next couple of weeks aren't expected to be much better. "There's not a ques...
Washington, D.C. Open for Tourism; Will Spend Up to $2 million on Marketing Effort / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Washington, D.C. Open for Tourism; Will Spend Up to $2 million on Marketing Effort By Donna De Marco, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 22--The District will spend as much as $2 million to market the nation's capital because its economic viability has weakened after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. District officials have formed a task force that will gauge the economic impact of the attacks, lobby for the re-opening of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and develop a comprehensive marketing campaign. "We've come together to send ...
Renaissance Cruises Was Working on Plan to use Some Ships as Floating Hotels and Office Buildings near New York City; Plan Scraped / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Renaissance Cruises Was Working on Plan to use Some Ships as Floating Hotels and Office Buildings near New York City; Plan Scraped By Tom Stieghorst and Cindy Kent, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--In the hours before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Renaissance Cruises was working on a plan to use some of its ships as floating hotels and office buildings near the devastated southern tip of New York City, but the plan fell apart, the company's bankruptcy attorney said Wednesday. "We had a creative reorganization and a busi...
Small and Large Acts of Compassion Create Sense of Community in Tourism Industry; Disaster and Recovery Information Clearinghouse Created by Business
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Small and Large Acts of Compassion Create Sense of Community in Tourism Industry; Disaster and Recovery Information Clearinghouse Created by Business Enterprises For Sustainable Travel - Travel and Tourism Industry Responds to Tragedy - NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2001 - Business Enterprises For Sustainable Travel (BEST), a joint initiative of The Conference Board and the World Travel & Tourism Council, has formed an online "Disaster and Recovery Information Clearinghouse" in conjunction with The Canadian Tourism Research Institute of The Conference Board Canada. BES...
Through July, the Average Occupancy Rate in Chicago Has Tumbled to 67.8%, Down from 73.6% Through the First Seven Months of 2000 / September 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Through July, the Average Occupancy Rate in Chicago Has Tumbled to 67.8%, Down from 73.6% Through the First Seven Months of 2000 By John Schmeltzer, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 7--Hilton Hotels Corp.'s newest inn will open in Chicago Friday with all the traditional hoopla: an appearance by a Fortune 500 CEO, a ribbon cutting and a sumptuous brunch for 400 notables. But the celebration featuring Stephen Bollenbach, president and chief executive officer of Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Hilton, may be premature, because the opening of the compa...
Statement to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans / Marilyn Carlson Nelson / Sept 25, 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Statement to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans - Marilyn Carlson Nelson / September 25, 2001 September 25, 2001 Mr. Secretary and distinguished friends and colleague from the travel and tourism industry, thank you for coming together today. And thank you, Mr. Secretary, as well as the administration, for convening this meeting. In doing so, you have shown an understanding of a base industry in the American economy that is often overlooked - the travel and tourism sector, a 650 billion dollar industry to which 1 in 17 American jobs are directly linked, which generates 99 bi...
Canadian Tourism Foresees Some Benefit As a Good Alternate Destination / September 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Canadian Tourism Foresees Some Benefit As a Good Alternate Destination By Barry Brown, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 24--TORONTO--Despite fears of a recession, airline bankruptcies and a tumbling stock market, some areas of the Canadian economy -- including theater and private jets -- are defiantly bucking the downward trend. On Friday, Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge said the effects of last week's terrorist attacks in the U.S. will likely push the Canadian economy into negative territory for the next six months. Dodge said eco...
Connecticut's Two Casinos Serving Upwards of 23 million Meals Annually / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Connecticut's Two Casinos Serving Upwards of 23 million Meals Annually By Ann Baldelli, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 2--This is big league food. Within six months, Connecticut's two casinos will be serving upwards of 23 million meals annually. Combined, Foxwoods Resort and Mohegan Sun casinos expect to carve 1.5 million pounds of prime rib next year. Mohegan Sun will have 66 kitchens when its $1.1 billion Sunburst expansion is completed. Executive Chef Michael Luboff, who came from the Atlantic City Hilton in 1999, says the ca...
Caribbean Hotel Association Takes Action On Behalf of Regional Tourism Industry / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Caribbean Hotel Association Takes Action On Behalf of Regional Tourism Industry Association Petitions President Bushs Support for the US Airline Industry San Juan, September 20, 2001-- The Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) has taken a proactive advocacy role in support of the Caribbean hospitality industry in the wake of the tragic incidents of September 11th. In reaction to the damaging impact on Caribbean tourism of the airline crisis that has ensued, CHA President Ralph Taylor has sent a letter to the President of the United States George Bush, on behalf of CHAs membe...
Claudio Canu Named General Manager of Hotel Operations in Portugal for Sonae Turismo / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Claudio Canu Named General Manager of Hotel Operations in Portugal for Sonae Turismo 03 Sep 2001- Claudio Canu, former General Manager of Westin Resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, joins SONAE TURISMO, Hotel Division as General Manager for Hotels Operation in Portugal. Claudio has been working previously for Starwood, Westin, Sheraton, Inter*Continental, Walt Disney, Sol Melia, Grand Metropolitan, and Hilton Hotels. Hotel Porto Palácio Sonae Turismo's core business is the development and promotion of leisure/real estate projects world-wide, bringing together an...
Boston Hotel Projects Turn Uncertain; Markets Have Changed in Terms of Any New Construction / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Boston Hotel Projects Turn Uncertain; Markets Have Changed in Terms of Any New Construction By Michael Rosenwald, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 26--For developers with projects in the pipeline in Boston, the economic outlook before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 was already daunting. Amid a slowing economy, finance concerns were mounting, particularly for new hotels, which are difficult to get done even in a perfect world. Then there were the worries about keeping an array of plans for the South Boston Waterfront on track. And now, after th...
27.5 Million Square Feet of Office Space and 1,379 Hotel Rooms Believed Destroyed or Damaged in Lower Manhattan / Grubb & Ellis / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report 27.5 Million Square Feet of Office Space and 1,379 Hotel Rooms Believed Destroyed or Damaged in Lower Manhattan Represents Twenty Percent of Downtown Manhattan Office Market NEW YORK - Sept. 13, 2001-- According to initial statistics released today by Grubb & Ellis, approximately 20 percent of the downtown Manhattan office market -- 15.5 million square feet of space -- was destroyed in Tuesday's terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. At the current time, Grubb & Ellis also believes another 12 million square feet of office space has been damaged in the aftermath of the ...
New Zealand Luxury Lodge, Blanket Bay, Centerpiece of Prestigious Architectural Honor / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report New Zealand Luxury Lodge, Blanket Bay, Centerpiece of Prestigious Architectural Honor Blanket Bay's Project Manager Wins 2001 James Hardie Award GLENORCHY, NEW ZEALAND Sept. 10 - Alex Dickson, project manager of Blanket Bay's construction effort has recently received one of the building industry's top honors for his work on this New Zealand luxury hotel: the 2001 James Hardie Award. The property also came first in the category for projects over $2 million. Mr. Dickson accepted these distinctions during a ceremony held in Auckland on Saturday August 11, 2001. T...
Biloxi Casinos Relying on Drive-in Traffic; Hope to Avoid Las Vegas' Dip / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Biloxi Casinos Relying on Drive-in Traffic; Hope to Avoid Las Vegas' Dip By Joey Bunch, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 18--BILOXI, Miss.--Casinos on the Coast hope to escape the heavy economic blow dealt to Las Vegas casinos, which have seen occupancy rates and stock prices plummet since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington last week. Hotel occupancy rates were off 50 percent last weekend in Las Vegas, and experts are saying that revenue could suffer for weeks to come, costing casinos millions of dollars. Executiv...
Joanne Bettinger Appointed Senior Director of Human Resources for Amfac Parks & Resorts / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Joanne Bettinger Appointed Senior Director of Human Resources for Amfac Parks & Resorts DENVER, Colo., September 20, 2001 Joanne J.B. Bettinger has been appointed senior director of human resources for Amfac Parks & Resorts. The announcement was made by Andrew N. Todd, president and CEO of Amfac. Prior to joining Amfac, Bettinger was director of human resources for Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc., a major restaurant organization with some 7,500 employees in 24 states. She also has been director of human resource administration for VICORP Restaurants, Inc. and personnel manager...
Beechwood Co. Opening the 286-room Westin Beechwood With High Hopes / Sept 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Beechwood Co. Opening the 286-room Westin Beechwood With High Hopes By Sean Wood, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 25--FORT WORTH, Texas--In a week, Fort Worth's newest full-service hotel, the Westin Beechwood, will debut. But the Denton County resort opens in a time of uncertainty as business travel declines in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The owners and managers of the 286-room property know they face challenges. The hotel market was soft even before the horror...
