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Starwood Hotels Acquires a Minority Interest in Grill Concepts – Alliance Will Build Branded Restaurants in Leading Properties / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood Hotels Acquires a Minority Interest in Grill Concepts - Alliance Will Build Branded Restaurants in Leading Properties LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2001 - Grill Concepts, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRIL) today reported that Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) has acquired a minority interest in Grill Concepts and also received warrants to purchase additional shares of GRIL stock for $1 million. The investment transaction is pursuant to the previously announced agreement to jointly develop The Grill on the Alley and Daily Grill branded restaurants in Sheraton and Westin hotel propertie...
Starwood's New Cribs to Set Safety Standard in Hotel Industry / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood's New Cribs to Set Safety Standard in Hotel Industry Spending More Than $1Million Upgrading Baby Cribs after Hotel Industry is Criticized for Unsafe Cribs WHITE PLAINS, N.Y - Aug. 14, 2001-- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NSYE:HOT) announced today that its three largest hotel brands are replacing existing baby cribs with brand new custom-designed cribs, developed to be ultra-safe, stylish and comfortable. More than 2,000 new cribs are headed to 300-plus Westin, Sheraton and Four Points by Sheraton hotels throughout North America, representing an investment o...
Hector Mon, President and GM of The Tropicana Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Talks About Stiff Competition from Megaresorts / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hector Mon, President and GM of The Tropicana Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Talks About Stiff Competition from Megaresorts By Len Butcher, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 7--When the Tropicana opened in 1957, it was called "The Tiffany of the Strip." Today, 44 years later, it occupies one corner of the busiest intersection in Las Vegas, surrounded by megaresorts. A little more than a year ago, the Tropicana brought in veteran hotel/casino executive Hector Mon as president and general manager. Lasvegas.com columnist Len Butcher talked t...
Holiday Inn Express Attributes TV Campaign to a 20% Increase in Revenue Per Room; The Stay Smart TV Spots Receives TIA Odyssey Award / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Holiday Inn Express Attributes TV Campaign to a 20% Increase in Revenue Per Room; The Stay Smart TV Spots Receives TIA Odyssey Award ATLANTA (August 22, 2001) - Holiday Inn Express captured a 2001 Odyssey Award, in the category of Travel Advertising, for its Stay Smart television advertising campaign. Awarded by the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA), the Odyssey Awards recognize excellence and exceptional achievements in travel and tourism. "We are honored to receive the 2001 Odyssey Award," said Verchele Wiggins, director of marketing for TIA'...
One-day Forum Geared Towards Senior-level Hospitality Technology Professionals Set for November 9 in NYC / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report One-day Forum Geared Towards Senior-level Hospitality Technology Professionals Set for November 9 in NYC Hospitality Technology Professionals Forum Friday, November 9, 2001 Harvard Club, New York City, New York HFTP® to Produce Hospitality Technology Professionals Forum AUSTIN, TX August 29, 2001 Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) will produce the 2001 Hospitality Technology Professionals Forum on Friday, November 9, 2001, at the Harvard Club in New York. The one-day forum is geared towards senior-level technology professionals ...
The Valley of the Sun Chapter Hosting HFTP Annual Convention & Tradeshow / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Valley of the Sun Chapter Hosting HFTP Annual Convention & Tradeshow August 13, 2001 - Start making your plans to attend the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals Annual Convention & Tradeshow, October 17-20, 2001, at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix and Phoenix Civic Plaza in Phoenix, Ariz.! General Session Speakers - U.S. Secretary of Energy, Spencer Abraham, has been invited to give a presentation during "Going Green - Save your Energy," a General Session on Thursday afternoon covering energy conservation. Other featured speakers at this year's Annual Convention & Trad...
Hospitality Asset Services, LLC Awarded the Management Contract of the Super 8 Motel in Wendover, Nevada / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hospitality Asset Services, LLC Awarded the Management Contract of the Super 8 Motel in Wendover, Nevada San Diego, CA. August, 15th, 2001 - Hospitality Asset Services, LLC, ( H A S ) a Hotel / Resort Management Company and Consulting Firm based in San Diego, was selected and assumed as of July 1st, 2001 the management of the Super 8 Motel in Wendover, Nevada. Wendover, NV is a fast growing gaming community on the border with Utah, the Super 8 Motel has 74 quiet comfortable well appointed rooms, connected through a breezeway to the Red Garter Casino, the Motel was built in 1988...
The Ysrael Family Appoint Outrigger to Manage to Guam Hotels; Will Join OHANA Hotels Brand / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Ysrael Family Appoint Outrigger to Manage Two Guam Hotels; Will Join OHANA Hotels Brand HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII -August 21, 2001 - Honolulu-based Outrigger Enterprises, Inc., is continuing its effort to expand and enhance its inventory of properties under the OHANA Hotels brand by announcing the first OHANA properties outside the state of Hawaii. Effective October 1, the company will assume the management of the Regency Hotel Guam and the Hotel Sunroute Guam, both at Tumon Bay in on Guam. "This is a much celebrated milestone for OHANA Hotels," said Perry Sorenson, ...
Citing a Lack of Potential Buyers, Starwood Vacation Ownership Closes its SalesDepartment at Sheraton's Vistana Resort at the World Golf Village
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Citing a Lack of Potential Buyers, Starwood Vacation Ownership Closes its Sales Department at Sheraton's Vistana Resort at the World Golf Village By Earl Daniels, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 25--Citing a lack of potential buyers, the owner of the time-share complex at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine recently closed its sales and marketing department, according to Dave Matheson, a spokesman for Starwood Vacation Ownership, owner of Sheraton's Vistana Resort at the World Golf Village. As a result, 22 Vistana Resor...
Gaming Industry Should Turn to Cereal Makers for Wisdom If They Want to Win the War for Discretionary Dollars / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive OPINION: Gaming Industry Should Turn to Cereal Makers for Wisdom If They Want to Win the War for Discretionary Dollars By Michael Pollock, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 11--ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--Forrest Gump noted that life is like a box of chocolates. The casino industry, though, is something different. More like a box of breakfast cereal. Yes, just like the kind of cereal you may have crunched on this morning. And this is not some weird metaphor about the gaming industry is turning soggy or stale, or how it needs more fiber. This ...
The Rev. Gerald Payne, Former Owner of Owensboro's Executive Inn Rivermont Gets 27 Years for Church Fraud / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Rev. Gerald Payne, Former Owner of Owensboro's Executive Inn Rivermont Gets 27 Years for Church Fraud By Keith Lawrence, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 8--The Rev. Gerald Payne, founder of Greater Ministries International Church, has received what likely amounts to a life sentence for fleecing tens of thousands of investors out of more than half a billion dollars over the past decade. U.S. District Judge James Whittemore sentenced Payne, the 65-year-old former owner of Owensboro's Executive Inn Rivermont, to 27 years in...
Geoffrey Cooke and Cabrin Kelly-Hale Appointed to Executive Positions at The Pointe South Mountain Resort / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Geoffrey Cooke and Cabrin Kelly-Hale Appointed to Executive Positions at The Pointe South Mountain Resort PHOENIX - (August 2001) --The Pointe South Mountain Resort, a total destination conference and leisure resort, has appointed Geoffrey Cooke as National Sales Manager. Cooke will be responsible for a number of markets including sports teams and sporting goods, retail, apparel, and consumer durables nationwide; also financial, pharmaceutical and health care west of Chicago. With almost 20 years of sales and marketing experience, Cooke has spent the past thirteen year...
Front Desk Service Mistakes / Harry Nobles / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Front Desk Service Mistakes E-mail: hospsvc001@aol.com Harry Nobles & Cheryl Thompson, August 2001 Some service mistakes by front desk staff are universal; some are unavoidable; some are amusing. All can affect guest satisfaction and your AAA or Mobil rating. The most common and frequent service flaw is probably the failure to acknowledge a guest waiting in line. A verbal greeting is not necessary; a simple smile works quite well to let the waiting guest know he or she is not being ignored. Another common mistake is the failure to use the guests name during check in o...
Hotel Investment Forecast for Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico / Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels – Focus on Latin America / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report advertisement Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels / Focus on Latin America Summer 2001 m Hotel Investment Forecast for Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico 8 Occupancy 1997 - 2001(forecast) Buenos Aires Sao Paulo Santiago Mexico City Occupancy 1997 - 2001(forecast) Buenos Aires Sao Paulo Santiago Mexico City Latin America signifies a host of different countries to different people. For our purposes, Latin America applies to the region south of the United States encompassing Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America, as presented in the table below. Altho...
Nevada Regulators Troubled With Four Queens Hotel-Casino Las Vegas Ties toInternet Betting Site / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Nevada Regulators Troubled With Four Queens Hotel-Casino Las Vegas Ties to Internet Betting Site By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 9--CARSON CITY, Nev.--Nevada gaming regulators are investigating the relationship between an Internet betting site and a September poker tournament scheduled at downtown's Four Queens. Advertisements in national poker magazines circulated in Nevada card rooms say the online poker site, ultimatebet.com, is charging customers $15 or $30 apiece to compete in small, Internet card tournaments. ...
Miami-Dade County Home to Five Collegiate Programs in Hospitality Management / August 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Miami-Dade County Home to Five Collegiate Programs in Hospitality Management By Holly Stepp, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--If South Florida's sandy beaches and tropical climes make it a mecca for tourists from around the world, it's no wonder the area has also become a lure for the people who serve them. With hundreds of hotels, cruise lines and resorts here, the area's colleges and universities have seen their programs in hospitality management grow in size and prestige. Miami-Dade County is home to five programs in hospitality manag...
Flagstone Hospitality Management Signs Three Management Contracts, Unveils Expansion Plans / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Flagstone Hospitality Management Signs Three Management Contracts, Unveils Expansion Plans MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 16, 2001Flagstone Hospitality Management today announced that it has signed contracts to manage three Residence Inns by Marriott hotels as the first step in the companys plan to expand its management business. The hotels, located in the Northeast corridor, bring the companys management portfolio to 52 properties in 24 states. The Residence Inns are owned by RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. (NYSE:RFS), a hotel real estate investment trust. These are our first new contrac...
Ferchill Group Building First Hotel in Downtown Detroit in Nearly a Decade; $26.5 million Hilton Garden Inn / August 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Ferchill Group Building First Hotel in Downtown Detroit in Nearly a Decade; $26.5 million Hilton Garden Inn By Daniel G. Fricker, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 24--A Cleveland developer is about to construct the first hotel in downtown Detroit in almost a decade. Ferchill Group is building a 198-room Hilton Garden Inn at Brush and Gratiot. The site is now a parking lot in Harmonie Park, a pocket neighborhood that has attracted restaurants, bars and small businesses in recent years. It is near Comerica Park, Ford Field and the entertainme...
After Operating for 20 Years As a Hilton, the 235 Room Hotel in Fayetteville Is Converting to a Radisson / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive After Operating for 20 Years As a Hilton, the 235 Room Hotel in Fayetteville Is Converting to a Radisson By Sarah L. Courteau, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 7--FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.--After operating for 20 years under the Hilton name, the 15-story hotel in downtown Fayetteville is converting to a Radisson. The change will be effective Sept. 11, said the hotel's general manager, David McGeady. The 235-room hotel was built in 1981 and is owned by Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Regency Hotel Management. The hotel opened under...
Fandango Resorts and Holly Farms International to Develop Las Cuevitas, a Fractional Ownership Resort North of Puerto Vallarta / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Fandango Resorts and Holly Farms International to Develop Las Cuevitas, a Fractional Ownership Resort North of Puerto Vallarta PARK CITY, Utah (August 15, 2001) - Fandango Resorts, originator of the boutique condominium resort concept, has teamed up with Holly Farms International to jointly develop Las Cuevitas, a private beach resort just north of Mexico's popular vacation destination, Puerto Vallarta. Set on one of the most beautiful white sand beaches on Mexico's Emerald Coast, the 60-acre Las Cuevitas is protected by a large cove and surrounded by lush vegetation. Located le...
Four Seasons Hotels Net Income Rose 4.2% in 2nd Qtr as New Hotel Openings Offset a Weak U.S. Market, RevPAR in the U.S. Fell 5.5% / Aug 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Four Seasons Hotels Net Income Rose 4.2% in 2nd Qtr as New Hotel Openings Offset a Weak U.S. Market, RevPAR in the U.S. Fell 5.5% Hotel Operating Data Schedule of Hotels Under Construction or Development TORONTO - Aug. 14, 2001-- Four Seasons Hotels Four Seasons Hotels Inc. (TSE:FSH; NYSE:FS) today reported its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2001. Net earnings increased 4.2% to $28.2 million ($0.80 basic earnings per share and $0.72 diluted earnings per share) for the three months ended June 30, 2001, as compared to $27.1 million ($0.78 basic earnings per share ...
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Florida Hotel & Motel Associations 2001 Annual Conference and Trade Show Set for Aug. 28 - 30 at the Renaissance Orlando Resort SURVIVAL 2001: EXCEL EXCEED ENDURE! ORLANDO - August 24, 2001 - Hoteliers may strengthen their lodging properties competitive positions by attending the Florida Hotel & Motel Associations (FH&MA) 2001 Annual Conference and Trade Show, scheduled for Aug. 28 - 30 at the Renaissance Orlando Resort. Nearly a thousand Florida hoteliers are expected to attend these events. Emerging Lifestyles and Travel Trends is the topic o...
Two Downtown Houston Hotel Projects Facing Difficulties in Obtaining Liquor Licenses; Too Close to a Private School / August 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Two Downtown Houston Hotel Projects Facing Difficulties in Obtaining Liquor Licenses; Too Close to a Private School By Matt Schwartz, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 23--Officials with Incarnate Word Academy complained Wednesday that a proposal to exempt hotel bars from restrictions on alcohol sales would undermine their two-year battle to keep drinking establishments away from the all-girls school. School officials persuaded state legislators earlier this year to include private schools in restrictions that previously prohibited alcohol...
The Executive Tower Inn in Downtown Denver Prepares for Renovation, Stops Taking Reservations / August 2001
March 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The Executive Tower Inn in Downtown Denver Prepares for Renovation, Stops Taking Reservations By Mark P. Couch, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 30--The Executive Tower Inn in downtown Denver has tentatively stopped taking room reservations for dates after Oct. 31 -- a preliminary step leading to the renovation of the hotel. Lennar Corp., the Miami-based owner of the hotel, wants to remodel the hotel and add condos on the upper floors of the building at 1405 Curtis St., said Tracy Huggins, executive director of the Denver Urban Renewal Au...
