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First Hospitality Group Opens a 15-story Fairfield Inn in Downtown Chicago / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report First Hospitality Group Opens a 15-story Fairfield Inn in Downtown Chicago First Urban Hotel for Fairfield Inn by Marriott WASHINGTON, June 20, 2001- Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) announced today, the opening of its first downtown Fairfield Inn by Marriott hotel. The 15-story, 185-room Fairfield Inn & Suites Downtown Chicago is located at 216 E. Ontario Street, less than three blocks from Michigan Avenue. The property is Fairfield Inn's 465th hotel and operates as a Marriott franchise, owned by Environmental Community Development Co., Inc. of Buffalo Grove, Ill., a...
The Teamsters Union, Which Represents 2,000 Costumed Characters at Disney, Pushing for MoreEmployee-friendly Rules Regarding the Cleanliness of Costu
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Union Pushes Disney for Changes in Costume Cleanliness Practices By Tim Barker, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 8--Should Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck have to share their undergarments? Union workers negotiating a new contract with Disney don't think so. The Teamsters union, which represents costumed characters at Disney, is pushing for more employee-friendly rules regarding the cleanliness of costumes. At issue is what those 2,000 workers are wearing -- and later sharing -- underneath their outfits. Disney typically does not com...
Five Star Diamond Awards from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences Being Questioned / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Las Vegas Review-Journal Gaming Chips Column By Joe Weinert, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14, 2001 - - ONCE AGAIN THE TRUMP CASINOS received a lofty rating of questionable merit, the Five Star Diamond Award from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences in New York. Both Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Marina received the award, again making Trump the only hotel-casino brand in the world to win the academy's five-star award. Coincidentally, a Trump executive sits on the academy's board of trustees. Each of the 23 hoteliers or r...
Ronda Trog and Tim Matias Awarded for Outstanding Performance by the International Association of Reservation Executives / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Ronda Trog and Tim Matias Awarded for Outstanding Performance by the International Association of Reservation Executives PHOENIX, Ariz., June 26, 2001 - Ronda Trog, director of North American reservations and Tim Matias, operations agent at Best Western International were recently awarded for outstanding performance by the International Association of Reservation Executives. Trog won the Manager of Excellence Award, while Matias took honors with the Staff Member Excellence Award. Trog, a 25-year employee of the worlds largest hotel brand, has been instrumental in opening central r...
Val B. Hardcastle Takes Helm at Tenaya Lodge, Just Acquired by Delaware North Parks Services / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Val B. Hardcastle Takes Helm at Tenaya Lodge, Just Acquired by Delaware North Parks Services BUFFALO, N.Y., June 14, 2001 - Delaware North Parks Services announced today that it has purchased the 242 room Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite, located in Fish Camp, Calif., a gateway to Yosemite National Park. Delaware North Parks Services, a subsidiary of Delaware North Companies, is one of the leading providers of hospitality, lodging, food service and visitor services at national and state parks and attractions throughout North America, including Yosemite National Park. "The purchase of the Ten...
Technology Dilemmas: What have IT investments done for you lately? / Elizabeth Lauer / Hospitality Upgrade Magazine / Summer 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Technology Dilemmas: What have IT investments done for you lately? To view more articles covering technology for the hospitality industry please visit the Hospitality Upgrade Web site or to request a free publication please call (770) 953-2300 or email. This article is from the upcoming Summer 2001 issue of Hospitality Upgrade, formerly the Hotel & Restaurant Technology UPDATE magazine. This article is from the upcoming Summer 2001 issue of Hospitality Upgrade, formerly the Hotel & Restaurant Technology UPDATE magazine. By Elizabeth Lauer As I sit here on a balmy spring e...
Dan Tavrytzky Named Director of Sales for The Westin Kierland Resort and Spa / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Dan Tavrytzky Named Director of Sales for The Westin Kierland Resort and Spa PHOENIX - June 21, 2001 - Dan Tavrytzky has been named director of sales for The Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, a deluxe 750-room resort currently under construction near Greenway Parkway and Scottsdale Road on the Phoenix-Scottsdale, Ariz. border. Tavrytzky will be responsible for group sales and the sales management staff, as well as bookings for the resort's more than 60,000 square feet of meeting space. Previously, Tavrytzky served as both director of group sales and national sales manager for the Shera...
Sunstone Completes On-line Training with GuestWare Roll-out / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Sunstone Completes On-line Training with GuestWare Roll-out Seattle, WA - June 18, 2001 - Diversified Computer Corporation, creators of GuestWare, a leading Customer Relationship Management software for the lodging industry, recently completed on-line training with 40 Sunstone properties. The training, which took place over three months, was performed by GuestWare Trainers over Sustones high-speed wide area network using Microsoft Netmeeting. Sunstone Hotels will use GuestWare for Rapid Response, Guest Recognition and Comment Card Tracking in 40 hotels including Marriott, Holiday I...
Summit Hospitality Group Plans Three New Marriott-Brand Hotels in Raleigh, N.C., Area / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Firm Plans Three New Marriott-Brand Hotels in Raleigh, N.C., Area By Samantha Thompson Smith, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 23--CARY, N.C.--The Triangle is getting another fancy hotel. Summit Hospitality Group, which plans to build three Marriott-brand hotels in the area in the next two years, has landed a deal to bring the Triangle its third four-star hotel and the only one that's considered full-service. The new Marriott Renaissance, a five-story, Colonial-design hotel, will be a major part of the Arboretum, a mixed-use ...
Los Angeles City Council Studying Philip Anschutz and Rupert Murdoch's Plans for a $1 billion Hotel Development Next to Staples Center / June 200
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Proposed Complex Near Los Angeles' Arena to Get Further Study By Rick Orlov, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 21--Insisting it is not making a commitment for a public subsidy, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday hired a law firm to look at the tax implications and the terms of plans to build a $1 billion hotel and entertainment complex adjacent to Staples Center. The council, in its 11-0 vote, agreed to pay up to $150,000 to the law firm of Orrick, Harrington and Sutcliffe to examine the proposal by billionaires Philip Anschutz a...
Slowing Economy Means St. Louis Hotels See Different Type of Customers / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Slowing Economy Means Hotels See Different Type of Customers By Doug Kaufman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 2--While hotels nationwide are feeling the effects of a slowing economy, hotels here continue to have significant numbers of business travelers sign their guest ledgers. They're seeing different travelers, though -- more employees of long-established companies, like Anheuser-Busch and Boeing, and fewer employees of high-tech companies. Given the softer economy, some travelers remain willing to pay for luxury while others ar...
Marriott Retains Master Sommelier Madeline Triffon; Marriott and Renaissance F&B Managers to Receive 'Introductory Level' Master Sommelier
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Marriott Retains Master Sommelier Madeline Triffon; Marriott and Renaissance F&B Managers to Receive 'Introductory Level' Master Sommelier Training WASHINGINGTON DC - June 22, 2001 - (NYSE: MAR) announced the appointment of Madeline Triffon, a Master Sommelier, as consultant and advisor to the company's wine selection and beverage offerings. She will advise on the expansion of Marriott's Gold Standard Program, an industry-leading beverage portfolio, and will assist in developing the company's restaurant promotions and training curriculum. Ms. Triffon is one of 44 American M...
Small Luxury Hotels of the World Accepting New Hotels Year-Round / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Small Luxury Hotels of the World Accepting New Hotels Year-Round Record Membership DALLAS, June 4 - Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), a luxury hotel consortium consisting of 284 member properties in 50 countries, has experienced record membership growth in 2001. Since January of this year, the group of luxury hoteliers has had twelve new properties added to its ranks. Due to the membership boom, applications to join SLH will now be accepted throughout the year instead of only in August. Prospective members are approaching SLH at a rate of twenty to thirty a month, ...
Sir Stamford at Circular Quay Voted the Number One Hotel in Australia by Condé Nast Readers / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Sir Stamford at Circular Quay Voted the Number One Hotel in Australia by Condé Nast Readers 8 June 2001 - Luxury boutique hotel, Sir Stamford at Circular Quay, has been voted The Number One Hotel in Australia by readers of the US Condé Nast Traveler magazine, making the publications prestigious Gold List for 2001 plus Number One in Australia for service by American Express Travel and Leisure magazine in the US. We are delighted to have received such international accolades, especially as the judging panel were all guests of the hotel said David McDonald, Group Head o...
Joie de Vivre Hospitality Opening Three More Boutique Hotels in the Silicon Valley Before the End of 2001 / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Joie de Vivre Hospitality Opening Three More Boutique Hotels in the Silicon Valley Before the End of 2001 SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, 2001 - Joie de Vivre Hospitality, known for its creative collection of boutique hotels in the Bay Area, has announced that it will open three more boutique hotels in the Silicon Valley region by the end of 2001. Joie de Vivre began its move into Silicon Valley in September of 2000 when it opened the 91-room Hotel Avante in Mountain View. In May, Joie de Vivre will debut the 208-room Wild Palms Hotel in Sunnyvale and open the 80-room Moorpark Hotel in San...
Paul-André Guidat and Jean G.J. Keijdener Appointed to New GM Posts with Sedona Hotels International / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Paul-André Guidat and Jean G.J. Keijdener Appointed to New GM Posts with Sedona Hotels International 22 June 2001 - Sedona Hotels International has appointed Mr Paul-André Guidat as the new General Manager for Hotel Sedona Makassar, a 230-room deluxe hotel in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The former General Manager of Hotel Sedona Makassar, Mr Jean G.J. Keijdener, has moved to Sedona Suites Hanoi to assume the role of General Manager for the 175-room executive residences property. Mr Paul-André Guidat brings with him more than two decades of experience in the hospitality industr...
Santa Fe's Largest Hotel, Eldorado Hotel, Reports 'Worst June Ever' / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Santa Fe, N.M., Hoteliers Hope for Increased Business as Summer Continues By Bob Quick, The Santa Fe New Mexican Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 26--The high price of gasoline, a weak national economy and lingering memories of last year's disastrous forest fires are hanging over this year's tourist season like a monsoon cloud, but Santa Fe hotel managers and others are hopeful this season will be a good one despite those problems. So far, it's been a mixed picture. June has been soft to fair at many properties. But Santa Fe's largest hotel, Eldorado, had what...
San Luis Resort Selects Ze-Net Technologies for High-Speed Internet Access / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report San Luis Resort Selects Ze-Net Technologies for High-Speed Internet Access Galveston, Texas, June 20, 2001 - The San Luis Resort and Conference Center in Galveston Texas and Ze-Net Technologies, Inc. announced today that Ze-Net has completed installation of their High-Speed Internet Access system at the internationally famous San Luis Resort. In the continuing effort to attract more business meetings and conventions, the San Luis decided to purchase a High-Speed Internet Access system that would provide their guests with a true "plug and play" solution. "We are very excited abo...
The 25,000 Delegate Rotary International Convention is San Antonio's Largest Convention to Date / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive The 25,000 Delegate Rotary International Convention Putting New Spin on San Antonio By Travis E. Poling and Melissa S. Monroe, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News When the last strains of Arturo Sandoval's trumpet and Vikki Carr's velvet voice fade away after the closing ceremony of the Rotary International convention, local tourism industry officials will begin the process of turning a one-time shot in the arm into a long-term gain. The four-day convention that kicks off today is expected to bring 25,000 people to town and fill 9,000 hotel ...
Salobre Golf Hoteles S.A Appoints Starwood to Manage the New Sheraton Hotel and Golf Resort On Gran Canary Island, Spain / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Salobre Golf Hoteles S.A Appoints Starwood to Manage the New Sheraton Hotel and Golf Resort On Gran Canary Island, Spain WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - June 21, 2001-- Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) and owners Salobre Golf Hoteles S.A. announced today that they have entered into a long term management agreement under which Starwood will operate the 310-room Sheraton Salobre Hotel and Golf Resort soon to be under construction in the Gran Canary Island, Spain. The hotel will be owned by Salobre Golf Hoteles, S.A., a joint venture amongst Casa Kishoo S.A., Satocan S.A. a...
Seminole Tribe of Florida Invests in Land for Luxury Hotel in Downtown Tallahassee / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Seminole Tribe Backs Proposed Luxury Hotel in Tallahassee, Fla. By John Sevigny, Tallahassee Democrat, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 6--With financial backing from Florida's most prominent American Indian tribe, a local developer plans to bulldoze a complex of buildings in the heart of downtown and build a luxury, 80-plus-room hotel. For $3.5 million, STOF Holdings -- a company owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida -- has bought land at the intersection of South Monroe and Jefferson streets, said Jack Skelding, the project developer and chairman of th...
Guarantee for Reservations Training Announced by HotelTraining.com / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Guarantee for Reservations Training Announced by HotelTraining.com Fort Worth, TX - June 8, 2001 - HotelTraining.com today announced a guarantee for their STAR Workshop, the company's Internet Based Reservations Training Program. Jay Delerno, President of MacDel Inc., d/b/a HotelTraining.com, explained "the reason for implementing the guarantee was to introduce the benefits of Internet Based Training with less financial risk to hotels. Our guarantee is simple, if a hotel is willing to subscribe to our STAR Workshop for six months at our standard monthly fee, pay a onetime registrati...
The Bad News Keeps Coming for American Skiing Co.; Stock Price Dips Below a Dollar From its IPO of $18 a Share in 1997 / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive American Skiing Company Continues to Suffer Financial Problems By Jason Blevins, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 22--The bad news keeps coming for American Skiing Co. A few weeks ago the crumbling ski resort giant announced it would sell its flagship Steamboat ski area in a major overhaul. Last week, the company announced its third-quarter earnings had dwindled more than 50 percent from a year ago. And this week, its stock price dipped below a dollar, capping a 3 1/2-year slide from its initial public offering of $18 a share in late 1997. ...
Debt Restructuring, Intent to Sell Steamboat Ski Resort and Cost Reductions at Every Level Are Part of American Skiing Company's Plan to Enhance
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Debt Restructuring, Intent to Sell Steamboat Ski Resort and Cost Reductions at Every Level Are Part of American Skiing Company's Plan to Enhance Operating Performance NEWRY, MAINE, May 30, 2001 - American Skiing Company (NYSE: SKI - news) today announced a comprehensive strategic plan to improve its capital structure and enhance future operating performance. The plan includes the following key components: Strategic redeployment of management and capital resources to emphasize the integration and growth of resort village development and operations Intent to sell Steamboat ski...
