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'Isle Style' at Isle of Capri Casino Works for Customers and Employees / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive New Book Lauds Biloxi, Miss.-Based Casino Company Management By Joey Bunch, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--BILOXI, Miss.--Leslie Yerkes, an author and nationally known organizational management consultant, showed up in Biloxi unannounced about a year ago. She was researching companies that treat employees and customers right and had gotten a tip from a colleague to check out the Isle of Capri Casino. At the resort on the Biloxi beachfront, she was greeted by an Isle bellman, Don Mashone, who attended her with the genteel ...
Proposal for a Room Inventory Data Exchange Standard / June 2001
February 28, 2001
The Problem There are many travel sites on the internet which hotel properties can make their inventory available on but in order to do so must manually maintain that availability on. This results in either too much time spent by the property owner maintaining this inventory or reduction and/or loss of inventory available to sell by the travel site because the property lacks the admin resources to constantly maintain this inventory. The Solution This standard is proposed as a standard way for PMSs' to submit inventory availability to travel sites who allow properties to manually maintain room inventories online. The progra...
Interstate Hotels Partners with Aptech to Install ASP Model; ASP Back Office Provides Value to Hotel Owners With Ability to Reduce Capital Outlay, Eli
February 28, 2001
Interstate Hotels Partners with Aptech to Install ASP Model ASP Back Office Provides Value to Hotel Owners With Ability to Reduce Capital Outlay, Eliminate Maintenance Costs, Bring Faster Processing Speeds BOOTH NUMBERS 1025/1027 at HITEC 2001 ORLANDO, FL (HITEC - June 27, 2001) - Aptech Computer Systems, Inc. today announced Interstate Hotels will roll out this week the application service provider (ASP) version of Aptech's back office software, Profitvue®, to the first of half a dozen properties this year. Providing value to hotel owners via greater productivity, decreased costs, savings of personnel ...
Interstate Hotels Attracts Hotel-Owner Clients with Flexible Financial Reporting, Business Intelligence / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Interstate Hotels Attracts Hotel-Owner Clients with Flexible Financial Reporting, Business Intelligence June 2001 - The last thing one thinks of when sweeping through the porte-cochere of the beautiful salmon colored Don CeSar Beach Resort towering above the Gulf of Mexico in St. Petersburg, Florida, is strong financial The Don CeSar Beach Resort & Spa controls and reporting capabilities. But that's the reputation the Don's management company - Interstate Hotels - has built since 1961, and it is the key to attracting hotel-owner clients to one of the largest independent management companies in the ho...
Relenting to the Internet Could Increase Gaming Industry's Bottom Line / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Relenting to the Internet Could Increase Gaming Industry's Bottom Line Las Vegas Review-Journal Michael Pollock Column Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 12--RELENTING TO INTERNET COULD INCREASE GAMING INDUSTRY'S BOTTOM LINE: An established industry was dreadfully concerned about the negative impact a new technology would have on its bottom line. Industry titans conferred. Some thought it best to embrace this new technology. More thought it best to ban any relationship. Bad for business, they huffed. Ultimately, however, the industry dec...
InternetINNS.com Partners with eHotel, Inc. for In-Room Wireless High-Speed Connectivity / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report InternetINNS.com Partners with eHotel, Inc. for In-Room Wireless High-Speed Connectivity OKLAHOMA CITY --- May 31, 2001 --- An agreement between InternetINNS.com Corporation and eHotel, Inc., providing high-speed in-room Internet access and infrastructure software for guests has been finalized. According to InternetINNS.com (TM ) CEO, David C. Littlefield, the strategic alliance partnership with eHotel brings an affordable, wireless Internet solution to its franchised lodging properties for the convenience of guests as part of the companys hospitality technology package. Th...
Inntegral to Launch New Hotel-Chain IT Consolidation and Analysis System at HITEC 2001 / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Inntegral to Launch New Hotel-Chain IT Consolidation and Analysis System at HITEC 2001 Streamlines Hotel-Management Companies strategic decision-making Represents quantum leap in tracking, budgeting, and forecasting Capitalizes on existing legacy systems Provides immense added value for corporate executives 13 June 2001 - A powerful new IT system for data consolidation, budgeting, forecasting and analysis tailored for hotel chains and management companies, is to enjoy its international launch later this month at HITEC 2001, the Hospitality Industry Technology Exp...
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Technology Going Back to the Basics; A Hotel Room Interactive Doorbell Minimizes Guests Privacy & Service Complaints Old Lyme, Conn. May 18, 2001 INNCOM International, Inc., a global leader in guestroom control systems, now is offering its INNtouch advanced interactive doorbell which doubles as a guest privacy/service indicator as a stand-alone system in addition to the units traditional bundling with INNCOMs Centrally Controlled Guestroom Energy Management Systems. According to two of the many lodging properties using INNtouch, the new INNCOM solution helps hotel...
Vail Resorts, Inc. Acquires the Inn at Beaver Creek from IABC, Inc. for $7.5 million / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Vail Resorts, Inc. Acquires the Inn at Beaver Creek from IABC, Inc. for $7.5 million VAIL, Colo., June 4, 2001 - Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) announced today that on Friday June 1, the Company acquired the Inn at Beaver Creek from IABC, Inc. for $7.5 million. The purchase includes the 39-room hotel and a 4-bedroom penthouse condominium independently appraised at $2 million. The Inn is a boutique hotel located just three yards from the Strawberry Park Express Lift in Beaver Creek Village, making it the closest hotel to a ski lift in North America. Hotel amenities include an ...
Station CasinosAwaiting Nevada Gaming Regulators Approval to Place In-room Gambling Devices in its 2,728 Las Vegas Area Hotel Rooms / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Casino Company Subsidiary Plans to Offer In-Room Gambling By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 7--A newly formed subsidiary of Station Casinos will offer a computerized, in-room gambling system that it will market to competing casino companies and could pave the way for the company's entry into online gambling. The company has formed a separate firm to market the technology through its GameCast Live LLC, which will target cruise ships and tribal casinos. "A hotel guest will be able to sit in his room or out by the pool a...
IMIC Hotels Among North Carolina Firms Considering Policies Concerning Workplace Romance / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive North Carolina Firms Worried about Sexual Harassment Want Couples to Confess By Leslie Gross Klaff, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--With the office often being an ideal setting to find a mate, workplace romance can mean pure bliss for many employees. But not all relationships have fairy-tale endings, and office trysts can leave employers in tricky dilemmas. The dangers of office romance became increasingly clear to a manager at Charlotte's Mueller Belting & Specialty Co. Inc. last year. A relationship between two employees in...
IDeaS Selected by Opryland for Revenue Management At Group Hotels / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report IDeaS Selected by Opryland for Revenue Management At Group Hotels MINNEAPOLIS - June 12, 2001- IDeaS, Inc., the leading provider of revenue management and optimization solutions, announced today an agreement with Nashville, Tenn. based Opryland Hospitality Group to install IDeaS Revenue Management solution in its flagship 2,883 room property, Opryland Hotel. The Opryland Hospitality Group also has properties in development in Florida and Texas where they will also be deploying IDeaS Revenue Management solutions in a first-ever implementation prior to a properties opening. Opryland Hotel ...
For the First Time in Years, Hyatt Hotels Switching Guestroom Bath Amenities; New Line is Portico Verbena / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report For the First Time in Years, Hyatt Hotels Switching Guestroom Bath Amenities; New Line is Portico Verbena CHICAGO-- June 13, 2000- Suds, bubbles, lather and moisturizing will be top priority on Hyatt's list of guest services and amenities this summer. For the first time in years, Hyatt hotels nationwide will introduce new bath and body products. Shampoo, conditioner, bath gel, soaps and moisturizing lotion from the luxury Portico Verbena line will compliment each guestroom. Park Hyatt properties will be outfitted with Global Waterman/Marietta amenities. "Bath amenities play a signi...
Hotel Common Sense / John Hogan CHA MHS / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report "Hotel" Common Sense By John Hogan, CHA MHS - June 2001 The noblest question in the world is, what good may I do in it? Benjamin Franklin, on values Our industry literally encompasses many of the perspectives and values of our global market. It attracts people from all walks of life and provides employment to professionals at a wide range of skills. Benjamin Franklin was well known for his many inventions, but perhaps even more so for his insights to the human spirit, as noted in his remark above on human value. The following 15 observations were formed by m...
Hollywood, Fla Wants to End the City's Two-year Dispute with Hotel Builder R. Donahue Peebles / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hollywood City, Fla., Official Wants Additional Developers for Hotel Project By Steve Harrison, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 8--Hollywood City Manager Sam Finz wants to rachet up the fight with developers of the Diamond on the Beach hotel by hiring an outside agent to recruit other developers to the project. At the city commission meeting Wednesday night, Finz suggested the city hire a real estate attorney -- possibly one from outside of Florida -- to help settle the fight over the property at Johnson Street and the Broadwalk. The idea:...
Hitachi Innovative Solutions and Daylight Software Develop a Non-proprietary, Open Travel Alliance – based, Two-way Web Messaging System to Stre
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hitachi Innovative Solutions and Daylight Software Develop a Non-proprietary, Open Travel Alliance - based, Two-way Web Messaging System to Streamline Group Booking Process SANTA CLARA, CA and DOVER, NH - 20 Jun 2001 - Hitachi Innovative Solutions Corporation [HISC], a platform-independent IT solutions provider, and Daylight Software, Inc., the technology leader in developing sales and catering solutions for the hospitality industry, have teamed up to introduce an enterprise application for the hospitality industry. Together, the two companies have developed the first non-proprie...
The Trafalgar is Hilton's 370th Hotel But, In a Break with Tradition, There Will be No Logo Above the Door / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hilton Takes Trendy Turn with Minimalist Design for New London Hotel By Sarah Marks, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Next month the world's ultimate corporate hotel chain opens its first "designer" stopover in a listed neo-classical building on the corner of Trafalgar Square. The Trafalgar is Hilton's 370th hotel but, in a break with tradition, there will be no logo above the door, no Hilton-liveried doormen and not even a book of matches to remind the guest they are in the latest outpost of the biggest and, some might say, blandest...
Jay Lesoganich, Security Supervisor at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Among Hero/Heroine Award Winners / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Jay Lesoganich, Security Supervisor at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Among the LVIHRS Hero/Heroine Award Winners LAS VEGAS, June 18, 2001 - The winners of the Hero/Heroine Awards for the 22nd annual Las Vegas International Hotel & Restaurant Show (LVIHRS) were announced today, according to Van Heffner, president & CEO of the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Association. Award winners will be honored for their heroic acts and contributions at the show's International Hospitality Luncheon on Friday, June 22 at 12:30 p.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Among the nationwid...
Hawaii Hotel Occupancy fell in April 2001 to 69.9% from 73.9% in April Last Year / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Honolulu, May 30, 2001 - Total visitor days for April were down slightly compared to last year's record-breaking performance according to a DBEDT report released today. A longer average length of stay (up to 8.59 days from 8.45) almost completely offset the 2.4 percent decline in total visitor arrivals, leaving total visitor days for April 2001 down by 0.8 percent compared to the same month last year. The 558,253 visitors to the islands during the month represents the second strongest April on record, surpassed only by last year's exceptional results. Growth in U.S. visitor arrivals made up for declines in visitors from other desti...
Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., Enacts Stricter Waitress Dress Code / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., Enacts Stricter Waitress Dress Code By Amy S. Rosenberg, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 1--ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--Cocktail waitresses at Harrah's Atlantic City will still be able to paint their fingernails red (as well as clear, white, pink, wine or burgundy). But beginning Monday, straight hair is out. Only curled, styled or teased will be acceptable. No ponytails or buns. No half up, half down. No braids, a restriction that has upset some African American waitresses. Earrings can be no big...
Harrah's Again Named One of America's Best IT Workplaces; Casino Operator Only Company to Make Top Five List for Third Straight Year / June
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Harrah's Again Named One of America's Best IT Workplaces; Casino Operator Only Company to Make Top Five List for Third Straight Year LAS VEGAS, June 21, 2001 - Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) once again ranks among the Top Five of America's "100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology,'' according to the information - services company Computerworld. Harrah's is the only company in any industry that achieved a Top Five rating in Computerworld's survey for each of the past three years. The survey, now in its ninth year, is conducted annually among companies that ex...
Four Diamond Status Awarded to the Recently OpenedOrlando, Fla., Hard Rock Café Hotel / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Orlando, Fla., Hard Rock Café Hotel Easily Earns AAA'S Top Ranking By Tim Barker, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--Just three weeks after the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal opened its doors for business, an inspector came calling from the American Automobile Association. What started as panic -- most businesses need more than a few weeks to work out the kinks-- would eventually put smiles on the faces of the hotel's owners. With the paint barely dry, the 650-room Hard Rock that opened in January was awarded Four Diamond statu...
Hampton Inn & Suites to Play Larger Role in Future Hampton Brand Development / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hampton Inn & Suites to Play Larger Role in Future Hampton Brand Development MEMPHIS, Tenn. - June 6, 2001-- Hampton(TM), the national brand of midpriced Hampton Inn(R) and Hampton Inn & Suites(R) hotels, today announced that its Hampton Inn & Suites product will play a larger role in future development of the overall brand, increasing to approximately half of Hampton's development pipeline in 2002. Today, the Hampton Inn & Suites product accounts for about 10 percent of the Hampton brand portfolio of more than 1,000 hotels open. Reflecting that trend, the 100th Hampton Inn & Suites hot...
Pinnacle Hotels USA Opens a 138-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Buena Park, Calif. / June 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Pinnacle Hotels USA Opens a 138-room Hampton Inn & Suites in Buena Park, Calif. BUENA PARK, Calif., June 20, 2001 -- Hamptontm, the national brand of mid-priced Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn & Suites hotels, today announced the official opening of its 138-room Hampton Inn & Suites hotel located at 7828 E. Orangethorpe Avenue in Buena Park, Calif. The Buena Park Hampton Inn & Suites represents the national hotel chain's aggressive strategy to build West, meeting consumer demand for its value-priced limited service product. The property is the third Hampton hotel to open in California...
