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February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Its Not the Economy, People..... Its the Experience! Michael Terry, Ph. D. - April 2001 I continue to be amuzed by the hospitality economy dumpers, who blame their own organizations fate on a slight dip in the econometrics reported for a national or regional or local competitive set. While severe supply-demand can influence all players, a dip in seat or room occupancy of 1,2,3,4, or even 5 percentage points does not signal demise. The economy is a factor, but the experience of the guests is a much more powerful influence. If the experiential moments are filled with positive, di...
Proposed Waterfront Hotel in Norfolk, Va., Draws Criticism / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Proposed Waterfront Hotel in Norfolk, Va., Draws Criticism By Christopher Dinsmore, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 10--NORFOLK, Va.--A proposal to build a five-story hotel on the park-like acre just west of Waterside received a cool reception when it was publicly disclosed for the first time Monday. During a presentation to the city Planning Department's Design Review Committee, several committee members voiced concerns about the use of the site, as did two prominent downtown business leaders. The lot, between Waterside and...
Eastern Pequot Tribe Sweetens Pot in Pitch for New London, Conn., Casino / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Tribe Sweetens Pot in Pitch for New London, Conn., Casino By Kathleen Edgecomb, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 10--Eastern Pequot tribal councilor Mark Sebastian addresses the New London City Council Monday during a presentation on the tribe's proposal for a resort casino at State Pier. New London -- About 400 people gave the Eastern Pequots a cordial reception Monday night when the tribe revealed its plan to build a casino near downtown and upped the ante to the city by offering a $7.5 million payment for land at State Pier and a...
Nicholas P. Scriabine Named Director of Group Sales at The Pan Pacific San Francisco / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Nicholas P. Scriabine Named Director of Group Sales at The Pan Pacific San Francisco San Francisco, CA - April 17, 2001--- The Pan Pacific San Francisco recently named Nicholas P. Scriabine as the new Director of Group Sales, effective immediately. Nick was most recently the Associate Director of Sales at The Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley, CA. In addition, he worked at the Hilton of Santa Fe, NM and the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans, LA. Originally from the Northeast, Nick received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in New Orleans and earned an MBA in Man...
Twenty-five Bidders Seeking to Acquire High-end Monterey Calif Hotels; Owner seeking $300.000 per Room / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Monterey, Calif., Hotels Attract Various Potential Buyers By Anna Davison, The Monterey County Herald, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 12--The prospect of owning a clutch of high-end Monterey hotels has enticed investors from around the country. Four local hotels -- the Spindrift Inn, the Monterey Bay Inn, the Victorian Inn and Hotel Pacific -- are up for sale as a package, along with a hotel in Laguna Beach and one in Savannah, Ga. The hotels went on the market in February. The first round of bidding closed April 6, and Art Buser, executive vice pr...
Glenn Miller and Matt DiSabato Open SWAN, Inc Regional Office in Dallas / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Glenn Miller and Matt DiSabato Open SWAN, Inc Regional Office in Dallas Denver, Colo. - April 20, 2001To spearhead growth and awareness of its hotel management and Web-based technology solutions, SWAN Inc. announced the opening of its first regional sales office in Dallas. The duo leading the aggressive regional development campaign is Glenn Miller, managing director-sales and development, and Matt DiSabato, regional director of sales. The Dallas office is the first in a series to open across the United States over the next several months, said Rick G. Layton, SWAN executive vice ...
Millennium Hotels and Resorts Completes the Renaming of its Twelve Regal Hotel Properties to Millennium / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Millennium Hotels and Resorts Completes the Renaming of its Twelve Regal Hotel Properties to Millennium Follows $70 Million System-wide Renovation Program WASHINGTON, April 6, 2001 - Culminating a year-long repositioning, renovation and brand building campaign, Millennium Hotels and Resorts has announced the renaming of its Regal hotel properties to Millennium as of April 9, 2001. Millennium Hotels and Resorts, which acquired Regal in 1999, is the North American unit of London-based Millennium and Copthorne Hotels plc, one of the top 15 hotel companies in the world. As of April ...
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Interior Designer Hirsch Bedner Associates Creates a Modern Florida Style Décor for The Hotel Inter-Continental Miamis Multi-million Dollar Renovation -- Alexander Feher Named Executive Chef MIAMI (Apr. 9, 2001) The Hotel Inter-Continental Miamis multi-million dollar renovation included enhancements to what was already downtown Miamis most complete meetings and conventions facility. The Hotel Inter-Continental Miami is owned by Atlanta-based Bass Hotels & Resorts®. The Inter-Continentals upgraded, remodeled and redesigned facilities total 62,000 square feet, a...
Le Parker Meridien New York Turns on IDeaS for Its Revenue Management Solution / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Le Parker Meridien New York Turns on IDeaS for Its Revenue Management Solution e-yield Solution installed in leading New York hotel in January 2001 MINNEAPOLIS, April 6, 2001 Le Parker Meridien New York, New York's first French hotel, announced that it has selected IDeaS, Inc., as its revenue management partner and has gone live with IDeaS e-yield revenue management solution. "We carefully examined all of the hospitality revenue management approaches. IDeaS is the best for us. It is the only company that delivers the whole package: strong math, both group and transient forecast...
SVP Investments Assigns OHANA Hotels of Hawaii the Management Contract for the Maui Islander Hotel in Lahaina, Maui from Aston Hotels & Resorts / Apri
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report SVP Investments Assigns OHANA Hotels of Hawaii the Management Contract for the Maui Islander Hotel in Lahaina, Maui from Aston Hotels & Resorts HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII - April 9, 2001 - Only a year and a half after introducing OHANA Hotels of Hawaii to Waikiki, parent company Outrigger Enterprises, Inc., is announcing its first Neighbor Island OHANA property. Under a new management contract, OHANA Hotels will take over management of the Maui Islander Hotel in Lahaina, Maui from Aston Hotels & Resorts on May 1, 2001, renaming it the OHANA Maui Islander. OHANA Hotels has successfull...
Forum Development Appoints Marcus Hotels to Manage the New Hilton Garden Inn in Houston NW/Chateau / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Forum Development Appoints Marcus Hotels to Manage the New Hilton Garden Inn in Houston NW/Chateau MILWAUKEE - April 10, 2001-- Marcus Hotels and Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS), today announced that it has signed a long-term contract to manage the new 171-room Hilton Garden Inn® Houston NW/Chateau in Texas. The hotel will be part of Chateau Court, a 13-acre, European-style, mixed-use development that also includes retail space and an office village. The Hilton Garden Inn Houston NW/Chateau represents another step in our new growth strategy to quad...
MGM MIRAGE Reports Record First Quarter Revenue, Cash Flow and Net Income / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive MGM MIRAGE Reports Record First Quarter Revenue, Cash Flow and Net Income LAS VEGAS, April 19, 2001 - MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGG) today reported record earnings of 52 cents per diluted share for the 2001 first quarter, compared with 38 cents per diluted share in the 2000 quarter. Excluding nonrecurring expenses, the Company reported a 26% increase in earnings per share to an all-time record high of 53 cents per share for the three months ended March 31, 2001, up from 42 cents per share in the prior year's quarter. Net income before nonrecurring expenses grew 76...
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Across Marriotts Lodging Brands, REVPAR for Comparable Company Operated U.S. Properties Grew an Average of 2.5% in the 2001 First Quarter; Occupancy Declined Two Points to 72.9% Posts 27% Increase in EPS Over a Year Ago; 47 Cents for the 2001 First Quarter WASHINGTON, April 17, 2001 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) today reported that its diluted earnings per share increased 27 percent to 47 cents in its 2001 first quarter ended March 23. Net income rose 29 percent to $121 million. Systemwide sales totaled $4.7 billion, an increase of 11 percent compared t...
GHS Global Inc. and LodgCon Inc. Sign Exclusive Distributor Agreement / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report GHS Global Inc. and LodgCon Inc. Sign Exclusive Distributor Agreement SAN FRANCISCO, CA and ATLANTA, GA March 30, 2001 - GHS Global Inc. (www.ghsglobal.net), a leading provider of integrated e-property management software for small to mid-size hotels, and LodgCon, Inc. (www.lodgcon.com), specialists in hospitality technology consulting, sales and implementation, have finalized a contract providing LodgCon exclusive distributor rights of GHS Global products and services in North America. The agreement fortifies an existing agreement, enabling each company to focus on their areas of e...
Central Florida Hotel Legend Robert Langford Dies at 88 / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Central Florida Hotel Legend Robert Langford Dies at 88 By Doris Bloodsworth, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 2--Robert E. Langford was a visionary who built Central Florida's first air-conditioned hotel in the 1950s and foresaw the area's rise as a tourism powerhouse. He was also known as a storyteller, avid sportsman and family man. Langford died Saturday from heart failure. He was 88. Langford was literally born into the hospitality business. His family owned two hotels in Chicago, where some of the best-known figures of the d...
Lanesborough Receiving Offers of UKpound 75 million Up to 120 million / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Lanesborough Receiving Offers of UKpound 75 million Up to 120 million Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15--If ever one wanted a great example of the false economy that has dominated Britain for the past 10 years, it is that of the Lanesborough. This grand hotel, on London's most famous corner -- videlicet: Hyde Park -- should have been the greatest money-spinner of the age. It used to be the St George's Hospital until the late 1980s, when the health authority decided to close it. At that stage, they realised the most devastating piece ...
Tom LaTour Elected Chairman of the Board of Kimpton Group / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Tom LaTour Elected Chairman of the Board of Kimpton Group SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2001 Thomas W. LaTour, 57, chief executive officer of the Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, has been elected to the additional position of chairman of the board of the company following the recent death of company founder William D. Kimpton. In this expanded capacity, Tom is responsible for the overall strategic and operational direction and growth of the company and of the collection of unique hotels and restaurants it operates. All of the people important to our enterprise our guests, our...
FelCor Promotes Three Executives / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report FelCor Promotes Three Executives IRVING, Texas...April 10, 2001 - FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (NYSE:FCH), the nations second largest hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced the following executive promotions: Lawrence D. Robinson as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Lester C. Johnson as Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, and Andrew J. Welch as Senior Vice President and Treasurer. One of our companys goals has been to have a top-notch management team. These executives, through ...
Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust Acheives 8.0% RevPAR Growth in 1st Quarter / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust Acheives 8.0% RevPAR Growth in 1st Quarter TORONTO, April 19, 2001 Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust (Legacy) announced today its unaudited financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2001. For the quarter, gross operating revenues of $117.7 million represented an increase of 24.4% over $94.6 million in the same quarter last year. This was mainly a result of the acquisitions completed in the second half of 2000 and in early 2001. Operating income from hotel operations, or hotel EBITDA, was up 8.3% to $11.4 million...
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Lodging Executives Sentiment Current Situation in Steep Decline Future Looks More Positive Durham, N.H., Apr. 2, 2001 Well pace ahead of other sectors, such as retail with demand continuing to outstrip supply increases, particularly in the full service side. Its a market share gameoccupancy, occupancy, occupancy, noted a senior executive responsible for more than 75,000 hotel rooms. While J.P. Nichols from Cendant said in USA Today that business travelers are trading down to Ramadas, Wingate and other mid-Tier brands. The Current Situation Index recorded its fir...
Helen Kouyoumdjian, Previously with Crowne Plaza Hotels, Named Manager of Chilean Tourism Promotion Corporation / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Helen Kouyoumdjian, Previously with Crowne Plaza Hotels, Named Manager of Chilean Tourism Promotion Corporation SANTIAGO, CHILE (April 24, 2001) The Chilean Tourism Promotion Corporation (Corporación de Promoción Turística de Chile) has appointed Helen Kouyoumdjian as its new manager. Previously with Crowne Plaza Hotels, Kouyoumdjian brings more than 10 years of travel industry experience to her new position. As manager of the Chilean Tourism Promotion Corporation based in Santiago, Chile, Kouyoumdjian is responsible for overseeing all of the marketing efforts for the country...
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Kathy A. Bannan Recipient of Pennsylvanias Best 50 Women in Business Award for 2001 April 23, 2001 - Kathy A. Bannan, President of Tiger Vision Hospitality Training, received Pennsylvanias award for being one of Pennsylvanias Best 50 Women in Business for 2001. Created by Governor Ridge in 1996, the awards recognize the significant contributions women make to Pennsylvanias economy. The Ridge Administration will honor Bannan and the other winners during an awards reception on Thursday, May 24, at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. It is a great honor for me to joi...
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Jumeirah Beach Hotel Awarded Best Resort Hotel in The Middle East Jumeirah International wins multiple awards at Hotel Intelligence Middle East Magazines Achieving Industry Excellence awards ceremony. Dubai, 10th April, 2001 Jumeirah International received four awards and was highly commended for three additional awards during the first Hotel Intelligence Middle East & DEPA Arabtec Achieving Industry Excellence Awards ceremony organised by Hotel Intelligence Middle East magazine. The awards, presented at a high-profile gala dinner hosted during The Hot...
Jesse Stewart, Jr. Appointed General Manager of the Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Resort – Miami Beach / April 2001
February 28, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Jesse Stewart, Jr. Appointed General Manager of the Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Resort - Miami Beach Resort Property Scheduled to Open Sept. 2001 MIAMI (April 25, 2001) Jesse Stewart, Jr. has been appointed general manager of the Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Resort - Miami Beach. Stewart brings a distinguished career of nearly 20 years in the hospitality industry to the new, 422-room, South Beach resort. Prior to his current position, Stewart served as general manager of the Crowne Plaza Kingston in Jamaica. Before joining Bass Hotels & Resorts, he worked with ITT Sheraton Cor...
