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Arizona Lodging Insights / Year End 2000 / Warnick & Co. / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Warnick & Company Arizona Lodging Insights Year End 2000 Whither The Economy? At the end of 1999 we hosted a series of roundtables in which we discussed various lodging issues with members of the hotel and tourism community. The results were summarized in our year-end newsletter. This year, because there have been so few significant changes with regard to these issues, we decided to focus on the one Lodging Industry Interviews Arizona 2000 In Review State of Arizona / Lodging Market Performance / Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2000 vs.1999 thing that will have the greate...
William (Bill) L. Sayce Appointed General Manager at the The Pan Pacific Bangkok / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report William (Bill) L. Sayce Appointed General Manager at the The Pan Pacific Bangkok Singapore - March 5, 2001--- The Pan Pacific Bangkok recently announced the appointment of William (Bill) L. Sayce as new General Manager, according to Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts’ President Ichigo Umehara. A 27-year hospitality veteran, Sayce has been with Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts for eight years, most recently as General Manager of the company’s Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows. He was also General Manager of The Pan Pacific Hotel Kuala Lumpur and the former Pan Pacific Hotel in Auckland, New Z...
Leslie B. Otten Resigns; William J. Fair Named CEO of American Skiing Company; Company Gives Outlook for Fiscal Year / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  Leslie B. Otten Resigns; William J. Fair Named CEO of American Skiing Company; Company Gives Outlook for Fiscal Year NEWRY, Maine, March 28, 2001 - The Board of Directors of American Skiing Company (NYSE: SKI) announced today that William “B.J.” Fair, currently American Skiing Company’s chief operating officer, has been named chief executive officer of the company. Following the resignation of Leslie B. Otten, who had served as chairman and chief executive officer of American Skiing Company, B.J. Fair will assume the chief executive duties, effective today.  “I’ve b...
The Victoria, a Completely Restored 15 Room Inn in Bethel, Maine for Sale / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Victoria, a Completely Restored 15 Room Inn in Bethel, Maine for Sale The Victoria Inn, www.thevictoria-inn.com is a jewel nestled in the White Mountains of Maine in the picturesque town of Bethel, a premiere 4 season recreational area of New England. Bethel is home to Sunday River Ski Resort and miles of cross country, snowshoe and snowmobile trails. In SKI Magazine’s January issue entitled “Paradise Found” Bethel was named the greatest ski town in the whole universe. In summer and fall Bethel swells with travelers hiking, biking, canoeing and shopping.  The Victoria is a comple...
The Venetian Achieves ADR of $214 and Occupancy of 99.4% Through March 17, 2001 / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  The Venetian Achieves ADR of $214 and Occupancy of 99.4% Through March 17, 2001 LAS VEGAS - March 22, 2001 - At a presentation to the Credit Suisse First Boston 2001 Hospitality and Leisure Conference held today in Las Vegas, Bradley H. Stone, Executive Vice President of Las Vegas Sands Inc., the parent company of The Venetian, spoke about The Venetian’s continuing successful business strategy to maximize room occupancy and average daily room rates through its group room business and continuing to improve casino volume. Stone spoke of the high demand for rooms driven by this ...
Casino Executives, Congressional Leaders Discuss Minority Hiring / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Casino Executives, Congressional Leaders Discuss Minority Hiring By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 30--Executives of MGM Mirage, Park Place Entertainment and Harrah's Entertainment met Thursday in Washington, D.C., with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss the casino industry's efforts to improve minority hiring. The Capitol Hill meeting was arranged by Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Las Vegas, and was attended by six casino industry executives, American Gaming Association officials and about 15 black House m...
Room With A View – Hospitality Industry Attracts Guests With Immersive Online Content / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  Room With A View - Hospitality Industry Attracts Guests With Immersive Online Content March 2001 - In the competitive hospitality industry, hotels are engaged in a variety of partnerships, opportunities and marketing activities to attract guests to their property and keep them coming back. One tool that has yet to be explored to its full potential is the Internet. The fact is that the travel and tourism industry is the single largest e-commerce category with a potential for exceptional future growth. This sector boasts an established audience of Internet savvy consumers who demand onl...
Utah Ski Resorts Expect Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain from Olympics / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Utah Ski Resorts Expect Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain from Olympics By Jason Blevins, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22--SALT LAKE CITY--Utah expects a significant dip in skier visits at its ski resorts next year when the Olympic hordes descend on the Beehive State. But when weighed against the fact that Utah skiing will be splashed across some 3 billion televisions across the globe, it's a sacrifice Utah resorts are glad to make. "This is the greatest marketing opportunity that a winter resort could ever have," said Vern Greco, preside...
Thayer Lodging Group Closes $135 Million in Financing for Purchase of RIHGA Royal Hotel New York; Plans to re-brand as a JW Marriott / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  Thayer Lodging Group Closes $135 Million in Financing for Purchase of RIHGA Royal Hotel New York; Plans to re-brand as a JW Marriott NEW YORK - March 20, 2001--RIHGA Royal Hotel New York, a 55-story high-end hotel in midtown Manhattan, has been purchased by Thayer Hotel Investors with $135 million in first mortgage financing provided by German-based DePfa Bank. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P., the nation’s leading intermediary of capital for the commercial real estate industry, acted as a financial advisor for Thayer in the transaction. Whitney Wilcox and Michael Tepedino in Holliday Fen...
30 Year Marriott Veteran Ted Carman Named Chief Operating Officer for ExecuStay By Marriott / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  30 Year Marriott Veteran Ted Carman Named Chief Operating Officer for ExecuStay By Marriott WASHINGTON, March 5, 2001 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR - news) announced today that Ted Carman has been named senior vice president and chief operating officer for ExecuStay, the company’s corporate housing services division. Mr. Carman, who will celebrate 30 years with Marriott in July, joined ExecuStay on Feb. 19. He oversees ExecuStay’s revenue management, sales and marketing, information technology, warehouse and amenities divisions. “I am very pleased that Ted has joined ExecuS...
Leading Travel and Tourism Companies Join Together to Promote the US as a Travel Destination; Travel Business Roundtable Produces Video Highlighting I
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  Leading Travel and Tourism Companies Join Together to Promote the US as a Travel Destination; -- Travel Business Roundtable Produces Video Highlighting Importance of Tourism Industry NEW YORK, NY – March 26, 2001 – For the first time ever, leading travel and tourism companies – many of whom are competitors – have joined together to promote the US as a travel destination of choice in an originally produced music video. The video, which the Travel Business Roundtable (TBR) has released to coincide with National Travel and Tourism Week (May 7–11), celebrates the travel and ...
With the Repeal of New Ergonomics Standards Behind Them, The Travel Business Roundtable Sets Sights on Other Issues Impacting the Travel and Tourism
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report With the Repeal of New Ergonomics Standards Behind Them, The Travel Business Roundtable Sets Sights on Other Issues Impacting the Travel and Tourism Industry WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 12, 2001 -- The Travel Business Roundtable (TBR) announced that the group’s efforts to urge Congress to pass the disapproval resolution that rescinds the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) ergonomics standards which were promulgated in November 2000, were successful with the 56-44 vote in the Senate and the 223 to 206 vote in the House last week. The White House also announced support ...
Accor Launches a New Brand on the European Market: Suitehotel / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  Accor Launches a New Brand on the European Market: Suitehotel Plans 50 hotels over the next 4 years throughout Europe Paris, March 20, 2001 - After the opening, in November 1999, of Lille-Airport hotel, Accor is launching its new brand, Suitehotel, on the European market, and today it is inaugurating the first Suitehotel in Paris, near Porte de Montreuil. The Suitehotel Paris-Porte de Montreuil, located in the 20th arrondissement at 22 avenue du Professeur Lemierre, houses 166 suites at 80 euros per night. Suitehotel is a new hotel concept, in the 3 star category, designed to satisfy ...
Hilton Canada Has Strange Requests Down to a Science / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hilton Canada Has Strange Requests Down to a Science Toronto, Ontario, March 16, 2001 – As a leading member of Canada’s hospitality industry, Hilton Canada staff members are rarely shocked by guest requests. “A fact of the hotel industry is that every guest is unique,” says Fred Bannon, Director of Sales and Marketing for Hilton Canada. “Some are more unique than others, and we try our best to accommodate their needs.” Hilton Canada has achieved an excellent track record in that regard, defying the odds on numerous occasions when guests have depended upon them. Strange requests are a regu...
NAU School of Hotel and Restaurant Management Pulls Hospitality out of Thin Air / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  NAU School of Hotel and Restaurant Management Pulls Hospitality out of Thin Air By Galen Collins, Associate Dean Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ — March 2000 - Part of the excitement of a career in the hospitality industry is to make a magic of sorts-to pull together, out of seeming mid-air, a banquet, an event, an experience. At the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management we’ve found a new way to bring hospitality out of nowhere: by delivering classes via satellite to remote sites, some so remote there has been no way to connect to the Internet.  As part of a $750,000 f...
Stanford Hotels Corporation Moves the Night Audit to the Day – Eliminates the Traditional Night Audit Function / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Stanford Hotels Corporation Moves the Night Audit to the Day - Eliminates the Traditional Night Audit Function Stanford Hotels install HTS Audit and Executive Information Systems Minneapolis, MN - 14 Mar 2001 - Hospitality Technology Solutions, Inc. (HTS) announces the successful installation of its DA-5™ Automated Hotel Audit & Executive Information System, and the DA-5 Enterprise Solution Portal™ (DA-5 ESP™) at three properties; the Sheraton Gateway Hotel San Francisco International Airport, the Hilton Washington Dulles and the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel Phoenix...
Songy Partners Limited Assigns Crestline Hotels and Resorts to Manage the Atlanta Midtown Residence Inn / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Songy Partners Limited Assigns Crestline Hotels and Resorts to Manage the Atlanta Midtown Residence Inn; Scheduled for completion in the fall of 2001 BETHESDA, MD, March 8, 2001 – Songy Partners Limited, an Atlanta-based private commercial real estate firm and Crestline Capital Corporation (NYSE: CLJ) jointly announce that Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Crestline CapitalÂ’s management subsidiary, will manage the Atlanta Midtown Residence Inn. Songy Partners is the owner and developer of the new 160-suite hotel project, which is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2001. Â...
The Court of Master Sommeliers Awards Three Wine Professionals the Master Sommelier Diploma / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  The Court of Master Sommeliers Awards Three Wine Professionals the Master Sommelier Diploma SAN FRANCISCO - March 21, 2001 - The Court of Master Sommeliers has awarded the internationally recognized title of Master Sommelier to Keith Goldston, Lawrence O’Brien and Robert Jones, following its 2001 examination held March 6-8 in San Francisco, Calif. The examination results were announced March 8 at a Champagne Krug sponsored dinner held at Postrio in San Francisco, where Master Sommeliers honored the new Masters and all of the other candidates. “We’re honored to welcome these three wine profes...
Will Smith May Help Develop Broward County, Fla., Convention Center Hotel / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Will Smith May Help Develop Broward County, Fla., Convention Center Hotel By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 14--Hollywood film and TV actor Will Smith has emerged as a possible partner in Broward County's long-delayed convention center hotel. The surprising twist on Broward's longstanding efforts to include an African-American in the ownership or management of the 500-room project comes as chances dim that developer R. Donahue Peebles will be involved in the project. Smith is best known for his roles in major mot...
CEO Rob Scavone Leaving The Elegant Hotels Group / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  CEO Rob Scavone Leaving The Elegant Hotels Group UNITED KINGDOM (March 13,2001) -The Elegant Hotels Group today announced that Mr. Rob Scavone, Chief Executive Officer, is leaving the company following his successful tenure in which he reorganized the management structure and developed anew long-range corporate strategy. Scavone joined the company in 1999 with the specific tasks of creating and implementing a corporate strategy for the operation and growth of the Elegant Hotels Group as well as putting a robust management structure in place. With this achieved and the new mana...
Santa Ynez Inn Now Under Construction in the Historic Town of Santa Ynez, California / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Santa Ynez Inn Now Under Construction in the Historic Town of Santa Ynez, California Santa Ynez, California— 2 Mar 2001 - A luxury lodging property in the historic town of Santa Ynez, in the heart of the Santa Barbara County wine country, is currently under construction at 3627 Sagunto Street. The Santa Ynez Inn will feature 14 individually decorated guest rooms and suites, fitness facility with sauna, the Parlor and Library meeting rooms, full service kitchen and catering facilities, outdoor heated whirlpool and sundeck, as well as extensive gardens. The two-story, 14,000 square-foot Victori...
Hotel Renovations Reflect Optimism for High-End Tourism in Santa Fe, N.M. / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Hotel Renovations Reflect Optimism for High-End Tourism in Santa Fe, N.M. By Bob Quick, The Santa Fe New Mexican Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 6--No new hotels are under construction in Santa Fe as the 2001 tourist season approaches, but multi-million-dollar renovations are planned, under way or have been recently completed at several properties. The most ambitious overhaul is at Tesuque's Rancho Encantado, which is projected to start in early May and to cost between $35 million and $40 million. The hotel will reopen in May 2002 as one of "The Leading Hotel...
Sal Semola is New COO at Greektown Casino / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  Sal Semola is New COO at Greektown Casino -- Replaces Mike Mecca, Who Accepts Position with Station Casinos  DETROIT, March 23, 2001 - Salvatore P. Semola has been named Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Greektown Casino, replacing Michael V. Mecca who has accepted a position with Station Casinos in Nevada. Semola, of Grosse Pointe Park, has served as Greektown’s Vice President of Table Game Operations since March 1999. He has more than two decades of gaming management experience. “This is a tremendous opportunity in an excellent property in one of the nation’s truly gr...
'Single Asset Deal of the Year' Award Presented to Strategic Hotel Capital for its Acquisition of the 277-room Hamburg Marriott Hotel / Mar
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report  “Single Asset Deal of the Year” Award Presented to Strategic Hotel Capital for its Acquisition of the 277-room Hamburg Marriott Hotel CHICAGO, Ill., March 22, 2001— For the second straight year, Chicago-based Strategic Hotel Capital (SHC), a private hotel investment company with assets valued at approximately $3 billion, has received the “Single Asset Deal of the Year” Award. Presented at the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, the honor was given to SHC for its acquisition of the 277-room Hamburg Marriott Hotel. SHC won the award the previous year for the acquisit...
