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Scott Cape Named Executive Chef at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Scott Cape Named Executive Chef at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa; Other Management Appointments Made February 23, Farmington, Pa. -- Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa is pleased to announce the promotion of Scott Cape to executive chef. As executive chef, Cape oversees a team of 80 associates and manages the resorts 14 kitchens that serve 9 restaurants. Cape joined Nemacolin Woodlands in 1998 as the Caddy Shacks sous chef. Shortly, he was promoted to chef de cuisine of Seasons, and then promoted to chef tournant just prior to his recent promotion to executive chef. Before j...
San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau Decides to Offer Not One, But Two Internet-based Convention Housing Programs / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau Decides to Offer Not One, But Two Internet-based Convention Housing Programs passkey.com, b-there.com Services to Go On-line in 2001 The San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau (SACVB) will be the first CVB in the country offering not one, but two nationally-recognized Internet-based convention delegate housing programs for its clients. By contracting with passkey.com and b-there.com, the SACVB will offer meeting planners more choices than any other CVB, said Steve Moore, SACVB executive director. The expanded service pr...
Starwood Seeks to Acquire The Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood Seeks to Acquire The Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok Launches Tender Offer WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., March 12, 2001 - Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a global owner and operator of full-service hotels in the luxury and upscale segment of the lodging industry, is making a tender offer through its subsidiary, Starwood Hotels (Thailand) Company Limited, to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Royal Orchid Hotel (Thailand) Public Company Limited (ROH), owner of the Royal Orchid Hotel in Bangkok (the Hotel). The Royal Orchid S...
Illinois Regulators Yank Gambling License Held by Investors Trying to Build a New Casino in Rosemont / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Illinois Pulls License Held by Rosemont Casino Group By Douglas Holt, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 7--State regulators said Tuesday they were yanking a long-dormant gambling license held by a consortium of powerful investors trying to build a new casino in Rosemont, a move that ratchets up pressure on the group to give up the effort. In letters hand-delivered to officials of Emerald Casino Inc., the Illinois Gaming Board laid out its case against the investors. It alleged the group was unfit to run a casino because some shareholders had ti...
Sale of Rihga Royal Hotel Narita Shows Heightened Interest in Japanese Real Estate / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Sale of Rihga Royal Hotel Narita Shows Heightened Interest in Japanese Real Estate Sonnenblick-Goldman Company and Arthur Andersen Arrange Landmark Sale of Rihga Royal Hotel at Narita International Airport in Japan New York, NY March 30, 2001 -- Sonnenblick-Goldman Company and Arthur Andersen, acting as exclusive advisors to Royal Hotel Limited, have arranged the sale of Rihga Royal Hotel Narita, a deluxe, full-service hotel located adjacent to the New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Japan. A joint venture between Soros Real Estate Partners and Westmont Hospitali...
Connie Rheams Named President of TRUST in the Americas / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Connie Rheams Named President of TRUST in the Americas ORLANDO, FL, March 27, 2001 - TRUST International, a member of the Bertelsmann Group, today announced the appointment of Connie Rheams as President of TRUST in the Americas. Rheams will continue to report to Dr. Peter Agel, CEO of TRUST International. She had served as Vice President of Business Development for the past two years from the Orlando, Florida office, where she was responsible for sales and marketing initiatives in the Americas. As President of TRUST, I will continue our plans for growth in the U.S. m...
Choosing a Reservation Representation Company / John Burns / Hospitality Upgrade Magazine / Spring 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Choosing a Reservation Representation Company 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 Spring 2001 issue of Hospitality Upgrade, formerly the Hotel & Restaurant Technology UPDATE magazine. This article is from the upcoming Spring 2001 issue of Hospitality Upgrade, formerly the Hotel & Restaurant Technology UPDATE magazine. By John Burns As individual properties and hotel chains look today at th...
If we were going to re-do Hotel-Online – What should be changed? / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report This Is the Time of Year When We Reflect Where We Are With Hotel-Online If we were going to re-do Hotel-Online - What should be changed? What do you like? What do you think has no value? The following comments were received March 16-20, 2001 What should be changed? What do you like? What do you think has no value? First, great job overall. Your style is an integration of good business sense, respectful people skills, and the passion to do things right. Congratulations! Second, here are some suggestions with respect to your plea for feedback: Space the articles ...
Official Approves Plans for Proposed Redmond, Ore. Area Resort / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Official Approves Plans for Proposed Redmond, Ore.-Area Resort By Steve Lundgren, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 9--REDMOND, Ore.--A proposal to build the fifth major resort in Central Oregon cleared its first hurdle this week when a hearings officer approved plans for a 700-unit development on 640 acres between Bend and Redmond. The proposed development would include two golf courses, a conference center, swimming pools, tennis courts, equestrian facilities and other amenities. It would have 420 houses, 160 to 180 condominiums...
Optimism With a Hint of Caution, As Analysts Predict a Softer Year for the Canadian Hotel Industry / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Optimism With a Hint of Caution, As Analysts Predict a Softer Year for the Canadian Hotel Industry March 30, 2001 - The 5th Annual Canadian Hotel Investment Conference, held on March 7th at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel was attended by more than 350 of the industrys leading hoteliers, owners, investors, developers, financiers, management and franchise companies and related industry suppliers. This years Conference had the largest attendance to date and featured some of the industrys top executives including William Fatt, Chairman & CEO of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Tom Oliver, C...
Radisson SAS Developing Hotels in Cologne and Frankfurt am Main / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Radisson SAS Developing Hotels in Cologne and Frankfurt am Main Brussels, March 2001 - Cologne and Frankfurt am Main are to become new locations of Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, representing an exceptionally important step for the organisations expansion in the German market. In addition, the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin is currently being demolished to make way for a successor that will become operational again under the same management from 2003 onwards. A new Radisson SAS Hotel is being built in Cologne-Deutz opposite the trade fair buildings, represen...
Richard Kessler's Grand Theme Hotels – Interview with GHG Chairman Jim Butler / The Global Hospitality Advisor / JMBM / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Global Hospitality Advisor Richard Kessler's Grand Theme Hotels Interview with GHG Chairman Jim Butler Richard Kessler is a dynamo. He worked with Cecil Day to build and sell Days Inn and is well underway in building a new themed hotel empire. He is looking for top people, capital and locations. With eight Grand Theme Hotels, he is expanding to the West Coast, New York and other key locations. Jim Butler: Tell us about your financial success with Days Inn and some of the things you have done since then that have led up to your Grand Theme Hotels. Richard Kessler: Well...
Sony Founder Akio Morita, Buys Out Ron Allred and Jim Wells, Longtime Owners of Telluride Ski Area / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Sony Founder Akio Morita, Buys Out Ron Allred and Jim Wells, Longtime Owners of Telluride Ski Area By Jason Blevins, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 2--A new sun dawned on Telluride on Thursday. With 2 feet of fresh snow blanketing the mountain, the two men who carried Telluride for more than 20 years announced Thursday they had shed their heavy loads. Ron Allred and Jim Wells no longer own Telluride ski area. A $14 million investment by Joe Morita, the skiing scion of Sony founder Akio Morita, will provide the resort with three new lift...
Strategic Hotel Capital Acquires Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita in Mexico; Acquisition Marks Intention to Increase Transaction Activity for Private Eq
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Strategic Hotel Capital Acquires Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita in Mexico; -- Acquisition Marks Intention to Increase Transaction Activity for Private Equity Group CHICAGO - March 27, 2001 -- Strategic Hotel Capital (SHC), a private hotel investment company with assets valued at approximately $3 billion, today announced that it had acquired the luxury Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita on the Mexican Pacific Rivera from Dine, a subsidiary of DESC, S.A. de C.V., and Four Seasons for an undisclosed amount. It is SHCs second luxury property in Mexico, both of which are bran...
Wingate Designs 64-Room Prototype for Smaller Land Parcels / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Wingate Designs 64-Room Prototype for Smaller Land Parcels PARSIPPANY, N.J. (March 8, 2001) - Wingate Inns International Inc. today unveiled a new 64-room prototype to meet the growing needs of hotel developers with smaller land parcels. This new prototype, an addition to the brands existing 100-room prototype, will contain all of Wingate Inns consistent signature items, such as oversized guestrooms, 24-hour free business centers, two-story lobbies and the numerous other features that set the brand apart from its competition. Weve been approached by numerous developers who wan...
Pertlink and ValueFlash Form Strategic Alliance to Market VFlash eCRM Messenger to Hospitality Industry / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Pertlink and ValueFlash Form Strategic Alliance to Market VFlash eCRM Messenger to Hospitality Industry Origins of the name Pertlink Pertinent - Having logical, precise relevance to the matter at hand Link - a connecting element Pertinent - Having logical, precise relevance to the matter at hand Link - a connecting element 12th March, 2001 - ValueFlash (Hong Kong) Limited and Pertlink Limited today entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement for VFlash interactive eCRM (electronic Customer Relationship Management) messenger. The agreement grants Pertlink the rights to m...
Rising Energy Costs Cause Concern in the Lodging Industry / Eric S. Pateman, HVS / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Rising Energy Costs Cause Concern in the Lodging Industry By Eric S. Pateman Consulting & Valuation Analyst HVS International - Vancouver / March 2001 Energy costs are rising dramatically all across North America and are having a negative effect on hotels profits. The energy crisis is not only affecting hotels, but every person in North America; rising energy bills, higher air travel and increasing automobile costs are being passed on to the consumer through price increases, new taxes and whatever other means companies can find to recoup some of the increases. Profitabi...
Vacation Marketing Systems of California LLC and Pahio Resorts Being Monitored byCalifornia State Attorney General's Office / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Vacation Marketing Systems of California LLC and Pahio Resorts Being Monitored by California State Attorney General's Office The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Lured by the promise of a free vacation, Steve Cleary said he fell into a trip trap. To qualify for a "gift trip" to Las Vegas, the Sacramento man attended a meeting last fall at Vacation Marketing Systems of California LLC in the Arden area. He was told that if he joined a travel club called The Advantage he would get big savings on airfare, cruises and vacations. He agre...
Casey Jones and Charlie Robles Restore Palm Springs, Calif. Relic Into the CalienteTropics Resort / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Casey Jones and Charlie Robles Restore Palm Springs, Calif. Relic Into the Caliente Tropics Resort By Matt Bodenheimer, The Business Press, Ontario, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 19--A relic of Palm Springs' past has been resurrected, thanks to new ownership and a $2 million renovation. Owners of the Caliente Tropics Resort, a 92-room hotel once famous for its Polynesian theme and for hosting such guests as Elvis Presley and members of the Rat Pack, expect to wrap up the five-month renovation by the end of this month. The facility was most recen...
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Harrahs Entertainment CEO Phil Satre Comments on Louisiana Legislature Vote to Approve Key Elements for the Reorganization of Harrahs New Orleans Casino LAS VEGAS, March 21, 2001 - Phil Satre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. today commented on the vote in the Louisiana Legislature, which approved key elements in a reorganization plan for JCC Holding Company, owner of Harrahs New Orleans Casino. We are gratified by the courageous actions taken yesterday by the Louisiana Legislature in making the right business decision to lower the financi...
Patrick K. Beron Joins New Castle Hotels as Regional Director of Sales and Marketing / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Patrick K. Beron Joins New Castle Hotels as Regional Director of Sales and Marketing SHELTON, CT March 6, 2001 Patrick K. Beron, a hospitality industry professional for more than 14 years, has been appointed a regional director of sales and marketing for New Castle Hotels, a Shelton, CT-based hotel ownership and management company. As a regional director of sales and marketing, Beron will work with Vice President of Sales and Marketing Robert Pope and fellow regional director of sales and marketing, Scott Becque. Beron will assist in managing sales and marketing activities for N...
Peter Aeby,Managing Director of Brown Palace Hotel in Downtown Denver Retires / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Peter Aeby, Managing Director of Brown Palace Hotel in Downtown Denver Retires By Andy Vuong, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--The man responsible for bringing elegance back to the historic Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver checked out of his position as managing director on Wednesday. Although he is retiring, his reign as Denver's legendary swordsman will live on. Peter Aeby, known for his annual ritual of slashing open a bottle of champagne with a saber at the start of the holiday season, helped the Brown Palace regain its luster duri...
Outrigger Seeks to Reduce Costs and Improve Yield with MIC – TDS / Mar 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Outrigger Seeks to Reduce Costs and Improve Yield with MIC - TDS -- Electronic Bookings Made According to Current Contractual and Confidentiality Arrangements 20 Mar 2001 - Hawaii-based hotel chain Outrigger has signed an agreement with MIC (Mirror Image Communications) to adopt its groundbreaking Total Distribution System (TDS). The deal will allow Outrigger Hotels and Resorts, one of the Pacifics fastest growing lodging chains, to trade more efficiently with key domestic and international operators. Outrigger will initially link its hotels in Hawaii to TDS, adding further locations...
Hotel Common Sense – Orient Your Staff for Long Term Success / John Hogan CHA MHS / March 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hotel Common Sense Orient Your Staff for Long Term Success By John Hogan, CHA MHS - March 2001 "Increasingly, competitive advantage in a crowded market will stem from service added...." Tom Peters, in Thriving on Chaos Ask almost any hotelier their most important asset and the response will frequently be their people. Ritz-Carlton Hotels define it most specifically Ladies and Gentlemen serving Ladies and Gentlemen. While Ritz-Carlton caters to the luxury segment of lodging, their interpretation is appropriate for all markets: we are a service industry. ...
