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January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Also See Atlantic Citys Tannen Towers Offered to Qualified Investors; Casino-Adjacent Property Available for Hotel or Timeshare Redevelopment / Oct 2000 Four Hotels In Central Business District of U.S. Capital For Sale; Unencumbered, Washington, D.C. Hotel Portfolio Offered / Sept 2000 Perisher Manor Ski Resort in Kosciuszko National Park, Australia - Is for Sale / August 2000 ...
Marketing Leadership in Hospitality Essential to Success / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive Marketing Leadership in Hospitality Essential to Success New York, NY (January 2001) In the increasingly competitive hospitality industry, in every corner of the globe, companies must fight to win and keep business sought by ever-more-tenacious competitors. It is no longer enough to simply give people what they want; additionally, todays marketers must forge solid relationships with customers to establish loyal customer base business and to ensure a competitive edge. The third edition of the most widely used hospitality marketing book throughout the world, Marketing ...
MSS of Wichita, LLC (Jim Korroch) Acquires Controlling Interest in MainStay Suites Hotel, Wichita / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report MSS of Wichita, LLC (Jim Korroch) Acquires Controlling Interest in MainStay Suites Hotel, Wichita WICHITA, Kan. - Jan. 3, 2001--MSS of Wichita, LLC announced today that it has entered into a definitive lease with an option to purchase the MainStay Suites Hotel, 9444 E. 29th Street North, from Clark Hospitality, LLC of Blackwell, Oklahoma. We are pleased to make such a substantial investment in this hotel and in the community, said Jim Korroch, MSS of Wichitas managing partner. We continue to believe in the strong and positive business climate in Wichita. Recently, Choice Hot...
Michael Duggan Named General Manager at The Pan Pacific Lodge Whistler / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive advertisement Michael Duggan Named General Manager at The Pan Pacific Lodge Whistler Whistler, B.C. - January 19, 2001 --- The Pan Pacific Lodge Whistler recently announced the appointment of Michael Duggan as new General Manager, according to Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Senior Vice President Steve Halliday. Duggan was most recently Executive Director for Tourism Sun Peaks and spent 19 years of his career at Silver Star Mountain in various management positions. He is a member of the board of directors for Tourism British Columbia, was instrumental in ...
Coaching With a Passion: Playing to Win; Key Skills Hospitality Management Needs To Produce A Winning Team / Dr. Marc Clark, CHA / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Coaching With a Passion: Playing to Win; Key Skills Hospitality Management Needs To Produce A Winning Team January 2001 By Dr. Marc Clark, CHA It was one of those games. The bottom of the last inning and my girls fast-pitch softball team (ages 13-17) was trailing by one. One run and we would tie. Two runs we would win. Three outs in a row we would be history. I called my first four batters of the inning together (thinking positive that two of them would get on base) for a pep rally. I told them how proud I was of the way that they had played. I reminded them of th...
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report On Command Closes Agreement in Principle With Marriott International Deal Expands On Commands Relationship With Marriott DENVER, Jan. 9, 2001 - On Command Corporation, the leading provider of in-room interactive entertainment, Internet services, business information and guest services for the lodging industry, today announced it had reached an agreement in principle with Marriott International, Inc. Under terms of the agreement, On Command will rollout its interactive platform to 165,000 U.S. and Canadian hotels managed by Marriott, including Marriott Hotels, Resorts and Suites; R...
The Doherty Family Acquires the Novotel Launceston for A$12.25 million; Will Be Renamed the Launceston International / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Doherty Family Acquires the Novotel Launceston for A$12.25 million; Will Be Renamed the Launceston International Purchase of Launceston Novotel fills missing link for local hotel investor Sydney, January 8, 2001 Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has arranged the sale of the Novotel Launceston for A$12.25 million. The 4 star property was sold on behalf of Thakral Holdings to hotel owner/operator the Doherty family, prior to the new year. The property was sold with vacant possession and will be renamed the Launceston International. The sale will be beneficial to Launces...
LaSalle Hotel Properties Records Significant Increases in RevPAR, FFO, and EBITDA During 2000; Occupancy Grew 0.7% to 72.5% / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive advertisement LaSalle Hotel Properties Records Significant Increases in RevPAR, FFO, and EBITDA During 2000; Occupancy Grew 0.7% to 72.5% Statistical Data for the Hotels BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 23, 2001 - LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) today reported an increase in funds from operations (FFO) of 8.9 percent to $48.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2000 from $44.1 million for the prior year. FFO for the year ended December 31, 2000 rose to $2.59 per diluted share/unit, representing an increase of $0.20 or 8.4 percent as compared to the year ended ...
The Strategic Conference on Hospitality Operations & Technology / February 25-27, 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report The Strategic Conference on Hospitality Operations & Technology Produced by LH(Lodging Hospitality) in association with KPMG Consulting February 25-27, 2001 Wyndham Anatole Hotel Dallas, Texas The Strategic Conference on Hospitality Operations & Technology has become a must-attend event for decision-makers throughout the hospitality industry. Over sixty speakers representing major brand, hotel and hospitality companies, will answer your questions to the bottom-line pressures you are facing now and will face in the future . . .Whats the right technology for my operat...
Lodging Executives Sentiment Counters the Predicted Hard Landing / Dec 2000
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Lodging Executives Sentiment Counters the Predicted Hard Landing Durham, N.H., Jan. 5, 2001 - National forecasters are predicting a hard landing for the American economy and that, over the next year, Mr.Greenspan will reduce the prime interest rate an additional ¾ of a point [75 Basis Points], over the January 3, 2001 reduction of ½ a point in an attempt to cushion the decline. Senior executives in the lodging sector, responsible for more than 1.13 million hotel rooms, feel otherwise about the hard landing. The Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) calculated for the m...
Hotel Sales Double in 2000 as Japanese Owners Exit Australia / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive advertisement Hotel Sales Double in 2000 as Japanese Owners Exit Australia Sydney, January 23, 2000 Sales activity in the hotel sector for 2000 nearly doubled over 1999, as the much touted north-Asian divestment gathered pace, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. At the end of 1999, we believed that the exodus of Japanese capital witnessed during the year would continue into 2000. Our prediction proved correct with Japanese owners relinquishing $417.5 million worth of hotel assets in 2000, comprising 45.4% of total sales value, said Geordie Cla...
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Jack P. DeBoer Gets UCLA Extensions Hotel Industry Investment Conference Lifetime Achievement Award LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, 2001 - UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Extension today honors Candlewood Hotel Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jack DeBoer with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The award presentation is part of UCLA Extensions 16th Annual Hotel Industry Investment Conference here. DeBoer is recognized as the creator of the extended stay hotel concept, founding Residence Inn Co. and co-founding Summerfield Hotel Corp. DeBoers latest successes include Ca...
IndeCorp Corporation Acquires the Brands Summit and Sterling from Pegasus Solutions, Inc.; Initial Strategic Move to Protect Independent Hotels / Jan
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report IndeCorp Corporation Acquires the Brands Summit and Sterling from Pegasus Solutions, Inc. Initial Strategic Move to Protect Independent Hotels CHICAGO, IL, January 09, 2001 - Taking an initial and transforming step to strengthen and sustain independent hotels in the crucial competition with global chains, the recently formed IndeCorp Corporation has acquired two global hotel groups, Summit Hotels & Resorts and Sterling Hotels & Resorts, it was announced today by Peter Cass, President and CEO of IndeCorp and President and CEO of Preferred Hotels® & Resorts Worldwide. Summit an...
Remington Hotel Corporation of Dallas Acquires the Long Island Best Western MacArthur Hotel for $21.75 million / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Remington Hotel Corporation of Dallas Acquires the Long Island Best Western MacArthur Hotel for $21.75 million Remington to Convert New Acquisition New York, NY - January 29, 2001 - Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners has completed the sale of the 189-room Best Western MacArthur Hotel, located off eastbound exit 63 of the Long Island Expressway in Holtsville, Town of Brookhaven, New York. Remington Hotel Corporation of Dallas, Texas acquired the Best Western for $21.75 million. Paul Fitzpatrick and Nolan Hecht of Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners in New York City represented the sell...
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report A Case Study On How the Tallest Hotel In the World The Grand Hyatt Shanghai Rose to Meet Its Massive High-tech Challenges By Terence Ronson - January 2001 Seemed like a tall order: How to Hot Wire the worlds tallest hotel and make it one of the most technologically advanced on the planet The 555-room Grand Hyatt Shanghai confirmed as the worlds tallest hotel in the Millennium Edition of the Guinness Book of Records opened in March last year on the 53rd floor of the Jin Mao Tower (the worlds third tallest building), and stretches skyward to the 87th floor,...
HotelEXPERT Introduces a Fresh Technology Solution – Rapid Response Software / Metromedia Software, Inc. / April 2001
January 30, 2001
So You Built a Great Hotel, But How's Your Response Time? While You Guess, A Guest May Be Waiting. HotelEXPERT Introduces a Fresh Technology Solution Rapid Response Software April 2001 Guest calls are entered from any telephone or PC on a local Area Network, which may be smartly dispatched to pagers or radioed to employees for completion. An alarm sounds for missed calls, and if the situation persists, the system pages a Supervisor or MOD. As a tasking software, HotelEXPERT reduces paper work and meetings, yet increases efficiency significantly. Thousand of tasks are completed virtually paperless. Information...
Home & Hearth, Inc.'s 14 Extended-stay Hotels Become a New Villager Tier, Hearthside Extended Stay Studios by Villager / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality Executive advertisement Home & Hearth, Inc.'s 14 Extended-stay Hotels Become a New Villager Tier, Hearthside Extended Stay Studios by Villager Agreement Will Add More Than 2,000 Rooms to Villager System PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Jan. 22, 2001) -- Villager Franchise Systems Inc., a division of Cendant Corporation, today announced an agreement to franchise 14 Home & Hearth, Inc. extended-stay hotels representing more than 2,000 rooms in Texas, Nevada and Colorado. The new name of the hotels will be Hearthside Extended Stay Studios by Villager, which will become a new Villager ...
Hawaii Achieves New Visitor Industry Milestone – 6.4 million Visitors Year-to-date Through November, Highest Eleven-Month Period on Record / Jan
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Hawaii Achieves New Visitor Industry Milestone - 6.4 million Visitors Year-to-date Through November, Highest Eleven-Month Period on Record Hawaii November 2000 Arrivals - Chart November 2000 Island Hightlights December 29, 2000 - According to a DBEDT report released today, Hawaii has achieved a new visitor industry milestone. Nearly 6.4 million visitors have come to Hawaii year-to-date through November, making this the highest eleven-month period on record. Hawaii welcomed 534,069 visitors last month, the second highest November in history. These visitors stayed an average of 8....
A Union Card Check at the Rio Suite Hotel & Casino Discloses 51% of 4,656 Employess Have Selected the Culinary Union as Their Bargaining Agent / Jan 2
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report A Union Card Check at the Rio Suite Hotel & Casino Discloses 51% of 4,656 Employess Have Selected the Culinary Union as Their Bargaining Agent LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2001 - Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET), the leading consumer-marketing company in the gaming industry, announced today that certain employees at its Rio Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas have selected the Las Vegas unit of the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees union as their collective-bargaining agent. The selection of the HERE unit, also called the Culinary Union, was confirmed during a union card ch...
HSMAI's Initiative To Fund Research and Benchmark Studies Attracts $120,000 from 22 Companies / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report HSMAI's Initiative To Fund Research and Benchmark Studies Attracts $120,000 from 22 Companies WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 11, 2001) In an unprecedented move, a diverse group of 22 companies reflecting a cross-section of the industrys most prominent players are uniting in support of the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundations new Corporate Membership Program, with the focus of conducting research and creating benchmark studies specifically for the sales and marketing discipline. Through this effort, which officially will be launched on Jan. 24 at a ...
HSMAI Fuels Period of Growth and New Initiatives with Staff Hires / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report HSMAI Fuels Period of Growth and New Initiatives with Staff Hires WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 2, 2001) Reflecting the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Internationals (HSMAI) growth and new initiatives to be implemented in 2001, two new positions were created with the appointments of Jason Smith as director of communications and Nicko Adaway as meetings manager, announced HSMAI President and CEO Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHA. This is a very exciting time for HSMAI as we focus on the Foundation and its research efforts, as well as new and expanded educational initiatives for our...
Mark Woodworth Named Executive Managing Director of Atlanta-based Hospitality Research Group/ Heading Up PKF Consulting's New Dallas Office Is Gr
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Mark Woodworth Named Executive Managing Director of Atlanta-based Hospitality Research Group Heading Up PKF Consulting's New Dallas Office Is Gregory C. Crown January 15, 2001 - Business for the Atlanta-based Hospitality Research Group (HRG), the research affiliate of PKF Consulting, has expanded more quickly than the firm had projected, according to PKF Consulting President and CEO Patrick Quek. As a result, Quek reports, Mark Woodworth becomes Executive Managing Director of HRG, with Peter Keim, a Vice President in the Atlanta office of PKF Consulting, taking on responsibility ...
Starwood Determines OpenTable Streamlines Restaurant Operations / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report Starwood Determines OpenTable Streamlines Restaurant Operations OpenTable, Inc. To Provide Restaurant Reservation Solutions for Starwood Hotels & Resorts SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and WHITE PLAINS, New York - (January 30, 2001) OpenTable, Inc. and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced today that OpenTable will provide electronic reservation solutions to Starwood restaurant properties under the terms of an agreement the two companies executed earlier this week. Following an evaluation of the successful pilot installation at the prestigious St. Regis ...
HOSTEC 2001Tradeshow Expands Focus to Include the Leisure, Tourism and Retail Industries in the UK and Europe / Jan 2001
January 30, 2001
Hotel Online Special Report HOSTEC 2001Tradeshow Expands Focus to Include the Leisure, Tourism and Retail Industries in the UK and Europe London, England and Rockville, MD January 9, 2001 CynterShow UK today announced the expansion of the HOSTEC 2001 tradeshow to include the leisure, tourism and retail industries in addition to the hospitality, foodservice and catering industries in the UK and Europe. Three of the shows speakers were also announced. They are keynoter David Ford, chief executive, Sodexho UK and Dr. David Bosshart, director of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, who will discuss e-commerc...
